The invitational Texas Scramble was played on Saturday 17th August. Teams had to have at least two guests so lots of visitors to the club. The winners were a team lead by club member Ian Boggie seen receiving the trophy from our vice captain Gordon Henderson
Sunday 11th August was finals day in our Club Championship after two rounds of qualifying the previous two Sundays. With midweek quarter finals and Saturday semi finals, the stage was set for all 4 finals to take place. A great line up and even the weather was perfect for playing golf.
Our Club Champion for the 2024 season is David Service who defeated Callum Livingstone in a 36 hole contest. It was the first time for both of them to be in the final, so a new name on our finals board in the clubhouse. Here you can see David with the trophy being congratulated by Callum.
The B section Championship was contested by Stevie Peters and Mark MacWhinnie again over 36 holes of matchplay. Stevie was the winner and defended the title he won last year. From the picture above it is easy to tell how happy he was to be holding the Trophy again.
The Senior title went to Alan Tweedie who played Terry Gillan. This was played over18 holes. Here you can see Alan, our Club Secretary, with the trophy being congratulated by Terry, our Club Treasurer.
The last of our finals was the C Section played over 18 holes by Wilbur McKenzie and Graham Malcolm. Here you can see the winner Graham with the shield shaking hands with Wilbur.
A special thanks for all the hard work needed to make this day possible and such a success. All the participants, qualifiers, Committee members, starters, referees, caddies, bar staff and kitchen staff. Plus all those that turned out to watch and support our members in all the finals, not just on Sunday but through the week. In the tradition of our club the winners all then had to sing a song, and some of our members could not resist joining in.
Sunday saw the last day Jan was behind the bar and she is seen here receiving our farewell gifts and wishes. We all look forward to welcoming her back to have a drink from the other side of the bar. All the best Jan.
Sunday 4th August was the second qualifier for the Club Championship. The finalists are shown below and the dates of the quarter and semi finals
2024 MOCGC Club Championship
Tuesday 6th August (5.10pm) Quarter Finals
1 N. Free V D.Service 8 (A)
2 C. Livingstone V S Fairgrieve 7 (B)
3 D. Reid V M. Craigie 6 (C)
4 G.Grigg V K.Blyth 5 (D)
Saturday 10th August (8.00am) Semi Finals
(A)……………………V……………………(D)
(B)……………………V……………………(C)
Club “B” Section
Wednesday 7th August (5.10pm) Quarter Finals
1 S.Peters V A.Higgins 8 (A)
2 C. Livingstone V A.Scoots 7 (B)
3 R.Larner V M.MacWhinnie 6 (C)
4 J.Arnet V K.Gracey 5 (D)
Saturday 10th August (8.20am) Semi Finals
(A)……………………V……………………(D)
(B)……………………V……………………(C)
Could all participants etc be ready to play 15 mins before tee time
2023 MOCGC Club Championship
Club “Senior” Section
Saturday 10 th August (8.40am) Semi Finals
(1) A.Tweedie V B.Weddle (4)
(2) T.Gillan V D.Brown (3)
Club “C” Section
Saturday 10th August (9.00am)
(1) D.Blackshaw V G.Malcolm (4)
(2) R.Rourke V W.McKenzie (3)
Could all participants etc be ready to play 15 mins before tee time
In the 1st Round Qualifier for the Club Championship John McFeely had a hole in one at the Sea Hole (14th). Well done chef.
As our course has a very proud tradition of The Open (6 time venue) and the Claret Jug (Musselburgh, Prestwick and St Andrews paid for it), an annual competition on the Sunday of the Open takes place. In fact two competitions, one for the Claret Jug but also one as a pro am with a Professional player playing on the Sunday. The combined scores of the member plus a drawn Open player to win the trophy.
The Claret Jug was won by Jackie Brown with a net score of 62, seen being presented by the Captain Billy Alexander. The Pro Am was won by Clifford Livingstone with a net 66 but he drew the lowest score of the day at The Open a 65 by the eventual winner Schauffele.
Saturday 6th July 2024 saw our club host the Musselburgh Challenge. A hickory competition held over 9 holes with invited teams from some of our neighbours but also from some of The Open host clubs. This year saw 12 teams including the R&A Golf Club of St Andrews and Prestwick who together with our course were the 3 original venues of the Open. Other clubs that were based at the course Bruntsfield Links and Royal Musselburgh also took part. After a very competitive competition the winners were a team from the Thorntree GC as seen above with the trophy. The Thorntree are a club within the Royal Musselburgh GC. The victory was by one shot from the runners up a team from Leith Rules as seen below.
Our former captain Steven Hill with our Chairman Brian Weddell playing with a pair from Prestwick
Mark MacWhinnie and Liam Smith with two guests from the British Golf Collectors Society
Our Club Champion Ross Noon and Dave Blackshaw playing with a pair from Bruntsfield Links Golf Society
Kieran Blyth with Matty Craigie playing with guests from Kilspindie
The day was finished off with a lunch served in our clubhouse
The Lewisville was well attended by members and guests for once this year in wonderful sunshine. The scoring reflected the conditions with a Scratch low of 72 that also gave David Read the second lowest net score. However one of our previous C section champions who has shown huge improvements during the year, Liam Smith, won the Competition with a net 64.. As you may see Liam is already waiting for the Scotland EUROs game against Hungary as you can see by his attire. Lets hope he has a double celebration.
The annual match between a team of members that represent the Captain, Billy Alexander, versus a team representing the Vice Captain, Gordon Henderson took place Sunday 16th June. The first meeting of these two as they both have taken over their roles in recent months. A very keenly contested match saw the Captain win by a match score of 577 to 555
