First victory in an SGU Order of Merit 72-hole event

Walker  wins Sutherland Chalice three-man 

play-off  with a birdie at first extra hole

Kilmarnock Barassie's Euan Walker won the Sutherland Chalice after a dramatic climax to this weekend's SGU 72-hole Order of Merit event at Dumfries and Galloway.
Walker, Ryan Campbell (Falkirk) and Fraser Davren (Williamwood)  tied at the top of the leaderboard on three-under-par 277.
Davren came out of the blue with a closing round of four-under-par 66 but he bogeyed the last when a par would have given him victory.
In contrast, Walker birdied the last to get into the play-off. He  had shot a third-round 66 to go two shots clear of the field, taking over the lead from Sandy Scott (Nairn), who had been in the pole position at halfway
Campbell birdied the 16th and parred the last two to make it a three-man play-off won by Walker with a birdie at the first extrea hole.
It was Euan's first victory in an SGU Order of Merit event.
The play-off participants finished two shots clear of three players on 279 - Fraser Moore (Glenbervie), Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle) and Kyle Godsman (Moray).
Nairn teenager Sandy Scott, winner of the East of Scotland Open at Lundin links a few weeks back, led with opening rounds of 68 and 69 but a third-round, four-over 74 saw him lose vital ground.


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Left to right: Gary Robertson, represenative of tournament sponsors Atlas Communications, Euan Walker and Billy Hamilton, the Dumfries and Galloway club captain.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70) SSS 71 CSS 72 72 71 71
277 F Davren (Williamwood) 72 69 70 66, E Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 70 70 66 71, R Campbell (Falkirk) 69 70 69 69 (Walker won sudden-death play-off at first hole).
279 F Moore (Glenbervie) 71 70 67 71, C Baird (Bothwell Castle) 70 70 71 68, K Godsman (Moray) 70 69 71 69.
282  S Scott (Nairn) 68 69 74 71
285 A Culverwell (Dunbar) 70 73 71 71, J Johnston (Ayr Belleisle) 73 70 71 71
287 S Stewart (Clydebank Overtoun) 71 73 69 74, J A Wilson (Balmore) 70 73 73 71, A Thurlow (Murrayfield) 69 72 75 71
289 S Marc (Broomieknowe) 74 73 69 73, M Owenson (Longniddry) 74 72 67 76, M Clark (Kilmacolm) 68 76 73 72
291 C Hughes (Drumpellier) 77 71 71 72, C Maclean (Balmore) 75 68 72 76
292  S Lockhart (Bathgate) 77 70 73 72,
293 C Cochrane (Marriott Dalmahoy) 74 75 71 73, C Stephen (Aboyne) 71 75 75 72, A Carrick (Douglas Park) 71 71 72 79
294 T Beasley (Hunstanton) 76 76 69 73, M Grunwell (Powfoot) 73 77 73 71, C Corbett (Dumfries and Galloway) 77 70 78 69, S Rennie (Drumpellier) 77 70 68 69
295 J Savage (Cawder) 72 77 69 77, J D Jamieson (St Andrews New) 75 71 72 77, A Grant (Dunblane New) 75 70 78 72
297 R Brunton (Dumfries and Co) 77 73 74 73,
298 L Bain (Musselburgh) 73 78 72 75, R Gordon (Alford) 78 72 76 72
299 M McNae (Lochmaben) 74 76 77 72
301 G Burns (Williamwood) 83 69 73 76, J Shaw (Boat of Garten) 71 79 76 75 
302 J Booth (Cathkin Braes) 74 74 76 78, K Mackay (Inverness) 73 75 73 81
308 S Younger (Hirsel) 74 77 79 78, M Stokes (Cawder) 72 79 78 69, S Walter (West Linton) 76 75 73 84
310 A R Kerr (Crichton) 76 74 81 79
312 J McVey (Turnhous3e) 81 71 79 81 
No Return: J McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 73 74 78 NR