Currie and Brown lead by two with 66s at 

Duddingston 36-hole Challenge

Chris Currie (Caldwell) and Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) lead the big field by two shots with matching seven-under-par 65s in the first round of the Duddingston Challenge 36-hole Order of Merit event at the Edinburgh venue.
Both men were out in four-under-par 33 with the help of eagles - Currie getting a 3 at the par-5 first hole and Brown at 3 at the long fourth.
Both also biKrdied three holes after the turn for 32 home.
Fifteen competitors in all broke 70 so it could be a cavalry charge over the second 36 holes.
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
65 C Currie (Caldwell), G Brown (Montrose Links).
67 P McKechnie (Braid Hills), K Hutton (Downfield), G Wright (West Linton
68 R  Munro (Duddingston), G Fox (Clydeway Golf), A Oldcorn  (Kings Acre), K Zeynalov (Portlethen).
Up
70 R Buckley (Royal Musselburgh), A Reid (West Lothian), M Hillson (Tandridge), S Gray (Hayston), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), P Robinson (Largs), C Robinson (Portpatrick Dunskey), J Lomas (Caprington)
71 G Law (Uphall), D Orr (Eastwood), C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), J McGhee (Bishopbriggs), M Patterson (Kilmacolm), J McCreadie (Largs)
72 K McNicoll (Gullane), R Neill (Drumpellier), S Craig (Craig Golf), F Mann (Carnoustie Golf), D Wood (Hirsel), G Hay (Nairn Dunbar).
73 C Sutherland (Cherry Lodge), P Wardell (North Berwick), P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), S Binning (Mearns Castle), J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen), S McLaren (Blairgowrie), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes), N Huguet (Musselburgh).
74 P Malone (Braid Hills), C Billows (Gleneagles), T Dingwall (Kemnay), L Neeson (World of Golf), J Cliff (Murrayfield), S Morrison (Tain), I Brown (Newent), 
75 C Marr (Musselburgh), R Clarke (Gamola Golf), C Smith (Royal Musselburgh), O Leslie (Piperdam), S Grieve (Turnhouse), I Lowdean (Murrayfield).

DRAW FOR FINAL ROUND

 

  1   8:00 AM   Richard Mackenzie-Smith, Carnegie Club
                Louis Gaughan, Bathgate Golf Club

  1   8:10 AM   Daniel Flannery, Caldwell Golf Club
                Andrew Hutchison, Douglas Park Golf Club

  1   8:20 AM   Lewis Burnett, Mearns Castle Golf Academy
                Stuart Williamson, Clydeway Golf
                Michael Mackenzie, Edzell Golf Club

  1   8:30 AM   Michael Kanev, Bruntsfield Links Golf Society
                David Thomson, Carnegie Club
                Ewan Grimes, Carrick on Loch Lomond

  1   8:40 AM   Gary Dingwall, Royal Dornoch Golf Club
                Jonathan Porteous, Craigielaw Golf Club
                Christopher McMaster, Wellsgreen Golf Range

  1   8:50 AM   Anthony Mackrell, Playsport Golf
                Cameron Adam, Linlithgow Golf Club
                James Dick, Duddingston Golf Club

  1   9:00 AM   Craig Haugh, Cawder Golf Club
                Jamie Fraser, Renaissance Club
                Scott Costello, Strathaven Golf Club

  1   9:10 AM   Ross Dixon, Renaissance Club
                Steven Maxwell, Eastwood Golf Club
                Patrick Walker, Ballumbie Castle Golf Course

  1   9:20 AM   Craig Gordon, Edinburgh Golf Centre
                Iain Lowdean, Murrayfield Golf Club
                Mark Kerr, Marriott Dalmahoy Golf & Count

  1   9:30 AM   Scott Grieve, Turnhouse Golf Club
                Calum Smith, Royal Musselburgh Golf Club
                Rodger Clarke, Gamola Golf

  1   9:40 AM   Owen Leslie, Piperdam Golf & Leisure Resort
                James Johnston, Lanark Golf Club
                David Laing, Craigielaw Golf Club

  1   9:50 AM   Cameron Marr, Musselburgh Golf Club
                Jonathan Cliff, Murrayfield Golf Club
                Stuart Morrison, Tain Golf Club

  1   10:00 AM  Ian Brown, Newent Golf Club
                Liam Neeson, World of Golf
                Tom Dingwall, Kemnay Golf Club

  1   10:10 AM  Christopher Billows, Gleneagles Hotel Golf Courses
                Paul Malone, Braid Hills Golf Range
                Norman Huguet, Musselburgh Golf Club

  1   10:20 AM  Christopher Campbell, Trump International Golf Links
                Alan Welsh, Cathkin Braes Golf Club
                Sam McLaren, Blairgowrie Golf Club

  1   10:30 AM  Joel Hopwood, Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
                Samuel Binning, Mearns Castle Golf Academy
                Paul O'Hara, Clydeway Golf

  1   10:40 AM  Paul Wardell, North Berwick Golf Club
                Craig Sutherland, Cherry Lodge Golf Club
                Daniel Wood, Hirsel Golf Club

  1   10:50 AM  Gavin Hay, Nairn Dunbar Golf Club
                Fraser Mann, The Carnoustie Golf Club
                Stephen Craig, Craig Golf 79

  1   11:00 AM  Ross Neill, Drumpellier Golf Club
                Keir McNicoll, Gullane Golf Club
                Michael Patterson, Kilmacolm Golf Club

  1   11:10 AM  Jason McCreadie, Largs Golf Club
                James McGhee, Bishopbriggs Golf Range
                Craig Matheson, Falkirk Tryst Golf Club

  1   11:20 AM  David Orr, Eastwood Golf Club
                Gordon Law, Uphall Golf Club
                Jonathan Lomas, Caprington Golf Club

  1   11:30 AM  Christopher Robinson, Portpatrick Dunskey Golf Club
                Paul Robinson, Largs Golf Club
                Robert Arnott, Bishopbriggs Golf Range

  1   11:40 AM  Stephen Gray, Hayston Golf Club
                Mark Hillson, Tandridge Golf Club
                Alan Reid, West Lothian Golf Club

  1   11:50 AM  Ryan Buckley, Royal Musselburgh Golf Club
                Stephen McAllister, Stephen McAllister Golf
                Greg Paxton, Ralston Golf Club

  1   12:00 PM  Greg McBain, Paul Lawrie Golf Centre
                Scott Henderson, Kings Links Golf Centre
                Craig Ronald, Carluke Golf Club

  1   12:10 PM  Steven Taylor, Bothwell Castle Golf Club
                Greig Hutcheon, Paul Lawrie Golf Centre
                Chris Kelly

  1   12:20 PM  Kamran Zeynalov, Portlethen Golf Club
                Andrew Oldcorn, Kings Acre Golf Course
                Graham Fox, Clydeway Golf

  1   12:30 PM  Ross Munro, Duddingston Golf Club
                Gareth Wright, West Linton Golf Club
                Kenneth Hutton, Downfield Golf Club

  1   12:40 PM  Paul McKechnie, Braid Hills Golf Range
                Graeme Brown, Montrose Golf Links Ltd.
                Christopher Currie, Caldwell Golf Club