Kevin Duncan takes early two-shot lead in Scottish Alliance Championship at Boat of Garten

Despite starting with a double-bogey 5, Cruden Bay tour professional Kevin Duncan set the pace in the first round of the Scottish Alliance championship at Boat of Garten.
Birdies at the second and sixth plus an eagle 3 at the long 13th helped him recover to return a two-under-par 68 for a two-stroke lead over fellow pro Fraser Mann (Carnoustie).
 Mann was two strokes clear of Duncan after nine holes but came home in 37 to Duncan's 33 to drop back into second place.

Leading Scores:

par 70

68 K Duncan (Cruden Bay) p

70 F Mann (Carnoustie Golf Links) p

72 J A Grant (Boat of Garten), P McLean (Peterhead) p, K Nicol (Dunes Golf Centre) p

76 A Cameron (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), J Dick (Duddingston) p, A J Duncan (Murrayshall), J Duff (Newmachar) p,  B Nicolson (Newmachar), W Hutton (Pitlochry)

77 P Brookes (Pitreavie) p, R Harrower (Boat of Garten) p, S Lockhart (Bathgate);

78 R Stewart (Tulliallan), C Duffus (Royal Aberdeen), S Birrell (Leven Thistle)

79 G Pyott (Arbroath)
80 P G A Leggate (Musselburgh), C Gilbert (Cruden Bay), J Nlcolson (Newmachar), D F Sharp (Boat of Garten)

81 G H Hay (Boat of Garten), S Savage (Dalmuir) p, J R Ingram (Boat of Garten), N Dyce (Strathmore)

82 G Smith (Arbroath), D McLean (Kemnay), D A Leslie (Bon Accord)

83 D Munro (Kingsknowe), L Sutherland (Monifieth) p, J Rogers (Inverness)

84 R Denning (Inverurie), I Jeen (St Andrews New)

86 A J Smith (Duff House Royal), A Boxx (Boat of Garten), D W Nelson (Aboyne), D Morrison (Pitlochry), M Lawrie (Kemnay)

87 W M Laing (Prestonfield), A Casey (Moray), I Hamilton (Elgin), J White (Harrison), M Henderson (Blairgowrie), N McGarva (Kilmacolm)

88 B Coupar (Duff House Royal.), J K England (Moray), D Mackay (Fort Augustus), K Smith (Montrose)

89 N Chisholm (Kemnay), M Forster (Cruden Bay)

90 A Greenshields (Auchterarder) 

 

Par 343 544 443 =  34 444 544 344  = 36 70

Duncan  533 543 543 = 35 443 344 344 = 33 = 68

Mann     343 534 443 = 33 443 554 345 = 37 = 70

Grant     443 445 443 = 35 345 644 344 = 37 = 72

McLean  353 445 443 = 35 444 643 354 = 37 = 72

Nicol      553 535 533 = 37 354 443 336 = 35 = 72