Monday, September 29, 2014

US CHAMPIONS TOUR EVENT AT PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA

ROGER CHAPMAN TIES FOR THIRD 

AFTER A 65 BEHIND WINNER COOK
FROM ESPN.COM
PEBBLE BEACH, California -- John Cook won the First Tee Open first prize of $285,000 on Sunday at Pebble Beach for his 10th Champions Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Tom Byrum.
The 56-year-old Cook birdied the par-4 13th and parred the final five holes to finish at 11-under 204 total. He won the 1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach for the first of his 11 PGA Tour titles and also won the 1975 California State Amateur at the course.
Cook parred the par-5 18th, missing a 25-foot birdie try that left a tap-in for the victory.
"I played to make par," said Cook, who missed 10 weeks this season after freak non-golf back injury at his Florida home. "I don't often do that, but maybe I've learned something in 40 or 45 years."
Byrum also shot 69. Winless on the 50-and-over tour after winning once on the US PGA Tour, he bogeyed the par-5 14th and par-3 17th and closed with a par.
"I needed to make a birdie and I made a par," Byrum said. "It was a good par after hitting in the bunker, but I just didn't make a good shot I needed. But I am encouraged with how I played."
Cook won for the first time since the Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii in January 2013. He began the final round with a one-shot lead over Byrum and Skip Kendall.
"Today I played nicely," Cook said. "I didn't have my best stuff, but my putting showed up."
Kendall, playing his second Champions Tour event after earning a spot in open qualifying Tuesday, tied for third with England's Roger Chapman. Kendall shot 70, and Chapman had a 65.
Chapman, whose earlier rounds were 70 and 71, earned $124,925 for his 206 total
Woody Austin was fourth at 8 under after a 66.
Kirk Triplett, the winner the last two years, shot a 67 to tie for sixth at 7 under with Billy Andrade (69), Fred Funk (70) and Lee Janzen (70).
Davis Love III, also making his second Champions Tour start, had a 74 to drop into a tie for 24th at 3 under. The 20-time US PGA Tour winner tied for 64th last week in Hawaii

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£40,000 TOMATIN SINGLE MALT 54-HOLE PRO-AM OVER THREE NORTH LINKS

                          Bernard Gallacher at the Scottish Golf Awards night earlier in the year.

RYDER CUP FLAVOUR STILL IN AIR AS

BERNARD GALLACHER PLAYS IN NORTH


Bernard Gallacher had a heart attack the last time he was in the top half of Scotland - Aberdeen, to be precise - but that is all behind him now and let's hope he returns south of the Border at the end of this week with far happier memories than his last trip North.

Gallacher, who played in eight consecutive matches from 1969 to 1983  and was later three times team captain in a row, extends the Ryder Cup flavour into this week's last big event of the 2014 PGA in Scotland Tour - the £40,000 Tomatin Single Malt 54-hole pro-am over three of the North of Scotland's classic links courses, Royal Dornoch, Nairn and Castle Stuart.
Wentworth's Gallacher, whose nephew Stephen made his Ryder Cup debut at Gleneagles, is an eye-catching name in a field of the Scottish stars from leading money-winner again, Greig Hutcheon, through Greg McBain, winner of the recent winner of the Paul Lawrie Invitational and runner-up in this event 12 months ago, to Hayston's Stephen Gray who has won the "Tomatin" in its first two years.
Gray's top prize last year was £6,500; McBain received £5,000 and, in Tartan Tour terms, there will again be big money to be won down through the final top 10 and beyond.
Gray's winning total 12 months ago was 11-under-par 203.
The three-day event starts Tuesday with approximately 17 pros and their teams of amateurs playing each course and rotating round the others to finish on Thursday.

+Other names to note include Lloyd Saltman (Archerfield Links) and Bruce Davidson (River Oaks, Texas), the man who set up and owned the King's Links Golf Centre at the Aberdeen Links before he moved to the United States.
+Bernard Gallacher was one of the guest speakers at The Marcliffe Hotel tonight - in the same room where he collapsed - at a Deeside Golf Club dinner to honour Stewart Spencr, proprietor of the hotel who is retiring nearer the end of the year.
Also among the guests of the Paul  Lawrience Foundation function was Paul Lawrie himself (well, with his wife Marian) and fellow Ryder Cup player Harry Bannerman, GB and Ireland women's team captain for 2015-2016, Elaine Farquharson, an honorary member of Deeside GC.
Hope Bernard Gallacher made it up North in time to tee off on Tuesday morning. It was nearer midnight before the function ended - but everybody had a very enjoyable night.
Bannerman voiced the opinion that every member of both Ryder Cup teams should play in each session which he suggested should be:
Day 1 - Six foursomes or six four-ball matches.
Day 2 - Six foursomes or fsix four-ball matches.
Day 3 - 12 singles.
Bernard Gallacher thought that would be quite a good idea instead of leaving four of the world's best players to twiddle their thumbs at each session of the first two days under the present arrangements.
The raffle and auction raised a five-figure sum jointly for the Paul Lawrie Foundation and Bernard Gallacher's every-club-should-have-a- defibrilator campaign. 

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EDINBURGH and EAST OF SCOTLAND ALLIANCE FIXTURES 2014/2015

2014
Sep 24 - Cardrona
Oct 8 - Glenbervie
Oct 15-17 - Scottish Alliance Championship @ Dalmahoy East and West (Members must have played 25% of previous season's fixtures to be eligible to play in the championship)
Oct 22 - Royal Musselburgh
Oct 29 - Duddingston
Nov 12 - Musselburgh
Nov 26 - The Roxburghe
Dec 10 - The Glen
2015
Jan 7 - Gullane No 3
Jan 21 - Goswick
Feb 4 - Eyemouth
Feb 18 - Winterfield
Feb 25 - Craigielaw
Mar 4 - Falkirk Tryst
Mar 11 - Kings Acre (to be confirmed)
Mar 25 - Championship - Gullane No 2 and No 3
Apr 9 - East Alliance v West Alliance  Match (Bruntsfield)

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EDINBURGH AND EAST OF SCOTLAND ALLIANCE

ELLIOT SALTMAN REJOINS - AND WINS 

WITH A 65 AT CARDRONA

By ALAN GREENSHIELDS
Edinburgh and East of Scotland Golfers' Alliance 
Sorry for delay in sending out results from last Wednesday. I thought I had e-mailed out but just realised this morning I had not. Got caught up with some other event that was happening around same time!
We had 73 players visiting Cardrona in Peebles-shire and while the number seemed a bit lower than normal a few members were involved in other commitments.

The scoring at Cardrona was excellent on the par 72 course.

Tony Boyle from Glenbervie, out early in the day. posted a great challenge with a one under 71 gross score and net 67 which looked like it would take some beating. 

Tony got the top handicap prize but Elliot Saltman, who rejoined our ranks posted a fantastic seven under par 65 to secure the top scratch prize of £100 and also get his name on the Michael Allan Memorial Trophy - well done, Elliot!
 
Main prizewinners at Cardrona were (scroll down for top 55 scratch,Top 44 handicap scores):

SCRATCH
1 Elliot Saltman (Archerfield) 65 (£100).
2 Andy Marshall (Houston DR) 70 (£80)
T3 Ryan Buckley (Royal Musselburgh) and Neil Henderson (Renaissance) 71 (£50 each)
T5 Gordon Law (Uphall) and Lloyd Saltman (Archerfield) 72 (£10 each).
 HANDICAP
1 Tony Boyle (Glenbervie) (4) 67 (£100 voucher)
2 Willie Miller ( Falkirk Tryst) (9) 70 (£80 voucher)
3 Steve Dand (Pumpherston) (6) 70 (£60 voucher)
T5 Paul Farrell (Pumpherston) (9) and Steven Lees (Duddingston) (6) 72 (£30 voucher each).
 
Trainee Prize - Louis Gaughan ( Bathgate) 72 (£20)
Senior Prizes - Willie Marr (West Lothian), Derek Fyfe (Duddingston) and Ian Fyfe (Musselburgh) shared with net 73s (£20 voucher each).
Next outing is at Glenbervie on October 8.
Finally, don't forget there is still time (if you meet conditions of entry) to play in Scottish Allaince Championship at Dalmahoy East and West  over 54 holes from October 15 to 17.



Alan Greenshields

Secretary/Treasurer

Edinburgh and East of Scotland Golfers' Alliance

70 Sydney Crescent

Auchterarder

PH3 1BB
Mobile:07730 007100
Alliance Mobile: 07814 983582
E-mail: secretary.eesga@talktalk.net 

LEADING HANDICAP AT CARDRONA
 
1 Boyle Tony Glenbervie Amateur 71 4 67
2 Miller William  Falkirk Tryst Senior 79 9 70
3 Dand Steve  Pumpherston Amateur 76 5 71
4 Farrell Paul Pumpherston Amateur 81 9 72
5 Lees Steven  Dalmahoy Amateur 78 6 72
6 Marr William West Lothian Senior 84 11 73
7 Fyfe Ian Musselburgh Senior 76 3 73
8 Brown Stuart  Dunbar Amateur 78 5 73
9 Fyfe Derek Duddingston Senior 81 8 73
10 Laing William  Prestonfield Amateur 80 6 74
11 MacKay Alan  Kingsknowe Amateur 76 2 74
12 Kay Michael  Dalmahoy Amateur 86 12 74
13 Jeavons Ian  Dunbar Amateur 79 5 74
14 Doyle Steven  Liberton Amateur 79 5 74
15 Rennie Martin Uphall Amateur 79 4 75
16 Masterton John  Mortonhall Amateur 82 7 75
17 Leggate Philip Musselburgh Amateur 84 8 76
18 Kerr John Deer Park Amateur 81 5 76
19 Rothney Andrew Deer Park Amateur 79 3 76
20 Johnston James Greenburn Amateur 76 0 76
21 Stewart Duncan  Craigielaw Senior 83 7 76
22 Allan Robert  Cardrona Amateur 87 10 77
23 Carrigan Michael  Greenburn Amateur 88 11 77
24 Wilson Gerry Musselburgh Amateur 89 12 77
25 Hillan Graham  Stathaven Amateur 81 4 77
26 Wyse Ian Falkirk Tryst Amateur 84 7 77
27 Cowie Keith Dunbar Senior 89 12 77
28 Gilhooley Tom  Torwoodlee Amateur 84 7 77
29 Louden Peter Glencorse Amateur 87 10 77
30 Jervis Derek Prestonfield Senior 86 9 77
31 Cordery Thomas Musselburgh Amateur 81 3 78
32 Taylor Ian  Eyemouth Amateur 82 3 79
33 Nicolson David Craigielaw Amateur 83 4 79
34 White Justin Harrison (Braids) Amateur 85 5 80
35 Porteous Paul Uphall Amateur 83 3 80
36 Roberts Malcolm Duddingston Amateur 87 7 80
37 Marshall Robert  Greenburn Amateur 90 9 81
38 Denham John Torwoodlee Senior 87 6 81
39 Brown Gordon  Baberton Amateur 91 10 81
40 Wardlaw Stuart  Harburn Senior 92 11 81
41 Watson Jim West Lothian Senior 94 12 82
42 Louden Michael  Glencorse Senior 84 2 82
43 Wilson Iain Longniddry Amateur 84 2 82
44 Silvestro James Musselburgh Amateur 90 7 83

LEADING SCRATCH


No Surname Forename Club Category Gross
1 Saltman Elliot Archerfield Professional  65
2 Marshall Andrew  Houston G.R. Professional  70
3 Boyle Tony Glenbervie Amateur  71
4 Buckley Ryan Royal Musselburgh Professional  71
5 Henderson Neil  Renaissance Club Professional  71
6 Law Gordon  Uphall Professional  72
7 Saltman Lloyd Archerfield Professional  72
8 Gaughan Louis Bathgate Trainee 72
9 Morris Chris Kingsknowe Professional 74
10 Grieve Scott  Turnhouse Professional 75
11 MacKay Alan  Kingsknowe Amateur 76
12 Fyfe Ian Musselburgh Senior 76
13 Dand Steve  Pumpherston Amateur 76
14 Johnston James Greenburn Amateur 76
15 Dick James  Duddingston Professional  77
16 Gordon Craig  Edinburgh Golf Cen Professional  77
17 Huguet Norman  Musselburgh Professional  77
18 Kerr Mark Dalmahoy Professional  77
19 Brown Stuart  Dunbar Amateur 78
20 Lees Steven  Dalmahoy Amateur 78
21 Rennie Martin Uphall Amateur 79
22 Rothney Andrew Deer Park Amateur 79
23 Miller William  Falkirk Tryst Senior 79
24 Jeavons Ian  Dunbar Amateur 79
25 Doyle Steven  Liberton Amateur 79
26 Laing William  Prestonfield Amateur 80
27 Munro Ross  Duddingston Trainee 80
28 Erskine Andrew Ratho Park Professional  81
29 Kerr John Deer Park Amateur 81
30 Hillan Graham  Stathaven Amateur 81
31 Farrell Paul Pumpherston Amateur 81
32 Cordery Thomas Musselburgh Amateur 81
33 Fyfe Derek Duddingston Senior 81
34 Taylor Ian  Eyemouth Amateur 82
35 Masterton John  Mortonhall Amateur 82
36 Porteous Paul Uphall Amateur 83
37 Nicolson David Craigielaw Amateur 83
38 Stewart Duncan  Craigielaw Senior 83
39 Marr William West Lothian Senior 84
40 Leggate Philip Musselburgh Amateur 84
41 Wyse Ian Falkirk Tryst Amateur 84
42 Cooney Kieran Kingsfield Trainee 84
43 Gilhooley Tom  Torwoodlee Amateur 84
44 Louden Michael  Glencorse Senior 84
45 Wilson Iain Longniddry Amateur 84
46 White Justin Harrison (Braids) Amateur 85
47 Kay Michael  Dalmahoy Amateur 86
48 Jervis Derek Prestonfield Senior 86
49 Allan Robert  Cardrona Amateur 87
50 Denham John Torwoodlee Senior 87
51 Roberts Malcolm Duddingston Amateur 87
52 Louden Peter Glencorse Amateur 87
53 Carrigan Michael  Greenburn Amateur 88
54 Wilson Gerry Musselburgh Amateur 89
55 Cowie Keith Dunbar Senior 89

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