Fergus Bisset, Hamish McNaughton lead chase for WLMgolf 


Alliance Handicap Merit prizes

Banchory's Fergus Bisset, pictured left, and Hamish McNaughton (Cruden Bay) are the front-runners in Class 1 and Class 2 of the Scottishgolfview.com North-east Alliance handicap Order of Merit tables, writes Colin Farquharson.
Teaching pro Willie McKenzie and his WLMgolf company are sponsoring the £50 amateur voucher prizes to the leaders of each handicap category at the conclusion of the Alliance championship second round at Craibstone on March 18.

Bisset has amassed 320pt from four top-10 Class 1 finishes but is only 10pts ahead of Portlethen's David Fleming who has also figured in the top 10 four times.
Jim Emslie (Royal Aberdeen) is in third place on 260pt, having picked up points from three top-10 finishes.

Consistency is the key to topping Order of Merit tables and Hamish McNaughton, pictured right, is the "Mr Consistency" of the Class 2 handicappers.
Hamish has figured in that section's weekly top 10 no fewer than nine times so far, winning the Class 2 category at two fixtures.
With a massive total of 720pt so far, McNaughton has a lead of  370pt from George Allan (Newmachar). It looks an unassailable lead, but there are still 10 counting fixtures to go, so one never knows. Watch this space for developments!

CURRENT POINTS TOTALS IN THE 
WLMgolf Handicap Orders of Merit

CLASS ONE
320 F Bisset (Banchory) 85+85+80+70
310 D Fleming (Portlethen) 65+85+100+60
260 J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen) 75+85+100
245 D Leslie (Northern) 95+80+70
245 G Esson (McDonald Ellon) 80+85+80
245 M Forster (Cruden Bay) 80+80+85
240 S Lawrie (Portlethen) 65+80+95
235 A J Smith (Turriff) 90+85+60
230 J Nicolson (Hazlehead) 65+65+100
230 T Robertson (Peterculter) 60+80+90
210 S Allison (Caledonian) 80+60+70
185 S Shand (Kemnay) 100+85
185 D Mackay (Hazlehead) 85+10
165 C Cassie (Nigg Bay) 65+100
165 A Graham (Aboyne) 70+95
165 J Borthwick (Craibstone) 95+70
155 A Campbell (Murcar Links) 70+85
140 H Roulston (Stonehaven) 80+60
130 N Foster (Peterculter) 65+65
100 C Carnegie (Kemnay) 100
100 G Craig (Aboyne) 100
100 P Morrison (Oldmeldrum) 100
100 M Duncan (Murcar Links) 100
100 R MacRae (Newburgh) 100
100 W Shaw (Banchory) 100
90 G Dillon (Kemnay) 90
90 K McGillivray (Craibstone) 90
80 D Buchan (Peterhead) 80
80 R O'Donnell (Oldmeldrum)  80
80 G Milne (Newburgh) 80
75 N Duncan (Murcar Links) 75
65 I Taylor (Hazlehead) 65
65 J Turner (Kemnay) 65
65 J Duncan (Newburgh) 65
65 D McDougall (Nigg Bay) 65
65 R Davidson (Caledonian) 65
60 K Stewart (Kemnay) 60
60 J Hamilton (Murcar Links) 60

CLASS TWO
750 H McNaughton (Cruden Bay) 100+75+65+70+80+95+80+85+100
380 G Allan (Newmachar) 75+70+75+60+100
370 D Craigie (Kemnay) 85+90+95+100
310 B Lumsden (Northern) 75+70+85+80
300 M Winton (Caledonian) 100+65+60+75
275 G Mackie (Caledonian) 100+85+90
250 A Benton (Kemnay) 100+70+80
250 M Smith (Newmachar) 70+90+9
240 L Duncan (Craibstone) 65+100+75
205 J Jessiman (Oldmeldrum) 70+70+65
190 G Homer (Northern) 100+90
170 S Dillon (Kemnay) 100+70
165 L Roger (Royal Aberdeen) 90+75
150 D Lawrie (Aboyne) 90+60
145 D Townsley (Peterculter) 60+85
135 R Masson (Auchmill) 65+70
100 C Tawse (Strathlene) 100
100 N K Parker (Murcar Links) 100
90 P Cornfield (Hazlehead) 90
90 J Sunley (Northern) 90
90 D Wright (Northern) 90
90 L Roger (Royal Aberdeen) 90
85 S Melvin (Newmachar) 85
80 G Leslie (Newburgh) 80
75 J Smith (Strathlene) 75
70 R Duncan (Deeside) 70
70 A Clark (Deeside) 70
70 G Moir (Oldmeldrum) 70
70 B Skene (Peterculter) 70
65 N Chisholm (Kemnay) 65
60 P Walker (Cruden Bay) 60
60 M Rendall (Stonehaven) 60
60 M Brown (Kemnay) 60