Fox snares victory
28/09/2016
Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) won the top pro prize of £7,000 with an eight-under-par 36-hole total in the Highland Links Pro-Am.
The event was decided on the players' scores at Royal Dornoch and Nairn after high winds ruled out Castle Stuart as a counting venue.
Fox had a seven-under-par 64 at Nairn - a brilliant score - and a one-under 69 at Royal Dornoch.
Fox won by one shot from Chris Currie (Caldwell who had a 69 at Nairn and a 65 at Royal Dornoch for 134. Curried earned £5,800.
Greg McBain (Newmachar) finished third on 136 with a pair of 68s and earned £5,000.
The pro-am team event ended in a tie on 175 points between the Moorings Hotel team of Stewart Leitch (handicap 10), John Cramond (3) and Ian McKinnon (11) with Greg McBain as their pro.
They pipped Chris Currie and the Quality Time team of Alfred Bryce-Maynard, Graham Murray and Andrew Shade.
The countback came down to the teams' points totals at Nairn with the Moorings Hotel side's 93pt proving decisive.
