South Order of Merit after South Match-play.

There was no change at the top of the James Erskine PGA Professional-sponsored South of Scotland Order of Merit after this weekend's South match-play championship.

Martin McNae (Lochmaben) retained his 150pt advantage over David Brodie (Wigtown and Bladnoch) despite being unable to play due to work commitments as David was unable to collect any points and close the gap.

Match-play winner Michael Grunwell (Powfoot) moved up to fourth place and runner-up Liam Carruthers (Powfoot) moved up to fifth. Martin remains in a strong position with three counting events remaining.

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Positions  after South Matchplay Championship
Position	Player/Club	Points Total
1	Martin McNae (Lochmaben)	582.5
2	David Brodie (Wigtown and Bladnoch)	430.8
3	Chris Corbett (Dumfries and Galloway)	325
4	Michael Grunwell (Powfoot)	270
5	Liam Carruthers (Powfoot)	246.7
6	Alan Birdsall (Dumfries and County)	235
7	Danny McConnachie (Dumfries and County)	220
8	Ross Murray (Southerness)	185
9	Ian Reid (Dumfries and Galloway)	175
10	Clark Riddick (Southerness)	156.7
11	Andrew Kerr (Crichton)	152.5
12	Craig Smith (Dalbeattie)	135
13	Rory Brunton (Dumfries and County)	130
14	Kevin Adams (Dalbeattie)	125
15	George Corbett (Dumfries and Galloway)	120
16	Stuart Fisher (Portpatrick)	113.3
17	Connor Bennewith (Newton Stewart)	105
18=	Craig Scobie (Lochmaben)	100
18=	Iain Thomson (Powfoot)	100
20	Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire County)	83.3
21=	Leslie Irvine (Lochmaben)	80
21=	Jay McWilliam (Portpatrick)	80
23	Sean McCulloch (Stranraer)	77.5
24=	Stevie Thompson (Gatehouse)	75
24=	Garry Marshall (Stranraer)	75
26=	Wes Blayney (Southerness)	70
26=	Ian Johnstone (Wigtownshire County)	70
26=	James Caldwell (Portpatrick)

LANARKSHIRE BOYS LOSE AT HOME

 TO RENFREWSHIRE

Lanarkshire lost 5-3 to Renfrewshire at Kirkhill Golf Club - a home venue - today  in a West of Scotland Boys' Golf League match.

Results (Lanarkshire boys first):

Callum Paterson (Strathaven) lost to Jorg Irvine (Erskine) 1 hole.

Jonathan Torrance (Drumpellier) bt Ibraihim Hussain (Eastwood) 5 and 4.

Greg Dalziel (Kirkhill) bt Euan English (Erskine) 6 and 5.

Lewis Irvine (Kirkhill) bt Jamie Stewart (Old Ranfurly) 1 hole.

Lewis Caddell (Drumpellier) lost to Lewis Breslin (Fereneze) 4 and 3.

Ciaran  Reilly (Easter Moffat) lost to Alistair McNaughton (Caldwell) 3 and 2.

Fraser  Kane (Kirkhill) lost to Jack Curry (Greenock) 3 and 2.

Andrew Thomson (Lanark) lost to Matthew Dalrymple (Old Ranfurly) 1 hole.

Willie Sharp
Lanarkshire Golf Association

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