Clynelish Open 2007 - Murray wins title for first time.
Local member Malcolm Murray won the Clynelish Salver for the first time, beating last years runner up Iain Powell by 4 and 3 in the final. Murray got off to a fine start with three birdies in the first four holes but a shank at the fifth saw his lead cut to two. Reaching the turn four ahead Murray was soon under pressure as Powell tried to fight back. A birdie at the eleventh for Powell followed by three putts at twelve by Murray had cut the lead to three but Murray hit back with a birdie at thirteen to make his lead almost unassailable. He duly held on to close the match at the fifteenth green. Congratulations to Malcolm and the other winners.
Class 1 McRobert Thistle Cup- William Macbeath (Brora)
Class 2 Clynelish Shield- Calum Maclennan (Fortrose & Rosemarkie)
Class 3 Auchroisk Cup - Scott Tulloch (Longniddry)
Malcolm Murray (centre) with his caddies
Mark Lochhead, Clynelish (centre ) with Captain Alex Rennie and the prize winners.
2007 Club Championship - July 16th 2007
Round 1
James MacBeath shot the low round of the week a very good 67. Tony Gill was close behind after a 70 and was also leading the nett category on 65. Other notable scores were from Roddy Cameron the defending champion, 72 and also on this mark were Malcolm Murray and Graham Grant, 5 shots behind the lead. The other leading nett scores after round 1 were from young Owen Maclennan and Graham Grant with nett 67.
Round 2
The second round saw some high scores and this was not because of the weather. The greenkeepers were biting back with some difficult but fair pin placements. The over night leader Macbeath came in with a 75 after shanking a ball out of bounds on the 16th. The defending Champion Cameron was struggling on the greens and came in with a 77. Murray went out in 1 under but made it a struggle from himself on the way in and could only manage a 73. Grant posted the second best score of the night with a 72 to close within 2 of the leader. The best score of the day came from young Liam Macdonald who shot a very good 71. Owen Maclennan shot another nett 67 to lead the handicap section with Grant who was also in the running for the scratch.
Round 3
With the same difficult pin positions, the best rounds of the night came from the leader Macbeath, Murray, Christopher Mailey and vice captain A B Risk with a 72. In the nett Maclennan was keeping his consistent scores going with a 68 and Gill was still also in with a chance of the nett with a 69 only 2 behind. After the 3rd round MacBeath had a 3 shot lead over Murray, Gill was 2 further back and Cameron 3 behind Gill.
Round 4
On the final round the weather was at its worse with a strong breeze and rain to trouble the golfers. MacBeath started with 2 bogeys, which brought Murray within 1 shot. At the tricky 6th MacBeath found himself with a quick putt from the back of the green and putted off the front leaving himself with a putt back up the slope for his third. After the front nine MacBeath found himself 2 shots clear from Murray after both were trading bogeys. The defending champion Cameron managed to go out in an excellent 36 on the front nine which put him within 4 shots off Macbeath, Gill was out in 38 with a 7 at the tough 5th and was only 3 behind. Murray faltered over the last few holes leaving MacBeath with the Championship in his own hands. He played out the final four holes in level par to take the championship. Cameron came back in level par to claim second place along with Gill both 4 shots behind the winner MacBeath. Owen Maclennan claimed the nett prize, with four steady rounds from the youngster winning by one shot from Gill.
Congratulations to both winners
James MacBeath Scratch
Owen Maclennan Handicap
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June 12th 2006 - Brora ranked in TOP 100
Brora Golf Club has been ranked in Great Britain and Ireland's top 100 golf courses for the first time. In the latest course ranking published by Golf World magazine Brora was ranked number 99. Our Braid design was also recently named by Peter Thomson, five times Open champion as his favourite course designed by another architect. "It's a links course, the most wonderful links course I think, and it was designed by James Braid, who incidentally was a five-time British Open Championship winner."
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