SCOTTISH OPEN STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP - Third place for Euan Walker

Euan Walker
Third at Gleneagles

Scotland internationalist Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) was the top Scot in the Scottish Open Strokeplay Championship held at the Kings Course, Gleneagles from 27^th to 29^th August, finishing in third place behind runaway winner Victor Veyret from France.

Joint leader after the opening round with a 67, Walker finished with a five under par total of 275 after adding rounds of 68, 70 and 70 which left him one behind Irishman Conor Purcell in second place and seven behind the winner.

As well as Walker’s top three placing, Ayrshire enjoyed some other good performances from local players during the championship.

Fellow Scotland internationalist Stuart Easton (Irvine) was joint fourth on 178, one under par, following rounds of 70,68,71 & 69 whilst Scotland Boys internationalist Jack Broun (Ayr Belleisle) finished in joint 20^th place on 286, six over par, with rounds of 71,72,73 & 70.

Ayrshire matchplay title holder Michael Smyth (Royal Troon), the only other Ayrshire player to make the halfway cut, was joint 28^th on 287, seven over par, with rounds of 69, 73, 71 & 74.

The Ayrshire players who missed the halfway cut, which fell at 143, three over par, were:-

144 – Sandy Buchanan (Prestwick St Nicholas) 69/75

144 – Ben Ferguson (The Vines/Turnberry) 68/76

149 – Jim Johnston (Ayr Belleisle) 75/74

150 – Robbie Muir (Kilmarnock Barassie) 73/77

154 – Mark Robertson (Western Gailes) 75/79

159 – Scott Brown (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 76/83

AYRSHIRE SENIORS LEAGUE - Ardeer still in front but being tracked by four

Ardeer remain at the top of the table in the Ayrshire Seniors League as the 2018 campaign reaches its last few weeks, though they have completed all their matches and could still be caught by one or more of the four teams in the chasing pack.

Ballochmyle are a point behind with just a home match against Kilbride Place to be played, whilst Troon Welbeck are three points off the pace but have three fixtures still to complete, including a home match against Loudoun and away ties at Largs and West Kilbride.

Also still harbouring hopes of a league win are Largs, who still have home matches against West Kilbride, Kilmarnock Barassie and Troon Welbeck to play, whilst West Kilbride could still stake a claim with a home game against Troon Welbeck and an away tie at Largs still to play.

The present positions in the Seniors league Championship are:-

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Draw	Games For	Games Against	Points	Games Diff
Ardeer	12	8	4		36	24	16	12
Ballochmyle	11	6	2	3	33	22	15	11
Troon Welbeck	9	6	2	1	29.5	15.5	13	14
Loudoun	11	6	5		30.5	24.5	12	6
West Kilbride	10	5	3	2	28	22	12	6
Kilbirnie Place	11	4	3	4	29.5	25.5	12	4
Largs	9	5	3	1	28.5	16.5	11	12
Irvine Ravenspark	11	5	5	1	27.5	27.5	11	0
Prestwick St. Cuthbert	12	4	7	1	26	34	9	-8
Kilmarnock Barassie	9	2	3	4	20	25	8	-5
Prestwick St. Nicholas	8	2	4	2	15	25	6	-10
Troon St. Meddans	11	2	7	2	21	34	6	-13
Troon Portland	11	2	8	1	18.5	36.5	5	-18

The results for August recorded so far are:-

Ballochmyle		2	Welbeck	3
Loudoun		2	Barassie	3
Largs		5	St. Cuthbert	0
Portland		3	Ardeer	2
Kilbirnie		2.5	West Kilbride	2.5
St. Nicholas		2.5	St. Meddans	2.5
Barassie		1	Ballochmyle	4
Loudoun		4.5	West Kilbride	0.5
Ardeer		5	Kilbirnie	0
Welbeck		4	Ravenspark	1
West Kilbride		4.5	St. Cuthbert	0.5
Barassie		3.5	Portland	1.5
Ballochmyle		3	Ardeer	2

The remaining fixtures are:-

August

Ravenspark			St. Nicholas
Welbeck			Loudoun
Largs			West Kilbride
Ballochmyle			Kilbirnie
St. Meddans			Barassie

September

St. Nicholas			Barassie
West Kilbride			Welbeck
Portland			St. Nicholas
Largs			Barassie
Largs			Welbeck
Ravenspark			St. Cuthbert