Duncan Stewart wins Longniddry play-off, pockets £5,000

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Grantown on Spey's Duncan Stewart, pictured, now attached to Turnhouse Golf Club, beat Conor O'Neil (Mearns Castle) with a 4 to a 6 at the second extra hole of a sudden death play-off at the conclusion of the £35,000 ASI Scottish Open qualifier at Longniddry today.
They had tied at the head of a big field of Tartan Tour pros, both players having 66 in each round.
Stewart's play-off success earned him £5,000 while O'Neil received £3,750.
They finished a stroke ahead of Peter Whiteford (Linlithgow) and Jamie McLeary (Deer Park), both of whom had scores of 66 and 67, earning £2,362 apiece.
Stewart, O'Neil, Whiteford and McLeary also earned places in the ASI Scottish Open field 

LEADING TOTALS AT LONGIDDRY
Par 136 (2x68)
132 D Stewart (Turnhouse) 66 66 (£5,000) bt  C O'Neil (Mearns Castle) 66 66 (£3,750) at second hole of sudden death play-off.
133 P Whiteford (Linlithgow) 66 67, J McLeary (Deer Park) 66 67 (£2,362 each).
134 C Kelly (Scotland for Golf) 66 68 (£1,452).
135 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 70 65, M Owenson (Gullane) 70 65, I Graham (Crow Wood) 66 69 (£1,080 each).
136 R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 69 67, O Robgerts (unattt) 67 69, R Campbell (Falkirk) 66 70, G Wright (West Linton) 65 71 (£761 each), S Locke (Stonehaven) (am) 65 71.
137 S O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure) 70 67 (£665).
138 G McBain (Newmachar) 69 69, P O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure)  68 70, Z Culverwell (Dunbar) 67 71, J Henry (Clydebank and Dist) 66 72 (£577 each), J Wilson (amateur) 70 68.
SELECTED SCORES:
139 L Gaughan (Bathgate) 72 67, N Henderson (Renaissance) 70 69, C Marr (Musselburgh) 70 69, S Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC) 70 69, G McDougall (Elie Links) 70 69 (T21) (£399 each)
140 G Hutcheon 69 71 (£329), W Porter (Carnoustie) (am) 68 72 (T32)
142 K Nicol (Dunes GC) 73 69 (T47) (£177).
143 C McMaster (Downfield) 75 68, L Saltman (Renaissance) 75 67, A Crerar (Panmure) 69 74 (T56).
144 F Mann (unatt) 71 73, S Henderson (Kings Links) 67 77 (T63)
145 S Burgess (Nairn) 73 72, R Tinker (Piperdam) 71 74, C Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC) 71 74 (T65)
146 G Hay (Mearns Castle) 76 70, L Vannet (Craibstone) 73 73 (T77)
147 K Zeynalov (Portlethen) 71 76 (T83).
148 P McKenna (Portlethen) 75 73 (T90)
153 G Still (Turriff) 80 73 (T109).
154 R McConnachie (Peterculter) 76 78 (T111).
161 J Treasurer (Loch Ness) 80 81 (120th).







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