Mount Ellen Crowned Belhaven Best Club Champions
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
Paul Bradley and Graham Kilpatrick were the toast of Mount Ellen Golf Club tonight after they stormed to a two-shot victory in the final of the 2009 Belhaven Best Scottish Club Handicap Championship final at The Duke’s, St Andrews.
The Lanarkshire duo combined to perfection to record a superb six-under par aggregate of 65 to finish two shots clear of Balbirnie Park’s Robert Donaldson and Bill Ballie and become the tenth winners of Scotland’s biggest participation golf event.
Starting at the tenth tee, they raced in contention after Bradley recorded a net eagle at the par five 11th and then chipped in for an eagle two at the short par four 13th hole. A bogey at the par three 12th hole was their only blemish on the outward nine but another Bradley birdie at the 15th put them back at four-under par.
Kilpatrick notched a birdie four at their tenth hole and the scratch golfer played some excellent par golf before his partner finished off the round in style with a net birdie at the closing hole to post a score no one else in the field was able to match.
“It’s great to win such a big event here at The Duke’s, which is a fantastic golf course. We both played really well today and we couldn’t have got off to a better start after getting two eagles in the opening four hole.” said 19-year old Bradley, a student at the University of Stirling.
“We only just scraped through to the final after finishing ninth in the Regional Qualifying at Helensburgh so to come out on top today in this field is amazing.” he added.
The win caps a remarkable year for 28-year-old Kilpatrick, who was also the reigning club and open champion at Mount Ellen:
“It’s been a great season for me having won the two big ones at my home club and this is the icing on the cake. We dovetailed very well out there today and managed to hole a few putts. The greens were very fast and the course is long and while it’s very different to Mount Ellen, we felt we would have a chance.”
Runners-up Ballumbie Castle, represented by 9-handicapper Bill Baillie and Robert Donaldson, playing off 2, were left to rue back-to-back bogeys at the 17th and 18th holes which marred an otherwise excellent scorecard.
Starting at the tenth, Donaldson got the Angus pairing off to a flying start with an eagle at the 11th hole and further birdies followed at the 13th, 1st, 2nd and 9th holes to give them second spot.
Borders club Hirsel took third spot with an excellent three-under par score of 68, with Bruce Lunn and Duncan Law doing their club proud with equal halves of 34.
Daryl Sreenan and Garrie Watson from Downfield in Dundee were fourth on 69, with Lochmaben and Craibstone the other two clubs to break par with scores of 70 to finish in fifth and sixth sports respectively.
Click here for the hole-by-hole scores from the Belhaven Best Scottish Club Handicap Championship at The Duke’s, St Andrews.
http://www.golfbox.dk/livescoring/leaderboard.asp?tour=%7b9D1286E8-ECBF-4358-808D-5F6940DF1D1A%7d&grp=101&clubOnly=1&color=1&lang=1033
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
Paul Bradley and Graham Kilpatrick were the toast of Mount Ellen Golf Club tonight after they stormed to a two-shot victory in the final of the 2009 Belhaven Best Scottish Club Handicap Championship final at The Duke’s, St Andrews.
The Lanarkshire duo combined to perfection to record a superb six-under par aggregate of 65 to finish two shots clear of Balbirnie Park’s Robert Donaldson and Bill Ballie and become the tenth winners of Scotland’s biggest participation golf event.
Starting at the tenth tee, they raced in contention after Bradley recorded a net eagle at the par five 11th and then chipped in for an eagle two at the short par four 13th hole. A bogey at the par three 12th hole was their only blemish on the outward nine but another Bradley birdie at the 15th put them back at four-under par.
Kilpatrick notched a birdie four at their tenth hole and the scratch golfer played some excellent par golf before his partner finished off the round in style with a net birdie at the closing hole to post a score no one else in the field was able to match.
“It’s great to win such a big event here at The Duke’s, which is a fantastic golf course. We both played really well today and we couldn’t have got off to a better start after getting two eagles in the opening four hole.” said 19-year old Bradley, a student at the University of Stirling.
“We only just scraped through to the final after finishing ninth in the Regional Qualifying at Helensburgh so to come out on top today in this field is amazing.” he added.
The win caps a remarkable year for 28-year-old Kilpatrick, who was also the reigning club and open champion at Mount Ellen:
“It’s been a great season for me having won the two big ones at my home club and this is the icing on the cake. We dovetailed very well out there today and managed to hole a few putts. The greens were very fast and the course is long and while it’s very different to Mount Ellen, we felt we would have a chance.”
Runners-up Ballumbie Castle, represented by 9-handicapper Bill Baillie and Robert Donaldson, playing off 2, were left to rue back-to-back bogeys at the 17th and 18th holes which marred an otherwise excellent scorecard.
Starting at the tenth, Donaldson got the Angus pairing off to a flying start with an eagle at the 11th hole and further birdies followed at the 13th, 1st, 2nd and 9th holes to give them second spot.
Borders club Hirsel took third spot with an excellent three-under par score of 68, with Bruce Lunn and Duncan Law doing their club proud with equal halves of 34.
Daryl Sreenan and Garrie Watson from Downfield in Dundee were fourth on 69, with Lochmaben and Craibstone the other two clubs to break par with scores of 70 to finish in fifth and sixth sports respectively.
Click here for the hole-by-hole scores from the Belhaven Best Scottish Club Handicap Championship at The Duke’s, St Andrews.
http://www.golfbox.dk/livescoring/leaderboard.asp?tour=%7b9D1286E8-ECBF-4358-808D-5F6940DF1D1A%7d&grp=101&clubOnly=1&color=1&lang=1033
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