FIVE-DAY TOURNAMENT STARTS AT SOUTHERNESS ON SOLWAY FIRTH

MALCOLM REID FAVOURITE TO BE 

SENIOR MATCH-PLAY TOP SEED 

Anglo-Scot Malcolm Reid looks set to be top seed in the Scottish senior men's amateur match-play championship at Southerness Golf Club on the Solway Firth.

Reid, picture by courtesy of Steve Ellis, held a three-shot lead with a round of 73 at the end of the first stroke-play qualifying round today.
Edzell's Jim Watt, the defending champion, opened with an 80.
The 32 players with the lowest 36-hole aggregates will go forward to the match-play..
There is a Super-Seniors' section for those aged 65 and over. Their qualifying and match-play will be played under handicap.The eight lowest net totals qualify here.

SCOTTISH SENIOR MEN'S AMATEUR MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Southerness Golf Club
First qualifying round leading scores 
Par 69      
73 M Reid (Sonning)
76 L Pirie (Millport), M Townsley (Dumfries and Co), L Blair (Grangemouth).
77 I Brotherston (Dumfries and Co), A Harkness (Southerness).
78 D Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie).
79 D Gardner (Broomieknowe), D Dickson (Lochmaben), W Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox).
80 I Gillan (Bishopbriggs), James Johnston (Northumberland), J Watt (Edzell), J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen), T Patterson (Sunningdale), B Smith (Hamilton), John Johnston (Lanark)
81 I Taylor (Eyemouth), A MacGregor (Hazlehead), K Thomson (Bramhall Park), B Brooks (Meldrum House)
82 A Clark (Dumfries and Co), I Jeen (St Andrews New), G Doig (Southerness), D McQuade (Glenbervie).
83 G Rodaks (Pitreavie).
84 D Wilson (Clober)
85 D Taylor (Dunfermlline), G Thomson (Glasgow), J Russell (Monarch Dunes), J Bunting (Ballochmyle), A Lamond (Glasgow).
86 J McDonald (Cowglen), A Smith (Turriff)
87 R Gray (Irvine), G Kennedy (Olton), A E Raphael (St Andrews), K Ross (Beith), N Chisholm (Kemnay)
88 R Stewart (Tulliallan), C Halcrow (Windyhill).
89 S Miller (Cochrane Castle).
90 I Kerr (Kilmacolm), P Kinloch (Cardross).
91 K  Bruce (Edzell), J Kinloch (Cardross), J McManus (Uphall).
96 D Hunter (Southerness), D Lindsay (Kilmarnock Barassie).

SUPER-SENIORS (Aged 65 and over)
FIRST HANDICAP QUALIFYING ROUND
76 T Carson (Lockerbie) (6).
79 D A Millar (St Andrews New) (5), K Howie (West Kilbride) (5).
80 S Scott (Linlithgow) (8)
81 D Shamash (Kirkcudbright) (7), G Gray (Newmachar) (7).
83 I  Peddie (Tulliallan) (9).
86 J Broadfoot (Turnberry) (4).
88 R Goodale (Aberdour) (9).
91 D Nelson (Aboyne) (8), B Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert) (5).
96 M Mather (Ballater) (8).