Both Dr Stephen Roberts and Chris Wormald took the opportunity to give detailed appraisals of what they heard on the day at Scottish Open – emphasising that it really was a contest of two halves on Kenneth Downie’s ‘St Magnus’.

Two halves

Speaking after the announcement of the results, where Scottish Co-op took the title and £3,000 first prize, both judges felt that the contest really did break into two distinct phases.

Further coverage and interviews on the Scottish Open and Youth Championships will appear in the next 24 hours...