John Gallagher wins with a 69 at Downfield

Former Scottish amateur champion John Gallagher (Duddingston), pictured, won today's Big Johnson's Tour 18-hole Golf Finance Summer Series competition at Downfield Golf Club, Dundee by two strokes with a four-under-par round of 69.
Gallacher was seven-under-par for the par-5 holes.
Kevin Duncan (Paul Lawrie Golf Club) finished second with a 71.
Four players shared third place on 72: John Henry (Clydebank and Dist), Sean Lawrie (Paul Lawrie Golf Club), Chris Maclean (Balmore) and John Duff (Newmachar)
Sharing seventh place on 74 were Ryan Campbell, Lee Morgan and Danny Kay.
Zander Culverwell finished 10th with a 75.

Next event on The Golf Finance Summer Series is at Forfar GC on Monday, June 11. Entries now open to ALL professionals. 

Updated OOM and schedule - http://johnhenrygolf.co.uk/big-johnsons-tour/

 

 

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 20^th 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.

 LEADING FINAL TOTALS

CSS 74 (r/o) and 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

 

 

 

 

NORTH-EAST  ALLIANCE HAS A NEW CAPTAIN

AND NEW SECRETARY

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

  The North-east Golfers' Alliance has a new captain and a new secretary. At last night's annual general meeting in the Craibstone GC clubhouse, David Fleming (Portlethen) stood down as captain. His successor is John Borthwick (Craibstone), pictured below on left.
Keil Beveridge, the Kippie Lodge teaching professional, is vice-captain.

  Michael MacDougall (Paul Lawrie Foundation) retired as secretary and has been replaced by Deeside Golf Club member Alan Gall (pictured below).

The new committee is:
David Fleming (Portlethen)
Peter Low (Craibstone)
Dave Wilson
(Duff House Royal).

Dave Wilson is a former co-secretary of the NE Alliance.


There will be no change in the fees for the 2018-2019 NE Alliance season which will tee off in late August/early September. The annual subscription remains at £40 and competitors will pay £15 per weekly competition.

First task for Alan Gall is to complete and finalise the list of fixtures for the new Alliance season. Michael MacDougall has provisionally booked some of the venues for the early part of the season.

Deer Park OOM Challenge

Tuesday's Round 2 tee times

1   08:00  Scott Borrowman, Stirling Golf Club
           Jordan Lamb
           Robert Rushford, The Golf Asylum

1   08:09  Anthony O'Donnell, Largs Golf Club
           Chris Morris, CM Golf
           Fraser McKenna, Caldwell Golf Club

1   08:18  Christopher McMaster, Downfield Golf Club
           Vincent Brown, Logos Golf Ministries
           David Lee, American Golf

1   08:27  Andrew Hutchison, Douglas Park Golf Club
           Neil Cameron, Blairgowrie Golf Club
           Michael Kanev, Lochgelly Golf Club

1   08:36  Jamie Treasurer, Loch Ness Golf Club
           David Grindell, Inverness Golf Club
           Ken Campbell, Ken Campbell Golf

1   08:45  Kris Nicol, Dunes Golf Centre
           Jackson Bell
           Craig Goodwin, Strathlene Golf Club

1   08:54  Stuart Morrison, Tain Golf Club
           Graeme McDougall, Elie Links
           Samuel Binning, Mearns Castle Golf Academy

1   09:03  Norman Huguet, Musselburgh Golf Club
           Michael Mackenzie, Edzell Golf Club
           Patrick McKenna, Portlethen Golf Club

1   09:17  Alan Welsh, Cathkin Braes Golf Club
           Chris Kelly, Scotland for Golf
           Steven Maxwell, Eastwood Golf Club

1   09:26  Myles Cunningham, Gullane Golf Club
           Joel Hopwood, Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
           Craig Armstrong, Burntisland Golf Club

1   09:35  Greg Paxton, Ralston Golf Club
           Alan Tait, 59 Club
           Paul McGhee, Royal Burgess Golfing Society

1   09:44  Rodger Clarke, Golf Dedication Centre
           Ross Cameron
           Christopher Curran, Bathgate Golf Club

1   09:53  Ross McConnachie, Peterculter Golf Club
           James Dick, Duddingston Golf Club
           James Erskine, Dumfries and County Golf Club

1   10:02  Scott Wilson, St Andrews Links Golf Academy
           Scott Herald, St Andrews Links Golf Academy
           Keir McNicoll, Carnoustie Golf Links

1   10:11  Stephen Wilson, Dundonald Links
           Gareth Wright, West Linton Golf Club
           Zack Saltman, Winterfield Golf Club

1   10:20  Gareth Hardy, Prestwick St Nicholas G.C.
           James McGhee, Swanston New Golf Club
           Steven O'Hara, North Lanarkshire Leisure Ltd

1   10:34  Patrick Walker, Ballumbie Castle Golf Course
           Stewart Savage, Dalmuir Golf Club
           James Steven, Pumpherston Golf Club

1   10:43  Louis Gaughan, Bathgate Golf Club
           Ross Leeds, Archerfield Links
           Paul McKechnie, Braid Hills Golf Range

1   10:52  Graham Forbes, Mearns Castle Golf Academy
           Marc Owenson, Gullane Golf Club
           Jonathan Porteous, Craigielaw Golf Club

1   11:01  Alasdair McDonald, Dunnikier Park Golf Club
           Iain Stoddart, Deer Park Golf and Country Club
           Thomas Higson, The Gleneagles Hotel

1   11:10  Stephen Gray, Lanark Golf Club
           Ian Graham, Crow Wood Golf Club
           Kamran Zeynalov, Portlethen Golf Club

1   11:19  Paul Malone, Braid Hills Golf Range
           Calum Nairn, Prestwick St Nicholas G.C.
           Michael Patterson, Kilmacolm Golf Club

1   11:28  Jamie McLeary, Deer Park Golf and Country Club
           Ross Munro, Duddingston Golf Club
           Christopher Currie, Erskine Golf Club

Complete information is available at Tournament Information Page (TIP)

Currie and Munro share two-stroke lead at Deer Park

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Chris Currie (Erskine) and Ross Munro (Duddingston) are sharing the lead two strokes clear of the field at the halfway stage of the 36-hole Tartan Tour Order of Merit event at Deer Park Golf and Country Club, Livingston.

They both shot seven birdies and two bogeys in compiling five-under-par 67s but otherwise their performances were contrasting.
Currie, pictured, was hot stuff on the outward journey with four-under 32 to the turn, birdieing the first, second, fourth, eighth and ninth but was not quite so good with one-under 35 for the inward nine.
Munro took 35 for the first nine holes but came rattling home in four-under-32 with birdies at the 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th and 18th.
Home course man Jamie McLeary in on his own in third place on 69.

TARTAN TOUR 36-HOLE ORDER OF MERIT TOURNAMENT
Deer Park Golf and Country Club, Livingston.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
67 C Currie (Erskine), R Munro (Duddingston)
69 J McLeary (Deer Park)
70 M Patterson (Kilmacolm), C Nairn (Prestwick St Nicholas), P Malone (Braid Hills), K Zeynalov (Portlethen), I Graham (Crow Wood).
71 S Gray (Lanark), T Higson (Gleneagles), I Stoddard (Deer Park)
72 A McDonald (Dunnikier Park), J Porteous (Craigielaw), M Owenson (Gullane), G Forbes (Mearns Castle), P McKechnie (Braid Hills).
73 R Leeds (Archerfield Links), L Gaughan (Bathgate), J Steven (Pumpherston), S Savage (Dalmuir), P Walker (Ballumbie Castle), S O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure), J McGhee (Swanston New).
74 G Hardy (West Linton), Z Saltman (Winterfield), G Wright (West Linton), Stephen Wilson (Dundonald Links).
75 Scott Wilson (St Andrews Links Golf Acad), S Herald (St Andrews Links Golf Acad), J Erskine (Dumfries and Co), J Dick (Duddingston), R McConnachie (Peterculter), C Curran (Bathgate), R Cameron (unatt), R Clarke (Golf Dedication Centre).
76 P McGhee (Royal Burgess), A Tait (59 Club), G Paxton (Ralston), C Armstrong (Burntisland).

SELECTED OTHER SCORES
78 K Nicol (Dunes GC) (T48)
79 D Grindell (Inverness) (T55)
80 J Treasurer (Loch Ness) (T57)
82 C McMaster (Downfield) (T62)





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NE Alliance AGM tonight (7pm) at Craibstone

A final reminder that tonight's - that's Monday - North-east Alliance annual meeting tees off at 7pm in the Craibstone clubhouse.
Why is it important to go?
Well, a new secretary and committee will be appointed, for starters.

Wise too smart for Leishman in Byron Nelson Classic play-off in Dallas

AUSTRALIAN GOLF NEWS
Marc Leishman was outduelled by rising tyro Aaron Wise on the day, finishing second at the AT and T Byron Nelson Classic in Dallas.
The Australian, who had held or shared the lead with Wise since his career-best opening round 62, fended off a host of other challengers to record his sixth top-10 finish of the US PGA Tour season.
But his closing three-under-par 68 couldn’t match 21-year-old Wise, who was stoic and calm beyond his years in shooting a bogey-free 65 to win by three shots at 23 under.
Wise, winner of the 2016 Australian Master of the Amateurs at Royal Melbourne, looked in better nick when the final round began four hours late after rain and lightning crossed Texas.
But an eagle two at the par-four fifth gave Leishman renewed hope.
Tour rookie Wise, though, was imperious in peeling off six birdies in seven holes from the fourth to pull clear. And even when he pulled a drive up the ninth hole that looked headed for the timber, it bounced forward and right off a sprinkler head and left him an easy approach which he cashed in for another birdie.
The agony didn’t end there for Australian golfers at Trinity Forest, despite two other outstanding efforts.
Adam Scott, who has played every US Open since 2002, needed no worse than a two-way share of ninth to ensure he returned to the world top 60 that would book a berth in the year’s second major after today’s event.
The Queenslander did his bit with a superb birdie up the last hole to shoot a 65 that momentarily had him in a share of sixth.
But Scott could only watch on as much of the rest of the field closed strongly and bumped his 15-under total back into a three-way share of ninth that left him agonisingly at No.61 in the projected rankings. The next and final automatic qualification cut-off is on June 11, giving Scott three weeks to climb into the top 60.
Matt Jones, whose most recent win on the US PGA Tour came in Texas in 2014, began promisingly with three birdies in his first five holes playing in the final group.
The wind came out of the Sydneysider’s sails with a couple of bogeys to close the outward nine, before an eagle on the 15^th gave him renewed hope of a top-10 finish that would earn a start at the Fort Worth Invitational at nearby Colonial next week.
But a three-putt bogey on the part-three 17^th and another on the last proved costly, dropping him to an even-par 71 and a share of 13th at 13 under.
Capping a solid if not spectacular week for the Aussies, Geoff Ogilvy closed with a 69 to finish T32 at nine under, Cameron Percy (70) and Rod Pampling (70) shared 70^th at three under and Robert Allenby closed with a 74 to finish 75^th at two over.
Inverness-born Russell Knox made the top 20, fiishing T16 on 12 under par 272 with scorrs of 69 69 68 and 66.

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