LEADERBOARD

Jim Stirling and Stevie Paul

the men at the top of both

leaderboards.

LEADERBOARD AFTER ELIE

The leaderboard for 3 rounds is a better picture of how things are going rather than 4. Most will be counting these 3 rounds as part of their 5 unless they have a few cracking rounds in the next few weeks.

Things are very tight with only 3 points between the top 4 !!!

There are 14 players within 10 points of the lead !!!!!

There is still time for most to make a move up the table but with a few tough courses to go it will very hard to get 38-40 points in a single round.

The most consistent golfers so far are Jim, Stevie, Gerry. and Andrew.

Gerry's two 36 pointers at the start of the winter have him just 3 off the lead and Ian Baird also is not far away. That proves that even Wooden Spoon winners can get back in amongst the lead.

At the rear of the field and challenging the DONKEY OF THE YEAR are George Leadbitter, Danny Totten,Hammy,Jim Cullen,Kenny Lang,Alex Smart and Sinky.

With 4 rounds remaining the next 2 rounds at Southerness and Drumoig are our toughest rounds of the winter and anyone scoring well at either could see them gaining ground rapidly.

March sees our last 2 rounds at Powfoot and Ladybank. I am certain the final at Ladybank there will be at least 8 or 10 people with a chance of winning overall.

LEADERS WITH 3 BEST ROUNDS TOTAL

J Stirling 103

S Paul 102

A Alexander 102

G Cullen 100

P James 96

I Baird 95

B Gibson 95

N Keir 95

D Stirling 94

D Mitchell 94

C Chalmers 93

T Nicholson 93

B Newell 93

S Kennedy 93

S McPherson 92

J Sommerville 91

I Hutchinson 88

D Graham 88

M Drummond 87

G Sinclair 86

A Smart 86

K Lang 86

J Cullen 84

D Totten 82

J Hamilton 81

G Leadbitter 77

LEADERS WITH BEST 4 ROUNDS TOTAL

The score next to the total is your worst score of the 4

Stevie Paul 132 30

Jim Stirling 127 24

Billy Gibson 125 30

Paul James 124 28

Ian Baird 124 29

Gerry Cullen 124 24

Andrew Alexander 124 23

David Stirling 122 28

Tommy Nicholson 122 29

Neil Keir 121 26

Brian Newell 117 24

Derek Mitchell 115 21

John Sommerville 115 24

Mick Drummond 113 26

David Graham 113 25

Kenny Lang 112 26

Gordon Sinclair 112 26

Alex Smart 108 22

Jim Cullen 107 23

Danny Totten 103 21

George Leadbitter 101 24

ELIE RESULTS

JANUARY 30TH 2011

The 5th round of this years Tour was at Elie Golf Links which was as usual in great condition. This was a real test of golf with a strong ice cold wind blowing of a dark grey North Sea.

Scores for the day were very good considering the challenging conditions and the overall leader board for 3/4 rounds makes interesting reading. I will post the leaders scores later.

The first par 3 of the day was at the 3rd and only 2 players out of 32 hit the green - Graham Dickie and Gordon Sinclair who was the closest. The next 3 holes played straight into the wind and so did the 9th.

Billy Gibson in the 1st game set the standard on the next par 3 and fortunately for him nobody got any closer with the next 31 attempts.

Leaders at the turn were Brian Newell on 19 points and Graham Dickie on 18.

Bringing up the rear were John Hamilton and George Leadbitter with just 9 points closely followed by Alex Smart on 10.

The eventual winner of the SPOON JIM WYLIE was sitting on 13 points only to collapse on the back 9 and finish with just 22 points. He just won this illustrious prize with Alex Smart scraping more points than him on the back 9.

MORE TO FOLLOW SOON

HOT SHOT KENNEDY'S PUMPING BY THE HIGH H/C BOYS !!!!

THE ELDER SPOON MAN (MA DADS A EMBARRASSMENT TO THE FAMILY NAME).

JAMIE (BIRDIE MAN) CARROLL RETURNS.

SAND MAN TOTTEN DIGS HIS WAY OUT AND EVENTUALLY GETS SHOT OF THE DAY.

LEADER BOARDS FOR 3/4 ROUNDS

LOTS OF PHOTOS

SOUTHERNESS UPDATE

Final Scores

Jim Stirling 36

Stevie Paul 35

Andrew Alexander 35

Stevie McPherson 35

David Stirling 34

Ian Fox 33

David Graham 33

Tommy Nicholson 33

John Wynn 33

Graham Dickie 32

Brian Newell 32

Peter Ritchie 31

Derek Mitchell 31

Ian Baird 30

Billy Gibson 30

Gordon Sinclair 30

Danny Totten 30

Jim Cullen 30

Gerry Cullen 28

Ian Hutchinson 28

Neil Keir 28

Jamie Carroll 27

Scott Kennedy 27

Mick Drummond 27

John Hamilton 27

Paul James 27

Davie Drew 26

Kenny Lang 26

George Leadbitter 26

John Sommerville 25

Alex Smart 22 (12 pts bk 9)

Jim Wylie 22 (9 pts bk 9)

SWEEP COMPETITION

1st Stevie Mc Pherson 35

2nd David Stirling 34 (21)

3rd Jim Stirling 34 (20)

Nearest the Pin

3rd Gordon Sinclair

11th Billy Gibson

WOODEN SPOON

JIM WYLIE 22 POINTS

UPDATE ON PLAYERS FOR ELIE

Sunday 30th

Names for Elie Golf Links

First tee time 11.01 am

Gordon Sinclair

Scott Kennedy

Stevie McPherson

Ian Hutchinson

George Leadbitter

Alex Smart

Danny Totten

Billy Gibson

John Sommerville

Stevie Paul

David Graham

Gerry Cullen

Paul James

Brian Newell

Jim Stirling

Kenny Lang

Ian Baird

Neil Keir

David Stirling

Tommy Nicholson

Mick Drummond

Peter Ritchie

Graham Dickie

Jamie Carroll

John Hamilton

Derek Mitchell

Andrew Alexander

Ian Fox

Davie Drew

Jim Wylie

John Wynn

Jim Cullen

TOTAL 32 PLAYERS

FINAL PHOTOS FROM DUNDONALD

GENTS DINNER

LENZIE GOLF CLUB

7.30PM

CONTACT MYSELF IF YOU

WANT TO GO.

Any man going to golf without

his socks deserves to pay

£12.00 for a pair !!!
David Wylie overall winner
Scott Kennedy 2nd place
Winner of the pool competition

this weekend Tommy Nicholson

finished 3rd overall.
Nearest the pin Stevie Paul
Relaxing knowing the spoon

is for someone else.
Mint condition for this time of

year
Guests Brian Murphy and Jamie

Stirling with Gordon Sinclair

Andrew Alexander and

Graham Dickie

Kenny Lang
Derek Mitchell getting a great

up and down on the last to stop

getting the spoon by 1 point.

He certainly does not try and

swing like Tiger
Gerry Cullen
Good greens after a

terrible winter .

Davie Drew laughing at someone

else missing a putt.

POOL NIGHT

FRIDAY 21ST

POOL COMPETITION

LENZIE GOLF CLUB

OVERALL WINNER

TOMMY NICHOLSON
RUNNER UP

MICK DRUMMOND

A good night with a lot of the fancied players being humped, pumped and dumped in the opening rounds. John Curran, Danny Totten, Kenny Lang, Scott Kennedy and Jamie Carrroll all were left watching from the side lines most of the night.

Best player on the night was Tommy Nicholson. He defeated Gordon Sinclair in a early round with Gordon not getting one shot as Tommy cleared the table from start to finish. He then went on to defeat his good mate Mick Drummond in the final - well done to both

.

Thanks to Danny and Scott for organising the night, providing new cues and trophies. Unfortunately due to their lack of skills in the betting area both ended up becoming the first bookies ever to lose money in a competition.

Well done guys a good night.

DUNDONALD SPOON BOY 2011

FIRST FUD OF THE YEAR

SPOON BOY IAN BAIRD

WELL DONE IAN

NO DOUBT YOU WILL BE BACK TO YOUR NORMAL STEADY GOLF NEXT WEEK.

ELIE JANUARY 30TH

Elie Golf Links

32 players for Elie shows that it is one of our most popular courses each year.

Always in great condition and a good test of golf especially if the wind blows.

Last years winner of the spoon at Elie was Murray Greig and he is back this year to better last years score and avoid driving back down the road with the spoon.

I have managed to fit everyone in as myself (still on one leg), Craig (exams) and Michael Kennaway (new job) are not playing.

Anyone not able to go please let me know asap.

Details

First Tee Time 11.02

Last Tee Time 11.51

Green Fee includes soup and sandwiches afterwards.

Coffee and roll and bacon is £3.75 if you want one before.

Names for Elie

Gordon Sinclair

Scott Kennedy

Stevie McPherson

Ian Hutchinson

George Leadbitter

Alex Smart

Danny Totten

Billy Gibson

John Sommerville

Stevie Paul

David Graham

Gerry Cullen

Paul James

Brian Newell

Jim Stirling

Kenny Lang

Ian Baird

Neil Keir

David Stirling

Tommy Nicholson

Mick Drummond

Peter Ritchie

Jim Cullen

Malcolm Hannah

Graham Dickie

David Chalmers

Jamie Carroll

John Hamilton

Derek Mitchell

Andrew Alexander

Ian Fox

Davie Drew

LEADER BOARD

BEST 3 ROUNDS

Stevie Paul 97

Paul James 96

Gerry Cullen 96

Billy Gibson 95

Ian Baird 94

Craig Chalmers 93

Neil Keir 93

John Sommerville 91

Jim Stirling 91

Tommy Nicholson 89

Andrew Alexander 89

David Stirling 88

Alex Smart 86

Mick Drummond 86

Kenny Lang 86

Brian Newwell 85

Derek Mitchell 84

Gordon Sinclair 82

David Graham 80

Jim Cullen 77

George Leadbitter 75

Danny Totten 73

BEST 4 ROUNDS

Paul James 124

Stevie Paul 122

Billy Gibson 118

Neil Keir 117

John Sommerville 115

Ian Baird 114

David Stirling 113

Gerry Cullen 112

Kenny Lang 109

David Graham 104

Jim Cullen 99

There is a long way to go and anything can happen yet as we still have 5 rounds to go. So if your golf has been piss then the next 5 rounds can be your counting rounds. Only if you stop playing piss !!!!

If you look at the 3 rounds total it is very tight at the top and that is how it went last year with half a dozen capable of winning on the last day.

Current 3 round leader in the race for Donkey of the season is Danny Totten closely followed by Jim Cullen and George Leadbitter.

Names for Elie and more photos to follow soon.

Dundonald 16th January

EXISTING AND NEW

SPOON CHAMPIONS

TOGETHER.

GERRY AND IAN

SPOON BOY CHAMPION

Ian Baird putting and

with a score of only 10

points for the back 9

misses by miles- what a fanny!!

He must have been taking advice

from our last spoon winner

Gerry Cullen who is standing watching

him.

Ian told me later that Gerry

dragged him down to the

Spoon Level.

The Ginger Magician putting

on the last for 35 points

and a win. Takes the money and runs away

back to the Elite Squad.

"IT'S IN THANK FUCK

FOR THAT" says the

man from Galvin Green.

This is our best dressed

player putting on the last.

The ball has to go in for him

to avoid the spoon. Lucky for

him it did. £300 wet suits

don't make you a better golfer or

stop you winning the spoon

Danny Boy !!!!
Big Paul having to putt a wee

tap in that Sinky wouldn't give.

Still humped Sinky 4-3.

"Sinclair never beats me"

Can't argue with that Paul

Hoddit and Doddit oot for a bevy.

2 of our oldest members Kenny and Paul

getting some rusty nail down them

before smashing it out of bounds.!!!

Dressed for winter golf in all

their new Xmas gear.

Graeme Stewart and

Tommy Nicholson
Ian Fox, Billy Gibson,

Graeme Stewart and Craig Chalmers

tee off on the 10th.
MORE PHOTOS TO FOLLOW SOON AND CURRENT LEAGUE POSITIONS.

Dundonald 16th January

RESULTS

Dundonald Links

This was the 4th round of our winter tour after a 8 week break due holidays and terrible weather.

The course today was in superb condition for this time of year and with a stiff wind blowing the course played long. It was amazing to see the course in such dry conditions with not even a puddle on it.

Winner today was Elite Squad player David (the ginger magician)Wylie with a excellent score of 35 points.

He was closely followed by Scott Kennnedy on 33 points. Playing just his 2nd round this year but with 66 points for 2 rounds he has to be watched for the overall prize this year.

In 3rd place we had 3 players with 30 points and Tommy Nicholson winning the sweep money due to both Craig Chalmers and Stevie Paul being deducted points for winning money in previous rounds. Craig had 19 points on the back 9 holes and placed 3rd in the overall round.

SPOON WINNER

Surprise winner of the spoon was Mr Steady Ian Baird with 20points . He won the spoon as he only had 10 points on the back 9 and Jamie Stirling had 15. Just proves anyone can have a bad day at the office and win this top prize.

Nearest the pins

On the 6th David Wylie

On the 11th Stevie Paul

Further reports , photos and league standings for 3 and 4 rounds to follow.

D Wylie 35

S Kennedy 33

C Chalmers 30

T Nicholson 30

S Paul 30

P James 28

G Stewart 27

M Drummond 27

I Hutchinson 27

I Fox 26

D Drew 26

N Keir 26

G Sinclair 26

B Murphy 26

D Graham 26

D Stirling 25

J Sommerville 24

G Cullen 24

Jim Stirling 24

J Cullen 23

A Alexander 23

B Gibson 23

K Lang 23

G Dickie 22

D Mitchell 21

D Totten 21

J Stirling 20

I Baird 20

NEXT ROUND ELIE GOLF LINKS 30TH JANUARY.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hope you all had a good festive break.

I know you will all be desperate for a game as I don't think anyone has hit a ball on a course since Scotscraig some 8 weeks ago. I have spoke to Dundonald Links today and they are open but ground is hard. Next week is to be wet and mild from Wednesday onwards so hopefully the frost with be gone by the weekend.

I have no places for Dundonald this Sunday.

Also if you can no longer go please let me or Gordon know asap.

We are starting at the 1st and the 10th so that will mean less time hanging around waiting to start.

There is hot rolls available till noon.

There is also soup and sandwiches afterwards for those who want it.

Dundonald 16th January 2011

Tee Times

1st Tee

9.40,9.50,10.00,10.10

10th Tee

9.40,9.50,10.00

Cost £30

Hot rolls are available till 12.00 only.

Names for Dundonald

Craig Chalmers

Gordon Sinclair

Ian Hutchinson

Gerry Cullen

Paul James

Scott Kennedy

Ian Baird

Billy Gibson

Neil Keir

Derek Mitchell

Andrew Alexander

Danny Totten

Kenny Lang

Jim Stirling

John Sommerville

David Stirling

Mick Drummond

Tommy Nicholson

Stevie Paul

David Graham

Graham Dickie

Jim Cullen

Ian Fox

Graham Stewart

Davie Drew

David Wylie

Guest 1

Guest 2

28 Players FULL.

I will post a full list of players for each course soon.

Next round at Elie is full with 32 players and a waiting list of 3.

Southerness we have 28 players but I am sure Scott could get more times if we need them.

Drumoig I have 28 places and is full

Powfoot is also full with 28 players (possibly get another tee time if required)

That leaves Ladybank on the 27th of March - 32 spaces booked.

I have paid 32 deposits myself and will be taking names and £10.00 deposits next weekend for there and that will be all the rounds taken care of.

All we need now is for the weather to improve.