Jim Watt wins close finish at South of Scotland seniors

Edzell's Jim Watt won the South of Scotland seniors' two-round stroke-play competition at Dumfries and County Golf Club.
Jim had rounds of 70 and 69 for a total of 139 - the CSS was 69-70 - andhe won by one shot from three players: Stephen Ellis (Innellan), Phil Dempsey (Tulliallan) and home-course man Ian Brotherston.
Ellis, playing off 3, had the best net aggregate of 134, one shot ahead of two-handicap Watt and two better than third-placed Dempsey, who plays off two.
Tony Nicol (Elderslie) had a hole in one at "The Wee Yin," the par-3 14th, measuring only 90yd.
LEADING TOTALS
CSS 69 70
139 Jim Watt (Edzell) 70 69.
140 Stephen Ellis (Innellan) 70 70, Phil Dempsey (Tulliallan) 69 71, Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and Co) 65 75.
141 Alan O'Neill (West Lotian) 70 71.
142 Muir Townsley (Dumfries and Co) 71 71, Lindsay Blair (Grangemouoth) 70 72.
143 George Blair (Haddington) 73 70.
144 Brian Smith (Kilmacolm) 72 72, Alistair Fiddes (Deeside0 71 73, David Gardner (Broomieknowe) 71 73.
145 Tony Staffored (Gleneagles Dunochil) 74 71, Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) 73 72, Ian Jeen (Milngavie) 71 74, Glyn Rees (Fleetwood) 68 77.
146 Alistair Harkness (Southerness) 72 74, James Kinloch (Cardross) 71 75, Tony Clark (Dumfries and Co) 70 76.
147 John W Johnston (Royal Aberdeen) 71 71, Len Grindrod (Crow Wood) 74 73, Colin Christy (Kilmacolm) 72 75.

BEST NET TOTALS
134 Stephen Ellis (Innellan) (3) 67 67.
135 Jim Watt (Edzell) (2) 68 67.
136 Phil Dempsey (Tulliallan) (2) 67 69.