Handicap Club Championship:

With only 2 shots separating the top four, highlighting the benefit of hanging in there during yesterday’s tougher conditions. It was our round one leader Colin Neil who eventually took home the title after his outstanding first round 69 was followed up by a second round of 78 which includes a birdie on 18 to take the title and pip Ian Rodger right at the death.

1st: Colin Neil 147

2nd: Ian Rodger 148

T3: Andrew Duncan 149

T3: Graham Deans 149

Congratulations to Colin, a thoroughly deserving champion and we now look forward to celebrating your victory at the end of year dinner and presentation evening.

Captain Blair Taylor

Club Captain Blair Taylor with the 2024 Handicap Champion Colin Neil

RCGC Club Champion

A massive congratulations to Andrew Duncan on becoming this years Club Champion after a hard fought match against Richard Morris that finished 3&1

With some great golf played by both players throughout, Andrew remained steady all round and holed a couple of crucial putts when required!

For Richard it ‘wasnt ‘to be this year but if the last two years are anything to go by it wont be long until we see his name on the coveted trophy

Thanks also to Blair Taylor for the superb on course updates to the members Facebook page and to David Clark and his team for presenting the course in such fantastic condition

From all at Rowallan Golf, Well Done Andrew

Club Captain Blair Taylor and this years Club Champion Andrew Duncan
The Finalists – Richard Morris & Andrew Duncan
The spectators Alex and Brian McCrone…

Why not enjoy a day at Rowallan Castle Golf Club by signing up to our upcoming Ladies 9 hole Stableford Open, followed by a delicious afternoon tea in the renowned Glasshouse Restaurant,

The Open will take place on Friday 26th July and tee times are from 11:00am until 2:00pm.

Entry fee which includes the afternoon tea are:

Member – £15

Non Members – £20

To book please access here

https://www.brsgolf.com/opencomps/competition/detail/?id=180945

Please see below your Rowallan Castle fixture list for JUNE 2024…

RCGC | Seniors Open

With a field of over 100 golfers, our first Senior’s Open on the 21st May was held in glorious sunshine.

Huge congratulations to our winners listed below in each of the 3 prize categories, along with our 5 nearest the pin winners.

We would like to thank you for taking part and would personally like to thank the member volunteers who went above and beyond to make the day run smoothly, also the Glasshouse staff for providing some brilliant food throughout the day. Our green keeping staff who presented the course on the day to a very high standard

Please get in touch with us if you were lucky enough to win of the prizes to allow us to get this to you. Well done to you all …

Prize Winners (Scottish Golf Vouchers)

Scratch 1st – Stevie Scott £100

2nd – Stuart Geraghty £50

3rd – Graham Boyce £25

Category 1

1st – Ian Ferguson £100

2nd – Derek Bryson £50

3rd – Brian Baird £25

Category 2

1st – Martin McCulloch £100

2nd – – Jim Spence £50

3rd – Paul Goodwin £25

Nearest the Pins

2nd – David Cardno – £50 Pro Shop Voucher

5th – Robert Murray – £50 Pro Shop Voucher

8th – Robert Faulkner – 4 Ball @ Rowallan Castle GC

10th – Ian Ferguson – £50 Glasshouse Voucher

17th – Eddie O’Hare – £50 Glasshouse Voucher

Thanks again for taking part and we look forward to welcoming you to our next Senior’s Open on Tuesday 10th September – which will be played in THREE BALLS! To book https://visitors.brsgolf.com/rowallancastle#/open-competitions

Kind Regards,

Kev Hamilton

Vice Captain

Ladies and Gentlemen

We have been allocated Hole number 10 for this years Open Championship (please see below Hole Map) and I know that you are all excited as to the colour of Jacket for this year, well, it`s Brown and Hugo Boss.

We are in the final preparations for ensuring an effective role within the Open Marshalling Team and as you will see from the attached Map, there are two crossings to deal with on our hole. We will also need 15 Marshals per shift (early and late) to cover Sunday and Monday and 24 Marshals per shift to cover Tuesday to Sunday. At this time we have not been given the specific time that we should be at our hole to start Marshalling (as we are hole 10, we will be slightly later than the first nine holes) this time will be given closer to the briefings as well as anticipated finishing times.

Kevin and myself can now get together to complete our Rota, car share etc which we intend to have ready before the briefings.

Hopefully everyone has now completed their portal registration and are looking forward to the security briefings that are planned for the 18th of June at Rowallan Castle 7pm. If anyone cannot attend the Rowallan session, but can attend another club, then please let me know. Also, in the unlikely event that you cannot make any of the briefings, please let me know ASAP so that I can contact the Marshals Team.

The briefings will cover almost all of your questions on the role that we will play, however, If you have any questions in the meantime then please let me know

I for one am getting excited as we move closer to this years Championship and I am looking forward to representing Rowallan Golf Club and ensuring that we put forward our most professional image.

Kind Regards

Allan McGregor

Hole Controller

Rowallan Castle Golf Club

allanjwmcgregor@aol.com

Mob: 07500521379

Kevin Hamilton

Depute Hole controller

reef4@hotmail.co.uk

07745836602

The Club is now delighted to welcome visitors over the 2024/25 Season.

In excellent condition and presenting a true test of Championship golf, our team have been working hard all Winter to ensure Rowallan Castle Golf goes from strength to strength each year.

Book now to see for yourself and discover why Rowallan Castle Golf in spectacular surroundings is The Hidden Gem of Ayrshire!

APRIL SPECIAL £40 per person // £140 for a Four Ball

https://brsgolf.com/rowallancastle/visitor_home.php

Phone: 01563530550 (ext 2) or Email: george@rowallancastle.comSent

From all at Rowallan Castle Golf we look forward to welcoming you!

Hole 18
Hole 8
Hole 18
Hole 3

The Club is delighted to have received its brand new John Deere Fairway Mower

Top of the range, powerful and incredibly efficient, it is a massive upgrade for the team with a few excited Greenkeepers looking forward to getting it on the course!

‍ SINGLES & DOUBLES MATCHPLAY – 2024

Entries for this year’s Singles & Doubles Matchplay competitions is now open!

We had an excellent turn out last year, saw two incredibly competitive finals with both matches going the distance with Scott Hendry crowned Singles Matchplay Champion while in the Doubles it was Steven Grant and Graham Foster who emerged victorious.

This year’s competitions will again be administered by Craig Nicol and Neil Paterson who will be your main points of contact should any queries or issues arise when playing out ties etc. (Many thanks once again gents)

Deadline for entries will be Sunday 28th April and we would be looking for payment for each competition to be made at the time of signing up.

Sign up sheets are available in the Pro Shop.

Competition rules can be found in this year’s members booklet along with a copy next to Draw sheets.

Please note that play for these competitions is from White Tees

All draw details will be made available through the normal channels from 3rd May

From all at Rowallan Golf – Good Luck

The 9-Hole Singles Matchplay 2024

Continuing on with competition announcements , A new and welcome addition to the fixture list for 2024, is the 9-Hole Singles Matchplay Knockout competition, which will be played over the 9-hole Castle Course.

This is open to all members with a handicap and will have a £5 entry fee with a deadline of Sunday 28th April to sign up to compete.

A sign up sheet will be available in the Pro Shop where your entry fee should be paid at the time of entry.

VC Kevin Hamilton who will be administering this competition.

Please note: that play for this competition will be from TEES:

MEN – YELLOW

LADIES – RED

All draws and applicable competition rules will be shared through the usual club channels and next to draw sheets on Friday 3rd May.

From all at Rowallan Golf – Good Luck!