Results MD5 at Dunbar. Connor 68! OOMs

June 17, 2018 By Dave Warren

In the 4 Match Days held to date (MD1 was postponed) a 4th different Team, Kilspindie, emerged on top with the highest points total yet seen – 171 points amassed from their 4 top scorers. Cameron Mukherjee (in featured photo) had 45 points to lead the way, with their next 3 Players also scoring in the 40s. Gullane Derby in 2nd place, go to the top of the League after scoring 168 points, with Mackenzie Harper scoring 45 of those points. In third place were West Links with 4 Players all scoring in the 40s for 165 points. Connor Wilson, of the Home Club Dunbar and recent winner of the SGF event at Cardrona, scored a tremendous 68 scratch against a CSS of 71. The final prizewinner was Harry Bent of The Glen with 45 points. The ELLCGA held their Girls Summer meeting in tandem with MD5 and a photo is attached. Cera Gemmell, far left, was the winner with 41 points. The OOMs have been updated and can be see here. Sam Westwood has a good lead in the Handicap and Lewis Hannah and James Morgan are again fighting for the Scratch prize this year. A Competition Handicap Allowance of 2 strokes was added to the handicaps of Boys who played off the White tees, and to the Girls playing off the Red tees, as some younger Boys played off the Yellow Tees. This equalising CHA counts for competition results, but not for any handicap alterations. Due to excellent scoring the CSSs went down 1 stroke. For the 48 Boys on the White Tees, (Par 71, SSS 72) the CSS was 71 = 36 points. For the 3 Boys on the Yellow Tees, (Par 71, SSS 70) the CSS was 69 = 38 points. For the 5 Girls (Par 72, SSS 73) the CSS was 72 = 36 points. East Lothian Ladies incorporated their ELLCGA Girls’ Summer Meeting in this Match Day so some of the 5 Girls played for their Teams in the League, whilst also competing individually for the Girls’ Trophies. The Girls Stableford points totals for their Trophies in their Summer Meeting did NOT include the 2 CHA strokes. Cera Gemmell of West Links Juniors won the Girls event with 41 points, from joint runners up Ala Gorka (better back 9) of Royal Musselburgh and Annie Wilson of Dunbar/Castle Park, both on 30 points. Scores have been finalised and results sent to Players’ Home Clubs. The League would like to thank all at Dunbar GC for being excellent hosts to our 56 Players, and presenting their course in top condition. The League Secretary would also like to thank the many Junior Convenors who assisted with the organisation on the day. The fixture coincided with a few Club Championship events, so several Players were unavailable. We will be looking for a change of this fixture date in 2019.

“OOM” – SORTED!

18th Sept 2021 – I have corrected the errors in the set up for awarding OOM points and this resulted in significant changes. Thanks are due to GolfGenius for resolving these.

You can NOW view the Scratch and Handicap OOMs on your Golf Genius App under “Season Points.” If you click on your names, you can see your positions in all the MDs in which you have played. You can also see on the “Standings’ how many points behind you are and how you can quickly catch up!

For our 2021 season, the League is using a new system on “Golf Genius” for our Scratch and Handicap Orders of Merit. Previously, Players’ best 6 points scores in the fields at all 10 Match Days counted for both Scratch and Handicap OOMs. However, this year only, this will be relaxed to 5 out of 10 due to the shortened season and several fixture clashes. The new system, now awards OOM points only to the top 25 Players at each Match Day. The top 25 Players in each of the Scratch and Handicap OOMs will receive points for their placings in the field, as per the table below. The Player(s) finishing with the most Gross and Net Stableford points at each MD will receive a bonus of 5 points. Every Player attending will receive 5 additional points for competing. The finishing positions at the first 8 MDs have now been calculated and can be seen your Golf Genius App. Boys and Girls are all competing for the same OOM prizes. Players tied with the same Stableford points at any MD will receive the same points in the OOMs as no count-back will be applied to the MD placings. There are trophies for the 2 winners and prizes and prize vouchers for 1st to 5th placed players in each of the Gross and Net OOM categories. In addition, there will be some prizes for the top Girls, U14 and U12 Boys in the table. Players cannot win more than 1 prize, and they will be given the best prize they could be given should they feature at the top in both OOMs. The positions of Players in the OOMs, will have a bearing on who receives invites to go an any future trips that League Players make to Pinehurst, but consideration will be given to both age and handicaps at the time of any trip, and Covid vaccination status. Players who have been before may receive another invite if the size of the party allows.

Golf Sixes – final result!

There has been a lot of fun in the playing of these events, run by our Clubs in partnership with Scottish Golf, and other volunteers, so many thanks to them. All the earlier results can be seen on our Home Page at the “drop down” under “Golf Sixes 2021.” In the final fixture on the 5th September at the “Wee Course” at North Berwick West Links, home advantage paid off and West Links Juniors won the day with 141 points. Emilia and Aedan of WLJ were the high scoring pair with 50 points. The League however was won by The Glen with Gullane a close second. The Glen finished with 31 points and Gullane 27 points. It’s been a fantastic effort by all to run the league this year and very much hope it continues next year. The East Lothian Junior League donated prizes for all the Teams, and we hope to see these youngsters competing in our ELJG League events in future! A big thanks are due to Katy McNicholl and all the helpers throughout the year. Photos can be seen here.

Nearest the pin on the 1st – Aaron (Craigielaw)

Nearest the pin in two on the 8th – Tom (Gullane)

Nearest the pin (chip shot) 9th – Callum (Glen

Wee Wonders Grand Finals 2021!

The Grand Finals of the “Wee Wonders” have been held at the “Wee Course” at North Berwick and Gullane No.3, in which contestants as young as 5 years old and up to 12 years old from all over the UK competed in a scratch format. Gullane Player Stella Walters, with scores of 30 and 31 over “The Wee Course” at North Berwick, won the Girls 5-8 age group by 16 strokes! At Gullane’s No.3 course, Aidan Lawson of West Links Juniors was 2nd in the Boys 11-12 with a 36 hole score of 144 off the yellow tees. Stella’s brother Fraser was 5th. Ryan Killorn, pictured, also representing the West Links, was 2nd in the Boys 9-10 with a score of 143. Full results can be seen here.

Results ELJGL Champs 2021 + Photos!

Apologies! – Calculation and publication of the results of the annual League Championships at Royal Musselburgh took longer than expected due to a technical issue over the accuracy of handicaps on the Golf Genius system. I wanted to make sure that everything was in order first and that trophies, prizes and vouchers are going to the correct Players! The Boys U16/U18 36-hole event was shortened to 18 holes due to the danger of thundery showers, some of which did occur. The event was a qualifier for the Justin Rose and Daily Telegraph Junior Golf Championship to be held at Walton Heath. I will nominate our Boy and Girl Scratch winners Luke and Lucy, and our Net winners Daryl and Rebecca, but sadly, their scores in relation to par may not be low enough to receive an invite.

Our thanks are due to Royal Musselburgh for hosting the event. RMGC Captains Stevie Gough and Helen Findlay presented the prizes to the various age groups. Many thanks to the helpers on the day, John Anderson, Sue Warren, Steve Austin, Stuart Findlay, Shona Paton and Calum and Cammie in the Pro Shop. Our new gazebo was very useful in the rain!

Scores for handicaps were submitted through Golf Genius on the day and your Index should have been updated at midnight! There were 59 Players in total. Trophies have been retained and will be engraved as soon as possible before presentation to you. For Players who were unable to be at the prize-giving, I have retained your vouchers and will pass these to you when I next see you at one of our events. Congratulations to the Players on the following list:-

Photos below- Players receiving their trophies from Stevie Gough or from Helen Findlay, Captains of Royal Musselburgh, or from Dave Warren, League Secretary.

Luke Greig