Six Ayrshire players are though to the
matchplay stages of the 2018 Scottish Amateur Championship, being played
this week at Blairgowrie GC.
The two strokeplay qualifying rounds saw
Louis Murray (Troon Welbeck) through as the top qualifier from Ayrshire after
rounds of 71 & 69 for a 140 total and joint sixth in the qualifying which
was just three shots off the leading qualifiers score.
Also through from Ayrshire were:-
141 - Turnberry member Ben Ferguson from
Australia 74/67
143 – Jim Johnston (Ayr Belleisle) 71/72
144 – Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 73/71
144 – Stuart Easton (Irvine) 68/76
145 – Sandy Buchanan (Prestwick St Nicholas)
70/75
Players from
Ayrshire who failed to qualify included Ayrshire Matchplay Champion Michael
Smyth (Royal Troon), who missed out by a single shot with rounds of 71 & 76
for a three over par total of 147, along with boys international Jack Broun
(Ayr Belleisle) who missed out by two shots after rounds of 78 & 80 for 148.
The other
Ayrshire players going home after the strokeplay qualifying were:
149 – Robbie
Muir (Kilmarnock Barassie) 73/76
150 – Iain Brown
(West Kilbride) 78/72
151 – Blair Morton
(Royal Troon) 74/77
151 – Shaun Hedger
(West Kilbride) 78/73
153 – Mark Robertson
(Western Gailes) 78/75
153 – Andy Brown
(West Kilbride) 79/74
156 – Chris Harkins
(Ayr Belleisle) 79/77
157 – Jordan
Sweeney (Ayr Belleisle) 80/77
163 – John Rushbury
(Royal Troon) 78/85
163 – Ewan Milligan
(Kilmarnock Barassie) 84/79
166 – Chris McCalman
(Ayr Belleisle) 82/84
The matchplay
rounds start on Thursday 2nd August and the first round ties
involving the Ayrshire players still in the championship are:-
Louis Murray
(Troon Welbeck) Vs. Andrew Ni (Murrayfield)
John
Paterson (St Andrews new) vs Stuart Easton (Irvine)
Jim Johnston
(Ayr Belleisle) Vs. George Duncan (Windyhill)
Ben Ferguson
(Turnberry/Australia) Vs. Lewis Bryce-Maynard (Moray)
Connor
Wilson (Castle Park) Vs Sandy Buchanan (Prestwick St Nicholas)
Andrew
Thornton (Lundin) Vs Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie).
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