SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES GOLF - McDonald and McCook win at St Andrews

 

By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com  Stirling students Jack McDonald, a member of the Kilmarnock Barassie club, and Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey), won the respective men's and women's categories in the Scottish universities golf competiton at Fairmont St Andrews (at the weekend). SGU Golfer of the Year McDonald, pictured above, shot rounds of 70, 73 and 72 for a total of 215 over the Torrance (first and third rounds) and Kittocks (second round) courses. A measure of the quality of McDonald's golf is the fact that his aggregate was six under the combined CSS totals of 73-72-76. He won by one shot from Stirling team-mate Zander Culverwell with Scottish boys match-play champion Craig Howie, also a Stirling student, from Peelbes third on 218. Hannah McCook, pictured left, whose family home is at Nethy Bridge, hit top form with an opening round of 70 at the Torrance Course before adding 38 for nine holes at the Kirrocks venue (bad light ruled out a full round) and 75 for a return trip over Torrance. McCook's total of 183 saw her win by nine shots from Welsh international Gemma Bradbury (St Andrews) with Gabrielle Macdonald (St Andrews), a Craigielaw GC member, third on 194 and full Scotland international Eilidh Briggs (Stirling), a member at Kilmacolm, fourth on 195.   TOTALS MEN (First and third rounds over Torrance course, second round Kittocks). CSS 73 (reduction only), 72, 76 215 Jack McDonald (Stirling) 70 73 72 216 Zander Culverwell (Stirling) 73 67 76 218 Craig Howie (Stirling) 71 74 73 219 Matthew Wheeler (St Andrews) 76 69 74 220 Cormac Sharvin (Stirling) 75 69 76 221 Michael Howard (Stirling) 74 72 75 222 Conor Gask (St Andrews) 71 73 78 223 Graeme Robertson (Stirling) 73 72 78 224 Kit Holmes (Stirling) 77 74 75 227 Varun Varadharajan (Heriot Watt) 72 77 78, Mathias Eggenberger (Stirling) 77 69 81,228 Gordon Munro (Robert Gordon) 71 76 81. 230 Antonio Mendes (Stirling) 77 77 76, Patrick Spraggs (Stirling) 72 81 77, Chris Forrest (York 76 75 69, Neil Beattie (Abertay) 76 74 80. 231 Oliver Roberts (Stirling) 76 81 74, Freddie Edmunds (St Andrews) 74 76 81. 233 Stuart McLaren (Edinburgh) 82 75 76, Blair Murphy (Heriot Watt) 76 76 81. 234 Joe Marchbank (St Andrews) 74 83 77, Tom Beasley (St Andrews) 78 79 77, Callum McNeill (H and I) 76 80 78, Daniel Daly (Abertay) 71 78 85, Joao Malagueira (Stirling) 76 73 85, Scott Simpson (Edinburgh) 77 71 86. 236 Shaun Johnson (H and I) 73 79 84, Craig Chalmers (Strathclyde) 74 77 85 239 Guy Dalziel (St Andrews) 78 78 83 243 James Morrison (Stirling) 75 80 88 MISSED CUT 158 Kevin Prentice (Sti) 78 80, Jamie Pryde (Robert Gordon) 78 80 159 Craig Telfer (Edinburgh) 81 78 160 Andrew Cunningham (Strathclyde) 79 81, Stephen Barter (Sheffield) 78 82. 163 Kerr Baptie (Stirling) 86 77, Dewi Merckx (Stirling) 87 76. 164 Craig Boyd (Stirling) 80 84. 165 Angus Carrick (Stirling) 85 80, Tangi Merckx (Glasgow) 80 85, Sandy Buchanan (Strathmore) 79 86. 166 Alistair Wright (Stirling) 82 84, Charlie Linton (Robert Gordon) 81 85. 168 Christopher McKeown (Stirling) 82 86 169 Cameron Graham (Strachclyde) 84 85, Alexander Sward (Heriot Watt) 84 85 170 Jonathan Pitcher (Stirling) 82 88. 174 Lewis Jones (Stirling) 86 88. 178 Steven Smith (Robert Gordon) 90 88. 183 John McCook (Stirling) 94 89. NO RETURNS Ben Gibson (Strathclyde) 84 NR Euan Peterson (Herioty Watt) NR NR DISQUALIFIED Jack Walker (Robert Gordon) DQ 80 Ritchie Manson (Robert GHordon) 75 DQ WOMEN First and third rounds over Torrance course. Second round (nine holes) at Kittocks.CSS 77 (reduction only), 76, 75 183 Hannah McCook (Stirling) 70 38 75. 192 Gemma Bradbury (St Andrews) 81 37 74. 194 Gabrielle Macdonald (St Andrews) 79 37 78. 195 Eilidh Briggs (Stirling) 78 37 80. 199 Jordana Graham (Stirling) 78 41 80. 207 Nastja Banover (Abertay) 81 40 86. 209 Zhanna Tarasko (St Andrews) 83 41 84 MISSED CUT 125 Sammy Leslie (Robert Gordon) 80 45, Miranda Brain (St Andrews) 84 41. 126 Iona Stephen (St Andrews) 84 42. 128 Amy Chambers (St Andrews) 87 41. 129 Franzicca Benze (St Andrews) 90 39. 137 Georgia Gilling (Stirling) 97 40.