SCOTTISH AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - All West final as Renfrewshire face Lanarkshire

Congratulations to Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire who won through to the final of the Scottish Area Team Championships at Ranfurly Castle on Saturday 17 may, winning their respective quarter final and semi final matches.

Best wishes go to both teams as they contest the final on Sunday 18th May.

Report on the championship courtesy of the www.scottishgolfview.com website

(By COLIN FARQUHARSON - Colin@scottishgolfview.com)

It will be hosts Renfrewshire against Lanarkshire in Sunday's final of the GolfKings-sponsored Scottish men's area team golf championship at Ranfurly Castle Golf Club.
Renfrewshire, leading qualifiers for the match-play stages, continued in "who's gonna be second" form by beating North 4-1 and then a fancied Glasgow side 3 1/2-1 1/2.

Lanarkshire, who were sixth of the eight qualifiers from an original field of 16 area teams, beat Strlingshire 3-2 in the morning and then toppled the No 2 seeds Perth and Kinross 3-2 in the semi-final which finished in the evening.

Renfrewshire last won the area title in 2005. Lanarkshire have to go back a bit farther than that for their last national six-man side success - 1998.

The Renfrewshire team of six contains the consistent Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) as its lynchpin, Craigmillar Park Open winner Craig Watson, a one-time British Amateur champion, and Ronnie Clark, Andrew Farmer, Gordon Stevenson and Michael Daily.

Lanarkshire's line-up includes Kirkhill's Craig Ross, the leading individual in the 36-hole eliminating stroke-play contest on Friday, and the experienced Steven Rennie (pictured right) but they are  all very competent players - Colin Baird, Jamie Lamb, Stewart Henderson and Ross Hinshelwood.
 
MATCH-PLAY RESULTS

FIRST-ROUND

RENFREWSHIRE 4, NORTH 1
Ronnie Clark and Andrew Farmer bt Fraser Fotheringham and Jordan Shaw 5 and 4.
Matthew Clark bt Allan Cameron 2 and 1.
Gordon Stevenson halved with Jeff Wright
Michael Daily bt Jordan Milne 4 and 3.
Craig Watson halved with Bryan Fotheringham

GLASGOW 3, LOTHIANS 2
John Laaurie and Gordon Sangster bt Graham Robertson and Benn McLeod 4 and 3.
Jamie Savage lost to Allyn Dick 2 holes.
Gordon Miller lost to Calum Hill 2 holes.
Barry Hume bt Greg Smail 6 and 5.
George Burns bt Anthony Blaney 4 and 3.

LANARKSHIRE 3, STIRLINGSHIRE 2
Colin Baird and Jamie Lamb bt Richard Johnston and Stuart Irving 3 and 2.
Craig Ross bt Graeme Robertson 2 and 1.
Steven Rennie bt David Buchanan 3 and 2.
Stewart Henderson lost to Ryan Campbell 4 and 3.
Ross Hinshelwood lost to Fraser Moore 3 and 2.

PERTH and KINROSS 4, AYRSHIRE 1
Scott Michie and Philip Scott lost to Keith Hamilton and Malcolm Pennycott 1 hole.
Daniel Young bt John Shanks 3 and 2.
Stuart Graham bt Michael Smyth 3 and 2.
Mark Cameron bt Stuart Robin 3 and 2.
Bradley Neil bt Tommy McInally 3 and 1.

SEMI-FINALS

RENFREWSHIRE 3 1/2, GLASGOW 1 1/2
R Clark and Farmer bt Laurie and Sangster 1 hole.
M Clark lost to Savage 5 and 4.
Stevenson halved with Miller
Daily bt Burns 4 and 3
Watson bt Hume 3 and 2.

LANARKSHIRE 3, PERTH and KINROSS 2
Baird and Lamb bt Michie and Scott 5 and 4.
Ross lost to Young 5 and 3.
Rennie bt Graham 1 hole.
Henderson bt Cameron 1 hole.
Hinshelwood lost to Neil 1 hole.