Barry Hume halfway leader at Craigmillar Park

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Former Scottish amateur champion Barry Hume (Haggs Castle), now having a second career in the unpaid ranks, having been reinstated after an unsuccessful spell as a pro, is leading the field by one shot at the halfway stage of the Craigmillar Park Open in Edinburgh.

The Haggs Castle man, pictured, coped best with the mixed bag of weather - all four seasons in one day! - to return scores of 68 and 70 for a two-under-par halfway total of 138 in the first SGU 72-hole Order of Merit event of the season.
Last year's Craigmillar Park Open was reduced to two rounds on the Sunday when wild winds made play impossible on Saturday.
The winner then, Craig Watson - he had also won the title in 1995 -
 is five shots off the pace on the 143 mark this time round.
Hume's nearest challenger, Craig Chalmers (Cawder) is breathing down Barry's neck with rounds of 70 and 69 for 139.
Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle) is in third place on 140 (72-68), a shot ahead of joint fourth placed Craig Howie (Peebles) (72-69) and Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) 71-70
Howie, a former Scottish boys champion, won the Craigmillar Park Open in 2013 while former Scottish and past British boys champion Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) won last week's Scottish Champion of Champions title at Leven Links.
The cut fell at 149.
It promises to be an exciting finish.
QUALIFIERS FOR FINAL TWO ROUNDS

Par 140 (2x70) SSS 68 CSS 71 71
138 Barry Hume (Haggs Castl) 68 70
139 Craig Chalmers (Cawder) 70 69
140 Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle) 72 68
141 Craig Howie (Peebles) 72 69, Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) 71 70
142 Mike Howard (Royal Birkdale) 72 70, Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 72 70, Kyle Godsman (Moray) 68 74, Connor Syme (Drumoig) 69 73.
143 Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire)     73 70, Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 73 70, Alex Robertson (CraigmillarPark) 71 72,
Barry Reid (Caledonian) 71 72, Hugh Nelson (Kilsyth Lennox) 70 73, Benn McLeod (Musselburgh) 72 72.
144 Jack Harling (Banchory) 75 69, Darren Watson (Cruden Bay) 72 72, Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 785 69, Jamie Savage (Cawder) 73 71.
145 Jordyn Rhind (Kingsfield) 72 73, Jeff Wright (Forres) 73 72.
146 Michael Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 71 75, Sandy Scott (Nairn) 70 76.
147 Colin Edgar (Cochrane Castle) 74 73, Marc Owenson (Longniddry) 71 76, Jamie Lamb (Lanark) 76 71.
148 Andy Utterson (Craigmillar Park) 74 74, Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 73 75, James Bunch (Prestwick) 78 70,
Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 79 69, Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 74 74, Adam Fisher (Newmachar) 78 70,
Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) 73 75, Sean Heads (Hexham) 73 75
149 Ryan Campbell (Falkirk Carmuirs) 77 72, Jackson Berry (Torwoodlee) 75 74, Scott Gibson (Southerness) 73
76, Sean McGarvey (Glencorse) 78 71, Paul Gault (Haggs Castle) 74 75, Alastair Thurlow (Murrayfield) 79 70
MISSED THE CUT
150 David Mitchell (Leven Th) 80 70, Christopher Maclean (Balmore) 71 69, Alex Moir (Thornton) 75 75, Scott
Brown (Turnberry) 78 72, Greig Forrester (Lundin) 72 78, Duncan Cairnie (Carnoustie Caledonian) 77 73.
151 Edward Shannly (Linlithgow) 75 76, Alasdair McDougall (St Andrews New) 73 78, Ryan White (Leven GS) 71
80, Fraser Grant (Ralston) 75 76.
152 Anthony Blaney (Liberton) 73 79, Darren Hulston (Dollar) 75 77, Paul Reilly (Kilmacolm) 75 77, Lewis Bain
(Turnhouse) 78 74
153 Steven Stamper (Turnberry) 78 75, Christopher Lamb (Newmachar) 79 74
154 Malcolm Pennycott (WhitingBay) 78 76, Craig Morrison (Haggs Castle) 79 75, James Wilson (Balmore) 79 75, Barry Templeton (Gullane) 82 72.
155 Jordan Shaw (Boat of Garten) 75 80, Fraser Davren (Williamwood) 80 75.
156 Craig Hughes (Drumpellier) 79 77.
157 Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 78 79, Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) 82 75
158 Kieran Cantley (Liberton) 74 84, Scott Grant (Downfield) 81 77
160 Stuart Easton (Irvine) 81 79, Ryan Boyle (Bathgate) 81 79.
169 Neil Beattie (St Andrews) 83 86.

Withdrew: Scott Larkin (Banchory) 79 wd, Kenny MacAskill (Auchterarder) 78 wd
No show: John Douglas (Leven Th) 80 ns
No Return: Andrew Campbell (Dumbarton) 76 NR, Simon Fairburn (Torwoodlee) 75 NR