Five birdies in the last eight holes gave Bryan Fotheringham (Inverness) a two-shot victory from Boat of Garten professional Ross Harrower and Jim Simpson (Forres) with a three-under-par round of 70 in the North Scottish Golfers Alliance competition at Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth.
Fotheringham, a former Scotland international had been two over par after bogeys at the seventh and 10th.
LEADING SCRATCH
Par 70
67 B Fotheringham (Inverness).
69 R Harrower (Boat of Garten), J Simpson (Forres).
71 N McWilliam (Elgin).
72 D Stewart (Grantown), D Johnston (Moray), B Cruickshank (Garmouth and Kingston).
73 J A Grant (Grantown), S G Milne (Elgin).
74 K Stables (Elgin), R Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), J L Milne (Elgin).
75 M L Macleman (Moray), W Hutchison (Inverness).
76 F Hutchison (Inverness), S Johnston (Elgin).
77 L Macbean (Boat of Garten).
78 G Hay (Grantown), R G Macpherson (Moray), D F Sharp (Boat of Garten), R McKerron (Forres), G Donaldson (Elgin).
79 K Thomson (Moray), D Hector (Elgin).
80 J S D Campbell (Grantown), J A G Innes (Elgin), C Dixon (Moray), J K England (Moray), G Lees (Elgin), M Lyall (Torvean).
81 W Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), R Mackie (Rothes), K Barnett (Torvean), A Cowie (Moray).
82 G J Abel (Elgin), I Findlay (Grantown).
83 S Duncan (Moray), L Duncan (Elgin), R Mellis (Rothes), G S Macdonald (Torvean).
84 R Laing (Grantown), D R MacKellar (Grantown), A Waterson (Grantown).
LEADING HANDICAP
Class 1 - J Simpson (Forres) (1) 68; W Hutchison (Inverness) (6) 69; R Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (3), B Cruickshank (Garmouth and Kingston) (1) 71; D F Sharp (Boat of Garten (6), S Johnston (Elgin) (4), G Donaldson (Elgin) (6) 72.
Class 2 - F Hutchison (Inverness) (9) 67; L MacBean (Boat of Garten) (8), R G Macpherson (Moray) (9) 69; M Lyall (Torvean) (9), J Macdonald (Inverness) (14), R Mackie (Rothes) (10) 71.