Paul Alexander wins Renfrewshire county stroke-play
championship
RENFREWSHIRE GOLF UNION NEWS RELEASE
The County Stroke
Play Championship of the Renfrewshire Golf Union was held at Caldwell Golf Club
on Sunday 20th May and the conditions for the event were good due to
the recent dry spell, but this made the course difficult to score on with the
firm conditions. The scoring in the morning resulted in reduction only for
handicap purposes with a CSS of 74 with a total of 44 players starting.
Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) returned to defend his title and led in the first round
with a two-under-par 69 which included four birdies on the back nine.
His nearest
challenger was Euan Cleary (Erskine) with a four-birdie round of 71, followed
on 72 by Stewart Watt (Old Ranfurly) and Alex Ferguson (Paisley), and on
73 Paul Alexander (Caldwell) and David Sibbald (Bonnyton).
In the afternoon
round Clark came in with a 72 for a total of 141 to
set the pace.
This was matched
by Alex Ferguson with his second round of 69 for 141. A play-off
looked likely as none of the first-round challengers managed to produce a
better score.
However, the title
was settled when local player Paul Alexander returned the round of the day, a gross 65 (33-32), which included seven birdies and a solitary
bogey at the sixth to give him a total of 138.
The afternoon CSS
was 73.
1 Paul
Alexander (Caldwell) 138
2 Alex Ferguson
(Paisley) 141
3 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm)141
4 Stewart Watt
(Old Ranfurly) 146
The leading
available qualifiers now go forward to compete in the match-play championship,
again over the Caldwell Golf Club course, with the semi-finals and final to be held on Sunday,
May 27.
Full results of
the event and the match-play draw can be found on the Renfrewshire Golf Union
website.
The courtesy of
Caldwell Golf Club given to the Renfrewshire Golf Union for the use of the
course during the event was much appreciated.
Graham McGee
kgmcgee@hotmail.com
Press
Officer
Renfrewshire Golf Union
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