RYAN DONALDSON WINS PORTLETHEN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

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After the disappointment of defeat in last year’s final, Ryan Donaldson came back stronger, more determined and practising harder than ever to ensure that he succeeded in this year’s club championship, which he did today.
After being the hole-in-one hero of Portlethen’s first ever Aberdeen Pennant League championship win the previous weekend, Ryan faced Barry Macdonald in the 2011 Portlethen club championship final on a windy Sunday.
Ryan got off to the best possible start in the 36-hole final, winning the first four holes and he never looked back. Indeed, he was to lose only two holes all day and wins at the 17th and 18th holes saw him take a seven-hole lead over lunch.
Donald's figures of one under par over the first eight holes in the afternoon  moved him further ahead, despite Barry holing a number of solid putts for pars.
Ryan’s steady play with almost every fairway hit and persistent greens in regulation were enough to see him ahead by 12 holes with just 10 to play and claim the Red Baron Trophy for the first time.