Macneal leads Ayrshire bid at Barassie

Charlie Macneal

There was some fine scoring on day one of the Scottish Open Strokeplay Championship at Kilmarnock (Barassie) on Friday 1st June, with former Ayrshire Boys Champion Charlie Macneal (Troon Welbeck) leading the challenge of the Ayrshire players.

South African Hayden Porteous leads the field after an opening round of 65, 8 under parCharlie macneal lies three shots further back after a superb opening round of 68

Craig Hamilton (Ballochmyle) and Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) ended the day on 2 under par whilst Stuart Robin (Prestwick St Nicholas) also carded a sub par round on one under.
Jack McDonald of the host club and James Bunch (Prestwick) finished with level par 73's.
The other scores from Ayrshire players in the first round were :-

74 (+1) - Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle), John Sloan (Doon Valley)
75 (+2) - Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie)
77 (+4) - Scott Brown (Turnberry)
80 (+7) - David Wilson (Troon Welbeck)

 All the first round scores :-
 

PORTEOUS, Hayden	South Africa	65	-8
DREWITT, Brett	Australia	67	-6
BERARDO, Clement	France	67	-6
MONNIER, Adrien	France	67	-6
BELL, Ross	Downfield	68	-5
MACNEAL, Charlie	Troon Welbeck	68	-5
MARCHBANK, Greig	Dumfries & County	68	-5
LOCKWOOD, Paul	Hessle	69	-4
SCHWARTZ, Antoine	France	69	-4
STEVENSON, Gordon	Whitecraigs	69	-4
BOURKE, Rory	Australia	69	-4
DALEY, Matthew	Hainsworth Park	69	-4
TACHER, Nicolas	France	69	-4
WEBER, Lionel	France	69	-4
SAVAGE, Jamie	Cawder	70	-3
BORROWMAN, Scott	Dollar	70	-3
STEWART-CATION, Scott	The Dukes	70	-3
HUMPHRIES, Luke	Australia	70	-3
BARJON, Paul	France	70	-3
GRAY, Kristopher	Northumberland	70	-3
MULLER, Philipp	Germany	70	-3
SCOTT, Ewan	St Andrews	70	-3
CAMPBELL, Glenn	Blairgowrie	71	-2
HAMILTON, Craig	Ballochmyle	71	-2
LOUGHREY, Ben	Wrag Barn	71	-2
MCCALL, Vaughan	New Zealand	71	-2
ZUNIC, Jordan	Australia	71	-2
MCCOLL, Jordan	Scotscraig	71	-2
HAMILTON, Craig	New Zealand	71	-2
LOFTSSON, Olafur	Iceland	71	-2
SMYTH, Michael	Royal Troon	71	-2
MICHELINI, Riccardo	Italy	71	-2
BATUT, Clement	France	71	-2
BLUDAU, Yannick	Germany	71	-2
CASEY, Harry	Enfield	71	-2
MACANDREW, Nick	Royal Aberdeen	71	-2
FORREST, Grant	Craigielaw	71	-2
STIEGER, Matthew	Australia	71	-2
GRIFFITHS, Curtis	Wentworth	71	-2
DUNTON, Adam	McDonald	71	-2
HOWARD, Paul	Southport & Ainsdale	71	-2
MOORE, Fraser	Glenbervie	71	-2
ABBAS, Arnaud	France	71	-2
PEARCE, Daniel	New Zealand	71	-2
MCCLUNG, Kyle	Wigtownshire	71	-2
ROBIN, Stuart	Prestwick St Nicholas	72	-1
GIBSON, Scott	Southerness	72	-1
STOW, Ben	Rushmore	72	-1
HENDERSON, Neil	The Glen	72	-1
WHITE, James	Lundin	72	-1
CRICHTON, Scott	Aberdour	72	-1
CLARIDGE, Samuel	Harperden Common	72	-1
DAVIS, Sam	New Zealand	72	-1
EGGENBERGER, Mathias	Switzerland	72	-1
HOWIE, Craig	Peebles	72	-1
SMITH, Cameron	Australia	72	-1
DRAKEFORD, Geoff	Australia	72	-1
MYBURGH, Gert	South Africa	72	-1
NEIL, Bradley	Blairgowrie	72	-1
BEM, Leonard	France	73	Par
GORDON, Graham	Newmachar	73	Par
WHITELAW, James	Hollandbush	73	Par
NISBET, Daniel	Australia	73	Par
MCDONALD, Jack	Kilmarnock (Barassie)	73	Par
SUBREGIS, Kenny	France	73	Par
CHESTERS, Ashley	Hawkstone Park	73	Par
YOUNG, Daniel	Craigiehill	73	Par
SMITH, Jordan	Bowood	73	Par
TURLAN, Kevin	France	73	Par
SHIELDS, Paul	Kirkhill	73	Par
SOUTAR, Brian	Leven GS	73	Par
MILNE, Jordan	Elgin	73	Par
HOLMAN, Nathan	Australia	73	Par
TARVER-JONES, Peter	Worthing	73	Par
CULVERWELL, Alexander	Dunbar	73	Par
BRUYNS, Drikus	South Africa	73	Par
SINNOTT, Todd	Australia	73	Par
BUNCH, James	Prestwick	73	Par
ROBERTSON, Graeme	Glenbervie	74	+1
HIGGINBOTTOM, Jake	Australia	74	+1
ROSS, James	Royal Burgess	74	+1
SMITH, Shaun	South Africa	74	+1
MANN, Scott	Carnoustie	74	+1
NOON, Ross	Craigielaw	74	+1
HAMILTON, Keith	Ayr Belleisle	74	+1
BREMNER, William	Edzell	74	+1
RICHES, Heath	Australia	74	+1
CLARK, Matthew	Kilmacolm	74	+1
MCELROY, Dermot	Ballymena	74	+1
WATSON, Darren	Peterhead	74	+1
AITKEN, James	Alloa	74	+1
HOLMES, Kit	Hunstanton	74	+1
DAUX, Franck	France	74	+1
SLOAN, John	Doon Valley	74	+1
WALKER, Euan	Kilmarnock (Barassie)	75	+2
O'REILLY, Callan	Australia	75	+2
ROCCHI, Mervin	France	75	+2
EVANS, Josh	The Mere	75	+2
DU PLESSIS, Charles	South Africa	75	+2
STRYDOM, Jean Paul	South Africa	75	+2
BRINGOLF, Daniel	Australia	75	+2
MCCORMICK, James	Styal	75	+2
ADI, Sarosh	USA	75	+2
BORDONADO, Jules	France	75	+2
SPEIRS, Stephen	Australia	75	+2
CAMPBELL, Ben	New Zealand	75	+2
BOSCH, Maarten	Netherlands	75	+2
STEVEN, James	Bothwell Castle	75	+2
LAWTON, Chris	Falkirk Tryst	76	+3
LOPPNOW, Michael	South Africa	76	+3
STONE, Brandon	South Africa	76	+3
MCKENNA, Fraser	Balmore	76	+3
LECLERC, Pierre-Henri	France	76	+3
ROZNER, Olivier	France	76	+3
KAY, Daniel	Dunbar	76	+3
DECOTTIGNIES, Mathieu	France	76	+3
ALLAN, Lawrence	Alva	76	+3
MATHERS, John	Haggs Castle	76	+3
SPRAGGS, Patrick	Stowmarket	77	+4
BROWN, Scott	Turnberry	77	+4
HARRIS, Tom	Castletown	77	+4
BINNING, Sam	Ranfurly Castle	77	+4
BOOTH, David	Rotherham	77	+4
SCHULTE, Frederik	Germany	77	+4
DUFF, John	Newmachar	78	+5
BRADLEY, Eamon	Mount Ellen	78	+5
KINSLEY, Benjamin	St Andrews	78	+5
TRAHAN, Callum	Meldrum House	78	+5
RIORDAN, Blair	New Zealand	78	+5
ROBERTSON, Graham	Silverknowes	78	+5
WHITAKER, Sam	Blankney	78	+5
O'NEIL, Conor	Pollok	79	+6
RENNIE, Steven	Drumpellier	79	+6
DUCLER, Martial	France	79	+6
ROSS, Craig	Kirkhill	79	+6
KIMSEY, Nathan	Woodhall Spa	80	+7
WILSON, David	Troon Welbeck	80	+7
LARKIN, Scott	Royal Aberdeen	80	+7
MERCKX, Dewi	Belgium	80	+7
ROBERTS, Graham	Eaton	80	+7
HOWARD, Mike	Royal Birkdale	81	+8
ROBERTS, Oliver	Hong Kong	81	+8
MAXWELL, Steven	Windyhill	81	+8
SMITH, Max	Newbury Racecourse	83	+10