Hoey faced with tough event's decision

IRELAND'S Michael Hoey will today face one of the toughest decisions of his short professional career after carding a three under-par 68 on the opening day of the rain-plagued Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.

The Shandon Park man is already booked in for the final British Open qualifier on Sunday at Luffness but says he’ll give that up if he makes the halfway cut today at Loch Lomond.

“This time last year I was exempt into the Open as the 2000 British Amateur champion, so it’s a bit different but the Open is not that big a deal for me,” he said.