KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE GOLFERS’ ASSOCIATION

(supporting golf clubs and members in the Kirkcudbrightshire Region)

FIXTURE LIST FOR 2016 SEASON

8th May – SUNDAY

Kirkcudbrightshire Championship 18 holes                                  CASTLE DOUGLAS

Tee off times :- 8.00 am to 12.00 noon

Strokeplay.

Handicap – 18 or less

Entry Fee £10.00

8 lowest aggregate scores qualify for the

Kirkcudbrightshire Match Play Championship

(ORDER OF MERIT QUALIFIER)

(Handicap Order of Merit Qualifier)

28^th May – SATURDAY

SOLWAY CUP & SOLWAY BOWL 18 holes                             COLVEND

Tee off times:-8.00 a.m. to 12 noon

Strokeplay.

Handicap – 18 or less

Entry Fee £10.00

Solway Cup – (handicap)

SOLWAY BOWL – (SCRATCH )

(ORDER OF MERIT – SOLWAY BOWL)

(Handicap Order of Merit – Solway Cup)

12^th June  – SUNDAY

KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP                  CASTLE DOUGLAS

18 holes Strokeplay

08.00am to 12.00 noon

6 male golfers per team

Best 4 Scratch Scores will be aggregated

Winning Club will be the Club with lowest aggregated score.

Ties decided – 5^th Score and then 6^th Score.

Individual SCRATCH & Handicap prize.   

18^th   June – SATURDAY

KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP               NEW GALLOWAY

Tee off times:-09.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.

Strokeplay:  18 holes

Boys & Girls under 18 years.

Handicap 36 or less

Entry Fee £5.00

Championship Trophy – Scratch

Handicap Trophy for best net score over 18 holes

28th July – THURSDAY

KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE SENIOR OPEN                                 DALBEATTIE

18 holes – STABLEFORD

Tee times: 08.00 to 12 noon

Entry Fee:- £10 (optional sweeps)

Senior Championship Trophy

Best Scratch Score

Scratch & Handicap Trophies in each class:

(a)   Class 1: ages 50 to 59

(b)  Class 2: ages 60 to 69

(c)   Class 3: ages 70 and over

(all ages are as at 1^st January in the year of the competition)

Ties for all trophies and prizes will be decided on count back – second 9 etc)

4^th September – SUNDAY

DOUGLAS MAXWELL MEMORIAL                                    KIRKCUDBRIGHT

36 holes- STROKEPLAY. (handicap competition

18 holes in the morning only)

Tee times: 08.00 – 12.00 noon

Handicap:- 18 or less

Entry Fee £10

Handicap prizes.(tie will be decided on count back – back 9 etc)

Scratch: Ties for the trophy will be decided by a three hole playoff

Over holes 15, 17 and 18 and if still a tie by play over these

Holes in rotation until a hole is won

(ORDER OF MERIT qualifier for Kbt & South of Scotland) 

(Handicap Order of Merit qualifier)

                                                                                                                                     

Order of Merit (scratch) Competitions.

Kirkcudbrightshire Strokeplay Championship

Kirkcudbrightshire Solway Bowl

Shamash Trophy

South of Scotland Championship

Douglas Maxwell Memorial Trophy

The Tassie

Cally Cup

Order of Merit (handicap) Competitions.

Kirkcudbrightshire Strokeplay Championship (Castle Douglas)

Cally Cup (Gatehouse)

Singles Open (New Galloway)

Oswald Cup (Southerness)

Kirkcudbrightshire Solway Cup (Castle Douglas)

Centenary Trophy – gents singles (Dalbeattie)

Singles Open (Colvend)

Douglas Maxwell Memorial Trophy (Kirkcudbright)

Gillespie Classic (Brighouse Bay)

Peter has another Senior Moment in Sunshine 

Coast Masters
 
Australian Masters champion Peter Senior has continued a successful summer back home, taking out the inaugural Sunshine Coast Masters title with a final round score of 5-under par to finish on 14-under par over the four rounds.
The unique event saw PGA Legend Professionals compete at three separate E-Z-GO PGA Legends Tour pro-ams throughout the week where the players with the best three aggregate score contested the final round at Twin Waters Golf Club, where their score would then be added to result in a four-round combined score. 
Hosting the Legends over the week have been the Sunshine Coast courses Noosa Golf Club, Peregian Springs Golf Club and Twin Waters in Queensland.
Starting the day at 9-under par, Senior was five shots clear of his nearest rival Tim Elliot who fired a three-under round at the Cricks Twin Waters Pro-Am to move up the overall series leaderboard. Also in the lead group was Richard Backwell who was the outright winner at the same event and one shot behind Elliot on the overall standings.
Already a winner this week at the Noosa Legends Pro-Am and narrowly missing out in a play-off at the Australian Legends Championship at Byron Bay, Senior was at his consistent best.
"This has been a great week for me and I can only congratulate all the players on the performances this week in making it a wonderful series of events," said Senior.
"It's great to have golf on the map in the area again and thanks has to go to Ian Baker-Finch for his efforts in getting this off the ground with the host golf clubs."
Senior will now look to take a break over the Christmas period before returning to the US at the end of January to compete on the Champions Tour for the 2016 season.

Tabuena is home winner of Philippine Open

Tarlac, Philippines: Miguel Tabuena of the Philippines fired a superb, six-under-par 66 to claim a stylish win at the Philippine Open today for his first Asian Tour title. 

The 21-year-old notched six birdies on his homeward nine to seal the deal with a winning total of 14-under-par 202 in the US$300,000 Asian Tour event which was reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather at the scheduled start of the tournament.

Scott Barr of Australia missed out on winning his first Asian Tour title following a 68 but his lone second place result ensured that he would retain his Tour card for 2016 after jumping 15 spots to 49^th place on the Order of Merit. 

India’s Himmat Rai produced the round of the week at the Luisita Golf and Country Club with a sparkling 63 to share third place with Chinnarat Phadungsil (67) of Thailand on 204, two shots from the champion. 
Joint best Europeans were England's Simon Griffiths and Irishman Niall Turner, who shared fifth place on 206.

Lindsay Renolds of Canada, who held the lead in the opening two rounds, had a disappointing 73 to finish in tied 10^th place in the final Asian Tour event in 2015.

Home favourite Tabuena became the first Filipino to win his national open since 2008 after making a charge at the turn, highlighted by three straight birdies from the 12^th hole.

“I’m glad the Philippine Open is my first Asian Tour title,” said Tabuena. “I’m really happy that my name will be on this prestigious trophy alongside some of the legends in golf in Asia’s oldest national open.”

“I gave myself a goal at the start of the day which was to shoot a 66 or lower. There are a lot of birdie chances and people can make a move. I was one-under after the turn and I thought I lost some ground. I knew I needed to go out with all guns blazing,” he said. 

The victory was a huge relief for Tabuena who fell short of winning his first Asian Tour title on numerous occasions, including in Taipei this year where he was runner-up. 

“You have to take your defeats as a positive and remind yourself that it is part of the process. 
"It definitely made me a stronger golfer mentally. It helped a lot that I had already saved my Asian Tour card for 2016 earlier this year. I knew I was playing for the win. 

“I played really well here before and I won on this course on the local circuit. I’m without words really. I’m happy and glad with the victory,” said Tabuena.

Barr retained his Asian Tour card for the 12^th straight season after finishing one-shot behind Tabuena. He was in a good position to pip Tabuena to the title but let the chance slip when he bogeyed 17 after finding water. A birdie on the last earned him his best result since 2006. 

“I couldn’t hole any putts for 14 holes. Once I did, it was game on and I holed my share. I did what I needed to do but it is a shame to finish one short. This week is a huge positive. I set very low expectations coming into the week but it is great that I’ve secured my card,” he said.

Rai, who lost in a play-off two weeks ago in Vietnam, continued his good run of form by returning a flawless card to finish tied third.

“I didn’t have a number in my mind. I was thinking of eliminating my errors of rounds one and two. I wanted to play percentage golf and hitting it near the hole. I putted aggressively and that made a difference today,” said Rai, a one-time Asian Tour winner.

Chinnarat was delighted to hold on to his Asian Tour card. He was ranked 62^nd on the Order of Merit at the start of the week but moved to 56^th place, thanks to his result at the Philippine Open. The top-63 players on the final Order of Merit secured playing rights on the 2016 season.

“It was an exciting week! There was so much pressure,” he laughed. After 13 holes I knew I had a chance to win but the putts didn’t drop. It is okay because my goal was to make the cut and get my Asian Tour card but this result will give me a better ranking on the Order of Merit!” 

Other players who safely retained their Asian Tour cards included Unho Park of Australia (63^rd), Chawalit Plaphol of Thailand (62^nd), Adam Groom of Australia (61^st) and Lu Wei-chih of Chinese Taipei (60^th).

There was heart break for 16-year-old Phachara Khongwatmai of Thailand, who ended the season in 64^th place on the Merit rankings.

 

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72) Yardage 7,042

Tournament reduced to three rounds because of bad weather

202 Miguel TABUENA (PHI) 67-69-66.

203 Scott BARR (AUS) 69-66-68.

204 Himmat RAI (IND) 71-70-63, Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL (THA) 67-70-67.

206 - Seukhyun BAEK (SKOR) 69-71-66, Simon GRIFFITHS (ENG) 70-68-68, Jeunghun WANG (SKOR) 67-70-69, Niall TURNER (IRL) 69-68-69, Keith HORNE (RSA) 69-68-69.

207 - LU Wei-chih (TPE) 70-70-67, Charlie WI (SKOR) 70-69-68, Khalin JOSHI (IND) 70-67-70, Gaganjeet BHULLAR (IND) 67-69-71, Kalle SAMOOJA (FIN) 69-67-71, Lindsay RENOLDS (CAN) 66-68-73.

208  Charles HONG (PHI) 71-68-69, Mardan MAMAT (SIN) 68-71-69.

209 Brett MUNSON (USA) 70-69-70, Adam GROOM (AUS) 70-69-70, Janne KASKE (FIN) 71-68-70, Tirawat KAEWSIRIBANDIT (THA) 68-70-71, Antonio LASCUNA (PHI) 72-72-65.

210 Wolmer MURILLO (VEN) 71-70-69, Taewoo KIM (SKOR) 70-71-69, Namchok TANTIPOKHAKUL (THA) 72-68-70, Juvic PAGUNSAN (PHI) 68-71-71.

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