ROBERT ARNOTT'S 69 WINS OVER TOUGHER BALGOWNIE LINKS
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) scored his sixth win on the PGA Scottish Region circuit this season with a two-under-par 69 at the Grampian Houston Junior Fund pro-am at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club.
A strong wind and a Balgownie links toughened up for the Walker Cup match in September was the explanation for only four players getting under the par of 71.
Arnott won by a single shot from Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) and David Orr). Arnott earned £2,250 and the three joint runners-up around £1,400 apiece from one of Scotland's richest one-day events.
Arnott struggled into the wind on the way out and dropped shots at the second, fifth and ninth but getting a birdie 2 at the short eighth, which was to prove decisive in the final analysis.
Coming home, he covered the last seven holes in four under par with birdies at the long 12th, 13th, 15th and 17th.
Hutcheon bogeyed the fifth but got ahead of the card with birdies at the seventh, ninth and long 12th but he was derailed with bogeys at the 13th and 14th and a birdie-bogey-birdie finish saw the Banchory man come up one short of Arnott.
Lockhart birdied the long second but bogeyed the short third, fourth and fifth before he birdied the long sixth, long 12th and 13th but the birdies he needed for victory eluded him in five straight pars from the 14th.
Orr birdied the long sixth but dropped shots at the third, fifth and seven the before birdieing the short eighth. He bogeyed the ninth and the 16th and birdies at the 10th, short 11th, long 12th and 15th could not make up the leeway.
Arnott scored a double whammy in leading home the Stronachs' trio of David Rennie (3), Steve Judge (5) and Cairan O'Donnell (9) to victory in the pro-am - although it took a card countback to separate the three teams who finished with net scores of 11-under-par 60.
Arnott's trio pipped Mark King's "Hall Morrice" team of Hugh Hall (11), Ian Morrice (15) and Bill Cruickshank (12) with a better inward nine.
Craig Matheson's "Barwell 2" team of John Robertson (7), Martin Waugh (12) and Nigel Bacon (13), who also had a net 60 score, were placed third on a poorer last six compared to "Hall Morrice."
The pro-am and an auction of golfing memorabilia at a dinner at The Marcliffe Hotel tonight raises the large sum needed to send a dozen promising boy and girl North and North-east golfers to Houston, Texas for a 10-day trip in the autumn every two years.
GRAMPIAN HOUSTON JUNIOR FUND PRO-AM
Royal Aberdeen GC
LEADING PRO SCORES
Par 71
69 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) (£2,250).
70 Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), David Orr (East Renfrewshire) (£1,400 each)
71 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Graham Fox (Roawallan Castle), James McGhee (Duddingston).
72 Greig McBain (Royoal Dornoch).
73 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), David Patrick (Elie SC), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle).
74 Steven Duncan (Carnoustie), Craig Ronald (Carluke), Colin Gillies (Kingsfield), Chris Kelly (Cawder).
75 Terry Mathieson (Murcar Links), Russell Smith (Gleneagles Hotel), Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), Mark King (Kingsfield), Alastair Mackenzie (Renaissance Club).
76 Gary Forbes (Murcar Links), Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre), Chris McCalman (Turnhouse), Lee Vannett (Carnoustie Links).
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) scored his sixth win on the PGA Scottish Region circuit this season with a two-under-par 69 at the Grampian Houston Junior Fund pro-am at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club.
A strong wind and a Balgownie links toughened up for the Walker Cup match in September was the explanation for only four players getting under the par of 71.
Arnott won by a single shot from Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) and David Orr). Arnott earned £2,250 and the three joint runners-up around £1,400 apiece from one of Scotland's richest one-day events.
Arnott struggled into the wind on the way out and dropped shots at the second, fifth and ninth but getting a birdie 2 at the short eighth, which was to prove decisive in the final analysis.
Coming home, he covered the last seven holes in four under par with birdies at the long 12th, 13th, 15th and 17th.
Hutcheon bogeyed the fifth but got ahead of the card with birdies at the seventh, ninth and long 12th but he was derailed with bogeys at the 13th and 14th and a birdie-bogey-birdie finish saw the Banchory man come up one short of Arnott.
Lockhart birdied the long second but bogeyed the short third, fourth and fifth before he birdied the long sixth, long 12th and 13th but the birdies he needed for victory eluded him in five straight pars from the 14th.
Orr birdied the long sixth but dropped shots at the third, fifth and seven the before birdieing the short eighth. He bogeyed the ninth and the 16th and birdies at the 10th, short 11th, long 12th and 15th could not make up the leeway.
Arnott scored a double whammy in leading home the Stronachs' trio of David Rennie (3), Steve Judge (5) and Cairan O'Donnell (9) to victory in the pro-am - although it took a card countback to separate the three teams who finished with net scores of 11-under-par 60.
Arnott's trio pipped Mark King's "Hall Morrice" team of Hugh Hall (11), Ian Morrice (15) and Bill Cruickshank (12) with a better inward nine.
Craig Matheson's "Barwell 2" team of John Robertson (7), Martin Waugh (12) and Nigel Bacon (13), who also had a net 60 score, were placed third on a poorer last six compared to "Hall Morrice."
The pro-am and an auction of golfing memorabilia at a dinner at The Marcliffe Hotel tonight raises the large sum needed to send a dozen promising boy and girl North and North-east golfers to Houston, Texas for a 10-day trip in the autumn every two years.
GRAMPIAN HOUSTON JUNIOR FUND PRO-AM
Royal Aberdeen GC
LEADING PRO SCORES
Par 71
69 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) (£2,250).
70 Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), David Orr (East Renfrewshire) (£1,400 each)
71 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Graham Fox (Roawallan Castle), James McGhee (Duddingston).
72 Greig McBain (Royoal Dornoch).
73 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), David Patrick (Elie SC), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle).
74 Steven Duncan (Carnoustie), Craig Ronald (Carluke), Colin Gillies (Kingsfield), Chris Kelly (Cawder).
75 Terry Mathieson (Murcar Links), Russell Smith (Gleneagles Hotel), Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), Mark King (Kingsfield), Alastair Mackenzie (Renaissance Club).
76 Gary Forbes (Murcar Links), Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre), Chris McCalman (Turnhouse), Lee Vannett (Carnoustie Links).
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