Friday, May 31, 2019

AYRSHIRE ORDER OF MERIT - latest positions

Three more counting events in the 2019 Ayrshire Order of Merit, for the Doc Thom Salver, were contested on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May, when the Stevenson Trophy was held at  Girvan and the West Of Scotland Strokeplay took place at East Kilbride on the same day as the West Kilbride Mens Open.

No Ayrshire players gained any Order of Merit points at a wet and windy East Kilbride with Scott Brown (Prestwick St Cuthbert) being the highest placed Ayrshire player when he finished in eighth spot.

Brown however boosted his title hopes the day before, and moved into third place in the table, by taking maximum points at the Stevenson Trophy at Girvan with a scratch core of 64, one ahead of Steven Stamper (Turnberry).

At the West Kilbride Mens Open it was Stewart Russell (Royal Troon) who led the way with a scratch score of 74, two shots ahead of a group of four players including host club members George Higgins and Graham McKenzie and Blair Morton (Royal Troon).

With six of the twenty one counting events now completed, present positions in the Order of Merit are:-

287.5
MICHAEL
SMYTH
Royal Troon
137.5
DARREN
MALLINSON
Irvine
135
SCOTT
BROWN
Prestwick St Cuthbert
125
JACK
BROUN
Turnberry
100
STEWART
RUSSELL
Royal Troon
75
STEVEN
McEWAN
Caprington
75
STEVEN
STAMPER
Turnberry
70
TOMMY
McINALLY
Louodun
50
BLAIR
MORTON
Royal Troon
50
SEAN
ADDIE
Ayr Belleisle
50
GREGOR
MACKINTOSH
Girvan
45
GEORGE
HIGGINS
West Kilbride
45
GRAHAM
McKENZIE
West Kilbride
35
WILLIAM
FLEMING
Ballochmyle
35
GREG
VERNON
Kilmarnock Barassie
35
ROBERT
McMASTER
Girvan
17.5
SHAUN
HEDGER
West Kilbride
17.5
ROSS
CADDIS
Kilmarnock Barassie
10
STUART
WHITE
Girvan
5
CRAIG
HAMILTON
Ballochmyle
5
KEVIN
DOYLE
Turnberry

AYRSHIRE JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUE - Championship title chase gets under way


The competition for the 2019 Ayrshire Junior Golf League Championship title is under way, with matches played in both qualifying sections recently.

In SECTION A, last season’s beaten finalists Kilmarnock (Barassie) have a clear lead having won their opening two games, both against Prestwick St Nicholas, with a 4.5 – 1.5 win away from home and a 3.5 – 2.5 win at home.

In the other match completed in the section so far, Irvine beat their visitors from Prestwick St Nicholas by 5 – 1.

Present positions in Section A are:-

Table
Played
Win
Draw
Loss
For
Against
Diff.
Points
Kilmarnock Barassie
2
2
0
0
8
4
4
8
Irvine
1
1
0
0
5
1
4
4
Ballochmyle
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Caprington
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Prestwick St Nicholas
3
0
0
3
5
13
-8
0

In SECTION B, the opening match of the programme saw defending champions Ayr Belleisle and West Kilbride share the spoils with a 3 – 3 draw over the Ayr Belleisle course, which Ayr Belleisle followed with a 5 - 1 home win over Prestwick St Cuthbert to take an early lead in the section.

Present positions in Section B are:-

Table
Played
Win
Draw
Loss
For
Against
Diff.
Points
Ayr Belleisle
2
1
1
0
8
4
4
6
West Kilbride
1
0
1
0
3
3
0
2
Loudoun
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Troon Welbeck
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Prestwick St Cuthbert
1
0
0
1
1
5
-4
0

In the JUNIOR CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY competition, Boy’s Internationalist Ruben Lindsay (Ayr Belleisle) beat the Ardeer representative 8 & 6 at Ardeer, and now travels to face either the Ballochmyle representative or the 2018 Ayrshire Boys Matchplay Champion Euan Ferguson in the quarter finals.