ELDERSLIE PLAYER FOUR SHOTS BEHIND AUSSIE LEADER AFTER ROUND 3

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LAST ROUND TO WIN TENNANT CUP

Elderslie's Alasdair McDougall, pictured below,  produced a brilliant last round of four-under-par 66 to leapfrog the tournament leaders over the final 18 holes and win the prestigious Tennant Cup at Glasgow Golf Club's Killermont course today (Sunday).

McDougall's first two rounds at Glasgow Gailes on Saturday - 71 and 72 for 143 - left him in joint third place behind halfway leader Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) (71-69) and Scott Gibson (Southerness) (70-71) at the start of the day.

Dunton's third-round 75 and Gibson's 73 left the door open for their challengers.
Australian Ben Ferguson took over the lead with a 69 for 212, two shots clear of Gbison (73 for 214), three ahead of Dunton (75 for 214) and four ahead of McDougall (73 for 216) and Scott Borrowman (69 for 216).

McDougall, who had a morning 73 at Killermont, got it altogether for a last-round surge to victory with a par-matching 282 total.

Dunton found his form again with a closing 69 for 284 but that was good enough only to share second place with  Ferguson (The Vines) whose closing 72 allowed McDougall to make up the four-shot leeway and have two more to spare.
Borrowman, whose 67-69 scores at Killermont represented the Sunday best by anyone in the field, finished fourth on 285. 
An opening round of six-over 77 at Glasgow Gailes came back to haunt the Dollar man  - and, in the final analysis, cost him victory.

FINAL TOTALS

Par 282 (2x71, 2x70)

CSS 74 74 72 72
282 Alasdair McDougall (Elderslie) 71 72 73 66
284 Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 71  69 75 69, Ben Ferguson (Australia)  72 71 69  72

285 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 77 72  67 69 
287 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 70 71 73 73, Christopher Maclean (Balmore)
72 74 72 69, Jamie Lamb (Lanark) 74 72 73 68.

290 Alan Sutherland (Ladybank) 76 71 73 70, Laurence Allan(Alva) 73 76 69 72

291 Ryan Campbell (Falkirk) 71 72 72 76, Barry Hume (Haggs Castle) 76 71 71 73.

292 Craig Ross (Kirkhill)  73 73 77 69, Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 78 69 75 70, Jordan Shaw (Boat of Garten) 75 73 71 73, Chris Low (Tantallon) 75 76 69 72.

293 Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle) 71 72  74 76, Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 74 76 69 74  
295 Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 75 72 76 72, Paul Gault (Haggs Castle) 74 76 72 73.

296 Marc Owenson (Longniddry) 76    69    74    77, Andrew Davidson (Charleton) 71 77 74 74, Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 75 76 73 72.

297 John Duff (Newmachar) 74 74 76 73  
298 Kenny Gallacher  (East Kilbride) 75 76 75 72, Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) 73 79 76 70
299 David Mitchell (Leven Thistle) 75 75 73 76, Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co) 73 78 73 75, Andrew Campbell (Dumbarton) 75 76 78 70, Fraser Johnston (Longniddry)   81 73 72 73
300 George Duncan (Windyhill)  73 77 76 74, John Mathers (Haggs Castle) 75 76 72 77.

301 Michael Smyth (Royal Troon)  76  72  79  74 
302 Greg Smail (Craigielaw ) 77 74 77 74, Daniel Thompsett (Aboyne) 75 77 79 71  
303 Steven Aitken (Leven GS) 75 75 76 77  
304 Jeff Wright (Forres) 75 75 77 77, Ross Brydon (Bruntsfield Links) 77 76 73 78
306 Mike Howard (Royal Birkdale) 75 76 74  81, Gordon Miller  (Cawder) 73  79 78 76 
309 Angus Carrick (Douglas Park) 78 76 72 83  
313 Alex Moir  (Thornton)  79 75 78  81  
316 Sandy Buchanan (Prestwick St Nicholas) 78    75 80 83   
318 Willem Kerr  (Craigielaw) 77 77 82 82