Mens Tournaments - Season 2006-2007

Parry Trophy - 29 April 06
Bruce matches Alistair with 3 wins

Bruce Mackay

It was a fine day for golf on the Links with a breeze to contend with. The CSS for the competition was at 69 and the stats showed a total of 26 birdies. The 5 hardest holes were on the front nine making it a tough start and the second was again proved to be the most troublesome. The 6^th with a tailwind was the easiest and the 16^th gave up four birdies.

In Division two Chris Hobson made a birdie two at the 15^th and scoring was very bunched as players jostled for position. Bill McIntosh (88-18-70) made a birdie at the 13^th to take third place and this helped him push Steve Lucas (83-13-70) into fourth place. Jerry Abbott a relatively new member wins his first sweep money carding (85-16-69) to nab second place with a par round. Andy Whitelaw made it back from the North Sea after all and made a valiant attempt to defend his trophy with the lowest gross of 81 in the Division. With a birdie at the 10^th Andy made top spot in Division two with figures of (81-13-68) but not quite enough to retain the trophy.

In Division one there was 23 birdies and a few hard luck stories. Andy Bain had a tough day at the office but still managed a birdie two at the 9^th. The 16^th took a bashing and gave up birdies to Bill Budding, Neil McDonald and Joe Wilson. Sandy Chisholm made a nil return but when the pressure was off he found a birdie two at the 18^th but too late to make an impact. Donald Mowat had the highlight of a poor round at the 9^th as he sank a birdie two. John O'Brien made a two at the 15^th and Grant Coghill made two at the 5^th to make up for a very ugly start which he could not recover from.

Jock Eunson

There was the customary brace of birdies for Don Mackay (Snr) with birdies at the 6^th and a nice two at the 9^th. Fred Groves also made birdie at the 6^th. Three birdies were taken at the 14^th and these fell to Grant Maxwell Steve Efemey and David Mackay. Grant Maxwell also got a second birdie at the 13^th and one feels it's only a matter of time till Grant makes a good score. Cammie Ross was having an excellent day on the greens and he made three birdies with the putts dropping at the 6^th, 12^th and the 16^th.

Ian Ritchie (78-9-69) made a par round and was nudged back by Lee Parnell (74-5-69) who had a birdie at the 3^rd on the countback as Lee secured 4^th place. Lee was in a three way share of the best scratch score of 74 which he shared with Bruce Mackay and David Dunbar.

Club Champion David Dunbar was in fine form with a sparkling 74 which included a birdie at the 6^th as he returned (74-6-68) and had to make do with third place losing out on the countback. Jock Eunson (79-11-68) made a great attempt at the silverware and nearly made it as he settled for second place.

With a share of the lowest gross of 74 and with Alistair Gunn not in the entry Bruce Mackay (74-8-66) once again dominated the field and ran off with another victory to collect his third win of the summer. Bruce thoroughly deserved victory after a great start to his round with birdies at the 1^st, 3^rd and the 6^th and now looks forward to a break in Portugal to blitz the fairways there.

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