Arizona State pair v Restof the World at East of
Scotland Open
FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
The two young amateurs who upstaged the pros in Open qualifying at Musselburgh on Wednesday head the field for this weekend's East of Scotland Open at Lundin.
Scott Pinckney (pictured left), a 20-year-old from Phoenix, and his room-mate at Arizona State University, James Byrne (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency) from Banchory, will be the men to beat if their rounds of 63 and 65 at Monktonhall are anything to go by.
Pinckney, who was encouraged by Byrne to come over to Scotland to play some links golf, has found his feet after working out how the yardages are based here compared to the United States.
"The first tournament I played in after coming here was the St Andrews Links Trophy and I had real difficulty with the yardages," said the new course record holder at Musselburgh."I was coming up 20 yards short all the time and then I realised that the yardages here are to the front of the green, not the middle as I'm used to back home."
Unfortunately, this weekend's Solarsport-sponsored event in Fife will be missing the likes of Gavin Dear and Wallace Booth, the duo heading down to Wales tomorrow with the other members of the Scotland team to prepare for next week's European Team Championship at Conwy.
But, as always, it has still attracted a strong field, Pinckney being among a number of overseas players bidding to emulate the Australian Rohan Blizard, who lifted the title 12 months ago.
Craigielaw's Mark Hillson heads the Lothians challenge and, after a slow start to the season, he's been boosted by reaching the last eight in the Amateur Championship at Formby.
"I feel as though I'm ready to start getting involved in the business end of tournaments," said Hillson as he looked forward to his attempt to join the likes of David Inglis, Scott Knowles and George Macgregor on the event's roll of honour.
Royal Burgess star James Ross will also be looking to make his presence felt over a course where he's a member.
+Scottishgolfview will have the day's scores in the Solarsport East of Scotland Open on display on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
The two young amateurs who upstaged the pros in Open qualifying at Musselburgh on Wednesday head the field for this weekend's East of Scotland Open at Lundin.
Scott Pinckney (pictured left), a 20-year-old from Phoenix, and his room-mate at Arizona State University, James Byrne (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency) from Banchory, will be the men to beat if their rounds of 63 and 65 at Monktonhall are anything to go by.
Pinckney, who was encouraged by Byrne to come over to Scotland to play some links golf, has found his feet after working out how the yardages are based here compared to the United States.
"The first tournament I played in after coming here was the St Andrews Links Trophy and I had real difficulty with the yardages," said the new course record holder at Musselburgh."I was coming up 20 yards short all the time and then I realised that the yardages here are to the front of the green, not the middle as I'm used to back home."
Unfortunately, this weekend's Solarsport-sponsored event in Fife will be missing the likes of Gavin Dear and Wallace Booth, the duo heading down to Wales tomorrow with the other members of the Scotland team to prepare for next week's European Team Championship at Conwy.
But, as always, it has still attracted a strong field, Pinckney being among a number of overseas players bidding to emulate the Australian Rohan Blizard, who lifted the title 12 months ago.
Craigielaw's Mark Hillson heads the Lothians challenge and, after a slow start to the season, he's been boosted by reaching the last eight in the Amateur Championship at Formby.
"I feel as though I'm ready to start getting involved in the business end of tournaments," said Hillson as he looked forward to his attempt to join the likes of David Inglis, Scott Knowles and George Macgregor on the event's roll of honour.
Royal Burgess star James Ross will also be looking to make his presence felt over a course where he's a member.
+Scottishgolfview will have the day's scores in the Solarsport East of Scotland Open on display on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
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