Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Sandy Scott and Calum Fyfe earn top seeding

for Scottish Amateur match-play
SCOTTISH GOLF NEWS RELEASE
Ed Hodge
Scotland internationals Sandy Scott (Nairn) and Calum Fyfe (Cawder), pictured below, led the qualifiers at the new-look Scottish Men’s Amateur Championship in Prestwick.


The pair posted fine 36-hole totals of eight under par 134 over Prestwick and Prestwick St Cuthbert’s to finish comfortably clear at the top of the 264-player field in Ayrshire.

The top 64 players and ties booked their spots in the match-play stages, as the event takes on a new format this year falling in line with other national bodies. The famous links of old Prestwick, which first hosted The Open Championship in 1860, will now decide the winner come Saturday.

“One of the goals for the week was to try and win the stroke-play,” said Cawder’s Fyfe, who posted a pair of 67s, before being joined at the summit in the early evening by Scott (66, 68).
“I played well, played solid. I just tried not to make any silly mistakes as that can be tough to come back from over 36 holes. I’m just trying to keep it going, more of the same, sticking to the same plan and focusing on my own game.”
Fyfe, who never went beyond the third round in the former format of the event, added: “I feel Prestwick suits my game with the tight fairways, you have to plot your way round it and have the putter working.”
Nairn’s Scott was joined by other north-based players high on the stroke-play leaderboard, with Rory Franssen (Inverness) and Sam Locke (Banchory), son of Paul Lawrie's swing coach, finishing on two under.
Locke, 19, playing just his second Scottish Men’s Amateur, said: “It was tough day, but I played pretty solid both days for two under. I’ll take each match as it goes now and get as far as I can – and obviously try and win it. The course provides an exciting finish for matchplay.”
Late in the day, as a glorious sun sparkled across the Prestwick links, Ed Wood (Crow Wood) and Anglo-Scot Ryan Lumsden from Royal Wimbledon reached three under par to share third spot.
Euan Walker from Kilmarnock Barassie was also a comfortable qualifier on two under. Other fancied players like the Howie brothers from Peebles, Darren and Craig, also progressed, as did Kirkhill’s Craig Ross, Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm), Chrisopher Maclean (Balmore) and Turnhouse’s Euan McIntosh.
Jeff Wright (Forres) shot an excellent 65 today to qualify on 142.
Ray Gordon (Alford) scraped through on the limit mark of 149, thanks to a score of 66 today.
Local lad Jim Johnston (Ayr Belleisle) eased through on one under, the same mark as Clydebank and District’s Steven Stewart who produced a superb 65 over St Cuthbert’s.
The cut mark fell at seven over par 149, with last year’s champion from Windyhill, George Duncan, among those to miss out on eight over.
MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
par 142 (2x71).
Prestwick par 71. SSS 74. CSS 75 (Day 1) 76 (Day 2)
Prestwick St Cuthbert par 71. SSs 71. CSS 71 (Day 1), 71 (Day 2)
134 C Fyfe (Cawder) 67 67, S Scott (Nairn) 66 68
139 R Lumsden (Royal Wimbledon) 75 64, E Wood (Crow Wood) 67 72.
140 R Franssen (Inverness) 71 69, S Locke (Banchory) 67 73, E Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 70 70, J King (Glasgow) 70 70.
141 G Burns (Williamwood) 73 68, J Johnston (Ayr Belleisle) 71 70, A R Ni (Murrayfield) 72 69, S Stewart (Clydebank and Dist) 76 65.
142 W Porter (Carnoustie) 73 69, C Maclean (Bathgate) 68 74, C Ross (Kirkhill) 72 70, J Wright (Forres) 77 65.
143 L Balneaves (Carnoustie) 71 72, S Blair (Royal Musselburgh) 69 74, T White (Kinross) 74 69, M Clark (Kilmacolm) 74 69, K Godsman (Moray) 72 71, S Easton (Irvine) 73 70.
144 B Henderson (Deeside) 73 71, CL Cheyne (Newmachar) 72 72, M Smyth (Royal Troon) 76 68, E Bradley (Mount Ellen) 74 70.
145 M Hislop (Glenbervie) 74 71, D Howie (Peebles) 74 71, B Bannerman (Strathmore) 69 76, B M Kenna (Pollok) 75 70, C McGuigan (Comrie) 76 69, R Morrison (Australia) 74 71, S Buchanan (Prestwick St Nicholas) 72 73, E McIntosh (Turnhouse) 69 76, C Howie (Peebles) 73 72, A Thurlow (Murrayfield) 72 73, F Davren (Williamwood) 75 70.
146 R J Smith (Dalmahoy) 78 68, N H M Beattie (St Andrews) 73 73, H Gordon (Aberdour) 74 72, C Gaittens (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 70 76, A McDougall (Elderslie) 76 70, L Breslin (Fereneze) 72 74, B Caldow (Kilmarnock Barassie) 76 70.
147 N Blyth (Germany) 73 74, J McMorris (East Kilbride) 70 77, D McNeill (Powfoot) 76 71, C R Watson (East Renfrewshire) 75 72, L Irvine (Kirkhill) 73 74.
148 G Wishart (Lundin) 72 76, N Gold (Bonnyton) 74 74, C Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 72 76, M Napier (Turnhouse) 75 73, G Telfer (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 76 72, M Brodie (Alyth) 72 76, S Roger (Cruden Bay) 80 68.
149 G Lawrie (Prestwick) 74 75, J Haggarty (Loudoun Gowf) 71 78, R Gordon (Alford) 83 66, J Rogers (Rockcliffe Hall) 73 76, A Murray (Troon Welbeck) 68 81, S Brown (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 78 71, N McConnachie (Balmore) 74 75, P Gault (Haggs Castle) 73 76, S Manning (Pollok) 70 79, D Anderson (Lochwinnoch) 77 72. 

Non-qualifiers included:
150 L Smart (Banchory) 74 76, C Franssen (Inverness) 76 74, G Duncan (Windyhill) 73 77, R Callan (Bathgate) 71 79, J Broun (Ayr Belleisle) 74 76, G J Robertson (Irvine) 80 70, A J Steven (Easter Moffat) 79 71, A C Kyle (East Renfrewshire) 77 73, D Laurence (Ballumbie Castle) 82 68, A Carrick (Douglas Park) 77 73, R Colquhoun (Kilspindie) 77 73, A M Dougall (St Andrews New) 78 72, S Percy (Caldwell) 72 78, J Bryce (Bathgate) 80 70.
151 J Mackay (Duff House Royal) 77 74, N Young (Insch) 76 75, C Stephen (Aboyne) 80 71, K Gunnyeon (Murcar Links) 77 74.
152 A Burgess (Nairn) 80 72, J T Bunch (Prestwick) 80 72, A Smith (Edzell) 79 73.
153 C Crawford (Peterhead) 77 76, M Thomson (Kintore) 76 77, M MacDonald (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 79 74, C D Scott (Nairn) 74 79, K Mackay (Inverness) 74 79.
154 S Green (Meldrum House) 79 75, C Gibson (Blairgowrie) 69 85.
155 S Smith (Deeside) 72 83.
156 J Whittet (Muir of Ord) 76 80.
157 M Wilson (Forres) 72 85.
158 J Shaw (Boat of Garten) 82 76, J Pryde (Deeside) 78 80.
159 J Keith (Inverness) 83 76.
160 D Smith (Portlethen) 81 79, F Milne (Banchory) 84 76.
161 L McWilliam (Aboyne) 76 85.
164 E Gill (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 87 77.
167 F Owenson (Nairn) 80 87.


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