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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

John Paterson confessed he was thinking of breaking 60 in eventually equalling the Balcomie Links course record with a seven-under par 62 early on day one of the 2019 Scottish Men’s Amateur at Crail Golfing Society. The New Club at St. Andrews golfer was out in the very first group at 7.30am and teeing-up in glorious conditions at the 7th oldest golf club managing two eagles and three birdies to lead the 164-strong field by four strokes. Paterson is no stranger to Crail having competed ...

Defending Scottish Men’s Amateur champion Euan McIntosh is no stranger to Crail Golfing Society having visited the club many times to contest the annual Battle Trophy. So, it came as a surprise when Euan arrived at Crail this past Sunday for a practice round on the Balcomie Links, and along with the Craighead Links, a qualifying course for this week’s Scottish Men’s Amateur. “You know, I’ve been here to Crail so many times but never once have I played the Balcomie,” he said. “The ...

Twelve-year old Conor Graham is about to create history teeing-up in this week’s Scottish Men’s Amateur at Crail Golfing Society. Conor, and a big fan of 15-time Major winning Tiger Woods,  is believed to be the youngest-ever in the near 100-year history of the event to be teeing-up in Scotland’s premier men’s championship. And what’s more amazing he will be joined by his 46-year old father, Stuart and 15-year old brother, Gregor with all three members at golf’s 7th oldest club ...

World No. 1 Brooks ‘King’ Koepka sent Rory McIlroy ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ packing in reinforcing his stature as the game’s best with an emphatic three shot success in the WGC – FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis. Koepka quickly brushed McIlroy aside coming from one shot behind in one-putting his first six holes and being unchallenged in posting a closing bogey-free 65 for a 16-under par tally on the TPC Southwind course. For McIlroy, and after lighting-up the course with a 62 ...