Crail member Burns, past champ MacAuley still in Scottish Am
8/1/2019 | by Scottish Golf Union
see also: View results for Scottish Amateur Championship, Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
The field was cut from 64 to 16 on Thursday at Crail and the battle continues for the title.
Lachlan Reynolds will live to see another match after knocking out the top seed from stroke-play qualifying, Stuart McLaren. Earlier in the day, Reynolds had progressed to the Round of 32 with a 1-up victory over Rob MacGregor.
Crail member George Burns is also safely through to the “sweet 16” after two impressive victories: a 6-and-5 defeat of Gary Wright in the morning and then a stunning 7-and-6 win in the afternoon against Dan Lawrence.
Speaking to Scottish Golf after his second-round victory, Burns said, “Playing at my home course has been fun, I know the course well and I had some success here earlier in the year when I played the battle trophy and I think both of those factors have allowed me to be confident with my lines off the tee.
One of the biggest winners of the afternoon was Australia’s Joshua Greer, who cruised to a 6-and-5 victory against Gullane’s Thomas Simmonds after beating Liam Duncan, 2 and 1, in the morning.
“I played two really tough games today but managed to come through – I wasn’t playing particularly well in the stroke-play competition earlier in the week but was able to go away and work a few things out which helped,” Gree told Scottish Golf. “I have lived in Australia for the last eight years but always tend to come back home at this time of year to compete in a few competitions both in the UK and in the US. It has been nice to be back home and being able to play in nice weather up at Crail, it is not always as fun when the weather is poor.”
Kilmacolm’s Matt Clark, who started the day a 5-and-3 victory in the morning against Longniddry’s David Rudd (who had earlier in the week shot a course-record 60 on the Balcomie course) also has a tee time on Friday., He defeated Carnoustie’s Will Porter in the afternoon, 3 and 2.
Defending champion Euan McIntosh’s went down early in the day. He was beaten on the last hole of his match against John Paterson of New Club St Andrews. Paterson is still in the hunt to win the title himself after winning his afternoon match again Craig Pirie, 4 and 3.
One former winner who is still in with a chance of picking up a second title is Calum MacAulay. The 2008 champion put in a solid performance on Thursday with a narrow win down the last in the morning, followed by a more comfortable 4-and-3 victory in the afternoon.
BRILLIANT victory with @CrailGolf own George Burns storming his way to a 7 & 6 🎖️ over the #CraigheadLinks
— Crail Golfing Society (@CrailGolf) August 1, 2019
Biggest win of the top-32 matches and George now into the last 16 of the 2019 @ScottishGolf Men's Championship
C'mon members come out Friday and support George 👍 pic.twitter.com/7HxaglnTA3
Results: Scottish Amateur Championship
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | , Scotland | 500 | ||
| Runner-up | , Scotland | 400 | ||
| Semifinals | , Scotland | 300 | ||
| Semifinals | , Scotland | 300 | ||
| Quarterfinals | , Scotland | 200 |
About the Scottish Amateur Championship
The Scottish Amateur Championship began in 1922 and has witnessed many famous victors, including legendary amateurs Ronnnie Shade and Charlie Green as well as some of the stars of the modern game, Colin Montgomerie and Stephen Gallacher. Entry to the...
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