GARETH IS WRIGHT ON AT SHOTTS YOUNG PROS THREE-ROUNDE

WEST LINTON WELSHMAN WINTS BY FIVE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Welshman Gareth Wright (West Linton) won the Shotts Young Pros 54-hole pro-am by five shots today, thanks to a five-under-par morning second round of 65 which included seven birdies and catapulted him seven shots clear of the field with 18 holes to go.
There were only six scores under the Shotts par of 70 over the two days of the tournament – and Wright, pictured, claimed two of them, having posted an opening round of 69 on Sunday.
Gareth, under no pressure, went off the boil with a final-round 73 for a total of three-under-207 but he was able to coast home and collect the £645 prize.
Wright won the Craigielaw Young Pros’ event in April and tied for first place in the Sprint Series event at The Carrick in July.
Runner-up on two-over 212 with scores of 67, 74 and 71 was Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) who had a couple of double bogeys in his second round. He earned £540.
Overnight leader Ewan Grimes (Carrick on Loch Lomond) subsided into third place on 213 with scores of 67, 76 and 70 for a £440 payday. Like Fenwick, Grimes had a couple of double bogeys in round two.
The only girl in the field of 49, Challenge Tour player Callum Macaulay’s wife Claire-Marie (Carlton was her maiden name), earned £220 by finishing a highly creditable joint sixth on 218 with three very steady scores of 72, 73 and 73.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 210 (3x70)
207 Gareth Wright (West Linton) 69 65 73 (£645).
212 Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) 67 74 71 (£540).
213 Ewan Grimes (Carrick on Loch Lomond) 67 76 70 (£440).
214 Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar) 72 71 71 (£340).
217 Christopher McMaster (Panmure) 76 70 71 (£290).
218 Gordon Hillson (Dunbar) 72 77 69, Claire-Marie Macaulay (Playsport Golf) 72 73 73 (£220 each).
219 Ryan Buckley (Craigielaw) 72 71 76 (£180).
220 Daniel Wood (Eyemouth)77 71 72 (£160).
221 Duncan Bain (Aberdour) 72 71 78, Alastair Thomson (Douglas Park) 77 69 75 ($130 each).
222 Paul Wilson (Cawder) 76 71 75, Stuart Williamson (West Kilbride) 74 76 72. Craig Armstrong (Burntisland) 73 72 77, Andrew McIntyre (Ranfurly Castle) 71 74 77 (£102 each).
223 Ross MacLeod (Eastwood) 76 73 74, Clarke Lutton (Qatar) 75 74 74, Scott Herald (Adam Huntere Golf) 73 73 77, Ian Anderson (Colville Park) 76 71 76 (£82 each).
224 David Broadfoot (Dumfries and Co) 76 74 74, Ross Neill (Drumpellier) 74 74 76 (£67 each).
225 Terry Mathieson (Murcar Links) 79 75 71, Christopher Robinson (Dumfries and Galloway) 71 71 83 (£57 each).