Lots of Scots miss the cut in EuroPro Tour event in Northumberland

 Cruden Bay's Kevin Duncan still in the mix at Close House with one round to go

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Marcus Armitage leads the Tree Of Life Championship by one stroke  as he hunts for his second HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour win of the season at Close House in Northumberland.

The Howley Hall golfer has carded two four under par 67s and leads by one from Aaron Rai (DCD Group) 67, 68, a winner at Mar Hall in July, and Ireland’s Brian Casey (Headfort) 68, 67.

Kevin Duncan (Cruden Bay) 66, 70 and Kris Gray (Slaley Hall) 67, 69 are two back on six under

The Tree Of Life Championship is a 54-hole strokeplay event being staged at Close House. A cut to the leading 50 players and ties has now been made with all those whose 36-hole score is level par or better proceeding to Friday’s final round, which will be filmed for a two-hour highlights package to air on Sky Sports on Tuesday, September 1.

Spectator entry is free throughout the event and live scoring can be found at www.europrotour.com.