SCOTTISH OPEN MIXED FOURSOMES

BEN AND ADDI A SHAMASH HIT AT LANARK

KIRKCUDBRIGHT golfing brother and sister Ben and Addi Shamash won the Scottish open mixed foursomes title in a "photo-finish" at Lanark Golf Club on Sunday.
Three pairings headed the leaderboard with scores of 77. Ben, a former Scottish schoolboy champion, and Addi, winner of the Irish junior women's open title earlier this season, won the card countback with a better inward half than the home club duo, another brother-and-sister combination of Grant and Elaine Cuthill. Elaine is a past Scottish schoolgirls champion.
The Cuthills edged Greg Mackie and Jocelyn Carthew (Ladybank) into third place with a better last six-hole score.
It was close too in the handicap section with two pairings returning net 73s ahead of another two couples with net 73 1/2s.
Robert Kerr and Janette McCartney of Erskine's better inward half landed them first place ahead of John and Alison Stevenson (St Regulus).
LEADING SCORES
SCRATCH
77 Ben Shamash & Addi Shamash (Kirkcudbright), bih, Grant Cuthill & Elaine Cuthill (Lanark), better last 6, Greg Mackie & Jocelyn Carthew (Ladybank).
79 David Provan (Ranfurly Castle) & Claire Williamson (Baberton).
HANDICAP
73 Robert Kerr & Janette McCartney (Erskine) (7), bih; John Stevenson & Alison Stevenson (St Regulus) (8).
73 1/2 Iain Campbell & Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) (6 1/2), bih; Tom Gray & Diane Gray (Lanark) (7 1/2).