Arnott wins Callaway at Edzell

play-off but Lee wins Tartan

Tour Order of Merit for 2009

Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) birdied the third extra hole to beat Craig Lee (unattached) in a sudden-death play-off at the conclusion of the 36-hole Callaway at Edzell tournament at Edzell Golf Club.
Arnott had shot a pair of 67s for eight-under-par 134`, a total matched by Craig Lee, also with two rounds of 67.

The play-off holes were the first and the 18th.

Arnott and Lee both birdied the first, and halved the second in 4s, and then Arnott birdied the first hole again to win the top prize of £915.79. Lee won £824.21

In today's second round, Arnott covered the last 11 holes in five under par with a birdie at the eighth, an eagle at the ninth, and birdies at the 11th and 18th. He came home in 33.

Craig Lee, in contrast, covered the last 11 holes in "only" two under par: birdies at the ninth and 10th and pars at the remainder. He came home in 34.

They finished a shot ahead of Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) (71-64), Colin Gillies (Playsport Golf) (68-67) and Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) (67-68), each of whom earned £641.09 for a share of third place.

McCreadie's 64 (31-33), also with an eagle 3 at the ninth, was the lowest of the tournament.

Colin Gillies had halves of 36 and 31 in his closing 67 while Lindsay Mann had halves of 32 and 36 for his 68

Overnight leader Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) sagged from a high of 66 to second-round 73 to tie for 13th place on 139.

Craig Lee has won the Scottish PGA's Order of Merit for the season with 962.50 from seven events, a total which cannot be caught with one event left offering Order of Merit points.

David Orr (East Renfrewshire) is in second place with 789.38 and Robert Arnott third with 746.67.

Jason McCreadie won the Callaway 36-hole Tournaments Order of Merit with 356.67pt from the three events. Craig Lee was runner-up with 317.50 and Robert Arnott third with 310pt.

Former British women's open amateur stroke-play champion Heather MacRae, a trainee pro at Gullane, finished joint 69th with rounds of 79 and 73 for 152. The cash prize list stopped at level par 144.

FINAL TOTALS

Par 142 (2x72)

134 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR) 67 67, Craig Lee (unatt) 67 67. Arnott (£915.79) beat Lee (£824.21) at the third hole of a sudden-death play-off.

135 Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 71 64, Colin Gillies (Playsport Golf) 68 67, Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) 67 68 (£641.05 each).

136 James McGhee (Turnhouse) 68 68, Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 68 68 (£435.00 each).

137 Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) £70 67 (£366.31).

138 Scott Henderson (Kings Links) 72 66, David Orr (East Renfrewshire) 71 67, Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park) 70 68, Gareth Wright (West Linton) 69 69 (£309.07 each).

139 James Erskine (Portpatrick Dunskey) 69 70, Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation) 68 71, Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) 66 73 (£228.95 each).

140 Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon) 71 69 (£187.73).

141 Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle), Edward Thomson (Senit Associates) 7170, Craig Ronald(Carluke) 72 69 (£157.21 each).

142 Gordon Law (Uphall) 74 69, Graeme Brown (Montrose), Mark Loftus (Cowglen) 70 72 (£129.73 each).

143 Euan Cameron (Hamilton), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) 72 71, Mark King (Kingsfield) 72 71, James McKinnon (Irvine) 72 71, Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle) 72 71, Kenneth Hutton (Downfield) 72 71 (£107.60 each).

144 Scott Grieve (Turnhouse) 76 68, Scott Herald (Mearns Castle) 75 69, Ewan Davie (Dunblane New) 75 69, Graham Fox (East Kilbride) 74 70, Andrew Crerar (Panmure) 74 70, Mark Bruce (Gullane) 73 71, Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) 72 72, Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) 72 72 (£22.89 each.

145 Stewart Savage (Dalmuir) 74 71, Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Course Design) 74 71, Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) 74 71, Chris Kelly (Cawder) 73 72, Ian Graham (Crow Wood) 73 72 .

146 Christopher Currie (Caldwell) 79 67, Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links) 68 68, Mark Finlayson (Edzell) 76 70, Callum Nicoll (Prestwick) 75 71, Greg McBain (Royal Dornoch) 75 71, Jonathan Cliff (Murrayfield) 75 71, Alan E Reid (West Lothian) 74 72, Paul Jamieson (Dunblane New) 74 72, Michael Rae (Alyth) 73 73, David Patrick (Elie) 70 76.

147 Peter Mitchell (Hermitage) 72 75.

148 Chris Campbell (Grantown on Spey) 75 73, Stephen Gray (Hayston) 75 73, Ken Campbell (Machrihanish) 73 75, Jamie Stevenson (Braehead) 69 79.

149 Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) 78 71, Jonathan Lomas (unatt) 77 72, Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar), Iain Donaldson (Meldrum House) 75 74, Paul Wardell (Whitekirk) 74 75.

150 Paul Malone (Braid Hills GC) 79 71, Peter McLachlan (West Kilbride) 77 73, Gordon Niven (Stirling Univ) 76 74.

151 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 79 72, Ross Dixon (Renaissance Club) 78 73, Andrew Erskine (Ratho Park) 76 75, Steven Mann (Newmachar) 75 76.

152 Heather MacRae (Gullane) 79 73, Gregor Abel (Alloa) 76 76, Lee Vannett (Carnoustie Golf Links) 74 78.

153 Keil Beveridge (Aboyne) 79 74.

154 Richard Smith (Dumfries-shire GA) 76 78, Chris McCalman (unatt) 74 80.

155 Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park) 81 74, Duncan Williamson (Kirkhill) 73 82.

156 Adam Rolfe (Royal Troon) 80 76, Ryan Buckley (Craigielaw) 77 79.

157 Alan Purdie (Kingsbarns GL 76 81.

158 Christopher Boyle (Lanark) 81 72.

159 David Gordon (Paisley) 83 76.

160 Stuart McEwing (Montrose) 84 76, Graeme Fisher (Mearns Castle) 81 79.

161 James Mooney (Kingscliff GS) 82 79.

162 Campbell Donaldson (Campbell Donaldson GA) 83 79.

163 Neil Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh) 85 78.

Retired: Terry Mathieson (Kings Acre) 72 -.

SCOTTISH PGA ORDER OF MERIT TOP TEN

1 Craig Lee (unatt) 962.50.

2 David Orr (East Renfrewshire) 789.38.

3 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR) 746.67.

4 Colin Gillies (Playsport Golf) 713.34.

5 Stephen Gray (Hayston) 710.25.

6 Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) 666.25.

7 Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 568.75.

8 Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) 554.25.

9 Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 536.67.

10 Mark King (Kingsfield) 510.83.

CALLAWAY 36-HOLE TOURNAMENTS' ORDER OF MERIT

Top 10 leading final totals
1 Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 356.67.

2 Craig Lee (unatt) 317.50.

3 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR) 310.00.

4 Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 287.50.

5 Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle) 230.00.

6 Colin Gillies (Playsport Golf) 213.17.

7 Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) 192.50.

8 Chris Kelly (Cawder) 177.00.

9 Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) 159.50.

10 Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) 152.50.