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PAUL O'HARA SURGES SEVEN AHEAD OF YOUNG PROS' FIELD

Paul O'Hara kept a quadruple bogey 8 off his second-round card - he had one at the 17th in the first round - and an excellent six-under-par 65, two better than his opening score,  hoisted the Clydeway Golf player seven strokes clear of the field with a halfway aggregate of 10-under-par 132 in the Scottish Young Professionals' Championship at West Lothian Golf Club, Bo'ness today.
O'Hara, bidding to retain the title he won in 2013, had birdies at the fourth, fifth, 11th, 12th, 14th and 17th (a 3 where he had an 8 on Monday) in bogey-free halves of 34 and 31.
His nearest challengers over Wednesday'sa final 36 holes are Carnoustie's Keir McNicoll (Gullane) (70-69) and Cameron Marr (Musselburgh) (73-66) who came had an eagle 3 at the long fourth.
Defending champion Gavin Hay (Nairn Dunbar) was in danger of missing the cut after a first-round 78 but he came storming home in 32 for a 68 and 146, making the cut with four shots to spare.

SECOND-ROUND SCORES
Par 142 (2x71)
132 P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) 67 65
139 K McNicoll (Gullane) 70 68, C Marr (Musseblrugh) 73 66
140 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes) 70 70, S McLaren (Blairgowrie) 69 71.
141 C Robinson (Elie Links) 69 72, L Gaughan (Bathgate) 70 71.
143 G Paterson (St Andrews Links GA) 73 70, R Munro (Duddingston) 68 75, S Binning (Mearns Castle) 73 70
144 T Dingwall (Kemnay) 72 72, C Armstrong (Burntisland) 75 69
145 S Maxwell (Eastwood) 68 77, R Clarke (Gamola Golf) 71 74, M Mackenzie (Edzell) 69 76
146 S Watters (Balbirnie Park) 73 73, G Hay (Nairn Dunbar) 78 68, R Tinker (Piperdam) 74 72, J Gallagher (Douglas Park) 71 75, J Treasurer (Loch Ness) 72 74, P Mitchell (Stirling) 71 75, D Flannery (Caldwell) 74 72, S Craigon (Balbirnie Park) 72 74.
147 J Brown (Dumfries and Co) 79 68
148 J Fraser (Renaissance) 75 73, C Goodwin (Duff House Royal) 71 77, S Milne (Balbirnie Park) 74 74, S Spiers (Swanston New) 76 72, A Hutchison (Douglas Park) 76 72.
149 M Penny Billows (Gleneagles) 77 72, I Anderson (Colville Park) 76 73
150 C Farrell (GLO) 77 73, F Cramb (Crail) 76 74, N Cameron (Blairgowrie) 72 78
MISSED THE CUT
151 G Forbes (Mar Hall) 76 75, F Robertson (Lundin) 74 77, M Patterson (Cruden Bay) 81 70.
152 C Fountain (Buchanan Castle) 80 72, S Smith (Scotscraig) 79 73, C Beveridge (West Kilbride) 76 76, M Kanev (Bruntsfield Links) 76 76, K Moran (Balbirnie Park) 73 79.
153 F Thomson (Turnberry Hotel) 76 77
154 A Todd (Downfield) 80 74
155 R Millar (Kings Acre) 81 74, Ailsa Bain (Gullane) 77 78
156 B Harvey (Glasgow) 78 78, R Mitchell (Paul Lawrie GC) 77 79, C Porciani (Turnberry Hotel) 75 81, D Stein (Ranfurly Castle) 77 79, J Bell (Craigmillar Park) 74 82, G Wright (Ladybank) 77 79, R Stirling (Lanark) 80 76
157 R Mackenzie-Smith (Carnegie Club) 78 79, D Thorburn (Braid Hlls) 78 79.
158 P Whelan (Bathgate) 77 81, Helen Searle (Gailes G and L) 77 81, D Ramsay (Moray) 81 77, R Black (Inverness) 77 81, D Lee (unatt) 8177
159 Kirstin Scott (Gleneagles) 80 79
160 S Wilson (Carrick on Loch Lomond) 81 79.
161 C Dick (Royal Burgess) 83 78, J Thorburn (Kingsbarns) 77 84.
162 R Delaney (unatt) 82 80
163 M Thomson (Panmure) 80 83, D Swinley (Prestonfield) 82 81, Nicola Ferguson (American Golf) 86 77
165 K Cooney (Kingsfield) 86 79
166 Allan Todd (Prestwick) 83 83