SUPER-MAC DOES IT AGAIN ... REPEAT 66 TO LEAD BY FIVE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Scottish youths champion Robert MacIntyre, pictured, proved his six-under-par 66 in the first round was no fluke by staging a repeat performance on Day 2 to spreadeagle the field in the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Scottish Under-18 boys' open amateur stroke-play championship at The Roxburghe Hotel golf course, Kelso today.
The Glencruitten, Oban left hander is on 12-under-par 132 at the halfway stage of the 72-hole vent and leads by five shots from repeating Paul Lawrie Scottish schoolboys champion Connor Syme (Dumfries and Co) (67-70 for 137).
Third-placed Ewan Ferguson (Bearsden) is a further two shots back on 139 (69-70).
MacIntyre bettered his first-round outward half with 31 shots to the turn - birdies at the first, third, fourth, fifth and nine without even the sniff of a bogey.
After birdies at the 11th and 12th, Robert was seven under par with six to play - and a score in the low 60s was on the cards.
But then as golf so often does, MacIntyre was stopped in his tracks by a double bogey 5 at the short third.
He took it on the chin and bounced back with an eagle 3 at the 14th, only to shed another shot at the 15th before parring in for another remarkable round.
"I’m playing the best I’ve ever played,” said MacIntyre, the 16-year-old Scotland boys cap. “I was hoping for three-under today so another 66 is a bit of a shock. I’ll just try and do the same tomorrow. It’s good to know I have won before and I can do it.”

MacIntyre has been hunting down the amateur course record, held by the Lothians’ Anthony Blaney after a 64 last year, but has so far come up just short this week. 
The cut, which looked like being at 149, went up to 150 late in the day. 

The non-qualifiers included Paul Lawrie's elder son Craig with scores of 76 and 77 for 153 - three shots too many to make it through to Thursday's 36-hole finale.
He was looking like qualifying until he dropped five shots over five closing holes - a bogey at the 12th, a triple bogey 8 at the 14th and a bogey at the 16th in an inward 41.

 QUALIFIERS
Par 144 (2x72) SS 74 CSS 74 74
132 R MacIntyre (Glencruitten) 66 66
137 C Syme (Dumfries and Co) 69 70
139 E Ferguson (Bearsden) 69 70
140 J Harling (Banchory) 72 68, O Bergqvist (Swe) 70 70
142 C Hill (Tantallon) 72 70, J Floydd (Haywards Heath) 70 72, E Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 71 71
144 T Simmonds (Gullane) 76 78, C Peruzzi (Ita) 74 70, C Fyfe (Cawder) 71 73
145 S Mazzoli (Ita) 73 72, J K Volden (Nor) 72 73, A Burgess (Nairn) 70 75, C Curren (Harburn) 75 70.
146 L Anderson (Deeside) 71 75, D McNeill (Powfoot) 73 73, J Goth-Rasmussen (Den) 72 74.
147 J Wilson (Balmore) 77 70, S Easton (Irvine) 75 72, R Gordon (Alford) 74 73, R Stewart (Crieff) 72 75, G Burns (Williamwood) 73 74. 
148 A Fisher (Newmachar) 76 72, C Cochrane (Marriott Dalmahoy) 75 73, A Wilson (Renaissance) 75 73, R Alexander (Braehead) 76 72, T Watson (S Africa) 74 74, F Davren (Williamwood) 72 76
149 D McCreadie (Newton Stewart) 78 71, F Rovegno (Ita) 76 73, S Blair (Royal Musselburgh) 79 70, D Bomarsi (Ita) 76 73, G Forrester (Lundin) 74 75, L Cianchetti (Ita) 75 74, R Robertson (Old Ranfurly) 72 77, J Lelliott (Worthing) 72 77.
150 K Mackay (Inverness) 78 72, A Wolstencroft (Carlisle) 77 73, G Cowen (West Lothian) 73 77

MISSED THE CUT INCLUDED
151 R Franssen (Inverness) 76 75
152 B Murray (Portlethen) 80 72.
153 C Lawrie (Deeside) 76 77
154 S Scott (Nairn) 74 80
155 A Carrell (Royal Aberdeen) 78 77, L McWilliam (Aboyne) 84 71, N Young (Insch) 77 78
156 M Brodie (Strathmore) 79 77
157 A Ross (Fort William) 72 85
158 C Stephen (Aboyne) 82 70, C Franssen (Inverness) 79 79.


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