CHARITY PRO-AM AT TOUGH PERTSHIRE VENUE

GRAY PIPS ORR FOR £1,000 PRIZE OVER

CENTENARY COURSE AT GLENEAGLES

Stephen Gray and  David Orr were out on their own at the top of the individual scores in today's JDRF Charity pro-am over the testing Centenary Course at Gleneagles, the same course that will be the stage for the Ryder Cup match in September at the Perthshire venue.

And it was Hayston tour pro Gray who scored his first victory of the season, winning the £1,000 top prize with a three-under-par 69, a shot ahead of Mearns Castle Golf Academy Orr.
Gray highlighted his card with an eagle at the long second and birdies at the short fourth, short sixth and par-4 18th He dropped shots at the eighth and 13th.

Gray scored a double whammy by leading the Altus Intervention amateurs to victory in the pro-am team event with a net two-ball score of 131. The amateurs with their handicaps were Peter Lawson (18), Simon Jolly (17) and Gary Masson (12).

After Gray and Orr's very good sub-par scores, there was a gap of four shots to the third-placed Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) who won £600 with a two-over 74.

LEADING PRO SCORES

Par 72

69 Stephen Gray (Hayston) £1,000.

70 David Orr (Mearns Castle) £800

74 Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) £600

75 Ken Hutton (Downfield), Craig Ronald (Carluke), Chris Currie (Caldwell), Garry Forrester (St Andrews GS) £342 each.

76 Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Craig Gordon (Edinburgh GC) £210 each.

77 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) £165 each

78 Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), James McKinnon (Irvine), Ian Stoddart (Uphall), Scott sHerald (Mearns Castle) £133 each

79 Paul Wardell (Whitekirk) £120

81 Gareth Hardy (Belleisle)