ORR AND McKECHNIE SWOOP TO CONQUER AND COLLECT £5,000

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Braid Hills' Paul McKechnie, pictured left by Cal Carson Golf Agency, and David Orr (East Renfrewshire), right, swooped with a brilliant better-ball round of 13-under-par 60 to win first prize of £5,000 in the Skins PGA four-ball championship at Fores Pines Golf Club, Brigg in Lincolnshire today.

The Scots were four shots off the pace and had five pairs ahead of them at the start of the final round but they played so well that eventually they had three shots to spare at the head of the field.McKechnie and Orr, between them, birdied the first and the long third, and then birdied nine holes in succession from the long fifth to the 13th, and added further birdies at the long 15th, long 17th and 18th for a birdie count of 14 in all. Even with such a great round they had one hole where neither could get even a par - the short 16th at which a bogey 4 weNt on their card. They had only three pars in all as they swept up through the leaders for a 23-under-par 54 hole total of 196 over a par-73 course. Their earlier rounds were 69 and 67.
Runners-up on 199 were Matt McGuire (Stoneleigh Deer Park) and Mark Sparrow (Himley Hall) with scores of 66, 68 and 65, which earned them £3,250.

McKechnie and Orr were the only Scots to survive the second round cut at 140 or better.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 219 (3x73)
196 David Orr (East Renfrewshire) and Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) 69 67 60 (£5,00).
199 Matt McGuire (Stoneleigh Deer Park) and Mark Sparrow (Himley Hall) 66 68 65 (£3,250).
200 Matthew Cort (Rothley Park) and Craig Shave (Whetstone) 66 66 68; Richard Sadler (Killiow and Richard O'Hanlon (Lanhydrock) 64 68 68 (£2,125 to each pairing).
202 Lee Rooke (Vale of Llangollen) and Andrew Barnett (North Wales) 69 67 66 (£1,500).