ITALIAN BOY SETS HOT PACE INTO FORFAR'S FINAL TWO ROUNDS
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Italian youngster Luigi Botti shot a superb three-under par 66 to seize the first round lead of the Scottish Boys Under-16s Championship at Forfar today.
The 16-year-old Italian boy international from Turin – the same home town as Eduardo Molinari who defends the Barclays Scottish Open at Castle Stuart this week – enjoyed a flawless round on the Angus course, picking up three birdies with no dropped shots to open up a two shot lead going into tomorrow’s final two rounds.
Dumfries and County’s Conor Syme is one of three players chasing the young Italian on one-under par after a fine 68, embellished by a run of three birdies in the closing five holes.
Syme did very well to recover from a potentially demoralising start – a double bogey 6 at the second and another shot dropped at the third. But the Doonhamer covered the remaining holes in four under par with birdies at the fifth, 11th, 14th, 15th and 18th and only one further shot dropped, at the 12th.
Syme shares second place alongside the English duo of Taylor Hutton (Foxhills) and Jack Hermeston (City of Newcastle).
Scottish Boys Championship semi-finalist Callum Hill (Tantallon) was joined by fellow Lothians youngsters Euan Bowden (Glen) and Stuart Blair (Royal Musselburgh) on level par, while Bearsden’s Cameron Kirkwood also opened with a 69 to share fifth spot.
St Andrews’ Benjamin Kinsley, another player who reached the last four of the national boys’ match play in April, started his campaign with a one-over par 70, with Drumpeillier’s Innes Ferguson notching two birdies in his last five holes to also card a 70.
Last year’s runner-up Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie) is a further shot back on 71, with Gullane’s Alexander Wilson among a group of thirteen players on 72. The cut mark was 73, with forty-five players contesting tomorrow’s final two rounds, after heavy flooding caused the championship to be cut to 54 holes.
Craig Lawrie, son of former Open Champion Paul, missed the cut after carding a 78, which included a couple of double bogey 6s. Last year’s bronze medallist Nick Ward (Redbourn) was also a casualty.
SGU Events Manager Euan Mordaunt praised the Forfar course: “Considering the torrential rain we had nearly all day yesterday, the course was in fantastic conditions and has recovered superbly. Credit must go to the Forfar green keepers for turning it round and I’m sure we’ll have an exciting two rounds on Friday.”
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Italian youngster Luigi Botti shot a superb three-under par 66 to seize the first round lead of the Scottish Boys Under-16s Championship at Forfar today.
The 16-year-old Italian boy international from Turin – the same home town as Eduardo Molinari who defends the Barclays Scottish Open at Castle Stuart this week – enjoyed a flawless round on the Angus course, picking up three birdies with no dropped shots to open up a two shot lead going into tomorrow’s final two rounds.
Dumfries and County’s Conor Syme is one of three players chasing the young Italian on one-under par after a fine 68, embellished by a run of three birdies in the closing five holes.
Syme did very well to recover from a potentially demoralising start – a double bogey 6 at the second and another shot dropped at the third. But the Doonhamer covered the remaining holes in four under par with birdies at the fifth, 11th, 14th, 15th and 18th and only one further shot dropped, at the 12th.
Syme shares second place alongside the English duo of Taylor Hutton (Foxhills) and Jack Hermeston (City of Newcastle).
Scottish Boys Championship semi-finalist Callum Hill (Tantallon) was joined by fellow Lothians youngsters Euan Bowden (Glen) and Stuart Blair (Royal Musselburgh) on level par, while Bearsden’s Cameron Kirkwood also opened with a 69 to share fifth spot.
St Andrews’ Benjamin Kinsley, another player who reached the last four of the national boys’ match play in April, started his campaign with a one-over par 70, with Drumpeillier’s Innes Ferguson notching two birdies in his last five holes to also card a 70.
Last year’s runner-up Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie) is a further shot back on 71, with Gullane’s Alexander Wilson among a group of thirteen players on 72. The cut mark was 73, with forty-five players contesting tomorrow’s final two rounds, after heavy flooding caused the championship to be cut to 54 holes.
Craig Lawrie, son of former Open Champion Paul, missed the cut after carding a 78, which included a couple of double bogey 6s. Last year’s bronze medallist Nick Ward (Redbourn) was also a casualty.
SGU Events Manager Euan Mordaunt praised the Forfar course: “Considering the torrential rain we had nearly all day yesterday, the course was in fantastic conditions and has recovered superbly. Credit must go to the Forfar green keepers for turning it round and I’m sure we’ll have an exciting two rounds on Friday.”
QUALIFIERS FOR FINAL TWO ROUNDS
Par 69. SSS 69. CSS 69
66 Luigi Botta (Ita).
68 Taylor Hutton (Foxhills), Jack Hermeston (Newcastle), Connor Syme (Dumfries and Co), Calum Hill (Tantalon), Euan Bowden (The Glen), Stuart Blair (Royal Musselburgh), Caeron Kirkwood (Bearsden), Bjorn Bojesen (Den), Joel Lenz (Swi), Jake Storey (Alnmouth).
70 Ben Kinsley (St Andrews ), Innes Ferguson (Drumpellier).
71 Rice Thome (Ger), James Rooney (West Lancs), Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie), Renato Paratore (Ita), Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden), Willem Kerr (Craigielaw), Andrew Carrell (Peterculter).
72 Adam Chapman (Windermere), Lorenzo Scalise (Ita), Jack Walsh (Castle), Neal Woernhard (Swi), Alexander Wilson (Gullane), Alexander Henderson (Royal Ashdown Forest), William Aldred (Brocket Hall), Victor Van Dorn (Net), Alistair MacVicar (Glencruitten), Lewis Mutch (Duff House Royal), Andrew Burgess (Nairn), Robert Willemars (Blairgowrie), Vincent Abel (Ger), Adam Fisher (Inchmarlo), Lewis Murray (Troon Welbeck).
73 Jack Merry (Birstall), Connor Cook (Caird Park), Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie), Robert Johnson (Helensburgh), Tom Sloman (Taunton), Cameron Bennie (Balmore), Callum Gorrie (Kilmarnock Barassie), Alasdair McDougall (St Andrews New), Fraser Davren (Williamwood), Jevann Parmer (Leicstershire).
MISSED THE CUT
74 Euan Henderson (Kilmarnock Barassie), Christopher Kendall (Furness), Christopher Whatham (West Lancs), James Wilson (Balmore), Jack Moir (Cruden Bay), Andrew Frey (Crieff), Greg Purdie (Vale of Llangollen.
Selected score:
78 Craig Lawrie (Deeside).FOR ALL THE FIRST-ROUND SCORES AND THE CHANCE TO CHECK
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