Murdo leads county to title

Published 14 Oct 2009 14:00

Renfrewshire Golf Union's top golfers, skippered by Greenock's Murdo Carmichael, had a brilliant day recently when they won the finals of the Scottish Area Team Championship at Crail Golf Club.

And they did so after a nail-biting semi-final against the North-East.

After play on on the first day was abandoned due to gale-force winds, Renfrewshire found themselves struggling to survive with four matches evenly poised and current Scottish Mid-Amateur champion Andrew Farmer, from Kilmacolm GC, four down at the turn against Peterhead's Philip McLean.

Andrew amazed everyone when he recorded five consecutive threes from the 10th hole to go on and win at the last hole and give his team a narrow 3-2 victory.

Their opponents in the final were Dunbartonshire.

Bryan Adam (Paisley) and Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) set the pattern for the afternoon with a convincing six and five win.

Not to be outdone, Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) also won his singles match six and five and the title was clinched when Matt Clark (Kilmacolm) recorded a one-up victory over Paul Betty.

Ronnie Clark (Renfrew) and Andrew Farmer agreed with their opponents to call their games halved matches which allowed them to get back to the Crail clubhouse to join the celebrations.

Team captain Carmichael was delighted with the victory, especially with the spirit shown by the team in the semi-final when all seemed lost.

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