Local hero Cameron Fraser beats Michael 

Lawrie in NE U18 boys' final

Left to right: David Fleming (NE District SGU president), winner Cameron Fraser, Michael Lawrie. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Local knowledge paid off handsomely for Cameron Fraser, who plays off three of a handicap at Oldmeldrum Golf Club, in the final of the Paul Lawrie North-east U18 boys' match-play championship over his home course.

Fraser scored a surprise 3 and 1 win over Paul Lawrie's younger son Michael, who has +1 of a handicap as he prepares to start PGA training.

Deeside member Lawrie had led twice in the first seven holes, birdieing the second and the sixth, but then Fraser hit him with four birdies in the six-hole span from the eighth to the 14th.

For the Oldmeldrum player that transformed a one-hole deficit into a three-hole lead and though Lawrie did birdie the 15th to win that hole, it was too little too late.

In a match, where the combined total of birdies amounted to seven,  Fraser was roughly one under par at the finish.

In the mrgning semi-finals, Lawrie had played roughly to par in winning by 2 and 1 over Dylan Smith (Portlethen), winner of the NE U18 boys' stroke-play title on Thursday.

Fraser beat Craig Leith (Royal Aberdeen) by 2 and 1 in the other semi-final.

PAUL LAWRIE NORTH-EAST UNDER-18 BOYS' MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Oldmeldrum Golf Club

SEMI-FINALS 

 M Lawrie (Deeside) bt D Smith (Portlethen) 2 and 1.

 C  Fraser (Oldmeldrum) bt C Leith (Royal Aberdeen) 2 and 1.

FINAL 

 Fraser bt Lawrie 3 and 1.