VIVA LAS VEGAS FOR EASTWOOD PAIR STUART AND ALASDAIR

 Eastwood PGA professional Stuart Wilson (left) and amateur partner Alasdair Dunn. Image by courtesy of Matthew Lewis at Getty Images (c).

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 Eastwood Golf Club duo Stuart Wilson and Alasdair Dunn were left shaking their heads in disbelief after winning a trip to Las Vegas in the Virgin Atlantic PGA National Pro-Am Championship qualifier at Dundonald Links.
The Glasgow-based pairing edged out the host club’s William Colquhoun and William Torrance on countback after both shot a five under par round of 67.
It was a tale of two finishes as Eastwood ended with four straight birdies while the Dundonald duo made two double bogeys over the same holes.
Wilson and Dunn will take part in the grand final of Europe’s biggest Pro-Am event, which will be held at the Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort in Nevada from December 5-6.
They will make their appearance in the 36-hole final - supported by SkyCaddie and BMW - which is being staged over the Jack Nicklaus-designed SouthShore course.
But PGA professional Wilson admitted that he had no idea they were so close to winning the top prize as they started out early and expected their score to be overhauled.
Wilson said: “Alasdair was just shaking his head in disbelief in the car on the way home.
“And although I play this event every year, I’ve never won through the final and wasn’t really expecting to do so this time. I treat as an enjoyable day out.
“Dundonald hasn’t hosted one of these qualifiers before so there was nothing to measure it against.
“I didn’t think five under par would be enough and we were fully expecting someone else to come in with better.
“But looking back, it was our finish which won it for us. We were two over par after the eighth hole. Our nearest rivals were nine under par with four holes left - but they were four over par over those four holes.
“We’d really no idea how things were panning out until the end when we found out we’d won.
“I actually came close to a hole in one at the 15th - it thought about going in and finished four inches away. I was quite glad it didn’t go in as there were plenty of people in the clubhouse to buy a drink for!
“But playing in the final in Las Vegas will be fantastic and a bit of a co-incidence as myself and some friends had been planning a golf trip to the States. Now that’s been arranged for us!”
The PGA National Pro-Am Championship is now its 27th competitive year with the award-winning Virgin Atlantic long haul airline sponsoring the event for the third successive year.
The winning professional at the Grand Final will take home a cheque for £5,000.
LEADING FINAL TOTALSPar 72
1= 67 Stuart Wilson and Alasdair Dunn (Eastwood)
     William Colquhoun and William Torrance (Dundonald Links)
     (Eastwood win on countback)
3= 69 Stuart Callan and David Stewart (Bathgate)
     Paul Wytrazek and Robin Farnan (Burntisland)  
     Ian Bratton and Stephen Dryden (Newburgh on Ythan)
     Craig Mackie and Kenny Liddell (Scotscraig)

Full results from the regional final at Dundonald Links at be found at: http://pgagbi.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgagbi11/event/pgagbi1119/contest/1/leaderboard.htm