DEESIDE PRO-AM WINNER PAUL LAWRIE IN THE MONEY AGAIN

CHRIS KELLY WINS McDONALD ELLON 

 

PRO-AM £1,161 PRIZE WITH A 63

   

Chris Kelly, without a win on the Tartan Tour since May 3 at Portpatrick Dunskey, broke his lean spell with a seven-under-par, bogey-free  round of 63 to take the top pro prize of £1,161 in the McDonald Ellon Golf Club pro-am today (Friday).

Kelly, pictured, obviously likes the course. He tied with Greig Hutcheon for victory in this event in 2010 with a 64. His 63 equalled the pro record set by Stephen Gray, the 2011 tournament winner.

Kelly was out in two-under 35 with birdies at the sixth and ninth. Then he really got down to business with an inward half of five-under-par 28. He birdied the 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 18th to finish two ahead of Thursday's Deeside winner Paul Lawrie (Carnegie Club), Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) and Christopher Currie (Caldwell). They each earned £716.

Lawrie and Currie had six birdies apiece but both bogeyed the 17th. Brown had an eagle 2 at the fifth.

Ellon-born Michele Thomson, a winner on the Paul Lawrie Ladies Tartan Tour at Cardrona last week, bogeyed the 14th and 17th after birdieing the first, fourth and sixth. She tied for 10th place and earned £171.

Heather MacRae (Gleneagles) earned £91 for joint 14th place on level par 70. She double-bogeyed the 17th and bogeyed the 18th when a couple of pars would have given her a 68 and more than doubled her payslip

Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) led the Experis Engineering 2 team of Richard Beattie (5), Jim Bennett (10) and Craig Mackenzie (17) to victory in the pro-am with a 19-under-par, two-ball net total of 121.

PRO SCORES

Par 70

63 C Kelly (£1,161)

65 P Lawrie (Carnegie Club), G Brown (Montrose Links), C Currie (Caldwell) (£716 each).

67 S Gray (Hayston) (£418)

68 G Hay (Nairn Dunbar), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC), L Vannet (Craibstone), S Henderson (Kings Links) (£280 each)

69 Michele Thomson, I Colquhoun (Loch Lomond), R Cameron (Saltire Energyu), C Ronald (Carluke) (£171 each).

70 G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC),  M Patterson (Cruden Bay), Heather MacRae (Gleneagles), G Fox (Clydeway Golf) (£121 each).

71 J McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) (£92)

72 C McMaster (Panmure), I Donaldson (Meldrum House) (£75 each)

73 S Aird (McDonald Ellon), J Lomas (Caprington)

74 M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy)

75 R Stewart (Newburgh), G Forbes (Murcar Links), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), C Gillies (Kingsfield).

76 C Mathison (Falkirk Tryst)
81 T Dingwall (Kemnay)