Another super summer's morning encouraged 25 players. John Burnett improved on his recent second place returning a net 28 for first, Sandy Macfarlane continuing recent good form
with a net 29 for second. Sandy also birdied 9 as did Wilson Struthers. George Tucker was nearest at 7.
Another brilliant summer's morning saw 24 players turn up with many bare legs on show-some would have been better hidden!
This is an amended result from that announced on Thursday. First was Andy Tucker with net 27 closely followed by John Forsyth on 28. A surfeit of birdies were recorded by Alistair Lambie[9th],Sandy Macfarlane[5th],Wilson Struthers[1st],Andy Tucker[3rd-a rare event] and David Wallace[1st]. Chris Malcolm was nearest the pin at 7-anyone holding the green did well.
With the continued hot weather the course is playing hard and fast. Several good scores were returned with our oldest player, Steve Baczkowski, losing out to Sandy Macfarlane on countback having both scored 26 points. Sandy was also nearest the pin at 7. Birdies were recorded by Andy Tucker[1st], George Langlands [8th] and Bill Hardcastle and Chris Malcolm both at the 9th.
George Langlands confirmed that a cheque for £400 would be donated to support the junior section of the club.
Greetings from Arizona where the thermometer is currently showing 43 degrees Celsius. I understand it’s a little less warm in Peebles today! Great to see the TAMS are enjoying their golf in the heat.
David Wright
Extreme heat, swarms of flies and a course set up for the championship created challenging conditions for we aged amateurs. Experience counted and our second oldest player, Jim McAuslin, showed the young blades how to cope in these circumstances edging Graham Mackie out on countback with a net 27. Bill Hardcastle birdied 9 but not to be outdone by the venerable Jim our oldest player, Steve Baczkowski (91-years young] was nearest the pin at the 7th. Remarkable!
A cool westerly presented a bit of a challenge on an otherwise perfect morning for golf. Few rose to the challenge, however, the exception being John Napier who posted a net 27 for first place. John Burnett earned a rare mention in dispatches coming second with net 32 beating Melvin Cannell on countback. Bill Hardcastle was nearest at the 7th. Birdies there were none.
The inimitable and indomitable TAMS were the only players on the golf course today.
Nine of our finest were brave (or foolish??) enough to face the wrath of Storm Hector.
Despite the wind which nearly knocked us over on the 8th green, our efforts were well rewarded.
For the second week in a row that man from Broughton, David Parker, won with a nett 30.
In second place was the Laird of Romanno Bridge, who should really have won, but an ugly 8 on the ninth saw him slip to second place on 31.
Eric Ward was nearest on the 7th with a neat clip below the wind. Brian Robson birdied No 5 and Brian Taylor birdied No 4.
One of our 70-year olds was heard to boast in the clubhouse that he got up at the 9th with a drive and a nine-iron!
The glorious weather continues, the golf course is now in terrific condition although the rough is a bit too much for most of us.
Today's winner of our 9-hole Stableford Competition was David Parker with a score of 23 points.
There was a three-way tie on 22 points for second place and it needed a 6-hole countback to separate them in favour of Eric Ward.
There were, surprisingly, no birdies at all today but that man Quigley popped up again to win nearest the pin at his favourite hole, No 7!
John Burnett announced that the 'Royal' Glenholm pitch-and-putt course is now open for play and all visitors are welcome.
We also had a quiz today on a Rules of Golf issue with a prize of a ball for the first correct answer.
On the 6th, a player found himself in the rough; he placed his bag on its stand and chose his club; however as he prepared to play his bag fell over and struck his ball moving it some distance; whereupon he dropped his ball from where it had finished up to a position near where it had lain and he continued to play.
The question was had he incurred a penalty and had he proceeded correctly to play the hole.
Answer: he incurred a one-shot penalty for his bag hitting his ball and a two-stroke penalty for not replacing his ball exactly where it had lain.
First with the correct answer was Jim McAuslin - well done Jim at age 90
On a pleasant but dull morning we had 27 starters who all enjoyed the fast-running fairways which added many yards to our shots.
The tranquillity of our morning was briefly interrupted as we played the 8th, when two young deer hurtled out of the rough and disappeared to goodness knows where down the 2nd fairway.
The result of our 9-hole medal was an academic triumph!
Edinburgh academic, Melvin Cannell, who is enjoying a rich vein of form, narrowly edged out (our only??) St Andrews man, Ronnie Watt, on a six-hole countback with a splendid nett score of 26.
Bill Hardcastle was nearest on the 7th; Melvin birdied the 5th, Gordon Fisher the 9th and Alistair Lambie the 4th.
We also presented the prize, a handsome Quaich, for the Winter Stableford Competition to John Forsyth. The runner-up was Jim Walker.
17th May: In the absence of George Langlands and David Wallace, Sandy Macfarlane exercised his Tectonic skills [he is a geologist] to keep 29 TAMS under control.
Ken Davey won with net 29 beating Chris Beaumont on count-back. John Napier was nearest the pin at 7.
24th May: 30 players participated in a 5 club stableford competition for the Roddie McAlpine Gavel, the result to be announced at the Xmas lunch.
The following players returned birdies-Ken Davey[2],David Wallace[2],Ian Tate,Alister Lambie and Wilson Struthers all recording one.
Tony Kinder was nearest at the 7th.
We are compiling material for "A brief history of the TAMS" which will be published in a modest volume to celebrate our 25th Anniversary. A questionnaire is being circulated with a few prompt questions about your experience of playing with the TAMS. A further copy will be sent out by e-mail.
Members may contribute in writing, but interviews will also be conducted by arrangement to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to contribute.
Suggestions on how we might celebrate this milestone will also be most welcome.
In a cool breeze but with the newly-cut fairways we had an excellent turn-out of 24 players and some very good scoring to go with that.
Today was a nine-hole medal.
In first place with nett 27 was David Parker, closely followed by a tie for second place between Andy Tucker and Ken Davey both on nett 28. Andy just shaded it in a countback over the last three holes.
Andy was nearest on the 7th which he also birdied and both Ken Davey and Graham Mackie birdied the ninth.
We will compete for the Roddy McAlpine Gavel on Thursday 24th May. The format for this event is a five-club stableford.
On a benign spring day 25 enjoyed the good conditions.
And what a showstopper we had today!
In the midst of an otherwise unspectacular round, Ian Quigley joined that elite and illustrious group of golfers who can boast a hole-in-one, with a lovely shot on the 7th which was witnessed by his playing partners and a cheering group on the 4th tee.
Ian's splendid feat was greeted with great acclaim in the clubhouse and, after a polite pause, a gentle hint that the customary ringing of the bar bell would be appreciated.
Ian has most graciously undertaken to fund the first round of drinks at the TAMS Christmas Lunch and despite his former position as a leading Edinburgh lawyer, Ian has not sought to limit his liability for his generous offer.
Today was a stableford competition and Eric Ward (red)arrowed his way to an excellent score of 25 points.
Second place was narrowly won by the venerable George Tucker with 23 points.
Ken Davey birdied the fifth, David Wallace the ninth and of course that man Quigley was nearest the pin at the 7th.
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.
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