Scot Greer makes it to St Andrews semi-final 

but Reid loses on 18th green

Sixteen-year-old  Kyle Reid (Balmore) narrowly missed out on a semi-final place in the St Andrews Boys' Open today.

He was beaten by two holes by the experienced French international David Ravetto (La Boule). 

Playing in blustery conditions, the pair were evenly matched with Reid playing very solid golf to par the first 14 holes of the Eden Course.

Excellent approach shots from Ravetto led to birdies at the 7^th, 11^th and 12^th to put him three up. Reid rallied, holing 15 and 40 foot birdie putts on the 15^th and 16^th to get back to one down.

 The 17^th was halved, both players recording pars before Ravetto closed out the match on the 18^th

 His fifth birdie of the day secured the Frenchman a semi-final tie against compatriot Marc Rodriguez Calassou, teeing off over the Old Course at 6.40am on Thursday

Afterwards Kyle said ‘I’m obviously disappointed not to get into the semi’s but there are a lot of positives to take away. I was happy shooting 2 under in these conditions and David is a good player. I played great golf all week and my game is the strongest it’s ever been so I’m really looking forward to the rest of the season and I’ve still got another two years to try and win this , Yu.’

The first semi-final, teeing off at 6.30am Thursday will feature the top seed from Japan, Yuki Shino who will play Graeme Greer, the fourth best qualifier from Carluke.

Greer beat Charlie Daughtrey, the No 12 qualifier from Rotherham, by 2 and 1 in the quarter-finals.

RESULTS:

Y Shino (Japan) bt R Geissler (Germany) 4 and 3.

G Greer (Carluke) bt C Daughtrey (Rotherham) 2 and 1.

M Rodriguez (France) bt V Trohet (France) 1 hole.

D Ravetto (France) bt K Reid (Balmore) 2 holes