CRAIG ARMSTRONG'S 68 WINS MIDLAND ALLIANCE SCRATCH PRIZE

Today's Midland Alliance meeting, sponsored by A Herd and held at Kirriemuir, saw the scratch prize won by Craig Armstrong, an assistant professional at Burntisland Golf House.
He had a level par 68 and won by two shots from Wellsgreen pro Donald McKay and amateurs Ross Bell (Downfield) and Rob Ford (Scotscraig).
The handicap competition was a close-run affair with four players returning net 67s.
The best team score was 58 returned by Alistair Duncan, Dennis Redford and John Gray.
LEADING SCRATCH
Par 68
68 Craig Armstrong (Burntisland Golf House) ap.
70 Donald McKay (Wellsgreen) p, Ross Bell (Downfield), Rob Ford (Scotscraig).
71 Grant Jenkins (Murrayshall).
72 Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) ap, Joe Smith (Thornton).
73 Barry Smith (Downfield) ap, Mark Pirie (Pitlochry), Alistair Duncan (Murrayshall), K Bradley (Downfield).
LEADING HANDICAP
67 Colin Myles (Monifieth) (6), Doug Spaven (Pitlochry) (9), Grant Jenkins (Murrayshall) (4), Douglas Sievwright (Drumoig) (14).
68 Charlie Gowrie (Kirriemuir) (6), Dennis Reford (Murrayshall) (8), Rob Ford (Scotscraig) (2), K Bradley (Downfield) (5).
69 Joe Smith (Thornton) (3).
70 A Farquharson (Downfield) (12), A Duncan (Murrayshall) (3), L Brough (Alyth) (6), J Rankine (Scotscraig) (7).
LEADING TEAMS
58 Alistair Duncan, Dennis Redford, John Gray.
59 R Baldie, Grant Jenkins, Scott Brough (better inward half);
C Gowrie, D Spaven, C Brunton.
Next week's meeting (Wednesday, November 2) is The Fairmont Hotel pro-am sponsored by Grant Promotions.