HIGHLANDER KYLE GODSMAN IS LYING SECOND, A SHOT OFF PACE

BARRY HUME LEADS INTO LAST TWO

ROUNDS OF LEVEN GOLD MEDAL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Reinstated amateur Barry Hume (Haggs Castle) leads this weekend's SGU 72-hole Order of merit event, the Leven Gold Medal, at the halfway stage.

With rounds of 72 and 68 for two-under-par 140, the Haggs Castle man, pictured right, a former Scottish amateur champion who had a short lean spell in the pro ranks, leads by one shot from Kyle Godsman, who has recently completed four years on the US college golf circuit as a student at the University of South Carolina-Aiken.

Hopeman-based member of Lossiemouth's Moray Golf Club, Godsman (pictured left) has had rounds of 72 and 69.

It's deja vu for Hume who showed good form last week in reaching the semi-finals of the Scottish amateur championship at Downfield, having won the title at his peak as an amateur in 2001. And since then he has won the Bothwell Castle Quaich Open with a six-under-par total over 36 holes.
No doubt that Barry has the experience, the ability and  temperament to stay in front over Sunday's final two rounds. He's done it all before  - unless one of his challengers puts together two sub-70 scores over the second half of the tournament.

With most of the Scottish stars otherwise engaged in the last day of the Euroepan amateur championship at The Duke's, St Andrews, Hume must be a hot favourite to score his first Order of merit tournament win in his second coming as an amateur.

The cut fell at 12-over-par 154

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

par 142 (2x71) CSS 73 74

140 Barry Hume (Haggs Castle) 72 68
141 Kyle Godsman (Moray) 72 69
142 David Mitchell (Leven Th) 69 73, Alasdair McDougall (Elderslie) 68 74

143 Greg Forrester (Lundin) 72 71.

144 Jeff Wright (Forres) 71 73.

145 Kenny Macaskill (Turnberry Hotel) 76 69,
Christopher MacLean (Balmore) 73 72, Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 72 73, Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 71 74.

146 Craig Smith (Camperdown) 77 69, Scott Michie (Kinross) 75 71, Alan Sutherland (Ladybank) 72 74, Anthony Blaney (Liberton) 72 74.

147 Scott Stewart-Cation (Leven Th) 71 76.

148 Jack Harling (Banchory) 76 72, John Duff (Newmachar) 74 74, Steve Rogerson (Lundin) 73 75, Andrew Campbell (Dumbarton) 73 75, Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 73 75, Ryan Campbell (Falkirk) 71 77.

149 Chris Low (Tantallon) 76 73, Lyle McAlpine (Royal Dornoch) 73 76, Jake Hogg (St Andrews New) 73 76, Angus Carrick (Douglas Park) 73 76 150 Greg Smail (Craigielaw) 73 77, Oliver Roberts (Hong Kong) 73 77, Scott Strachan (Letham Grange) 72 78, Andrew Davidson (Charleton) 71 79, Joshua Jamieson (St Andrews New) 70 80.

151 Paul Reilly (Kilmacolm) 77 74, Craig Chalmers (Cawder) 76 75, Alex Moir (Thornton) 74 77.

152 Tom Watson (S Africa) 78 74, Lewis Bain (Turnhouse) 77 75, Steven Aitken (Leven GS) 73 79.

153 Ed Wood (Crow Wood) 77 76, David Paterson (Leven GS) 72 81

154 Sean McGarvey (Dunbar) 80 74, Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle) 74 80.

MISSED THE CUT

155 Michael Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 80 75, Calum McAndrew (Leven Th) 79 76, Connor Neil (Blairgowrie) 77 78, Greg Wishart (Lundin) 72 83.

156 Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay, Arran) 79  77, Ross McEwan (Troon Welbeck) 79 77, Andrew Collier (Balbirnie Park) 77 79, Fraser Carr (Crail GS) 76 80
157 Greg Miller (Bathgate) 78 79 

158 Nick Peoples (Tantallon) 78 80, Scott Brownlie ((Burntisland) 76 82
159 Jordan Shaw (Boat of Garten) 82 77, Simon Lockhart (Bathgate) 81 78, Paul Ratcliffe (Thortnon) 80 79, Ryan White (Leven GS) 76 83.

162 Ross Brydon (Bruntsfield Links) 81 81

164 Craig Wallace (Balbirnie Park) 73 91.
NO RETURNS
Mark Anderson (Leven Thistle) 72 NR
Stuart Hill (Bothwell Castle) 74 NR
Garry McLetchie (Leven Golfing Socity) NR 75
Sean Walter (West Linton) 78 NR
Myles Johnston (West Lothian) 82 NR