LATE McKECHNIE SLIP MEANS HE HAS TO
SHARE WEST LOTHIAN FIRST PRIZE

Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills Golf Centre) missed a short putt on the last hole to bogey it and slip back into a tie with Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) on five-under-par 66 at the head of a field of 48 professionals for the marathon West Lothian Golf Club pro-am at Linlithgow this evening.
Both men earned just over £1,100 but for Paul that slip cost him a few hundred pounds (£s).
McKechnie and Arnott finished three shots clear of the field.
Stephen Gray (Hayston), one of the five men in joint third place on 69, led the MacLay Engineering amateur trio of Hugh Brogan (handicap 17), Gerry Donnelly (16) and Findlay MacIntyre (18) to victory in the team event with a 16 under par net score of 55.

LEADING PROFESSIONALS
Par 71
66 P McKechnie (Braid Hills), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs).
69 S Gray (Hayston), S Savage (Dalmuire), P Wardell (Whitekirk), S Cairns (Westerwood), J Stevenson (Braehead).
70 A Marshall (Houston GR), A Lockhart (Ladybank), G Law (Uphall).

TEAM EVENT
55 S Gray (Hayston) & MacLay Engineering: H Brogan (17), G Donnelly (16), F MacIntyre (18).