Fergie’s Flyers win AmAm
THE final major of the season, the MacFadyens/Travis Perkins AmAm was played at Machrihanish Golf Club on Saturday October 22. The competition had originally been scheduled for Saturday September 24 but had been a washout.
Setting the early morning pace were Fergie’s Flyers, a team hailing from Lochgilphead and marshalled by Machrihanish club captain Fergus Walker.
The team had finished third in the Lochgilphead AmAm earlier in the summer and after a slow start they soon got up and running when Douglas Whyte, playing off 13, sank a 10-footer for birdie, net eagle on the 6th the first of four three-net-twos for the team on the day.
Reaching the turn in five under par, Stephen Colligan (14) and Jamie O’May (18) chipped in to the total by holing long putts on the 12th, 14th and 15th and, by the time the team made the 18th tee, they had reached 15 under par. They finished off with three gross birdies and a net birdie on the last and with two scores counting per hole they finished on 17 under par 123. It was a lead that was to prove unassailable on the day.
The Kennel Maids of Keith Johnston, Owen Morgan, John Shaw and Dean Ratcliffe finished second on 129 and were eight under par on the way back in which meant they pipped Half and Half (Richard Tavendale, Gary Mack, Alex Souden and J T MacMillan) into third place on the basis of the better inward half.
The Dookers (Calum MacLean, Eddie White, John Brownlie and Steve Bleasby) were fourth one shot further back on 130 and where back in six under par 64. They beat BMWs (Tommy Martin, Fergus Wallace, Douglas Bryce and Ronnie Sommerville) into fifth place with a score of 130 also.
Shot of the day was undoubtedly Ranald Watson’s third shot at the 12th which somehow found the bottom of the cup at the par five for an eagle three net albatross two.
It was a terrific day and the club would like to thank the sponsors, MacFadyens and Travis Perkins, for their sponsorship and support.