SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

WINTER CHEER FOR CRUDEN
BAY GOLF CLUB PROFESSIONAL
It's a ill wind that blows nobody no good .. and Cruden Bay Golf Club professional Robbie Smith could not agree more!
The Scottish women's amateur championship is being played this week over the Cruden Bay links, 25 miles up the North-east coast from Aberdeen.
A bitterly cold north-west wind, laced with sleet and rain, has been blowing over the course since the players arrived for Monday's practice day.
By lunch-time today - when the first of two qualifying rounds was being played by the field of just over 100, the Cruden Bay pro's shop was sold out of handwarmers and winter woolly hats and just about anything else that would help the players keep warm out on the exposed links.
"I had to take out my winter stock again - and I've just about sold it all. I knew I would be busy for the ladies' championship this week, but not this busy," said Robbie.
"I thought I was ready to cope with any demands but my supply of handwarmers has been snapped up ... we've got very woolly hats left and anything the players think will help them keep out the cold is going like hot cakes, you might say."