AYRSHIRE ORDER OF MERIT - latest positions

Three more counting events in the 2019 Ayrshire Order of Merit, for the Doc Thom Salver, were contested on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May, when the Stevenson Trophy was held at  Girvan and the West Of Scotland Strokeplay took place at East Kilbride on the same day as the West Kilbride Mens Open.

No Ayrshire players gained any Order of Merit points at a wet and windy East Kilbride with Scott Brown (Prestwick St Cuthbert) being the highest placed Ayrshire player when he finished in eighth spot.

Brown however boosted his title hopes the day before, and moved into third place in the table, by taking maximum points at the Stevenson Trophy at Girvan with a scratch core of 64, one ahead of Steven Stamper (Turnberry).

At the West Kilbride Mens Open it was Stewart Russell (Royal Troon) who led the way with a scratch score of 74, two shots ahead of a group of four players including host club members George Higgins and Graham McKenzie and Blair Morton (Royal Troon).

With six of the twenty one counting events now completed, present positions in the Order of Merit are:-

287.5	MICHAEL	SMYTH	Royal Troon
137.5	DARREN	MALLINSON	Irvine
135	SCOTT	BROWN	Prestwick St Cuthbert
125	JACK	BROUN	Turnberry
100	STEWART	RUSSELL	Royal Troon
75	STEVEN	McEWAN	Caprington
75	STEVEN	STAMPER	Turnberry
70	TOMMY	McINALLY	Louodun
50	BLAIR	MORTON	Royal Troon
50	SEAN	ADDIE	Ayr Belleisle
50	GREGOR	MACKINTOSH	Girvan
45	GEORGE	HIGGINS	West Kilbride
45	GRAHAM	McKENZIE	West Kilbride
35	WILLIAM	FLEMING	Ballochmyle
35	GREG	VERNON	Kilmarnock Barassie
35	ROBERT	McMASTER	Girvan
17.5	SHAUN	HEDGER	West Kilbride
17.5	ROSS	CADDIS	Kilmarnock Barassie
10	STUART	WHITE	Girvan
5	CRAIG	HAMILTON	Ballochmyle
5	KEVIN	DOYLE	Turnberry

AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE - Championship title chase gets under way

The competition for the 2019 Ayrshire Junior Golf League Championship title is under way, with matches played in both qualifying sections recently.

In SECTION A, last season’s beaten finalists Kilmarnock (Barassie) have a clear lead having won their opening two games, both against Prestwick St Nicholas, with a 4.5 – 1.5 win away from home and a 3.5 – 2.5 win at home.

In the other match completed in the section so far, Irvine beat their visitors from Prestwick St Nicholas by 5 – 1.

Present positions in Section A are:-

Table	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	For	Against	Diff.	Points
Kilmarnock Barassie	2	2	0	0	8	4	4	8
Irvine	1	1	0	0	5	1	4	4
Ballochmyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caprington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Prestwick St Nicholas	3	0	0	3	5	13	-8	0

In SECTION B, the opening match of the programme saw defending champions Ayr Belleisle and West Kilbride share the spoils with a 3 – 3 draw over the Ayr Belleisle course, which Ayr Belleisle followed with a 5 - 1 home win over Prestwick St Cuthbert to take an early lead in the section.

Present positions in Section B are:-

Table	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	For	Against	Diff.	Points
Ayr Belleisle	2	1	1	0	8	4	4	6
West Kilbride	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	2
Loudoun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Troon Welbeck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Prestwick St Cuthbert	1	0	0	1	1	5	-4	0

In the JUNIOR CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY competition, Boy’s Internationalist Ruben Lindsay (Ayr Belleisle) beat the Ardeer representative 8 & 6 at Ardeer, and now travels to face either the Ballochmyle representative or the 2018 Ayrshire Boys Matchplay Champion Euan Ferguson in the quarter finals.