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AOGS v The Highland Brigade Golfing Society at Panmure GC

AOGS v The Highland Brigade Golfing Society at Panmure GC
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Match

AOGS v The Highland Brigade Golfing Society

Result

Won 3 – 1

Pairings

John Hewat and Dave Burnett beat Hamish McConkey and Charlie Wallace
Jimmy Alexander and Graeme Paton beat John Drummond and Jamie Farquhar
Lachlan McIntosh and Philip Mould lost to Bruce Osborne and Ewan Chalmers
Adrian Freer and Nick Fleming beat James Osborne and Roddy Kinghorn

Match Report

The match was preceded by the usual excellent lunch provided by Panmure Golf Club. All four matches set off under a cloudy sky with occasional blasts of warm sunshine. The wind was brisk, at times a two clubber and not from the prevailing direction. The course, which had recently hosted final qualifying for the Open was presented in magnificent condition. Recent rain had softened the fairways a little and had strengthened the rough, but this was still a great links golf experience. Early gloom mongers had forecast showers later in the day and at 5.10 the heavens opened and all four matches were finish in heavy rain. This did nothing to diminish everyone’s enjoyment of the day. The individual match results were varied, but the losing pair went down 6&5! The others were much closer.

Our Match Against The Highland Brigade GS

Our Match Against The Highland Brigade GS
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The annual match against the Highland Brigade GS was played on the rescheduled Wednesday 20th July at Panmure GC.  The weather on the day did not look promising.  The Senior Open Championship was on its final practice day on the nearby Carnoustie Championship course and the players were called in at 10 o’clock due to the imminence of lightning.  This duly arrived and was accompanied by torrential rain.

Much soul searching went on before the players in our match were told report as directed.

The weather pundits had been consulted and said that there was an outside chance that the lightning would pass by soon.  The head greenkeeper at Carnoustie was much more positive.  He said the rain would stop at 2 o’clock and would not return until the evening. He was right.  As we walked up the first tee at 2.15 the rain had stopped and the sun had reappeared!

The match was duly played and resulted in a win for the Society 3-1.  The first match, Dave Beveridge and Lachlan McIntosh, managed a half, having been 3 up after 4!  Match 2, Jock Smith and Jimmy Alexander, won on the 18th.  Match 3, Hamish McConkey and John Hewat were held to a draw and the final pairing, Peter May and Graeme Paton won on the 18th.

This match has been played since 1969 initially at Blairgowrie GC and since 1999 at Panmure GC.  The results to date are: wins for the Society 29, losses 9 and Halved Matches 4.  There was no match in 1997 as the Black Watch chose to hold a cocktail party on the same day and our opponents were unable to raise a team!  In 2004 the Tay estuary was subjected to four months worth of rain in the three days prior to our match and it continued to rain on the day.  As a result the match was abandoned, but the lunch was excellent as usual.

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Army Officers’ Golfing Society

AOGS is a golfing society open to all serving and retired officers of the British Army. The Society plays matches against other societies and golf clubs in the UK as well as holding annual Summer and Autumn meetings.