“I watched Alan McTaggart’s tee shot on the 7th to two inches, which was the shot of the day for me, and I was delighted to match his birdie”, said Grant. However, it was the back nine which turned the tournament.
Trailing his playing partner by four points at the turn, Stuart produced a stunning bogey-free, three-under par back nine for a massive 25-point haul.
“That’s a first for me and I’m particularly proud of it, especially as it was in the presence of my two old friends and ushers Alan McTaggart and Andrew Riddick," beamed Grant after his round.
Sponsors of the event included HK Golfer, TTI Asia and Edinburgh Napier University.
Later Grant told us that although he started playing golf with his father at Royal Troon, at the tender age of six, he currently only plays around four times a year in Asia. As a member of the St Andrew’s Society for 22 years, he has played in several events at Shek O, “but winning Jock’s Pot is a first for me, and I’m delighted”.
Grant was presented with the silver trophy, champagne and other goodies by Jock Mackie himself. Mackie, as long-time HK Golfer readers will be aware, is a Hong Kong golfing legend and remains to this day the only player from our city to play in the Open Championship, a feat he achieved at Muirfield in 1959. –CM
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Results and Prizes
Winner: Stuart Grant (42 points)
Runner-up: Fiona Donnelly (39 points)
Keenest player: Jack Cummings (17 points)
Best Non-member: Ian Joshua (30 points)
Longest drive: Charles McLaughlin (at the 14th)
Nearest the pin: Roy Kinnear (at the 4th)
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