TARTAN ACES TURN UP HEAT AT SKINS QUALIFIER

FROM THE PGA E-BULLETIN
Two of the Tartan Tour's hottest performers produced a scorching display to top the qualifiers for the Skins PGA Fourball Championship at Musselburgh.
Paul McKechnie, who has nine wins under his belt to lead the 2011 money list, and David Orr, lying 12th in the standings, sustained their rich vein of form in carding a nine-under-par 62 to secure a spot in the £30,000 final at Lincolnshire’s Forest Pines from October 5-7.
The pair from Braid Hills Golf Range and East Renfrewshire Golf Club respectively won by two strokes from host pros Norman Huguet and Andrew Munro with Balbirnie’s Sean O’Donnell and Alyth’s Michael Rae shooting a 65.
After reaching the turn in four-under, Orr ignited the round with three straight birdies from the 10th with McKechnie applying the finishing touches with birdies on 16 and 17.
"I think all told we rattled in 14 birdies between us," said Orr. "Paul is playing so well, it makes your job a lot easier when your partner is playing as well as that.
"The course was in great condition, I’d played it once before in Open qualifying and got through so I had a good feeling about it."
Joining the Scots in October’s 54-hole final will be newly-crowned PGA Assistants’ champion Matthew Cort (Rothley Park) and Whetstone partner Craig Shave who won the Midland qualifier at Stapleford Park.
Cort had been crowned Powerade PGA Assistants