Golf: Allyn joins the LGA's greatest

ALLYN DICK bounced back from the disappointment of losing his Scotland spot to complete a hat-trick of Lothians title triumphs.
The Kingsknowe player claimed the Champion of Champions crown at Dunbar, beating Turnhouse representative Graham Robertson by 2 and 1 in the final.

Last year's Lothians champion joins a select band of players to win the LGA's two top titles and he

was also in Carrickvale's victorious line-up in the 2010 Team Tournament. "They say every cloud has a silver lining and that was certainly the case here," said Dick, who would have been unable to play in the latter stages in East Lothian if he'd been picked for the Home Internationals in Ireland.

While "extremely disappointed" to miss out on a second successive appearance in the four-cornered event, Dick didn't let it affect him at Dunbar. In fact, he produced two outstanding performances, first to beat host club member Stephen Easingwood, representing the Bank of Scotland, then against Robertson in the title showdown.

Two up with four to play against Easingwood, Dick lost the 15th and 16th, where his opponent holed from 16 feet for a birdie-2. But his approach at the 17th rattled the flag and he won that, and the match effectively, with a conceded birdie.

In another close affair, Robertson, last year's Lothians Order of Merit winner, beat Haddington's Keith Nicholson, the four-time Champion of Champions winner, on the final green in the second semi-final.

The final saw Dick establish a three-hole lead at the turn but, as in the previous round, his opponent refused to throw in the towel. Dick holed from 18 feet for a halve in birdie-3s at the 15th, but Robertson made a second birdie in succession, sinking a 15-footer, to win the next. Robertson had another chance to keep the match alive at the 17th, but missed from 16 feet with his birdie putt.

"I played fantastic in both matches," said Dick. "Stephen got the windy conditions he'd been looking for, but that was actually right up my street, too, as I played my golf as a boy at Shotts, where the course is on the top of a hill.

"Against Graham, my gameplan was to try and hit it big off the tee and put him under a bit of pressure. It was probably the best I had played from tee to green for a long time.

"It is great to have won three big titles in the Lothians - now I've just got the Stuart Cup (for leading qualifier in the Lothians Championship) to cross off my list."

Dick's winning form has continued since the Dunbar event. He retained the Harrison Open title on Saturday morning. Then, 24 hours later, he joined forces with Kingsknowe clubmate Lorna Fraser to win the Scottish Open Mixed Foursomes at Mortonhall.

Helped by an eagle and four birdies, they shot a 72, winning by two shots from host club pairing Greg Nicolson and Rachael Watton.

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Golf: Cap Allyn doubt after the close of the first round

The star in the LOTHIANS he could miss out on a second Scotland CAP after suffering shock first round Exit, Ayrshire in Scottish amateur tournaments Allyn Dick is afraid of.
Kingsknowe man secured the first home appearance when they have reached the fifth round of the exploration of the SGU flagship event in Gullane is a year ago.

But he was, inter alia, of their wounds, the opening of this licking time around after a loss:

Rowallan Castle in the 19th century by Neil black.

"I am very disappointed," admitted the Dick, who bemoaned the bad day for the Greens, such as the introduction of the cause, he tried the surfaces of the pace.

Two down with two to play, the 2010 won the champion of the Lothians and in the 17th-18th century, after a three-putted each of your opponent. But lately, the Newlands Trophy winner threw away the jail card, do, for exactly the same, in the 19th century.

Dick, "I was pinned to my hopes for this run to try and secure a place in the Scotland team, made my, good" is added.

"But that has now been totally smashed, and I am now, I hope that we look at the broader picture will depend on the selectors."

Dick was not the only player to suffer the extra Lothians-hole on the coast of Ayrshire, the opening day of agony.

Longniddry's Michael first match in the 19th century the Bacigalupo lost at and, later on, the left-hander Swanston new, Malcolm Campbell, and Gullane's John Miller also tasted defeat device there in rapid succession. But at the very least, it proved to be the happy hunting ground for Ross at Craigielaw, this season the Lothians merit runaway market leader.

the 24-year-old lost the opening three holes in Williston, ND: n Finlay, before the cue ball back, against the White, three-hole with his own successful salvo.

One more down to the last play, his opponent is the am off the bounds, but then to take a big birdie on his second ball remain.

Par proved to be good enough after the 19th century, the man Lothians White was pulled from his thick coarse tea. Tomahawk

"Three years in succession, I had the opponent-Ross Bell-played in the first round and lost forever in the 18th," said Bell.

"It is good to get through to the last, and there is no doubt that my third, finished the Newlands Trophy recently has helped me with this level safely."

Zander Culverwell, 2006 champion was also in the Lothians, as did James Ross and Steve Smith, two of the beaten finalists in this case, over the last few years.

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