HIGHLAND TOURNAMENT ROUND-UP
BY TWO STROKES IN TAIN 36-holer
ROBIN WILSON REPORTS
Teenager Connor Toal (Old Ranfurly), who will be taking part in next week's Boys' Amateur Championship over his home course and Dundonald Links next week, was just one back with 70 before the first local challenge came in the form of James Cameron who covered his inward nine holes in 34 for 71 to take second spot with Joel.
Local Cameron repeated his first round halves of 37 and 34 for another 71 and third place but in the voucher ranking value moved to second handicap with a nett 132, off 5.
But in round two he was back to his championship best with an outward two under par 33 before the second nine again let him down beginning for home, bogey, double bogey, and finishing bogey, bogey for 38 and 71. However it took the Invergordon based member into third place ahead of Chancellor (69/77), and then local Munro Ferries, followed with 73 and 74 for 147.
Charlie Finlayson, the local handicap club champion making a successful return to golf after several years away from the game and now playing off 11, claimed third place following two solid nett 67s for 134, before the younger McAlpine brother, Corey, came fourth and Seann Sutherland the final fifth place.
CSS home 71 and 72. Visitors 72 and73
SCRATCH
Abdul Ghani Trophy
138 D Joel (Inverness) 71 67.
140 R A L Cameron (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 72 68.
145 L McAlpine (Tain) 74 71.
146 L Chancellor (Inverness) 69 77.
147 M Ferries (Tain) 73 74.
HANDICAP
Rutherford Trophy
R Hudson (Tain) (10) 131. J Cameron (Tain) (5) 132 C Finlayson (Tain) 134. C McAlpine (Tain) (6), S Sutherland (Tain) (7) 139.
Labels: Amateur Men