03/08/2026
One of our busiest weekends of the year just there, with another just around the corner.
The seniors draw will be out tonight and the Mclean cup tomorrow.
On Saturday we held our premier open scratch competition, the 36 hole Bennie Trophy, once again kindly sponsored by the Martin family from Bute Blacksmiths and Gilchrist Steels.
Once again it was a familiar winner with Graham Bolton once again taking home the coveted trophy, stamping his authority as the most successful player in the trophy’s illustrious history, with a first round of 70 followed by a 1 under 68 in the second round, giving him a total of 138 to win by 2 clear shots.
Well done Graham 👍🏻
Second place went to Rothesay’s poster boy and newest member of the Mountpleasant Mighty Ducks, demoting Stuart Brady from Butler to jester…… Jack Reynolds. After a steady 73 in the morning Jack found his true form in the afternoon with a 1 under 68 which included an eagle 2 @7. Third equal were the on form John Shaw and Stephen Reynolds both 1 shot further back on 142.
The handicap 1st place was won by Port Bannantynes Graham Dunn (who btw beat Matthew in the scratch) with second place going to the latest shinty come golfer superstar Davie “dumbo” Macdonald, who thankfully doesn’t have his uncle Roberts temper!!!
Well done Graham 👍🏻
Full results….
Scratch
1st Graham Bolton
2nd Jack Reynolds
3rd equal John Shaw
3rd equal Stephen Reynolds
5th Malky Varney-Brown
6th Rory Mcewan
Handicap
1st Graham Dunn
2nd Davie Macdonald
3rd Matthew Dunn
4th Stevie McDonald
5th James Crichton
6th Colin Muir
Ntps…
4th Allan Smith jnr
11th Kevin Queen
8th Caleb Bolton
13th John Murray
18th George Reynolds
Thanks again to the Martin Family for making the day what it is.
On Saturday we held the ever popular Wee Bennie Trophy once again sponsored by Gerry and Leelah Mcguigan and one of the busiest days of the season with 94 golfers taking part.
Results as follows…
Winners on the day were the 2 times runners up Stephen Reynolds and Iain Simpson, playing of handicaps of 2 and 1 respectively the pair were up against it from the start, but produced some excellent golf throughout the round carding an 8 under par gross score of 61 with the 18th hole being the only bogey of the day, to give a winning score of nett 59, which included a hole in 1 from Iain on the par 4, 5th hole.
Well done lads 👍🏻
Second place went to previous winners Dane Williamson and Iain McDonald who ham & egged it very well between them to fall a tad short with bogeys on the last 3 holes to give them a nett 60 and lose out by 1 shot. Third this year were the flung together pair of Stevie McDonald and Stewart Hogarth on 63, after a strong showing will the Hogarths now become of Netflix and Chill going forward. Fourth place this year were the ever present Port Bannatyne pairing of Davie Greer and Allan Stewart also on 62
Full results….
1st Iain Simpson & Stephen Reynolds
2nd Dane Williamson & Iain McDonald
3rd Stevie McDonald & Stewart Hogarth
4th Allan Stewart & Davie Greer
5th Hughie Charker & Cragie Charker
6th Scott Mcalister & Stuart Gilchrist
Nearest the pins….
4th Iain Simpson
8th John Lorimer
11th George Reynolds
13th Craig Mundy
18th Gordon Alexander
Thanks once again to Gerry and Leelah for their continued sponsorship and we look forward to the Wee Bennies 40th birthday bash next year.
Pictures below from the weekend
