Savage wins Drumpellier Cup play-off

Round 1  CSS - Home:72, Away:73

1st  Steven Rennie Drumpellier - 69 bi6

2nd  Craig Chalmers Cawder - 69

3rd  Conor Neil Mount Ellen - 70 bih 

Round 2 CSS - All : 73

1st Jamie Savage Cawder - 68

2nd Colin A Baird Bothwell Castle - 70

3rd Craig Chalmers Cawder - 71

Overall

1st Jamie Savage 140

2nd Craig Chalmers 140

3rd Conor Neil 142

The comp went to a 4-hole playoff which was tied. Jamie Savage won the 1st hole of sudden death with a par.

Tonight's Molly's Bistro Aberdeen Pennant League results

Tonight's results in the Molly's Bistro Aberdeen Pennant League:

Bon Accord 4, Northern 1

C Somers / G Somers bt R Hyland / C Mcbain, 2 Holes

G Mitchell / D Grieve bt W West / L Minty, 2 Holes

A Shand / S Murphy lost to C Johnstone / N Walker, 6 and 4

Matt Greig / Mark Greig bt C Clark / S Slessor, 2 and 1

M Dunn / R Allerton bt S Milton / S Kennedy, 2 and 1

Banchory 5, Stonehaven 0

A. Lindsay and S. Locke bt N. Irvine and 8 and 6

S. Larkin and A. Ramage bt B. Ferguson and B. McGillivray 2 and 1

C. Lindsay and D. Brand bt C. MacKay and G. MacFarlane 3 and 2

R. Gray and M. Gordon bt K. Brown and; K. Riddell 2 and 1

J. Harling and L. Smart bt S. Guzik and R. McAllan 6 and 5

Deeside 4.5, Hazlehead 0.5

Jack Loggie and David Macklin bt Alan Strath and Steve Scott 4 and 3

Benjamin Henderson and Michael Lawrie bt Greg Kennedy and Iain Taylor 2 and 1
Tom Rennie and Alan Ross halved with Alan Mclean and A R McGregor

Kevin Willox and Ron Evett bt Scot Mackie and Richard Pratt 3 and 2

Keith Ingram and Steven Smith bt Malcolm Allan and Paul Lawrence 2 and 1 

Royal Aberdeen 4.5, Caledonian 0.5

N Macandrew/G Joss bt T Gray/R Pirie, 4 and 3

S Buchan/J Cramond bt M Beattie/D Mullen, 3 and 2

E Laird/R Laird bt D Oliver/S Allison, 5 and 4

D Purdie / DF MacAndrew bt J Meade/R Davidson, 3 and 2

I Middleton/A Buchan halved with  L Ross/W Ross 

 +Colin Farquharson thanks the match secretaries for resubmitting their match details in a form which he can handle while working with a poor WiFi signal on a laptop without a printer at Portstewart GC, Northern Ireland.  These are testing times.

Thanks also to the Douglas Hotel for their sponsorship through Molly's Bistro and Malone's Bar at its Market Street, Aberdeen establishment of the Aberdeen Pennant League.
Give them YOUR support if you can.

Northern Open has crowded leaderboard at end of Day 1

SCOTT COULD BE GREAT AGAIN IN WIND BLOWS AT CRUDEN BAY

Scott Henderson knows what it takes to win a Northern Open at Cruden Bay - he's done it before and in a howling gale on the last day to boot!
So the Aberdonian, although a bit longer in the tooth these days, is well pleased that there is no one ahead of him after the first day of this year's 72-hole championship at the Buchan links in the shadow of Slains Castle. The PGA in Scotlad prizefund for the unsponsored event is £32,500
In fact there's a logjam at the top of the leaderboard with Henderson only one of five men sharing the pole position on two-under-par 68. The others are Paul Shields (Kirkhill), Lossiemouth amateur Kyle Godsman, Paul Robinson (Largs) and Gareth Wright (West Linton), who finished joint second in the PGA professional championship last week.
There are another six players breathing down the leaders' necks on 69 - Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf), Colin Robinson (Elie Links), Greg Paxton (Ralston), Gleneagles Scottish pro champion Chris Kelly (unattached) and Tartan Tour No 1 Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre)
At this stage of the four-round tournament, it would take a brave punter to put his money on his selection to be first past the winnng post.
It might need the return of the high winds that swept the country last week and at the weekend to sort out this Grand National cavalry charge of a leaderboard.
And could you blame Scott Henderson for wishing the gales would return to help him sort them all again down the home straight as he did a few years back.

NORTHERN OPEN LEADERBOARD
Par 70
68 S Henderson (Kings Links), P Shields (Kirkhill), K Godsman (Moray) (am), G Wright (West Linton), P Robinson (Largs)
69 R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), G Fox (Clydeway Golf), C Robinson (Elie Links), C Kelly (unatt), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC)
70 M Hillson (Tandridge), G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC), C Ronald (Carluke), P Wardell (North Berwick),
C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst)
71 M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), J Porteous (Craigielaw), R Dixon (Renaissance), K McNicoll (Gullane), S Binning (Mearns Castle), P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), M Patterson (Kilmacolm), J Godward (Cruden Bay), D Orr (Eastwood).
72 A Reid (West Lothian), C Goodwin (Duff House Royal), C Marr (Musselburgh), C Sutherland (Cherry Lodge)
73 C Brown (Carrick on Loch Lomond), A Cooper (Newmacar), N Fenwick (Dunbar), R Tinker (Piperdam), M Patterson (Cruden Bay)
74 T Dingwall (Kemnay), J Sharp (Carrick on Loch Lomond), A Holbrook (Murcar Links) (am), D Watson (Cruden Bay) (am), G Hardy (Ayr Belleisle), L Gaughan (Bathgate), S Maxwell (Eastwood), J McCreadie (Largs), J Lomas (Caprington), J McGhee (Bishopbriggs), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes)
75 S Gray (Hayston), J Gallagher (Douglas Park), C McMaster (Wellsgreen), B Mason (Callaway Golf), N Murray (Cruden Bay), G Smith (Abu Dhabi)
ends

East of Scotland Open Amateur Stroke Play entries close on June 15

If you are a WAGRanked golfer, or in possession of a handicap of 0.4 or better, and have not yet entered the prestigious 43^rd East of Scotland Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship presented by golf in DUBAi, I would respectfully remind you that the Closing Date for entries is Monday 15 June.

The Championship is played over 72 holes each year at Lundin Golf Club, Lundin Links, hosts of the 2010 World Junior Open and many Open Final Qualifying competitions. 

As Lundin Links is only 20km from St Andrews & Kingsbarns and 40km from Carnoustie and Gleneagles (see www.lundingolfclub.co.uk), you could arrange to play these famous courses during your visit.

Below are the other RandA/USGA World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) Counting Events on the weekends prior to and following “The East”.

The Amateur Championship at Carnoustie and Panmure, Angus from 15 to 20 June

Tennant Cup at Gailes Links, Irvine and Killermont, Glasgow on 20 & 21 June over 72 holes

East of Scotland Championship at Lundin GC, Lundin Links, Fife on 27 and 28 June over 72 holes

Cameron Corbett Vase at Haggs Castle, Glasgow on 4 and 5 July over 72 holes.

Overseas entrants may pay on registration and accommodation for entrants from outside Scotland is available locally and in St Andrews.

If you have any questions, please email me at dmasgol@aol.com

The entry form including the Conditions of Competition and Prize List can be downloaded on www.lundingolfclub.co.uk/east-of-scotland .

The members of Lundin hope they have the chance to welcome you to Lundin Links and Scotland at the end of June.

David Mason

Chairman - East of Scotland Championship Committee

The pairings for Bathgate GC Pro-Am are below. Round 1: Bathgate Golf Club 06/27/2015 Tee Time Name 1 7:30 AM Robert Arnott, Bishopbriggs Golf Range 1 7:40 AM Pierce Whelan, Bathgate Golf Club 1 7:50 AM Kieran Cooney, Kingsfield Golf Centre 1 8:00 AM Brian Mason, Callaway Golf 1 8:10 AM Greg Paxton, Ralston Golf Club 1 8:20 AM Kenneth Monaghan, Linlithgow Golf Club 1 8:30 AM Garry Forrester, St Andrews Golf School 1 8:40 AM Kenneth Walker 1 8:50 AM Jamie Fraser, Renaissance Club 1 9:00 AM Christopher Currie, Caldwell Golf Club 1 9:10 AM Louis Gaughan, Bathgate Golf Club 1 9:20 AM Craig Ronald, Carluke Golf Club 1 9:30 AM Stephen Craig, Craig Golf 79 1 9:40 AM David Nicol, Dundonald Links 1 9:50 AM Gareth Hardy, Belleisle Golf Course 1 10:00 AM Greg McBain, Paul Lawrie Golf Centre 1 10:10 AM Andrew Marshall, Houston Golf Range 1 10:20 AM Stephen Gray, Hayston Golf Club 1 10:30 AM Mark Kerr, Marriott Dalmahoy Golf & Count 1 10:40 AM Scott Herald, St Andrews Links Golf Academy 1 10:50 AM Ryan Buckley, Royal Musselburgh Golf Club 1 11:00 AM Paul O'Hara, Clydeway Golf 1 11:10 AM Scott Henderson, Kings Links Golf Centre 1 11:20 AM Steven Taylor, Bothwell Castle Golf Club 1 11:30 AM Paul Robinson, Largs Golf Club 1 11:40 AM Paul McKechnie, Braid Hills Golf Range 1 11:50 AM Jonathan Sharp, Carrick on Loch Lomond 1 12:00 PM Chris Kelly 1 12:10 PM Keir McNicoll, Gullane Golf Club 1 12:20 PM Greig Hutcheon, Paul Lawrie Golf Centre 1 12:30 PM Andrew Oldcorn, Kings Acre Golf Course 1 12:40 PM Gordon Law, Uphall Golf Club 1 12:50 PM Jason McCreadie, Largs Golf Club 1 1:00 PM Colin Gillies 1 1:10 PM Craig Gordon, Edinburgh Golf Centre 1 1:20 PM Neil Fenwick, Dunbar Golf Club 1 1:30 PM Graham Fox, Clydeway Golf 1 1:40 PM Graeme Brown, Montrose Golf Links Ltd. 1 1:50 PM Fraser Dunlop, Gleneagles Hotel Golf Courses 1 2:00 PM Ross Dixon, Renaissance Club Complete information is available at Tournament Information Page (TIP)

Chris Mailley wins Sutherland Championship  for fourth time

By ROBIN WILSON 
 Chris Mailley, added his name to the impressive Sutherland Championship trophy for a fourth time at Brora on Saturday.

Mailley, a plus three handicap golfer and also a member at Brora where he is the reigning club champion, played his best golf through the first round gale force conditions after halves of 33 and 36 for a one under par 69 to take a three shot lead over former triple champion Roddie Cameron (Brora) (34/38).  Mailley's outward 33 card was compiled from seven par figures and two birdies, the short 6^th and long eighth holes.

Golspie born Cameron collected his first of three winner's silver medals at Golspie nine years before Mailley's first win. His compact 72 arrived from a three birdie first nine hole count of 34 and a three over par inward half of 38 to place him one shot ahead of his now Brora club mate and course greenkeeper James MacBeath. MacBeath still holds the record low winning aggregate of 134 (65/69) when he won his title at Brora in 2003 and registering a first round 73 (35/38) on Saturday.

Other first round scores from former champions in the field included the Royal Dornoch trio of David Pearson 76 (37/39), Alex MacDonald 76 (34/42) and Kevin Matheson 77 (38/39). The only left handed golfer to lift the cup, defending champion Darren Hexley (Golspie) began with a disappointing 78 (36/42).  Still in the mix for a first a first time win were Dornoch's Craig Sutherland 74  (35/39) and Neil Munro 75 (37/38) and Brora's Robert MacDonald 75 (36/39).

With no abatement to the wind for the second round Mailley repeated his outward count of 33 with his birdies arriving at the fourth hole and then again at the 8^th hole.  After his first bogey at the tenth he birdied the second par five 11^th hole to restore his card to two under par which he maintained until the remaining four holes where most Brora scores are lost.  His lapses began at the 15^th with bogey five then after overshooting the seventeenth green he took another four shots to hole out in six and with a collapse at this point at Brora it always continues to the final par three hole where the mandatory bogey four is recorded.

Mailley's signed card read 72 (33/39) but a more than safe 36 hole aggregate of 141 when Cameron slipped back to fourth place with a 78 to allow MacBeath win a sixth runner's up bronze medal with a repeat 73.  Neil Munro excelled with his putter both on and off the greens  to record a second round72  (35/37) and climb into third place on 147.

Leading scratch scores (CSS 70 both rounds)

141 C Mailley (RDGC) 69/72. 146 J G MacBeath (Brora) (73/73). 147 N Munro (RDGC) (75/72). 149 R N MacDonald (Brora) (75/74). 150 R S Cameron (Brora) (72/78). 154 K Matheson (RDGC) (77/77), D Pearson (RDGC) (76/78), A MacDonald (RDGC) (76/78). 155 D Hexley (Golspie) (79/76). Nett Scores -  N Munro (RDGC) (3) 141 (72/69),  R N MacDonald (Brora) (4).971/70).  A Dunn (Brora) (9) 142  (72/70). D Norrie (Brora) (9) 144 (67/77).               

 Darren Howie, Emma Morrison top of the Class in PLF Scottish Schools championship


Darren Howie (Borders) and Emma Morrison (Edinburgh) finished top of the class in the boys' and girls' sections of the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish schools golf championships over the two courses at Murrayshall Hotel near Perth.
Howie shot 72-67 for a two-under-par total of 139 over the  main courese (par 72) and the par 68 Lynedoch lay-out. He topped the boys' returns by two shots from Rory Franssen (Highland) (73-68 for 141) with Bathgate's Joe Bryce (West Lothian) in third place on 142 (75-67).
The boys' team title went north in the hands of the Highland pair, Rory Franssen (Inverness) and Nairn's Sandy Scott (77-67 for 144).
And so it proved a productive 48 hours for the Howie clan from Peebles
Craig, the 2012 Scottish Boys champion, shared third in Sunday's St Andrews Links Trophy before younger brother Darren claimed victory at the  Perthshire venue..
Howie posted a two under par winning total in the Paul Lawrie-sponsored event, two strokes clear of
The Lothians’ Emma Morrison took the girls’ scratch prize with an aggregate of 145 (71-74), one ahead of Deeside's Lauren Watson (Aberdeen City) (69-77 for 146) and two in front of third-placed Shannon McWilliam (South Aberdeenshire) (71-76 for 147.
Shannon, who will play for GB and I in the Junior Vagliano Trophy match at Malone GC, Belfast the week after next, was the defending champion.
  Lauren Watson secured the girls' handicap titlen and partnered Hazlehead's Jasmine MacKintosh, shortly to make her county debut for the Aberdeenshire women's team,  to success in the girls’ team title  for Aberdeen City.
On a day that produced fine golf, with Lawrie enjoying some of the action, there were remarkably two holes in one recorded.
Highland's Finlay Asher from Nairn struck the first of the day at the 18th (Murrayshall course) in his morning round and Robert Watson (Clackmannanshire) had his on the 6th (Lynedoch) in the afternoon.

The youngsters also enjoyed seeing the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open trophy, which was on show in the clubhouse during the day.
LEADING BOYS' TOTALS
139 Darren Howie (Borders) 72 67
141 Rory Franssen (Highland) 73 68
142 Joe  Bryce (West Lothian) 75 67
143 Lewis Breslin (East Renfrewshire) 72 71
144 Sandy Scott (Highland) 77 67, Thomas Foster (Edinburg) 76 68, Craig Leith (Abedeen City) 74 70
145 Callum Burns (East Dunbartonshire) 76 69, Michael Lawrie (Aberdeen City) 75 70, Calum Green (Fife) 76 69, Aran Sinclair (Glasgow) 73 72, Sam Locke (South Aberdeenshire) 71 74
146 Glen Burrett (East Renfrewshire) 75 71, Andrew Benson (West Lothian) 75 71.
147 Robert Watson (Clackmannanshire) 79 68, John-Paul Ralph (East Lothian) 76 71, Greg Cessford (Fife) 75 72, Kyle Reid (East Dunbartonshire) 73 74
148 Michael Brodie (Angus) 74 74, Graeme Greer (South Lanarkshire) 77 71, Aidan Smith (South Aberdeenshire) 78 70
149 Callum Graham (Perth and Kinross) 75 74, David Rudd (Edinburgh) 79 70.
150 Sam Nicholson (Fife) 80 70, Brad Bannerman (Perth and Kinross) 76 74, Jamie Stewart (Renfrewshire) 79 71, David Fair (South Lanarkshire) 78 72, Jack Williams (Norrh Lanarkshire) 77 73, Aidan Husenne (East Renfrewshire) 76 74, Ellis W Gray (North Aberdeenshire) 76 74.
151 Matthew McCullock (Dumfries and Galloway) 78 73, Greg Dalziel (North Lanarkshire) 76 75
152 Lou Tan (East Lothian) 80 72, Jamie Mackintosh (Highland) 78 74, Tom Mackenzie (Glasgow) 78 74, Jack Currie (Inverclyde) 78 74, Andrew McColl (Renfrewshire) 75 77, Eric McIntosh (Edinburgh) 75 77
153 Ryan Brown (Fife) 83 70, Marc Watt (North Aberdeenshire) 80  73, Andrew Moir (Moray) 77 76, Calvin Duffton (South Aberdeenshire) 77 76, Craig Jackman (Stirling) 80 73, Kiefer Brown (South Aberdeenshire) 78 75
154 Keith Bowman (Fife) 75 79, Andrew Ni (Edinburgh) 78 76, Callum Elliot (Glasgow) 77 77
155 Will Porter (Perth and Kinross) 80 75, Callum Bruce (North Aberdeenshire) 84 71
156 John Paterson (Stirling) 79 77, Rowan Marchbank (Dumfries and Galoway) 75 81
157 Cameron McArthur (North Aberdeenshire) 83 74, Ross Callan (West Lothian) 80 77
158 Chris Finnie (Dumfries and Galloway) 80 78, Jack Thomas (North Ayrshire) 82 76, Euan Munro (Highland) 78 80,  Gregor Munro (Highland) 82 76
159 Hamish McColm (Highland) 78 80, Angus Frood (Glasgow) 76 83
160 Jamie Duguid (East Lothian) 83 77
161 Conor Toal (Renfrewshire) 84 77
162 Finlay Asher (Highland) 77 85, 
164 Ben Mackay (Fife) 79 85
165 Jordan Sweeney (South Ayrshire) 83 82, Ross McDonald (Perth and Kinross) 89 76
166 Zach Geddes (South Lanarkshire) 84 82
170 Conor MacCallum (Fofe) 88 82
171 Lewis Caddell (North Lanarksire) 86 85
172 Scott Johnson (Falkirk) 90 82
173 Andrew Gordon (South Ayrshire) 89 84, Jake Carpenter  (Moray) 86 85
176 Jordan Sleigh (North Aberdeenshire) 88 88

LEADING GIRLS' TOTALS
145 Emma Morrison (Edinburgh) 71 74
146 Lauren Watson (Aberdeen City) 69 77
147 Shannon McWilliam (South Aberdeenshire0 71 76
150 Claire Robertson (Angus) 78 72
152 Emma Hale (South Ayrshire) 73 79
154 Hazel MacGarvie (South Ayrshire) 81 73, Katie Scott (South Lanarkshire) 77 77, Joanne Free (East Lothian) 77 77
155 Jasmine Mackintosh (Aberdeen City) 77 78
157 Molly Richmond (South Lanarkshire) 76 81
159 Megan Robb (Aberdeen City) 77 82
160 Kirsty Brodie (Angus) 81 79, Louise Duncan (North Ayrshire) 77 83
162 Mirren Fraser (Dumfries and Galloway) 82 80
164 Lorna McClymont (West Dunbartonshire) 81 83
166 Kirsten Brown (South Lanarkshire) 75 91, Eilidh Crawford (North Lanarkshire) 74 92
167 Katie Malcolm (Dumfries and Galloway) 84 83
168 Leah Smart (Northern Aberdeenshire) 80 88, Susan Woodehouse (South Lanarkshire) 82 86
173 Brogan Clark (Fife) 91 82
174 Porscha Wilson (Fife) 4 90, Megan McInnes (Glasgow) 86 88
176 Anna Mackenzie (Glasgow) 84 92
177 Maria Cowan (Dumfries and Galloway) 84 93
179 Carmen Griffiths (South Aberdeenshire) 91 88
180 Annabel Hosie (Borders) 91 89
181 Birge Specht (Fife) 96 85, Robyn Gallan (North Aberdeenshire) 90 91
183 Nathalie Irlbacher (Fife) 92 91
187 Sarah Kemp (Argyll and Bute) 93 94
188 Charlene Wilson (Fife) 99 89
189 Anna Massey (Edinburgh) 81 89
190 Isabel Chua (Perth and Kinross) 96 94
192 Zoe Morton (Perth and Kinross) 97 95
195 Jenna Downie (Fife) 93 102
196 Morgan Graham (Forth Valley) 102 94
217 Megan Thom (Perth and Kinross) 114 103