Paul O'Hara wins Scottish young pros' title for 

third time - by eight strokes

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Paul O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) coasted to an eight-stroke victory in the £8,000 Scottish Young Professionals' Championship with rounds of 67, 65, 63 and 68 over West Lothian Golf Club's Par 71 course for an impressive 21-under-par aggregate of 263.
It was his third win in the tournament over the past four years and earned him £1,000.
Alastair Forsyth (Mearns Castle) came through into second place on the final day with rounds of 65 and 69 for 271. His earlier scores were 71 and 66. He earned £800.
Gavin Hay (Grantown on Spey), a previous winner of the title, shot the lowest final round of 66, after earlier scores of 68, 72 and 69, for a total of 275. He earned £610.
O'Hara's third-round, bogey-free 63 was the lowest of the tournament and included birdies at the fourth, fifth, ninth, 10th, 12t5h, 14th, 157 and 17th in halves of 33 and 30.

SCOTTISH YOUNG PROFESSIONALS' CHAMPIONSHIP
West Lothian Golf Club, Bo'ness
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
263 P O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) 67 65 63 68 (£1,000).
271 A Forsyth (Mearns Castle) 71 66 65 69 (£800).
275 G Hay (Grantown on Spey) 68 72 69 66 (£610)
280 C Marr (Musselburgh) 75 70 67 69, M Owenson (Gullane) 67 70 73 70 (£425 each).
281 G Forbes (Mar Hotel) 71 69 73 68 (£350)
282 C Farrell (Cardross) 70 71 72 69 (£320)
283 S Binning (Mearns Castle) 72 68 76 67 (£300)
285 R Munro (Duddingston) 73 70 70 72, S Maxwell (Eastwood) 71 70 69 75 (£260 each)
287 G McDougall (Elie Links) 73 72 72 70 (£220)
288 R Clark (Golf Dedication Centre) 72 68 73 75 (£200)
289 J Bell (Lanark) 73 73 73 70, P Mitchell (Stirling) 71 74 74 70, D Flannery (Caldwell) 73 66 77 73 (£165 each)
290 K McNiven (Gleneagles) 75 72 75 68, I Anderson (Colville Park) 72 75 70 73 (£147 each)
291 S Craigon (Balbirnie Park) 73 73 72 73 (£140).
292 M Kanev (Bruntsfield Links) 73 73 72 74, S Speirs (Swanston New) 74 72 72 74 (£136 each)
293 R Tinker (Piperdam) 73 75 75 70, C Billows Gleneagles) 76 69 74 74 (£131 each)
295 J Brown (Dumfries and Co) 73 74 74 74, D Ramsay (Moray) 74 74 74 73, C Adam (unatt) 73 75 73 74 (£125 each).
296 C Robinson (Elderslie) 74 72 75 75, T Ogilvie (Duke's) 75 72 78 71, A Burns (Bothwell Castle) 73 70 77 76 (£117 each)
299 J Ferrie (Hilton Park) 78 69 75 77 (£112)
300 E Bowden (North Berwick) 74 72 79 75, C Porciani (Trump Turnberry) 76 70 77 77 (£108 each).
301 J Gallagher (Westerwood) 73 73 77 78 (£105)
304 E MacDonald (Musselburgh) 73 73 81 77 (£102)
305 K Moran (Balbirnie Park) 72 73 79 81 (£100).


 









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