Lothians man improves from 77 to brilliant 65

Lloyd Saltman shows his class to

win £1,700 prize at Archerfield

If former Walker Cup and Open amateur ace Lloyd Saltman could put all his talents together more often, he could yet be a star on the European Tour.
The 24-year-old Lothians man, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, showed his class today at the Archerfield Links with a superb second round of seven-under-par 65 - the next best score on the day was a 71 - to win the £1,700 first prize Major Golf Tour's The Master Golf Championship for players aged 26 and under, a tournament organised by former England football international David Platt.
Trailing after a first-round 77, Saltman surged up through the field to win with a two-under-par total of 142 - a shot ahead of Danny Belch whose scores lurched the other way: a first-round 68 followed by a 75. Belch will have been happy to pocket a £1,000 cheque.
Greg McBain from Royal Dornoch earned £600 f0r finishing fourth with a 72 for 146 while former Scottish amateur stroke and match-play champion Kevin McAlpine from Alyth slipped back to fifth place on 147, slumping from a first-day 70 to a 77. Kevin's payslip was for £550.
And yet another Scot, Stephen Clark, who played on the US college circuit and is now a professional, finished sixth on 148 and earned £550.
Liam Jeffrey won the amateur event with a two-round Stableford total of 69 points, with tournament host Platt unable to repeat his first-round fireworks as he finished on 63pt.
+David Platt is a hands-on organiser. He personally supplied Scottishgolfview.com with all the scores and details of the money prizes. Well done, David!
FINAL TOTALS
Total prize fund: £7,000
Par 144 (2x72)
142 Lloyd Saltman 77 65 (£1,700).
143 Danny Belch 68 75 (£1,000).
144 Dale Marmion 73 71 (£700).
146 Greg McBain 74 72 (£600).
147 Kevin McAlpine 70 77 (£550).
148 Stephen Clark 73 75 (£550).
149 James Westwood 72 76, Ryan Riley 74 75, Steven Hume 74 75 (£392 each).
150 James McGhee 75 75, Ben Brierley 78 72, Ian Gregory 72 78 (£167 each).
151 Kenny Monaghan 76 75 (£100)).
152 Adam Taylor 78 74, Ryan Buckley 77 75, Jon Jones 79 73 (£59 each).
153 Thomas Higson 79 74.
154 Graham Neville 79 75, Stuart Hemming 78 76.
157 David Laing 75 82.
159 Zack Saltman 80 79.
160 Ryan O'Neill 81 79.
161 Declan Dixon 82 79.
163 Bobby King 84 79.
165 Scott Wilson 85 80.
170 Steven Mayer 86 84
171 Kyle Denham 86 85
Retired - Adam Partington 79 -, Stuart Burns 84 -.