SGU JUNIOR TOUR - walker best from Ayrshire at Cardrona

Euan Walker

Kilmarnock Barassie's Euan Walker was the best performer of the three Ayrshire competitors in the final Junior Tour event of the year, played at Cardrona near Peebles on 11 & 12 June.

Dumfries and County’s Greig Marchbank eased to an emphatic victory in the SGU 72-hole event.

The 16-year-old celebrated his call-up to the Scotland boys' team earlier in the week with a six-under par aggregate of 282, four clear of Liberton’s Anthony Blaney.
Marchbank opened with a two-under par 70 to share the first round lead with Jamie Savage (Cawder) and stretched clear of the pack with an excellent four-under par 68 to hold a five-shot lead going into the final two rounds on Sunday.
 
A third round 69 followed by his first over par round of the weekend with a 75, gave Marchbank his maiden Junior Tour win.

Best performance from the Ayrshire competitors was that of Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) whose aggregate of 294 (+6) gave his fifth place.

A third round 81 pushed Charlie Macneal (Troon Welbeck) into joint 21st place on 306 (+18) whilst an out odf sorts David Wilson (Troon Welbeck) finished in 39th place on 331 (+43)

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

282 - Greig Marchbank (Dumfries and County) - 70/68/69/75
286 - Anthony Blaney (Liberton) - 71/72/68/75
289 - Eamon Bradley (Mount Ellon) - 73/74/73/69
293 - Jordan Milne (Elgin) - 77/73/76/68
294 - Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) - 71/76/72/75

Other Ayrshire scores :-

306 - Charlie Macneal (Troon Welbeck) - 74/75/81/76
331 - David Wilson (Troon Welbeck) - 78/89/75/89