GRAY, HUTCHEON LEAD ... BUT KELLY HAS PAR EDGE

Banchory's Greig Hutcheon and Stephen Gray (Hayston) are at the top of the numerical leaderboard on 136 with one round to go in the Tomatin 54-hole pro-am tournament. But third-placed Chris Kelly (Cawder) is the "par leader" on seven under par 137. That's because three different links courses are being used - Royal Dornoch (par 70), Nairn (par 72) and Castle Stuart (par 72). Gray has compiled rounds of 67 and 69 at Royal Dornoch, then Castle Stuart. So he finishes off at Nairn. Hutcheon has shot 70-66 at Nairn and then Royal Dornoch, so he goes to Castle Stuart for his final round. Both Gray and Hutcheon are six under par for the 36 holes they have played .. Kelly has scored two-under 70 at Castle Stuart and 67 (36-31) at Nairn so, par-wise, he has the easiest third-round task - at par-70 Royal Dornoch. But very few people would describe the classic world-ranked Dornoch links as "easy" so really the inaugural title is up for grabs with Graham Fox (Rowallan Castle) and Greg McBain (Gamola Golf) by no means out of it on the 138 mark. Both finish off at Castle Stuart. SECOND-ROUND TOTALS 136 S Gray (Hayston) 67 69, G Hutcheon (Banchory) 70 66 137 C Kelly (Cawder) 70 67 138 G Fox (Rowallan Castle) 69 69, G McBain (Gamola Golf) 67 71 139 J Lomas (unatt) 71 68 140 P Waugh (Close House) 70 70 141 J Lupton (Close House) 72 69, G Wright (West Linton) 70 71 143 S Henderson (Kings Links) 73 70, M King (Kingsfield) 74 69, R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 76 67, G Dingwall (Royal Dornoch) 73 70 144 A Lockhart (Ladybank) 73 71, D Orr (Mearns Castle) 75 69, N Fenwick (Dunbar) 69 75, E Saltman (Archerfield) 73 71, P Wardell (Whitekirk) 70 74. 145 Kenny Hutton (Downfield) 75 70, A Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy) 72 73, P Smith (Deeside) 71 74, G Stewart (Cawder) 73 72, J McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 74 71 146 R Cameron (Saltire Energy) 78 68, Andrew Scrimshaw (Close House) 68 78, G Brown (Montrose Links) 73 73, D Patrick (Elie SC) 76 70. 147 P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 75 72, M Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar) 73 74 148 M Urquhart (Spey Valley) 72 76 149 S Kerr (Strathaven) 77 72, M Bradley (Notts) 76 73, A Reid (West Lothian) 74 75. 150 C Currie (Caldwell) 78 72, A Oldcorn (Kings Links) 77 73, A Crerar (Panmure) 74 76, S Morrison (Tain) 73 77 151 J McKinnon (Irvine) 78 73, C Elliott (Haggs Castle) 76 75, C Campbell (Trump International) 79 72, G Murphy (Ireland) 74 77, G Forbes (Murcar Links) 74 77, J Cliff (Murrayfield) 76 75. 152 C Ronald (Carluke) 77 75, A Mackenzie (Saunton) 80 72, J Rostock (Carnegie Club) 75 77 153 S McAllister (Renaissance) 79 74, I Colquhoun (Dundonald Links) 76 77, R Reed (Notts) 76 77, F Cromarty (Castle Stuart) 78 75. 154 M Hazelden (Cottesmore) 78 76 155 C Everett (Caldwell) 77 78, T Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar) 79 76 ends ends