Sunday 6th August – The Ladies Lifeboat Stableford
5 played
1st Christine McLeod (26) – 33 points
2nd Doreen Mainds (14) – 32
No 2s returned
Sunday 6th August – The Ladies Lifeboat Stableford
5 played
1st Christine McLeod (26) – 33 points
2nd Doreen Mainds (14) – 32
No 2s returned
18 played in the last of our charity support opens of 2023. In the benign conditions scoring was good. Andy Martin took full advantage in returning a fine 39 points to win by 4 shots from John Rankin.
1st Andy Martin (16) – 39 points
2nd John Rankin (12) – 35
3rd Stewart Mackintosh (11) – 34
4th Craig Simpson (8) – 33
Surprisingly there were no 2s returned.
22 played in this year’s McNicol, one of our oldest trophies dating from 1913. Scoring was good with the top four places going to scores of par or better.
1st Stewart Mackintosh (12) – 60
2nd Danny Head (5) – 61 and lowest gross
3rd John Pennycot (15) – 63 acb
4th Graham Wilks (18) – 63
Neil Richardson and Kerr Drummond scored the only 2s of the day at the 2nd and 13th respectively.
21 played on a morning that threatened worse weather than it delivered, although underfoot conditions were wet. That said the scores returned were more than reasonable with15 players scoring 30 points or more. Neil “Sonic” Lucas, on 38 points, won by 1 point from a collection of players on 37
1st Neil Lucas (13) – 38 points
2nd Gavin Mainds (4) – 37 acb
3rd Freddie Zund (12) – 37 acb
4th Markus Kroner (3) – 37
David Mair scored the only 2 of the day at the 4th.
A splendid turnout of 41 ladies played in our Ladies Open played as a Stableford over the full 18 holes with a shorter 9 hole version for those that preferred it. It was nice to see so many friends from other island clubs come long to support us, as well as a good sprinkling of members from mainland clubs. Jill Foggo, a member and regular player at Whiting Bay, although this time playing under the colours of Milngavie Golf Club, put her local knowledge to great use to score a magnificent 40 Stableford points and win by 2 from fellow WBGC member Trish Tait. In doing so Jill equalled the ladies course record which has stood since 1995.
1st Jill Foggo (8) – 40 points
2nd Patricia Tait(25) – 38
3rd Catherine McAdam (20) – 33
4th Gillian Lockhart (8) – 32
There were no 2s recorded.
In the 9 hole competition a smaller field of 3 golfers played with Elizabeth Sinclair of Lamlash GC and playing from a handicap of 12, coming out on top with 14 points.
As with the gents and junior opens last weekend, the course was in fantastic shape and our thanks go to Stuart and George for that.
Once again the clubhouse staff rose to the occasion as John and his brigade of helpers, the few, catered for so many, the players and our thanks to each of them. Thanks also to Lynda Blair for the neat handwriting on the clubhouse leaderboard.
Finally our grateful thanks to our main sponsor, The Tartan Tablet Company and to Colin Mainds and to Bay Stores for their generous contributions of drinks for the occasion.
We look forward to seeing you all again next year.
MONDAY | Closed | TUESDAY | 11am to 5pm |
WEDNESDAY | 11am to 10pm | THURSDAY | 11am to 5pm |
FRIDAY | 11am to 10.30pm | SATURDAY | 11am to 5pm |
SUNDAY | 11am to 5pm | Starters Hut Hours Variable|