NEWMACHAR AMATEUR STRIKES AGAIN TO HEAD FIELD OF 77

JOHN DUFF WINS FOURTH 

NE ALLIANCE WITH AN

EIGHT-UNDER 61 AT INSCH

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Newmachar +2 amateur John Duff chalked up his fourth win of the North-east Golfers' Alliance season with a brilliant score of eight-under-par 61 at Insch Golf Club today.
At 5,371yd, Insch is the shortest course on the circuit but that does not detract from Duff's bogey-free halves of 30 (five under par) and 31 (three under), compiled with birdies at the second, third, fourth, sixth, eighth, 10th,15th and 16th.
"It equals my lowest ever round but was an 11-under-par 61 for a course record over the Newmachar Swailend course," said Duff who hit every green in regulation and putted well. He might even have hit the magic figure of 59 had not a few birdie putts lipped out.
"I was very pleased with how I played as I have been focusing on how
best to manage my game, depending on the condtions, so it is quite satisfying when it all comes together like this."
John's earlier victories on the 2013-2014 schedule are as follows:

September 11 - Joint winner at Kemnay.
November 20 - Outright winner at Montrose
January 8 - Outright winner at Inverallochy

Duff, who had not played the Insch course since he was a junior, earned a £100 voucher for heading a field of 77 players by three strokes From another amateur, Scotland international Adam Dunton, who plays off +3 at McDonald Ellon. Dunton had halves of 33-31 for his 64.
The leading professional was Colin Nelson, who plays out of the MacKenzie Shop at Hazlehead. He shot a 65 with halves of 33-32, oneahead of the second-placed pro Keil Beveridge (Kippie Lodge) who had inward half of 31.
PRIZEWINNERS AT INSCH

SCRATCH
61 J Duff. 64 A Dunton. 65 C Nelson. 66 K Beveridge. 68 S Kiloh
HANDICAP
Class 1 - D Nelson (8) 62; C Grant (3) (bih), C Duffus (5) 64; J Nicolson (4) 67; R Lamb (5) 68.
Class 2 - M Booth (13) 62; P Cornfield (14) (bih), M Smith (13) 63; M Rendall (14) (bih), N Stewart (13) 67.

 LEADING SCORECARDS AT INSCH
Par 69: OUT: 444 443 435: 35
                IN: 444 344 533: 34

JOHN DUFF (61)
OUT: 433 342 425: 30
    IN: 344 343 433: 31
ADAM DUNTON (64)
OUT: 533 443 335: 33
    IN: 444 334 432: 31
COLIN NELSON (65)
OUT: 444 443 325: 33
    IN: 443 343 623: 32
KEIL BEVERIDGE (66)
OUT: 344 453 435: 35
    IN: 334 443 433: 31

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TEE TIMES FOR MONTROSE NEXT WEDNESDAY

8.15  c.cassie  a.smith  a.campbell

8.22  free  free  free

8.29  r.masson  d.townsley  free

8.36  c.law  k.shanks  free

8.43  d.law  n.mcandrew  free

8.50  d.mackay  s.kiloh  p.mckenna

8.57  m.brown  s.davidson  free

9.04  r.brown  d.lawrie  free

9.11  h.roulston  l.roger  j.scott

9.18  j.hamilton  m.rendall  free

9.25  j.duff  c.lamb  m.merchant

9.32  a.gall  i.clark  free

9.39  l.vannet  c.nelson  p.anderson

9.46  s.lawrie  b.fyfe  c.grant

9.53  r.buchan  n.stewart  j.forrest

10.00 b.lumsden  p.cheyne  d.wright

10.07 m,winton  s.thompson  d.mcdougall

10.14 w.skene  d.lane  l.fowler

10.21 a.clark  r.duncan  i.d.smith

10.28 m.duncan  n.chisholm  d.fleming

10.35 d.leslie  w.shaw  h.mcnaughton

10.42 i.grant  j.jessiman  a.petrie

10.49 j.hopwood  k.beveridge  l.murray

10.56 m.smith  r.macrae  m.rogers

11.03 .graham  d.nelson  j.borthwick

11.10 t.collie  m.lawrie  b.lawrie

11.17 d.bisset  f.bisset  d.randall

11.24  j.duncan  g.milne  free

11.31 s.finnie  d.mckay  free

11.38 free  free  free

11.45 free  free  free

11.52  free  free  free

11.59  free  free  free

12.06  p.mclean  c.lawrie  k.nicol

12.13  d.wilson  j.findlay  free

12.20  j.nicholson  g.allan  p.cornfield

+An additonal North-east Alliance fixture has been added to the schedule - Wednesday, March 26 at a venue still to be arranged. The Alliance pro-am foursomes will follow on March 27-28 at Murcar Links.