Ladies Open Greensomes 2026

Finals Day – 2026

Finals day had, thankfully, beautiful weather for golf. While some of the qualifying matches has been played in frankly horrendous conditions, we were delighted to see that the sun shone for Finals day.

We had 8 championships altogether – and it’s a big day to organise. We cannot do it without the help and support of a number of people. On the day we would like to than all our volunteer referees, and our match starter. Thanks too to all the bar staff, and catering staff who were all were on hand to keep the players fed and watered and look after all the supporters who came down to watch and enjoy the finals day atmosphere.

The course was in great nick too, and our thanks go to the greens team, and our volunteers here who prepared the course so well.

Some of our winners are pictured here, although unfortunately our Junior champion, and our B and C class champions were unavailable for the picture.

The Results

Junior Final – Innes Reid beat, his brother, Gregor Reid
Ladies Final – Mo Cunningham picked up her 23rd Ladies title winning against Lorna Lettice
Ladies Bronze Final – Mary Cowan prevailed against Ann Cockburn
Seniors Final – Dean Brock in his 3rd final in a row, picked up his 2nd Seniors title beating Malcolm Thomson on the 19th hole
C Class Final  – Bob Martin beat Allan Young
B Class Final – Archie Wylie beat James Birkmyre
A Class Final – Mike O’Rourke beat Davy Linn

And in the Men’s 36-hole Championship Final John Nisbet beat Ally Dougall in an excellent contest between 2 players, each in their first final appearance but no doubt with more to come.

So, another year’s champions have been crowned, and we would once again like to thank everyone who contributed to the day’s success, whether as a player, a supporter, a  referee, a starter, a volunteer or a member of one of the key teams who always support Newbattle; whether that be Greens, Bar, Catering or Professional shop.

If it wasn’t you in a final this year – there’s always next year!!

Whitburgh Cup 2026

It was a tricky day for golf at Newbattle today for our annual scratch open, the Whitburgh Cup. There was a strong and gusty wind that, coupled with some tricky pin positions, made it tough to go really low and that was reflected in some of the scoring.

2 very steady rounds of 70 were enough to seal victory for Jamie McIntosh from Broomiknowe in these challenging conditions. Congratulations to Jamie.

Many thanks to all the staff and volunteers at Newbattle today for helping the day run smoothly. The starters who saw the players out, the bar and catering staff, and to the guys in the Pro shop that sorted out the registration of all our players today. Special mention to our assistant pro – Lee who stayed on late to help record all the second round scores after an error in the competition software. We couldn’t run our opens without this continued support from everyone involved.

A special mention also to Gary Mellon for recording a hole in one at the 8th today – Gary used to play at Newbattle but is now at Haddington. Thanks for the dram Gary – very welcome after 36 holes in that wind!

Prizes are awarded for the top 5 scratch totals, and the best 2 handicap scores. Vouchers for the winners will be sent to your home clubs where you will be able to collect them.

As ever, if you qualify for both a scratch and a handicap prize, you will receive only the higher valued prize and the next eligible player will pick up the other voucher.

Scratch Prize Winners

1. Jamie McIntosh- Broomieknowe
2. Stuart Thurlow – Murrayfield
3. Ross Colquhoun – Kingfield
4. Sean Marc – Broomieknowe
5. Stuart Thorburn – Newbattle

Handicap Prize Winners

1. Joe Malone – Dundas Parks
2. Daniel Hall – Newbattle

We hope all the players enjoyed their day. We look forward to welcoming many of you back next year.

Congratulations to all the winners today.  Full results are available below.

Whitburgh – Gross Scores

Whitburgh – Nett Scores

Gents 2 Man Texas Scramble

Our thanks go out to all our staff and volunteers who made the day a success, from the green staff who prepared the course to an excellent standard, to the guys in the pro shop for setting us all away, to our volunteer starters, and of course to our catering team and bar staff who kept us fed and watered throughout the day.

We hope that everyone enjoyed their day, and hope to welcome you all back next year.

Congratulations go to our winners who were

2 Man Texas Scramble winners

A full breakdown of Nett and Scratch scores here

2 Man Texas Scramble_Handicap

2 Man Texas Scramble_Scratch

NB: Only one prize per team is awarded. If one team qualifies for both a handicap and a scratch prize, they receive only the one of higher value. The other prize will be awarded to the next placed team in the relevant category

SGU vouchers will be sent to your home clubs