R and A Scholars Tournament at St Andrews

Eggenberger leads by two after rain cuts Eden 

second round to nine holes


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Heavy rain at St Andews, which caused flooding on the Eden Course, forced the organisers to cut the second round of the R and A Scholars Tournament to only nine holes.
The third and final round will be played over the Old Course on Tuesday.
The winner of the men's section is guaranteed a place in the Great Britain and Ireland team for the Palmer Cup match against a United States student line-up.
The winner of the women's competition will be given entry to a tournament on the Ladies European Tour.
Swiss international Mathias Eggenberger (Stirling) won the men's title and a Palmer Cup place last year and he established a two-stroke lead over today's truncated 27-hole programme over the Eden Course.
He shot a four-under-par 67 in the morning and one-under 32 for the afternoon nine holes for a running tally of 101.
That's two ahead of Scottish universities champion Craig Howie (Stirling) and Andrew Wilson (Northumbria). Howie had scores of 70 and 33, Wilson 71 and 32, both on 103 with a round to play.
Ireland's Chloe Ryan leads the women's section with a 27-hole tally of 108 (72-76) over the Eden Course.
The Dublin student  leads by two from Scot Eilidh Briggs (Stirling) 75-35 and by five from third placed Bronwyn Davies (Myerscough) 78-85.
Scottish universities stroke and match-play champion Gemma Batty (Stirling) is nine shots off the pace after scores of 77 and 40 for 117. 
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R and A SCHOLARS TOURNAMENT
Eden Course, St Andrews
+Second round reduced to nine holes because of flooding
MEN'S LEADERBOARD
101 M Eggenberger (Stirling) 67 34
103 A Wilson (Northumberland) 71 32, C Howie (Stirling) 70 33
104 S Mullarney (Maynooth) 68 36
105 G Leon (St Andrews) 72 33, S Flanagan (Maynooth) 71 34
106 M Howard (Edinburgh) 71 35
107 D Reidy (Sligo) 72 35
108 A Gleeson (UCD) 71 37
109 J A Wilson (Stirling) 73 36, A Lowry (Maynooth) 73 76
110 S Grehan (Maynooth) 77 773, L Michel (Austria) 75 35, J Glenn (Durham) 75 35, D Hau (South Wales) 74 36, K McCarron (Maynooth).
111 G Burns (St Andrews) 76 35, C Edgar (Stirling) 75 36, K O'Connor (Loughborough) 73 38.
112 C MacLean (Stirling) 76 36, J Shelley (Liverpool) 73 79, R Dawson (Maynooth) 72 40

SELECTED SCORES
114 C Low (Abertay) 75 39.
115 H Tomlinson (Stirling) 77 38.
116 C Neil (Abertay) 77 39
119 A Carrick (Stirling) 76 43
120 J Johnston (Strathclyde) 78 42

WOMEN'S LEADERBOARD

108 C Ryan (Dublin) 72 36
110 E Briggs (Stirling) 75 35
113 B Davies (Myerscough) 78 35
114 J Rossa (Queens) 77 37
115 A Herbaut (France) 78 37
116 S Stone (Exeter) 77 39
117 S Sexton (Stirling) 78 39, T Mactaggart (Stirling) 77 40, G Batty (Stirling) 77 40
118 C Goadby (Stirling) 80 38
119 M Brain (St Andrews) 80 39, B Morris (Cardiff) 78 41, J Saxton (Stirling) 78 41
120 M Lockett (Birmingham) 81 39, N Greville (Stirling) 80 40
135 H Holden (Sheffield) 89 45.


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