Duncan Stewart wins with a three-under-par 

67 at Irvine Bogside

FROM JOHN HENRY 
A slightly delayed start, due to frost, at Irvine Golf Club today for the 18-hole Big Johnson's Tour event sponsored by The Golf Lounge http://www.thegolflounge.co.uk 

We eventually got the first game off at 10.40 with the sun beating down on us but still a chilly breeze. 

The course set up today was off the winter course yellow tees, par 70. This was due to the golf club protecting their medal tees for the upcoming season, which is understandable due to the wet weather we have had in the West of Scotland  over past couple of weeks. 

 Grantown-on-Spey's Duncan Stewart, today's picture above, now playing out of Turnhouse Golf Club since he moved his base to Edinburgh, won with a great score of three-under-par 67 (34-33)

Stewart birdied the third, fifth, 15th and 17th, dropping a shot only at the sixth.
Paul Shields and John Henry finished tied for second place  on two-under 68.
James McGhee , Paul Robinson and Scottish PGA champion  Chris Kelly shared fourth place on 69. 
Big Johnson's Tour would like to thank James Smallwood, head professional of Irvine Golf Club, and club secretary Bill McMahon for hosting such an excellent event today. Everything, from the golf to lunch after the game, was superb! 

SCOREBOARD

par 70

67 Duncan Stewart
68 John Henry, Paul Shields.
69 James McGhee, Chris Kelly, Paul Robinson.
70 Michael Stewart, Ronan Rafferty.
71 Conor O'Neil, Fraser Robertson

73 Michael Patterson

74 Greg O'Neil.

76 Calum Macaulay

78 Johnny Mullaney 

79 Gary Foley

NRs Johnny Pollock, Chris McQueen, Andrew McArthur 

THREE DOUBLE BOGEYS DRAG DOWN 

WILL PORTER IN SOUTH AFRICA

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Carnoustie's Will Porter, winner of the Scottish U18 boys' match-play championship last year, shot a six-over par 78 today (Tuesday) in the first round of the Cape Province 72-hole stroke-play championship at Kingswood Golf and Country Club, South Africa.

Porter had double bogeys at the third, fifth and 13th in halves of 40 and 38. He is in tied 133rd position in a field of 213 players going into the second round.

Another Carnoustie representative, Jamie Connelly, had an 83 for joint 189th place. He had two double bogeys and a triple bogey 8 at the par-5 eighth.

Leading the field is South African Herman Loubster with a seven-under 65 (32-33) after being eight under par for the first 14 holes.

Leading English player is the in-form Jamie Bower from Meltham. He is joint 24th after a one-under-par 71.

Compatriots Alfie Plant and Nic Elliot shot 72 and 73 respectively.

CAPE PROVINCE OPEN AMATEUR STROKE PLAY TOURNAMENT

Kingswood Golf and Country Club, South Africa.

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES

Par 72

65 H Loubster (SAf).

SELECTED SCORES

71 J Bower (Eng) (T24)

72 A Plant (Eng) (T36)

73 N Elliot (Eng) (T49)

77 P Kinnear (Eng) (T120)

78 W Porter (Sco) (T133)

83 J Connelly (Sco) (T189)

North-east Alliance tee times

 at Montrose Links tomorrow
 
8-20 A Campbell T Boyle C Cassie G Esson
8-30 P Morrison M Merchant R Lamb 
8-40 C Goodwin S Griffiths S Macneil 
8-50 D Mackay  T Mathieson G McBain K Nicol

9-00 S Hanson A Stuart G Chalmers
9-10 M Rendal H Roulston L Roger D Lawrie
9-20 M Brown R Brown N Chisholm S Ross 
9-30 R Reid D Booth. F W Beattie
9-40 K Beveridge J Hopwood, L Murray A Graham
9-50 J Duff S Finnie, P McLean, B Ritchie

10-00 L Duncan J Stewart K McGillivary J Crawford 
10-10 J Scott B Skene M Forster
10-20 J Hosie G Moir S Scott S Mackie 
10-30 D Fleming, L Fowler A Gall S Shand
10-40 D Leslie D Wright P Cheyne H McNaughton 
10-50 G Mackie M Winton, R Davidson S Allison 

11-00 I D Smith C Nelson J Forrest M Duncan 
11-10 M Rogers N K Parker D Nelson S Kiloh
11-20 J Murray S Roger F Bisset D Bisset 
11-30 J Borthwick T Collie M Lawrie 
11-40 A Clark W Skene R Ruddiman D Lane 
11-50 G Riley J Morris G Hutcheon

12-00 C Duffus D Townsley D McKay 
12-10 S Lawrie C Lawrie K Duncan K Zeynalov 
12-20 G Allan B Nicolson J Nicolson 
12-30 D Macandrew G Munro 
12-40 Tee time available 
12-50 Tee time available