MARK HALLIDAY LOWERS OWN LOSSIE NEW RECORD WITH A 62

HOLE IN ONE AND A LOST BALL IN ASTONISHING ROUND IN WIND  By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com Royal Aberdeen's Mark Halliday broke his own New Course record by two shots at Lossiemouth at the weekend as he won the Moray Golf Club 36-hole men's open for the Tantalus Trophy by an impressive six strokes. Halliday shot a eight-under-par 62 over the New course, including a hole in one at the 17th and the last of his seven birdies at the 18th – so he covered the last two holes alone in three under par. Earlier the Aberdeen man had birdied the first, long third, short fourth and bogeyed the fifth, where he lost a ball!, but birdied the ninth to be out in three-under-par 32. He birdied the 12th, long 14th, had an eagle 1 at the 17th and a birdie at the 18th for five-under 30 of an inward half. Halliday's previous New course record of 64 was set in the Boyd Anderson Quaich in May 2010. Astonishingly, the very windy conditions were all against low scoring, and certainly course-record scoring. In all, he had an eagle, seven birdies and a bogey. Halliday's scorecard for the New Course read: OUT: 3 4 4 2 5 3 4 4 3 – 32 IN: 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 1 3 - 30 Halliday added a two-over-par 73 over the Old Course in the afternoon for a five-under-par total of 135. He won the Tantalus Trophy by five shots from Ronnie Brechin (Murcar Links) (70-71 for 141) with another Murcar Links player, Anthony Bews (69-74) third on 143. MORAY GOLF CLUB – Tantalus Trophy 36-hole open New and Old courses. LEADING FINAL TOTALS Par 140 (New Course 69, Old Course 71). CSS: New 71, Old 74. 135 M Halliday (Royal Aberdeen) 62 73. 141 R D Brechin (Murcar Links) 70 71. 143 A Bews (Murcar Links) 69 74. 144 C Stuart (Moray) 70 74, Justin Duff (Fraserburgh) 72 72, B Nicholson (Royal Dornoch) 71 73, A W Mair (Moray) 70 74. 146 S Tanner (Moray 71 75, M L Macleman (Moray) 70 76, K Thomson (Moray) 70 76. 147 D K Raitt (Murcar Links) 70 77. 148 B W W Harris (Moray) 74 74, I Bratton (Newburgh) 73 75, G Hogg (Oldmeldrum) 71 77, G Kennedy (Hazlehead) 71 77. 149 E Chancellor (Inverness) 76 73, D MacAndrew (Royal Aberdeen) 74 75, D R Main (Moray) 74 75, N MacAndrew (Cullen) 73 76, A Ross (Deeside) 73 75. 150 P McPherson (Moray) 76 74, R J Sheils (Moray) 73 77, B A Innes (Murcar Links) 72 78. 151 B A Caldow (Moray) 76 75. 152 N McKinnon (Murcar Links) 76 76, D Johnson (Moray) 74 78, M J Dean (Moray) 74 78