Scottish senior men's amateur championship

David Lane in action (image by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography).

Lane leads but it's not over yet ...

Overnight leader Ian Hutcheon has lost the pole position at Panmure to another twice former winner of the Scottish senior men's amateur championship, Englishman David Lane from the Goring & Streatley club, near Reading.

But Hutcheon is still in there with a definite chance going into the final round. In fac any one of half-a-dozen contenders could finish up holding the trophy aloft ... if they have the bottle!

Lane posted a 75 after his second-placed opening round of 70 but a five-over-par tally of 145 was good enough to push him a shot clear of three players - Monifieth's Ian Hutcheon (67-79), John Fraser (Royal Burgess) (78-68 and Robert Vallis (Bermuda) (76-70).

A shot behind is former Scottish and Spanish senior open amateur champion Gordon MacDonald (Callander) who posted a second-round 71 early in the day for 147.

QUALIFIERS

Par 140 (2 x 70)
145 David Lane (Goring & Streatley) 70 75.

146 John Fraser (Royal Burgess) 78 68, Robert Vallis (Bermuda) 76 70, Ian Hutcheon (Monifieth) 67 79.

147 Gordon MacDonald (Callander) 76 71.
148 Stephen Baker (Woodside) 74 74.
149 George Paterson (Northern) 76 73, Philip Slater (Sandiway) 75 74.

150 Francis Clark (Royal Aberdeen) 75 75, Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) 75 75, John Black (Scotscraig) 74 76.

151 Andrew Campbell (Kinross) 75 76, A;am Ferguson (Drumpellier) 77 74,. David Downie (Kirriemuir) 77 74, John Baldwin (Sunningdale), George Payne (Prestbury) 75 76, Glynn Rees (Fleetwood) 74 77, Donald McCart (Sherwood Forest) 73 78.

152 Robert Jack (Liberton) 78 74, Basil Griffiths (Llanymynech) 77 75, William Brown (Strathaven) 77 75, Martyn Temple (US) 76 76, Robert Gill (Gerrards Cross) 73 79.

153 Geoffrey King (West Essex) 81 72, John Johnston (Royal Aberdeen) 78 75, J Scott Macdonald (Dunfermline) 78 75, Adrian Donkersley (Gerrads Cross) 77 76, Robert Stewart (Tulliallan) 77 76, Tony Patterson (Sunningdale) 76 77, Ralph Cowe (Kelso) 76 77, Andrew Wight Glencorse) 73 80.
154 Robert Wallace (Crosland Heath) 78 76, Norman Swenson (US) 77 77 Keith MacBryde (Stone) 74 80, Jim Watt (Edzell) 75 79, Jonathan Hubbard (Sunningdale) 80 74, Colin Halcrow (Windyhill) 75 79, Aidan Grounds (Falkirk Tryst) 75 79.

155 Alistair Brett (Northumberland) 81 74, Rich Tolly (US) 80 75, Richard Campbell (Kinross) 79 76, Paul Crellin (Prenton) 78 77, Bill MacIntyre (Harpenden) 77 78, Glyn Hughes (Church Stretton) 74 81.

MISSED THE CUT
156 Hugh MacKeown (Portmarnock) 78 78, Stephen Sander (US) 81 75, John Sim (Duff House Royal) 80 76, Alistair Fiddes (Deeside) 79 77, Scott Brady (Burntisland GH) 78 78, James Kinloch (Cardross) 77 79, Stephen Rhorer (US) 77 79.

Selected scores:
157 Bob Edgar (Blackpool North Shore) 81 76, Andrew Laird (Deeside) 79 78, Colin Christy (Kilmacolm) 78 79, Stephen Ellis (Heritage) 77 80, Iain MacDonald (Bruntsfield Links) 80 77.

158 Dominic McLaughlin (Crow Wood) 82 76.
160 Sandy Fairweather (Carnoustie Caledonia) 83 77, John McIntyre (Lundin) 821 78, Graham McGee (Erskine) 78 82, Gordon Doig (Southerness) 75 85.