Three Scots in top 10 at Lytham Trophy halfway stage

SALTMAN STILL SETTING

PACE: BANCHORY'S

BYRNE NEXT BEST SCOT

Bang-in-form Lloyd Saltman continues to make every post a potential winning one in the Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lancashire.
The Craigielaw man maintained his overnight lead with a 67 for a halfway total of 132 – 17 shots under the combined CSS of 74 and 75.
But Saltman is by no means home and dry yet. On his tail, albeit three shots adrift, is another of the best young players in Europe, teenager Rory McIlroy from Holywood, near Belfast.
McIlroy, the European individual amateur champion last year, had a 68 for 135.
To find the next best placed Scot after Saltman you have to go down to joint 12th place to find Banchory teenager James Byrne, pictured above, holding his own in admirable fashion against the best in the land – and the Continent.
James, bound for Arizona State University in the autumn, had a 70, one of the better second round,s for 143.
Richie Ramsay, the United States amateur champion from Royal Aberdeen, was not firing on anything like all cylinders for a second-round 74 and a 36-hole tally of 144.
Other Scots among the leading 40 players and ties who made the cut with tallies of 146 and better were Steven McEwan (Caprington), Scott Henry (Cardross), Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) and Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie).
ALL THE QUALIFIERS
CSS 74 75.
132 Lloyd Saltman (Craigielaw) 65 67.
135 Rory McIlroy (Holywood) 67 68.
139 Ben Parker (Gut Waldhof) 70 68, Gary Wolstenholme (Kilworth Springs0 69 70.
140 Nigel Edwards (Whitchurch, Cardiff) 69 71, Paul Waring (Bromborough) 69 71.
141 Kajetan Kromer (Gutenhof) 72 69.
142 Luke Goddard (Hendon) 73 69, Alexandre Kaleka (Golf Marcilly)_ 72 70, Jamie Abbott (Fynn Valley) 70 72, Branden Grace (George GC) 69 72.
143 James Byrne (Banchory) 73 70, Matthew Cryer (Coventry) 71 72, Matthew Nixon (Ashton under Lyne) 70 73, Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes) 70 73.
144 Llewellyn Matthews (Southerndown) 71 73, Richard Kind (Haagsche) 71 73, Richie Ramsay (Royal Abedeen) 70 74, Sean Einhaus (Germany).
145 Jamie Moul (Stoke by Nayland) 75 70, Francois Illouz (Morfontaine) 75 70, Gary Boyd (Cherwell Edge), Lloyd Campbell (Rochester & Cobham Park), Sam Hutsby (Liphook), Steven McEwan (Capringston), Kenny Le Sager (Ormesson) 68 77.
146 Vaita Guillame (St Cyprien) 75 71, Matthew Baldwin (Royal Birkdale) 74 72, Scott Henry (Cardross) 74 72, Frederik Schulte (Germany) 74 72, Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) 73 73, Victor Dubuisson (St Nom la Breteche) 73 73, John Parry (Harrogate) 73 73, John Kemp (John O’Gaunt) 72 74, Neil Chaudhuri (Leicestershire) 72 74, Steven Uzzell (Hornsea) 72 74, Andrew Johnston (North Middlesex) 71 75, Max Kramer (Germany) 71 75, Tom Lawson (Ellesborough) 70 76, Edouard Dubois (Bordeaux Lac) 70 76, Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) 69 77.

SCOTS NON-QUALIFIERS

147 Mark Kerr (Crfaigielaw) 74 73, Kevin McAlpine (Alyth) 71 76, Jonathan King (Glasgow) 69 78.

148 Paul O'Hara (Colville Park) 75 73, Bryan Fotheringham (Forres) 75 73, Scott Mann (Carnoustie) 784 74.

149 Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw) 77 72.

150 Ross Kellett (Colville Park) 74 76.

152 James White (Leven Thistle) 74 78.

153 Philip McLean (Peterhead) 78 75.

156 Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie).

158 Allyn Dick (Shotts) 79 79.

160 James White jun (Lundin) 79 81.

161 Euan McIntosh (Newmachar) 78 83.