ONE ROUND TO GO AT GLENEAGLES

Lomas fades so it's Lee the

leader into final lap

of Scottish title race

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Northern Open champion Craig Lee will lead the Gleneagles Scottish PGA championship field into Sunday's final round with a one-stroke lead at the Perthshire venue's PGA Centenary Course.
As overnight leader Jonathan Lomas, a former European Tour player who now stays in Ayrshire, faded out of the picture with a third-round 76 , in which he was six over par for 11 holes between the third and the 13th, so Lee stepped into the hot seat to shoot a one-under-par 71 for a 54-hole tally of six-under-par 210.
Lee, 32. pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, a former Scottish boys' stroke-play champion from Stirling and then Scottish assistants champion, can win from behind, he can win from the front so he's going to take an awful lot of dislodging from the pole position over a course which may be, in his opinion, far too short of a Scottish "major," but is still very, very punishing if a player drives into the long grass, and it is very long in places.
Having said that, Craig will know he has two worthy "opponents," Colin Gillies (Perry Golf) and David Orr (East Renfrewshire) on his tail, ready to pounce should he leave the door of opportunity for them.
Gillies, 42, has been round the houses a few times. He has won the Scottish pro title twice when he was at the peak of his powers in the 1990s - at Dalmahoy in 1995 and Newmachar in 1998.
In his years as a pro, Colin had won a grand total of £445,000 at the start of this season, which might not compare with the riches amassed by European Tour campaigners but that total makes Gillies the biggest all-time money-earner on the Tartan Tour.
Colin and Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) shared the honour of having the lowest third-round score of 68. Gillies for 211, Mann for 214 and a share of fifth place.
Orr, 35, has had a terrific run of success in June pro-ams. Has he got what it takes to win over 72 holes? Almost certainly 'yes' is the answer to that one, but Sunday will tell.
A LOOK AT LEADERS' THIRD-ROUND SCORECARDS
CRAIG LEE 71 (36-35)
Birdied 2-3-13-17.
Bogeyed 7-11-14.
COLIN GILLIES 68 (35-33)
Birdied 3-9-11-16-17.
Bogeyed 7.
DAVID ORR 69 (35-34)
Birdied 9-14-16-17-18
Bogeyed 10-11

WHEN TO SEE LEADERS TEE OFF
AT GLENEAGLES ON SUNDAY:

11.12 Craig Matheson & Jason McCreadie.
11.20 Jonathan Lomas & Robert Arnott.
11.28 Mark Kerr & Fraser Mann.
11.36 Mark King & David Orr.
11.44 Colin Gillies & Craig Lee.

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