Twenty two players enjoyed a good February morning for golf.
Top scorer was Ian Tate with a score of 18 points and in 2nd place with a score of 17 points was Ian Quigley.
No birdies were recorded and Roger Key was nearest the pin at the 7th hole.
25 players turned up this morning including Dave Forsyth for his first TAMS outing, who then returned 18 points to win. Brian Taylor and Bill Hardcastle both scored 17 points, Brian taking second on countback.
Alister Lambie was nearest the pin at 7.
23 cards were returned on a cold [but not the frozen forecast]winter's morning. Tricky winter greens contributed to some very low scores but not in Melvin Cannell's case who scored 18 points to take the glory.
Jim Walker eased out Ken Davey for second place, both scoring 17 points. The 4th hole provided a birdie fest for Alister Lambie, Richard Edmonds and John Cairns.
A pleasant January morning attracted 24 players. A clear winner was Sandy Morris with 20 points, Alister Lambie taking second with 17 points after countback with Brian Taylor. Ken Davie returned to birdie form at the first while Wilson Struthers was nearest the pin at 7.
11 souls braved a freezing/sleety forecast to start the TAMS 2022 year. There were certainly a few frozen hands after 9 holes!
Wilson Struthers relished the challenge returning 22 points for first place, Brian Robson scoring a respectable 19 points for second.
25 TAMS enjoyed an excellent Festive lunch at the Green Tree Hotel.
Masking and other Covid protocols were observed. Trophy winners were asked to collect their awards from the Trophy table at the end of the lunch.
One exception was the presentation of a suitably engraved mini quaich to Steve Baczkowski to mark his 95th year still playing [and winning] TAMS golf.
John Forsyth gave a humorous presentation of a Tiger Driver Headcover for an ancient driver which Steve had
discovered and which was giving him 120 yards plus off the tee everytime.
George Langlands thanked David Wallace and Brian Robson for their support and the TAMS in general for their cooperation over what had been a challenging year for everyone.
Trophy Winners were: Winter Quaich [2020/21] Brian Taylor
Covid Cup Steve Baczkowski
Roddie McAlpine Gavel Sandy Morris
Stanley Ridgeway Trophy Eric Ward
Summer Quaich Eric Ward
Ken Bowie Salver Sandy Morris
John Forsyth Putter Alister Lambie
Plus 1degree C meant frost and winter greens. Undetered by the freezing conditions our oldest TAM at 95 years young, Steve Baczkowski,.scored 20 points to take the honors. Richard Edmonds took second place with 19 points easing out George Tucker on countback. There were no birdies and the impossibility of stopping a ball on the winter green at the 7th for a nearie was much discussed.
The Xmas Lunch will be at The Green Tree on 9th December
22 players turned up on a mild but rather wild morning. John Forsyth, Sandy Macfarlane and Melvin Cannell all returned 19 points with John taking first on countback from Sandy. Melvin had the consolation of being nearest the pin at 7 while Ian Tate birdied the 9th.
Jim Pettigrew had an interesting card with 1 point recorded on each hole'
Another spectacular Autumn morning created good scoring conditions. Jim Walker and Steve Baczkowski both returned 20 points with Jim taking the honors on countback. Ken Davie birdied 4 and 9 with Richard Edmonds and Bill Hardcastle also birdieing 9.
George Cunningham was nearest at 7.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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