HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS

CLACKMANNA MIXED FOURSOMES 

Home Club Dollar took the 2011 County mixed fourssomes title, winning by the narrowest of margins, half a shot,  in the handicap event.  Tillicoultry and Alloa tied for the runner-up spot.   

RESULTS (best three scores from four to count)

1 DOLLAR 211 (C Murray and M Symington 66.5,  R Smith and C Hak 78,  B Smith and J McMillan 66.5).

2 ALLOA 211.5 (J Allan and T Whitelaw 69.5,  R Hume and H Hume 72,  I Ross and S McKerracher 70)

3 TILLICOULTRY 211.5 (J Perry and M Jamieson 75.5,  S Watson and E Breingan 67, G Carmichael and B Ryan 69).

4 BRAEHEAD 219.5 (V Allan and C Sikora 73,  M Empson and S McKenzie 74.5,   A Anderson and J Ure 72).        

LONG WAIT FOR THE ALEXANDER TROPHY

It was 1929 and 82 years since Alva Golf Club last won the Alexander Trophy, but their team produced the golfing goods last weekend at Tulliallan when they took the trophy by two shots from Glenbervie.

Star of the team was Alva President Steve McIvor with a 71, ably supported by Michael Robertson and County Boy Champion Lawrence Allan..

 FULL RESULTS (Best three scores from four to count)

1 Alva 218 (S McIvor 71, M Robertson 73, L Allan 74)

2 Glenbervie 220 (D Fish 77, M Hislop 71, G Shepherd 72)

3 Tulliallan 222 (S Horne 77, R G Lyons 71, J Maxwell 74)

4 Falkirk 223.

5 Bonnybridge 226.

6 Stirling Junior and Youth Society 229.

7 Alloa 232.

8  Tillicoultry 245.

9  Stirling 245.

10 Earlsgate 248.

11  Braehead  NR 

    CONSISTENT GOLF FROM BOB IN THE SCOTTISH SENIORS

 Although at first glance the 16 over par performance of Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) in the Scottish Seniors may look a bit ordinary, a closer examination of the numbers shows that it was quite good.  Over the Irvine Bogside course where the par is two shots less than the standard scratch score, Bob returned a three round total of 229 (79,73,77)  putting him in 14^th place. 

However, its 8^th position if golfers from outwith Scotland are omitted from the final results.  A triple bogey spoiled his first round, but he rallied in the second and third rounds with six birdies, and he missed a true top ten finish with 4 shots dropped late in the final round.  With his nearest rivals in the Senior Order of Merit not featuring at Irvine, he should maintain his number one ranking.

Bob is also to be congratulated on winning the Tulliallan Club Championship for the fourth time--- in fact it’s a golfing silver jubilee for him as his first win was in 1986.

The next Senior Order of Merit event is this week's West of Scotland Seniors at Lanark.  Bob is joined by fellow Tulliallan golfers Ian Peddie, Phil Mawhood  Phil Dempsey, along with County President George Kay

CALLUM STILL MAKING PROGRESS

It was another creditable performance from Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay in the Challenge Tour event in Sweden.  Over the long Swedish National course, Callum returned a nine under par performance (73, 70, 67, 69).to give him a top ten finish and move his ranking up to 58.

His last two sub 70 rounds must have given him more confidence, especially the last round which was bogey-free and contained four birdies. Callum is in the south of Italy this week, playing over a slightly shorter course (6855 yards) at Acaya near Brindisi. This event also marks the halfway point in the 2011 challenge Tour season   

OTHER GOLFING SNIPPETS

In the Cameron Corbett Vase tournament at Haggs Castle, Scott Borrowman (Dollar) had his best start for some time with a two under par total of 142 (72,70) for the first 36 holes. He continued the good work in the last two rounds, scoring 73 and 70 to give him a five under par aggregate and a 16th placing

After being third on the reserve list for some time, Braehead’s Rikky Alexander is now in the field for the Scottish Under-16s championship this coming week at Forfar.