McKechnie wins at Elgin

Paul McKechnie was a late call-up from the reserve list to play in the Elgin Golf Club pro-am.

And the Braid Hills man made the most of the opportunity presented by the withdrawal of Jonathan Lomas (Caprington) whose wife had a baby early on Thursday morning. 

McKechnie, with birdies at the 11^th, 12^th and 14^th offset by a bogey at the first, shot a two-under-par 67 to win the top prize of £850 by one stroke from Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) who led the Speyside Scaffolding No 2 team of Dave Allen (handicap 22), Graham Tatters (16) and hrisHenderson (16) to victory in the pro-am event with an 11-under-par net score of 58.