AYRSHIRE SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP - Happy holidays for Paterson as he wins county title

John Paterson (Loudoun) is the 2018 Ayrshire Seniors Champion, after posting a superb eight under par nett score at Caprington Golf Club on Tuesday 17th July.

The 2018 competition attracted a superb field of 84 players and it was Paterson who led from the front, playing in the opening game of the day as he was flying out on holiday later in the day, and scoring a scratch 72 less his 12 handicap for an outstanding nett score of 60 which ultimately took the Sandy Provan Trophy by four clear shots.

Paterson's nearest challenger was 12 handicapper James Boyd (Caprington) who posted a nett 64 to take first place in the 60-69 age group.

James McIntyre (Moorpark) was best in the 50 - 59 age group with a nett 66 whilst Tom Denham (Annanhill) took first place in the 70+ age category, his net 71 winning on the better inward half from his clubmate Neil Black.

Iain McCall (Prestwick St Nicvholas) had the best scratch score of the day with a two over par 70.

There were at least two close calls for holes in one during the event, Iain McCall winning the nearst the hole prize at the second with a distance of 3 1/2 inches, whilst Bob Cameron (Ayr Belleisle) won the prize at the eighteenth hole with a measurement of 2 inches.

Though the trophy winner was flying off on holiday and was not present for the presentation, there were a good number of prizewinners present at the close of the competition who were presented with their prize vouchers by Ayrshire Golf Association President John Rushbury.

The principal prizewinners were:-

Prizewinners	Player	Club	H/C	Scr.	Nett
Best Nett	JOHN  PATERSON	Loudoun	12	72	60
Best Scratch	IAIN McCALL	Prestwick St Nicholas	4	70
50 - 59 - 1st	JAMES McINTYRE	Moorpark	5	71	66
50 - 59 - 2nd	ALISTAIR McKINNON	Caprington	7	75	68
50 - 59 - 3rd	COLIN HUME	Ayr Belleisle	4	72	68
60 -69 - 1st	JAMES BOYD	Caprington	12	76	64
60 -69 - 2nd	JIM McCORKELL	Tam O Shanter	11	76	65
60 -69 - 3rd	WILLIAM REILLY	Caprington	6	72	66
70 + - 1st	TOM DENHAM	Annanhill	25	96	71
70 + - 2nd	NEIL BLACK	Annanhill	18	89	71
70 + - 3rd	JOHN GLOVER	Caprington	19	91	72
Nearest the pin - 2nd hole	Iain McCall	Prestwick St Nicholas		3 1/2 inches
Nearest  the pin - 18th hole	Robert Cameron	Ayr Belleisle		2 inches

The Competition Standard Scratch for home players was 68 (-1) and for away players was 69 (0)

The full list of scores were :-

2018 Ayrshire Seniors Championship
Final scores
Players Name		Club	Scratch	H/C	Nett
John	Paterson	Loudoun	72	12	60
Jim	Boyd	Caprington	76	12	64
Jim	McCorkell	Tam O Shanter	76	11	65
James	McIntyre	Moorpark	71	5	66
Iain	McCall	Pr St Nicholas	70	4	66
Tom	Hollywood	Annanhill	87	21	66
William	Reilly	Caprington	72	6	66
Alistair	McKinnon	Caprington	75	7	68
Colin	Hume	Ayr Belleisle	72	4	68
David	Longair	Pr St Cuthbert	73	4	69
Allan	Kimmett	Pr St Cuthbert	75	6	69
Douglas	Taylor	Pr St Cuthbert	81	12	69
Cameron	Howie	Caprington	74	5	69
Henry	Thompson	Irvine	71	2	69
Cammy	Michael	Rowallan Castle	76	7	69
Brian	Rowlands	Caprington	81	12	69
John	Duffy	Loudoun	86	17	69
Alan	Barnes	Caprington	75	5	70
Ian R.	Lamb	Irvine	77	7	70
Keith	Ross	Beith	75	5	70
David	Barr	Caprington	76	6	70
George	Morton	Caprinton	92	22	70
Stuart	McKelvie	Rowallan Castle	86	15	71
Steven	Brown	Caprington	77	6	71
Neil	Black	Annanhill	89	18	71
Craig	Wallace	Rowallan Castle	83	12	71
Tom	Miller	West Kilbride	92	21	71
Gordon	McKenzie	Troon St Meddans	85	14	71
Lawrence	Addie	Ayr Belleisle	78	7	71
Halbert	Oliver	Caprington	78	6	72
William	Richmond	Caprington	79	7	72
Andrew C.	Muir	Caprington	85	13	72
John	Rushbury	Royal Troon	74	2	72
Richard T.	Gray	Caprington	77	5	72
John	Glover	Caprington	91	19	72
Neil	Smith	Troon Portland	83	11	72
Ian	McKenzie	Troon St Meddans	77	5	72
James	Gibson	Troon Welbeck	83	11	72
John C.	Frame	Tam O Shanter	87	14	73
John W.	Spence	Loudoun	82	9	73
Brian	Sherwood	Machrie Bay	89	16	73
Tom	Denham	Annanhill	98	25	73
Ian	Morton	Loudoun	79	6	73
Allan	Coulter	Ayr Belleisle	77	4	73
David	Orchison	Troon Welbeck	75	2	73
William	Carmichael	Caprington	82	8	74
Gordon	Lawrie	Irvine	85	11	74
Jim	Wiseman	Tam O Shanter	89	15	74
Alastair	Travers	Irvine Ravenspark	81	7	74
Gordon	Cree	Seacroft	79	5	74
Doug	Holligworth	Ayr Belleisle	88	14	74
Steven	Bell	Ayr Belleisle	81	7	74
Mark	Adams	Rowallan Castle	82	8	74
Gordon	Bray	Caprington	88	14	74
Ian	Shaw	Caprington	81	6	75
George	Ross	Ayr Neptune	93	18	75
George	Barnes	Caprinton	87	12	75
Richard	Hope	Annanhill	88	13	75
Eddie	Boyd	West Kilbride	82	7	75
Brian	Douglas	Caprington	89	12	77
Alex	Noble	Caprington	83	6	77
Colin	McKinnon	Irvine Ravenspark	85	8	77
Robert	Oliver	Caprinton	89	11	78
Alasdair J	Malcolm	Pr St Cuthbert	91	13	78
David	Bolland	Caprington	87	9	78
Robert	Cameron	Ayr Belleisle	90	12	78
Alistair	McManus	Caprington	94	15	79
Campbell	Laing	Machrie Bay	98	19	79
Hugh	Russell	Ayr Belleisle	91	12	79
Alastair	MacDonald	Corrie	94	14	80
Kevin	Duncan	Troon St Meddans	89	8	81
Ronald	Weir	Caprington	97	16	81
George	Anderson	Pr St Nicholas	92	10	82
John W.	Watt	Pr St Cuthbert	98	16	82
Stan	Buchert	West Kilbride	100	18	82
James	McGhee	Caprington	108	25	83
Allan	Merry	West Kilbride	91	8	83
Gordon S.	McKinlay	Pr St Nicholas	n/r	17	n/r
Robert	Kean	Loudoun	n/r	13	n/r
James	Parker	Ballochmyle	n/r	8	n/r
John C.	Richardson	Caprington	n/r	15	n/r
David	Ross	Caprington	n/r	20	n/r
H.G.	Ferrie	Loudoun	n/r	18	n/r
Andrew	McAllister	Annanhill	n/r	23	n/r