On Saturday 4th July we hosted the 25th Musselburgh Challenge, an invitational team event played with hickory clubs. Teams from Muirfield, The R&A, Bruntsfield Links, Musselburgh GC, Kilspindie, Port Seton, The Thorntree GC, Dunbar, British Golf Collectors, Leith Links and two teams from MOCGC, arrived on a windy day to compete. The first match saw one of our pairings play with a pair from the current holders The Thorntree. At the halfway stage one of our pairings Euan Glen and Kevin Wyllie led the way with an impressive 36 for 9 holes, with The Thorntree holding second spot. Our last pairing of Kieran Blyth and Alan Tweedie playing the absolute match of the day. At this point The Thorntree pairs had accumulated a total of 77 and were leading the pack. However our pair returned another 36 to win the trophy for the first time in 20 years by a margin of 5 shots. Our team shown above with the trophy.
The runners up receiving their medals
