Mark Bookless breaks Cathcart Castle

record in winning Glasgow title

Sandyhill's Mark Bookless shaved a shot off the Cathcart Castle Golf Club course record on his way to winning the the Glasgow men's amateur stroke-play championship in wet and windy conditions at Cathcart Castle Golf Club.
Conor O'Neil (Glasgow), only 17 years of age, equalled the course record of 64 in his second round to set the clubhouse target of 134.
Then Bookless, who had a 69 in the first round, beat that with a sensational back nine of 30 in compiling a new low mark of seven[-under-par 63 for a 36-hole total of eight-under-par 132.
Mark first won this title three years ago as a 16 year old.
Another youngster, James Hendrick (Pollok) came third with scores of 70 and 68 for 138.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70) CSS 70 70
132 Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 69 63.
134 Conor O'Neil (Glasgow) 70 64.
138 James Hendrick (Pollok) 70 68.
139 Gordon Sangster (Cathkin Braes) 68 71, Steven Machin (Cowglen) 67 72.
140 Ben Sloan (Cathkin Braes) 71 69.
141 Frank Drum (Cowglen) 71 70.
142 Steven Robertson (Sandyhills) 73 69, Blair Crabb (Williamwood) 69 73, Patrick O'Neil (Pollok) 68 74.
143 Craig Haugh (Cathkin Braes) 70 73, Crawford Burns (Williamwood) 69 74, George A Crawford (Williamwood) 68 75.
144 Thomas Martin junior (Haggs Castle) 73 71, Lewis Burnett (Ralston) 71 73.
146 Jonny McLeish (Cathcart Castle) 70 76.
147 Ian Gillan (Bishopbriggs) 74 73, Neil McBride (Cowglen) 72 75.
148 Scott McGraddie (Cathcart Castle) 74 74, Andrew Matthews (Cathkin Braes) 73 75.
149 Allan Johnston (Cathcart Castle) 77 72, Graham Young (Williamwood) 76 73, Chris McManus (Glasgow) 76 73, Gerard Cameron (Bishopbriggs) 73 76.
150 Graeme McDougall (Bishopbriggs) 81 69, Scott Wearing (Bishopbriggs) 80 70, Alex Beith
(Glasgow) 76 74, Chris Wedgeworth (Cowglen) 73 77.
151 Steven Coyle (Cathkin Braes) 70 81.
152 Barry Strain (Cathkin Braes) 78 74, Scott Coulter (Cathcart Castle) 77 75, David Shields
(Haggs Castle) 76 76.
153 Clark Nelson (Glasgow) 77 76, Steven Gray (Williamwood) 76 77, Stuart Miller (Cathcart Castle) 75 78.
154 Craig Anderson (Sandyhills) 77 77.
155 Calum McLean (Cowglen) 80 75, Kris Clelland (Haggs Castle) 74 81, Matt O'Neill (Cathcart Castle) 72 83.
156 Ryan Strain (Cathkin Braes) 78 78.
157 David Leck (Ralston) 78 79.
158 Neil McArthur (Bishopbriggs) 81 77, Jamie Lambie (Sandyhills) 80 78.
159 James Monaghan (Bishopbriggs) 79 80.