George Burns Looking To Deliver Crail A Home Victory In Scottish Amateur.
George Burns will be looking for plenty of Crail Golfing Society support as he now looks to follow in the footsteps former good friend Bob MacIntyre and capture the Scottish Amateur Championship at golf’s seventh oldest club
Burns, 22 brilliantly fought back from being 2-down after 10 holes to win 1up on the final hole over Cupar Golf Club’s Markus Rickard and earn a place in the semi-finals on the acclaimed Gil Hanse-designed Craighead Links course.
Burns and MacIntyre were members of the ...
Macaulay’s Amateur Return Could Be Rewarded At Crail With Second Scottish Amateur
Callum Macaulay’s return to the amateur ranks could be spectacularly rewarded at Crail Golfing Society with a second Scottish Amateur Championship title in 11-years.
Macaulay, 35 brilliantly burst into the last-16 of the Scotland’s premier men’s amateur event thanks to a ‘professional-like’ 4 & 3 win over Royal Aberdeen’s Craig Leith on the Craighead Links course.
Helping steer Macaulay to hopeful success was the sight of having his father, Harry back on the bag as he had been ...
Burns Keeps The Crail Flag Flying High At Scottish Amateur
George Burns kept the Crail Golfing Society flag flying high with an impressive 7 & 6 demolition of Ballumble Castle’s Dan Lawrence and win through to the last-16 in the Scottish Men’s Amateur Championship.
Burns played the least number of holes among the 64 players that teed-up for the first of the match-play stage of the championship after having won his Thursday morning match 6 & 5 over Bonnybridge’s Gary Wright.
It means the 22-year old Burns, and a very proud Crail member, played ...
Very Sad News Learning The Passing Of Gordon Brand Jnr – One Of Golf’s True Characters
In my early days starting out reporting on the European Tour there was one golfer who stood out as one of the characters of the game – Gordon Brand Jnr.
It was only last fortnight ‘Brandy’, as he most-affectionately known, and myself were again taking the mickey out of each other at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
It is why it has come as a huge shock to learn ‘Brandy’ has passed away and just 19 days shy of his 61st birthday.
The Scottish-born golfer was due ...
Smyth Matches Balcomie 60 Course Record Not Having Previously Teed-Up At Crail
It has been much like the No. 272 bus. You wait ages for the bus to arrive and two come at once.
That was the scenario today at Crail Golfing Society when Royal Troon’s very affable Michael Smyth equalled the Balcomie Links course record with a nine-under par 60.
Smyth, 33 recorded 10 birdies and dropped just one shot on day two of the 2019 Scottish Men’s Amateur Championship here at golf’s seventh oldest club.
Less than 24-year hours, Longniddry’s David Rudd lowered the record set ...
Rudd Sets New Balcomie Course Record 60 Inspired By Tom Watson
David Rudd admitted having played late last year in the company of legendary Tom Watson helped him smash the Balcomie Links course record with a nine-under par 60 on the opening day qualifier of the Scottish Men’s Amateur at Crail.
The 19-year old Longniddry member broke the par-69 record by one shot and bizarrely on a day the Crail Golfing Society had the 15-year old prior record scorecard held by proud member, Ross Forgan returned from a fresh re-framing.
Ross had been monitoring the progress ...
Liam Duncan Smashes 15-Year Old Balcomie Course Record With A 61 Day One Scottish Amateur
Nineteen-year old Liam Duncan smashed a 15-year Balcomie Links course record posting an eight-under par 61 on the opening day of the 2019 Scottish Men’s Amateur championship at Crail.
Duncan lowered the course by a shot some two hours after Eric McIntosh had become the second golfer in the morning’s play to equal the existing course record of 62.
Crail member Ross Forgan had set the course record in regular club competition.
John Paterson, and out in the very first group of the day, matched ...
