Kelly’s Sunday best land Dumfries prize

Cawder’s Chris Kelly put together an inward half of five-under-par 29 – even with a bogey at the last – which helped him to win the top prize of £2,323 by four strokes in the Kerr Investment Classic 36-hole pro-am at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club over the weekend.

Kelly followed up his Saturday par round of 70 with a brilliant seven-under-par round of 63  - easily the best of the day - in a rising wind and his clubhouse target of 133 stood unchallenged by the end of the day.

Kelly started well with a birdie at the first and after bogeying the second he got in the red figures again with an eagle at the long fifth.

Then he went quiet for a few holes before, after turning in two-under 34,  bursting into life again with birdies at the 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th before that closing bogey which never looked like being costly as the overnight leaders could not get near him.

Scottish champion Greig Hutcheon had a solid 70 for 137 to finish runner-up and add £1,595 to his account plus Order of Merit points to boot.

Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) (70-68) and David Orr (Mearns Castle) (67-71) tied for third place on 138. They earned £1,064 each.

The Kerr Investments No 1 team of Jim Kerr (handicap 13), Raymond Kerr (13) and Carol Armitt (19) won the two-day pro-am net event with a total of 31-under-par 249. Stephen Gray (Hayston) was their pro on Day 1 while David Orr was their pro for the second round.