North-east Alliance report and scores

Kris Nicol back in 29 for

a 62 at frosty Edzell

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Fraserburgh greenkeeper Kris Nicol is used to working on a golf course in all sorts of conditions - so, perhaps no surprise, that in very frosty conditions for today's North-east Alliance at Edzell Golf Club, the +3 handicapper headed a field of 61 brave souls with an excellent score, even over a shorteneded winter course, of seven-under-par 62.

Nicol reached the turn in two-under-par 35 with birdies at the first, fifth and eighth and one shot dropped, a bogey at the sixth.

Everyone, well, almost everyone, seemed to find the inward nine a lot easier and Nicol was no exception. He went into over-drive with only 29 shots required, made up of eight 3s (six of them birdies and two of them pars) and a bogey 5 at the 13th.

You can have a look at Kris's scorecard below.

Golf magazine writer Fergus Bisset (Banchory) was runner-up with a 64. He came home in 30 with the highlight an eagle 2 at the 12th.
Third-placed Brian Nicolson (Auchmill) had two eagle 2s - at the third and eighth - as well as four bogeys in an outward 35 on his way to a 65.
Leading scores (par 69)
SCRATCH
62 Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh).
64 Fergus Bisset (Banchory).
65 Brian Nicolson (Auchmill).
66 Stewart Pert (Huntly).
69 Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh), Martin Foser (Cruden Bay).
70 George Paterson (Northern), Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon).
71 Ian Bratton (Newburgh).
72 David Naylor (Banchory), Kevin Duncan (McDonald Ellon), Mar Lawrie (Kemnay), Jim Murray (Banchory).
73 Brian Harper (Newburgh), Harry Roulston (Stonehaven), Bill Urquhart (Murcar Links).
HANDICAP
Class 1 - F Bisset (Banchory) (2) 62; B Nicolson (Auchmill) (2) 63; S Pert (Huntly) (2), M Foster (Cruden Bay) (5), J Murray (Banchory) (8) 64; K Nicol (Fraserburgh) (+3) 65.
Class 2 - S Kennedy (Craibstone) (13), M Rogers (Kemnay) (15) 63; A Petrie (Oldmeldrum) (10) 64; D Townsley (Peterculter) (15), I Grant (Huntly) (18) 66; D Wood (Newburgh) (13) 68.

EDZELL WINTER SCORECARD

OUT: 4-4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4--35. IN: 4-4-4-4-3-4-4-3-4--34.

KRIS NICOL 62

OUT: 3-4-4-4-3-4-4-3-4--33. IN: 3-3-3-5-3-3-3-3-3-- 29.

FERGUS BISSET 64

OUT: 3-5-4-4-4-3-3-4-4--34. IN: 4-4-2-4-3-3-3-3-4--30.

BRIAN NICOLSON 65

OUT: 5-5-2-4-4-4-5-2-4--35. IN: 4-3-3-4-2-3-4-3-4--30.

STEWART PERT 66

OUT: 4-5-4-4-4-3-4-4-4--36. IN: 3-4-4-3-3-3-4-2-4--30