Harrington signs $10million new
contract to play Wilson clubs

It's been confirmed that repeating Open champion Padraig Harrington has signed a three-year extension of his contact with Wilson Golf which will earn him $10 million.
The negotiations began seven months ago on a renewal of his contract but Harrington successfully defended the Open title at Royal Birkdale and then won the US PGA championship, two major victories that increased the Irishman's value to the Wilson Company.
It is believed that other club and equipment manufacturers had made offers to add Harrington to their "stable," but he said he was never tempted to leave Wilson with whom he has had a 10-year arrangement.
Harrington has done more than play Wilson clubs, he has helped the company develop clubs to his requirements.
Harrington now enjoys the same status as the other big names who use Wilson equipment in other sporting arenas, tennis superstars Roger Federer and the Williams sisters and New England Patriots quarter back Tom Brady.

Hutcheon & Kinloch twins
team up to play in Scottish
Seniors Spanish Festival

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Monifieth's golfing Hutcheon twins - Ian and Fred - are teaming up to play in the "doubles" competition which is the opening event of the Scottish Seniors Golfing Society's Spanish Festival at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort, Murcia next week.
That's Ian, by the way, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, standing outside Monifieth Golf Club.
And they are not the only twins in action over the Dave Thomas-designed course which Ryder Cup player Miguel Angel Jimenez calls home and at which North-east loon Billy Sim, that well known Deveronvale FC share-holder, is the Director of Golf. Jim and Peter Kinloch from Cardross, joint secretaries and treasurers of the Scottish Seniors Golfing Society, are also twinning up for the "doubles."
SSGS vice-captain Keith Howie tells me that the first round of the "doubles" will be a better-ball, four-ball. The second round will be a greensome. So now you know. Thanks for the information, Keith, who is going to E-mail back the daily scores from Hacienda del Alamo for display on http://www.scottishgolfview.com/
The main event of the week is the 54-hole Murcia Seniors Open which tees off on Thursday.
Other competitors at the inaugural Festival include former Scottish and Spanish seniors champion Gordon MacDonald (Callander), the captain of the SSGS, and past Walker Cup player Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead). Also competiting is the current Scottish seniors champion Bob Stewart (Tulliallan).
Starting times:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
"DOUBLES" First round.
First tee
9.0 John McDonald & Richard Gray, David Smith & Alan MacNaught.
9.10 David Millar & Peter MacDonald, Basil Griffiths & Peter Barnett.
9.30 Ian Hutcheon & Fred Hutcheon, Ian Taylor & Keith Howie.
9.30 Jim Kinloch & Peter Kinloch, Drew Wilson & Jim Graham.
9.40 Gordon MacDonald & Sandy Pirie, George Paterson & Robbie Nairn.
9.50 Dougal Chalmers & Ronald MacDonald, Les Fowler & Colin Stewart.

10.0 Neil Campbell & Martin Cockburn, Donald Love & partner.
10.10 Andrew Laird & Norman Forster, Ian Donaldson & Finlay Jardine.
10.20 William Grant & Sven Oestergaard, John Lang & Ken Hannah.
10.30 Ian McLean & David Williams, Ian Burrows & Tony Keyhoe.
10th tee
9.0 David Doodson & Ian Hunter, Bill McKenzie & Bill Methven.
9.10 Ken Lumsden & Alan Williamson, Alasdair Brown & Hugh Gilmour.
9.20 Derek Sim & Malcolm Sim, Brian Smith & Ian Jeen.
9.30 George Rodaks & Ian Brotherston, Billy Wallace & Peter Barclay.
9.40 Derek Murphy & Bob Stewart, James Johnston & Ken Forrest.
9.50 Jim Roy & Brian Kidd, Donnie Lee & Tom Allan.

10.0 Vic Trojan & Steve Edwards, Jim Pagan & Bob Lee.
19.10 Bruce Webster & Dave Townsend, Bob Mackie & Roy Francey.
10.20 Peter Green & Stephen Haskins, Alan Nelson & Norm Williamson.
MURCIA SENIORS (individual) OPEN
Three rounds, November 6 to 8.
FIRST ROUND
First tee
9.0 Peter MacDonald, Brian Kidd, Keith Howie.
9.08 David Doodson, Neil Campbell, Vic Trojan.
9.16 David Millart, Iain Jeen, Les Fowler.
9.24 Robbie Nairn, Alan Williamson, Colin Stewart.
9.32 Ian Hutcheon, Basil Griffiths, Peter Kinloch.
9.40 Sandy Pirie, George Rodaks, Brian Smith.
9.48 Jim Kinloch, Fred Hutcheon, Bob Stewart.
9.56 James Johnston, Gordon MacDonald, Jim Graham.
10.04 Ian Brotherston, Finlay Jardine, Derek Murphy.
10.12 John McDonald, David Smith, Ian Taylor.
10.20 George Paterson, Ken Forrest, Derek Sim.
10.28 Drew Wilson, Richard Gray, Alan MacNaught.
10th tee
9.0 Billy Wallace, Jim Roy, Malcolm Sim.
9.08 Bill Methven, Andrew Laird, Ken Lumsden.
9.16 Norman Forster, Ian Hunter, William Grant.
9.25 Roy Francey, Jim Pagan, Bob Mackie.
9.32 Donnie Lee, Peter Barclay, Tom Allan.
9.40 Sven Oestergaard, Dave Townsend, Peter Barnett.
9.48 Alasdair Brown, Bruce Webster, Bob Lee.
9.56 Ken Hannah, John Lang, Ronald MacDonald.
10.04 Dougal Chalmers, Hugh Gilmour, Steve Edwards.
10.12 Bill McKenzie, Martin Cockburn, Ian Donaldson.
10.20 Donald Love, Alan Nelson, Norman Williamson.

VOLVO MASTERS' SECOND-DAY PLAY SUSPENDED

The rain in Spain fell mainly on
Valderrama today ....

Less than four hours' play was possible on the second day of the European Tour's season-ending Volvo Masters at Valderrama today because of heavy rain.
But that was long enough for defending champion Justin Rose to fail to break 80 for the second successive day - and then withdraw after being told of the death of his grandfather in South Africa.
Ten players had not even started their second rounds, including leaders Soren Kjeldsen and Sergio Garcia, but in the battle for the Order of Merit title Miguel Angel Jimenez dropped seven strokes in the first four holes before the suspension came.
The decision not to have preferred lies appeared to have done him no good at all.
That almost certainly puts the Spaniard out of the running for the money list title - he had to win to stand a chance - leaving only Robert Karlsson, Lee Westwood and Padraig Harrington to battle for the crown.
Jimenez, in the dreadful conditions, started bogey, double bogey, bogey, triple bogey. At the end of that little run, he had gone from two over par to nine over.
Jimenez, normally the most mild mannered of competitors, complained that play should never have started. He also noted that everyone should experience in the same conditions, in so far as that is possible – and that those who had still to finish or started their rounds at 8.30 in the morning could have an unfair advantage.
Jose Manuel Lara, who completed 14 holes, was another Spaniard who was cold, wet and out of sorts. "The course was unplayable after three holes," he protested.
John Paramor, the chief referee, and David Garland, the tournament director, could not have been more straightforward. Paramor explained that when he did a reconnaissance lap of the course at dawn, conditions had been acceptable. What is more, the forecast was for a big wind and dry intervals amid the showers.
Where things went wrong was when a cold, wet front from Portugal joined forces with one already in place. "In retrospect," said Paramor, "I wish I had allowed preferred lies."
Since he did not, he cannot now introduce them when the second round resumes.
Harrington demonstrated all his major championship steel in being level par for his 13 holes."I did as well as I could in the conditions," said the Irishman.
What helped to keep his spirits up was the thought of the unfortunate fellow who, in his weather forecast on local radio, had promised a lovely day.
The shot the repeating Open champion was still savouring at the end of his dark and dripping expedition was his third to the fourth. It was an eight-iron of 122 yards played from a side-hill, downhill lie in rough which he hit through the worst of the elements to 12 feet.
Harrington, who said that the secret of wet-weather golf was to dry the grip of the club before you put it back in the bag, has not given up on winning this championship. Not by any means.
Offialdom is still hoping that the tournament will still be a 72-hole affair but, with more rain – and lightning – forecast for today, they know they could be down to three rounds or even two.
Current No 1 Karlsson was three over after four holes and Harrington five over after 13, while Westwood had yet to resume on one under.
Rose added an 81 to his opening 80 for a 19-over-par total of 161. He was last by seven when play was called off just after mid-day and then postponed for the day three hours later.
The forecast is not good for the weekend, meaning the last-ever Volvo Masters could be cut to 54 or even 36 holes.
COMPLETED SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2 x 71)
151 Nick Dougherty (Eng) 78 73.
154 Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 78 76.
161 Justin Rose (Eng) 80 81.

FASTH ON TRACK FOR SUCCESS
AT ISKANDAR JOHOR OPEN
Johor Bahru, Malaysia, October 31: Sweden’s Niclas Fasth lived up to his star billing by taking a share of the clubhouse lead with Australia’s Mitchell Brown at the weather-disrupted Iskandar Johor Open on Friday.
The former European Ryder Cup stalwart shot a second successive four-under-par 68 in the second round at Royal Johor Country Club to join Brown, who carded a 69, atop the leaderboard on eight-under-par 136 at the US$500,000 Asian Tour event.
Two-time Asian number one Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand charged into contention with a superb 66 to lie one back while title holder Artemio Murakami of the Philippines was three off the pace after a 72.
Former US Open champion Retief Goosen of South Africa carded a blemish-fee 69 for a 141 total and knows he must produce the fireworks at the weekend to challenge for the Iskandar Johor Open title.
A two-hour lightning delay in the afternoon meant that 42 players failed to complete their second rounds and will restart at 7.30am on Saturday, with the third round scheduled to begin at approximately 9.30am.
Fasth, winner of six titles in Europe, remained bogey-free through 36 holes and sank four birdies on his front nine. He rued a cold putter as numerous birdie attempts rolled past the edges.
“I played very well on the front nine but a bit scruffy on the back nine. I had loads of birdie chances but yet again, I would have hoped for a few more to drop. I guess I’m not alone in that, I’m not too far off,” said Fasth.
Ranked as high as 18th in the world last year, Fasth has slipped back to 82nd after his form dipped due to work in remodelling his swing with English swing guru Dennis Pugh this year.
With a great chance to land a first title of the year, Fasth reckons his vast experience could favour him. “I’m getting happier with my game as we have progressed and if I can keep improving, I have a good chance,” said the 36-year-old Swede.
Brown hopes he is a “couple of days” away from winning his maiden title after cruising into contention. The 23-year-old Aussie, who enjoyed a spell as world amateur number one in 2006, sank an eagle on the 11th hole, three birdies against two bogeys.
With six top-10s on the Asian Tour since making his debut last year, Brown is itching to break into the winner’s circle. “I played a lot better than yesterday and it was kind of good. I was pretty calm and collected until the last hole where I missed a one and a half footer for par. But it was okay. I’m quite happy,” said Brown.
Asked if he was close to a maiden professional victory, Mitchell replied: “I’m not sure, hopefully just a couple of days away.”
Thongchai shrugged off the effects of jetlag as he soared up the leaderboard with seven birdies and needed only 23 putts in his round.
“I had a good sleep last night and felt good. I hit the ball really well and hit a lot of fairways and greens,” said Thongchai. “In the first round, I didn’t know how to control my putts or my irons. Sometimes, my distance was also wrong but the second round is so much better.”
Defending champion Murakami traded one birdie against a bogey as he remained at five-under. “I didn’t birdie the two par fives on the second and 11th holes which are birdie holes but that’s golf. I couldn’t make any putts,” said the Filipino.
Goosen, winner of the US Open in 2001 and 2004, endured a similarly frustrating day on the tricky Royal Johor greens although he improved by three shots from his opening day’s effort. “I felt a little bit better but I’m still struggling on the par fives. I’ve only made one birdie on the par fives in two days and all the par fives are reachable. So not making birdies on them feel like bogeys,” said Goosen.
India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar was seven under par for the tournament with two holes of his second round remaining while Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant, Asia’s most prolific winner with 10 titles, moved into the title hunt after a second 69 left him two off the lead.
Iain Steel was Malaysia’s best placed golfer after a 69 left him three off the lead.
LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
136 Mitchell Brown (AUS) 67-69, Niclas Fasth (SWE) 68-68
137 Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 71-66
138 Thaworn Wiratchant (THA) 69-69
139 Artemio Murakami (PHI) 67-72, Panuwat Muenlek (THA) 69-70, Iain Steel (MAS) 70-69, Kane Webber (AUS) 68-71
140 M. Murugiah (SIN) 70-70, Rick Kulacz (AUS) 67-73
141 Retief Goosen (RSA) 72-69, Mardan Mamat (SIN) 71-70, Adam Groom (AUS) 72-69
142 Ben Leong (MAS) 71-71, Airil Rizman (MAS) 71-71, Clay Devers (USA) 72-70, Ronnachai Jamnong (THA) 71-71, Chapchai Nirat (THA) 73-69, Simon Dunn (SCO) 71-71, Ashley Hall (AUS) 72-70
(Note: 42 players did not complete round two. Will resume at 7.30am Saturday)

Andrew Wallace finishes
top Scot in Faldo
Final in Brazil

Glenbervie's Andrew Wallace, the first-round leader in the Under-21s, finished up as the top Scot in the Nick Faldo Series Grand Final at Bahia, Brazil.
Wallace, pictured right, from Falkirk, finished joint runner-up, four shots behind Steven Brown (Wentworth). Wallace had rounds of 67,77 and 73 for 217, compared with Brown's 72, 69 and 72 for three-under-par 213.
Alasdair Dalgleish (Haywards Heath), with rounds of 72, 81 and 80 for 233, came joint third in the Boys' Under-18 section, 15 shots behind the winner from India, Rahul Bakshi. Stuart Ballingall (Dunston Hall) finished seventh in this age group. Stuart scored 83, 74 and 81 for 238.
Scottish schoolboys champion Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) finished joint ninth in the Boys' Under-17 section, 20 shots behind the South American winner. Chris had rounds of 85, 76 and 78 for 239.
Brora's Calum Stewart came ninth in the Boys' Under-15 category, 16 shots behind the winner from Royal Norwich, Thomas Clements.
Calum scored 80, 81 and 79 for 240. Louis Gaughan (Bathgate) was also competing in this section. He had rounds of 81, 81 and 85 for 257.
Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) finished seventh in the Under-18 girls' section, won by the English women's champion Hannah Barwood from Knowle, Bristol. She had ever-improving rounds of 86, 81 and 77 for a total of 244. Hannah scored 78, 74 and 78 for 230 and a two-shot win from compatriot Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham) (79-77-76).
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
UNDER-21
213 Steven Brown (Wentworth) 72 69 72.
217 Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 67 77 73, James Watts (East Herts) 73 65 79.
219 Andrew Palmer (Chorley) 72 72 75.
220 Rhys Black (Sherwood Forest) 77 71 72.
222 Andy Shakespear (Five Lakes) 74 71 77.
BOYS' UNDER-18
218 Rahul Bakshi (India) 73 69 76.
232 Barry Anderson (Sligo, Ireland) 73 78 81.
233 Luke Maguire (Howley Hall) 78 76 79, Alasdair Dalgleish (Haywards Heath) 72 81 80, Sam Whitehead (Woburn) 76 77 80.
Selected score:
238 Stuart Ballingall (Dunston Hall) 83 74 81 (jt 7th).
BOYS' UNDER-17
219 Rafael Becker (South America) 76 70 73.
226 Reeve Whitson (Mourne, Ireland) 78 74 74.
228 Ben Stow (Hampworth) 82 71 75.
Selected score:
239 Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 85 76 78 (jt 9th).
BOYS' UNDER-16
225 Adrian Otaegui (San Sebastian, Spain) 76 72 77, Koray Varli (Turkey) 76 71 78 (Otaegui won tie-breaker).
230 Gareth Johnson (Howley Hall) 78 75 77.
232 Oliver Lewis (Ludlow) 83 74 75.
BOYS' UNDER-15
224 Thomas Clements (Royal Norwich) 75 73 76.
225 Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan) 73 73 79.
230 Dermot McElroy (Ballymena) 76 75 79.
Selected scores:
240 Calum Stewart (Brora) 80 81 79 (9th).
257 Louis Gaughan (Bathgate) 81 91 85.
GIRLS UNDER-18
230 Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 78 74 78.
232 Jenna Birch (Royal Lytham) 79 77 76.
234 Eloin Ulu (Turkey) 77 81 76.
237 Eyglo Myrra (Iceland) 79 81 77.
242 Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) 82 78 82.
243 Abbey Gittings (Walmley) 80 80 83
244 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 86 81 77.
245 Raffi Dyer (Hayland Island) 82 81 82.
247 Miranda Brain (Gog Magog) 81 83 83.
253 Tiffany Hewetson (East Brighton) 84 81 88.
255 Megan Burgess (Cavendish) 87 85 83.

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