Aberdeen Links Championship Scoreboard
ROYAL ABERDEEN MEDAL PLAY-OFF
Lee Morrice (Caledonian) 66 bt Barrie Edmond (Bon Accord) 66.
LINKS HANDICAP FINAL
Willie West (Northern) bt Norman Gray (Bon Accord) 3 and 2.
MURRAY CUP FINAL
Graeme Mackie (Caledonain) bt Richie Davidson (Caledonian) 2 and 1.
Lee Morrice wins Royal Aberdeen Medal play-off
Lee Morrice ended Barrie Edmond's fine run of form at the Links championship with a superb five-under-par round of 66 in the Royal Aberdeen Medal play-off between the joint leading qualifiers for the match-play stage.s
Edmond's 69 would have been good enough to win on many occasions but Morrice put on a fine display in halves of 33.
Edmond got off to a flyer, sinking a 20ft putt at the first for birdie, only for Morrice to reply at the next with an eightfooter for his first birdie. He then went on to birdie four, seven and eight to turn two strokes ahead.
A lost ball at 11 put Edmond further behind but he clawed one back with a birdie at 12. Morrice's par at 14 was good enough to go back to a three-stroke lead. The 15th was halved in birdies before Edmond sank a 30-footer at 16 for a birdie 2 at the short 16th to pull within two shots of his opponent.
Morrice slammed the door shut with a magical 6 iron to within a foot of the flagstick at the 17th for a tap-in birdie 3 and a half in 3s at the 18 gave Morrice the victory.
In the Links Handicap Final, Willie West proved to be too strong for Norman Gray. West posted birdies at the second and fourth to be two up and a par at the fifth was good enough to go three up.
Gray fought back with a par at the sixth and missed good chances at seven and eight before West lost a ball at the ninth and conceded the hole to turn one up.
On the back nine, West parred 11 and birdied 12 to go three up. A par at 13 put him four up before Gray birdied 15 to pull one back.
West closed out the match with a par on 16.
Last year's winner Richie Davidson put up a stout defence of his Murray Cup title but fell at the last hurdle to the " Peter Pan " of the Caley, Graeme Mackie. Pars at the first, third and fifth were good enough to put Mackie three up before Davidson pulled two holes back with a par at 6 and a birdie at 9.
A superb birdie-birdie start back put Mackie back in command and the next five holes were exchanged to leave Mackie dormie two up. A half on 17 sealed the title for the Caley stalwart.
FRIDAY NIGHT'S LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL (teeing off at 5.30pm)
George Paterson (Northern) v Barrie Edmond (BonAccord).
ROYAL ABERDEEN MEDAL PLAY-OFF
Lee Morrice (Caledonian) 66 bt Barrie Edmond (Bon Accord) 66.
LINKS HANDICAP FINAL
Willie West (Northern) bt Norman Gray (Bon Accord) 3 and 2.
MURRAY CUP FINAL
Graeme Mackie (Caledonain) bt Richie Davidson (Caledonian) 2 and 1.
Lee Morrice wins Royal Aberdeen Medal play-off
Lee Morrice ended Barrie Edmond's fine run of form at the Links championship with a superb five-under-par round of 66 in the Royal Aberdeen Medal play-off between the joint leading qualifiers for the match-play stage.s
Edmond's 69 would have been good enough to win on many occasions but Morrice put on a fine display in halves of 33.
Edmond got off to a flyer, sinking a 20ft putt at the first for birdie, only for Morrice to reply at the next with an eightfooter for his first birdie. He then went on to birdie four, seven and eight to turn two strokes ahead.
A lost ball at 11 put Edmond further behind but he clawed one back with a birdie at 12. Morrice's par at 14 was good enough to go back to a three-stroke lead. The 15th was halved in birdies before Edmond sank a 30-footer at 16 for a birdie 2 at the short 16th to pull within two shots of his opponent.
Morrice slammed the door shut with a magical 6 iron to within a foot of the flagstick at the 17th for a tap-in birdie 3 and a half in 3s at the 18 gave Morrice the victory.
In the Links Handicap Final, Willie West proved to be too strong for Norman Gray. West posted birdies at the second and fourth to be two up and a par at the fifth was good enough to go three up.
Gray fought back with a par at the sixth and missed good chances at seven and eight before West lost a ball at the ninth and conceded the hole to turn one up.
On the back nine, West parred 11 and birdied 12 to go three up. A par at 13 put him four up before Gray birdied 15 to pull one back.
West closed out the match with a par on 16.
Last year's winner Richie Davidson put up a stout defence of his Murray Cup title but fell at the last hurdle to the " Peter Pan " of the Caley, Graeme Mackie. Pars at the first, third and fifth were good enough to put Mackie three up before Davidson pulled two holes back with a par at 6 and a birdie at 9.
A superb birdie-birdie start back put Mackie back in command and the next five holes were exchanged to leave Mackie dormie two up. A half on 17 sealed the title for the Caley stalwart.
FRIDAY NIGHT'S LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL (teeing off at 5.30pm)
George Paterson (Northern) v Barrie Edmond (BonAccord).
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