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2015 Ayr Seafield Open Golf 2015 AYR SEAFIELD OPEN GOLF COMPETITION - SATURDAY 6th JUNE 2015 Group Time Player 1 H'cap Player 2 H'cap Player 3 H'cap Frannie McNeillie Stevie Dunn Benjamin Cooney 1 7:00 5 5 5 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield & Sponsor Abbotsford Michael Stakim Mark Forsyth Craig McInally 2 7:10 8 12 14 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Alex Leishman Jim Thomson Davie Hughes 3 7:20 6 7 8 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Alan MacDougall Fraser Alexander Harry McCaig 4 7:30 9 11 11 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield John Rushbury Tommy McInally Scott Brown 5 7:40 4 +1 +1 Rowallan Castle Loudoun Gowf Club Turnberry Keith Hamilton Stuart Robin John Shanks 6 7:50 +2 +2 +3 Ayr Belleisle Prestwick St Cuthbert Irvine Bogside Stephen Price Graeme Logan Paul Denim 7 8:00 Scr 6 1 Ayr Belleisle Ayr Belleisle Loudoun Gowf Club Colin McClung Mark Walker Drew Sargent 8 8:10 12 13 14 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield & Sponsor Ayr Seafield Shaun Granger Hugh Letford Craig Barton 9 8:20 7 6 5 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Troon Welbeck John Brown Harry Hood Michael Steel 10 8:30 9 18 15 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield & Sponsor Kilmarnock Barassie Davie Taylor Frase Dunn Robert McGowan 11 8:40 5 12 13 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield & Sponsor Neill Graham Brian McFadden Iain Carmichael 12 8:50 19 16 15 Ayr Seafield Muirkirk Prestwick St Nicholas Ryan Wade Robbie Cuthbert Mark Hamilton 13 9:00 10 14 15 Ayr Seafield Haggs Castle Muirkirk Billy Crombie Jnr Robert Martin Billy Crombie Snr 14 9:10 8 9 14 Ayr Seafield Ayr Carrick Abbotsford Chris Nix Mike Beesley Colin Park 15 9:20 13 15 15 Abbotsford Abbotsford & Sponsor Ayr Carrick Stevie Arrandale Chris Merry James McIntyre 16 9:30 4 6 6 The Chase Tam O'Shanter Moorpark Davie Low Derek Brown David Tierney 17 9:40 3 5 5 Ayr Belleisle Ayr Belleisle Ayr Belleisle Ricky Tait Alan Smeeton Steve Slater 18 9:50 5 3 2 Tam O'Shanter The Chase City of Newcastle Lorimer Shaw Barry Thomson Davie Dalton 19 10:00 5 13 7 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield & Sponsor Tam O'Shanter Danny Wilson Dave Newell Dennis Maughan 20 10:10 13 11 17 Ayr Seafield & Sponsor Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Arnie Dowson Steven Prendergast Robert Calderwood 21 10:20 10 12 12 Ayr Seafield Tam O'Shanter Tam O'Shanter Andy Gibson John Dickson Paul Dickson 22 10:30 8 9 9 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Dougie Beattie Michael Penman Alan Dunsmore 23 10:40 10 11 4 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Ayr Belleisle John Watson Billy Taylor Johnny Ritchie 24 10:50 19 12 15 Ayr Seafield Carrick Speakers Carrick Speakers Murray McKelvie Colin Doolan Neil Robertson 25 11:00 11 15 16 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Craig Durward Bobby Robertson Brian Stewart 26 11:10 10 8 5 Ayr Seafield Troon St Meddans The Chase Gavin Neil Stewart Munro Frank Graham 27 11:20 17 15 16 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Abbotsford John McCaig Roy McCubbin Scott Kirk 28 11:30 6 9 9 Ayr Seafield Prestwick St Cuthbert Prestwick St Cuthbert & Sponsor Tam Williams Stanley Grant Ian Dunlop 29 11:40 22 22 24 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Bob Terras Alan Carson Alex Barr 30 11:50 18 26 21 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield & Sponsor Ayr Seafield John Keenan Noel Taylor 31 12:00 20 18 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Jason Denham Michael Morrison Robert Long 32 12:10 13 14 5 Ayr Seafield Tam O'Shanter Tam O'Shanter David Shorthouse Snr Ian Richmond David Shorthouse Jnr 33 12:20 11 14 11 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Frank Devlin Andy Main Alec Stewart 34 12:30 13 13 13 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Airdrie Jim Mason Steven Anderson Barry Sloan 35 12:40 11 11 12 North Beach North Beach Falkirk Tryst 36 12:50 William Murdoch Shaun Ryan 37 1:00 5 5 The Chase Ayr Belleisle 38 1:10 39 1:20 40 1:30 Derek McKay John Cavens Stewart McKay 41 1:40 12 11 11 Tam O'Shanter Tam O'Shanter Tam O'Shanter Jim Johnstone Sandy Buchanan 42 1:50 +1 Scr Ayr Belleisle Ayr Belleisle Rab Milligan Andy Kilday Colin Pattie 43 2:00 13 16 17 Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield Ayr Seafield.
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