Greig Hutcheon wins Deer Park Masters by three strokes
Hutcheon cannot explain why he keeps winning the Emtec Group Deer Park Masters!
Greig Hutcheon says his form over the years at the 2018
Emtec Group Deer Park Masters is ‘inexplicable’ after capturing his sixth win
in the Tartan Tour Order of Merit event at Livingston.
Hutcheon, who is based at the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre in
Aberdeen, followed up his first-round 67 with a four-under-par 68 to finish top
of the leaderboard and earn the top cash prize of £2,688.
He also had to contend with the high quality golf of his fellow pros as North Lanarkshire Leisure’s Paul O’Hara was forced to settle for second place, while defending champion Gavin Hay carded the round of the second day with a six-under-par 66.
He also had to contend with the high quality golf of his fellow pros as North Lanarkshire Leisure’s Paul O’Hara was forced to settle for second place, while defending champion Gavin Hay carded the round of the second day with a six-under-par 66.
“To win here for the
sixth time is just inexplicable,” said Hutcheon. “The thing that’s becoming
apparent to me out on the golf course is the breaks I’m getting and the putts
I’m holing at key moments and I can’t explain why I always perform so well at
Deer Park.
“I still go back to the first round I ever played here and I
shot the course record. It’s all just snowballed from that. I’ve got good
memories on almost every hole and that puts you in a fantastic place to
challenge out on the golf course.
“I got off to such a great start. I drove the first and
managed to roll the putt in for an eagle from 25 feet. I was getting the lucky
breaks when I needed them and those are the things that make the difference.”
This year marked the 15th staging of the event at
Deer Park Golf and Country Club in Livingston with a total of 50 PGA
professionals and 300 amateurs taking part over the two days.
“I can’t explain why I win here so often,” continued the
Banchory pro. “There’s something about me and Deer Park. I’ve been coming here
for the last ten years and I’ve never played so consistently well at one course
over the years. I’m just waiting to come here one day and shoot 85. It will
happen and I’ll take it no bother because I’ve had so many good days here.
“Deer Park is a very good course and I think it’s under-rated
in Scotland. It moves left to right, it moves right to left, it has some
undulation changes, it’s a really good course and the condition of it just
keeps getting better with the work that’s going on every year.
"It copes really
well when it rains heavily now, which it hadn’t necessarily done in the past.
The greens were great across both days and I can’t wait to come back in 2019”
FINAL TOTALS
par 144 (2x72)
135 G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC) 67 68 (£2,688).
138 P O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure) 69 69 (£1,848).
140 G Hay (Mearns Castle) 74 66, Z Saltman (Winterfield) 71 69, C Ronald (Carluke) 73 67 (£1,074 each).
141 I Graham (Crow Wood) 778 66, C Kelly (Scotland for Golf) 73 71, N Fenwick (Dunbar) 71 73
142 T Higson (Gleneagles Hotel) 71 71, A Forsyth (Mearns Castle) 72 70, R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 72 70.
143 R Munro (Duddingston) 71 72, G Wright (West Linton) 70 73
144 P McKenna (Portlethen) 78 66, C Kelly (Scotland for Golf) 73 71, N Fenwick (Dunbar) 71 73.
145 P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 74 71.
146 C Currie (Erskine) 70 76, K Nicol (Dunes Golf Centre) 73 73.
147 C Marr (Musselburgh) 76 71, C Nairn (Prestwick St Nicholas) 79 68, G McDougall (Elie Links) 75 72, J Steven (Pumpherston) 74 73, S O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure) 74 73.
148 C McMaster (Downfield) 77 71, R Cameron (unatt) 78 70, J McGhee (Swanston New) 72 76, M Owenson (Gullane) 71 77.
149 J McCreadie (Largs) 75 74, S Houlden (East Kilbride) 77 72
150 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes) 76 74, K Zeynalov (Portlthen) 78 72, R Tinker (Piperdam) 75 75
152 A Treasurer (Loch Ness) 79 73, S Henderson (Kings Links) 79 73, S Gray (Lanark) 73 79.
153 D Lee (American Golf) 77 76, N Cameron (Blarigowrie) 78 75, F Rummins (Canmore) 74 79.
154 D Nicol (DundonaldLinks) 77 77
155 S Grant (Scotscraig) 80 75, M O'Donnell (Stirling) 76 79, R Leeds (Archerfield Links) 79 76, R McConnachie (Peterculter) 79 76.
156 I Stoddart (Deer Park) 75 81, C Imlah (Craigielaw) 77 79
157 F McKenna (Caldwell) 75 82, M Kanev (Lochgelly) 79 78.
158 G Paxton (Ralston) 78 80.
164 A McHardy (Noah's Ark) 88 76.
145 P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 74 71.
146 C Currie (Erskine) 70 76, K Nicol (Dunes Golf Centre) 73 73.
147 C Marr (Musselburgh) 76 71, C Nairn (Prestwick St Nicholas) 79 68, G McDougall (Elie Links) 75 72, J Steven (Pumpherston) 74 73, S O'Hara (N Lanarkshire Leisure) 74 73.
148 C McMaster (Downfield) 77 71, R Cameron (unatt) 78 70, J McGhee (Swanston New) 72 76, M Owenson (Gullane) 71 77.
149 J McCreadie (Largs) 75 74, S Houlden (East Kilbride) 77 72
150 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes) 76 74, K Zeynalov (Portlthen) 78 72, R Tinker (Piperdam) 75 75
152 A Treasurer (Loch Ness) 79 73, S Henderson (Kings Links) 79 73, S Gray (Lanark) 73 79.
153 D Lee (American Golf) 77 76, N Cameron (Blarigowrie) 78 75, F Rummins (Canmore) 74 79.
154 D Nicol (DundonaldLinks) 77 77
155 S Grant (Scotscraig) 80 75, M O'Donnell (Stirling) 76 79, R Leeds (Archerfield Links) 79 76, R McConnachie (Peterculter) 79 76.
156 I Stoddart (Deer Park) 75 81, C Imlah (Craigielaw) 77 79
157 F McKenna (Caldwell) 75 82, M Kanev (Lochgelly) 79 78.
158 G Paxton (Ralston) 78 80.
164 A McHardy (Noah's Ark) 88 76.
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