Ron Evett wins Royal Aberdeen Medal as Aberdeen Links Ch/ship leading qualifier

DEREK JOHNSTONE REPORTS

In blustery conditions, Ron Evett of the Northern led the qualifiers in the Links Championship and with it the Royal Aberdeen Medal.  His three over par 141 (67-74) total was five shots better than Caledonian runner-up, Roy Pirie (70-76)

Defending champion, Alan Doig (Caledonian) finished seven shots worse off in fourth place on 148 (73-75.

Leading the qualifiers in the Murray Cup  was past Bon Accord captain Ricki Dunn on 140 while Links Championship secretary John Duff led the qualifiers in the Handicap Shield with a net 143. 

Links Championship/Murray Cup

Leading second-round scores

Bon Accord (B); Northern (N); Caledonian (C)
 
SCRATCH  
 CSS 71

72 C Somers (B)

73 B Edmond (B), D Oliver (C),

74 R Evett (N)

75 M Greig (B), A Doig (C), P Coutts (B)

76 R Pirie (C), A Shand (B)

HANDICAP

68 R Dunn (B) (16)

69 P Coutts (B) (6), D Oliver (C) (4), T Still (N) (11)
70 R Pirie (C) (6), G Nicholson (N) (8)

Links Championship

LEADING QUALIFIERS

141 R Evett (N) 67 74

146 R Pirie (C) 70 76

148 M Greig (B) 73 75, A Doig (C) 73 75

149 B Edmond (B) 76 73, D Oliver (C) 76 73

Match-play Draw

Monday, June 8

16.55 R Evett (N) v A Sheldrick (C)

17.03  S Slessor (N) v D Leslie (N)

17.11  P Coutts (B) v A Doig (C)

17.19 B Edmond (B) v Mark Greig (B)

17.27 R Pirie (C) v S Finnie (C)

17.35 L Minty (N) v C Somers (B)

1743 Matt Greig (B) v A Shand (B)

17.51 D Oliver (C) v C McBain (N)

Handicap Shield/Murray Cup

LEADING QUALIFIERS
134 R Dunn (B) (16)

143 J Duff (N) (9)

144 T Still (N) (11), S Kelly (B) (10)

145 B Smith (C) (10)

146 R Smith (C) (7), M Beattie (C) (5), D Cumming (B) (17)

Handicap Shield Draw

Friday, June 12

16.45 J Duff (N) v L Ross (C)

16.52  G Nicholson (N) v S Allison (C)

16.59  M Beattie (C) v G Robertson (N)

17.06 A Mitchell (N) v S Kennedy (N)

17.13 W Guyan (B) v W Smith (B)

17.20 R Allerton (B) v W Rae (N)

17.27 R Smith (C) v L Hadden (B)

17.34 W Shand (B) v D Grieve (B)

Murray Cup Draw

Friday, June 12

17.41 R Dunn (B) v N Stewart (N)

17.48  B Lumsden (N) v J Muir (N)

17.55  B Smith (C) v A Hunter (C)

18.02 D Cumming (B) v F Kennedy (C)

18.09 T Still (N) v G Mackie (C)

18.16 J McKechnie (B) v D MacPherson (C)

18.23 S Kelly (B) v C Murphy (B)

18.30 G Fiddes (N) v A Pirie (N)

Senior stroke-play championship

LEADING SCORES

SCRATCH 
 CSS 68

68 N Walker (N)

73 G McLaggen (B)

74 G Paterson (N)

HANDICAP

62 W Hardingham (B) (22)

64 N Walker (N (4)

67 A Hunter (C) (11), G Forbes (C) (11), R Watson (B) (7), G Burns (B) (22), R Dunn (B)  (16), J Murphy (N) (9)

RESULTS

James Hunter Shield (Scratch)

141 N Walker (N)

144 G McLaggen (B)

147 G Paterson (N)

F Sutherland Shield (Handicap)

133 N Stewart (N)

134 R Dunn (B)

135 A Hunter (C)

Vic Bon Trophy (Handicap Over 65s)

134 W Hardingham (B)

136 (bsr) G Forbes (C)

136 M Rothnie (B)