TURKEY TROTTERS FINDLAY, CAMERON SHARE PETERHEAD PRIZE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Up to the weekend, Ellon's Ross Cameron and Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) were playing in the comparative warmth of southern Turkey on the EPD Tour.
Today, the pair were back to the frosty chill of a North-east winter but they coped so well with the usual Peterhead wind and bitterly cold conditions to share first prize on one-over-par 70.
Cameron, pictured below, had the edge with an outward half of one-under 34 to Findlay's 36 but the Ellon man's bogeys at the 10th, 12th and 16th opened the door for Findlay (pictured right) to birdie the last two holes and get on level terms.
It maintained the former British boy champion's great Alliance record in recent weeks. Jordan has finished first or second five times since the December 14 meeting at Inverallochy.

In a professional 1-2-3 at the head of a field of 77 competitors, Ryan Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo) finished third on 72 with leading amateurs Fergus Bisset (Banchory) and John Duff (Newmachar) joint fourth on 74.
Manson Merchant (Newmachar) - the Rev Merchant to give him his full title - won Handicap Section Class 1 by three strokes with a net 68 off seven while Paul Cornfield (Auchmill) won Class 2 by four shots with a net 67 off 15.

LEADING SCRATCH
Par 69
70 J Findlay (Fraserburgh), R Cameron (Ellon).
72 R Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo).
74 F Bisset (Banchory), J Duff (Newmachar).
75 G Paterson (Northern), L Vannet (Carnoustie), M Merchant (Newmachar), S Larkin (Royal Aberdeen).
76 G Munro (Fraserburgh), C Cassie (Nigg Bay)
77 I Bratton (Newburgh).
78 S Finnie (Caledonian), D McKay (Newmachar), J Thomas (Newmachar), C Nelson (Mackenzie Shop), J Duncan (Newburgh).
79 K Watson (Deeside), A K Pirie (Hazlehead).
80 M May (Cruden Bay), L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen), B Harper (Newburgh), D Fleming (Portlethen).

81 D Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen), L Prouse (Hazlehead), A Fiddes (Murcar Links), D H Clark (Duff House Royal), L Graham (Murcar Links). A Graham (Aboyne).
82 P Cornfield (Auchmill).
83 L Roger (Royal Aberdeen), G Milne (Newburgh), D Leslie (Northern).
84 B Nicolson (Auchmill).
85 M Duncan (Murcar Links), H Roulston (Stonehaven).
86 N Stewart (Northern), J Dalgarno (Hazlehead).
87 G Leslie (Newburgh), J Murray (Banchory), C Duffus (Kemnay), W Shaw (Banchory).
88 W McKenzie (Berryhill DR), R Brown (Newburgh).
89 J Scott (Peterculter), D Bisset (Banchory), C Brindley (Banchory)
90 T Collie (Kemnay), M Booth (Kemnay).
91 J Borthwick (Craibstone), M Brown (Newburgh).
92 M Rogers (Kemnay).
93 B Lumsden (Northern), M Smith (Inverurie).
95 D Lawrie (Inchmarlo).
97 D McKay (Caledonian).
98 M Rendall (Stonehaven).

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - M Merchant (Newmachar) (7) 68; F Bisset (Banchory) (3), C Cassie (Nigg Bay) (5) 71; D McKay (Newmachar) (6), A Graham (Aboyne) (5) 72.
Class 2 - P Cornfield (Auchmill) (15) 67; L Roger (Kemnay) (12) 71; N Stewart (Northern) (14) 72; M Brown (Newburgh) (18) 73.

PETERHEAD WINTER COURSE PAR 69
OUT: 4-3-4-4-4-3-4-5-4: 35. IN: 3-4-4-4-4-4--3-4-4: 34

BEST TWO SCORECARDS

ROSS CAMERON 70
OUT: 4-3-4-4-5-3-4-4-3: 34. IN: 4-4-5-4-4-4-4-3-4: 36
JORDAN FINDLAY 70
OUT: 5-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4: 36. IN: 4-5-4-4-4-3-4-3-3: 34

+Next Wednesday's NE Alliance competition will be played at Craibstone. Stonehaven, the scheduled venue, is no longer available and Inchmarlo, which could have been an alternative, is also not available.

CRAIBSTONE TEE TIMES, Wednesday, Feb 15

08:15 Charlie Cassie, Keith Watson, Brian Harper
08:22 A N OTHER, A N OTHER, A N OTHER

08:29 Craig Carnegie, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Phil Morrison

08:36 A N OTHER, A N OTHER A N OTHER
08:43 John Dalgarno, Colin Nelson, Lawrence Prouse
08:50 Claire Prouse, Brian Nicolson, Graham Allan
08:57 Gordon Munro, Donald Macandrew, Fraser Clarke

09:04 George Paterson, Jim Scott, Ally Fiddes
09:11 Harry Roulston, Derek Randall, Les Roger
09:18 John Duff, Euan Kennedy, Ian Bratton
09:25 Manson Merchant, Robert Lamb, Paul McIntosh
09:32 Mike Brown, Sandy Davidson, Raymond Brown
09:39 Hamish McNaughton, Mike Smith, Ian Grant
09:46 Willie Shaw, A N OTHER, A N OTHER

09:53 Dick Wright, Peter Cheyne, Kenny Stephen

10:00 Norman Stewart, Jackie Forrest, Mike Duncan
10:07 Alan Gall, John Jessiman, Alister Petrie

10:14 Les Fowler, David Fleming, A N OTHER
10:21 Alister Graham, Keil Beveridge, Laura Murray
10:28 Martin Forster, David Nelson, Donald Lawrie
10:35 Gordon Milne, Jim Duncan, Jordan Findlay
10:42 Ben Lumsden, David Leslie, Gary Homer
10:49 Scott Larkin, Fergus Bisset, Chris Brindley
10:56 Jim Murray, Michael Rendall, David Bisset

11:03 Willie McKenzie, Martin May, Peter Leech
11:10 Tommy Collie, Mark Lawrie, Chris Brown
11:17 A N OTHER, A N OTHER, A N OTHER
11:24 A N OTHER, A N OTHER, A N OTHER
11:31 Phil Murray, Mike Booth, A N OTHER
11:38 A N OTHER, A N OTHER, A N OTHER
11:45 A N OTHER, A N OTHER, A N OTHER
11:52 Stewart Finnie, Jim Gall, David Mackay
11:59 John Borthwick, JustinThomas, Nigel Parker

12:06 Mike D Brown, Bryan Robson, Mike Rogers
12:13 David Wilson, Paul Cornfield, John Nicolson

+The North-east Alliance mobile phone - 07578 196073 - will be operational from 10am to 4.30pm next Tuesday (February 14) for members who wish to take up one of the spare times or to notify that they wish to withdraw from their allocated tee times.