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Pinehurst 2019 post trip Press release!

February 20, 2019 By Dave Warren

A group of 14 young East Lothian Golfers representing the East Lothian Junior Golf League and “Scotland’s Golf Coast” have returned from Pinehurst, North Carolina, where they competed against the best Junior Golfers in North Carolina at the world famous Pinehurst Golf resort, site of several previous US Mens and Ladies Open Championships, and a Ryder Cup.

The Team of 10 Boys and 4 Girls, were invited to make this trip based on their participation and performance in the East Lothian Junior Golf League during 2018. During their 11 day visit to Pinehurst they stayed, part of the time, in the 5 star Carolina Hotel, just a short distance from the Pinehurst Clubhouse which serves 5 of the Pinehurst courses. Some of the Players played up to 10 rounds of golf in total! The group Leaders were Ric Foulner, Junior Convenor at the West Links, Frances Hall, the East Lothian Girls Junior Convenor, Greg Cookson, Junior Convenor at Gullane assisted by his wife Ruth, who all contributed greatly to a successful tour and our Junior League owes them a vote of thanks.

The Boys and Girls then stayed in separate locations, the Girls with friends in Pinehurst, and the Boys in a Villa on the edge of Mid Pines Golf Course. The hospitality of the many friends in Pinehurst and Southern Pines, for accommodation, meals and transport etc, was nothing less than wonderful!

The main golf competitions were called “The Winternationals” and results can be seen at these websites – http://www.juniorgolfpinehurst.com and eastlothianjuniorgolf.org.uk. In the first weekend, the Players played two rounds over the par 72 Pinehurst No. 4. Course. Malachy Hayward of Craigielaw tied for 3rd place with scores of 79 and 76, closely followed in 6th place by Joseph Cookson of Gullane with 78 and 79. Lucy Hall of Gullane and Carys Irvine of Craigielaw were our top Girls in 6th and 7th places.

During the middle week, our Boys Team played against the local Pinecrest School team, again over Pinehurst No. 4. They were playing for the Duncan McLean Quaich, a trophy donated in the memory of a Gullane golfer who died in 2016 aged just 20. The Boys were defeated by a score of 4.5 to 0.5 with our saviours being Finlay Mackenzie of Gullane and Ruaridh McKenzie of the West Links, who grabbed a half point. A great night socialising with the American Team followed at a fun Pizza Restaurant owned by the school golf coach. Thanks Coach!

We are very grateful to the US Kids Golf organisation, a sponsor of our League, who gave our 4 Girls courtesy over their Longleaf GC.  Whilst there, the Girls also received some free coaching on “Trackman.” Many thanks to US Kids!

The mid-week programme included games over Mid Pines and Pine Needles, the latter being the site of 3 previous US Womens Opens and this venue will again host that event in 2022. One day, all the Players went to the prestigious Duke University in Raleigh Durham, which has produced some famous Players through their College Golf programme. Some of our Players played their course, some took a tour of the Campus, and some did both. Many thanks to Duke! On another day, all of the group were generously given tickets by another friend of our League, to the Carolina Hurricanes Ice Hockey Match v. Edmonton Oilers, with “The Canes” winning 3 – 1. A 3 minute video of highlights of the game is here –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rULfqCWoD5E&feature=onebox

Everything was building up to the 2nd set of “Winternationals which involved rounds over the US Open Championship course Pinehurst No. 2 on Saturday, followed on Sunday with a round over Pinehurst No. 1. Sadly, the worst weather of the trip moved in causing rain delays, and even the hardy Scots were challenged! However, the Boy who came out on top was one of our own Team – Sam Westwood of Gullane, who scored an impressive 79 over the Par 72 US Open course at Pinehurst #2 and followed that up with an excellent 73 over the easier Par 70 Pinehurst #1 course. Sam tied with North Carolina player Owen Swavely but Sam prevailed on the first hole of the play-off with a par 4. He was presented with a trophy for his excellent win. Photo attached. A full report with all the scores from the weekend can be seen here at http://www.juniorgolfpinehurst.com Our Girls were badly affected by the weather and did not play at their best, but they will bounce back! Our thanks are due to the organisers of the Winternationals who put on great tournaments, and we hope to be sending another Team in February 2020.

The whole trip was a memorable experience for these young Players and it would not have been possible without financial support from all the parents involved, from the volunteers leading the group, and from various sponsors, so we owe them all a big thanks, particularly to East Lothian Council, “Scotland’s Golf Coast,” Paul Salmon of PSL Flooring, for the funds to kit out the Players and Leaders with Team shirts and tops, with the sourcing ably carried out by Martyn Huish, Golf Professional at North Berwick. We would also like to thank all the organisers and friends in the Pinehurst area who provided facilities and hospitality to the whole Team during their stay.

Dave Warren, League Secretary

The attached photo shows our Team, L-R – Malachy Hayward, Connor Currie, Euan Canavan, Sam Westwood, Sam Hall, Carys Irvine, Mollaidh Nicholson, Lucy Hall, Lucy Morrison, Joseph Cookson, David Halliday, Murray Cooper, Finlay Mackenzie, Ruaridh McKenzie.

The winner of the Boys event – Sam Westwood.

Our four Girls in good spirits at a damp Pine Needles. L-R Lucy Morrison, Carys Irvine, Lucy Hall, Mollaidh Nicholson

Our Boys Team with the Team from Pinecrest School at the statue of Payne Stewart and with our East Lothian County and Scotland Flags.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Match Day Information

Dear Players, please see the standard Match Day information for 2022 at this link.

Golf Genius App draws & scoring

Viewing the List of Entrants and Draws – On the App, go to the Match Day concerned and click on it.  As Players enter events through the Golf Genius App, their names appear in the section marked  “Member Portal.” If you click on that, you will then see “Tee Sheets” which is a place where any draws made for our Competitions are  If the event is open for registration, then all the entrants are listed there. But if the event has not yet been opened for registration, you will see the message “No rounds available.” However, you can still see the “Tee Sheets” if you click on “Member Portal,” and then click on “Tee Sheets.” Once the draw has been made, then the Order of Play can be seen under Tee Sheets” in tee-time order, and also in alphabetical order.

Scoring – This link will take you to a very good and brief explanation in a YouTube video on how to record scores on the Golf Genius App in your group during your rounds in our League. Have a look at it and you will feel more confident about using the scoring App all the time. For the rest of the 2022 season however, we will continue to use scorecards but please “double up” by also using the App to practice using it. Next season it will be optional for group to use scorecards or keep the scores on the App. 

Benefits from using the App –

One person in your group can record all the scores on the App  while the other players are teeing off. This will save time and speed up play. You can view the leaderboard. At the scoring desk, all the entered scores can be seen and cross checked more easily and quickly. Arithmetic will be correct. Illegible figures on scorecards, and there shouldn’t be any, can be checked against the App.

 

League meet with Scottish Golf

Ric Foulner and Dave Warren recently had the pleasure of a game at The West Links with Stuart Clayton, Scottish Golf’s Director of Pathways and Coaching. Stuart has previously worked at the Leadbetter Academy in Florida, has coached Catriona Matthew and many other notable players in the past, and is now focussed on devising improved developmental pathways so that many more young Players can be attracted to the game and presented with the best environment and opportunity to fall in love with the game. Scottish Golf, along with the many key influencers in a young golfer’s journey, will be there to support and add value to help them reach their own individual aspirations and dreams. Even if our Juniors do not attain County, National or International standard, they will hopefully remain playing golf for the rest of their lives. 

Stuart was interested in how our League operates, how the West Links Juniors was formed by a merger of Juniors from two Golf Clubs, and how the League is responsible for the inception and running of the Scottish Junior Team Championship. Karin Sharp, acting CEO sent her apologies as she had planned to join us, but urgent business sadly intervened. Stuart added – “Thanks for a lovely round and your kind hospitality, it is very much appreciated.”

Junior Golf EL 2021/22 OOM

The final event in this EL Schools series was held at The Renaissance Club on 2nd May 2022 when 23 finalists turned up to enjoy playing the current venue for The Scottish Open. Ryan Gallagher and Cameron Brown won the Scratch and Handicap sections with 33 and 44 Stableford points respectively For a full report from Kate Green, and results, see this link. The Order of Merit can also be seen at this link. It is run over 12 events at different East Lothian Clubs and was concluded at Renaissance. Scratch Winner Ryan Gallagher, Handicap Winner Ryan Pirie and top scoring girl Louise Martin (North Berwick High School/Gullane Golf Club), will be invited to represent East Lothian in the British Ladies Open ProAm Team at Muirfield in August. Please open up the links in Kate’s report to see the performances of all 40 Players. Big thanks to Kate Green for running all the events and sharing her reports with us! The photo below shows Scratch OOM winner Ryan on the left, runner-up Adam MacDonald on the right, and third placed Jack Collingswood in the centre.

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East Lothian Council have sponsored our Championships for many years.

We would like to thank the following parties for their support and/or sponsorship which will be used to provide equipment, coaching and prizes, for developing our younger Players, and to contribute to Golf Tours for our Players to the USA.

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