Four lead Kerr Investments OOM 

Qualifier with four-under 66s

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Alan Welsh (Cathkin Braes), Steven O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure), Campbell Marr (Musselburgh) and Jason McCreadie (Largs) all shot four-under-par 66s to lead the 29 players who go forward from the Kerr Investments OOM Qualifying round at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club today to the main event over 36 holes at the same venue on August 26-27.
Welsh had six birdies in halves of 32-34.  O'Hara and McCreadie both went out in 34 and home in 32 with four-birdie, bogey-free rounds. Marr had halves of 35-31 and also had four birdies and no bogeys.
The limit mark for qualifying was 73 but a card countback relegated four of the seven players on that mark to be alternates.
QUALIFIERS
par 70
66 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes), S O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure), C Marr (Musselburgh), J McCreadie (Largs).
69 F Mann (Carnoustie GL), R Menzies (Trump Turnberry), R Leeds (Archerfield Links), R Munro (Duddingston), C Porciani (Trump Turnberry), C Nairn (Kilmarnock Barassie).
70 C Goodwin (Strathlene), G Forbes (Mar Hall), G McDougall (Elie Links), A O'Donnell (Largs), L Hughes (Ayr Belleisle), T Higson (Gleneagles).
71 N Huguet (Musselburgh), F McKenna (Caldwell), J Dick (Duddingston).
72 J Brown (Dumfries and Co), S Houlden (East Kilbride), A D Wills (Lanark), I Graham (Crow Wood), C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), S Craig (Craig Golf), P Kerr (Hayston).
73 (after card play-off) D Stein (Ranfurly Castle), J Fraser (Renaissance Club), G Hardy (Prestwick St Nicholas).
ALTERNATES
73 M Patterson (Kilmacolm),  K Zeynalov (Portlethen), M O'Donnell (Linlithgow), O Robertson (Panmure).
74 A Burns (Bothwell Castle)
REST OF SCORES
74 I Anderson (Colville Park), J Erskine (Dumfries and Co), S Maxwell (Eastwood).
75 V Brown (Logos Golf Ministries), G Paxton (Ralston).
76 A Hutchison (Douglas Park), C Smith (Royal Musselburgh), A Waugh (Clydebank and Dist), S Ross (Turnhouse).
77 A McDonald (Dunnikier Park), M Mackenzie (Edzell), C Imlah (Craigielaw), C Gordon (Braid Hills), Katy McNicoll (Gullane).
78 CMcMaster (Downfield), D-R Nicol (Dundonald Links).
79 C Adam (Harburn), D Williamson (Kirkhill).
80 F Thomson (Trump Turnberry).
81 S Fisher (Portpatrick Dunskey).