EWEN FERGUSON'S LAST-ROUND SURGE WINS STEPHEN GALLACHER FOUNDATION TROPHY U18s TOURNAMENT

Ewen Ferguson with the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Trophy. Picture by courtesy of Kenny  Smith

 

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Bearsden's Ewen Ferguson saved his best until last - and it won him the inaugural Stephen Gallacher Foundation Trophy Under-18 boys' 54-hole tournament at Macdonald Cardrona, Peebles today.

Ferguson, third overnight after Saturday's opening 36-holes of 75 and 71, came surging past second-round leader Calum Hill (Tantallon) with a three-under-par 69, joint second best score of the final round, for a one-under-par total of 215.
Ewen birdied the seventh, 12th, 15th - bogeyed the 16th - and then birdied the 17th.
Ferguson won by two shots from three players on the 217 mark - Calum Hill (71-73-73), who had a double bogey at the 16th after birdieing the 12th, Chris MacLean (Clydebank and District) (72-73-72) and last year's Scottish schoolboys' champion Connor Syme (Dumfries and County) (74-75-68).
Connor, son of his club's pro, Stuart Syme, pulled up from eighth place overnight with that 68, the lowest of the tournament.
Scottish youths champion Robert MacIntyre (Glencruitten) posted a closing 69 after disappointing rounds of 77 and 76 to finish joint fifth on 222 with Rory Franssen (Inverness) (74-73-75).

STEPHEN GALLACHER FOUNDATION TROPHY UNDER-18
BOYS' TOURNAMENT
Macdonald Cardrona, Peebles.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) SS 74 CSS 76 7474
215 Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) 75 71 69.
217 Calum Hill (Tantallon) 71 73 73, Chris MacLean (Clydebank and District0 72 73 72, Connor Syme (Dumfries and County) 74 75 68.
222 Rory Franssen (Inverness) 74 73 75, Robert MacIntyre (Glencruitten) 77 76 69.
223 Stuart Easton (Irvine) 72 76 75.
224 Alastair Thurlow (Murrayfield) 78 70 76, Cameron Kirkwood (Bearsden) 77 73 74.
225 Michael Brodie (Strathmore) 74 74 77.
227 Nial McMullen (Lundin) 76 74 77.
228 Fraser Davren (Williamwood) 78 73 77.
229 Ross Robertson (Old Ranfurly) 72 80 77, Blair Gavin (Kilmarnock Barassie) 76 76 77.
230 Alan Waugh (Cowglen) 76 74 80, Craig Lawrie (Deeside) 79 78 73, Greg Forrester (Lundin) 81 76 73.
232 Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) 77 74 81.
233 Cameron Franssen (Inverness) 78 78 77.
234 Kieran Cantley (Liberton) 81 78 75.
235 Alex Chalk (Dumfries and Galloway) 79 80 76.
236 Euan Bowden (Tantallon) 80 76 80, Jack Harling (Banchory) 77 81 78, Alistair MacVicar (Glencruitten) 85 74 77.
237 Calum Fyfe (Cawder) 79 77 81.
238 Christopher Curran (Harburn) 79 78 81, Duncan McNeill (Powfoot) 80 79 79.
240 Sandy Scott (Nairn) 79 80 81.
242 Scott Gillies (Gullane) 81 78 83.
243 Kieran Mackay (Inverness) 80 79 84.
 +Players with two-round aggregates of 160 and higher missed the cut.
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