THREE talented Helensburgh Golf Club members will line up at Gleneagles next month in the grand final of the PING Scottish Open Series.

Lewis Slee, Joshua McCarthy and Jamie Campbell are among 30 players from across the country who will take part in the event at the prestigious King’s Course on August 23, with Slee securing his place after he finished in the top three at the final qualifier in Crieff on July 24.

Slee was the clubhouse leader for much of the afternoon after five birdies on the Perthshire club’s Ferntower course saw him complete his round in 74 shots for a superb net score of 67, though he might have done even better had it not been for five dropped shots in the space of two holes the seventh and 11th.

In the end, though, it was Lynn Hain of Douglas Park Golf Club who pipped Slee to the post by one shot

Slee, Hain and Ewan Dowse of Whitecraig (67, -4) all qualified for the Gleneagles final as the top three net scorers on the day.

McCarthy and Campbell both finished in the top 10 at Crieff thanks to three-under-par rounds of 68, tying for fifth place alongside Kirkintilloch’s Gordon Dangerfield, while Bill McFadyen (Carrick at Cameron House) scored a one-under-par 70 to finish in 10th place.

Joining them at the frand final will be Joshua McCarthy, Richard Fowler, Peter McEwan, Jimmy Allan, Gordon Dangerfield, Bill McFadyen, Jamie Campbell, Greg Mackie, Andrew Sheridan, Joshua Coates, Wayne Barron, Scott McDonald, Stuart Cuthbertson, Lynne Badger (2023 winner), Robbie Nicol, Harrison Miller, Neil Wright, Thomas Jeans, Neil Wilson, John Lightbody, Gary McKay, Michael Kayes, Josh Dunbar, Leslie Boswell (2022 winner), Robert Macpherson, Grant Wilson, and Alastair Bateman.

More than 530 golfers of all abilities took part in the six qualifying rounds, with the previous events being held at Glenbervie, Cawder, Bruntsfield Links, Newmachar and Kilmacolm from early May onwards.

The series is open to all amateur golfers with a handicap of 54 or less, with the six qualifying events forming an ‘order of merit’ from which the leading 12 players qualify for the final, alongside the top three players with the best net score from each event.