British Senior Amateur: Ireland's Pierse takes lead

NAIRN, Scotland (Aug. 9, 2007)-- American Paul Simson faltered in his bid to capture a second straight British Senior Amateur title, falling from second place to a tie for eighth after shooting a second-round 77.

British golfer Arthur Pierse held the top spot after carding 67-71--138. He was trailed by two strokes by Canada's Graham Cooke and Spain's Miguel Preysler.

Robert Berg was the closest American, carding 72-70--142.

Second day results follow:

Name, Club/Country	Rd.1	Rd.2	Tot.
Arthur Pierse, Tipperary	67	71	138
Graham Cooke, Canada	70	70	140
Miguel Preysler, Spain	70	70	140
Chris Reynolds, Littlestone	67	75	142
Robert Berg, USA	72	70	142
Erik Myrmo, USA	70	73	143
Joel Hirsch, USA	75	69	144
Maurice Kelly, Killeen	74	71	145
Paul Simson, USA	68	77	145
Patrick Tomisson, Nairn	73	73	146
John Baldwin, USA	73	73	146
Rick Woulfe, USA	74	72	146
John Fraser, Royal Burgess	73	73	146
Douglas Arnold, Copthorne	72	74	146
Vanni Mandelli, Italy	73	74	147
James Myers, USA	71	76	147
Ian Taylor, Royal Burgess	75	72	147
Bill Leonard, USA	75	73	148
Mike Brummer, USA	74	74	148
Thomas McGraw, USA	74	74	148
John Johnston, Royal Aberdeen	79	70	149
Gary Verble, USA	74	75	149
Jay Blumenfeld, USA	73	76	149
Ian Hutcheon, Monifieth	76	73	149
Antony Patterson, Sunningdale	77	73	150
Kemp Richardson, USA	75	75	150
Brian Mills, Clandeboye	72	78	150
Glyn Rees, Fleetwood	75	75	150
George Paterson, Northern	73	77	150
David Lane, Goring & Streatley	75	75	150
Steven Hakes, USA	73	77	150
Vikramjit Singh, India	77	73	150
Douglas Crawford, USA	74	76	150
Peter Saggers, Nairn	75	76	151
David Perrie, Paisley	78	73	151
Robert Humble, Kilspindie	75	76	151
Gordon Brown, Vale Of Leven	76	75	151
John Jermine, Sunningdale	76	75	151
William Jackson, USA	74	77	151
Richard Thoms, USA	74	77	151
Michael Wigley, Hankley Common	76	76	152
John Whitcutt, Burnham & Berrow	76	76	152
Carlos Salaber, USA	76	76	152
Barry Reddan, County Louth	75	77	152
Ken Benson, USA	77	75	152
John Putt, Sunningdale	76	76	152
Roy Smethurst, Crewe	79	73	152
Alistair Fiddes, Murcar Links	73	79	152
Gaius Potton, Berkhamsted	74	79	153
Nuno Pereira Machado, Portugal	78	75	153
Basil Griffiths, Llanymynech	76	77	153
Bob Kain, USA	77	76	153
Jonathan Hubbard, Sunningdale	79	74	153
Fred Lukasik, USA	74	79	153
Stephen Ellis, Cowal	77	76	153
Sam Smale, Royal St George's	78	76	154
Robert Gill, Gerrards Cross	72	82	154
Robert Wallace, Crosland Heath	80	74	154
Bob Edgar, Blackpool North	75	79	154
Chris Hurst, London	79	75	154
Robin Paton, Nairn	75	79	154
Mike Bell, USA	75	80	155
George MacGregor, Glencorse	75	80	155
John Dennis, USA	75	80	155
Terence Brown, Stand	80	75	155
Andrew Morrison, Appleby	78	77	155
Colin Christy, Kilmacolm	79	76	155
Ronald McLellan, Turnberry	77	78	155
Phil Jones, Bromborough	80	75	155
Douglas McKinnon, Ballochmyle	75	80	155
Derry Harte, Fota Island	75	81	156
James Bruce, Edzell	78	78	156
Hugh MacKeown, Portmarnock	78	78	156
Richard McDonnell, County Louth	78	78	156
Martin McKenna, Elsenham	78	78	156
Gordon Thomson, Bearsden	78	78	156
Jerry Greenbaum, USA	76	80	156
Leslie Fowler, Royal Aberdeen	75	81	156
Stephen Baker, Little Aston	78	78	156
David Eccleston, Ormskirk	76	80	156
Keith MacBryde, Newcastle-under-Lyme	81	75	156
Robert Walker, Crewe	75	81	156
Sean Coyne, Killarney	78	78	156
Bill Simmons, Canada	77	80	157
Timothy Hewan, South Africa	80	77	157
John French, USA	80	77	157
Joseph Keller, USA	79	78	157
Terrell Coffield, USA	82	75	157
Barry Rowan, Drift	74	83	157
Rod Shimwell, Hessle	78	79	157
David Bunker, Nairn Dunbar	81	76	157
Iain Stewart, Curragh	76	81	157
Patrick Garner, Sunningdale	76	81	157
Corky Nelson, USA	79	79	158
Brian Cramb, Tenby	80	78	158
Enrique Fontecilla, Spain	81	77	158
Gordon MacDonald, Callander	79	79	158
Luis Javier Trenor, Spain	76	82	158
Gary Bray, Carrickmines	78	80	158
Keith Howie, West Kilbride	78	80	158
Hennie Heyns, South Africa	82	76	158
Douglas Brodie, Nairn Dunbar	76	82	158
George Rodaks, Moffat	79	79	158
Richard Stevens, USA	83	75	158
Donald Longmuir, Verulam	81	77	158
James Kinloch, Cardross	82	76	158
Alan Clay, Minchinhampton	81	77	158
Jonathan Hobday, South Africa	82	76	158
Donald Kuehn, USA	76	82	158
Donald McCart, Castlerock	78	81	159
Roger Searle, High Post	83	76	159
Graham McGee, Erskine	78	81	159
Brian Grieve, King James VI	79	80	159
Tom McEvoy, Hatfield London	76	83	159
Derek Miller, Murrayfield	83	76	159
Jock Wellington, South Africa	75	84	159
John Smith, Taunton & Pickeridge	79	80	159
Tim Hartnett, St Andrews	80	79	159
Bill Methven, Royal Aberdeen	79	80	159
Alexander Pirie, Hazlehead	85	75	160
Ted Lyford, USA	83	77	160
Michael Fleming, Whitley Bay	83	77	160
Geoff Allan, Wildernesse	84	76	160
Trevor Bennett, Great Barr	81	79	160
Alan Deichler, USA	81	79	160
Rachid Alaoui Abdellaoui, Morocco	79	81	160
Fraser Urquhart, Inverness	81	79	160
Ian Cumming, Eastwood	79	81	160
Colin Moir, Worksop	79	81	160
Peter Kinloch, Cardross	79	81	160
Stewart Bannerman, Glasgow	81	80	161
Jonathan Marks, Woodbridge	84	77	161
Gerry Graham, USA	83	78	161
Alan Ferguson, Drumpellier	83	78	161
Denny Alexander, USA	81	80	161
Francis Clark, Royal Aberdeen	81	80	161
James Watt, Letham Grange	82	79	161
Gordon Reynolds, Ludlow	74	87	161
John Black, Scotscraig	82	79	161
Bob Varn, USA	79	82	161
Robert Thomson, St Andrews	80	81	161
Mike Wilde, Camberley Heath	81	80	161
Bert Nicholson, Royal Dornoch	81	80	161
David Doodson, Temple	81	80	161
Federico Lang, Italy	82	79	161
Lee Frankel, France	79	82	161
Robert Kulp, USA	81	80	161
Allan Elder, Kirkcaldy	80	81	161
Fred Silver, Canada	79	82	161
Michael Morris, Portmarnock	88	74	162
Peter Cowley, Cork	84	78	162
Harvey Brown, Lothianburn	85	77	162
Norman Barnes, Brokenhurst Manor	79	83	162
Kevin Ballinger, UAE	82	80	162
Viviano Villarreal, Mexico	80	82	162
Christopher Macleod, Moray	79	83	162
Jeff Anderson, Radcliffe-on-Trent	82	80	162
Hugh Clunas, Nairn Dunbar	80	83	163
Robert Stuart, USA	83	80	163
Norman Cameron, Porters Park	83	80	163
David Bentham, Bolton	78	85	163
Tony Finn, Cork	85	78	163
Norman Fletcher, Chorley	79	84	163
Raymond Linacre, Coxmoor	84	79	163
John Westwood, Moray	80	83	163
Graham Steel, Moor Park	86	77	163
Anthony Waddington, Crewe	83	80	163
Scott Radcliffe, USA	83	80	163
John Nash, Sunningdale	82	82	164
Robert Stewart, Tulliallan	84	80	164
Tom Dickinson, Royal Liverpool	81	83	164
Roderick Crisp, Ellesborough	84	80	164
Sid Segsworth, Canada	75	89	164
John O'Neill, Reddish Vale	80	84	164
Lindsay Gordon, Turnhouse	85	79	164
Neil Hughes, Gog Magog	85	79	164
George Payne, Prestbury	82	83	165
William Wallace, Strathaven	80	85	165
Borje Back, Sweden	85	80	165
Alan Brownridge, Canada	80	85	165
Stephen Sander, Sunningdale	83	82	165
Ken Sargent, Haydock Park	85	80	165
Neil Wilson, Spain	81	84	165
Stuart Pond, Worksop	81	85	166
Manfred Irrgang, Germany	84	82	166
Donnie Lindsay, Windyhill	80	86	166
Jan Dolk, Sweden	84	82	166
John Broadfoot, Turnberry	84	82	166
Lasse Engstrom, Sweden	85	81	166
Dennis Clifford, Cork	86	80	166
Gustavo Larrazabal, Spain	83	83	166
Anders Grufman, Sweden	83	83	166
Mervyn Eager, Lucan	85	82	167
Neil Marsden, Moor Park	85	82	167
Stephen Hickey, Spain	81	86	167
Robin Horseman, Woodhall Spa	81	86	167
Allan Cameron, Gourock	87	80	167
Yves Hofstetter, Switzerland	85	83	168
James Wilson, Frilford Heath	89	79	168
Ian Duncan, Nairn Dunbar	86	82	168
Jerry Adams, Costa Rica	86	82	168
Martin Britovsek, Nairn Dunbar	86	82	168
Andrew Wight, Glencorse	82	86	168
James Andrew, Western Gailes	88	80	168
Rodney Haig, Northamptonshire County	87	81	168
Bertil Josefsson, Sweden	83	85	168
Jean Provot, France	81	87	168
Charles Green, Cardross	83	85	168
John Anderson, Scotscraig	82	86	168
Alex Tarumianz, USA	78	90	168
Don Du Temple, Australia	83	85	168
Thomas Wells, Burnham Beeches	83	86	169
Raymond Pauley, Woodhall Spa	89	81	170
Clifford Heath, Silloth on Solway	85	85	170
William Morgan, The Wynyard	81	89	170
Clark Alexander, Murcar Links	82	88	170
Joe Kirwan, Bramhall	89	81	170
Roger Carter, North Manchester	85	85	170
Brian Christie, Bridge Of Allan	86	85	171
James Stevens, Hayston	81	90	171
Gerald Chatham, USA	88	84	172
Jerry Kidney, USA	84	88	172
Oswald Browne, The Richmond	88	84	172
David Millar, The New Club	87	85	172
Jim Pierce, USA	85	87	172
Roger Floyd, Celtic Manor	87	85	172
David Millar, Berwick-upon-Tweed	81	92	173
Karl Nils Andersson, Sweden	83	90	173
David Sharp, Boat of Garten	87	87	174
Robin Lawson, Sunningdale	92	83	175
Peter Crompton, Eaton	87	88	175
Harry Douthwaite, Dumbarton	89	86	175
Francois Natali, France	94	82	176
Paul Bradley, Retford	83	94	177
Mark Lironi, Cathkin Braes	88	89	177
Richard Kidd, Royal Norwich	84	93	177
Witold Weynerowski, Canada	87	93	180
Randall King, Hong Kong	91	93	184