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GOLF: Irvine professional off to Portugal

IRVINE Bogside Golf Club pro Jim McKinnon has been named captain of the Scottish team which is playing in the European PGA Team Championship at Vale de Lobo in Portugal.Read

GOLF; Peter strolls to Irvine Ravenspark title

PETER Bond Junior produced the golf of his life to win the Irvine Ravenspark Golf Club Championship with a thumping victory over Eddie Mutter on Saturday.Read

Ballochmyle are Ayrshire golf club champions

BALLOCHMYLE won the Ayrshire club champions title over their home course on Sunday.Read

GOLF: Irvine hosts new tour event

IRVINE Bogside Golf Club will host the final round of a prestigious new professional tour which offers male and female players and invited elite Scottish amateurs the chance to gain valuable experience on the circuit as well as the opportunity to win decent prize money and compete in the final at the Majorca's Son Gual Course in December.Read

Jamie Mackay of Kilmarnock Barassie wins Ayrshire strokeplay title

JAMIE MACKAY of Kilmarnock Barassie is the new Ayrshire strokeplay champion for the first time.Read

Troon Welbeck’s David Wilson wins Ayrshire strokeplay championship

DAVID Wilson (Troon Welbeck) became the youngest ever winner of the Ayrshire Strokeplay Championship at St Nicholas on Sunday.Read

Fifty six players contest Ayrshire boys’ team championship at Ayr Dalmilling

YOUNG golfers from Irvine are among the teams from 14 clubs who will contest the Ayrshire Golf Association's opening event of the season, the Ayrshire Boys' Team Championship at Ayr Dalmilling on Sunday, April 15.Read

Ayrshire golfers lose opening fixture to South of Scotland

AYRSHIRE lost 11½-6½ to the South of Scotland after a terrible afternoon slump in their annual challenge match for the Centenary Salver at Stranraer on Sunday.Read

GOLF: Irvine golf club member gets top post

TOM Craig, a member of Irvine's Western Gailes Golf Club has been elected to one of the most important positions in Scottish golf.Read

Girls can play in Ayrshire Junior Golf League next season

GIRLS will be allowed to take part in all Ayrshire Junior Golf League competitions next year.Read

GOLF: Classy Connie's just champion

KILWINNING’S Connie Jaffrey landed her second national title on Sunday when she won the girls' event in the Scottish Junior Champion of Champions over The Duke’s Course at St Andrews.Read

Ayrshire name under 18 team for West of Scotland inter county league

AYRSHIRE have named a strong team to play Glasgow at Largs on Sunday in the opening match of the West of Scotland Inter County Under 18 League for the Wishart Trophy.Read

Ayrshire golfers finish third in Scottish Area Team Championship

AYRSHIRE bounced back to finish third in the Moneygate Scottish Area Team Championship at Prestwick on Sunday.Read

Royal Troon’s Michael Smyth wins Ayrshire matchplay golf title

ROYAL Troon’s Michael Smyth is the Ayrshire matchplay champion for the first time after beating Girvan’s Gary Bryden Girvan 4&3 in the final at Troon Portland last Thursday evening.Read

Troon Welbeck’s Michael Stewart is pipped for South African double

TROON Welbeck star Michael Stewart was stopped in his bid for a second major South African title.Read

Bumper entry for Ayrshire Fourball Trophy

PAIRINGS representing 43 of the Ayrshire Golf Association member clubs will contest the Ayrshire Fourball Trophy.Read

New look for Ayrshire summer scratch league

A NEW award is being launched by the Scottish Golf Union to honour the country’s unsung golfing heroes and the inaugural winner will meet the stars of the game at February’s XOS Scottish Golf Awards.Read

GOLF: More competitive format for Ayrshire League

THE Ayrshire Summer Scratch League will have a new format in the 2011 season.Read

GOLF: Irvine pro flies the flag for Scotland

RESIDENT Bogside Golf Club pro Jim McKinnon is all set to escape the winter gloom of Irvine for the sunshine of Portugal.Read

Ayrshire golfers launch inter country challenge

AYRSHIRE A and youth teams begin their bid for their respective West of Scotland Inter County League Championships this weekend. The ten-man team encounters will be played on Sundays.Read