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Scotsman
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Scottish golf round up: Rankings rise for in-form Crail ace plus club's £25,000 golf day
All the latest from tournaments involving Scottish golfers from Martin Dempster Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Our golf correspondent Martin Dempster wraps up the latest news from events with Scottish golfers involved: Rankings rise for in-form Andrew Davidson Crail Golfing Society's Andrew Davidson has made a huge leap up the World Amateur Golf Ranking after producing his second eye-catching performance of the domestic season. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Hot on the heels of making home advantage count to win the Battle Trophy, Davidson finished joint-third in the 59th Lytham Trophy, one of the top events on the amateur schedule in the UK and Ireland. The Fifer posted rounds of 71-75-70-72 on the testing Royal Lytham links for an eight-over-par total, ending up just three shots off the winning aggregate as Frenchman Hugo Le Goff closed with a best-of-the-week 66 to claim the coveted title. Crail Golfing Society's Andrew Davidson has made a strong start to the domestic season | Contributed Le Goff, who started the final round in joint-14th, pipped England's Tom Osborne with his closing salvo, becoming the first French player to win the event and just the fifth Continental European to do so. Davidson, who was 717th in the WAGR heading into the event but is now up to a career-best 336th, shared third spot with Ireland's Matthew McClean, who played in the 2023 Masters after winning the US Mid-Amateur the previous year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'It was good to follow up my win at Crail with a performance like that, especially as Lytham has got to be up there among the hardest courses in the UK,' said Davidson. 'I didn't have a lot of birdies, which was down to the fact I didn't putt very well, but, at the same time, I managed to keep any big numbers off my card, which is always a positive round there. 'It is good to see that you can compete at that level. There were a couple of times last year when I was up there in the Brabazon Trophy and the St Andrews Links Trophy before falling away, so it was good to stay up there right to the end this time.' Elsewhere in Lancashire, brother and sister Jamie and Carly McDonald both recorded top-ten finishes in their respective categories in The Fairhaven Trophies. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Martine Pow, winner of the scratch section at Scotscraig, and Golfbreaks Get Back to Golf Tour founder Alan Tait | Contributed Martine Pow turns back clock on SWAT Former Scottish Women's Amateur champion Martine Pow turned back the clock in the latest event on the Golfbreaks Scottish Women's Amateur Tour at Scotscraig. In breezy conditions at the Fife venue, where 58 players teed it up, the Selkirk member carded a three-over-par 75 to claim the scratch spoils by a shot from both Dunfermline's Megan Scott and Mary Smith from Tain. In the handicap event, Lochend's Linda Robertson carded a net six-under 66 playing off 11 to pip Kerry Lockerbie from Crichton. After four events, Kelso's Leanne Wilson leads the way in the scratch order of merit and Sandra Stanton of Broomieknowe tops the net standings. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The leading six players from both categories will qualify for The Tomatin Whisky Tour Final at Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart in September. The Calvin Cheyne Golf Day at Newmachar raised £25,000 for the club's former assistant | Contributed Newmachar golf day delivers £25,000 boost for Calvin Cheyne A golf day held at Newmachar raised £25,000 for an ex-club champion at the Aberdeenshire club and a North East District player. The Calvin Cheyne Charity Golf Day was organised by a group of friends, including Greg McBain, the head PGA pro at Newmachar, and members to raise money for one of the club's former assistants. Cheyne was forced to give up golf after being diagnosed with a condition called Chiari Malformation and required emergency life-saving surgery last year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'He has been through the wars of late and all funds raised are trying to get him back up on to his feet,' said McBain. 'The support shown for Calvin has been incredible, and we want to thank every single person, business, golf club, friends and family that contributed. 'We managed to raise a whopping £25,000 for him and this will go a long way in helping his rehabilitation!' Craigielaw's Guy Dalziel, Marc Reid and Kenny Glen show off the Lothians Team Tournament Trophy at Harburn | Contributed Craigielaw win Lothians Team Tournament Craigielaw won the Lothians Team Tournament for the second year in a row after coming out on top in a keenly-fought contest at Harburn. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Kenny Glen led the way for the East Lothian club with a 67, which was bettered only by a 66 from Longniddry's Craig Davidson. With Guy Dalziel signing for a 69 and Marc Reid posting 75, it was job done once again for Craigielaw by only just on this occasion as they pipped both Longniddry and Bathgate by a shot. The win meant that Craigielaw were the last name on the old trophy for the Lothians Golf Association and the first name on a new one as well. The Bank of Scotland, represented by John Nisbet, Andy Stevenson and Graeme Stevenson, won the trophy for the affiliate clubs. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Two of the competitors in the Scottish Senior Women's Golf Association Midland Division Spring Meeting at Crail | Contributed Sweet success for Alison Davidson on Crail return Twenty-seven years after being there for its grand opening, Alison Davidson made a winning return to Crail Golfing Society's Craighead Links. It came in the first event marking the 75th anniversary of the Scottish Senior Women's Golf Association - the Midland Division's Spring Meeting. Davidson, who was the Women's British Amateur champion when she joined men's equivalent Craig Watson and club champion Ross Forgan at the opening of the second course at the historic Fife venue in 1998, carded a 79 to win the scratch section. 'It was lovely to be back and play the Craighead after all that time,' she said. 'It was great to see how well the course is playing and Crail Golfing Society were so welcoming with great hospitality.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Scotscraig's Alison Anderson picked up the overall prize, the Allan Trophy, with a net 74 playing off 14. Gullane's Jill McNicoll shows off the East Lothian Ladies' County Championship Trophy | Contributed Gullane glory for Jill McNicoll Gullane's Jill McNicoll made home advantage count to win the East Lothian Ladies' County Championship for the third time. McNicoll beat Carys Irvine in the title decider on Gullane No 1 to deny the Kilspindie player in her bid to claim the prize after finishing as the top qualifier in the Spring Meeting. Irvine, who was the low-handicap player in the field off +0.8, carded a 74 to finish four shots clear of both The Renaissance Club's Alyssa Henderson and Kirsten Ireland of Dunbar. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Henderson, the defending champion, suffered a first-round exit in the championship to her clubmate, Una Cooper. Then, in the business end, McNicoll beat Longniddry's Janette Murdie in her semi-final while Irvine progressed to the final at the expense of former Scottish Women's champion Shirley Lawson (Winterfield). The Glen's Lesley McClelland won the handicap trophy, beating Lee Ann Mullholland of Haddington in the final. Inverness member Summer Elliott secured her second success of the new Junior Tour Scotland season | Contributed Summer Elliott strikes again on Junior Tour The latest events on the 2025 Junior Tour Scotland illustrated the fact it gets around the country, with a trip to Portpatrick in the south-west being followed by one north to Elgin. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The boys' section at Portpatrick resulted in a tie after 36 holes between Gourock's Scott Newman and Jamie Henshaw of Bruntsfield Links after matching rounds of 71-67. Played over 54 holes, Greenock's Jayla Kepler won the girls' event with a 223 total, having posted scores of 75-76-72. At Elgin, Summer Elliott backed up her win in the season-opener at Tain and Royal Dornoch by sharing top spot on this occasion with Nairn Dunbar's Kaci Robertson on 231, the pair finishing nine shots clear of the player in third place. Deeside's Oli Roberston, meanwhile, claimed the boys' scratch spoils by posting rounds of 74-73-75 to win by a shot from Thurso's Tyler Gordon, with Scott Riddoch (Duff House Royal) one further back. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Shot of the weekend in that event came from West Links Junior Harris Munro, who had a hole-in-one at the 15th in the opening round. Defending champions Renfrewshire made a winning start in this season's Scottish Area Team Championship | Contributed Title holders Renfrewshire off to winning Area Team start Defending champions Renfrewshire and record winners Lothians suffered contrasting fortunes in the opening round of matches in this year's Scottish Area Team Championship. Renfrewshire, who bridged a ten-year gap to land the title for a sixth time last year, made home advantage count as they beat North East 5.5-3.5. But it was a disappointing start for Lothians as the 15-time winners went down by the same margin, albeit away, to Glasgow.
Scotsman
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Who are the Scots bidding to end 18-year Lytham Trophy drought
Lloyd Saltman was the last player to land tartan triumph in one of UK's top amateur events Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Recent Battle Trophy winner Andrew Davidson is among a posse of Scots teeing up in the 59th Lytham Trophy, which last ended up in the hands of a player flying the Saltire in 2007. Davidson, who made home advantage count at Crail to lift the Battle Trophy, is now aiming to make his presence felt in one of the top events on the amateur schedule in the UK. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The legendary Michael Bonallack came out on top in the tournament's first staging in 1965 while other winners since then have included Charlie Green, Jim Farmer and Peter McEvoy, who passed away last month. The 59th Lytham Trophy takes place over the next three days at The Open venue in Lancashire | Getty Images In addition to Green and Farmer, other Scots to taste victory at Royal Lytham over the years have been George Macgregor, Brian Marchbank, Ian Hucheon, Stephen McAllister, Stephen Gallacher, Graham Rankin, Lorne Kelly and Stuart Wilson. The most recent tartan triumph, however, came 18 years ago, when Lloyd Saltman lifted the trophy at a time when he was one of the top amateurs in Great Britain & Ireland. Nairn's Calum Scott, the Silver Medal winner as leading amateur in last year's 152nd Open at Royal Troon, and Blairgowrie teenager Connor Graham are still in the US due to college commitments, as is 2023 Scottish Amateur champion Cameron Adam. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Graham finished second behind England's John Gough in 2022 while Gullane's Oliver Mukherjee tied for sixth in last year's event, won by another home player in Frank Kennedy. Cameron Mukherjee, beaten finalist in this year's South African Amateur Championship, will be hoping to match or even better his brother's effort over the next three days, with the top 40 and ties after 36 holes progressing to the final two rounds on Sunday. Others flying the Saltire on this occasion include current Scottish Amateur champion Alexander Farmer (Kilmacolm), as well as Craigielaw's Angus Carrick, a past winner of that event. Two-time beaten finalist Gregor Tait (Aldeburgh) is also in the field, as are Jack McDonald (Schloss Roxburghe), Ben Murray (Portlethen), Jamie Mann (Vilamoura), Dominic McGlinchey (Renaissance Club), George Cannon (Glenbervie), James Wood (Bathgate) and Ross Laird (Glenbervie).
Scotsman
21-04-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Scottish golf round up: Battle Trophy, Helen Holm, SGF and Junior Tour reports
All the latest from grass-root events around Scotland from Martin Dempster Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Home comfort for Andrew Davidson in Battle Trophy Host club member Andrew Davidson won Crail Golfing Society's Battle Trophy, adding to his victory in the 50th edition of the East of Scotland Open at Lundin in 2023. Davidson followed an opening 72 with a six-under-par 66 to lead by four shots at the halfway stage before closing with rounds of 71 and 70 to finish with a 279 total. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Host club member Andrew Davidson shows off the Battle Trophy after his win in the Crail Golfing Society event | Contributed Bathgate's James Wood, the 2024 Scottish Boys' champion, finished as his closest challenger, with Schloss Roxburghe's Jack McDonald, the 2023 winner, ending up two shots further back in third. "It's good to win such a prestigious trophy as the Battle Trophy on your home course", said Davidson, who is the first player to achieve the feat since Ross Forgan in 2003. "This is about the eighth occasion I have contested the event and it always attracts one of the best amateur fields of the year, being one of the first big events of the year, so I'm delighted for the win.' Ireland's Roisin Scanlon poses with the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open trophy after her impressive win at Royal Troon | Chris Young/Scottish Golf Ireland's Roisin Scanlon wins Helen Holm Trophy at Troon A week after finishing runner up in the Scottish Girls' Open at Arbroath, Ireland's Roisin Scanlon enjoyed a first round to remember at Royal Troon as she claimed a five-shot win in the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Scanlon, 17, carded rounds of 72 and 69 on Royal Troon's Portland Course before signing off with a splendid one-under-par 71 on the Old Course at the Ayrshire venue to finish well clear of England's Jess Hall. 'I was nervous and it was due to the fact that the last round is on a different golf course,' she admitted after joining Martina Gillen (2005), Leona Maguire (2008), Danielle McVeigh (2009) and Olivia Mehaffey (2015) as Irish winners of the prestigious event. 'This is my first time playing this event and it's really special that we're even allowed out here and we get to play. We're very privileged." Scanlon also finished third in the Scottish Girls' Open just a few miles up the coast from Troon at Irvine as a 14-year-old in 2022. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad North Berwick's Grace Crawford, the 2022 winner, and Abigail May (St Regulus) Ladies) shared the honour as leading Scots, finishing joint-sixth on four over. Baberton's Luca Smith with the SGF Classic trophy after his win at Goswick Links in Northumberland | Contributed Goswick glory for Luca Smith and Sabrina Wong Baberton's Luca Smith and Sabrina Wong (Cathkin Braes) were the trophy winners in the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Classic at Goswick Links. In testing conditions at the Northumberland course, Smith bookended the 72-hole boys' event with rounds of 67 and 71 to win by eight shots with a one-under-par total. Wong, meanwhile, underlined her star potential by landing a 13-shot success in the girls' event over 54 holes, having opened with rounds of 75-74 before signing off with an 81. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The events counted towards a new Stephen Gallacher Foundation World Amateur Golf Ranking Order of Merit, with the winners of separate boys' and girls' points list securing support for 2026 events. The next counting tournament is The Foundation Trophy at Blairgowrie on 4-6 May. Inverness player Summer Elliot won the Junior Tour Scotland season-opener at Tain and Royal Dornoch | Contributed Summer Elliot off to flyer on 2025 Junior Tour Scotland Summer Elliot (Inverness) produced a strong start to the new Junior Tour Scotland season in the Highlands. Held at Tain and Royal Dornoch, the Scottish Girls' international carded polished efforts of 74-76-75 to win by an impressive nine shots. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Carly McDonald (St Regulus Ladies) finished joint-second with Ireland's Gemma McMeekin, while Royal Troon's Jodie Graham was a further shot back. The boys' event was won by Belgium's Jules De Langhe, who carded efforts of 7068-73 to pip Aberdour's Nathan Tait by two shots.
