Colin Halcrow leads Super Seniors with a

71 at windy Largs

By ALASDAIR MACGREGOR

The first round of the Scottish Senior Golf Society's Super Seniors (age 65+) took place at Largs today. 

Breezy conditions and a few showers made scoring difficult, but Colin Halcrow (Windyhill) returned an excellent 71.  He bogeyed the third, eighth and ninth in an outward half of 36 (+3), and had further bogeys at the 15th and  16th.
However, birdies at the 13th and 17th gave him an inward half of 35 (level par) and a total of 71.  He leads by two shots from William Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox) who reached the turn in five-over 38, before a steady back nine of 35 gave him a 73. 
In third spot is Andrew Laird (Deeside) with a 74.  Andrew birdied the fifth and sixth, but a bogey at the third and a double bogey at the seventhth meant that he was out in 34 (+1).  He had five bogeys on the back nine to come home in 40 for a total of 74.

 

LEADING SCRATCH

Par 68. SSS 69. CSS 72

71 Colin Halcrow (Windyhill).

73 William Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox).

74 Andrew Laird (Deeside).

75 James Kinloch (Cardross), J Broadfoot (Turnberry).

76 Kenneth Thomson (Bramall Park), Robert Stewart (Tulliallan).

78 Alan MacNaught (Colchester), William Methven (Royal Aberdeen), Alan Ross (Northumberland).

LEADING HANDICAP

66 Colin Halcrow (Windyhill) (5) 

69 Andrew Laird (Deeside) (5) 

70 J Kinloch (Cardross) (5) 

71 William Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox) (2)

72 Kenneth Thomson (Bramall Park) (4), William Methven (Royal Aberdeen) (6), Alan MacNaught (Colchester) (6), John Broadfoot (Turnberry) (3).