Thursday, August 31, 2023

SCOTTISH MEN'S AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - Ayrshire team for finals weekend at Paisley announced

The 6 man Ayrshire team to contest the Scottish Men's Area Team Championship finals weekend, on the 9th and 10th of September at paisley Golf Club has been announced. 


The newly crowned Ayrshire Champion of Champions trophy winner Craig Hamilton (Ballochmyle) is joined in the team by the two leading players in the current Doc Thom Ayrshire Order of Merit standings, Blair Morton (Royal Troon) and Steven Stamper (Turnberry) as well as former Scotland internationalist Steven McEwan (Caprington), multiple Ayrshire Championship title winner Scott Brown (Turnberry) and John Shanks (Irvine) who has been a winner in the Scottish Men's Area team Championship on two previous occasions when representing Ayrshire.

The draw for the semi final line up, involving Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Fife and The Lothians, will take place on the evening of Friday the 8th of September with the semi finals , involving morning foursomes and afternoon singles, taking place on Saturday the 9th and the final on Sunday the 10th. 

AYRSHIRE SCRATCH LEAGUES - Troon St Meddans capture Division 3 trophy

Troon St Meddans are the 2023 Ayrshire Scratch League Division 3 champions, following victory over Ardeer in the championship play off.

In the first leg of the play off, played on Sunday 27th of August, the Troon St Meddans side secured a 5-1 win at home to maintain their unbeaten record for the season.

In the second leg at Ardeer, played on Wednesday the 30th of August, the new Division 3 champions suffered their first defeat of the season, going down by 4 - 2 to their hosts, but crucially winning the two leg tie by 7 - 5 overall.

Along with the championship title Troon St Meddans will be promoted to Division 2 next season.

Despite the disappointment in losing out on the title this year, Ardeer still have a chance to gain promotion to Division 2 next season as they now go into a two leg play off with Troon Portland to see which of the two clubs will play in divisions 2 and 3 next season.

Monday, August 28, 2023

DOC THOM AYRSHIRE ORDER OF MERIT - Blair Morton leads with one event to go

Blair Morton (Royal Troon) is leading the field in the chase for the 2023 Ayrshire Order of Merit  and the Doc Thom salver, with only one counting event now remaining to be played. 

Fourth place in the 36 hole Viking Krus at Largs and a first place finish in the Troon St Meddans Open moved him clear at the top of the table, ahead of Steven Stamper (Turnberry) in second spot and Colin Goudie (Ayr Belleisle) in third place.

With just the 36 hole Arrol Cup at Prestwick St Nicholas to be played in September, the three current leaders and Harvey Broadfoot (Royal Troon) all still have a realistic chance of taking the 2023 order of merit crown. 

The current standings in the Ayrshire Order of Merit, for the Doc Thom Salver, are:-

342.5

BLAIR

MORTON

Royal Troon

255

STEVEN

STAMPER

Turnberry

240

COLIN

GOUDIE

Ayr Belleisle

228.75

HARVEY

BROADFOOT

Royal Troon

167.5

RUBEN

LINDSAY

Turnberry

163.75

GRAEME

GIMSON

Prestwick St. Cuthbert

150

JOHN

SHANKS

Irvine

147.5

AIDAN

LONG

Ayr Belleisle

137.5

STEVEN

McEWAN

Caprington

126.25

HARVEY

McDONALD

Turnberry

121.25

SCOTT

BROWN

Turnberry

120

GAVIN

CHESNEY

Kilbirnie Place

110

PAUL

MOULTRIE

Royal Troon

101.25

ALAN

McLEAN

Largs

100

KEVIN

THOMAS

Prestwick St. Cuthbert

100

SHAUN

HEDGER

West Kilbride

100

JACK

BROUN

Turnberry

85

JAMIE

MURCHIE

Largs

77.5

CRAIG

CHALMERS

Western Gailes

77.5

SEAN

ADDIE

Kilmarnock Barassie

72.5

JASON

BUTLER

Troon St Meddans

62.5

JOHN

ROBERTSON

Largs

60

JACK

PURDIE

Largs

60

BARRY

O'ROURKE

Caprington

60

IAIN

BROWN

West Kilbride

55

JOHN

HAGGARTY

Loudoun

55

GREG

CATHIE

Irvine

40

MARK

WATT

Prestwick St. Cuthbert

40

RYAN

MORRISON

Ayr Seafield

40

SCOTT

HANNAH

Prestwick St Cuthbert

40

JOE

GILLIGAN

Troon Portland

40

BRIAN

FISHER

Largs

40

LOUIS

ALBERTS

Troon St Meddans

40

SCOTT

AINSWORTH

Ardeer

40

ALAN

CONNOR

Turnberry

38.33

CAMERON

GRAY

West Kilbride

37.5

FRASER

INNES

Largs

30

ELLIOT

MASTERSON

Ayr Belleisle

30

LEWIS

HIGGINS

Ardeer

30

KIERAN

CLARK

Prestwick St Cuthbert

25

EUAN

McKENZIE

Royal Troon

22.5

BEN

GIBSON

Kilmarnock Barassie

20

DYLAN

SCALLY

Ardeer

20

GREG

NICHOL

Tr. St Meddans

20

NICHOLAS

GOLD

Troon St. Meddans

20

ANDREW

GIBSON

Caprington

20

CAMERON

AITKEN

Largs

12.5

MAX

BARCLAY

Turnberry

11.25

GEORGE

ROBERTSON

Irvine

11.25

CAMERON

AITKEN

Largs

11.25

RORY

ACHESON

Routenburn

10

JOHN

SMITH

Rowallan Castle

10

JAMES

McINTYRE

Redburn

10

STEVEN

McCREADIE

Ayr Belleisle

10

SAM

FINDLATER

Braehead

10

MICHAEL

CRICHTON

Ayr Seafield