SCOTTISH STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP - Nine Ayrshire players in field for Barassie

Ayrshire will have nine players in the 144 strong field for the Scottish Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship which takes place at Kilmarnock (Barassie) this coming weekend.

The Ayrshire players will be bidding to become the third player from the county to win the premier national strokeplay title since its inception in 1967, following on from the wins by Colin Montgomerie (Royal Troon) in 1985 and Alan Reid (Kilmarnock Barassie) in 1993.

Ayrshire's challengers for the Scottish Strokeplay Trophy
Top - Euan walker, Stuart Robin, Jack McDonald, Scott Brown
Bottom - Michael Smyth, Keith hamilton, David Wilson, Charlie Macneal, James Bunch

Host club member and Scotland Boys internationalist Euan Walker gets the championship under way at 7.00 a.m. on Friday morning, hitting the first tee shot of the 2012 competition.

The oepning two rounds will be played on Friday and Saturday with a cut in the field following and the final 36 holes being completed on Sunday.

The first round tee times of the Ayrshire players on Friday are :-

0700 - Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie)
0710 - Stuart Robin (Prestwick St Nicholas)
0820 - Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie)
0920 - Scott Brown (Turnberry)
1030 - Michael Smyth (Royal Troon)
1100 - Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle)
1140 - David Wilson (Troon Welbeck)
1310 - Charlie Macneal (Troon Welbeck)
1440 - James Bunch (Prestwick)