GORDON MUNRO WINS NE ALLIANCE 

AT INVERALLOCHY WITH A 59!

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Newmachar amateur Gordon Munro more than lived up to his +3 rating by returning a bogey-free, five-under-par 59 over the Inverallochy Golf Club winter course to win the top prize of a £150 voucher at today's (WED) North-east Golfers' Alliance fixture, the first of 2018.

Munro, pictured, headed a field of 85, pipping Newmachar clubmate and tour professional John Duff whose round of 60 included a hole in one with a seven-iron at the 145yd second hole. It was Duff's fifth career ace.
It was Munro's second win of the NE Alliance season but his first outright win of the 2017-2018 circuit.

Munro's scorecard included one 2 (at the fifth) and 11 3s in halves of 30 (three under) and 29 (two under).

Duff, who earned £120, bogeyed the sixth and eighth but still had a chance of breaking 60 until he bogeyed the 18th for halves of 30 both ways. 
In all, five players got under the par of 64 - David Law and Philip McLean were joint third on 61 and Laura Murray had a 62.
As organiser Michael MacDougall commented: "OK, so it was a shorter course than usual but any scores under par deserve praise."
+Munro's 59 is not an NE Alliance record low. If you can remember who scored lower than 59, probably also at Inverallochy a few years back, send me the info at Colin@scottishgolfview.com

PRIZEWINNERS

SCRATCH
59 G Munro (£150 voucher)

60 J Duff (£120)

61 P McLean, D Law (£80 each)

62 Laura Murray (£50).

HANDICAP

vouchers

Class 1

61 D Fleming (5) (£70).

62 J Nicolson (4) bih (£60), B Ritchie (3) (£50).

63 C Craig (7) bih (£40), J Stewart (8) (£30).

Class 2

63 N K Parker (14) (£70).

64 J Scott (9) (£60).

65 M Rogers (18) bih (£50), D Booth (9) bih (£40) G Leslie (10) (£30).

ALL THE SCRATCH RETURNS

59 G Munro (Newmachar)
60 J Duff (Newmachar). 
61 D Law (Paul Lawrie GC), P McLean (Peterhead)
62 Laura Murray (Kippie Lodge)
65 S Finnie (Caledonian), B Ritchie (Inverallochy), Sean Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC), B Fyfe (Paul Lawrie GC).
66 D Fleming (Portlethen), B Nicolson (Newmachar), J Nicolson (Newmachar).
67 F Bisset (Banchory), D Buchan (Peterhead)
68 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen), K Zeynalov (Portlethen), K Nicol (Dunes Golf Centre).
69 B Murray (Portlethen)
70 D Templeton (Murcar Links), C Craig (Kintore), S Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC), R Davidson (Caledonian), I Still (Craibstone), R Reid (Tarland).
71 J Stewart (Banchory), P McKenna (Paul Lawrie GC), W Middler (Peterhead), R Sinclair (Kintore).
72 D Leslie (Bon Accord), S Mackie (Kemnay), B Elsby (Peterculter).
73 P Cheyne (Northern), J Scott (Peterculter), R McNeill (Westhill), K Bedborough (Deeside), S Shand (Kemnay).
74 D Booth (Tarland), M Merchant (Newmachar), M Lawrie (Kemnay)
75 Grant Leslie (Newburgh), B Harper (Newburgh), R Lamb (Newmachar), Steve Lawrie (Portlethen), R Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen).
76 M Duncan (Murcar Links), D McLean (Kemnay).
77 A Campbell (Murcar Links), S Allison (Bon Accord), A Gall (Deeside), N K Parker (Murcar Links), D Bisset (Banchory), J Borthwick (Craibstone).
78 S Kidd (Longside)
79 S Davidson (Kemnay), G Thom (Murcar Links), M Forster (Cruden Bay), J Barclay (Hazlehead), M Tough (Banchory), P Cornfield (Newmachar).
80 I Birnie (Deeside), D Townsley Peterculter), C Cassie (Nigg Bay).
81 G Burnett (Westhill), W Skene (Deeside).
82 R Denning (Inverurie), T Collie (Kemnay), P Low (Craibstone)
83 C Duffus (Royal Aberdeen), M Rogers (Kemnay)
84 D Lawrie (Deeside), J Forrest (Northern) .
85 R Coupar (Inverallochy), L Roger (Royal Aberdeen).
86 M Brown (Kemnay), R Duncan (Deeside), M Smith (Newmachar), N Stewart (Northern).
90 R Brown (Kemnay)

BEST SCORECARDS

GORDON MURRAY 59
3-3-3  4-2-4  4-4-3  30 (-3)
3-3-3  3-4-3  3-4-3  29 (-2)

JOHN DUFF 60
4-1-4  3-3-5  3-5-2  30 (-3)
2-4-3  2-4-4  3-4-4  30 (-1)

+If the wrong score or wrong home club is listed with your name in the above list, please Email the correction to Colin@scottishgolfview.com
If, when all the scores are in, and your name is missing from the list, Email your score to Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Thanks