John Shanks up to nines
HOST club member John Shanks won the Ayrshire Strokeplay Championship by nine shots at Irvine (Bogside) on Sunday.
Shanks, the winner in 2007 at West Kilbride, left the capacity field in his wake after a superb morning round of six under par 65 gave him a five stroke advantage over boys’ champion Scott Brown (Turnberry) at the halfway stage. The best second round score was recorded by Craig McLaughlin (Largs) with a 69.
Leading scores: 137: John Shanks (Irvine); 146: Stephen Murray (Welbeck), Ricky Black (Irvine); 147: Joe Gilligan (Welbeck), John Haggerty (Loudoun), Graham Rowan (Ballmyle); 148: Craig McLaughlin (Largs), Stephen Spence (Irvine), Gareth Lamb (Irvine); 149: Ian Walker (Tberry), Billy Hunter (Welbeck), Paul Moultrie (Troon Port), Scott Brown (Tberry).
First round ties in the matchplay championship at Prestwick on Monday are: Shanks v Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay); Spence v Lamb; Gilligan v Brown; Haggerty v Moultrie; Murray v Walter Meiklam (Welb); McLaughlin v Walker; Black v Tom McInally (Loudoun); Rowan v Hunter.
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