TARTAN TOUR'S NEW 54-HOLE EVENT AT DUNDONALD LINKS

    ROBERT ARNOTT WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY. PICTURE BY ANDY FORMAN

SENIOR ARNOTT SHOWS HE CAN STILL

BEAT THE BEST ON TARTAN TOUR

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Robert Arnott's conditional status on the European Seniors Tour - gained with a top-14 finish at the over-50s Q School on the Algarve in February, may give him only limited opportunities but why should the Bishopbriggs Golf Range pro worry when he can still outplay the cream of the Tartan Tour on his day.
Arnott won the £6,000 first prize in the new £39,510 P and H Championship over three rounds at the Dundonald Links today (Wednesday), having already pocketed £1,300 for being the leading senior after 36 holes at the Ayrshire venue.
Robert was rock steady with three rounds of 69 for a 10-under-par total of 206.
In his final circuit, Arnott surrounded bogeys at the eighth, 10th and 13th, with birdies at the second, long third, long fifth and seventh, followed by a strong finish to hold David Orr (Mearns Castle), Louis Gaughan (Bathgate) and Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) at bay down the home straight.
Arnott covered the last five holes in three under par, thanks to birdies at the long 14th, short 15th and long 17th.
Orr (67), Gaughan (69) and Fox (69) tied for second place, a shot behind Arnott, on 207 and earned £3,666 each.
Orr had six birdies and one bogey in his best round of the week; Guaghan was four under par for his last eight holes and Fox was one over par for his last seven holes.


P AND H CHAMPIONSHIP 
Dundonald Links, Gailes, Ayrshire
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)

206 R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 69 69 69 (£6,000)
207 D Orr (Mearns Castle) 70 70 67, L Gaughan (Bathgate)  69 69 69, G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 68 70 69 (£3,666 each)
209 G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC) 70 72 67, P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 71 69 69 (£2,250 each).
210 A Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 71 69 70 (£1,750).
213 G McBain (Kemnay) 71 72 70 (£1,500)
214 K McNicoll (Gullane) 73 69 72, A Brown (Archerfield Links) 70 69 75 (£1,125 each).
214 M Loftus (Mearns Castle) 71 74 70, C Currie (Caldwell) 68 76 71, P Wardell (Whitekirk) 70 7 2 73 (£816 each).
216 J McGhee (Bishopbriggs) 74 74 68, C Kelly (Cawder) 73 73 70, M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) 76 78 72, Brian Marchbank (unatt) 72 72 72 (£625 each)

217 D Patrick (Kingsfield) 74 72 71, S McAllister (S McAllister Golf) 73 73 71, C Robinson (Portpatrick Dunskey) 76 70 71, P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) 68 76 73 (£444 each).
218 R Rafferty (Monte Rei) 72 72 74, C Lawson (Wellsgreen) 72 71 75 (£370 each).
219 C Gordon (Edinburgh GC) 74 74 71, R Leeds (Turnberry Hotel) 73 74 72, M King (Kingsfield) 73 72 74, F Mann (Carnoustie GC) 70 73 76, G Brown (Montrose Links) 72 70 77 (£330 each).
220 S Taylor (Bothwell Castle) 75 73 72, D Broadfoot (Kirkcudbright) 77 68 75, S Savage (Dalmuir) 71 72 77 (£290 each).
221 J McKinnon (Irvine) 76 72 73, J Erskine (Portpatrick Dunskey) 72 74 75, J Lomas (Caprington) 73 73 75 (£260 each)
222 G McFarlane (Clober) 74 74 74, C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 73 73 76, G Paxton (Ralston) 73 72 77 (£231 each)
224 A Welsh (Cathkin Brages) 75 73 76, A Crerar (Panmure) 74 72 78 (£217 each)
225 M Patterson (Kilmacolm) 75 72 78 (£210)
226 D Wood (Hirsel) 76 72 78 (£205)
229 S McLaren (Blairgowrie) 71 71 87 (£200).