Qualifiers for Inverness Four Day Open matchplay competition are confirmed
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The 16 golfers who will play in the matchplay round of the Inverness Four Day Open have been confirmed after the qualifying stages were completed.
Jonathon Keith only just missed the course record with a superb 63 including 7 birdies and a solitary bogey at the par 3 9th, closely followed by playing partners Kieran Mackay (66) and Ruairidh Greenwood (68).
Added to his first round 71 this was enough to secure Keith the leading qualifier prize on 134 and he will take on Andy Maxtone of the home club in the round of 16 on Wednesday.
Wednesday sees the start of the matchplay stages with the scratch section starting at 8am. Quarter finals follow in the afternoon with Semis and Finals on Thursday.
Last 16 Matchplay
Jonathon Keith v Andy Maxtone
Connor Hall v Neil McPhie
Lewis Reid v Eric Brown
Ruairidh Greenwood v Robin Fraser
John Forbes v Graham Daun
David Joel v Ross Naismith
Steven Buchan v Bruce Thomson
Kieran Mackay v Steven Paterson
In the first of the handicap sections, Mike Cormack led the qualifiers with a second round nett 72 giving him an overall qualifying score of 139, one clear of Brian Rennie who will go into Wednesday’s matchplay stages as second seed.
In section two, Steven McCabe and Stewart Lyle both scored 69 + 70 to tie on 139 with McCabe as top seed on countback.
John McKail of Braehead (Alloa) Golf Club, a long time supporter of the event, returned a superb nett 64 in the 2nd round to lead the section 3 qualifiers on 137.
