Brilliant Ferguson wins Champion of
Champions title by three shots
From Colin Farquharson
Bearsden's
Ewen Ferguson, past British and Scottish boys golf champion, added
another trophy to his collection with an impressive last day performance
to win the Scottish Champion of Champions' title by three strokes with a
professional class 72 hole total of 13 under par 271 today over the Leven
links
Ferguson's rounds over the par-71 Fife lay-out were 67, 69, 69 and 66. Ewen is pictured below when he won the Scottish U18
boys championship
Runner-up
was Perth's Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) who posted the clubhouse target
of 274 after he took produced his Sunday best for closing rounds of 66
and 68.
Matthew
Clark (Kilmacolm), who show the tournament low round of six-under of
65, which included eight birdies, in the third round, tied for third
place on 276 with Walker Cup candidate Graham Robertson (Glenbervie) who
had a hole in one at the ninth in his third-round 71.
Back to the brilliance of Ferguson for whom the sky's the limit if he keeps improving at his present rate.
Over the weekend the Bearsden boy had an eagle and 18 birdies.
He showed his top-drawer class with a purple patch of five-under-par for the four-hole span from the 10th to the 13th.
Ferguson birdied the 10th, birdied the 11th, had an eagle 3 at the long 12th, and birdied the 13th.
His
win could have been by an even bigger margin as he had a rate bogey at
the 15th and that birdie at the 13th was his last over the closing
holes.
Daniel
Young surged into contention with a double-eagle 66 in the morning
third round. Young, in fact, topped the winner's glory run over the
10th, 11th, 12th and 13th.
He birdied the 10th, and had eagles at both
the long 12th and long 13th, capping that with a bitdie at the 14th -
six under par for four straight holes in his third round.
Young also had an eagle at the 13th in his first round.
David
Mitchell, jun (Leven Thistle), was the local hero, leading the
star-studded field through the first 54 holes before sagging to a final
placing of joint sixth after a closing five-over 76 which included 40
blows for the inward half
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71) CSS 72 72 73 72
271 E Ferguson (Bearsden) 67 69 69 66
274 D Young (Craigie Hill) 67 73 66 68
276 M Clark (Kilmacolm) 70 70 65 71, G Robertson (Glenbervie)
68 70 71 67
278 C Maclean (Balmore) 70 70 71 67
279 R Campbell (Falkirk) 73 74 67 65, B Kinsley (St Andrews) 71 70 72 66, D Mitchell jun (Leven Th) 68 67 68 76
280 S Gibson (Southerness) 71 68 71 70, C Ross (Kirkhill) 68 70 71 71, B Hume (Haggs Castle) 66 72 72 70
282 E Wood (Crow Wood) 71 70 72 69
283 D Lawrence (Ballumbie Castle) 71 74 71 67
284 B Edmond (Bon Accord) 72 70 75 67, G Marchbank (Thornhill) 72 71 73 68
286 J Shanks (Irvine) 72 73 70 71, J Wright (Forres) 68 77 72 69
287 A Davidson (Charleton) 72 72 72 71, S Stewart (Clydebank Overtoun) 73 74 68 72, S Fairburn (Torwoodlee) 67 72 72 76
288 G Davidson (Winterfield) 72 69 75 72
289 R Clark (Erskine) 75 68 70 76
290 F Grant (Ralston) 73 71 73 73
291 K Godsman (Moray) 75 71 72 73, M Daily (Erskine) 74 73 74 70
292 B Carnegie (Glenbervie30) 71 73 75 73, M Lindsay (Broughty) 74 73 69 76, S Robertson (Hazlehead) 76 74 69 73
293 G Sangster (Cathkin Braes) 69 77 74 73, K Gallacher (East Kilbride) 73 69 77 74, S Smith (Downfield) 71 71 76 75
294 R Johnston (Glenbervie) 75 73 72 74, C Watson (East Renfrewshire) 76 72 72 74, F Carr (Crail GS) 70 79 74 71, M Brodie (Strathmore) 69 74 75 76
295 N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 69 76 76 74
296 S Rennie (Drumpellier) 75 69 81 71
297 A Farmer (Kilmacolm) 72 75 76 74/
303 D Thorburn (Tain) 75 75 77 76
305 J Tinlin (Hawick) 79 71 77 78.
306 D MacFarlane (Greenock) 76 76
307 C Hamilton (Ballochmyle) 76 73 82 76, J Muir (Braehead) 74 76 77 80, D Kirk (Drumoig) 75 79 76 77
317 I MacCalman (Clober) 85 78 78 76
Withdrew:: R White (Leven GS) 74 71 wd, C Syme (Drumoig) 75 76 wd.
No show: R Benvie (Braehead) 76 77
CAPTION TO PICTURE AT TOP OF PAGE
From right to left, Captain Ninian Heron, Graeme Robertson, Winner Ewen Ferguson, Daniel Young and Ewan MacGregor, Vice Captain
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