ONLY HALF THE FIELD COMPLETE FIRST ROUNDS AT RAIN-HIT LADYBANK

Only half the field of 120 players had completed their first rounds after a rain-hit opening day in the Golf Data Lab Scottish youths open amateur stroke-play golf championship at Ladybank Golf Club, Fife. Play was first suspended and then latterly called off for the day with Anthony Blaney (Liberton) and Lundin's Cameron Mitchell sharing the lead on two-under-par 69. Following heavy rain at Ladybank Golf Club, play was abandoned for the day in the early evening with a number of players still to complete their opening rounds in Fife. The start of the second round has been delayed until 9.30am to allow 60 players to complete their first 18 holes. It certainly was not easy for those who did get back into the clubhouse before the suspension. Early starter Blaney made his 69 with three birdies in the space of four holes from the fifth. Fifer Mitchell had a great chance to knock Blaney off the top spot when he was four-under-par with five holes to play but a couple of late bogeys meant he had to share the pole position. The quartet sharing third place on 71 included Dundee';s Connar Cook (Cairk Park), semi-finalist in the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish boys match-play championship at Murcar Links last month. Top prospect Bradley Neil (Blairgowie) and Simon Fairburn (Torwoodlee), runner-up in the youths championship for the past two years, are also on 71. Defending champion Lyle McAlpine (Royal Dornoch) is on 78 .. but, weather permitted, he has three more rounds in which to make up the leeway. His first target will be to make the leading 40 and ties who will play the final two rounds on Sunday. GOLF DATA LAB SCOTTISH YOUTHS OPEN AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP Ladybank Golf Club, Fife FIRST ROUND Par 71 69 Anthony Blaney (Liberton), Cameron Mitchell (Lundin). 71 Connar Cook (Caird Park), Timothree Guin (France), Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie), Simon Fairburn (Torwoodlee). 72 Cameron Marr (Musselburgh), Thomas White (Kinross), Jamie Harrison (Rotherham, Jake Hogg (The Duke's). 73 Martial Ducler (France), Elliot Wilson (Goswick). 74 Kit Holmes (Hunstanton), Ryan Boyle (Bathgate), Scott Wearing (Bishopbriggs)). 75 Chirsopher Lamb (Newmachar), Greg Nicoll (Glenbervie), John Douoglas (Aberdour), Fraser Davren (Williamwood), Charlie MacNeal (Troon Welbck), Calum Hill (Tantallon)), Graeme Duncan (Kingsknowe), Greg Miller (Bathgate). 76 Cameron Farrell (Cardross), Niall McMullen (Lochgelly), Louis Murray (Troon Welbeck), Liam Halliday (Cardross), Greg Smail (Craigielaw), Greg Wishart (Charleton). 77 Ross McEwan (Cardross), Andrew Loch (Pumpherston), James Arthur (Kinross), Ben Murray (Portlethen), James Sutherland (Galgorm Castle), Jordan Shaw (Kingussie), Craig Chalmers (Lenzie), Alasdair McDougall (St Andrews New). 78 Jordan Milne (Elgin), Alasdair Simpson (North Berwick), Lyle McAlpine (Royal Dornoch), Robert Hughan (Newton Stewart), Tom Sloman (Taunton & Pickeridge), Conor Scott (Duddingston), Alistair Scott (Lanark), Ryan Walsh (Kirkcaldy). 79 Cameron Nelson (Nairn), Adam Fisher (Inchmarlo), Rory Tinker (Blairgowrie),). 80 Stephen Harrower (Kinross), David Gallacher (Glasgow), Jordan Gallagher (Cawder), Connor Neil (Blairgowrie). 81 Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle), Gavin Roger (Clober). 82 Jamie Reid (Cruden Bay). 83 Steven Smith (Deeside). 84 Mark Thomson (Grange), Ben Lindsay (Blairgowrie), Jack Brown (Cathcart Castle). 86 Andrew Grant (Dunblane New) ends