Fox wins Ellon pro-am with a six-under 64

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Graham Fox won the McDonald Ellon pro-am today with an excellent round of six-under-par 64 in windy conditions. It was his fifth Tartan Tour win of the year and earned him £1,166.
He had eight birdies in his first 13 holes, reaching the turn in five-under-par 32 but his supply of gains stopped at the 13th and he ran up a double bogey 6 at the testing last hole.
The professional course record is 62 but even if Fox had birdied the last hole a 61 would not have been a new record as preferred lies were in operation.
Christopher Currie (Caldwell), with six birdies but bogeys at the fifth and 18th, finished two shots behind Fox with a 66 for second place.
Greig Hutcheon's "Casa Freedom" trio of amateurs: Kenny Cowe (8), John Garvie (7) and Andrew Penny (4), won the pro-am team event on a better inward half with a 17-under-par total of 123.

PRO SCORES
par 70
64 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) (£1,166)
66 C Currie (Caldwell) (£933)
67 P O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) (£700)
68 G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo), S Gray (Lanark) (£472 each).
69 G McBain (Newmachar), G Hay (Grantown on Spey) (£326 each).
70 M Patterson (Cruden Bay), G Brown (Montrose Links), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes) (£225 each).
71 L Vannet (Craibstone), S Binning (Mearns Castle), D Stein (Ranfurly Castle) (£163 each).
72 C Goodwin (Strathlene), G Still (Turriff), R Mitchell (Paul Lawrie GC), J McGhee (Swanston New) (£122 each).
73 S Aird (McDonald Ellon), S Griffiths (Dunes), A Duncan (Ballindalloch Castle), S Henderson (Kings Links), G McDougall (Elie Links) (£49 each).
74 R Cameron (Saltire Energy).
75 K Zeynalov (Portlethen).
76 R McConnachie (Peterculter).
77 A Cooper (Newburgh).
79 I Colquhoun (Loch Lomond).
81 R McKen (Trump International)