Fergie’s Flyers win AmAm
THE FINAL major of the season, the MacFadyens/Travis Perkins AmAm, was played recently at Machrihanish Golf Club.
THE FINAL major of the season, the MacFadyens/Travis Perkins AmAm, was played recently at Machrihanish Golf Club.
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 from Lochgilphead marshalled by Machrihanish club captain Fergus Walker.
The team had finished third in the Lochgilphead AmAm earlier in the summer. After a slow start they got up-and-running when Douglas Whyte, play- ing off 13, sank a 10 footer for birdie, nett eagle on the 6th the first of four, 3 nett 2s for the team on the day.
Long putts
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 nett birdie on the last and with two scores counting per hole they finished on 17 under par 123, 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 were back in six under par 64. They beat BMWs (Tommy Martin, Fergus Wallace, Douglas Bryce and Ronnie Sommerville) into fifth place, also with a score of 130. 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 3, nett albatross 2. Playing partner Gavin MacLachlan had a birdie 4 at the same hole, which was a nett eagle 3. It was a spectacular effort from the McFadyens Transport team but despite this they finished on 132, 2 shots behind BMW’s in fiftth.
A club spokesperson said: ‘It was a terrific day and the club thanks McFadyens and Travis Perkins for their sponsorship and support.’