Barrie Edmond is new Aberdeen Links champion

It was third time lucky for Barrie Edmond in the final of the Aberdeen Links championship tonight.

Having lost on the previous two occasions, including last year, the 32-year-old Bon Accord player made no mistake this time.

He beat three times champion Alex Cruickshank (Caledonian) by 4 and 3 in the final.
Maybe "lucky" is not the right word to use.
Maybe it's as Gary Player used to say: "The more I practise, the luckier I get on the golf course."
For "lucky," read "skill."
Barrie was two under par for the 15 holes played. Alex led for the first and only time with a birdie at the opening hole.
Barrie squared the matched with an eagle 3 at the long fourth and went one up to stay with a par at the next.
Edmond doubled his lead to two with a birdie at the seventh and made it a three-hole advantage with another birdie at the eighth.
Cruickshank scored only his second success when a par was good enough to win him Spion Kop, the short 10th but that only cut his deficit to two holes.
The 12th was halved in birdies at the 13th in pars before Edmond fnished off his opponent with a winning birdie at the 14th - three up - and a par at the 15th - 4 and 3, thanks very much.

+Image of Barrie Edmond with the Aberdeen Links championship trophy by courtesy of Davie Grieve.