East Lothian Junior Golf League

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MD8 at Longniddry – Results!

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The League’s Match Day 8 was held at Longniddry on Sunday their 5th July. Despite the weather, our Players enjoyed the day and some good scoring was evident. The course was in good condition, with challenging rough! The attendance was down compared with other MDs, mostly due to the School Summer holidays. A strong Gullane emerged on top in the Team event. by a single point from West Links Fidra. The Glen were 2 points further back. The League Table, which can be seen on the right hand column of this website, is now looking very competitive as the top 4 Teams are in with a real chance of winning, if they perform well at our last 2 Match Days at Gifford and The Glen. We are hoping for a large number of entries to give all the leading Teams a chance. At MD8 Craig Mackenzie had an excellent 43 points to lead the net scores, whilst Seb Harvey had a gross 69 to amass 35 points to lead the scratch scores. The Teams and Individual leaders scoresheet is inserted below. In our ELJGL Masters 54 hole event, Caleb Pickett, after adding his score at Longniddry to 2 earlier rounds at Haddington, will be awarded his first ever WAGR points! Well done Caleb! See the separate post reporting on that event. The season long prize list is attached below. If the entry is marked in green highlight or text, then these prizes can be collected at Registration at our last 2 events. 

 

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ELJGL 54 Hole Masters Strokeplay – Results!

The ELJGL 54 hole Masters Strokeplay concluded at Longniddry on Sunday the 5th July when the 3rd round was completed. The previous 2 rounds had been played at Haddington on the 29th June. The table below which has been submitted to WAGR, shows the scratch scores for all 22 Boys who completed the 3 rounds. It had been planned to hold an equivalent Girls event but there were insufficient entrants to meet the minimum required by the R&A. Congratulations to Caleb Pickett who will gain his first WAGR points by completing all 3 rounds in a total of 225, 15 over the total Par of 210. The scoring limit for the event to be acceptable to WAGR is a total of 18 over par for 3 rounds, which total both Seb Harvey and Daniel Hogg managed to better! 

 

Fun Four-ball at Muss. Old – Results!

Please see the results attached for the ELJGL Fun Four-ball at Musselburgh Old GC on Wednesday 1st July. A big thanks are due to our hosts Musselburgh Old Course Golf Club, and to Alan Tweedie, their Junior Convenor. There were 40 Players in 10 Teams based on an even handicap split. The scoring format was the best 2 net scores from the 4 Players in the Team on each hole, with an 85% handicap allowance for each Player. The winning team was captained by Cameron Brown, and included Aaron Muldowney, Sam Small, and Adam Orr. Cameron’s contribution was exceptional with 7 birdies and an eagle! Their total net score was 109, 27 under par!   A Team of Convenors also played 9 holes with the challenge that any team beating their score for their first 9 holes, would receive a marker for Muirfield, who of course are called the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, and their origins started at the Musselburgh Links! Sadly, every one of the 9 Teams of Juniors bettered the Convenors score! Muirfield Markers will therefore be awarded at the next Match Day each Player attends. After the event, the Players were welcomed into the MOCGC Clubhouse where the League supplied sandwiches and drinks. The Players had a chance to see some history of the 6 Open Championships which were played at the course between 1874 to 1889. This link gives a flavour of the early history of golf, for which evidence suggests that golf was played on Musselburgh Links as early as 1672! Prize Vouchers for the leading 4 Teams and were issued at the event. Some outstanding vouchers will be issued at subsequent events. Dave Warren, Jt League Secretary. 07595 301425. 

 

 

 

 

MD7 at Haddington – Results!

Our thanks are due to all at Haddington Golf Club, especially to the GM Alan Mackay, who along with F&B Manager Lisa, made sure we were all welcome.  John Murdoch and I would like to thank our usual helpers, Chris Barker, Gordon Smith, Steve Walker and Shona Paton. In the Team event, in which the best 4 out of 6 net scores count, West Links Bass with 145 points, were 8 points ahead of 2nd placed Glen who were on 137. The scores have been posted to WHS, the Orders of Merit have been updated, and along with the Leaderboards, can be seen on your Golf Genius App. The League Table has been updated, and can be seen on the right hand side of this website. West Links Bass now are leaders by a few points from The Glen. Team and best individual scores are inserted below. All the leaderboards of every competition we organise, and the Orders of Merit standings, can be seen on the Golf Genius App.

We had fine weather for a change, but the rough was very high so there was a scarcity of really good net scores, except for 8 year old Callum Laughtland who, playing for West Links Bass and in receipt of 24 shots, amassed 44 net Stableford points! His handicap has now been cut by 3 strokes! In the scratch section, Daniel Hogg playing for Gullane, with a gross 70, scored 37 points closely followed by Lewis Young on 36 scratch points. Callum therefore goes to the top of the Net Order of Merit with his 1st place finish, and Oliver Tate and Phebe Pickett, playing for West Links Bass and Fidra respectively, are close behind. Lewis Young of Craigielaw was next best in the net section with 38 points. Daniel now has 2 wins this season, and leads the scratch OOM by a margin of 24 points over Cameron Brown of Kilspindie. Prizewinners may collect their prizes at one of our next events.  

SLOW PLAY – Play was reasonably paced on Sunday at Haddington, but one group fell 30 minutes behind the match in front, thats maybe 3 holes! As all groups started their round 8 minutes after the group in front, groups should be finishing their rounds 8 minutes after the previous group has finished. If not, then the slower group are probably out of position, and in some cases, might be liable to penalties for slow play.  You must try to close the gap between you and the group in front.

BALL SEARCHING – Sometimes, when a ball is seen to disappear in deep rough, and a good shot with a provisional ball has been played, it might be better to accept that to continue with the provisional ball is the better option, and to not even search for the original ball. Even if you find your ball, it might take you 2 or 3 shots to advance your ball to a more playable position. So this is a judgement call whether you actually even start searching for a ball which, if found, will probably be unplayable. And you will undoubtedly delay the group behind, thus contributing to slow play!  Just take the penalty, and announce you are abandoning the search and continue with your provisional ball! Note – if you do find the original ball within 3 minutes of starting a search, and deem it to be unplayable, you are not allowed to continue with the provisional ball. 

NEXT EVENTS – We are back at Haddington on Monday the 29th June for our “Flagship” event – our Individual Championships at which there are many trophies and prizes up for grabs.  Entries close on Tuesday 23rd June at 6 pm. Please enter this, and any of our other events asap as there may have to be waiting lists for these events. The morning round in our Championships at Haddington is a qualifier for the Justin Rose Telegraph Golf Championship.

FOURBALL FUN DAY – The planned Match Day at Musselburgh on Wednesday the 1st July has been converted to a fun Fourball event starting about 1100. Please enter this if you can. 

MATCH DAYS 8, 9 AND 10. – Entries for all of these can now be made on the Golf Genius App 

Dave Warren Jt. League Secretary 07595 301425 djjwarren@me.com

MD6 at Winterfield – Results!

On Sunday 31st May, Winterfield GC successfully hosted their very first Match Day since rejoining the League. Their success was due to having so many willing volunteers from within their membership, particularly from Junior Convenors Scott Marjoribanks and Struan Macdonald, ball-spotter in chief, Nick Doggett, with further help provided by Musselburgh Old Convenor Alan Tweedie. When added to our regular Starter Chris Barker and “Shepherd” Iain Crawford, John Murdoch and I had ample help on hand. We hope this level of help from within Clubs is replicated at more of our events! The staff at Winterfield were also excellent in looking after us.   

Sadly, although there were 90 Players in the field, and 2 more awaiting spots in the draw, there were several late call offs, reducing the eventual field to only 84 entrants. Those calling off were courteous enough to let me know in advance but more notice is required in future please!

Turning to the actual golf now, the team scores and the best individual scores can be seen below or on the right hand column of this website, and on your Golf Genius App at the Leaderboard for MD6 at Winterfield. The League table can also be seen there in which West Links Bass and Craigielaw are now joint top. The Orders of Merit can be seen on the App under Season Points – Standings.

The leading Teams can be seen in the attachment, and in the best 4 scores from 6 format, West Links Bass emerged as winners with 141 points followed by Gullane with 135 points. The strong winds made scoring difficult, but one Player, Rory Mackenzie of Dunbar, scored an excellent 3 under par 64 to amass 37 scratch Stableford points to win by 2 points from Daniel Hogg of Gullane. In the net points category, Rory also led with 42 points, but cannot win more than one prize, so Oliver Tate of West Links Bass with 41 points picks up 1st net prize, with 2 very young Players 12 year old Laura Walker of Musselburgh with 40 points and 8 year old River Montgomery of The Glen with 38 points, taking 2nd and 3rd place. 

Our attention turns now to the next events MD7 at Haddington on Sunday June the 14th, followed by a visit for MD8 on Wednesday the 1st July to the other other recently rejoined member Club, Musselburgh Old, which venue has hosted 6 Open Championships. (Note – if any one ever asks you if you have played any Open Championship venues, then you can say you have!) Entries are open for both events, so get your names in quick! We are limited to 78 entrants at Musselburgh Old.

Our annual Championships are at Haddington on the Monday the 29th June. This event has 10 different trophies to be won for both Boys and Girls, in all age groups, plus prize vouchers, and merchandise from the Open Championship, US Masters etc. There may be a ballot for places in that event. Older Boys with low handicaps will be playing for World Ranking (WAGR) points there! Get your entries in asap for these events using your Golf Genius App. 

Dave Warren, Jt. League Secretary. 07595 301425

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