SOUTHERNESS MAN HAS COMMANDING LEAD WITH TWO ROUNDS TO GO

GREAT SCOT! GIBSON GOES FIVE 

CLEAR IN SUTHERLAND CHALICE

Scott Gibson (Southerness) has a commanding five-stroke lead  at the halfway stage of this weekemd's SGU 72-hole Order of Merit event, the Sutherland Chalice at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club.
A former Scotland cap who played on the US college circuit when a student at East Tennessee State University, Gibson has shot rounds of 66 and 64 for a 10-under-par tally of 130.
Another past international Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon)  is Gibson's nearest challenger on 135 after rounds of 68 and 67.
Gibson is seven shots ahead of the two players sharing third place on 137, Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) and Daniel Young (Craigie Hill).
The low-scoring potential on the course was underlined by Royal Aberdeen's Nick Macandrew, who beat Jamie Savage in a play-off for the Battle Trophy at Crail earlier in the summer.
Macandrew came whistling home in only 30 shots for a second-round 68 but his 139 tally leaves him nine strokes to make up on Gibson over the final 36 holes. Gibson's halves, by the way, in his 64 were 32-32.
Defending champion Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) is 11 shots behind leader Gibson at the halfway point after rounds of 68 and 73.

SUTHERLAND CHALICE
Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club
LEADING SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70) CSS 71 71
130 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 66 64
135 Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 68 67
137 Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) 68 69, Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 67 70.
138 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 71 67, Lawrence Allan (Alva) 68 70.
139 Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 71 68, Greig Marchbank ( (Thornhill) 71 69
140 Jeff Wright (Forres) 68 72
141 Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 70 71, Mathew Clark (Kilmacolm) 68 73, Clark Riddick (Southerness) 67 74
142 Liam Johnston (Dumfries and Co) 71 71, Craig Hill (Dumfries and Galloway)  70 72
143 Chris Corbett (Dumfries and Galloway) 73 70
144 Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay, Arran)  71 73, Alan Birdsall (Dumfries and Co) 70 74, Rowan Marchbank (Dumfries and Galloway)  69 75
145 Lewis Bain (Turnhouse)74 71, Greg O'Neill (Dullatur)  73 72, Ben Craggs (Glenbervie)  70 75
146 Craig Deerness (Harburn) 77 69.m, Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle)  74 72, David Brodie (Wigton and Bladnoch)  74 72, Mike Gray (North Berwick) 71 75.
147 Mark Owenson (Longniddry) 76 71
148  Scott Mann (Carnoustie) 76 72, Franklin Manchest (South Africa) 75 73, Alan Sutherland (Ladybank) 72 76
149 Alasdair Simpson (North Berwick) 71 78
150 Nick Peoples (Tantallon) 78 72, Andrew Kerr (Crichton) 78 73, Daniel Thompsett (Aboyne) 76 74, Kyle McClung (Witgownshire Co) 76 74
John Duff (Newmachar) 75 75, James Johnston (Greenburn) 74 76, Fraser Grant (Ralston) 73 77. 
151 Brandon Burgess (Dumfries and Galloway0 78 73, Jamie Booth (Cathkin Braes) 76 75, Russell Murray (Moffat) 72 79, Kenny MacAskill (Turnberry Staff) 71 80, George Corbett jun (Dumfries and Co) 78 73. 
MISSED THE CUT 
152 Sam Burns (Caldwell) 78 74, Ryan Johnston (Dumfris and Co) 79 73, Craig Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 74 79
154 John McMahon (The Carrick) 79 75
155 Callum Beauchop (Glenbervie) 78 77, Alastair Thurlow (Murrayshall) 78 77
156 Ian McDowall (Cathkin Braes) 75 81, 
159 Hayden Garcia (South Africa) 81 78
163 Oliver Duffy (Craigielaw)  84 79.

SUNDAY TEE TIMES
07:53 and 12:00: MacAskill and Murray.

08:00 and 12:07: Booth and Burgess.
08:08 and 12:15: Grant and James Johnston
08:15 and 12:22: Duff and Thompsett
08:23 and 12:30: McClung and Peoples.
08:30 and 12:37: Kerr and Simpson
08:38 and 12:45: Sutherland and Manchest 
08:45 and 12:52: Mann and Owenson.
08:53 and 13:00:Gray and Baird.

09:00 and 13:07: Brodie and Deerness.
09:08 and 13:15: Craggs and O'Neill
09:15 and 13:22: Bain and Rowan Marchbank  09:23 and 13:30: Birdsall and Pennycott
09:30 and 13:37: Corbett and Grunwell
09:38 and 13:45: Hill and Liam Johnston
09:45 and 13:52: Riddick and Mathew Clark 
09:53 and 14:00: Rennie and Wright.

10:00 and 14:07 Macandrew and Greig Marchbank.
10:08 and 14:15: Allan and Borrowman 
10:15 and 14:22: Young and Smyth.
10:22 and 14:30: Dunton and Gibson