SCOTTISH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

CRUDEN BAY TRIO WIN TITLE FOR SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS
- NOW FOR CORFU

Cruden Bay’s Laurie Phillips, Ross Cooper and Michael Buchan won the Scottish club championship for the second time in three years in very wet conditions at Cowglen Golf Club, Glasgow today.
The scheduled 36-hole tournament was reduced to one round after a suspension of play for the best part of 2 ½ hr during the morning.
The same players (SGU picture shows Laurie Phillips left, Michael Buchan centre, Ross Cooper right) won the championship for Cruden Bay over two rounds at Erksine in 2004. This victory will send them to Corfu for the European club champion final from November 1 to 3.
Phillips was the cornerstone of the latest Buchan triumph with a round of 65 – five under the CSS. Michael Buchan and Ross Cooper gave him good support with scores of 70 and 71 respectively. Only two of the three scores could count, so Cruden Bay’s winning total was 135.
Glenbervie (Andrew Lynch, Murdo MacLeod and Tommy Wilson) were runners-up with 137.
Three teams finished on the 139 mark – Tulliallan, who were placed third, Glencorse fourth and Irvine fifth.

FINAL TOTALS (CSS 70)

135 CRUDEN BAY (L Phillips 65, M Buchan 70, R Cooper 71).
137 GLENBERVIE (A Lynch 65, M MacLeod 72, T Wilson 74).
139 TULLIALLAN (N Scaife 69, S Horne 70, M Crichton 71); GLENCORSE (A Shanks 69, L Ramsay 70, J Lamb 73); IRVINE (A Gourlay 68, H RThompson 71, A MacFarlane 80).
142 DUNAVERTY (G Watson 70, G McMillan 72, C McMillan 785); DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY (B Scott 70, J Power 72, C Riddick 74).
143 LETHAM GRANGE (G Tough 71, I Reid 72, L Salariya 77); PAISLEY ( J Devlin 71, D Murphy 72, M Tallon 78).
144 ST ANDREWS (I Heddle 71, G Sharp 73, N Steven 74); BISHOPBRIGGS (S Munro 71, S Robertson 73, A MacPherson 754).
146 LENZIE (D Wylie 71, R Law 75, G Stewart 77).
147 AIRDRIE (S Morgan 73, S Rennie 74, D Craig 77).
152 CRAIGIE HILL (I Simpson 74, S Honeyman 78, I Flaherty 81).
153 FORRES (B Fotheringham 73, A Robertson 80, L Ramsey 84).
166 HAWICK (K Beattie 80, A Chalmers 86, A Morrison 86).