Michael Sim meltdown completes rout of
Scots in Stage 2 of US Tour Q School

All the Scots in the US PGA Tour Qualifying School's four Stage 2 events were eliminated in the 72-hole tests.
Aberdeen-born Michael Sim, who had looked set to figure among the 21 qualifiers at Deerwood Golf Club, Kingswood, Texas, suffered a disastrous "meltdown" in the fourth and final round. After scores of 71, 68 and 71, Sim, who emigrated with his parents to Australia in the early 1990s, slumped to a 76 for 286 - two shots too many to earn a place in the Final Q School in December.
Sim had a double bogey 6 at the fourth and a double bogey 5 at the short 13th as well as single bogeys at the third, ninth and 10th. Birdies at the first, fifth and 15th could not cancel out the errors.
Welshman Richard Johnson was one of the qualifiers at the Texas venue with scores of 65, 69, 74 and 73 for 281.
In the Stage 2 event at Panama City Beach, Florida, Englishman David Skinns from Lincoln qualified in joint 14th place with a total of 279, one shot inside the limit for the 20 qualifiers.
But Edinburgh exile David Kirkpatrick, a resident of Lakeland, Florida for a good few years, finished on 286 with scores of 71, 76, 69 and 70.
Inverness-born Russell Knox, who lives at Jacksonville, Florida, could not carry over his successful form on the Hooters Tour. He score d76, 75, 74 and 74 for 299, finishing 71st in a field of 77.
+Michael Sim's father George clarifies his son's playing position for 2009: "It was disappointing for Michael and he will now play on the Nationwide Tour next year by virtue of finishing in the top 200 US PGA Tour players this year. He also has status because of his 2006 win on the Nationwide Tour."

European Tour Final Qualifying School
PGA GOLF DE CATALUNYA, Girona, Spain
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Red & Green Courses, par 71 & 72.
197 Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 66 66 65
200 Danny Willett (Eng) 70 67 63
202 Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 69 66 67
204 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 71 67 66
205 Branden Grace (Rsa) 66 69 70, Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 72 67 66, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 66 75 64
206 Dennis Kupper (Ger) 69 68 69, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 66 71 69, David Drysdale (Sco) 68 71 67, Marco Ruiz (Par) 66 75 65, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 69 69 68, Jonathan Caldwell (NIr) 67 70 69, Ake Nilsson (Swe) 71 67 68 206
207 Andrew Coltart (Sco) 71 69 67, Ben Mason (Eng) 70 72 65, Michele Reale (Ita) 69 72 66, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 70 67 70, Stuart Manley (Wal) 67 73 67, Chris Wood (Eng) 72 66 69, Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 69 67 71, Michael McGeady (Irl) 69 69 69
208 Michael Hoey (NIr) 68 69 71, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 68 72 68, Iain Pyman (Eng) 70 67 71, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 71 71 66, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 73 66 69
209 James Kamte (Rsa) 67 70 72, Chris Gane (Eng) 69 68 72, Roland Steiner (Aut) 68 73 68, Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 74 63 72, Dominique Nouailhac (Fra) 69 70 70, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 73 70 66.
PROJECTED CUT-OFF POINT FOR LEADING 30 PLAYERS AFTER SIX ROUNDS
210 Ben Evans (Eng) 70 67 73, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 68 70 72, Gary Clark (Eng) 70 70 70, Tony Carolan (Aus) 67 73 70, Callum Macaulay (Sco) (am) 71 67 72
211 Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 72 71 68, Julien Grillon (Fra) 69 72 70, James Morrison (Eng) 71 71 69, Andrew Butterfield (Eng) 73 70 68, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 70 68 73, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 72 68, Federico Colombo (Ita) 68 67 76, Anthony Summers (Aus) 71 71 69
212 John Mellor (Eng) 68 75 69, Matthew Millar (Aus) 74 69 69, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 69 73 70, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 69 74 69, Steven Jeffress (Aus) 72 67 73, Nicola Maestroni (Ita) 68 74 70, Juan Abbate (Arg) 69 70 73, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 74 71 67, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 79 64 69, Nathan Smith (USA) 71 70 71, Lee S James (Eng) 72 68 72, Dale Whitnell (Eng) 71 70 71
213 Simon Thornton (Irl) 69 72 72, Sam Walker (Eng) 71 71 71, Richard McEvoy (Eng) 71 67 75, Roope Kakko (Fin) 68 73 72, Jamie Moul (Eng) 75 71 67, Jamie Little (Eng) 74 69 70, Carlos Aguilar (Spa) 67 72 74, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 72 69 72, Florian Fritsch (Ger) 74 68 71
214 Andrew McArthur (Sco) 70 71 73, Anthony Grenier (Fra) 73 70 71, Julio Zapata (Arg) 70 75 69, Simon Griffiths (Eng) 67 75 72, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 69 76 69, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 69 75 70, Jochen Lupprian (Ger) 70 70 74, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 70 71
215 Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 76 66 73, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 75 68 72, Robert Coles (Eng) 69 75 71, Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 68 72 75, Michael Curtain (Aus) 67 77 71, Benjamin Alvarado (Chi) 73 74 68, Matthew Mills (Eng) 71 72 72, Carl Suneson (Spa) 70 74 71, Alex Haindl (Rsa) 69 74 72, John Parry (Eng) 71 74 70
216 Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 73 73 70, Garry Houston (Wal) 70 73 73, Sebastian L Saavedra (Arg) 71 74 71, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 72 71 73, Rory Hie (Ina) 71 72 73, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 71 74 71, Brett A Taylor (Eng) 69 72 75, Benjamin Miarka (Ger) 73 70 73, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 73 73, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 68 74 74
217 Guy Woodman (Eng) 77 71 69, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 67 75 75, Sion E Bebb (Wal) 70 75 72, Jens Dantorp (Swe) 69 74 74, Ally Mellor (Eng) 74 71 72, Greig Hutcheon (Sco) 71 69 77, Julien Quesne (Fra) 67 74 76, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 78 73 66, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 78 67 72, Santiago Luna (Spa) 70 74 73, Anders Kristiansen (Nor) 72 68 77
218 Leif Westerberg (Swe) 73 73 72, Chris Doak (Sco) 75 72 71, Javier Colomo (Spa) 75 73 70, Jaakko Makitalo (Fin) 76 70 72, Philip Golding (Eng) 79 66 73, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 70 73 75, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 69 75 74
219 Peter Baker (Eng) 72 74 73, Matthew Morris (Eng) 77 74 68, Peter Richardson (Eng) 72 71 76, Jan-Are Larsen (Nor) 73 71 75, Jordi Garcia Pinto (Spa) 75 72 72, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 74 70 75
220 Petter Bocian (Swe) 71 73 76, David Carter (Eng) 70 75 75, Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 69 76 75, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 73 72 75
221 Stuart Davis (Eng) 75 69 77, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 76 73 72, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 75 72 74, Graham Gordon (Sco) 77 74 70, Ian Garbutt (Eng) 71 73 77
222 Gareth Davies (Eng) 72 79 71, Gary Marks (Eng) 71 74 77, Warren Bennett (Eng) 71 78 73
223 Marcel Haremza (Ger) 77 71 75, Gerald Gresse (Bel) 68 77 78
224 Francois Calmels (Fra) 71 75 78, Van Phillips (Eng) 72 77 75, Lloyd Saltman (Sco) 69 75 80
225 Malcolm Mackenzie (Eng) 76 75 74, Andrew Oldcorn (Sco) 77 73 75, Craig Lee (Sco) 76 71 78, Tobias Dier (Ger) 75 73 77
226 Gary Emerson (Eng) 73 74 79, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 72 72 82, Liam Bond (Wal) 75 71 80, James Ruth (Eng) 77 74 75, Gary Boyd (Eng) 72 74 80
227 Sven Struver (Ger) 77 76 74, Peter Whiteford (Sco) 67 78 82
228 Andrew Crux (Eng) 76 78 74, Robin Swane (Ned) 76 73 79
230 Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 75 75 80
231 Oscar Floren (Swe) 73 82 76, Pedro Linhart (Spa) 75 75 81
235 Raphael De Sousa (Swi) 76 83 76
236 Scott Henry (Sco) (am) 75 77 84
Rtd: Scott Hend (Aus) 71 73
+Three rounds still to play - leading 30 after 108 holes win players' cards for European Tour.

Singapore Open limps along with play
suspensions the norm: Only 27
players have completed three rounds

Don't tell the organisers, but it's the wrong time of the year to hold a big pro tournament in Singapore. At least one suspension of play per day for bad weather is the norm and the Barclays Singapore Open has limped through three days now at Sentosa Golf Club and the third round is far from being completed.
Thailand's Chapchai Nirat surged into a two-stroke lead with six holes still to play in his third round.
The big-hitting Chapchai negotiated 12 holes of his unfinished third round in five-under-par, highlighted by three birdies and a stunning eagle when he holed an approach from the fairway at the 11th hole.
Described as a world-class player when he played alongside Phil Mickelson at last year's Barclays Singapore Open, Chapchai, who finished second on the Asian Tour's Order of Merit last season, holds the lead at nine-under-par with Singaporean Lam Chih Bing, Denmark's Thomas Bjorn and Simon Dyson of England lurking two back.
Padraig Harrington, a double Major winner this season, charged into contention with a superb 66 for the clubhouse lead on five-under-par 208. Phil Mickelson also made his move by playing 14 holes in four under to lie four back with Ernie Els who was one over through 11 holes.
India's Jeev Milkha Singh and Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland were also five under for the tournament through 14 and 11 holes respectively.
Chapchai soared on an eagle's wings when he produced his magical shot from 118 yards out on the 11th. He was relishing the opportunity to claim victory at the Barclays Singapore Open, Asia's richest national championship.
"I'm not going to think about the players behind me," said Chapchai, a two-time winner on the Asian Tour.
"I'm feeling really confident as I'm hitting my driver and three wood well. It's important to lead this event going into Sunday but it'll certainly be a very long day with so much golf to play.
"I'm going to take it easy tonight by watching Thai movies and get ready for tomorrow. I was always aiming to play well here as I like this golf course," added the Thai, who first came to prominence at this event in 2005 when he finished tied 11th.
Singaporean hopes rested on the gutsy Lam, who made the turn in three under but was staring at a 15-foot par putt on the 12th green when play was suspended at 6.30pm. Only 27 players completed their third rounds, with the remaining 45 players set to return on Sunday, 7.30am to complete their rounds and then go out again for a final time.
"It has been a long day. I finished my second round this morning (playing 13 holes). I hit the ball pretty well all day. The last holes got pretty hard to play, there was hardly any light. All in all it was quite a steady round," said Lam.
The 31-year-old, an underachiever despite his enormous talents, is hoping to upset the odds and become Singapore's first home winner of its national Open, which was inaugurated in 1961.
"I am on a great run - if I can keep it going for another round and a half that would be good," said Lam, whose Asian Tour record includes only two top-10s in 105 previous starts. "The support from the crowd is awesome. It is unbelievable how good the galleries are here. It was a good feeling making that (birdie) putt on nine in front of a big gallery."
Bjorn, a former Ryder Cup star for Europe, quietly moved up the leaderboard with five birdies against a lone bogey through 12 holes. "I am well positioned. I got off to a rocky start but after four I played some pretty good stuff. I am just trying to get myself in there with a chance to win. I have not played well for a while and it is nice to get that feeling that I have a chance again," said the big Dane, whose two top-10s this season were registered in Asia.
Asian specialist Dyson, winner of the Asian Tour's Order of Merit in 2000 during his rookie professional season, stayed in the title hunt but conceded he was struggling with the delays caused by inclement weather over the past two days.
"It's very tough. I've never been a massive fan with teeing off very late. You're up at 9am and you're not teeing off until 3pm. I always like to get up early and play. Hopefully tomorrow will be better," said Dyson. "I'm so tired. It doesn't feel like it's my normal game. I normally like to attack stuff but I'm holding back a bit as I'm tired.
World number three Mickelson completed his second round in 68 early in the morning and kept up his good form with an eagle and two birdies over 14 holes of his third round.
"I played well. I'm very much in contention but I need to make a few birdies tomorrow to make an impact. There are a lot of good players up there," said the left-hander.

LEADING UNCOMPLETED THIRD ROUND SCORES
- 9: Chapchai Nirat (Tha) through 12 holes
-7: Thomas Bjorn (Den) through 12 holes
-7: Lam Chih Bing (Sin) through 11 holes
-7: Simon Dyson (Eng) through 11 holes
-5: Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) through 14 holes
-5: Phil Mickelson (USA) through 14 holes
-5: Rory McIlroy (NIr) through 11 holes
-5: Ernie Els (SAf) through 11 holes.

THIRD ROUND COMPLETED TOTALS
Par 213 (3 x 71)
208 (-5) Padraig Harrington (Irl) 72 70 66
211 (-2) Kim Kyung-Tae (Kor) 69 75 67, Scott Strange (Aus) 71 71 69
212 (-1) Somkiat Srisanga (Tha) 71 71 70
213 (level par) Danny Lee (Nzl) 74 69 70, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 76 67 70, Adam Blyth (Aus) 72 70 71, Ted Oh (Kor) 76 68 69
214 James Kingston (Rsa) 72 71 71, Neven Basic (Aus) 74 69 71
215 Lu Wei-Chih (Tai) 71 72 72, Oliver Wilson (Eng) 71 73 71, Markus Brier (Aut) 70 72 73, Darren Clarke (NIrl) 73 71 71, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 73 69 73
216 Peter Fowler (Aus) 72 71 73, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 75 69 72, Gonzalo Fdz-Castano (Spa) 72 70 74
217 Mardan Mamat (Sin) 75 69 73, Noh Seung-Yul (Kor) 72 72 73, Scott Barr (Aus) 72 70 75
218 Keith Horne (Rsa) 69 75 74, Kane Webber (Aus) 73 71 74, Steven Tiley (Eng) 73 69 76, Jason Knutzon (USA) 74 70 74, Zhang Lian-Wei (Chn) 70 73 75
221 Young Nam (Kor) 73 71 77

Local hero Lam misses chance to share
second-round lead in Singapore

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Local player Lam Chih Bing was left to regret a bogey on the final hole of his second round on Saturday as he missed the opportunity to join Ernie Els and Simon Dyson on the lead flight for the Barclays Singapore Open.
The 31-year-old, who led the tournament after the weather-interrupted first day with a four-under 67, had to play 13 holes at Sentosa Golf Club on Saturday morning after darkness interrupted his second round with the Singaporean on four under through five holes on Friday.
Lam pulled himself within a stroke of Els and Dyson - the clubhouse leaders on six under - with a birdie at the 12th but pushed his two-iron tee shot at the par-five 18th into rough and put his second shot behind a tree as he bogeyed the hole.
The dropped shot gave Lam a level par 71 that put him into a tie for third place on four under with Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Thailand's Chapchai Nirat, who both carded scores of 68 on Friday.
Dyson fired a four-under-par 67 and Els carded a 70 in their second rounds to lead the tournament on six under.
Lam was regretful at missing the opportunity to play with three-time major winner Els.
"Coming down the last I was thinking that if I could just make a par, I would probably get to play with Ernie Els which would have been a really big bonus," he added.
"He's someone that I look up to and it would have been a great learning opportunity to play with someone like him.
"It might turn out to be a good thing. We've still got two more rounds, a long way to go and hopefully I can continue to play solid golf."
Seventy-eight players completed their second rounds this morning with Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant, Australia's Marcus Both and Holland's Guido Van Der Valk moving into contention after joining Thomas Bjorn of Denmark and David Gleeson of Australia in a five-way tie for sixth on three under.
SCOREBOARD TO COME