PATTERSON LEADS FIRST SENIOR QUALIFYING ROUND AT ALYTH

Sunningdale's Tony Patterson led the field with a par-matching 70 at the end of the first qualifying round at the Scottish senior men's amateur match-play championship at Alyth Golf Club today.
Paterson will start the second round of the elimination contest - which will produced 32 qualifiers - with a two-stroke lead from Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth).
If the cut had been made on the first-round scores, then 79 would
have been the vital number.

SCOTTISH SENI0R MEN'S AMATEUR MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Alyth Golf Club
Par 70
First qualifying round leaders
70 Tony Patterson (Sunningdale).
71 Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth).
73 Lindsay Gordon (Turnhouse), Graeme Millar (Swanston New),  David Taylor (Dunfermline).
74 George Rodaks (Pitreavie), Derek Murphy (Kinross), Denis McQuade (Glenbervie), Jim Watt (Edzell), Bill Erskine (Kilsyth), Bob Stewart (Tulliallan)
75 James T Johnston (Northumberland), David J Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie).