Whiting Bay Golf Club

Wednesday August 4, The McNicol Cup. Dating from 2013, the McNicol is another of our oldest trophies popular with local golfers and holidaymakers alike.

A total of 35 played in the 2021 competition and found the course at its firmest following the long summer dry spell with unpredictable bounces providing a counterpoint to the long running tee shots. Perhaps unsurprisingly scoring was not quite as spectacular as it has been recently.

Markus Kroner returned the best gross score of the day to win with a net 62 beating John Rankin by one shot. 1 Markus Kroner 5, 62 and lowest gross, 2 John Rankin 7, 63, 3 Gavin Mainds 7, 64 acb, 4 Jamie Macpherson 4, 64. Magic twos, Sandy Kelso @1st, Finlay Aherne @3rd, Jamie Macpherson and Peter Towndrow@4th and Crawford Paterson@17th.

Sunday August 8, The Lifeboat. Despite a torrential morning downpour 20 brave souls endured the elements to play in The Lifeboat, our final open Stableford of the summer. Scoring was remarkably good considering the conditions, with 14 cards returned on 30 points or more. Cameron Bruce topped the lot with 43 points to ease home four points ahead of his nearest challenger. 1 Cameron Bruce 31, 43pts, 2 Douglas Graham 15, 39 acb, 3 Fraser McKenzie 15, 39, 4 Ronnie Mann 14, 36. Magic twos, Douglas Graham and Jamie Macpherson @4th, John Rankin @7th. Fixtures: Sunday August 15, McKelvie Cup round one.

Monday August 16, AGA Champion of Champions.

Wednesday August 18, Summer Trophy, Championship Qualifier. Until further notice there will be no draws for partners and players should arrange their own groupings.