Samuel Cairns' eagle at last puts him

into lead in Callway at Edzell

Samuel Cairns produce an eagle 3 at the 508yd 18th hole at Edzell to leapfrog into the halfway lead with a three-underpar 66 at the Callaway at Edzell Scottish PGA tournament today.
Cairns had birdied the third and fourth, bogeyed the fifth and eighth, then birdied the ninth to be out in one-under-par 35.
He birdied the 11th and 15th to get to three under the card but it took that eagle at the last to lift him to five under par and the leader by one shot.
Craig Lee, sharing second palce on 67 with Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) and Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) had a bogey 6 at the 18th so that was a three-shot swing in Cairns' favour with one of his most dangerous rivals for the top cash prize.
Colin Gillies, sharing fifth place on 68, would have been much closer but for a double bogey 6 at the 13th.
SCOREBOARD
Par 69
66 Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) 35-31.
67 Craig Lee (unatt) 33-34, Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR) 34-33, Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) 33-34.
68 Colin Gillies (Playsport Golf) 32-36, Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation) 34-34, Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 34-35, James McGhee (Turnhouse) 35-33.
69 James Erksine (Portpatrick Dunskey), Jamie Stevenson (Braehead), Craig Ronald (Carluke), Gareth Wright (West Linton).
70 Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park), Mark Loftus (Cowglen), Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), David Patrick (Elie).
71 Kenneth Hutton (Downfield), Eward Thomson (Senit Associates), Graeme Brown (Montrose), Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), David Orr (East Renfrewshire).
72 Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle), Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Peter Mitchell (Hermitage), James McKinnon (Irvine), Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle), Mark King (Kingsfield), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Terry Mathieson (Kings Acre).
73 Michael Rae (Alyth), Euan Cameron (Hamilton), Ian Graham (Crow Wood), Chris Kelly (Cawder), Ken campbell (Machrihanish), Duncan Williamson (Kirkhill), Mark Bruce (Gullane).
74 Andrew Crerar (Panmure), Paul Wardell (Whitekirk), Graham Fox (East Kilbride), Chris McCalman (unatt), Paul Jamieson (Dunblane New), Gordon Law (Uphall), Fraser Mann (Musselurgh), Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Course Design), Lee Vannet (Carnoustie GL), Stewart Savage (Dalmuir), Alan E Reid (West Lothian).
75 Ewan Davie (Dunblane New), Scott Herald (Mearns Castle), Jonathan Cliff (Murrayfield), Iain donaldson (Meldrum House), Stephen Gray (Hayston), Greg McBain (Royal Dornoch), Callum Nicoll (Prestwick), Chris Campbell (Grantown on Spey), Steven Mann (Newmachar).
76 Mark Finlayson (Edzell), Scott Grieve (Turnhouse), Andrew Erskine (Ratho Park), Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar), Alan Purdie (Kingsbarns GL), Gregor Abel (Alloa), Gordon Niven (Stirling Unv), Richard Smith (Dumfrieshire GA).
77 Peter McLachlan (West Kilbride), Ryan Buckley (Craigielaw), Jonathan Lomas (unatt).
78 Ross Dixon (Renaissance Club), Neil Fenwick (Dunbar), Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links).
79 Heather MacRae (Gullane), Christopher Currie (Caldwell), Paul Malone (Braid Hills), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Keil Beveridge (Aboyne).
80 Adam Rolfe (Royal Troon).
81 Graeme Fisher (Mearns Castle), Christopher Boyle (Lanark), Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park).
82 James Mooney (Kingscliff Golf Solutions).
83 Campbell Donaldson (Campbell Donaldson GA), David Gordon (Paisley).
84 Stuart McEwing (Montrose).
85 Neil Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh).