Turnberry's Scott Brown beats

Tommy McInally in Ayrshire

match-play final

FROM THE AYRSHIRE GOLF WEBSITE
Scott Brown (Turnberry) held off a great fight back by Tommy McInally (Loudoun Gowf) to win the 2009 Ayrshire match-play championship in gale force conditions at Prestwick Golf Club.
In winning the senior title, Scott Brown, pictured with the trophy, became the first player to hold both the senior and junior Ayrshire match-play titles at the same time, having won the junior event over the same course last August.
In a match which produced drama right to the last green, both players deserve great credit for producing an absorbing final in conditions which made quality golf almost impossible.
Brown started the match brightly and forged a two-hole lead by the third after McInally found sand with tee shots at the second and third.
Further bunker trouble for McInally at the fifth and sixth saw Brown’s lead extend to four holes before McInally began to hit back with a solid par to win the seventh.
Brown missed a short putt on the 10th green to see his lead cut to two before producing a superb up-and-down at the short 11th to gain a crucial half after McInally had hit a glorious tee shot through the wind to the heart of the green.
Brown then re-established his three-hole advantage at the difficult 13th before McInally battled back, taking three of the next four holes to square the match going into the final hole.
Sadly, a terrific encounter was settled by a mistake, when McInally three-putted from the edge of the green, leaving Brown to claim the title with a text book par 4.
Ayrshire Golf Association President Alasdair Malcolm (Prestwick St. Nicholas) presented prizes to both players at the conclusion of the match.
Results:
FIRST ROUND
(Qualifying position in brackets)
Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay) (16) bt John Shanks (Irvine) (1) 4 and 2.
Stephen Spence (Irvine) (8) bt Gareth Lamb (Irvine) (9) 5 and 4.
Scott Brown (Turnberry) (13) bt Joe Gilligan (Troon Welbeck) (4) at 22nd.
Paul Moultrie (Troon Portland) bt John Haggerty (Loudoun) (5) 6 and 5.
Stephen Murray (Troon Welbeck) (2) bt Walter Meiklam (Troon Welbeck) (15).
Ian Walker (Turnberry) (10) bt Craig McLaughlin (Largs) (7) at 19th.
Tommy McInally (Loudoun) (14) bt Ricky Black (Irvine) (3) 5 and 3.
Billy Hunter (Troon Welbeck) (11) bt Graham Rowan (Ballochmyle) (6) 5 and 3.
QUARTER-FINALS
Spence (8) bt Pennycott (16) 2 and 1.
Brown (13) bt Moultrie (12) 5 and 3.
Murray (2) bt Walker (10) 3 and 2.
McInally (14) bt Hunter (11) 5 and 3.
SEMI-FINALS
Brown (13) bt Spence (8) 5 and 3.
McInally (14) bt Murray (2) 3 and 2.
FINAL
Brown (13) bt McInally (14) 1 hole.