SCOTTISH STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP - Macneal and Smyth carry Ayrshire hopes in closing rounds

Only two Ayrshire players made the cut in The Scottish Open Strokeplay Championship at Kilmarnock (Barassie) when the second round was completed on Saturday.


Charlie Macneal

Charlie Macneal added a two over par 75 to his opening 68 to leave him on 143, or 3 under par, and five strokes behind the leader Ross Bell (Downfield).

Michael Smyth

With the cut falling at level par 146, Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) made the final rounds with a shot to spare, adding a second round 74 to his opening 71 for a one under par total of 145.

James Bunch of Prestwick (73/74) and Stuart Robin of Prestwick St Nicholas (72/75) were unfortunate to miss the cut by one stroke on 147, 1 over par.

The full list of qualifiers for the final two rounds, to be played on Sunday, and all the Ayrshire scores are :-

Name	Club	R1	R2	Total
BELL, Ross	Downfield	68	70	-8
WEBER, Lionel	France	69	70	-7
SHIELDS, Paul	Kirkhill	73	67	-6
PORTEOUS, Haydn	South Africa	65	75	-6
STIEGER, Matthew	Australia	71	69	-6
BOURKE, Rory	Australia	69	71	-6
DREWITT, Brett	Australia	67	73	-6
BERARDO, Clement	France	67	74	-5
TARVER-JONES, Peter	Worthing	73	68	-5
DUNTON, Adam	McDonald	71	70	-5
MARCHBANK, Greig	Dumfries & County	68	73	-5
BARJON, Paul	France	70	71	-5
STOW, Ben	Rushmore	72	70	-4
MACNEAL, Charlie	Troon Welbeck	68	75	-3
LOUGHREY, Ben	Wrag Barn	71	72	-3
BATUT, Clement	France	71	72	-3
SMITH, Cameron	Australia	72	72	-2
CASEY, Harry	Enfield	71	73	-2
SCHWARTZ, Antoine	France	69	75	-2
MACANDREW, Nick	Royal Aberdeen	71	74	-1
GRAY, Kristopher	Northumberland	70	75	-1
CULVERWELL, Alexander	Dunbar	73	72	-1
BRUYNS, Drikus	South Africa	73	72	-1
SINNOTT, Todd	Australia	73	72	-1
GIBSON, Scott	Southerness	72	73	-1
CHESTERS, Ashley	Hawkstone Park	73	72	-1
BINNING, Sam	Ranfurly Castle	77	68	-1
DAVIS, Sam	New Zealand	72	73	-1
LOFTSSON, Olafur	Iceland	71	74	-1
SMYTH, Michael	Royal Troon	71	74	-1
DRAKEFORD, Geoff	Australia	72	74	Par
MCELROY, Dermot	Ballymena	74	72	Par
DALEY, Matthew	Hainsworth Park	69	77	Par
MCCLUNG, Kyle	Wigtownshire	71	75	Par
MONNIER, Adrien	France	67	79	Par
BEM, Leonard	France	73	73	Par
ROBERTSON, Graeme	Glenbervie	74	72	Par
MCCALL, Vaughan	New Zealand	71	75	Par
SPRAGGS, Patrick	Stowmarket	77	69	Par
BORROWMAN, Scott	Dollar	70	76	Par
ZUNIC, Jordan	Australia	71	75	Par
OTHER AYRSHIRE SCORES
BUNCH, James	Prestwick	73	74	+1
ROBIN, Stuart	Prestwick St Nicholas	72	75	+1
HAMILTON, Keith	Ayr Belleisle	74	75	+3
WALKER, Euan	Kilmarnock (Barassie)	75	76	+5
HAMILTON, Craig	Ballochmyle	71	80	+5
MCDONALD, Jack	Kilmarnock (Barassie)	73	79	+6
BROWN, Scott	Turnberry	77	78	+9
WILSON, David	Troon Welbeck	80	+8	RTD