Tony Stafford beats Sandy Pirie in seniors' final
Tony Stafford (Gleneagles) is the new Scottish senior men’s amateur match-play champion. He beat former Walker Cup player, Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) by 3 and 1 in the final over the Montgomerie course at Kinross Golf Club today.
Pirie, 68 years old and the 13th of 32 qualifiers, was three up at the turn with par golf but lost the 10th to a birdie, the 12th to a par and the 13th to a birdie to be pulled back to all square.
Stafford, the No 3 seed and 11 years younger than his opponent, went two up with a par at the 14th and a birdie at the 15th and he completed his come-from-behind victory with a par at the 17th where Pirie was bunkered.
Stafford was roughly two over par for the holes played.
Tony Stafford (Gleneagles) is the new Scottish senior men’s amateur match-play champion. He beat former Walker Cup player, Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) by 3 and 1 in the final over the Montgomerie course at Kinross Golf Club today.
Pirie, 68 years old and the 13th of 32 qualifiers, was three up at the turn with par golf but lost the 10th to a birdie, the 12th to a par and the 13th to a birdie to be pulled back to all square.
Stafford, the No 3 seed and 11 years younger than his opponent, went two up with a par at the 14th and a birdie at the 15th and he completed his come-from-behind victory with a par at the 17th where Pirie was bunkered.
Stafford was roughly two over par for the holes played.
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