JOHN BRYDONE'S OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE GAME OF GOLF

Scroll back a day or two to read the article in which John McTear, himself a former winner, asked if anyone knew who is the oldest surviving winner

of the Scottish boys match-play championship which will be played at West Kilbride next week.

With the help of Michael Niven, we came up with the answer: Pitlochry GC member John Brydone, winner of the boys' title at the age of 17 at North Berwick in 1947, which makes John 84 or 85 today, alive and well.

Now we can add to the story line:

 

E-mail from Graeme Leggat

PGA advanced professional

Please find attached a photo of John Brydone as he was in 1947 with the Scottish boys championsip trophy. Taken with ipad so not perfect. 

This photograph hangs in the clubhouse at Pitlochry Golf Club.

John doesn't play much golf now but does have the occasional nine holes. He is involved with the Pitlochry Golf Week which is played each June. John is an honorary member at Pitlochry.

Although John Brydone was the Scottish Boys’ Champion in 1947, he was to find his niche on the administrative side of the game. Playing for the Perthshire County team for some years he went on to serve for a total of 47 years. He was county delegate to the Scottish Golf Union and became Chairman of the Scottish Boys’ Championship Committee. 

Until 2006 he was the Highland Open Tournament Secretary and was Pitlochry Golf Club Secretary for 32 years.

Editor's comment: I think John Brydone deserves another trophy ... for outstanding services to golf over a long period.

Well done, John!

 

Graeme Leggat   
 PGA Advanced Golf Professional     

EUROPEAN TOUR EVENT RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE AT SOTOGRANDE

HORSEY, THREE HOLES STILL TO PLAY, JOINS WARREN IN THE LEAD REPORT BY EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS England’s David Horsey joined Scotland’s Marc Warren at the top of the NH Collection Open leaderboard at the end of the second day of the weather-affected NH Collection Open at Sotogrande, Spain. A lengthy delay for rain on Thursday meant half the field had to complete their first rounds on Friday morning, although nobody was able to better Jack Doherty’s 69 from the opening day. But Warren, who had completed a level par 72, then went out and fired a 67 to set the clubhouse target at five under par. He was joined by Horsey, who was four under par for his round with three holes remaining when bad light forced play to stop for the day, with 45 players needing to return at 9am on Saturday to finish their second rounds. Quotes: Marc Warren “My round didn’t finish yesterday so I had to come back and play seven holes this morning, and I played OK. At the start of the second round I struggled a bit with concentration, but once I got it going I played really well. My long game was excellent and my short game was good, so I think I got the best out of my round today. “I have been playing well the last few weeks, getting stronger and stronger, so I was really looking forward to this event. It’s like a bonus event for us, coming at the last minute, and I am pleased to see how good the course actually is. I’m looking forward to the next two days. “I like the course very much. If it was a perfect weather it would still be a good test anyway, but with the strong winds we have had here it gets really tough at times.” Notes • Marc Warren would become the second Scottish winner on The European Tour in 2014, after Stephen Gallacher won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic in February. • Would be his first win since the 2007 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. • David Horsey is now 47 under par for his last 14 rounds. • Would be his first win since the 2011 Trophee Hassan II TO VIEW ALL THE SCORES CLICK HERE

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EUROPEAN TOUR EVENT AT HALFWAY

MARC WARREN SETTING THE PACE AT

 SOTOGRANDE WITH FIVE-UNDER 139

Marc Warren took over the leadership in the European Tour event at Sotogrande with a second-round 67 for a five-under-par tally of 139
well before the end of play.
The Scot led by one shot from Chile's Felipe Aguilar (71-69)
Compatriot Jack Doherty, whose 69 retained him the lead as the first round was completed this morning, is still out on the course at the time of writing but he is behind Warren's five-under-par standard.
Scott Jamieson and Richie Ramsay both returned 72s for 143 and are "safe" for the weekend action.
The cut forecast is for players with 36-hole tallies of 148 and better to make it.
That means that Duncan Stewart is out of it with 76 and 73 for 149. Same applies to Scott Henry with 79 and 76.
Chris Doak, who had a score of 86 in the wild wind that blew on Thursday, did not go out for a second round. He retired from the tournament.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Before the end of play. Par 144 (2x72)
139 Marc Warren (Scotlnad) 72 67
140 Felipe Aguilar (Chile) 71 69
143 Mikael Lundberg (Sweden) 71 72, Rhys Davies (Wales) 72 71, Lasse Jensen (Denmark 73 70, Scott Jamieson (Scotland) 71 72, Richie Ramsay (Scotland) 71 72, Marco Crespi (Italy) 70 73
SELECTED SCORES
149 Duncan Stewart (Scotland) 76 73
155 Scott Henry (Scotland) 79 76
Retired: Chris Doak (Scotland) 86 ret. 

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GOOD LAST-DAY FOR MOST OF SCOTS AT FRILFORD HEATH

             Former Scottish youths champion David Booth (left) receives the winner's trophy.
KELLET'S TOP-10 FINISH  AT PGA

EUROPRO TOUR FINAL Q SCHOOL



Stirling University graduate David Booth (Rotherham), Scottish youths champion in 2008 during his college days, won the £2,400 first prize
with a 13-under-par total of 203 (65-71-67) at the PGA EuroPro Tour Final Qualifying School at Frilford Heath GC, Oxfordshire.

Motherwell's Ross Kellett, after starting the tournament with a 73, maintained his improvement with a final round of 69 after a middle-day 66 to finish ninth, the leading Scot of the 11 who survived the 36-hole cut.
Kellett, sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management, earned £800 for a eight-under-par 208 aggregate.

Generally, it was a good last day for the Scots.
Fraserburgh's Kris Nicol (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) signed off with a 67 for six-under 210, the same total as Aberdour amateur and Scotland cap Scott Crichton who reeled off three 70s in a row.
They tied for 15th place and will be able to play in all 15 of the scheduled PGA EuroPro Tour 54-hole events in the forthcoming season.
Crichton will now have to turn pro, one would think, or what was the point of paying the best part of £500 to become a PGA member and enter the Q School?
Paul Robinson (Largs), after being well in the mix with rounds of 69 and 67, slumped over the final 18 holes to a 75 for 211 and joint 22nd place - still a good performance by a player now well known outside Ayrshire.
Paul Cormack (Inchmarlo) came back to form with a 70 for 212, the same aggregate as Newmachar's Malcolm Isaacs who had a 69 for the second day in a row. They tied for 31st place.
Jordon McColl (Scotscraig) and Chris Currie (Caldwell) finished on three-under 213. McColl had a third-round 70, Currie a 72. They finished joint 39th.
Eric Ramsay (Carnoustie) and Greg McBain (Kemnay) both hit the 214 mark with Ramsay recording a 72 and McBain a 73. They finished joint 47th.
Graham Rankin did not have a good last day. The Drumpellier man, a former Walker Cup player and Northern Open champion in 2001, ended with a 75 for 218 and joint 76th place in a field of 88.


PGA EURPRO TOUR FINAL QUALIFYING SCHOOL
Frilford Heath GC, Oxfordshire

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
203 David Booth (Eng) 65 71 67 (£2,400)
204 Mark Murphy (Ire) 68 66 70 (£2,000)
205 Tom Whitehouse (Eng) 70 68 67, Luke Jolly (Eng), Richard Kilmatrick (Eng) 69 66 70 (£1,400 each)
206 Nick Taylor (Eng) 69 70 67 (£1,120)
207 Andrew Cheese (Eng) 70 71 66, Jamie Rutherford (Eng) 70 67 70  (£920 each)
208 Ross Kellett (Aberdeen Asset Management)  73 66 69 (£800)

REST OF SCOTS' TOTALS
210 Kris Nicol (Paul Lawrie GC) 71 72 67, Scott Crichton (Aberdour) (am) 70 70 70 (T15) (£70 each)
211 Paul Robinson (Largs) 69 77 76 (T22)
212 Paul Cormack (Inchmarlo) 67 75 70, Malcolm Isaacs (Newmachar) 74 69 69 (T31)
213 Jordan McColl (Scotscraig) 71 72 70, Chris Currie (Caldwell) 70 71 72 (T39)
214 Eric Ramsay (Carnoustie) 70 72 72, Greg McBain (Kemnay) 72  69 73 (T47)
218 Graham Rankin (Drumpellier) 71 72 75 (T76)

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TEE TIMES FOR STEPHEN GALLACHER FOUNDATION COMPETITION

Round 1: Kingsfield Golf Course 

APRIL 13

 Tee  Time      Name

  1   12:36 PM  Andrew Munro

  1   12:44 PM  Ross Munro

  1   12:52 PM  Riccardo Scarafile

  1   1:00 PM   Lewis Burnett

  1   1:08 PM   Peter Scanlan

  1   1:16 PM   Michael Mackenzie

  1   1:24 PM   Iain McNab

  1   1:32 PM   Allan Todd

  1   1:40 PM   Callum Beveridge

  1   1:48 PM   Alan McCandlish

  1   1:56 PM   Colin Robinson

  1   2:04 PM   Martin Shaw

  1   2:12 PM   Paul O'Hara

  1   2:20 PM   Daniel Flannery

  1   2:28 PM   Robert King

  1   2:36 PM   Neil Cameron

  1   2:44 PM   Fraser Rummins

  1   2:52 PM   David Stein

  1   3:00 PM   Kevin McNiven

  1   3:08 PM   Stuart Milne

  1   3:16 PM   Jordan Gallagher

  1   3:24 PM   Stewart Watters

  1   3:32 PM   Andrew Hutchison

  1   3:40 PM   Ryan Stirling

  1   3:48 PM   David Lee

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ECCO TOUR WINTER SERIES EVENT

WALLACE BOOTH LETS IT SLIP AT LA 

MANGA,  FINISHES JOINT SIXTH

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Comrie's Wallace Booth wasted a golden chance to claim his first win of the season by suffering a final -round collapse in the climax to the ECCO Tour Winter Series at Spain’s La Manga Club.

European Challenge Tour member Booth, older brother of European ladies’ star Carly Booth, went into the final round of the Mediter Real Estate Masters one stroke ahead over Sweden’s Jacob Lennemo after carding rounds of 71 and 69.

But the 28-year-old from Perthshire struggled to recover from a poor start on La Manga Club’s South Course and eventually had to settle for a share of sixth place, two strokes behind winner, Steven Jeppesen from Sweden.

Booth had high hopes of claiming the first prize of nearly €11,000 when he started his last round but his problems began almost immediately at the par-four fourth hole where he ran up a triple-bogey 7.

The 2009 Walker Cup star was still one of 15 players in with a chance of victory as he began his back nine but three successive bogeys put paid to his challenge as he finally returned a four-over-par 77 to finish on a total of 217.

Booth said: “You have got to put the ball into play off the tee on La Manga Club’s South Course because the greens are very fast and you need to attack the pins from the correct spots. I’m afraid I didn’t do that enough.”

The ECCO Tour is the Scandinavian equivalent of the EuroPro Tour and Booth revealed he entered the tournament – one of two held at La Manga Club this spring – to sharpen up his game for when the Challenge Tour gets into full swing.

He added: “I needed to kick-start my season. I didn’t want another six weeks without any competition and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.”
LEADING FINAL TOTALS

par 217 players from Scandinvia unless stated otherwise
215 Steven Jeppesen 71 71 73
216 Manuel Quiros (Spain) 79 70 67, David Palm 75 70 71, Daniel Lokke 74 70 72, Jacob Glennemo 70 71 75.

217 Lars Johannsen 70 77 70, Gustaf Kocken 73 74 70, Martin B Ovesen 72 72 74, Wallace Booth (Scotland) 71 69 77

218 Fredrik Gustavsson 75 67 76

219 Oscar Zetterwall 77 72 70, Benny Ahlenback 73 74 72, Jesper Lerchedahl 72 77 70

MIDLAND ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP AT MONIFIETH

PAUL JAMIESON FOLLOWS IN FATHER'S

FOOTSTEPS TO WIN MIDLAND TITLE

Dunblane New Golf Club professional Paul Jamieson has won the J T C Kitchens-sponsored Midland Golfers' Alliance Championship for the first time.
Over the Medal Course at Monifieth Links this week , Paul had a 36-hole aggregate of 147 with rounds of 74-73.
He finished a stroke ahead of Edzell professional Alastair Webster (77-71) and Alyth assistant pro Mark Rae (74-74).
Jamieson is falling in father's footsteps - his dad won the Midland Alliance championship in 1976. 
Steve Harrod, who plays off two at Ballumbie Castle, won the Anderson Tankard for best two-round net total of 147 with scores of 74-73.
Jim Watt, a three-handicapper at Edzell, also totalled 147 net but lost out on the tie-breaker: the better second round. Watt's scores were 72-75.
The McQueen Shield, played over 18 holes was won by Jim Irwin, a seven-handicap Muckhart member, with a net score of 72.
LEADING SCRATCH TOTALS
147 P Jamieson (Dunblane New) p 74 73.
148 A J Webster (Edzell) p 77 71, M Rae (Alyth) ap 74 74.
149 F Mann (Carnoustie) p 74 75, T McLevy (Blairgowrie) 72 77.
150 M Anderson (Leven Thistle) 73 77.
151 S Harrod (Ballumbie Castle) 78 73, P Brookes ( Pitreavie) 77 74.
152 J Strachan (Montrose) 80 72, G Mcleod  (Monifieth) p 79 73, S Mckendrick (Dunkeld) 77 75, M Mackenzie (Edzell) ap 73 79.
LEADING HANDICAP TOTALS
147 S Harrod (Ballumbie Castle) (2) 76 71, J Watt (Edzell) (3) 72 75.
148 J Strachan (Montrose) (2) 78 70, S Blady (Monifieth) (3) 74 74.
150 E Rae (Arbroath) (6) 77 73.
151 T McLevy (Blairgowrie) (+1) 73 78.
152 S Cargill (Arbroath) (scr) 78 74, S McKendrick (Dunkeld) (scr) 77 75, C Westland (Alloa) (11) 77 75.
153 B Stewart (Tulliallan) (1) 75 78.
 McQueen Shields
Leading Scratch Scores
79 J Irwin (Muckhart)
80 D Wilson (Monifieth), D Mitchell (Monifieth)
81 S Paterson (Lundin), A Duncan (Murrayshall)

Leading Handicap Scores 
72 J Irwin (Muckhart) (7) 
75 D Wilson (Monifieth) (5)
76 G Pendrich (Downfield) (10), D Mitchell (Monifieth) (4) 
77 S Paterson (Lundin) (4), A Mason (Thornton) (9),  A Duncan (Murrayshall) (4)
Final meeting of the season is over The Duek's Course, St Andrews on Thursday, April 10.
Tee reserved from 8.30am to 12.30.