SCOTTISH SENIORS MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP - 3 Ayrshire qualifiers at West Kilbride

Ayrshire have three players in the matchplay stages of the 2012 Scottish Seniors Matchplay Championshp after the qualifying rounds at West Kilbride.

David Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie), Alan Harrington (Western Gailes) and Richard Gray (Irvine) are amongst the 32 qualifiers who will contest the remainder of the championship this week.

(from the Scottishgolfview website)

One-time shinty star John Fraser (Royal Burgess), Angus Lamond (Haggs Castle) and Brian Smith (Kilmacolm) headed the 32 qualifiers for the Scottish senior men's amateur match-play golf championship at West Kilbride GC, Ayrshire today.

The trio totalled three-over-par 145 , Fraser and Lamond having matching rounds of 73-72, Smith with scores of 72-73.

 

Fraser, on a card countback, was made the No 1 seed and plays the last of the 32 qualifiers, James Kinloch (Cardross) who shot 84-75 for 159.

Lamond, the No 2 seed. plays Ian Gillan (Bishopbriggs), 75-83 for 158.

Smith, the No 3 seed, plays former match-play champion George Paterson (Northern), 80-78 for 158.

 

Title-holder Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and Co) shot 76-75 for 151.
The match-play starts Wednesday and finishes on Friday with the semi-finals in the morning and the final in the afternoon.

QUALIFIERS

 

Par 142 (2x71) CSS 74 72

145 John Fraser (Royal Burgess) 73 72, Angus Lamond (Haggs Castle) 73 72, Brian Smith (Kilmacolm) 72 73.

148 David Gardner (Broomieknowe) 78 70, Fraser McCluskey (Royal Burgess) 73 75..

149 Colin Christy (Kilmacolm) 75 74, Keith Bruce (Edzell) 77 72, David J Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) 78 71.

150 Derek Murphy (Kinross) 72 78.

151 Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and Co) 76 75, Alan Harrington (Western Gailes) 76 75.

152 Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) 75 77, Graham Cox (Pollok) 79 73, Ian Taylor (Royal Burgess) 75 77..

153 Ian Randell (Silverknowes) 78 75, Lindsay Gordon (Turnhouse) 76 77m William Brown (Strathaven) 80 73.

154 George Blair (Haddington) 77 77, Richard T Gray (Irvine) 80 74, James T Johnston (Northumberland) 79 75.

155 John J Johnston (Lanark) 80 75, Bill Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox) 77 78.

156 Tony Clark (Dumfries and Co) 79 77, Stephen Ellis (Innellan) 80 76

157 Graham McGee (Erskine) 80 77, George Rodacks (Pitreavie) 79 78, Sandy Fairweather (Carnoustie Caledonia) 78 79.

158 Ian Angus (Duff House Royal) 81 77, Gordon Thomson (Bearsden) 82 76, Ian Gillian (Bishopbriggs) 75 83, George Paterson (Northern) 80 78.

159 James Kinloch (Cardross) 84 75.

MATCH-PLAY DRAW

Fraser v Kinloch, Randell v Gordon, Christy v McGee, Murphy v Clark, Gardner v Angus, Stewart v Blair, McCluskey v Thomson, Cox v John J Johnston.

Lamong v Gillan, Brown v Gray, Bruce v Rodacks, Brotherston v Ellis, Smith v Paterson, Taylor v James T Johnson, Miller v Fairweather, Harrington v Erskine.