Scottish champions in top 10 on island of Corfu

CRUDEN BAY TRIO 8th OF 24
IN EURO CLUB CUP
WITH ONE ROUND TO GO

Scotland’s representatives – Cruden Bay’s Michael Buchan, Laurie Phillips and Ross Cooper – start the final round of the European Club Cup tournament in eighth place in a field of 24 nations on the Greek island of Corfu.
Under the best two from three individual scores to count for each team daily, Buchan, Phillips (pictured right) and Cooper totalled 145 on the first day but slipped back with a team score of 151 today (Thursday) for a 36-hole aggregate of 296.
Leaders with 283 are Germany, one shot ahead of England’s trio, who include veteran Walker Cup player Guy Wolstenholme.
Ireland (306) are in 14th place and Wales (321) 21st.

TEAM TOTALS AFTER 36 HOLES
284 Germany. 284 England. 288 Iceland. 289 Finland, Portugal, 292 Turkey. 294 Italy. 296 Scotland. 300 Denmark. 301 Spain. 302 France. 304 Netherlands, Slovenia. 306 Ireland. 307 Switzerland. 308 Belgium. 309 Czech Rep. 312 Estonia. 314 Poland. 315 Israel. 321 Wales. 324 Greece, Luxembourg. 332 Croatia.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
139 G Wolstenholme (Eng) 71 68, S Einhaus (Ger) 72 67.
Other scores:
145 D Stevens (Eng) 74 71 (9th).
146 L Phillips (Sco) 73 73, A Hanson (Wal) 82 74 (jt 14th).
150 M Buchan (Sco) 72 78 (21st).
151 S Mayfield (Eng) 75 76 (24th).
152 S Keenan (Ire) 79 73 (26th).
154 J Lyons (Ire) 77 77.
159 R Cooper (Sco) 81 78, D Scully (Ire) 73 86 (jt 52nd).
165 G Marfel (Wal) 85 80 (63rd).
170 H Williams (Wal) 81 89 (69th).