AYRSHIRE BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP - Sean Addie wins the 2018 title at Ardeer

Sean Addie (Ayr Belleisle) added further to an impressve season on Thursday 2nd August when he won the 2018 Ayrshire Boys Championship over two rounds at Ardeer.

The winner of the Tam O Shanter Trophy tournament over his home course in June, Addie returned rounds of 73 and 71 at Ardeer for a level par total of 144 which sw him take the title by a clear four shot margin from his playing partner cameron Johnstone (Troon Welbeck), who matches Addie's 73 in the morning but slipped to 75 in the afternoon for a 148 total.

Ewan Milligan (Kilmarnock Barassie) secured the third leading scratch spot on 152, with rounds of 80 and 72, leaving him ahead of Euan Ferguson (Turnberry) in fourth place by virtue of the better second round as Ferguson's rounds were 79 and 73.

The numbers in the field were boosted this year with the removal of the handicap limit, and it was competitors from Irvine Golf Club who dominated the nett prize list.

Top spot was won by 12 handicapper Elliot O'Brien (Irvine) who followed a morning round of 72 with a superb closing round, in increasingly wet conditions, of 62 for a nett total of 134 which gave him a four shot winning margin.

The second best nett score was posted by 21 handicapper Jamie McCormack, also of irvine GC,  who followed a morning round of 72 with an afternoon score of 66 for a total of 138

Third nett, by virtue of the best second round, went to Callum Black (Irvine), playing opff 21, who opened with a nett 76 off his and followed that with a 65 for 141 which gave him third place by virtue of the best second round, just ahead of John Kelly (Ayr Safield) who, playing off 7, carded rounds of 72 & 69 for his 141 total.

Leading scores:-

Winning Scratch Scores
Position	Players Name	Club	Score
1st	Sean Addie	Ayr Belleisle	144
2nd	Cameron Johnstone	Troon Welbeck	148
3rd	Ewan Milligan	Kilmarnock Barassie	152
4th	Euan Ferguson	Turnberry	152
Winning Nett Scores
Position	Players Name	Club	Score
1st	Elliot O'Brien	Irvine	134
2nd	Jamie McCormack	Irvine	138
3rd	Callum Black	Irvine	141
4th	John Kelly	Ayr Seafield	141
1st Round CSS = 72 (0)
2nd Round CSS = 72 (0)

A full list of scores is available via masterscoreboard

at https://www.masterscoreboard.co.uk/ClubIndex.php?CWID=6728