SKIBO CASTLE'S JOEL HOPWOOD WINS NORTH-EAST
ALLIANCE AT DEESIDE
By COLIN FARQUHARSONSkibo Castle assistant professional Joel Hopwood made the long journey south to Deeside Golf Club, in the suburbs of Aberdeen, a worthwhile one when he scored his first win on the North-east Golfers’ Alliance circuit today.
Hopwood, 22, pictured, born in Stockton near Middlesbrough but brought up in the Granite City before his move farther north, headed a field of 96 with a one-under-par round of 69 on a gloriously sunny day at the Bieldside course.
“David Thomson, my boss at Skibo Castle, has been working to improve my swing and it paid off here at Deeside which I last played as a junior,” said Hopwood who had birdies at the third, fifth, 13th and 17th, dropping shorts at the 10th, 14th and 15th in halves of 34 and 35.
He won by two shots from Scottish amateur international Philip McLean (Peterhead) (37-34) and Inchmarlo staff pro Ryan Fitzpatrick (38-33).
Fitzpatrick, who had started bogey-bogey and dropped another shot at the seventh, covered the last 10 holes in two under-par with birdies at the ninth and 10th and eight straight pars to finish.
Northern Open runner-up Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen), out in 35 with an eagle 3 at the sixth and a bogey at the seventh, bogeyed the short 16th, leaving him needing a birdie at the last to tie with Hopwood but after a bad drive he mishit his second into the water hazard and finished with a double bogey 6 for 37 home and a 72.
Kemnay pro David Brown also had a 6 at the last in halves of 37 and 36 for a 73.
Stewart Pert (Huntly) had the classic "game of two halves." He was out in 43 with a 9 at the second and came home in 33 for a 76.
Philip McLean and former Scottish boys' and men's amateur champion David Law (Hazlehead) - who had a 73 (39-34) today - will miss a few NE Alliance meetings later this month and next for the best possible reason.
They are members of the SGU Elite Squad who are bound for a month's warm-weather (surely HOT-weather!) training at Dubai. Law, in fact, will have to come home early as he has to appear as a witness in a court case.
ALL THE SCRATCH SCORES
Par 70. Yardage 5992 (Yellow tees).
69 Joel Hopwood (Skibo Castle) p 34-35.
71 Ryan Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo) p 38-33, Philip McLean (Peterhead) 37-34.
72 Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen) 35-37.
73 Colin Nelson (MacKenzie Shop) p 37-36, David Brown (Kemnay) p 37-36, David Law (Hazlehead) 39-34
74 Patrick Lovie (P1 Corporate) p38-36, Sandy Elrick (Kemnay) 38-36, Fergus Bisset (Banchory) 39-35, Gary Ross (Meldrum House) 37-37
75 Gary Geddes (Auchmill) 39-36, Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) 39-36.
76 Graeme Mitchell (Braemar) 41-35, Stewart Pert (Huntly) 43-33, Stewart Finnie (Caledonian) 39-37.
77 Craig Brewster (Inchmarlo) 40-37, Sean Lawrie (Portlethen) 42-35, Craig Carnegie (Kemnay) 39-38.
78 M Jenkins (Duff House Royal) 38-40, Dave Wilson (Duff House Royal) 39-39, I MacDonald (Dunecht House) 38-40.
79 Stephen Scott (Auchmill) 40-39, John Borthwick (Craibstone) 38-41, D Leslie (Northern) 41-38, Alan Ross (Deeside) 40-39, M Forster (Cruden Bay) 39-40
80 Scott Green (Meldrum House).
81 Derek Randall (Banchory).
Class 2 (10 to 18) – I MacDonald (Dunecht House (9), J Short (Peterculter) (13), D Randall (Banchory) (12) 69; M Rogers (Kemnay) (15), R Brown (Inverurie) (14) 71; S Kennedy (Craibstone) (11) 72; W Forbes (Murcar Links) (13), M Smith (Inverurie) (17), N Stewart (Northern) (13), G Leslie (Newburgh) (11) 73.
Next week's meeting is a McDonald Ellon Golf Club. All available tee times have been booked although acting secretary David Wilson might be able to get some additional players into the field by starting them at the eighth, ninth or 10th.
The NE Alliance mobile phone (07801 819746) will be manned from 10am to 4pm every Tuesday for inquiries about tee times.
BEST SCORECARDS AT DEESIDE
Par (70): OUT-3-4-5-4-3-5-4-4-4-36. IN-4-4-3-5-3-4-3-4-4-34
JOEL HOPWOOD 69
OUT: 3-4-4-4-2-5-4-4-4-34.
IN: 5-4-3-4-4-5-3-3-4-35.
RYAN FITZPATRICK 71
OUT: 4-5-5-4-3-5-5-4-3-38.
IN: 3-4-3-5-3-4-3-4-4- 33.
PHILIP McLEAN 71
OUT: 3-4-5-4-4-4-4-5-4-37.
IN: 4-4-3-5-3-4-3-3-5-34.
SCOTT LARKIN 72
OUT: 3-4-5-4-3-3-5-4-4-35.
IN: 4-4-3-6-3-3-4-4-6-37.
ALLIANCE AT DEESIDE
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Hopwood, 22, pictured, born in Stockton near Middlesbrough but brought up in the Granite City before his move farther north, headed a field of 96 with a one-under-par round of 69 on a gloriously sunny day at the Bieldside course.
“David Thomson, my boss at Skibo Castle, has been working to improve my swing and it paid off here at Deeside which I last played as a junior,” said Hopwood who had birdies at the third, fifth, 13th and 17th, dropping shorts at the 10th, 14th and 15th in halves of 34 and 35.
He won by two shots from Scottish amateur international Philip McLean (Peterhead) (37-34) and Inchmarlo staff pro Ryan Fitzpatrick (38-33).
Fitzpatrick, who had started bogey-bogey and dropped another shot at the seventh, covered the last 10 holes in two under-par with birdies at the ninth and 10th and eight straight pars to finish.
Northern Open runner-up Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen), out in 35 with an eagle 3 at the sixth and a bogey at the seventh, bogeyed the short 16th, leaving him needing a birdie at the last to tie with Hopwood but after a bad drive he mishit his second into the water hazard and finished with a double bogey 6 for 37 home and a 72.
Kemnay pro David Brown also had a 6 at the last in halves of 37 and 36 for a 73.
Stewart Pert (Huntly) had the classic "game of two halves." He was out in 43 with a 9 at the second and came home in 33 for a 76.
Philip McLean and former Scottish boys' and men's amateur champion David Law (Hazlehead) - who had a 73 (39-34) today - will miss a few NE Alliance meetings later this month and next for the best possible reason.
They are members of the SGU Elite Squad who are bound for a month's warm-weather (surely HOT-weather!) training at Dubai. Law, in fact, will have to come home early as he has to appear as a witness in a court case.
ALL THE SCRATCH SCORES
Par 70. Yardage 5992 (Yellow tees).
69 Joel Hopwood (Skibo Castle) p 34-35.
71 Ryan Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo) p 38-33, Philip McLean (Peterhead) 37-34.
72 Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen) 35-37.
73 Colin Nelson (MacKenzie Shop) p 37-36, David Brown (Kemnay) p 37-36, David Law (Hazlehead) 39-34
74 Patrick Lovie (P1 Corporate) p38-36, Sandy Elrick (Kemnay) 38-36, Fergus Bisset (Banchory) 39-35, Gary Ross (Meldrum House) 37-37
75 Gary Geddes (Auchmill) 39-36, Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) 39-36.
76 Graeme Mitchell (Braemar) 41-35, Stewart Pert (Huntly) 43-33, Stewart Finnie (Caledonian) 39-37.
77 Craig Brewster (Inchmarlo) 40-37, Sean Lawrie (Portlethen) 42-35, Craig Carnegie (Kemnay) 39-38.
78 M Jenkins (Duff House Royal) 38-40, Dave Wilson (Duff House Royal) 39-39, I MacDonald (Dunecht House) 38-40.
79 Stephen Scott (Auchmill) 40-39, John Borthwick (Craibstone) 38-41, D Leslie (Northern) 41-38, Alan Ross (Deeside) 40-39, M Forster (Cruden Bay) 39-40
80 Scott Green (Meldrum House).
81 Derek Randall (Banchory).
82 J Kinsella (Braemar), Lawrence Prouse (Hazlehead), Paul McIntosh (Newburgh), J Duncan (Newburgh), John Short (Peterculter), Sammy (Samantha) Leslie (Westhill), David Nelson (Aboyne), David Fleming (Portlethen).
83 S Kennedy (Craibstone), J M Hamilton (Murcar Links), Laura Murray (Aboyne), D McKay (Caledonian).84 Grant Leslie (Newburgh).
85 Harry Roulston (Stonehaven) C Cassie (Nigg Bay), R Brown (Inverurie), Jim Murray (Banchory).
86 John Dalgarno (Hazlehead), W Forbes (Murcar Links), M Rogers (Kemnay), N Stewart (Northern), Ian D Smith (Hazlehead) p, Dave Bingham (Newburgh).
87 Steve Lawrie (Portlethen), Keil Beveridge (Aboyne) p, R O'Donnell (Oldmeldrum).
88 Jim Scott (Peterculter), Ian Strachan (Royal Aberdeen), Bill Shaw (Banchory), G Stevely (Murcar Links).
90 M Rendall (Stonehaven), Sandy Davidson (Northern), David Bisset (Banchory), M Smith (Inverurie), J Forrest (Northern), Hamish McNaughton (Cruden Bay), Peter Cheyne (Northern), Dave Philip (Newburgh), Donald Wood (Newburgh).
91 Les Fowler (Royal Aberdeen), T A Cowie (Kemnay).
92 Alistair Graham (Aboyne).
95 John Jessiman (Oldmeldrum), Jim Penny (Huntly), J Gall (Caledonian).
96 Colin Farquhar (Auchmill), J Lumsden (Auchmill).
97 Mike Brown (Inverurie), B Lumsden (Northern).
99 J McPherson (Auchmill).
101 Ian Grant (Insch).
102 Trevor Slater (Auchmill), Ben Lumsden jun (Northern).
NO RETURNS
Graham Brown (Portlethen), Brian Harper (Newburgh), Paul Cornfield (Auchymill), Brian Nicolson (Auchmill), Peter Farnan (Royal Aberdeen), Graham Allan (Newmachar), D Lawrie (Inchmarlo), R Leadley (American Golf), Kenny Lumsden (Craibstone), Nigel Parker (Murcar Links), Hamish Love (Oldmeldrum) p, P Pugh (Oldmeldrum).
95 John Jessiman (Oldmeldrum), Jim Penny (Huntly), J Gall (Caledonian).
96 Colin Farquhar (Auchmill), J Lumsden (Auchmill).
97 Mike Brown (Inverurie), B Lumsden (Northern).
99 J McPherson (Auchmill).
101 Ian Grant (Insch).
102 Trevor Slater (Auchmill), Ben Lumsden jun (Northern).
NO RETURNS
Graham Brown (Portlethen), Brian Harper (Newburgh), Paul Cornfield (Auchymill), Brian Nicolson (Auchmill), Peter Farnan (Royal Aberdeen), Graham Allan (Newmachar), D Lawrie (Inchmarlo), R Leadley (American Golf), Kenny Lumsden (Craibstone), Nigel Parker (Murcar Links), Hamish Love (Oldmeldrum) p, P Pugh (Oldmeldrum).
Leading handicap totals
Class 1 (scr to 9) – S Elrick (Kemnay) (7) 67; G Ross (Meldrum House) (5). G Geddes (6) 69; G Mitchell (Braemar)( (5) 71; F Bisset (Banchory) (2) 72; D Wilson (Duff House Royal) (5), A K Pirie (Hazlehead) (2), C Carnegie (Kemnay) (4), D Leslie (Westhill) (6), M Forster (Cruden Bay) (6), J Borthwick (Craibstone) (6) 73.Class 2 (10 to 18) – I MacDonald (Dunecht House (9), J Short (Peterculter) (13), D Randall (Banchory) (12) 69; M Rogers (Kemnay) (15), R Brown (Inverurie) (14) 71; S Kennedy (Craibstone) (11) 72; W Forbes (Murcar Links) (13), M Smith (Inverurie) (17), N Stewart (Northern) (13), G Leslie (Newburgh) (11) 73.
Next week's meeting is a McDonald Ellon Golf Club. All available tee times have been booked although acting secretary David Wilson might be able to get some additional players into the field by starting them at the eighth, ninth or 10th.
The NE Alliance mobile phone (07801 819746) will be manned from 10am to 4pm every Tuesday for inquiries about tee times.
BEST SCORECARDS AT DEESIDE
Par (70): OUT-3-4-5-4-3-5-4-4-4-36. IN-4-4-3-5-3-4-3-4-4-34
JOEL HOPWOOD 69
OUT: 3-4-4-4-2-5-4-4-4-34.
IN: 5-4-3-4-4-5-3-3-4-35.
RYAN FITZPATRICK 71
OUT: 4-5-5-4-3-5-5-4-3-38.
IN: 3-4-3-5-3-4-3-4-4- 33.
PHILIP McLEAN 71
OUT: 3-4-5-4-4-4-4-5-4-37.
IN: 4-4-3-5-3-4-3-3-5-34.
SCOTT LARKIN 72
OUT: 3-4-5-4-3-3-5-4-4-35.
IN: 4-4-3-6-3-3-4-4-6-37.
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