LAURIE PHILLIPS LEADING QUALIFIER AT CRUDEN BAY FOUR-DAY OPEN

Home course player Laurie Phillips is the leading scratch qualifier on 143 for the match-play stages of the Cruden Bay Challenge Cup Four-Day Open tournament.

Lawrie had a 75 and then a superb second-round 6 in testing conditions.

CHALLENGE CUP QUALIFIERS

Scratch – L. Phillips 143; C. Gilbert 144; N. McAndrew 146; D. McAndrew 148; J. Godward 151; I. Castles 153; A. Middleton junior, M. Wilson 154; S. Ingram, W. Main, M. Buchan 155; S. McCulloch 159; W. Wood Jr 160; S. Lawrie 161; J. Cardno 162; M. Jones 163.

Handicap

Division 1 – S. Norrie (8), J. Strang (8) 148; R. Willox (6), A. Thomson (7) 154; S. Hutcheon (5), E. Roberts (9) 155; J. Cooper (6), G. Gillan (9), D. Thomson (9), 156; S. Brown (4), D. Houghton (6), F. Durno (9), M. Corrie (5), A. Hastie (10), H. Dunsmore (9) 158; M. C. Smith (7) 159.

Division 2 – C. Watson (11) 150; G. Henderson (13), D. T. Grant (12) 155; W. Prince (18), W. G. Wood (13) 157; C. Adams (12), C. T. Buchan Jr (12) 158; S. Watson (13) 160; D. Benison (12), J. Clark (17) 161; E. O’Hare (11), J. McCormick (20) 162; R. Horseley (15) 163; T. Hamilton (11), S. Sherwood (11) 164; N. McLeave (11) 165;