ST ANDREWS BOYS' OPEN MATCH-PLAY

FRANSSEN BROTHERS FROM 

INVERNESS MEET IN  QUARTER-FINALS

Inverness brothers Cameron and Rory Franssen both won twice on the opening day of the match-play stages of the St Andrews Boys' Open over the Eden Course - and will play each other in Wednesday morning's quarter-finalos.

In contrast to Junior Ladies Open, there are six Scots in the last eight of the scratch tournament for the Merchants Cup.

TODAY'S RESULTS

SCRATCH
First round

Jack Cornes (High Leigh Park) bt Cameron Bloomer (East Kilbride) 4 and 2.

Zach Murray (Aus) bt Dean Logan (Bishopbriggs) 6 and 5.

Andrew Thomson (Lanark) bt Harry Begg (Southport and Ainsdale) 3 and 2.

Glen Burrett (Haggts Castle) bt Octave Duclos (Fra) 4 and 3.

Cameron Franssen (Inveness) bt Jonas Schuetz (Aut) 3 and 2.

Ben Rooney (Marriott Dalmahoy) bt Scott Hamilton (Notts) 1 hole.

Luke Northwood (Kenilworth) bt Keith Bowman (St Andrews New) at 19th.

Rory Franssen (Inverness) bt Jamie Parker (Southerness) 5 and 4.

Calum Beauchop (Glenbervie) bt Ross Macintosh (Fra) 2 and 1.

Ben Ferguson (Aus) bt Jordan M Cook (Northumberland) 5 and 4.

Callum Cochrane (Marriott Dalmahoy) bt Conor White (Bridgnorth) 2 and 1.

Khush Patel (Bush Hill Park) bt Jack Valentine (Musselburgh) 2 holes.

Jack Rogan (Longniddry) w.o. James Blyth (Leigh) scr

Tom Watson (SAf) bt Devin Morley (Oughterard) 1 hole

Zack Bedford (St Andrews New) bt Andrew Magee (Powerscourt) 1 hole

Alistair Thurlow (Murrayfield) bt Pierre-Olivier Pochat (Fra) 3 and 2.

Second round

Murray bt Cornes 4 and 2.

Burrett bt Thomson at 19th

C Franssen bt Rooney 5 and 4.

R Franssen bt Northwood 4 and 3.

Ferguson bt Bauchop 1 hole

Cochrane bt Patel 3 and 2.

Rogan bt Watson 3 and 1.

Bedford bt Thurlow 4 and 3.

HANDICAP

First round

Kieran Mackay (Inverness) bt Tom Robinson (Vale) (4) 4 and 3.

Jasper Schuermann (Ger) (3) bt Andrew Hooper (Olton) (4) 3 and 2.

Charlie Beesley (Vale) (6) bt Joe Cloherty (Woolton) (3) 1 hole.

George Petrie (Luffenham Heath) (4) bt Marcus Lotte (Ger) (5) at 21st

Cmaeron Bowman (Newbiggin) (2) bt John Bisset (Pollok) (6) 4 and 3.

Craig Tibbetts (Uphall) (4) bt Stuart Fulton (West Linton) (5) 6 and 4.

Jack Coslett-Green (Houghwood) (5) bt Angus Lewis (St George's Hill) (5) 3 and 1.

Conor MacCallum (St Andrews) (3) bt Charles Petrie (Luffenham Heath) (6) 2 and 1.