BRITISH MEN'S OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

MAJORITY OF SCOTS FAIL TO MAKE

IT THROUGH TO MATCH-PLAY

Only a handful of Scots survived the 36-hole qualifying test to decide the 64 qualifiers (and ties) for the match-play stages of the British men’s amateur championship at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich in Kent.

Those who made it through included:

148 John Gallagher (Swanston) 70 78.

149 Richie Ramsay (Royal Aberdeen) 78 71.

150 Jonathan King (Glasgow) 74 76.

151 Duncan Stewart (Grantown on Spey) 75 76, Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) 74 77, Scott Jamieson (Cathkin Braes) 75 76.

152 Wallace Booth (Comrie) 75 77, Bryan Fotheringham (Forres) 74 78..

There were 13 players on the 152 in joint 64th place. Under the championship rules, everyone in 64th place gets through which will necessitate quite a few "extra" ties to reduce the number of qualifiers to 64.

One of the major non-qualifiers was Walker Cup player Lloyd Saltman with 76 and 78 for 154.

NON-QUALIFIERS INCLUDED:

153 R Dixon (Barassie) 77 76, S Mann (Carnoustie ) 76 77.

154 L Saltman (Craigielaw) 76 78, S Clark (Barassie) 79 77.

155 S McEwan (Barassie) 79 76, K McNicoll (Carnoustie) 74 81, G Campbell (Blairgowrie) 75 80.

156 P O’Hara (Colville Park) 80 76, M Kerr (Dalmahoy) 77 79, G Murray (Earlsferry Th) 74 82.

157 G Wood (Crow Wood) 80 77, J Findlay (Fraserburgh) 79 78.

158 R Knox (Inverness ) 76 82.

160 S Twynholm (Morpeth) 80 80, C Macaulay (Tulliallan) 78 81, E McIntosh (Newmachar) 79 81.

164 E Saltman (Craigielaw) 86 78.

167 S Henry (Cardross) 82 85.

169 P McKellar (East Renfrewshire) 89 80.

The leading qualifier was Llewellyn Matthews, a Welshman from Southerndown with 74 and 68 for 142.

Oliver Fisher (West Essex) made it through on 144 (73-71). So too did Gary Wolstenholme (Kilworth Springs) with 75 and 71 for 146.

TENNESSEE WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

 

COLETTE MURRAY REACHES QUARTER-FINALS

 

Colette Murray from Dumfries, head women's golf coach at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, made a rare competitive golf appearance recently in the Tennessee women's amateur championship at the Country Club of Bristol, Tennessee.

She reached the quarter-finals before losing to 21-year-old Holly Cantwell, a student at the University of Tennessee.

Miss Cantwell went on to reach the final before losing by 4 and 3 to Shelley Anderson, a 33-year-old private investigator and a graduate of the University of Tennessee.

Colette has been given the task of re-starting the UTC women's golf programme which has been dormant since the mid-1980s. The women's team will play on the American college golf circuit from the autumn of next year and Miss Murray is hoping to recruit British and Irish girls to be the backbone of the UTC team.

HALF A WASHOUT AT BONNYTON

 

JOHN McTEAR WINS TOP PRIZE WITH 70 

 

Heavy rain washed out the afternoon play in the BMI Ross Hall Hospital/Lexus double shotgun pro-am at Bonnyton Golf Club today

A prize list was drawn up by tournament director Hugh Malcolm on the scores returned by the field who started at 8.30am.

John McTear (North Gailes) won the top pro prize of £560 with a two-under-par round of 70 – one shot ahead of Finlay Menzies (Milngaive), Scott Garrett (East Renfrewshire) and Jim McKinnon (Irvine).

Duncan Williamson (Kirkhill) led the Bonnyton Golf Club trio of Nilam Purewall (3), Kevin Ockrim (15) and Peter Cassidy (17) to victory in the team event with a net score of 19-under-par 125.

 

BMI ROSS HALL HOSPITAL/LEXUS DOUBLE SHOTGUN

PRO-AM

Bonnyton Golf Club

LEADING SCORES (second shotgun start abandoned).

70 J McTear (North Gailes).

71 F Menzies (Milngavie), S Garrett (East Renfrewshire), J McKinnon (Irvine).

72 C Ronald (Carluke).

73 A McCloskey (Bothwell Castle).

74 A Marshall (Houston GR), K Stevely (Cawder), S Russell (East Renfrewshire).

TEAM WINNERS

125 D Williamson (Kirkhill) & Bonnyton GC: N Purewall (3), K Ockrim (15), P Cassidy (17).

 

WORLD BOYS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

 

ENGLAND TRAILING IN JAPAN.

 

England were tied for 12^th position in a field of 15 countries at the end of the first day of the Toyota world boys’ golf team championship at Chukyo Golf Club, Toyota-shi in Japan today.

Sweden and Norway made it a good day for Continental Europe by setting the pace on 206 and 207 respectively over the par-72, 6,886yd Ishino course.

Hosts Japan (208) were in third place.

United States, always the favourites, did not do so well this time round. They were in eighth place on 217.

England scored 220 with a 71 from James Watt, a 73 from Luke Goddard and a 76 by Am Hutsby. Tom Hesketh had a non-counting 78 under the best three from four scores to count daily format.

 

TOYOTA WORLD BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP

Chukyo Golf Club, Toyota-shi, Japan.

LEADING FIRST ROUND TOTALS

206 Sweden.

207 Norway.

208 Japan.

211 Chinese Taipei.

213 Korea.

215 Argentina.

216 Canada.

217 United States.

218 South Africa.

219 Coliombia, New Zealand.

220 England, Netherlands.

223 Mexico.

226 Venezuela.

LEADING INDIVIDUALS (Par 72)

68 J Kennegard Swe), A Friestad Nor), M Thorp (Nor), Y Matsuoka (Jap), E Martinez (Arg).

69 R Wingardth (Swe), B Akesson Swe), Liu Yu Chun (Chinese Taipei), Jeong Yeon-Jin.

PAUL AND WILLIAMSONS GIRLS' RANKINGS

 

CARLY BOOTH AND MICHELE

THOMSON ARE JOINT LEADERS

 

Title-winning Carly Booth (Comrie) and Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) are joint leaders of the Paull and Williamsons’ Scottish girls stroke-play golf rankings.

Carly, who has her 14^th birthday tomorrow (JUNE 21), won the Scottish Under-16 girls’ open championship at St Andrews in April.

Michele, 18, winner of the Scottish schoolgirls’ championship at Troon last week, flies out to Alabama in August to start a four-year golf scholarship at Jacksonville State University.

They both have an average score of 2.5 over CSS in designated events for the P&W girls’ rankings and are a shot ahead of 16-year-old Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm).

Leading positions in the rankings:

 

1 (equal) Carly Booth (Comrie), Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon).

3 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm).

4 Jane Turner (Mortonhall).

5 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar).

6 Rebecca Wilson (Monifieth).

7 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle).

8 Rachael Livingstone (Old Musselburgh).

9 Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth).

10 Lauren MacCallum (McDonald Ellon).

11 Fiona Blair (Monifieth).

12 Laura Murray (Alford).

13 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey).

14 Zone Differ (Dullatur).

15 Susan Jackson (Elmwood).

16 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm).

17 Kerrie Differ (Dullatur).

18 Sammy Vass (Tain).

19 Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry).

20 Ashley Smith (Kirriemuir).

21 Louise MacGregor (Falkirk).

22 Cara Easton (Dalmahoy).

23 Mhairi Johnstone (Northern).

24 Gillian Simpson (Baberton).

25 Samantha Leslie (Westhill).

26 Heather Peebles (Monifieth).

27 Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton).

28 Donna Mackinnon (Nairn Dunbar).

29 Ailsa Bain (Peebles).

30 Lauren Meldrum (Dullatur).