HEATHER FAILS TO

QUALIFY FOR

NORTHERN OPEN

Heather MacRae, now attached to Downfield Golf Club, Dundee, has failed to win a place in the Northern Open championship at Meldrum House Golf Club, Oldmeldrum from September 21 to 23.
The former British women's amateur stroke-play champion, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, returned a score of nine-over-par 78 in today's qualifying round at Dunblane New.
Heather birdied the first and 11th but could not recover from double bogeys at the second and short seventh in an outward half of 42 although she did show better form with 36 for the inward nine.
In all 46 players qualified but only Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar) of the five on the 76 mark went through after a card countback.
Surprise non-qualifier with a 78 was Neil Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh), winner of the Torrance Young Pros event at Dundonald Links last week.
The qualifiers were jointly headed on one-under-par 68 by Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle) and Stuart Pardoe (unatt).
QUALIFIERS
Par 69
68 Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle), Stuart Pardoe (unatt).
69 Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park), Kyle Kelsall (unatt), Derek McIntosh (Elderslie).
70 Ian Taylor (Drumpellier), Gary Forbes (Murcar Links), Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park).
71 Alan E Reid (West Lothian), Jamie Stevenson (Braehead), David McCallum (Ralston).
72 Nigel Scott-Smith (Palacerigg), Scott Grieve (Turnhouse), Alastair Webster (Edzell), Andrew Fullen (Largs), Jonny Sharp (Carrick at Cameron House), Euan Cameron (Hamilton), Stewart Winter (Callander).
73 Ewan Davie (Dunblane New), Andrew Crerar (Panmure), Greg Paxton (Ralston), Alastair Thomson (Douglas Park), David Fleming (Prestwick), Lee Vannet (Carnouste Gofl Links), Owen Leslie (Craigentinny), Christopher Robinson (Dumfries and Galloway), Scott Herald (Mearns Castle), Greig McSporran (Kinross).
74 Garry Harvey (Kinross), David Blackadder (Kingsbarns), Paul Brookes (Pitreavie), Henry Wong (Wellgsreen), Michael Rae (alyth), Gregor Abel (Alloa), John Robertson (Glasgow), Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links), Paul Wytrazek (Burntisland), Mark Bruce (Gullane), Craig Imlah (Peebles), Shaun Clark (Elie), Martin Shaw (Kilmarnock Barassie), Patrick Lovie (P1 Corporate).
75 Neil Fenwick (Dunbar), Mark Finlayson (Edzell), Alan Mackay (Pumpherston).
76 Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar).
FAILED TO QUALIFY
76 (after card play-off) Michael Patterson (Kilmacolm), Michael Sweenie (Turnberry), Andrew Cooper (Newmachar), Gavin Alison (Carrick on Loch Lomond).
77 Graeme Stewart (Gleddoch), Craig Everett (Caldwell), Ryan Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo), Bert Mackay (Loch Lomond), Neil Murray (Cruden Bay), Alan Gowran (East Renfrewshire).
78 Sandy Aird jun (McDonald Ellon), Iain Donaldson (Meldrum House), Paul Wilson (World of Golf), Ian Rowlands (unatt), Neil Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh), Heather MacRae (Downfield).
Selected scores:
79 Ian Bratton (Newburgh on Ythan), Iain Buchan (Craibstone).