SCOTTISH OPEN STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP - Frenchman storms to victory at Barassie

Frenchman Paul Barjon is the new Scottish Open Strokeplay Champion after storming through the field at Kilmarnock (Barassie) on Sunday 3rd June to take the title with a four stroke winning margin.

The two Ayrshire players who made the 36 hole cut finished 18 & 23 shots off the pace following disappointing final rounds in breezy conditions, Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) and Charlie Macneal (Troon Welbeck) recording 8 and 13 over par totals respectively.

The other player with Ayrshire connections who made the cut, new Zealander Vaughan McCall whose ancestors hail from Newton On Ayr, had a closing round of 70 for a level par total in the championship.

LEADING SCORES:-

BARJON, Paul	France	70	71	73	68	-10
PORTEOUS, Haydn	South Africa	65	75	78	68	-6
BOURKE, Rory	Australia	69	71	73	73	-6
STIEGER, Matthew	Australia	71	69	74	73	-5
WEBER, Lionel	France	69	70	73	75	-5
BATUT, Clement	France	71	72	73	72	-4
STOW, Ben	Rushmore	72	70	72	75	-3
ZUNIC, Jordan	Australia	71	75	73	71	-2
LOUGHREY, Ben	Wrag Barn	71	72	75	72	-2
MARCHBANK, Greig	Dumfries & County	68	73	73	76	-2
DREWITT, Brett	Australia	67	73	80	71	-1
BERARDO, Clement	France	67	74	79	71	-1
SHIELDS, Paul	Kirkhill	73	67	76	75	-1
MCCALL, Vaughan	New Zealand	71	75	76	70	Par
LOFTSSON, Olafur	Iceland	71	74	77	70	Par
DAVIS, Sam	New Zealand	72	73	76	71	Par
DUNTON, Adam	McDonald	71	70	77	74	Par
OTHER SCOTTISH SCORES
SMYTH, Michael	Royal Troon	71	74	78	77	+8
CULVERWELL, Alexander	Dunbar	73	72	77	80	+10
MACANDREW, Nick	Royal Aberdeen	71	74	79	78	+10
ROBERTSON, Graeme	Glenbervie	74	72	75	82	+11
BINNING, Sam	Ranfurly Castle	77	68	81	77	+11
MACNEAL, Charlie	Troon Welbeck	68	75	77	85	+13
BORROWMAN, Scott	Dollar	70	76	85	75	+14