Sun finally shines for James Wilson (after play-


off) and Chloe Goadby at Dundonald

 

By BEN PHILIP

After a delayed start due to snow, the final round of the 11th SSS/BUCS Dundonald Links Tournament in Ayrshire finished under blue skies with Chloe Goadby (Stirling) and James Wilson (Stirling) taking home the individual honours.

 

The women’s competition had been a close affair over the first two days with any of the final grouping of Goadby (pictured right), Gemma Batty (Stirling) and Emma Hale (Glasgow Caledonian) in position to take the title. However, it was Goadby who took the competition away from the field, adding a 73 to the previous day’s 74 to finish at ten over 226, six clear of Batty who closed with a round of 79.

Jen Saxton (Stirling) shot a last-round  81, which was enough to secure 3rd place on countback from Hale, completing a sweep of the podium places for Stirling.

 

The men’s competition was always likely to be a shoot-out with a host of previous Tour event winners queuing up behind overnight leader Colin Edgar (Stirling).

However, before getting to the business end of the competition a mention must be made of Daniel Lloyd (University of Central Lancashire) who went out in the first group, and the worst of the weather, and shot a day’s best 75 to earn himself 18th place and some valuable points towards Tour Finals.
At the front, however, the day developed into one of the most exciting in recent memory with a four-way tie at the top of the leaderboard at one stage on the back nine. At least eight players were at one point or another within a shot of the lead.
At the end of the early starters, Peter Kerr (St Andrews) set the clubhouse target, a fine 75 leaving him on 12 over par 228. Robert Foley (Stirling) followed him in at 12 over, and as players dropped shots over the back nine it looked for a while as though that might yet challenge for the title.
However, fine back nines from Chris MacLean (Stirling) and James Wilson (Stirling) meant that with the last group on the 18th, the clubhouse lead was +10.
When Edgar couldn’t manage the par needed to match that, MacLean and Wilson, both of whom finished with third-round 76s for 10-over 226, set off down the first in a sudden-death play-off.

In the end, one hole was all that was needed as MacLean missed his par putt, leaving Wilson (pictured left) the chance to seal the title, which he did, with Matthew Myers (St Andrews) finishing third, one shot back, after a 77 for 227.
Leader through the first two rounds, Colin Edgar (Stirling) eventually finished in a four-way tie for fourth place on 228 after an 81, easily his worst score of the three rounds, just when he needed a mid-70s score to clinch victory.

 

Thanks must go the Dundonald Links for their hospitality, to official Colin Lamont, and volunteers James and Craig for delivering the event.

BRITISH UNIVERSITIES and COLLEGES SPORT
11th DUNDONALD LINKS TOURNAMENT


FINAL TOTALS
MEN
par 216 (3x72)
226 J Wilson (Stirling) 76 74 76; C MacLean (Stirling) 71 79 76, (Wilson won play-off at first extra hole).
227 M Myers (St Andrews) 74 76 77.
228 P Kerr (St Andrews) 74 79 75, R Foley (Stirling) 78 75 75, J Glenn (Durham) 74 77 77, C Edgar (Stirling) 70 77 81
229 B Bojesen (St Andrews) 72 77 80.
230 A Wilson (Northumbria) 75 77 78, T Hall (Central Lacs) 75 76 79.
231 C Low (Abertay Dundee) 73 76 82.
232 G Greer (Elmwood) 77 79 76, B Armitage (Bournemouth) 72 80 80, J Rogan (St Andrews) 76 77 79.
233 G Burns (St Andrews) 77 77  79, J Du Feu (South Wales) 74 78 81.
235 M Napier (Stirling) 78 80 77.
236 D Lloyd (Central Lancs) 81 80 75, J Sundborg (Stirling) 78 78 80.
237 A McDougall (Newcastle) 79 78 80, S Alexander (Durham) 77 80 80, J Voss (Durham) 72 82 83.
238 J Stoddart (St Andrews) 78 79 81, C Johnston (Newcastle) 75 82 81
240 M Fitzsimmons (Stirling) 77 83 80, A McDougall (Stirling) 76 80 84.
241 C Franssen (St Andrews) 80 79 82.
242 D Lyon (Bournemouth) 77 83 82, J Neve (Northumbria) 75 83 84
246 J Cornes (Central Lancs) 76 83 87.


WOMEN
par 216 (3x72)
226 C Goadby (Stirling) 79 74 73.
232 G Batty (Stirling) 72 81 79.
242 J Saxton (Stirling) 75 86 81, E Hale (Glasgow Caledonian) 74 82 86.
243 L Van Veggel (St Andrews) 77 86 80.
244 T Mactaggart (Stirling) 78 84 82
245 S Sexton (Stirling) 77 87 81, N Banovec (Elmwood) 77 86 82.
247 M Patzeltova (Elmwood) 84 80 83.
250 A Hammer (St Andrews) 79 82 89.
253 M Danielsson (St Andrews) 76 87 80.
261 K Reid (Abertay Dundee) 82 84 95.

Ben Philip

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