Despite a poor weather forecast 25 souls turned up for play including Melvin Cannell for his first TAMS experience.
Scoring was good, Ian Quigley returning net 31 for first place. Eric Ward and George Langlands tied on 32, Eric taking second on countback.
Warner Hardie was nearest the pin at 7 while Ian Tate birdied the 6th-a rare event for a TAM!
The return of the golden ball in the sky [it was warm!] encouraged 27 TAMS to turn out. Good conditions were matched with good scoring with Bill Hardcastle registering net 30 for first place. Peter Barclay edged Roger Key for second on net 31, Roger taking nearest the pin at 7 and converting the birdie chance. Birdies were also recorded by George Langlands at 5 and Chris Malcom at 9.
16 turned out for our first outing of the summer season. Following the seasonal handicap adjustments [upwards] some high scores were recorded.
John Napier returned 23 points for first ,Wilson Struthers taking second on 21 points after countback. George Langlands was nearest the pin at the 7th, converting the put for the birdie.
A magnificent 23 TAMS turned out between blizzards.
Steve Farrar aka The Laird of Romanno Bridge won with a fine round of 20 points.
Second on 19 points was Gordon Fisher and Ian Quigley was nearest on No 7.
Starting in zero visibility and a heavy frost, 16 TAMS played the last round of the Winter Stableford Competition.
To celebrate this and in the spirit of the upcoming Easter holiday, the Commisaires decided to award three equal first places, with corresponding handicap reductions to Ronnie Watt, Ian Quigley and Tony Kinder.
Ronnie Watt was also nearest at No 7 and Steve Farrar, last week's winner, made a great birdie at the first.
Annual handicap revisions will be sent out to TAMS in the coming days and will be in effect on and from Thursday 5th April.
TAMS golf made a welcome return this morning despite cold/windy conditions-but a lot of green stuff around-well done the greens staff.
One of our senior TAMS, Peter Barclay, enjoyed a rare win with 17 points, beating Andy Tucker on countback. Gordon Fisher was nearest the pin at 7 ,fresh from his New Zealand adventures.
Despite the return of winter we had an excellent turn out of 18 players today.
Our winner today was John Forsyth with a truly magnificent score of 26 points. John putted beautifully even though we were on winter greens
Records are being checked to see if this is a TAMS record.
John Napier and David Parker were a distant second on 19 points and John won on a countback.
Ken Davey had a very rare nearest the pin on the 7th - rare because the winter green is tiny and very elusive.
TAMS made a rare visit to the back nine holes to-day which suited Jim Walker who recorded 21 points for first place. Ian Quigley shaded Graham Mackie for second place both recording 18 points. David Wallace birdied the 11th and 13th but could not maintain the brilliance.
9 souls turned up more in hope than expectation to find the course open and in surprisingly playable condition.
Warner Hardie was first on 18 points with Graham Mackie second on 16 points [after countback].
Richard Edmonds was nearest the pin at 7.
15 players were pleased to find the course open and very playable considering recent climatic events.
Richard Edmonds won with 22points, Brian Taylor coming second on 19 points. Brian also birdied the 9th while our other Brian[ of the Robson variety] birdied the 5th and was nearest the pin at the 7th.
Sandy Morris was welcomed to his first TAM'S outing.
On a cold grey morning it was nearly 08.30 before we could see well enough to play.
The eighteen starters put on a spectacular performance given that we were on winter greens and muddy fairways.
Jim Walker took the honours on this the first TAMS outing of the year with 23 points which included a wipe on the second.
Ken Davey edged out Peter Barclay on countback for second place with 21 points, thanks to a birdie on no 9. David Wallace birdied no 4.
No-one managed to hit the tiny target of the 7th green.
Brian Robson had the shot of the day when he hold a monster 100 foot putt from the back of the third green all the way across the green then down the fairway and into the hole on the winter green.
On 7th Dec George Cunningham won with 19 points, Sandy Macfarlane coming second on 18 points.
On 21st Dec Brian Robson won with20 points. Warner Hardie took second on 18 points beating John Forsyth and George Tucker on count-back.
12 souls braved conditions which were not as severe as forecast. Scoring was held over until next week to allow players to go home and change for the Xmas lunch.
34 TAMS enjoyed a convivial Xmas lunch at which the 2017 Trophies were presented as follows;
The Roddie McAlpine Gavel: Winner George Cunningham Runner up John Forsyth
The Stanley Ridgeway Trophy: Winner Richard Edmonds Runner up Harvey Robertson
The Ken Bowie Salver: Winner Ian Quigley Runner up George Langlands
Summer Handicap Competition: Winner Steve Baczkowski Runner up John Napier
Summer Scratch Competition: Winner David Wallace Runner up Gordon Fisher
There was also a Special Presentation to Jim McAuslin in recognition of his recent 90th birthday and his contribution to TAMS over the past 24 years. TAMS will be 25 next May.
Entertaining contributions to the proceedings were made by Ian Quigley, Harvey Robertson, Doug Coltman and Ken Bowie.
With the course closed last Thursday 22 players were keen to brave a freezing morning to play. Despite the conditions, scoring was impressive, Jim Walker winning with 23 points, Brian Robson coming second on 19 points. Birdies were recorded by Roger Key, Brian Taylor, David Wallace and Jim Walker. In these conditions we should probably have a nearest the green prize at the 7th as to stop on the winter green is almost impossible.
Sadly we lost George Raeburn this week . A really nice man who will be sadly missed.
Our Xmas lunch is eagerly anticipated next week when this year's trophy winners will be announced.
Despite early morning rain and a cool westerly 21 golfers enjoyed a pleasant morning. Ian Tate played some lovely golf to win with 20 points, Brian Robson returning 17 points for second. Ian was also nearest at the 7th [2 weeks in succession] . George Langlands contributed the only birdie at 9.
23 souls encountered benign conditions tho this was not reflected in the overall scoring.
Wilson Struthers picked up his first first place with 23 points, Tony Kinder coming second with a commendable 19. Ian Tate was nearest at 7 while Ronnie Watt birdied 7 [an outrageous chip in according to his playing partners] .David Wallace birdied 9.
Steve Culbert had his first TAMS outing and it was good to see Sandy Macfarlane back on the course and Chris Beaumont up for coffee after their recent ops.
For 26/10 our results:
Our newly trained scorer, Sandy Macfarlane, was in the chair and did a splendid job.
With the putting still a bit difficult due to the greenkeepers work and the heavy dew, 22 played and Alistair Lambie was the clear winner on 22 points with John Forsyth second on 19 points. Richard Edmonds had a 2 on No 7 and Steve Farrar was nearest on No7.
For 02/11 our results:
With Sandy still in the chair 19 played on a glorious, though squelchy, autumn morning when the colours of the trees reminded us of the tweeds that Bernat Klein used to create based on these colours.
George Tucker was first with 19 points in a closely contested match. For the second week running John Forsyth was second with 18 points.
Brian Robson was very close at No 7 to win the nearest the pin and to make a birdie.
Heavy prolonged rain in the previous 24 hours coupled with tining of the greens made for difficult conditions. Ian Tate rose to the challenge returning 23 points [off a 9 handicap] to win, he also birdied 9 and was nearest the pin at 7. Graham Mackie was second with 19 points while David Wallace returned to the birdie trail at 7.
Only 17 braved the wet, mud, winter and ryvita greens. John Forsyth had his 9 holes of the year [some might say the decade] returning 25 points while having changed to putting left handed with a borrowed putter. Steve Farrer was second on 18 points. Brian Taylor was nearest at the 7th.
The Xmas lunch is confirmed for 7th December.
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