FINALIST FINDLAY NOT SEEDED for NEXT WEEK'S SCOTTISH AMATEUR

Twelve months after reaching the final of the Scottish amateur championship at Gullane, Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay finds himself unseeded for the SGU's flagship match-play tournament at Western Gailes Golf Club, Ayrshire next week.
Findlay went on to win the Scottish Alliance championship over Newburgh and Murcar Links last autumn.
He is a former British boys' championand was also beaten in the final of the British boys championship the following year.
Although Fraserburgh's Kris Nicol is seeded No 3, the seeding has not been kind to Buchan players.
Apart from Findlay, Peterhead's Philip McLean is not named as one of the eight seeds.
Winner of the Newlands Trophy 72-hole SGU Order of Merit event at Lanark on Sunday for the second year in a row, Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe) is also not seeded.
Hazlehead's David Law, Scottish boys' and men's champion in 2009, is seeded No 5.
The eight players who are seeded to reach the quarter-finals are:

1 Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck).
2 James Byrne (Banchory).
3 Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh).
4 Greg Paterson (St Andrews New).
5 David Law (Hazlehead).
6 Ross Kellett (Colville Park).
7 James White (Lundin).
8 Paul Shields (Kirkhill).