Chris Kelly keeps up fine form to share Hilton Park lead

FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
By NICK RODGER
Chris Kelly continued in the rich vein of form he has found to share top spot after the opening round of the latest Xltec Pro Golf Tour event at Hilton Park near Glasgow.
The former Scottish PGA champion, who won last week's Duke of Roxburghe Challenge on the Tartan Tour, fired a three-under 67 to finish alongside Stuart Pardoe in the race for the £850 first prize. Host club amateur Gordon Yates used his local knowledge to good effect and hit a 68 to sit in a share of third.
Carnoustie pro Keir McNicoll opened with a one-under 69, one stroke better than his younger sister Katy and Ladies European Tour rookie Kylie Walker.
Andrew Oldcorn, the 2001 PGA champion, finished five off the pace after a 72 while Lynn Kenny (74) and Clare Queen (78) both found the going tough.

Xltec Pro Golf Tour
Hilton Park Golf Club
TWO-ROUND TOURNAMENT
Par 70

Thursday's Round 2 Draw
08.00 Kenneth Glen (Musselburgh) 87
James Dick (Duddingston) 80

08.10 Eric Walker (Burntisland) 79
Clare Queen (Carrick on Loch Lomond) 78
Stuart Burns (unatt) 78

08.20 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) (amateur) 76
Graeme Stewart (Gleddoch) 76
Scott Garrett (Irvine) 75

08.30 Kimberley Crooks (Ladies European Tour) 75
Laura Harvey (Darlington) 75
Scott Pithie (Carluke) 75

08.40 Ben Irving (Kirkcudbright) 75
Paul Shields (Kirkhill) (amateur) 74
John Green (Hacienda del Alamo Golf Properties) 74

08.50 Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links) 74
Barry Campbell (Vale of Leven) 74
Vincent Brown (Westerwood) 74

09.00 FREE

09.10 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) (amateur) 73
Mark Loftus (Adam Hunter Golf) 73
James Smallwood (Fereneze) 73

09.20 Andrew Oldcorn (King’s Acre) 72
Alastair Thomson (Douglas Park) 72
David Roger (Windyhill) 72

09.30 Tracey Boyes (unatt) 72
Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) 71
Sean O’Donnell (Balbirnie) 71

09.40 Stewart Savage (Dalmuir) 71
Paul Betty (Hayston) (amateur) 71
Craig Gordon (unatt) 71

09.50 Alan Waugh (Clydebank & District) 71
Tom Buchanan (Duddingston) 70
Alastair Brown (Whitecraigs) 70

10.00 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 70
Kylie Walker (unatt) 70
Katie McNicoll (Carnoustie Golf Shop) 70

10.10 Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie Golf Shop) 69
Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) 69
Chris Russell (RAW Design) 69

10.20 Scott Henderson (Kings Links) 69
Stephen Gray (Hayston) 69
Euan Cameron (Hamilton) 68

10.30 Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) (amateur) 68
James McGhee (Turnhouse) 68
John Gallagher (Swanston) 68

10.40 Corisande Lee (West Lancs) 68
Stu Pardoe (Belmont Vauxhall) 67
Chris Kelly (Cawder) 67

+The leading lady professional at the end of 36 holes at Hilton Park is guaranteed a bonus prize of £400, thanks to the generosity of a group of men, women and companies, in all the Xltec Pro Tour events. All of the donors chipped in £200 each. One wished to remain anonymous. The others are:

Stewart Spence (The Marcliffe Hotel at Pitfodels).
Dave McNicoll (Carnoustie Golf Shop).
Karen Ogilvy (Castle Group).
Allan Ingram (Industrial Cleaning Services).
David Laing (Civil Engineers).
Kenny Burnside (Yolund Ltd).
CDFS Financial Services.
Neil Hampton (Loch Ness golf course, Inverness )
Clydesdale Bank Bearsden
Campbell Dallas (Chartered Accounts)
Paterson Holms (Solicitors)

+The donors' list also added £500 to the total prize fund for the Hilton Park competition, which raised it to around £5,200 (47 x £100 +£500) depending on the entry fees paid by the male amateurs.

+The lady pros are playing off forward tees, a course which is 10% shorter for them than it is for the male pros. But there is only one prize list, incorporating the male and female professionals.

+The prize list at the end of 36 holes will cover 30 per cent of the field, approximately the leading 14 from a total of 47. First prize is £850.