A TEN GRAND PERFORMANCE BY PAUL McKECHNIE AT LOSSIEMOUTH

                         PAUL McKECHNIE ... eight under par over Moray Old Course

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By NICK TEALE

Paul McKechnie won the inaugural Grant Property Investment Championship at Moray Golf Club in Lossiemouth today, beating three rivals by one stroke in the sixth event of the 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour season.

Edinburgh's McKechnie, the first ever winner of the PGA EuroPro Tour Order of Merit in 2002, turned back the clock with a final round 70, one under par, to finish eight under. Richard Prophet, Will Roebuck and McKechnie's playing partner Daniel Wardrop finished one behind on seven under.

The 36-year-old from Braid Hills Golf Range opened his final round with a birdie to pull one ahead of joint overnight leader Wardrop (Didsbury Golf Club), though the Manchester man drew level when he took four on the par-five second.

McKechnie completed the remainder of the front nine to par, but a dropped shot at 13 saw him fall level with Wardrop, who was having a mixed round which to that point had included three birdies and as many bogeys. 

A birdie at 14 saw Wardrop lead on eight under but when he bogeyed 16 and McKechnie birdied the same hole, the lead swapped and McKechnie saw himself home with two pars.

He wins £10,000, a brand new Motocaddy trolley and sponsors Grant Property Investment presented him a set of bagpipes, while host club Moray gave the top three a bottle of their club whisky.

"It was great that the EuroPro has been able to come up here to this fantastic golf course," said winner McKechnie. "The locals have been great and we had a huge amount of support with people coming out to watch, which was fantastic." 

A two-hour highlights package of the Grant Property Investment Championship will air four times on Sky Sports HD on Wednesday, July 24. The next 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour event is the Kingspan Concra Wood Open, July 24-26 at Concra Wood Golf Club in Castleblayney, Ireland.

 

  LEADING FINAL TOTALS
MORAY OLD COURSE, LOSSIEMOUTH
Par 213 (3x71)
205 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) 68 67 70 (£10,000).
206 Richard Prophet (Sandwell) Park) 68 69 69, Will Roebuck (Woburn) 66 70 70, Daniel Wardrop (Didsbury) 66 69 71 (£3,066 each).
208 Daniel Gavins (Oulton Hall) 69 68 71 (£1,400).
210 Darryn Lloyd (unatt) 71 71 68, Matthew Evans (Rotherham) 73 69 68, James Kaske (Finland) 68 71 71 (£1,033 each).

SELECTED TOTALS
211 Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 71 71 69, Elliot Saltman (Archerfield Links) 69 71 71, Kris Nicoll (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) 73 65 73 (T9) (£700 each
212 Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) 70 69 73 (T16) (£438)
213 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) 71 72 70 (T19) (£375)
216 Paul Doherty (Vale Hotel) 70 73 73, Zack Saltman (Archerfield Links) 73 69 74 (T36) (£257 each).
218 Michael Patterson (Kilmacolm) 69 72 77 (T44) (£222)
219 Jordan Findley (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) 73 69 75 (T48) (£207)

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