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The 28-year-old fired one of his most accomplished rounds of the season, a three-under 67, which means he heads the region's 14 qualifiers who'll play in the Glenmuir Club Professional Championship at St Andrews Bay in mid-August.
"I was a bit surprised to learn that the club's new nine holes, which came into operation last year, were being used," he commented after his round of four birdies and a bogey. "We played them first, then the usual back nine of the original 18. Can't complain, though. That's one of my season's aims completed."
The other is to survive regional qualifying, at Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire for this year's Open Championship at Royal St George's.
Scott's score on the 'new nine', a two-under 33, was dramatically embellished on the 368-yard 16th, when, having all but struck the hole with his approach shot, he chipped back some 30 yards into the cup for his final birdie of the round.
Weymouth's Jon Bevan comfortably reached the final when a one-under 69 left him tied for second place from a field of 67 players.
The 35-year-old Bevan still harbours ambitions to play regularly on the European Tour. "I played five or six events last year - I was 50th at the tour school the previous December - but with a family of five (which includes twin girls aged five) I have to budget myself carefully, which means tours like the Europro, where you're paying nearly £300 to enter each event, are off-limits for me."
Canford Magna pro' Rod Davis tied Bevan for second place. He sparked his outward nine into life with an eagle three at the 480-yard eighth hole. A drive, then a six-iron to 30 feet was followed by his shot of the day, an unerring putt that found the middle of the cup.
That gave him a front nine of 32 (two birdies, an eagle and one dropped shot), which was just as well because, after further gains at the 11th and 13th, a lost ball at the 452-yard 14th meant a double bogey, followed by two other dropped shots, at 16 and 18, for a less impressive 37, two over par.
The Glenmuir final offers a prize fund of £78,000, of which £10,000 goes to the winner.