Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) and his amateur partner Scott Mackie (Hazlehead) played par golf to win the North-east Alliance foursomes scratch final for the Evening Express Shield at Murcar Links yesterday.
Three up after five holes, Hutcheon and Mackie eventually won by 5 and 3 against Banchory golf writer Fergus Bisset and John Borthwick (Craibstone).
Hutcheon thus completed a North-east Alliance title double over the closing weeks of the circuit’s season.
He won the individual cham- pionship and has now won the foursomes tournament for a second time in three years (David Fleming was his winning partner in 2012).
The handicap championship final for the Press and Journal Shield saw a 4 and 3 win for Paul Cornfield (Hazlehead) and Alister Petrie (Oldmeldrum).
Receiving one shot from Charles Cassie (Nigg Bay) and Hamish McNaughton (Cruden Bay), Cornfield and Petrie triumphed by 4 and 3. Like Hutcheon, Cornfield was winning the latter competition for a second time in three years. His winning partner in 2012 was Mark Lawrie (Kemnay).
McNaughton also reached the handicap final last year when he and Alan Gall (Deeside) were the winners.
