Hamish Gorn wins 150th staging of Gold Medal at Leven Links

Aberdour player makes most of securing late entry in historic event

Hamish Gorn: One-shot win.

Aberdour’s Hamish Gorn recorded the biggest win of his career after securing a late spot in the 150th staging of the Standard Life Gold Medal at Leven Links.

The 22-year-old, who plays off plus one, carded rounds of 69 and 68 for a five-under total and a one-shot win from Leven Thistle’s Steven Aitken (70-68), with Charleton’sAndrew Davidson (72-68) and Dunnikier Park’s Derek Paton (70-70) both on 140.

Due to it having to be rescheduled, the field was much smaller than normal and also wasn’t nearly as strong as is usually the case. Nonetheless, Gorn had good reason to feel delighted after finishing ahead of some notable contenders in Matthew Clark, Craig Watson and Graham Rankin, as well as plus-five man Laird Shepherd.

“It is a bit weird, to be honest, as it’s a bit different to winning the Aberdour Wednesday Medal, but it is nice to come out on top in a historic staging of the event,” admitted the winner. “I thought the scores were going to be a lot lower as it was flat calm, but a few of the lads were talking about the pins having been tucked away.”

Gorn, who hails from Orkney, only found out on Friday that he’d secured a spot in the field and had to reshuffle some shifts at Wellsgreen Golf Centre so that he could tee it up.

“I’ve been working there for a year now and my boss, Stewart Whiteford, is very understanding about me swapping shifts to play,” he added. “But that meant I was in at 5pm on Sunday after my second round and I found myself re-gripping a couple of sets of clubs before heading back down to Leven to get my medal.”

l England’s Georgia Hall parred the second play-off hole to claim her first LPGA Tour victory on US soil in the Cambia Portland Classic.

The 24-year-old had a chance to win the event in regulation fashion but bogeyed the par-4
18th to card a four-under 68, falling into a play-off with South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai with both players at 12 under .

Both women parred the first extra hole, the 18th, before Hall’s par on the first secured victory for the 2018 Women’s Open winner at Royal Lytham.

l In-form Tom Higson backed up a brilliant opening 64 with a 68 to win the PGA in Scotland’s Sandy Pipey Young Masters at Royal Dornoch.

Finishing on eight under, the Gleneagles Hotel player finished two shots ahead of both Kyle Godsman (Inverness) and Greg Dalziel (Scott Clelland Golf).

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