Lanarkshire beat Ayrshire at home

Lanarkshire sneaked a 4.5-3.5 victory over Ayrshire yesterday at Lanark in the West of Scotland Inter County League. Ayrshire, who started the campaign with three victories, looked like adding a fourth until a dramatic swing in fortune in the last two holes of the final three matches. 
Walker Cup star Jack McDonald gave Ayrshire the perfect start with a narrow 2 and 1 win over Lanarkshire number one Steven Rennie  and another early win for Steven Wallace put Ayrshire in front. 
However last-hole wins for Kenny Gallacher and Andy Steven plus David Cardwell winning the last two holes put Lanarkshire in the winners’ enclosure.

However with Renfrewshire beating Dumbartonshire 6-2 away in the league it means next week’s match between Renfrewshire and Ayrshire at Bonnyton Golf club will be a league decider with a draw suiting Renfrewshire.

Results:

Sreven Rennie (Drumpellier)  lost to Jack McDonald  (Kilarnock Barassie) 2 and 1.
Kenny Gallacher (East Kilbride) bt  Tommy McInally (Loudon) 1 hole.

Dominic Dougan  (Airdrie)  lost to Steven Wallace  (Prestwick St Cuthberts) 3 and 2.
Andrew Steven (Easter Moffat) bt Stuart Robin  (Prestwick St Cuthberts) 1 hole.

Mark O’Donnell  (Hamilton) bt Scott  Brown (Turnberry) 3 and 2.
Graeme Rodger ()Hamilton) bt Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay. Arran) 5 and 4.

David Cardwell (Hamilton) halved with    Gordon Boyle      (Turnberry)

Ross Hinshelwood (East Kilbride) lost to  John  Shanks (Irvine)  5 and 3.

Result:     Lanarkshire    4.5    Ayrshire  3.5

Lanarkshire Youth team recorded a 5.5-2.5 victory at Brunston Castle meaning a win for them in their final match at Shotts next week will make them Youth Champions.

Willie Sharpe      
Lanarkshire Golf Association
 Press Officer

Scottish Alliance Championship Tuesday to Thursday, 54 holes

SCOTTISH ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW FOR ROUNDS 1 AND 2 
DUFF HOUSE ROYAL GOLF CLUB

Tuesday and Wednesday
Game No.	Start Time	Tee
1	0 8:00		Craig Goodwin (p)	Andrew Campbell (1)	scott Faskin (17)
			Duff House Royal	Murcar	Newmachar
2	0 8:09		James Calam (p)	Charlie Cassie (6)	Scott Melvin (8)
			Duff House Royal	Nigg Bay	Newmachar
3	0 8:18		T Robertson (2)	G Esson (2)	Stuart Duncan (6)
			Peterculter	Portlethen	Moray
4	0 8:27		Terry Mathieson (0)	Donny adam (7)	James Wilson (16)
			Murcar	Kemnay	Dunfermline
5	0 8:36		Kris Nicol (0)	Robert G MacPherson (6)	Donald Lawrie (17)
			Fraserburgh	Moray	Inchmarlo
6	0 8:45		Malcolm Pennycolt (-1)	David Munro (3)	Alexander Bruce (16)
			Royal Burgess	Kingsknowe	Moray
7	0 8:54		Greig McBain (0)	Paul Bradbury (4)	Christopher Westland (11)
			Paul Lawrie	Kingsknowe	Alloa
8	0 9:03	1	Neil Henderson (0)	Scott Mackie (5)	Graeme Moir (12)
			The Renaissance	Hazlehead	Oldmeldrum
9	09:12	1	Jim Kinloch (3)	Iain Macaulay (6)	Leslie Roger (9)
			Glasgow Gailes	Elgin	Royal Aberdeen
10	09:21	1	Brian Ritchie (3)	Peter Kinloch (6)	Tommy Madden (9)
			Newmachar	Glasgow Gailes	Elgin
11	09:30	1	Mathew Burt (0)	Alan Gall (5)	Michael Rendall (15)
			Helensburgh	Deeside	Stonehaven
12	09:39	1	Michael Patterson (0)	Bryan Fortheringham (-2)	Neish Chisholm (12)
			Kilmacolm	Forres	Kemnay
13	09:48	1	Robert McKerron (0)	Stewart Allison (4)	John Sunley (8)
			Forres	Caledonian	Northern
14	09:57	1	George Paterson (2)	Graeme Hamilton (9)	William Johnston (10)
			Royal Aberdeen	Moray	Moray
15	10:06	1	John Duff (0)	David Johnston (5)	Alan McWilliam (16)
			Newmachar	Moray	Moray
16	10:15	1	Kevin Thomson (1)	David Fleming (5)	Jim Scott (9)
			Moray	Portlethen	Peterculter
17	10:24	1	Duncan Stewart (0)	Willie Skene (8)	Mike Winton (13)
			Turnhouse	Deeside	Caledonian
18	10:33	1	Graham Hillan (4)	jim Emslie (4)	Robert Couper (11)
			Strathaven	Royal Aberdeen	Boat-of-Garten
19	10:42	1	George Withers (2)	Lewis Stewart (6)	Robbie duncan (12)
			Duddingston	Grantown-on-Spey	Deeside
20	10:51	1	John England (4)	David Bisset (10)	S Taylor (12)
			Moray	Banchory	Boat-of-Garten
21	11:00		Neil McGarva(1) (7)	Jim Murray (10)	John McFarlane (15)
			Kilmacolm	Banchory	Hamilton
22	11:09		Ross Harrow (0)	William Donnelly (5)	Gordon Gray (16)
			Boat-of-Garten	Fortrose and Rosemarkie	Torrance House
23	11:18		Jordan Shaw (0)	David Leslie (4)	Richard Lamont (13)
			Boat-of-Garten	Northern	Bathgate
24	11:27		Colin Nelson (0)	Michael Louden (4)	Nigel Parker (15)
			Mackenzie golf	Glencorse	Murcar
25	11:36		John McDonald (2)	Peter Louden (8)	Mike Smith (12)
			Cowglen	Glencorse	Newmachar
26	11:45		Lee Sutherland (0)	Gavin Smith (15)	Ben Lumsden (13)
			Monifieth - Medal	Monifieth - Medal	Northern
27	11:54		Kevin Duncan (0)	George Cant (12)	Gary Homer (11)
			Cruden Bay	Monifieth - Medal	Northern
28	12:03		Joel Hopwood (p)	Jim Morris (7)	Alan Boxx (13)
			Royal Aberdeen	Craibstone	Boat-of-Garten
29	12:12		Laura Murray (p)	James R Ingram (6)	William Houston (15)
			Alford	Boat-of-Garten	Torrance House
30	12:21		John Craig (2)	Jim Duncan (5)	Ian Cooke (15)
			Carnoustie	Newburgh-on-Ythan	Monifieth - Medal
31	12:30		Sean Lawrie (p)	David Mackay (7)	David Nelson (10)
			Paul Lawrie GC	Hazlehead	Aboyne
32	12:39		Patrick McKenna (p)	Duncan Clark (4)	Alley Douglas (18)
			Paul Lawrie GC	Duff House Royal	Caird Park
33	12:48		Ryan Copeland (3)	Albert Smith (4)	P Morrison (6)
			Maverston	Turriff	Oldmeldrum
34	12:57		Paul Brookes (0)	Stuart Birrell (3)	Angus Graham (13)
			Pitreavie	Leven Thistle	Crow Wood
35	13:06		Ian Graham (0)	Ross Cameron (0)	peter cheyne (10)
			Crow Wood	Paul Lawrie	Northern
36	13:15		Nick Macandrew (-2)	Jackie Forrest (11)	Norman Stewart (13)
			Royal Aberdeen	Northern	Northern

Aberdeen's Clarke Lutton sets pace at Els 

Club, Dubai with a five-under-par 67

Aberdeen-born pro golfer Clarke Lutton, a PGA-trained graduate of Birmingham University and now 27, leads the field after the first round of this weeks MENA Tour event, the Golf Citizen Classic at the Els Club, Dubai.

Lutton, pictured, who is based in Dubai, shot a five-under-par 67 which included one eagle, six birdies, one double bogey and one bogey.
On a very warm day, it was the Scot's lowest round on the Middle East North Africa Tour and he leads by one stroke from Cyril Suk (Czech Republic), winner of the Dubai Open last year..

Germany’s Aaron Leitmannstetter occupied solo third a further shot adrift as an 11-man group, which included Scotland’s Paul Doherty, the current Order of Merit leader

“The front nine were quite eventful: I did everything possible I could do, running up a double bogey, bogey, birdie and eagle. That eagle on the par-5, fifth kind of got me going and things fell into place thereafter,” said Clarke, who smashed his 3-wood from 241 yards to within 10 feet and holed the putt for an eagle.

“This is my home course and local knowledge did come in handy as the round grew older. I may not have done anything special out there, but it was quite a steady round, my best on the MENA Tour,” said Clarke.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
67 C Lutton (Sco)
68 C Suk (Cze)
69 A Leitmannstetter (Ger).
Selected scores
70 P Doherty (Sco), M Tunnicliff (Eng)
71 Z Scotland (Eng).

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