HAMISH McNAUGHTON 3 WEEKS AWAY FROM 

WINNING ALLIANCE CLASS 2 HANDICAP MERIT T
 
    By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Apologies for failing to put the WLM Golf-sponsored North-east Golfers Alliance Class 2 Handicap updated Order of Merit table u[ for display on this website on Saturday, as planned.
Here it is now. 

Willie McKenzie, the man who IS WLM Golf, will award a £50 amateur voucher to each of the winners of Class 1 and Class 2 Orders of Merit after the conclusion of the Alliance Championship Round 2 at Craibstone on March 18.    
Self-employed teaching pro Willie McKenzie can be contacted on his mobile phone, 07984 756332 if you want to fix up some lessons from him to improve your game.
He can also be contacted through his website, WLMgolf.com 
Cruden Bay's Hamish McNaughton, pictured above, still the Class 2 table leader with an advantage of 300pt over second-placed Ben Lumsden (Northern)
Only three counting events to go, starting with Oldmeldrum on Wednesday. Ben needs to win a Class 1 category at an Alliance fixture and hope that Hamish does not finish in the top five. 
Interesting to follow the fortunes. 

Explanation of the columns immediately to the right of the points totals.  Using table leader McNaughton as the example. He was No 1 in the table after the Spey Bay fixture and still No 1 after the most
recent competition, at Peterhead ... so no change in Hamish's position.
Make sense? I hope so.
Thanks again to Royal Aberdeen GC Senior Assistant Professional Joel Hopwood for devising the Orders of Merit points scheme and updating the tables for Scottishgolfview.com every errk.                               
    
                                                        TOTAL  
                                                       POINTS
1    HAMISH McNAUGHTON    1650    1    1    0 ... no change
2    BEN LUMSDEN                    1350    2    2    0
3    GRAHAM ALLAN                 1125    3    3    0
4    DEREK CRAIGIE                     850    4    4    0
5    NIGEL PARKER                       800    6    5    1     Gone up 1
6    LES ROGER                             775    5    6    -1     Gone down 1
7    L.DUNCAN                              700    11    7    4     Gone up 4
8    MIKE  SMITH                          650    7    8    -1
9    GRAHAM MACKIE                625    8    9    -1
10    STEVEN DILLON                 575    9    10    -1
11    MIKE WINTON                     550    10    11    -1
12    ALAN BENTON                    500    11    12    -1
13    GARY HOMER                     450    13    13    0
14    PETER WALKER                  400    14    14    0
15    G.LESLIE                              350    15    15    0
16    WILLIE SKENE                     300    21    16    5
16    JOHN SUNLEY                      300    16    16    0
16    R.BROWN                              300    16    16    0
19    N.STEWART                           250    NEW    19    NEW
19    NEISH CHISHOLM               250    18    19    -1
19    CHARLIE TAWSE                 250    1 8    19    -1
19    DON LAWRIE                       250    18    19    -1
23    JOHN JESSIMAN                 225    21    23    -2
23    DEREK TOWNSLEY           225     21    23    -2
25    DICK WRIGHT                    200    24    25    -1
25    PAUL CORNFIELD             200    24    25    -1
27  MANSON MERCHANT       175    26    27    -1
27    STUART MELVIN               175    26    27    -1
29    I.CAMERON                        150    NEW    29    NEW
29    ROBBIE DUNCAN              150    28    29    -1
29    J.HOSIE                                150    28    29    -1
29    J.MURRAY                           150    28    29    -1
33    JOHN SMITH                       125    31    33    -2
33    GRAHAM THOM                 125    31    33    -2
35    ALISTAIR CLARK               100    33    35    -2
35    GRAHAM MOIR                  100    33    35    -2
35    MIKE BROWN                     100    33    35    -2
35    SANDY DAVIDSON            100    33    35    -2
39    PETER LOW                           50    37    39    -2
                   
Points are awarded weekly to the Class 2 prizewinners, i.e. the top five and ties.
1st 250
2nd 200
3rd 150
4th 100
5th   50