Superb 66 by Graham Fox at

Barassie makes him leading

WaterAid qualifier

Graham Fox (East Kilbride) produced a stunning, bogey-free card of six-under-par 66 over the never-easy Kilmarnock Barassie course to head the qualifiers for the Scottish WaterAid Pro-am two-day competition over the same course on May 6 and 7.
Fox birdied the first, eighth, 13th, 14th, 16th and 18th in halves of 34 and 32.
Andrew Oldcorne (Kings Acre), with a 69, was the only other player in the big field to break 70 for the 6,852yd par-72 course.
Former British amateur champion Gordon Sherry, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, made a welcome return to the competitive scene, finishing joint 20th on the 75 mark after a round which included a double-bogey 6 at the fifth and a birdie at the seventh before bogeys at the 12th and 14th dropped him to three over par.
Not all of those who returned 75s qualified for the main event. Sherry was one of those who survived a card play-off; so too was former Northern Open champion Murray Urquhart and past Scottish PGA title-holder Mark Loftus.
QUALIFIERS
Par 72
66 Graham Fox (East Kilbride)
69 Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre).
70 Greg Paxton (Ralston), Jonathan Lomas (unatt).
71 Stuart Morrison (Tain).
72 Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon), Greig McSporran (Kinross), Mark Barnard (Inchmarlo), David Patrick (Elie), Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Garry Forrester (St Andrews Golf School).
73 Gareth Wright (West Linton), Gavin Cook (Prestonfield), Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park), Ken Campbell (Machrihanish).
74 James McKinnon (Irvine), Hamish Kemp (Bishopbriggs Golf Range), Jamie Stevenson (Braehead), Anthony Mackrell (East Kilbride).
75 Scott Herald (Mearns Castle), Alan E Reid (West Lothian), Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle), Mark Loftus (Cowglen), Gordon Sherry (Kilmarnock Barassie), Lee Vannet (Carnoustie Golf Links), Stewart Savage (Dalmuir), Ian Taylor (Drumpellier), Murray Urquhart (Spey Valley).
NON-QUALIFIERS (eliminated in card play-off):
75 Kenneth Monaghan (Bothwell Castle), Paul Wardell (Whitekirk), Jonny Sharp (The Carrick at Cameron House), Iain Hanna (Strathclyde Park).