CALLUM NICOL of Prestwick Golf Club shot an eagle and 11 birdies over the final 36 holes to win the BAE Systems Young Professionals' Scottish championship by three shots this week, with a 14-under-par total of 266 at Forres Golf Club.
Nicol, who comes from Irvine and played his junior golf in Ayrshire as a member of Prestwick St. Nicholas, improved by one stroke with every round to win the £1,000 first prize.
Former winners of the event, which was previously called the Scottish assistants' championship include Paul Lawrie, Alastair Forsyth, Fraser Mann, David Huish and Norman Wood
LEADING SCORES (course par 70).
266 C Nicoll (Prestwick) 68 67 66 65
269 M Loftus (Cowglen) 70 64 70 65
276 G Lornie (Aspire Golf Centre) 70 70 64 72
277 G Duncan (Westin Turnberry) 73 68 68 68
278 N Murray (Cruden Bay) 70 70 70 68
279 S Hicks (Whitecraigs) 74 70 69 66
280 M Finlayson (Edzell) 70 71 72 67
280 G Rankin (Stirling) 70 70 70 70
280 C Russell (Dunbar) 69 66 74
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