FOURTH WIN OF SEASON AFTER RUNNER-UP IN NORTHERN OPEN

GREIG HUTCHEON WINS £1,800 PRIZE 

BY 3 AT GLORIOUS GLENCRUITTEN

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com 
Greig Hutcheon followed up his runner-up finish in the Northern Open on Thursday by winning the top pro prize today (Saturday) in the Glencruitten Golf Club 36-hole pro-am

It was a fourth win of the season for the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre player who shot rounds of 63 and 57 for a four-under-par total of 120 over the par-62, 4,434yd course at the Oban venue.

Over a course with 10 par-3 holes and no par-5s, Hutcheon covered the first nine in only 26 shots, birdieing the second, third, fourth, seventh and eighth. He also had birdies at the 14th, 15th and 16th after the turn.

But it was not a perfect round - he bogeyed the 11th, 12th and 18th in his inward 31.

Hutch, who earned £4,000 for being runner-up in the PLGC Northern Open, added another £1,800 to his bank account with the Glencruitten performance, boosting his season's total to £16,222.
Runner-up at Glencruitten, beaten by three shots, was Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre) who had scores of 64 and 59 for 123. Gordon had a bogey-free second round,highlighted by birdies at the sixth, seventh and 15th.
Craig earned £1,600, almost doubling the prizemoney he had earned previously this season. This was his best finish of the year so far.
Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 66-59, Chris Kelly (Cawder) 62-63 and Scott Herald (Mearns Castle) 67-58 tied for third place on 125 and each earned £1,200.

Overnight leader Fraser Mann (Carnoustie) sagged to a second-round 68 and a total of 129. He had no birdies but six bogeys today.
Jamie Fraser (Renaissance) led the "J G R" team of Jonathan McMillan (10), Glen Burrett (8) and Ronan Johnston (7) to victory in the team event with a 13-under-par total of 49.
Ross Electrical (pro Jason McCreadie) and The Tartan Tavern (pro Ross Dixon) also had scores of 49 but they lost out on a card countback.
EDITOR: I asked Greig if he and the rest of the Tartan Tour players enjoyed playing such a short course as Glencruitten. Here is his answer:
  "It was a great couple days in Oban at Glencruitten golf course which can only be described as epic ! The topology of the course is so extreme that the calculations of yardage with plus or minus due to slope can get very tricky. 
"There are two extremely  difficult par-4s - the first and the 12th - which really play as 5s. The par 3s are very tough with 7, 11, 15 and 17 being stand-outs.
"The 15th in particular is a stunning short hole to the edge of a ravine. The course is absolutely it's own style. There is nothing else like it with some incredible views of the Argyll scenery.
"All the Tartan Tour pros love the challenge and are extremely grateful to all the sponsors and members of Glencruitten Golf  Club for putting on such a great pro-am."

FINAL TOTALS

Par 124 (2x62)

120 Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC) 63 57 (£1,800)

123 Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre) 64 59 (£1,600)

125 Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 66 59, Scott Herald (Mearns Castle) 67 58, Chris Kelly (Cawder) 62 63 (£1,200 each)

126 Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) 63 63

127 Stephen McAllister (S McAllister Golf) 63 64, Greg McBain (Paul Lawrie GC) 64 63

128 Stephen Gray (Hayston) 68 60, Iain Colquhoun (Loch Lomond) 63 65, Chris Currie (Caldwell) 63 65

129 Fraser Mann (Carnoustie GC) 61 68, Kenny Walker (Castle Park) 62 67.

131 Ross Dixon (Renaissance) 67 64, Iain McNab (Dundonald Links) 65 66
132 Jamie Fraser (Renaissance) 67 65
133 Chris Currie (Caldwell) 66 67, Jonathan Sharp (Carrick on Loch Lomond) 67 66
134 Andrew Marshall (Houston GR) 73 61, Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) 67 67
134 Scott Henderson (Kings Links) 66 69, Craig Ronald (Carluke) 70 65, Craig Haugh (Cawder) 68 67
136 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 68 68, Paul Robinson (Largs) 68 68, Chris Tierney (Carrick on Loch Lomond) 69 67
137 Colin Gillies (Kingsfield) 68 67
138 David Andrews (Bonnyton) 66 72
139 Steven Rettie (Callaway) 70 69, Stephen Craig (Craig Golf) 71 68
142 Iain Nicholson (Kilmacolm) 71 71
144 Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle) 71 73
153 Joel Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) 72 81
154 Paul Gallagher (Bearsden) 78 76