THREE SHARE LEAD IN SENIORS' MATCH-PLAY QUALIFYING ROUND

Broomieknowe's David Gardner, Ian Taylor (Royal Burgess) and Gordon MacDonald (Callander) shared the lead with par 71s at the end of the first qualifying round in the Scottish senior men's amateur match-play championship at Monifieth links today.
They are a shot ahead of the "local hero" Ian Hutcheon, Stephen Ellis (Innellan) and Fraser McCluskey (Royal Burgess).
The leading 32 players after Tuesday's second stroke-play round will qualify for the match-play stages.
Last year's champion Tony Stafford (Gleneagles) is injured and unable to defend the title.
The qualifying mark should be in the region of 158/159 with the leading 32 scoring 79 or better on the first day.
First qualifying round
Par 71 CSS 72
71 David Gardner (Broomieknowe)
71 Ian Taylor (Royal Burgess)
71 Gordon MacDonald (Callander)
72Stephen Ellis (Innellan)
72 Ian C Hutcheon (Monifieth)
72 Fraser McCluskey (Royal Burgess)
73 Graham Cox (Pollok)
73 Bill Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox)
74 Keith Bruce (Edzell)
74 Ian Gillan (Bishopbriggs)
74 George Rodaks (Moffat)
74 Jalil Aman (Grangemouth)
74 Alex Ritchie (Bothwell Castle)
75 Jim Watt (Edzell)
75 David J Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) 
76 Norman MacLeod (St Andrews)
76 Alistair Fiddes (Deeside)
76 Andrew Campbell (Kinross)
76 Gordon Doig (Southerness)
76 Derek Murphy (Kinross)
76 Colin Christy (Kilmacolm)
77 Iain Stewart (Kilmarnock Barassie)
77 Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead
77 David J Smith (Stirling)
77 Scott MacDonald (Dunfermline)
77 Sandy Fairweather (Caledonia)
78 Ron McDonald (Monifieth Golf Links
78 Bob Stewart (Tulliallan)
78 Ron Walker (Arbroath Artisan)
78 John J Johnston (Lanark)
79 Charles Brown (Auchterarder)
79 Brian Smith (Kilmacolm)
79 Keith Howie (West Kilbride)
79 James T Johnston (Northumberland)
79 Denis McQuade (Glenbervie)
80 Richard T Gray (Cowglen)
80 John W McDonald (Cowglen)
80 James Kinloch (Cardross)
80 Brian Kidd (Panmure)
81 David A Millar (St Andrews New)
81 Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and County)
81 Fraser Sharp (Boat-of-Garten)
81 David Downie (Kirriemuir) 
81 Peter Kinloch (Cardross)
82 Tom Carson (Lockerbie)
82 Gordon Thomson (Bearsden)
83 Donald Moore (Hong Kong)
83 Alan Nelson (Banchory)
84 John Hamilton (Murcar Links)
84 Jim Campbell (Panmure)
88 Brian Highley (Buchanan Castle)
89 Sandy Quinn (Stirling)