SCOTTISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP - 13 Ayrshire players qualify for matchplay rounds

Thirteen of the forty four Ayrshire players who started in the Scottish Amateur Championship on Monday morning have made it into the matchplay stages after the two qualifying rounds, played at Prestwick and Prestwick St Cuthbert on Monday 31st July and Tuesday 1st August, were completed.

The cut fell at 149, 7 over par, after two days of testing conditions at the two Prestwick venues.

The matchplay rounds continue throughout Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with the 36 hole final scheduled to take place on Saturday. All remaining play will be over the Prestwick links.

The qualifiers, their scores and the scores of all the other Ayrshire players are:-

NAME	CLUB	PRESTWICK	Pr. ST CUTHBERT	TOTAL
Euan Walker	Kilmarnock Barassie	70	70	140
Johnathan King	Glasgow/Prestwick	70	70	140
Jim Johnston	Ayr Belleisle	71	70	141
Stuart Easton	Irvine	73	70	143
Michael Smyth	Royal Troon	76	68	144
Sandy Buchanan	Prestwick St Nicholas	73	72	145
Bruce Caldow	Kilmarnock Barassie	76	70	146
Craig Telfer	Prestwick St Cuthbert	72	76	148
Greg Telfer	Prestwick St Cuthbert	76	72	148
Alyx Murray	Troon Welbeck	81	68	149
John Haggarty	Loudoun	78	71	149
Gavin Lawrie	Prestwick	74	75	149
Scott Brown	Prestwick St Cuthbert	78	71	149
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Jack Broun	Ayr Belleisle	74	76	150
George Robertson	Irvine	70	80	150
Colin Berry	Loudoun	78	74	152
James Bunch	Prestwick	80	72	152
Robbie Muir	Kilmarnock Barassie	74	79	153
Steven Wallace	Prestwick St Cuthbert	77	76	153
Shaun Hedger	West Kilbride	82	72	154
Mark Robertson	Western Gailes	81	73	154
Andrew Wright	Royal Troon	80	74	154
Freddie Ward	Prestwick	75	79	154
Ewan Milligan	Kilmarnock Barassie	81	74	155
Scott Cairns	Prestwick St Cuthbert	81	74	155
Andy Brown	West Kilbride	81	75	156
Ben Gibson	Troon Welbeck	79	77	156
Adrian Orton	Kilmarnock Barassie	77	80	157
Sandy Walker	Kilmarnock Barassie	84	73	157
Iain Fraser	Troon Portland	79	80	159
Stuart Robin	Prestwick St Cuthbert	82	77	159
John Rushbury	Royal Troon	76	84	160
Stephen Spence	Royal Troon	82	78	160
Stuart Miller	Kilmarnock Barassie	84	76	160
Gordon McKelvie	Royal Troon	86	74	160
David Longair	Prestwick St Cuthbert	88	75	163
Mark Gallagher	Rowallan Castle	82	81	163
Jordan Sweeney	Ayr Belleisle	81	82	163
Robbie Fulker	Kilmarnock Barassie	88	76	164
Johnathan Stevenson	Troon Welbeck	80	84	164
David Wilson	Troon Welbeck	81	85	166
Cameron McLean	Troon Welbeck	92	78	170
Pieter Slooves	Prestwick St Cuthbert	95	85	180
Grant Wilson	Rowallan Castle	Rtd	86	Rtd
Malcolm Pennycott	Royal Burgess / Whiting Bay	Rtd	Rtd	Rtd

Six of the Ayrshire qualifiers made it into the matchplay stages right on the cut figure of 149 and as a result they will be involved in first round matches on Wednesday morning.

Greg Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) plays James Rogers (Rockliffe Hall GC), John Haggarty (Loudoun) takes on Mark Napier (Turnhouse GC) whilst Scott Brown (Prestwick St Cuthbert) faces Andrew Thomson (Lanark).

Alyx Murray (Troon Welbeck) will be up against Michael Brodie (Alyth), Craig Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) plays Derek Anderson (Lochwinnoch) and Gavin Lawrie (Prestwick) meets Paul Gault (Haggs Castle).

The first round matchplay ties play off from  8.a.m. on Wednesday and the second round of matchplay begins from 10.24 that day.

In the second round, Michael Smyth  (Royal Troon) faces Blyth Nicklas (Golf Club St Leon Rot, Germany). 

Sandy Buchanan (Prestwick St Nicholas) plays off with Matt Clark (Kilmacolm) whilstt Euan Walker  (Kilmarnock Barassie) plays Alasdair Macdougall (Elderslie).

Stuart Easton (Irvine) plays L. Breslin (Fereneze) and Jonathan King (Glasgow / Prestwick) awaits the winners of the morning ties.

There is an all Ayrshire second round match when Jim Johnston (Ayr Belleisle) plays Bruce Caldow (Kilmarnock Barassie).