HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS
NO SUCCESS FOR LOCALS AT ALLOA ALLIANCE.
The Midland Alliance reached Alloa Golf Club last week with 83 competitors. Thankfully there was a respite in the weather, and the fixture was played although the ground conditions were on the wet side.
None of the local Alliance members could use their home advantage and most prizewinners came from outwith the County. With the course playing long, the best scratch score was a one over par score 71 from Alistair Webster. Best local score was a 74 from Braehead professional Jamie Stevenson, putting him in fourth equal place and overall there were only about a dozen scratch scores under 80.
Top local senior golfer Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) finished with a 78. In both the handicap and team sections, there were no local winners. The best net score was a 71 from Jim Watt (Edzell) and the team event was won with a score of 63.
It was much better in the previous fixture over the long Fairmont course where Jamie finished second equal with a scratch 75, and led his team to the top place with a net 137.
WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKINGS
The World Amateur Golf Rankings are very much biased towards American golfers, especially as they can compete in many events over the winter season.
Perhaps the only good feature is that the rankings put golfers from one country into a ranking order and in connection with that, it is pleasing to see local junior golfer Lawrence Allan (Alva) break into the top 50 in Scotland. His world ranking of 1588 translates into a Scotland ranking of 47.
There is a bit of disappointment for Lawrence in that he has not been included in the Scottish boys' coaching squad for 2012. Out of the nine players selected, seven have World rankings much lower than him, even as much as 1000 places worse.
Although he is below these boys in the Boys Order of Merit, it takes no account of performances in adult competitions. I think most Clackmannan county golfers would sympathise with Lawrence and wish him well in his last year in boys' golf. He has a point to prove.
BACK TO SCHOOL FOR CALLUM
Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay will be back at the European Tour Qualifying School second stage to be held in Spain over four courses. Callum is one of 3 Scots playing 72 holes over the El Valle Golf resort course at Murcia from the 2nd till the 5th December. The course is a 6764m yard par 71 layout, the longest hole being a par 5 of 615 yards, and the four par threes are all over 200 yards. There are 7 par fours of fewer than 400 yards suggesting there could be many birdie opportunities for these long hitters, but the course is described as having “numerous strategic elements to challenge golfers with a premium on accuracy that favours the intelligent player”. In other words …….plenty trouble! The top scores from each of the four courses will go forward to the final qualifying played over six rounds with the top 35 players getting their European Tour cards for 2012. Local golfers will want to wish Callum every success in his quest for a return to the full European Tour.
The Midland Alliance reached Alloa Golf Club last week with 83 competitors. Thankfully there was a respite in the weather, and the fixture was played although the ground conditions were on the wet side.
None of the local Alliance members could use their home advantage and most prizewinners came from outwith the County. With the course playing long, the best scratch score was a one over par score 71 from Alistair Webster. Best local score was a 74 from Braehead professional Jamie Stevenson, putting him in fourth equal place and overall there were only about a dozen scratch scores under 80.
Top local senior golfer Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) finished with a 78. In both the handicap and team sections, there were no local winners. The best net score was a 71 from Jim Watt (Edzell) and the team event was won with a score of 63.
It was much better in the previous fixture over the long Fairmont course where Jamie finished second equal with a scratch 75, and led his team to the top place with a net 137.
WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKINGS
The World Amateur Golf Rankings are very much biased towards American golfers, especially as they can compete in many events over the winter season.
Perhaps the only good feature is that the rankings put golfers from one country into a ranking order and in connection with that, it is pleasing to see local junior golfer Lawrence Allan (Alva) break into the top 50 in Scotland. His world ranking of 1588 translates into a Scotland ranking of 47.
There is a bit of disappointment for Lawrence in that he has not been included in the Scottish boys' coaching squad for 2012. Out of the nine players selected, seven have World rankings much lower than him, even as much as 1000 places worse.
Although he is below these boys in the Boys Order of Merit, it takes no account of performances in adult competitions. I think most Clackmannan county golfers would sympathise with Lawrence and wish him well in his last year in boys' golf. He has a point to prove.
BACK TO SCHOOL FOR CALLUM
Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay will be back at the European Tour Qualifying School second stage to be held in Spain over four courses. Callum is one of 3 Scots playing 72 holes over the El Valle Golf resort course at Murcia from the 2nd till the 5th December. The course is a 6764m yard par 71 layout, the longest hole being a par 5 of 615 yards, and the four par threes are all over 200 yards. There are 7 par fours of fewer than 400 yards suggesting there could be many birdie opportunities for these long hitters, but the course is described as having “numerous strategic elements to challenge golfers with a premium on accuracy that favours the intelligent player”. In other words …….plenty trouble! The top scores from each of the four courses will go forward to the final qualifying played over six rounds with the top 35 players getting their European Tour cards for 2012. Local golfers will want to wish Callum every success in his quest for a return to the full European Tour.
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