Monthly Archives: July 2014

SOUTH OF SCOTLAND BOYS GOLF - PEAT SALVER Om Wednesday 16 July the three County teams of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire met at Portpatrick Dunskey Golf Club to compete for the Peat Salver. The course was in excellent condition for the three teams of eight players under 18 who set out in wet weather to play the morning foursomes. By lunch Wigtownshire had 3½ points from their four pairings, Dumfriesshire 1½ and Kirkcudbrightshire 1 point. The weather for the afternoon singles matches had turned to bright sunshine and the wind dropped to a light breeze. Wigtownshire showed…

Thursday 17 July was a lovely benign day at Newton Stewart Golf Club for the first round and quarter finals of the South of Scotland Junior Match Play championships. The course had lost a lot of its fiery conditions from the previous week for the Strokeplay Championships and was more to the liking of the players who produced some excellent matches and scoring. Iron shots were holding the greens, chipping was not affected by bad bounces and putts were confidently struck and holed.  The younger boys all acquitted themselves well but in the end lost out to…

This year 19 boys travelled to Newton Stewart on Thursday 10 July to compete in the South of Scotland Boys Championships. This was the hottest day of the year so far and the difficult conditions of weather and hard fast fairways and greens provided a stern test for all the players. They all said they played well but the greens and approaches proved difficult. They all soon learned that they had to manufacture shots with the iron clubs and not always play their favourite lob wedge. A good lesson, particularly for the younger boys. In the morning…