Philip makes it two in a row in competitions

Playing off a nineteen, Philip played well below his handicap to score 37 points for the 15 holes on Wednesday.

On Saturday he went round the front nine in 41 to score 24 points.

Wednesday’s score gave him a three point advantage over second Tom Beattie (17) and Michael Patterson (18). Tom’s better finish over the last six holes gave him second place.

After the very heavy rain on Friday night it looked like the course might be closed on Saturday morning.

Head greenkeeper Robert Nelson had to wait until eight o’clock before declaring the course open. There were a few puddles but the new drainage system on the ninth fairway proved its worth.

The sun came out in the afternoon to make it a very pleasant day. The good weather and the excellent condition of the greens resulted in some excellent scores. Philip Stewart’s 24 points was two ahead of George Heatherington (20) and Stephen Stewart (9). Stephen’s birdies at the fourth and seventh were not sufficient to claim second place.

There have been very few birdie twos recently. On Saturday only three players had birdie twos at the fourth: Stephen Stewart, Stephen Shaw and Norman McNellis while John Patterson had a two at the sixth.

After three weeks of the Winter League only six pairs remain unbeaten leaving each Section wide open.

George Stephens won the Sunday Winter League with 23 points. Robert Campbell and Roy Brown were one point behind with Robert getting the verdict for second place on count back.