Results for 4th November

On a glorious sunny Autumn morning we had 25 starters.

A light frost meant that we were on winter greens and we also had to deal with the ice-caked shoes which needed to be chipped off every few holes.

Players are reminded that when we play on winter greens we may elect to putt out when we are within the designated winter greens or we may simply pick up and count two additional putts.

Unfortunately we did not anticipate the frost and therefore did not remind everyone of this TAMS rule. Some players followed the rule and some did not, which may have affected the results.

What made it even more difficult was that the perimeter of the winter greens had not been properly marked with a white line, so no doubt there were varying degrees of discretion as to where the line might have been.

See how complicated life gets - sorry guys, we will do better!!

Our lives may yet get even more complicated according to a recent 'woke' press article which suggests that we will soon have 'gender neutral' tee markers.

However, more to the point of our game today, the winner was Mr Consistency himself, Gordon Fisher with an excellent score of 21 points.

Tied for second on 20 points were Chris Beaumont and Jim Walker, with Jim winning out on countback.

Ian Tate birdied no 9, Jim Pettigrew birdied no4 and Jim Walker was nearest on no7.

Results for 21st October

The morning's low temperature set the scene for some low scores. George Cunningham, however, rose above the pack with 21 points. Jim Pettigrew and Sandy Macfarlane tied on 18 points with Jim taking the countback. Graham Mackie was very near the pin at 7. No birdies were recorded.

14th October results

Another pleasant Autumn morning encouraged 20 players out. The course had dried out reflected in some good scoring with 10 players returning 18 points or more.

George Langlands, John Forsyth and Wilson Struthers all scored 21 points, George taking first on countback. John and Wilson could not be separated on countback and so tied for second.

Birdies were recorded by David Wallace, Steve Baczkowski, Richard Edmonds, Ian Tate and Bill Hardcastle with Bill also taking nearest the pin at 7.

Results for 7th October and Happy Birthday, Steve!

A mild, calm and dry Autumn morning encouraged 21 players out. Scoring was generally good with Ian Tate taking the honors returning 20 points. Sandy Morris was second with 19 points. Birdies there were from Ken Davey, Graham Mackie and David Wallace, David also floating an excellent iron into the 7th for nearest the pin.

Keith Ackerman was welcomed to the group.

Our revered elder TAM, Steve Baczkowski, had kept it very quiet that he was 95 on this day. A Birthday Ball hardly seems adequate for such an achievement!

Results for 30th September

On what was probably the worst Thursday of the year so far, 15 heroes ventured out into the rather wet rain while the rest watched from the warmth of the clubhouse.

Out on his own in first place was Alister Lambie with 20 points and Brian Robson just headed off the chasing pack on 16 points.

John Cairns had a good birdie on the 4th and David Wallace was nearest on the 7th.

23rd September results

Despite a fairly miserable start to the morning 22 players elected to play. Several scores were in single figures but Chris Beaumont and Jim Pettigrew both returned 19 points, Chris taking the honours on countback. Bill Hardcastle was nearest the pin at 7.

Results for 16th September

23 players enjoyed a benign autumn morning with some good scoring. 5 returned 18 points but were outgunned by Sandy Morris on 21 points followed by Richard Edmonds on 20. The birdie machine [Ken Davie] birdied the 6th while George Langlands, in the absence of any other claimants, claimed nearest the pin at 7 the hard copy evidence of this having been removed by persons unknown.

Bill McMillan was welcomed as our newest member.

Congratulations were in order to our founding member Jim McAuslin who returned a score of 94 years young this week. Thankfully Jim declined the offer of a ball for each year, graciously accepting the usual birthday ball.

Congratulations also to Stevie and his team for the presentation of the course, in particular the greens.

9th September

Unfortunately early heavy rain reduced the turnout to play for the John Forsyth Putter. As is tradition the winner will be announced at the Xmas lunch.

There were no birdies [Ken Davie's fault!]. Gordon Fisher was nearest the pin at 7.

2nd September results and socialising resumes!

It was good to return to post golf socialising today. We played a 5 club competition for the Ken Bowie salver the winner of which will be announced at the Xmas lunch. Brian Robson recorded 2 birdies and was nearest the pin at the 7th. Bill Hardcastle and Ken Davie also recorded a birdie each.

Next week we play for the John Forsyth putter when only the putts on the greens count.

Results for 26th August

We had quite a high scoring competition this morning with 5 players scoring 20+ points. 3 players scored 21 points with Tony Kinder 's 10 points over 7,8 and 9 winning the day. George Tucker took second place from Ian Quigley with 8 points on the middle 3 holes to Ian's 6.

Tony and Ian both birdied 9 [each for 5 points] while Ian Tate birdied the 4th.

Results for 19th August

25 players enjoyed another pleasant morning with just a slight threat of drizzle towards the end.

Wilson Struthers, who has been involved in recent countbacks, came in a clear winner with 23 points.

Steve Farrar, Brian Taylor, Graham Mackie and Eric Ward all returned 20 points with Eric taking the countback.

Steve also birdied the first.

We plan to return to post golf socialising on 2nd September [abiding by current rules] . We also plan to play for the KB Salver on that day which is a 5 club stableford and on the following week we will play for the JF Putter.

Results for 5th August

A pleasant summer morning welcomed 21 players. John Napier maintained his good recent form to return 21 points to win the day.

3 players tied on 20 points, George Tucker, Eric Ward and Ian Quigley with Ian taking second place on the countback.

Ken Davey birdied 9 [again] while Alan Kelso birdied 7.

No TAMS next week because of the Senior Open. Hopefully back to more normal post-golf socialising soon.

29th July results

25 players turned up on a much cooler morning than we have recently experienced. Our country member, Dug Coltman, who has been exiled in St Boswells for the last few weeks managed to score 22 points over 6 holes to take first place. Graham Mackie and Wilson Struthers tied on 21 points ,Graham taking second place on the countback.

Wilson birdied 9 and Bill Hardcastle birdied 4.

Results for 22nd July

Another pleasant summer's morning saw 23 players taking on the challenge of an increasingly brown course.

Gordon Fisher mastered the challenge returning 24 points, while John Napier and Wilson Struthers both returned 22 points, John taking second place on the countback. Unusually Ken Davie did not have a birdie but Tony Kinder did birdie 7.

15th July results

Another fine summer's morning encouraged 25 players. Scoring was impressive with 9 players returning 18 points or more.

Tony Kinder returned 21 points to take first from Alister Lambie's 20 points.

David Wallace rediscovered his proper golf swing and putting stroke to score 19 points including birdies at 4 and 7. Steve Baczkowski and John Forsyth also scored 19 points.

For a change Ken Davey birdied 8 rather than 9 while Bill Hardcastle birdied 9.

Results for July 8th

Another pleasant summer's morning--though we could now do with some sun--encouraged 25 players onto the course.

With a credible 21 points Brian Taylor took first place. Sandy Macfarlane, Bill Hardcastle and Brian Robson all tied on 20 points, Sandy taking second place with an impressive 9 points on the last 3 holes.

Warner Hardie reinforced the end of his birdie drought with a birdie at 3 following the one at the 5th last week.

Ken Davie birdied the 9th for the third week in a row-I think this means he can take it home and put it on the mantlepiece for a year-good luck with that!

Results for July 1st

A beautiful summer's morning encouraged 18 players out on the course. Steve Farrar recorded his first win of the year with 22 points.

Eric Ward and George Cunningham both came home with 20 points, Eric shading second on the countback.

Warner Hardie recorded a rare birdie at 5 while Ken Davey repeated last week's birdie at 9.

Congrats to Stevie and his team for the excellent condition of the course.

TAMS RESULTS ARE BACK! 24th June

A pleasant summer's morning with the course in excellent condition encouraged 30 players to compete for the Roddie McAlpine Gavel.

As per custom the winner will be revealed at the Xmas lunch -Covid and other things permitting!

Despite the good conditions many of the guys struggled to score, at least half returning less than 15 points.

Highlights were provided in the form of birdies by Bill Hardcastle [4th], Ken Davie [9th] and Ian Tate [7th].

13th May results

Some 31 players faced a pleasant spring morning. Scoring was impressive with 17 returning 18 points or more. Chris Beaumont and Ian Tate tied on 24 points, Chris taking first after countback. Ian also birdied 7.

Snow in May!! Results for 6th May

Because of snow on the course we had a late start and the group split over the front and back nines.

David Wallace found his old form returning 19 points on the front nine with Tony Kinder following closely behind on 18 points.

Not to be outdone Owen Butler also scored 19 points on the back nine with Brian Robson second on 17 points.

Handicaps will not be adjusted because of the unusual circumstances.