Top 10 finishes by Johnston and Howie in

South Africa

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Two Scots - Liam Johnston (Dumfries and Co) and Craig Howie (Peebles) - finished in the top 10 of the South African men's amateur stroke play championship won today (Fri) at Kingswood Golf Estate by Frenchman Edgar Catherine with an 11-under-par total of 269, two ahead of Ireland's Robin Dawson.
Johnston, joint first-round leader with Catherine, had rounds of 66, 72, 67 and 69 to share fifth place on six-under 274.
Howie shot 70, 71, 70 and 65 for 276 and joint seventh place. He had two eagles on his final card: a 3 at the par-5 third and a 2 at the par-4 13th in halves of 31 and 34.
Kirkhill's Craig Ross made the top 15 with scores of 69, 66, 73 and 71 for 279 and a share of 14th place. A double bogey 6 at the 15th ruined his bid for a top-10 finish.
Scottish U18 boys' match-play champion Jamie Stewart tied for 41st place on 286 with rounds of 70, 74, 73 and 69.

SOUTH AFRICAN MEN'S AMATEUR STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Kingswood Golf Estate.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
par 280 (4x70)
269 E Catherine (Fra) 66 68 65 70.
271 R Dawson (Ire) 68 65 65 73.
272 D Brown (Eng) 70 67 67 68.

SCOTS' TOTALS
274 L Johnston 66 72 67 69 (T5)
276 C Howie 70 71 70 65 (T7)
279 C Ross 69 66 73 71 (T14)
285 E McIntosh 75 69 71 70 (T36)
286 J Stewart 70 74 7 3 69 (T41).

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