David Orr comes home in 28 to

snatch tie at Hayston pro-am

New Scottish professional champion David Orr is still on Cloud Nine! The East Renfrewshire man put together a blistering inward half of six-under-par 28 in tieing with Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) and home course pro Steven Gray on six-under 64 at the head of the leaderboard in the £7,000 Hayston Golf Club, Kirkintilloch pro-am today.
Orr, pictured right by Andy Forman, was two or three shots adrift of Lockhart (out in 33) and Gray (out in 34) when he turned in 36 but Orr then went into overdrive with an eagle and four birdies over the inward half.
They each earned £837.20 for finishing two shots ahead of Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Lee Harper (Archerfield Links) and Chjris Kelly (cawder) who earned £387.20 apiece.
There was a tight finish too in the pro-am team event with Jonny Sharp (The Carrick at Cameron House) leading amateurs Jim Paterson (handicap 3), John Mulgrew (16) and Peter McGlynn (15) to victory with a net total of 16-under-par 54.
But they only just made it by a shot from the team piloted by Alain Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy) with Euan Cameron (Hamilton) only one shot further back on 14 under par with his trio.
Leading pro scores
Par 70
64 Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), David Orr (East Renfrewshire), Stephen Gray (Hayston) £837.20 each.
66 Paul McKechnie (Brfaid Hills), Lee Harper (Archerfield Links), Chris Kelly (Cawder) £387.20 each.
67 Fraser McLaughlan (Bothwell Castle), Kenny Walker (Castle Park), Edward Thomson (Senit Associates), Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Course Design) £219.76 each.
68 Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle), Mark King (Kingsfield), Fraser Mann (Musselbugh), Scott Henderson (Kings Links) £136 each.
69 Ian Graham (Crow Wood), Samuel Cairns (Colville Park), David Park (Wishaw), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Paul Malone (Braid Hills), Colin Gillies (Perry Golf), Callum Nicoll (Prestwick), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) £70.49 each.
70 Gordon Law (Uphall), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) £48.39 each.
71 Jonny Sharp (Carrick at Cameron House), Dean Robertson (Mearns Castle), Craig Lee (unatt) £48.390 each.nn
72 John Ruth (Sandyhlls), Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre), Euan Cameron (Hamilton), Peter Kerr (Hayston), Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle) £48.39 each.
73 Gavin Cook (Prestonfield) £48.39.
74 Alan Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy) £48.39.
78 James Mooney (Kingscliff Golf Solutions), Graeme Sneddon (Geaves Sportrs) £48.39 each.

++Note: Last Friday's invitational shotgun pro-am at Dumfries & County Golf Club was abandoned after only five holes because of bad weather.