Hume's Muirfield dream ends

Barry Hume will treasure his moments at Loch Lomond

Colin Moffat BBC Sport Online at Loch Lomond

Glasgow amateur Barry Hume may have narrowly missed his chance to compete at next week's Open Championship, but the 20-year-old was still smiling after a great display at the Scottish Open.

A final round of 70 left the youngster on 279 - five under par for the tournament and ahead of a glittering array of golf's biggest names.

However, with a number of players who were not exempt for the Open at Muirfield also doing well at Loch Lomond, Hume missed out on one of the qualifying places by just one stroke.

Hume, who received a sponsor's invite this week, was the first man out on the course on Thursday morning and was the early clubhouse leader after a fabulous round of 67.

Some consolation for Frederik Jacobson

That effort was followed on Friday and Saturday with a 70 and a 72.

"It was nice to be involved in such a prestigious event," said Hume.

"It was a real thrill to be the first player in and posting a good score.

"To be top of the leaderboard was a great feeling and someone is sending me a photograph of it so I can treasure the memory."

He intends to defend his Scottish amateur title and may turn professional soon after the event finishes on 3 August.

Hume, who briefly lead the field at the British Masters, was pleased with his final day's work at Loch Lomond.

"I played much better and hit a lot of good shots, but my putter let me down.

"I gave myself a lot of chances but missed a few from two, three, four feet.

"My patience let me down on a couple of occasions and that is the big difference between the pro and the amateur game."

It was my only really bad shot of the day

Roger Chapman

Tournament runner-up Fredrik Jacobson takes one of the places at Muirfield courtesy of seven places made available on the money list since the Volvo PGA to those not already exempt.

Veteran Roger Chapman made it by the same route after a wonderful week that saw him finish one shot off the play-off on 10 under par.

"I had two or three goals this week," said the 42-year-old Englishman.

"First was to make the cut, because I hadn't made it here for three years.

"Then two 70s set myself up with a reasonable chance for a Open spot.

"When I shot 66 on Saturday, all of a sudden I was thinking maybe I can sneak a win."

Chapman, a pro since 1981 and with two wins on the European Tour to his name, will be ruing a costly double bogey that was sandwiched between birdies at the sixteenth and the last.

Roger Chapman was left to rue the 17th

"It was my only really bad shot of the day," lamented Chapman when referring to his iron from the tee at the short par three.

The others to make it through on their recent earnings are; Soren Hansen, Bradley Dredge, Ian Poulter, Darren Fischardt and Gary Evans.

Frenchman Jean Remesy danced a jig of delight on the final green after sinking a birdie putt that took him to eight under par at Loch Lomond, a tie for eighth place and among the eight best-positioned players not already exempt for the Open.

Ricardo Gonzalez shot a 65 to equal the best round of the week and place the Argentine on the same mark.

Aussie Stephen Leaney also finished on eight under par after a patchy 72.

The English trio of Warren Bennett, John Bickerton and Paul Casey all finished one shot further back to ensure a longer stay north of the border.

Marc Farry and Jamie Spence squeezed in at six under par, with the Englishman making three birdies over the closing five holes to make it.