Golf: Foursomes foundation of Lothians win

LOTHIANS found their foursomes form to beat Borders 10…-4… in an annual friendly at Castle Park.

The hosts recorded a 5-0 whitewash in the morning before emerging victorious in a more closely-fought singles.

Steven Armstrong proved too strong against Paul Johnson in the top match after lunch, but Graham Roberston was outscored by seven birdies to five and eventually went down 2 and 1 to David Gillie in the best scoring match of the day.

Myles Cunningham secured a half with a birdie-3 at the last in his game, with further successes for the Lothians coming from stalwarts Keith Nicholson, Stuart Smith and Gary Corrigan.

Details: Foursomes: G Robertson and S Armstrong bt D Gillie and A Chalmers 4 and 3; M Cuningham and K Nicholson bt B Graham and P Johnson one hole; S Simants and G Corrigan bt W Ford and C Thompson 3 and 2; D Muir and S Smith bt D Flannery and C Howie 5 and 4; K Reilly and M Timmins bt W Renwick 4 and 3. Singles: Armstrong bt Johnston 3 and 2; Robertson lost to Gillie 2 and 1; Cunningham halved with Graham; Nicholson bt Ford 5 and 3; Smith bt Chalmers 4 and 3; Muir lost to Flannery 3 and 2; Corrigan bt Howie 3 and 2; Simants lost to Thompson one hole; Reilly lost to Renwick one hole; Timmins w/o.