Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Ross rises to the challenge - and wins

Alfred Dunhill Schools Challenge

Grove Academy pupil, Ross Munro, 16, has won this year's Alfred Dunhill Schools Challenge, thanks to a last-hole shot of which even Tiger Woods would have been proud.
Ross Munro returned a 73 - two over par in windy weather - to win the overall scratch prize.
He described his 18th hole shot on the Kittocks Course at Fairmont St Andrews as the best
he had ever achieved under pressure.
A member of Monifeith Golf Club and of the Scottish Golf Academy squad at St Andrews, Ross hit his shot 190yd into the wind and his ball landed within 15ft of the pin.
“I was two over par on the 18th tee which I knew was a good score on such a breezy day, so I didn’t want to take any chances," he said later.
“However I really connected and hit a perfect shot with a rescue club. It was a great way to finish.”
Ross also won the senior boys’ division with a net 68 off a handicap of five.
Kirkcaldy High School pupil Nicola Taylor, 15, won the senior girls' division with a net 77 off 11 - the day after she won the women's championship at her home club, Dunnikier Park.
Colin Hempseed (15), of Dunfermline High School, was the junior boys’ winner, with a net 67 off 21, while Carnoustie High School's Jessica Meek (15) was the winning junior girl with net 82 off nine.
Winners will be presented with their trophies at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in October. As well as admission to the final day of the tournament on the Old Course, St Andrews, they will attend a golf clinic with coach Robert Baker.

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