SCOTTISH SENIORS GOLFING SOCIETY

BROOKS WINS NORTH OF SCOTLAND 

SENIORS OPEN AT CRUDEN BAY

Barry Brooks, Aberdeen Links champion in 1992 when he was a Northern Golf Club member, showed he still has a liking for links golf when he won the Scottish Seniors Golfing Society's North of Scotland Seniors Open over 36 holes at Cruden Bay Golf Club.
Brooks (Meldrum House) had a one-under-par aggregate of 140 with rounds of 71 and 68, against a CSS of 74 both rounds.
John Fraser (Royal Burgess), who had played Cruden Bay many times during his years as a North-east District team player and teacher in the area, finished second, four shots behind with scores of 72 and 71 for 143.
Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and Co) made the long trip north to finished third on 146 (71-75)
Brooks, who had a handicap of one, also had the lowest 36-hole net aggregate - by EIGHT strokes - of 137 (70-67).
 

NORTH OF SCOTLAND SENIORS OPEN
Cruden Bay Golf Club.
FINAL SCRAATCH TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70) CSS 74 74 (reduction only)
139 Barry Brooks (Meldrum House) 71 68.
143 John Fraser (Royal Burgess) 72 71.
146 Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and Co) 71 75.
147 David Imrie (Thornton) 74 73, David Shields (Glenearn) 72  75.
148 Stuart Black (Cathcart Castle) 74 74. 
150 Robert Craw (Glenbervie) 78 72.
151 David Gardner (Broomieknowe) 76 75, Hamish Sutherland    (Alnmouth) 73 78, Lindsay Gordon (Turnhouse) 69 82.
152 Glyn Rees (Fleetwood) 74 78.
153 Stewart Finnie (Caledonian) 78 75, Nick Robson (Meldrum House) 78 75, James Kinloch (Cardross) 77 76, Tony Patterson (Sunningdale) 75 78.
154 Ian Morrison (Royal Aberdeen) 76 78.
155 Ian Taylor (Eyemouth) 79 76, Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) 79 76, Ricky T Gray (Irvine) 77 78, Andrew Stracey (Denham) 77 78, Ian Gillan (Bishopbriggs) 75 80, Joe McManus (Uphall) 74 81.
156 Keith Bruce (Edzell) 80 76, Ian Jeen (St Andrews New) 80 76.
157 John W Johnston (Royal Aberdeen) 81 76, Brian Smith (Hamilton) 76 81.
159 Alistair Serrels (Royal Montrose) 81 78, Ian Angus (Duff House Royal) 80 79, James T Johnston (Northumberland) 79 80, Jalil Aman (Grangemouth) 79 80, Andrew Laird (Deeside) 79 80, Allister Raphael (St Andrews) 78 81.
160 Gordon MacDonald (Glenbervie) 81 79.
161 Brian Mitchell (Royal Burgess) 81 80, John J Johnston    (Lanark) 81 80, Kenneth Thomson (Bramhall Park) 79 82.
162 Denis McQuade (Glenbervie) 83 79, Keith Ross (Beith) 81 81, Alan Hogg (Turnhous3e) 81 81, David J Smith (Stirling) 80 82.
163 Stuart Drysdale (Dundas Park) 82 81, David Downie (Kirriemuir) 80 83.
164 Peter Kinloch (Cardross) 83 81, John W McDonald (Cowglen) 82 82.
165 David Taylor (Dunfermline) 82 83, Brian Halbert (Callander) 82 83, Jim Watt (Edzell) 77 88.
166 Jim Emslie (Royal Aberdeen) 84 82, Ian Dickson (Lundin) 83 83, Colin Halcrow (Windyhill) 78 88.
167 Albert Smith (Turriff) 83 84.
168 Bill Methven (Royal Aberdeen) 88 80, Sandy Fairweather (Carnoustie Caledonian) 84 84, Ian Farquhar (Edzell) 83 85, John Cunningham (Fraserburgh) 82 86.
169 Muir Townsley (Dumfries and Co) 87 82.
170 Ken Forrest (Lenzie) 84 86, Walter Spiers (Edzell) 82 88, Sandy Calder (Uphall) 77 93.
171 David Heaton (Delamere Forest) 83 88. 
173 Alan Nelson (Murcar Links) 83 90.
174 Alastair Taylor (Turnhouse) 85 89, Kenneth Christie (Dollar) 84 90.
175 Willie Skene (Deeside) 81 94.
176 Jocky Scott (Grange) 89 87, David Nelson (Aboyne) 87 89, Michael Mather (Ballater) 84 92.
177 John Russell (Monarch Dunes) 85 92.
179 Colin Mavor (Elgin) 89 90.
180 Alex Hogg (Stirling) 92 88. 
185 Jim Paterson (Ranfurly Castle) 93 92.
186 Jim Strang (Cruden Bay) 93 93.

LEADING NET TOTALS
137 Barry Brooks (Meldrum House) (1) 70 67
145 John Fraser (Royal Burgess Society) (1) 73 72, James Kinloch (Cardross) (4) 73 72, Hamish Sutherland (Alnmouth) (3) 70 75
146 Robert Craw (Glenbervie) (2) 76 70, Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and Co) (scr) 71 75
147 David Imrie (Thornton) (scr) 74 73, David Shields (Glenearn) (scr) 72 75.