RUSSELL Weir's earnings for the season topped the #10,000 mark
yesterday, when the Cowal professional carded a five-under-par 65 in
pouring rain to win the #911 top prize in the Peterhead Pro-Am by a
stroke from Paul Lawrie.
Despite dropping a stroke at the penultimate hole Weir, with a prize
collection of four birdies and an eagle, succeeded in squeezing home
ahead of Lawrie for whom a birdie-birdie finish was not quite enough.
Fraser Mann was third on 67, with Jim Farmer involved in a three-way
tie for fourth spot, after shooting a 68, four strokes outside his
course record. Leading scores:
65 -- R Weir (Cowal).
66 -- P Lawrie (Kings Links).
67 -- F Mann (Carnoustie Golf Centre).
68 -- F Coutts (Deeside), J Farmer (J Farmer G and L); M McLaren
(Longniddry).
69 -- G Forbes (Deeside); D B Scott (Douglas Park); S McGregor
(Glasgow); S Thompson (Gleddoch).
70 -- L Mann (Carnoustie Golf Centre); G Taylor (Newmachar); B
Davidson (Kings Links); C Everett (Caldwell); J Wither (Paisley).
Team: 56 -- D Scott, G Strachan, J Fraser, R Leslie (Peterhead GC).
* CATRIONA Lambert, the British and Scottish champion from North
Berwick, could finish only thirty-third in the European women's amateur
individual championship at Torino yesterday.
Lambert never got into contention and finished 22 strokes behind
surprise winner Vibeke Stensrud of Norway.
Stensrud, one shot behind Sweden's Linda Ericsson at the start of the
final round, finished with a three-under-par 69 and an 11-under
aggregate of 277 to win by four strokes from Ericsson, who could only
manage a 74. Final aggregates:
277 -- V Stensrud (Norway) 71, 67, 70, 69.
281 -- L Ericsson (Sweden) 68, 70, 69, 74.
285 -- M J Pons (Spain) 69, 74, 70, 72; S Dallongeville (France) 69,
72, 69, 75.
287 -- C Sorenstam (Sweden) 71, 73, 70, 73; E Knuth (Spain) 72, 70,
71, 74; S Cavalleri (Italy) 71, 71, 70, 75.
290 -- C Schmitt (France) 69, 74, 73, 74.
292 -- L Tadiotto (Belgium) 73, 75, 71, 73; A Heuser (Germany) 76, 71,
74, 71.
293 -- N Buxton (England) 78, 72, 72, 71; C Quintarelli (Italy) 76,
74, 71, 72; J Morley (England) 72, 76, 74, 71; S Beautell (Spain) 75,
73, 71, 74; A Berg (Sweden) 76, 70, 73, 74; M Lojdahl (Sweden) 71, 74,
70, 78.
Other scores included: 299 -- C Lambert (Scotland) 74, 76, 75, 74.
* BRIAN Smith denied Robert Jenkins a second successive victory in the
Mike Barron Memorial Trophy at Airdrie yesterday. Leading aggregates:
141 -- B Smith (Hamilton) 71, 70.
143 -- R Jenkins (Crow Wood) 73, 70.
145 -- L McLaughlin (Cowglen) 75, 70; R McLean (Hamilton) 75, 70.
146 -- D McIntosh (Bothwell Castle) 76, 70.
147 -- D Buchan (Falkirk Tryst) 75, 72; F Drum (Cowglen) 77, 70.
* THE annual boys' fixture between Renfrewshire and Clackmannanshire
had to be abandoned at Greenock yesterday when the latter team failed to
appear.
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