2007 Winter League

Winter League Round 1
October / November
Augusta Golf Ltd
Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th October

24 Woll Members played in excellent conditions for the last weekend in October.
Saturday brought a murky start for the early risers and with next to no wind to contend with good scores expected. First out were Douglas Oliver and Jake Mackenzie who returned very good scores of 38 and 37 points respectively.  Doug’s lead did not last long as John Heatley returned a very impressive 39 points, which on any other day would be a winning score, sadly for John it was not to be as Keith Turnbull carded a superb 41 points which included one non scoring hole. 47 year old Keith, who plays off a 15 handicap, had just returned from a golf trip to Spain in which he won the coveted Green Jacket in the 2007 Teri Bus Tour proved to be the star performer over the opening weekend.
On the Sunday after some very heavy over night rain the sun shone for a small group of golfers, again some impressive scores were posted. 2006 Winter League Champion Ian Campbell carded a very good 39 points and this proved to be the best of the Sunday scores.
With all the months sponsored by local suppliers it is sure to be a well contested Winter League.
Best 2 Scores over the month will win 1 Dozen Pro V1 Balls from our sponsor Augusta Golf Ltd.

The overall result for Round 1 is below.

1st Keith Turnbull 41 pts
2nd John Heatley 39 pts (bih)
3rd Ian Campbell 39 pts

Two’s Sweep Jake Mackenzie & Hugh Robertson.

Winter League Round 2
October / November
Augusta Golf Ltd
Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th November

 
The second weekend of the winter league proved to be a huge success with a superb turn out of 30 Golfers.
Played for the first time off the winter tees, the revised course was welcomed by all and eight players played to or above their handicaps.
Top man on the day was local teacher Andrew Beattie whose superb birdie three on the eighteenth which gave him 4 Stableford points and edged out Jake Mackenzie into second with Michael Davis third.
As with the week before, 2s were hard to come by, but three golfers did and special mention to Jake Mackenzie who had a two for the second week on trot.

Week 2 Result

1st Andrew Beattie 40pts
2nd John Mackenzie 39pts (bih)
3rd Michael Davis 39 pts

Two’s Sweep

Jake Mackenzie, Rory Banks and Charlie Tait.

Winter League Round 3
October / November
Augusta Golf Ltd
November 10th & 11th

The third round of the Winter League again attracted a record entry of 32 hardy golfers. The scoring as like previous weeks was very good and it took a golfer to break the 40 point barrier to claim the top prize. That golfer was Ian Campbell, who scored an amazing 43 points which included two non scoring holes.
Second was Charlie Tait from Hawick with a very good 39 points and in third was the very consistent John Heatley also from Hawick with 38 points.
2s were very hard to come by an only two were recorded out of 32 competitors. 
The two best scores for the month to win the Sponsors prize of 1 Dozen Pro V1 Woll Logo Balls.
At this moment it would seem to be heading to this weeks winner Ian Campbell who has a best combined 39 & 43 points.
With some very good scoring the handicapper has intervened has cut several of the top players in particular Ian Campbell who he was duly cut from 13 to 9 for his efforts.
The overall competition will become a little clearer after the sixth week and the leader board will then start to take shape.

Week 3 Result
1st Ian Campbell 43 pts
2nd Charlie Tait 39 pts
3rd John Heatley 38 pts

Two’s Winners this week were Michael Hogg, Alan Brunton and John Robertson.

Winter League Round 4
October / November
Augusta Golf Ltd
Weekend November 17th & 18th

Damp conditions greeted the entrants over the weekend of the 4th round of the winter league.
Top man was John Borthwick from Galashiels who was the only player to break the magical 40 point barrier. John amassed a superb 42 points which included a (bih) of 22 stableford points. Second was left hander Norrie Stevens from Hawick who returned a very good 39 points with John Robertson also from Hawick who had 38 points.
For the first time this season no 2s were recorded so there will be a roll over for week 5.
The Handicapper again was ruthless and the top three were all cut, John Borthwick by 3 and Norrie Stevens by 2 and John Robertson by 1.
Ian Campbell still leads the best 2 combined scores for the month 39 & 43.
John Heatley has proved to be the most consistent golfer so far with scores of 39, 38, 38 & 35, but it could have been one point better as he over looked a wrong score on one hole on Saturday made by his marker, could this prove a costly error, only time will tell.
Week 4 Result

1st John Borthwick  42pts
2nd Norrie Stevens 39 pts
3rd John Robertson 38 pts  
 

Round 5
October / November
Sponsored by Augusta Golf Ltd
November 24th & 25th

What a weekend!

Record Score for Winter League and a Hole in 1

The last weekend in November brought very changeable conditions and this reflected on the entry with the smallest field so far this season of only 17 competitors.
Saturday in particular was a mix of cold, wet and windy conditions, despite that a hardy group played and some respectable scores were recorded. Top man on the Saturday was week four winner John Borthwick from Galashiels, who despite being cut three shots from his win the previous week scored an excellent 36 points. Second on the Saturday was the very consistent Doug Oliver from Hawick who edged out his playing partner Jake Mackenzie.
History was made on Sunday with a record score in the winter league and for the first time ever a hole in 1.
Playing off a handicap of 17 Alan Brunton from Selkirk amassed an amazing 46 points with 1 non scoring hole. Two halves of 23 points, which included a putt from off the green for a birdie 3 net 2 and 4 points on the 18th Hole.
Gary Dalgliesh from Hawick achieved the Holy Grail for all Golfers a hole in 1 on the 136 yard 11th hole using a 7 iron and in so doing gaining the first 5 point hole in winter league history. 
Three players had a 2 on their cards Alan Brunton, David Brown and the very constant Andrew Beattie.
The handicapper has intervened and slashed 4 strokes from Alan’s handicap reducing him to a new low of 13.  
Second on the weekend was Rob Turnbull from Hawick who posted on what would have been on any other day a winning score of 40 points.  
Alan’s amazing score leapfrogged him into the lead for the best two scores of the month. He wins a dozen Titleist Pro V1 golf balls courtesy of our sponsor of the month Augusta Golf Ltd.
The weekly result is below along with the best combined score for the month.

Scottish & Newcastle are our title sponsor in December with Cases of Beer as the monthly prize.
Additional mystery prizes will be up for grabs in December these will be randomly drawn by the first groups out on the day.    

Week 5 Result

1st Alan Brunton 46 pts
2nd Rob Turnbull 40 pts
3rd Andrew Beattie 38 pts

Monthly Winner Best 2 Scores Combined

1st Alan Brunton 84 pts
2nd Ian Campbell 82 pts
3rd Andrew Beattie 78 pts

Best 5 Scores

 Name                                                     Total
1st  Jake Mackenzie      33 36 37 39 35  180
2nd Alan Brunton          29 32 34 38 46  179
3rd Andrew Beattie      32 33 34 40 38  177
4th Michael Willison      31 33 36 36 33  169
5th Michael Davis         25 31 37 39 33  165
6th W.Davis                 28 29 33 34 39  163
7th Don Cottrell           26 31 31 33 31  152
 

Round 6
Sponsored by Scottish & Newcastle
December 1st & 2nd
 
Fourteen brave souls battled the elements over the first weekend in December and it was a newcomer who won the spoils Nick Byers who recorded a superb 40 points. 2nd was Doug Hall who also on his first winter league outing scored a very good 38 points. 3rd was one of our Lady members Brenda McWhinnie who carded a very good 35 points. Nick and Doug were both cut by the Handicapper Nick from 18 down to 16 and Doug from 14 to 13.
Two 2s were recorded one by our winner and the other by Michael Willison.

Week 6 Result

1st Nick Byers 40 points
2nd Doug Hall 38 points
3rd Brenda McWhinnie 35 pts

2s Nick Byers & Michael Willison, the mystery prize of a nice Leather Wallet went to Jim Kinghorn.

Round 7
Sponsored by Scottish & Newcastle
December 8th & 9th

Only 9 competitors played over the second weekend in December, conditions were poor, but one golfer Jake Mackenzie produced a magical score of 40 points to win by a clear 4 points from Craig Pritchard 36 points. Jake excelled and his card also included the only 2 of the day on the 17th. The handicapper again was ruthless and Jake was cut from 10 to 8 for his remarkable score. Mystery prize winner was Don Cottrell who won a leather wallet courtesy of Scottish and Newcastle.

Full Result
1st Jake Mackenzie 40 pts
2nd Craig Pritchard 36 pts
3rd Doug Oliver 33 pts

2s Sweep J.Mackenzie, Mystery prize winner Don Cottrell

Round 8
Sponsored by Scottish & Newcastle
December 15th & 16th
Thirteen brave souls ventured out for Round 8 of the winter league. For the second week running Jake Mackenzie was top dog with a very good score of 37 points. Equal on 37 points but losing on better inward half was Bill Davis and third for the second week running was Doug Oliver 35 points. The handicapper again cut the top two Jake down from 8 to 7 and Bill from 17 to 16. No 2s were recorded so there will be a roll over in week 9

Full Result  
1st Jake Mackenzie 37 pts (bih)
2nd Bill Davis 37 pts
3rd Doug Oliver 35 pts

2s No Winners Roll over to Round 9

Round 9
Sponsored by Scottish & Newcastle
December 22nd & 23rd

Only 3 Golfers decided to play in the weekend leading up to Christmas and it was a reversal of the placings from the previous week. Winner was Bill Davis who returned a very creditable 32 points despite the icy condition. 2nd was Jake Mackenzie who had his lowest score so far 27 points, third was Jonathan Davis who struggled and came in with 16 points. Once again no 2s were recorded so the roll over continues into Week 10

Full Result
1st Bill Davis 32 pts
2nd Jake Mackenzie 27 pts
3rd Jonathan Davis 16 pts
  
   Best 6 Scores

 Name Score Score Score Score Score Score Total
1st  Jake Mackenzie 35 36 37 37  39 40 224
2nd Andrew Beattie 32 33 34 38 40 40 217
3rd John Heatley 32 32 35 38 38 39 214
4th Doug Oliver 33 35 35 35 38 38 214
5th W.Davis 29 32 33 34 37 39 204
6th C.Pritchard 29 31 35 35 36 36 202
7th M.Willison 31 31 32 33 36 36 199

  
Round 10
Sponsored by Scottish & Newcastle
December 29th & 30th

Round 10 of the winter league took place with a small field of six golfers taking part. Conditions again were a major factor but the scoring was very good despite this.
Only 3 points separated the top four competitors and it was one of our previous winners Neil Byers who won on the day with a creditable 33 points. Second was the ever reliable John Borthwick on 32 points and third was Dave Hall on 31 points.
Again no 2s were recorded so the roll over continues into round 11.

Result
1st Neil Byers 33pts
2nd John Borthwick 32pts
3rd Dave Hall 31pts
 

Round 11
Sponsored by Golden Casket
January 5th & 6th

Heavy snow put pay to Saturday’s golf but amazingly the bottom 9 holes re-opened on the Sunday for anyone keen enough for a game.
Only 1 member decided to take on the old nine holes that man being John Borthwick and he added a very impressive 35 points to his four scores so far this season. Based on his five scores so far John would be in third place overall so his day was very worthwhile. If the weather were to put pay to any other of the January weekends then John would win the overall prize of a six and a half pound jar of Hawick Balls sweets.