Broch’s Munro dashes Cameron’s trophy hope
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TAIN Golf Club’s premier 36-hole trophy, the Abdul Ghani Cup, rarely travels far from home, but it was two golfers from Aberdeenshire who caught the eye.
After exiting the Royal Dornoch stage early in the week, Fraserburgh’s Gordon Munro and club mate Andrew Hepburn extended their stay in the north, and getting an entry into the Tain tournament finished first and third respectively at their first go in the event.
Munro, holder of a plus one handicap equalled the par of 70 in his first round with a card that featured five birdies and five bogies for equal halves of 35. In Round two following his first round birdie at the 9th hole he made a double bogey six at the same hole in round two to be out in three over par 38.
But finishing off his visit to the course with a birdie at the 18th he grossed 71 for a total of 141 to win the Abdul Ghani Cup by two shots from Ross shire’s County Champion Alan Cameron (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) who carded 70 and 73.
Hepburn grossed two 72s for third scratch place but the two highlights of the day were a hole in one by BonarBridge/ Ardgay member Seann Sutherland in the first round at the 17th hole and the best gross round of the day by fifteen-year old Inverness junior Kieran Mackay who is also a member at Tain.
Five handicapper Mackay recorded seventeen successive par figures before a final hole birdie for his first round card of 69 (35/34).
The teenager added a modest second round 76, nett 71 to win the Rutherford handicap cup by three strokes from three handicapper S Johnstone (Muir of Ord).
Tain Results (CSS 72 both rounds members and visitors)
Abdul Ghani Cup — 141 G Munro (Fraserburgh) 70/71, A Cameron (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 70/73; 144 A Hepburn (Fraserburgh) 72/72, L Chancellor (Inverness) 71/73. 145 L McAlpine (Tain) 72/73.
Rutherford Trophy — K Mackay (Tain/Inverness) (5) 135; S Johnstone (Muir of Ord) (3) 138; J Cameron (Tain) (4) 139; B Ferries (Tain) (3) 140; D Joel (Inverness (2) 142.
Hole in One
IN the Tain Golf Club 36 Hole Open the first competition of the 2012 Golf Week Sean Sutherland had a hole-in-one at the 17th hole (215yards) with a four iron.
Playing partners were L Chancellor and J Hocking.
Anne Ryan wins at Brora
TAIN’S Anne Ryan beat her internationally capped elder sister Mary Smith by six shots to win the Brora Ladies Open last Saturday. Ryan’s matching par card of 71 came from halves of 36 and 35 while her sister was 37 and 40.
In a Tain double at Brora Anne MacDonald belied her handicap of 34 to record a nett 64 and scoop the Brora Bowl.
Fortrose and Rosemarkie finish second in North Club Team event
AFTER winning the North District Association’s club team cup twelve months ago Fortrose and Rosemarkie’s team of three Michael MacDonald, Chris Gaittens and Lewis Reid relinquished their hold of it at the Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth.
Where the best two scores of the team in each round count the holders through a first round 73 from Reid and 76 from Gaittens were amalgamated to a second round 68 from MacDonald and 77 from Gaittens for a total of 294 which finished ten shots behind the winners, Inverness Golf Club.
Inverness, represented by Bryan Fotheringham, John Forbes and Cameron Nelson now go forward to represent the North in the Scottish finals at Arbroath next month where there is the chance to proceed to the European Club finals later in the year in Turkey.
Ross Sutherland
Senior Golf Society
MEMBERS played a stableford round over Invergordon Golf Course on Wednesday, August 1. In a very high-scoring competition the winners were as follows:
Division 1 — 1 G Knapp (Muir of Ord); 2 F Ogley (Invergordon); 3 G Robinson (Bonar Bridge).
Division 2 — 1 D Spark (Strathpeffer); 2 S Stokes (Invergordon); 3 K Gillanders (Muir of Ord).
Division 3 — 1 A Crawford (Invergordon); 2 M Rogers (Alness); 3 R J Stewart (Royal Dornoch).
The winner of the Invergordon Seniors Trophy with 41 points, after countback, was G Knapp of Muir of Ord.
Bonar Golf Club
THE July results for the ladies from the club:
Rosebowl 2 and Medal — 1 Maureen Wemyss (17) 70; 2 Trish Weekes (17) 72; 3 Linda Fraser (31) 73.
Rosebowl 3 and Medal — Mary Hayden (19) 72; Trish Weekes (17) 74; Maureen Wemyss (17) 75.
Matheson Huxley Shields 1 — 1 Jackie Sutherland (19) 69; 2 Avril Cowie (24) 69; 3 Marjory Matheson (20) 72.
Matheson Huxley Shields 2 — 1 Marjory Matheson (20) 69; Jackie Sutherland (19) 72; 3 Isabella Wright (31) 72.
Huxley Shield — 1 Marjory Matheson; 2 Jackie Sutherland; 3 Maureen Wemyss.
Matheson Shield — 1 Avril Cowie; 2 Caroline Munro; 3 Vicki Burnet.
Winsor Goblet — 1 Marjory Matheson All square; 2 Avril Cowie 2 down; 3 Janice Steggles 3 down.
Migdale Quaich — Janice Steggles (24) 68; 2 Caroline Munro (35) 72; 3 Jackie Sutherland (19) 74.
Alness Golf Club
RECENT results from the club:
Ladies June Rosebowl — 1 C Fraser and E Blake 90 (24.5) 65.5; 2 M MacCulloch and J Keith 85 (16.5) 68.5.
Ladies Captains Prize
Silver — 1 I Ross 82 (15) 67 ; 2 C Fraser 85 (13) 72.
Bronze — 1 M Gillie 102 (28) 74; 2 C Rosie 114 (36) 78.
Ladies August Medal
Silver — 1 I Ross 83 (14 ) 69 ; 2 J Keith 84 (10 ) 70.
Bronze — 1 H Gill 98 (27) 71; 2 K Mackenzie 129 (36) 93.
Strathpeffer Spa Golf Club
RESULTS this week from the club:
George Hastings Cup — 1 Calum Faulkner 38; 2 Martin MacKenzie 37; 3 Brian Mackenzie 37.
Secretary’s Prize
Scratch — Dod Krzyzanowski.
Handicap — Michael MacNab.
Open Mixed Foursomes —
Scratch — D Krzyzanowski and N Bartlett.
Handicap — P Bannerman and L Bannerman; 2 M Bartlett and K Bartlett; 3 D Morrison and M Morrison.
Seniors Medal — 1 John Urquhart 40; 2 Duncan MacLeod 38; 3 T K Mackenzie 38.
Ladies
County Carpets Cup — 1 Melonie Morrison and Panja Bethune 69.5; 2 Kate Bartlett and Liz Bannerman 86.5.
Muir of Ord Golf Club
RESULTS from the club this week:
Mrs Mackenzie of Ord Rosebowl (CSS 72
Silver — E Hutton (20) 71; J Fraser (20) 74.
Bronze — A Fraser (32) 72; W Spencer (21) 72.
Midweek Strokeplay (CSS 68) — R MacDougall (21) 65; J Wylie (24) 65; D Groat (7) 65; D Greenlees (20) 67.
Junior Monthly Medal (CSS 68) — A Dobie (19) 67.
Monthly Medal and Jim Hazle Trophy (CSS 68)
Scratch — G Mellis 68.
Handicap 0-9 — V Tillman (6) 64; W Weatherall (7) 66.
Handicap 10-18 — S Scott (13) 61; J Hazle (17) 65.
Handicap 19-28 — D J Matheson (22) 68; G McIntosh (24) 69.
Late entries will be accepted on 01463 871311 for the Glen Ord Gents Open at Muir of Ord Golf Club on Saturday, August 11.
Competitors, from the host club unless stated, tee off in groups of three at 10 min intervals.
Abbreviations — A, Alloa; B, Braehead; I, Inverness; LN, Loch Ness; ND, Nairn-Dunbar; T, Torvean.
7am — M Hind and D Ritchie.
08am — G Simpson and H Steele.
08.20am — B Roberts, G Flynn and D Paterson.
09am — A Wan (I), D E Maclennan and G Ross; E McIntyre (LN) and B MacDonald.
09.30am — L Fraser (LN), J Worthington (LN) and D Shewan (ND); M Ross and C Shewan (ND).
12.10pm — P Smith (A), R Stewart and R Ferguson (B); K Gray, J Currie (A) and B Fisher (A).
12.40pm — S Gillies, J Mackenzie and D Greenlees.
3pm — G Kiel (T).
4pm — B Aspinall, D Scrimgeour and S Scott.
Fortrose and Rosemarkie
Golf Club
RESULTS from The Kelly Open Foursomes (Fortrose and Rosemarkie unless otherwise stated):
Scratch — M MacDonald and D McIntosh (Royal Dornoch) 144 (74/70); L Reid and A Cameron 144 (72/72); J Fair and C. Gaittens 149 (76/73); J Forbes (Inverness) and B Fraser (Inverness) 149 (73/76); S McIntosh (Torvean) and S Chisholm (Nairn) 152 (75/77).
Handicap Section — B Main and C. Young (9.5) 138 (68.5/69.5); E Skinner and K. Gaittens (4) 141 (70/71); R Carey and G Williamson (Falkirk) (11) 142 (73/69); G Moore and J. Bellshaw (6) 143 (73/70); W Graizer and S Anderson (Inverness) (6) 145 (76/69); L Patience and C Tait (Merchants of Edinburgh) (9.5) 145 (72.5/72.5).
The club are hosting a Seniors Strokeplay Open (55+) on Thursday, August 16. Players go out in groups of three at ten minute intervals. If there are any withdrawals or late entries please telephone the golf shop on (01381) 620733. Players from the home club unless otherwise stated. Abbreviations: A Auchterarder; AL Alness; C Cruden Bay; F Fort William; K Kingussie; M Murcar Links; MOO Muir of Ord; N Newmachar; ND Nairn Dunbar; NE Newtonmore; RD Royal Dornoch; S Strathpeffer; T Torvean.
8am — L Patience, M M Brown, Partner; M Gardiner, A Barclay, Partner; P I Keith, B Tilford, Partner; G Knapp (MOO), C Murray, C Alexander.
9.10am — K Patience, D Nicol (ND), Partner; W Maitland (ND), D Dick (ND), Partner.
9.50am — H Steele (MOO), D Fraser (ND), Partner; J Rosie (AL), J Taylor (AL), Partner.
10.30am — M Townsend, G J McLeman, J Hopwood (T); S MacKenzie (C), P MacPherson (F), J Ross (F); R Duncan (F), S Harmon (S), Partner.
11am — M Stephen (M), P Lee (RD), I Fraser (RD); B Munro (N), M Dalgarno (M), Partner.
12pm — W M Jack, W Allison (ND), W MacBean (NE); W Sime (ND), J Henderson (NE), H MacCulloch.
1pm — D MacPherson (K), A Brien (K), P Satny (K).
1.30pm — B Nicholson (RD), M McArthur, Partner.
5pm — J D Hearmon, P L Taylor, Partner; C High, D Patterson, W Donnelly.
