Clark and Johnston lead after day two of Stirling International Golf Tournament

High winds swept across the Torrance course at Fairmont St Andrews for the second round of the 7^th Stirling International as Fern Clark (St Andrews) and Liam Johnston (Scottish Golf) rose to the top of the leaderboards.

The women’s competition saw Clark establish a four stroke lead after the shooting a birdie laden 71, leaving her at 2 under for the tournament. Overnight leader Cassie Kneen (St Andrews) is Clark’s nearest challenger, an 80 leaving her two over for the tournament. Stirling’s Mirren Fraser rounds out the top three, an 81 giving her a two round total of 153, +5 for the tournament. The performances of Clark and Kneen have seen St. Andrew’s second team continue to lead the team competition with tomorrow’s final round seeing the top nine compete for the titles.

The men’s competition saw a number of strong performances at the top of the leaderboard with Robert Foley (Stirling) shooting a round of the day 69, to move up to second at one under for the tournament. Early in the day, Craig Howie (Scottish Golf) had extended his lead at the top of the standings during the front nine, but 5 dropped shots coming home leave him at one under, three shots off the lead. That lead is held by Liam Johnston, who followed up his steady opening level par 72, with a two under par 70, underpinned by an outward 33 that included a rare eagle on 7. Johnston and Howie underpin a very strong performance from the Scottish Golf team who lead the team competition by 7 strokes from the Stirling first team, who are a further 24 shots ahead of St. Andrews. With the leading groups going off from 10.20am, it is set to be an exciting finish to the competition.

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