Bob Stewart two behnd leaders in

Senior Open Amateur at Prestwick

FROM THE SCOTSMAN SPORTS WEBSITE
By NICK RODGER
BOB Stewart cemented his place in the upper reaches of the Senior Open Amateur championship leaderboard at Prestwick last night as his bid to bring more silverware back to Kincardine's golfing street stayed on course.
The 58-year-old Tulliallan member posted a four-over 76 on another tough scoring day in Ayrshire for an eight-over aggregate of 152 to sit just two shots behind joint leaders Maurice Kelly and Graham Cooke.
Stewart, whose eventful round included two lost balls as he ran up a double-bogey 6 at the fourth and a triple-bogey 7 at the tenth, won the Scottish Seniors Open crown last season, just weeks before neighbour Callum Macaulay, now a pro on the European Tour, landed the national amateur title.
"It was a great that we had two Scottish champions, not just from the same town but from the same street," said Stewart, who repaired some of the damage with three birdies. "Callum and I practise a lot together and if I'm in the hunt then he'll probably come down and cheer me on." Kelly bolstered his one-over 73 with raking birdie putts from 35-feet at both the fifth and sixth which helped reel in overnight pacesetter Cooke, who sagged to a 79 for his 150 total.
Paul Simson, the defending champion, bounced back from an opening 80 with a tidy 71 for 151 while Tony Stafford, from the Gleneagles club, Dun Ochil, joined Stewart on the 152 mark after a 76.
Aberdonian George Paterson carded a 74 for 153.
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