INNES FERGUSON WINS LANARKSHIRE BOYS STROKE PLAY CHSHIP

              Innes Ferguson (left) and handicap award winner Aaron McGinley. Picture by Willie Sharpe

By WILLIE SHARP

Innes Ferguson (Drumpellier) won the Lanarkshire boys' championship today at his home course. 

Innes led after round one with a level par 71 but started round two with a double bogey. However five birdies in the next seven holes put him in the driving seat and even after a six at the last he still had a four-stroke winning margin. 

Ferguson's winning scores were 71 and 73 for 144. 

In joint second place were Andrew Thomson Lanark with 76 and 72, and James Walkinshaw (Wishaw) with 75 and 73. 

Aaron Mc Ginley (Mount Ellen), playing off 12, won the handicap prize with nett 62 and  73 for 135.

LEADING SCRATCH TOTALS

Par 142 (2x72) CSS   71 70

144 Innes Ferguson (Drumpellier) 71 73.

148 Andrew Thomson (Lanark) 76 72, James Walkinshaw (Wishaw) 75 73.

149 Ciaran Farrell (Wishaw) 75 74.
151 Graham Brown (Playsport) 77 74, Callum Connacher (Wishaw) 74 77, Fraser Kane  (Kirkhill) 71  80.
152 Graham Greer (Carluke) 75 77.
153 Lewis Caddell (Drumpellier) 78 75.
156 Keiran Reilly (Easter Moffat) 74 82.
157 David Fair (Hamilton) 79 78, Kieran McAllister (Easter Moffat) 80 77.

MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW
Wednesday
9.0 am

Innes Ferguson v Graham Greer

Ciaran Farrell v Graham Brown

Andrew Thomson v Fraser Kane

James Walkinshaw v Callum Connacher

         LEADING HANDICAP 

135 Aaron McGinley (Mount Ellen) (12) 62 73.

137 Lewis Caddell (Drumpellier) (8)  70 67.
138 Robert Smith (Drumpellier) (11) 71 67
140 Graham  Greer (Carluke) (6) 69 71.