RUSHFORD LEADS STIRLING MEN 1-2-3-4 AT LOSSIEMOUTH

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Grangemouth's Bobby Rushford (Stirling) leads at the halfway stage of the Scottish universities' men's golf championship at Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth.

He had rounds of 67 and 68 over the par-70 New Course for a five-under-par tally of 135.

Rushford, pictured, leads by two shots in a Stirling 1-2-3-4 monopoly at the top of the scoreboard.
In second place is Englishman David Booth with 70 and 67 for 137.
Graeme Robertson, first-round pacemaker with a four-under 66 fell away slightly to a two-over 72 for 138, one shot ahead of Fraser Moore (72-67) and Canadian Adrian Cord (72-67).
They are the only players in a huge field under par after 36 holes.
The final two rounds will be over the Moray Old Course.

SECOND-ROUND LEADING TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70 Moray New Course)
Leading 48 and ties qualify for Tuesday's third and fourth rounds.
135 Bobby Rushford (Stirling) 67 68.
137 David Booth (Stirling) 70 67.
138 Graeme Robertson (Stirling) 66 72.
139 Fraser Moore (Stirling) 72 67, Adrian Cord (Canada) 72 67.
141 John Wybar (Aberdeen) 73 68, James White (Stirling) 70 71.
142 Colin Thomson (Stirling) 71 71, Daniel Sommerville (Dundee) 71 71.
143 Steven Smith (Heriot Watt) 73 70.
144 Duncan Douglas (Stirling) 73 71, Gordon Munro (Robert Gordon) 72 72.=
145 Varun Varadharajan (Heriot Watt) 77 68, Kit Holmes (Stirling) 74 71, Blair Pelling (St Andrews) 72 73, Jon Corke (St Andrews) 75 71, Daniel Daley (Abertay Dundee) 73 73, Graeme McDougall (Strathclyde) 72 74.
147 Elliot Brown (St Andrews) 76 71, Nick McAndrew (Aberdeen) 74 73, Andrew Wallace (Stirling) 72 75.
148 Michael Daily (Stirling) 76 72.
149 Sean Fotheringhame (St Andrews) 78 71, Ricardo Di Murro (Heriot Watt) 74 75, John Duff (Aberdeen) 73 76, Sean Thompson (Stirling) 71 78.
150 Cole Sedgwick (St Andrews) 78 72, Freddie Edmunds (St Andrews) 75 75, Alex Culverwell (Stirling) 75 75.
151 Mark Hoffman (Canada) 80 71, Dewi Merkx (Stirling) 76 75, Ross Crummey (Aberdeen) 72 79.
152 Connor Finlay (Dundee) 80 72, Euan Brown (Strathclyde) 79 73.
153 Joe Marchbank (St Andrews) 81 72, Darren Timms (Stirling) 80 73, Malcolm Pennycott (Heriot Watt) 79 74, Craig McLaughlin (Strathclyde) 76 77, Leigh Meddle (UHI) 76 77.
154 Michael Howard (Stirling) 79 75, Conor Hache (Canada) 79 75, Greg Belsito (Canada) 79 75, John Drummond (Aberdeen) 78 76, Corin Fitch-Stewart (Aberdeen) 78 76, Scott Whyte (UHI) 78 76.
155 Finlay White (Stirling) 77 78, Jim White (Edinburgh) 76 79, Matt Wheeler (St Andrews) 76 79.
MISSED THE CUT
156 David Lang (Canada) 83 73, Philipp Dirkx (St Andrews) 82 74, Arthur Donze (Abertay Dundee) 81 75, Scott Clark (Glasgow) 77 79.
157 Rob Shannon (St Andrews) 84 73, Gavin Bisset (Aberdeen) 83 74, Douglas |Maxwell (Aberdeen) 82 75, Craig Telfer (Edinburgh) 82 75, Ross Black (UHI) 81 76, Douglas Ibbotson (Aberdeen) 80 77, Alex Dumais (Canada) 79 78.

158 Josh Clarke (Abertay Dundee) 84 74, Ben Gibson (Strathclyde) 790 79,. Daniel Doherty (St Andrews) 77 81.

159 Jamie Fraser (UHI) 82 77, Rob Gallon (Edinburgh) 81 78, Callum Cromar (Robert Gordon) 79 80.

160 Ally Leith (Glasgow Caledonian) 80 80.

161 Alex Shedden (UHI) 84 77, Dave McCall (Edinburgh) 82 79, Don McAndrew) (Robert Gordon) 81 80.

163 Alister Brough (Abertay Dundee) 79 84.

164 Byron Campbell (Stirling) 87 77, Colin Swan (Edinburgh) 81 83.

167 Rob Wood (UHI) 88 79, Neil Marc (Golspie) 83 84.
168 Rory Whitson (Heriot Watt) 92 76.
169 Phil Davidson (Glasgow) 92 77, Euan Patterson (Heriot Watt) 91 78, Roddy Forgie (Edinburgh) 87 82.
170 Martin McDonagh (UHI) 86 84, Stephen McGregor (Dundee) 85 85, Donnchadh Dodd (Heriot Watt) 84 86.