STIRLING STUDENTS ALMOST PULL OFF DOUBLE WHAMMY AT MACHYNYS

CORMAC WINS UK STUDENTS' TOUR

TITLE, HANNAH PIPPED IN PLAY-OFF 

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Stirling University students almost pulled off a dandy double whammy at the the BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) Student Golf Tour Championship at Machynys Peninsula Golf Club, South Wales this past week.

Irish amateur champion  Cormac Sharvin, pictured right, a Stirling student, won the men's title by a four-stroke margin over 72 holes.

But Stirling team-mate Hannah McCook from Nethy Bridge and a member at Grantown on Spey Golf Club, lost a sudden-death play-off to a birdie from Ami Storey (Northumbria University) with whom she had tied after 72 holes' regulation play.

Sharvin had rounds of 70, 74, 74 and 71 for an excellent total of one-over-par 289 over the Jack Nicklaus-designed course.

He won by four strokes from Laurie Potter (Exeter University) (75-71-72-75) with another Stirling student, Swiss amateur international Mathias Eggenberger, in third place on 295 (72-79-71-73).

In the women's championship, Ponteland Golf

Club member Ami Storey, pictured right, who played on the United States college circuit when a student at Kansas State University, shot 76-77-74-77 for 304, a total matched by Hannah McCook with scores of 80, 74, 74 and 76.

Hannah, pictured below, started the final round one stroke behind the pacemaking Storey but got on level terms by the end of the fourth round.

The first play-off hole was halved but at the next, a par-3 short hole, Ami holed a birdie putt for a 2 to take the title. Hannah had a par 3.

Katie Bradbury (Exeter University) finished a close third on 305 with scores of 75, 81, 73 and 76.

Stirling won the men's team title by nearly 20 shots while St Andrews won the women's teams title by 17 strokes. This is the first time there has been a women's team competition on the championship programme.
Ailsa Summers (4th), Gabrielle Macdonald (5th) and Amy Chambers and Miranda Brain (both joint 6th) made up the St Andrews team.

MEN'S TOTALS

Par 288 (4x72)

289 Cormac Sharvin (Stirling) 70 74 74 71

293 Laurie Potter (Exeter) 75 71 72 75

295 Mathias Eggenberger (Stirling) 72 79 71 73

296 Adam Wells (Bournemouth) 76 76 73 71,Tom Beasley (St Andrews) 69 78 74 75.
297 Chris Fleming (Exeter) 73 72 78 74

300 Craig Chalmers (Strathclyde) 75 70 78 77.
301 Andrew Wilson (Northumbria) 81 77 69 74.

302 Oliver Roberts (Stirling) 77 78 73 76.

303 Craig Howie (Stirling) 77 77 74 75.
305 Robert Mackay (Sheffield Hallam) 75 78 75 77

308 Henry Tomlinson (Stirling) 77 77 79 75, James Billingham (Bournemouth) 79 76 78 75, Matthew Fieldsend (Birminghaj) 76 77 76 79.
310 Rhodri Harston  (Birmingham) 79 76 78 77, Alex Baker (Loughborough) 78 75 78 79.
311 Stuart Patrick (Exeter) 74 81 77 79.
312 Oliver Mottram (UW Newport) 82 69 75 76, Tom Thornhill (Exeter) 73 81 79 79, Daniel Haymes (Bournemouth) 73 79 78 82.
313 Matthew Hayes (Northumbria) 79 77 79 78, Luke Gorman (Birmingham) 75 80 80 78
314 Andrew Cunningham (Strathclyde) 76 78 78 82, Alexander Williams (Durham) 76 79 77 82, Calwin Sherwood (Bucks New) 80 78 74 82
315 Kieron O'Connor (Loughborough) 74 76 84 81.
317 John Milne (Bournemouth) 79 81 76 81.
318 Connor Neil (Dundee and Angus Coll) 83 74 83 78, Jacques Cooke (Bournemouth) 78 83 75 82, Jack Bowen (Bucks New) 83 79 78 78, Toby O'Connor (Bangor) 84 79 75 80.
320 Gonzalo Leon (St Andrews) 77 87 75 81, Martin Tavoda (Birmingham) 84 76 79 81, Richard Johnston (Strathclyde) 80 76 81 83.
321 Chris MacLean (Stirling) 79 76 80 86, Alex Bagnall (Birmingham) 83 77 73 88.
324 Adam Yat3es (Loughborough) 74 78 83 89.
329 Josh Bassitt (Northumbria) 79 80 86 84.
331 Angus Carrick (Stirling) 81 78 90 82, Nathan Gilpin (Birmingham) 78 86 81 86.
333 Harry Chapple (Birmingham) 79 83 83 88
Withdrew: James Roberts (Exeter) 87 83 82 w/d

WOMEN'S TOTALS

Par 292 (4x73)

304 Ami Storey (Northumbria) 76 77 74 77, Hannah McCook (Stirling) 80 74 74 76 (Storey won sudden-death play-off at second extra hole).

305 Katie Bradbury (Exeter) 75 81 73 76

310 Ailsa Summers (St Andrews) 81 73 79 75

312 Gabrielle Macdonald (St Andrews) 82 74 79 77

315 Amy Chambers (St Andrews) 76 78 81 80, Miranda Brain (St Andrews) 78 76 79 82.
330 Alex Saunders (Exeter)  79 77 87 87

335 Tara Mactaggart (Stirling) 80 84 85 86

358 Zhanna Tarasko (St Andrews) 92 87 90 89
360 Imogen Vessey (Exeter) 86 90 94 90
361 Georgia Thomas (Exeter) 85 89 92 95.