CURRIE AND BROWN TIE FOR WIN AT DALMUIR PRO-AM

Christopher Currie (Caldwell) and Montrose Links' Graeme Brown

made hay while the sun shone for the West Dunbartonshire pro-am

over the Dalmuir municipal course.

Between them they had 13 birdies over the par-68 lay-out as each

hit the four-under-par 64 mark.

Currie birdied the long third, fifth, sixth, eighth, 10th and short 15th, offset by bogeys at the short 11th and 13th.

Brown had more birdies - but more bogeys too. His seven sub-par

figures came at the second, long third, sixth, eighth, 10th, short 12th

and 16th. But he dropped strokes at the seventh, short 11th and short 14th.

Each earned £1,072.

Chris Kelly (Cawder), whose girlfriend Heather MacRae won on the LETAS circuit in Sweden on Friday, collected £715 for third place on 65, a bogey-free round with three early birdies at the long third, short fourth and sixth.

Stephen Gray (Hayston) won this event with a 66 12 months ago. He had the same score today but it earned him only a share of fourth place with Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) this time.

By the way, the pros unanimously considered the greens at this municipal venue, to be the best they have played on so far this season. Take a bow, the greenkeeping staff at Dalmuir!

PRO SCORES

Par 68. Yardage 5319

64 Christopher Currie (Caldwell), Graeme Brown (Montrose Links)

£1,072 each.

65 Chris Kelly (Cawder) £715.

66 Stephen Gray (Hayston), Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) £482 each.

67 Gary McFarlane (Clober), Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) £333 each.

68 Christopher Russell (RAW golf course design), Graham Fox (Clydeway), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Jonathan Lomas (Caprington), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle) £207 each.

69 Ewan Grimes (Carrick on Loch Lomond), James McGhee (unatt), Greg McBain (Gamola Golf), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) £137 each.

70 Paul Robinson (Largs), Gordon Law (Uphall), Gareth Hardy (Belleisle), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Stewart Savage (Dalmuir) £70 each.
71 Norman Huguet (Musselburgh), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle).
72 Craig Gordon (Edinburgh GC), Grant Smith (Gleneagles Hotel), Patrick Wallace (Ballumbie Castle0, Scott Herald (Mearns Castle).
73 Paul Gallacher (Bearsden), Fraser Dunlop (Gleneagles Hotel).
74 Mark King (Kingsfield), Chris Brown (Carrick on Loch Lomond).
75 Greg Paxton (Ralston), Riccardo Scarafile (Eastwood)
76 Stuart Reekie (Royal Troon).
79 Paul Wilson (Cawder).

+In the pro-am, three teams tied for the top spot on net 55 (13 under par), those with Paul Robinson (Largs), Greg McBain (Gamola Golf) and Jonathan Lomas (Caprington) as their pros. The card countback gave victory to Paul Robinson's team - "The Craiglang Gang" of James Docherty (handicap 11), Gordon Alexander (10) and Kai Pavlik (18).