Presidents Platter Result. 6/7/23
6/7: Round Two of this years Presidents Platter took place on the Queens yesterday. As usual we had some early starters and some later starters but the weather and course conditions were pretty much the same all day. What was unusual was the speed of the greens which had been double cut and double ironed for the Gleneagles Pro-am and were considerably quicker than normal. Many people, including myself, sent their first putt back towards a front pin well past and off the green….. this made any downhill putt very very fast and positioning your approach shots became the key to making a score.
Out first in chilly conditions were first round leader and 2021 champion Douglas Hamilton together with third placed Ken Marshall who also has a win and two podium finishes in this event in the past few years. Ken produced a gross 72, nett 67, but couldn’t make any headway into Douglas’s lead eventually finishing 5 shots behind. A very high bar of 6 under par, 3 under in both rounds, had been set.
Over to the late starters…. decent rounds of 67 from David Mitchell (again) and Iain Aitchison moved them into third and fourth place respectively but no-one came close to catching Douglas who won both rounds for a comfortable victory. Congratulations Douglas!
Overall result - all round one scores have been reduced by 3 shots (by the app) so the rounds can be compared???? the Actual scores are below.
5/7: As one card is still outstanding, apparently it is an NR but yet to be confirmed, we cant confirm the result of this years Presidents Platter but it would appear that Douglas has won both rounds and has won it for the second time in 3 years. Well done Douglas.
As a reminder to everyone: if you cant complete your card for whatever reason please let me know as soon after the round as possible as EVERY card matters as far as closing off a competition is concerned…..
Provisional Result, report to follow.
Draw for Round 2
Just a quick update following the completion of Round One - scores below:
The way the app works is that everyone who registered for round one also gets registered for round two so…. if you are not able to play in round two please let me know.
If you are able to play then please choose a tee time. As well as the club times of 5-6pm we have a couple of early spots and a 2.10pm slot. If you didn't play in round one but would still like to play in round two then please feel free to enter. If you run into problems with any of this then please let me know.
Scores from round one. Details for round two will appear here in a few days.
20/1 Draw Updated.
The Presidents Platter is a combined event from the Yellow Tees with one round on the Kings and one round on the Queens. The best combined nett score over two rounds wins. Round one is on Wednesday June 21st with the second round on Wednesday July 5th.
Unlike most of our competitions our club times are 5pm to 6pm although you can play earlier if you book your own tee time and let me know what it is so I can add it to the draw. Talking of draws the draw for the first round is below and you should be able to view your tee times on the app.
