Cold, near-gale force conditions for North Alliance
RON TAYLOR WINS AT WINDSWEPT
WICK BY FIVE STROKES
By ROBIN WILSON
Winner of the North Alliance Quaich for aggregate scores in five of the past nine seasons, local +2 handicapper Ron Taylor took home advantage to end his drought this year with an emphatic five shot-winning margin at Wick on Sunday.
The cold and near-gale force conditions had almost half the field of 64 not returning a card but Taylor made the job look easy with his equal halves of 36, his only embarrassment a miss on the final green from under a foot.
Taylor’s gross 72, equal halves of 36, in the howling gale might have been even more embarrassing for the chasing pack had he not finished with three bogeys, the 16th and 17th excusable into the gale, but annoyed himself by missing that tiddler at the last.
Wick club captain Bill Murray and Steve Cowie (Thurso) were the two players who finished five stokes adrift of the scratch winner. Both six handicappers, they played well for inward cards of 37 and nett scores of 71 to lead the handicap returns.
To receive the first prize in Class 1 on the better last six holes, the Thurso member edged out the local captain.
Nett returns of 72 from William Williamson (Reay) and Walter Rutherford (Thurso) took them into the prizes for the fist time with Williamson in first place for his better inward half.
Results:
SCRATCH
72 R W Taylor (Wick).
77 S Cowie (Thurso), W Murray (Wick).
78 J A Harper (Wick), W Taylor (Wick), B Ferries (Tain), M Sangster (Tain).
79 M Ferries (Tain).
HANDICAP
Class 1- S Cowie (Thurso) (6), W Murray (Wick) (6) 71; G Grant (Helmsdale) (6), R Barker (Wick) (7) 73; W Taylor (Wick) (4) 74.
Class 2 – W Williamson (Reay) (20), W Rutherford (Thurso) (13) 72; L Sutherland (Thurso) (12) 73; W J Sutherland (Thurso) (21) 75; C Stewart (Reay) (12) 76.
WICK BY FIVE STROKES
By ROBIN WILSON
Winner of the North Alliance Quaich for aggregate scores in five of the past nine seasons, local +2 handicapper Ron Taylor took home advantage to end his drought this year with an emphatic five shot-winning margin at Wick on Sunday.
The cold and near-gale force conditions had almost half the field of 64 not returning a card but Taylor made the job look easy with his equal halves of 36, his only embarrassment a miss on the final green from under a foot.
Taylor’s gross 72, equal halves of 36, in the howling gale might have been even more embarrassing for the chasing pack had he not finished with three bogeys, the 16th and 17th excusable into the gale, but annoyed himself by missing that tiddler at the last.
Wick club captain Bill Murray and Steve Cowie (Thurso) were the two players who finished five stokes adrift of the scratch winner. Both six handicappers, they played well for inward cards of 37 and nett scores of 71 to lead the handicap returns.
To receive the first prize in Class 1 on the better last six holes, the Thurso member edged out the local captain.
Nett returns of 72 from William Williamson (Reay) and Walter Rutherford (Thurso) took them into the prizes for the fist time with Williamson in first place for his better inward half.
Results:
SCRATCH
72 R W Taylor (Wick).
77 S Cowie (Thurso), W Murray (Wick).
78 J A Harper (Wick), W Taylor (Wick), B Ferries (Tain), M Sangster (Tain).
79 M Ferries (Tain).
HANDICAP
Class 1- S Cowie (Thurso) (6), W Murray (Wick) (6) 71; G Grant (Helmsdale) (6), R Barker (Wick) (7) 73; W Taylor (Wick) (4) 74.
Class 2 – W Williamson (Reay) (20), W Rutherford (Thurso) (13) 72; L Sutherland (Thurso) (12) 73; W J Sutherland (Thurso) (21) 75; C Stewart (Reay) (12) 76.
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