Kemnay junior Cameron Carnegie wins
men's club championship
Underpinning both Cameron’s win in the Men’s Club Championship win and the Pennant Team success is ClubGolf and the Club’s commitment to running the national structured programme for youngsters starting in the game
men's club championship
History
was made last weekend at Kemnay with a junior member, Cameron Carnegie, coming
from six shots back to win the men’s club championship scratch title,
with a four-round total of 292. Aged just 16, he achieved a course recorde-qualling 68 off the Black Tees in the final round.
Cameron said “ I
set myself a target to win the men's club championship before I was 18 years
old. I am delighted with the win and am looking forward to playing in
the Champion of Champions next year.
" I started well on Saturday - birdie, birdie and I thought if I could par in from there he would be in
with a chance. I went out in 32 and had to stop play for 20-30 mins for thunder and lightning at the 11th.
"I knew exactly how everyone was
scoring and remained calm and played steady golf to the 18th where I had
a good up and down after missing the green right. I got a great
reception from fellow members after the 18th and it was a day I will
remember for a long time”
Junior Pennant Champions 2016
After
being runners-up to Royal Aberdeen last season, the Kemnay Junior
Pennant team has gone one better this year and were crowned as Junior
Pennant Champions 2016 at Inverallochy on Sunday. A fantastic
achievement as this is the first time Kemnay has won this prestigious
title!
They did this by winning their section with wins over Deeside at home, and away matches at both Portlethen and Murcar Links.
They then beat last year's winners, Royal Aberdeen, in the semi-final at
Portlethen and won 4-1 over Aboyne in Sunday's final. Winning the
Pennant title means that they qualify for the Junior Home Nations Team
Championships and ultimately qualify for the Grand Final overseas!
Pennant
Team Manager, Craig Carnegie (Cameron’s father) said “The players are
from Kemnay, Kintore, Alford and Turriff and are all keen to play in
the matches. The basic skills of golf, rules and etiquette were coached
through ClubGolf to these players when they were younger. Now they have
been developed and coached into a successful and motivated Team.
"I knew
after last year's 5-0 defeat in the Final to Royal Aberdeen at Inverurie
Golf Club that they would learn from the experience and give them more
determination to be successful. They are a great group of players to
manage as they are all competitive and want to do well for each other.
"It has been a very difficult task for me to select the players for all
the matches but it has brought success. The 15 team members
selected over the five matches have made me very proud as Team Manager
and are a credit to Kemnay Golf Club for achieving the first ever
Pennant League Victory”
Underpinning both Cameron’s win in the Men’s Club Championship win and the Pennant Team success is ClubGolf and the Club’s commitment to running the national structured programme for youngsters starting in the game
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