Robertson toasts a double as he retains Loch Lomond Whiskies' Scottish PGA Championship

30/08/2024

Graeme Robertson enjoyed a procession to a coronation as he retained his Loch Lomond Whiskies’ Scottish PGA Championship title in emphatic style at Dalmahoy.

Leading by four shots heading into the final round over the storied East Course, Robertson signed off with a seven-under 66 for a mighty 19-under aggregate and won by six strokes from Chris Maclean to become the first back-to-back champion since Ross Drummond in 1990.

The 36-year-old’s success also ensured that he would top the Arnold Clark Tartan Tour Order of Merit for the first time as he underlined his standing as the dominant force on the domestic circuit in 2024.

“It’s been a great season, and I’m absolutely delighted to have won again,” said Grangemouth pro Robertson, who also landed the prestigious Northern Open title earlier this season.

“It can be quite stressful sleeping on a lead, but I had such a good front nine in the final round and that took a lot of the pressure off.”

With that healthy overnight advantage, Robertson, who was a relative latecomer to professional golf when he joined the paid ranks in 2021, wasted no time in fortifying his position of authority and birdied his first hole of the day.

I can’t ask for much more. Two Scottish PGAs and a Northern Open win in the last year. I only started my PGA training three years ago, but I wish I’d done it earlier.

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“Every year I’ve been getting better and better and hopefully I can keep kicking on.”

With Robertson so far ahead, the chasing pack were left to fight it out for second place. Maclean, making his debut in the national championship, stole a march on his rivals with late birdies at the 16^th and 17^th in a closing 68 for 13-under to claim the runners-up spot.

“I’ll take being the best of the rest,” smiled the Hayston man, who picked up the Abernethy Memorial Trophy as the leading assistant in the field.

“It was always going to be a big ask to catch Graeme. He’s a quality player. I had a look at the leaderboard late on and said, ‘I’m not going to win so let’s try for second’ and fortunately I managed to get a couple of birdies.”

Kingsfield’s Cameron Marr was third on 10-under while 64-year-old Andrew Oldcorn, who was runner-up on his Scottish PGA Championship debut at Dalmahoy in 1984, finished in an admirable share of sixth on seven-under.

Oldcorn also won the Scottish Senior PGA event that was running in conjunction with the main championship.

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