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Kneen impresses on qualifying day of golf Championship

Mon, 21 Jun 2010

The qualifying round of this year's Isle of Man Close Amateur Championship took place at Ramsey Golf Club on Saturday.

The course was a fair test to all 72 players that took part, with the weather impacting on some of the scores during the second round. Although it remained sunny throughout the day, it was the wind that added some spice to the day.


This didn't deter Chris Kneen however, as he was leading qualifyer on the day with a 3 under par 137, who finished 3 shots clear of defending champion Paul Lowey, and Ramsey's Davy Jones.


After play, the draw took place for the matchplay stage to be played on Tuesday from 4:30pm:


Match 1 4:30 - Chris Kneen v Andrew Challenor

Match 2 4:40 - Jonathon Corke v Daryl Callister

Match 3 4:50 - Steve Jeffers v Daniel Arneil

Match 4 5:00 - Kevin Moore v Tom Gandy

Match 5 5:10 - Davy Jones v Jamie Arneil

Match 6 5:20 - Jeff Ward v Gary Wilson

Match 7 5:30 - Tom Harris v Paul McMullan

Match 8 5:40 - Paul Lowey v Brian Duggan



The scores from the leading qualifiers are shown below:

Chris Kneen 68/69 137

Paul Lowey 69/71 140

David Jones 68/72 140

Kevin Moore 70/74 144

Tom Harris 76/69 145

Jonathon Corke 74/71 145

Daniel Arneil 73/72 145

Gary Wilson 67/79 146

Daryl Callister 73/74 147

Jamie Arneil 72/75 147

Brian Duggan 71/76 147

Andrew Challenor 75/73 148

Steve Jeffers 73/77 150

Paul McMullan 75/76 151

Jeff Ward 75/76 151

Tom Gandy 72/79 151

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