Kelly wins McDonald Ellon Pro-Am

Chris Kelly, without a win on the Tartan Tour since early May, broke his lean spell with a seven-under-par, bogey-free  round of 63 to take the top pro prize of £1,161 in the McDonald Ellon Golf Club pro-am.

Kelly obviously likes the course having tied with Greig Hutcheon for victory in this event in 2010 with a 64. His 63 equalled the pro record set by Stephen Gray, the 2011 tournament winner.

Kelly was out in two-under 35 with birdies at the sixth and ninth. Then he really got down to business with an inward half of five-under-par 28.

He birdied the 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 18th to finish two ahead of Thursday's Deeside winner Paul Lawrie (Carnegie Club), Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) and Christopher Currie (Caldwell). They each earned £716.

Lawrie and Currie had six birdies apiece but both bogeyed the 17th. Brown had an eagle two at the fifth.

Ellon-born Michele Thomson, a winner on the Paul Lawrie Ladies Tartan Tour at Cardrona last week, bogeyed the 14th and 17th after birdieing the first, fourth and sixth eventually tieing for 10th while Heather MacRae (Gleneagles) was  joint 14th place on level par 70.

Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) led the Experis Engineering 2 team of Richard Beattie (5), Jim Bennett (10) and Craig Mackenzie (17) to victory in the pro-am with a 19-under-par, two-ball net total of 121.