ROYAL DORNOCH GOLF CLUB OPEN HIGHLIGHT
Left to right - Alastair Frood (Davidson
Trophy Winner), Margaret Seatter, (wife of the club captain who
presented trophies), Chris Mailley (Carnegie Shield), David Stoddart (E C
Fraser Trophy Winner). Picture by Robin Wilson
CHRIS MAILLEY WINS CARNEGIE
SHIELD FOR THIRD TIME
By ROBIN WILSON
Local plus two handicap golfer Chris Mailley served up a
resilient defence of the Carnegie Shield at Royal Dornoch to raise
his winning years to three. His previous triumphs were in 2009 and last
year's 100th competition.
In Saturday's final, Mailley, the local club champion, met American Andrew
Biggadike, a three time winner over the past ten years, but the defending
champion, with three holes left to play, was able to hold onto a narrow inward
half one-hole lead to win on the final
green.
Biggadike's best spell came at the far end of the famous
Dornoch links course with back to back birdies on the 8th and ninth
holes to get back to level after the local member birdied the opening hole and
won the fifth with par.
The American,
from San Francisco’s Olympic Club but now residing and working in London with
Dornoch nominated as his home club, after winning the previous two holes looked
favourite to go into a one hole lead at the tenth where Mailley missed the
green from the tee but then holed a width of the green putt for a saving half
in par.
After almost driving the 15th green Mailley got a one
hole lead back with a birdie three and over the final three holes secured the
necessary halves to become one of only nine other golfers to win back to back
in the 101 years of the competition.
At sixteen years of age and playing in his first Carnegie
Shield Week local Junior Section captain David Stoddart, made it a memorable
début by winning the E C Fraser Trophy, beating Richard Fawssett (Crowham Hurst)
by one hole.
Alastair Frood of Ranfurly Castle won the low handicap section
Davidson Trophy when in the final he
beat ex-Dornoch member Jonathan Aitchison (Woodhall Spa) after just 13 holes.
RESULTS
Carnegie Shield
Quarter-finals
R
Chin (Essex County Club, USA) bt D MacIntyre (Grangemouth) 1 hole, C
Mailley (Royal Dornoch) bt N McQueen ( Mellor and Townscliffe) 5 and 4, D Pearson (Royal Dornoch)
bt A Cameron (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 4 and 2;
A Biggadike (Royal Dornoch) bt A MacDonald (Golspie) at 21st.
Semi-finals
Mailley bt Chin 3 and 2,
Biggadike bt Pearson 3 amd 2.
Final
Mailley bt Biggadike 1 hole.
Handicap
Class 1: Davidson Trophy
Semi-Finals - A Frood
(Ranfurly Castle) (4) bt M Klavora (Chicago) (7) 2 and 1, J Aitchison (Woodhall
Spa) (6) bt I Russell (Cawder) (5) 3 and 2.
Final - Frood beat Aitchison 6 and 5.
Class 2: E C Fraser Trophy
Semi-finals - D
Stoddart (Royal Dornoch) (17) bt I McAuley (Royal Dornoch) (9) 1 hole, R Fawssett (Crowham
Hurst) (10) bt J McLachlan (Strathclyde Park) (13) 6 and 5.
Final - Stoddart bt
Fawssett 1 hole.
Leading Qualifier and Silver Medallist - Jorg P Paulus
Labels: Amateur Men
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