Owenson and Curran head Scots qualifiers for

PGA assistants' championship

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Marc Owenson (Gullane) and Bathgate's Chris Curran earned £25 apiece for heading the 17 qualifiers from a field of 57 at the Galvin Green PGA assistants' championship Scottish eliminating round at West Linton Golf Club today.
They both shot 69s with contrasting scorecards. Owenson had two birdies and two bogeys while Curran had five birdies, cancelled out by five bogeys.
The 17 qualifiers advance to the £32,000 main event at Coxmoor Golf Club, Sutton-in Ashfield, from August 2 to 4

QUALIFIERS
69 M Owenson (Gullane), C Curran (Bathgate).
70 T Ogilvie (Duke's Course), G Forbes (Mar Hall Hotel), O Robertson (Panmure), S Maxwell (Eastwood), R Tinker (Piperdam Resort), S O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure).
71 C Donaldson (Craigielaw), T Higson (Gleneagles Hotel), K Moran (Balbirnie Park), R Clarke (Golf Dedication Centre).
72 P McGhee (Royal Burgess), S Ross (Turnhouse), A Pillans (Banchory), J Brown (Dumfries and Co), G McDougall (Elie Links), C McQueen (Greaves Sports).

NON-QUALIFIERS
73 E Campbell (Paisley), S Burgess (Nairn), W Robson (Close House).
74 K Nicol (Dunes GC), J Allan (Peebles), S Rose (Kingsbarns), S Houlden (East Kilbride), D McBratney (Carnwath), C Nairn (Kilmarnock Barassie).
75 A Todd (Panmure), C Fountain (unatt), S Grant (Scotscraig).
76 D Grindell (Inverness),  C West (Scotscraig).
77 H Burness (Paul Lawrie GC), M O'Donnell (Linlithgow), E Bowden (North Berwick), G Foley (Royal Troon) N Ferguson (American Golf), R McKen (Trump International), K McLean (Whitecraigs).
78 N Gardiner (Cawder), J Treasurer (Loch Ness), A Hutchison (Douglas Park), R Black (Inverness), F Smith (Great Western Golf), T O'Donnell (Largs), C Farrell (Cardross), K Scott (Gleneagles Hotel).
79 C Steel (Trump Turnberry), J Bell (Lanark).
81 M Bradford (Elie Links), L Allan (West Kilbride), J Ferrie (unatt), D Thorburn (Braid Hills).
84 S Fisher (Portpatrick Dunskey), S Wilson (Carrick on Loch Lomond).
85 H Robb (Elie Links).
86 J Potter (Loch Lomond).