6th September 2025

PBGC Away Day

Largs golf club was the destination yesterday for the Port Golf Clubs annual Ryder Cup day out. Teams as follows,
Europe
Matthew Dunn (Captain)
Neil Whitelaw
Sam Jamieson
David Greer
Jimmy Poole
Ewan Irvine
Colin Muir
John Black
Jack Standaloft
Donald Standaloft
Stewart Izat
Neil Mckirdy
Alex Morrison Cowan

Team USA
Scotty Dunn (Captain)
Hector Whitelaw
Graham Fisher
Iain McFarlane
Roddie Leitch
Dunky Lyon
Martin Myatt
Graham Bolton
David Driver
Mike Ivory
Jim Bicker
John Whitelaw
Kevin Sayers

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There was also a singles stableford running and skill prizes on the course.

Longest drive , Donald Standaloft
NTP @8th Graham Bolton
NTP @ 14th David Greer

Booby prize Kevin Sayers

1st place with a stunning 46 stableford points, Scott Dunn
2nd place Roddie Leitch 37 BIH
3rd place Colin Muir 37
4th place Donald Standaloft 35
5th place Matthew Dunn 35

Thanks to Largs golf club for all their hospitality
Thanks to Donald for organising and Sam for collating the scores.

1st September 2025

Dozens of golfers braved the wind today for the long awaited return of the Harry Hope trophy played as a foursomes format.
The course after yesterday’s torrential rain was in superb condition, with Duncan and Graham working hard over the summer to not only keep the course looking great but always pushing on to improve it.

Results for the skill prizes first,

Nearest the pin @4th/16th Roddie Leitch

Nearest the pin @10th David McNee

Nearest the pin @18th Graham Dunn

Longest drive @2nd/14th Donald Standaloft

Harry Hope Trophy results

1st. Roddie Leitch & Larry Devine
78 gross for 55 net

2nd. Sam Jamieson & Iain McFarlane
73 gross for 65 net

3rd. Ewan Irvine & Neil McKay
79 gross for 68 net

Scratch prize goes to Graham Dunn and John Black 76

Well done to everyone for braving the weather.
Thanks to Sam for collating all the scores.
The club is constantly moving forward, huge steps this year to improve both the course and clubhouse, with both in fantastic condition…

10th August 2025

Ken Chisholm memorial Quaich

Last night saw us run the Ken Chisholm memorial Quaich.
It was a mixed scramble format with a lady and two lads.

The course was in great condition as usual, and with the weather on our side for a change there was some incredible scoring.

Skill prizes were won by the following;
NTP@10th, ladies, Anita Rutherford
Gents, Donald Standaloft
NTP@18th, ladies, Cathy McKirdy
Gents, Hector Whitelaw

Longest Drive @5th for the ladies
Elaine McLean

Best scratch, Duncan Cowan, Liz McMillan and Hector Whitelaw, 44

3rd place, Alex Morrison Cowan, Janet McAllister and Tommy Wilkinson 43.5

2nd place, Roddie Leitch, Polly Gallita and Kevin Sayers 36.8

Winners on the night by 0.1 of a shot
Donald Standaloft, Elaine McLean and Larry Devine

Well done to Roddie for his hole in one at the par 4, 11th hole, but sadly it still wasn’t enough to take home 1st place.

4th August 2025

SGN Gas Texas Scramble

Saturday saw the ever popular SGN Gas yearly trip to the club. 32 golfers from all over the West converging on the course for breakfast, 12 holes, lunch, 12 holes then dinner. Well done to Ian Shaw for organising…..

Morning Texas Scramble.

NIP 10th hole: Andy McGowan

NIP 18th hole: Gareth Jackson

Longest drive 2nd: Kevin Hanson

3rd place: Ian shaw, Matthew Barker, Chris Kelly, Lukas Ferguson. 31.7

2nd place: Alastair Shaw, David Guthrie, Liam McArthur, Gareth Jackson. 31.5

Winners: Ryan Craig, Sean Ramsay, Martin Beer, Ryan Beer. 30.7

Individual Stableford.

NIP 10th hole: Craig Darroch.

NIP 18th hole: Craig Darroch.

NIP in 2 shots 7th hole: Steven Leckie.

Longest drive 2nd hole: Andy McGowan.

3rd: Ryan Leitch 29 points

2nd: Lukas Leckie 29 points BIH

Winner: Ian Shaw 30 points.

Great weather, great food and drink and great golf.

22nd July 2025

Standaloft Heating and Plumbing  Supplies Greensomes

That’s the busiest 6 week period at the club for golf just about done, the Championship, the McLeod Homes Open, the Jimmy Whitelaw Cup and yesterday the Standaloft Heating and Plumbing  Supplies Greensomes.
Over 200 golfers have taken part in the competitions, with 70 taking to the course yesterday for the return of “Spalls day”
The course was in great condition as always, the weather actually held out, (no thunderstorms) the food was exceptional, and the drinks were flowing, (for some, more like gushing).

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Best scratch
1st Graham & Caleb Bolton 64
2nd Iain Simpson & Malky Brown

Best mixed team
1st Robert McArthur & Janet McAlister
2nd Neil McKay & Cath Rae

Skill prizes
NTP @ 4/16th Caleb Bolton
NTP @ 10th Carl Kelly
NTP @ 12th Matthew Dunn
NTP in 2 shots @ 1/13th Iain Simpson & Malky Brown
NTP in 2 shots @ 3/15th Alan Stewart & Davie Greer
NTP in 2 shots @ 7th Mark Crichton & Davie Reid

Well done to all the prize winners, huge thanks to Roddie, Hazel and Jean for the bar and the food.
Huge thanks goes to Donald, Michelle and family for their continued support for the club, it was certainly the biggest turnout the bar has seen this year.

14th July 2025

Jimmy Whitelaw Cup

So here we go, the results from one of our biggest events of the calendar, the Jimmy Whitelaw Cup. Thanks as always to Sam and John for collating more than 100 score cards on the day, the course was in superb condition thanks to Duncan and Grahams work, huge thanks to Roddie, Hazel and Jean for what turned out to be a 14 hour shift in the kitchen and the bar. But our main thanks goes to Margaret, Hector and the entire Whitelaw family for not just the sponsorship but for making this one of the biggest family events up here.

Best scratch on the day
Donald Standaloft

Overall
1st Mark lingard
2nd Martin Young
3rd Iain Andrews
4th Graham Dunn

Best AM and PM sweeps
Mark Lingard

Nearest the pin @ 10th Sean Lawrence
Nearest the pin @ 18th Adam Steele
Nearest the pin in 2 shots @ 3rd John Black
Nearest the pin in 2 shots @ 6th
Graham Dunn
Longest drive @ 7th Donald Standaloft
Consolation prize Reid Whitelaw

Ladies section
1st Karen McMillan
2nd Lillian McMillan
3rd Catherine Rae

7th July 2025

MacLeod Construction Limited Port Open.

More than 50 golfers took to the course on a better than expected (weather wise) Sunday. Food and drink as always supplied by Roddie and Hazel, with Duncan and Graham looking after the course, and Sam and John taking care of scoring and the prizegiving.

Skill prizes first;
Closest to the pin @4/16th
John Murray
Closest to the pin @10th
Robert Baxter
Closest to the pin @18th
Caleb Bolton

Handicap prize list
1st David Kilpatrick (64)
2nd Robert McArthur (65) BIH
3rd Graham Dunn (65)

Scratch
1st and winner of the Port Open
Graham Bolton (64)
2nd Donald Standaloft (67)
3rd Ian Simpson (70)
4th Lewis Poole (71) BIH
5th Malcolm Brown (71)

Twos were scored by
Hector Whitelaw
Matthew Dunn
Scott Dunn
Graham Dunn

30th June 2025

Championship and Arthur Slack trophies

Yesterday saw the climax of our Championship and Arthur Slack trophies. With Donald Standaloft v Graham Dunn and John Whitelaw v Robert McArthur, going head to head respectively.
The final was contested over 36 holes with the Arthur Slack over 18.
The first 18 holes in the morning was quite a tight affair with Donald taking an early lead but Graham digging in and pegging him back and they were all square through 6. Donald then went on a birdie spree to go 1 up at the turn and 3 up through 18.
All four finalists were then wined and dined before heading back out.
To continue with the Championship, the players halved 19 and 20, with Grahams  short game starting to cause Donald some problems.
But then Donald came into his own winning the next 4 holes on a birdie spree to go 7 up through 24 holes. Adding to this at hole 28 to go 8 up. Graham who was then down but by no means out, showed why he has been one of the most consistent golfers up here for years, rallying to win the next 2 holes to be cut the deficit to 6.
This only pushed Donald who won the next to take the club Championship title with a 7&5 victory.

Well done Donald and commiserations to Graham.

The Arthur Slack was a similar affair, with John taking an early lead, Robert then steadied the ship a little, although with Johns superior distance off the tees it didn’t take long for him to gain a commanding lead, going 4 up with some great shots. Again Robert though dug deep, holed some great putts and his short game was almost perfect.
John never waivered though and powered on to win the Arthur Slack 6&5.
Well done John , commiserations to Robert.

As always course absolutely impeccable, huge thanks to Duncan and Graham, the latter although playing in the final was up at 6am to cut the greens.
Thanks to Jean and Mike Ivory for the food and drinks.
Well done again to our winners.

23rd June 2025

McFadyen Mixed Night

Last night saw the 25th anniversary of the McFadyen Moxed night up on the course. Back, bigger and better than ever thanks to huge sponsorship from both the McFadyen and Patterson families.
With the sun shining the course was in splendid condition.
Drinks were flowing and the food as always was exceptional.
Skill prizes as follows,
Nearest the pin in 2 shots @ the 3rd; Matthew, Anita and Billy
Straightest drive @ 5th (Ladies)
Janet McAllister
Longest drive @ 6th (Men) Donald Standaloft
Closest to the pin @ 10th (Ladies) Karen McMillan
Closest to the pin @ 10th (Men) Jim Bicker
Closest to the pin @ 18th (Ladies) Elaine McLean
Closest to the pin @ 18th (Men) Stuart McLean
Shot of the day Jim
Bicker @ the 10th

Booby prize in 8th place, Alex Morrison Cowan, Karen McMillan and David Kilpatrick (45)
6th Duncan Lyon, Cathy Mckirdy and Stewart Izat (44.4)
5th Duncan Cowan, Janet McAllister and Robert McArthur (43.5)
4th Stuart McLean, Elaine McLean and Sean Lawrence (40.4)
3rd Billy McFadyen, Anita Rutherford and Matthew Dunn (39.6)
Runners up Graham Dunn, Liz McMillan and Jim Bicker (37.9)
 Winners of the Patterson Platter with best scratch score of 40
Donald Standaloft, Catherine Rae and Robert Jardine

Overall winners and taking home the McFadyen Mixed Trophy 2025
1st Roddie Leitch, Caytlin Kerr and Jordan Leitch with a magnificent (37.2)

Well done and thanks to all the players, thanks to Duncan and Graham our greens staff, huge thanks to Roddie and Hazel for the food, drink and all round fun and laughter.
Biggest thanks of all to both families for making this event bigger and better every single year.

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17th June 2025

16th June 2025

June Medal:   Sponsored by Zoey Whitelaw

3rd June 2025

Seniors Outing to Skelmorlie

9th June 2025

M & M Trophy

Today was the first day of the M & M Trophy, played at Port Bannatyne. 30 golfers took part with the course in superb condition and some great scoring followed.
The top 10 going into Wednesdays round at Kingarth is as follows,

1. Iain Simpson 39 points
2. Donald Standaloft 37 points
3. Craig Harrower 36 points
4. Ryan Craig 36 points
5. John Murray 35 points
6. Alan Stewart 35 points
7. John Whitelaw 35 points
8. Sam Jamieson 34 points
9. Matthew Dunn 34 points
10. Colin Muir 33 points

Thanks to everyone who took part and huge shout out to Duncan and Graham for all the hard work and time they put into our course.
Nearest the pins on the day were Donald Standaloft @4/16
John Murray @10
Paddy Queen @18

Biggest congratulations on the day goes to Paddy Queen for his hole in one on the 18th. Well done from everyone at thd club.

3rd June 2025

JMF Tankard

Huge thanks to the Fergus family for their continued support for our club. Nearly 40 golfers took to the course in blustery conditions today, winners as follows.

Overall winner Mike Ivory, 2nd Colin Muir, 3rd Colin Renfrew
Scratch, Donald Standaloft
Ladies winner , Anita Rutherford
Nearest in 2@1st Matthew Dunn
Nearest in 2@3rd Stuart McLean
Nearest pin @10th Roddie Leitch
Nearest pin @ 18th Donald Standaloft
Twos scored by, Carl Kelly (2), Matthew Dunn and David Driver.

16 May 2025

Trolley Shed

The committee are on the war path about the state of the equipment being left lying around. You have till the end of the month to claim your gear or it will be disposed of by the committee.

A huge field took to the course for yet another sponsored Medal. The sponsor paying the entry fee for all players and buying everyone a drink after the round. Results as above, also well done to best under 49 year old Colin Muir, best 50-59 year old John Black, best 60-69 year old David McNee and best over 70’s Mike Ivory, all winning a sleeve of balls.

27 April 2025

Course held up really well due to all the hard work the Greenkeepers are putting in.
Thanks to Colin and Cheryl Brooks from the Electric Bakery for the sponsorship

Winter League Finals Day

What a day. Firstly a massive thanks to Leighton Reid and family at Rothesay Motor Services for their continued support. (Speedy recovery Leighton).
Full results for the day and placings are as follows;
Kalum & Stuart bt Wills and Sean
Roddie & Chrissy bt Davie & Alan
Sam & Iain bt Robert & Gordon
Duncan & Ewan bt John & Graham
Martin & Matt bt Carl & Colin
Neil & Hector bt Graham & David
David & Ryan bt Matthew and John

Final placing;
Winners, Kalum & Stuart
2nd Wills & Sean
3rd Roddie & Chrissy
4th Davie & Alan
5th Sam & Iain
6th Robert & Gordon
7th Duncan & Ewan
8th Graham F & John

Wooden spoon (last) Matthew & John

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This couldn’t be done without the players though. And I would like to thank everyone for taking part. Here’s to next season folks.

Don’t forget the Subscription medal , the Peggy Adam’s Cup next Sunday. Always a busy one. Get your names in

1st March 2025

So we proved again we are not just a Golf Club. North Bute Primary school used our clubhouse today for their fundraising Bingo day. Over 40 people brought their “dabbers” and got their eyes down for some family fun. 10 rounds of bingo, a bonus ball scratch card, a raffle, and an auction. With the club donating prizes, friends and families donating bottles, gift sets, toys etc etc, the school raised £660 for the kids trip. Huge thanks to Heather Sweet for the bingo and the running of the raffle, also big thanks go to Susan Slaven and Mandy McLaughlan for planning the whole event. Great to give back to the island. Get in touch if you wish to hire the clubhouse for your event, if it’s for a local cause or a charity and you use the bar it’s free of charge.

Quarter finals Results

Stuart & Kalum bt Ewan & Dunky 6&5
Rod & Chrissy bt John & Graham at hole 20
Sean & Wills bt Kaki & Gordy 3up
Big Al & Davie bt Sam & Iain 2up

Race for the wooden spoon

Carl & Colin bt Matthew & John 1up
John & David bt Hector & Neil 3&2
Matt & Martin bt Davie & Ryan 3&2
Spall & Martin bt Graham & David (walk over)

Well done to all the winners today, some good results and great golf.

Biggest victory of the day went to “The Gilk” and long suffering partner Kalum, who trounced Ewan 6&5, although Ewan was on his own.
Ports Ginger Duo Sean & Wills beat Kaki & Gordy 3up, Sean getting into Gordy’s head early doors in the clubhouse.
Big Al & Davie bt Match Secretary pair of Sam & Iain 2up after a big night out on the tiles last night for Sam’s 50th.
Longest game of the day was Roddie & Chrissy beating John & Graham on the 20th hole. After taking two scuddings from them in the league stages, Roddie and Chrissy proved it’s not how you get there, it’s what you produce when you arrive.

Last years champions Carl & Colin beat club champion Matthew and big John 1up.
Battle of the Whitelaws (plus David McNee) saw John and David beating Hector & Neil 3&2.
Martin & Matt bt the father and son Driver duo 3&2.

The quarter final draw was made straight after in the clubhouse

8:30am Roddie & Chrissy v Stuart & Kalum
8:40am Big Al & Davie v Sean & Wills
Wooden spoon race ties to be confirmed.
Thanks as always to Leighton at Rothesay Motor Services for their continued support.