"It will be a great learning experience for me,"
said Kay, who lost to David Law in the final of the SGU's flagship at Western Gailes after earlier beating two GB&I squad members, James Byrne and Kris Nicol."It's a nice thing to top off the year and I'm really looking forward to what will be a good challenge at this stage of my career."
The 20-year-old finished third in the North of Scotland Open at Nairn Dunbar last Sunday and is now targeting a win in the South-East equivalent at Musselburgh this weekend.
"I wanted to prove my performance in the Scottish Amateur wasn't a fluke, so to finish third in an SGU Order of Merit event was great," he said. "I played well last weekend and hopefully I can produce another good performance this weekend at Monktonhall, where I have only played once before."
Fifer James White, the winner at Nairn Dunbar and runaway leader in the SGU Order of Merit, isn't in this weekend's field, having earned an invitation to play in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles along with Byrne.
But the line-up does include Glenbervie's Graeme Robertson and Kirkhill's Paul Shields, second and third on the Order of Merit, as well as sixth-placed Scott Crichton from Aberdour.
Another Fifer, The Duke's Scott Stewart-Cation, defends the title he won at Mortonhall 12 months ago.
In addition to Kay, the leading Lothians contenders are likely to include James Ross, who lost to Law in the semi-finals at Western Gailes, and Battle Trophy winner Zander Culverwell.
West Linton's Fraser Thain is also in the field. So, too, are Lothians champion Alan Anderson, from Bruntsfield Links, and Turnhouse teenager Lewis Bain, this year's Lothians Boys' title winner.
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