GRAEME BROWN WINS KIPPIE LODGE PRO-AM AT PETERCULTER

Montrose Links tour professional Graeme Brown won one of the biggest cheques of his career when he earned first prize of £1,467 in the Kippie Lodge Sports Club pro-celam at Peterculter Golf Club, near Aberdeen today.
Brown, who played on the US college circuit while at university in America, was capped for Scotland as an amateur in the 2004 season.
He shot a flawless round of six-under-par 65 to win by one shot from Northern Open champion Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) who earned £1,173 - not many Scottish pro-ams pay a four-figure sum to the runner-up.
Brown crammed his six birdies in a bogey-free round into nine holes - getting sub-par figures at the long seventh, the short eighth, ninth, 11th, 12th and 14th.
Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Graham Fox (Rowallan Castle), Colin Gillies (Kingsfield) and Stephen Gray (Hayston) finished joint third on 68 and earned £352 each.
Henderson led the Paull and Williamsons team of former Curtis Cup player Elaine Farquharson-Black (handicap 1), Matthew Boyne (18) and Graeme Hood (18) to victory in the team event with a net total of 19-under-par 123.

KIPPIE LODGE SPORTS CLUB PRO-CELAM
Peterculter Golf Club
LEADING PRO SCORES
Par 71
65 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) £1,467.
66 Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) £1,173.
68 Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Graham Fox (Rowallan Castle), Colin Gillies (Kingsfield), Stephen Gray (Hayston) £627 each.
69 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) £352 each.
70 Peter Smith (Deeside), Ross Dixon (Renaissance Club), Mark Kerr (Murrayfield), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Craig Ronald (Carluke), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) £220 each.
71 Gary Forbes (Aboyne), Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle).
72 David Patrick (Elie SC), Iain Buchan (Alford).