North-East Alliance

Kemnay Golf Club - Draw for next Wednesday

September 14

0816                 G Esson                                    T Boyle                        F Milne

0824                 N Macandrew                           D Law                          P McKenna

0832                 R Reid                                      D Booth                       J Hopwood

0840                 W Clarke                                  M Allan                       C Nelson

0848                 H Roulston                               L Roger                       J Hamilton

0856                 G Adamson                              M Rendall                    L Vannet

0904                 G Chalmers                              C Dempster                  S Hanson

0912                 B Fyfe                                      L Smart                         C Grant

0920                 S Davidson                               M Brown                      R Brown

0928                 G Munro                                  J Duff                           R Mitchell

0936                 K Duncan                                 R Cameron                   A Dunton

0944                 J Scott                                      G Patterson                  H Macnaughtan

0952                 M Smith                                   R Macrae                      R Duncan

1000                 J Forrest                                   B Lumsden                   N Chisholm

1008                 J Emslie                                    L Fowler                       W Skene

1016                 P Cheyne                                  J Sunley                        D Wright

1024                 D Leslie                                    G Homer                      G McLaggan

1032                 A Clark                                    D Lane                         R Ruddiman

1040                 D Adam                                    D Craigie                      G Riley

1048                 R Davidson                               S Allison                      G Mackie

1056                 W Beattie                                 J Crawford                    P Craig

1104                 J Stewart                                  K McGillvary                D Townsley

1112                 S Finnie                                   D McKay                      A Graham

1120                 J Scott                                      J Barclay                       S Mackie

1128

1136

1144

1152

1200                 B Nicholson                             G Allan                         C Law

1208                 M Lawrie                                  C Duffus                      G Cochrane

1216

1224                 M Merchant                             R Lamb

1232                 D Brown                                  R Tulloch

1240                 J Borthwick                              I Still                            P Low

1248                 D Wilson

NORTH EAST ALLIANCE

Orders of Merit

2016 – 17 Season

          NAME                                   HOME CLUB                           POINTS

SCRATCH

1          Kevin Duncan              Paul Lawrie Golf Centre                        500

2          Adam Dunton              McDonald Ellon                                     463

            Ross Cameron             Saltire Energy                                         463

4          Sam Kiloh                    Paul Lawrie Golf Centre                        425

5          Phil McLean                 Paul Lawrie Golf Centre                        363

            Brian Ritchie                Inverallochy                                            363

            Kamran Zeynalov         Portlethen                                               363

            Michelle Thomson        Meldrum House                                     363

9          Ian Esslemont               Cruden Bay                                             275

            Cameron Grant             Portlethen                                               275

            Graham McLaggan       Bon Accord                                            275

12        Lindsay Smart              Banchory                                                125

            Billy Fyfe                     Paul Lawrie Golf Centre                        125

            Craig Dempster             Paul Lawrie Golf Centre                       125

            Gavin Chalmers          Alford                                                     125

            Chris Law                     Kings Links                                          125

Colin Nelson                Mackenzie Club                                    125

David Brown                Kemnay Golf Club                              125

Ian Still                         Craibstone                                           125

Joel Hopwood               Royal Aberdeen Golf Club                 125

CLASS 1

1          Gavin Chalmers           Alford Golf Club                        500

2          Brian Ritchie                Inverallochy Golf Club              463

            Graham McGlaggan      Bon Accord                              463

4          Ian Esslemont               Cruden Bay                              413

            Ritchie Davidson          Caledonian                               413

6          I Still                            Craibstone                                375

7          Charlie Cassie               Nigg Bay                                  325

            Phil Craig                     Kintore Golf Club                     325

            Cameron Grant             Portlethen                                325

10        John Sunley                 Northern                                  238

            Steve Shand                 Kemnay                                   238

            Jim Stewart                  Banchory                                238

            Scott Mackie                Kemnay                                   238

14        David Fleming              Portlethen Golf Club                 150

            Jim Emslie                   Royal Aberdeen                        150

            Andrew Campbell         Murcar Links                            150

17        Manson Merchant         Newmachar                              63

            Harry Roulston              Stonehaven                              63

            John Borthwick             Craibstone                                63

            David Leslie                 Bon Accord                              63

#          NAME                         HOME CLUB                           POINTS

CLASS 2

1          Richard Ruddiman        Royal Aberdeen Golf Club      500

2          Donald Lawrie              Aboyne                                    475

3          Willie Beattie               Craibstone                                450

4          David Lane                   Deeside Golf Club                     388

            Ian D Smith                 Hazlehead                                 388

            D Robertson                 Hazlehead                                 388

            Doug Booth                  Tarland                                     388

8          M Allan                        Hazlehead                                 313

            Mike Smith                  Inverurie                                  313

10        W Clarke                      Tarland                                     213

            Ben Lumsden               Northern Golf Club                   213

            Mike Brown                 Kemnay                                   213

            Jackie Forrest                Northern                                  213

            Derek Townsley            Peterculter                                213

            Gary Homer                  Bon Accord                              213

16        Mike Winton                Caledonian                               100

            Alistair Clark                Newmachar                              100

            Leslie Roger                 Royal Aberdeen                       100

19        Raymond Brown           Kemnay                                     38

            Nigel Parker                  Murcar Links                            38

EuroPro Tour report and scores

Rookie Thomas leads with 63 at Mar Hall

NEWS RELEASE FROM NICK TEALE
Jonathan Thomson leads the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour’s Glenfarclas Open by two strokes after carding a seven-under-par 63 for his first round at Mar Hall, just four weeks into life as a professional golfer.

The towering 6 ft 9in Yorkshireman is trailed by Billy Spooner (Woodhall Spa Golf Club) in second, with five golfers sharing third having shot 66 in the opening round on the par-70 Earl Of Mar Course at Bishopton, near Glasgow. 

With just two events left to conclude before the top 60 on the Race To Desert Springs Order of Merit are invite to the Matchroom Sport Tour Championship in Spain, the pressure is on for those yet to make a major impact this season. Thomson is among that group of players, having only played two events and missing both cuts since leaving the amateur ranks last month.

The 20-year-old was in the last group of the day to tee off the 10^th and made his first birdies at the 13^th and 14^th. That momentum helped him to an eagle at the 15^th. After the turn he broke par at the 1^st and 3^rd before dropping a shot at the 4^th. Back-to-back birdies immediately followed before three pars saw out the round. 

“I set off pretty slowly; I hit it close on the 10^th and the 11^th but missed them both,” said Thomson. “I did the same on the next but then on the 13^th the ball started rolling and I went birdie, birdie before chipping in for eagle.

“I turned pro only four weeks ago but I am enjoying the pro life. The amateur season had pretty much finished for me after the European Amateur Championship. I was going to turn pro at the end of the year for European Tour School but managed to get a few invites so I decided to turn pro now. 

“This week for me is all about getting to Desert Springs, I need a really high finish to get there and then anything can happen once you get there. For me, this week was about focussing on trying to get there.”

The Glenfarclas Open continues with the second round on Thursday, after which a cut will be made to the top 50 professionals and ties. Live scoring can be found at www.europrotour.com and spectator entry is free of charge throughout.

Highlights from Mar Hall will be broadcast on Sky Sports on Tuesday, September 20.

 

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
par 70
63 J Thomas (Rotherham)
65 B Spooner (Woodhall Spa)
66 B Smith (Lindrick), M Penney (Alderley Edge), T Anderson (Centurion Club), G Wright (West Linton), B Hemstock (Teignmouth).

SCOTS' SCORES
67 E Saltman, M Patterson, S Borrowman, N Fenwick (T8)
68 J Stewart (am), C Baird (am), J Hendry, J McColl (T12)
69 Z Saltman, C Sutherland, R Campbell (T23)
70 J Steven, A Culverwell, G Forbes, W Booth (T45)
71 C O'Neil, P Robinson, F Moore, P McKechnie (T63)
72 L Gaughan, C Kelly, C Lawrie, N Henderson, J Ross (T81)
73 M Stewart, C Macaulay, G O'Neill, C Currie (T91)
74 J Duff, S Lawrie, J Mullaney,  J Hendrick (T106)
75 L Johnston (T121)
76 C Robb (T127)




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McKendrick wins Midland Alliance with par 

69 at Forfar

This week the Midland Golfers' Alliance held the Perth PowaKaddy Centre team competition at Forfar Golf Club. 
Scratch man Stuart McKendrick (Dunkeld and Birnam, Scr) led the way with a level par score of 69. 
Stuart Baker, who plays off five at Craig (Crail), won the handicap prize with  a net score of 67. 
Tom Cooper (19th Hole) (9), Bernard Harrower (Dunfermline) (13) and David Black (Dunfermline) (14) won the team prize with a score of 59.

LEADING SCRATCH

par 69  

69 Stuart McKendrick (Dunkeld and Birnam).

70 Fraser Mann (Carnoustie) p, Bill Taylor (Edzell), Brian Soutar (Leven GS).                                                               

71 Norman Dyce (Strathmore), Craig Armstrong  (Burntisland) ap, Craig Knowles (Glenrothes) p

72 Stuart Baker  (Crail GS), Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) ap.
73 Phil Anderson (Crail GS), Keith Bruce (Edzell), Kenny Hutton (Downfield) p, Mike Mackenzie (Edzell) ap, Mark Anderson (Leven Th).
LEADING HANDICAP

S Baker (Crail GS) (5) 67; B Taylor (Edzell) (2), P Anderson (Crail GS) (5) 68;  G Muir (Burntisland) (7), S McKendrick (Dunkeld and Birnham) (scr); N Dyce (Strathmore) (1), A Duncan (Murrayshall) (5), W Barclay (Downfield) (5); D Morrison (Blair Atholl) (11), K Bruce (Edzell) (2) 71; S Paterson (Lundin) (4), G Smith (Scotscraig) (11), A Paton (Royal Montrose) (6) 72.

LEADING TEAM TOTALS  
59  T Cooper (19th Hole) (9), B Harrower (Dunfermline) (13), D Black (Dunfermline) (14). 
61 bih J Baxter (Lundin) (3), P Anderson (Crail) (5), R Farquhar (Carnoustie) (9)
61 bih Gary Tough (Edzell) (1), Kevin Smith (Edzell) (5).                                    

Next Meeting

Tuesday 13th September

Edzell Golf Club

8.30 - 1.00

Lee Sutherland

Kemnay's Jane and Nita win Commonwealth 

Spoons final at Eyemouth

The Kemnay Golf Club pairing of Jane Whitehead and Nita Dervish-Uman headed a field of 84 players by a clear-cut margin to win the Commonwealth Spoons Final at Eyemouth Golf Club.
Jane and Nita, playing a foursomes stroke-play round off half their combined handicap - Whitehead (11.9), Dervish-Uman (21.3) - totalled 71.5
Runners-up on 73 were the Dalmahoy pairing of Mary Nicol (13.4) and Sheila Keddie (8.7).
Renfrewshire's Maureen Mitchell (18.8) and Marilyn Muir (10.5), both members of Old Ranfurly) finished third on 74.
Karen Ballantyne (6.1) and Celia MacIntyre (17.2), members of Craigmillar Park Golf Club, came joint fourth on 75.5 with the Dunnikier Park pairing of Lori Gilfillan (9.7) and Lorna McKinlay (4.6).
Rounding off the leading six were Irene Gray (Musselburgh) (21) and Anne Marshall (Dunbar) (12.6) with a 76.


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Dubai Creek Open won by Scottish boys' stroke-play champion

Scottish boys champion Thomas (16) wins 

Dubai Creek Open after play-off

     Rayhan Thomas with the Dubai Creek Open and officials at the presentation ceremony.

REPORT BY VIREN VARMA

DUBAI — Scottish boys' open stroke-play champion Rayhan Thomas from India created a piece of golfing history today when the Dubai-based teeanger became the first amateur to win a MENA Tour event when he claimed the Dubai Creek Open after a play-off.

Starting the day tied for the lead with England pro Jake Shepherd on 10-under, Thomas closed with a 69 to reach 12-under 201 for the tournament, forcing a play-off with England’s Luke Joy, who returned a brilliant five-under 66 for  201 aggregate.

Thomas bogeyed the first extra hole, the 18th,  but that was good enough to win as Joy had  a double bogey after hitting his approach from a bunker into the water

“I am really delighted with my efforts. Winning the Tour's 50th event and on my home course too made it special,” said Thomas after receiving the winner’s trophy from Adel Zarouni, vice chairman of the Emirates Golf Federation.

Mohamed Juma Buamaim, chairman of the MENA Golf Tour, Chris May, CEO of Dubai Golf, and Patrick Morrow, the club captain, were also present at the presentation ceremony. 

Thomas, who finished runner-up to Shepherd last year, insisted taking a relaxed attitude into the final round worked wonders. “I was pretty calm out there and focused on one shot at a time.

“The only anxious moment I had was at the 18th when my approach shot the rocks, nearly ending up in the water, but I managed to save par to get into the play-off,” he said.

“Overall, I played steady golf and holed some nice putts, including one for birdie on the 15th from about 12 feet. It feels nice to get the job the done this time around,” said the 16-year-old prodigy, who hails from the southern Indian state of Kerala.

England’s Joy, placed third overnight at seven-under, staged a compelling fightback, but a wayward drive on the first extra hole that landed in a bunker cost him the title.

“The lie was pretty bad. I had just five per cent chance of getting over the water. I couldn’t,” said Joy, who won the Dubai Creek Open in 2014.

Playing in his very first Middle East North Africa Tour event, Australia’s Ben Eccles made his presence felt by equalling the course record of eight-under-par 63.

Clarke Lutton from Aberdeen and Dunbar's Daniel Kay, the only Scots to make it through to the final round, finished tied 10th and 19th respectively. Lutton shot 71-71-67 for 209 and Kay scored 67, 75 and 73 for 215.
 

 DUBAI CREEK OPEN
 Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club, Dubai, UAE
  LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
201 Rayhan Thomas (India) (am) 65 67 69, Luke Joy (Eng) 66 69 66. Thomas won sudden-death play-off.
203 Ben Eccles (Aust) 73 67 63
205 Craig Hinton (Eng) 71 67 67, Fredrik From (Swe) 68 69 68
205 Zane Scotland (Eng) 66 71 69, Jake Shepherd (Eng) 64 68 74, Stuart Archibald (Eng) 69 68 69.

SCOTS' TOTALS
209 Clarke Lutton 71 71 67 (T10)
215 Daniel Kay 67 75 73 (T29)




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Kevin Duncan wins NE Alliance opener 

with a pro course record 65 at Craibstone

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Kevin Duncan bounced back from a double bogey 6 at Craibstone's  first hole to post a four-under-par 65, the lowest score of the first North-east Golfers' Alliance competition of the season.

The professional (pictured) from the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre stable, shot an eagle 3 (at the 574yd fourth), and birdies at the short second, par-5 fifth, short seventh, and the par-4 15th and 17th in halves of 32 (three under par) and 33 (one under). He had a bogey at the 13th.
Duncan earned £130 for heading a field of 85 players by two shots from +3 amateur Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon), and Peterhead-based pro Ross Cameron (Saltire Energy).
Dunton birdied the fourth, 10th, 16th and 17th in halves of 34-33 while Cameron had six birdies (first, fifth, ninth, 10th, 12th and 15th) in similar halves but including four bogeys.
Sam Kiloh (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) finished fourth on 68, finishing with birdies at the 14th, 16th and 17th after a bogey at the 11th was followed by a double bogey at the 13th.
A triple bogey 7 at the 11th cost Kamran Zeynalov (Portlethen) second place and offset his five birdies. He finished with a par 69, the same mark as Michele Thomson (Meldrum House) who had a double bogey 6 at the 15th.
A new award of a £50 voucher for the leading amateur was won by Ian Esslemont (Cruden Bay) with a 70. Technically, Adam Dunton was the leading amateur with a 67 and Bryan Ritchie (Inverallochy) had a 69 but they earned higher vouchers in the scratch prizelist.
Curiously, nobody returned a 72 or a 73!
The condition of the Craibstone course was commented on favourably by many of the competitors although some thought the greens was just a little bit too fast! Shades of the Masters!

SCRATCH SCORES
 Par 69 (white tees). Yardage 5,8709
65 K Duncan (Paul Lawrie GC) 32-33
67 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 34-33, R Cameron (Saltire Energy) 34-33
68 S Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC) 34-34
69 P McLean (Paul Lawrie GC) 33-36, B Ritchie (Inverallochy) 36-33, K Zeynalov (Portlethen) 34-35, Michele Thomson (Meldrum House) 34-35
70 I Esslemont (Cruden Bay) 36-34, C Grant (Portlethen) 34-36, G McLaggan (Bon Accord) 33-37
71 L Smart (Banchory) 37-34, W Fyfe (Paul Lawrie GC) 35-40, C Dempster (Paul Lawrie GC) 36-35, G Chalmers (Alford) 35-36, C Law (Kings Links) 35-36, C Nelson (Mackenzie Club) 38-33, D Brown (Kemnay) 35-36, I Still (Craibstone) 36-35, J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) 36-35.
74 A Campbell (Murcar Links) 35-39, I Bratton (Bratton Golf) 37-37, S Mackie (Kemnay) 36-38, J Borthwick (Craibstone) 42-36
75 C Cassie (Nigg Bay) 39-36, J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen) 37-38, R Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen) 38-37, R Davidson (Caledonian) 38-37, W Fyfe (Paul Lawrie GC) 35-40
76  P Craig (Kintore) 39-37
77 D Fleming (Portlethen) 40-37, D Leslie (Bon Accord) 38-39
78 J Sunley (Northern) 41-37, S Shand (Kemnay) 40-38, S Finnie (Royal Aberdeen) 37-41, M Merchant (Newmachar) 40-38.
79 H Roulston (Stonehaven) 38-41, G Adamson (Stonehaven) 38-41, S Hanson (Paul Lawrie GC) 38-41, G Patterson (Royal Aberdeen) 41-39, S Scott (Hazlehead) 38-41.
80 R Reid (Tarland) 39-41, G Riley (Craibstone) 37-43, J Stewart (Banchory) 39-41
81 D Booth (Tarland) 35-46, D Lawrie (Aboyne) 39-42, D Lane (Deeside) 41-40, W Beattie (Craibstone) 39-42, D Craigie (Portlethen) 38-43
82 R Lamb (Newmachar) 44-38, M Allan (Hazlehead) 41-41
83 D Mackay (Hazlehead) 41-42
84 W Clarke (Tarland) 43-41, D Nelson (Aboyne) 42-42, T Boyle (Portlethen) 45-39
85 H Macnaughtan (Cruden Bay) 41-44, M Smith (Inverurie) 40-45, J Forrest (Northern) 42-43, L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) 43-32, G Homer (Bon Accord) 40-45, I D Smith (retired pro) 43-42, S Allison (Caledonian) 42-43
86 P Cheyne (Northern) 43-43, L Roger (Royal Aberdeen) 40-46, B Lumsden (Northern) 44-42, A Clark (Deeside) 41-45
87 J Scott (Peterculter) 42-45, M Winton (Caledonian) 44-43.
88 J Barclay (Hazlehead) 48-40, D Robertson (Hazlehead) 44-44
90 N K Parker (Murcar Links) 45-45
91 P Walker (Cruden Bay) 45-46, J Crawford (Craibstone) 41-50
92 M Brown (Kemnay) 46-46, S Davidson (Northern) 41-51
93 R Brown (Kemnay) 52-41
NRs M Rendall (Stonehaven), R Macrae (Newmachar), M Duncan (Murcar Links), N Chisholm (Kemnay), G Mackie (Caledonian), L Duncan (Craibstone), A Graham (Aboyne), R Tulloch (Kemnay), M Lawrie (Kemnay), P Low (Craibstone).

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - G Chalmers (Alford) (7) 64; B Ritchie (Inverallochy) (4) bih, G McLaggan (Bon Accord) (5) 65; R Davidson (Deeside) (8) 67; I Still (Craibstone) (3) 68.
Class 2 - R Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen) (12) 63; D Lawrie (Aboyne) (16) 65; W Beattie (Craibstone) (12) 69; D Lane (Deeside) (10) bih, I D Smith (retired pro) (14) 71 bih. 

BEST SCORECARDS
 KEVIN DUNCAN 65
OUT -  624 343 244 - 32 (-3)
   IN  -  343 543 434 - 33 (-1)

Bogeys in black
Double bogeys in black and underlined
Birdies in red
Eagles in purple 

ADAM DUNTON 67
OUT -  434 453 344 - 34 (-1)
   IN  -  244 544 334 - 33 (-1)

ROSS CAMERON 67
OUT - 334 643 443 - 34 (-1)
    IN - 242 553 444 - 33 (-1)

SAM KILOH 68
OUT  - 435 553 234 - 34 (-1)
    IN  - 353 644 334 - 34 (level)