North-east Alliance tee times for Murcar Links on Wednesday

There are still a limited number of places available in the field for the resumption of the North-east Golfers Alliance season at Murcar Links on Wednesday
Call the Alliance mobile phone on Tuesday up to 4.30pm if you are a member and want to fill one of the spaces.

8-20 A Campbell G Esson B Harper C Cassie
8-29 P Morrison G Riley J Morris
8-38 S Davidson D Lawrie M Brown R Brown
8-47 M Rendall L Roger C Nelson H Roulston
8-56 D Mackay G McBain K Nicol T Mathieson

9-05 C Dempster S Hanson G Chalmers
9-14 R Reid D Booth S Ross R Blackmore
9-23 S Finnie D McKay H McNaughton
9-32 B Ritchie J Duff P McLean R Cameron
9-41 W Beattie K McGillivary L Duncan J Scott
9-50 J Crawford J Stewart S Mackie S Kiloh
9-59 S Shand P Walker C Duffus M Forster

10-08 Keil Beveridge Kimberley Beveridge Laura Murray
10-17
10-26 D Fleming L Fowler M Duncan D Nelson
10-35 I Clark A Gall R Davidson S Allison
10-44 D Leslie G Homer D Wright P Cheyne
10-53 J Forrest J Sunley B Lumsden N K Parker

11-02
11-11 J Murray D Bisset F Bisset T Collie
11-20 D Brown M Lawrie W Skene R Duncan
11-29 G Thom D Lane, A Clark R Ruddiman
11-38 P Low J Borthwick D Buchan W Middler
11-47 M Merchant R Lamb J Duncan G Milne
11-56 G Allan B Nicolson J Nicolson M Rogers

12-05 K Duncan R McKen

Jordan Spieth routs field in Hyundai Tournament of Champions

FROM GOLF DIGEST

By JOHN STREGE

Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods have become inseparable, joined at the clip at which each took over the golf world at the outset of their careers.

Spieth won the Hyundai Tournament of Champions on Sunday in a dominant fashion that once more evoked memories of Tiger in his youth. It was Spieth’s seventh US PGA Tour victory, two of which have been majors, several months before his 23rd birthday. At a similar age, Woods had seven victories, one of them a major.

The comparisons are irresistible, a way of charting Spieth’s progress against the incomparable standard set by Woods. They’re inevitable, perhaps, but are they prudent?

Woods, at the same stage, was on the cusp of a dominant decade that seemingly rendered his eclipsing Nicklaus’ record of 18 majors a formality. A tough act to follow.

A more appropriate question: Wouldn’t it be better simply to enjoy Spieth for what he is, fresh air in an often fetid sporting world and a reason to look forward to watching how the story unfolds in a sport too frequently capable of curing insomnia?

Spieth, like Woods (again, the comparisons), has a way of retaining our interest even when the outcome is in doubt. This one was over Saturday, when Spieth nearly made an albatross on the 18th hole, settled for an easy eagle, and opened a five-stroke lead.

NBC’s Peter Jacobsen noted that Spieth has taken on an aura reminiscent of Tiger. “I think the great players have always created their own atmosphere,” he said. 

“They create their own stage. Go back to Trevino, go back to Nicklaus, go back to Hogan and certainly Tiger Woods. Jordan Spieth does that. He does it with a smile and he does it with a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of excitement. He creates it and I think the other players feel it.”

The final round of the Tournament of Champions was largely devoid of drama and became a rout when he birdied 15, 16 18 to to win by eight strokes. Yet there is appeal watching the best player in the world in dominant form, setting a tone for the year ahead.

Let history be the guide here. There were any number of Bear Apparents, the next Nicklaus. Ultimately there was only one Bear. There will never be another Tiger, either.

“I don’t think there’s any reason to compare," Spieth said after the tournament. "It’s awfully early. We’re very excited about where we’re at and the start to our career as a team. What Tiger’s done, I can’t ever imagine it done again."

Their paths don’t cross much these days, but they do parallel, and that’s where it ends with Spieth and Woods. Spieth isn’t rewriting Tiger’s story, he’s writing his own. Let’s see how it plays out.
Padraig Harrington achieved his highest finish for some tme - T6 on 275.
Russell Knox finished eight under par but did not have a good tournament in relation to the leaders. He finished 27th in the field of 32 players with a total of 284

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
 par 292 (4x73)
262 Jordan Spieth 66 64 65 67
270 Patrick Reed 65 69 67 69
271 Brandt Snedeker 67 72 65 67, Brooks Koepka 69 68 63 71
272 Rickie Fowler 69 67 69 67

SELECTED TOTALS

275 Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 70 68 70 67  (T6)
284 Russell Knox (Scotland) 71 72 69 73 (27th)
Field of 32 players

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