FATHER Stephen McIntyre is aiming to stay in the Observer Golf Shield as long as possible in the hope he will get a dream tie against his son.

Stephen McIntyre junior, 33, has entered the competition for many years but dad Stephen has picked up the golf bug again and entered for the first time this year.

"I want to be drawn against him as he might give me a chance," said Stephen Senior, 52, who plays off a handicap of 27.

"Stephen plays off eight and he says I am a hacker. I would hope he would be a bit more lenient if I played against him - but I bet he won’t!

"Saying that, he might be the better golfer but I keep telling him I have got the looks and the brains!"

Stephen Senior did have a tough last round seeing off former finalist Paul Murphy.

"He was a complete gentleman. He went four up and I thought ‘I better do something about it’ and I came back. "We were level and halved the 18th and then I was lucky enough to win on the first extra hole."

Stephen Junior, an electrician, has played golf since he was 16 while his dad fell out of love with the sport after being hit on the head with a golf ball.

A friend persuaded him to get involved again about three years ago and he admitted: "I have got the bug again. It is like a drug - you get obsessive."

And he has been taking tips from a former winner.

"I work with Paul Biggins at British Aerospace and he is a decent player. We talk about the competition and he obviously wants to win it again. I shall just seen how I get on."

THE third round has to be played by Sunday 22 June and results must be in the Observer office by 10am on Monday 23 June. The next draw will be made at Baxenden on 23 June.

THIRD ROUND DRAW

A Thompson (Grt Harwd) v T Thornber (Wh)

P Swan (Gn Haw) v D Bottomley (Bax)

K Claxon (Ross) v S McIntyre Snr (Acc)

A Yates (Acc) v P McDermott (Bax)

T Gill (Acc) v N Broderick (Bax)

J O’Boyle (Acc) v L Baxendale (Gn Haw)

K Fish (Acc) v M Pemberton (Acc)

N Crawshaw (Gt Har) v E Walton (Rish)

P Mara (Acc) v T Lewis (Acc)

J Ashworth (Acc) v C Robertson (Gn Haw)

P Rothwell (Ross) v F Whittle (Acc)

S McIntyre jnr (Acc) v J Higgins (Bax)

M Rigg (Acc) v A Connor (Rish)

P Kirtland (Gt Har) v S Cosby (Acc)

S Lees (Ross) v A Lewis (Acc)

A Dillon (Acc) v N Grimshaw (Rish)

L Shaw (Acc) v A Rothwell (Ross)

V Cooper (Acc) v D Grimshaw (Acc)

PA Biggins (Acc) v T Briggs (Acc)

D Fisher (Acc) v J Harling (Acc)

J Eddleston (Acc) v D Richardson (Acc)

I Grime (Acc) v W Rimmington (Acc)

A Smith (Acc) v P Fielding (Acc)

D Coleman (Bax) v C Taylor (Acc)

T walsh (Bax) v R McWade (Acc)

G Yates (Acc) v R Whittle (Rish)

P Mabbutt (Bax) v C White (Bax)

M Aspin (Gt Har) v M Conroy (Whl)

S Taylor (Acc) v C Whittle (Rish)

A Guest (Acc) v D Halstead (Gn Haw)

R Sharples (Rish) v G Croston (Acc)

S Parker (Ross) v D Byrom (Acc)

SECOND ROUND RESULTS

Dave Bottomley (Bax) beat Mk Watts (Ros) 2&1

Lee Shaw(Acc) beat T O'Neill (Rish) 2&1

M Rigg (Acc) beat P Briggs (Acc) 4&3

T Walsh (Bax) beat C Philliben (Rish) 5&4

D Byrom (Acc) beat M Higgins (Gt Har) 1up

Ken Claxon (Ros) beat S Heyworth (Gn H) 19th

J Higgins (Bax) beat S Shoreman (Wha) 6&5

S Lees (Ros) beat S Richardson (Acc) 19th hole

V Cooper (Acc) beat I Billington (Ross) 2&1

P Fielding (Acc) beat PBillington (Acc) 4&3

G Croston (Acc) beat P Cross (Ross) 1up

Nick Broderick (Bax) bt H Cook (Rish) 7&6

R Sharples (Rish) beat A Wood (Bax) 3&2

Pete Mara (acc) beat M Wilson (Acc) wo

Carl Taylor (Acc) bt L Walsh (Bax) 4&3

N Crawshaw (Gt H) bt M Raszler (Ac) 19th hole

C White (Bax) beat B Snape (Bax) 5&4

M Aspin (Gt Harw) beat A Lindsey (Ross) 1up

T Lewis (Acc) beat T Clough (Acc) 21st hole

PA Biggins (Acc) beat A Byrom (Acc) 6&5

I Grime (Acc) beat N Ward (Acc) 5&3

R McWade (Acc) beat I Akers (Gt Harw) 6&5

J Ashworth (Acc) beat D Ramsey (Acc) 1up

S Cosby (Acc) beat A Harling (Acc) 1up

A Yates (Acc) beat T McLaughlin (Acc)19th hole

R Whittle (Risht) beat A Rigg (Acc) 20th hole

C Whittle (Rish) beat B Sharples (Acc) 1up

P Mabbutt (Bax) beat Matt Watts (Ross) 3up

A Smith (Acc) beat N Baldwin (Acc) 3&2

A Thomson (Gn H) beat P van der Schans (Bax) 2&1

P Kirtlan (Gt Har) beat R Hall (Gt Har) 8&7

A Guest (Acc) beat T Ormerod (Bax) 18th hole

W Rimmingtom (Acc) beat F Galpin (Rish) 4&2

F Whittle (Acc) beat D Potter (Acc) 3&2

D Richardson (Acc) beat C Ward (Acc) 6&5

P Rothwell (Ross) brat G Howson (Gt Har) 5&4

E Walton (Rish) beat G Addison (Rish) 2&1

A Connor (Rish) beat G Milburn (Gn Haw) 4&3

S McIntyre (snr) beat P Murphy (Rish) 19th hole

N Grimshaw (Rish) beat B Norman (Ross) 4&3

S Taylor (Acc) beat H Whittaker (Acc) 4&3

M Pemberton (Acc) beat T Biggins (Acc) 2&1

S McIntyre Jnr beat L Matthews (Bax) 3&2

D Grimshaw (Acc) bt S Thompson (Acc) 7&5

D Fisher (Acc) beat G Conlon (Acc) at 20th

K Fish(Acc) beat P Caines (Ross) 4&3

T Briggs (Acc) beat P Tomlinson (Gt H|r) 6&4

T Gill (Acc) bt S Briggs (Ross) 4&3

J Eddleton (Acc) beat A Gaffney (Acc) w/0

S Parker (Ross) beat D Waite (Acc)

A. Rothwell (Ross) beat M.Wilkinson (Acc)

G Yates (Acc) beat P Taylor (Acc) 6&4

A Dillon (Acc) beat D Bateson (Acc) 2&1

J O'Boyle (Ac) beat C Barker (Bax) on 23rd hole

P McDermott (Bax) beat P Raw (Acc) 3&2

D Halstead(Gn H) beat C Sudworth (Ros) 6&5

P Swan (Gn Haw) beat A Wilson (Acc) 3&2

L Baxendale (Gn H) beat J Kennedy (Wh) w/o

J Harling (Acc) beat M Charlesworth (Acc) 1up

C Robertson (Gn Haw) beat C Catlow (Acc)

T Thornber (Wh) beat B Meager (Ross)

D Coleman (Bax) beat S Charlesworth (Acc)

M Conroy (Wha) beat M Roche (Gt Har) wo

A. Lewis (Acc) beat M Eddleston (acc)