Hutcheon sets record 63 during Kippie Lodge Pro-Am

Greig Hutcheon may have turned 40, but he feels he is playing better golf than at any time in his 18-year career as a pro.

The Banchory man continued his rich vein of form to lower his own course record and win the top prize of £1,466 in the Kippie Lodge Sports Club Pro-Am at Peterculter Golf Club.

Hutcheon, recent winner of the Gleneagles Scottish PGA title, shot an eight-under-par 63 - one lower than the record he held jointly with Sam Cairns. 

His round included nine birdies, five of them consecutively in an inward half of seven-under 28.

It was Hutcheon's sixth win on the Tartan Tour this season plus umpteen top 10 finishes, and he has amassed £23,390 from 30 domestic competitions, most of them one-day pro-ams. Three of his six wins have come over the last 11 days.

At Peterculter, Hutcheon won by two shots from Chris Kelly (Cawder) and Stephen Gray (Hayston) who earned £1,026 apiece for their 65s.

Andrew Munro (Musselburgh), one of the last players to finish, led the "Deeside Boys" to victory in the pro-am team event with a 22-under-par total of 120. The amateurs were Connor Forbes (handicap 7), Ryan Clark (15) and Harry Howarth (10).

Scott Henderson (Kings Links) and the Burness and Paul team led from early in the day at 19-under 123 until Munro's team were among the last to finish.