RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY NEWS

RENFREWSHIRE BOYS TEE OFF WITH A 

DRAWN MATCH AT CARDROSS

RENFREWSHIRE GOLF UNION

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Renfrewshire Golf Union’s boys' team travelled to Cardross for the first match of the season against Dunbartonshire and came home with a well earned drawn match.

Jack Currie (Greenock), the current county champion, showed his class with a 7 and 6 victory over Bearsden’s Matt Waterstone and there were solid wins for Craig Orr (Cochrane Castle) and Conor Toal (Old Ranfurly).  

Jamie Stewart, also Old Ranfurly, fought hard to finish all square against Hayston’s Stuart Goodfellow and, with Ross Robertson, another Old Course player, coming down the last one up, it looked as if an early season away victory was on the cards.   

However, his opponent, Greg Fitsimmons from Windyhill took the wind out of the Renfrewshire sails by holing a 20ft putt to square the game and the match.

COLIN EDGAR WINS BOYS’ STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Colin Edgar of Cochrane Castle Golf Club has won Renfrewshire Golf Union boys’ stroke-play championship. He won the Strathand Security- sponsored Caven Trophy at Caldwell Golf Club.

His morning round was 73 which was bettered only by Sean Burns of the home club. He had a level par round of 71.

In the afternoon, Sean had a disaster at the difficult second hole, running up a triple bogey from which he never fully recovered and finished with 77 for a 148 total. He was later joined as leader in the clubhouse by Erskine’s Andrew McColl, the newly crowned Renfrewshire boys’ champion of champions, who followed up his morning 75 with a composed 73.  

Colin Edgar, in the meantime, was playing his usual steady game and by the time he came to the 16th was one under par. However, a dropped shot at that hole and at the last meant he finished with a one over par round of 72, giving him a total of 145 and a three-shot victory over Andrew and Sean.

Picture shows James Forbes (Caldwell GC captain), Colin Edgar with trophy and RGU vice-    president Graham McGee

TOP SCOTTISH AMATEURS TO PLAY AT RANFURLY COURSES

With Renfrewshire having announced its well known team of Matthew Clark, Michael Daily, Gordon Stevenson, Ronnie Clark, Craig Watson and Andrew Farmer to challenge for the Scottish area team championship over Old Ranfurly and Ranfurly Castle this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, there is already good reason to go to watch top golfers in action.

However when one sees that the 96 players will also include Jamie Savage (Cawder), who won the Irish amateur open stroke-play at Royal Dublin at the weekend, Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar), the current Scottish champion, Scottish youth champion Robert McIntyre (Glencruitten) and regular internationalists Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) and Scott Borrowman (Dollar), it is obviously an event which should not be missed.