Hello golfers,
I hope you've all had a fantastic week on and off the golf course and welcome to another exciting edition of the Moray Pro Shop weekly newsletter, bringing you up to date with all the latest news and gossip from within the walls of MGC.
It's a big weekend of golf with the US Open taking place at Oakmont Country Club. This is the 9th time it's been held on the course. The par 70 course measures 7254 yards and looks to be set up in the usual US Open fashion with lightening fast greens, narrow fairways and thick rough. The scoring is usually pretty high compared to most other weekly events, and I'm sure the Pro's will struggle to tame the course as usual. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. Do you like seeing the Pro's struggle or do you think the course is too difficult?
My outside bets for the week are Brooks Koepka and Matt Kuchar.
Click here to let me know your thoughts, or come and have a chat in the pro shop.
The draw for the Pro Shop US Open sweepstake are available by clicking here....Good Luck.
Last week, the Ladies Curtis Cup was played over in County Wicklow, and it was great to see the GB & I team taking victory by 11 ½ - 8 ½ over their American opponents for the 2nd time in 10 events. Our very own Rules Official, Liz Munro was officiating during the event and said "It was Awesome". It's great to have Liz representing the golf club at this event and great to see GB&I lift the trophy. Let's hope it encourages some of the up and coming junior girls to keep at the game.
Derek has been away playing in a 4 ball event at Royal Musselburgh this week and then has a run of events with the Northern Open at Royal Dornoch next week and then the Elgin Pro-Am followed by the Scottish Open qualifier at Moray GC. Hopefully with a bit of golf behind him he can have a few good rounds and maybe tee it up with the world's best at Castle Stuart.
We have the Mens, Ladies and Seniors Club Championships all underway, and I'll do a full round up in next week newsletter. Good Luck to everyone playing.
Congratulations to the Scratch team who won the 2nd leg of their match against Turriff Golf Club by a score of 4 1/2 - 3 1/2 away from home to win the match 10-6 overall, and progress to the next round.
Men's Club Championships (CSS 73/74)
Kevin Thomson leads the way at the halfway stage of the Men's Club Championships after solid rounds of 70/74 for a +2 par total of 144. The course was in great condition with quick greens and firm and bouncy fairways making the course play very tricky from the blue tees. Stuart Tatters is one shot back on 145 with Michael Wilson 3rd back on 150. The 3rd round will be played on Friday night with the deciding round taking place on Saturday afternoon. Good Luck to all competitors.
1st - Kevin Thomson - 70 + 74 = 144, 2nd - Stuart Tatters - 73 + 72 = 145, 3rd - Michael Wilson - 76 + 74 = 150, 4th - Ian S Geddes - 76 + 75 = 151, 5th - Malcolm L MacLeman - 75 + 78 = 153
A full list of magic 2's and raffle winners are on the notice board in the shop.
Summer Stableford - New CSS 70
It was a high scoring day as Mike O'Brien took top spot in the summer Stableford on Saturday. Mike had a fantastic 41 pts to narrowly beat Mick Bradley on a countback with Rory Foster 3rd on 40 pts.
1st = Mike P O'Brien - 41pts, 1st = Mick R Bradley - 41pts, 3rd - Rory Foster - 40pts, 4th = Anthony Blake - 39pts, 4th = Kenneth Scott - 39pts
A list of the magic 2's and ball raffle winners are posted in the shop.
Senior Club Championship (CSS 73)
Scratch
M. J. Dean - 74;
M. M. Macleman - 75;
J. Dawson, J. R. McLeod - 78;
P. Smith - 79;
K. G. Armit - 80.
Handicap
J. Dawson (10) - 68;
M. J. Dean (5) - 69;
J. Dennis (12) - 70;
P. S. Stuart (13), P. Smith (8), M. M. Macleman (4), J. R. McLeod (7) - 71;
K. G. Armit (8), P. V. Page (12), A. G. Neish (12) - 72;
R. G. Main (14), H. R. McMillan (8), J. G. Doherty (20), J. Smith (17) - 73
Moray & Nairn Seniors - New Course - Non Qualifying
Moray members did well in the Moray & Nairn Seniors over the New Course last Thursday with Alex Souter taking division 1 with 37 pts while Mick Bradley took division 2 with 36 pts. Well Done Gents.
Division 1
1st - Alex R Souter - 37pts, 2nd - Jim S Rae - 35pts, 3rd = Patrick Smith - 33pts, 3rd = John C MacGregor - 33pts, 5th - Hugh R McMillan - 31pts
Division 2
1st - Mick R Bradley - 36pts, 2nd - Ian Rae - 34pts, 3rd = Cameron Beattie - 33pts, 3rd = David Chisholm - 33pts
This week has the Ladies Club Championships underway with rounds 1 & 2 played this week and next week the 3rd and 4th rounds taking place.
Good Luck to all ladies playing and the top scores after round 1 were as follows:
Handicap
1st = Ellie Docherty - 85 - 6c = 79, 1st = Barbara Hendry - 94 - 15c = 79, 3rd - Sarah Westwood - 96 - 17c = 79, 4th = Iris Wilson - 96 - 16c = 80, 4th = Barbara Caie - 104 - 24c = 80
Scratch
1st -Ellie Docherty - 85, 2nd - Kay Vincent - 89, 3rd - Judy Robertson - 92, 4th - Barbara Hendry - 94
Ladies Captains Prize - Old Course (CSS 76)
Congratulations to Lesley Docherty who won the Captains Prize with a fine 75 to pip daughter Ellie by a single shot.
1st - Lesley Docherty - 95 - 20c = 75, 2nd - Ellie Docherty - 82 - 6c = 76, 3rd - Eliz Munro - 95 - 17c = 78, 4th - Netta Forbes - 109 - 28c = 81, 5th - Valerie Dennis - 105 - 22c = 83
9 Hole Stableford - 8th June - New Course
Mary McConnachie stormed to victory with an impressive 23 pts over the 9 hole Stableford last Wednesday. Mary beat Netta Forbes by 2pts who also had a great 21 pts total. Well Done Ladies..
1st - Mary McConnachie - 23pts, 2nd - Netta Forbes - 21pts, 3rd - Ellie Docherty - 19pts, 4th - Gina McKenzie - 18pts, 5th - Elizabeth Harris - 17pts
Congratulations to Billy Devine on winning the Junior Medal (3) on Saturday with a fine 65 to beat Reagan Main by a single shot, with Jack Ure 3rd on 68.
1st - Billy Devine - 89 - 24c = 65, 2nd - Raegan J Main - 85 - 19c = 66, 3rd - Jack Ure - 88 - 20c = 68, 4th - Kyle Thomson - 101 - 29 = 72, 5th - Caiol Provan - 100 - 27c = 73
Felicity Cup
The junior team travelled to Inverurie to play the 1st leg of their Felicity Cup match. Unfortunately the team struggled against a team that took full advantage of the home advantage. Jack Ure claimed the only point as the team were beaten 7-1. The home tie takes place on Sunday, so here's hoping they can turn things around and pull off a whitewash to progress to the next round....Good Luck Guys.. (and Ellie..)
Our next Fitting day is with TaylorMade on Wednesday, 27 July between 3pm-7pm.
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Moray Bonus Ball Lottery
Well done to last week's winners Dale Fraser who won the Driver of choice and Derek Petrie who picked up the £2.50 draw taking £147.50 worth of shop credit.
This week's draws currently up for grabs are:
- A choice of any 3 wedges at £6 per ball
- A choice of fairway wood for £3.50 (3 for £10)
Be quick they are selling fast..
Click here to visit our Facebook page for the draws.
Approaching their putts on the 6th green (Old) Neil and James noticed that there was a lot of sand on the green from both bunkers front left and right lying on their lines of putt. Before James putted he took off his cap and made a good job of clearing the sand from his line. Neil was busy clearing the sand on his line with his putter but was finding it harder to clear. James called over to Neil "You will find it easier if you use your cap."
Neil thought he was only permitted to remove loose impediments i.e. sand on the green with his hand or his club
What was James' response?
James said that under Rule 25 'Loose Impediments', a player is permitted to use any means to remove loose impediments. except that in removing them on the line of putt a player must not press anything down.
