By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Boat of Garten's Paul Downs and Magda Stefan won the Ping Scottish mixed championship over the Gleneagles' Queen's Course today (Monday).
They headed a field of 40 qualifying couples for the Grand Final with a better-ball Stableford points total of 47 - three shots ahead of runners-up Billy Park and Jane Morris (Elmwood Golf Society) with Merchants of Edinburgh (A K Helm and R MacDonald) and Downfield (M Wilson and R Reid) sharing third place on 43.
LEADING FINAL POINTS TOTALS
47 Boat of Garten (P Downs, M Stefan).
44 Elmwood Golf Society (B Park, J Morris).
43 Merchants of Edinburgh (A K Helm, J MacDonald), Downfield (R Reid, P Wilson).
42 Dumbarton (J Nicolson, M Nicolson).
41 Inverness (G Warburton, I Warburton).
40 Hilton Park (C Maguire, A Cumberland).
39 Saline (C Mellon, L Purdy), Crieff (D Kinnersley, S Latham), Milnathort (I Brown, T Kendrick), Baberton (J Brown, K Brown), Nairn (R Asher, A Smith), Duddingston (C Yeaman, D Yeaman), Wigtownshire County (M Cowie, G Robson), Kinghorn (S Abernethy, N Abernethy).
38 Arbroath Artisan (J Blake, M Blake), Balfron Golf Society (W Noblett), J Noblett), Carnoustie Caledonia (J Fletcher, R Fletcher).
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