HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS

 SUPER SCOTT OFF TO SPAIN - OLE!

 Dollar’s Scott Borrowman playing as an amateur in the first stage qualifying event made a superb start to his bid to gain a European Tour card for 2015. 

At the 7000yd Roxburghe Golf course near Kelso, Scott qualified in second place with a 13 under par score for the 72 hole event.   

With the top 17 and ties from a field of over 70 golfers qualifying for the next stage, Scott set up a qualifying place with his first three rounds where he finished 12 under par and was tying the lead.   

This took a bit of pressure off him in the final round, where he could relax a bit.  Playing conservatively, he continued the good scoring to return a 1 under par 71, spoiled only by an ugly double bogey at the 16^th hole

However it didn’t affect his second placing.  Highlights of the round were two eagles (7^th and 14^th) where drives well over 300 yards set up iron shots to the green.   

The 571 yard 14th was especially satisfying for him …. a 350yd drive, 5 iron and 12 yard putt demolished the signature hole on the Roxburghe course. 

Scott now goes forward to one of the four second stage qualifying venues in Spain, where just under 300 golfers will try to gain one of the 80 or so places for the six-round final stage, with only the top 20 scores or so gaining playing rights on the 2015 European Tour.

 

LEADING SCORES AT THE ROXBURGHE

1 Neil Fenwick  273  (68,66,70,69)   -15

2 Scott Borrowman(am)  275  (68.71.65.71)    -13

3 Jamie Moul  276  (68,72,55,69)    -12  

Twenty Scots competed, with six gaining a place in the second round.

 TOP TEN FINISH FOR ALLOA.

In the Scottish Club Championship held at Lundin Links, the Alloa team put in a reasonable performance finishing 10^th in a field of 16 teams.   Represented by Ian Ross, Ian Guthrie and David Milloy, the team returned an aggregate for the first round of 148 (best two scratch scores to count), but fell back in the second round.    

Previous successes in this event came from Tulliallan in 1988 and 2002, while Alloa triumphed in 1996 at Cochrane Castle.

 INDIVIDUAL SCORES

 Ian Ross 75, 72; Ian Guthrie 73, 84; David Milloy 78, 81.

The competition was won by Glenbervie Golf Club with an aggregate of 282, and they will go forward to the European Club Championship final.

AUTUMN MEETING

The last major County Meeting will be held at Alloa this Saturday, when the aggregate trophies will be decided.   Late entries are still available for this event by contacting the County Secretary Tommy Johnson.