Results
Ian Baird 68
Robert Chalmers 71
John Sommerville 72
Paul James 73
Stevie Paul 74
David Graham 75
Andrew Alexander 75
Alex Smart 76
Ian Hutchison 76
Danny Totten 76
Kenny Lang 81
Kevin McKinney 82
Neil Keir 85
Derek Mitchell 87
John Hamilton NR 17
Brian Newall NR 16
George Leadbitter NR 14
Davie Drew NR 7
Stevie McPherson NR ?
BILLY GIBSON NR 3
PAR 66 CSS 71 !!!
The above css tells you just how tough conditions were on Saturday at Balmore. Gales and frequent heavy showers made it tough for everyone.
Some suffered more than others but Ian "show's ya" Baird played great golf and won the Balmore Open first class competition with a +2 total of 68. Well done Ian great shooting and he also took first place in our own sweep winning £25.00. In second place was myself winning £15.00.
The weather ruined the scores of nearly a third of our players and they carded letters at the bottom of their score cards.
Six players had NR'S but the one who took the award for having a early bath was Billy "Bilbo" Gibson with a walk off at the 3rd not even putting out on the hole. After having a 7 at the first Billy decided that it was the club house for him but we then found out he was off to Lenzie to play the medal there.
He went on to shoot 11 over at Lenzie ! What was he thinking by leaving Balmore - maybe the wind wasn't as strong at Lenzie just 3 miles away.
All other players finished the round.
There was a suggestion made at Balmore that if a player NR'S in any competition they have to pay £1.00 into a kitty and all proceeds go towards prizes for this years summer outing at Auchterader.
So the decision was made to go with this suggestion so from 30th May that is the rule.
Other facts from Balmore.
Kevin McKinney made a good attempt to beat Davy Grahams record of a 10 at a par 3 by having 8 blows himself just missing out. At the second hole (par 3)George Leadbitter had a very good 7 just getting his tee shot to jump over the wall 20 yards away. George also got the award for shortest drive at the 11th as the ball went just 20 yards and to make matters worse he lost the ball.
Big Neil Keir our winter champion was devastated when told he only got 18 shots as that was the maximum. " I'm 23 not 18" he told the official. Tough that's all your getting he was told. The "Mexican" went onto have 103 shots around the course. Is Neil just a winter player we must all be asking ourselves now. His answer was "It was not a stableford competition "!
The course was in great condition and as usual it was presented very tidy and well kept - a great round of golf for just £10.00. It was a pity the weather was so wild and it was to get worse 24 hours later a lot worse.
More to follow and photos from Balmore including Porky 1 , George's longest drive and Kenny finally gets his Hee Haw head cover.
We also break the news of just who was the biggest DIDDY at Balmore.
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