NOT A COURSE RECORD - BUT STILL A BRILLIANT EFFORT

Paul Lawrie: Outward half of six-under-par 30. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency

 PAUL LAWRIE SHOOTS A SEVEN-UNDER

 63 TO WIN £1,283 AT DEESIDE PRO-AM

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Paul Lawrie, playing over his "home course" - he lives at Bieldside, a couple of drivers from Deeside Golf Club, shot a brilliant seven-under-par 63 today to win the top pro prize of £1,283 in the Deeside Saltire Energy pro-am.
Lawrie, an honorary Deeside member, was first off the tee at 8am and he was able to set his own cracking pace. 
He had an eagle 3 at the long sixth and birdies at the first, long third, seventh, eighth and ninth in covering the first nine holes in six-under-par 30, including a bogey at the second!
Paul eased off on the second nine with a birdie at the 15th and eighth pars for 33 home.
His 63 rivals any score over the Haughton Course but the back tees were not used today so it won't stand as a course record - more's the pity!
Nevertheless it was Lawrie's best round for a long time.
Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) and Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) had 64s to finish joint second and earn £898 each. Fox had a bogey-free, six-birdie round while Hutcheon had two eagle 3s - at the sixth and 13th, as well as birdies at the fourth, eighth and 14th. Hutch bogeyed the seventh.
Laura Murray and Heather MacRae played well for rounds of 70 and 71 respectively. Laura bogeyed the last which she looked set to break par while Heather had a double bogey 6 at the second but an eagle 3 at the third.
Greg McBain (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre), joint fourth individually, led the Paul Lawrie Foundation 2 team of Ross Bremner (7), Chris Leonard (7) and Hugh Smith (12) to victory in the pro-am team competition with a net two-ball total of 21-under-par 119.

PRO SCOREBOARD
Par 70
63 P Lawrie (Carnegie Club) (£1,283)
64 G Fox (Clydeway Golf), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC) (£898 each)
65 G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC), R Buckley (Royal Musselburgh) (£474 each)
67 J McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), C Ronald (Carluke) (£308 each).
68 C McMaster (Panmure), C Currie (Caldwell), P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR), G Brown (Royal Montrose) , M Patterson (Kilmacolm) (£192 each)
69 S Henderson (Kings Links), S Gray (Hayston), C Kelly (unatt) (£128 each)
70 Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie GC), M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), J Lomas (Caprington) (£90 each).
71 R McConnachie (Peterculter), R Dixon (Renaissance), I Colquhoun (Loch Lomond), F Clarke (Newmachar), Heather MacRae (Gleneagles).
72 G Nethercott (Deeside), G Forbes (Murcar Links), S Herald (Mearns Castle), J Gallagher (Douglas Park).
73 G Hay (Nairn Dunbar), C Mathison (Falkirk Tryst).
74 T Mathieson (Murcar Links), L Vannet (Craibstone), C Gillies (Kingsfield).
75 M Mackenzie (Edzell), S Clelland (Arabian Ranches), S Craig (Craig Golf)
77 P Brookes (Pitreavie)
78 I Donaldson (Meldrum House), T Dingwall (Kemnay)
80 K Beveridge (Kippie Lodge).