SCOTTISH SENIORS MATCHPLAY - McLellan carries Ayrshire hopes at Drumpellier

Ronnie McLellan (Turnberry) is the only Ayrshire player still with an interest in the Scottish senior amateur men's match-play golf championship, being played at Drumpellier Golf Club this week, after the first round matches were completed on Wednesday.

The other two Ayrshire qualifiers for the match play stages both lost their first round matches, John Broadfoot (Turnberry) and Keith Howie (West Kilbride) losing by 2 & 1 and 5 & 4 respectively.

FIRST ROUND RESULTS

I Stewart (The Curragh) bt A William Wallace (Strathaven) 3 and 2
H Anderson (Glenbervie) bt J Broadfoot (Turnberry) 2 and 1
D McCart (Sherwood Forest) bt K Howie (West Kilbride) 5 and 4
R MacLellan (Turnberry) bt J W Johnston (Royal Aberdeen) 4 and 3
R MacLean (Hamilton) bt I Cumming (Eastwood) 5 and 3
I Taylor (Royal Burgess) bt S Ellis (The Heritage) 1 hole
A Ferguson (Drumpellier) bt G Thomson (Bearsden) 2 and 1
H Milligan (Hamilton bt N Cameron (Porters Park) at 19th
D Murphy (Kinross) bt W Morton (Dunbar) 6 and 5
D Millar (St Andrews New) bt A Elder (Kirkcaldy) 2 and 1
G Paterson (Northern) bt B Edgar (Blackpool North Shore) 3 and 2
D Smith (Stirling) bt A K Pirie (Hazlehead) 3 and 2
G MacDonald (Callander) bt G Payne (Prestbury) 5 and 4
W Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox) bt C Moir (Worksop) 4 and 3
J Kinloch (Cardross) bt F Clark (Royal Aberdeen) at 19th
B Stewart (Tulliallan) bt C Christy (Kilmacolm) 6 and 5