Sean Lawrie with the NE Alliance championship trophy. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

SEAN LAWRIE FOLLOWS COUSIN CRAIG

AS NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE CHAMPION

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Paul Lawrie's nephew Sean (24) won the 36-hole North-east Alliance golf championship at Craibstone Golf Club today when he added a five-under-par 64 to his six-under-at 66 at Portlethen last week for a brilliant 11-under total of 130 and a five-stroke winning margin.

He follows in the footsteps of cousin Craig Lawrie who won the title 12 months ago but did not defend this year because he played in the Sunningdale Foursomes with his father

"I had only one bogey over the two rounds and that was at Portlethen last week, so that indicates how well I played over the competition," said Sean whose five second-round birdies came at the fourth, 11th, 14th, 16th and 17th in halves of 34 (one under) and 30 (four under).

There is no additional prizemoney for the 36-hole totals but Sean, who is a second-year pro attached to the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre stable, won £140 for heading a field of 91 in the second round.

Last week he earned £125 for sharing the top spot with Greig Hutcheon at Portlethen.

It was Lawrie's first success in the tournament. He was joint third last year.
Hutcheon, a previous champion,  soon lost touch with his younger rival after bogeys at the seventh, eighth, 10th and 13th at Craibstone today, and he had to produce late birdies at the 14th, 17th and 18th for a par 69 and a 139 total, to hold on to second place ahead of fast finishing one-handicap Moray amateur Jake Scott who signed off  with a 65 for 138.

Scott, 21,  won the leading amateur trophy. Next week Jake will be playing in the EuroPro Tour Q School at Carrick on Loch Lomond.

Jake Scott receives the leading amateur trophy from Billy Sim, general manager of Craibstone Golf Club. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

Other trophy winners:

Veterans' Pot - 151 D Fleming (Portlethen) 76 75.

Chapper's Pot - 139 G Riley (Craibstone) (5) 77 62

Major's Pot - 140 W Beattie (Craibstone)(10) 71 69.

      David Fleming with the Veterans' Pot.

Graham Riley receives the Chapper's Pot (Class 1) from general manager Billy Sim.

   Willie Beattie with the Major's Pot (Class 2 winner).

ORDER OF MERIT FINAL 1-2-3
IN 3 SECTIONS


Next week's final NE Alliance fixture of the 2016-17 season, at McDonald Ellon GC, is a non-counter for the Order of Merit awards of which the final 1-2-3 in the three sections was as follows:






SCRATCH:
1 John Duff (Newmachar) £150.
2 Sean Lawrie (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) £125.
3 Joel Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) £100.


CLASS 1 HANDICAP
1 Scott Mackie (Kemnay) £150 voucher
2 Colin Duffus (Royal Aberdeen) £125 voucher.
3 Charlie Cassie (Nigg Bay) £100 voucher.


CLASS 2 HANDICAP
1 David Lane (Deeside) £150 voucher
2 Malcolm Allan (Hazlehead) £125 voucher
3 Doug Booth (Tarland) £100 voucher.

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2017 NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE
36-hole CHAMPIONSHIP


FINAL TOTALS
par 141 (Portlethen 72, Craibstone 69)
130 Sean Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC) 66 64
135 G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC, Inchmarlo) 66 69
138 Jake Scott (Moray) 73 65
142 G Esson (Portlethen) 73 69.
143 Laura Murray (Kippie Lodge) 74 69.
145 K Beveridge (Kippie Lodge) 71 74, K Zeynalov (Portlethen) 75 70
146 J Duff (Newmachar) 73 73
148 B Nicolson (Hazlehead) 72 76, I Taylor (Kemnay) 75 73, G Munro (Newmachar) 73 75
149 C Dempster (Paul Lawrie GC) 74 75, F Milne (Banchory) 73 76, G Riley (Craibstone) 82 67, S Roger (Cruden Bay) 78 71.
150 J Nicolson (Hazlehead) 78 72
151 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen)  73 78, S Mackie (Kemnay) 76 75, D Fleming (Portlethen) 76 75
152 A Campbell (Murcar Links) 80 72, P McKenna (Paul Lawrie GC) 78 74
154 J Sunley (Northern) 81 73, F Bisset (Banchory) 77 77
155 S Hanson (Paul Lawrie GC) 77 78, S Finnie (Caledonian) 77 78
156 J Barclay (Hazlehead) 80 76, Steve Lawrie (Portlethen) 76 80, D Leslie (Bon Accord) 78 78
157 A Smith (Turriff) 80 77
158 J Borthwick (Craibstone) 81 77
160 J Chalmers (Alford) 81 79, G Chalmers (Alford) 78 82, W Beattie (Craibstone) 81 79, C Duffus (Royal Aberdeen) 81 79.
161 H Roulston (Stonehaven) 84 77, S Shand (Kemnay) 81 80
162 R Reid (Tarland) 82 80
163 T Boyle (Portlethen) 81 82
164 D Booth (Tarland) 84 80
165 B Harper (Newburgh) 81 84
166 R Lamb (Newmachar) 82 84
168 M Allan (Hazlehead) 85 83, N Chisholm (Kemnay) 83 85, R Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen) 85 83
169 L Roger (Royal Aberdeen) 89 80.
170 C Cassie (Nigg Bay) 85 85, D Lane (Deeside) 86 84
171 J Forrest (Northern) 89 82, J Stewart (Banchory) 91 80.
172 H McNaughton (Cruden Bay) 90 82, D Nelson (Aboyne) 86 86.
173 P Cheyne (Northern) 91 82
174 A B Clark (Newmachar) 88 86
175 Jim Scott (Peterculter) 91 84, P Low (Craibstone) 91 84.
176 L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) 97 79
177 D Wright (Northern) 90 87, D Bisset (Banchory) 95 82
178 D Cassie (Nigg Bay) 92 86
180 S Davidson (Northern) 94 86
181 B Lumsden (Northern) 100 81
183 M Brown (Kemnay) 96 87
186 G Homer (Aboyne) 94 92
190 N K Parker (Murcar Links) 97 93
191 R Brown (Kemnay) 102 89.
194 D Robertson (Hazlehead) 96 88


TODAY'S SCORES AT CRAIBSTONE GC
par 69
64 Sean Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC)
65 Jake Scott (Moray)
66 P Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC)
67 G Riley (Craibstone), C Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC)
69 G Esson (Portlethen), Laura Murray (Kippie Lodge), G Hutcheon (P Lawrie GC, Inchmarlo)
70 K Zeynalov (Portlethen)
71 S Roger (Cruden Bay)
72 A Campbell (Murcar Links), I Still (Craibstone), J Nicolson (Hazlehead), J Calder (Newmachar)
73 J Duff (Newmachar), J Sunley (Northern), D Buchan (Peterhead), I Taylor (Kemnay), K Nicol (Paul Lawrie GC).
74 K Beveridge (Kippie Lodge), P McKenna (Paul Lawrie GC)
75 C Dempster (Paul Lawrie GC), S Mackie (Kemnay), D Fleming (Portlethen), G Munro (Newmachar)
76 F Milne (Banchory), J Barclay (Hazlehead), B Nicholson (Hazlehead)
77 A Smith (Turriff), H Roulston (Stonehaven), F Bisset (Banchory), J Borthwick (Craibstone)
78 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen), S Hanson (Paul Lawrie GC), S Finnie (Caledonian), D Leslie (Bon Accord)
79 J Chalmers (Alford), W Beattie (Craibstone), L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen), C Duffus (Royal Aberdeen)
80 R Reid (Tarland), D Booth (Tarland), L Roger (Royal Aberdeen), S Shand (Kemnay), J Stewart (Banchory), Steve Lawrie (Portlethen)
81 S Scott (Hazlehead), B Lumsden (Northern), R McConnachie (Peterculter)
82 T Boyle (Portlethen), G Chalmers (Alford), P Cheyne (Northern), J Forrest (Northern), H McNaughton (Cruden Bay), D Bisset (Banchory)
83 M Allan (Hazlehead), R Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen), P Cornfield (Hazlehead)
84 B Harper (Newburgh), Jim Scott (Peterculter), D Lane (Deeside), R Lamb (Newmachar), P Low (Craibstone), W Clarke (Tarland).
85 C Cassie (Nigg Bay), N Chisholm (Northern)
86 D Cassie (Nigg Bay), S Davidson (Northern), A B Clark (Newmachar), D Nelson (Aboyne).
87 M Brown (Kemnay), D Wright (Northern)
88 D Robertson (Hazlehead), G Leslie (Newburgh).
89 R Brown (Kemnay), R Denning (Inverurie), R Davidson (Caledonian)
92 G Homer (Aboyne), N Stewart (Hazlehead)
93 N K Parker (Murcar Links)

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - J Sunley (7) 66; J Nicolson (4) 68; I Still (3), M Downie (6), J Barclay (7) 69.
Class 2 - W Beattie (10), B Lumsden (12) 69; L Roger (10), H McNaughton (12), M Brown (17) 70.


Low amateur (outwith scratch prizelist) - G Esson 69.



TOP SCORECARDS TODAY


SEAN LAWRIE 64 (five under)
OUT: 4-3-4  4-5-3  3-4-4  34 (one under)
   IN: 3-3-3  4-3-4  3-3-4  30 (four under)


JAKE SCOTT 65 (four under)
OUT: 3-3-3  5-4-3  3-3-4  31 (four under)
   IN: 3-4-2  5-4-4  5-3-4  34 (level par)


PAUL LAWRIE 66 (three under)
OUT: 4-2-4  4-5-3  3-3-4  32 (three under)
   IN: 3-4-3  4-5-3  4-4-4  34 (level par)


+red figure indicates a birdie.
+black figure indicates a bogey