Darren crowned county handicap champ
Eastwood man nets best gross score of day
Darren Nugent was crowned County Handicap Championship champion with a thrilling performance on Sunday.
Playing conditions on the day were good with fine weather and little wind.
The course was in immaculate condition as commented on by most of the players.
The winner of the 6–12 event was 11 handicap Nugent of Eastwood Golf Club with an incredible net 62 and the best gross score of the day by four shots.
The round included an eagle three at the 16th and birdies at the third and eighth holes, but finished with two bogeys.
In second place was eight handicap East Renfrewshire Golf Club member Stuart McPhail with a net 69.
Third place went to 10 handicap Chris Rae from Paisley Golf Club with a net 70, with fourth place going to another Paisley Golf Club member Bob Holmes with a net 71 off his 6 handicap, beating three others on the same score on the better inward half.
In the 13-28 event, three players tied with a net score of 67 all from the Paisley Golf Club who dominated this event.
First place went to 13 handicap Gordon McKinley and second place to 13 handicap Paul Nicholson and third place to 15 handicap Ross McLean.
Fourth place went to 15 handicap Gordon Manley of Lochwinnoch Golf Club with a net 69.
A total of 93 competitors took part and the CSS for the day was 72.
On the same day, at Renfrew Golf Club the semifinals and final of the Duncan Trophy were being played out in the Renfrewshire Youths Match Play Championship.
In the semi- finals, Stewart Watt, defeated Euan Cleary from Erskine by 2/1 and Craig Pirie, from Renfrew defeated Colin Edgar of Elderslie, also by 2/1, both matches being close-fought affairs.
In the final, Stewart Watt defeated Craig Pirie at the 19th in what proved to be a titanic struggle between two of Renfrewshire’s finest young golfers.
The game was nip and tuck but the in-form Watt prevailed in the end.
This result means he has added this to the County Mens Match Play Championship and the Youths Stroke Play Championship with it still being early in the season.
On the same day following the first round on Saturday, June 9, at the Stephen Gallagher Tournament at Cardrona, the Renfrewshire boys occupied three of the top five places.
Josh Greer finished second, Roddy McAuley third and Aidan O’Hagan fifth.