Keir McNicoll wins at Shotts

Keir McNicoll fired a pair of 69s to win Shotts Golf Club's young professionals' 54-hole tournament by two strokes.

Gullane's McNicoll, who hails from Carnoustie and whose father was a professional footballer with Dunfermline Athletic, opened the door to his rivals by bogeying the fourth and seventh in the final round.

But a birdie at the ninth and an eagle three at the long 10^th steadied the ship and he covered the remaining holes in level-par with birdies at the 14^th and 15^th cancelling out shots dropped at the 11^th and 16^th. He finished by carding a level-par aggregate of 210.

Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), the pre-tournament favourite, tied for second place with Tom Dingwall (Kemnay) after hitting the 212 mark, O'Hara with rounds of 72, 72 and 68, Dingwall 73, 71 and 68.