Chris Kelly wins Deeside pro-am

Chris Kelly, winner of the Gleneagles Scottish Professional Championship earlier in the month, consolidated his No 1 position in the Tartan Tour money-winners' table by winning the VSA Tartan pro-am at Deeside Golf Club today.

Kelly, an unattached professional, shot a four-under-par 66 to win by one shot from Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) with Christopher McMaster (Panmure) and Jonathan Lomas (Caprington) joint third on 68.

 In halves of 33, Kelly was four-under-par for the par-five holes. He had an eagle three at the long sixth and birdied the third and 13^th. His other birdie came at the short 14^th. His only bogey came at the 10^th.

Late finisher Fox came up just one stroke short of sharing the spoils. He too had an eagle three at the sixth as well as birdies at the first, second, 15^th and 16^th but he also dropped shots at the fourth, eighth and 13^th in halves of 34-33.

Christopher Currie (Caldwell), who finished joint fifth on 69 had the best inward half of the day - four-under-par 30 with birdies at the short 12^th, long 13^th, short 14^th and 17^th. He had four bogeys and one birdie in an outward 39.

Graham Fox steered the Jim Walton (Plumbers) trio of amateurs to victory in the team event with a net two-player total of 16-under-par 124. The amateurs were Jim Walton (handicap 11), Gary Leslie (14) and Brian Middleton (8).