Shetland Golf Club

Last Saturday at Dale saw another of the opens take place with a good turnout of 63 players, including several visitors, playing in the Shetland Freezer Foods Open. A warm bright day saw some players presenting pasty white legs that hadn’t seen sunlight in many a year by the looks of it, but as usual with the Shetland weather it was cold and windy by the end of play.

The best score returned on the day came from Michael Boxwell with a score of 70, net 64, which was good enough to take first place, the Shetland Freezer Foods Cup and a large food hamper from Freezer Foods. In second place was Marc Henry with a good score of 79, net 66. Geo Sim was in third place on a score of 78, net 67. Paul Foster took fourth place on 81, net 68 by virtue of a better back nine from Steve Lamb 80, also net 68.

There was no scratch trophy up for grabs but prizes went to the top three scratch scores. Boxwell’s 70 was the lowest scratch score but as he won the handicap trophy Jordan Leask took first prize with his score of 73, Tom Simpson also shot a 73 but had a poorer back nine and settled for second while Ross Chisholm was in third place on 75.

Boxwell also won a prize for nearest the pin on the second, David Nicol was nearest the pin in two on the eighth and Alan Harcus was nearest the pin on the 14th and also had the longest drive on the eighteenth.

The previous weekend the July monthly medal was won by Jordan Leask on another blustery day with a fine score of 73, net 68. This was 3 shots clear of Maurice Clark in second place with a score of 80, net 71. Clark took second as a result of having a better back nine from third placed Ian Scott and fourth placed Chris Conboy.  Gil Leask won the July seniors medal, also with an excellent score of net 68. On Wednesday, the Dewars Cup was played in a very different format with players only able to select two clubs and a putter to play with. Ross Chisholm was the player who adapted best to this, winning with a fine score of 73, net 66. In second place was Ian Scott 77, net 69 and in third place was Rab Duffin, also on net 69.