Golf: Catlin too hot to handle in Alliance event

GREENBURN'S Scott Catlin came out of cold storage to turn in a hot performance in the Edinburgh & East Scotland Alliance event at Eyemouth.

On a course completely free of snow and with normal greens and tees in play, Catlin shot a 69 - the lowest scratch score of the day by four shots.

And he claimed the Professional's Trophy - the net prize up for grabs - by virtue of a better inward half, pipping Falkirk Tryst's Ian Wyse.

Stuart Callan (Bathgate), Scott Grieve (Turnhouse), Andrew Marshall (Houston DR) and Glencorse amateur Sean McGarvey all shot 73s, while Alex McKenzie (Lothianburn) and Stuart Brown (Glencorse) carded net scores of 71 and 72 respectively.