Rory Franssen and Craig Ross top two seeds 

for South African amateur match-play

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Rory Franssen has won the Proudfoot Trophy as the leading qualifier for the match-play stages of the South African men's amateur championship at George Golf Club.

The 17-year-old from Inverness, pictured, shot rounds of 64 and 68 for an excellent aggregate of 12-under-par 132 to head the 64 qualifiers for the match-play

And another Scot, Craig Ross (Kirkhill), is the No 2 seed with scores of 67 and 66.

Sandy Scott (Nairn) qualified in joint 18th place with 72 and 69 for 141. The only Scot to fail to qualify for the match-play was Jamie Savage (Cawder), a former winner of the Irish open amateur stroke-play title. Jamie finished tied for 65th place ... only the leading 64 advanced.

Scots have won three of the past five South African amateur championships.

SOUTH AFRICAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

George Golf Club.

TWO-ROUND STROKE-PLAY QUALIFIER FOR

MATCH-PLAY STAGES

Par 144 (2x72)

132 Rory Franssen (Inverness) 64 68

133 Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 67 66

135 Franklin Manchest (SAf) 68 67.

SELECTED TOTALS

139 Jamie Bower (Meltham) 71 68 (T12)

141 Sandy Scott (Nairn) 72 69,  Paul Kinnear (Formby) 68 73  (T18)

143 Calum Fyfe (Cawder) 69 74 (T28)

144 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 71 73 (T37)

147 Jamie Savage (Cawder) 76 71 (T65)

148 Alfie Plant (England) 75 73 (T71)

151 Nic Elliot (Tandridge) 71 80 (T94)

Field of 151 players