LAMB LEADS CRIEFF QUALIFIERS FOR


SCOTTISH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Broomieknowe's Stephen Lamb squeezed eight birdies into a six-under-par round of 65 to pick up the £100 prize for heading a massive field of 149 in today's (Wed) Gleneagles Scottish PGA championship qualifying round at Crieff Golf Club.
Lamb's halves of 32-33 included five birdies in a row from the fifth to the ninth. He had a couple of bogeys, at the fourth and 17th.
The standard of scoring at the top end of the leaderboard was very good indeed.
To claim one of the 24 spots in the championship over the King's Course, Gleneagles from October 14 to 17 a player had to shoot one-under-par 70 or better.
In fact, two of the six players who did return 70s - Craig Knowles (Panmure) and Scott Finlayson (Scotland for Golf) were eliminated in a play-off.
Also unsuccessful were the two female professionals in the field. Antonia Ffinch (Aberdour) missed out with a six-over 77. She came home in 35 after a nervous start which saw her bogey five of the first six holes.
Heather MacRae (Downfield), who has qualified in the past for the Scottish championship, failed this time with a 78 (39-39).QUALIFIERS
Par 71
65 Stephen Lamb (Broomieknowe).
66 Scott Grieve (Turnhouse), Tom Buchanan (Duddingston), Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon), Andrew Crerar (Panmure).
67 Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park), Iain Hanna (Strathclyde Park).
68 Paul Jamieson (Dunblane New), Craig Everett (Caldwell), Jonny Sharp (Carrick at Cameron House), Greg McBain (Royal Dornoch).
69 Matthew Burt (Helensburgh), Nigel Scott-Smith (Palacerigg), Alan Purdie (Kingsbarns), Calum Lawson (Blairgowrie), Stuart Williamson (West Kilbride), Greg Paxton (Ralston), Christopher Robinson(Dumfries and Calloway), Neil Fenwick (Dunbar), Andrew Rollo (Moray).
70 Garry Forrester (St Andrews Golf School), Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links), Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park), Alistair Brown (Whitecraigs).
MISSED THE CUT
70 (after play-off) Craig Knowles (Panmure), Scott Finlayson (Scotland for Golf)
71 Jonnie Cliff (Murrayfield), Andrew McMahon (Grove Golf), Ross Neill (Drumpellier), David McCallum (Ralston), Gavin Cook (Prestonfield), Spencer Edwards (Carrick on Loch Lomond), Gordon Niven (Ping Europe Ltd), Ken Campbell (Machrihanish), Graham Forbes (Gourock), Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar), Mark Finlayson (Edzell).
72 Andrew Marshall (Houston GR), Scott Catlin (Greenburn), Iain Stoddart (Uphall), Euan Cameron (Hamilton), David Gordon unatt), David Ross Nicol (Dundonald Links), Scott Herald (Mearns Castle), Martin Shaw (Kilmarnock Barassie).
73 Donald McKay (Wellsgreen), Stuart Reekie (Blairgowrie), Andrew Meikle (Archerfield), Alastair J Webster (Edzell), John Robertson (Glasgow), Kevin Campbell (Greenock), Michael Patterson (Kilmacolm), Scott McGrenaghan (Cochrane Castle), Ricky Gray (Renfrew).
Selected non-qualifiers
74 Lee Vannet (Carnoustie Golf Links), Dean Vannet (Peterculter), Ryan Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo), Andrew Cooper (Newmachar), Jonas Hedberg (Royal Aberdeen).
75 Jonathan Lomas (unatt).
76 Antonia Ffinch (Aberdour).
77 Heather MacRae (Downfield).