BIRDIE SHOOT-OUT FOR PAUL LAWRIE INVITATIONAL £4,000 PRIZE
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
It’s the golfing equivalent of Gunfight at the OK Coral when the Paul Lawrie Invitational tournament comes to the boil today (Friday) with the final round over a Deeside, Aberdeen parkland course that has yielded birdies galore over the past two days.
The three men in the shoot-out are all on the eight-under-par 132 mark – European Tour man Kenny Ferrie from the North-east of England, rookie pro from Edinburg Mark Kerr, and Challenge Tour regular Andrew McArthur who won the Scottish amateur title when he played out of Windyhill Golf Club.
Ferrie and Kerr have traded punch for punch over the first two rounds – 67 and 65.
McArthur muscled up alongside them with a course record eight-under-par 62 in the second round.
Supermac had eight birdies in a bogey-free round with birdies at the second, third, eighth, ninth, 11th, 14th, 15th and 17th in halves of 32 and 30 – enough to make the Deeside members choke on their gin-and-tonics.
Mine host Paul Lawrie – he is an honorary member at Deeside Golf Club and lives less than half a mile from the Bieldside course – is lying joint fourth on 135 after shooting a second-day 65. Also on 135 is Montrose’s Graeme Brown.
And man in form Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) is not out of it after a pair of 68s for 136 leaves him four shots off the pace.
Of course you have to hit it straight to score and Lindsay Mann didn’t in the second round. Joint leader overnight, the former Walker Cup player from Carnoustie dropped back to 138 with a 71 which included a triple bogey 8 and a double bogey 6.
Thirty six players made the cut with 36-hole aggregates of 143 or better.
The qualifiers included Downfield assistant Heather MacRae and her boss Ken Hutton.
QUALIFIERS FOR FINAL ROUND
Par 140 (2x70)
132 Kenny Ferrie (unatt) 67 65, Mark Kerr (Murrayfield) 67 65, Andrew McArthur (unatt) 70 62.
135 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) 70 65, Paul Lawrie (Paul Lawrie Foundation) 70 65.
136 Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon) 68 68, Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) 68 68,.
137 Ken Hutton (Downfield) 68 69.
138 Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) 67 71, Paul O’Hara (unatt) 70 68.
139 Graham Fox (East Kilbride) 70 69, Paul McKechnie (Hayston) 71 68.
140 Stewart Savage (Dalmuir) 68 72, Stephen Gray (Hayston) 70 70, Christopher Currie (Caldwell) 71 69, Eric Ramsay (Carnoustie) 73 67
141 David Law (Hazlehead) (am) 68 73, Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar) 68 73, David Patrick (Elie) 70 71, Scott Henderson (Kings Links) 71 70, Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 72 69, Gareth Wrigt (West Linton) 72 69, Alastair Love (St Andrews) 73 69, Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) 74 67.
142 Stephen McAllister (Renaissance Club) 69 73, Daniel Wood (Eyemoouth) 70 72, Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 71 71, Paul Wardell (Whitekirk) 72 70, Michael Patterson (unatt) 73 69.
143 Heather MacRae (Downfield) 70 73, Mark Loftus (Adam Hunter Golf) 70 73, Greg McBain (Royal Dornoch) 72 71, Lee Vannet (Carnoustie Links) 72 71, Craig Gordon (Edinburgh GC) 72 71, Peter Smith (Deeside) 75 68.
MISSED THE CUT
144 Terry Mathieson (Murcar Links) 70 74, Kevin McAlpine (Alyth) 70 74, David Orr (East Renfrewshire) 71 73, James McKinnon (Irvine) 72 72, Creaig Ronald (Carluke) 75 69.
145 Sean Lawrie (Portlethen) (am) 71 74, Scott McGrenaghan (Cochrane Castle) 71 74, Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle) 71 74, Christopher Robinson (Dumfries and Galloway) 74 71, William Colquhoun (Dundonald Links) 75 70.
146 David Addison (Kilmarnock Barassie) 70 76, Ian Bratton (Newburgh on Ythan) 72 74, Dean Vannet (Peterculter) 73 73, Stuart Williamson (West Kilbride) 75 71, Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) 77 69, Chris Kelly (Cawder) 77 69.
147 Ross Dixon (Dumfries and Galloway) 75 72.
148 Stephen Lamb (Cardrona) 75 73, Scott Herald (Adam Hunter Golf) 76 72.
149 Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) 78 71.
150 Andrew Rollo (Moray) 74 76, Mark King (Kingsfield) 75 75, Graeme Nethercott (Deeside) 77 73.
151 James McGhee (Duddingston) 80 71.
152 Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 73 79.
154 Steven Duncan (unatt) 74 80, Gareth Hardy (Ayr Belleisle) 78 76, David Thomson (Carnegie) 79 75.
155 Colin Nelson (MacKenzie Shop) 79 76, Graham Forbes (Gourock) 80 75..
Withdrew: Alan Reid 76 -.
TEE TIMES FOR FINAL ROUND AT DEESIDE ON FRIDAY
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
It’s the golfing equivalent of Gunfight at the OK Coral when the Paul Lawrie Invitational tournament comes to the boil today (Friday) with the final round over a Deeside, Aberdeen parkland course that has yielded birdies galore over the past two days.
The three men in the shoot-out are all on the eight-under-par 132 mark – European Tour man Kenny Ferrie from the North-east of England, rookie pro from Edinburg Mark Kerr, and Challenge Tour regular Andrew McArthur who won the Scottish amateur title when he played out of Windyhill Golf Club.
Ferrie and Kerr have traded punch for punch over the first two rounds – 67 and 65.
McArthur muscled up alongside them with a course record eight-under-par 62 in the second round.
Supermac had eight birdies in a bogey-free round with birdies at the second, third, eighth, ninth, 11th, 14th, 15th and 17th in halves of 32 and 30 – enough to make the Deeside members choke on their gin-and-tonics.
Mine host Paul Lawrie – he is an honorary member at Deeside Golf Club and lives less than half a mile from the Bieldside course – is lying joint fourth on 135 after shooting a second-day 65. Also on 135 is Montrose’s Graeme Brown.
And man in form Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) is not out of it after a pair of 68s for 136 leaves him four shots off the pace.
Of course you have to hit it straight to score and Lindsay Mann didn’t in the second round. Joint leader overnight, the former Walker Cup player from Carnoustie dropped back to 138 with a 71 which included a triple bogey 8 and a double bogey 6.
Thirty six players made the cut with 36-hole aggregates of 143 or better.
The qualifiers included Downfield assistant Heather MacRae and her boss Ken Hutton.
QUALIFIERS FOR FINAL ROUND
Par 140 (2x70)
132 Kenny Ferrie (unatt) 67 65, Mark Kerr (Murrayfield) 67 65, Andrew McArthur (unatt) 70 62.
135 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) 70 65, Paul Lawrie (Paul Lawrie Foundation) 70 65.
136 Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon) 68 68, Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) 68 68,.
137 Ken Hutton (Downfield) 68 69.
138 Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) 67 71, Paul O’Hara (unatt) 70 68.
139 Graham Fox (East Kilbride) 70 69, Paul McKechnie (Hayston) 71 68.
140 Stewart Savage (Dalmuir) 68 72, Stephen Gray (Hayston) 70 70, Christopher Currie (Caldwell) 71 69, Eric Ramsay (Carnoustie) 73 67
141 David Law (Hazlehead) (am) 68 73, Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar) 68 73, David Patrick (Elie) 70 71, Scott Henderson (Kings Links) 71 70, Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 72 69, Gareth Wrigt (West Linton) 72 69, Alastair Love (St Andrews) 73 69, Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) 74 67.
142 Stephen McAllister (Renaissance Club) 69 73, Daniel Wood (Eyemoouth) 70 72, Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 71 71, Paul Wardell (Whitekirk) 72 70, Michael Patterson (unatt) 73 69.
143 Heather MacRae (Downfield) 70 73, Mark Loftus (Adam Hunter Golf) 70 73, Greg McBain (Royal Dornoch) 72 71, Lee Vannet (Carnoustie Links) 72 71, Craig Gordon (Edinburgh GC) 72 71, Peter Smith (Deeside) 75 68.
MISSED THE CUT
144 Terry Mathieson (Murcar Links) 70 74, Kevin McAlpine (Alyth) 70 74, David Orr (East Renfrewshire) 71 73, James McKinnon (Irvine) 72 72, Creaig Ronald (Carluke) 75 69.
145 Sean Lawrie (Portlethen) (am) 71 74, Scott McGrenaghan (Cochrane Castle) 71 74, Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle) 71 74, Christopher Robinson (Dumfries and Galloway) 74 71, William Colquhoun (Dundonald Links) 75 70.
146 David Addison (Kilmarnock Barassie) 70 76, Ian Bratton (Newburgh on Ythan) 72 74, Dean Vannet (Peterculter) 73 73, Stuart Williamson (West Kilbride) 75 71, Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) 77 69, Chris Kelly (Cawder) 77 69.
147 Ross Dixon (Dumfries and Galloway) 75 72.
148 Stephen Lamb (Cardrona) 75 73, Scott Herald (Adam Hunter Golf) 76 72.
149 Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) 78 71.
150 Andrew Rollo (Moray) 74 76, Mark King (Kingsfield) 75 75, Graeme Nethercott (Deeside) 77 73.
151 James McGhee (Duddingston) 80 71.
152 Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 73 79.
154 Steven Duncan (unatt) 74 80, Gareth Hardy (Ayr Belleisle) 78 76, David Thomson (Carnegie) 79 75.
155 Colin Nelson (MacKenzie Shop) 79 76, Graham Forbes (Gourock) 80 75..
Withdrew: Alan Reid 76 -.
TEE TIMES FOR FINAL ROUND AT DEESIDE ON FRIDAY
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