Alyth's Paul Arthur wins place in £60,000 M and 

H SPGA Championship after 10-man play-off

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Alyth's Paul Arthur birdied the second extra hole to win a 10-man play-off and the last of 16 places in the £60,000 M and H Scottish PGA championship which were up for grabs at the second and last qualifier over 18 holes, staged at Crieff Golf Club.
The play-off also decided the five alternates or reserves, headed by Ross Cameron (Saltire Energy).
Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) and Ian Campbell (Cheshunt Park) earned £50 apiece for being joint winners of the qualifier with two-under-par 69s, a stroke ahead of Norman Huguet (Musselburgh) with Kenny Hutton (Downfield), Iain Colquhoun (Loch Lomond) and Ross McConnachie (Peterculter) sharing fourth place with par 71s.  

M and H SPGA Championship Qualifier No 2
Venue: Crieff Golf Club
par 71. Leading 16 qualified (play-off on 75)
69 P McKechnie (Braid Hills), I Campbell (Cheshunt Park).
70 N Huguet (Musselburgh).
71 K Hutton (Downfield), I Colquhoun (Loch Lomond), R McConnachie (Peterculter).
72 A Tait (Dalmahoy).
73 S McLean (Airdrie), A Forrow (Whitecraigs), E Bowden (North Berwick).
74 A Hogg (Kingsbarns Links), G Law (Uphall), O Huish (North Berwick), C Mair (Musselburgh), M Pottinger (Americna Golf).
75 (after play-off) P Arthur (Alyth).

DID NOT QUALIFY
75 (after play-off) Reserves: 1 R Cameron (Saltire Energy), 2 K McNiven (Gleneagles), 3 D Flannery (Caldwell), 4 A McCandlish (Kingsbarns), 5 C Robinson (Portpatrick Dunskey). Also:

I Taylor (Drumpellier), C Fountain (unatt), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes), D Watters (Gourock).
76 P Brookes (Pitreavie), N Cameron (Blairgowrie), G Forrester (St Andrews GS), C Lawson (Gleneagles), O Robertson (Panmure).
77 M Kanev (Bruntsfield), S McAllister (S McAllister Golf), O Leslie (Piperdam), R McIntyre (Dunblane).
78 A Pillans (unatt), P Malone (Braid Hills), A Mackrell (Playsport), C McMaster (Wellsgreen), P Walker (Ballumbie Castle), Nichola Ferguson (American Golf).
79 J Allan (Peebles), S Grieve (Turnhouse), C Haugh (Fereneze), A Hutchison (Douglas Park), G McFarlane (Clober), A Stuart (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre), R Murdoch (Dumfries and Galloway).
80 N Gardiner (Kilmacolm), V Brown (Logos Golf Ministries), C Beveridge (Gailes Golf), G Cook (Elie Links), R Harrower (Boat of Garten), M Isaacs (Gamola Golf).
81 G Nethercott (Deeside)
82 Ailsa Murphy (Gullane), M Galley (Gleneagles).
83 T Poyser (Old Collier)
84 S Smith (Loretto School), P Kent (Hayston).