Bryce pips Wilson for Faldo Series Scotland title

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Joseph Bryce (Bathgate), with rounds of 72, 70 and 70, and James Wilson (Balmore), 70-71-71, topped the final totals on one-under-par 212 in the Faldo Series Scotland open boys' championship which ended at The Duke's Course, St Andrews today (Wed).
They then went into a sudden death play-off from the 17th, which Bryce (19) won to secure first place officially.
The two Scots had been trailing England's Matthew Myers through the first two rounds but the Northamptonshire player had a triple bogey 7 at the seventh and a double bogey 6 at the 15th. Myers finished third with rounds of 69, 69 and 78 for 216.
Campbell Gibson (Blairgowrie) finished joint fourth overall on 220 (72-76-72) but won the Under-18s category.
Cameron Adam (Royal Burgess) won the Under-16s competition with scores of 81, 70 and 77 for 228.
Bryce, Gibson and Adam will go on to the Faldo Series Grand Final on dates and a venue still to be announced.
In the girls' section Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle), with scores of 72, 76 and 80, won the Under-21s' title with a 228 total while Switzerland-based Cameron Neilson was the Under-16s winner with a 13-over-par total of 226 (81-70-75). There were only two girls' sections.
Jennifer and Cameron qualified for the Grand Final.

BOYS' FINAL TOTALS
The Duke's Course, St Andrews
Par 213 (3x71)
212 J Bryce (Bathgate) 72 70 70, J Wilson (Balmore) 70 71 71 (Bryce won play-off at first extra hole).
216 M Myers (Northamptonshire) 69 69 78.
220 H Gorn (Aberdour) 73 72 75, *C Gibson (Blairgowrie) 72 76 72 (U18s winner).
221 J Cullington (Eng) 77 70 74.
222 C Leith (Royal Aberdeen) 74 70 78.
223 A Thomson (Lanark) 75 71 77, G Brown (Playsport East Kilbride) 75 70 78.
224 W Eardley (Eng) 74 71 78.
226 J Rogan (Longniddry) 73 77 76.
227 S Rook (Eng) 70 75 82, D Rudd (Longniddry) 74 78 75.

OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS
228 C L Cheyne 77 71 80, *C Adam (Royal Burgess) 81 70 77 (U16 winner)
229 B Henderson 78 77 74, S Thurlow 76 74 79, H McColm 74 79 76.
230 A McDougall 75 75 80, J Roberts 83 72 75.
231 L Currid 75 80 76, C Johnstone 74 79 78.
232 G Greer 79 73 80.
233 R Henderson 80 72 81, A Thurlow 76 73 84
234 C D Scott 83 75 76
235 C Cochrane 75 75 85, T Erskine 76 77 82.
236 B Bannerman 78 73 85, T Craig 76 77, 83, S Sandin 80 76 80.
237 C Barbour 77 78 82.
240 S Nicholson 86 73 81, L Waldron 81 76 83, C G Daun 75 75 90.
241 A Saleem 74 84 83.
242 C Sharpe 78 74 90.
245 C Duffton 83 78 84, E Orr 78 80 87, G Cannon 82 73 90.
248 L Gillies 83 79 86.
249 R Mair 83 78 88, B Hunter 79 75 95
254 A Scott 81 77 96.
257 C Jackiman 87 74 96, L Bryce-Maynard 82 78 97

GIRLS' FINAL TOTALS
226 C Neilson (Alvaneu Bad, Switzerland) 81 70 75.
228 J Rankine (Haggs Castle) 72 76 89
230 K Brodie (Strathmore) 78 76 76

OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS
231 M Ashley 77 77 77
232 A Muirhead 79 74 79
239 C Taylor 90 76 73.
250 L McClymont 83 80 87.
253 A Mitchell 87 86 80.
267 R Erskine 88 87 92.
268 E Caton 83 92 93.