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.
The final major of the golfing season has come and gone and it certainly didn't disappoint. My pick of the week Jason Day continued his amazing form in the big events and finally held out to win his first major championship with a 20 under par total to beat Jordan Spieth by 3 shots.
Day's stats spoke for themselves this week as he was 5th in driving distance but also 5th in driving accuracy….which is pretty impressive when you average 306.9 yards per drive!! He was also 2nd in greens hit in regulation at 76%. Put these three stats together and your looking at someone who is going to be pretty tough to beat!
Day picked up a cool $1.8 million for his victory and takes his season earnings over the $6 million mark!! Unfortunately I'm not any better off as I failed to back my own prediction at the bookies……and didn't bother with my lottery ticket either…..If only!!!!!
Jordan Spieth had another great week and made it 1st, 1st, 4th and 2nd in the majors this year and his only consolation after finishing in 2nd place on Sunday was that he claimed the world no.1 spot from Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy had a pretty good return to tournament play after injury, finishing in 17th position on -9 for the week. He was very humble on his facebook page posting:
"2 inevitable things happened today, Jason Day winning a major and Jordan Spieth getting to 1 in the world! Congrats guys!! Inspiring stuff!"
Matt Jones, leader after the 2nd round, had a very unusual lie during the 3rd round at Whistling Straits. He drove his ball into the hospitality stand and opted to play from the carpeted area around all the spectators.
Check out his shot by clicking here.
My second prediction last week was that either Kyle Godsman or Jeff Wright would go on to win shortly on the SGU circuit, and it only took one week as Kyle Godsman won the North East Open Amateur Championship at Cruden Bay over the weekend.
Kyle had rounds of 72, 66, 72, 72 for a +2 total of 282 to take a one shot victory and claim his first 72 hole SGU Order of Merit Tournament victory.
I'm sure you will all join me in congratulating Kyle on his victory and I'm now looking forward to seeing how both Kyle and Jeff get on this weekend in the David Blair Trophy over Moray Old course.
RNMDSF - Old Course CSS 74
Congratulations to Aaron Stewart in winning the RNMDSF played over the Old Course on Saturday with a fine 75 (68). Despite some heavy rain on the day and some very wet players, we still managed a field of 144 players. Malcolm Macleman finished 2nd with the best gross on the day with a -2 round of 69 ahead of Jim Young, Alex Mair and Bob Macpherson all tied on 70.
1st - Aaron Stewart - 75 - 7c = 68
2nd - Malcolm L MacLeman - 69 - 0c = 69
3rd = Jim K Young - 74 - 4c = 70
3rd = Alex W Mair - 72 - 2c = 70
3rd = Robert G MacPherson - 78 - 8c = 70
Magic 2's were worth £6.66. There were a total of 18 2's on the day. A full list can be seen in the Pro Shop.
Ball Raffle
10 Balls - S Little Jnr, 9 balls - M McDonald, 8 balls - KG Armit, 7 balls - T Scholefield, 6 balls - J McGrath, 5 balls - JC Macgregor, 4 balls - DR Main
Mid Week Medal
Well Done to Shaun Geddes who won the mid week medal with a fine 78 (69) to beat Michael Dixon and John Matheson by a shot. John had the lowest gross on the day with a -1 round of 70
1st - Shaun Geddes - 78 - 9c = 69
2nd = Michael Dixon - 78 - 8c = 70
2nd = John G Matheson - 70 - 0c = 70
4th = John McGrath - 77 - 6c = 71
4th = Ryan Denyer - 85 - 14c = 71
2's were worth £5 to the following players:
J Steel, I Meggatt, P Page, R Duncan, C Newlands, G Murray, K Thomson, BA Macleman, S Dixon
Ball Raffle
6 Balls - R Bowlt, 5 Balls - S Adams, 4 Balls - AM Dixon, 3 Balls - BA Macleman
Senior Medal
Bob Macpherson won Seniors medal 5 on Tuesday with a fantastic 74 (67) over the old course which included birdies at the 1st, 12th and 16th holes. Bob Adams was 2 shots behind with 69, with Jim Young in 3rd place on 72.
1st -
Robert G MacPherson - 74 - 7c = 67
2nd -
Robert R Adams - 78 - 9c = 69
3rd -
Jim K Young - 76 - 4c = 72
4th =
Alistair G Neish - 84 - 11c = 73
4th =
David G Davey - 85 - 12c = 73
Junior Medal 6
1st - Harvey Kane - 102 - 30c = 72
2nd - Jack McNeilly - 87 - 12c = 75
3rd - Alan Currie - 97 - 20c = 77
4th - Euan Main - 101 - 23c = 78
Ladies KSM Stableford
Congratulations to Joan Pratt on winning the Ladies KSM Stableford with a great score of 41 pts on the Old Course. Ellie Docherty took 2nd place with 38 pts and reduced her handicap to 7 in the process. Ellie has now reduced her handicap by 9 shots so far this year!! Anne Souter took 3rd place with another solid round of 37pts. Well Done Ladies!!
1st - Joan Pratt - 41pts
2nd - Ellie Docherty - 38pts
3rd - Anne Souter - 37pts
4th = Iris Wilson - 34pts
4th = Donna Madigan - 34pts
TaylorMade Special Offers
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Billy's drive at the 2nd Old Course found the bunker on the right side of the fairway short of the ridge. His ball had just fallen into the bunker and was close to the left side giving Billy a very difficult stance with his left foot outside the bunker.
He had several attempts at taking and retaking his stance in an attempt to get a level stance with his right foot.
David was watching from the middle of the fairway and went over to observe what Billy was doing. Should Billy be concerned at David's observations?
A. Yes. David was about to penalise him 2 strokes for a breach of Rule 13-3 " A player is entitled to place his feet firmly in taking his stance, but he must not build a stance".
