PATRICK COMPLETES YOUNG PRO HAT-TRICK AFTER PLAY-OFF

By COLIN FARQUHARSON  Colin@scottishgolfview.com  Former Walker Cup player David Patrick completed a hat-trick of victories in the Scottish Young Professionals Championship in dramatic style after 7pm at West Lothian Golf Club. Elie Sports Centre pro Patrick shot great third and fourth rounds on the same day of 69 and 66 – seven under par for the day – for a total of five-under-par 279. That 72-hole total was matched by Dunbar's Neil Fenwick who also stepped up a gear over his last two rounds with scores of 69 and 67. That meant a sudden death play-off for the £1,000 first prize and the prestigious title. Patrick prevailed and became the first man to win the title three years in a row since the late great Bobby (R T) Walker from Downfield did it FOUR times in a row in the 1960s. One-time pro footballer Fenwick, who played well in the recent Northern Open, earned £800. Welshman Gareth Wright (West Linton) finished third on 283, four shots behind the play-off participants after scoring 68 and 70 on the last day. He picked up £600 for his performance. Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar) who had made most of the running, could not keep up his cracking pace. He faded out of the picture with a 76 at the last time of asking after earlier rounds of 70, 71 and 70. He finished fourth on 287 for a £450 pay-out. His day will come. Aberdonian Terry Mathieson finished fifth on 289 with scores of 70 and 72. Mathieson set what must be a record for the tournament by achieving holes in one in successive rounds. He had aces – at different short holes – in both the second and third rounds. In the second round it was at the 153yd sixth. In the third round the hole in one was at the 152yd 18th. Terry's cash prize for finishing fifth was £360  And there was another very good performance by a North-east player – Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon), the former Scottish women's amateur champion and 2008 Curtis Cup player at St Andrews. She finished joint seventh on 292, helped considerably by an excellent third round of two-under-par 69 – not bad for a player who fell out of love with the game of golf a year or two ago and did not play at all for several months. Now she's discovered you can play competitively and still enjoy the game, which she was not doing as a Ladies European Tour player.# Michele earned £272 for her top-10 display. FINAL TOTALS Par 284 (4x71) 279 Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) 73 70 69 67, David Patrick (Elie Sports Centre) 74 70 69 66.(Patrick won sudden-death play-off at first extra hole; Patrick £1,000; Fenwick £800). 283 Gareth Wright (West Linton) 74 71 68 70 (£600). 287 Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar) 70 71 70 76 (£450). 289 Terry Mathieson (Murcar Links) 76 71 70 72 (£360). 291 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) 77 70 75 69 (£320) 292 Gordon Hillson (Dunbar) 75 72 71 74, Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 74 76 69 73 (£272 each) 294 Craig Armstrong (Burntisland) 75 73 72 74, Nikki Christie (Carnoustie) 75 76 76 67 (£217 each). 295 Daniel Wood (Eyemouth) 79 71 74 71, Heather MacRae (Gleneagles) 78 75 72 70 (£195 each). 296 Chris Brown (Kemnay) 75 75 70 76, Gregor Wright (Ladybank) 77 77 71 71 (£175 each). 297 Chris Robinson (Dumfries and Galloway) 78 78 71 70, Michael Patterson (Kilmacolm) 79 70 75 73 (£155 each) 298 Scott Herald (Adam Hunter Golf) 81 71 74 72, Michael Hunt (Celtic Manor) 80 74 74 70 300 Stuart Boyle (The Belfry) 75 79 73 73, Ross Neill (Drumpellier) 81 74 73 72, Sam McLaren (Crieff) 73 80 73 74, Stuart Williamson (West Kilbride) 76 70 76 78. (Pa 301 David Broadfoot (Dumfries and Co) 76 77 74 74 303 Clarke Lyutton (Qatar) 79 77 72 75 304 Chris Law (Kings Links) 78 77 71 78, Andrew Rollo (Moray) 83 73 71 77, Ewan MacPherson (Auchterarder) 80 76 72 76, Sean Bissett (Renaissance) 80 76 73 75, Olive r Huish (North Berwick) 80 76 74 74. 305 James Boyce (Erskne) 79 77 73 76. 306 Emma Fairnie (Gullane) 79 77 74 76, Nicky Sinclair (Prestwick) 81 71 73 81.. 307 Matthew Burt (Helensburgh) 79 77 79 72. 311 Fraser Clarke (Newmachar) 75 80 78 78.