NORTH GAUTENG OPEN AMATEUR STROKE PLAY

BRADLEY NEIL FINISHES JOINT THIRD  IN SOUTH AFRICA

Blairgowrie teenager Bradley Neil, 18, on his first trip to South Africa as a member of the Scottish Golf Union Squad, finished third equal in the North  Gauteng open amateur stroke play at Silver Lakes Country Club, Pretoria, a weather-delayed 72-hole tournament that ended on Sunday.
Last year's Scottish boys' match-play champion had scores of 73, 72, 69 and 70 for four-under-par 284 - two shots behind the South African winner, Keegan De Lange (72-70-73-67) and one behind the runner-up, also South African, Thriston Lawrence (74-67-76-66)Jamie Savage (Cawder) finished joint eighth in a field of 138 with scores of 73, 71, 69 and 74 for 287.
Daniel Young (Craigie Hill), Scott Gibson (Southerness) and Robert MacIntyre (Glencruitten) tied for 21st place on 294.
Young had rounds of 77, 76, 69 and 72; Gibson 74, 77, 72 and 71; MacIntyre 68, 74, 74 and 78.
Scott Borrowman (Dollar) finished T26 on 295, a shot ahead of Glenbervie's Graeme Robertson (T30) and two shots ahead of Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) and British boys champion Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden), tied for 33rd place. 

Next big competition for the squad is the South African amateur championship, beginning on February 4.

  NORTH GAUTENG OPEN STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Silver Lakes CC, Pretoria, South Africa
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Players from South Africa unless stated
Par 288 (4x72)
282 Keegan De Lange 72 70 73 67
283 Thriston Lawrence 74 67 76 66
284 Bradley Neil (Scotland) 73 72 6970, N J Arnoldi 72 74 70 68.
 
 OTHER SCOTTISH TOTALS
287 Jamie Savage 73 71 69 74 (T8)
294 Daniel Young 77 76 69 72, Scott Gibson 74 77 72 71, Robert MacIntyre 68 74 74 78 (T21)
295 Scott Borrowman 76 76 70 73 (T26)
296 Graeme Rob ertson 81 72 70 73 (T30)
298 Ben Kinsley 76 76 74 72, Ewen Ferguson 74 78 68 78 (T33)
Field of 138 players