ADAM DUNTON WINS NE ALLIANCE WITH A 63 AT INSCH

By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Ellon's Adam Dunton reaped the benefit of being in South Africa for warm-weather practice and competition by winning today's North-east Golfers' Alliance fixture at Insch with a six-under-par 63.

Dunton, pictured, a member of the Scottish Golf Union's Transitional Squad, highlighted his card with an eagle 2 at the par-4 10^th and backed it up with birdies at the seventh, 11^th, 12^th, 14^th and 16^th

His only bogey came at the 18^th but he still had an inward half of 29 after going out in 34. He earned a £100 value amateur prize voucher.

Late finisher John Nicolson (Auchmill) made it an amateur 1-2 at the head of a field of 80 by returning a 65, which was an excellent comeback from a bogey-bogey start to be two over par on the third tee.

He covered his remaining holes in six under par with birdies at the seventh, 12^th, 14^th, 16^th, 17^th and 18^th. Nicolson was one of three players to come home in 29. The others were Adam Dunton and Deeside's five-handicapper Alan Gall who went out in 39 and back in 29 for a 68. He won the Class 1 handicap prize.

Joint  third in the scratch list on 67, were professionals Colin Nelson (MacKenzie Shop) and Ian Bratton, the Newburgh club pro, as well as amateurs John Duff (Newmachar), Kevin Duncan (McDonald Ellon), Sam Kiloh (Portlethen), Chris Lamb (Newmachar) and John Nicolson's brother Brian.

Nelson would have been third on his own but for a bogey-bogey finish.

Bratton turned around a moderate score – one over par with eight holes to play – by birdieing the 10^th, 13^th and 16^th.

SCRATCH SCORES

Par 69

63 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon).

65 J Nicolson (Auchmill).
67 C Lamb (Newmachar), I Bratton (Newburgh), B Nicolson (Auchmill), C Nelson (Mackenzie Golf), K Duncan (McDonald Ellon), S Kiloh (Portlethen), J Duff (Newmachar).
68 A Gall (Deeside), D Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen), G Munro (Fraserburgh).
69 S Finnie (Caledonian), J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen).
70 Laura Murray (Alford).
71 L Prouse (Hazlehead), K Beveridge (unatt).
72 C Cassie (Nigg Bay).
73 J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen), R Lamb (Newmachar), David Leslie (Northern), D Clark (Duff House Royal).
74 C Duffus (Kemnay), M Merchant (Newmachar), M Lawrie (Kemnay),  K Zeynalov (Portlethen).
75 J Hamilton (Murcar Links), L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen), G Lafferty (McDonald Ellon).
76 P Morrison (Oldmeldrum), S Davidson (Northern), G Milne (Newburgh), F Bisset (Banchory).
77 D Bisset (Banchory), B Harper (Newburgh), J Duncan (Newburgh), Loren Graham (Murcar Links).
78 I Taylor (unatt), N Chisholm (Kemnay).
79 H Roulston (Stonehaven), A Graham (Aboyne), D Nelson (Aboyne), C Brindley (Banchory).
80 P Guthrie (Peterculter), M Booth (Kemnay).
81 M Duncan (Murcar Links), H McNaughton (Cruden Bay).
82 Raymond Brown (Newburgh), D Mackay (Newmachar), A Petrie (Oldmeldrum), M Winton (Caledonian).
83 J Forrest (Caledonian), M Rogers (Kemnay), B Lumsden (Northern), P Cheyne (Northern), G Allan (Newmachar), P Cornfield (Auchmill).
84 W Skene (Deeside), J Murray (Banchory), P Walker (Cruden Bay), S Thomson (Caledonian).
85 D Randall (Banchory), M Smith (Inverurie).
86 M Brown (Newburgh).
87 E Allan (unatt), S Dillon (Kemnay), L Roger (Royal Aberdeen), D Wright (Northern).
88 N K Parker (Murcar Links).
89 Chris Adam (Aboyne).
90 M Rendall (Stonehaven), N Stewart (Northern).
91 J Borthwick (Craibstone), J Jessiman  (Oldmeldrum), I Grant (Huntly).
93 G Leslie (Newburgh).

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS

Class 1 – A Gall (Deeside) (5) 63; B Nicolson (Auchmill) (2), L Prouse (Hazlehead) (6) 65; C Cassie (Nigg Bay) (6) 66; C Duffus (Kemnay) (7) 67.

Class 2 – S Davidson (Northern) (12) 64; N Chisholm (Kemnay) (12) 66 M Rogers (Kemnay) (15), M Brown (Newburgh) (18), C Brindley (Banchory) (11) 68.

TODAY'S BEST SCORECARDS (Par 69)

ADAM DUNTON 63 (34-29)
Eagle at 10th
Birdies at 7th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 16th.
Bogey at 18   

JOHN NICOLSON 65 (36-29)
Birdies at 7th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th
Bogeys at 1st, 2nd. 

JOHN DUFF 67
Birdies at 4th, 7th, 14th.
Bogey at 13th.

IAN BRATTON 67
Birdies at the 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th
Bogeys at 1st, 5th, 9th.

COLIN NELSON 67
Eagle at 16th
Birdies at 6th, 12th, 13th
Bogeys at 5th, 17th, 18th.

KEVIN DUNCAN 67
Birdies at 1st, 6th, 15th, 17th, 18th
Bogeys at 2nd, 10th, 16th.