Whiting Bay Golf Club

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Wednesday 3rd August – The McNicol Cup

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Wednesday 3rd August – The McNicol Cup

33 played in this year’s “McNicol”, one of our oldest trophies dating from 1913. Those playing in the morning endured a miserable time of it with persistent rain and little wind to move it along. The afternoon and evening players fared better, although the wind did strengthen as the hours passed and a couple of pin positions were challenging to say the least. Most of the contending scores came from the later starters and David Brookens being one of them prevailed by one shot from Crawford Paterson.

1st David Brookens (14) – 59
2nd Crawford Paterson (17) – 60
3rd Dave Hackett (15) – 62
4th Gus MacLeod (14) – 63

Nicol Auld returned the lowest gross score on 68. Interestingly the only 2s returned were all scored on the par 4 14th by Kerr Drummond, Markus Kroner and Tom Paterson.

2022 McNicol Cup winner, David Brookens, receives his trophy from WBGC Captain, Stan Rainey.

Saturday 30th July – WBGC Ladies Open

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Saturday 30th July – WBGC Ladies Open

 

31 ladies played in slightly challenging windy but sunny weather. The course was in fabulous condition and our thanks must go to Stuart for rising at 5am to cut the greens! The competition was a stableford format and in 1st place was Ann May on 33 points, 2nd was Lynda Blair & 3rd acb was Flora Jean Mack. An enjoyable evening was had by all with sponsored prizes at every hole and a successful raffle raising just under £1000 for club funds. Our ladies would like to thank one and all for their generous donation

Sunday 31st July – Nestor’s Jug

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Sunday 31st July – Nestor’s Jug

30 played in this popular Stableford and in contrast to the preceding weekend enjoyed perfect golfing conditions with a breeze that strengthened as the morning progressed. Scoring was decent with 20 cards returned with 30 points or more but the winning score, from Graham Wilks almost repeating his heroics of the Jim Pirie Quaich, beat par by only one stroke. Unusually, 2nd place was shared between John Pennycott and David Brookens since despite applying all the countback rules, their cards could not be separated.
1st Graham Wilks (23) – 37 points
2nd Tied – David Brookens (14) – 36
2nd Tied – John Pennycott (14) – 36
4th Ronnie Mann (16) – 35
Gus Macleod and Stan Rainey scored the only 2s of the day at the 2nd and 17th holes respectively.

Wednesday 27th July – The Jim Pirie Quaich

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Wednesday 27th July – The Jim Pirie Quaich

After the wet weather of the weekend 33 players enjoyed their golf in perfect weather conditions on a course in pristine condition, the greens especially so. The Jim Pirie is now played as a handicap Stableford and Graham Wilks romped home with 41 points to win his first trophy at Whiting Bay.

1st Graham Wilks (24) – 41 points
2nd Alan Hill (14) – 38 acb
3rd Neil Lucas (13) – 38
4th Liam Bremner (21) – 37

Neil Richardson scored the only 2 of the day at the 4th hole.