PAUL JAMIESON LEADS FIRST SET OF GLENEAGLES QUALIFIERS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com

 Paul Jamieson (Dunblane New) returned a three-under-par 68 to head the 14 qualifiers by three shots from Lee Vannet (Carnoustie Golf Links), the 1984 British boys' champion, in the first 18-hole qualifying competition at Crieff Golf Club for the Scottish PGA championship over the King’s Course, Gleneagles from October 10 to 13.MISSED THE CUT 

Jamieson birdied the sixth, seventh, ninth, 17th and 18th, dropping shots to par only at the 10th and 16th.

There was a play-off between the seven players who returned 74s to reduce the number of qualifiers to the precise figure of 14.
Those who came through the play-off were Jonathan Lomas (unatt), Scott Grieve (Turnhouse), Michael Rae (Alyth) and Nigel Scott-Smith (Turnhouse).
Eliminated in the play-off were: Paul Wilson (Cawder), Jamie Carver (unatt) and Jamie Wales (Kings Acre).

Three girls were among the non-qualifiers.

Emma Fairnie (Dunbar), the 2010 East Lothian women’s county champion, had a 75 which included two birdies.

Clare-Marie Macaulay, wife of Callum, the Challenge Tour player and former Scottish amateur champion, had a 76. She dropped six shots to par over the last eight holes.

Michele Thomson, the 2008 Curtis Cup player and Scottish women's amateur champion who has been doing well in Tartan Tour events, suffered a loss of form in this eliminator. She went round in 78 with a double bogey 6 at the 12th and a further three shots dropped at the 13th, 15th and 17th.

Biggest name among the non-qualifiers in a field of 67 was Alan Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy) with a 77.
+Apologies to Emma Fairnie for an earlier report which said she had qualified for the Scottish PGA championship - EDITOR

SCOTTISH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP - First qualifying competition

Crieff Golf Club

QUALIFIERS

(Par 71)

68 Paul Jamieson (Dunblane New).

71 Lee Vannet (Carnoustie Golf Links).

72 John Ruth (Clydeway Golf), Scott Herald (Adam Hunter Golf).

73 Michael Patterson (Kilmacolm), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle), Joseph McBrearty (Haggs Castle), Stuart Morrison (Tain), Anthony Mackrell (Playsport Golf), Scott Catlin (Greenburn).

74  Scott Grieve (Turnhouse), Nigel Scott-Smith (Turnhouse), Michael Rae (Alyth), Jonathan Lomas (unatt).

MISSED THE CUT 

74 (beaten in play-off) Paul Wilson (Cawder), Jamie Carver (unatt), Jamie Wales (Kings Acre).

75 Duncan Anderson (Murrayfield), Mark Berrie (Braid Hills), Stewart Savage (Dalmuir), Adam McCabe (Gordon Sherry Golf), Ken Campbell (Machrihanish), Emma Fairnie (Gullane), Ross Neill (Drumpellier), Garry Forrester (St Andrews Golf School), Scott Gillespie (Burntisland), Kevin Phillips (Winterfield), Ewan MacPherson (Auchterarder).

76 Clare-Marie Macaulay (Playsport Golf), Steven Moir (Aboyne), Sam McLaren (Crieff), Chrfistopher Boyle (Lanark), Greig McSporran (Kinross), Craig Knowles (Panmure), Fraser Clarke (Newmachar), Graham Mackay (Prestonfield).

77 Craig Armstrong (Burntisland), Alasdair Macdonald (Dunnikier Park), Cameron Tortolano (Stirling), Alan Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy), David Addison (Kilmarnock Barassie), Nicky Sinclair (Prestwick), Shaun Clark (Elie SC), Duncan Williamson (Kirkhill), Rob Satterley (Swanston), Brian Mason (Callaway Golf), David-Ross Nicol (Dunblane).

78 Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar), Stephen Forbes (Deaconsbank), Matthew Sellors (Scottish Golf Centre) Michael McAllan (Glenbervie), Luke Barbour (Cruden Bay), Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon), Gareth Hardy (Belleisle), Stuart Williamson (West Kilbride).

Selected other score:

79 James Boyce (Erskine).

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