FOX BEATS GRAY IN PLAY-OFF FOR FOUR-FIGURE PRO PRIZE AT BRORA

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

PGA Cup player Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) beat Stephen Gray (Hayston) in a sudden-death play-off for the first prize of £1,103 in the Tain-Brora 36-hole Challenge today.
Over the second and final round at Brora, like Tain a par-70 lay-out, Fox shot a two-under 68 to a three-under final tally of 137 which Gray matched with a 67 at Brora. Fox (left) and Gray are pictured above, courtesy of Robin Wilson.
Fox won the play-off at the first hole with a par to score his eighth win of the season and boost his tournament earnings for the year to £26,763.

 Gray had driven into the rough on the right of the first fairway and from a difficult lie went over the green onto the back fringe from where he took three more to get down. Fox was about ten feet away in two shots and safely two-putted for his win.

Gray earned £763 for second place.
Chris Kelly (Cawder), one of the five joint overnight leaders on 68, finished third on 138 with a 70 at Brora. He earned £605.
Best score of the day was a four-under 66 from Paul Affleck, which will be recognised as a course record after the extension of Brora's 11th hole into a par five since last year's  winner David Patrick set a pro record of  63.
Affleck finished tied 12th overall on 141.
TAIN-BRORA 36-HOLE CHALLENGEFINAL TOTALS
Tain scores first. Both courses par 70
137 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 69 68 (£1,103), S Gray (Hayston) 70 67 (£763). Fox won sudden death play-off at first extra hole.
138 C Kelly (Cawder) 68 70 (£605).
139 P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) 69 70, G Brown (Montrose Links) 71 68, G Wright (West Linton) 68 71 (£338 each).
140 S Taylor (Bothwell Castle) 71 69, K Hutton (Downfield) 71 69, J McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 71 69, G Law (Uphall) 69 71, J Cliff (Murrayfield) 68 72 (£227 each).
141 P Affleck (unatt) 73 66, S Henderson (Kings Links) 71 70, G Hutcheon (Banchory) 69 72, C Robinson (Portpatrick Dunskey) 69 72, N Henderson (Renaissance) 69 72, T Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar) 69 72, R MacLeod (Clydeway Golf) 68 73 (£175 each).
142 P Wardell (Whitekirk) 73 69, C Gordon (Edinburgh GC) 72 70, J Lomas (Caprington) 71 71, G Paxton (Ralston) 71 71, C Ronald (Carluke) 68 74 (£131 each).
143 C Currie (Caldwell) 73 70, S Lamb (Macdonald Cardrona) 72 71, T Mathieson (Murcar Links) 72 71, J McGhee (unatt) 72 71, G Smith (Gleneagles Hotel) 71 72, C Lawson (Wellsgreen) 70 73 (£18 each).
144 J Gallagher (Douglas Park) 72 72, C Everett (Caldwell) 72 72
145 S Fay (Royal Dornoch) 73 72, S Morrison (Tain) 73 72, I Anderson (Colville Park) 72 73
146 N Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh) 72 74 A Crerar (Panmure) 72 74, S Herald (Mearns Castle) 71 75.
147 K Baxter (Buchanan Castle) 76 71
148 K McNicoll (Gullane) 76 72, Emma Fairnie (Gullane) 71 77
150 S Savage (Dalmuir) 77 73, S Bissett (unatt) 77 73, M King (Kingsfield) 76 74, C Marr (Musselburgh) 75 75, R Mc Connachie (Peterculter) 75 75, M Thomson (Panmure) 74 76
151 G Dingwall (Royal Dornoch) 76 75
152 P Brookes (Pitreavie) 78 74, J Dick (Duddingston) 76 76, R Munro (Duddingston) 76 76
153 S Costello (Strathyaven) 77 76, M Patterson (Kilmacolm) 75 78, A Duncan (unatt) 75 78
154 A Macpherson (Auchterarder) 78 76
155 J Brown (Cathcart Castle) 78 77
156 N Christie (Carnousie Links) 80 76, P Wilson (Cawder) 76 80
157 M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) 82 75
158 L McMaster (Panmure) 78 80
164 R Holt (unatt) 83 81
169 L Burnett (Mearns Castle) 87 82.