Whiting Bay Golf Club
Wednesday, July 20, The McLintock Cup. The torrential rain promised for Tuesday night came and went leaving the course in fine shape for one of our oldest trophies, The McLintock Cup. Twenty played and CSS went out to 65. 1 Nicol Auld 4, 64 and lowest gross, 2 Jamie Macpherson 5, 65, 3 Jim Mack 19, 66, ACB, 4 Alan Kay 18, 66. Jim Mack bagged the only magic two of the day at the 17th.
Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24, The Armitage Groundworks Gents Open.
The Open for 2016 proved a resounding success, with good fields attending on both days. The course was in fine shape with the greens in particular drawing many compliments. From first tee off on Saturday morning to the clubhouse prizegiving on Sunday evening, everything went well and a huge vote of thanks is due to everyone who helped organise the event and took care of the needs of the golfers both on the course and in the clubhouse, where fine food and drink was available. Thanks also go to sponsors Armitage Groundworks for its generous support and to the many individual sponsors and donors who provided prizes for the event. A full list will appear on the club’s website and Facebook page.
Saturday, July 23, The Bank of Scotland Cup. A total of 97 played on a day when the weather was kind. Scoring in all three divisions was good with John Pennycott returning a fine net 59 to come home a popular winner. CSS remained at 63 and 65 for visitors. 1 John Pennycott 14, 59, 2 Murray Foggo 10, 62 ACB, 3 Stephen Judge 10, 62. The lowest gross came from Alan Foggo with 64 and 17 magic twos were recorded at the 4th Scott Adair and John Pennycott, at the 5th Andrew Mack, at the 7th Gus Macleod and Stuart McGregor, at the 11th Alan Foggo, Murray Foggo and Owen Quigley, at the 13th Allan Macleod, at the 14th Danny Head and Kevin McAleney, at the 16th Craig Simpson and at the 17th Alan Foggo, Wolfi Kroner, Andrew Mack, Marshal Mack and Peter Towndrow.
Sunday, July 24, The Royal Bank of Scotland Cup. Despite a pessimistic forecast 90 golfers took to the course. The mid morning starters got by far the worst of the weather and overall scoring sent the CSS out to 64 and 65 for visitors. Kerr Drummond carded 64 for the lowest gross and first place. 1 Kerr Drummond 5, 59 and lowest gross, 2 Graeme Crichton 14, 61 ACB, 3 Marcus Kroner 9, 61. Magic twos at the 2nd by Scott Adair and Ronnie Mann, at the 4th by Matthew Clarke, Graeme Crichton, Kerr Drummond and Keith Martin and at the 17th by Jack Adair, Scott Adair, Stephen Judge and Kevin McAleney. The Armitage Groundworks Whiting Bay Open Trophy for the best net score over 36 holes. 1 Kerr Drummond 5, 126 ACB, 2 Markus Kroner 9, 126 ACB, 3 Scott Adair 6, 126127. The scratch winner over both rounds was Kerr Drummond on 136. The Seniors Shield for the best net score by a senior player over both rounds went to Craig Simpson who matched last year’s winning score of 127.
Monday, July 25, The Whiting Bay Golf Club Junior Open. On a morning of heavy squally showers, an intrepid band of 14 junior golfers played. Regular organiser Brian Adair and his helpers did a splendid job in arranging the format to suit the various age groups and all seemed to enjoy the challenge of competitive but lighthearted golf followed by refreshments in the clubhouse. First place went to Scott Murray who was closely followed by Sam Foggo only one shot behind and visitor Ben McGregor took third place. Thanks to everyone who turned up and to Brian and his family for the hard work involved in setting up and running this pop ular event.
Fixture: Saturday, July 30, The Whiting Bay Ladies Open Greensome, course reserved all day. Sunday, July 31, Nestor’s Jug Stableford. Wednesday, August 3, The Betty Black Cup.