North golf round-up: Hole-in-one for 80-year-old, results from Forres Golf Club and around the fairways
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ONE of Huntly Golf Club's senior members achieved every golfers dream earlier this month.
Charlie Cowe (80) holed his tee shot at the par 3 sixth hole - but was unaware of his achievement.
It was his playing partner, Graham Nicol who alerted Charlie when his shot went into the hole.
The pair were playing in a knock-out competition for the Jimmy Hogg shield.
Charlie said: "I didn't see it go in but Graham did and there were a couple of women on the go too who saw it.
"I'm really pleased, especially since I am now 80. I really can't recall if I have had a hole in one before or not."
Charlie took up golf in 1993 after going along to the course to encourage his son, Keith who ultimately got his dad into the game.
Results:
Forres -
Gents July Medal, Division 1: 1 Murray Drummond; 2 Colin MacKay; 3 David Mackinnon.
Division 2: 1 Peter MacKenzie; 2 Dave Thorne; 3 Jeffrey Wheeler
Division 3: 1 Daniel Cameron; 2 Joe Allan; 3 Ian Wood
Twos: Ker Farquhar Hole 5; Craig Wilson Hole 10;Willie Green Hole 5; Grant Cobban Hole 7; Robert Thorburn Hole 5; Dave Thorne Hole 15; Adrian Barksby Hole 5; Calum Gemmell Hole 17
Each player wins members card credit which can be used in the bar, restaurant or golf shop.
Ladies Stableford, Silver Division: 1 Donna Sinclair; 2 Lynda Wood.
Bronze Division: 1 Doreen McCaig; 2 Avril Hislop.
Elgin -
Gents Stableford: G McIntyre 41pts; S McInnes 39; M Bird 39.
Texas Scramble: L McKidd/R Morrison/R Logan/P Cantlay 52.4; I Hamilton/A Hay/B Inch/I Davidson 54.1; S Thomson/R Mellis/R Cameron/L Robertson 54.1.
Ladies 3 Ball Better Ball: E Cameron/C Reid/B Munro 65; D Bird/G Munro/L Taylor 66; M Evans/A Archbold/M Ewen 67.
Garmouth and Kingston -
Seniors Championship, scratch: I. Robertson 137; T. McLaughlan 163; K. Skelton 165.
Handicap: K. Boyle (21) 125; I. Robertson (2), K. McGinley (17) 133.
Ladies medal, silver division: C. Carver (14) 67; D. Phillips (11) 72.
Bronze division: J. Henderson (24), M. Kennedy (35), H. Grant (40) 77.
Gents GM Classic: P. Morrison (13) 56; T. McLaughlan (11) 62; G. Gammack (13) 63.
Hotel Quaich Fourball: J. Barclay (7) & P. Morrison (10), I. Robertson (2) & I. Scott (18) 59; P. Spurling (18) & C. Neilson (15), A. Brand (9) & B. Grant (14) 60.
Buckpool -
Senior Men’s Stableford, section 1: M. Watt (21), P. Watson (10), D. Gordon (12) 37
Section 2: B. Mair (25) 41; J. Parkes (34) 40; S. Smith (24), S. Duguid (26) 37.
Hopeman -
Medal Best 3 from 6, round 4 (Slope 119), class 1, scratch: M. Alexander 69.
Handicap: A. Hunter (13) 61; T. Mearns (9), G. Main (13) 63; K. Rumbles (11) 65; G. McKenzie (6), W. McIntosh (11) 66; G. Callow (13), P. Hall (9), D. Walker (8), B. Mellis (8) 67; L. Huyton (14), C. Howard (10) 68; R. McIntosh (6), M. Grant (12), I. MacKenzie (4), P. Pettengell (14) 69; D. McKenzie (9) 70; D. Marshall (7), G. Croudace (14), N. Malone (8) 71; M. Paterson (8), M. More (9), S. Murray (6), T. Naylor (9), A. Duncan Jr (7), M. Cruickshank (12), D. Godsman (12), R. More (14), J. Muir (13) 72.
Class 2, scratch: A. Chisholm 81.
Handicap: B Robertson (28), R. Duncan (18) 63; N. Robertson (19) 64; A. Morris (21), D.S. Young (15) 66; A. Munsie (22), A. Watson (16), S. Gimenez (28), A. Milsom (22) 67; R. Davidson (18), D.J. More (16) 68; M. Healer (17), W. Cumming (21 69; J. Wright (21), K. Edwards (24), T. Dines (22) 70; W. Young (19), V. O'Reilly (40) 71; S. McGookin (20), R. Greathurst (17), M. Croudace (15) 74; C. Hesketh (33), N. Borrie (18), G. Watt (24) 75; R. Main (16) 76; Z. McPherson (24) 77; C. Beattie (24) 78; S. Masson (21) 79.
