Scottish Amateur Day 3 results and Round 4 ties

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Updated World rankings of players still in the championship at the start of Day 3:
22 R MacIntyre. 30 C Syme. 65 C Ross. 71 C Howie. 98 G Robertson. 134 B Hume. 148 S Scott. 243  L Johnston. 266 J Savage. 279 C Fyfe. 481 M Clark. 583 J Wright. 630 E Walker. 752 C Hill (1). 771 R Lumsden. 775 S Gibson. 808 K Godsman. 884 A McDougall. 930 C Hill (2). 972 J Stewart

By COLIN FARQUHARSON 
Greig Kennedy (Hazlehead) scored the upset win of the morning when he ousted Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm), ranked 481 in the world, by 4 and 2.
Another good win by a local was that of young Royal Aberdeen member Craig Leith over the reigning Scottish boys' champion, Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links) by 4 and 3.
Seeded teenager Sandy Scott (Nairn) marches on, his second-round win by a 7 and 5 margin.
Top seed and defending champion Robert MacIntyre  (Glencruitten) had to work hard for a one-hole win oer Calum Hill (Aberdour). The left-hander from Oban had been two up after 10.
Aberdeen Links champion Barry Reid (Caledonian) is through to the third round with a 3 and 2 win over Alan Sutherland (Cupar).
Scottish youths champion Stephen Roger (Cruden Bay) had a comfortable second-round 5 and 4 win over Stirling graduate Angus Carrick (Douglas Park) whose father David won the Scottish amateur championship of 1985 at Southerness.
Portlethen's Clark Brechin had a win that topped Greig Kennedy's achievement. Brechin KO'd World No 243 Liam Johnston (Dumfries and Co) by 2 and 1.
Calum Fyfe (Cawder), World No. 279, was beaten on the 18th green by Craig Morrison (Haggs Castle). 
What a marvellous afternoon for North and North-east players, topped by Andrew Burgess (Nairn), pictured right, scoring a 3 and 1 victory over the seeded Craig Ross (Kirkhill) who is No. 65 in the World Rankings.
Steven Buchan (Royal Aberdeen) bowled over George Burns (Williamwood) who, 12 months ago, KOd top seed Grant Forrest from the championship. Buchan won 2 and 1.
Another Royal Aberdeen player, Fintan McKenna had an excellent 2 and 1 win over Australian Ben Ferguson, who has Scottish parents and has been selected to play for Scotland in the upcoming boys' internationals. 
Seeded Barry Hume (Haggs Castle), a former Scottish amateur champion before his spell as a professional, advanced to the last 32 with a 2 and 1 win over Kieran Cantley (Liberton).  
Another top seed, Connor Syme (Drumoig), was a 4 and 2 winner over Robert Watson (Muckhart) but the seeded Jamie Savage (Cawder) got dusted down 6 and 4 by Calum Hill, the Tantallon one, not the Calum Hill from Aberdour (there are two of them in the field).
Craig Howie, the seed from Peebles, knocked off one of the North and North-east challengers, beatin Calum Bruce (Duff House Royal) by 4 and 3. 
"Old Man" McIntosh, a former Scottish assistants champion in the 1990s and reinstated as an amateur fairly recently, continues the great comeback which has so far earned the 47-year-old a place in the Scotland team for the Home Internationals. He beat Eamon Bradley (Mt Ellen), who plays on the US college circuit, by 2 and 1.  
Youths champion Stephen Roger's run was ended in the third round by Andrew Gibson. The Blairgowrie player won by 2 and 1 after being two up at the turn.
Top seed MacIntyre made it through to the last 32 with another hard-working 2 and 1 win over Dalgleish.

Sandy Scott, pictured left, has yet to play the last few holes. In the third round he had another big win, by 5 and 4 over McMehen.
Aberdeen Links champion Barry Reid bowed out, beaten 2 and 1 by the up and coming Jamie Stewart. 
A generally good day for the North and North-east players ended on a high note when young Ben Murray came back from two down after 10 to win his match by two holes against K Reid
of Balmore.
We are down to the last 32 now and the first three ties off from 8am Thursday feature North-east men playing each other and Mark  Halliday, one of three Royal Aberdeen players in the same quarter of the draw, taking on the seeded former champion, Barry Hume at 8.24.
Scroll down past the results and you can see who plays whom and at what time in the fourth round. 
 
SECOND ROUND
S Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) bt N Melvin (Newmachar) 2 and 1.
S Easton (Irvine) bt E Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 5 and 3.
K Godsman (Moray) bt M Vass (Hazlehead) 7 and 6.
R Lumsden (Royal Wimbledon) bt  C Brodie (Meldrum House) 4 and 3.
E Bradley (Mt Ellen) bt G Esson (Portlethen) 4 and 2.
E McIntosh (Turnhouse) bt C Graham (Crieff) 5 and 4.
D Howie (Peebles) bt B Edmond (Bon Accord) 1 hole.
C Stephen (Aboyne) bt C Pirie (Millport) 3 and 1.
C Bruce (Duff House Royal) bt C Thomson (Peterhead) 1 hole.
*C Howie (Peebles) bt A Ferguson (Renfrew) 1 hole.
D Morrison (Meldrum House) bt G Joss (Royal Aberdeen) 3 and 1.
J Harling (Banchory) bt P Maxwell (Glenbervie) 5 and 4.
*J Savage (Cawder) bt S Smith (Deeside) 3 and 2.
C Hill (Tantallon) bt S W Mann (Carnoustie) 4 and 3.
A McDougall (Elderslie) bt R Brown (Dunfermline) 2 and 1.
E Wood (Crow Wood) bt S Locke (Banchory) 2 and 1.
A Gibson (Blairgowrie) bt N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 4 and 3.
S Roger (Cruden Bay) bt A Carrick (Douglas Park) 5 and 4.
F Carr (Crail GS) bt L Shand (Portlethen) 2 and 1.
G Kennedy (Hazlehead) bt M Clark (Kilmacolm) 4 and 2.
W Porter (Carnoustie) bt D Sim (Royal Aberdeen) 2 holes.
R Finlay (Sandyhills) bt N Moore (Crail GS) at 19th
G Robertson (Glenbervie) bt A Watson (Stirling) 5 and 4.
C Leith (Royal Aberdeen) bt E McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links) 4 and 3.
S Buchanan (Prestwick St Nicholas) bt A Davidson (Charleton) 3 and 2.
A Thomson (Lanark) bt B Alexander (Renaissance) 3 and 2.
 *R MacIntyre (Glencruitten) bt C Hill (Aberdour) 1 hole.
B Dalgleish (Ralston) bt A S Gove (Kirkcaldy) 1 hole.
S McMehen (Falkirk Tryst) bt G Tait (Ipswich) 2 holes.
*S Scott (Nairn) bt A Stott (West Linton) 7 and 5
M Pennycott (Royal Burgess) bt C Cheyne (Newmachar) at 21st
S Graham (Carnoustie) bt D Dougan (Airdrie) 1 hole.
B Reid (Caledonian) bt A Sutherland (Cupar) 3 and 2.
J Stewart (Old Ranfurly) bt C McGuigan (Comrie) 3 and 2.
C Brechin (Portlethen) bt L Johnston (Dumfries and Co) 2 and 1.
W Walker (Belton Park) bt T Corrieri (Callander) 3 and 1.
D Mitchell (Leven Th) bt J Johnston (Ayr Belleisle) 1 hole.
C Morrison (Haggs Castle) bt C Fyfe (Cawder) 1 hole.
K Gunnyeon (Murcar Links) bt N Peoples (Royal Lytham)  3 and 2.
G Duncan (Windyhill) bt C Neil (Blairgowrie) 2 and 1.
R Paterson (Kilspindie) bt M Maclean (Fraserburgh) 1 hole.
A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) bt J Sutherland (Hilton Park) 2 and 1.
K Reid (Balmore) bt R Wardlaw (Carnoustie Caledonia) 5 and 3.
B Murray (Portlethen) bt M Rickard (Cupar) 2 and 1.

THIRD ROUND
S Buchan (Royal Aberdeen) v G Burns (Williamwood) 2 and 1
F McKenna (Royal Aberdeen) bt B Ferguson (Australia) 2 and 1
M Watt (Inverallochy) bt S Kennedy (Dunbar) 3 and 2
J Wright (Forres) bt D Lawrence (Ballumbie Castle) 1 hole
A Burgess (Nairn) bt *C Ross (Kirkhill) 3 and 1.
C Gaittens (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) bt D Hendry (Skybrook) 2 and 1
M Halliday (Royal Aberdeen) bt M Brodie (Alyth) at 20th
*B Hume (Haggs Castle) bt K Cantley (Liberton) 2 and 1. 
*C Syme (Drumoig) bt R Watson (Muckhart) 4 and 2
G Munro (Newmachar) bt A Thurlow (Murrayfield) 6 and 5.
Easton bt Miller 6 and 5.
Godsman bt Lumsden 2 and 1.
Euan McIntosh bt Bradley 2 and 1
Stephen bt D Howie 4 and 2.
*C Howie bt Bruce 4 and 3.

Harling bt Morrison 4 and 2
Hill bt *Savage 6 and 4.
McDougall bt Wood 2 and 1.
A Gibson bt Roger 2 and 1.
Carr bt  Kennedy 4 and 3.
Porter bt Finlay 6 and 4
 Robertson bt Leith 7 and 6
Davidson bt Thomson 2 and 1.
*MacIntyre bt Dalgleish 2 and 1
*Scott bt McMehen 5 and 4

Pennycott bt Graham 4 and 2
Stewart bt B Reid 2 and 1.
Walker bt Brechin 2 and 1
Morrison bt Mitchell 3 and 2.
Duncan bt Gunnyeon 6 and 4
 Paterson bt Dunton 5 and 4
Murray bt K Reid 2 holes.

THURSDAY'S FOURTH ROUND
 (last 32)
8.00 Steven Buchan (Royal Abdn) v Fintan McKenna (Royal Abdn)
8.08 Marc Watt (Inverallochy) v Jeff Wright (Forres)
8.16 Andrew Burgess (Nairn) v Chris Gaitens (Fortrose and Rosemarkie)
8.24 +Barry Hume (Haggs Castle) v Mike Halliday (Royal Abdn)

8.32 +Connor Syme (Drumoig) v Gordon Munro (Newmachar)
8.40 Stuart Easton (Irvine) v Kyle Godsman (Moray)
8.48 Euan McIntosh (Turnhouse) v Craig Stephen (Aboyne)
8.56 +Craig Howie (Peebles) v Jack Harling (Banchory)

9.04 Calum Hill (Tantallon) v Alasdair McDougall (Elderslie)
9.12 Andrew Gibson (Blairgowrie) v Fraser Carr (Crail GS)
9.20 Will Porter (Carnoustie) v Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie)
9.28 +Robert MacIntyre (Glencruitten) v Andrew Davidson (Charleton)

9.36 +Sandy Scott (Nairn) v Malclm Pennycott (Royal Burgess)
9.44 Jamie Stewart (Old Ranfurly) v William Walker (Belton Park)
9.52 Craig Morrison (Haggs Castle) v George Duncan (Windyhill)
10.0 Rob Paterson (Kilspindie) v Ben Murray (Portlethen)