HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS

   ANOTHER THRILLING COUNTY FOURS. 

With great tenacity over the inward nine in both their semi-final and final , Alloa took the 2013 title at Tulliallan in difficult conditions.   In the semi-finals, Tulliallan won easily against Dollar, but Alloa had to go to the second extra hole in a sudden death to defeat the 2012 champions Braehead. 

The match was close and Alloa snatched a play off with a 10 ft putt, Braehead missing from shorter range.  In the increasing darkness, a birdie 3 at the second hole secured the tie.  

 In the final, the match went towards Alloa over the closing holes.

  SEMI - FINALS

Tulliallan beat Dollar by 10 holes. .

Alloa beat Braehead by one hole.

 Braehead names first:

Ross Benvie and Allan Watson bt Ian Ross and Andrew Main by    7 holes.

Rikky Alexander and Scott McChristie lost to Jamie Aitken and Craig White by 5 holes

Jim Muir and David Finlayson lost to David Milloy and Ian Guthrie by 2 holes

 Sudden-death play-off:

Hole 1 halved in 4
Hole 2 Alloa win with 3 to 4.    

Result-- Alloa win by  1 hole

FINAL     

ALLOA bt TULLIALLAN by one hole

Tulliallan names first

Bob Stewart and Gordon Lyons halved with Ian Ross/ Andrew Main.

James McAdam and Davie Fulton lost to David Milloy and David Abernethy by 1 hole

Steven Horne and John Maxwell halved with Craig White and Jamie Aitken.

 MURRAY TRIUMPHS IN COUNTY BOYS.

 In difficult rainy conditions, Braehead’s Grant Murray took the 2013 Clackmannan boys' title with a narrow win over the 2012 hampion Rikky Alexander and Brian McAdam.   

All three scored a scratch 75, but Murray took the trophy on the best inward nine.  

 In the Junior Boys' section,  Alloa’s Jamie McEwan took the title by six shots from Cameron McCorgray.

  RESULTS

SENIOR BOYS     

Scratch

1 Grant Murray (Braehead) 75

             2 Rikky Alexander (Braehead) 75

Handicap 

1 Jonathan Clark (Tillicoultry) 70.

2 Brian McAdam (Alloa) 70.

JUNIOR BOYS     
 Scratch 
1 Jamie McEwan   93

2 Cameron McCorgray 99.

Handicap
1 Harris McGrath 68.
2 Ross Logan 80.

The Boys' Match Play events will be held soon with the draws in the Clubs.

COUNTY SUMMER MEETING

 The County Summer Meeting was held last Saturday with over 70 golfers competing at Braehead.   Full results will be notified to Clubs--- the best scores  (to be confirmed) of the day were a scratch 67 by Steven Horne(Tulliallan) and net 66’s from N Cully and A McInness.

  The field for the County Match Play Championship is now complete, and the draw will be available shortly in local Clubs.  The first round is at Dollar Golf Club on Monday 27th May, teeing off at 5.30 pm.

 SCOTT CONTINUES THE GOOD WORK

Dollar’s Scott Borrowman continued his good work with a high placing in the Irish Amateur held at Royal Dublin.  In very tough, windy conditions, Scott was one of the six who made the cut out of the 18 Scottish entries.

He distinguished himself with the lowest and only sub-par round in the second round of the event, scoring 71.  He fell back with a run of bogeys in the third round, but steadied in the final round, finishing with an aggregate of 300  ( 78,71,76,75) and a 17th equal position.

   WEEKEND GOLF EVENTS

The highlight of the County calendar is the Area Team event at Crail this weekend when the Clackmannan team of six will be hoping to finish in the top four Areas out of the sixteen after 36 holes' stroke play.  A tall order indeed but best of luck!

Nearer home, the Tillicoultry Opens are on this weekend. Division 1 is on Saturday, Division 2 on Sunday) while there is  a four-ball Open at Braehead (Saturday), a Belhaven Invitational (Tulliallan) and a mixed open at Dollar, both Sunday.   

 Late entries may be available by contacting the golf clubs concerned.