STEVENSON'S SUNDAY BEST WINS AT TAIN

GORDON Stevenson with the David Blair Trophy flanked by North District SGU president Robert McKerron (left) and Tain Golf Club captain Munro Ferries (right) By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com Gordon Stevenson's "Sunday best" form - a pair four-under-par 67s - brought him through to win the North of Scotland open amateur stroke-play championship for the David Blair Trophy at Tain Golf Club, Ross-shire today. The experienced Whitecraigs GC player was five shots behind halfway leader Conor O'Neil (Pollok) after two rounds of 70 on Saturday to O'Neil's 71 and 64 which left the Pollok man sharing the lead with Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) (69-66) going into the final two rounds. Stevenson's third-round 67 saw him still five shots off the pace because O'Neil moved into solo leadership with a 67 for 202. But the last round was decisive. Stevenson was able to turn over seven shots with O'Neil - a 67 to a 74, to finish on 10-under-par 274 and beat long-time leader O'Neill down into second place on 276.  DUNTON, BINNING JOINT THIRD Dunton (Sunday scores 74-68) and Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) (69-67) shared third place on 277. Former Walker Cup player and past Scottish amateur champion Graham Gordon (Newmachar), runner-up in the last two SGU Order-of-Merit 72-hole tournaments, the Leven Gold Medal and the North-east District Open, was in contention to finish at least second again until he slumped to 10th place with a final-round 77 for 285. Gordon was not the only one to struggle over the final round. Scott Crichton (Aberdour) took 80 blows on his last circuit for 292 after so-steady rounds of 70-71-71 ALL THE FINAL TOTALS Par 284 (4x71) CSS 72 72 71 72 274 Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 70 70 67 67 276 Conor O'Neil (Pollok) 71 64 67 74 277 Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 68 68 74 68, Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 74 67 69 67 278 Justin Duff (Frfaserburgh) 68 72 69 69 279 Varun Varadharajan (Royal Burgess) 71 71 68 69 282 Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 67 71 70 74 283 Michael Daily (Erskine) 7467 69 73 284 Matthew Clarke (Kilmacolm) 74 72 66 72 285 Graham Gordon (Newmachar) 67 70 71 77, Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 70 70 72 73 286 Jonathan Mullaney(Dundonald) 76 69 70 71, Lyle McAlpine (Royal Dornoch) 74 73 68 71 287 Douglas Thorburn (Reay) 70 75 72 70 288 Alan Sutherland (Ladybank) 71 74 69 74 289 Jamie Lamb (Lanark) 70 73 73 73, Fraser Fotheringham (The Nairn) 72 70 72 75, Kevin Duncan (McDonald Ellon) 73 72 68 76 290 Ewan Forbes (Inverness) 72 73 70 75 291 Jeff Wright (Forres) 74 71 74 72, Ross Bell (Downfield) 72 72 77 70, Bryan Fotheringham (Inverness) 69 74 71 77 292 John Mitchell (Fraserburgh) 71 69 74 78, Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 70 71 71 80 293 Alan Cameron (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 74 73 74 72 294 Malcolm Pennycott (Whiting Bay) 75 77 71 71 295 Greg Watson (Meldrum House) 74 68 71 82, Darren Watson (Peterhead) 74 72 72 77 297 Gordon Munro (Fraserburgh) 74 70 75 78, Paul Gault (Westerwood) 73 74 72 78 298 Jordan Shaw (Kingussie) 73 74 73 78 299 Ross Jack (Tain) 77 74 75 73, Darren Hexley (Muir of Ord)74 79 74 72 301 Jordan Milne (Elgin) 73 80 73 75 302 James Hendrick (Pollok) 74 78 77 73 303 Frank Mackie (Tai) 71 81 72 79, Tom Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar) 73 78 77 75 318 Alasdair Ross (Fort William) 76 76 79 87