European senior men's amateur team championship in Bulgaria

SENIOR SCOTS THROUGH  TO MEET 

ENGLAND IN QUARTERS

Scotland will play England in the quarter-finals of the European senior men's amateur golf team championship at Pravets Golf Club, Bulgaria tomorrow (THURSDAY).

The Scots, spearheaded by Malcolm Reid with a 71, improved on their first qualifying round total by seven shots to make it through to the championship match-play flight of eight teams.

England qualified in third place behind Ireland - who provided the first three players in the individual table - with a total of 736. Scotland qualified in sixth place with a total of 745 so they will start underdogs against the English.

Ireland, leading qualifiers by an overwhelming 24 strokes, are the red hot favourites to win the title

 

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS

708 Ireland

732 Italy

736 England

743 France

744 Sweden

745 Scotland, Spain

754 Switzerland.

MATCH-PLAY QUARTER-FINALS

Ireland v Switzerland

France v Sweden

Italy v Spain

England v Scotland.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL SCORES

138 Arthur Pierse (Ire) 69 69

140 Tom Clancy (Ire) 71 69, Garth McGimpsey (Ire)

69 71

SCOTS' SCORES

143 Malcolm Reid 72 71 (T4)

147 Ian Brotherston 74 73 (T15)

150 John Fraser 74 76 (T32)

152 David Gardner 78 74 (T46)

153 Lindsey Blair 78 7t (T50)

155 Bob Stewart 78 77 (T63)