Win at St Andrews boosts confidence
Hard work over winter sets up tournament triumph
Keeping mistakes to a minimum was what pleased Perth golfer Daniel Young most in his early season tournament triumph.
Young played his way to title success by producing two impressive rounds of golf on the Big Johnson’s Tour in St Andrews this month.
A score of 68 around the Jubilee course was followed up by a 67 at the Castle course to finish two clear of secondplaced Calum Fyfe.
The Big Johnson’s Tour was introduced to provide competitive playing opportunities for golf professionals across Scotland.
“It was nice to play well and put a couple of decent rounds together,” Young told the PA.
“There were some really good players in the field and I can definitely take some confidence from beating them.
“I played well over the two days which was pleasing and I didn’t make many mistakes.
“One of the days – the first round – it was blowing pretty heavily and that made it tough.
“The second day was fairly calm but, around The Castle course, anything is possible.
“Putting together a couple of good scores with minimal mistakes was what pleased me most.”
Having put the hard work in over the winter months, Young feels well-placed to attack 2023.
“Last week and potentially the next Big Johnson’s Tour event are warm-up events to get a card in my hand and get ready for the season ahead,” Young explained.
“The game has been feeling pretty good. I feel the work I’ve been doing over the winter is coming to fruition.
“I’ve been playing a lot in the last couple of weeks and trying to put some scores together.
“It has been pleasing to get
Lyle Coronation Quaich (R), Sunday, April 16 -
CRAIGIE HILL
Summer League Rd 1, Wednesday, April 12 - Division 1 - Eamon O’brien 77 (7) 70, Mark Gordon 77 (5) 72, Gordon Ritchie 78 (5) 73. Division 2 - Graham Rylance 80 (13) 67, Cameron Desmond 81 (12) 69, Ronnie Marr 80 (10) 70. Division 3 - Stephen Baxter 83 (19) 64, Hamish Reekie 85 (16) 69, Alistair Suttie 87 (17) 70.
Summer League Rd 2, Thursday, April 13 - Division 1 - Tony Stewart 72 (8) 64, Bruce Miln 78 (9) 69, Stephen Bissett 79 (9) 70. Division 2 Ian Wilson 74 (11) 63, Ronnie Marr 80 (11) 69, David Abercrombie 82 (12) 70. Division 3 Alistair Suttie 85 (17) 68, Geoff Quigley 92 (22) 70, Crawford Conochie 97 (23) 74.
April Monthly Medal and Hill Thomas Qualifier, Saturday, April 15 - Division 1 Eamon O’brien 72 (7) 65, Tony Sullivan 71 (3) 68, Mark Selby 78 (9) 69. Division 2 - Cameron Desmond 83 (13) 70, Paul Russell 85 (14) 71, Chris Watson 88 (14) 74.
Summer Stableford League Rd 2, Sunday, April 16 - Division 1 - Bryan Cruickshanks 40pts (7), Tony Sullivan 39pts (3), Gary Miller 37pts (7). Division 2 - Ronnie Marr 38pts (11), Mark Stewart 38pts (11), Innes Mackintosh 32pts (10). Division 3 - Gordon Scott 36pts (16), Gordon Miller 34pts (37), Brian Wardlaw 33pts (16).
DUNKELD AND BIRNAM
Seniors Taylor Trophy Rd 1 (Stableford), Friday, April 14 - J Tait 39pts, S Woodside 37pts, A Moncur 34pts, M Maher 32pts, A Johnston 32pts, A Fleming 32pts.
KING JAMES VI
Summer League R9, April 13 - Division 1 - John Davidson (12) 66, Dougie Blues (8) 67, Tam Mclaren (5) 69, Ron Macleod (9) 70, Iain Law (8) 72. Division 2 - Mark Westwood (18) 65, Peter Shand (19) 67, Andy Birrell (14) 70, George Murphy (18) 73, Norman Barlass (18) 74.
Summer League R10, April 16 - Division 1 Ian Murray (7) 70, Ron Macleod (9) 70, Garry Moffat (5) 71, Stuart Mcelholm (7) 71, Iain Law (9) 72. Division 2 - Sandy Macleod (13) 67, Ian Mcclelland (17) 71, Geoff Christie (26) 73, Ian Hutchison (19) 73, Scott Murray (19) 74. STRATHMORE
Junior Summer League, April 15 - L Purdie (29) 42 points, K Fergusson (30) 28 points.