TROON Welbeck have been crowned the 2017 Ayrshire Fourball Championship winners, following a close final, played at Loudoun Gowf Club.
In the final, the Troon Welbeck pairing of Ian Smith and Steven Miller faced the Ayr Belleisle duo, Andy Brown and John McBean.
Welbeck took the early lead at the second but the match was squared again when Belleisle won the fourth. The Ayr duo then took two further holes by the ninth to turn for home with a two-hole advantage.
Smith and Miller dug in, however and managed to square the match again by the 15th and completed a great fightback by winning the final two holes for a two-hole victory in the match.
The game was played in the best of spirits and the players gave match referee Ricky Magee no worries.
Ayrshire Golf Association Vice-President John Watt later presented prizes to all four finalists before handing the trophy over to the winning pair from Troon Welbeck.
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