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Sunday 28th November – Par 3 Competition

For the coldest day of the winter so far, we decided to play one of our summer favourites, the Par 3 Competition . It is really quite surprising how much difference moving the tees can make on a course with so many par 3s already on the card. Some found it easier than others of course, but that’s the way of golf, and there were some remarkable 2s scored out of a collection of 14 of them. Gus Macleod continued his recent form to win with a net 55.5 while Jamie Macpherson returned an impressive 60 to take the top scratch score.

1st Gus MacLeod (7.5) – 55.5

2nd Stewart Hammond (21) – 57

3rd Stan Rainey (4.5) – 58.5 acb

Thanks to Nicol Auld for setting up the course. There were some very imaginative tee positions and his vision of the 4th hole will live on in nightmares for many. Great fun though and for such a cold day, a nice brisk game.

Sunday 21^st November – Lamlash Friendly

After last year’s pandemic induced hiatus it was nice to get back to meeting our friends from Lamlash in the first of our winter friendlies. This time Lamlash hosted us and laid on a fine morning’s weather with clear skies and a gentle if cold northerly breeze. Ideal winter golfing conditions and Lamlash member Scott Campbell made the most of them, returning an excellent gross 71, net 57 playing off 14, to win the individual event. On the team front all matches were close but in the end Lamlash prevailed by 2 & 1/2 to 1 & 1/2. 

Congratulations to Lamlash on a fine display of golf and thanks to them for presenting their course in such fine condition. The layout was ideal for winter golf and after the recent wet weather the course had dried out well with the greens putting straight and true. We look forward to welcoming them to Whiting Bay early in 2022

Sunday 14th November – Winter Cup Rd 2

12 played and found the course playing its full length. Admittedly not long to start with but our collection of long par 3s seemed to be even longer on a dreich autumn morning and on the whole scoring reflected that with only Gus MacLeod beating par.

1st Gus MacLeod (15) – 61

2nd Nicol Auld (4) – 65 and lowest gross

3rd Graeme Crichton (11) – 69 acb

Three 2s were recorded – David Brookens at the 4th, Gavin Mainds at the 7th and Gus Macleod at the 11th

 

Sunday 7^th November – AGA Winter League Rd 1

The AGA Winter League campaign got off to a cold and blustery start at Machrie Bay GC where Whiting Bay and Brodick shared the spoils in a hard fought draw.