AYRSHIRE COACHING - Elite and development squads have first on course sessions at Prestwick

The Ayrshire junior Elite and Development squads had their first on course coaching sessions of 2026 at Prestwick Golf Club on Sunday the 8th of February.

The morning session with the elite group, under the direction of Ayrshire coaches David Fleming and Richard Gordon, saw the players on the practice ground with individual slots with the coaching team, before going onto the course to play a few holes, monitored by the coaches and team managers.

In the afternoon the Development squad gathered at the practice ground for the first time to meet the Development squad coaching professionals Lee Hughes and Allan Todd and have individual and group assesment and sessions.

Both groups have four more sessions scheduled over the next few weeks, inpreparation for the forthcoming season.

The association are very grateful to Prestwick Golf Club for their contuinued support of the coaching delivery, providing the facilities to enable the county coaches to develop the squads and prospective team members for the future.

 

AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DINNER - Tickets sttill available for 27th of February event

Tickets are still available for the 2026 Ayrshire Golf Association Annual Dinner & Presentation of Trophies, which takes place on Friday the 27th of February at the Carlton Hotel, Ayr Road, Prestwick.

The event will honour the winners of the Ayrshire Golf Association competitions which took m place in 2025. 

Guest speaker for the evening is former sprint champion, footballer, and reknowned after dinner speaker George McNeill.

Tickets are priced at £30 each and can be booked through member clubs or by emailing the Area Secretary at 

ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com

The event is open to any members of Ayrshire Golf Association member clubs

THE AYRSHIRE JUG - Still time to enter mixed greensomes knockout event in 2026

The Ayrshire Golf Association mixed greensomes knockout competition for The Ayrshire Jug is still open for entries, with entries due to close on the 16th of February.

The event is open to mixed pairs who are members of clubs affiliated to The Ayrshire Golf Association

Entry is £10 per pair.

The entry form can be downloaded via the link below, for forwarding to the Area Secretary, or via the link on the left of this page under the 'Entry Forms' heading.

LINK TO DOWNLOAD MIXED GREENSOMES (Ayrshire Jug) ENTRY FORM

 

Entries received to date, 9th February, are:-

AYRSHIRE MIXED GREENSOMES – Ayrshire Jug 

1.      Catherine & Alasdair J. Malcolm (Ayr Belleisle Ladies/Golf South Ayrshire)

2.      Alyssa Gillies & Andrew Orr (Ballochmyle/Loudoun)

3.      Keith & Anne Ross (Beith/West Kilbride)

4.      David & Fran Hadden (Kilmarnock Barassie)

5.      Kevin Flack & Janet Harkness (Skelmorlie)

6.      Neil B M & Carol Scott (Prestwick St Nicholas)

7.      Andrew Gilligan & Alison Malcolm (Royal Troon/Ayr Belleisle Ladies)

8.      David & Margaret Crookston (Skelmorlie)

9.      Iain & Shirley Campbell (Prestwick St Cuthbert)

10.  Scott Singleton & Shirley Anne Stevens (Irvine Ravenspark/Irvine)

11.  David Hodge & Irene Hodge (Largs)

12.  Liz & John Keohone (Loudoun)

13.  Alistair & Jane Belford (Prestwick St Nicholas)

14.  Andrew Conkie & Alison Craig (Prestwick St Cuthbert)

AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION EXTENDED COMPETITIONS - One week to go until entries for 2026 events close

With just a week remaining for clubs to enter eight of the Ayrshire Golf Association extended competitions, entries are building up in each of the events.

The Ayrshire Men's Champion of Champions, Ayrshire Women's Champion of Champions, Ayrshire Scratch Leagues, Ayrshire Men's Handicap League, Ayrshire Women's Handicap League, Gary Bryden Memorial Salver and Presidents Putter competition entries close on the 16th of February for the forthcoming season.

Entry forms were emailed to Club Secretaries on the 13th of January 2026. If any Club Secretary has not received the forms, or requires further copies, they should contact the Area Secretary by email at ayrshire.golf@btinternet.com 

Entries received to date, 9th February, are:-

MENS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY 

1.      JOHN R. ANDERSON (Skelmorlie)

2.      STEVEN STAMPER (Turnberry)

3.      STUART GEDDES (West Kilbride)

4.      ROBERT JOLLY (New Cumnock)

5.      NEIL CLAPPERTON (Ballochmyle)

6.      RYAN MORRISON (Ayr Seafield)

7.      JAMIE HAY (Ayr Belleisle)

8.      GEORGE PATON (Troon Merchants)

9.      DAVID CURRIE (Royal Troon)

10.  LEWIS HIGGINS (Ardeer)

11.  ALASDAIR BERRY (Irvine Ravenspark)

12.  IAIN MACFARLANE (Prestwick St Nicholas)

13.  JAMES McINTYRE (Redburn)

14.  LEE WALKER (Braehead)

15.  LEE KIRKLAND (Muirkirk)

16.  CONNOR MUNRO (Golf South Ayrshire)

17.  STEVEN CLARK (Tam O Shanter)

18.  BRIAN McGARRITY (Drongan)

19.  DARREN YOUNG (Crosshouse)

20.  GREG NICHOL (Kilmarnock Barassie)

21.  SCOTT BROWN (Prestwick St Cuthbert)

22.  KEVIN THOMAS (Troon St Meddans)

23.  MICHEAL MACCALLUM (North Beach)

24.  MICHAEL TULLOCH (Alton)

25.  KEVIN McGOWAN (Prestwick Centre)

26.  FRASER McCALL (Troon Portland)

  

WOMAN’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY 

1.      GILLIAN POLLOCK (Skelmorlie)

2.      JOY YOUNG (Ballochmyle)

3.      DEBBIE WATT (Ayrshire Matchplay Champion)

4.      ORLA MORAN (Irvine)

5.      KEMA GENDA (Troon Bentinck Ladies)

6.      CATHERINE MALCOLM (Ayr Belleisle Ladies)

7.      KELLY McNEE (Ayrshire Strokeplay Champ.)

8.      SANDI ROGERSON (Kilmarnock Barassie) 

 

AYRSHIRE MEN’S FOURBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 

1.      SKELMORLIE (Ian Cameron & Gary Munro)

2.      WEST KILBRIDE (Kenny Marshall & John Champion)

3.      NEW CUMNOCK (Joe Jolly & Alex Dunsmuir)

4.      AYR SEAFIELD (Graham Longair & James Harker)

5.      BALLOCHMYLE (Ian Hunter & John McPike Jr.)

6.      TROON MERCHANTS (Alan Rae & Paul Storrie)

7.      AYR BELLEISLE (Don Campbell & Alan Stewart)

8.      ROYAL TROON (Iain Findlay & Bruce Hogan)

9.      ARDEER (Ewan Sloan & Graham Iley)

10.  IRVINE RAVENSPARK (Jack McNeil & Alexander Gemmell)

11.  REDBURN (Hamish Gaffney & Jim Hunter)

12.  BRAEHEAD (Gavin Stuart & J P McLaughlin)

13.  PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS (Alex Shaw & Andy Millar)

14.  GOLF SOUTH AYRSHIRE (Leigh Gray & Andrew Coley)

15.  TAM O SHANTER (John Frame & Jim McCorkell)

16.  DRONGAN (Daniel Carroll & Stuart Wightman)

17.  CROSSHOUSE (Graham Ross & Jeff Reid)

18.  MOORPARK (Arthur Bruce & Paul Payne)

19.  KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE) (Cameron Hill & Fraser Robertson)

20.  STEWARTON (William Smith & Billy Smith)

21.  TROON ST MEDDANS (Allan Clark & Kyle Finnie)

22.  PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT (Pieter Slooves & Jim Logan)

23.  NORTH BEACH (Lee Dixon & Calvin Anderson)

24.  PRESTWICK CENTRE (Gareth Dowse & Mark Haldane)

25.  TROON PORTLAND (Vince Gilligan & Peter Clark)

   

AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES 

1.      TURNBERRY

2.      WEST KILBRIDE

3.      BALLOCHMYLE

4.      AYR BELLEISLE

5.      ROYAL TROON

6.      ARDEER

7.      REDBURN

8.      PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

9.      GOLF SOUTH AYRSHIRE

10.  KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)

11.  PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT

12.  TROON ST MEDDANS

13.  TROON PORTLAND

  

GARY BRYDEN MEMORIAL SALVER – Scratch club team knockout 

1.      SKELMORLIE

2.      TURNBERRY

3.      WEST KILBRIDE

4.      BALLOCHMYLE

5.      AYR BELLEISLE

6.      ROYAL TROON

7.      ARDEER

8.      IRVINE RAVENSPARK

9.      PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

10.  REDBURN

11.  KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)

12.  PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT

13.  TROON ST MEDDANS

14.  TROON PORTLAND

 

 

AYRSHIRE MEN’S HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP 

1.      WEST KILBRIDE

2.      BALLOCHMYLE

3.      AYR SEAFIELD

4.      AYR BELLEISLE

5.      ARDEER

6.      IRVINE RAVENSPARK

7.      PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

8.      REDBURN

9.      GOLF SOUTH AYRSHIRE

10.  TAM O SHANTER

11.  ROYAL TROON

12.  CROSSHOUSE

13.  MOORPARK

14.  KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)

15.  PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT

16.  DRONGAN

17.  TROON ST MEDDANS

18.  NORTH BEACH

19.  ALTON

20.  TROON PORTLAND 

 

 

AYRSHIRE WOMAN’S HANDICAP LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP 

1.      BALLOCHMYLE

2.      CAPRINGTON

3.      AYR BELLEISLE LADIES

4.      KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE) 

 

 

PRESIDENT’S PUTTER – Men’s Handicap club team knockout 

1.      SKELMORLIE

2.      WEST KILBRIDE

3.      AYR SEAFIELD

4.      BALLOCHMYLE

5.      AYR BELLEISLE

6.      IRVINE RAVENSPARK

7.      PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

8.      ARDEER

9.      REDBURN

10.  BRAEHEAD

11.  GOLF SOUTH AYRSHIRE

12.  TAM O SHANTER

13.  ROYAL TROON

14.  DRONGAN

15.  MOORPARK

16.  KILMARNOCK (BARASSIE)

17.  PRESTWICK ST CUTHBERT

18.  TROON ST MEDDANS

19.  NORTH BEACH

20.  ALTON

21.  TROON PORTLAND