Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Fraserburgh offering country membership outwith 25 miles

Fraserburgh Golf Club is now offering country membership for people who live and work over 25 miles from Fraserburgh. The cost? £150.
Aberdeen is more than 40 miles but fewer than 50 miles from Fraserburgh.

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Purtzer's four secrets to driving the ball better

FROM PGATOUR.COM
Tom Purtzer has always possessed one of the sweetest swings in professional golf. He led the US PGA Tour in driving distance in 1990, averaging 279.6 yards, and has also topped the driving distance category on the Champions (Seniors) Tour in four of the last six years.
Here are Tom tells you his secrets of how to drive the ball better:
1 Get fitted for the right equipment. Take advantage of the available technology to find out what equipment -- shaft, clubhead loft, ball -- will be of greatest benefit.
Purtzer: "The modern high-tech equipment only helps if it fits you properly. If it doesn't fit you, it's worse than using what you're using now."
2 Keep stretching. Hitting a golf ball a long way is more about flexibility than strength.
Purtzer: "To me the most important thing is to be able to stay flexible enough to make a body turn -- shoulders, hip. That's the key."
3 Don't fall victim to equipment misconceptions. Stiffer shafts and stronger lofts don't necessarily translate into more distance.
Purtzer: "My way of thinking is old school. The older you get, you want to soften up the shaft to give yourself a little more kick to get the ball to fly, to keep the ball in the air."
4 A trusty driver is a friend forever.
Purtzer: "If it works, why would you change? My driver is three generations old. There have been three upgrades since mine."
The shaft in Purtzer's driver is at least 12 years old. Moral of the story: It's hard to say goodbye to a loyal friend who has been good to you for a long time.

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Perfect windless day for NE Alliance at Buchan links

Senior George leads the way

with a 65 at Fraserburgh

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Northern Golf Club member George Paterson had his senior moments today – 65 of them to be precise over Fraserburgh’s Corbiehill Links to win the North-east Alliance competition by two shots.
In perfect sunny and windless conditions, Paterson, pictured left in the Fraserburgh clubhouse today by Cal Carson Golf Agency, a regular on the Scottish Senior Golf Society circuit, headed a field of 89 with his five-under-par round which had halves of 34 (one under par) and 31 (four under).
His only bogey came with three putts at the first. Thereafter he birdied the eighth, ninth, 10th, 12th 15th and 17th.
“That was my best round for a long time, although I've felt it has not been far away in recent Alliance competitions where I've had good outward halves but poor inward scores and vice versa,” said scratch man George.
“I hit the ball solidly and I don’t think I missed a fairway and most important, I holed a few putts, the longest of which were a 25-footer at the ninth and from 20ft for a 2 at the 17th.”
Runner-up was Scotland youth cap Philip McLean (Peterhead) with a 67 which included a three-putt double bogey 6 at the 11th. It was the only blemish on a card which included birdies at the first, fourth, 10th , 12th and 15th in halves of 33 and 34.
Ladies European Tour rookie Michele Thomson (McDonald) had her first competitive outing as a professional and had to settle for a 77 after running up a quintuple bogey 9 at the second and bogesy at the fifth and sixth aftere a birdie at the third.
She then covered the remaining 12 holes in one-over-par. After turning in 42, she matched the inward par of 35 with birdies at the 11th and 13th and bogeys at the 14th and 16th.
Michele looked as though she had the start of a bad head cold or even the flu when she talked to me in the Broch clubhouse so, all things considered, it was a good effort for the last 12 holes. Rememeber, by choice, she plays off the men's tees at these Alliance competitions.
She thinks she will make her LET debut in the Ladies Swiss Open which tees off on May 14 but cannot be certain yet.
It shows just how difficult it is for a player in Michele's situation, i.e. does not have full playing rights on the Ladies European Tour, to plan her schedule. Not until the closing date for entries for the Ladies Swiss Open has come and gone will the LET administration staff be able to tell the Ellon player if she is high enough in the pecking order to get into the field.
Michele will miss next week's NE Alliance meeting at Buckpool but plans to return at Newburgh-on-Ythan on Wednesday, March 19.
Les Taylor (Auchmill), joint third with clubmate Brian Nicolson, on the 68 mark, topped the Class 1 handicap returns with a net 64 off four. In Class 2, Mike Booth (Kemnay) also led the way with a net 64, off 12.
Incidentally, unusual to hear so many players having nice things to say about the Fraserburgh links after their rounds, whether they had score well or not. Usually, only those with good scores hand out compliments but there was general agreement among the competitors that the Broch course was in very good nick with the greens fast for this time of the year.
Leading scores (par 70, 6,308yd)
SCRATCH
65
G H Paterson (Northern).
67 P McLean (Peterhead)
68 L Taylor (Auchmill), B Nicolson (Auchmill).
69 W Main (Murcar Links), C Nelson (Mackenzie Club), R Cameron (McDonald Ellon).
70 I Bratton (Newburgh), C Law (Hazlehead).
71 R Stewart (Cruden Bay), R Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo), A Bews (Murcar Links), S Finnie (Caledonian)..
72 A J Smith (Turriff), D Clark (Duff House Royal), J M Hamilton (Murcar Links), F Bisset (Banchory), D MacKay (Newmachar), R Milne (Aboyne), R Pirie (Caledonian)..
73 C Stephen (Meldrum House), A K Pirie (Hazlehead), H Roulston (Stonehaven), S Davidson (Banchory), D Corkey (Murcar Links).
74 C Cassie (Nigg Bay), D Naylor (Banchory), C Duffus (Kemnay), N Parker (Murcar Links).
75 M Jenkins (Duff House Royal), S Cooper (Banchory).
76 J Dalgarno (Hazlehead), S Scott (Auchmill), M Booth (Kemnay), H McNaughton (Cruden Bay), G Homer (Lumphanan), M Lawrie (Kemnay), S Chalmers (Banchory), J Nicolson (Auchmill).
77 B Harper (Newburgh), C Carnegie (Kemnay), D Wilson (Duff House Royal), J Scott (Peterculter), Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon).
78 J Borthwick (Craibstone), G Moir (Auchmill), J Roberts (Cruden Bay), J Mooney (unatt), S Higgins (Royal Aberdeen).
79 P Morrison (Oldmeldrum), D Phillip (Newburgh), J Harrison (Newmachar), A Nelson (Banchory).

HANDICAP
Class 1 – L Taylor (Auchmill) (4) 64; G H Paterson (Northern) (scr), D MacKay (Newmachar) (7) 65; C Cassie (Nigg Bay) (8), B Nicolson (Auchmill) (2) 66; J M Hamilton (Murcar Links) (5), C Law (Hazlehead) (3), R Milne (Aboyne) (5) 67; A J Smith (Turriff) (4), C Duffus (Kemnay) (6) 68.
Class 2 – M Booth (Kemnay) (12) 64; N Parker (Murcar Links) (9), G Moir (Auchmill) (13), G Homer (Lumphanan) (11), H McNaughton (Cruden Bay) (11) 65; J Scott (Peterculter) (11) 66; S Higgins (Royal Aberdeen) (10) 68; J Penny (Huntly) (13) 69.

FRASERBURGH SCORECARD: Par 70
OUT: 4-4-4-4-3-5-3-4-4--35. IN: 4-4-4-4-3--5-4-3-4--35

TODAY'S LEADING CARDS
GEORGE PATERSON: 65
OUT: 5-4-4-4-3--5-3-3-3--34. IN: 3-4-3-4-3-4-4-2-4--31.

PHILIP McLEAN: 67
OUT: 3-4-4-3-3-5--3-4-4--33. IN: 3-6-3-4-3-4-4-3-4--34.

BRIAN NICOLSON: 68
OUT: 4-5-4-5-3-4-3-4-4--36. IN: 4-3-5-3-3-4-3-3-4--32.

LES TAYLOR: 68
OUT: 4-5-3-4-3-5-3-5-4--36. IN: 4-4-4-3-3-4-4-3-3--32.

+NEXT WEDNESDAY'S NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE COMPETITION IS AT BUCKPOOL.

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Scott Arnold (left) and Daniel Beckman (right), winners of the Australian foursomes, with the captain of Riversdale Golf Club, Barry Cutler.

Fotheringham joint 12th in Aussie foursomes

Fraser Fotheringham, the British boys' championship runner-up in 2007, from Nairn and Tasmania's Kalem Richardson finished a creditable joint 12th in a field of 51 pairs for the 36-hole Australian men's amateur foursomes golf championship, played in testing weather conditions at Riversdale Golf Club, Victoria today.
A second Scot in the field, Australia-based Stephen Spiers, and his South Australian partner, Heath Riches, tied for 22nd place with 80 and 77 for 157.
The all-Ireland combination of Paul Buckley and Joe Lyons shared 24th place on 158 with scores of 78 and 80.
Scott Arnold (New South Wales) and Daniel Beckmann (Victoria) won by one shot with scores of 72 and 67 for 139.
The Australian foursomes are the traditional curtain-raiser to the main event at Riversdale Golf Club, the Riversdale Cup, in which Fotheringham is competing. A stroke-play event, it tees off on Friday.

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Frozen Duddingston Alliance redated for March 25

Today's scheduled Edinburgh & East of Scotland Alliance competition at Duddingston Golf Club has been postponed due to frozen ground conditions. It has been rearranged for March 25.

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