BACK TO BACK EAGLES AT BALGOWNIE

CALUM PROVIDES ROYAL ABERDEEN

JUNIOR OPEN HIGHLIGHT

 

Royal Aberdeen youngster Calum Innes had an eagle 2 at the 10^th, followed by an eagle 1 at the short 11^th in winning the top handicap prize in his club’s junior open at Balgownie today.

Calum had a scratch round of 72 and a net 62 off his handicap of 10. He used a wedge for his second shot at the 345yd 10^th hole and a five-iron for his ace at the 166yd 11^th.

John Duff, who plays off scratch at Newmachar, had the best scratch score of one under par 71 and two under the CSS.

The tournament attracted a field of 60, including one girl – Eilidh Mackay from Nairn Dunbar. A seven-handicapper, she played off the LGU tees but was allowed four extra strokes and returned a creditable net 75.

LEADING SCORES (Par 71, CSS 72)

SCRATCH

70 John Duff (Newmachar).

72 Calum Innes (Royal Aberdeen).

73 Scott Fraser (Northern).

74 Robert Gallon (Royal Aberdeen).

75 Josh Clark (Montrose Mercantile), Grant Carnie (Newburgh on Ythan).

76 Fraser Clark (Westhill), Tommy Mitchell (Woodlands, Texas), Graeme Mitchell (Northern).

HANDICAP

62 C Innes (Royal Aberdeen) (10). 66 Calum Trahan (McDonald Ellon) (11). 69 R Gallon (Royal Aberdeen) (15). 70 J Duff (Newmachar) (scr), Zac Clark (Royal Aberdeen) (7), F Clark (Westhill) (5), Jamie Nicholas (Nairn Dunbar) (11).