BRYAN FOTHERINGHAM KNOCKS OUT SEEDED ROSS BELL AT ROYAL DORNOCH

By COLIN FARQUHARSON 
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Day 1 of the Scottish amateur championship saw the demise of one seed (Paul Shields) and Day 2 raised the total of seeds on the sidelines to two when former Scotland cap, in 2005 and 2006, Bryan Fotheringham, now playing out of Inverness after many years at Forres, beat No 8 seed Ross Bell (Downfield) by 5 and 4 in the second round.
Fotheringham, pictured, one of the most successful players on the North amateur circuit for over a decade, knows the Royal Dornoch course as well as anyone although local knowledge did not save the club's General Manager and scratch player, Neil Hampton, from making an early exit! He had been tipped for a good run.
The draw was unkind to Hampton - a first-round tie against Grant Forrest (Craigielaw), the 2010 Scottish boys' match-play champion and now a student at San Diego University in California where he turned in some very good performances in the 2011-2012 US college season.
Forrest beat Hampton by 3 and 2 and could be one to keep an eye on in that quarter of the draw.
The seeds who played and won on Day 2 were:

FIRST ROUND

Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) (No 7) bt John Mathers (Haggs Castle) 1 hole.
Brian Soutar (Leven Golfing Society) (No 2) bt Ian Wilson (Marriott Dalmahoy) 3 and 2.
Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) (No 3) bt Cameron Nelson (Nairn) 3 and 2.

SECOND ROUND

Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) (No 1) bt Bryan Innes (Murcar Links) 5 and 3.
Paul Ferrier (Baberton) (No 4 ) bt Steven Stamper (Turnberry) 3 and 2.

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