Every second year counts for Robertson

GRAHAM ROBERTSON is making a habit of winning the Turnhouse Open every second year, having done so now in 2004, 2006 and 2008, writes MARTIN DEMPSTER. The Silverknowes star maintained his winning sequence last night, beating Pumpherston’s Paul Drake by 2 and 1 in the final of the M&M Road Surfacing-sponsored event. After the pair halved the opening two holes with pars, Drake drove the green at t he 407-yard third yet still had to settle for a half in birdies. A missed short putt from Drake at the fifth saw Robertson go in front for the first time and he also won the seventh, where a par proved good enough. A superb tee shot at the short 11th enabled Robertson to go three up and Drake, who had been so impressive in earlier rounds, knew then he had a mountain to climb. He was thrown a lifeline, though, when Robertson... [read full story]