REILLY LONE SCOT AMONG SCOTTISH

YOUTHS CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Glencruitten's Robert MacIntyre kept the Golf Data Lab Scottish youths golf championship at home last year but it looks like being tough to prevent the Under-21s title  being "exported" at the end of this year's tournament which teed off with a big field over the Jubilee Course at St Andrews today (Monday).

Lee Shepherd (Sherwood Forest) has set a cracking pace over a course that many rate the best and most difficult of all the St Andrews Links Trust lay-outs.

He shot a three-under-par 69 to lead by a shot from Paul Reilly (Kilmacolm), the lone Scot in the leading five, and Englishmen Nick Marsh (Huddersfield), Christopher Kendall (Royal Lytham and Germany-based Philip Coles.

Title-holder McIntyre is in lying joint sixth place on 71 alongside Ben Kinsley (St Andrews), Lewis Bain (Turnhouse) Ewan Farquharson (Auchterarder), William Aldred (Brockett Hall) and Kyle McClatchie from South Africa.

SCOTTISH YOUTHS CHAMPIONSHIP

Jubilee Course, St Andrews

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES

Par 72 CSS 74
Top 40 and ties at conclusion of Round 2 
will go forward to the final two rounds.

69 L Shepherd (Sherwood Forest)

70 P Reilly (Kilmacolm), N Marsh (Huddersfield), C Kendall (Royal Lytham), P Coles (Germany).

71 K McClatchie (SAf), W Aldred (Brockett Hall), E Farquharson (Auchterarder), L Bain (Turnhouse), R MacIntyre (Glencruitten), B Kinsley (St Andrews).

72 C Hill (Tantallon), A McDougall (St Andrews New), A Davidson (Charleton), A Fisher (Newmachar), J Rooney (West Lancs), H Young-Alls (Ratcliffe on Trent), G Duncan (Windyhill), R Tinker (Strathmore), S Burgess (Nairn), W Whiteoak (Shipley), C MacLean (Balmore)

73 J Douglas (Aberdour), R Paterson (Kilspindie), J Wilson (Balmore), C Fyfe (Cawder), C McAndrew (Germany), G Forrester (Lundin), F Davren (Williamwood), C Hill (Muckhart), S Wearing (Bishopbriggs), N McMullen (Lundin), C Chalmers (Cawder), J Holt (Wilpshire), S Robbins (Hull), J Ashman (Bognor Regis), J Harling (Banchory).

74 C Syme (Dumfries and Co), S Grant (Downfield), M Naysmith (Marriott Dalmahoy), M Napier (Turnhouse), S McCandless (Bathgate), D Wilson (Troon Welbeck), C Edgar (Cochrane Castle), S Donald (Eaglescliffe), J Jamieson (St Andrews), A Blaney (Liberton).

SELECTED SCORES

75 J Johnston (Ayr Belleisle), A McDougall (Elderslie), R McEwan (Troon Welbeck), A Collier (Balbirnie Park), R Brydon (Bruntsfield).

76 D McCreadie (Newton Stewart), A Ross (Fort William), R Malcolm (Muckhart), J Bryce (Bathgate), C Pirie (Millport)

77 C Howie (Peebles), M Brodie (Strathmore), D Thompsett (Aboyne), A Burgess (Nairn)

78 B  Craggs (Glenbervie).

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