HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS

            SCOTT FLIES HIGH AT GANTON.

            Dollar’s Scott Borrowman had a very good Home International performance at Ganton lat week, winning all his foursomes with Grant Forrest and only losing one single. The best performance came in his first match against Wales where he was unbeaten--- in fact his win clinched the match for Scotland----one up with a few holes to play put him under a little pressure, but he came through strongly to win 2/1. 

        In the second days play, he halved his singles, but the team lost to Ireland.  It was all on the last match against England, and another foursomes win set him up for the singles, but he could not recover from going behind in the early stages of the match.  The Scottish team lost again and finished in third place.

           

                      A GOOD SHOWING BY JOHN GULLEN

             As mentioned earlier, Tillicoultry’s John Gullen made a nostalgic trip to the Eden tournament and had some minor success---- he made the top 64 for the match play stages with scores of 80 over the Eden course and 74 over the more difficult New course at St Andrews.   

        As the 1981 Scottish Boys Stroke play Champion, he had a good win in round 1 by 3/1, but lost out at the 20th in round 2 against the Baberton Club Champion.  John reckons he was the oldest competitor in the last 32 by (just) more than a year or two.

                                START OF THE MIDLAND ALLIANCE.

        The 2013/2014 Midland Alliance season starts at Muckhart this week, and runs through till April 2014.  It is very popular and has a good representation of Clackmannan golfers. Even the waiting list for membership has been closed.

                                   NO SCOTS IN THE WALKER CUP

         The Walker Cup match between Great Britain and Ireland and the USA is the pinnacle of representation for any top Amateur golfer.  Keen followers of Amateur golf will be very disappointed that there is no Scot in the side (or as a reserve) to play the 2013 match in America.     

        It is probably only the second time in history this has happened since the match started in the early 1930’s--- the last time was 1949 when the team of 8 contained 4 each from England and Ireland.