Scottish seniors at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort

Ian Brotherston reigns in Spain again,

signing off with excellent 68

Ian Brotherston's form was on a par with the weather - very hot as the temperature went over 25 degrees - as he shot an excellent four-under-par 68 - by far the lowest score of the tournament - in the final round to retain by a runaway margin the Murcia Seniors Open title - organised by the Scottish Seniors Golfing Society - over the Hacienda del Alamo course in Spain, which will shortly host one of European Tour Qualifying School's Stages 3 events.
The Dumfries & County player, who has a +2 handicap, was winning the 54-hole event for the second year in a row. His earlier rounds were 73 and 75 and his total of level par 216 over the testing Dave Thomas-designed course, saw him finish seven shots clear of runner-up Dougal Chalmers (Panmure).
Chalmers had rounds of 73, 75 and 75 for a total of 223 and, playing off two, won the top handicap prize with a net total of 217, one shot ahead of John Johnston, the former Scotland interantional from Royal Aberdeen.

***On the Sunday before Murcia Seniors Open, Ian Brotherston played in the Hacienda Open one rounder off the same tees and shot a new course record of 63 made up of nine birdies and nine pars.

LEADING SCRATCH TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
216 Ian Brotherston (Dumfries & Co) 73 75 68.
223 Dougal Chalmers (Panmure) 73 75 75.
225 Brian Smith (Kilmacolm) 76 78 71.
227 John W Johnston (Royal Aberdeen) 76 78 73.
229 Scott MacDonald (Dunfermline) 82 73 74.
230 Bill McIntyre (Harpenden) 76 77 77, Jim Johnston (Northumnberland) 75 76 78.
232 Andrew Brodie (Balmore) 78 78 76, Gordon MacDonald (Callander) 78 73 81.
233 Ian Hutcheon (Monifieth) 81 74 78.
234 George Paterson (Northern) 79 78 77, Fred Hutcheon (Monifieth) 78 78 78, David Millar (Galashiels) 76 79 79.
235 Keith Bruce (Edzell) 82 77 76, John McDonald (Cowglen) 84 73 78, Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) 82 75 78, Eddie McIntyre 77 80 78, Richard Gray (Cowglen) 73 78 84.
236 Norman Forster (Peterculter) 74 77 75, Keith Howie (West Kilbride) 80 79 77.
237 Andrew Laird (Deeside) 84 75 78.
238 Ken Forrest (Lenzie) 85 78 74, Gordon Gray (Deeside) 83 77 78, David Doodson (Temple) 81 79 78, Alistair Fiddes (Deeside) 78 78 82.
240 Jim Emslie (Royal Aberdeen) 82 81 77, Alan Nelson (Banchory) 80 82 78, Donnie Lindsay (Windyhill) 79 80 81.
242 Bill Methven (Royal Aberdeen) 78 80 84.
Other scores:
243 Drew Wilson 82 78 83.
244 Ian Jeen 83 83 78, Robbie Nairn 81 80 83, Ron McDonald 80 79 85.
245 Ray Donnelly 81 81 83.
247 Jim Kinloch 86 82 79.
249 Finlay Jardine 86 80 83.
251 Brian Kidd 88 86 77, Duncan Forbes 86 79 86, Peter Kinloch 86 79 86.
252 Derek Hitchman 85 87 80, Ian Gourlay 84 81 87.
253 Jim Pagan 88 84 81.
269 Fraser Sharp 87 88 84.
264 Jim Scott 92 87 85, Peter Higgins 87 92 85, Neish Chisholm 92 83 89.
265 Frank Knighton 93 88 84.
266 Colin Grant 91 81 94.
268 Paul Higgins 89 93 86.
274 Morrison Johnston 92 89 93.
277 Norman Williamson 95 92 90.
281 Ron Taylor 99 97 85.
283 Doug Baldry 102 93 88.
298 Bill Crighton 102 94 102.
LEADING HANDICAP
217 Dougal Chalmers (Panmure) (2) 71 73 73.
218 John W Johnston (Royal Aberdeen) (3) 73 75 70.
219 Brian Smith (Kilmacolm) (2) 74 76 79.
Other net totals included:
220 Gordon Gray (6) 77 71 72, Eddie McIntyre (5) 72 75 73.
221 Norman Forster (5) 79 72 70, Bill McIntyre (3) 73 74 73, Jim Johnston (3) 72 73 76.
222 Ian Brotherston (+2) 75 77 70, Fred Hutcheon (4) 74 74 74, David Millar (4) 72 72 75.
223 Scott MacDonald (2) 80 71 72, Andrew Brodie (3) 75 75 73, David Doodson (5) 76 74 73.
224 Keith Howie (4) 76 75 73.
225 Alan Nelson (5) 75 77 73.
226 Keith Bruce (3) 79 74 73, Robbie Nairn (6) 75 73 77, Richard Gray (3) 70 75 81.