Bryan Adam wins Renfrewshire stroke-play title

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A full field of 81 of the top golfers in the Renfrewshire Golf Union area battled it out at Ranfurly Castle Golf Club for the title of County Stroke Play Champion. The greens were fast and the pin placements challenging but this did not deter the leading competitors.
In the morning round, home player Mark Robertson and Andrew Farmer (Kilmacolm GC) recorded two under scores of 68. David Ferguson (Paisley GC), Matt Clark (Kilmacolm) and Bryan Adam (Paisley) kept themselves in contention with scores of 69.
Mark Robertson was leading the field in the second round as he approached the seventeenth but a drive that looked good off the tee was not found and his long walk back to play three off the tee meant the end of his challenge. Andrew Farmer then recorded a great score of 70 for an aggregate of 138 and with David Ferguson fading away and with Matt Clark and Mark Robertson showing 140 on the scoreboard, only Bryan Adam could spoil Andrew’s day. And he did, with a great round of 68 for a total of 137.
As the selectors consider the team for the final match in the Area Team Championship, a recall for Bryan, now playing off plus three, must be on the cards.
LEADING TOTALS
137 B Adam (Paisley) 69 68.
138 A Farmer (Kilmacolm) 68 70.
140 M Clark (Kilmacolm) 69 71, M Robertson (Ranfurly Castle) 68 72.