Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance

Duncan Stewart wins with a 66 at 

Duddingston

FROM ALAN GREENSHIELDS

A healthy turn-out of 94 Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance  Members visited a very well presented course at Duddingston to try to  get their name on The Bootland Trophy.

Some excellent scoring from the professional ranks saw the top scratch score of 66 (34-32) from Duncan Stewart (Turnhouse) win the top prize and also claim The Bootland Trophy on the par 72 course (37-35).

Close on his heels with second place scratch score was Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre) with 67 (34,33) whose bogey 6 at the 17th lost him some ground

In third place scratch was Zack Saltman (Archerfield Links) on 68 (31-37) whose outward nine was made up of seven birdies, one par and one bogey. After the turn a double bogey 5 at the short 10th proved costly.

On the handicap front scoring was very close with the top net score of 69 being achieved by four players - Ron Grant (Baberton) 75 less 6, Willie Laing (Prestonfield) 76 less 7, Steven Lees (Dalmahoy) 75 less 6 (even with a bogey at 17th and triple bogey at 18th) and Andy McElhinney (Harburn) 78 less 9.

Top Senior prize on net 71 went to Mortonhall's Alastair Love, 77 less 6, and the Trainee Prize went to Marc Owenson (Gullane) on 80.

In the Scratch Order of Merit Andy Marshall now has a 48 point lead following another solid performance with his 73 earning him a share of 5th Scratch Prize -

1. Andy Marshall (Houston GR) - 232.0

2. George Wither (Duddingston) - 184.0

3. Andrew Erskine (Ratho Park) - 177.0

In the Handicap Order of Merit Willie Laing jumped from fourth to top place -

1. Willie Laing (Prestonfield) - 59.0

2. Graeme Johnston (Glenbervie) - 58.0

3. Ron Grant (Baberton) - 56.0

Play stays in Midlothian next week with a visit to Kings Acre Golf Course.
 Bootland Trophy            Duddingston      
Scratch Scores                  
No    Surname    Forename    Club    Category  
1    Stewart    Duncan J Turnhouse    Pro     66
2    Gordon    Craig     Edinburgh GC    Pro    67
3    Saltman    Zack    Archerfield Links Pro    68
4    Munro    Ross     Duddingston    Trainee    69
5    McMehen    Stuart     Falkirk Tryst    Amateur    71
6    Marshall Andrew Houston G.R.    Pro    73
7    Martin    Duncan    Longniddry    Amateur    73
8    Blaney    Anthony    Liberton    Amateur    74
9    Culverwell Alexander Dunbar    Amateur    74
10    Imlah    Graig    Craigielaw    Pro    74
11    Johnston Richard Glenbervie    Amateur    74
12    Morris    Chris    Kingsknowe    Pro    74
13    Wither    George     Duddingston    Senior    74
14    Erskine    Andrew    Ratho Park    Pro    75
15    Grant    Ronald    Baberton    Senior    75
16    Johnston Graeme D Glenbervie    Amateur    75
17    Lamb    Jordan    Glencorse    Amateur    75
18    Lees    Steven     Dalmahoy    Amateur    75
19    Porteous Paul    Longniddry    Amateur    75
20    Fyfe    Ian    Musselburgh    Senior    76
21    Hislop    Mark    Glenbervie    Amateur    76
22    Laing    William Prestonfield    Amateur    76
23    Lamb    Peter    Glencorse    Senior    76
24    McNicoll Keir    Gullane            Pro    76
25    Rothney    Andrew    Deer Park    Amateur    76
26    Strachan Sandy    Deer Park    Pro    76
27    Boyle    Tony    Glenbervie    Amateur    77
28    Love    Alastair Mortonhall    Amateur    77
29    Miller    Thomas    Glenbervie    Amateur    77
30    Neill    Ross     Drumpellier    Pro    77
31    Robertson Ewan    Longniddry    Senior    77
32    Taylor    Ian     Eyemouth    Senior    77
33    Bootland Hinton Duddingston    Senior    78
34    Dunsmore Steven Falkirk Tryst    Pro     78
35    Forsyth    Walter     Peebles     Amateur    78
36    Fraser    Colin     Peebles     Amateur    78
37    McElhinney Andrew Harburn    Amateur    78
38    White    Justin    Harrison Braids    Amateur    78
39    Boyle    Ross     Ratho Park    Amateur    79
40    Brydon    David    Torwoodlee    Amateur    79
41    Louden    Michael Glencorse    Senior    79
42    McCallum Iain    Murrayfield    Amateur    79
43    Nicolson David    Craigielaw    Amateur    79
44    Bryce    Joe    Bathgate    Amateur    80
45    Denham    John    Torwoodlee    Senior    80
46    Mason    Andrew    Dalmahoy    Amateur    80
47    Meldrum    David    Uphall       Senior    80
48    Murphy    Kevin    Gifford            Amateur    80
49    Owenson    Marc    Gullane            Trainee    80
50    Skinner    Grant    Glencorse    Amateur    80
51    Cooney    Kieran    Kingsfield Golf    Trainee    81
52    Munro    Donny    Kingsknowe    Amateur    81
53    Wyse    Ian    Falkirk Tryst    Amateur    81
54    Cockburn Robin    Harburn            Amateur    82
55    Donaldson Cameron Craigielaw    Trainee    82
56    Masterton John     Mortonhall    Amateur    82
57    Fyfe    Derek    Duddingston    Senior    83
58    Kay    Michael Dalmahoy    Amateur    83
59    Miller    William Falkirk Tryst    Senior    83
60    Pelling    Robert     Craigielaw    Amateur    83
61    Silvestro James    Dalmahoy    Amateur    83
62    Veitch    Michael Peebles            Amateur    83
63    Allison    Calum    Bathgate    Amateur    84
64    Brian    Richard Bruntsfield     Pro    84
65    Love    Gavin    Dunbar            Amateur    84
66    Murray    Roy    West Lothian    Amateur    84
67    Scott    Jim    Minto            Senior    84
68    Allan    Bob    Cardrona    Amateur    85
69    Doyle    Steven     Dunbar            Amateur    86
70    Leggate    Philip    Musselburgh    Amateur    86
71    Marr    Michael Musselburgh    Amateur    86
72    Rankeillor James Baberton    Senior    86
73    SokolowskiMark    Archerfield     Amateur    86
74    Watson    James    West Lothian    Senior    87
75    Brown    Gordon     Baberton    Amateur    88
76    Jeffrey    David    Longniddry    Senior    88
77    Clarke    Ken    Uphall            Senior    89
78    Jervis    Derek    Prestonfield    Senior    89
79    McInnes    Duncan    Longniddry    Senior    89
80    Thomson    David    Musselburgh    Senior    89
81    Louden    Peter    Glencorse    Amateur    90
82    Wilson    Gerry    Musselburgh    Amateur    90
83    Jeavons    Ian     Dunbar            Amateur    93
84    Sinton    Jimmy    Musselburgh    Senior    93
85    Smith    Norman     Musselburgh    Senior    98

Alan Greenshields

Secretary/Treasurer

Edinburgh and East of Scotland Golfers' Alliance

18 Woodfield Park

Edinburgh

EH13 0RB

Mobile:07730 007100

Alliance Mobile: 07814 983582

E-mail: secretary.eesga@talktalk.net

PRIZEWINNERS AT DUDDINGSTON

Overall Winner		Duncan J Stewart (Turnhouse)			66
Scratch	Prize	Surname	Forename	Club	Score
1st	£100	Stewart	Duncan J	Turnhouse	66
2nd	£80	Gordon	Craig	Edinburgh Golf Cen	67
3rd	£60	Saltman	Zack	Archerfield Links	68
4th	£40	Munro	Ross	Duddingston	69
5th=	£10	Marshall	Andrew	Houston G.R.	73
5th=	£10	Martin	Duncan	Longniddry	73
Handicap	Prize	Surname	Forename	Club	Net
1st=	£70	Grant	Ronald	Baberton	69
1st=	£70	Laing	William	Prestonfield	69
1st=	£70	Lees	Steven	Dalmahoy	69
1st=	£70	McElhinney	Andrew	Harburn	69
5th	£20	McMehen	Stuart	Falkirk Tryst	70
Trainee	Prize	Surname	Forename	Club	Score
Professional	£15	Owenson	Marc	Gullane	80
Senior	Prize	Surname	Forename	Club	Net
	£30	Love	Alastair	Mortonhall	71
	£7.50	Bootland	Hinton	Duddingston	72
	£7.50	Fyfe	Ian	Musselburgh	72
	£7.50	Robertson	Ewan	Longniddry	72
	£7.50	Wither	George	Duddingston	72

Brown and Westland impress at dreich Kirriemuir

Montrose Links assistant professionald Graeme Brown continued his excellent form in Midland Golfers Alliance competitions  with a winning level par round of 68 in the Drew Herd Team Competition at Kirriemuir today.

In extremely driech conditions, when visibility was down to 100 yards sometimes, equally impressive was Alloa ll-handicapper Chris Westland with a net score of 66 to win the handicap prize

LEADING SCRATCH

Par 68

68 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) ap.

70 Rory Tinker (Piperdam Osprey) ap.

72 Steve Craig (Archerfield Links) p, Willie Hutton (Pitlochry), Norman Dyce (Strathmore), Gary Tough (Edzell).

73 Scott Graham (Arbroath).

75 Ron Bell (Pitlochry)

76 Scott Robertson (Downfield), Stuart McKendrick (Dunkeld and Birnam), Fraser Campbell (Monifieth), Graham Milne (Aberdour)

LEADING HANDICAP SCORES   

66 Chris Westland (Alloa) (11).

69 Ron Bell (Pitlochry) (6).

70 Graham Milne (Aberdour) (6), Norman Dyce (Strathmore) (2)

71 Charlie Gowrie (Kirriemuir) (7), Willie Hutton (Pitlochry) (1), Peter Jeffrey (Duddingston) (12)

72 Rab Baldie (Crieff) (8)

73 Derrick Wilson (Monifieth) (6), Colin Myles (Monifieth) (6), Alister Duncan (Murrayshall) (5),  Jim Marshall (Milnathort) (8), Scott Graham (Arbroath) (scr)

LEADING TEAM SCORES

60 Alistair Mason (Thornton) (9), Ally Douglas (Caird Park) (14), Chris Westland (Alloa) (11)
63 (better last 6 holes) Ronnie Brownhill (Edzell) (7), Rory Tinker (Piperdam Osprey) ap, Graham Milne (Aberdour) (6)
63 Dougal Spaven (Pitlochry) (10), Ron Bell (Pitlochry) (6), Stuart McKendrick (Dunkeld and Birnam) (scr).
Qualifiers for the Perla Shower Panels Alliance Championship in March at Scotscraig 
Scott Graham Arbroath
Ron Bell Pitlochry
Chris Westland Alloa
 Qualifier for the Perla Shower Panels McQueen Shield in March at Scotscraig 
Ron Bell Pitlochry

 Next Meeting
 Wednesday
 4th November 
Graham Pest Control Fairmont Pro Am 
8.30-10.40

 

Lee Sutherland

 

Pennycott and Henderson tied ninth at Tarragona 

Amateur Malcolm Pennycott (Royal Burgess) and professional Neil Henderson (Renaissance) were tied ninth at the end of the first day of the  Spanish Evolve Pro Tour's Bonmont Open at Bonmont Golf Club, Tarragona.
A third Scot, Paul McGhee had an 81.
Tim Gornick (Slovenia) led by two shots with a three-under 69.
England's Ben Stow and Peter Tarver Jones were in second and third places.

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McBain off the mark with victory at Montrose

Greg McBain (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) scored his first win of the North-east Alliance season with a three-under-par 68 at Montrose Links today.

On a miserable misty, damp day, when there were 19 No Returns,  McBain, pictured, headed a field of 94 with halves of 34 (two under par out, one under par in).
He birdied the second, fourth, sixth and 13th, dropping only one shot to par, at the third.
Runner-up on 69 was reinstated amateur Tony Robertson (Peterculter) with halves of 36 and 33. Highlight of Tony's card was an eagle at the par-5 sixth, backed up with birdies at the 10th, 15th and 18th.
Murcar Links tour pro Terry Mathieson filled third place with a 70, made up of 17 pars and a birdie at the 13th.
Mathieson finished  - two ahead of Craig Lawrie and Philip McLean, both Paul Lawrie Golf Centre players.
Craig will have bragging rights in the Lawrie household tonight - dad Paul had a 75
SCRATCH SCORES
Par 71
68 G McBain 
69 T Robertson
70 T Mathieson
72 C Lawrie, P McLean.
73 C Goodwin, G Hutcheon, B Ritchie, A Stuart.
74 Sean Lawrie, S Mackie, K Duncan, M Merchant.
75 J Duff, P Lawrie
76 R Reid, J Hopwood
77 D Fleming, K Nicol, G Chalmers, S Finnie, K Zeynalov, S Hanson, A Dunton
78 D Leslie, J Morris
79 A Campbell, S Shand
80 Samantha Leslie, A Gall.
81 S Kiloh, G Riley, J Emslie, C Cassie, B Fyfe, G Milne
82 R Duncan, D Craigie.
83 M Duncan, J Borthwick, D Mackay, D Lane
84 H Roulson, T Collie
85 S Allison,
86 R Davidson, N Stewart, D Booth.
87 J Scott, D Lawrie, D Bisset
88 P Walker, I D Smith
89 L Fowler, J Stewart, J Murray
90 D Adam, G Cochrane, J Hosie.
91 D Wright, S Davidson
92 B Skene, P Cheyne,  N K Parker
93 J Forrest, P Low.
94 H McNaughton, G Homer
96 B Lumsden
97 R Brown, M Rendall
98 M Brown, L Duncan
100 M Rogers
102 T Boyle.
HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - S Mackie bih, M Merchant 69; G Chalmers bih,  B Ritchie  70; S Shand bih 71.
Class 2 - R Duncan bih, D Lawrie 70; T Collie 72; N Stewart 73; P Walker 75.

 +Above information supplied by Joel Hopwood, 
   Royal Aberdeen senior assistant professional

PGA EUROPRO TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN SPAIN

Lloyd Saltman leading Scot in T9 position after first round 69

NEWS RELEASE FROM EUROPRO TOUR
By Nick Teale

Sam Connor is among four golfers who share the five under par first-round lead on 67 in the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour’s Matchroom Sport Tour Championship at Desert Springs Resort, Almeria in Spain.

Connor (Alsager Golf and Country Club) has won twice this season and sits third on the Race To Desert Springs Order of Merit. He looks certain to claim one of the five Challenge Tour cards offered to the EuroPro’s best five performers of the year, and is now eyeing top spot on the Tour’s money rankings.

The Staffordshire golfer is joined at the top of the round one scoring by Northern Ireland’s Jonathan Caldwell (BetMcLean), Yorkshireman Daniel Gavins (Walton Driving Range) and Cheshire’s Haydn McCullen (Delamere Forest), who all recorded opening-round 67s on Wednesday.

McCullen earned his first pro win at Prince’s in September and victory this week would see him crash the top five on the money list to claim a Challenge Tour spot for 2016.

“I played really well and was never in any trouble,” said co-leader Connor, who carded six birdies with a bogey at the eighth his only blemish. “On a different day on the greens I could have gone really low but I am really happy with my game at the moment. I controlled the ball really well.

“I didn’t feel any less pressure this week [with a top five Order of Merit finish looking certain], but maybe others felt more pressure than me. It is all about how you deal with that pressure and I just focused on what I am doing, the same as usual.

“I will keep playing, keep going and see what happens but it would be great to win the Order of Merit.”

Aaron Rai (DCD Group) currently occupies that fifth place on the rankings by just over £100 from Paul Howard but responded to the pressure with an opening-round 68 to sit just one off the lead in a four-way tie for fifth.

“It is a bit different coming into this week and you are aware of being fifth and what is around you,” said Rai. “It is important to be able to approach this like any other tournament and do your normal preparation and hope that is good enough at the end of the three days.

“I was very steady today. I dropped one shot but didn’t make too many mistakes. The game plan for the week will be very much the same; try and be tight and not give too much away.”

“The course has been great. It isn’t something you see every day; it is quite unique for Europe. It is in great condition this week; quite soft and the greens are running very well. The wind picked up a bit today which has made it a bit trickier but overall it is a good test.”

The Matchroom Sport Tour Championship is a 54-hole strokeplay event which concludes on Friday. A two-hour highlights package from the tournament will air on Sky Sports on Tuesday, November 10 with a season review show to broadcast the following week.

 SCOTSWATCH:  Lloyd Saltman is the leading Scot in a share of ninth place with a 69, one ahead of Jordan McColl (T18). Ross Cameron is tied 32nd on 72 with Michael Stewart on 74, Paul Shields 75 and Neil Fenw a disappointing 79 to be 53rd of the 56 competitors.

Desert Springs, Golf Club, Almeria, Spain


FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
par 72
67 J Caldwell (Eng), D Givens (Eng), H McCullen (Eng), S Connor (Eng)
SCOTS' SCORES
69 L Saltman (Archerfield) (T9)
70 J McColl (Kingsbarns Pro Acad) (T18)
72 R Cameron (Saltire Energy) (T32)
74 M Stewart (Troon Welbeck) (T41)
78 P Shields (Kirkhill) (T47)
79 N Fenwick (Dunbar) (53rd)
Field of 56 players

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Corfield steps up to win after leader Lutton drops back

NEWS RELEASE FROM VIREN VARMA

MUSCAT – Englishman Lee Corfield wiped off a two-shot deficit in windy conditions to win the Ghala Open for his fourth victory on the MENA Golf Tour today.

Playing in the day’s second last group at Ghala Golf Club in Oman, Corfield closed with a bogey-free three-under 69 to finish at eight under 208, two clear of Germany’s Aaron Leitmannstetter with England’s Stuart Archibald third on five under 211.

“It was probably the best round I played this year. Going bogey-free in such windy and tricky conditions shows I played some good golf out there,” said Corfield after receiving the winner’s trophy from Ziyad Al Zubai, a board member of Ghala Golf Club, and Mohamed Juma Buamaim, chairman of the MENA Golf Tour. 

“I got a bit lucky on the 9th when I managed to save a par from beneath a palm tree. Overall, it was a pretty solid round,” he said.

“The standard of golf on the MENA Golf Tour is getting better and better every year. There is more strength in depth,” said the Englishman who thanked his coaches Justin Parsons and Clauding Foong at the Butch Harmon School of Golf at The Els Club Dubai for all their hard work they have done on his game. 

Germany’s Leitmannstetter matched day’s best score of a 68, which contained six birdies and two bogeys, to move up the leaderboard as Clarke Lutton from Aberdeen, the overnight leader, carded a final round five-over 77 to slip to tied eighth on two under 214.

“I started off well, but a miscued approach on the seventh ruined my confidence. I just struggled to string together the round thereafter,” said Lutton, who broke through for his maiden win on the MENA Golf Tour at The Els Club earlier this month.

India’s Rayhan Thomas returned a two-under 70 to win the Leading Amateur award at one-over, one ahead of England’s James Allan, the current Order of Merit leader in the division.

 

The MENA Golf Tour travels to Ras Al Khaimah next week for the ninth and penultimate event of the season, starting on Monday.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
208 L Corfield (Eng) 70 69 69 ($9,000)
210 A Leitmannstetter (Ger) 72 70 68 ($6,000)
211 S Archibald (Eng) 69 72 70 ($4,000).

SELECTED TOTALS
214 C Lutton (Sco) 69 68 77 (T8) ($1,185)
215 D Kay (Sco) 73 70 72 (T10) ($896)
219 Z Scotland (Eng) 76 74 69 (T19)
221 T Innes-Ker (Sco) 67 78 76 (T33) ($415)
224 P Doherty (Sco) 73 70 81 (T50)  ($200)

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FOR THIS EVENT AND HOW MUCH EACH PLAYER HAS
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North-east Alliance tee times for Cruden 

Bay next Wednesday

8-00 C Cassie T Boyle G Esson B Harper
8-10 D Booth R Blackmore R Reid
8-20 D Wright P Cheyne T Robertson
8-30 L Roger J Hamilton M Rendal H Roulston
8-40 D Mackay K Nicol G McBain T Mathieson
8-50 C Dempster G Chalmers S Hanson S Ross

9.00 M Brown R Brown S Davidson D Craigie
9.10 J Duff P Mclean B Ritchie S Roger
9.20 B Fyfe C Grant S Leslie D Townsley
9.30 A Stuart K Daglish S Dunn G Milne
9.40 H McNaughton B McPherson S Shand J Duncan
9.50 R Davidson S Allison M Forster P Walker

10.00 J Forrest N Stewart B Lumsden J Hopwood
10.10 S Mackie J Hosie J Scott B Skene
10.20 G Homer D Leslie C Nelson R Lumsden
10.30 D Fleming J Emslie L Fowler M Duncan
10.40 A Gall I Clark L Vannet A Clark
10.50 G Hutcheon, S Lawrie D Bisset J Murray

11.00 D Brown M Lawrie T Collie G Cochran
11.10 G Thom R Rruddiman D Lane R Duncan
11.20 K McGillivary J Stewart L Duncan W Beattie
11.30 P Low J Borthwick S Finnie D Mckay
11.40 N Parker M Rogers A Graham D Nelson
11.50 E Riley G Riley

12.00 S Kiloh R Cameron K Zeynalov I Taylor
12.10 K Duncan A Dunton M Patterson R Mcken
12.20
12.30 R Lamb C Lamb M Merchant