Club champion Neil Irvine scorched round in 63 to equal the best score of the season so far while David Cusiter, playing off 7, set a blistering pace in the Handicap Trophy leading the qualifiers after two rounds on net 120.
The two-round cut fell at 132, the lowest for years, and the 24 qualifiers include a wide range of handicaps which should ensure a fascinating finale this Friday.
Despite the CSS being 64 on both Saturday and Sunday, some 20 players suffered handicap cuts.

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Handicap Trophy qualifiers: 120 David Cusiter (6) (58+62); 121 Alan Allsop (17) (60+61); 122 Jim McBain (17) (61+61); 124 Craig Irvine (5) (65+59); 125 Callum Mitchell (7) (64+61), Brian Davie (14) (64+61), Kevin Murdoch (20) (62+63), David Henderson (10) (61+64), Kevin Boyne (25) (60+65); 126 Chris Innes (19) (63+63); 127 Stuart Soutar (5) (65+62), Iain Taylor (6) (63+64), Neil Irvine (1) (62+65), Stewart Allsop (6) (60+67); 128 Donald MacFarlane (20), Ian Smith (9) (62+66); 129 Ian Hastie (15) (61+68); 130 Ian MacLeod (8) (70+60), Stuart Dempster (7) (67+63), Joe Meanen (13) (64+66); 131 Kenneth Green (10) (66+65), Steven Brown (8) (66+65), Gordon Lamont (9) (62+69), Jim Lonie (10) (61+70); 132 Craig Geddes (19) (69+63).

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Saturday's round doubled up as the second qualifying round for the club's scratch match-play championship for the D F Leslie Shield.
The top 16 go into the match-play draw played over the rest of the season. Neil Irvine headed up the qualifiers.

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D F Leslie Shield Qualifiers: 130 Neil Irvine (67+63); 138 David Cusiter (73+65); 139 Stuart Soutar (69+70); 140 Gary Brown (71+69), Graeme Adamson (71+69); 142 Neil Robertson (74+68), Iain Taylor (73+69), Kevin Murdoch (73+69), Chris Brown (70+72); 143 Stewart Allsop (76+67); 144 Kenny Duncan (73+71), Adam Smith (72+72), Gary Graham (68+76); 145 Bob Leggate (73+72); 146 Douglas Barnard (77+69), David Henderson (74+72).

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Holder Neil Robertson will tee up on Monday in the final round of the Senior Championship for the Taylor Trophy with a healthy eight-shot lead.
In the handicap section for the Carnegie Cup, the competition is much tighter with Bill Adams three shots ahead of a chasing pack.
Scratch: 140 Neil Robertson ((73+67); 148 Harry Roulston (76+72); 151 Jim Lonie (75+76); 153 Bill Adams (76+77), Donald Gordon (76+77).
Handicap: 127 Bill Adams (12) (65+62); 130 Neil Robertson (4) (68+62), Ian Mackay (17) (65+65); 131 Jim Lonie (9) (65+66); 133 Sandy Walker (20) (68+65); 134 Donald Gordon (9) (66+68); 135 Malcolm MacEwen (10) (68+67), Alan Wood (13) (67+68); 136 Harry Roulston (6) (70+76), Eddie Craib (24) (68+68), Mike Rendall (12) (65+71); 137 Keith Taylor (9) (71+76), Derek Freeland (18) (68+69); 138 Bob Smith (12) (68+70); 140 Bill Stables (14) (69+71); 141 Crawford Anderson (26) (75+66), Terry Middleton (9) (71+70); 150 Jim Munro (16) (77+73), Rodger Horrocks (17) (72+78); 155 Nick Nicholas (27) (77+78).

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It also proved a busy weekend for Stonehaven's junior golfers with matches in the Aberdeen & District Junior Pennant League.
The boys lost on Saturday at Kemnay - the top team in the league -- by four matches to two but then beat Auchmill at home on Sunday by six matches to nil.
Kemnay surprisingly lost to Northern on Sunday so Stonehaven still have a fighting chance of qualifying for the semi final stages, an excellent performance by a young and inexperienced team.
The crunch match will come on Sunday when Stonehaven play Northern at home. A win of any size for Stonehaven should mean qualification.
In the match against Kemnay, the sides were tied 2-2 after the first four matches with the last two pairs all square at the tricky par-3 last hole. Unfortunately, Stonehaven lost the hole in each match.
Stonehaven 2 Kemnay 4: Ross Anderson and Ross McAllan lost to Lewis Morgan and Grant Singer 5&3; Scott Murray and Kevin Riddell beat David Temple and Callum Holt 6&4; Craig Buchanan and Josh Halliday beat Gary Fowlie and Andrew Morrison 6&5; Craig Gordon and Sam Wright lost to Kiran Nolan and Iain Coull 3&2; James Duguid and Connor Douglas lost to Paul Stewart and Stuart Sproat 1 hole; Martin Starrs and Scott Duncan lost to Dean Lingard and Duncan McKenzie 1 hole.
Stonehaven 6 Auchmill 0: Ross Anderson and Ross McAllan beat Andy Bull and C Polson 2&1; Scott Murray and Kevin Riddell beat C Ewan and C Ord 4&3; Craig Buchanan and Josh Halliday beat K Mathers and J Gregor 1 hole; Craig Gordon and Grant Robb beat A Harkin and J Robertson 3&2; Sam Wright and Craig Duguid beat J Dickson and S Harkin 6&5; James Duguid and Connor Douglas beat Sean Coakins and C Brand 6&5.

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Stonehaven came fourth in the Scott Trophy at Banchory at the weekend, behind Banchory, Portlethen and Peterculter.
Stonehaven scores were: Gary Graham (70+77) 147; Frank McCarron (75+73) 148; Euan Kennedy (73+77) 150; Chris Brown (75+81) 156.

"Controlled Fade"