The hope of a "home" winner of the Scottish Amateur Championship, being played at Royal Troon this week, were dashed on Friday when Euan Brown (Kilmarnock Barassie) lost out narrowly in the quarter finals.
Brown faced Scottish Boys Champion David Law (Hazlehead) in the quarter finals on Friday morning and had the best of the early exchanges, forging a two hole lead after 12. law however hit back, taking the next three holes and a one hole lead in the match after 15.
At the 16th, Brown hit back to sqaure the match, only to slip one behind again with a bogey 4 at the 17th, before law closed out the match by one hole with a par at the last.
The 36 hole final on Saturday will be a historic event for the championship and indeed Royal Troon, who will add another championship record to their history.
Should Law win, he will become the only player to win both the Scottish Boys and Scottish Amateur Championships in the same year, whilst if his oponent Steven O'Hara (Colville park) wins, he will follow in the footsteps of his brother Steven O'Hhara, the 2000 champion, to become the only brother to win the championship.
A win by law would, it is believed, give Royal Troon the distinction of hosting wins by the younget and oldest champions, following the 1969 victory by Jack cannon (Irvine), the oldest winner of the event to date.
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