CURRIE HOT STUFF IN MONTROSE PRO-AM WIN

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Caldwell Golf Club tour pro Christopher Currie won first prize of £1,191 in today's Petrofac Montrose Links pro-am with a very good round of seven-under-par 64.
Currie, one of the busiest players on the Tartan Tour, was scoring his fourth win of the month. Highlight of his halves of 34-30 was an eagle 3 at the long sixth. He birdied the fourth, fifth, 10th, 11th, short 12th, 13th, long 15th and 18th.
His two bogeys came at the short third and 17th.
He won by two shots from joint runners-up Chris Kelly (Cawder) and Aberdeen-based Greg McBain (Gamola Golf) on the 66 mark. They both earned £834. Kelly had a double bogey 6 at the 11th but had eight birdies in halves of 33.
McBain, who had seven birdies, led the Petrofac Juniors amateur trio of Rhys Bailey (handicap 18), Sean Logue (18) and Aiden Spark (15) to victory in the pro-am team event with a net total of 21-under-par 121. Two other teams, who had Chris Kelly and Paul McKechnie, also totalled 121 but McBain's team won on a card countback.

LEADING PRO SCORES
Par 71
64 Christopher Currie (Caldwell) £1,191
66 Chris Kelly (Cawder), Greg McBain (Gamola Golf) £834 each
69 Christopher McMaster (Panmure), Alan Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy), Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Stephen Gray (Hayston), Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), David Patrick (Kingsfield), Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf), Nikki Christie (Carnoustie Links) £282 each.
70 Neil Fenwick (Dunbar), Euan Cameron (Turnberry Hotel) £136 each
71 Fraser Mann (Musselburgh), Calum Lawson (Wellsgreen), James McGhee (unatt) £107 each
72 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links), Heather MacRae (Gleneagles Hotel), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) £38 each
73 Stuart McEwing (Montrose Links), Lee Vannet (Carnoustie Links), Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst).
75 Craig Ronald (Carluke), Ross MacLeod (Clydeway Golf), Alan Fleming (North Highland College).
77 Gavin Cook (Prestonfield), James McKinnon (Irvine), Grant Smith (Gleneagles Hotel)
79 Joel Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen).
80 Brian Mason (Callaway Golf)
82 Michael Mackenzie (Edzell).