Thursday, July 28, 2016

Malcolm Reid leads the South Seniors at 

Southerness with a fine 69 in the rain
    

By GORDON THOMSON
Senior international Malcolm Reid (Sonning) leads after the first round of the  South of Scotland Seniors Open (sponsored by McCrea Financial Services) at Southerness  with an excellent score of 69. 
Stewart Henderson (Hamilton), playing in his first SSGS event, compiled a fine score of 70 to lie one shot back with Andrew Stracey (Denham), who won the North Seniors earlier in the year, in third place on 71. 
Niall   Lamond   (Balmore),   Andrew   Campbell   (Murcar),   Keith   Reilly (Silverknowes) and Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) were on 72 with John Fraser (Royal   Burgess),   Lindsay   Gordon   (Turnhouse)   and   Richard   Johnston (Glenbervie)  a shot further back on 73.
Weather conditions were difficult with rain for most of the day but that did little to deter Reid, who won the seniors' match-play championship on this course in 2014.
He birdied the fifth and eighth holes but each birdie was followed immediately  by a dropped shot.
Southerness is unusual in that it has a par of 69 with a SSS of 73 and the difficult conditions today saw the CSS increase to 74, providing a measure of the   quality   of   scoring   produced   by   the   leading   competitors.   
Fortunately weather conditions are expected to be better tomorrow and that should make for an exciting finish.

  • The majority of the field of 97 did not break 80 and there  were 10 No Returns

    SOUTH OF SCOTLAND SENIORS OPEN
    Southerness Golf Club.
    FIRST ROUND LEADERS
    Par 69. SSS 73. CSS 74
    69 M Reid (Sonning)
    70 S Henderson (Hamilton)
    71 A Stracey (Denham)
    72 K Reilly (Silverknowes), N Lamond (Balmore), L Blair (Grangemouth), A T Campbell (Murcar Links).
    73 J A Fraser (Royal Burgess), L Goredon (Turnhouse), R Johnston (Glenbervie).
    74 D Shields (Glenearn), I Reid (Dumfres and Galloway), J Aman (Grangemouth).
    75 N Robson (Meldrum House), P Hendry (Alloa).
    76 R Craw (Glenbervie), R Stewart (Tulliallan), G Forrest (Northyumberland), G Cochran (Irvine Ravenspark), R W Smith (Nairn), D Hamilton (Mortonhall).
    77 L Pirie (Millport), D Gardner (Broomieknowe), I Jeen (St Andrews New), J McArthur (St Andrews New), D Lindsay (Kilmarnock Barassie), S Drysdale (Turnhouse), K Forrest (Lenzie).
    79 D Heaton (Delamere Forest), G B S Doig (Southerness), K McAllister (South Shields), A Raphael (St Andrews), T Sirel (Largs), L Clark (Edzell), N Dyce (Strathmore).
    SELECTED SCORES
    81 L Chancelor (Inverness)
    82 B Methven (Royal Aberdeen).
    83 N Forster (Royal Aberdeen.
    86 J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen), G MacDonald (Glenbervie), A Laird (Deeside).

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