FLAG CHAMPIONSHIP

What a close run finish with less than a foot separating the first two. Ollie McLaren and Cameron Duncan went out first and both played some great shots. Cameron reached 40yds up the 6th fairway. Ollie just missed his putt on the 7th and finished within a foot of the hole with his 36th shot. Harry Marsden-Adam holed his 36th shot on 5 by holing his putt and Vikram Prasad was delighted to finish 3rd with 2 good shots up the 6th. It all came down to Mia Baxter who had 5 shots left. Her tee shot was very high but her second shot made up for it. Her third shot was a great pitch onto the green and her first putt just missed going in. Ollie had went out with Tom Grewar for a game and was watching with interest when Mia rolled in her last shot to win by less than a foot. Great fun was had by all. 

Vikram also got fitted for a full set of Golphin Clubs from our Hire Scheme today along with a free pair of golf shoes from our swap scheme. Looking forward to seeing his progress now he’s fully kitted out. 

PERTH AND KINROSS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Decent result for our team today. Archie Pattullo tied the best gross and out team including Keegan Fergusson and Cameron Galloway finished 3rd in both the gross and nett. We tied with 2 other teams in the nett, all with the same score, but lost out on the third score count back. 

JULY MEDAL

Had the pleasure to accompany Olly Stevenson and Cameron Robertson today. Olly played exceptionally well and his score could have been better,  as he was 3 off the tee on the 5th hole. His driving has improved so much and his baby draw is certainly working. He is hitting the ball further, has a very good short game and his putting was solid. Cameron was playing in only his third counting round since achieving his handicap and the experience he is gaining will help him get used to competition play. Like all new players he is trying too hard to smash every tee shot when really he just needs to relax a wee bit and it will all happen. He has a great swing and with a few adjustments will develop into another good player. Keegan Fergusson again played solid and in tough conditions shot a very respectable 80. His consistency reflects in his scores.

BUSY WEEKEND

Unfortunately we lost our last Bell Salver league match against North Inch and will not progress to the semi final stage this year. Jack Stevenson won his match 6&4 and included an eagle 2 on the tenth hole. Archie Loudon lost 3 & 2 in a see saw match where up until the 14th hole there had only ever been one hole in it either way. Keir Reid had been ahead early on but found himself behind but fair play battled back to take his match up the last before losing out. Archie Pattullo was finding it tough giving away 6 shots but managed to take his match to the 17th. Our GolfSixes team travelled to King James V1 and came a very creditable 3rd. We did have a late call off, so Arthur Grewar played alone, and was allowed one off green mulligan per hole. Delighted to say all 3 Strathmore scores were identical with 27 shots and 39 points. Ellis Murray and Harry Marsden-Adam were making their debuts and were teamed up with John Gillan and Mia Baxter respectively. Stevie Baxter took the managers role today and reported all 5 had a great time. Yesterday was the President's Cup and Keir Reid just pipped Archie Pattullo by 1 shot with a nett 70. 

STRATHMORE GOLF CENTRE’S WHS HANDICAP INCENTIVE

Following on from the Centre fitting Top Tracer to all booths at their Floodlit Driving Range they introduced a WHS Handicap incentive scheme. Players with WHS Handicaps receive 5 DigiCards and those with single figure handicaps receive an additional 5. Those gaining new handicaps and anyone becoming single figures receive the 5 DigiCards. 

Congratulations to Olly Whelan, Finn Whelan and Cameron Robertson on achieving WHS Handicaps and Jack Stevenson who now has a single figure handicap. 

More practice leads to lower handicaps but start on the putting green, move to the chipping area before hitting balls on the range. 

BELL SALVER

We travelled up to Crieff today to play our league match. Archie Pattullo played really well but found giving away 5 shots just a bit too much and lost out 2&1. Keegan Fergusson kept up his good form and despite giving away 3 shots won 4&2. Tom Stevenson was giving away 2 shots and took his game to the 16th before losing out 3&2. Olly Stevenson played out last and was getting 10 shots but his opponent played very well and he lost out 4&2. Not the result we were looking for but next Sunday we play our final league match and with a result against North Inch at Strathmore we should qualify for the semi finals. 

BUSY DAY AT THE CLUB

5th Club Championship qualifier and Keegan Fergusson showed his class in very windy conditions and a slow round, due to the course being very busy. His gross 80 nett 72 was very impressive. Cameron Robertson played his third card for handicap and he is delighted with his WHS 27.8, he can now enter all Club, County and Open events but has played himself out of the GolfSixes. Was great to see loads of juniors out playing on Leitfie today and it’s encouraging as numbers playing in Saturday competitions has dropped off and we need more players to step up.