No place like home for Michael Grunwell as he wins first South match-play title

Powfoot's Michael Grunwell, playing over his home course,  won his first South of Scotland amateur match-play title this weekend.

In today's (Sunday) final, he defeated clubmate Liam Carruthers by 4 and 3

A blistering start of four birdies and an eagle saw him surge six up after only seven  holes.

This was Grunwell's fourth appearance in the final.

Weekend results:

Round 1       

L Carruthers (Powfoot) bt D Brodie (Wigtown & Bladnoch) 3 and 2        

J Parker (Southerness) bt W Squires (Kirkcudbright) 2 holes           

A White (Newton Stewart) bt C Harkness (Powfoot) 7 and 5         

I Thomson (Powfoot) bt M McCulloch (Portpatrick) 5 and 3

D Willacy (Powfoot) bt A Birdsall (Dumfries and County) 2 and 1   

M Grunwell (Powfoot) bt C Harkness (Southerness) 2 and 1    

I Reid (Dumfries and Galloway) bt G Corbett (Dumfries and Galloway) 5 and 4      

M Kirkwood (Kirkcudbright) bt A Bagnall (Dumfries and Galloway) at 19^th 

Quarter-finals

Carruthers bt Parker 1 hole

Thomson bt White 5 and 4

Grunwell bt Willacy 5 and 4

Reid bt Kirkwood  2 and 1

Semi-finals

Carruthers bt Thomson 5 and 4.

Grunwell bt Reid at 19th.

Final

Grunwell bt Carruthers 4 and 3