Golf

THE weather was fine at Thurso golf course for the latest rounds of the Newsbeat Summer League last Thursday and Friday.

HOST club Brora are fielding two teams of four in the Caithness-Sutherland women’s interclub team competition tomorrow in the hope of winning the scratch…

SUNDAY saw Reay’s golfers compete for one of the oldest and finest trophies at the club – the Banks Medal.

WICK Golf Club’s major event of the season, the Old Pulteney Open, was played on Saturday and Sunday and attracted the best entry for some years. The…

THERE was a turnout of over 40 for the ladies’ Thurso Open at Thurso on Saturday.

THE early players in Thursday’s Newsbeat Summer League at Thurso golf course definitely got the best of the weather as the rain started about midday and…

THE Reay Golf Course ladies’ course record of 71, which stood for nearly 10 years, has fallen to 16-year-old Eleanor Tunn.

JOHN Young (10) made a welcome return to form by winning the Stableford played at Wick Golf Club on Sunday with a score of 38 points, a fine effort in…

THE main event of the weekend at Thurso Golf Club was the Thurso Open played over two rounds.

MEMBERS of Reay Golf Club who were not on Thurso Open duty competed in the Achshebster Road Sweep on Saturday morning in bright conditions.

A TOTAL of 46 juniors turned out to contest the Reay Golf Club Junior Open on Sunday, August 14. The weather was kind which resulted in some low scoring…

CLUB treasurer Stewart Busby (17) led the way with an excellent total of 39 points in the Wick seniors’ open contest, beating Jocky Durrand (15) on a…

LAST Saturday brought calm conditions and bright skies as the golfers of Reay teed up for the August Medal.

A BUSY weekend of golf at Reay began with the playing of the President’s Salver in calm and mild conditions on Saturday.

ONLY five rounds of the EGGS Summer Eclectic at Thurso Golf Club have been played and Willie “WJ” Shearer has won two of them after Tuesday’s scores were…

THE Lybster Open, sponsored by Scrabster Seafoods Ltd, was held last Saturday in excellent weather. The winner of the scratch prize was Lybster member…

THERE was a good entry for the Wick Gala Open played last Thursday with 58 men entering the competition. A very strong north-westerly wind, hard fairways…

FOUR previous winners as well as all four members of the Wilson Cup winning team took part in the Thurso Golf Club men’s ?championships. The quarter-finals,…

THURSO Golf Club retained the Wilson Cup following the annual tournament held in Whalsay in Shetland for the first time in its 108-year?history.

Ryan Sutherland (14) made a return to winning ways with a nett 67 to win the RNLI Medal played at Wick last Sunday.