GREIG'S 70 BEATS PAUL LAWRIE BY THREE OVER SECOND ROUND

   Greig Hutcheon with the Uniroyal Quaich

           Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency

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WIND-TAMER HUTCHEON WINS FIRST 

NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE TITLE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Tartan Tour supremo Greig Hutcheon widened his area of domestic dominance by winning the North-east Alliance championship for the first time at a very windy Portlethen Golf Club today (Wed).
Hutch, who recently left Banchory Golf Club's tour pro post to join the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre "stable," outscored his new boss, Paul Lawrie, over the final 18 holes with a one-under-par 70 for a total of six-under 135 - three ahead of Lawrie who had a 73.
They had been level on 65 after the first round at Buckpool last week.
"It was hard work in that wind and when I went out of bounds to run up a double bogey 7 at the second, I knew I was up against it," said Hutch who was the leading money-winner and Order of Merit champion on the Tartan Tour in 2013.
"But I got three birdies in a row after that so that spurred me on. Nice to win this year after losing out on a countback last year."
Hutcheon, in fact, finished with a bag of six birdies - great ball control in in the wind and he was hitting some drives over 300yd downwind - and was able to finish with a bogey 6 and still win comfortably with halves of 35.
Lawrie's challenge diminished with five bogeys in a row between the eighth and the 12th. Birdies at the 13th and 16th could not retrieve the situation in halves of 37-36.
Paul later told Jock MacVicar, golf writer of the Scottish Daily Express, that he had been sorely troubled with his ongoing neck problem and could hardly complete a backswing.
Paul's son Craig outscored his father with a second-round 71 to tie for third place with another young rookie pro, Sam Kiloh (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) (70-71) and Royal Aberdeen amateur Nick Macandrew (71-70) on 141. 
Hutcheon and Macandrew's one-under 70s were the best scores on the day at Portlethen where there
was no lack of praise for the condition of the course and in particular the greens - fast but true.

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY WINNERS
Uniroyal Quaich (best scratch aggregate) - Greig Hutcheon.

J K Hall Quaich (best amateur scratch aggregate) - Nick Macandrew.

Chapper's Pot (best Class 1 handicap) - Les Fowler (6) 142
Major's Pot (best Class 2 handicap) - Paul Cornfield (13) 142.

FINAL TWO-ROUND CHAMPIONSHIP SCRATCH TOTALS

Par 141 (70 at Buckpool, 71 at Portlethen)
Playing conditions: Windy, fast greens 

135 G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC) 65 70  Championship Winner
138 P Lawrie (Carnegie Club) 65 73
141 N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 71 70, C Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC) 70 71, S Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC) 70 71.
143 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 70 73
144 Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie GC) 70 74, N Young (Insch) 69 75
145 John Duff (Newmachar) 71 74
146 G Munro (Fraserburgh) 73 73
147 K Nicol (Paul Lawrie GC) 72 75
148 S Finnie (Caledonian) 72 76
149 Sean Lawrie (Portlethen) 75 74
150 B Nicolson (Auchmill) 71 79 
151 L Vannet (Craibstone) 76 75 
152 C Grant (Portlethen) 72 80
153 C Law (Kings Links) 74 79
154 L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) 76 78.
155 F Bisset (Banchory) 79 76
157 B Fyfe (Paul Lawrie GC) 80 77
158 H Roulston (Stonehaven) 78 80, B Main (Murcar Links) 74 84, D Fleming (Portlethen) 76 82 
159 D Wilson (Duff House Royal) 79 80
160 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) 81 79
161 B Harper (Newburgh) 81 80, R Lamb (Newmachar) 81 80, S Mackie (Auchmill) 84 77
162 D McDougall (Caledonian) 78 84, B Lumsden (Northern) 78 84, D Lane (Deeside) 81 81
163 G Leslie (Newburgh) 79 84, J Hamilton (Murcar Links) 81 82, G Milne (Newburgh) 77 86, M Duncan (Murcar Links) 79 84, Steve Lawrie (Portlethen) 81 82
166 C Duffus (Kemnay) 80 86
167 R O'Donnell (Oldmeldrum) 80 87, A Petrie (Oldmeldrum) 79 88, J Borthwick (Craibstone) 87 80, T Collie (Kemnay) 86 81, G Graham (Murcar Links) 81 86
168 P Cornfield (Auchmill) 81 87, D Nelson (Aboyne) 84 84
169 C Cassie (Nigg Bay) 85 84, R Masson (Auchmill) 82 87, M Winton (Caledonian) 82 87.
170 J Scott (Peterculter) 81 89, W Skene (Deeside) 85 85
172 D Bisset (Banchory) 82 90.
173 H McNaughton (Cruden Bay) 91 82, L Roger (Royal Aberdeen) 86 87, W Shaw (Banchory) 85 88
174 D Mackay (Newmachar) 86 88 
175 J Forrest (Northern) 83 92, P Craig (Kintore) 81 94, D McKay (Caledonian) 86 89, G Moir (Oldmeldrum) 82 93.
176 M Booth (Kemna) 91 85
177 G Allan (Auchmill) 87 90
179 M Rogers (Kemnay) 91 88
183 C Redman (Inchmarlo) 92 91
186 D Townsley (Peterculter) 87 99, M Smith (Auchmill) 86 100
187 G Homer (Northern) 90 97, R Duncan (Royal Aberdeen) 98 89
193 R Buchan (Northern) 94 99.
195 J Jessiman (Oldmeldrum) 91 104
210 G McDonald (Auchmill) 109 101

ONE-ROUND SCORES
Played Portlethen but not Buckpool
72 P McKenna (Royal Aberdeen)  
75 D Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen)
76 R Mitchell (Paul Lawrie GC), D Leslie (Northern).
78 A Stuart (Paul Lawrie GC)
79 P Morrison (Oldmeldrum)
80 I Taylor (unatt), G Sutherland (Reay)
81 A Gall (Deeside)
84 J Duncan (Newburgh)  
85 I Clark (Deeside). 
86 A Graham (Aboyne) 
87 A Clark (Newmachar)
88 N Chisholm (Kemnay).
89 D Lawrie (Aboyne), D Randall (Banchory).
90 R Brown (Newburgh)
94 S Davidson (Northern)
96 M Rendall (Stonehaven)

SCRATCH PRIZEWINNERS FOR PORTLETHEN ROUND
70 G Hutcheon, N Macandrew
71 S Kiloh, C Lawrie
73 P Lawrie, G Munro, A Dunton
HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS 
Class 1 - P McKenna (4) 68; F Bisset (4) bih, D Lane (9) bih, L Fowler (6) 72; D Leslie (3) 73 bih
Class 2 - T Collie (12) bih, H McNaughton (13) 69; M Booth (13) bih, B Lumsden (12) 72; M Rogers (15) 73  

BEST SCORECARDS AT PORTLETHEN
PAR 71
OUT: 454 534 434 = 36  IN: 343 544 435 - 35

GREIG HUTCHEON 70
OUT: 473 424 443 = 35  IN: 433 444 436 - 35
NEIL MACANDREW 70
OUT: 443 525 434 = 34  IN: 443 544 624 - 36
CRAIG LAWRIE 71
OUT: 454 424 435 = 36  IN: 353 544 425 = 35  
SAM KILOH 71
OUT: 545 434 435 - 37   IN: 253 634 443 = 34