Harper comes off reserve list to share

Bothwell Castle victory with Arnott

Former Scottish boys champion Lee Harper (Archerfield Links) made the most of being called up off the reserve list to join the field for today's £7,000 Bothwell Castle pro-am.
Harper, the 1999 Scottish boys' match-play champion, tied with Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) for victory with a score of three-under-par 67. Both men earned £904.83 each.
The fifth of Harper's birdies was crucial. It came at the 18th when he knew he needed it to share the first prize. Lee did well to cancel out a double bogey 6 at the third, the only bleminsh in halves of 34 (two under par) and 33 (one under). It was Harper's first Tartan Tour victory of the season.
It was a third shared win of the season for former PGA Cup player Arnott. He birdied the first, second, fourth, 10th and 15th with two bogeys, at the 11th and 17th in halves of 33 and 34.
Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) steered the Kerr Investment amateur trio of Raymond Kerr (handicap 13), Robert Hunter (6) and Neil McLeod (15) to victory in the team event with a net score of 18-under-par 52.
Leading pro scores
Par 70
67 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Lee Harper (Archerfield Links), £904.83 each.
68 Craig Ronald (Carluke), Fraser Mann (Musselburgh), Jonny Sharp (Carrick at Cameron House), £472.52.
69 Craig Lee (unatt), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), David Orr (East Renfrewshire), £243.85.
70 Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Mark King (Kingsfield), Colin Gillies (Perry Golf), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie), £148.24 each.
71 Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle), Stephen Gray (Hayston), £115.51 each.
72 Samuel Cairns (Colville Park), James McKinnon (Irvine), Lee Vannet (Carnoustie), Chris Kelly (Cawder), £85.50 each
73 Kenneth Monaghan (Bothwell Castle), Jonathan Lomas (unatt), Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Course Design), Scott Catlin (Greenburn), Ewan Davie (Dunblane New), £50.77 each.
74 Brian Mason (Callaway Golf), James Erksine (Portpatrick Dunskey), Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation), £48.39 each.
75 Ian Graham (Crow Wood) £48.39.
76 Euan Cameron (Hamilton), Mark Loftus (Cowglen), £48.39 each.
77 Vincent Brown (Westerwood), Anthony Mackrell (East Kilbride), Fraser McLaughlan (Bothwell Castle), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) £48.39 each.
78 John Ruth (Sandyhills), Euan Reid (Strathclyde Park), £48.39 each.
80 Alan Purdie (Kingsbarns), £48.39.
81 Scott Gillespie (Burntisland), £48.39.
NRs Kevin McAleer (Gleddoch), Neil Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh), £48.39 each.