MUCKHART JUNIOR OPEN

Archie Pattullo and Louis Purdie pick up points. Archie shot a gross 74 and was pipped by a better inward half. Louis’s 80 placed him 7th. They also finished 2nd and 5th in the handicap division respectively. 

Jim Attwood from Inverness GC picked up 4 of our ex hire half sets which just leaves 7 sets to go.

JUNE MEDAL

Firstly thanks to our newest junior committee member Callum Ewan who deputised for Dawn and I today.  He is a past junior Captain and we are delighted that he agreed to assist us in running the section. 

The conditions today were horrendous but the course was still playable and that was verified by the scoring. Louis Purdie shot a gross 79 nett 67 !! This year just gets better. Tomorrow we will be well represented at the Muckhart Junior Open and let’s see what happens next ?

SATURDAY DRAW

 The draw for Saturday is below. It is a Medal so off the whites. Both Iain and I are both away but we are delighted that past Junior Captain, Callum Ewan,  will be performing his first duty as a new member of our committee. Callum will be joining the final group and seeing you all off. 

WHAT AN AMAZING RESPONSE

As most of you know my club hire scheme has been running for 13 years. It’s been an incredible success, adopted by Scottish Golf and rolled out nationally. 

Due to an additional grant we received from SSE Drumderg Community Fund and income generated from hire charges we have been able to upgrade all our clubs to full sets. This meant we had loads of half sets unused.

I took the decision to sell them off at discounted rates and also to include some of our other full sets that were surplus to requirement. What a success it has been.

Dullatur bought 5 sets, Cowal 5 sets, Hollandbush 7 sets, Kingennie 3 sets, Cardross 10 sets, Elgin 10 sets,  King James V1 6 sets, Stirling have reserved 6 sets and Inverness 2 sets. That’s 54 sets leaving us with 14 plus a few others I might consider.

It’s all about getting more youngsters into golf and making it affordable. The purchasing of clubs is often a  stumbling block for participation but with the hire scheme that hurdle is taken away.

BELL SALVER, MUCKHART V STRATHMORE 1

So proud of our young team today. Their confidence has grown so much and having introduced the 12 and under matchplay League at the Club last year, these youngsters have picked up so much experience. They travelled to Muckhart today and came away with a fantastic halved match. Keegan Fergusson led them out and secured a great 2 up win. Keir Reid had a great 6&4 win. Unfortunately Jessica Sievwright and Archie  Loudon both lost out on the 18th hole. So close to a remarkable win but a halved match away from home is very acceptable. They are now in a very strong position having won their first match against Blairgowrie. 

At the Barrie Douglas today Conan Reid finished tied 62nd and Angus Palmer withdrew yesterday due to injury. Past member Tarah Simpson tied 28th in the Girls event. 

 Draw for tomorrow, note the later tee times! 

QUIET COUPLE OF DAYS

Darcy Fleming became our 25th new member for 2025. She also became our 6th Scottish Golf Girls Hub participant and completes our compliment for this year. Last night Dawn and I spent 2 hours with Aoife Short and Darcy, started by Club fitting from our Hire Scheme, free golf shoes from our swap scheme followed by time on the range, working on grip, set up, ball positioning and swing. We then used the practice area for pitching and chip and runs. We then spent time on the putting green on pace and distance control before going onto the course to play some holes. Aoife achieved her 1st Certificate. Took a phone call from Hollandbush Golf Club regarding buying some of our ex hire sets and had an interesting chat with Mags. Today I sent her photographs of available clubs and she is keen to progress. Then tonight Liz from King James V1 phoned me with another enquiry. Messaged Alan from Kingennie who also made an enquiry. This is fantastic to be able to help other clubs get their own schemes up and running. We are selling sets for £20 each so if they rent them out for £25 an instant profit and a no brainer to grow golf and make it affordable and accessible. This is becoming huge and definitely the way forward.