EAMON BRADLEY LEADS BY THREE IN SUTHERLAND CHALICE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Coatbridge 20-year-old Eamon Bradley is hot on the trail of his first victory in an SGU 72-hole Order of Merit event.

Home for the summer holidays after his first year at the University of Southeastern Louisiana, Mount Ellen Golf Club member Bradley, pictured,  is three strokes clear of the field at the halfway stage of the Sutherland Chalice tournament at Dumfries and Galloway.

Bradley has outstripped the field with back-to-back 66s fpr an eight-under-par two-round tally of 132.

He starts Sunday's third round three clear of the experienced Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) (66-69 for 135) and four ahead of the third-placed Craig Ross (Kirkhill) (66-70).
Royal Troon's Michael Smyth, one of the four joint leaders on four-under 66 at the end of the first round, which he started with an eagle, lost his way on the second circuit and finished with a 78 for 144.

Players with aggregates of 146 and better qualified for the final two rounds.

SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD

Par 140 (2x70) CSS 71 72

132 Eamon Bradley (Mount Ellen) 66 66

135 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 66 69

136 Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 66 70

137 Scott Crichton(Aberdour) 69 68, James White (Lundin) 69 68.

138 Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe) 72 66, Michael Daily (Erskine) 68 70, Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 67 71, Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 67 71.

139 Anthony Blaney (Liberton) 71 68.

140 Alan Sutherland (Ladybank) 72 68, Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 71 69, Ross Bell (Downfield) 69 71, Steven Stewart (Clydebank Overtain) 69 71

141 Neil Henderson (Renaissance) 71 70, Daniel Thompsett (Aboyne) 71 70, Jamie Lamb (Lanark) 70 71, Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 70 71, Jamie Savage (Cawder) 69 72, Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) 66 78.

142 Lewis Bain (Turnhouse) 72 70, Conor O'Neil (Pollok) 70 72, Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 70 72/.

143 Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 77 66, Chris Corbett (Dumfries and Galloway) 71 72, Scott Brown (Turnberry) 70 73, Calum Cochrane (Dalmahoy) 67 76.
144 Liam Johnston (Dumfries and Co) 73 71, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 71 73.
145 Liam Halliday (Cardross) 76 69, Angus Carrick (Douglas Park) 74 71, Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle) 74 71, Kenny MacAskill (Turnberry Staff), ColinColraine (Balmore) 72 73, Mark Owenson (Longniddry) 71 74, Scott Gibson (Southerness) 70 75; John Duff (Newmachar) 69 76, James Hendrick (Pollok) 69 76.
146 Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay, Arran) 76 70, Chris Robb (Meldrum House) 75 71, Tom Spencer (Meldrum House) 73 73, David Wilson (Troon Welbeck) 70 76, Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co) 69 77, Stuart Haddow (Falkirk) 69 77.
MISSED THE CUT
147 Stevem Rennie (Drumpellier) 74 73, Stuart McMehen (Falkirk Tryst) 72 75, Greig Marchbank (Dumfries and Co) 68 79. 
148 Fraser Johnston (Longniddry) 75 73, Brandon Burgess (Dumfries and Galloway) 74 74, Martin McNae (Lochmaben) 72 76, Richard Docherty (Bearsden) 72 76.
149 Dylan Joacobs (Kuilsrivier) 79 70, Paul Reilly (Kilmacolm) 78 71, Alasdair Maclennan (Kings Acre) 75 74, Clark Riddick (Southerness) 73 76
151 Michael Grunwell (Powfoot) 77 74, Christopher Wood (North Berwick) 74 77, Craig Smith (Pike Hills) 74 77, Robbie McBeth (Pines) 73 78.
152 Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 78 74, Keelan Africa (Riverside) 78 74, Mark Cox (Glenbervie) 76 76
153 Craig Hill (Pines) 80 73.
154 Michael Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 81 73, Ryan Walsh (Kirkcaldy) 79 75, Stuart McLaren (Bruntsfield Links) 76 78, Jordyn Rhind (Kingsfield) 76 78.
155 Scott Mann (Carnoustie) 75 80.
156 Ross Bryden (Bryuntsfield Links) 79 77, Andrew Grant (Dunblane New) 74 82.
159 Christiaan Rossouw (De Zalze) 81 78
160 Steven Maxwell (Windyhill) 75 85, Joubert Spies (Stellenbosch) 75 85.
Disqualified
Lee Jorgensen (Port Elizabeth) 77 dq.
Retired
Cameron Farrell (Cardross) 72 ret.
Keith Shanks (Golf House Club, Elie) ret.
Ryan Smith (Prestwick St Cuthberts) ret.
No Returns
Stuart Robin (Prestwick Nicholas) 72 NR
Kevin Duncan (Cruden Bay) 74 NR

Ben Irving (Dumfries and Calloway) 77 NR

Stephen Cairns (Dumfries and Galloway) 78 NR