North-east Alliance report, scores

BEVERIDGE PIPS NELSON WITH

GRANDSTAND FINISH AT EDZELL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Inchmarlo Golf Centre staff professional Keil Beveridge staged a grandstand finish to pip fellow pro Colin Nelson (MacKenzie Club) for the £100 top prize in today’s North-east Golfers’ Alliance competition, played in windy, overcast conditions.
With Nelson the early clubhouse leader with a level-par 71, Beveridge was two over par with three holes to play and needing something special to change things around.And that was just what Keil, who used to be attached to Aboyne Golf Club, achieved.
He got a birdie 3 at the 16th, a par 3 at the short 17th and an eagle 3 at 496yd par-5 18th hole to come home in 34 for par 70 to head a field of 90 players.
Earlier Beveridge, boyfriend of Scotland international team player Laura Murray (Alford), had birdied the seventh but bogeyed the sixth, 10th and 11th.
Nelson, after birdieing the first, had a bad run in the murky conditions, bogeying the fifth, seventh and eighth in an outward 38. Coming home, he birdied the 10th, 15th and 18th but bogeyed the 11th.
Former Press and Journal and Evening Express Editor Harry Roulston continued his recent run of good form by claiming third scratch over all with a 75 (39-36) - the lowest round by an amateur. Past Stonehaven Golf Club captain, Harry had the best Class 1 net score of 69 off 6.

LEADING SCRATCH
Par 71. Yardage: 6,087 (yellow tees)

70 K Beveridge (Inchmarlo).
71 C Nelson (MacKenzie Club).
75 H Roulston (Stonehaven).
76 L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen), S Finnie (Caledonian).
77 J Hopwood (Skibo Castle), C Carnegie (Kemnay), A K Pirie (Hazlehead), J Nicolson (Auchmill), P McIntosh (Newburgh), J Duncan (Newburgh), Sean Lawrie (Portlethen).
78 C Buchanan (Newmachar), R O’Donnell (Oldmeldrum), G H Paterson (Northern), M Booth (Kemnay), F Bisset (Banchory), R Lamb (Newmachar).
79 G Geddes (Auchmill), S Scott (Auchmill), D Brown (Kemnay), R Nicolson (Auchmill).
80 C Ord (Auchmill), J M Hamilton (Murcar Links), S Larkin (Royal Aberdeen), S Elrick (Kemnay), J Thomas (Craibstone), M Merchant (Newmachar).
81 C Cassie (Nigg Bay), J Dalgarno (Hazlehead), I D Smith (Hazlehead), D Nelson (Aboyne), W Skene (Deeside), D Wilson (Duff House Royal)
82 D MacKay (Newmachar), P Cheyne (Northern), M Lawrie (Kemnay).
83 D Leslie (Westhill), S Davidson (Northern), N Stewart (Northern), J Murray (Banchory).
84 B Harper (Newburgh), I McDonald (Dunecht House), J Forrest (Northern).
85 S Kennedy (Craibstone), R Brown (Inverurie), W Shaw (Banchory), D Bisset (Banchory), N G Parker (Murcar Links).

LEADING HANDICAP
Class 1 – H Roulston (Stonehaven) (6) 69; C Buchanan (Newmachar) (8) 70; L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) (5) 71; W Skene (Deeside) (9) 72; G Geddes (Auchmill) (6), J Dalgarno (Hazlehead) (8), C Carnegie (Kemnay) (4), P McIntosh (Newburgh) (4), J Duncan (Newburgh) (4), S Elrick (Kemnay) (7), P Cheyne (Northern) (9) 73.
Class 2 – M Booth (Kemnay) (11) 67; M Brown (Inverurie) (18) 69; C Ord (Auchmill) (10), S Davidson (Northern) (13), N Stewart (Northern) (13) 70; R Brown (Inverurie) (14), J McPherson (Auchmill) (18) 71.

EDZELL PAR SCORECARD (71 from yellow tees)
OUT: 4-4-4-4-4-3-4-4-5--36. IN: 4-4-4-4-3-4-4-3-5--35

BEST CARDS TODAY

KEIL BEVERIDGE 70
OUT: 4-4-4-4-4-4-3-4-5--36. IN: 5-5-4-4-3-4-3-3-3--34

COLIN NELSON 71
OUT: 3-4-4-4-5-3-5-5-5--38. IN: 3-5-4-4-3-3-4-3-4--33

HARRY ROULSTON 75
OUT: 4-5-4-3-5-3-5-4-6--39. IN: 4-4-4-5-3-4-4-3-5-- 36.

NEXT WEDNESDAY'S MEETING IS AT NEWMACHAR WHERE THEY WILL BE A TWO-TEE START.
NEWMACHAR DOES NOT USE WINTER GREENS SO TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THE PUTTING SURFACES, NO PLAY WILL BE PERMITTED IF THE COURSE IS AFFECTED BY OVERNIGHT FROST.