University Championships & Scottish Doubles presented by Latitude 64

Mother Nature was kind to us and the bands of rain, snow and hail took a 24 hour break so we could enjoy 54 holes of the finest disc golf this year. In the end we greeted 46 disc golfers from points between Lancashire England and Aberdeen Scotland to test their skills on a combination of our Blue and Green Course layouts.
 In the first round we played Alternate on our 6044ft (1842m) Blue course and each University team sent out 2 pairs. When the scores came in St Andrews University was leading by 2 strokes over Glasgow University(1) and 4 strokes over Myerscough College. I heard many comments about how awkward alternate shot doubles can be on finding a rhythm and couldn't agree more.  Notable scores from this round were posted by Rory Curran and Peter Casey of Glasgow University rattling off 3 birdies in a row on their way to carding a 64.

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After the 1st Round
St Andrews 138
Glasgow University(1) 140
Myerscough College 142
Glasgow University (2) 186

Each team sent out four players for singles in the second round and we all enjoyed a little relief on the Green Course through Bluebell Woods, well some did some more than others. We all played singles on a course built for first year players and families. This course is short, tight and all the holes with a slight sense of danger are birdie runs. When the sores came in St Andrews stretched their lead to 4 strokes over the next team but the new chaser was Myerscough College. Both St Andrews and Myerscough College had posted a total of 205 strokes for the 4 player singles round with Glasgow University(1) and Glasgow University(2) dropping 16 and 51 strokes respectively.

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After Round 2
St Andrews 343
Myerscough College 347
Glasgow University(1) 361
Glasgow University(2) 442

In this round we also crowned our University Mens and Womens Singles Champions
Womens Singles
Rhona Binnie 75 -Glasgow University - Champion
Katka Hartmanova 77 -Glasgow University

Mens Singles
Hugo Turner 45 - St Andrew University - Champion
Rory Curran 46 - Glasgow University(1)
Timmy Murphy 48 - Myerscough College
Lochlan Fischer 49 - St Andrews University

In the third round we all headed out for Best Shot Doubles on the 18 hole Blue Course. In a three-way race for the finish line it was Myerscough College that prevailed by posting a 56 & 57 in Best Shot Doubles and topping defending Champions St Andrews University by 2 strokes.

Congratulations Myerscough College!!
Myerscough College 460
St Andrews University 462
Glasgow University(1) 477
Glasgow University(2) 581
Glasgow University Ladies 235

Official Results

After about 10 holes of the third round I have to admit my dogs started barking, I was thinking most tournaments might have called it at this point by just playing a final 9. But then again this is the University Championships and Scottish Doubles and all players involved now know they've been tested by the course and their own fitness to carry on and play well for a teammate. I think that it's an important part of our sport. For most of us in the end exhausted smiles were clearly in view, travel time, course difficulty coupled with 10 hours of competitive disc golf took its toll on everyone. Especially our four Scottish Doubles Champions, what? 4 you say? Yes after being left to their own accord to sort out a tie in score our 4 winners set out on a sudden death playoff covering an additional 5 holes over 1553ft(475m) including two difficult par 4's and neither team would relent. The sun was setting on the horizon, the cold air was approaching, all the University players and Doubles teams had collected their prizes and the four just decided to shake hands and call it a good competition.
Scottish Doubles
Open
Blair/Bechtel tied Charity/Peterson 196
Scanlon/Conroy tied Cotnoir/Heywood  222

Mixed
Macrae/Macrae 249
Martin/Northrop 276

Mixed
Black/Black 192
Binnie/Hartmanova 235

Thank You to everyone that came out to Bluebell Woods for the competition!!
Thanks Again to Latitude 64 for providing prizes for this event.
(and Thanks to Ibuprofen and Coffee I can write this :) )

Hope to you all next year.

Seamus

Our two winning pairs scorched the final round. And Doc and I were lucky Aaron & Benji ran out of golf course.