Ian Morrison wins Super Seniors' Spring Meeting

by two shots at Ballater

Royal Aberdeen's Ian Morrison overtook the first-round joint leaders, Alistair Fiddes (Murcar Links) and Billy Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox), with a fine second-round score of 71 at Ballater for a 36-hole aggregate of 144 to win the Scottish Senior Golf Society's Super Seniors (over 65 years) spring meeting by two strokes today .

Ian had been a shot off the pace overnight with a first-round 73 at Aboyne. Jim Kinloch (Cardross) and Erskine were joint runners-up on 146,

In the handicap section there were joint winners. David Millar (St Andrews New) (6)  and David Nelson (Aboyne) (8) both returned net totals of 135. Millar had the lowest gross (71) and net (65) scores on the  second day, beating the CSS by two shots.

Next Super Seniors event is at Stirling Golf Club on June 28 and 29.

 

SCOTTISH SENIOR GOLF SOCIETY SUPER SENIORS' SPRING MEETING

Aboyne and Ballater Golf Clubs.

TOTALS

Par 68, CSS 69 (Round 1), Par 67, CSS 67 (Round 2)

Aboyne scores first

SCRATCH

144 I Morrison (Royal Aberdeen) 73 71

146 J Kinloch (Cardross) 73 73, W Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox) 72 74

147 D Millar (St Andrews New) 76 71.

148 I Dickson (Lundin) 73 75, A Laird (Deeside), 75 73, G Doig (Southerness) 75 73.

149 A Fiddes (Murcar Links) 72 77, R Stewart (Tulliallian) 74 75

150 P Tomisson (Nairn) 74 76

151 D Nelson (Aboyne) 76 75

152 D Wilson (St Andrews New) 79 73

153 J Watt (Edzell) 76 77

154 R Lawson (R and A) 78 76

155 P Hardwick (Newbattle) 80 75

156 D Smith (Stirling) 78 79, N Forster (Royal Aberdeen) 77 79 , B Grieve (King James VI) 82 74

157 A W Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 78 79, W Morton (Dunbar) 81 76

162 F Sharp (Boat of Garten) 81 81.

163 A K Pirie (Hazlehead) 82 81.

166 D Greenhalgh (Newmachar) 85 81, F G Gray (Newmachar) 85 81, J Russell (Goose Creek) 89 77.

168 A Hogg (Stirling) 85 83, G Wilson (Kemnay) 83 85

174 N Chisholm (Kemnay) 83 91.

Withdrew: P Kinloch (Cardross) 76, D McQuade (Glenbervie) 83

LEADING HANDICAP

135 D Millar (St Andrews New) (6) 70 65, D Nelson (Aboyne) (8) 68 67

136 I Morrison (Royal Aberdeen) (4) 69 67, J Kinloch (Cardross) 68 68, I Dickson (Lundin) (6) 67 69, A Laird (Deeside) (6) 69 66.

138 G Doig (Southerness) (5) 70 68

139 A Fiddes (Murcar Links) (5) 67 72
140 D Wilson (St Andrews New) (6) 73 67
142 R Lawson (R and A) (6) 72 70, P Tomisson (Nairn) (4) 70 72, W Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox) (2) 70 72
144 D Smith (Stirling) (6) 72 72, N Fraser (Royal Aberdeen) (6) 71 73, D Greenhalgh (St Andrews New) (11) 75 69, A Hogg (Stirling) (12) 73 71
145 A W Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert) (6) 72 73, R Stewart (Tulliallan) (2) 72 73
146 G Wilson (Kemnay) (11) 72 74
147 P Hardwick (Newbattle) (4) 76 71, J Watt (Edzell) (3) 73 74
148 B Grieve (King James VI) (4) 78 70, F Sharp (Boat of Garten) (7) 74 74
149 W Morton (Dunbar) (4) 77 72
150 N Chisholm (Kemnay) (12) 71 79, F Gordon Gray (Newmachar) (7) 77 73
151 A K Pirie (Hazlehead) (6) 76 75