Left to right: Mathew Clark, club captain E Whiteford, Paul O'Hara, Claire Thomson (daughter of Jack Sutherland, instigator of the tournament, K Logan (Royal Bank of Scotland sponsors), James Byrne and Craig Watson (image by courtesy of Dumfries & Galloway Golf Club; click on image to enlarge).Paul O'Hara comes from behind
to win Sutherland Chalice
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Never mind the weather, it's been a good golfing month for Colville Park's Paul O'Hara.
At the start of it, he helped Scotland to win the European team championship at Conwy, North Wales and today, he won his second SGU Order of Merit event of the season, the Sutherland Chalice, sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland, at Dumfries & Galloway Golf Club.
O'Hara, who has been caddieing at the Ayrshire courses to make money to finance a tilt at the European Tour School later in the season, produced the kind of scoring he will need to make the grade as a pro with rounds of 69, 66, 68 and 67 for a 10-under-par tally of 270.
A final birdie at the 17th virtually clinched victory for the younger brother of European Tour player Steven O'Hara. Paul had been three shots behind halfway leader Michael Grunwell (Powfoot) but had narrowed the gap to one after three rounds and then forged past the faltering pacemaker over the final 18 holes.
O'Hara finished three shots clear of three players, Banchory's James Byrne, winner of the Tennant Cup and East of Scotland Open in successive weekends recently, former British amateur champion Craig Watson from East Renfrewshire, and banker Mathew Clark (Kilmacolm) who lost a play-off to Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) for the Craigmillar Park Open in the early weeks of the competitive season.
Byrne, leader of the SGU Order of Merit, had a roller-coaster tournament after missing last weekend's Cameron Corbett Vase because of the Open championship Final Local Qualifying early in the week. This was his chance for a hat-trick of Order of Merit competition victories and in the second and fourth rounds, the Arizona State University student uncorked the form that made him him a runaway winner at Haggs Castle and then Lundin Golf Club.
He dropped five shots to par over the first two holes of his opening round ... birdied the first four holes in his second round 64 ... sagged to a three-over 73 on Sunday morning ... before finishing with all guns blazing again to match his best-of-the-tournament round of 64.
Local hero Michael Grunwell (Powfoot) who was three shots ahead of the field at the start of Sunday's play and only one ahead after the third round, sagged to a closing effort of five-over-par 75 and a joint fifth finish.
O'Hara won the rain-reduced Edward Trophy SGU Order of Merit event after a play-off against James White (Lundin) at Glasgow Gailes at the end of April.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70). CSS 71 71 71 71
270 P O'Hara (Colville Park) 69 66 68 67.
273 M Clark (Kilmacolm) 68 68 69 68, C Watson (East Renfrewshire) 69 67 70 67, J Byrne (Banchory) 72 64 73 64.
277 G Yates (Hilton Park) 69 71 68 69, S McEwan (Caprington) 69 70 67 71, S Crichton (Aberdour) 72 65 68 72, C Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 69 66 71 71, M Grunwell (Powfoot) 68 64 70 75.
278 M Daily (Erskine) 71 66 74 67.
279 S Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 70 70 70 69, P Latimer (St Andrews New) 71 69 69 70, D Addison (Kilmarnock Barassie) 70 67 72 70.
280 J White (Lundin) 68 70 73 69.
281 S Pinckney (Arizona State Univ) 72 67 73 69, K McAlpine (Alyth) 66 70 70 75.
282 G Campbell (Blairgowrie) 68 71 71 72, R Crowe (Westerhope) 68 70 76 78, P Ferrier (Baberton) 68 69 74 71.
283 B Sloan Cathkin Braes) 74 69 70 70.
284 S Gibson (Southerness) 72 71 69 72, C Hamilton (NZ) 70 70 78 66, S Rennie (Drumpellier) 69 70 75 70.
285 C Riddick (Southerness) 70 74 70 71, M McNae (Dumfries & Galloway) 72 71 66 76, J Ross (Royal Burgess) 72 71 72 70, W Bremner (Edzell) 74 69 72 70.
286 F McKenna (Balmore) 76 67 69 74, G Robertson (Glenbervie) 71 70 72 73.
287 B Rushford (Grangemouth) 74 70 71 72, L Johnston (Dumfries & Co) 73 69 69 76.
289 L Kirton (Newmachar) 71 70 72 76, M Main (Thornton) 69 71 79 70, G Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 72 68 74 75, A Dick (Kingsknowe) 69 70 76 74.
290 M Smyth (Royal Troon) 69 72 72 77, R Graham (Hayston) 72 69 69 81.
292 C Harkins (Ayr Bellleisle) 73 70 78 71.
293 N Hamilton (Dumfries & Galloway) 72 70 75 76.
294 S Maxwell (Windyhill) 71 70 79 74.
298 F Campbell (Clober) 69 74 76 79.
to win Sutherland Chalice
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Never mind the weather, it's been a good golfing month for Colville Park's Paul O'Hara.
At the start of it, he helped Scotland to win the European team championship at Conwy, North Wales and today, he won his second SGU Order of Merit event of the season, the Sutherland Chalice, sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland, at Dumfries & Galloway Golf Club.
O'Hara, who has been caddieing at the Ayrshire courses to make money to finance a tilt at the European Tour School later in the season, produced the kind of scoring he will need to make the grade as a pro with rounds of 69, 66, 68 and 67 for a 10-under-par tally of 270.
A final birdie at the 17th virtually clinched victory for the younger brother of European Tour player Steven O'Hara. Paul had been three shots behind halfway leader Michael Grunwell (Powfoot) but had narrowed the gap to one after three rounds and then forged past the faltering pacemaker over the final 18 holes.
O'Hara finished three shots clear of three players, Banchory's James Byrne, winner of the Tennant Cup and East of Scotland Open in successive weekends recently, former British amateur champion Craig Watson from East Renfrewshire, and banker Mathew Clark (Kilmacolm) who lost a play-off to Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) for the Craigmillar Park Open in the early weeks of the competitive season.
Byrne, leader of the SGU Order of Merit, had a roller-coaster tournament after missing last weekend's Cameron Corbett Vase because of the Open championship Final Local Qualifying early in the week. This was his chance for a hat-trick of Order of Merit competition victories and in the second and fourth rounds, the Arizona State University student uncorked the form that made him him a runaway winner at Haggs Castle and then Lundin Golf Club.
He dropped five shots to par over the first two holes of his opening round ... birdied the first four holes in his second round 64 ... sagged to a three-over 73 on Sunday morning ... before finishing with all guns blazing again to match his best-of-the-tournament round of 64.
Local hero Michael Grunwell (Powfoot) who was three shots ahead of the field at the start of Sunday's play and only one ahead after the third round, sagged to a closing effort of five-over-par 75 and a joint fifth finish.
O'Hara won the rain-reduced Edward Trophy SGU Order of Merit event after a play-off against James White (Lundin) at Glasgow Gailes at the end of April.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70). CSS 71 71 71 71
270 P O'Hara (Colville Park) 69 66 68 67.
273 M Clark (Kilmacolm) 68 68 69 68, C Watson (East Renfrewshire) 69 67 70 67, J Byrne (Banchory) 72 64 73 64.
277 G Yates (Hilton Park) 69 71 68 69, S McEwan (Caprington) 69 70 67 71, S Crichton (Aberdour) 72 65 68 72, C Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 69 66 71 71, M Grunwell (Powfoot) 68 64 70 75.
278 M Daily (Erskine) 71 66 74 67.
279 S Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 70 70 70 69, P Latimer (St Andrews New) 71 69 69 70, D Addison (Kilmarnock Barassie) 70 67 72 70.
280 J White (Lundin) 68 70 73 69.
281 S Pinckney (Arizona State Univ) 72 67 73 69, K McAlpine (Alyth) 66 70 70 75.
282 G Campbell (Blairgowrie) 68 71 71 72, R Crowe (Westerhope) 68 70 76 78, P Ferrier (Baberton) 68 69 74 71.
283 B Sloan Cathkin Braes) 74 69 70 70.
284 S Gibson (Southerness) 72 71 69 72, C Hamilton (NZ) 70 70 78 66, S Rennie (Drumpellier) 69 70 75 70.
285 C Riddick (Southerness) 70 74 70 71, M McNae (Dumfries & Galloway) 72 71 66 76, J Ross (Royal Burgess) 72 71 72 70, W Bremner (Edzell) 74 69 72 70.
286 F McKenna (Balmore) 76 67 69 74, G Robertson (Glenbervie) 71 70 72 73.
287 B Rushford (Grangemouth) 74 70 71 72, L Johnston (Dumfries & Co) 73 69 69 76.
289 L Kirton (Newmachar) 71 70 72 76, M Main (Thornton) 69 71 79 70, G Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 72 68 74 75, A Dick (Kingsknowe) 69 70 76 74.
290 M Smyth (Royal Troon) 69 72 72 77, R Graham (Hayston) 72 69 69 81.
292 C Harkins (Ayr Bellleisle) 73 70 78 71.
293 N Hamilton (Dumfries & Galloway) 72 70 75 76.
294 S Maxwell (Windyhill) 71 70 79 74.
298 F Campbell (Clober) 69 74 76 79.
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