FAIRSTONE SCOTTISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AT DOWNFIELD

Chris Robb with the Scottish amateur championship trophy at Downfield. Picture by courtesy of Kenny Smith.

CHRIS ROBB GIVES MELDRUM HOUSE

A SECOND SCOTTISH CHAMPION


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Chris Robb (Meldrum House) is the new Fairstone Scottish amateur champion.
He beat Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) by 4 and 3 in the 36-hole final at Downfield Golf Club, Dundee today.
Robb, 23, will not be defending the title next year. He intends turning pro at the end of the amateur season. He has already won three times on the 2014 SGU Order of Merit circuit.
Chris originally came to the fore as winner of the  Scottish schoolboys championship at Inchmarlo in 2008. He won the North-east District championship at Newmachar in 2012.

Meldrum House, a private members' club (18th green and clubhouse pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency) at Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, now has two national champions on its membership roll ... not bad going for a club that was not formed until the late 1990s when Oldmeldrum man Graeme Webster, at the request of owner Bob Edwards, designed and developed a course within the Meldrum House estate.
Barry Brooks won the Scottish seniors match-play championship a few weeks ago. He too is a Meldrum House member.
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HOW THE FINAL WENT

Robertson was two up after 5 holes
Match all square after 7 holes. Robertson never regained the lead.
Robb two up after 12 holes
Robb three up after 13 holes
Robb one up after 16 holes. 

Both players were one over par for the first 18 holes. 

Match all square after 20 holes.
Robb birdied 24th, 25th and 26th to go three up

Robertson won 27th with a birdie and 28th with a par to be only one down

Robb won 29th to be two up  
Robertson birdied the 30th - his fourth birdie since the 24th - to regain three-hole lead with six to play. 
Robb birdied the 31st to be four up and halves at the 32nd and 33rd clinched victory for the 23-year-old former Scottish schoolboys champion from Banchory, who has spent the last four years playing the US college golf circuit as a student at the University of Tennessee-Chattoonaga.  

Robb led the birdie count for the final with eight to Robertson's three.
Robb was one under par for the 33 holes of the final. Robertson was one over par. 

The Scottish amateur championship has been won eight times in the post-World War II years by a player from the North or North-east:

1953 - David Blair (Nairn) at Western Gailes.
1972 - Hugh Stuart (Forres) at Prestwick
1980 - Donald Jamieson (Nigg Bay) at Royal Aberdeen
1984 - Angus Moir (McDonald Ellon) at Renfrew
2003 - Graham Gordon (Newmachar) at The Duke's
2009 - David Law (Hazlehead) at Royal Troon
2011 - David Law (Hazlehead) at Western Gailes
2014 - Chris Robb (Meldrum House) at Downfield.

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