TITLE-HOLDER EDMOND THROUGH TO ABERDEEN LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS AGAIN TO SEMIS

Barrie Edmond (Bon Accord), title winner in 2010 and again last year, is through to Monday' semi-finals of the Aberdeen Links golf championship.

He beat Willie Ross (Caledonian) 5 and 4 this evening to reach the

last four once again.

Three of the semi-finalists are from the Bon-Accord club.

The odd man in is Barrie Reid (Caledonian), the leading

qualifier for the match-play stages and the 2011 Links champion. He won a titanic struggle at the 25th in the quarter-finals against Alan Shand (Bon Accord), champion in 2001.
Reid had led by one hole on the 18th tee but three-putted to send the tie into extra holes, of which the fourth was halved in birdies, Reid holing from 15ft for a half. 

Shand was bunkered at the seventh extra hole where Reid holed from 15ft to clinch place against Edmond in the semi-finals.

Bon Accord clubmates Matt Dunn and Matt Greig meet

in the other penultimate tie

TONIGHT'S QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
B Reid (C) bt A Shand (BA) at 25th

B Edmond (BA) bt W Ross (C) 5 and 4

M Dunn (BA) bt  R Evett  (N) 2 holes 

M Greig (BA) bt  C Somers (BA) 5 and 4

LINKS HANDICAP RESULTS

S Milton (N) (7) bt L Hadden (BA) (7) 3 and 1

M Greig (BA) (5) bt R Davidson (9)  1 hole

E Leslie  (BA) (8) bt R Watson (BA) (7)  at 20th

G Bond  (N) (8)  bt  D Galloway (N) (9)  4 and 3

MURRAY CUP RESULTS

J Leslie (BA) (24) bt C Carson (19)  3 and 2

C Murphy (BA) (16) bt C Dunn (16) at 19th

J Ritchie (N) (18)  bt  D Gill (N) (18) 4 and 3

N Christie (BA) (17)  bt  G McBeath (9) 4 and 3