Tough ask for Scots to catch France
But Jim McKinnon (Irvine), Ladybank’s Alan Lockhart and Chris Currie (Caldwell) have five shots to make up on leaders France – a tall order, even under the two-from-three scores to count format. France, represented by club pros Benjamin Nicolay 68, Stephane Lahary 70 and Bertrand Cornut 72 (non-counting), had a third-round team total of six-under 138 yesterday to take up the outright pole position on 14-under 418.
Scotland, with Currie having his first counting round of the event, a two-under 70, and McKinnon chipping in with a 71, added 141 to their score to be on nine-under 423. After two 70s, Lockhart sagged to a 77.
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Hide AdThe Scots are shot ahead of third-placed England (Craig Goodfellow 69, Gary Brown 72 and Chris Gill a non-counting 78). Ireland (David Ryan 72, John Kelly 75 and Eamonn Brady a non-counting 83) dropped back to seventh place on 429 after a third-round score of 147.
Wales (Andrew Barnett 71, Simon Edwards 73 and Matthew Parsley a non-counting 89) are 11th on 439 with a 143 addition.
Meanwhile, Strathaven, represented by Stuart Kerr and Jim Preston, were eighth in the final of the Lombard Challenge, a PGA event involving club pros and captains. They carded rounds of 68 and 70 at Antalya Golf Club’s PGA Sultan Course to finish four-under-par in the £25,000 betterball event. It was won by Dukinfield’s David Green and Steve Warburton on 13-under-par after rounds of 64 and 65.