McKechnie triumphs at Lossiemouth

Paul McKechnie fired a final round one under par 70 to win the Grant Property Investment Championship at the Old Course at Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth.

The Scot, who was the first ever winner of the PGA Europro Tour Order of Merit, finished a shot clear of Richard Prophet, Will Roebuck and Daniel Wardrop at eight under par for the 54-hole tournament.

The 36-year-old from Braid Hills Golf Club opened his final round with a birdie to pull one ahead of joint overnight leader Wardrop (Didsbury Golf Club), though the Manchester man drew level when he took four on the par-five second.

McKechnie completed the remainder of the front nine to par, but a dropped shot at 13 saw him fall level with Wardrop, who was having a mixed round which to that point had included three birdies and as many bogeys.

A birdie at 14 saw Wardrop lead on eight under but when he bogeyed 16 and McKechnie birdied the same hole, the lead swapped and McKechnie saw himself home with two pars.

He wins £10,000, a brand new Motcaddy trolley and sponsors Grant Property Investment presented him a set of bagpipes, while host club Moray gave the top three a bottle of their club whiskey.

"It was great that the EuroPro has been able to come up here to this fantastic golf course," said winner McKechnie. "The locals have been great and we had a huge amount of support with people coming out to watch, which was fantastic."

Former PGA Championship and PGA Seniors Champion Andrew Oldcorn was in a share of ninth at two under par.

A two-hour highlights package of the Grant Property Investment Championship will air four times on Sky Sports HD on Wednesday, July 24. The next 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour event is the Kingspan Concra Wood Open, July 24-26 at Concra Wood Golf Club in Castleblayney, Ireland.