North-east Alliance Class 2 Order of Merit

CAN BEN CATCH HAMISH OVER LAST

TWO EVENTS ?... PROBABLY NOT!   

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
   Colin@Scottishgolfview.com
Mathematically, Cruden Bay's Hamish McNaughton, long-time leader of the North-east Golfers' Alliance Class 2 Handicap Order of Merit table can be caught ... but the reality is that he has one hand on
the £50 amateur voucher being put up for the winner by teaching pro Willie McKenzie's WLM Golf company.

With only two counting events to go - both rounds of the Championship at Duff House Royal on Wednesday and Craibstone on March 18 - Hamish leads second-place Ben Lumsden (Northern by 175pt.
Order of Merit points are earned by the top five (and ties) prizewinners in the category at each fixture.
The points are: Category winner - 250pt; 2nd - 200; 3rd - 150; 4th - 100; 5th - 50.
So Ben needs achieve one - or two - high placed finishes over the last two counting fixtures ... and hope that Hamish does not score any.
Pressure on both men at Duff House Royal on Wednesday then but more on the chasing Lumsden than the man in the pole position, McNaughton.
The biggest climbers of the week were Neish Chisholm and Mike Brown, both of whom improved by six places in the table on the back of their performances at Oldmeldrum on Wednesday.
If you are not happy with your scoring, 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. Willie can also be contacted through his website, WLMgolf.com 
Thanks, as usual, to Joel Hopwood, Senior Assistant Professional at Royal Aberdeen GC, for devising the Order of Merit points scheme and updating the tables every week for Scottishgolfview.com

                                                     LAST        THIS         CHANGE
                                       PTS      WEEK       WEEK      up or down
1    Hamish McNaughton 1650        1               1         0 (no change)
2    BEN LUMSDEN       1475        2               2         0
3    GRAHAM ALLAN    1325        3               3         0
4    DEREK CRAIGIE        850        4               4         0
5    NIGEL PARKER          800        5               5         0
6    LES ROGER                775         6              6         0
7    L.DUNCAN                 700          7             7         0
8    MIKE  SMITH             650          8             8         0
9    ALAN BENTON          625        12             9        3  Up 3 places
10    GRAHAM MACKIE  625          9           10       -1    down 1 
11    STEVEN DILLON     575        10            11       -1
12    MIKE WINTON         550         11            12       -1
13    NEISH CHISHOLM   500        19            13       6  Up 6 places
14    GARY HOMER           450        13           14        -1
15    PETER WALKER        400        14           15        -1
16    G.LESLIE                     350        15           16        -1
17    WILLIE SKENE           300        16           17        -1
17    JOHN SUNLEY           300         16          17        -1
17    R.BROWN                    300        16           17        -1
20    N.STEWART                 250        19           20         -1
20    CHARLIE TAWSE        250        19           20        -1
20    DON LAWRIE               250       19            20        -1
23    JOHN JESSIMAN         225       23             23        0
23    DEREK TOWNSLEY   225        23             23       0
25    DICK WRIGHT             200        25             25        0
25    PAUL CORNFIELD      200         25              25       0
27   Manson Merchant           175          27              27      0
27    STUART MELVIN        175          27             27       0
29    MIKE BROWN             150          35             29       6    up 6
29    I.CAMERON                 150           29            29       0
29    ROBBIE DUNCAN       150           29            29        0
29    J.HOSIE                         150           29            29        0
29    J.MURRAY                   150            29             29        0
34    JOHN SMITH               125             33             34       -1
34    GRAHAM THOM         125             33             34       -1
36    ALISTAIR CLARK       100              35             36       -1
36    GRAHAM MOIR          100              35             36       -1
36    SANDY DAVIDSON    100              35              36    -1
39    PETER LOW                   50               39             39    0