Brora's Cameron is new course

record holder at Golspie

Inverness's Bruce Thomson's seven day old course record score at Golspie was broken by Brora's Roddy Cameron in the August 36 hole tournament last weekend.

Cameron (48) has always been considered a course specialist at Golspie with winning scores stretching back over many years at the venue he learnt his boyhood golf but this is the first time he set a course record. He was defending the Sinclair Cup and Saturday's record card of 66 in the second round added his name to the cup for the fifth time, previous wins coming in 1991, 2002, 2006 and 2008.

After his first round 77 his grip on scratch cup was very slack, seven shots off the pace set by visitor Mike O'hara (Bathgate) who led by two from his club mate G. Lynn. But with the afternoon wind direction changing the players with more local knowledge of the course came up through the field. Local green keeper Alex MacDonald added a one over par 70 to his first round 78 and then Cameron's sizzling 66 launched him to the winning podium. Eclipsing Thomson's previous week's record 68 by two shots Cameron's card began with a birdie three, where in the morning he had made an opening double bogey six, in his first round halves of 38 & 39. His afternoon card figures read; Out -3 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 = 33. In – 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 = 33, total 66 and three under the par. (Birdies underlined and bogies in bold)

Cameron finished with 143 and three ahead of Moray Golf Club head green keeper George Paterson 74/73 (147). Paterson saved his first round score with a run of four threes from the 15th, two of them birdies the 15th and 18th . In third scratch place with 148 came MacDonald. O' Hara falling back to 150 after a second round 80.

Former club champion Alistair MacDougall was in the mix once again with a fourth place from two steady rounds of 75 and 74 for 149 but more significant his nett 139 won the Clydesdale Bank Cup for Category one handicap returns. R. Stewart (Nairn Dunbar) was the runner up by virtue of a better second round score over Brora's Graham Grant.

From third place in Class 2 the previous weekend D. Dodsman (Kemnay) improved to a first place to win the Argo Cup with a nett total of 142, two strokes ahead of Ian Fraser (RDGC) and getting a share of the lime light, the scratch winner's brother, Johnnie Cameron, marking his return to the fairways with a third place.

Results. CSS 71 both rounds (Home & Away)
Scratch – Sinclair Cup : R. S. Cameron (Brora) 77/66, 143. G. Paterson (Moray) 74/73, 147. A. MacDonald (RDGC) 78/70, 148. A. MacDougall (Golspie) 75/74, 149. G. Lynn (Bathgate) 72/77, 149. S. Thornhill (Broadway) 76/74, 150. R. Macrae (Huntly) 75/75, 150. G. Grant (Brora) 74/76, 150. R. Robertson (Ladybank) 74/76, 150. I. Rennie (RDGC) 74/76, 150. M. O'Hara (Bathgate) 70/80, 150
Handicap Class 1. Clydesdale Bank Cup – A. MacDougall (Loch Ness) (5) 139. R. Stewart (Nairn Dunbar) (50 142. G. Grant (Brora) (4) 142. Class 2. Argo Cup - D. Godsman (Kemnay) (19) 142. I. Fraser (RDGC) (14) 144. J. S. Cameron (Golspie) (13) 145.