Shaun shines in

rain at Leven

Gold Medal
Former Scottish boys' open stroke-play champion Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw) set the first-round pace in very wet conditions for the Standard Life Leven Gold Medal 72-hole Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit tournament at the Fife venue this weekend.
Shaun, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved, also beaten semi-finalist in last year's Scottish amateur championship, shot a three-under-par 66 to lead by one shot from St Andrews Links Trophy winner, Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) with Fraserburgh's Kris Nicol a short further back in third place.
New Scottish champion Callum Macaulay (Tulliallan) was in the group sharing fourth place on 69.
The man he beat in the 36-hole final at Carnoustie last weekend, Steven McEwan (Caprington) had a rare off day. He returned an 83 which made it very unlikely he would survive the halfway cut.
FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 71. CSS 72
66 S McAllister (Craigielaw).
67 K McNicoll (Carnoustie).
68 K Nicol (Fraserburgh).
69 G Paterson (St Andrews New), R Kellett (Colville Park), J Gallagher (Swanston New), R Dixon (Kilmarnock Barassie), P O'Hara (Colville Park), C Macaulay (Tulliallan).
70 M Lamb (Haddington), A Main (Thornton), S Smith (Arbroath Artisans), S Spiers (Australia), S Henry (Cardross).
71 C Sanders (Leven Thistle), D Sommerville (St Andrews), S Stewart-Cation (Balbirnie Park), M Cunningham (Longniddry), S Mann (Carnoustie), S Borrowman (Carnoustie), C Harkins (Ayr Belleisle), Z Saltman (Craigielaw), L Kirton (Newmachar), W Booth (Comrie).
72 T Hayes (West Byfleet), P Betty (Hayston), G Yates (Hilton Park), M Hillson (Craigielaw), J White (Lundin).
73 J Mathers (Haggs Castle), D Yeats (Nigg Bay), J Fox (Portmarnock), G Nicholson (Mortonhall), C Martin (Balbirnie Park), B Soutar (Leven GS).
74 A Howard (Murrayshall), L McGowan (St Andrews New), G Robertson (Silverknowes), J Mackay (Kilmarnock Barassie), B McDermott (Leven GS), S Machin (Cowglen), G Campbell (Blairgowrie), G Dear (Murrayshall), J Findlay (Fraserburgh), J Byrne (Banchory), K Shanks (US), R Bell (Downfield), J Welsh (Australia).
75 P Latimer (St Andrews New), P McLean (Peterhead), B Erskine (Leven GS), Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie), Steven Robertson (Sandyhills), Michael Main (Thornton), Darren Gould (Ladybank), Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn).

77 Paul Ferrier (Baberton), Jack Musgrove (Stocksfield), Stephen Simants (Dunbar), Steven Rennie (Drumpellier), Chris Van Der Merwe (South Africa).
78 A Culverwell (Dunbar), D Downie (Ladybank), Robert Carson (Dalmahoy), John Shanks (Irvine), M Anderson (Leven Thistle).

79 Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs).

80 E Polson (Inverness), D Simpson (Crieff).
83 S McEwan (Caprington).

87 S Crichton (Aberdour).

No Returns: G Tough (Letham Grange), S Hume (Murrayshall).

NEWS FROM THE SECOND ROUND:

Glenn Campbell had a hole in one at the 15th.