Champion Golfer title up for grabs

THE preliminary round of the Matchplay Championship has been completed. Several games went to extra holes as the thought of being crowned champion golfer 2010 brought out the best in everyone.

By The Newsroom

Published 31st May 2010, 15:37 BST

Updated 31st May 2010, 16:25 BST

There will be an interesting game in round one when the Wilton brothers, Colin and Stephen, go head to head.

The results were as follows:

Keith Steenson beat Roy Rankin, Kenny Baines beat Ian Young, Malcolm Hanna beat Merton McDowell, Mark Cordner beat Colin McKinney, Stephen Wilton beat Luke Woods, Colin Wilton beat Timothy Beattie, Paul Magee beat Nigel Bryson, Ben Cosgrove beat Michael McGreevey, Robert Clydesdale beat Alan Caughey, Stephen Orr beat Ansley Moore, Paul Faulkner beat David Wilton, Conor Campbell beat Morris Phillips, Ronnie Halliday beat Cathal O’Neill, Kenny Jones beat Malcolm Russell, Paul McAleavey beat David Barker, John Poots beat Conor Mulholland, Kieran Smith beat Tom Fee, Trevor Woods beat Gary McCartney and Ian Livingstone beat Barry McCoy.