Seniors Bowl tees off island golfing season
Arran Golfers Association (AGA) has announced the first fixtures of the season which kicks off with the Seniors Bowl which starts at the end of the month.
Fixtures are as follows: Seniors Bowl at Whiting Bay, Friday April 30, Friday May 7 and Friday May 14, all at 5pm sharp. The first round draw is as follows: Whiting Bay get a bye in the first round to the semi-finals where they play the winners of Lamlash v Shiskine. The other two first round matches are: Lochranza Castle v Machrie Bay and Corrie v Brodick.
Spring Handicap at Brodick, Sunday May 2, morning and afternoon slots available. Contact your club to put your name on the sheet or contact Hamish via Facebook. Late entries will be accepted.
Junior Handicap at Brodick, Monday May 3, from 4pm, under-18s, strokeplay.
The annual general meeting can’t go ahead as usual due to the pandemic.
The plan is to have it later in the year.
Lamlash Golf Club
Ladies section: Wednesday April 14, Easter competition. A total of 13 ladies enjoyed a 12-hole stableford competition on a gloriously sunny afternoon. Winner with 29 points was Kate McAdam and runner up was Fiona Carswell with 24 points.
Thursday April 15, Summer Cup. 1 Serge El Adm 7211=61; 2 Dougie Macfarlane 65-3= 62; 3 Euan Bone 76-13=63; 4 Derek Harrison 86-22=64 BIH. Magic twos Euan Bone @13th, Douglas Macfarlane @12th, Stuart Campbell @16th, Graeme Andrew @14th and Scott Campbell @8th. Hole 16 drawn. Sunday April 18, Hugh Hutchison Greensome. 1 Paul Jameson and Derek Harrison 72-14.8=57.2; 2 Serge El Adm and Alan Campbell 73-11.8=61. Best Scratch Norrie MacIntyre and Stuart McLaren 71. Magic twos Serge El Adm and Stuart Campbell @13th and 16th, Iain Murchie and Scott Campbell @16th. Fixture: Sunday April 25, Drift Inn Quaich (Stableford), noon draw. Thursday April 29, Summer Cup. Make up own groups and see starter for times.
Corrie Golf Club
Wednesday April 14, medal. 1 D Logan 74-11=63; 2 G Decaestecker 84-20=64; 3 G Andrew 74-9=65. Scratch R Logan 73.
Saturday April 17, medal. 1 M McDonald 75-15=60 and scratch; 2 A McDonald 7814=64; 3 A Smith 80-14=66.
Fixtures: Saturday April 24, 18-hole medal. Please arrange your own matches and adhere to current Covid regulations.
Whiting Bay Golf Club
Sunday April 18, medal. After a week of bright sunny weather a bit of a shock to the system for the 22 who played on a damp and chilly morning. The shock did not appear to affect too many though; scoring was good with the top five players all beating par. Top of the heap with an
exceptional net 60 was club captain Stan Rainey.
Result: 1 Stan Rainey (11) 60, 2 Jamie Stewart (5) 61 acb and lowest gross, 3 Nicol Auld (5) 61 acb, 4 Gus MacLeod (13) 61. Jamie Stewart bagged the only magic two of the day @2nd hole.
Fixtures: Sunday April 25, Captain’s Prize. For this special day there will be a draw at 10am with games starting at various tees if needed. Wednesday April 28, the Richard Parfitt Stableford.
Brodick Golf Club
Wednesday April 14, Summer Cup, 42 played. 1 Alan McNicol 74-16=58, 2 Chris Park 76-15=61, 3 Gordon Hendry 68-6=62. Scratch Ewan McKinnon 66.
Sunday April 18, British Legion Cup, Stableford, 31 played. 1 Bob McCrae (9) 42pts, 2 Matt Dobson (6) 40pts, 3 Terry Raeside (13) 38pts. British Legion Trophy, 36 holes, round two, 31 played. 1 Bob McCrae 68-9=59, 2 Matt Dobson 67-6=61, 3 Fred Galbraith 7915=64. Scratch Matt Dobson 67.
Fixture: Sunday April 25, Belhaven Medal.
Shiskine Golf Club
Thursday April 15, ladies’ fun Tri-Am. 1 Fiona Henderson, Julia Salton, Mary Jo Tod nett 81; 2 Jenni Turnbull, Esther Henderson, Yvonne Brothers nett 87.
Sunday April 18, gents’ 18-hole medal. 1st class: 1 and scratch Robbie Crawford 71-10=61, 2 Alan Stewart 73-8=65, 3 Joe Faulkner 759=66. 2nd class: 1 and winner Alastair Kerr 74-13=61 BIH, 2 Peter King 91-28=63, 3 Robert Waine 82-15=67. Magic twos R Waine, R Crawford, A Ingham and A Stewart.
Machrie Bay Golf Club
Tuesday April 20, Peter Sutton: 1 Brian Sherwood 62, 2 John Pennycott 63, 3 Phil Betley 63. Magic two Hamish Bannatyne.
Fixtures: Tuesday April 27, Peter Sutton/Lady Mary tee-off 1.30pm and 5.30pm. Anyone intending to play in the evening please contact Brian by Monday. Saturday May 1, Hugh Steel Cup to be played over nine holes, tee-off 12.30pm.