RENFREWSHIRE GOLF UNION PRESS RELEASE

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GOUROCK TEAM HEAD FOR ARBROATH THEN EUROPE

The Renfrewshire Golf Union Club Team Championship is the first step on the road to representing Scotland in the European Club Championship and Lochwinnoch was the venue as the clubs in the RGU battled it out for that honour.

The early target was set by Paisley Golf Club with an aggregate total for the team of three of 227.  However, the teams from Renfrew Golf Club and Gourock Golf Club soon showed Paisley a clean pair of heels.  For Renfrew, Michael Campbell recorded an excellent best score of the day of 67 and this was followed by 76 from Stephen McNamara and 77 from Austin Reid.  The aggregate was 220.

While Gourock could not match Campbell’s great score, all three team members were steady with Chris Mooney, the current County Match Play Champion, recording an impressive 72, Ross Campbell shooting 73 and Steven Higgins not letting the side down with a very acceptable 75.  Their aggregate was also 220 which meant that the officials had to calculate the better aggregate back nine. This went to Gourock by 105 to 107.

The Gourock team now head to Arbroath for the Scottish final and, hopefully, a trip to represent Scotland in Europe.