It's the end of the golf season so we thought it would be a good time to write a Captain's Newsletter with a summary of what's taken place over the past six months on and off the course…
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“The six and a half months since the end of March seem to have flown by and if the saying ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ is true then it’s been a very enjoyable season on the golf course.”
Make your Christmas party one to remember by celebrating at Peebles Golf Club with Disco to Disco by Layle Anderson.
To book or for any questions please contact the club on 01721 720197 or email manager@peeblesgolfclub.com
Pro Golf Tour Number One!
Congratulations to Craig Howie who has clinched top spot in the Pro Tour Order Order of Merit with earnings of €23,481 after the season ending Castanea Resort Championship. A fantastic achievement by the Peebles man after a long season in Africa and Europe. The Challenge Tour now beckons...just one good season away from the European Tour!
Thanks to all the members and sponsors who have supported him and we look forward to following his progress on the next level up!
RYDER CUP CHALLENGE MATCH
PEEBLES V THE REST OF THE WORLD
SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER – 8.30am SHOTGUN START
To celebrate the final day of this year’s Ryder Cup in Paris, Peebles will once again be hosting its own Ryder Cup Challenge Match, which has become a tradition at the club since 2014.
Taking place on Sunday 30 September, this will be a fun competition open to all players with a handicap (men, women and juniors), contested between two team – Peebles and The Rest of the World. The event will have an 8.30am shotgun start, allowing everyone to get back to the clubhouse to watch the Ryder Cup action unfold on our bIg screens, live on Sky Sports.
Entry fee will be £2 per player to fund prizes and a special Ryder Cup menu will be available from our catering team throughout the day.
PEEBLES – born, bred or raised, attended a Peebles primary school or have lived in the town most of your life
REST OF THE WORLD – those who have travelled from far off lands such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, England, Ireland, South Africa, USA...or Innerleithen.
We would encourage you to wear team colours on the day to add to the occasion – Blue for Peebles (Europe) and Red for the Rest of the World (USA).
As you will see we still have some spaces available to make up a full tee sheet of fourballs. If you would like to take part then please contact the office or put your name on the sheet in reception.
Well done to those who took part in yesterdays Ladies Seniors Open Greensome’s. We hope you had an enjoyable day and look forward to welcoming back.
A massive thank you to our wonderful volunteers who helped on the day.
Below are the prizes winners:
1st - Marny Waddell (Peebles) & Janet Reid Thomas (Comiston Ladies) - 69.8
2nd - Sheila Cuthbertson & Denise Richards (Both Peebles) - 71.6
3rd - Grace Black (Dunbar) & Anne Dods (Torwoodlee) - 72
Nearest the pin on 7th - Sheila Cuthbertson - HOLE IN ONE!
Nearest the pin on 16th - Marny Waddell
Longest Drive on the 9th - Anne Dods (Torwoodlee)
PGC members who won prizes will be able to collect from the club bar. All others will be posted to their relevant clubs. For a full list of scores please click here.
We look forward to welcoming all participants to this year’s TT Sanderson Memorial Trophy. Now that the draw has been made, please see below a full list of tee times. Scoring will be on a full handicap, stableford points system with all six scores aggregated.
Best of luck to all competitors and we hope you enjoy your time with us. For a full list of scores please click here.
Thanks to all those members and visitors who took part in our inaugural US Masters qualifying event. Below is the full list of results, good luck to the Kingsacre Bandits who go on to the final at Blairgowrie Golf Club.
Closest to the pin on the 1st – Ivor Clarke
Longest Drive on the 9th – Thomas Grant
Sweep Winners of 4 Dozen Pro V1’s – Peebles Hackers
Full results
Tuesday 4th September
Thanks to everyone who took part and to those volunteers who helped on the day.
Below are the prize winners:
Prizes:
Nearest the Pin:
Longest Drive: D Maitland
Vouchers for Peebles members will be available to collect from the club bar. For a full list of results please click here.
Thanks to everyone who took part and to those volunteers who helped on the day.
Below are the prize winners:
1st. David Knox & Ian JD Stewart - net 58
2nd. Gerard Crowe & George Rankin - net 62 (BIH)
3rd. Scott Mackay & Guest - net 62
4th. Ryan Forsyth & Guest - net 63
Vouchers for Peebles members will be available to collect from the club bar. For a full list of results please click here.
The club is looking for teams and donations for the the “Craig Howie Support Golf Day” which will be held on Friday 21st September 2018 with a 1 pm shotgun start.
Craig has been a member of the Club since the age of seven and has been a fabulous ambassador throughout his Junior and Senior amateur career. Craig was Scottish Boys Champion in 2012, he was first in the Amateur Championship qualifying at Carnoustie in 2015 and won the prestigious Craigmillar Park Open in 2013 & 2017. He has represented Scotland with distinction at both Junior and Full International level.
Craig is currently playing on the Pro Golf Tour in Europe. He has performed consistently well and secured his maiden professional win after a sensational final round at the Leipziger Open in Germany. He is in the number one spot in the Pro Golf Tour rankings to all but guaranteed promotion to the European Challenge Tour next season. Craig is also seeking to qualify to play on the main European Tour and will be attending Qualifying School in the Autumn.
We are aiming to have full field of 20 teams for a scramble competition. The entrance fee is £150 per team which can include members and non-members – maximum handicap 28 men, 36 women. The fee includes a buffet meal served after the competition.
Offers to sponsor prizes for the event or the supporting raffle \ auction will be very much appreciated. All funds raised will be utilised to support Craig on Tour next season. Entries and offers of prize sponsorship should be directed to the Office.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Niall Watson
Club Manager
A huge thanks to the 152 players and sponsors who supported the Odd Shaped Ball Golf Day, helping to raise a fantastic total of £1,600 for junior golf in Peebles. Congratulations to all our winners - if you weren't at the prizegiving, you can pick up your prizes from the office.
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TEAM PRIZES
Team Winners: Rick Martin, Ellie Martin, Darren Howie and Ben Martin (standing in for ricky sked)
1ST: 55.4 - Darren Howie, Rick Martin, Ellie Martin & Ricky Sked
£30 VOUCHER EACH & 4-BALL AT DUNBAR GOLF CLUB
2ND: 56.4 Mark Thomson, Chris Thomson, Oliver Furness & Nigel Furness
£20 VOUCHER EACH & 4-BALL AT RATHO PARK GOLF CLUB
3RD: 57.1 Cammy Greenshields, Kenny Greenshields, Kerr Sutherland & Michael Smith
HUGO BOSS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TIE & 4-BALL AT DALMAHOY
4TH: 57.6 Kevin Blacklaw, Davie Wells, Jamie Morris & Jamie Fenton
4-BALL AT PAISLEY GOLF CLUB & A SLEEVE OF TITLEIST PRO V1s
Runners-Up Nigel Furness, Mark Thomson, Chris Thomson and Oliver Furness
NEAREST THE PINS
1ST - PAIR OF SKECHERS GOLF SHOES sponsored by Skechers Golf
Winner: Graeme McLellan
5TH - PRO SHOP GIFT sponsored by Graham Lowther
Winner: Mandy Roger
6th - PROSECCO, LOCH LOMOND WHISKY & VOLVIC BALLS sponsored by Ross Duncan
Winner: Cammy Young
7TH - BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE sponsored by Les Biscomb
Winner: Aaron Dores
8TH - BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE sponsored by Gavin Carruthers
Winner: Sam Anderson
12TH - BOX OF PRO V1s sponsored by HowDidIDo
Winner: David Wells
15TH - PRO SHOP VOUCHER sponsored by Davie Tait
Winner: Simon Fairburn
16TH - OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP RUCKSACK
Winner: Darren Massey
STRAIGHEST DRIVE & LONGEST DRIVE
18TH - BUNKER MENTALITY HOLDALL Sponsored by Grant Foster
Winner: Chris Patterson
10TH - OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP RUCKSACK
Winner: Niall Watson
RAFFLE PRIZES
SHOTSCOPE V2 GOLF WATCH – Rick Martin
TOM TOM GOLFER 2 SE WATCH – Paddy Shields
SUN MOUNTAIN LIGHTWEIGHT GOLF BAG – Martin Kelso
BUNKER MENTALITY POLO SHIRTS – Jim Dickson
TWEED VALLEY PHYSIO VOUCHER – Scott Stevenson
CASE OF BELHAVEN BEER – Robin Leith
BOTTLE OF GLAYVA – James Young
BOTTLE OF WINE – Archie Rankine
CLUB JUMPER FROM STEVE JOHNSTON – Les Shortreed
Peebles golfer Craig Howie secured his maiden professional win after a sensational final round at the Leipziger Open in Germany and surged to the number one spot in the Pro Golf Tour rankings to all but guarantee promotion to the European Challenge Tour next season.
The 23-year old former Scottish Boys Champion, playing his first season in the paid ranks, came from behind on the third and final day with a stunning 8-under par 64 which included two eagles and five birdies, leaving him tied for the lead on 16-under par with compatriot Chris Robb from Aberdeen. Having lost out in extra holes in the previous tournament, Howie held his nerve to sink a short birdie putt on the third play-off hole to take the title and with it, a cheque for 6,666 euros, which elevated him to top spot on the Order of Merit with just three events remaining. With the top five players booking a place on the more lucrative Challenge Tour next season, the Peebles man is a certainty to stay within the leading places, and has now set his sights on finishing the year as the Tour’s number one golfer.
“It’s nice to get the first win under my belt and I’m delighted to have got the job done. Getting to the play-off in my previous event was huge for me and it gave me the confidence to know that I could produce the goods when I needed to. It was nice to win in style with a low final round and perform under pressure in the play-off.” said Howie, who became the first ever Peebles golfer to win a professional Tour event.
Howie rolls in the winning birdie putt
Having finished runner-up in the previous two events with an accumulative score of 24-under par for his last six rounds, Craig knew he was in great form heading into the tournament in Leipzig last week.
““I’ve been playing well and scoring low so I’d approached the event with a different mentality of going for birdies and not really having to think about my score, which is a good place to be. “”
"You need that to do well on this Tour and it gives me the belief that I can do that at a higher level. My target now is to kick on and finish the season as number one, which would earn me an even better category on the Challenge Tour. I’ve achieved the goal I set myself at the start of the season and that’s satisfying.”
Craig was besieged by messages of congratulations by fellow members and received a great ovation when he returned home to the club on Saturday afternoon.
“The messages of support from back home have been crazy and it’s great to have so many people behind me. Stobo Castle have been great sponsors for me and the Club and its members have also supported me really well with fundraising from an event they did last year. We’ve got another one at the end of September so it would be great to fill all the teams and get another good turnout. It’s a nice way for me to say thank you to everyone who has supported me and help with the next stage of my career. It’s an expensive job unfortunately so I really appreciate the sponsorship I have received which has enabled me to play at this level.”
If you’d like to support Craig, you can enter a team of four in Peebles Golf Club’s Elite Golfer Support Day, which takes place in September, costing £150 for a team. To book your place, please contact the office on 01721 720197.
Craig’s next event is this week’s Starnberg Open, also in Germany, with the Tour Championship taking place from 24 – 26 September.
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