DAVID PATRICK WINS HILTON PARK YOUNG PROS' COMPETITION

By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com Leven-based former Walker Cup player David Patrick (Elie Sports Centre) scores his first win of the Tartan Tour season in the Hilton Park Young Pros' tournament over the Allander course today. Patrick earned the £400 first prize - boosting his tournament earnings this year to close on £5,000 - with a one-under-par round of 68 which included birdies at the long third, sixth, 14th and 16th. The only blemishes on his card were a double bogey 5 at the short 17th, when he had looked set to finish three or four under par, and a bogey at the second in halves of 34 (one under par) and 34 (par). Patrick won by a shot from two players on the 69 mark, Graham Mackay (Prestonfield) and Graeme Brown (Montrose). A card countback decided any ties within the top six and the runner-up prize of £325 went to Mackay and third placed £275 to Brown.  Both players had come home in 34. Mackay's fourth birdie of the day, at the 18th, robbed Brown of outright second place. The cash prize list covered the top 21 and there were other golf equipment prizes. Scores from 73 down were out of the money. Clare-Marie Carlton (Playsport Golf) finished highest - joint 28th - of the female trainees with a 75, one shot ahead of Heather MacRae, who recently joined the Gleneagles staff, former Curtis Cup player Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) and Emma Fairnie (Gullane). LEADING SCORES Par 69 68 David Patrick (Elie Sports Centre) £400. 69 Graham Mackay (Prestonfield) £325, Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) £275. 70 Gregor Wright (Ladybank) £225, Ewan MacPherson (Auchterarder) £200, Ross MacLeod (Eastwood) £175, Joel Hopwood (Carnegie Club, Skibo Castle) £150. 71 Sean Thompson (Renaissance Club), Craig Knowles (Panmure) £135 each. 72 Alistair Brown (Whitecraigs), Cameron Tortolano (Stirling), Matthew Burtt (Helensburgh), Craig Armstrong (Burntisland), Christopher Robinson (Dumfries and Galloway) £100 each. 73 Brian Gibson (Carrick on Loch Lomond), Graham Forbes (Gourock), Lewis Burnett (Adam Hunter Golf), Ian Anderson (Colville Park), Malcolm Murray (Bearsden Golf Range), Ross Neill (Drumpellier), Daniel Wood (Eyemouth) £18 each. Selected scores: 75 Clare-Marie Carlton (Playsport Golf) (T28). 76 Heather MacRae (Gleneagles), Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon), Emma Fairnie (Gullane) (T31). 78 Nicola Melville (Nicola Melville Golf) (T43).