Birdie bonanza ends in stalemate

A birdie battle between Graham Fox and Jason McCreadie in the £14,530 Kerr Investments 36-hole Order of Merit Pro-Am at Dumfries & Galloway ended in a tie.

Both shot closing rounds of seven-under-par 63 to post 12-under-par returns of 128 for the tournament and earn £1961 each.

So too did third placed Greig Hutcheon who finished a shot behind the joint winners on 129 to pocket £1,261

Overnight leader Paul O'Hara, winner of the Scottish Young Professionals title earlier in the week, signed off with a three-under-par round 67 for a final total of 131 to earn £871.

Fox posted the clubhouse target of 128 with a bogey-free round of seven birdies, most coming on the back nine which he negotiated in 29.

McCreadie came late on the scene with his 63 to catch Fox. The Largs man had eight birdies in halves of 32-32 but a bogey at the 15th cost him outright victory.

Hutcheon also had bogey-free halves of 33-30 while O'Hara racked up seven birdies but was left to rue bogeys at the 8th and 11th and a double at the 10th.

Cameron Marr (Musselburgh) led the Kerr Investments 2 team of Andy Milner (handicap 18), Rich Milner (13) and Barry Millard (18) to victory by five shots with a 36-hole total of 44-under-par 236.