Clare Hargan, the beaten finalist in 2003, and Kylie Walker, who made the cut alongside the professionals in this month's Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies' Scottish Open at Loch Lomond, shared the honours after the first qualifying round of the Scottish Women's Championship at Lossiemouth.

After 36-holes, the top 32 go through to the knock-out stage.

Leading first round scores:
73 C Hargan (Mortonhall), K Walker (Buchanan Castle)
75 K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), C-M Carlton (Fereneze)
76 M Briggs (Kilmacolm)
77 M Pow (Selkirk), L Kenney (Pitreavie), C MacDonald (Gullane)
78 S Leslie (Murcar Links), S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies), L Hendry (Routenburn), F De Vries (St Rule)
79 L Murray (Alford), M Thomson (McDonald Ellon), A F Ramsay (Kirriemuir), K Blackwood (Craigmillar Park), K Marshall (Baberton)
80 C Gruber (Royal Dornoch), L Bennett (Ladybank), S Jackson (Ladybank), M Tough (Falkirk)
81 J Turner (Craigielaw), D Pocock (Murcar Links), A Ryan (Tain) 40-41
82 J Vass (Tain)
83 A McGinnigle (Cochrane Castle), A Laing (Vale of Leven), E Moffat (St Regulus), E Fairnie (Dunbar), S Vass (Tain)
84 E Wilson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies), K Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park), E Ogilvy (Auchterarder), J Carthew (Ladybank), S Bishop (Cochrane Castle), L McLardy (Murcar Links), J Milne (Elgin), H Anderson (Downfield)