It's that man McKechnie again! Halfway 

leader as he bids for five wins in a row

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Paul McKechnie, winner of his last four events on the Tartan Tour, the most recent the lucrative Paul Lawrie Invitataional, is again the leading the field at the halfway stage of the 36-hole Musselburgh Challenge, the tour's last Order of Merit event of the season.
The 38-year-old Braid Hills Golf Range pro, pictured above,who was born and lives in Glasgow, shot a six-under-par 65 but leads by only one from James McGhee (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) and Sam Binning (Mearns Casle Golf Academy).
McKechnie had a seven-birdie round with halves of 32 (four under par) and 33 (two under), chalking up gains at the first, fifth, sixth, seventh, 14th, 15th and 16th. He had one bogey - at the 13th.
McGhee came home in 31, thanks to an eagle 3 at the long 12th.
Binning had halves of 33.
Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), winner of the Sandy Pipey Young Masters at Royal Dornoch on Monday for the third year in a row, is sharing fourth place with Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) and Kenny Hutton (Downfield).
Chris Kelly has already won the Order of Merit, being too far ahead in the points table to be caught, but there are rewards for finishing  high up the order, so plenty to play for over Wednesday's final 18 holes.
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 71. Yardage 6
65 P McKechnie (Braid Hills)
66 J McGhee (Bishopbriggs), S Binning (Mearns Castle)
67 P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs).
68 N Fenwick (Dunbar), S Henderson (Kings Links), C Currie (Caldwell), K Hutton (Downfield)
69 Heather MacRae (Gleneagles), M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), I Brown (Newent)
70 N Gardiner (Kilmacolm), J Cliff (Murrayfield), K McNicoll (Gullane), R Munro (Duddingston), S Morrison (Tain), C Ronald (Carluke).
71  C Marr (Musselburgh), C Gordon (Edinburgh GC), S Gray (Hayston), L Gaughan (Bathgate), J Lomas (Caprington), G Brown (Montrose Links), G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC).
72 S Grieve (Turnhouse), G Paterson (St Andrews LGA), A Oldcorn (Kings Acre), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes).
73 M Hillson (Tandridge Park), J McCreadie (Largs), M Isaacs (Gamola Golf), J Brown (Dumfries and Co), C McMaster (Wellsgreen), K Monaghan (Linlithgow).
74 R Buckley (unatt), A McDonald (Dunnikier Park), S Taylor (Bothwell Castle), P Robinson (Largs), P Wardell (North Berwick).
75 C Billows (Gleneagles), D Laing (Craigielaw), D Wood (Hirsel), C Matheson (FalkirkTryst), A Todd (Prestwick)
76 N Huguet (Musselburgh), I Lowdean (Murrayfeld), G  Miller (Gleneagles) 
77 O Huish (North Berwick), O Leslie (Piperdam)
78 A Burns (Bothwell Castle)
79 J Johnston  (Lanark), V Brown (Logos Golf)
88 J Dick (Duddingston)
DQ  C Adam (Linlithgow)