REPORT

It turned out to be a beautiful afternoon for our Under 15s Stableford event at McDonald Golf Club in Ellon and Ruby Watt made the most of the excellent course conditions and the warm summer afternoon.  Ruby’s 39 points haul gave her a single point victory over Oli Robertson who returned a score of 38 points.

Your Draw/Tee Times will be emailed to you.

Open to Boys & Girls Under 15 on the 1st of January 2019.  Competitors are required to have an official handicap in order to participate in these events.

The leading 24 players will be invited to participate in our season-ending U15s Pro-Am at Newmachar Golf Club.

REPORT

It turned-out to be a beautiful afternoon at McDonald Golf Club, Ellon for our Flag event and some of the golf matched the sparkling conditions

In the U10s Boys it was Kameron Brown who triumphed with Reece Nicol runner-up and Douglas Ross finishing in third spot.

The Under 12s Girls saw another good performance from Eve Ironside as she finished ahead of Keira Milne.

Saul Philips headed the Under 12s Boys and Kyle Marshall produced another stong performance to finish in second spot – Saul completed the 9th hole with his 36 shots and Kyle made it to the 9th green.

In the Advanced Flag section it was very close between Conlan Waldron & Zack Don.  Both boys made it through nine holes but Conlan’s tee shot at 10 went to the back edge of the green whilst Zack finished just 6 or 7 feet from the pin hole at the 10th so he was able to claim bragging rights.  Ellis Gain made it to the side of the 9th green to finish in 3rd place in the Advanced Flag competition.

DRAW/TEE TIMES

2.40  Kyle Marshall  Zack Don  Reece Nicol

2.50  Aiden Watson  Douglas Ross  Kameron Brown

3.00  Eve Ironside  Fraser Ironside  Seth Malcolm

3.10  Saul Phillips  Lewis Grant  Harry MacDonald

3.20  Joanna Greaves  Murray Greaves

3.30  Ben Milne  Keira Milne  Arran Christie

3.40  Callum Scofield  Ellis Gain  Conlan Waldron

Paul Lawrie Foundation FLAG competitions are designed to introduce juniors aged 12 and under (under 12 at 1st Jan 2019) to competitive, fun golf played over shortened courses (holes typically between 100yds-250yds long).  Normally we’ll play over 9 holes.  Competitors have 36 shots to get as far around the lay-out as possible.  A flag colour-coded to their age-group and section is placed in the ground where the 36th stroke comes to rest.

No handicap is necessary for FLAG competitions.

Children must be accompanied by an adult/responsible person to assist with safety.  No prior knowledge of golf or the rules is necessary for either the child or accompanying adult.  In most circumstances, children will have to handle their own equipment (no caddies!) though, for example, if it’s very wet/cold it is acceptable for some assistance in keeping clubs as dry as possible and children warm/dry.

Modified rules of golf are used, based upon R&A/USGA Rules of Golf, allowing kids to navigate their way around the courses we play.

bunkers – after three failed attempts to escape from a bunker a competitor may throw their ball out of the buker (but only the three failed strokes will count)

maximum strokes per hole – not more than 10 strokes may be taken at any hole, including a maximum of 4 putts on any green.  If a competitor reaches the maximum number of shotts (or putts) for that hole, they progress to the next hole and continue to play until they reach their 36 shots

water/penalty area – if the ball is in water and the competitor decides to take a penalty drop out of the area, they may do so by dropping nearer the hole to prevent having to play over/across the penalty area again

ball unplayable – in addition to the normal options available, players may take relief by dropping from the unplayable spot on to an area of shorter grass (even though this may mean dropping more than the normally permitted dropping area)

REPORT

Despite some on/off showers throughout the afternoon the children involved in our Flag events at Paul Lawrie Golf Centre coped really well with conditions and produced some excellent golf.

In the Under 10s Girls, Amy Blackadder produced a personal best to top her section by making it all the way to the 9th green.  Hannah Mair, playing in her first Flag competition finished as runner-up, just ahead of Lois Reid.

Kameron Brown headed the Under 10s Boys event, seeing off the challenge of James Jarvie (2nd) and Reece Nicol (3rd) by making it to the 8th green.

The Under 12s Girls saw Catherine Bell finish in 1st position, ahead of Isla Reid.

Declan McCaul in the Under 12s Boys made it through nine holes for the first time (and will now move in to the new Advanced Flag category).  Holing out at the 10th, Declan narrowly saw off the challenge of Peter Mair (who missed a short putt on the 10th hole to tie Declan’s effort).  Kyle Marshall & Fin Sinclair tied for 3rd place.

The Advanced Flag event witnessed another strong performance from Ollie Robertson who made it through the 11th hole.  Zack Don & Evan Walker tied for runner-up spots as they both holed-out at the 10th hole with their 36th shots

DRAW/TEE TIMES

12.20  Austin McCaul  Declan McCaul  Evan Walker

12.30  Mitchell Sinclair  Catherine Bell  Zack Don

12.40  Kyle Marshall  Ollie Robertson  Kameron Brown

12.50  Seth Malcolm  Alan Tang  Fin Sinclair

13.00  Reece Nicol  Cooper Hendry

13.10  Amy Blackadder  Lois Reid  Isla Reid

Paul Lawrie Foundation FLAG competitions are designed to introduce juniors aged 12 and under (under 12 at 1st Jan 2019 & under 10 on 1st Jan 2019 to be eligible for the U10s section) to competitive, fun golf played over shortened courses (holes typically between 100yds-250yds long).  Normally we’ll play over 9 holes.  Competitors have 36 shots to get as far around the lay-out as possible.  A flag colour-coded to their age-group and section is placed in the ground where the 36th stroke comes to rest.

No handicap is necessary for FLAG competitions.

Children must be accompanied by an adult/responsible person to assist with safety.  No prior knowledge of golf or the rules is necessary for either the child or accompanying adult.  In most circumstances, children will have to handle their own equipment (no caddies!) though, for example, if it’s very wet/cold it is acceptable for some assistance in keeping clubs as dry as possible and children warm/dry.

Modified rules of golf are used, based upon R&A/USGA Rules of Golf, allowing kids to navigate their way around the courses we play.

bunkers – after three failed attempts to escape from a bunker a competitor may throw their ball out of the buker (but only the three failed strokes will count)

maximum strokes per hole – not more than 10 strokes may be taken at any hole, including a maximum of 4 putts on any green.  If a competitor reaches the maximum number of shotts (or putts) for that hole, they progress to the next hole and continue to play until they reach their 36 shots

water/penalty area – if the ball is in water and the competitor decides to take a penalty drop out of the area, they may do so by dropping nearer the hole to prevent having to play over/across the penalty area again

ball unplayable – in addition to the normal options available, players may take relief by dropping from the unplayable spot on to an area of shorter grass (even though this may mean dropping more than the normally permitted dropping area)

Report

Despite a torrential downpour just as our first Flag competitors teed-off, it turned out to be a decent afternoon at Kemnay for this week’s Under 10s & Under 12s events.

The Under 10s Boys saw Kameron Brown put in another strong performance to top his section.  Kemnay player, Fraser Ironside, finished as runner-up ahead of Reece Nicol.

In just her second Flag competition, Holly McKenzie won the Under 10s Girls as she finished just shy of the green at the 7th hole with her 36 shots.

Eve Ironside won the U12s Girls over her home course.

The Under 12s Boys saw brothers Michael & Lewis Myron-Petrie finish 1st & 2nd respectively.

And the Advanced Flag was extremely tight this week with Evan Walker 3rd place, after finishing 7ft from the hole at the 10th.  Ollie Robertson & Zack Don tied for first place as the both ended-up a foot from the hole at the same hole (the 10th).

Draw/Tee Times

12:45  Eve Ironside  Holly McKenzie

12.50  Lily MacDonald  Evie MacDonald

12:55  Evan Walker  Mitchell Sinclair  Ollie Robertson

13:05  Reece Nicol  Zack Don  Lorne MacDonald

13:15  Kameron Brown  Fraser Ironside  Alan Tang

13:25  Harry MacDoanld  Lewis Myron-Petrie  Michael Myron-Petrie

13:35  tbc

Paul Lawrie Foundation FLAG competitions are designed to introduce juniors aged 12 and under (under 12 at 1st Jan 2019) to competitive, fun golf played over shortened courses (holes typically between 100yds-250yds long).  Normally we’ll play over 9 holes.  Competitors have 36 shots to get as far around the lay-out as possible.  A flag colour-coded to their age-group and section is placed in the ground where the 36th stroke comes to rest.

No handicap is necessary for FLAG competitions.

Children must be accompanied by an adult/responsible person to assist with safety.  No prior knowledge of golf or the rules is necessary for either the child or accompanying adult.  In most circumstances, children will have to handle their own equipment (no caddies!) though, for example, if it’s very wet/cold it is acceptable for some assistance in keeping clubs as dry as possible and children warm/dry.

Modified rules of golf are used, based upon R&A/USGA Rules of Golf, allowing kids to navigate their way around the courses we play.

bunkers – after three failed attempts to escape from a bunker a competitor may throw their ball out of the buker (but only the three failed strokes will count)

maximum strokes per hole – not more than 10 strokes may be taken at any hole, including a maximum of 4 putts on any green.  If a competitor reaches the maximum number of shotts (or putts) for that hole, they progress to the next hole and continue to play until they reach their 36 shots

water/penalty area – if the ball is in water and the competitor decides to take a penalty drop out of the area, they may do so by dropping nearer the hole to prevent having to play over/across the penalty area again

ball unplayable – in addition to the normal options available, players may take relief by dropping from the unplayable spot on to an area of shorter grass (even though this may mean dropping more than the normally permitted dropping area)