DOC THOM AYRSHIRE ORDER OF MERIT - Chesney and Brown lead the way after six events.

Ayrshire Strokeplay Champion Gavin Chesney (Kilbirnie Place) and Iain Brown (Largs) lead the way in the chase for the Doc Thom Salver and Ayrshire Order of Merit title, with six of the twenty one counting events completed.

An eighth place finish in the West Kilbride Open moved Brown up to level points with Chesney at the top of the table, just twenty points ahead of three other players, including ben Gibson (Kilmarnock Barassie), who took maximum points at West Kilbride with a scratch score of 67.

Graeme Gimson (Prestwick St Cuthbert) moved into joint sixth place after positing the leading score, a four under par 67, in the open competition at his home club on Sunday the 26th of May.

Present positions in the DocThom Ayrshire Order of Merit after six counting events are:-