Bolton, whose victory in the 2007 final was his fourth area matchplay success, will lead a four-strong Bute contingent in the field of 16 - the others are the Rothesay Golf Club pair of George Reynolds and Chris Timms, and Port Bannatyne club champio
n Donald Standaloft - who will take to the famous Kintyre links course in pursuit of the championship title.
Three of the four line up against players from the host club - Bolton faces Matthew Macaulay, Reynolds has been drawn against Stuart Campbell and Timms will take on Steven Kelly, while Standaloft will take on the 2007 runner-up, Gordon Tyre of Cowal.
But it's another Machrihanish player, Ross Currie, who may present the strongest challenge after his domination of the latter part of the 2007 season.
The full draw is as follows: 8.50am Ross Currie (Machrihanish) v Calum MacMillan (Machrihanish); 8.58am Gordon Tyre (Cowal) v Donald Standaloft (Port Bannatyne); 9.07am David Graham (Machrihanish) v Ian McNab (Glencruitten); 9.15am Greg Watson (Dunaverty) v Les Pirie (Millport); 9.23am Graham Bolton (Bute) v Matthew Macaulay (Machrihanish); 9.31am Stuart Campbell (Machrihanish) v George Reynolds (Rothesay); 9.40am Steven Kelly (Machrihanish) v Chris Timms (Rothesay); 9.48am Allan McKie (Glencruitten) v Michael Fraser (Glencruitten).
The next Argyll and Bute contest to be held will be the spring meeting at Glencruitten Golf Club on Saturday, May 3.
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