Bob Stewart wins East of Scotland Seniors 

Open at Downfield with a 71 for 145

By GORDON THOMSON

With a fine second round of 71 giving him a total of 145, Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) overtook the joint overnight leaders, Paul Moultrie (Royal Troon) and  Nick Robson (Meldrum House),  to win the East of Scotland Seniors Open by one stroke at Downfield Golf Club, Dundee today.

Stewart, pictured by Steve Ellis, who won the Scottish Seniors Championship at Elgin in 2008  and has a great record in SSGS events,  showed that at 64 he is still a major competitive force as he overcame the challenge of the younger brigade.

Moultrie and Robson, both 72-74, finished joint second on 146 with David Logie (Craigiehill), David Shields (Glenearn ),Tony Paterson (Sunningdale) and Murray Ferguson (Stirling) tied for fourth place on 149.

Ferguson,  who started the event at a handicap of 5, had  the consolation of winning the handicap prize.

The highly rated Downfield course was in fine condition for the event and presented an excellent test for the high quality field.The  CSS for both  days was 74 for the par 72 course

LEADING SCRATCH TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72) SSS 72. CSS 74 74
145 B Stewart (Tulliallan) 74 71
146 N Robson (Meldrum House) 72 74, P Moultrie (Royal Troon) 72 74.
149 D Logie (Craigie Hill) 77 72, D Shields (Glenearn) 77 72, T Patterson (Sunningdale) 76 73, M Ferguson (Stirling) 74 75.
151 K Reilly (Silverknowes) 77 74, A Ferguson (Dunfermline) 76 75, L Blair (Grangemouth) 75 76, G Barrie (Callander) 73 78.
152 T Sirel (Largs) 79 73, R Craw (Glenbervie) 74 78, G Bell (Downfield) 73 79
153 L Chancellor (Inverness) 78 75, I Jean (Scotscraig) 76 77, J Fraser (Royal Burgess) 75 78
154 A Campbell (Murcar Links) 81 73, I W R Smith (Craigielaw) 80 74, A Lamong (Glasgow) 79 75, I Reid (Dumfries and Galloway) 78 76, D Waddell (Glasgow) 78 76.
155 L Gordon (Turnhouse) 80 75, D Imrie (Lundin) 80 75, W Barclay (Downfield) 77 78, J McManus (Uphall) 75 80.
156 R Scott (Downfield) 80 76, G Crawford (Williamwood) 79 77, A Miller (Cochrane Castle) 78 78, T Caldwell (Silverknowes) 79 77, S Miller (Cochrane Castle) 78 78, S Drysdale (Turnhouse) 78 78, I Angus (Duff House Royal) 77 79, L Piie (Millport) 76 80, K Ross (Beith) 76 80, J Watt (Edzell) 75 81.

LEADING NET TOTALS
139 M Ferguson (Stirling) (5) 69 70
143 B Stewart (Tulliallan) (1) 73 70
144 I W R Smith (Craigielaw) (5) 75 69, R Scott (Downfield) (6) 74 70.
145 T Patterson (Sunningdale) (2) 74 71
146 A Miller (Windyhill) (8) 75 71, K Ross (Beith) (5) 71 75

REST OF SCRATCH TOTALS

Bob Humble	Kilspindie	80	77	157
Kevin McArthur	Balbirnie Park	76	81	157
Phil Dempsey	Tulliallan	76	81	157
Ian Dickson	Gullane	74	83	157
Graeme  Sharp	Dumfries and County	78	80	158
Calum Wilson	Ladybank	78	80	158
Thomas Mclevy	Blairgowrie	77	81	158
Stewart Finnie	Royal Aberdeen	82	77	159
Dougie Imrie	Turnhouse	82	77	159
Michael  Rust	Tillicoutry	80	79	159
William Irvine	Lanark	80	79	159
Iain  Gourlay	Strathaven	84	76	160
John Houston	Greenock	84	76	160
Brian Bingham	Royal Troon	82	78	160
J David Gardner	Broomieknowe	82	78	160
Gordon McLeod	Glenbervie	81	79	160
Ian Taylor	Eyemouth	80	80	160
Barry Brooks	Meldrum House	80	80	160
Gordon MacDonald	Glenbervie	79	81	160
A William  Wallace	Prestwick St Cuthbert	78	82	160
Alex  Ritchie	Bothwell Castle	76	84	160
Drew  Wilson	Clober	83	78	161
Alistair Serrels	Royal Montrose	81	80	161
John  Johnston	Lanark	80	81	161
Colin Halcrow	Windyhill	77	84	161
Patrick Tomisson	Nairn	84	78	162
Ian R Dickson	Lundin	84	78	162
Andy Miller	Windyhill	83	79	162
Keith McAllister	South Shields	82	80	162
Grant McNab	Lundin	79	83	162
Dave Millar	New Club	76	86	162
Brian Mitchell	Royal Burgess	82	81	163
Alastair Taylor	Turnhouse	78	85	163
Gerard Mannering	Bothwell Castle	78	85	163
Tony Stafford	Gleneagles (Dun Ochil)	85	79	164
W Kenneth Thomson	Bramall Park	81	83	164
Alan  Ross	Northumberland	81	83	164
Gerry Curran	Mortonhall	80	84	164
John  Broadfoot	Turnberry	78	86	164
Stuart Baker	Crail G.S.	78	86	164
Duncan Hamilton	Mortonhall	85	80	165
John W  Johnston	Royal Aberdeen	84	81	165
Gordon Scott	Cawder	82	83	165
Neil McGarva	Kilmacolm	84	82	166
Graham Haugh	Glasgow Gailes	83	83	166
John Scott	Grange	83	83	166
John Russell	Monarch Dunes USA	83	83	166
Peter  Sinclair	Inverness	82	84	166
Allister  Raphael	St Andrews	89	78	167
Richard  Gray	Troon St Meddans	85	82	167
Michael  Mather	Ballater	84	83	167
Kenneth Hill	Downfield	82	85	167
Forbes McLennan	Royal Aberdeen	81	86	167
John McLay	New Club	79	88	167
John Duff	Mortonhall	88	80	168
Sandy Fairweather	Caledonia	85	83	168
J Scott Macdonald	Dunfermline	84	84	168
Robin Lawson	R & A	80	88	168
Derek  Sim	Grange	86	83	169
Ian Kerr	Kilmacolm	84	85	169
Alasdair MacGregor	Hazelhead	82	87	169
Alexander Rowe	St. Andrews	85	85	170
James Paton	Kirkintilloch	86	85	171
Kenneth Christie	Dollar	84	87	171
Tom Carson	Lockerbie	84	87	171
Donnie Lindsay	Barassie	83	88	171
Brian Halbert	Callander	89	84	173
Fraser Sharp	Boat of Garten	90	84	174
Kenneth Harrison	Carluke	89	85	174
Jim Paterson	Ranfurly Castle	87	87	174
Alexander Hogg	Stirling	89	87	176
Robin MacPherson	tantallon	87	89	176
David Halkerston	New Club	89	88	177
David Nelson	Aboyne	88	89	177
David Smith	Stirling	86	92	178
Ian Farquhar	Edzell	91	89	180
Richard Goodale	Aberdour	87	96	183
James Strang	Stirling G C	94	91	185