Meldrum House inaugural tournament

SENIOR MOMENTS IN STORE AT THIS

WEEK'S ABERDEEN MASTERS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

The inaugural Aberdeen Senior Masters 54 hole tournament which tees off at the exclusive Meldrum House Hotel course, Oldmeldrum tomorrow should draw the golf fans to the Oldmeldrum venue over the next three days.

Spain's Miguel Angel Martin (pictured) is one of the leading atttractions.
Martín  started out as a caddie and turned professional in 1981. He has been a member of the European Tour for more than twenty seasons and in 2005 he became the first Continental European golfer to make 500 appearances on the tour. 
 His best finish on the Order of Merit was 17th in 1996 and he has won three European Tour events. He was also a member of the winning Spanish team at the 2000 Alfred Dunhill Cup.
In 1997 Martín earned a spot in the European Ryder Cup team via the money list, but was forced to withdraw after failing to recover in time from a wrist injury sustained in July.
Martin tees off at 10.40am Monday with former Aberdeen Links champion Barry Brooks, a Meldrum House member and Scottish senior amateur champion last year, and Brian Marchbank.

The tournament, the brainchild of Thistle Windows chief executive Nick Robson,  is open to professionals of 48 years and senior amateurs of Category 1 status. The field comprises of 40 pros and 20 amateurs.

There is a £33,360 prizefund with £5,000 going to the winner, £3,500 to the second tapering down to £260 for the 30th place pro.

There wll be an over-60 years prize and the senior amateurs wll be competing for prize vouchers.

Other well know names in the field include Gary Wolstenholme, Stephen McAllister,  Colin Gillies, Gordon Brand, Fraser Mann, Ronan Rafferty and Kenny Hutton

There is no cut.

Aberdeen Masters/ Monday Tee Times

1	08:30	Gary	Wolstenholme
		Kumar	Kami
2	08:40	Kenny	Hutton
		Paul	Streeter
3	08:50	Mark	Wharton
		Allan	Jarrett
		Laurie	Turner
4	09:00	Neil	Marr
		Mike	Best
		Tony	Stevens
5	09:10	Mark	Spooner
		John	McBride
		David	Shacklady
6	09:20	George	Ryall
		David	Russell
		Gary	Ross
7	09:30	Campbell	Elliott
		Roger	Roper
		Jose	Romero
8	09:40	Peter	Ridley
		Mike	Reynard
		Doug	Young
9	09:50	Nick	Robson
		Phillip	Price
		Bob	Cameron
10	10:00
11	10:10	Gary	Potter
		Gary	Pike
		Andrew	Oldcorn
12	10:20	James	Murphy
		Paul	Moultrie
		Nick	Mitchell
13	10:30	David	McDowell
		Tim	Spence
		Stephen	Mcallister
14	10:40	Miguel Angel	Martin
		Barry	Brooks
		Brian	Marchbank
15	10:50	Paul	Affleck
		Malcolm	Mackenzie
		Santiago	Luna
16	11:00	Pedro	Linhart
		Tony	Lawrence
		Alan	Ross
17	11:10	Nick	Job
		Pieter	van Doorne
		Matt	Dale
18	11:20	Duncan	Williamson
		Charles	Haynes
		John	Harrison
19	11:30
20	11:40	Gary	Stewart
		Colin	Gillies
		Mark	Gammell
21	11:50	Adrian	Firman
		Marc	Farry
		Patrice	Kalita
22	12:00	Scott	Davidson
		David	James
		Robert	Arnott
23	12:10	Steve	Cipa
		Jose Manuel	Carriles Corino
		Marcel	Capaul
24	12:20	Nicky	Gold
		Ronan	Rafferty
		Simon	Brown
25	12:30	Andy	Campbell
		Paul	Broadhurst
		Matt	Briggs
26	12:40	Gordon	Brand
		Mark	Booth
		Jon	Bevan
27	12:50	Barrie	Stevens
		James	Berry
		Graham	Banister
28	13:00	Shaun	Ball
		Tomi	Tirkkonen
		Fraser	Mann