Dunnett Cup

John O'Brian on his way to victory!

Saturday brought clear skies and a tricky wind from the east as golfers at Reay battled out in the second and final round of the Dunnett Cup. The putting surfaces are in pristine condition at present and several players took advantage with a number of low scores recorded. 

Overall winner of the Cup following a round of nett 72 was John O’Brien. After a first round of 67 had left him second in the overall standings, O’Brien got off to a whirlwind start in his second round, reaching the turn in a mere 36 strokes, with a birdie at the 6th hole the highlight. An inward half of 43 was less convincing, but was still good enough to give him an aggregate score of 139, just enough to seal victory by a single shot from the trio of Donald Mowat, Andy Bain, and Ruari McCartney. 

Lowest score on the day was returned by Hugh Millar with a spectacular nett 64. After reaching the turn in 41 he looked set to record an even lower tally, but a disastrous 6, 7 finish put paid to his hopes of recording a nett score below 60. However, his efforts were good enough to knock 2 strokes off his handicap, and the handicap secretary has his scythe at the ready should Millar continue in his rich vein of form.

Dunnett Cup Results

Hugh Millar [afer his net 64!]

After producing two very tidy halves of 39, second place was claimed by Willie Steven on nett 66, with a birdie at the tricky 17th being the highlight of his round. New member Murdoch Macdonald took third place on countback from Fred Groves after both posted scores of nett 67.