Bell, Scott and Christie win North District
junior match-play finals at Forres Golf Club
By ROBIN WILSON
junior match-play finals at Forres Golf Club
Left to right: Peter Abbott (North District SGU secretary), Sam Christie, (Handicap winner),
Sandy Aird (sponsor), Thomas Bell (U18s winner), Calum Scott (U15s winner), Robert McKeron (Forres GC captain). Picture by Robin Wilson
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course player Thomas Bell won the Sandy Aird Cup by beating Jamie
MacKintosh (Nairn) 2 and 1 in the Under-18s final of the North District
junior match-play championships at Forres Golf Club today (Thursday).
Bell and MacKintosh halved the first five holes before the latter took a two-hole lead with a birdie on the sixth and par at the eighth. Bell won the ninth with birdie and then the 12th and 13th hole to give him a two-hole cushion. His bunker save for par at the 17th gave him a 2 and 1 win
Bell and MacKintosh halved the first five holes before the latter took a two-hole lead with a birdie on the sixth and par at the eighth. Bell won the ninth with birdie and then the 12th and 13th hole to give him a two-hole cushion. His bunker save for par at the 17th gave him a 2 and 1 win
The Under-15s final was won by Nairn's Calum Scott at the 20th against clubmate Logan Gillies.
The second protege from Nairn's Scottt family, Calum, just became a
teenager in August and added to his earlier district stroke-play title. Scott and Gillies could not be separated after 18 holes but at the second extra hole
a 20ft birdie put won the day for Calum.
Sam
Christie (Rothes), who plays off 25,beat Lewis Fraser, a
seven-handicapper at Inverness Golf Club, by two holes in the Christie was receiving 18 strokes from Fraser and won the first three holes with
nett birdies and held a one-hole lead at the turn. By the 16th he was
dormie but lost the 17th hole before winning with a nett birdie on the last.
Forres Golf Club professional Sandy Aird sponsored the tournament.
Results of finals:
UNDER-18s - T Bell(Forres) bt J MacKintosh (Nairn) 2 and 1.
UNDER-15s - C Scott (Nairn) bt L Gillies (Nairn) at 20th.
HANDICAP - S Christie (Rothes) (25) bt L Fraser (Inverness) (7) 2 holes.
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