Leven Links

RESULTS FROM LEVEN

Round 2 of our winter league was again held in great conditions with lots of sunshine and very little wind. It was possibly the best day for the last 2 weeks and either side of Sunday the weather has been horrendous. I wonder what the scores would have been if we were out on the Links today playing.

We had 24 players at this round and the scores were close at both ends of the scale.

In first place was Stevie "I will never win he spoon" Paul with a solid 36 points . He was followed by Gerry Cullen also on 36 points but Gerry was less 2 for sweep purposes only due to his win at Lundin 2 weeks ago giving him 34 points. In 3rd place we had 4 players on 33 points Peter Ritchie, Scott Kennedy, Michael Drummond and Paul James. Paul and Peter both had the same back 9 but Paul had a better last 3 holes total and claimed 3rd place.

Nearest the pin at the 5th was Alex Smart and at the 15th Ian Baird.

At the rear of the field we had 3 players on 24 points.

David Graham - back 9 total 13

Michael Kennaway- back 9 total 14

Bruce Finney-back 9 total 15

So the winner of the Wooden Spoon was our defending Winter Champion David Graham. Currently Davy is not the golfer he was last winter and will soon have to find the game he had last year or his defence could be over before the New Year. Could he go from Champ to Chump in 1 season - time will tell.

Other facts from Sunday

Murray Greig and Michael Kennaway set a new Tour record by losing their match 9-8.

Their opponents were Peter Ritchie and Scott Kennedy and that is a record that will be hard to beat.

Big Neil Keir got a par at the 18th which is one of the hardest finishing holes in Scotland - a great achievement by someone with a handicap of 22.

I don't think anyone else managed to get a par on that hole so well done Neil.

Gerry Cullen lost all his winnings and more to a side bet with his wee brother that Jim would retain the spoon from Lundin. Jim survived comfortably and Gerry handed over the cash in front of us all.

I was given a bottle of whiskey by the Captain of Leven and I will keep it for a prize at the end of the season. A nice gesture from the club and Leven remains one of the best deals of the winter. Food and service was very good.

Results

Alex Smart 26 Malky Hannah 29 George Leadbitter 27

Brian Newell 28 Stevie Paul 36 Bruce Finney 24

Billy Gibson 32 Kenny Lang 30 Mick Drummond 33

Robert Chalmers 32 David Stirling 28 Stevie McPherson 29

Paul James 33 Michael Kenneway 24 Ian Baird 31

Davy Graham 24 Murray Greig 25 Jim Cullen 27

Gerry Cullen 36 Peter Ritchie 33 Neil Keir 32

Tommy Nicholson 30 Scott Kennedy 33 John Sommerville 31

Stevie cut 2

Gerry cut 1 ( now -3 )

Paul cut 1

Current Top 10 after 2 rounds

Gerry Cullen 72

Stevie Paul 67

Paul James 66

Ian Baird 65

Robert Chalmers 63

John Sommerville 62

Billy Gibson 62

David Stirling 60

kenny Lang 60

Stevie McPerson 57

Things can change very quickly as it is your best 5 rounds from a possible 9/10.

Just a small point from Sunday. We all should be playing preferred lies at this time of year. So from now on all courses we play that is our winter rule.

I now have names for the following rounds.

Scotscraig 21st November 25 names 3 places left

Powfoot 5 th December 23 names 5 places left

Elie 30th January 28 names FULL

Dundonald is on the 16th of January and I will take names for it at Scotscraig. No deposit is required for Dundonald but I will need £10 for Gullane No2 at the end of February.

A full list of who has paid for what will be put on the site later this week.

New Hall of Fame at the right hand side of web site and also The Biggest Humping Record - Two lists you want to avoid joining.

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