TITLE-HOLDER McLEAN DISQUALIFIED
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IN N-E ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Defending champion Philip McLean disqualified himself after returning a three-under-par 65 which would have made him the first-round leader by two strokes of the 36-hole North-east Golfers’ championship at Duff House Royal Golf Club, Banff today.
After driving home to Peterhead and discussing the day’s play with a fellow competitor, McLean realised that he had taken a lift and drop without penalty from an out of bounds area on the bank of the River Deveron at the seventh hole, believing it to be ground under repair.
Alliance secretary Ron Menzies said: “Philip phoned me at the clubhouse and I had to confirm that the club had declared the semi-rough area in question out of bounds on health and safety grounds because the river bank is crumbling at that point and there is a risk that if competitors go too close to the bank, they will fall into the river.
“There was a message about it on the clubhouse noticeboard and also on display at the first tee but I do have some sympathy for the player.”
Three players share the lead on one-under-par 67 at the head of a field of 98 at the halfway stage of the championship - Fraserburgh’s Kris Nicol, one of only two Scots to qualify for the match-play stages of last week’s Spanish amateur championship, Inchmarlo tour pro Paul Cormack , and last man in, Newburgh club pro Ian Bratton.
Nicol recovered from a double-bogey 6 at the first with birdies at the fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth to reach the turn in two-under-par 32. Eight pars and a bogey 6 at the 12th made up an inward half of one-over 35.
Cormack also had a double bogey 6, at the fourth, but birdies at the third, sixth, 12th, 13th and 18th helped him round in halves of 34 and 33.
Bratton, out in 33 with birdies at the second and fifth, added the 10th and 12th to his bag of sub-par figures but faltered with bogeys at the 16th and 17th when set to take a clear lead.
Tongue in cheek, Ian blamed a passing motorist for putting him off his putting stroke by tooting his horn while he was on the 17th green!
Scottish boys’ and men’s match-play champion David Law (Hazlehead) is in fourth position, one shot off the pace with a level par 68 in which he birdied the first, second and fifth in 33 to the turn. He had one birdie, at the short 11th and two bogeys for 35 home.
Banchory's Scott Larkin, the man in form in recent weeks, had to settle for a 72 after driving his first ball out of bounds on to the practice area. His second ball off the tee landed on the green ... but Scott three-putted!
The second and final round of the championship is at Cruden Bay next Wednesday.
+Philip McLean could not have played in the second round anyway. Same goes for David Law. They are in the Scotland squad for next week's European Nations Cup at Sotogrande. But McLean's blunder did cost him the first prize voucher of around £100 for leading the first round scratch scores. Later news: Joint leader Kris Nicol will not be available for next week's fixture either, as he's off to South Africa for warm weather training with the Scottish Golf Union tomorrow for 11 days.
+Two other first-round contestants who are "otherwise engaged" instead of playing in next week's second round are former Press and Journal editor (and Scotland tennis international) Harry Roulston (Stonehaven) and Golf Monthly writer Fergus Bisset (Banchory). Harry is going on a Caribbean cruise while Fergus is playing with D Ford (Royal North Devon) in the Sunningdale foursomes, starting on Tuesday. Their first-round opponents are well-known tennis player of recent Wimbledon history, Tim Henman, apparently a quite useful golfer, and T Crawley, an all-Sunningdale partnership. Both pairings are playing off scratch.
+Roy Pirie (Caledonian), who had returned a 73, also phoned secretary Ron Menzies later to disqualify himself for not observing the seventh hole local rule. Are golfers more honest than any other sportsmen or women? I think so.
CHAMPIONSHIP - FIRST ROUND
Par 68
67 Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh), Paul Cormack (Inchmarlo), Ian Bratton (Newburgh) p.
68 David Law (Hazlehead).
69 Kevin Duncan (McDonald Ellon).
70 Anthony Bews (Murcar Links).
71 Patrick Lovie (P1 Corporate) p, Brian Nicholson (Auchmill), Mike Jenkins (Duff House Royal), Ryan Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo) p, Kyle Nelson (Murcar Links).
72 Craig Carnegie (Kemnay), Scott Larkin (Banchory), Duncan Clark (Duff House Royal), Fergus Bisset (Banchory), Stewart Finnie (Caledonian).
73 Justin Duff (Fraserburgh), John Nicolson (Auchmill), Laura Murray (Alford), Richard Hyland (Craibstone).
74 Jim Emslie (Royal Aberdeen).
75 Barry Brooks (Meldrum House), David Naylor (Banchory) p, David Corkey (Royal Aberdeen).
76 Paul McIntosh (Newburgh).
77 Billy Main (Murcar Links), Alistair Fiddes (Deeside), Steven Kennedy (Craibstone), Stewart Pert (Huntly), George Paterson (Northern), Craig Stewart (Kippie Lodge).
78 John Hamilton (Murcar Links), Sandy Elrick (Kemnay), Mark Lawrie (Kemnay), David Wilson (Duff House Royal), Keil Beveridge (Aboyne) p, David McKay (Caledonian).
79 John Mitchell (Fraserburgh), Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon), James Moodie (Kingsliffe) p.
80 Brian Harper (Newburgh), Charles Cassie (Nigg Bay), Alister Petrie (Oldmeldrum), Neish Chisholm (Kemnay), Nigel Parker (Murcar Links).
81 John Borthwick (Craibstone), Harry Roulston (Stonehaven), Dave MacKay (Newmachar), Les Fowler (Royal Aberdeen). Mike Booth (Kemnay), Dave Nelson (Aboyne).
HANDICAP
Class 1 – C Carnegie (Kemnay) (4) 68; D Law (Hazlehead) (+1), K Duncan (McDonald Ellon) (scr), B Nicolson (Auchmill) (2), J Nicolson (Auchmill) (4), Laura Murray (Alford) (4), K Nelson (Murcar Links) (2) 69; K Nicol (Fraserburgh (+3), M Jenkins (Duff House Royal) (1), F Bisset (Banchory) (1) 70.
Class 2 – S Kennedy (Craibstone) (11) 69; A Petrie (Oldmeldrum) (10), G Kelly (Peterculter) (14) 70; N Chisholm (Kemnay) (9), N Parker (Murcar Links) (8), M Booth (Kemnay) (10), N Stewart (Northern) (12) 71; H McNaughton (Cruden Bay) (11) 72; I Strachan (Royal Aberdeen) (11) 73; J Jessiman (Oldmeldrum) (14) 74.
DUFF HOUSE ROYAL SCORECARD: Par 68
OUT: 4-4-4-4-4-3-4-4-3--34. IN: 4-3-5-3-4-4-3-4-4--34.
KRIS NICOL 67
OUT: 6-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2--32. IN: 3-3-6-3-4-4-3-4-4--35.
PAUL CORMACK 67
OUT: 4-4-3-6-4-2-4-4-3--34. IN: 4-4-4-2-4-4-4-4-3--33
IAN BRATTON 67
OUT: 4-3-4-4-3-3-5-4-3--33. IN: 3-3-4-3-4-4-4-5-4--34
DAVID LAW 68
OUT: 3-3-4-4-3-3-5-4-4--33. IN: 5-2-5-3-4-4-3-4-5--35
KEVIN DUNCAN 69
OUT: 4-4-4-4-5-2-5-4-3--35. IN: 4-3-4-3-4-5-3-4-4--34
ANTHONY BEWS 70
OUT: 4-4-4-4-5-4-5-4-2--36. IN: 4-3-4-3-5-4-4-3-4--34
+In case you are interested in the scorecard of the disqualified Philip McLean (65), here is is:
OUT: 4-4-3-4-3-3-4-4-3--32. IN: 4-3-4-3-4-4-3-5--3--33
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IN N-E ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Defending champion Philip McLean disqualified himself after returning a three-under-par 65 which would have made him the first-round leader by two strokes of the 36-hole North-east Golfers’ championship at Duff House Royal Golf Club, Banff today.
After driving home to Peterhead and discussing the day’s play with a fellow competitor, McLean realised that he had taken a lift and drop without penalty from an out of bounds area on the bank of the River Deveron at the seventh hole, believing it to be ground under repair.
Alliance secretary Ron Menzies said: “Philip phoned me at the clubhouse and I had to confirm that the club had declared the semi-rough area in question out of bounds on health and safety grounds because the river bank is crumbling at that point and there is a risk that if competitors go too close to the bank, they will fall into the river.
“There was a message about it on the clubhouse noticeboard and also on display at the first tee but I do have some sympathy for the player.”
Three players share the lead on one-under-par 67 at the head of a field of 98 at the halfway stage of the championship - Fraserburgh’s Kris Nicol, one of only two Scots to qualify for the match-play stages of last week’s Spanish amateur championship, Inchmarlo tour pro Paul Cormack , and last man in, Newburgh club pro Ian Bratton.
Nicol recovered from a double-bogey 6 at the first with birdies at the fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth to reach the turn in two-under-par 32. Eight pars and a bogey 6 at the 12th made up an inward half of one-over 35.
Cormack also had a double bogey 6, at the fourth, but birdies at the third, sixth, 12th, 13th and 18th helped him round in halves of 34 and 33.
Bratton, out in 33 with birdies at the second and fifth, added the 10th and 12th to his bag of sub-par figures but faltered with bogeys at the 16th and 17th when set to take a clear lead.
Tongue in cheek, Ian blamed a passing motorist for putting him off his putting stroke by tooting his horn while he was on the 17th green!
Scottish boys’ and men’s match-play champion David Law (Hazlehead) is in fourth position, one shot off the pace with a level par 68 in which he birdied the first, second and fifth in 33 to the turn. He had one birdie, at the short 11th and two bogeys for 35 home.
Banchory's Scott Larkin, the man in form in recent weeks, had to settle for a 72 after driving his first ball out of bounds on to the practice area. His second ball off the tee landed on the green ... but Scott three-putted!
The second and final round of the championship is at Cruden Bay next Wednesday.
+Philip McLean could not have played in the second round anyway. Same goes for David Law. They are in the Scotland squad for next week's European Nations Cup at Sotogrande. But McLean's blunder did cost him the first prize voucher of around £100 for leading the first round scratch scores. Later news: Joint leader Kris Nicol will not be available for next week's fixture either, as he's off to South Africa for warm weather training with the Scottish Golf Union tomorrow for 11 days.
+Two other first-round contestants who are "otherwise engaged" instead of playing in next week's second round are former Press and Journal editor (and Scotland tennis international) Harry Roulston (Stonehaven) and Golf Monthly writer Fergus Bisset (Banchory). Harry is going on a Caribbean cruise while Fergus is playing with D Ford (Royal North Devon) in the Sunningdale foursomes, starting on Tuesday. Their first-round opponents are well-known tennis player of recent Wimbledon history, Tim Henman, apparently a quite useful golfer, and T Crawley, an all-Sunningdale partnership. Both pairings are playing off scratch.
+Roy Pirie (Caledonian), who had returned a 73, also phoned secretary Ron Menzies later to disqualify himself for not observing the seventh hole local rule. Are golfers more honest than any other sportsmen or women? I think so.
CHAMPIONSHIP - FIRST ROUND
Par 68
67 Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh), Paul Cormack (Inchmarlo), Ian Bratton (Newburgh) p.
68 David Law (Hazlehead).
69 Kevin Duncan (McDonald Ellon).
70 Anthony Bews (Murcar Links).
71 Patrick Lovie (P1 Corporate) p, Brian Nicholson (Auchmill), Mike Jenkins (Duff House Royal), Ryan Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo) p, Kyle Nelson (Murcar Links).
72 Craig Carnegie (Kemnay), Scott Larkin (Banchory), Duncan Clark (Duff House Royal), Fergus Bisset (Banchory), Stewart Finnie (Caledonian).
73 Justin Duff (Fraserburgh), John Nicolson (Auchmill), Laura Murray (Alford), Richard Hyland (Craibstone).
74 Jim Emslie (Royal Aberdeen).
75 Barry Brooks (Meldrum House), David Naylor (Banchory) p, David Corkey (Royal Aberdeen).
76 Paul McIntosh (Newburgh).
77 Billy Main (Murcar Links), Alistair Fiddes (Deeside), Steven Kennedy (Craibstone), Stewart Pert (Huntly), George Paterson (Northern), Craig Stewart (Kippie Lodge).
78 John Hamilton (Murcar Links), Sandy Elrick (Kemnay), Mark Lawrie (Kemnay), David Wilson (Duff House Royal), Keil Beveridge (Aboyne) p, David McKay (Caledonian).
79 John Mitchell (Fraserburgh), Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon), James Moodie (Kingsliffe) p.
80 Brian Harper (Newburgh), Charles Cassie (Nigg Bay), Alister Petrie (Oldmeldrum), Neish Chisholm (Kemnay), Nigel Parker (Murcar Links).
81 John Borthwick (Craibstone), Harry Roulston (Stonehaven), Dave MacKay (Newmachar), Les Fowler (Royal Aberdeen). Mike Booth (Kemnay), Dave Nelson (Aboyne).
HANDICAP
Class 1 – C Carnegie (Kemnay) (4) 68; D Law (Hazlehead) (+1), K Duncan (McDonald Ellon) (scr), B Nicolson (Auchmill) (2), J Nicolson (Auchmill) (4), Laura Murray (Alford) (4), K Nelson (Murcar Links) (2) 69; K Nicol (Fraserburgh (+3), M Jenkins (Duff House Royal) (1), F Bisset (Banchory) (1) 70.
Class 2 – S Kennedy (Craibstone) (11) 69; A Petrie (Oldmeldrum) (10), G Kelly (Peterculter) (14) 70; N Chisholm (Kemnay) (9), N Parker (Murcar Links) (8), M Booth (Kemnay) (10), N Stewart (Northern) (12) 71; H McNaughton (Cruden Bay) (11) 72; I Strachan (Royal Aberdeen) (11) 73; J Jessiman (Oldmeldrum) (14) 74.
DUFF HOUSE ROYAL SCORECARD: Par 68
OUT: 4-4-4-4-4-3-4-4-3--34. IN: 4-3-5-3-4-4-3-4-4--34.
KRIS NICOL 67
OUT: 6-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2--32. IN: 3-3-6-3-4-4-3-4-4--35.
PAUL CORMACK 67
OUT: 4-4-3-6-4-2-4-4-3--34. IN: 4-4-4-2-4-4-4-4-3--33
IAN BRATTON 67
OUT: 4-3-4-4-3-3-5-4-3--33. IN: 3-3-4-3-4-4-4-5-4--34
DAVID LAW 68
OUT: 3-3-4-4-3-3-5-4-4--33. IN: 5-2-5-3-4-4-3-4-5--35
KEVIN DUNCAN 69
OUT: 4-4-4-4-5-2-5-4-3--35. IN: 4-3-4-3-4-5-3-4-4--34
ANTHONY BEWS 70
OUT: 4-4-4-4-5-4-5-4-2--36. IN: 4-3-4-3-5-4-4-3-4--34
+In case you are interested in the scorecard of the disqualified Philip McLean (65), here is is:
OUT: 4-4-3-4-3-3-4-4-3--32. IN: 4-3-4-3-4-4-3-5--3--33
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