Only three shots span eight leaders

Jamie Savage leads by 1 from Liam Johnston

after a pair of 66s at Craigmillar Park

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
The stage is set for a 36-hole birdie-fest shoot-out on the final day of the Craigmillar Park Open.
At Saturday's two rounds of very low scoring, by the leaders, only three shots span the leading eight players. 

In the pole position is former Irish open amateur stroke play champion Jamie Savage (Cawder) with a pair of 66s for an eight-under-par halfway total of 132.
Savage (pictured) leads by one shot from Liam Johnston (Dumfries and County) with scores of 64 and 69 for 133.
And poised for a last-day swoop are a trio on 144 - Matthew Clark (Kilmarnock) 70-64, Graeme Robertson (Glenberve) 65 69 and first-round leader Calum Fyfe (Cawder) 63 71.
 Savage birdied the first, second, third and seventh in 31 to the turn and added further birdies at the 12th and 17th but bogeys at two short holes on the home straight, the 11th and 15th, stopped him from having an advantage of three shots going into the third round.
Clark too went out in 31  but he too bogeyed a short hole, the 11th, as he went on to birdie the 10th, 17th and 18th for a 64 which put him up among the front runners.
Fyfe slumped from a 63 to a 71, thanks to a five bogeys at the turn, including four in a row from the 13th to the 16th.
The cut fell at five-over-par 145 with Allyn Dick (Kingsfield) arguably the biggest "name" to miss out with a pair of 73sfor 146.

 CRAIGMILLAR PARK OPEN
Craigmillar Golf Club, Edinburgh
 SECOND-ROUND SCORES
par 140 (2x72) SS 70 CSS Round 1 71, Round 2 68
132 J Savage (Cawder) 66 66
133 L Johnston (Dumfries and Co) 64 69
134 M Clark (Kilmacolm) 70 64, G Robertson (Glenbervie) 65 69, C Fyfe (Cawder) 63 71
135 W Porter (Carnoustie) 67 68, J Wright (Forres) 69 66, P Gault (Haggs Castle) 68 67.
137 C Curran (Harburn) 73 64, R MacIntyre (Glencruitten) 69 68, C Handy (South Moor) 68 69, K Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle) 68 69.
138 J Rhynd (Kingsfield) 68 70, J Parmar (Leicestershire) 68 70.
139 A Robertson (Craigmillar Park) 73 66, J T Bunch (Prestwick) 70 69, B McLeod (Musselburgh) 71 68, K Godsman (Moray) 73 66, A Ni (Murrayfield) 67 72.
141 M Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 68 73, M Daily (Erskine) 68 73, D Mitchell jun (Leven Th) 67 74, B Reid (Caledonian) 72 69; F Davren (Williamwood) 73 69, K Cantley (Liberton) 70 71.
142 S McLaren (Bruntsfield Links) 70 72, C Neil (Blairgowrie) 74 68, A Collier (Duke's) 70 72.
143 S Scott (Nairn) 73 70, J Shanks (Irvine) 71 71, A J Sutherland (Cupar) 74 69, S Stewart (Clydebank and Dist) 73 70, P Maxwell (Glenbervie) 72 71, G Brown (Cathkin Braes) 72 71, E Wood (Crow Wood) 71 72, C Smith (Fulford) 68 75, J Pierse (Portmarnock) 72 71
144  S Walter (West Linton) 75 69, J Harling (Banchory) 72 72, A M Hain (St Andrews) 73 71, S Gibson (Southerness) 72 72, S Head
(Hexham) 72 72, K McClung (Wigtownshire Co) 74 70.
MISSED CUT
145 D Rudd (Longniddry) 72 73, B A Kinsley (St Andrews) 72 73 146 A Dick (Kingsfield) 73 73, J Douglas (Leven Th) 75 71, B Fotheringham (Forres) 71 75, C Low (Tantallon) 76 70, M Pennycott (Royal Burgess) 74 72, E McIntosh (Dubai) 79 67, A J Minnikin (Northumberland) 74 72, C Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 74 72.
147 C R Watson (East Renfrewshire) 76 71, S Roger (Cruden Bay) 75 72, S Curran (Harburn) 75 72,  B McGowan (Thornton) 74 73, E Shannly (Linlithgow) 73 74, D Dougan (Airdire) 72 75, R Alexander (Braehead) 69 78.
148 S Rennie (Drumpellier) 77 71, S Marc (Broomieknowe) 74 74, J Shaw (Boat of Garten) 73 75, C H MacNeal (Prestwick) 71 77.
149 G Munro (Fraserburgh) 79 70, J Knox (Elsham) 78 71.
150 S McGarvey (Glencorse) 77 73, R Brydon (Bruntsfield) 74 76
151 G Forrester (Lundin) 74 77, S A Spence (Royal Troon) 72 79
152 N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 76 76,  S Singer (St Andrews) 77 75.
153 A Carrick (Douglas Park) 76 77
157 L Black (Bruntsfield) 82 75.

Withdrew: K Mail (West Linton) 74 70
No Returns: D Morrison (Duff House Royal) 72 NR, S Aitken (Leven GS) 74 NR