Joint winner of Cawder pro-m

Northern Open winner Craig Lee

doubles his money in a week

Craig Lee boosted his Tartan Tour earnings over the past two weeks to £5,400 by figuring in a four-way tie for victory in the £6,750 Cawder Golf Club pro-am today.
When he won the £2,700 top prize in the Northern Open at Spey Valley, Aviemore a week past Thursday, the unattached Stirling pro said he needed to continue to make money in a short space of time to finance a return to the EPD Tour in Germany where he leads the Order of Merit.
And Lee, picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency, has done just that, finishing joint second twice, joint third and now a winner in successive pro-ams this week at West Lothian, Pollok, Murcar Links and now Cawder.
His lastest performance, with a three-under-par 67 to match the efforts of Stewart Savage (Dalmuir), Mark King (Kinsfield Golf Centre) and Colin Gillies (Perry Golf) earned him £735, boosting this week's income to £2,703.
Perhaps Lee should stay at home and continue to make money hand over fist on the Tartan Tour but, of course, it is not so much the money that is the attraction on the German mini-tour as the fact that if he continues to head its Order of Merit he will be able to miss out the preliminary stages of a return to the European Tour School at the end of the season.
Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), bidding to complete a back-to-back hat-trick of wins this week, finished joint 23rd with a 77. Sic transit gloria.
Host club pro Chris Kelly steered the Wholesale Domestic Company Ltd amateur trio of Derek Toward (handicap 9), Brian Toward (12) and Kenny Graham (9) to victory in the team event with a net score of 17-under-par 123.
PRO SCORES
Par 70
67 Stewart Savage (Dalmuir), Mark King (Kingsfield), Craig Lee (unatt), Colin Gillies (Perry Golf), £735.38 each.
68 Chris Kelly (Cawder), £371.56.
69 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), James McKinnon (Irvine), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Stephen Gray (Hayston), £250.34 each.
70 Craig Ronald (Carluke), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie), Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Copurse Design), Edward Thomson (Senit Associates), Scott Morrison (Acushnet Europe Ltd), David Orr (East Renfrewshire), £140.98 each.
72 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Gordon Stewart (Cawder), £98.15 each.
73 Jonathan Lomas (unatt), £82.36.
74 Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle), Alan Purdie (Kingsbarns Golf Links), Andrew Carlton (Cawder), £57.86 each.
75 Kenny McAleer (Gleddoch), £48.39.
76 Owen Leslie (Prestonfield), Andrew Marshall (Houston GR), Paul Brookes (Pitreavie), Scott Gillespie (Burntisland), Gavin Cook (Prestonfield), £48.39 each.
77 Matthew Laughland (Cawder), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), £48.39 each.
79 Derek Watters (Gourock), £48.39.