EAST OF SCOTLAND OPEN AT LUNDIN IS WEEKEND HIGHLIGHT
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY DAVID MOIR
This weekend at Lundin Golf Club, Lundin Links, the 2012 East of Scotland Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, generously presented for the second year by golf in DUBAi, is as late in the year as its traditional spot in the golfing calendar allows – three weeks before The Open Championship.
The East of Scotland now has to compete for entries with the English Stroke Play Championship since the English Golf Union changed the dates of its event and top Scots amateurs are nominated to fill exempt places.
Fortunately the organising committee’s efforts have paid off and, to augment the otherwise strong Scottish contingent, it has attracted many overseas entrants and players from England and Ireland. This maintains the strength of the starting field and the status of the championship on the Counting Event List of RandA/USGA World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR). The lure of “the East” has resulted in an influx of top-class non-Scots who wish to sample competitive links golf and visit the famous golf courses of The Kingdom.
Although the 2011 East of Scotland Champion Paul Ferrier (Baberton) is defending the title he won so convincingly, Fife’s trio of international players, Scott Crichton, Brian Soutar and the host club’s James White will undoubtedly be missed. However, other high WAGRanked players in the field comprising golfers from Australia, Austria, Bolivia, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Singapore and USA, are New Zealanders Sam Davis and Craig Hamilton, Jack Hume from Rathsallagh and Benjamin Weilguni (Austria).
Joining Champion Ferrier, semi-finalist in last week’s Amateur Championship at Royal Troon, and past East Champions Ronnie Clark (Erskine) and Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) at Lundie are former Scottish Champion and Walker Cup man Graham Gordon (Newmachar), international players Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) and Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe), Leven specialist Ross Bell (Downfield) and current Scottish Boys Champion Craig Howie from Peebles.
The highest Scottish WAGRanked golfers are Kilmacolm’s Matt Clark, 2012 Scottish Youths Champion Ewan Scott from St Andrews, Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) and North East’s Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) and the locals who are striving to be WAGRanked are Lundin’s Stuart Main and Cameron Mitchell, Mark Anderson (Leven Thistle), Jake Hogg and Scott Stewart-Cation (The Duke’s), Josh Jamieson and Liam McGowan from St Andrews and Jordan McColl (Scotscraig).
The field is class, the course is great, the fairways are closely mown, the greens are true, the rough flourishes, the bunkers gather, the players compete, the spectators sweat, the spectators bask, the spectators shiver, the weather is the weather, the clubhouse invites, Lundin invites you to visit.
SATURDAY ROUNDS 1-2 TEE TIMES
7:00-12:00 Glenn Campbell Blairgowrie
Fraser Thain West Linton
Cameron Mitchell Lundin
7:10-12:10 Stuart Main Lundin
Paul McPhee King James VI
Oliver Roberts Hong Kong
7:20-12:20 Jake Hogg The Duke’s
Connor Neil Blairgowrie
Andrew Wallace Glenbervie
7:30-12:30 Liam McGowan St Andrews New
Callum Trahan Meldrum House
Jamie Aitken Alloa
7:40-12:40 Liam Johnston Dumfries and County
Jordan McColl Scotscraig
Ben Renfrew Wynyard
7:50-12:50 Gordon Stevenson Whitecraigs
Neil Henderson Glen
Ewan Scott St Andrews
8:00-1:00 Henry Featherstone Ringway
Lawrence Allan Alva
Eamon Bradley Mount Ellen
8:15-1:15 Mark Dickson Mortonhall
Gabriel Ormachea Bolivia
Darren Watson Peterhead
8:25-1:25 Jamie Savage Cawder
Scott Mann Carnoustie
Scott Mann Carnoustie
Craig Hamilton New Zealand
8:35-1:35 Ross Bell Downfield
Allyn Dick Kingsknowe
Graham Gordon Newmachar
8:45-1:45 Fredrik Edmunds Aldeburgh
Craig Watson East Renfrewshire
Scott Borrowman Dollar
8:55-1:55 Scott Stewart-Cation The Duke’s
8:55-1:55 Scott Stewart-Cation The Duke’s
Sam Davis NZ
Kyle McClung Wigtownshire County
9:05-2:05 Matt Clark Kilmacolm
Kyle McClung Wigtownshire County
9:05-2:05 Matt Clark Kilmacolm
Daniel Young Craigie Hill
Paul Ferrier Baberton
9:15-2:15 Graham Robertson Silverknowes
James Bunch Prestwick
Benjamin Weilguni Austria
9:30-2:30 Ronnie Clark Erskine
Alexander Culverwell Dunbar
Chris Robb Inchmarlo
9:40-2:40 Sam Binning Ranfurly Castle
9:40-2:40 Sam Binning Ranfurly Castle
John Duff Newmachar
Jack Hume Rathsallagh
9:50-2:50 Chris Lawton Falkirk Tryst
Nick Macandrew Royal Aberdeen
Nicholas Borren New Zealand
10:00-3:00 Steven Maxwell Windyhill
10:00-3:00 Steven Maxwell Windyhill
Tom Hayes West Byfleet
Fraser Moore Glenbervie
10:10-3:10 Leon Ang Singapore
Kyle Godsman Moray
Michael Daily Erskine
10:20-3:20 Jerome Titlow Knole Park
Alan Sutherland Ladybank
Conor O'Neil Pollok
10:30 3:30 John Mathers Haggs Castle
Mark Anderson Leven Thistle
Scott Davidson USA
10:45 3:45 Colin Thomson East Renfrewshire
Ross Noon Craigielaw
Richard Docherty Bearsden
10:55 3:55 James Hendrick Pollok
Joshua Jamieson St Andrews New
Charlie Macneal Troon Welbeck
11:05-4.05 Jerram Chudleigh Australia
Steven Spence Irvine
Hugh Nelson Kilsyth Lennox
11:15-4:15 Al El Kordi-Hubbard USA
Craig Howie Peebles
Anthony Blaney Liberton
11:25-4:25 Jordan Milne Elgin
John Shanks Irvine
Gordon Miller Cawder
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