Paul O'Hara stands beside the impressive and rather big Edward Trophy which never leaves the Glasgow Gailes clubhouse (image by Cal Carson Golf Agency; click on it to enlarge).

Paul O'Hara wins Edward Trophy with

play-off win against James White
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scotland international Paul O’Hara, 22-year-old Colville Park player, achieved his first Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit tournament win – after coming through a play-off against the new Scottish universities champion James White (Lundin) to claim the weather-hit Edward Trophy tournament honours this evening at Glasgow Gailes Golf Club.
Thunder and lightning circling Ayrshire for two or three hours late on Saturday afternoon forced the organisers eventually to abandon the second round after a suspension of play had stretched for so long there would not have been enough light for everyone to get round.
A first-round cut was made with the 40 and ties who had scored 77 or better qualifying to come back again and play two rounds on Sunday.
Another Colville Park player, Ross Kellett, lead the field on six-under-par after 36 holes with scores of 66 and 70 but a 76 at the third time of asking knocked him back to an eventual third-place finish on 212.
O’Hara and White tied on two-under-par 211, Paul with rounds of 68, 71 and 72, White scoring 73 and a pair of 69s.
O’Hara triumphed at the second hole of the sudden-death play-off with a par to White’s bogey after the Fifer, son of a former Tartan Tour pro and the 2006 Scottish boys’ champion, missed the green.
O’Hara felt the knowledge of the Gailes links he has gained from caddieing for visitors to boost his golfing finances have helped him a lot.

"You need to be good a course management to score at Glasgow Gailes," he said.
“For instance, I played a lot of irons off the tee because there’s an awful lot of heather out there and you need to hit the fairways round here,” said O’Hara who plans to go to the European Tour School in September.
“I wanted to go last year but didn’t have the money but I’ve been working at caddieing and other jobs to build up some savings to make it possible to have a go at getting a card for the European Tour at the end of ths season.”
FINAL TOTALS
(Saturday second round abandoned because of lightning)
Par 213 (3 x 71) CSS 74 74 74
211 James White (Lundin) 73 69 69, Paul O’Hara (Colville Park) 68 71 72 (O'Hara won sudden death play-off at second hole).
212 Ross Kellett (Colville Park) 66 70 76.
213 Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) 72 69 72.
214 Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 75 70 69, Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) 72 72 70.
215 James Ross (Royal Burgess) 72 71 72.
216 Daniel Somerville (St Andrews) 71 73 72, Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) 69 71 76.
217 Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) 71 73 73, Steven mcEwan (caprington) 69 77 71.
218 Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh) 74 75 69, Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) 73 75 70, Wallace Booth (Comrie) 72 75 71, Liam McGowan (St Andrews New) 72 72 74.
219 Philip McLean (Peterhead) 72 73 74.
220 William Bremner (Edzell) 74 73 73.
221 Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 77 75 69, Paul Betty (Hayston) 76 73 72.
222 Andrew Campbell (Dumbarton) 69 78 75.
223 Scott Stewart-Cation (Ladybank) 77 76 70, David Law (Hazlehead) 76 76 71, Chris Harkins (Ayr Bellleisle) 73 74 76, Nicky Gold (Bonnyton) 75 76 72.
224 Michael Campbell (Renfrew) 75 75 74, Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 74 72 78, James MacKay (Kilmarnock Barassie) 73 76 75, John Miller (Gulolane) 72 77 75.
225 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 77 76 72.
226 Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 73 75 78.
226 Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 76 77 74, John Laurie (Cowglen) 73 73 81.
229 Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 75 80 74, John Duff (Newmachar) 75 77 77.
230 Ben Sloan (Cathkin Braes) 75 79 76, Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 73 79 78.
231 Arron Howard (Murrayshall) 77 74 80, George Finlay (Ballumbie castle) 76 81 74.
233 Kevin Smyth (Windyhill) 76 77 80, Graeme Gorrie (Glasgow) 76 71 76.
236 Kyle Smith (Troon Welbeck) 77 80 79.
238 David Marshall (Dalmahoy) 76 81 81.
NR Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyton) 77 NR 73.
MISSED THE CUT
78 Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn), George Brass (Blairgowie), Darren Timms (Mid Kent), Fraser Campbell (Clober), Paul Gault (Westerwood), Scott McGrenaghan (Cochrane Castle).

79 Conor O’Neill (Glasgow), Michael Dailly (Erskine).
80 Stephen Rennie (Drumpellier), Chris Robb (Inchmarlo), Colin Mundie (Falkirk)..
81 Graham Turner (West Linton), Colin Carson (Innellan), Andrew Campbell (Deeside), Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire), Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon), Kenneth Anderson (Falkirk Carmuirs).
82 Stephen Clark (US).
83 Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle), Shaun McGarvey (Glencorse).
84 Garry Price (Paisley), Graham Bolton (Bute).
86 James Hendrick (Pollok).