Cameron Marr leads at Dumfries and Galloway with a five-under-par 65

Cameron Marr (Musselburgh) has done well in young professionals' events this season but he is on the trail of a first win on the Tartan Tour at the halfway stage of the £14,420 Kerr Investments 36-hole OOM pro-am at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club.
Marr leads the field of 50 professionals with a five-under-par round of 65 which included birdies at the second, 10th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th in halves of 35 (one under par) and 30 (four under).
His only bogey came at the short 13th.
On his tail are the Clydeway Golf pair of Paul O'Hara and Graham Fox who did not have a bogey between them in returning 66s, O'Hara with halves of 33 and Fox with 35-31.
First prize is £2,300 so a tense finish is in prospect, espccially if Marr can keep his nerve.
Last year's winner, Keir McNicoll (Gullane) is tied 27th with a one-over 71
In the two-round pro-am team section, Greg Paston (Ralson), heading the Dumfries and Galloway No 4 team, and Jonathan Lomas (Caprington), piloting the RJM Financial Management trio of amateurs, are both on the 16-under-par 124 mark.
LEADING PRO SCORES
FIRST ROUND
Par 70
65 C Marr (Musselburgh)
66 P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), G Fox (Clydeway Golf)
67 R Murdoch (Dumfries and Galloway)
68 G Paxton (Ralston), P McKechnie (Braid Hills), A Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy)
69 J Johnston (Lanark), S Binning (Mearns Castle), P Robinson (Largs), D Orr (Eastwood), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), G Wright (West Linton), L Gaughan (Bathgate), J McCreadie (Lanark)
70 J Lomas (Caprington), G Law (Uphall), M Hillson (Tandridge), C Gordon (Edinburgh GC), M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), S Gray (Hayston), J McGhee (Bishopbriggs), G Brown (Montrose Links), C Kelly (unatt), G Hay (Nairn Dunbar), C Ronald (Carluke)
71 K McNicoll (Gullane), G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC), J Brown (Dumfries and Co), I T Brown (Newent), P Walker (Ballumbie Castle).
72 G Niven (Ping), P Wardell (North Berwick), R Neill (Drumpellier), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC), S Henderson (Kings Links)
73 C McMaster (Wellsgreen), G Forbes (Mar Hall).
74 G Hardy (Prestwick St Nicholas), S Taylor  (Bothwell Castle), C Robinson (Largs) 
75 L Harper (Flow Golf), J Fraser (Renaissance), C Currie (Caldwell), R Buckley (Royal Musselburgh)
76 D-R Nicol (Dundnald Links), Helen Searle (Gailes Golf and Leisure), M Isaacs (Gamola Golf)
78 R Dixon (Renaissance)
79 N Huguet (Musselburgh))