Scottish Seniors Golfing Society Spanish Festival 2015 sponsored by McCrea Financial Services

Day 4- Final Round Singles

Steady Nick Robson (Meldrum House) cruises to victory in Spain

On yet another a dry and sunny day at Hacienda Del Alamo Golf Resort, Murcia, Nick Robson held off the challenges of his other final four-ball competitors Ian Brotherston, Muir Townsley and Rob Craw to take the scratch honours for 2015 SSGS Spanish Golf Festival sponsored by McCrea Financial Services.

"I had a mediocre day on the greens” said Nick, pictured with his eyes shut on the right, “otherwise my 73 would have turned into a score in the 60's, but a win is a win!"  

Rob Craw matched his 73 while Ian Brotherston and Muir Townsley recorded 77 and 79 respectively.

While the other contenders kept up the pressure, his 3-shot cushion going into the final day demanded a score in the sixties to overtake him and it proved just out of reach.

Final scratch scores were as follows:

  

Par 216 (3x72)

216 Nick Robson (Meldrum House) 70 73 73

221 Rob Craw (Glenbervie) 73 74 74

223 Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and County) 71 75 77

226 Muir Townsley (Dumfries and County) 73 74 79

228 Ian Jeen (Scotscraig) 77 78 73

229 Andy Ross (Dumfries and County) 75 76 78

230 Andrew Campbell (Murcar Links) 78 71 81

233 Kevin Will (Glenbervie) 77 77 79

234 Keith Bruce (Edzell) 75 82 77

235 Alan Harrington (Western Gailes) 79 77 79

Handicap Results

Rob Craw (Glenbervie), pictured above, playing off a handicap of 2, kept up his excellent performance this week by taking  the honours in the Nett category with an overall lowest net score of 215 ahead of a large chasing pack.

On the final day James Fealey (Hacienda) and Ian Jeen posted the best net score of 71 followed by Denis McQuade, Rob Craw and a determined Drew Wilson on 72.

Overall leading Nett scores were as follows:

.215 Rob Craw (Glenbervie) (2)

217- Andy Ross (Dumfries and Co) (4)

219- Nick Robson (Meldrum House) (+1)

220- Muir Townsley (Dumfries and Co) (2), Brian Kidd (Panmure) (5), James Fealey (Hacienda del Alamo) (8)

221- Alan Harrington (Western Gailes) (5)

222- Ian Jeen (Scotscraig) (2)

223- Denis McQuade (Glenbervie) (5)

224- Kevin Will (Glenbervie) (3), Keith Ross (Beith) (5), Drew Wilson (Clober) (5)

The week of competition concluded on Friday Oct 23rd with the second round of the Doubles.

A crimson dawn preceded another beautiful day at Hacienda Del Alamo for the Greensomes - the final day of the SSGS Spanish Festival.

Coupling a fine greensomes gross score of 72 with their earlier 68 in the better-ball, the pairing of Ian Jeen/Keith Bruce, pictured above,  took the scratch honours with a total of 140 hotly pursued by the Glenbervie pair of Rob Craw/Kevin Will on 142 along with Graham Haugh/David Marshall.

Emphasising their doubles mastery, Jeen/Bruce also topped the Nett competition along with with Haugh/Marshall on 136.

Leading Scores....

Doubles Scratch

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140- Jeen/Bruce

142- Craw/Will, Haugh/Marshall

143- Campbell/Robson

144- Chalmers/Kidd

Doubles Nett

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136 -Jeen/Bruce, Haugh/Marshall

137- Craw/Will

138- Chalmers/Kidd, Connolly/Harrington

140- Chisholm/Gray

All in all an enjoyable and competitive week in Spain once more and great to see the ever-popular pairing of Neish Chisholm and Gordon Gray on the leaderboard!

Festivities closed with a rousing "Happy Birthday" for one of the founding pillars of the SSGS, the ever-smiling Keith Howie, who turns 70 on Monday.

Denis McQuade

Captain