HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS
County Clackmannan county boys' match-play finalists: Kevin Ross (Tillicoultry), runner-up on left), Lawrence Allan (Alva), winner of Ponton Shield, on right. Image by courtesy of Hugh Hunter.
COUNTY BOYS' MATCH-PLAY TITLE FOR LAWRENCE
The postponed 2010 Clackmannan county boys' match-play final for the Ponton Shield was played at Tillicoultry between Kevin Ross (Tillicoultry) and Lawrence Allan (Alva).
Home player Ross moved into a one-hole lead on the outward nine, increasing it to two holes after 12. Lawrence fought back and the turning point came at the 15th (Brugglie bank--- Tillicoultry’s equivalent of the famous water hole at Sawgrass) where a misjudgement by Kevin allowed Lawrence to square the match.
This must have given Allan some confidence because he won the next two holes to take the 2010 title by 2 and 1.
SCOTTISH YOUTHS DEBUT FOR LAWRENCE
Playing in an age group two levels above him, Alva’s Lawrence Allan must have been generally pleased with his performance in making the cut and finishing in 34th position in an experienced field for the Scottish youths championship at Monifieth.
At the same time, however, he must have been a bit disappointed with his opening and closing rounds of 79. It’s all a valuable learning experience and his excellent third round of 71 must give him confidence for upcoming boys’ events--- he plays in the SGU Junior Tour event this weekend at Brunston Castle golf course in Ayrshire, and is drawn with two other good under 16’s golfers in a 39 strong field of the top Scottish boy golfers.
In the Boys Order of Merit, Lawrence is in 13th position, so a good finish at Brunston could move him up towards the top group of Scottish boys .
TOP TEN FINISH FOR THE COUNTY GOLF TEAM
In the Scottish area team championship at Kinross, the Clackmannan county six-man team did some credit to themselves when they finished 10th out of the 16 areas. In the first stroke play round (5 scores out of 6 to count) the team scored 378. In more difficult windy afternoon conditions, the team slipped back to 389 and a total of 767, out of the top four qualifiers, and a good way behind the top qualifier North East who went on to win the match play event next day.
Team captain John Gullen said “Some of the individual scores could have been a bit better, but congratulations must go to Scott Borrowman for rounds of 67 and 72 to give the leading individual aggregate from the 96 players”
CHALLENGE TOUR GOLF FOR CALLUM
Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay continues his busy schedule on the European Challenge Tour. In the Mallorca Open, Callum made the cut with rounds of 74 and 70, but could not find an improvement in the last two rounds which he completed in 74 and 76.
This week Callum moves to Italy for the Tuscany Open; his objective is to improve in the Challenge Tour events hopefully to get into the top twenty--- this would give full playing rights on the European Tour next season.
AND FINALLY…. WEE COUNTY RULES AGAIN--- OK
The World Amateur Golf Rankings are published on a weekly basis (Wednesday at 12 noon)up to a position of just over 4000. This week, three local golfers feature--- Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 886; Jamie Aitken (Alloa) 3028 and Lawrence Allan (Alva) 3637. Lawrence gained points for his Scottish Youths performance which boosted his ranking by no less than 472 places!
Comparing them with only Scottish players, then their rankings become much better looking --- Scott 28th; Jamie 90th and Lawrence 102nd. And that’s in a population of over 150,000 golfers
On the world stage our Wee County with six golf clubs has three world ranked players--- Poland, Greece Cyprus plus many other countries have none.
Maybe Clackmannanshire should look for Nation status in golf!
The postponed 2010 Clackmannan county boys' match-play final for the Ponton Shield was played at Tillicoultry between Kevin Ross (Tillicoultry) and Lawrence Allan (Alva).
Home player Ross moved into a one-hole lead on the outward nine, increasing it to two holes after 12. Lawrence fought back and the turning point came at the 15th (Brugglie bank--- Tillicoultry’s equivalent of the famous water hole at Sawgrass) where a misjudgement by Kevin allowed Lawrence to square the match.
This must have given Allan some confidence because he won the next two holes to take the 2010 title by 2 and 1.
SCOTTISH YOUTHS DEBUT FOR LAWRENCE
Playing in an age group two levels above him, Alva’s Lawrence Allan must have been generally pleased with his performance in making the cut and finishing in 34th position in an experienced field for the Scottish youths championship at Monifieth.
At the same time, however, he must have been a bit disappointed with his opening and closing rounds of 79. It’s all a valuable learning experience and his excellent third round of 71 must give him confidence for upcoming boys’ events--- he plays in the SGU Junior Tour event this weekend at Brunston Castle golf course in Ayrshire, and is drawn with two other good under 16’s golfers in a 39 strong field of the top Scottish boy golfers.
In the Boys Order of Merit, Lawrence is in 13th position, so a good finish at Brunston could move him up towards the top group of Scottish boys .
TOP TEN FINISH FOR THE COUNTY GOLF TEAM
In the Scottish area team championship at Kinross, the Clackmannan county six-man team did some credit to themselves when they finished 10th out of the 16 areas. In the first stroke play round (5 scores out of 6 to count) the team scored 378. In more difficult windy afternoon conditions, the team slipped back to 389 and a total of 767, out of the top four qualifiers, and a good way behind the top qualifier North East who went on to win the match play event next day.
Team captain John Gullen said “Some of the individual scores could have been a bit better, but congratulations must go to Scott Borrowman for rounds of 67 and 72 to give the leading individual aggregate from the 96 players”
CHALLENGE TOUR GOLF FOR CALLUM
Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay continues his busy schedule on the European Challenge Tour. In the Mallorca Open, Callum made the cut with rounds of 74 and 70, but could not find an improvement in the last two rounds which he completed in 74 and 76.
This week Callum moves to Italy for the Tuscany Open; his objective is to improve in the Challenge Tour events hopefully to get into the top twenty--- this would give full playing rights on the European Tour next season.
AND FINALLY…. WEE COUNTY RULES AGAIN--- OK
The World Amateur Golf Rankings are published on a weekly basis (Wednesday at 12 noon)up to a position of just over 4000. This week, three local golfers feature--- Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 886; Jamie Aitken (Alloa) 3028 and Lawrence Allan (Alva) 3637. Lawrence gained points for his Scottish Youths performance which boosted his ranking by no less than 472 places!
Comparing them with only Scottish players, then their rankings become much better looking --- Scott 28th; Jamie 90th and Lawrence 102nd. And that’s in a population of over 150,000 golfers
On the world stage our Wee County with six golf clubs has three world ranked players--- Poland, Greece Cyprus plus many other countries have none.
Maybe Clackmannanshire should look for Nation status in golf!
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