Golf: Turnhouse the team to beat in Edinburgh Inter Club Tournament

TURNHOUSE looked to be the title favourites as the Edinburgh Inter Club Tournament reached the semi-final stage at Prestonfield this morning.

That followed two thumping wins for a strong-looking Turnhouse team yesterday over Craigmillar Park and the defending champions, Prestonfield. They won 10 and 9 in the morning against Craigmillar Park and were equally impressive in beating the hosts 12 and 11 in the second round.

With Steven Armstrong and David Marshall at the front and Graham Robertson and Doug Imrie at the back, Turnhouse looked as though they'd take some stopping in the last four.

There, they were due to meet Lothianburn, who followed up a hard-earned first-round win over Dalmahoy by with a 6 and 5 success over the Merchants yesterday afternoon.

Representing Lothianburn were Mark Evans/Chris Hughes and George Wither/Paul Logan. The other semi-final was between Bruntsfield Links and Mortonhall and that looked a close one to call. With a side comprising of Keith MacKenzie/Charlie Simpson and Ally Ritchie/Kevin Cattanach, Bruntsfield Links secured their place in the last four with wins over Torphin Hill and Ratho Park.

Mortonhall, meanwhile, beat Liberton and Kingsknowe with a line-up made up of Chris Timms/Mark Dickson and Mike Cramond/Andrew Tillie.

First round: Bruntsfield Links bt Torphin Hill 6 and 5; Ratho Park bt Royal Burgess 6 and 5; Mortonhall bt Liberton 6 and 5; Kingsknowe bt Baberton one hole; Dalmahoy bt Liberton 3 and 2; Merchants bt Murrayfield 4 and 2; Turnhouse bt Craigmillar Park 10 and 9; Prestonfield bt Duddingston two holes.

Second round: Bruntsfield Links bt Ratho Park 3 and 2; Mortonhall bt Kingsknowe 6 and 5; Lothianburn bt Merchants 6 and 5; Turnhouse bt Prestonfield 12 and 11.