GLENEAGLES SCOTTISH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Just champion! That's how David Orr is feeling after his Gleneagles triumph. Image by courtesy of Andy Forman. Double click the image to enlarge it.

David stages an Orr-some finish to win

by three shots from faltering Craig Lee


FROM THE PGA WEBSITE
David Orr produced a grandstand finish at Gleneagles to win the the title and a cheque for £8,800 in the £55,000 Scottish PGA Championship today.
The 35-year-old East Renfrewshire pro closed with a five-under-par 67 over the PGA Centenary course for a 10-under aggregate of 278 to ease to a three-shot victory over long-time leader Craig Lee.
Orr, runner-up in the national championship in 2002 and with three other top-five finishes in the event in recent years, had slipped four shots off the pace when Lee holed his second shot at the first for an eagle but the chamionship unravelled on the inward half as the destination of the crown changed dramatically.
As Lee dropped shots at the 11th and 13th and stumbled to a double-bogey at the 15th in a 71 for 281, Orr reeled off four birdies over his last five holes to power to the front and capture the £8,800 first prize.
"I knew I was playing well and even when I was behind I just stayed patient and the chances arrived for me," said Orr who won three pro-ams in the space of eight days between June 9 and 17.
"I've been close to winning this title before and it's nice to finally do it."
Lee, who has now finished runner-up three times in the national championship, was left to rue his three-over back nine as his hopes of becoming only the fifth player to win both the Northern Open and the Scottish PGA in the same season were dashed.
Colin Gillies, the Tartan Tour's all-time leading money winner, celebrated his 25th year as a professional by grabbing third place on 282 after a 71 while former PGA champion Andrew Oldcorn shared fourth with Mark Kerr of Edinburgh and Musselburgh's Fraser Mann on 284
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
278 David Orr (East Renfrewshire) 69 73 69 67 (£8,800).
281 Craig Lee (unatt) 68 71 71 71 (£6,700).
282 Colin Gillies (Perry Golf) 72 71 68 71 (£5,100).
284 Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 71 70 74 69, Mark Kerr (unatt) 72 72 70 70, Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) 74 72 68 70 (£2,783 each).
285 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR) 71 71 72 71 (£1,550).
287 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 73 69 73 72 (£1,300).
288 Stephen Gray (Hayston) 71 76 73 68 (£1,160).
289 Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) 73 72 73 71, James McGhee (Turnhouse) 72 72 72 73, Nonathan Lomas (unatt) 68 70 76 75, Mark King (Kingsfield) 68 72 72 77 (£956 each).
290 Callum Nicoll (Prestwick) 72 72 75 71, Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) 68 73 76 73, Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) 75 69 73 73, Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 69 74 72 75 (£751 each).
291 Tom Buchanan (Duddingston) 70 77 72 72, Scott Henderson (Kings Links) 73 74 75 69, Mark Loftus (Cowglen) 77 72 72 (£613 each).
292 Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon) 69 76 75 72, Edward Thomson (Senit Associates) 72 72 74 74, Lee Harper (Archerfield Links) 71 74 76 71 (£550 each).
293 James McKinnon (Irvine) 74 70 75 74, Scott Herald (Mearns Castle) 69 77 72 75, Ian Taylor (Drumpellier) 76 70 76 71, Gordon Law (Uphall) 76 67 77 73 (£480 each).
294 Hamish Kemp (Bishopbriggs GR) 74 72 71 77, Jonny Sharp (The Carrick at Cameron House) 69 75 77 73 (£420 each).
295 Christopher Robinson (Dumfries & Galloway) 76 74 72 73 (£390).
296 Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park) 76 74 71 75 (£380).
297 Ewan Cameron (Hamilton) 75 75 70 77 (£370).
298 Mark Finlayson (Edzell) 78 71 75 74, Kenny Walker (Castle Park) 71 73 77 (£355 each).
299 Graham Fox (East Kilbride) 75 75 77 72, David Patrick (Elie) 75 74 77 73, Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) 75 74 76 74, Stephen Craig (Paragon) 74 73 75 77 (£337 each).
300 Gareth Wright (Swanston Golf) 73 77 76 74 (£325).
301 David Park (Wishaw) 75 73 76 77, Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) 74 71 76 80 (£319 each).
302 Peter Mitchell (Hermitage) 71 77 83 71 (£315).
304 Ronan Rafferty (unatt) 75 75 76 78, Neil Murray (Cruden Bay) 78 73 72 81 (£310 each).
305 Craig Ronald (Carluke) 76 75 76 78 (£306).
306 Alan E Reid (West Lothian) 77 74 81 74, Stephen Lamb (Broomieknowe) 74 74 77 81 (£302 each).
307 Alastair Love (Charleton) 79 72 77 79 (£299).
308 Mark Bruce (Gullane) 75 73 76 84 (£297).
309 Ken Campbell (Machrihanish) 76 75 80 78 (£296).
310 Paul Wytrazek (Burntisland) 75 75 81 79 (£295).
311 Terry Burgoyne (Gotastroms) 72 78 81 80, Andrew Gibson (North Gailes) 75 75 76 85 (£294 each).
312 David Fleming (Prestwick) 76 75 84 77 (£294).
314 Stuart Morrison (Tain) 77 74 80 83 (£293).
315 Nigel Scott-Smith (Palacerigg) 77 74 81 83 (£293).
319 Gordon Niven (Stirling Univ) 71 74 85 89 (£292)