Joe was fitted for a new set of irons today from our hire scheme, and wow what an improvement. His ball striking was very impressive. He shot a nett 65 and won by 8 shots. I believe he has the ability to improve very quickly. He plays Ice Hockey at International level but hopefully he can play a bit more golf next year.
Met Will McLaren today before he went out on the course with his Gran. Suggested they kept his score and met him as we were putting our clubs away. He achieved his first Certificate , second certificate and has a fun handicap of 40. 20 over 9 holes. Congratulations and another player able to play Winter League.
Past Strathmore Junior and Ladies European Tour Professional who is now working at Royal Troon (won the ProScot Young Professional Tour Championship at Gailes Links and in doing so broke the course record. What a fantastic score and result.
Very appropriate that Jessica Sievwright retained the Victoria Irving under 13 match play Trophy today against Archie Loudon. The Trophy was donated in memory of Jessica’s Aunt. I went down to see them off and both hit great drives up the first. She eventually won 3&2 in a closely contested match played in the best spirit.
Dawn and I played with past Junior James Bonar this afternoon and it was great to catch up and hear all his news.
Congratulations to Keir Reid who shot a nett 70 today with a lost ball, great scoring. Dawn was very impressed by his play. I took out Keegan Fergusson, and Hunter McQueen joined as to assess his readiness to upgrade. He managed nine holes and played a lot of good shots but I think he maybe needs another year. His putting was good which will help with his progress. It’s been a while since I played along with Keegan and what a transformation. His ball striking has improved so much and his putting was phenomenal. His score did not reflect his play and there were so many positives to take from today. I was also very impressed on how he encouraged Hunter and gave him advice. His maturity also shone through by his reaction to the couple of poor shots. He didn’t dwell on them but concentrated on his next shot and made them count. He has a goal for 2026 of achieving a Gleneagles Scholarship and it is definitely a possibility on what I witnessed today. Archie Loudon played along with Dawn and she felt he was rushing his swing so hopefully he takes her advice and just slow it down a wee bit. He has had a great season and just needs to play his own game.
Fantastic news, Conan Reid, past Junior Captain and Junior Champion has started his PGA professional career. Based at the Drumoig Golf Centre, run by Stuart Syme, father of Connor Syme who plays on the European Tour.
He has worked there for 2 years and now begins the next part of his journey to achieving his dreams. We are so proud of being part of his progress and wish him all the best for his future.
