Wednesday, March 26, 2014

SIR MICHAEL BONALLACK TROPHY MATCH IN INDIA


EUROPE LEAD ASIA-PACIFIC 6-4
 
Europe led Asia-Pacific 6-4 at the end of the first day of the Sir Michael Bonallack Trophy team match at Bangalore, India.
The Europeans took the opening foursomes 4-1 but Asia-Pacific edged the four-ball matches 3-2.

DAY 1 RESULTS
European names first

FOURSOMES (4-1)
Albert Edkhardt and Robbie Van West lost to Geoff Drakeford and Taylor MacDonald 6 and 5.
Ashley Chesters and Ryan Evans bt Nam-hun Kim and Soo-min Lee 5 and 4.
Max Roehrig and Dominic Foos bt Kenta Konishi and Daichi Sato 3 and 2.
Renato Paratore and Mariano Galiano Aguila bt Shinichi Mizuno and Joshua Munn 1 hole.
Gavin Moynihan and Dermot McElroy bt Secheng Dou and Jin Cheng 3 and 2.

FOUR-BALLS (2-3)
Chesters and Evans bt Drakeford and MacDonald 5 and 4.
Aguila and Paratore lost to Kim and Lee 2 and 1.
Roehrig and Foos lost to Dou and Lieh Chieh-Po 1 hole
James Ross and Mads Soegaard lost to Konishi and Sato 5 and 4.
Moynihan and McElroy bt Karan Taunk and  Munn 1 hole.


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WESTHILL TEENAGER HAS MADE HIS MARK IN TWO COUNTRIES


 BILLY SIM'S SON DANIEL COMPLETES A

 SPANISH-SCOTTISH JUNIOR DOUBLE
Daniel Sim, pictured above, 18-year-old elder son of former Hacienda Del Alamo Golf Director Billy Sim, now Golf Manager at Craibstone G C, Aberdeen, has won the junior championship at Royal Aberdeen. 
Daniel has been a member at Royal Aberdeen for the past three years, since the Sim family moved from Murcia, Spain to Westhill.
Aberdeen-born Daniel was  brought up in golf in the Murcia region with lush Bermuda grass fairways and soft, holding greens, so being able to achieve a victory on a course like the Balgownie links is a great  achievement in his last year as a junior.
His handicap is now four, having gone up a stroke
since he joined Royal Aberdeen GC. 
Daniel works hard at his game and his employment  at the Westhill Holiday Inn as a gym assistant helps him keep in shape.
He loves playing Royal Aberdeen and all the history that surrounds the course and is full of praise for Alan Joss, the junior convener who has helped him at the club.
Daniel's parents Billy and Regina are very proud of his capture of the prestigious junior championship at Royal Aberdeen to go with winning the Hacineda Del Alamo junior championship as well a few years back.
A keen supporter of Aberdeen Football Club and also Real Madrid, Daniel, who speaks fluent Spanish, will also be working at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this year.      


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NORTH GOLF ALLIANCE SEASON''S FINAL FIXTURE






 Thurso's Stanley Ross receives the Alliance Quaich from Secretary Tony Gill (second left) in place of the winner John Forbes (Muir of Ord) who had left before the presentation in the Brora clubhouse. In the background are the Durness members Alister McGowan, Ali Morrison, Martin Mackay and John Morrison who will have the Team Trophy delivered to them when it is returned by last years winners. Picture by Robin Wilson

 ROBERT MACDONALD IS LOCAL HERO 

WITH A 79 AT BRORA

BY ROBIN WILSON
(just back from Australia)

Summer time was still a week away when the final fixture of the North Golf Alliance season was played at Brora last Sunday in what we hope was  a final bite of Winter.

Snow flurries were intermittent in the cold north wind and the low entry was marked by only one player breaking 80. 
Local Robert MacDonald, who also led the scratch returns last November at the Golspie fixture, fought his way to the turn in 42 blows, eight of them at the third hole, but with the cold wind assisting on the back nine he had a courageous inward nine holes of 37 for 79.

MacDonald was followed onto the scratch leaderboard  by Caithness's Dougie Thorburn 81, Alex Gunn (Tain) 82, and his Tain clubmate Steve Holmes 83. 
There were no cards returned  at Brora from any of the three contenders for the scratch aggregate Quaich.
John Forbes (Muir of Ord) remained on 275, Munro Ferries  (Tain) 282 and Darren Hexley (Golspie) 283 so after being pipped for the Quaich last season by Dougie Thorburn, Forbes won the scratch Quaich for the first time.

Approaching the final fixture four members were still in close contention for the handicap aggregate MacKintosh Salver – Stanley Ross (Thurso) 277, Andrew Watt (Tain) 278 plus scratch winner Forbes and Golspie's Hexley who both had nett totals of 279.   
Ross's nett 72 at Brora made no improvement to his already posted total of 277 and as Watt was not in the field the Thurso member became a first time winner of the Salver by the narrowest margin - one stroke. 

Tain six-handicapper Alex Gunn headed the low handicap section returns at Brora with nett 76 followed by clubmate Holmes whose gross 83 reduced to 78.
In third place was local Ken Colorimeter, one of the early starters who endured the worst of the weather, but he plodded on to a nett 80, off eight.

Salver winner Ross who plays from ten handicap. was among the scratch leaders with a gross 82 and his nett 72 was without doubt one of the two outstanding scores of the day. 
He won his high handicap section by three from clubmate Eva Sutherland who shared a nett 75, off 28, with Glister McGowan (Furness), handicap 11.



Only two clubs, Durness and Tain, provided the requisite numbers of players able to post four scores in the team competition.
Durness, with the help of McGowan's 75, Ali Morrison's 77, John Morrison's 80 and Martin MacKay's 83 for a total of 315,  regained the Alliance Shield after an absence of six years from the Durness clubhouse.



Brora Results
Scratch  
R MacDonald (Brora) 79, D Thorburn (Thurso/Tain) 81. A Gunn (Tain), S Ross (Thurso) 82, S Holmes (Tain) 83. 
Handicap  
Class 1 – A Gunn (Tain) (6) 76. S Holmes (Tain)   (5) 78. K Lorimer (Brora) (8) 80. 
Class 2 – S Ross (Thurso) (10) 72. E Sutherland (Thurso), A McGowan (Durness) (11) 75. 
Team Trophy – Durness 315. Tain 318 

DOUBLE-HEADER AT BRORA AND

GOLSPIE THIS WEEKEND


The golfing season get under way in earnest this weekend when the Brora and Golspie Golf Clubs work in tandem to host two 18 hole open events, Golspie on Saturday and Brora on Sunday with the weekend sponsored by Kincraig Fabrics of Brora and Dornoch. 

The events are open to both ladies and gentlemen golfers and starting times are available to book with each club.  
The entry fee at Golspie is £12 for members of each club  and £15 non members. At Brora the fees are the same. 
In addition to daily prizes at each venue there will be 36 hole winners over the weekend and if entering for both days the fees are £20 for members of Brora and Golspie  and £25 non members.

The Golspie Inn and the Royal Marine Hotel Brora are offering discounted rates for competitors from afar who wish to stay overnight. Depending of the success of the weekend the two clubs involved are hoping to make this an annual event.




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ONE ROUND TO GO IN MENA TOUR EVENT AT RABAT



DOHERTY TEN BEHIND IN MOROCCO

Paul Doherty is 10 shots off the pace with one round to go in the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam Open at Rabat, Morocco.
The Cardiff-based Scottish boys match-play champion in 2003 added a 75 to his opening 77 to be joint 27th on 152.
Englishman Ross McGowan leads by two shots with a pair of 71s for 142
SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
par 144 (2x72)
142 Ross McGowan (England) 71 71
144 Edouard Espana (France) 71 73
145 Sebastian Heiselle (Germany) 78 67
146 Yasin Ali (England) 75 71

OTHER SCORE
152 Paul Doherty (Scotland) 77 75 (T27)

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HALFWAY STAGE OF 36-HOLE ELIMINATORS AT FOUR VENUES


KELLETT, BELL BEST PLACED SCOTS 

AT EUROPRO TOUR Q SCHOOL

Ross Kellett and Ross Bell are the best placed Scots at the halfway stage of the PGA EuroPro Tour Qualifying School Stage 1 36-hole eliminators at four venues in England.
Motherwell's Kellett is lying fourth after a par 72 at De Vere Slaley Hall, Northumbria while Downfield's Ross Bell also had a par 72 to be joint fourth at Formby Hall, Lancashire
The leading 39 at Slaley Hall and the top 49 at Formby Hall will go forward after 36 holes to the Final Stage over 54 holes at Frilford Heath, Oxfordshire next week.
Ellon's Ross Cameron also had a 72 at Woldingham but the scoring was much lower at this venue and he is sharing 28th place. Woldingham will have 49 qualifiers.
Paul Lawrie's son Craig has a 79 and is on the qualifying borderline at De Vere alongwith Neil Henderson, amateur Sam Binning, James Dick and Scott Crichton.


LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES

DE VERE SLALEY HALL
39 to qualify
Par 72
71 M Murphy (Eng), J Wilkinson (Eng), L Bell (Eng).
SCOTS' SCORES
72 R Kellett (4th)
73 K Nicol (T5)
74 G Brown, P Cormack (T7)
75 J Henry, E Ramsay (T11)
76 J McColl, M Hillson (T15)
77 S Kiloh, S Herald, J Hendrick (am) (T19)
78 G Rankin, F McKenna (T28)
79 N Henderson, S Binning (am), J Dick, S Crichton, C Lawrie (T37)
81 I Redford, C O'Neil (T47)
82 M Paterson, C Smith, M Cunningham (T55)
83 J Mullaney, E Walker (T61)
84 I Robertson (T66)
85 N Huguet, P Allan (T68)
86 S Coia, S McNeil (am) (T70).

FORMBY HALL
49 to qualify
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
69 D Booth (Eng)
70 D Wright (Eng)
71 C Hadley (Eng)
SCOTS' SCORES
72 R Bell (T4)
75 P Robinson (T16)
79 A Borg (T50)
80 P McGhee (T58)
82 J Pollock (T68)

WOLDINGHAM
49 to qualify
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
64 P Tarver-Jones (Eng)
65 A Christie (Eng)
SCOTS' SCORES
72 R Cameron (T28)
74 T Innes Ker (T53)

PLAYERS CLUB
48 to qualify
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
69 M Thompson (Eng)
70 W C Adams (Eng)

SCOTS' SCORES
74 F Bullough (T21)
75 R Reynolds (T29)
77 M Rae (T50)
79 G Guthrie (T63)


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JULY 28 IS TEE-OFF FOR EXCELLENT WEEK OF STABLEFORD GOLF

ROYAL DEESIDE CLASSIC IS GREAT 

VALUE AT £120 FOR FOUR COURSES 

FROM ANN SMART
Banchory Golf Club secretary
The Royal Deeside Golf Classic takes place during the week beginning July 28.  
The courses are Banchory, Aboyne, Ballater and Braemar.  It is a great week’s golf and very good value at £120 for the week.
Unfortunately, the numbers have been dropping over the last few years.  The entries this year are way below last year and we are a bit concerned. 
The tournament is open to ladies and gents, playing individual Stableford every day. There is no handicap limit.
There are prizes every day for 1-2-3 in  both sections but if you win one of the days you cannot win again although your score counts towards the  overall four-round totals which will also have 1-2-3- for ladies and 1-2-3 prizes for the gents.
We also have nearest the hole ladies and gents every day.
Entry forms can be downloaded off the website www.royaldeesidegolfclassic.co.uk or from myself bgc.secretary@btconnect.com

THE SCHEDULE IS
Monday - Ballater
Tuesday - Banchory,
Wednesday - Day off (for sightseeing, shopping etc)
Thursday - Aboyne
Friday - Braemar.
 

All the details are on the tournament website:

CLICK HERE

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SCOTLAND CAP FROM ELLON'S 68 BEST AT NEWBURGH ON YTHAN

    Adam Dunton: Last year as an amateur? Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency
ADAM DUNTON SCORES FOURTH 

NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE WINI

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Scotland amateur international Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) scored his fourth and last win of the North-east Golfers' Alliance season with a four-under-par round of 68 at Newburgh-on-Ythan Golf Club today.
Dunton, who is contemplating making this his last year in the amateur ranks, highlighted his card with an eagle 3 at the ninth and had birdies at the third, seventh, 13th, 15th and 18th in halves of 33 (three under par) and 35 (one under).
He had bogeys at the fourth, 11th and 12th.
Dunton has withdrawn from the match-play foursomes which traditionally end the NE Alliance season at Murcar Links tomorrow  and Friday.
Newmachar's John Duff, another thinking over a move to the pro ranks, finished second with a 70 (36-34) in which he birdied the third, 13th and 17th with only one bogey, at the second.
 Duff also won four times on the 2013-2014 Alliance circuit.
Completing a good day for the amateurs were Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen), Brian Nicholson and Niall Young (Insch) who made it a three-way tie for third place on 73.
The leading pros were the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre pair of Laura Murray and Greig Hutcheon on the 74 mark. Also on 74 was links specialist Stewart Finnie (Caledonian).
 SCRATCH SCORES
Par 72
68 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 
70 J Duff (Newmachar) 
73 N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen), B Nicolson (Auchmill), N Young (Insch).
74 S Finnie (Caledonian), Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie GC), G Hutchen (Paul Lawrie GC)
76 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen)
77 D Mackay (Fort Augustus), G Milne (Newburgh), J Nicolson (Auchmill), J Duncan (Newburgh).
78 C Grant (Portlethen).
79 K Beveridge (Kippie Lodge), M Forster (Cruden Bay).
80 B Harper (Newburgh), R Lamb (Newmachar), F Bisset (Banchory), S Mackie (Auchmill), J Forrest (Northern)
81 J Hamilton (Murcar Links), D Fleming (Portlethen).
82 K Zeynalov (Paul Lawrie GC), J Scott (Peterculter).
83 C Cassie (Nigg Bay), L Roger (Royal Aberdeen), P Walker (Cruden Bay), A Petrie (Oldmeldrum).
84 P McKenna (Royal Aberdeen), P Morrison (Oldmeldrum), W Shaw (Banchory)
85 H Roulston (Stonhaven), R MacRae (Auchmill), C Duffus (Kemnay)
86 J Borthwick (Craibstone), D Nelson (Aboyne).
87 R Masson (Auchmill)
88 M Winton (Caledonian), P Cornfield (Auchmill).
90 J Jessiman (Oldmeldrum).
91 D McKay (Caledonian)
92 R Brown (Newburgh), C Redman (Inchmarlo), D Lawrie (Aboyne), M Rogers (Kemnay).
93 D Randall (Banchory), B Lumsden (Northern).
94 N Chisholm (Kemnay)
96 M Smith (Auchmill)
98 M Rendall (Stonehaven)
100 I Grant (Fyvie)
103 D Townsley (Peterculter)
109 R Buchan (Northern).
  
SCRATCH PRIZEWINNERS
A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 68 (£100 voucher); J Duff (Newmachar) (7) (£80 voucher); N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen), B Nicolson (Auchmill), N Young (Insch) 73 (£40 voucher each).

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - D Mackay (Fort Augustus) (6) bih, G Milne (Newburgh) (6), M Forster (Cruden Bay) (8), J Forrest (Northern) (5), J Duncan (Newburgh) (6) 72.
£50 voucher to Mackay; £40 to Milne; £30 to Forster, £20 to Forrest and Duncan.
Class 2 - P Walker (Cruden Bay (12) 71; L Roger (Royal Aberdeen) (11) bih, J Scott (Peterculter) (10) 72; M Winton (Caledonian) (13) bih, P Cornfield (Auchmill) (13) 75.  
£50 voucher to Walker, £40 to Roger, £30 to Scott, £20 to Winton, £10 to Cornfield.

BEST SCORECARDS 
Par: OUT - 435 434 445: 36 IN 444 444 345: 36
ADAM DUNTON 68
OUT: 434 534 343: 33   IN: 455 343 344: 35
JOHN DUFF 70
OUT: 444 434 445: 36  IN: 444 344 335: 34
 


CHANGES TO LINE-UP FOR 
NE ALLIANCE FOURSOMES
THURSDAY, MURCAR LINKS

HANDICAP
+ Three-eighths difference in handicap aggregates for strokes conceded. 
Play off mats mandatory in closely-mown areas
between tee and green.


9.00 A Petrie and P Cornfield v J Forrest and M Rogers
9.10 W Skene and M Winton v L Roger and B Lumsden.
9.20 C Cassie and H McNaughton v J Borthwick and J Scott
9.30 D Townsley and M Booth v M Smith and T Collie.
SCRATCH
9.40 G Hutcheon and S Mackie v L Fowler and M Duncan
9.50 D Fleming and C Duffus v John Duff and D McDougall
10.00 D Wilson and N Young v B Nicolson and J Hamilton.
10.10 F Bisset and G Milne v J Nicolson and B Harper.

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MOTION TO ADMIT WOMEN AS MEMBERS PUT TO SEPTEMBER VOTE

STATEMENT FROM THE
R and A


26 March 2014, St Andrews: A spokesperson for The Royal and Ancient Golf Club said, “Members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, the founding club of The R and A, will vote on a motion to admit women as members. The Club’s committees are strongly in favour of the rule change and are asking members to support it. 
"The vote is scheduled to take place in September of this year.”

FROM GOLFTALK CENTRAL

By RYAN LAVNER
The R and A has written a letter to its 2,400 members recommending that they allow women to join the club.
For the past 260 years the R and A has been a male-only institution, despite mounting political and social pressure. 
Now, the club will meet in the spring to discuss the gender issue and then conduct a formal vote in September. 
A R and A spokesman said in a statement: “The Club’s committees are strongly in favour of the rule change and are asking members to support it.”
The move was first reported by the Daily Mail. The newspaper reported that Wilson Sibbet, chairman of the club’s championship committee, recently wrote a letter that stated, in part: 
“Now is the time to ask members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club to welcome female members into the club. It is of course for members to decide if they wish to alter the rules of the club to give effect to this change of policy.”
Gary Player, a three-time Open champion, took to Twitter Wednesday morning to voice his support for the vote
Last year’s Open Championship was held at Muirfield, a male-only club, and first minister Alex Salmond refused to attend in protest.
R and A chief executive Peter Dawson (pictured above) acknowledged at Muirfield that the issue was “divisive” and one that “we’re finding increasingly difficult.” He added that the subject would be addressed. 

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AYRSHIRE WINTER GOLF ASSOCIATION PRO-AM AT GLASGOW GAILES

WATTERS LOWEST BUT PORCIANI 

LEADS WINNING TEAM

Gourock professional Derek Watters had the best individual score, a five-under-par 66, in the Ayrshire Winter Golf Association pro-am at Glasgow Gailes but it was Turnberry assistant Ciar Porciani who led the amateur team of George Higgins, Robin Slater and Jim McEwan to victory with a net 58 in the pro-am.
Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle) and Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) had the second best individual rounds of 68.
Their teams also finished joint second on 59 in the pro-am.
Elliott's amateur partners were Gordon Cree, Alex Fallis and Scott Ritchie while Fox was partnered by David Cooper, Tom Harwood and John Laurie.

LEADING PRO/ASSISTANT SCORES
Par 71
66 D Watters (Gourock)
68 C Elliott (Haggs Castle), G Fox (Clydeway Golf)
69 S Gray (Hayston), P McKechnie (Braid Hills)
70 C Ronald (Carluke)
71 D Ross-Nicol (Dundonald), J Mackay (North Gailes), I McNab (Dundonald)
72 A Brown (Archerfield), J McCreadie (Buchganan Castle)
73 F Thomson (Turnberry)
74 C Porciani (Turnberry)
75 C McManus (Kilmarnock Barassie)
76 J McBrearty (Haggs Castle)
77 N Walton (Glasgow)
78 D Fleming (Prestwick), B Harvey (Scottish Golf Academy)
79 S Garrett (Fereneze)
80 A Todd (Prestwick)
82 A Forrow (Whitecraigs), C Beveridge (West Kilbride)
LEADING PRO-AM TEAMS
58 C Porciani (Turnberry), G Higgins, R Slater, J McEwan.
59 C Elliott (Haggs Castle), G Cree, A Fallis, S Ritchie; G Fox (Clydeway Golf), D Cooper, T Harwood, J Laurie.
60 A Brown (Archerfield Links), C McClatchie, P Walsh, G McIntosh; C Ronald (Carluke), R Christian, A Paterson, J Mathieson; D Ross-Nicol (Dundonald), F Hallsworth, D Robertson, J Rice.

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AYRSHIRE WINTER GA PRO-AM

GOLF COPY AND SCORES
CREDIT CAL CARSON GOLF AGENCY
QUERIES TO COLIN FARQUHARSON
TEL 01224 869782

WATTERS BEST AT AYRSHIRE WGA PRO-AM
BUT PORCIANI LEADS WINNING TEAM

Gourock professional Derek Watters had the best individual score, a five-under-par 66, in the Ayrshire Winter Golf Association pro-am at Glasgow Gailes but it was Turnberry assistant Ciar Porciani who led the amateur team of George Higgins, Robin Slater and Jim McEwan to victory with a net 58 in the pro-am.
Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle) and Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) had the second best individual rounds of 68.
Their teams also finished joint second on 59 in the pro-am.
Elliott's amateur partners were Gordon Cree, Alex Fallis and Scott Ritchie while Fox was partnered by David Cooper, Tom Harwood and John Laurie.

LEADING PRO/ASSISTANT SCORES
Par 71
66 D Watters (Gourock)
68 C Elliott (Haggs Castle), G Fox (Clydeway Golf)
69 S Gray (Hayston), P McKechnie (Braid Hills)
70 C Ronald (Carluke)
71 D Ross-Nicol (Dundonald), J Mackay (North Gailes), I McNab (Dundonald)
72 A Brown (Archerfield), J McCreadie (Buchganan Castle)
73 F Thomson (Turnberry)
74 C Porciani (Turnberry)
75 C McManus (Kilmarnock Barassie)
76 J McBrearty (Haggs Castle)
77 N Walton (Glasgow)
78 D Fleming (Prestwick), B Harvey (Scottish Golf Academy)
79 S Garrett (Fereneze)
80 A Todd (Prestwick)
82 A Forrow (Whitecraigs), C Beveridge (West Kilbride)
LEADING PRO-AM TEAMS
58 C Porciani (Turnberry), G Higgins, R Slater, J McEwan.
59 C Elliott (Haggs Castle), G Cree, A Fallis, S Ritchie; G Fox (Clydeway Golf), D Cooper, T Harwood, J Laurie.
60 A Brown (Archerfield Links), C McClatchie, P Walsh, G McIntosh; C Ronald (Carluke), R Christian, A Paterson, J Mathieson; D Ross-Nicol (Dundonald), F Hallsworth, D Robertson, J Rice.
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