Latest Results

Sunday 9th May – The Eric Wood Stableford

A field of 17 for the 2021 running of the Eric Wood Stableford. Conditions were decent although a blustery wind arrived mid morning along with a short lived rain shower. Not bad compared to the forecast from a couple of days earlier. Scoring was also decent with 11 players carding 30 points or more. Sandy Pringle ran out the winner with a fine 39 points to pip Neil McKechnie by 2.

1st Sandy Pringle (15) – 39 points

2nd Neil McKechnie (12) – 37

3rd Ronnie Mann (12) – 35 acb

4th David Brookens (12) – 35 acb

Sandy Pringle and Douglas Auld bagged the only 2s of the day at the 7th and 17th respectively.

Friday 7th May – AGA Seniors Crystal Bowl

After a bye in last weeks opening round, as host club Whiting Bay entertained Shiskine at the semi final stage of the Seniors Crystal. Despite home advantage this was no easy tie for WBGC as members of the Shiskine team were closely familiar with the course and had beaten Lamlash in the opening round. As expected the tie was a tight affair. For Whiting Bay, Gus MacLeod and Ronnie Mann fought out a creditable draw with their Shiskine opponents while in the other game John Pennycott and Dougie Auld battled to a 2 hole advantage after 17 holes. This gave  Whiting Bay the match and a place in next week’s final against Machrie Bay GC who had overcome Brodick in the other semi. 

Sunday 2nd May – AGA Spring Handicap at Brodick GC

Having missed out in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, the AGA Spring Handicap got back underway at Brodick on Sunday and once again a Whiting Bay member came out on top. Following Kevin Macaleney’s winning score of 57 at Whiting Bay in 2019 David Morrison won at Brodick with an equally (at least) impressive net 60 against a par of 65 to win by 1 shot in a field of 52 island golfers.

All present agreed the course was in superb condition and thanks go to Brodick GC and its green keeping staff for that, to the clubhouse and staff for the warm welcome and catering and to the AGA for organising this popular event with its usual efficiency.

Finally though it’s congratulations to David Morrison on such a fine performance in winning this prestigious event.

Wednesday 28^th April – The Richard Parfitt Memorial Stableford

26 played in this popular early season Stableford. Conditions were fine if chilly and scoring was decent with the top sixteen cards returned scoring 30 points or better. John Pennycott bettered that figure by 10 points to successfully defend the trophy he won last year and beat Dave Hackett, himself on a decent run of  form just now, by 2 points.

1st John Pennycott (14) – 40 points

2nd Dave Hackett (13) – 38

3rd Graeme Crichton (14) – 37 acb

4th Nicol Auld (4) – 37 acb

2s were scored at the 7th by David Blair, at the 14th by Neil McKechnie, at the 16th by Stan Rainey and at the 17th by David Blair, Graeme Crichton and Stan Rainey.

Sunday 25th April – Captain’s Prize

30 played on a glorious morning for club captain Stan Rainey’s Captain’s Prize day. The shotgun start coupled with the relaxed format of a yellow tees Stableford made for a most enjoyable morning’s golf. The field was mixed with prizes for both gents and ladies.

In the overall competition the placings were

1^st Dave Hackett (13) 40 points acb

2nd Stewart Hammond (32) – 40

3rd Patricia Tait (30) – 39 acb

4th John Simmons (14) – 39

Patricia also scooped first prize in the ladies field where the runners up was Lynda Blair (23) on 38 points just pipping Gillian Lockhart (17) into 3rd place on a countback. Kevin MacAleney scored the only 2 of the day at the 17^th and also won the prize for nearest the pin there.

Many thanks are due to captain Stan Rainey for the arrangements and for his generosity in providing such an array of prizes, especially standing the fact that he was unable to play himself due to injury. Next year Stan; next year.