February Spanish Festival

has room for MALE and

FEMALE competitors!

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Just a reminder that if you fancy a few days in the February Spanish sun at one of the top golf courses to be constructed on the Iberian peninsula over the past decade, then the 2009 Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Golf Festival is the place for you.
Although it is definitely a WOMEN'S Festival, there is plenty of room for MALES to take part as well in the four-event programme which tees off on Thursday, February 12.
Entries from males are certainly needed for the pro-am on the Saturday. They can enter individually and we will fix them up in a team of three amateurs, or they can enter as a team.
And, if we get enough demand for it, we are prepared to introduce special categories for all-male or mixed partnerships in Sunday's Costa Calida Pairs over 18 holes, the first nine of which will be played alternate shot and the second nine holes better ball.
We like to think that there is something for every class of golfer at this Festival from the lady professional to the Elite Squad lady or girl amateur to the club-class male or female handicapper. The prize lists, supported by Glenmuir and Stewart Spence of The Marcliffe Hotel, Aberdeen, will have many categories, including senior sections.
Every entrant, whether they are just playing in one or all four events, is entitled to a free practice round over the Dave Thomas-designed course which Ryder Cup player Miguel Angel Jimenez represents on the European Tour.
You can come alone, or you can come come with your wife, partner or girl friend ... but make sure you make the trip to Murcia in February.
By the way, if you are seriously trying to lower your handicap in 2009, the Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort has five-star practice facilities including a huge driving range and a six-hole Academy course.
Here's the programme (you can download the entry form by switching over to http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/):

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 & 13
MURCIA LADIES OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP over 36 holes
Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14
HACIENDA DEL ALAMO ST VALENTINE'S DAY PRO-AM over 18 holes
Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.
+Entries from male amateurs, either as individuals or teams of three accepted for this event.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15
COSTA CALIDA PAIRS TOURNAMENT over 18 holes
First nine holes alternate shot; second nine holes foursomes.
Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.
+Teams can be two professionals or amateur-professional or amateur-amateur.
Entries from male amateurs, either as individuals or as a team or two, accepted for this event.
MONDAY-TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16 & 17
HACIENDA DEL ALAMO LADIES OPEN over 36 holes.
Entry fees: Professional - 70 Euros; Amateur - 55 Euros.
NO ENTRY FEES TO BE PAID UNTIL YOU CHECK IN WITH TOURNAMENT CONTROLLER COLIN FARQUHARSON AT THE HACIENDA DEL ALAMO GOLF RESORT CLUBHOUSE

Any questions? E-mail them to Colin@Scottishgolfview.com

Asian Tour Scoreboard
MACAU OPEN
Macau Golf & Country Club, Macau
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3 x 71)
197 David Gleeson (Aus) 64 64 69
199 Kao Bo-Song (Tpe) 66 68 65
202 Steven Tiley (Eng) 70 67 65, Wisut Artjanawat (Tha) 65 69 68
203 Chan Yih-Shin (Tpe) 69 67 67, Tony Carolan (Aus) 67 69 67, Lin Wen-Tang (Tpe) 65 68 70, Yasin Ali (Eng) 69 64 70
204 Wang Ter-Chang (Tpe) 66 69 69, Adam Blyth (Aus) 68 65 71
205 Kim Nam-Kang (Kor) 70 67 68
206 Mars Pucay (Phi) 67 70 69, Somkiat Srisanga (Tha) 69 68 69, Lin Wen-Hong (Tpe) 65 69 72, Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 68 65 73
207 Unho Park (Aus) 67 72 68, Zhang Lian-Wei (Chn) 72 67 68, Chris Rodgers (Eng) 72 65 70, Lu Wei-Chih (Tpe) 68 70 69, Wu Ashun (Chn) 70 68 69, Neven Basic (Aus) 70 67 70, Danny Chia (Mal) 67 68 72, Jason King (Aus) 67 68 72, Mitchell Brown (Aus) 70 66 71
208 Josh Lane (Aus) 69 69 70, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 67 69 72
209 Mardan Mamat (Sin) 70 67 72, Zaw Moe (Mya) 73 65 71, Richard Moir (Aus) 67 71 71, Adam Groom (Aus) 70 65 74, Angelo Que (Phi) 68 67 74, Rhys Davies (Wal) 66 68 75
210 Digvijay Singh (Ind) 73 68 69, Jason Knutzon (USA) 68 72 70, Udorn Duangdecha (Tha) 65 72 73, Atthaphon Prathummanee (Tha) 67 71 72
211 Hendrik Buhrmann (Rsa) 72 69 70, Kane Webber (Aus) 69 72 70, Hur In-Hoi (Kor) 71 69 71, Lu Wen-Teh (Tpe) 70 70 71, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 67 73 71, Keith Horne (Rsa) 69 70 72, Marcus Both (Aus) 70 69 72, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 69 70 72, Pijit Petchkasem (Tha) 71 67 73, Park Jun-Won (Kor) 70 68 73
212 Martin Rominger (Swi) 71 69 72, Brad Mcintosh (Aus) 69 69 74, Darren Beck (Aus) 66 69 77, Nakul Vichitryuthasastr (Tha) 68 68 76
213 Chen Yuan-Chi (Tpe) 68 73 72, Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 71 69 73, Ronnachai Jamnong (Tha) 68 72 73, Rick Gibson (Can) 72 68 73, Will Yanagisawa (USA) 70 70 73, J. B. Park (Kor) 70 68 75
214 Lam Chih Bing (Sin) 69 72 73, Stephen Scahill (Nzl) 71 69 74, Antonio Lascuna (Phi) 71 68 75
215 Ross Bain (Sco) 69 72 74, M. Murugiah (Sin) 72 68 75
216 Guido Van Der Valk (Ned) 71 70 75, Simon Hurd (Eng) 72 67 77
217 Kevin Chun (Nzl) 68 73 76, Henry Epstein (Aus) 73 68 76
220 Piya Swangarunporn (Tha) 69 71 80

Super Sergio surges

four shots clear in

Castellon Masters

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Sergio Garcia will take a four-shot lead into the final day of the Castellon Masters - the tournament he is hosting on the course he played as a boy.
The Spaniard, pictured right, was in sparkling form again today at the Club de Campo Mediterraneo, where his father Victor is still the professional, firing a five-under-par 66 to put him on 16 under par overall - a substantial advantage over Englishmen David Lynn and Simon Dyson and Swede Peter Hedblom, who all shot 68 to join Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen (70) at 12 under.
Richard Finch briefly threatened to overthrow Garcia, but the Yorkshireman fell apart on the back nine and had to settle for a level-par 71.
Garcia birdied the second with a long putt and that seemed to set the tone for the rest of the front nine as he picked up shots on four consecutive holes to reach the halfway point five under for the day.
One of those birdies came when he holed a tricky bunker shot at the eighth, typifying his superb touch around the greens, and his putting was equally impressive.
He wobbled slightly after the turn, hitting a wedge out the back of the 10th green and then blasting his tee shot way left on 11 as he attempted to drive the length of the par-four hole.
He should have immediately made amends but he missed a five-foot putt for birdie at the par-three 12th, although Finch, at the time level with the Spaniard on 14 under, was even more wasteful, missing his second putt from inside a metre.
Garcia birdied 13 and 14, leaving Finch trailing in his wake, and he improved to 17 under with another birdie at the par-three 16th, having only just cleared the lake from the tee.
He bogeyed 17 but parred the last - narrowly missing a lengthy birdie putt - to complete another impressive score.
Alvaro Quiros, who won the Portugal Masters last week, started the day just two shots off the leaders but endured a torrid round, signing for a 76 to fall way back on four under.

Stephen Gallacher is the leading Scot in joint sixth place on 202 after an excellent third-round 65. Alastair Forsyth is on 211 and Paul Lawrie 212.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS

Par 213 (3 x 71)

197 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 66 65 66
201 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 64 67 70, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 68 65 68, Simon Dyson 66 67 68, David Lynn 67 66 68
202 Stephen Gallacher 67 70 65, Richard Finch 65 66 71
203 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 67 68 68, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 69 67 67
204 Rory McIlroy 68 67 69, Alexander Noren (Swe) 68 68 68, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 65 70 69
205 Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 70 68 67, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 70 66 69, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 66 72 67, Peter Hanson (Swe) 65 73 67, Paul Casey 69 67 69, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 69 68 68, Phillip Archer 67 68 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 68 70 67, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 69 68 68
206 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 71 66 69, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 71 67 68, Gary Orr 70 67 69, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 66 71 69, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 66 67 73, Jean Van de velde (Fra) 68 70 68, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 65 72 69
207 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 72 65 70, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 71 69 67, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 70 70 67, Anthony Wall 71 69 67, Justin Rose 67 70 70, Camilo Villegas (Col) 70 66 71, Sam Little 72 69 66, Bradley Dredge 71 68 68, Thomas Levet (Fra) 66 68 73
208 David Griffiths 67 71 70
209 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 71 68 70, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 72 68 69, Garry Houston 67 71 71, Chris Wood 68 72 69, Nick Dougherty 68 69 72, John Bickerton 66 70 73, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 67 66 76
210 Pedro Linhart (Spa) 68 72 70, Stuart Manley 69 68 73, Mark Foster 72 70 68, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 71 68 71
211 Lee Slattery 71 71 69, Alastair Forsyth 68 70 73, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 67 71 73, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 71 69 71, Ross McGowan 72 69 70
212 Paul Lawrie 71 70 71, Barry Lane 71 69 72
213 Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 73 69 71, Simon Wakefield 72 68 73, Johan Edfors (Swe) 70 71 72, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 69 73 71
214 David Howell 69 73 72
215 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 70 73, Benn Barham 68 72 75
216 Pelle Edberg (Swe) 70 72 74
217 Markus Brier (Aut) 74 67 76, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 72 70 75

Thornton trio finish 14th in
European club championship

Scottish champions Thornton Golf Club from Fife finished 14th in a field of 24 for the European club team amateur golf championship which ended at Klassis Golf Club, Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday.
Thornton, under a best two from three scores to count daily format, totalled 464 from team members Scott Michie (236), David Imrie (240) and former Scottish boys' match-play championship finalist Michael Main (246).
French clubs finished first and second second. Saint-Nom la Breteche, with a team of international players, won with a total of 15-under-par 423.
Racing Club France, La Boulie, permitted under the rules to defend the title they won last year, came second with 426.
The highest placed British or Irish club were Warrenpoint from Co Down in sixth place on 434.
Hallowes, representing England, came eighth on 442.
Royal St David's from Wales finished 20th with 484.
FINAL TOTALS
(Par 438: 3 x 146)
1 France 1 (Saint-Nom la Breteche) 423 (Victor Dubuisson 210, Kevin Turland 218, Jean Jacque Wolff 220).
2 France 2 (RCF La Boulie) 426 (Romain Schneider 212, Stanislas Gautier 216, Mayel Ouel Es Cheikh 220).
3 Spain 429 (Carlos Pigem 213, Emilio Cuartero 221, Gerard Piris 222).
4 Germany 431 (Florian Fritsch 214, Christian Schunck 217, Moritz Lampert 232).
5 Turkey 432.
6 Ireland (Warrenpoint GC) 435 (Colm Campbell 214, Paul Reavey 221, Ryan Gribben NR).
7 Netherlands 442.
8 England (Hallowes GC) 442 (James Smedley 223, Scott Campbell 226, James Maw 233).
9 Austria, Denmark 457.
11 Czech Rep 459.
12 Iceland 461.
13 Belgium 463.
14 Scotland (Thornton GC) 464 (Scott Michie 236, David Imrie 240, Michael Main 246).
15 Slovenia 466.
16 Switzerland 472.
17 Estonia, Portugal 473.
19 Finland 481.
20 Wales (Royal St David's) 484 (Michael Hunt 230; Medwyn Jones 254; Norman Fletcher 266).
21 Luxemburg 486.
22 Poland 496.
23 Malta 498.
24 Croatia 522.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 219 (3x73)
210 Victor Dubuisson (France) 69 67 74.
212 Romain Schneider (France) 70 73 69.
213 Carlos Pigem (Spain) 70 68 75.
214 Florian Fritsch (Germany) 69 74 71, Colm Campbell (Ireland) 69 75 70.
Selected scores:
221 Paul Reavey (Ireland) 73 74 74 (jt 12th).
223 James Smedley (England) 73 72 78 (jt 17th).
226 Scott Campbell (England) 78 75 73 (jt 21st).
230 Michael Hunt (Wales) 73 86 71 (jt 25th).
233 James Maw (England) 85 75 73 (jt 33rd).
236 Scott Michie (Scotland) 83 80 73 (jt 37th).
240 David Imrie (Scotland) 76 87 77 (jt 45th).
246 Michael Main (Scotland) 92 75 79 ( jt 49th).
254 Medwyn Jones (Wales) 84 83 87 (60th).
286 Norman Fletcher (Wales) 89 90 87 (jt 67th).
No Return: Ryan Gribben (Ireland) NR 82 80.

Now it's official - Richie
Ramsay, Steven O'Hara
promoted to
European Tour status

From Michael Gibbons, Challenge Tour Press Officer
Four birdies in his final five holes allowed Estanislao Goya to steal victory in the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final by a single stroke as England’s David Horsey was crowned the 2008 European Challenge Tour’s Number One player.
The Apulia San Domenico Grand Final, by its very nature, guarantees drama and excitement as well as tears and joy with the top 45 players battling for the 20 available European Tour cards on offer through the final Rankings.
The 2009 edition was another wonderful example of golf at its most dramatic as Goya, who won the very first event on the 2008 schedule, made a sensational birdie on the final hole to secure the €48,000 first prize from the English duo of Richard Bland and John E Morgan.
With the three main protagonists of the final round playing together in the last match of the day, the Challenge Tour’s annual climax simmered deliciously before exploding on the back nine of the beautiful San Domenico course.
Bland and Morgan had been jostling for the lead with Goya and Spain’s Rafael Cabrera Bello throughout the final round. When Goya bogeyed the 12th to fall two strokes behind the English duo, it looked like a three-way fight for the title but the Argentine had other ideas.
Birdies on the 14th and 15th ensured Goya got himself back into contention but he knew he had to pick up at least one more shot to force a play-off. His birdie on the 17th put him level with Bland but, by this point, Goya – fuelled by adrenaline and self belief – was sensing victory.
He secured the win with a touch of short-iron genius, planting his pitching wedge approach to the 18th green to within inches of the hole to set up the tap-in birdie that would see him take the title.
“My approach shot on the last was so important,” beamed Goya after picking up the €48,000 winner’s cheque. “I didn’t want to leave myself a long putt, because my heart was beating so fast even though it was from less than a metre!
“I was 18th in the Rankings coming into the week, so I knew I needed a big week and I got it. I would’ve been happy to finish in the top 20, so to finish in the top 10 is fantastic, because it means I get a really good card for next year. Now I’ve got my European Tour card, I’m going to start preparing for next year – after the celebrations!”
While Bland was understandably disappointed to finish second, Morgan was celebrating the fact that, by winning €24,950, he had barged his way back onto The European Tour by leaping ten places on the Rankings, from 27th to 17th.
While Goya, Morgan – and of course Number One Horsey – struggled to contain their joy, a thought must be spared for Switzerland’s Raphaël De Sousa, the man who Morgan knocked out of the top 20.
There are always losers at the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final, and De Sousa, along with Marco Ruiz of Paraguay who finished in the horrible position of 21st in the Rankings, will be hurting most of all.
These things are, however, decided over the course of the season and no-one can deny Horsey the deserved acclaim he will receive in setting a new European Challenge Tour one-season total prize money record with his haul of €144,118.
Horsey’s excellent performance was a fitting end to a sensational season for the young Englishman, who will lead the Challenge Tour’s 20 graduates onto The European Tour and The Race to Dubai.
In finishing seventh at San Domenico, Horsey eliminated the threat of a late Rankings charge from his closest challengers Taco Remkes and Gary Lockerbie in a performance that encapsulated his outstanding year in its controlled and assured nature.
The 23-year-old’s immediate reward for winning the Rankings is a place alongside the likes of Mickelson, Harrington and Garcia at the forthcoming HSBC Champions in China, the first event on the inaugural Race to Dubai.
“I can pack my bags for China now…can’t wait!” smiled Horsey. “It was a great end to a fantastic season. I didn’t really know what I had to do today, because I wasn’t sure what the other guys near me in the Rankings were doing.
“I was obviously trying to chase the leaders, but in the back of my mind I was just trying to make sure I got the Number One spot, because that was my aim when I came here. So I’m very, very pleased with the day.”
Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay (pictured above) and Motherwell's Steven O'Hara finished eighth and ninth in the final money table with more than 100,000 Euros apiece, and they can look forward to playing on the European Tour.
It is a dream come true for 25-year-old Ramsay, the former US amateur champion. For O'Hara, it is a place regained at European pro golf's top table.
No other Scots made the final top 20.
GRAND FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4 x 71)
267 E Goya (Arg) 67 69 65 66.
268 J Morgan (Eng) 66 73 61 68, R Bland (Eng) 67 66 67 68.
269 R Cabrera Bello (Esp) 66 66 69 68.
270 A Rocha (Bra) 68 65 68 69.
271 J Huldahl (Den) 70 66 66 69.
272 D Horsey (Eng) 69 67 68 68.
273 M Ruiz (Par) 71 67 67 68; G Clark (Eng) 67 66 72 68.
274 M Korhonen (Fin) 69 66 69 70, A McArthur (Sco) 67 65 69 73.
275 G Lockerbie (Eng) 70 68 69 68; J Quesne (Fra) 68 67 68 72.
276 C Gane (Eng) 68 71 66 71.
277 A Ahokas (Fin) 70 70 67 70; T Remkes (Neth) 70 69 68 70; M Higley (Eng) 71 70 69 67, B Wiesberger (Aut) 66 68 70 73.
278 R Coles (Eng) 72 70 68 68; B Grace (RSA) 65 73 70 70; G Maybin (NIr) 67 70 68 73; S O'Hara (Sco) 70 68 69 71.
279 L Bond (Wal) 70 70 70 69.
280 S Davis (Eng) 71 69 69 71, K Eriksson (Swe) 71 71 69 69.
281 S Benson (Eng) 72 73 69 67; M Hoey (Nir) 73 68 67 73; J Haeggman (Swe) 71 69 72 69; D Drysdale (Sco) 71 71 69 70; I Van Weerelt (Ned) 74 69 68 70.
282 R De Sousa (Sui) 69 70 72 71; R Kakko (Fin) 66 73 71 72.
283 W Besseling (Ned) 68 69 69 77.
284 G Hutcheon (Sco) 65 75 72 72.
285 R Steiner (Aut) 72 69 72 72; R Ramsay (Sco) 72 69 69 75; M Haastrup (Den) 70 72 68 75.
287 M Morris (Eng) 68 71 73 75; M McGeady (Irl) 71 70 71 75.
289 G Boyd (Eng) 71 71 70 77; A Tadini (Ita) 73 73 71 72.
290 C Nilsson (Swe) 70 70 75 75;
291 T Feyrsinger (Aut) 69 77 73 72;
292 R McEvoy (Eng) 77 71 71 73;
297 A Tampion (Aus) 77 72 73 75;

FINAL CHALLENGE TOUR RANKINGS
+The Top 20 in the money list (all figures in Euros) qualify to play on the 2009 European Tour.
1 David HORSEY (ENG) 144,118
2 Gary LOCKERBIE (ENG) 138,508
3 Taco REMKES (NED) 137,330
4 Gareth MAYBIN (NIR) 117,719
5 Estanislao GOYA (ARG) 113,336
6 Seve BENSON (ENG) 111,529
7 Alessandro TADINI (ITA) 106,892
8 Richie RAMSAY (SCO) 106,655
9 Steven O'HARA (SCO) 103,211
10 Jeppe HULDAHL (DEN) 96,818
11 Klas ERIKSSON (SWE) 96,514
12 Alexandre ROCHA (BRA) 93,684
13 Richard BLAND (ENG) 92,645
14 R CABRERA BELLO (ESP) 89,846
15 Wil BESSELING (NED) 89,358
16 Marcus HIGLEY (ENG) 85,946
17 John E MORGAN (ENG) 77,253
18 Christian NILSSON (SWE) 75,200
19 Antti AHOKAS (FIN) 74,866
20 Stuart DAVIS (ENG) 67,104

All the US college golf news on Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Keep up todate with the Scots and other British lads and lasses on the US college golf circuits by switching over to our sister website www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk
Top stories include:
+Krystle Caithness shocks Georgia: She's coming home for good.
+Jordan Findlay has nightmare 93 in Tennessee.
+Calum Grant finally gets clearance from NCAA

Scots Sim and Laird make the cut at Scottsdale, Arizona

US PGA Tour Scoreboard
FRYS.COM OPEN
Grayhawk GC Raptor Course, Scottsdale, Arizona
SECOND ROUND
Par 144 (2 x 72)
129 Arron Oberholser 65 64
130 Steve Allan (Aus) 67 63
131 George McNeill 68 63, Brad Elder 68 63
132 Robert Garrigus 66 66, Paul Goydos 70 62, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 69 63, John Mallinger 63 69
133 Sean O'Hair 68 65, Billy Mayfair 69 64, Kevin Sutherland 67 66, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 65 68, Steve Elkington (Aus) 66 67
134 Chris Riley 67 67, J J Henry 65 69, Bill Haas 66 68, Mike Weir (Can) 66 68, Woody Austin 69 65, Todd Demsey 65 69, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 64
135 Richard Johnson (Wal) 64 71, Brian Davis (Eng) 72 63, Michael Letzig 69 66, Michael Sim (Sco) 72 63, Charley Hoffman 70 65, Mark Hensby (Aus) 69 66, Bubba Watson 69 66, Kevin Streelman 68 67, Chad Collins 67 68, Cameron Beckman 69 66, Douglas Labelle 63 72
136 Charles Warren 68 68, Nick Watney 69 67, Patrick Sheehan 72 64, Robert Gamez 67 69, Chris Stroud 65 71, Marco Dawson 65 71, Davis Love III 69 67, Steve Lowery 72 64, Bob Tway 69 67, Frank Lickliter II 69 67, Tommy Gainey 68 68
137 Y. E Yang (Kor) 66 71, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 67 70, Pat Perez 71 66, Omar Uresti 67 70, Tim Herron 72 65, Jim McGovern 67 70, Tom Pernice Jnr. 67 70, Rocco Mediate 68 69
138 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 70 68, Todd Hamilton 69 69, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 69 69, Nick Flanagan (Aus) 71 67, Tommy Armour III 72 66, Mark Wilson 69 69, Charlie Wi (Kor) 68 70, Brett Quigley 71 67, John Riegger 70 68, Glen Day 69 69, Jonathan Byrd 71 67, Shane Bertsch 69 69
139 Jeff Quinney 68 71, James Driscoll 70 69, Bob Estes 71 68, Justin Bolli 69 70, Ryan Palmer 73 66, Martin Laird (Sco) 73 66, Scott McCarron 72 67, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 72 67, John Merrick 74 65, Steve Flesch 69 70, Eric Axley 73 66, Lee Janzen 67 72, John Douma 70 69, Peter Lonard (Aus) 69 70, Ryan Armour 70 69, Olin Browne 68 71, Scott Verplank 69 70
MISSED THE CUT
140 Jin Park (Kor) 69 71, Brad Adamonis 71 69, Kyle Thompson 71 69, Brian Gay 68 72, Kenneth Ferrie (Eng) 73 67, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 68 72, Matthew Jones (Aus) 72 68, Dustin Johnson 67 73, Paul Claxton 69 71, Michael Allen 68 72, Notah Begay III 73 67, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 74 66, Jason Day (Aus) 66 74
141 Scott Sterling 68 73, Cody Freeman 70 71, J.P. Hayes 72 69, Bo Van Pelt 69 72, Cliff Kresge 72 69, Ronald Whittaker 68 73, Ryan Moore 71 70
142 Kent Jones 72 70, Kevin Na 68 74, Brett Rumford (Aus) 73 69, Jeff Maggert 70 72, Jeff Gove 72 70, Tag Ridings 68 74, Rich Beem 69 73, Kevin Stadler 81 61, Parker McLachlin 77 65
143 Billy Andrade 69 74, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 74 69, Vaughn Taylor 74 69, Joe Ogilvie 72 71, Craig Kanada 73 70, Jason Gore 73 70
144 Kirk Triplett 73 71, Jason Allred 72 72, Jason Dufner 71 73, Bob Heintz 75 69
145 Harrison Frazar 71 74, Chez Reavie 70 75, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 72 73
146 David Lutterus (Rsa) 75 71, Travis Perkins 72 74, Jon Mills (Can) 77 69
147 Bob Sowards 73 74, Jay Williamson 73 74
148 Tony Rohlik 75 73
149 Tim Petrovic 73 76
153 Jimmy Walker 80 73

Mark James goes record low with
63 on US Seniors Tour

Englishman Mark James returned his lowest ever score on the American Seniors (Champions) Tour with an eight-under-par 63 in the first round of the AT&T Championship at Oak Hills Country Club, San Antonio, Texas.
The former Ryder Cup captain, who began his round with a bogey, birdied the first six holes of his inward half and leads the field by one shot from Dan Forsman.
James needs a good result in this event or else he will have to go back to the US Seniors Tour School. The top 30 on the money list after next week's season-ending tournament will keep their cards for 2009. James, a winner on the US over-50s pro circuit last year, has not touched that quality of form this season. He has had one top-10 finish and is languishing in 57th place on the Champions Tour money table.
"This is certainly surprising to me," James said. "I'm not usually one to go really low. I've been working on my game and it's good to see I got something out of it."