BARRIE EDMOND WINS ABERDEEN LINKS FINAL AT THE 19th

Barrie Edmond retained the Aberdeen Links championship at last night when he repeated last year's win over the same opponent, Bon Accord clubmate and close friend Matty Greig.
Barrie won at the 19th after being five up through the first nine holes.
Edmond lost the 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th and 18th.

REPORT FROM THE P AND J

Barrie Edmond retained the Aberdeen Links championship title in a thrilling final against Matty Greig last night. The two Bon-Accord players served up a classic encounter, with Greig mounting an extraordinary comeback to force the match into a sudden-death play-off, despite having been five down at the turn.

However, it was Edmond who held his nerve on the 19th hole with a par enough to win him the championship for the third time in four years after Greig found a bunker with his teeshot and could only muster a bogey 5.

The pair had also met in last year's final with Edmond winning 3 and 2 on that occasion. Edmond stormed into an early lead winning the first, fourth, sixth, sevenths and ninth, going out in five under par. But Greig refused to accept defeat. He won four out of five holes to reduce Edmond's advantage to a single hole. Greig eventually squared the match by winning the 18th with a par but Edmond came out on top by claiming the first extra hole.