BENNY IS ON HAMISH'S TAIL IN NE ALLIANCE CLASS
2 MERIT TABLE, SPONSORED BY WLM GOLF
Cruden Bay's 11-handicapper Hamish McNaughton, pictured below left, still leads Class 2 of the North-east Golfers' Alliance Handicap Order of Merit, sponsored by teaching professional Willie McKenzie and his WLM company, writes Colin Farquharson
But second-placed Benny Lumsden (Northern), who plays off nine, has made up a bit of ground and is now "only" 300pt behind the long-time leader
No change in the top five positions from last week.
The big climber in the top 20 was Kemnay's Steven Dillon who had a net 60 off 16 at Murcar Links and has risen six places in the table to the No 8 spot.
Steven had a net 60 off his 16 handicap on Wednesday.
The Orders of Merit will end at the conclusion of the Alliance two-round championship, that's at Craibstone, in March. The extra meeting, at Newburgh, which rings down the NE Alliance curtain on the 2014-15 season is a non-counter as far as Merit points are concerned.
Order of Merit points in Class 1 and 2 are awarded as follows at each fixture:
POINTS BREAKDOWN
1ST: 250
2ND: 200
3RD: 150
4TH: 100
5TH: 50
+Thanks again to Joel Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) for devising the Orders of Merit format and calculating the weekly points totals for Scottishgolfview.com
HOW THEY STAND IN CLASS 2 AFTER THE MURCAR LINKS COMPETITION
PLAYER Pts Total Movement
1 HAMISH McNAUGHTON 1650 0 (no change from position last week_
2 BEN LUMSDEN 1350 0
3 GRAHAM ALLAN 1125 0
4 DEREK CRAIGIE 850 0
5 LES ROGER 775 0
6 MIKE SMITH 650 1 (risen 1 place from last week)
7 GRAHAM MACKIE 625 -1 (down 1 place from last week)
8 STEVEN DILLON 575 6 (risen six places)
9 MIKE WINTON 550 0 (no change)
9 NIGEL PARKER 550 -2 (down 2 places)
11 ALAN BENTON 500 -2
11 L.DUNCAN 500 -2
13 GARY HOMER 450 -1 (down 1 place)
14 PETER WALKER 400 -1
15 G.LESLIE 350 -1
16 CHARLIE TAWSE 250 0 (no change)
17 DON LAWRIE 250 -1
18 WILLIE SKENE 225 0
18 JOHN JESSIMAN 225 0
18 DEREK TOWNSLEY 225 0
21 JOHN SUNLEY 200 0
21 DICK WRIGHT 200 0
21 PAUL CORNFIELD 200 0
24 MANSON MERCHANT 175 0
24 STUART MELVIN 175 0
26 J.HOSIE 150 NEW
26 J.MURRAY 150 0
28 JOHN SMITH 125 -1
28 GRAHAM THOM 125 -1
30 ALISTAIR CL 100 -1
30 GRAHAM MOIR 100 -1
30 ROBBIE DUNCAN 100 -1
30 MIKE BROWN 100 -1
30 SANDY DAVIDSON 100 -1
35 NEISH CHISHOLM 75 -1
36 R.BROWN 50 -1
36 PETER LOW 50 -1
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