SCOTLAND excelled themselves over the demanding Woodhall Spa course in
Lincolnshire yesterday to finish at the top of the leaderboard after the
first qualifying round of the European Boys team championship.
A five-player aggregate of 378 means that Scotland have a four-stroke
advantage over Sweden going into today's second and final qualifying
round.
Defending champions England are a further shot back in third place.
Scottish boys' matchplay champion Steven Young maintained the superb
form he has shown all season with a one-under-par round of 72 to give
the Scots the perfect start.
Young was one of only three players from the 18 competing nations who
managed to break par.
Graham Fox was also in excellent form with a level-par 73 at the
bottom of the order and things worked out exactly as captain Scott
McDonald had hoped.
''I was looking for a good start and a strong finish and was confident
that Steven and Graham could provide just that,'' he said.
Grant Campbell shot a 75, Chris Kelly a 77, while Paul Cunningham and
Oliver Lindsay both returned 81, with Lindsay's effort being discarded.
First-round qualifying scores:
378 -- Scotland (S Young, 72; G Fox, 73; G Campbell, 75; C Kelly, 77;
P Cunningham, 81; O Lindsay, 81).
382 -- Sweden. 383 -- England 386 -- France. 389 -- Italy. 391 --
Spain, Denmark. 392 -- Germany. 395 -- Wales. 397 -- Austria. 398 --
Norway, Ireland. 399 -- Netherlands. 402 -- Finland. 406 -- Belgium. 411
-- Portugal, Iceland. 415 -- Switzerland.
Scotland
well adrift
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
SCOTLAND are in a precarious position going into the second and final
strokeplay qualifying round of the European Women's Team championship in
Milan this morning.
The Scots finished the first day with a five-card aggregate of 386 to
lie in joint eighth place with Ireland, some 20 strokes adrift of
leaders Spain and six behind England.
Only Mhairi McKay really shone among the Scots. The Curtis Cup player,
who is now at Stamford University in America, reached the turn in 38 and
came home in 35, one under par.
Janice Moodie was round in 75, but the rest of the Scots struggled,
Alison Rose finishing on 78 and Sharon McMaster and Hilary Monaghan both
on 80, with Lesley Nicholson's 82 being discounted.
Scotland cannot afford any mistakes today if they are to keep alive
their championship dream. Leading first-round aggregates:
366 -- Spain. 367 -- France. 369 -- Sweden. 370 -- Italy. 372 --
Denmark. 380 -- England. 381 -- Germany. 386 -- Scotland, Ireland. 387
-- Wales. 389 -- Norway. 390 -- Switzerland. 394 -- Holland. 399 --
Austria, Belgium. 401 -- Finland. 410 -- Czech Republic. 411 -- Iceland.
426 -- Portugal.
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