‘Golfer of the year 2009’

During the season we will been running a ‘golfer of the year’ competition. It is decided by individual results during the match season. All the scores from each of the matches played this season are collected into a scorecard. The current leaderboard is as follows -

Leaderboard after match week 9
 

Club Open Competitions

Please send us details of your club Open competitions for inclusion on the website. We want to hear about these events to ensure all BPL and club players are aware of district competitions.

Eastwood Quaich and D.C Miller Open Handicap Trophy
will be held at Eastwood Golf Club on Saturday 4th July. Total prize money is £900. Click here for more details and an entry form.

Bonnyton Scratch Open
The inaugural 36 hole scratch competition will be held at Bonnyton Golf Club on 11 July. The first prize is £300, handicap limit 5.4. More details from David Copeland at Bonnyton Golf Club.

Parlane McFarlane Open scratch competition
Congratulations to Craig Watson of East Renfrewshire who had his 3rd win in a row in this tournament - details here

Fereneze Open - Saturday 15th August, entry Fee £7.00
Maximum handicap 18, scratch & handicap prizes

Fereneze Senior Open - Tuesday 30th June, entry Fee £8.00
Age 55 and over, maximum handicap 24, Stableford
 

Past Captain’s Outing 2009

The 55th Past Captain’s Outing for the Connor Salver was held at Fereneze Golf Club on Tuesday 9th June.
37 competitors played a Stableford competition in excellent weather with a slight breeze, a fair bit of sunshine and NO RAIN. The course was in very good condition
The winners were as follows -
1st - Ken Perston Haggs Castle 42points
2nd - Tony McCarthy Fereneze 41 points
3rd - Iain Cairns East Renfrewshire 40 points (bih)
4th - John McArdle Fereneze 40 points
Click here for all the scores
 

Fleming Watson League

The FWL Trophy has reached the final matches, and you can follow all the action. Visit the FWL’s own website for all the news from the junior golf league.
Current league leaders........ Cathcart Castle

Team photos

The latest Williamwood team photo has just been published. Team managers - Please send us your new team photos for inclusion on the website.

Golf News - For all the latest golf headlines and stories from the world of golf have a look at the golf club news resource. It has reports and updates, plus tournament information and equipment reviews. The news feeds are updated every day.

A Winter in Florida

George Crawford ex Scottish International of Williamwood Golf Club spent last winter in Florida working as a caddie. Read his witty and informative account of life on the other side of the bag....... read

Contact us

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Eastwood v Cathkin Braes

In a tightly fought match Eastwood looked to have the upper hand with only a few holes to go. However in all four games which went to the last Cathkin won, resulting in what at one stage looked a most unlikely victory. Roy Vallance had a hole in one at the 11th on his way to a 3&2 win over David Dickson and Gordon Sangster continued his unbeaten run with a halved match against Gavin Cochrane.
Final score Eastwood 3 Cathkin Braes 5 Thanks to Mark Lironi for his match report.
 

Fereneze v East Renfrewshire

Fereneze got the home win against long time league leaders East Renfrewshire in the final game of the season. At the turn both the teams were up in three matches with two all square. Craig Watson of East Ren was six under in his defeat of Willie McGuire, Gary Murray of the home team 4 down at the turn played stunning golf thereafter to get the better of Tim Hunter by 2&1, Ritchie Elrick 2 down with 3 to play squared his match against Richard Aitken of East Ren and in the battle of the young guns Ryan McCaffrey of Fereneze got the better of 16 year John Scott by 2&1.
Final score Cowglen 5.5 East Renfrewshire 2.5 Thanks to Anand Poddar for the match report
 

Haggs Castle v Whitecraigs

On a windy night which turned dull early on there was some extremely good scoring in the top match in which Graeme Belch recorded a good win over Gary Murphy. Thomas Martin overcame Chris Rossi in match 2 with Colin Bell countering for Whitecraigs in the next game. Haggs strung 4 wins together in the middle order with 4 birdies in 9 holes from Graeme Shaw enabling him to overcome Paul McDonald 5&4. Bruce Livingston won the last match for Whitecraigs.
Final score Haggs Castle 6 Whitecraigs 2. Thanks to Neal Stewart for the match report
 

Cowglen v Cathcart Castle

Cathcart Castle were the visitors for Cowglen’s final game of the year and needed to secure full points to keep astride of Cathkin Braes in the pursuit of the title. A keenly contested match was to be expected, however call-offs from both teams forced changes to team selection. Cowglen's Stephen Machin closed his season with another win but was made to fight all the way and solid wins from Calumn McLean & Frank Drum were followed home by Les McLaughlin & Neil Mc Bride. Cathcart Castle's Stuart Roberts produced the solo win and the other matches were halved. Thanks to all players and officials for their efforts this year and congratulations to Cathkin Braes in winning the BPL.
Final score Cowglen 6 Cathcart Castle 2. Thanks to Les McLaughlin for the match report.
 

Williamwood Golf Club Championship

On Sunday 21st June the final of the Williamwood Club Championship took place between George Crawford and Allan Syme. After 10 birdies bewteen the players in the first 18 holes with a better ball of 59, the match was all square. In the afternoon the first 11 holes were halved in par figures. Four consecutive birdies at 12 through 15 saw George ease into a 2 hole lead and with solid pars at the next holes George was safely home to secure his sixth title win. The standard of play was exceptional, a credit to the BPL and was enjoyed by the large group of spectators. Many thanks to Peter Buchanan on his update from Williamwood.

Team managers - if you have BPL players who feature in their respective club championships, we would welcome a report !

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