Draw - Spring Meeting. King’s. Sat 17th May.
Gentlemen,
Following a week of glorious weather (fog delay notwithstanding!), we're excited to kick off our annual meetings this weekend with the Spring Meeting on the King's course, played from the white tees. I'm confident Mr. Marshall's prediction of fiery fairways will indeed come to pass!
The draw is listed below. The question is: who will emerge victorious this weekend? Will Mr. Crawford Gray continue his impressive form and outshine the younger competition? Will one of the "banditos" surprise us all and claim the tumbler? Will Mr. David Logie deliver a masterclass of golfing excellence to seize the crown? And will Mr. Billy Z McNeill unleash his 'Yokey' wedges to conquer the greens? (Perhaps someone can offer me some advice on avoiding those dreaded three-putts!)
Come out on Saturday and witness the drama unfold! There are still a few spots remaining, but we're approaching our largest field of the year, so sign up via the app soon. Be sure to come back here to see updated draws.
As a reminder, the best two out of three scratch and handicap scores across the three Meetings will win a trophy! The Summer Meeting is scheduled for August 2nd, followed by the Autumn Meeting on September 20th, both to be held on the King's course.
Finally, the best scratch and net scores in our monthly medals will earn the coveted Dun Whinny whisky tumbler.
See you on the course!
Taz
History: The Championship Cup First Played in 1936 This is the original trophy of the Club and presented to Dun Whinny by John C Dougal one of the instigators and founders of the Club. The cup is a beautiful trophy on a stem supported by three silver golf clubs and mounted on a plinth with silver bands recording the names of all the winners. The Trophy was initially presented for stroke play competition in the Spring Meeting of 1936. At the AGM in 1937 it was decided that this trophy should be named the "Club Championship Trophy" and would be awarded to the player with the aggregate of the two best net scores in the Spring, Summer and Autumn meetings. The qualification conditions for this trophy have never been changed since that date. The first winner of the trophy was Dennis Blanc who scored 72-1 = 71
The Duncrub Trophy First Played in 1976 In 1976 Lord Rollo expressed a wish to provide a trophy to the Club for scratch competition. The Council decided that as there was already trophy for handicap competition (the Championship Cup) this trophy should be awarded for the two best scratch scores in the Spring, Summer and Autumn meetings each year. The trophy is an unusual silver plated inkstand decorated with crossed golf clubs and two silver balls as ink wells and the whole supported on three small silver balls. The names initially were inscribed on the inkstand but when no space was left an attractive hardwood stand was made on which the trophy is mounted. Lord Rollo was one of Dun Whinny's many characters and in his later years only played golf if he could be first off the tee in the morning and played mostly with Ian Donaldson. The first winner of this trophy was R M Robertson.