Duddingston 36-hole Challenge winner

Kelly KOs them all in final round

Scottish professional champion Chris Kelly added £700 to his 2015 winnings with a two-stroke victory over a huge field in the Duddingston 36-hole Order of Merit Challenge at the Edinburgh venue, writes Colin Farquharson.
Kelly was one of a pack with a winning chance at halfway but he produced a seven-under-par 65 - the best second round - to surge clear of the field down the home straight with a 10-under-par total of 134.
Chris recaptured the majestic form that carried him to the national title at Gleneagles with a scorecard studded with eight birdies and one bogey in halves of 33 (four under) and 32 (three under).
He birdied the third, long fourth, long eighth, ninth, 12th, 13th, 16th and 18th. His only slip came at the short 10th but it did not prove costly in the final analysis as the overnight leaders dropped more more than one shot.
Four players shared second place, two behind the winner, on eight-under 136: Graeme Brown (Montrose Links), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) and Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) who eached earned £468.
None of them improved on their first-day score, which summed up the difference between them and winner Kelly on the second day.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
134 C Kelly (unatt) 69 65 (£700).
136 G Brown (Montrose Links) , P AMcKechnie (Braid Hills) 67 69, G Fox (Clydeway Golf), A Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 68 68 (£468 each).
137 C Currie (Caldwell) 65 72, P Robinson (Largs) 70 67, G McBain (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) 69 68 (£325 each)
138 G Wright (West Linton) 67 71, G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) 69 69 (£262 each).
139 R Munro (Duddingston) 68 71, S Taylor (Bothwell Castle_ 69 70, J Lomas (Caprington) 70 69 (£216 each).
140 S Henderson (Kings Links) 69 71, J McGhee (Bishopbriggs) 71 69 (£185 each)
141 C Ronald (Carluke) 69 72, C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 71 70, R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 70 71, S McAllister (S McAllister Golf) 69 72 (£152 each)
142 K Zeynalov (Portlethen) 68 74, D Orr (Eastwood) 71 71, S Gray (Hayston) 70 72 (£135 each)
143 G Law (Uphall) 71 72, R Buckley (Royal Musselburgh) 70 73 G Paxton (Ralston) 69 74, G Hay (Nairn Dunbar) 72 71, C Sutherland (Cherry Lodge) 73 70 (£72 each)
144 K Hutton (Downfield) 67 77, C Robinson (Portpatrick Dunskey) 70 74, A Reid (West Lothian) 70 74, M Hillson (Tandridge) 70 74, N Huguet (Musselburgh) 73 71
145 P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) 73 72, M Patterson (Kilmacolm) 71 74, K McNicoll (Gullane) 72 73, S Grieve (Turnouse) 76 69
146 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes) 73 73, P Walker (Ballumbie Castle) 76 70, M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) 76 70
147 J Cliff (Murrayfield) 74 73, R Neill (Drumpellier) 72 75, P Wardell (North Berwick) 73 74
148 C Billows (Gleneagles) 74 74, C Marr (Musselburgh) 75 73, J Porteous (Craigielaw) 78 70, S Craig (S Craig Golf) 72 76, F Mann (Carnoustie GC) 72 76, D Wood (Hirsel) 72 76, S Binning (Mearns Castle) 73 70
149 J Johnston (Lanark) 75 74, R Clarke (Gamola Golf) 75 74, J Dick (Duddingston) 77 72, J McCreadie (Largs) 71 78 

150 S McLaren (Blairgowrie) 73 77, J Fraser (Renaissance) 77 73
151 O Leslie (Piperdam) 75 76, S Morrison (Tain) 74 77, S Williamson (Clydeway Golf) 80 71, C Gordon (Edinburgh GC) 76 75, S Costello (Strathaven) 77 74
152 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdee) 73 79, T Dingwall (Kemnay) 74 78
153 C Campbell (Trump International) 73 80, P Malone (Braid Hills) 74 79, D Flannery (Caldwell) 83 70, I Lowdean (Murrayfield) 76 77
154 L Neeson (World of Golf) 74 80, M Mackenzie (Edzell) 80 74, A Mackrell (Playsport Golf) 78 76, C McMaster (Wellsgreen) 78 77
155 S Maxwell (Eastwood) 76 79, I Brown (Newent) 74 81, E Grimes (Carrick on Loch Lomond) 79 76
156 C Smith (Royal M)usselburgh) 75 81, D Laing (Craigielaw) 75 81
157 D Thomson (Carnegie Club) 80 77, M Kanev (Bruntsfield) 80 77, C Haugh (Cawder) 77 80
158 A Hutchison (Douglas Park) 82 76 
159 R Dixon (Renaissance) 77 82, G Dingwall (Royal Dornoch) 79 80
160 C Adam (Linlithgow) 78 82
162 L Burnett (Mearns Castle) 82 80
165 L Gaughan (Bathgate) 84 81
170 R Mackenzie-Smith) 90 80