Defending champion out of Grant Thornton IOM Golf Championships

Defending champion Paul Lowey is out of the Grant Thornton Isle of Man Golf Championships.

In perfect conditions once again last night, he was beaten by Julian Sutton by the margin of 2 up.

Kevin Moore beat Neil Caine by the margin of 2/1

Richard Skillicorn beat Jonathan Corke by 2/1 and Tom Gandy beat Herman Loubser by the same margin

That makes the semi-final line-up look like this:

Julian Sutton v Kevin Moore

Richard Skillicorn v Tom Gandy.

The matches start at 5pm today (Thurs) in Douglas.