Macintyre continues to set hot pace

SCOTTISH YOUTHS champion Robert MacIntyre proved his opening 66 was no fluke by staging a repeat on day two in the Stephen Gallacher Foundation Scottish Under18 boys’ open amateur stroke-play championship at The Roxburghe Hotel golf course, Kelso.

The Oban left-hander is on 12-under-par 132 at the halfway stage of the 72-hole event and leads by five shots from Scottish schoolboys champion Connor Syme (Dumfries and Co) , who shot 70.

Third- placed Ewan Ferguson (Bearsden) is a further two shots back on 139 after his 70.

The non- qualifiers included Paul Lawrie’s elder son Craig with scores of 76 and 77 for 153, four shots too many to make today’s final 36 holes.

He was looking like qualifying until he dropped five shots over five holes on the back nine – a bogey at the 12th, a triple bogey eight at the 14th and a bogey at the 16th. Leading qualifiers: 132 R MacIntyre (Glencruitten) 66 66

137 C Syme (Dumfries and Co) 69 70

139 E Ferguson (Bearsden) 69 70

140 J Harling (Banchory) 72 68, O Bergqvist (Swe) 70 70

142 C Hill (Tantallon) 72 70, J Floydd (Haywards Heath) 70 72, E Walker (Barassie) 71 71

144 T Simmonds (Gullane) 76 78, C Peruzzi (Ita) 74 70, C Fyfe (Cawder) 71 73

145 S Mazzoli (Ita) 73 72, J K Volden (Nor) 72 73, A Burgess (Nairn) 70 75, C Curren (Harburn) 72 73.

146 L Anderson (Deeside) 71 75, D McNeill (Powfoot) 73 73, J GothRasmussen (Den) 72 74.

147 J Wilson (Balmore) 77 70, S Easton (Irvine) 75 72, R Gordon (Alford) 74 73, R Stewart (Crieff) 72 75. Non-qualifers included: 153 C Lawrie (Deeside) 76 77

156 M Brodie (Strathmore) 79 77