These are the Team outfits which the East Lothian and Edinburgh Team and Reserves, and Team Captains, will be wearing at the three Matches in the Watson Cup. See photos below.

Day 1 at Royal Burgess – Green zip top, plain blue shirt, and white shorts.

Day 2 at Muirfield – White zip top, striped blue shirt, and blue shorts.

Day 3 at Gullane No. 2 – Pink zip top, white shirt, and blue shorts – again.  

Players and Captains should turn up at the host Clubs on the days of the 3 matches all wearing the sand coloured chinos, with navy blue blazers, white shirts and the Watson tie (Which is still to arrive!) The Captains’ kit includes Captains’ armbands.

Committee members should turn up wearing navy blue blazers and grey trousers, white shirt and Watson tie. Everyone should bring the correct golf kit for the day, and a suit bag in which their formal wear can be secured. Committee members have one set of kit from Murray Golf, courtesy of Brian O’Connor’s donation from North Capital. These will have to be worn at all 3 days.

A list of the prizewinners, and prizes from previous MDs can be found here. A big thanks are due to Shona Paton, the Gifford Captain, Steve Austin and Ric Foulner for managing the event today. The course looked great, and the rough was long! But play was very slow. See below! We also had a visit from a new Golf Genius employee – Jenny Potter, who called in to see how it works at our end.

Gifford used their home advantage and came in with 155 points with their 4 best scores. That might be the first time they have won a MatchDay! Well done! They were 12 points ahead of Kilspindie and 15 ahead of Haddington. 

There was some great scoring by Alex Martin and Rory Leitch who each had 43 Stableford points. Alex won 1st prize on count back with 16 points on the last 6 holes, to Rory’s 13.  Owen Malcolm was 3rd with 42 points. In the scratch section, Magnus Braby won with 36 points, followed closely by Brodie Cunningham and Jack Collingswood on 35 points.

SLOW PLAY – CAUSE? – Some Players seem to be reluctant to play provisional balls when their shots MAY be lost. This happened today a few times when following groups had to be waved through after a search by Payers in front who had lost a ball. The Players whose balls were lost had to take the “walk of shame” because they had not played a provisional. There is no shame in playing a provisional ball, in fact it is of great credit to Players when they consider their partners and others playing behind them by playing a provisional. Tip – keep an older ball in your pocket as your provisional. Play it if there is any doubt that you might be lost. If you find your first ball, forget the provisional which might even involve yet another search!

Team and Individual scores below. League Table updated. Craigielaw maintain their 7 point lead over Gullane. The OOMs can now be seen on your Golf Genius Apps – go to MD5 – Members Portal – Season Standings. You can see both Scratch and Handicap OOMs. Players scores submitted to WHS at 2230 hours. Prize list will be updated soon. 

 

The Watson Cup arrangements are being finalised now, and we hope that many of the Players in our League will attend to lend their support to our team! The event takesplace over Royal Burgess, Muirfield and Gullane No. 2, on the 5th, 6th and 7th July respectively. The times of Matches can be seen on our Calendar on this website.

If you ever had any doubt about the value of Team Golf to individuals, please watch this “No Laying Up” Youtube video of the Girls Team at Stanford University, which I think is absolutely astonishing, and demonstrates the power of great Team Spirit!  So our Watson Cup Team all have to be working for each other. You can be sure the Americans will be! 

Congratulations to the Team from the Glen who won Match Day No.4 at Gullane No.3 with a fine total of 155 points from their best 4 out of 6 scores. Craigielaw and Musselburgh Toun were close behind. Results listed below. The best of the day individual scores were by Cameron Brown of Musselburgh Toun with 44 net Stableford points and by Alexander Yuill of Craigielaw with 39 scratch points. Alexander carded a gross 4 under par round of 64 including 4 birdie 2s and a double bogey! Card reproduced below. Many thanks to Gullane Golf Club and to the helpers – Chief Scorer Jack Rogan, the Starter Joseph Cookson, Calum Yuill, and Gullane’s Asst/Pro Tom Bell who ensured that 63 Players all proceeded to the first tee in time. Thanks to all the Catering staff, and to Myles and the Pro Shop staff who all looked after the organisers through the day, and all the Parents and Convenors who helped. We were pleased to see Andrew’s parents Jackie and Eric Irvine, currently taking their annual holiday in the sunny part of Gullane’s wonderful new Clubhouse. Eric is currently resting from his contract as the stuntman  on the next Men in Black movie. (Photo below.)The League table has been updated and can be seen on our home page. Craigielaw consolidated their lead over Gullane and West Links Fidra. The OOMs have been updated and now show the top 50 players in both Scratch and Handicap. These can be seen on the drop down for Orders of Merit 2022 on the Home Page. Scores have been posted to WHS. The Leaderboard and all scores can be seen on the Golf Genius App. The remaining Match Days in 2022 and League Championships are all now open on Golf Genius for entry. A US Kids 8 iron was found and handed in to the Pro-shop. Any claimants?