Some present and former League Players have done well in June, led by James Morgan of Longniddry, currently home from college in Memphis, USA. James won the oldest Amateur trophy in the world, the 72 hole Tennant Cup, at Glasgow Gailes and Killermont. Scotsman report and photo here. The winner in 2022 was another former League Player for Dunbar, Jack McDonald. James went on to finish 2nd in the 72 hole East of Scotland Championships at Lundin GC, where Harry Bent and Joint League Secretary Jack Rogan, both made the cut. Scores here. Jack McDonald made it through Regional Qualifying for the Open Championship at Goswick, as did David Rudd of Longniddry at North Hants. Oliver Mukherjee and Cameron Adam, a member of our Watson Cup Team, also qualified. Sadly, James missed out on the playoff for Open Qualifying at Goswick by just one stroke. Scores at each qualifying venue are here. In the 54 hole Barrie Douglas Junior Masters at Strathmore, Brodie Cunningham won with a nine under par total of 207, just 1 stroke ahead of Cameron Mukherjee. Evie McCallum was in 4th place in the Girls event. In the Three Foundations 72 hole event at Blairgowrie, Brodie Cunningham was AGAIN the Boys winner, with a four round total of 285, 3 under par. Cameron Mukherjee, Luca Smith and Aidan Lawson were 4th, 5th and 6th. Evie McCallum and Ellie Bent were 4th and 7th in the Girls event. In the earlier SGF Trophy and Vase events at Schloss Roxburghe, the 72 hole Boys’ event was won by Luca Smith, with a four over par total of 292, followed closely by James Wood and Aidan Lawson. In the Girls’ event Evie McCallum finished in 2nd place and Ava Paterson was 4th. Our own Shona Paton, Captain and Junior Convenor at Gifford, was 3rd in the East Lothian Ladies Summer Meeting round her home course, with a net 72! Brodie lies in 2nd place in Scottish Golf’s Order of Merit, behind Aidan Lawson. Evie lies 2nd in the Girls’ OOM. Well played all of you, ESPECIALLY BRODIE (now off 3.5 handicap) AND EVIE (now off 0.2 handicap!) Here’s the best bit – Stella Walters aged 9 and already with a handicap of 12, won the B Championship at Craigielaw beating some adult men and lady members! INTERNATIONAL TEAMS – several of our regular players have been selected for Scottish Teams to compete in the European Team Championships in July. The Team lists can be seen on Scottish Golf here. Well done to Grace, Evie, Oliver, Fergus, Jake, Aidan and Brodie.
Results for MD5 @ Haddington
Well done to the 58 players who competed at Haddington today in MD5. Scoring was difficult though, despite the fine weather, as the greens were firm. Thanks are due to our hosts and to our usual band of helpers, Jack, Shona, Ric and Steve. The gross and net scores individual scores appear on Golf Genius at MD5 – Leaderboard. Congratulations to The West Links Bass Team who came out on top and increased their lead in the League Table. Pride of place goes to Luke McLaughlin who stormed to a best of the day total of 44 points. The Team and leading individual scores for the event can be seen below. Prizes can be collected at the next MD. The League Table has been updated and can be seen on this website. All scores have been submitted to WHS so any handicap changes will be made overnight. Please ignore the OoM standings on Golf Genius, as I have made an error which will be resolved soon. Thanks, Dave Warren.
GolfSixes result 30th April
Here are the results from the latest Golf Sixes event held at Seton Sands on the 30th April, kindly sent on by Kate Green. Photo below. A huge thanks to Seton Sands Golf Course for hosting our first ever fixture on their great 9 hole par 3 course. Bit longer than what we’re used to but a fantastic facility! Thanks to all the parents and grandparents for walking round and supporting the players. Thanks also to all the local club PGA Pros that came along and supported their Golf Sixes teams (Katy McNicol (NB West Links), Myles Cunningham (Gullane), Fraser Malcolm (The Glen) and Cammy Donaldson (Craigielaw) – your time is very much appreciated.
Golf Sixes Match 1 @ Seton Sands: Results
1st Gullane 125
2nd Craigielaw 117
3rd West Links 110
4th The Glen 105
5th Team EL 96
Longest drive at 3rd Archie Brownlee. Nearest pin at 1st Freddie Bradley Nearest pin at 6th Oscar (The Glen) Best pair score: Freddie Bradley and Lucas Sadler tied with Charlie and Ben Carmichael with 42 points … all Gullane GC
East Girls beat West!
The East of Scotland Girls Team recently defeated the West Girls by 6- 2 to win the Mhairi McKay Trophy at Cathkin Braes, in Glasgow. Well done to all the Team especially 3 of the Girls in our League, Ellie Bent, Louise Martin, and Katie Mackenzie who all won their matches. A report and the results can be seen here.
Abigail May beat Ava Graham 3 & 2
Erin Huskie lost to Neve Marshall 2 & 1
Carly McDonald beat Lucie Barclay 7 & 5
Katie Mackenzie beat Melissa Keay 3 & 2
Lara Douglas lost to Kate Dunne 1 hole
Lucy Fraser beat Mia McElwinay 6 & 5
Louise Martin beat Orla Moran 7 & 5
Ellie Bent beat Ellie McManus 7 & 5
MD4 results at Longniddry!
Many thanks to Longniddry Golf Club for their excellent hospitality at Match Day 4 on Sunday the 30th April. The scoring achieved by the 61 Players who took part proved that the course was playing hard! Scores have been updated to WHS so handicaps will change overnight. Congratulations to Kilspindie for winning the Team event by 5 points from Longniddry. Both Teams, along with Gullane, moved up closer to the Leaders West Links Bass. See League table on this website. The best net points were 38 scored by Euan Bernard of Dunbar and by Scott Porteous of Longniddry, and Euan edged the first prize with a better back 9 of 20 points. The best scratch points total of 32 was scored by Harris Munro and by Jack Collingswood with Harris winning with the better points total over the last 6 holes. Full Team and the best Individual scores appear below on the attached table. The full individual scoring can be seen on the Golf Genius App, by going to Match Day 4, Results. Prizes awarded for today and can be collected at the next MD at Haddington on Sunday the 28th May. The scratch and handicap Orders of Merit can be seen on the GolfGenius App at Member Portal, Season Points. Rory McArdle now leads the Net OOM by 25 points from Sam Ratcliffe and Adam McLean. In the Scratch OOM, Jack Collingswood now leads by 6 points from Fraser Walters.
Only 23 Players have registered for this so far so please get your entries in through the Golf Genius App. I have also just opened up the 2 MDs on the 2nd July at Kilspindie and on the 16th July at Dunbar, so Players can enter these now. Thanks to all the Convenors who helped on the day at Longniddry. Dave Warren, Jt. League Secretary.
Note – there were some errors with input of scores for one group of players due to the temporary loss of WiFi on Sunday, which have now been checked and rectified – in red figures on the table below. The positions of West Links Bass now 4th, and Craigielaw now 5th, have been reversed now to reflect that fact, and the League Table amended accordingly. Kilspindie are still the leading Team for that MD. The Convenors concerned have been informed. Apologies. Dave Warren.
East Lothian Junior Golf fixtures
This link will take you to the downloadable complete list of fixtures for our County kindly prepared by Kate Green. It contains many fixtures – the free-to-enter League events, Junior Opens, Wee Wonders, Stephen Gallacher events, Fun and Order of Merit competitions, etc. Players and Parents can fill their Calendars with the best value golf in the World for Juniors! Dave Warren. Jt. League Secretary.
MD3 Results at Craigielaw!
Thanks to all at Craigielaw for hosting our event on Sunday the 23rd April, and to our helpers Steve Austin, Ric Foulner, Stuart Findlay and Colin Leishman. The standard of play was excellent. The Team scores can be seen on the attached table. There was a great battle for 1st place between 5 Teams who were separated by only 3 points! West Links Fidra pipped Longniddry on 150 points with the better 5th score of 31 points to 30 points. Craigielaw edged West Links Bass for 3rd place with their better 5th score after they had both tied on 148 points, and Dunbar were very close behind on 147 points. The League table has been updated. Craigielaw and West Links Fidra have closed in on the leaders, West Links Bass. The best individual net scores were impressive, with 3 Players on 41 net points, and after the back 9 count-back, the winner was Rory Papakyriakou, with Maisie Witt and Rory McArdle in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Michael Coulter, Fraser Walters and Harris Munro all scored 35 scratch points, with rounds of 72, and filled the top 3 scratch positions in that order, after count-back. Prizes can be collected at the next MD. The prize list can be seen at the dropdown on the home page of this website. The Orders of Merit have been updated and Fraser Walters now has an 8 point lead in the scratch OOM with Rory McArdle leading the net OOM by 14 points. These OOMs positions can be seen on the Golf Genius App by accessing “Member Portal” and “Season Points.” Entries are still being accepted until Monday 24th April at 6 pm for MD4 at Longniddry on Sunday the 30th April. Late entries will be accepted if there are spaces. The next MD after that is at Haddington on the 28th May and is also now open for entries through the Golf Genius App. Dave Warren and Jack Rogan.
Scottish Open Championships!
Congratulations to Jack Collingswood who has finished as the top Scots player in the Scottish Boys Open Championship at Lundin GC in Fife. Jack was T12 after rounds of 78, 70, 70 and 73. Fergus Brown, James Wood and Cameron Mukherjee all finished in the top 20. The Scottish Boys Open and the Scottish Girls Open Championships, each had 144 contestants from many countries. The Boys played 72 holes at Lundin GC and the Girls played 54 holes at Longniddry. The contestants can be seen on the Scottish Golf website here for Boys and here for Girls. The full scores can also be followed at those links. Our League was well represented by 3 Girls and 16 Boys who currently play, or have played, in our League. 10 of the Boys made the 36 hole cut.
Junior Tour Scotland results!
The first event of the year for JTS was held at Golspie and Royal Dornoch at the weekend. Some League Players were there competing, and the results can be seen here. We will keep this page refreshed after every JTS event. The rest of the JTS fixtures can be seen on our Calendar.
Lothians Champions!
Congratulations to League Player James Wood who won the Scratch event at the recent Lothian Junior Champion of Champions event held at The Merchants GC in Edinburgh with a score of 66. Sean Gallacher and Alexander Yuill were 2nd and 3rd. Cameron Brown won the handicap prize with a net 63. The scoring can be seen on the Lothians website here.
