Great Scott! Rising North star from Nairn 

leads Sutherland Chalice at halfway


Rising North star Sandy Scott, the teenage Nairn Golf Club member who won the recent East of Scotland Open at Lundin links, is on the trail of another SGU Order of Merit 72-hole title.

 Scott leads the Sutherland Chalice field with a three-under-par tally of 137, made up of rounds of 68 and 69 at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club.Sandy, pictured right after an earlier tournament victory, had an eagle 2 at the par-4 16th in his first round and birdies at the first and second in his second circuit. After a bogey at the third, Scott parred the rest of the holes to lead by two shots from another Highlander, Kyle Godsman (Moray) and Ryan Campbell (Falkirk), winner of the last Order of Merit event, the Cameron Corbett Vase at Haggs Castle.
Joint first-round leader Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) crashed to joint 14th on the back of  a second-round 76 (41-35), running up a quadruple bogey 7 at the par-4 ninth. He had birdied the second and fifth but bogeyed the third, fourth, eighthn and 13th.
Forty-two players with totals of 152 and better qualified for Sunday's final two rounds.
George Burns (Williamwood) made the cut on the limit mark with an excellent one-under-par second round of 69 after a dismal opening score of 83

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS 
par 140 (2x70) SS 71 CSS 72 72
137 S Scott (Nairn) 68 69
139 R Campbell (Falkirk) 69 70, K Godsman (Moray) 70 69
140 C Baird (Bothwell Castle) 70 70, E Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 70 70
141  F Davren (Williamwood) 72 69, A Thurlow (Murrayfield) 69 72, F Moore (Glenberrvie) 71 70 
142 A Carrick (Douglas Park) 71 71
143 C Maclean (Balmore) 75 68, J Johnston (Ayr Belleisle) 73 70, A Culverwell (Dunbar) 70 73, J A Wilson (Balmore) 70 73
144 M Clark (Kilmacolm) 68 76, S Stewart (Clydebank Overtoun) 71 73
145 A Grant (Dunblane New) 75 70
146 M Owenson (Longniddry) 74 72, C Corbett (Dumfries and Galloway) 77 69, J Jamieson (St Andrews New) 75 71, C Stephen (Aboyne)
147 J McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 73 74, S Marc (Broomieknowe) 74 73, S Rennie (Drumpellier) 77 70, S Lockhart (Bathgate) 77 70
148 C Hughes (Drumpellier) 77 71, J Booth (Cathkin Braes) 74 74, K Mackay (Inverness) 73 75
149 J Savage (Cawder) 72 77, C Cochrane (Marriott Dalmahoy) 74 75

150 M Grunwell (Powfoot) 73 77, R Gordon (Alford)  78 72, R Brunton (Dumfries and Co) 77 73, M McNae (Lochmaben) 74 76, A R Kerr (Crichton)  76 74, J Shaw (Boat of Garten) 71 79
151 L Bain (Musselburgh) 73 78, S Walter (West Linton) 76 75. S Younger (Hirsel) 74 77, M Stokes (Cawder) 72 79.
152 J McVey (Turnhouse) 81 71, G Burns (Williamwood) 83 69, T Beasley (Hunstanton) 76 76

MISSED THE CUT
153 J Wright (Forres) 78 75, D Guthrie (Grangemouth) 78 75, B Alexander (Renaissance) 71 82, A Blaney (Liberton) 79 74
154 C Bouwer (Williamwood) 73 81, D S Murray (Musselburgh) 75 79, G Cochrane (Irvine Ravenspark) 82 72, A Birdsall (Dumfries and Co) 76 78, S Torrance (Dumfries and Galloway) 73 81, J Parker (Southerness) 82 72
156 S Stamper (Turnberry) 83 73
157 N Peoples (Royal Lytham) 81 76, C Finnie Lockerbie) 79 78, R J Smith (Marriott Dalmahoy) 76 81, C Harkness (Dumfries and Galloway) 75 82, 
158 T Lobo (Abu Dhabi) 80 78, C Neil (Monifieth) 80 78
159 R Johnston (Dumfries and Co) 82 77, C Neil (Monifieth) 80 78
160 A Ross (Fort William) 81 79 
162 C MacNeal (Prestwick) 84 78
163 N Webster (Broomieknowe) 79 84 
164 D McConnachie (Dumfries and Co) 86 78, R Marchbank (Dumfries and Galloway) 84 80
No Returns: T Beattie (Grangemouth) 77 NR, R P MacBeth (Lochmaben) 79 NR
Disqualified:  R Hislop (Dumfries and Co) 75 77.
Withdrew: I McDowall (Cathkin Braes), C Edgar (Cochrane Castle), G Marchbank (Thornhill). 

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