Peerless Paul Lawrie wins by five at Montrose
after seven-birdie, six-under round of 65
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Paul
Lawrie continued his Portugal Masters form with a brilliant round of
six-under-par 65 at Montrose Links today (WED) to win his first
appearance of the season on the North-east Alliance season by five
strokes.
It was a master class on links
golf in a rising wind with birdies at five of the first six holes on his way to an
outward 32, marred only by a bogey at the ninth.
Lawrie pushed his bag of birdies up to seven with further gains at the 10th and 15th for an inward 33.
The
field of 99, of whom 20 had No Returns, was the highest of the NE
Alliance season - and most of them were astonished with Paul's
performances.
Lawrie summed up his round: "It was just a solid day. Hit it well from tee to green. Gave myself a lot
of chances and putted nicely again. It was good to keep the form going
from last week in Portugal.
"The Montrose course I thought was in very good condition - as
always some tough holes mixed in with some good birdie chances."
Joint
second on the one-under 70 mark were Royal Aberdeen amateur Nick
Macandrew (33-37) and Newmachar tour pro John Duff, finishing in the top
two for the fifth time at the seventh fixture of the new season.
Duff
would have finished much closer to Lawrie but for bogeying the last
three holes after birdies at the fifth, sixth, 11th and 15th.
Macandrew highlighted his card with an eagle 3 at the sixth and birdies at the second, ninth, 14th and 18th.
Paul Lawrie's elder son Craig finished fourth on his own on level par 71.
Craig's inward half of 37 included double bogey 6s at the 10th and 17th.
BEST SCORECARDS TODAY
MONTROSE LINKS PAR 71
OUT 4-4-3 4-4-5 4-4-4: 36 IN 4-4-3 4-4-5 3-4-4: 35
PAUL LAWRIE 65 (-6)
OUT 3-4-2 3-3-4 4-4-5: 32 (-4)
IN 3-4-3 4-4-4 3-4-4: 33 (-2
JOHN DUFF 70 (-1)
OUT 4-4-3 4-3-4 4-4-4: 34 (-2)
IN 4-3-3 4-4-4 4-5-5: 36 (+1)
NICK MacANDREW 70 (-1)
OUT 5-3-3 4-4-3 4-4-3: 33 (-3)
IN 5-5-3 5-3-5 4-4-3: 37 (+2)
CRAIG LAWRIE 71 (level par)
OUT 4-3-3 4-4-4 4-4-4: 34 (-2)
IN 6-4-3 4-3-4 3-6-4: 37 (+2)
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