DUFF AND SEAN LAWRIE SHARE

ALLIANCE HONOURS AT ALFORD

Professionals John Duff (Newmachar) and Sean Lawrie (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) shared the honours in today's North-east Golfers Alliance competition at a very windy Alford Golf Club.

They jointly headed a field of 92 players with three-under-par 66s and earned £145 each.

Duff, pictured, who holds the NE Alliance one-season record total of wins - NINE in 2016-2017 - shared last week's victory at Kintore with Craig Lawrie.
Scottish amateur champion Sam Locke (Stonehaven) won the £50 voucher for the leading amateur score, a 71, outwith the main scratch prizelist.

LEADING SCRATCH SCORES
Par 69

66 J Duff (Newmachar), S Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC) (£145 each).

67 S Kiloh (Portlethen) (£100)

68 K Nicol (Dunes GC) (£80)

69 D Law (Paul Lawrie GC) (£60)

71 P McLean (Peterhead), S Griffiths (Dunes GC), S Locke (Stonehaven) (£50 lowest amateur outwith main scratch prizelist).

73 C Nelson (Mackenzie Golf), G Munro (Newmachar)

74 C Dempster (Paul Lawrie GC), C Stuart (Newmachar).
75 R McConnachie (Peterculter), A Smith (Turriff), L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen), K Bedborough (Deeside).

76 S Shand (Kemnay), P McKenna (Paul Lawrie GC).
77 R Blackmore (Tarland), F Bisset (Banchory), D Adam (Kemnay).

78 G Chalmers (Alford), S Mackie (Hazlehead), J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen), D Craigie (Kemnay), I Still (Craibstone).

79 W Skene (Deeside), D McLean (Deeside), M Lawrie (Kemnay), B Fyfe (Paul Lawrie GC), A Locke (Paul Lawrie GC).

80 M Merchant (Newmachar), S Kidd (Longside), G Riley (Craibstone), A Graham (Aboyne), J Stewart (Banchory).
81 S Scott (Hazlehead), D Fleming (Portlethen), I Taylor (Kemnay), M Duncan (Deeside), A Gall (Deeside), J Borthwick (Craibstone).
82 D Templeton (Westhill).
83 G Burnett (Westhill), C Cassie (Nigg Bay), J Chalmers (Alford), R Wright (Northern), D Nelson (Aboyne), R Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen), G Homer (Aboyne), K Thain (Hazlehead), D Booth (Tarland).
84 R McNeill (Westhill), P Low (Craibstone).
85 P Cheyne (Northern), J Sunley (Newmachar), N Chisholm (Kemnay), D Lane (Deeside), A B Clark (Newmachar), M Herbertson (Newmachar).

86 H McNaughton (Cruden Bay).

87 S Christie (Aboyne), T Collie (Kemnay), G Cochrane (Kemnay), B Lumsden (Northern).

88 P Morrison (Oldmeldrum), J Scott (Peterculter), W Beattie (Craibstone).

89 G McLaggan (Bon Accord), D Townsley (Peterculter), R Brown (Kemnay), S Ross, E Riley (Craibstone), P Robertson (Westhill).

90 D Robertson (Hazlehead), J Crawford, G Leslie (Newburgh).

91 N K Parker (Murcar Links).

92 D Lawrie (Deeside).

93 D Bisset (Banchory), M Smith (Newmachar), J Forrest (Northern).

97 M Roger (Kemnay).

98 S Davidson (Northern).

Fourteen No Returns.

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
voucher prizes: £80-£70-£60-£50-£40 in both classes.

Class 1 - K Bedborough (6) 69; S Shand (6), A Smith (5) 70; M Lawrie (8), D Adam (6) 71.

Class 2 - L Fowler (9) 66; R Wright (13) 70; J Stewart (9), P Low (13) 71; M Duncan (9) 72.

LOW AMATEUR outwith main prizelist: S Locke (Stonehaven) 71 (£50 voucher).

BEST SCORECARDS

ALFORD GOLF CLUB PAR FIGURES

4-4-3-4-4-3-4-4-4 (34)

4-4-3-5-4-4-3-4-4 (35) =69

JOHN DUFF (NEWMACHAR)

3-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4 (32)

3-4-3-5-4-3-4-4-4 (34) = 66

SEAN LAWRIE

3-5-2-4-3-3-4-4-4 (32)

4-4-3-4-4-4-4-3-4 (34) = 66

SAM KILOH

3-4-4-4-4-3-4-5-4 (35)

3-3-3-5-3-4-3-4-4 (32) = 67

KRIS NICOL

3-5-4-4-4-3-3-4-4 (34)

3-3-3-5-5-4-3-3-5 (34) = 68

FORTHCOMING NE ALLIANCE FIXTURES

OCTOBER
10-12 Scottish Alliance championship (Monifieth).
18 Banchory (Ron Menzies Memorial Trophies)
25 Peterculter

NOVEMBER
1  Oldmeldrum
8  Strathlane
15 Fraserburgh
22 Montrose
29 Buckpool

DECEMBER 
6  Portlethen

JANUARY 2018
10 Inverallochy
17 Peterhead
24 Royal Tarlair
31 Buckpool

FEBRUARY
7 Cruden Bay
14 Spey Bay
21 Montrose
28 Fraserburgh

MARCH
7 Duff House Royal (Championship Round 1)
14 Portlethen (Championship Round 2)
15 ND Alliance pro-am (Craibstone)
21 Craibstone
28 McDonald Ellon

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Craig Lawrie boosts Q School prospects

Craig Lawrie (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) boosted his chances of advancing to Stage 2 of the European Tour Qualifying School with a three-under-par second round of 69 at Frilford Heath Golf Club, Oxfordshire today.
Lawrie, who had a 76 in the first round, had an eagle 3 at the par-5 sixth and birdies at the 10th, 11th, 15th and 18th to offset bogeys at the fourth, 12th and 14th.
With a halfway tally of one-over 145, Lawrie is sharing 29th place in a field of 103. The top 20 and ties after four rounds will advance to Stage 2.
Daniel Kay, the only other Scot in the field at Frilford Heath, repeated his first-round 76 and his current total of 152 has him joint 81st.
Englishman Peter Tarver-Jones leads by one shot with scores  of 68 and 69 for 137

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FOUR SHARE HIGHLAND LINKS PRO-AM VICTORY AND EARN £5,875 EACH

By COLIN FARQUHARSON 

With a "no play-off" clause written into the rules of the three-day tournament, four men with two-under-par aggregates  shared victory, earning £5,875 each, at the conclusion of the £50,150 Highland Links 54-hole pro-am, sponsored by the Blue Group, over Royal Dornoch, Nairn and Castle Stuart.

Overnight leader by two strokes, Neil Henderson (Renaissance) posted a closing 74 at Royal Dornoch for a total of 211, opening the door for Gareth Wright (West Linton), signing off with a par 72 at Castle Stuart, Neil Fenwick (Dunbar), a one-over 72 at Nairn, and Germany-based Jonathan Grogan (Wumme), a two-under 69 at Royal Dornoch, to claim a share of the spoils at the richest pro-am tournament on the PGA Scottish Region schedule.

Grogan, Fenwick, Wright and Henderson were all in the clubhouse with their feet up, wondering if they would be relegated to joint second place by first-round leader Paul O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure), among the last men to finish.

But, needing "only" a one-over-par 71 at Royal Dornoch for what would have been a winning aggregate of three-under 210, Paul could not seize the chance to chalk up his 11th victory of the season.fin

Instead, uncharacteristically, Paul slumped to a seven-over-par 77 and finished joint seventh on 216 alongside his older brother, Stephen, who closed with a 68 - a score Paul would dearly have loved to finish with. So, instead of an £8,000 cheque, Paul OHara earned £1,700, not to be sniffed at but will a case of "what might have been.".

James Ross (Royal Burgess) steered the Glasgow Whisky 2 team of Rory Taylor (handicap 16), Stephen McGoldrick (7) and John Mitchell (12) to victory in the pro-am competition with 256 Stableford points (86-82-88). Ross earned a £500 bonus for that.
Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) earned £400 for leading Tomatin 1 to second place with 248pt (79-84-85)
Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) led the Romans Blind Pigs team to third place on 246 (82-84-80) and earned £300.
The Mathers Ltd team, of which Ross Kellet was the pro, finished fourth on 243 (83-77-83) and Ross earned £200.
The EMK Construction team, pro Cameron Marr, also had 243 Stableford points (79-77-87) but were placed fourth on a countback. Marr earned £100.
And a good time was had by all!

FINAL TOTALS

par 213 (70 Royal Dornoch, 71 Nairn , 72 Castle Stuart)

211 J Grogan (Wumme) 72 70 69, N Fenwick (Dunbar) 72 67 72, G Wright (West Linton) 69 70 72, N Henderson (Renaissance) 68 69 74.
215 G McBain (Newmachar) 75 70 70, G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC, Inchmarlo) 69 72 74.
216 G Hay (Grantown on Spey) 72 69 75, S O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) 75 73 68, S O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) 67 72 77.
217 C Kelly (Stirling) 72 70 75, C Currie (Caldwell) 77 71 69.
218 J Levermore (Little Channels) 72 71 75, D Young (Kingsbarns) 76 72 70, B Neil (Blairgowrie) 72 71 75.
219 R Kellett (Paul Lawrie GC) 77 72 70, D Brunton (Ringway) 76 71 72, C Ronald (Carluke) 72 73 74, P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 74 68 77, G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 72 73 74.
220 R O'Neill (Penwortham) 70 78 72, J Lomas (Caprington) 75 75 70, G Dingwall (Royal Dornoch) 72 73 75, J McGhee (Swanston New) 78 71 71.
221 N Walton (Glasgow) 73 74 74, J Ross (Royal Burgess) 73 74 74.
222 C Marr (Musselburgh) 75 74 73, M Urquhart (Nairn) 73 74 75, J Watts (Kingsway) 72 74 76.
223 S Binning (Mearns Castle) 76 73 74, L Towler (Telford) 76 73 74, Laura Murray (Kippie Lodge) 77 72 74, R Cameron (Saltire Energy) 74 76 73.
224 J McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 79 74 71, S Gray (Lanark) 77 72 75.
225 L Boston (Stockwood Vale) 75 82 68, A Forsyth (Mearns Castle) 72 72 81, M Stewart (Troon Welbeck) 79 74 72, J McCreadie (Largs) 77 70 78, M Patterson (Kilmacolm) 74 77 74

SELECTED TOTALS
226 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes) 78 77 71
227 K Hutton (Downfield) 75 77 75, O Roberts (Archerfield) 74 74 79, J Savage (Cawder) 75 76 76
228 S A Burgess (Nairn) 74 77 77
229 L Kelly (Prodream USA) 79 73 77, C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 76 74 79, D Stein (Old Ranfurly) 75 77 77, A Forrow (Whitecraigs) 73 75 81, F McKenna (Caldwell) 73 78 78, C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 76 74 79, C Lloyd (Kendleshire) 82 73 74, P Wardell (North Berwick) 76 73 80.
230 G Stewart (Cawder) 78 73 79, G Brown (Montrose Links) 78 71 81.
231 M Hillson (St Andrews for Golf) 76 83 72, F Cromarty (Nairn) 79 77 75, A MacKenzie (Saunton) 75 79 77, S Henderson (Kings Links) 79 79 73.
232 J Erskine (Dumfries and Co) 83 79 70
233 D Grindell (Inverness) 83 75 75
236 B Craggs (Kingsfield) 79 80 77, C McMaster (Downfield) 79 78 79, N Huguet (Royal Musselburgh) 81 81 74, J Henry (Clydebank and Dist) 83 80 73.
238 C Elliott (Haggs Castle) 79 79 80.
239 S Morrison (Tain) 79 80 80.
241 P Latimer (Felixstowe Ferry) 82 79 80
242 R Menzies (Trump Turnberry) 80 79 83
244 D Thomson (Carnegie Club) 86 77 81.
245 F Thomson (Trump Turnberry) 83 79 83
258 G Nethercott (Deeside) 82 87 89

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Edinburgh and East Alliance at Bathgate flooded off, rearranged for November 1

Today's Edinburgh and East of Scotland Golfers' Alliance at Bathgate Golf Club has been postponed due to flooding and high winds. It will now be played on Wednesday, November 1.

The next Edinburgh and East Alliance fixtujre is in two weeks at Royal Musselburgh. Next week the Scottish Alliance championship will be staged at Monifieth Links.

Lamb’s birdie blitz nets BIGGA National title

 

Chris Lamb, who plays off +4 of a handicap at Newmachar Golf Club and is a greenkeeper at Trump International, Balmedie, has won the BIGGA (British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association) national golf championship at Verulam Golf Club, St Albans near London.
Two birdies over the final three holes helped Chris to win the title with a four-under-par total of 140, made up of rounds of 71 and three-under 69.
With four holes to play, Lamb, the overnight leader,  he sat one shot behind the eventual runner-up Tom Workman, of Minchinhampton
The 23-year-old Scot then drove the par 4 16th and just missed his eagle putt with a tap-in birdie to lead by one shot and then he knocked it to two feet on the par 3 17th and again holed for birdie for a two-shot lead and then he parred the par 5 18th to win by three shots.

Lamb had seven birdies in all in his final round.

He has now won both the Scottish and British Bigga championships this year, having won the Scottish at Musselburgh a couple of months ago
Said his father Robert: "Chris is well chuffed. He holds the trophy for a year and won a £500 voucher and will look forward to trying to retain it next year when it comes to Gullane."

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Webster and Soutar tie at Midland Alliance's Ladybank pro-am

Edzell GC professional Alastair Webster and Brian Soutar, who plays off +3 at Leven Golfing Society, tied for first place on one-under-par 70 in the individual scratch section of the Midland Golfers' Alliance Quality Precision Electronics Ltd pro-am at Ladybank Golf Club, Fife.

Montrose Links assistant pro Graeme Brown, Richard Brown (Royal Montrose) (7), Ian Gall (Royal Montrose) (8) and Graham Robb (Montrose Mercantile) (5) won the team competition by four shots with a net score of 127.

  LEADING SCRATCH

70 Brian Soutar (Leven GS), Alastair Webster (Edzell) p

72 Craig Armstrong (Burntisland Golf House) ap.

73 Alister Ferguson (Dunfermline), Neil Douglas (Pitlochry) p.

74 Steve Craig (Archerfield Links) p, Craig Donnelly (Balbirnie Park) p, Fraser Mann (Carnoustie) p.

75 Paul Wytrazek (Burntisland Golf House) p, Fraser Robertson (Kingsbarns) ap, Stuart McKendrick (Dunkeld and Birnam).

 LEADING TEAMS 

127  Graeme Brown  (Monrose) ap, Richard Brown (Royal Montrose) (7), Ian Gall (Royal Montrose) (8), Graham Robb            (Montrose Mercantile) (5).

131 (bl6) Alastair Webster  (Edzell) p, Steven Mackie (St Andrews) (+1), Keith Bruce (Edzell) (1), Jim Watt (Edzell) (3).

131  Alister Duncan (Murrayshall) (5), Dennis Redford (Murrayshall) (11), Jim Meddicks (Murrayshall) (12), Davie Hutchison (Murrayshall) (8). 

133 Paul Jamieson (Dunblane New) p, Harry Grant (Muckhart) (8), Roy Sinclair (Muckhart) (4), Stewart Taylor (Stirling) (13).

Next Meeting

Thursday 5th October

Downfield Golf Club 

9.00-1.00

 

 

Lee Sutherland