FRASER FOTHERINGHAM

DOWN UNDER FOR BIG

WEEK AT RIVERSDALE

Nairn's Fraser Fotheringham, beaten finalist in the 2007 British boys' championship final at Royal Porthcawl, is one of a record field of 200 for this week's prestigious Riversdale Cup at Riversdale Golf Club, near Melbourne.
Fotheringam, pictured right, is also playing in the traditional tournament curtain-raiser, at the same venue, the Australian amateur foursomes, in which is partner is Kalem Richardson from Richardson.
The foursomes tees off on Wednesday and the Riversdale Cup, a 72-hole stroke-play event, starts on Friday.

Scot is director of golf at Pestovo Club near Moscow

Stephen Dundas appointed

national coach by Russian

Golf Association

FROM THIS WEEK'S PGA BULLETIN
By NICK RODGER
Former Tartan Tour player Stephen Dundas, the
1992 British Amateur champion who played in
the Masters the following year, is spearheading
a drive to nurture Russia's future golfing Tsars.
The 35-year-old Glaswegian, who beat Bradley Dredge
in the amateur final at Carnoustie having disposed of
Padraig Harrington in the earlier rounds, has been
appointed national coach at the Russian Golf
Association.
Dundas, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, during a visit to Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort during the 2nd Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival, spends seven months of the year at the
Pestovo Golf & Yacht club near Moscow where he is director of golf and the former Scotland amateur cap is now relishing the prospect of developing a game which is still very much in its infancy in a country of 140 million people.
"It's a very exciting time," said Dundas, who bases himself
near Alicante on the Costa Blanca during the winter.
"Golf is only about 15 years old in Russia and it's all
very new and still very elitist and I'm teaching everything
from the game's history, etiquette and rules. We have 25
to 30 courses in the whole of the country but there are
over 100 under construction.
"For kids it's probably not cool to be into golf but we still
have some very good young amateurs coming through.
We are trying to get others excited about golf by going
into schools and colleges and getting the message
across that the rewards and opportunities in the game
can be huge.”
Dundas, who has footballer Andriy Shevchenko on his
list of coaching clients at the Pestovo club, added:
"What I want to achieve is some structured approach to
coaching in the country. We need to teach the existing
pros how to coach and from there we can build up proper
coaching systems and develop the talent."
Dundas move follows on the heels of a recent
announcement for a PGA-branded golf course and
academy near Moscow.
The Bolshoye Zavidovo resort will feature a 7,300-yard
course called PGA National Russia and a PGA National
Golf Academy with a 9-hole course and extensive practice
facilities including an integrated short game range,
practice bays and swing studios.

US PGA Tour Scoreboard
MAYAKOBA CLASSIC
Riviera Maya, El Camaleon GC, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4 x 70)
267 Mark Wilson 66 64 69 68
269 J J Henry 66 66 69 68
270 Heath Slocum 68 69 66 67, Kevin Streelman 67 71 68 64
272 Kevin Na 68 62 72 70
273 Jerry Kelly 70 69 66 68, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 65 71 66 71, Aron Price (Aus) 69 70 68 66, David Toms 70 67 70 66, Rich Beem 70 66 72 65, Briny Baird 67 66 67 73, James Nitties (Aus) 69 66 69 69
274 Ted Purdy 69 70 68 67, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 70 66 69 69
275 Brendon De Jonge 69 70 69 67, Cameron Beckman 66 69 68 72, Glen Day 72 70 64 69, Scott Verplank 67 71 65 72, Corey Pavin 67 68 69 71
277 Brian Gay 68 70 71 68, Scott Piercy 66 69 69 73, Harrison Frazar 70 70 67 70, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 72 70 68 67, Greg Owen (Eng) 67 71 65 74, Y. E Yang (Kor) 69 70 69 69, Kevin Stadler 70 72 66 69, Steve Marino 70 68 69 70
278 Dudley Hart 67 71 72 68, Joe Durant 72 67 70 69, Chris Riley 65 68 69 76, John Merrick 68 68 70 72, Notah Begay III 68 70 71 69, Bo Van Pelt 63 69 67 79, Gary Woodland 69 72 63 74, Jason Dufner 68 69 70 71, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 67 72 66 73, Jason Day (Aus) 68 71 72 67
279 Kent Jones 70 72 66 71, Vaughn Taylor 69 69 72 69, Jose de Jesus Rodriguez (Mex) 70 69 70 70, Charles Howell III 68 72 69 70, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 70 67 69 73, Dean Wilson 68 71 67 73, Bill Haas 73 65 74 67, Scott Sterling 67 71 68 73
280 Patrick Sheehan 69 69 72 70, Jay Williamson 69 70 71 70, Peter Lonard (Aus) 69 69 73 69
281 Brian Davis (Eng) 70 70 70 71, Chad Campbell 71 66 69 75, Tag Ridings 72 69 71 69, Mark Brooks 68 74 67 72, John Huston 67 70 70 74, Tom Lehman 70 68 70 73, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 73 66 74 68, Chez Reavie 70 70 69 72
282 Billy Andrade 69 71 69 73, Brett Quigley 70 72 73 67, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 73 69 71 69
283 Chris Stroud 68 71 71 73, Colt Knost 75 66 72 70
284 Ricky Barnes 70 72 71 71, Omar Uresti 76 66 72 70, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 67 70 78 69
285 Peter Tomasulo 69 72 69 75, John Rollins 72 70 71 72, Aaron Watkins 69 71 72 73, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 72 67 72 74, Chris DiMarco 69 70 74 72, J.P. Hayes 66 75 73 71, James Vargas 72 70 69 74
286 Dicky Pride 72 68 68 78, Bryce Molder 72 69 73 72
287 Michael Letzig 69 70 74 74
288 David Mathis 70 71 76 71
290 Casey Wittenberg 69 72 75 74, Olin Browne 69 72 74 75
296 Nathan Green (Aus) 72 68 79 77