Many thanks to Gifford GC for hosting our MD7 on Sunday 20th August. And thanks are due to our usual helpers, Shona, John, Jack, and Ric. This was Jack’s last event as Joint Secretary before he moves to Aberdeenshire. Thanks for your commitment to the League Jack! We will find a nice gift to mark your departure. Jack will still be involved in arranging the 2023 County Cup, and our Watson Cup Match in the USA in 2024. The results of MD9 can be seen below. The League table has been updated. Scores have been uploaded to WHS. Well done to Musselburgh Toun for winning the event, with West Links Bass close behind. David Ferguson (33) and Harvey Blair (41) had the best scratch and handicap points totals. Sadly, because of conflicting events, several Clubs did not have the minimum of 4 Players to count, so West Links’ strength in depth was very apparent by the Teams finishing 2nd and 3rd on the day. This means that the Bass Team will be the League Champions for 2023. Well done to Ric and his squad! The results enhances the chances of both the West Links Teams qualifying for the imminent Scottish Junior Team Championships on the 24th September at Elderslie. But both Kilspindie and Craigielaw may have something to say about that at MD10! Please get your entries in on Golf Genius for the final MD10 at The Glen on Sunday 27th August. All outstanding prizes can be collected there. Trophies for Championships should also be available there. The Orders of Merit tables have been updated. You can see this on Golf Genius under “Season Points” where there are now quite a few Players who can win! It’s getting very close there! Dave Warren 07595 301425.
MD8 at Musselburgh – Results!
Thanks to everyone at Musselburgh for hosting our 41 Players yesterday, and to our usual band of helpers and to Jenny Potter of Golf Genius of course! The Team and Individual scores from yesterday at Musselburgh GC can be seen on Golf Genius. Scores have been posted to WHS. The outstanding score on the day was the 47 points scored by Kole Henderson of Craigielaw! Kole’s handicap has now been reduced by 3.7 for which the rest of us are thankful! Craigielaw, with just 4 Players, still managed to win the Match Day. Michael Coulter had the best scratch points total with 35 points. Katie Mackenzie had the best score amongst the 6 Girls who played. The Girls results in their Autumn meeting, held in conjunction with the League’s MD, will be published soon.
Our latest newcomer, David Li Ferguson, was T3 on 33 scratch points on his first appearance in the League. The Orders of Merit have been updated and can be seen on the Golf Genius App under “Season points.” In the scratch OOM (best 6 out 10 scores), leader Jack Collingswood did not improve on his previous best 6 scores, so Harris Munro, with a T2 at Musselburgh, moved within 12 points of the lead. But Michael Coulter, who has played in just 5 events to date, if he has a good score in his next MD, his 6th, could easily catch both Jack and Harris! In the net OOM, Rory McArdle maintained his lead but Sam Ratcliffe edged closer and is only 11 points behind. Anna Zonova, Kate Thomson and Katie Mackenzie are fighting for the top Girls spot. All Players, especially those who are in contention in the OOMs, should consider entering our last 2 MDs at Gifford and The Glen on the 20th and 27th August, through the Golf Genius App. The League table has been updated and can be seen on this website. West Links Bass increased their lead over Kilspindie by one more point. With 2 places available for our Teams at the Scottish Junior Team Championship on the 24th September, the race for the top 2 spots is on! West Links Fidra, and Craigielaw, are both well in the chase too!
Championships 2023 – Results!
Results now updated below! Thanks to Longniddry GC for hosting all of our Players and for looking after us so well. Many thanks to our helpers, Peter Lowe, David Canavan and James Neil all from Longniddry, our Starter John Anderson, David Canavan and Steve Austin. Thanks to the 47 Juniors who played and all the parents who attended and waited patiently for the prize givings. Only the main trophy winners in the Boys U18/16 received their prizes on the night, as much checking and writing out of vouchers needed to be done. Unclaimed prizes can be obtained at the next 3 Match Days, and Trophies will be engraved as soon as possible and then returned to you.
Considering the numbers of Prizes on offer, it was disappointing to not have more Players. So please put the date for our Championships next year in your diary, – at Dunbar Golf Club on Thursday the 8th August 2024!
Prize list and scores all listed below. The U18/U16 Boys list has been shown in both Scratch and Net orders to assist readers.
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We amassed a lot of beautiful prizes, mostly Open Championship merchandise, kindly provided by the R&A, and which is worth a tidy £750! A list of these prizes and a photo now appears on our website here, along with the list of prize vouchers, which total £1400. This was also a qualifying event for the The Justin Rose Telegraph Junior Golf Championship which can be accessed at telegraph.co.uk/juniorgolf This event incorporated our annual Team Strokeplay event in which Clubs nominated a Team of 4 Players from whom the best 3 out of the 4 scores count. We have 3 Match Days left at Musselburgh, Gifford and The Glen, after which more prizes for the League winners, and the Scratch and Handicap Orders of Merit will be awarded. Check your OOM position on the App under season points – can you still get into a prize winning position? Dave Warren 07595 301425
The “flyer” for our annual ELJGL Championships is attached and the event is now open for entries using the Golf Genius App. The conditions of the competition and the age groups are all listed in the flyer. The a.m. round in our Championships will count as the qualifying round for the Justin Rose Telegraph Junior Golf Championship and for the annual ELJGL Team Strokeplay event. Junior Convenors will nominate their Strokeplay Team from the online entries received on Golf Genius. Teams of 4 will compete and the best 3 from 4 scratch scores will count towards the Team total. There will also be prizes for the best net Team and individual scores. Players can play for any Club in the League where they are members. They are not “Cup Tied” to the Team they play for in League Match Days. So please get your entries in for our Championship asap. There are some excellent prizes, and some winners will receive free tickets for the Walker Cup Matches at St. Andrews on the 2nd and 3rd September where the best Amateur Golfers from GB&I v. USA will play each other!
Home Internationals Squads & US Junior Am.
Congratulations to our League Players, Grace Crawford, Evie McCallum, Fergus Brown, Brodie Cunningham, Jake Johnston and Aidan Lawson, who were selected for the Boys’ and Girls’ Teams for the Home Internationals which will take place at Lindrick in England from the 8th to the 10th August. The full squads for all Scottish Teams can be seen here. Oliver Mukherjee is in the Mens’ Squad. Oliver is currently competing in the USGA’s Junior Amateur Championship in Charleston, South Carolina but sadly missed the cut. Some Players in the League who were on one of our annual trips to Pinehurst, might remember Tommy Morrison, who played for the Pinecrest School against our Team. He is the tallest Junior golfer I have ever met, and that meeting was when Tommy was only 14 years old. See photos below! Tommy led the qualifiers and has progressed to the last 16. Tommy attends the University of Texas.
Scottish Boys and Girls Championships!
GREAT SUCCESS FOR EAST LOTHIAN JUNIOR LEAGUE PLAYERS AT THE SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS! Congratulations to three of our League Players, Evie McCallum, Ellie Bent and Harry Bent. (Both Evie and Ellie were on the League’s most recent visit to Pinehurst in February 2023.) Please see below, screenshots of the draws in the three Scottish Junior Championships held last week to see the progress made by all three Players. In the Scottish Girls Championship at Cardrona GC, Evie led the qualifiers, then won all her matches to emerge victorious as the Champion. There were 16 qualifiers for the scratch Championship, and the next 16 Girls competed for the net Championship. The net section was won by Ellie who also won all her matches. Harry had a great run in the Boys Championship at Lanark GC, where he qualified in T5 place out of 32 qualifiers. Harry then won 4 matches to reach the semi-final where he lost narrowly by 1 down to an opponent who shot 5 birdies in the last 8 holes! The lower half of the draw for the Boys’ can be seen below. And Evie’s Dad has sent me this photo of the two girls with his comment:- Thanks for all of your support Dave…couldn’t have done this without the East Lothian juniors programme!” Thanks Niall!
LATEST NEWSFLASH SUNDAY P.M! Evie McCallum has made the final of the Scottish Girls
Everyone can see the progress of both events at these links – Scottish Boys and Scottish Girls.
EARLIER NEWS! Hayden Fowler, Joe MacPherson, Sam Mukherjee, Michael Coulter, Andrew Hendry, Fergus Brown, Jack Collingswood, Aidan Lawson, Corran Fraser, Ben Austin, Jake Johnston and Sean Gallacher were amongst the 64 qualifiers for the Matchplay stages. Sean Gallacher, after defeating the No. 1 seed, and Jack Collingswood, both reached the last 16. Sam Mukherjee, Fergus Brown, and Harry Bent have all reached the last 8.
The Scottish Boys and Girls Championships are being held this week at Lanark and Cardrona respectively. We have many of our Players in the field at both events. The scoring in the Boys 36 hole qualifying can be seen here. Harry Bent was T5 and Hayden Fowler was T7 with a best of the day 6 under par 64! There are 17 Boys who play, or have played in our League, who are in the draw for the 64 qualifiers and the draw can be seen here. Good luck to them all! The Girls event will start on Friday. Out of only 41 in the field, there are 5 Girls playing who are connected to our League, including internationalists Grace Crawford and Evie McCallum. The draw is here.
MD7 at Dunbar Results!
A huge thanks to all at Dunbar GC for hosting the 37 Juniors who braved the 40 mph winds at Dunbar today. The course was in great condition. Our thanks are due to Dunbar’s Junior Convenor, Assistant Professional James Gill and the rest of the staff at Dunbar. As usual, Shona Paton and Ric Foulner assisted with the running of the event, and John Anderson was our excellent Starter, and our thanks are also due to all of them. The lower than usual turnout was partly due to many of our regular Juniors being employed at that other event down the road – the Scottish Open! This clash will be avoided in future years. The leading Team on the day was West Links Bass scoring 114 points, only 1 point more than Kilspindie. The League table has been updated – see this website. The Bass Team move further ahead of their closest rivals, the Fidra and Kilspindie Teams. Well done to the leading Teams and the individual winners who are listed below. There was a 4-way tie in the Net scoring, so after count back, they all win a prize. The home Team’s Kai Laing won the scratch prize with a gross 76, equating to 31 points. Winners can collect their prizes at future MDs. The Orders of Merit have been updated and can be seen on your Golf Genius App under “Season Points. All scores have been posted to WHS so any handicap changes will be made overnight. Please register asap for our annual Championships at Longniddry, as well as for the final 3 Match Days.
Results for MD6 at Kilspindie!
The team scores for MD6 and the updated League Table are on this website in the side columns. The MD6 individual scratch and net stableford scores, and the scratch and handicap OOM positions after 6 Match Days, can be seen on your Golf Genius App under “Tournament Results” and “Season Points.” All scores have been uploaded to WHS and handicap alterations will be made after midnight. If you can play in MDs 6 and 7, you can now enter those on the GG App as they are now open for entry. In very strong winds, well done to the West Links Fidra Team whose 4 best net Stableford scores totalling 141 was 2 strokes better than that of the Gullane Team. The best scratch score was by Sean Gallacher who scored 37 points with a gross score of 68 including a treble bogey at the 4th! Jamie McLaren of Haddington scored 39 points with a gross score of 74. Prizes down to 4th place in both scratch and handicap sections will be awarded at the next MD.
Successes in June! Updated 1/7.
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.
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.