Junior Masters Joy for Lewis

Davie and Alison Goodwin

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Lewis Davie (Scotscraig) and Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) took the honours at the third Regional Final of the 2009 Dunfermline Building Society Junior Masters after both recorded impressive scores at Alyth today.
Goodwin, playing off a handicap of 10, recorded a stunning five birdies in her back nine to come home in one-under par scratch and notch a superb tally of 43 stableford points. After reaching the turn in 38 to tally 20pt, Alison turned for home with three consecutive birdies from 10th, before adding more at the 15th and 17th to post her best ever score of 74.
The 15-year-old from Glenbervie said: “I’ve never broken 80 before so to do it by such a big margin is amazing. This is my first Junior Masters event and it’s a great tournament to play in. I played really well and just seemed to hit my approach shots in close all day. I can’t wait to play in the final at Gleneagles and hopefully I can perform just as well.”
In the boys section, 16-year-old Davie posted a 46pt haul, playing off a handicap of 27. The highlight of the Fife youngster’s round came at the par five 11th, where he holed out for a birdie four to accumulate five points.
Steady progress for the rest of the back nine put him well clear of the pack to finish five clear of his nearest rival, Deeside’s Jamie Pryde who recorded 41pts. Grant Wilson – a member of last year’s Dunfermline Building Society Junior Club of the Year Alford – posted 39pts to clinch third place.
The home club’s Rianna Thom made her local knowledge count to finish runner-up in the girls event with 39pts, whilst Hannah Robb from Strathmore sealed third place, courtesy of a better inward half on 38pts.
There was further joy for the Goodwin family with Alison’s sister Catherine also qualifying with a 36-point haul in seventh place, while the Peterculter brother and sister duo of Rachel and John Polson also both qualified.
The top 16 boys from today qualify for the final with Auchterarder’s Josh Roy sealing the final spot on 36pts courtesy of a countback, whilst Deeside’s Sophie Alexander booked the 14th and final spot in the girls’ event on 33 points.
Alyth’s Scotland international Kevin McAlpine (pictured above with Alison Goodwin) was on hand to present the prizes and was impressed by the young golfing talent on show:
“It’s great to see so many talented young players on show at my club today getting an opportunity to compete in a national event. It’s also very encouraging that so many girls took part – I think 26 is a record in the Junior Masters and the scoring was excellent.”
“Hopefully many of the youngsters will have been inspired by the golf they have seen in Scotland over the last two weeks and with the support of Dunfermline Building Society at the grass roots level, the future of junior golf is in good hands.” he added.
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