Budding golf star Jack Currie crowned champion of champions

He defeated Jack Crawford of Mearns Castle Golf Club in an enthralling final which saw good scoring from both players.

Currie, the current Men's Match Play Champion was made to work all the way by his opponent before finally winning at the last hole, when Jack Crawford hit his drive into the right hand trees and could not make par from that position.

Prior to this JackCurrie was 2 up after two holes. But birdies at 3 and 7 by Jack Crawford had the game all square and the game remained level at the turn.

The game turned again when Jack Crawford had bogeys at 14 and 15 to go two down, but he responded with a birdie at 16 and a solid par at 17 to be all square again, before his fatal drive at the last.

In the semi-finals Jack Currie defeated local champion Ian Bradley of Paisley at the 19th when he made birdie to go ahead in the game for the first time.

This game only came alive in the final nine holes with Currie recovering from 3 down with eight to play, but still 1 down after Ian made a great birdie on the 17th , however par by Currie at the 18th squared the game.

In the other semi-final Crawford defeated Kenan Ingram of Port Glasgow Golf Club by 4 and 2 with the game see-sawing over the first 12 holes but poor play by Kenan on 14, 15 and 16 saw him lose three holes in a row and the match.

Graham McGee, president of Renfrewshire Golf Union, commented: “It was a great event played in the right spirit by all the players and we saw some excellent scoring.

“The courtesy of Paisley Golf Club given to the Renfrewshire Golf Union for the use of the course during the even and the sponsorship of the event by Greenlaw Garage over the years is much appreciated.”