PROS CHASE £1,000 PRIZE IN NEXT WEEK'S

SCOTTISH ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

PGA Cup player Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst),  pictured, and Ladybank's Alan Lockhart will be among the leading contenders for the first professional prize of £1,000 in next week's Scottish Golfers' Alliance championship over 54 holes at Murcar Links and Newburgh-on-Ythan from Tuesday to Thursday.
The amateur field is headed by Fraserburgh's Kris Nicol, who plays off +4, and Philip McLean (Peterhead) who has +3 of a handicap.
There are two female competitors, Scotland international Laura Murray (Alford) and Aberdeenshire county champion Sammy Leslie (Westhill).
Roughly half the field will qualify for the third and final round at Murcar Links on Thursday.
Players will set off in either pairs or threes at 10min tee time intervals.
ORDER OF PLAY
Murcar Links Tuesday, Newburgh on Ythan Wednesday
8.30 C Cassie (Nigg Bay), E McIntosh (Newmachar);
J Duncan (Newburgh), J Fowler (Hayston); G Brown (Montrose Links), S Kennedy (Craibstone).
9.10 A Davidson (Northern), A Lockhart (Ladybank), P Morrison (Oldmeldrum); K Beveridge (Inchmarlo), R Brown (Inverurie), P B Kinloch (Cardross).
9.30 T Mathieson (Dunbar), A K Pirie (Hazlehead), R Stewart (Tulliallan); M Brown (Inverurie), P Jamieson (Dunblane New), J L S Kinloch (Cardross); R Harrower (Boat of Garten), K Nicol (Fraserburgh).
10.0 J Forrest (Northern), J Kinsella (Braemar), L Sutherland (Ballumbie Castle); I Graham (Crow Wood), S E Harrod (Ballumbie Castle), N Stewart (Northern); A Dunton (McDonald Ellon), A Graliat (Crow Wood), C Westland (Alloa).
10.30 P Brookes (Pitreavie), G Finlay (Ballumbie Castle), Laura Murray (Alford); G Homer (Northern), R Leadley (American Golf), K M Thomson (Alloa); R J S Coupar (Boat of Garten), J D Murray (Banchory), J Rennie (Dunfermline).
11.0 D Bisset (Banchory), D Leslie (Northern), M Louden (Glencorse); I Bratton (Newburgh), G Cree (Troon Welbeck), D Randall (Banchory).
11.30 A Glass (Alloa), P Lamb (Biggar), D Nelson (Aboyne); W Forbes (Murcar Links), C Mathieson (Falkirk Tryst), D Wilson (Duff House Royal). 

Newburgh on Ythan Tuesday; Murcar Links Wednesday
8.40 A Campbell (Deeside), D Philip (Newburgh).
9.0 R Alison Deeside), A Brews (Murcar Links); M Rendall (Stonehaven), G G Wither (Lothianburn); P W McIntosh (Newburgh), H Roulston (Stonehaven).
9.30 J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen), G Knapp (Muir of Ord), H McNaughton (Cruden Bay); M Forster (Cruden Bay), L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen); M Fraser (The Duke's), A Graham (Aboyne), P McLean (Peterhead).
10.0 G Allan (Newburgh), R Murray (West Lothian), G Wilson (Musselburgh); D Bingham (Newburgh), G Hume (The Duke's), G Murray (Spey Bay); K Duncan (McDonald Ellon), P Guthrie (Peterculter), J Wilson (Dunfermline).
10.30 P Cornfield (Auchmill), D McKay (Newmachar), A Reid (West Lothian); G Allan (Newmachar), J Crawford (Dunblane New), B Lumsden (Northern); G S Brown (Portlethen), J MacKay (Kilmarnock Barassie), M Rogers (Kemnay.
11.0 A Boxx (Boat of Garten),  Sammy Leslie (Westhill), V P Ralph (Moray); A Hume (Troon Welbeck), P Jaffray (Duddingston), A L Terras (Elie).
11.20 J Lamb (Glencorse), J White (Harrison).
11.40 J Craig (Carnoustie), D MacKay (Caledonian).


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