Wild west wind on the south bank of the River Dee

It's a Gray day in Scottish Par-3 championship 

                                                                                    By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Lanark's Stephen Gray leads by two strokes with a two-under-par 52 at the halfway stage of the ASI Scottish par-3 championship at the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, by demonstrating the short-game skills that have established him as one of the most consistent performers on the Tartan Tour.
A wild west wind - the same one that caused the cancellation of the final round in the EuroPro Tour event a few miles down the coast at Montrose - made it a tough day for even the most experienced competitors.
It blew some players, like New Zealand's Michael Campbell, who has links to Edinburgh in his ancestry, almost off the course with an 11-over par 65 for two circuits of the Graeme Webster-designed nine-hole course at Ardoe on Aberdeen's South Deeside Road.
Paul Lawrie (Gleneagles) himself and Greg Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) both shot five-over 59s - and were happy to salvage such scores and lie in joint 12th place overnight.
Gray had four birdie 2s - at the third, sixth, eighth and 16th - in halves of 25 (two under) and 27 (level par).
The Lanark man was pleased to register gains on a day when, if a player missed the green, he could be knee-high in long grass at some holes.
Lost balls contributed to the rounds over a 2,808yd course taking the best part of 4 1/2 to 5hrs.
Gray dislodged Somerset man David Dixon (Enmore Park) from the lead. Dixon's par-matching 54 had him the lead for some time. Dixon too had four birdie 2s - at the second ,fifth, 10th and 15th in halves of 27. Bogeys at the 16th and 17th cost him a share of the lead. The Englishman had earlier bogeyed the third and fourth.
Louis Gaughan (Bathgate), who took home the £3,500+ first prize from this event last year, is one of five players on  57 - five off the lead. 
Andrew McArthur had a hole in one at the seventh, the 16th as he played it, but unfortunately for him the specil Cask of Whisky prize was for an ace at the fifth.
The leading lady pro is Vikki Laing from Musselburgh with a 58 which has her in 11th place, a spot and a stroke ahead of Heather MacRae (Elite Golf Academy).

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Calum Nairn's 66 makes him halfway leader

at Deer Park

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Calum Nairn (Kilmarnock Barassie) shot his lowest round of the year - a six-under-par 66 - to give himself a chance of achieving his first win of the season, in the 36-hole St Andrews Brewing Company 36-hole Order of Merit event at Deer Park Golf and Country Club.
Nairn had a bag of eight birdies and two bogeys in matching halves of 33 after standing four under par after eight holes.
At the halfway point, he leads by one shot from Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) and Chris Currie (Caldwell).
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
66 C Nairn (Kilmarnock Barassie).
67 N Fenwick (Dunbar), C Currie (Caldwell).
68 G Brown (Montrose Links), P McKechnie (Braid Hills), G Hay (Grantown on Spey), P O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure).
69 M Patterson (Kilmacolm), J McGhee (Swanston New), C McMaster (Downfield), S Gray (Lanark), G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo), G Fox (Clydeway Golf).
70 R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), S O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure). 71 G Wright (West Linton), S Savage (Dalmuir), G McBain (Newmachar), A Tait (Deer Park).
72 C Goodwin (Strathlene), I Graham (Crow Wood), M Mackenzie (Edzell), S Morrison (Tain), S McAllister (S McAllister Golf), P Robinson (Largs), C Marr (Musselburgh).




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AIRDRIE SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST TO SEAL VICTORY

Skycaddie Pro Captain Challenge Scottish qualifier: Results Release - Haggs Castle Golf Club PGA NEWS RELEASE Airdrie Golf Club emerged from the pack to secure a trip to Morocco for the SkyCaddie PGA Pro-Captain Challenge final. Captain Brian Jamieson and PGA professional Simon McLean combined to finish with three successive birdies and clinch victory in the Scottish qualifying event held at Haggs Castle Golf Club in Glasgow. That gave them 43 points from a seven under par round as they beat three other teams into second spot. Fraser Malcolm and Jim Sear (Glen Golf Club), Colin Ferguson and Paul Little (Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Golf Club) and Mark Ridley and David Elgy  (South Moor Golf Club) all tied on 41 points. The Airdrie pairing will now play in the £22,000 final, in association with Golfplan, which will be held between November 21-22 at Mazagan Beach Resort, Casablanca. And 12 handicapper Jameson was able to contribute with four nett birdies - one on the front nine and three on the back as the North Lanarkshire duo ended the day in winning fashion. “Simon drove the ball magnificently even though he’s not playing a lot of golf at the moment,” said Jamieson, a 57-year-old electronic engineer who has been a member at Airdrie for 25 years after swapping rugby for golf. “He excelled himself and he could’ve had another three or four birdies to be honest. We said we had a great score at the end, but it could’ve been even better. He had birdie opportunities at the majority of holes. “It’s a great prize for us to go to Morocco but I didn’t know what was at stake during the event. You’re generally only captain for a year so you don’t realise what tournaments you can be invited to, this came along and Simon said I should make sure I can play as it’s a good fun day. “But Haggs Castle was an excellent course, the greens were fantastic, and the hospitality was tremendous. So to get to the final in Morocco was a great bonus.” McLean was left celebrating the fact that they produced their key shots right at the end. “It was a really strong finish that got us over the line, I thought we were running out of holes but Brian chipped in with two nett birdies and I birdied the 18th hole,” said McLean. “Seven under par was good because it wasn't easy, it was windy and blustery. But the course was a joy, it’s hard to imagine a better putting surface than Haggs Castle.” Skycaddie Pro Captain Challenge Scottish qualifier Friday, August 11, 2017 Haggs Castle Golf Club POS            SCORE            NAME                                REPRESENTING 1 43pts Simon McLean/Brian Jamieson      Airdrie Golf Club 2 41pts Fraser Malcolm/Jim Sear      Glen Golf Club       Colin Ferguson/Paul Little                  Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Golf Club       Mark Ridley/David Elgy             South Moor Golf Club   Full results from the event at Haggs Castle Golf Club can be found at:https://pgagbi.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgagbi17/event/pgagbi17531/contest/1/leaderboard.htm visithttp://www.pga.info/tournaments/national/pga-pro-captain-challenge.aspx  for more information on the Skycaddie Pro Captain Challenge

Gavin makes hay while the sun shines at

Turriff with a double whammy success

Gavin Hay, second left, and the Morrison Motors team he led to victory in the Turriff pro-am team event.

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Highlander Gavin Hay (Grantown-on-Spey), pictured above, came down from the hills to score a double whammy victory in today's pro-am at Turriff Golf Club.
Hay won the first prize of £1,041 with a four-under-par 66 to head a field of 24 pros and he also led the Morrison Motors trio of amateurs to victory in the pro-am with a 15-under-par better ball of 125. The first five pros in that (Hay, G McBain, S Henderson, C Ronald and S Gray), earned £125 each. Which all added up to Gavin's biggest payday on the Tartan Tour this year.
It was Hay's second win of the season, his first coming at Ayr Belleisle last month shortly after he had finished joint second in the Northern Open at Lossiemouth.
Hay had an eagle 3 at the sixth and a birdie at the 13th before a grandstand finish saw him birdie the 16th, 17th and 18th to come home in three-under 31.
His two bogeys came at the fifth and short 15th.
Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchmarlo) and Peterhead's Ross Cameron (Saltire Energy) finished second and third, completing a 1-2-3 by North and North-east pros.
Hutch had seven birdies in his 67. He covered the inward half in 31 strokes but a bogey at the 17th cost him a share of first place although an £833 payslip was a nice consolation prize.
Cameron had a double bogey 7 at the 12th in his 69 which earned him £625.
The three amateurs in the Meldrum Motors winning team with Gavin Hay were Colin Chalmers (handicap 15), Douglas Shand (14) and Graham Fraser (17).

PRO SCORES
Par 70
66 G Hay (Grantown on Spey) £1,041
67 G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo) £833.
69 R Cameron (Saltire Energy) £625.
70 G Brown (Montrose Links) £468.
71 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) £375.
72 C Ronald (Carluke), P O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure), S Gray (Lanark), S Binning (Mearns Castle) £253 each.
73 G McBain (Newmachar), S Griffiths (Dunes GC) £166 each.
74 G Still (Turriff), G Forbes (Murcar Links), N Huguet (Musselburgh),C Currie (Caldwell), D Stein (Ranfurly Castle) £125 each.
75 R McConnachie (Peterculter), R Clarke (Golf Dedication Centre), J McCreadie (Largs) £83 each.
76 C McMaster (Downfield) £62.
77 S Henderson (Kings Links), J McGhee (Swanston New).
79 D Grindell (Inverness).
82 C Goodwin (Strathlene).

Gareth Wright wins AAM Scottish Open


qualifier, amateur Sandy Scott third

 Quartet of qualifiers: l to r Paul O'Hara, Sandy Scott, Gareth Wright and Jack Doherty. Picture by Kenny Smith

PGA in SCOTLAND NEWS RELEASE

West Linton PGA professional Gareth Wright won the Aberdeen Asset Managment Scottish Open qualifier for the second time in three years today.

He finished three shots clear of the field at Kilmarnock (Barassie), where fellow pros Jack Doherty and Paul O'Hara, as well as Nairn amateur Sandy Scott, were the others to secure spots in the £5.5 million event at Dundonald Links.

Wright laid the foundations for his third consecutive success in this event with a brilliant nine-under-par 64 on Saturday and backed that up with a solid 71 in the second round.

The Edinburgh-based Welshman managed to save par at the first after having to take a penalty drop from a bush, then covered the next 14 holes in regulation figures before making back-to-back birdies at the 16th and 17th.

He finished with an impressive 11-under-par total, given that the opening round was played in a breeze and it was then wet and miserable for most of the second circuit on the Ayrshire coast.

"It is great to be in a Rolex Series event that is being headlined by Rory McIlroy," said Wright. "I also have good memories from Dundonald, having shot a 62 there in a Tartan Tour event a few years back."

Doherty, last year's winner, progressed again after two rounds of 69, his wife Jocelyn caddieing for him in the second circuit.

"She is definitely the best-looking caddie I've ever had," he said, smiling, after signing off with a birdie, though he would have made it through without that.

"That's two years in a row now and it feels nice to be playing in a Scottish Open just 15 minutes from my house," added the Kilmarnock man.

US college student Scott, a 19-year-old from Nairn, emulated the success of Tantallon's Calum Hill in the inaugural qualifier at North Berwick two years ago as he passed the test on this occasion with flying colours.

Winner of both the Scottish boys' stroke-play and Scottish youths' titles last year, Scott birdied the last two holes for a best-of-the-day 67 to finish third on seven-under.

This success makes up for the disappointment of Scott missing out on a place in the six-strong Scotland side set to defend the European team championship in Austria this coming week.

"I was disappointed about that, of course, but to have this as a consolation is fantastic," said the young Highlander.

"I went to a couple of Scottish Opens at Castle Stuart and now it is great to know I will be playing in it."

O'Hara, winner of both the Northern Open and the PGA Professional Championship in recent weeks, will now get the chance to test himself against some of the best players in the world after securing a first European Tour start.

The North Lanarkshire Leisure-attached player rolled in a 30-foot eagle putt at the first extra hole to win a play-off against Kirkhill amateur Craig Ross after they had finished tied for fourth on six-under.

"This continues my recent good form and now I am looking forward to my first European Tour event as a player, having caddied for my brother Steven in plenty," said O'Hara.

FINAL TOTALS
par 146 (2x73)
135 G Wright (West Linton) 64 71
138 J Doherty (Rowallan Castle) 69 69
139 S Scott (Nairn) (amateur) 72 67
140 P O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure) 72 68, C Ross (Kirkhill) (amateur) 68 71 (O'Hara won play-off to be fourth qualifier for AAA Scottish Open).

142 E Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) (am) 73 69, R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 73 69. R Cameron (Saltire Energy) 70 72.
143 C Kelly (Stirling) 73 70, W Booth (Pitlochry) 73 70, J McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 73 70, J Savage (Cawder) 70 73.
144 I Graham (Crow Wood) 74 70, P Shields (Paul Lawrie GC) 71 73, I Campbell (Cheshunt Park) 71 73, G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo) 70 74.
145 Kris Nicol (Dunes Golf Centre) 74 71, J Wright (Forres) (amateur) 73 72, C Marr (Musselburgh) 72 73, J Henry (Clydebank and Dist) 72 73, M Owenson (Gullane) 72 73.
146 Graham Forbes (Mar Hotel) 75 71, P McGhee (Royal Burgess) 75 71, A McArthur (Windyhill) 74 72, S Binning (Mearns Castle) 73 73, R McConnachie (Peterculter) 72 74, R Menzies (Trump Turnberry) 71 75 S Henry (Carrick) 68 78.
147 G McBain (Newmachar) 75 72, R Franssen (Inverness) (amateur) 75 72, C Currie (Caldwell) 73 74, S O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure) 72 75.
148 L Saltman (Calum Smith Pro Shop) 78 70, S Speirs (Swanston New) 72 76, N Fenwick (Dunbar) 70 78
149 C Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC) 76 73, K McNicoll (Carnoustie) 76 73, R Clarke (Golf Dedication Centre) 76 73, D Kay (Renaissance) 75 74, N Henderson (Renaissance) 74 75.
150 I Colquhoun (Loch Lomond) 77 73, S Gray (Lanark) 76 74, C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 75 75, J Ross (Royal Burgess) 74 76, M Stewart (Troon Welbeck) 73 77, P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 73 77








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Graham Fox wins £7,000 top prize in 

weather-hit Highland Links pro-am

Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) won the top pro prize of £7,000 with an eight-under-par 36-hole total in the Highland Links pro-am, decided on the players' scores at Royal Dornoch and Nairn after high winds ruled out Castle Stuart as a counting venue.
Fox had a seven-under-par 64 at Nairn - a brilliant score - and a one-under 69 at Royal Dornoch.
Fox won by one shot from Chris Currie (Caldwell who had a 69 at Nairn and a 65 at Royal Dornoch for 134. Curried earned £5,800.
Greg McBain (Newmachar) finished third on 136 with a pair of 68s and earned £5,000.
The pro-am team event ended in a tie on 175pt between the Moorings Hotel team of Stewart Leitch (handicap 10), John Cramond (3) and Ian McKinnon (11) with Greg McBain as their pro.
They pipped Chris Currie and the Quality Time team of Alfred Bryce-Maynard, Graham Murray and Andrew Shade.
The countback came down to the teams' points totals at Nairn with the Moorings Hotel side's 93pt proving decisive.

HIGHLAND LINKS PRO-AM
Nairn and Royal Dornoch.
LEADING PRO SCORES AND PRIZEMONEY
Par 141 (Nairn 71, Royal Dornoch 70)
133 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 64 69 (£7,000)
134 C Currie (Caldwell) 69 65 (£5,800).
136 G McBain (Newmachar) 68 68 (£5,000)
137 J McDonald (unatt) 66 71, P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 72 65 (£3,450 each).
138 D Orr (Eastwood) 69 69 (£2,300)
139 G Wolstenholme (Carus Green) 67 72, R O'Neil (penwortham) 71 68, A Welsh (Cathkin Braes) 69 70, P Price (Wales) 69 70 (£1,738).
140 P Robinson (Largs) 69 71, P O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) 65 75, A Forsyth (Mearns Castle) 68 71 (£1,162 each).
141 C Lloyd (unatt) 71 70 (£900) 
142 C Kelly (Taymouth CAstle) 70 72, S Gray (Lanark) 70 72, A Belt (Snainton) 65 75, M Patterson(Kilmacolm) 72 70 (£650 each). 
143 J McGhee (Whitehill House) 75 69, M Hillson (Kilconquhar Castle) 69 74, A Scrimmage (Close House) 70 73, D Watters (Gourock) 72 71, G Wright (West Linton) 68 75 (£260 each).
144 G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo) 74 70, D Young (Kingsbarns) 74 70, M Smith (Stamford) 72 72, G Brown (Montrose Links) 72 72, C Lawrie (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) 72 72 (£20 each).
145 G Ryall (Burnham and Berrow) 73 72, C Ronald (Carluke) 76 69, C Everett (Caldwell) 74 71, G Stewart (Cawder) 70 75.
146 M Stubbings (Rockcliffe Hall) 72 74, A Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 73 73, C Elliott (Haggs Castle) 73 73, E Saltman (unatt) 70 76, S Henderson (Kings Links) 70 76.
147 D Dixon (Erinmore) 76 71, N Fenwick (Dunbar) 74 73, S Binning (Mearns Castle) 82 65, B Neil (unatt) 74 73, J McCreadie (Largs) 75 72, S O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) 74 73, Z Saltman (Archerfield Links) 70 77, S Lilly (England) 72 75, G Hay (Grantown on Spey) 68 79.







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Hutcheon wins Carnegie Invitational for third 

time - by three shots at Skibo Castle


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Greig Hutcheon  (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchmarlo) scored his third win in the £59,000 Carnegie Invitational at the Skibo Castle course today, a five-under-par total of 137 winning him the £6,000 first prize by three strokes.
Alastair Forsyth (Mearns Castle), Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) and Stephen Gray (Lanark) tied for second place on 140 and earned £4,000 each.
Hutcheon's previous wins in the lucrative tournament were achieved in 2007 and 2010.
Greig's final round started inauspiciously with bogeys at the first two holes but he snapped into title-winning gear with birdies at the long third, short fourth, long fifth and seventh to turn in 33 (two under par). 
More birdies followed, at the short 13th, long 15th and 17th, and bogeys at the 16th and long 18th only reduced his winning margin.
Fox (72-68) had six birdies, including the 17th and 18th, in halves of 34 while Forsyth (67-73) ran up a double bogey 7 at the closing hole for 38 home.
Gray, the 2014 winner, had rounds of 71 and 69.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
137 G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo) 69 68
140 A Forsyth (Mearns Castle) 67 73, G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 72 69, S Gray (Lanark) 71 69.
141 N Fenwick (Dunbar) 69 72.
142 P O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) 72 70, P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 70 72
144 A Tait (Dalmahoy) 72 72
145 K Hutton (Downfield) 71 74, G McBain (Newmachar) 71 74
147 S Henderson (Kings Links) 74 73, C Ronald (Carluke) 71 76, J McCreadie (Largs) 74 73
148 G Law (Uphall) 73 75
154 S McAllister (McAllister Golf) 75 79
156 D Reasoner (unatt) 77 79
162 D Thomson (Carnegie Club) 80 82

In-form O'Hara leads chase for £2,324 prize at Dumfries and Galloway

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Man in form Paul O'Hara is the halfway leader of the £14,530 Kerr Investments Order of Merit 36-hole pro-am at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club.

Winner of the Scottish young professionals' championship earlier this week, for the third time in the past four years, O'Hara (pictured) shot a bogey-free, six-under par 64 to lead by one from Alastair Forsyth, Jason McCreadie, Graham Fox and Graeme Brown.
Greig Hutcheon, always to the fore when there's big money at stake - first prize is £2,324 -  shot a 66 to be sixth overnight.
O'Hara birdied the first, long fifth, short eighth, ninth, short 15th and 17th in halves of 32.
Forsyth bogeyed the 18th or else he would have been sharing the lead. 
McCreadie had a bogey-free round but parred the last two holes when a sixth birdie would have given him a share of the lead.]
Brown had a double bogey 6 at the 10th but responded with birdies at the 14th, 16th and 17th.
Fox's four birdies stopped at the 14th and he parred in.

FIRST-ROUND SCORES
par 70
64 P O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure)
65 A Forsyth (Mearns Castle), J McCreadie (Largs), G Fox (Clydeway Golf), G Brown (Montrose Links)
66 G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo)
67 P Robinson (Largs), M Hillson (Kilconquhar Castle)
68 C Gordon (Edinburgh GC), C Marr (Musselburgh), P McKechnie (Braid Hills), G McBain (Newmachar), C Currie (Caldwell), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), J Lomas (Ayr Caprington).
69 J Fraser (Renaissance), S Binning (Mearns Castle), S Henderson (Kings Links)
70 S Taylor (Bothwell Castle), C McMaster (Wellsgreen), N Huguet (Musselburgh), G Forbes (Mar Hall), P Wardell (North Berwick)
71 R Murdoch (Dumfries and Galloway), R Tinker (Piperdam), R Neill (Drumpellier)
72 G McDougall (Elie Links), I Anderson (Colville Park), R Munro (Duddingston), C Kelly (Taymouth Castle), G Hay (Grantown on Spey), L Gaughan (Bathgate), R Cameron (Saltire Castle), M Kerr (Dalmahoy), J Brown (Dumfries and Co).
73 C Adam (unatt), A Waugh (Clydebank and Dist), G Paxton (Ralston), G Law (Uphall), C Billow (Gleneagles), D Orr (Eastwood).
74 D-R Nicol (Dundonald Links), S Gray (Lanark), S Maxwell (Eastwood).
75 J McGhee (Whitehill House), C Ronald (Carluke)
76 C Fountain (unatt), K McNicoll (Gullane).
78 J Erskine (Dumfries and Co), G Wright (West Linton).

 Christopher Currie has record 61 (-8) to win 

£1,250 prize at Douglas Park pro-am

 By Colin Farquharson
Christopher Currie (Caldwell) shaved a shot off the previous lowest round with an eight-under-par 61 to set a new course record in winning the D M Hall Douglas Park pro-am at the Bearsden, Glasgow course today.
Currie won the £1,250 prize by four shots from Paul O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) with Greg McBain (Newmachar) third on 65.
Currie, pictured with the trophy by Carol Fell, had birdies at the first, second, sixth, seventh, long 10th, short 12th, long 123th, short 17th and 18th in halves 31 (three under) and 30 (five under), He had one bogey, at the eighth.
O'Hara had six birdies and two bogeys in halves of 34 and 31 to earn £1,000.
McBain had three bogeys before the turn in his 66. He too came home in 31 to earn £750.
Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchmarlo), who tied for fourth place with Michael Patterson (Kilmacolm), added a £150 bonus to his £506 payslip by leading the D M Hall trio of Alan Gordon (10), Graeme Todd (15) and Graeme Anderson (6) to a three-stroke victory in the pro-am team event with a net score of 20-under-par 118.
PRO SCORES
Par 69
61 C Currie (Caldwell) £1,250
65 P O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) £1,000
66 G McBain (Newmachar) £750
67 M Patterson (Kilmacolm), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchmarlo) £506 each.
69 G Paxton (Ralston), P Robinson (Largs), S Binning (Mearns Castle) £325 each.
70 G Brown (Montrose Links), D Orr (Eastwood), C Ronald (Carluke), M Kerr (Dalmahoy), A Forsyth (Mearns Castle) £195 each.
71 V Brown (Logos Golf Ministries), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), S Gray (Lanark), S Henderson (Kings Links), P Wardell (North Berwick) £125 each
72 C McMaster (Wellsgreen), C Kelly (unatt) £81 each
74 G Niven (Ping), J Gallacher (Westerwood).
76 A Waugh (Clydebank and Dist)
77 J Lomas (Caprington), C Elliott (Haggs Castle)
79 F Rummins (Canmore).
80 G McFarlane (Clober)
83 A Hutchison (Douglas Park), K Hutton (Downfield), J McCreadie (Largs)
84 R Irvine (Douglas Park).
87 N Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh)





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Kerr Investments OOM Pro-Am tee times

 Round 1: Dumfries & Galloway Golf Club 08/27/2016

 Tee  Time      Name

  1   7:24 AM   David-Ross Nicol, Dundonald Links

  1   7:33 AM   Graeme McDougall, Elie Links

  1   7:42 AM   Callum Fountain

  1   7:51 AM   Cameron Adam

  1   8:00 AM   James Erskine, Dumfries and County Golf Club

  1   8:09 AM   Ian Anderson, Colville Park Golf Club

  1   8:18 AM   Jamie Fraser, Renaissance Club

  1   8:27 AM   Ross Murdoch, Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club

  1   8:36 AM   Steven Taylor, Bothwell Castle Golf Club

  1   8:45 AM   Alan Waugh, Clydebank and District Golf Club

  1   8:54 AM   Gordon Law, Uphall Golf Club

  1   9:03 AM   Christopher McMaster, Wellsgreen Golf Range

  1   9:12 AM   Samuel Binning, Mearns Castle Golf Academy

  1   9:21 AM   Rory Tinker, Piperdam Golf and Leisure Resort

  1   9:30 AM   Ross Munro, Duddingston Golf Club

  1   9:39 AM   Greg Paxton, Ralston Golf Club

  1   9:48 AM   Paul Robinson, Largs Golf Club

  1   9:57 AM   Ross Cameron

  1   10:06 AM  Chris Kelly, Taymouth Castle Estate

  1   10:15 AM  Stephen Gray, Lanark Golf Club

  1   10:24 AM  Ross Neill, Drumpellier Golf Club

  1   10:33 AM  Norman Huguet, Musselburgh Golf Club

  1   10:42 AM  Gavin Hay, Grantown-on-Spey Golf Club

  1   10:51 AM  Cameron Marr, Musselburgh Golf Club

  1   11:09 AM  Steven Maxwell, Eastwood Golf Club

  1   11:18 AM  Alastair Forsyth, Mearns Castle Golf Academy

  1   11:27 AM  Louis Gaughan, Bathgate Golf Club

  1   11:36 AM  Greig Hutcheon, Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchma

  1   11:45 AM  Jason McCreadie, Largs Golf Club

  1   11:54 AM  Graham Fox, Clydeway Golf

  1   12:03 PM  Paul McKechnie, Braid Hills Golf Range

  1   12:12 PM  Graham Forbes, Mar Hall Hotel & Resort

  1   12:21 PM  Paul O'Hara

  1   12:30 PM  James McGhee, Whitehill House Golf Club

  1   12:39 PM  Scott Henderson, Kings Links Golf Centre

  1   12:48 PM  Craig Ronald, Carluke Golf Club

  1   12:57 PM  Graeme Brown, Montrose Golf Links Ltd.

  1   1:06 PM   Mark Kerr, Marriott Dalmahoy Golf & Count

  1   1:15 PM   Ian Graham, Crow Wood Golf Club

  1   1:24 PM   Greg McBain, Newmachar Golf Club

  1   1:33 PM   Christopher Currie, Caldwell Golf Club

  1   1:42 PM   Christopher Billows, Gleneagles Hotel Golf Courses

  1   1:51 PM   Robert Arnott, Bishopbriggs Golf Range

  1   2:00 PM   Mark Hillson, Kilconquhar Castle Estate

  1   2:09 PM   Gareth Wright, West Linton Golf Club

  1   2:18 PM   Paul Wardell, North Berwick Golf Club

  1   2:27 PM   Jonathan Lomas, Caprington Golf Club

  1   2:36 PM   David Orr, Eastwood Golf Club

  1   2:45 PM   Keir McNicoll, Gullane Golf Club

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Chris Kelly has three eagles but has to settle for

 six-way tie on 67 at Easter Moffat

 By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Six players tied for first place on five-under-par 67 in today's Easter Moffat Golf Club pro-am. 
They were: Samuel Binning (Mearns Castle) 34-33, Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf ) 33-34, Jonathon Lomas (Caprington) 33-34, Chris Kelly (unatt) 32-35, Greg McBain (Newmachar) 33-34 and Jason McCreadie (Largs) 32-35.
Binning, O'Hara and Lomas had bogey-free rounds.
Kelly had three eagles in his round - at the par-5 sixth, the par-4 eighth and the par-5 11th.
Kelly was the winner of this tournament with a 63 in 2010.
Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchmarlo) was bidding for a fourth successive victory at Easter Moffat but finished down the field with a par 2.
They all earned £697 each
Binning also led the Bogey Men Team to victory on 21 under par 123. The amateurs were Dave Weir (handicap 15), Stuart Collins (15) and Alan Muslek (9).
Jason McCreadie's team, Coronet Cleaning, also returned a net score of 123 but lost out on a comparison of the inward halves.

LEADING PRO SCORES
Par 144 (2x72)
67 S Binning (Mearns Castle), P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), J Lomas (Caprington), C Kelly (unatt), G McBain (Newmachar), J McCreadie (Largs). £697 each.
68 A Forsyth (Mearns Castle), S Henderson (Kings Links), G Fox (Clydeway Golf) £266 each.
69 S O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure), C Currie (Caldwell), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) £182 each
70 C McMaster (Wellsgreen), C Ronald (Carluke), S Gray (Lanark), P McKechnie (Braid Hills).
71 A Oldcorn (Kings Acre), G Hay (Grantown on Spey)
72 M Patterson (Kilmacolm), S Taylor (Bothwell Castle), G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo), J McGhee (Whiehill House), G Brown (Montrose Links).
73 A Waugh (Clydebank and Dist)
74 G Paxton (Ralston), P Robinson (Largs), M Hillson (Kilconquhar Castle).
75 M Kerr (Dalmahoy), N Huguet (Musselburgh)
77 V Brown (Logos Golf Ministries)
79 P Wardell (North Berwick).

Haggs Castle proud to be a PGA venue
 
PGA NEWS RELEASE
Haggs Castle captain John Leitch says the Glasgow club are bucking the trend in terms of membership as they prepare to host the Golfplan Insurance Pro Captain Challenge Scottish qualifying event.
Leitch will partner host pro Campbell Elliott for the event which takes place this week (August 12) with a host of teams aiming to win a place in the £25,000 final which takes place at Spanish destination Lumine Mediterranean Beach and Golf Community.
The resort, which features two Greg Norman designs, will stage the event over 36 holes from Wednesday, November 30 - Thursday, December 1.
And five handicapper Leitch says he is proud that the PGA have chosen their club to host the event once more.
“We have no input into why the PGA choose us, but we must be doing something right,” said the 56-year-old retired newspaper executive.
“As for myself and Campbell qualifying for the final, I don’t know about that, but we will certainly enjoy being the host club again.
“It is a chance for us to show off and showcase what we have here. We have an excellent venue and a strong membership.
“In fact we are bucking the trend at Haggs Castle when it comes to members. At a time when golf club membership has tended to fall generally, we’ve not found that to be the case.
“Events like this only serve to enhance the prestige of hosting PGA tournaments.
“And it’s always good to have the best Scottish professionals coming here for this event.”
Elliott added that the venue is well thought of in Scotland.
“There is a definite pedigree about the course. We’ve hosted this qualifying event on a number of occasions now and we’re very proud to be able to do that,” he said.
Among the teams taking part in the Haggs Castle qualifier are: Craig Everett and Des McLaughlin (Caldwell Golf Club); Ian Graham and Hugh O'Donnell (Crow Wood GC); Ian Taylor  and Derek Totten (Drumpellier GC);  Norman Huguet and Alex Chisolm (Musselburgh GC);  Stuart Kerr and Charles Beattie  (Strathaven GC) and Simon McLean and John McAuley (Airdrie GC).

Currie and Kelly tie with 69s at windy Sandyhills

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Christopher Currie (Caldwell) and Chris Kelly (unatt) tied for first place in the £7,450 Sandyhills Golf Club pro-am today.
In very windy conditions, which turned very wet for the last five groups to finish, Currie and Kelly both shot one-under-par 69s t earn £1,237 each.
Currie birdied the first, 10th, 11th and 13th in halves of 37-32. He bogeyed the second, ninth and 14th.
Kelly's halves of 37-32 had birdies at the 11th, 16th and 18th with bogeys at the eighth and 12th.
Greig Hutcheon, winner last week of the Deer Park Masters and the Turriff pro-am, had to settle for a 74 after being two under par for the first 11 holes. Then he had a triple bogey 7 at the 12th and a double bogey 5 at the 13th.
Cameron Farrell (Cardross) led the John McQuillan team to victory in the pro-am with a net score of 13-under-par 57. The amateur team members were John McQuillen (14), Alan MacDonald (12) and David Farrell (10).

PRO SCORES
Par 70 
69 C Currie (Caldwell), C Kelly (unatt) £1,237 each
70 G Fox (Caldwell Golf), P McKechnie (Braid Hills) £722 each.
71 S Craig (S Craig Golf), C Farrell (Cardross) £454 each.
72 S Binning (Mearns Castle), P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), S Gray (Lanark), K Monaghan (Linlithgow) £289 each.
73 C Ronald (Carluke), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) £206 each.
74 C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), G Hay (Grantown on Spey), A Forsyth (Mearns Castle), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes), G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo), J McCreadie (Largs), R Neill (Drumpellier) £138 each.
75 C McMaster (Wellsgreen), S O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure), G Brown (Montrose Links), G Wright (West Linton), I Graham (Crow Wood) £19 each.
76 G Paxton (Ralston), N Huguet (Musselburgh), S Taylor (Bothwell Castle), S Henderson (Kings Links), M Patterson (Kilmacolm).
77 J Sharp (Carrick on Loch Lomond)
78 P Walker (Ballumbie Castle), P Robinson (Lags), J Lomas (Caprington)
79 S Maxwell (Eastwood), M Kerr (Dalmahoy), M Hillson (Kilconquhar Castle)
82 J McGhee (Whitehill House)
83 A Fullen (Largs)
88 A Burns (Bothwell Castle)

Ben Shotgun Pro-Am tee times

 Round 1: Archerfield Links - Dirleton 08/23/2016

 Tee   Time      Name

  1B   9:25 AM   Greig Hutcheon, Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchma

  2B   9:25 AM   Christopher Currie, Caldwell Golf Club

  10B  9:25 AM   Campbell Elliott, Haggs Castle Golf Club

  1A   9:30 AM   Stephen Gray, Lanark Golf Club

  2A   9:30 AM   Kenny Monaghan, Linlithgow Golf Club

  3A   9:30 AM   Graeme Brown, Montrose Golf Links Ltd.

  4A   9:30 AM   Paul Wardell, North Berwick Golf Club

  5A   9:30 AM   Mark Kerr, Marriott Dalmahoy Golf & Count

  6A   9:30 AM   Jason McCreadie, Largs Golf Club

  7A   9:30 AM   Chris Kelly, Taymouth Castle Estate

  8A   9:30 AM   Graham Fox, Clydeway Golf

  9A   9:30 AM   Scott Henderson, Kings Links Golf Centre

  10A  9:30 AM   Kenny Hutton, Downfield Golf Club

  11A  9:30 AM   Craig Gordon, Edinburgh Golf Centre

  12A  9:30 AM   Fraser Mann, Carnoustie Golf Links

  13A  9:30 AM   James McGhee, Whitehill House Golf Club

  14A  9:30 AM   Jonathan Lomas, Caprington Golf Club

  15A  9:30 AM   Gareth Wright, West Linton Golf Club

  16A  9:30 AM   Robert Arnott, Bishopbriggs Golf Range

  17A  9:30 AM   Stephen Craig, Craig Golf 79

  18A  9:30 AM   Craig Ronald, Carluke Golf Club

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There's no play like home for Hutcheon - 

winner by two at  Turriff

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Greig Hutcheon takes some beating over courses on his "home patch" - as the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchmarlo man proved once more in the Turriff pro-am today.
He shot a six-under-par 64 towin the £1,000 first prize by two shots from another "local," Aberdonian Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Chris Kelly (unatt) and Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) who each won £616 for their 66s.
Hutcheon, winner of the Deer Park Masters earlier in the week, had seven birdies - at the first, sixth, eighth, 11th, 12th, 13th and 17th in halves of 34 and 30. His only bogey came at the seventh.
Henderson had an eagle 3 at the long sixth in his halves of 32-34.
Kelly had six birdies in figures of 34-32 while O'Hara had a bogey-free card of 34-32.
Henderson also steered the CMB Builders team of Graham Buxton (handicap 16), Graham Masson (19) and Kevin Stewart (9) to victory in the pro-am team event with a 20-under-par total of 120.

 PRO SCORES AND PRIZEMONEY
64 G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo) £1,000
66 S Henderson (Kings Links), C Kelly (unatt), P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) £616 each
68 G Hay (Grantown on Spey), G Brown (Montrose Links) £330 each.
69 G McBain (Newmachar), J McGhee (Whitehill House) £240 each.
70 C Currie (Caldwell), M Kerr (Dalmahoy), J McCreadie (Largs) £170 each.
71 P Robinson (Largs) £139
72 C  Goodwin (Duff House Royal) £130
73 A Fleming (University of Highlands and Islands), S Gray (Lanark), S Binning (Mearns Castle), M Mackenzie (Edzell) £105 each.
74 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) £80
76 I Donaldson (Meldrum House), C McMaster (Wellsgreen), N Huguet (Musselburgh) £43 each.
77 N Cameron (Blairgowrie)
78 R Mitchell (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre.

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Sandyhills Pro-Am Tee Times

August 7, 2016

 Tee  Time      Name

  1   8:00 AM   Scott Clelland, Hayston Golf Club

  1   8:10 AM   Christopher Tierney, Bishopbriggs Golf Range

  1   8:20 AM   Steven Maxwell, Eastwood Golf Club

  1   8:30 AM   James McGhee, Whitehill House Golf Club

  1   8:40 AM   Samuel Binning, Mearns Castle Golf Academy

  1   8:50 AM   Andrew Fullen, Largs Golf Club

  1   9:00 AM   Paul O'Hara, Clydeway Golf

  1   9:10 AM   Jonathan Sharp, Carrick on Loch Lomond

  1   9:20 AM   Christopher McMaster, Wellsgreen Golf Range

  1   9:30 AM   Paul Robinson, Largs Golf Club

  1   9:40 AM   Craig Matheson, Falkirk Tryst Golf Club

  1   9:50 AM   Greg McBain, Newmachar Golf Club

  1   10:00 AM  Stephen Gray, Lanark Golf Club

  1   10:10 AM  Craig Gordon, Edinburgh Golf Centre

  1   10:20 AM  Greg Paxton, Ralston Golf Club

  1   10:30 AM  Alastair Forsyth, Mearns Castle Golf Academy

  1   10:40 AM  Craig Ronald, Carluke Golf Club

  1   10:50 AM  Steven O'Hara

  1   11:00 AM  Alan Welsh, Cathkin Braes Golf Club

  1   11:10 AM  Greig Hutcheon, Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchma

  1   11:20 AM  Christopher Currie, Caldwell Golf Club

  1   11:30 AM  Kenny Monaghan, Linlithgow Golf Club

  1   11:40 AM  Robert Arnott, Bishopbriggs Golf Range

  1   11:50 AM  Norman Huguet, Musselburgh Golf Club

  1   12:00 PM  Steven Taylor, Bothwell Castle Golf Club

  1   12:10 PM  Scott Henderson, Kings Links Golf Centre

  1   12:20 PM  Chris Kelly

  1   12:30 PM  Graeme Brown, Montrose Golf Links Ltd.

  1   12:40 PM  Cameron Farrell, Cardross Golf Club

  1   12:50 PM  Mark Kerr, Marriott Dalmahoy 

  1   1:00 PM   Graham Fox, Clydeway Golf

  1   1:10 PM   Paul McKechnie, Braid Hills Golf Range

  1   1:20 PM   Gareth Wright, West Linton Golf Club

  1   1:30 PM   Ian Graham, Crow Wood Golf Club

  1   1:40 PM   Jason McCreadie, Largs Golf Club

  1   1:50 PM   Gavin Hay, Grantown-on-Spey Golf Club

  1   2:00 PM   Mark Hillson, Kilconquhar Castle Estate

  1   2:10 PM   Michael Patterson, Kilmacolm Golf Club

  1   2:20 PM   Jonathan Lomas, Caprington Golf Club

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Henderson and Wright tie for victory with 67s 

at Bothwell Castle pro-am

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scott Henderson (Kings Links) and Gareth Wright (West Linton) tied for first place in today's Bothwell Castle pro-am with three-under-par rounds of 67.
It was Henderson's second win of the season and Wright's third. They earned £1,147 each.
Henderson overcame a double bogey 5 at the short seventh with birdies at the first, second, sixth, 14th, 15th and 18th, coming home in only 31 strokes.
Wright had an eagle 3 at the first but bogeyed the third and sixth and had to birdie the seventh, 12th, 17th and 18th (home in 32) to finish level with the Aberdonian.
They finished a shot ahead of Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), Craig Ronald (Carluke) and Greg McBain (Newmachar) who each earned £599.
Chris McMaster (Wellsgreen) led the Rowan Timber amateur trio of Nick Higgins (hanidcap 18), Robert Williams (6) and Mark Williams (140 to victory in the pro-am team event with a score of 15-under-par 55. 

 BOTHWELL CASTLE PRO-AM
Bothwell Castle GC, Glasgow
PRO SCORES
par 70
67 S Henderson (Kings Links), G Wright (West Linton).
68 P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), C Ronald (Carluke), G McBain (Newmachar).
69 R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), C McMaster (Wellsgreen), N Fenwick (Dunbar), S Binning (Mearns Castle).
70 S Gordon (Edinburgh GC)
71 P McKechnie (Braid Hills), G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo), J Lomas (Caprington)
72 C Brown (Carrick on Loch Lomond), J McGhee (Whitehill House), C Kelly (unatt), S Gray (Lanark).
73 J McCreadie (Largs), G Fox (Clydeway Golf), A Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy), K Grant (Bothwell Castle).
74 S Taylor (Bothwell Castle), G Hardy (Preestwick St Nicholas), C Currie (Caldwell), S Clelland (Hayston), M Patterson (Kilmacolm).
75 P Robinson (Largs).
76 A Burns (Bothwell Castle), C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst).
77 S Maxwell (Eastwood).
78 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes)
79 C Tierney (Bishopbriggs), J Gallagher (unatt), C Billows (Gleneagles), G Hay (Grantown on Spey)
82 S Kerr (Strathaven).

Hutch leads by three with a round to go in 

Northern Open

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Greig Hutcheon does not often lose the lead after occupying the pole position with one round to go - and, with a commanding lead of three shots after 54 holes of the £30,000 Northern Open at Royal Dornoch, it is almost a case of "who's gonna be second?"

But Hutch, pictured, the 2010 "Northern" winner who now plays out of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchmarlo, will certainly not be counting his chickens as he tees off on nine-under-201, three ahead of Greg McBain (Newmachar) and Chris Kelly and five in front of the joint third-placed Louis Gaughan (Bathgate) and Scott Henderson (Kings Links) on 206.

Hutcheon had a bag of eight birdies in a five-under-par 65 at the Sutherland venue.

The 43-year-old  sits on nine-under-par, increasing his slender overnight advantage to three shots over defending champion Kelly (67) and McBain (64).

Hutcheon's victory at Meldrum House five years ago was claimed over 36 holes due to bad weather, so it would probably give him a sense of satisfaction if he emulated that triumph over the full distance.

“I’m really looking forward to tomorrow and I just need to keep it going," he said. “I would like to shoot all four days in the 60s - that would be great.”         

On a day when the wind was blowing in the opposite direction from the opening two rounds, the leader stormed to the turn in 32 following birdies at the first, third, sixth and seventh before making further gains coming home at the 12th, 13th and 15th.

“I played a lot better today and also didn’t make any clubbing errors," added Hutcheon, who finished as the leading PGA pro in last month's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

Kelly kept alive his hopes of becoming the event's first back-to-back winner since 1994, when Montrose pro Kevin Stables achieved the feat at the same venues, with a 67 that was lit up by four birdies in five holes from the 11th.

"It was pretty rubbish on the way out, but I was able to hold it together," said the Cupar-based 38-year-old. “I’m three shots back on Greig, but that can change in one hole, so anything can happen tomorrow."

Newmachar pro McBain, who served his PGA training at Royal Dornoch, used his local knowledge to equal the best round of the week with a flawless 64, which included an eagle-3 at the ninth.

“It could have been a wee bit better as I missed a few chances, but you would take a 64 round here all day long," he said. “I will just go out tomorrow, do what I have been doing all week and see where that takes us.”

Kings Links Golf Centre man Scott Henderson, the 1996 winner, and Bathgate's Louis Gaughan are sitting joint-fourth on two-under after matching 68s.

An exciting finish lies in store in the battle for the Bookless Cup, which is awarded to the leading amateur.

After a level-par 70 to sit on four-over, Boat of Garten’s Jordan Shaw leads by one in that race from the host club's Chris Mailley (72), with another Royal Dornoch member Craig Mackay a shot further back after the same third-round score.

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Northern Open third round tee times

Round 3: Royal Dornoch Golf Club - Championship 23/06/2016 Tee Time Name 1 7:30 AM Greg Paxton, Ralston Golf Club Andrew Crerar, Panmure Golf Club 1 7:38 AM Jonathan Lomas, Caprington Golf Club Murray Urquhart, Nairn Golf Club 1 7:46 AM Kamran Zeynalov, Portlethen Golf Club David Stein, Ranfurly Castle Golf Club 1 7:54 AM Keir McNicoll, Gullane Golf Club Gary McFarlane, Clober Golf Club 1 8:02 AM Fraser Fotheringham (a), Nairn Graham Forbes, Mar Hall Hotel & Resort 1 8:10 AM Alan Welsh, Cathkin Braes Golf Club Heather MacRae, Archerfield Links 1 8:18 AM Ross Munro, Duddingston Golf Club Rory Tinker, Piperdam Golf & Leisure Resort 1 8:26 AM Christopher McMaster, Wellsgreen Golf Range Craig Goodwin, Duff House Royal Golf Club 1 8:34 AM Alan Saddington, The Dutch Paul Malone, Braid Hills Golf Range 1 8:42 AM Derek Watters, Gourock Golf Club David Pearson (a), Royal Dornoch 1 8:50 AM Euan McIntosh (a), Turnhouse Steven Maxwell, Eastwood Golf Club 1 8:58 AM Paul Robinson, Largs Golf Club Craig Ronald, Carluke Golf Club 1 9:06 AM Gareth Wright, West Linton Golf Club Steven O'Hara 1 9:19 AM James McGhee, Whitehill House Golf Club Jordan Shaw (a), Boat of Garten 1 9:27 AM Gavin Hay, Grantown-on-Spey Golf Club Craig Gordon, Edinburgh Golf Centre 1 9:35 AM Craig Mackay (a), Royal Dornoch Mark Hillson, Kilconquhar Castle Estate 1 9:43 AM Chris Mailley (a), Royal Dornoch Sam McLaren, Blairgowrie Golf Club 1 9:51 AM Robert Arnott, Bishopbriggs Golf Range Alastair Forsyth, Mearns Castle Golf Academy 1 9:59 AM Samuel Binning, Mearns Castle Golf Academy Cameron Marr, Musselburgh Golf Club 1 10:07 AM Stephen Gray, Lanark Golf Club Craig Matheson, Falkirk Tryst Golf Club 1 10:15 AM Graham Fox, Clydeway Golf Craig Everett, Caldwell Golf Club 1 10:23 AM Paul O'Hara, Clydeway Golf Michael Patterson, Kilmacolm Golf Club 1 10:31 AM David Orr, Eastwood Golf Club Christopher Currie, Caldwell Golf Club 1 10:39 AM Paul Wardell, North Berwick Golf Club Graeme Brown, Montrose Golf Links Ltd. 1 10:47 AM Greg McBain, Newmachar Golf Club Marc Owenson, Gullane Golf Club 1 10:55 AM Louis Gaughan, Bathgate Golf Club Scott Henderson, Kings Links Golf Centre 1 11:03 AM Chris Kelly Greig Hutcheon, Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchma Complete information is available at Tournament Information Page (TIP)

Graham Fox wins Bishopbriggs pro-am with 

record 63 after 64s by Hay, Forsyth

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
It was a "record day" at the Bishopbriggs Golf Club pro-am today!
First Gavin Hay (Grantown on Spey) posted a new course record of seven-under-par 64 with the help of eight birdies and one bogey and was joined very shortly in the lead by Alastair Forysth (Mearns Castle) who had a bogey-free, seven-birdie 64.
But before the paint was dry on the new record mark, in came man in form Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf), beaten in a play-off for the P and H Championship last week, lowered the record again ... to eight-under 63.
Fox, who earned £1,416 for his great round, had bogey-free halves of 32 and 31 with the birdies coming in sequences - sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th  and at the end of the round birdies at the 16th, 17th and 18th.
Hay and Forsyth pocketed £991 each.
Last year's Scottish professional champion Chris Kelly (unattached) led the amateur team of Thomas Murray (handicap 12), Vince Echline (20) and Gavin Cunningham (11) to victory in the pro-am team competition with a 17-under-par net score of 54.

LEADING PRO SCORES
Par 71
63 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) £1,416
64 G Hay (Grantown on Spey), A Forsyth (Mearns Castle) £991 each.
65 J McCreadie (Largs), C Currie (Caldwell) £573 each.
66 R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) £425
67 G McBain (Newmachar), S Maxwell (Eastwood) £340 each.
68 S Gray (Lanark) £269
69 K Monaghan (Linlithgow), C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), G Brown (Montrose Links), C Kelly (unatt), S Henderson (Kings Links), S Taylor (Bothwell Castle) £193 each.
70 J McGhee (Whitehill House), N Fenwick (Dunbar0, S Sutherland (Cherry Lodge), C Ronald (Carluke), S Craig (Craig Golf), G Forrester (St Andrews GS), M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), G McFarlane (Clober) £71 each
71 C Farrell (Cardross), C McMaster (Wellsgreen), S Binning (Mearns Castle), S Clelland (Hayston)
72 J Fraser (Renaissance Club), P McKechnie (Braid Hills), C Billows (Gleneagles), J Lomas (Ayr Caprington), P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), C Brown  (Carrick on Loch Lomond).
73 P Robinson (Largs), M Patterson (Kilmacolm).
74 G McDougall (Elie Links).
75 C Haugh (Cawder), N Huguet (Muss1 I elburgh)
77 G Paxton (Ralston), C Tierney (Bishopbriggs)
78 F Rummins (Canmore)
81 I Graham (Crow Wood), M Mackenzie (Edzell)
82 M Hillson (Kilconquhar Castle)
90 L Neeson (Gleddoch House).