Club Championship & Monthly Medals - Season 2009-2010

J&G Sutherland/December Medal - 05 December 09
Robertson glad he stayed out

There is a well known cliche, 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going'. Translated into golfing terms this means that when conditions are demanding, the lower handicap players tend to handle them best.

This was certainly the case at Thurso Golf Club on Saturday when the cream came to the top in the J&G Sutherland December Medal, played in miserable wet and windy weather.

Despite a birdie at the sixth, Bob Robertson was having serious thoughts of turning for home after the seventh hole, but, encouraged by a wave through from the group ahead, decided to carry on. Just as well, as he went on to win the Medal after a fine four over par inward nine and a nett 72 to beat Nicky Doherty by a shot. Doherty shared an outward nine of 41 with the winner but was a couple of shots behind him on the way in.

Ed Wylie's outward nine of 40 was the beat of the day but he slipped to an inward 43 to share third place with Trevor Henderson.

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