Brian Gay (20 under par) wins by 10 shots

from Luke Donald and Briny Baird

American Brian Gay cruised to the Verizon Heritage title on Sunday after a final round seven-under-par 64 saw the American claim his second US PGA Tour victory by a record-breaking 10 strokes.
Gay finished at a tournament record low 20-under-par, one better than Loren Roberts in 1996, to win by 10 strokes, the largest margin of victory recorded at Harbour Town, eclipsing Davis Love III's seven-shot win in 1998.
Gay, averaging little over 260yd from his drives, proved that, on some courses, you don't have to hit the ball a mile off the tee to succeed.
England's Luke Donald (66) and American Briny Baird finished at 10 under, while two-time US Open champion Lee Janzen carded a level par 71, missing out on a share of second and his best finish since the 2003 Memorial Tournament when he bogeyed the last to fall to nine under alongside former Open winner Todd Hamilton, who closed with a 70, in fourth.
Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal finished in a tie for sixth at eight under with Tim Wilkinson of Australia following a final-round 67.
Rory Sabbatini of South Africa carded 66 to claim a share of eighth place with Americans Matt Weibring and Tim Petrovic at seven under.
Shell Houston Open winner Paul Casey (66) finished in a tie for 11th with Woody Austin at six under while Germany's Alex Cejka was in an eight-man group at five under.
Greg Owen of England finished at one-under-par alongside Fredrik Jacobson of Sweden with Ernie Els of South Africa ending the week at level par.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy finished at two-over-par for the tournament after closing with a level par 71, an eighth consecutive round of 70 or above.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4 x 71)
264 Brian Gay (US) 67 66 67 64.
274 Luke Donald (Eng) 73 70 65 66, Briny Baird (US) 69 72 65 68.
275 Lee Janzen (US) 65 70 69 71, Todd Hamilton (US) 68 66 71 70.
276 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa) 68 71 70 67, Tim Wilkinson (NZ) 71 67 65 73.
277 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 70 68 73 66, Tim Petrovic 68 70 69 70, Matt Weibring 70 70 69 68
278 Paul Casey (Eng) 73 70 69 66, Woody Austin 70 73 66 69
279 Spencer Levin 72 72 66 69, Alex Cejka (Ger) 64 71 72 72, Tommy Armour III 70 68 74 67, Steve Marino 71 73 67 68, Bob Estes 68 71 69 71, Dean Wilson 69 74 68 68, Boo Weekley 69 72 70 68, Bo Van Pelt 73 70 66 70
280 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 75 68 67 70, Jeff Maggert 68 75 66 71, Davis Love III 70 67 69 74, Tom Lehman 70 69 68 73, Scott Verplank 72 66 73 69
281 Ben Crane 73 69 71 68, Jason Dufner 70 73 69 69, Lucas Glover 74 68 70 69, Ken Duke 69 70 71 71
282 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 66 74 71 71, Vaughn Taylor 71 72 69 70, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 73 70 72 67, Ted Purdy 67 71 72 72, Chris Couch 73 69 70 70, Scott Piercy 69 70 75 68, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 72 70 68 72
283 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 71 69 71 72, Zach Johnson 70 71 70 72, Bill Lunde 73 69 72 69, Steve Lowery 73 71 68 71, Greg Owen (Eng) 69 71 74 69, Charles Howell III 69 74 70 70, George McNeill 71 71 71 70, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 76 68 69 70, Camilo Villegas (Col) 70 72 71 70, Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 70 69 72, Nicholas Thompson 73 71 69 70
284 Greg Kraft 72 72 69 71, Matt Kuchar 71 70 73 70, Peter Lonard (Aus) 72 71 68 73, Joe Durant 73 71 71 69, Nathan Green (Aus) 70 71 70 73, Justin Leonard 70 73 67 74, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 71 73 72, Jose Coceres (Arg) 74 67 67 76
285 Brad Adamonis 74 68 71 72, Mark Wilson 72 69 74 70
286 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 72 71 72 71, Shaun Micheel 72 68 71 75, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 68 74 72 72, Tommy Gainey 71 68 73 74
287 Charlie Wi (Kor) 71 70 70 76, Colt Knost 74 68 72 73, Stewart Cink 72 70 72 73
288 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 68 68 74 78, Brett Quigley 72 72 67 77, Heath Slocum 72 68 70 78, Cliff Kresge 68 75 74 71
289 Brendon De Jonge 72 72 73 72, Chris DiMarco 72 71 74 72, Jonathan Byrd 70 73 73 73
290 Michael Letzig 73 71 74 72, Michael Allen 72 72 70 76, Aron Price (Aus) 68 73 73 76
291 Charley Hoffman 70 69 72 80
292 Glen Day 71 73 76 72
294 Will MacKenzie 73 71 76 74
296 Robert Garrigus 70 74 75 77

Michael Sim loses play

-off but he's on way

back to US Tour

Michael Sim is definitely on the road back! The Aberdeen-born Australian, a winner already on the US Nationwide Tour this season, almost did it again in the Athens Regional Foundation Classic on Sunday.
Over the par-72, 7004yd Jennings Mill Country Club course at Athens, Georgia, Sim, pictured above, shot a brilliant final round of 63 to force a play-off with American Patrick Sheehan at 14-under-par 274.
Sheehan won the play-off with a birdie at the first extra hole to pocket $99,000; Sim earned $59,400 and has already won enough - $241,147 - judging by the 2008 Nationwide money table to be looking forward to playing on the US PGA Tour next year where he was a couple of seasons ago before a lower back stress fracture eventually cost him his card.


FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE:
ATHENS, Georgia -- Patrick Sheehan birdied the first hole of a sudden-death play-off Sunday to defeat Michael Sim at the Athens Regional Foundation Classic. The $99,000 paycheck is the first of the season for Sheehan on the Nationwide Tour and puts him in seventh place on the current money list. The top 25 players at the end of the year earn US PGA Tour cards for 2010.
As the day unfolded, the eventual win for the Providence, Rhode Island native was anything but certain. Sheehan started the day at 10 under and two strokes behind third-round leader Bob Burns.
Playing seven groups and 80m behind Sim, Sheehan kept his eye on the scoreboards as the 24-year-old Australian-Scot rocketed toward him.
"I saw him at 14 under and kept wondering what he could have shot," said Sheehan.
Sim started the day tied for 19th and seven shots off the lead. Seven birdies and an eagle later, he was in the clubhouse with a course-record-tying 63 and a sole possession of the lead at 14 under par.
Sheehan got to 13 under through 11 holes when Sim finished, then birdied the 12th take a share of the lead. He then bogeyed the 13th and missed a five-footer for par on the 15th to fall two shots back, and thought the round and chances for his first win in almost seven years might be slipping away.
"After I missed the putt on 15, I told Billy (his caddie) that my only shot was to make two birdies coming in and force a play-off," he said.
He did just that, making an unlikely 3 on the par-4 16th, the second-toughest hole on the course, where only seven other birdies were made all day. After a par on the 17th, Sheehan hit a perfect approach to 8 feet on the final hole of regulation.
"I couldn't see it but heard the roar and knew there was going to be a play-off," said Sim, who was less than 100 yards away on the practice tee when Sheehan's birdie putt curled in the left side of the cup.
They returned to the par-5 18th hole, where Sim was first to hit and laced a 2-iron down the middle of the fairway. Sheehan pushed his drive wide right, where it bounced off a cart path and into wet rough.
"The lie was decent but my stance was in a puddle of water. The rules official said I was entitled to take relief, but where I would have had to drop was in a worse spot so I decided just to play it," said Sheehan.
"I also couldn't hit too much club because there was a mound in front of me."
Sim laid up perfectly to 75 yards with an ideal angle to the pin while Sheehan was still 140 yards out with a difficult approach over the water and a greenside bunker. It clearly looked like Sim was in position to become the first player to win consecutive events on the Nationwide Tour since 2002.
Sheehan's approach with a 9-iron drifted right and ended up just a few inches off the green, 22 feet from the hole.
Sim played a low spinning sand wedge that looked like it would hit the slight ridge in the middle of the green and release to the back left pin. But the ball landed softly, stopping some 40 feet from the hole.
"I thought that shot was perfect," said Sim. "It hit an old pitch mark and didn't release."
After Sim rolled his putt two feet past the hole, Sheehan stepped up and coolly drained the 22-footer from the fringe for birdie and the victory.
This is Sheehan's second career win as a professional and his first time competing in a play-off. He has played five full seasons on the US PGA Tour since 2003 with more than $3.8 million in earnings. He finished 128th on last year's US PGA Tour money list and came to Athens after not getting into the field at the Verizon Heritage. This win guarantees fully-exempt status on the Nationwide Tour for the remainder of this year and all of 2010.
Sim continued his stellar play with another top-five finish, his third in six starts this year. He maintains his top position on the current money list with cumulative earnings of $241,417. The 25th position in 2008 was $218,902.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
1. Patrick Sheehan 66 69 71 68 274. Sheehan won play-off ($99,000).
2. Michael Sim 68 71 72 63 274 ($59,400).
3. Darron Stiles 71 68 70 66 275 ($37,400).
4. Garth Mulroy 70 73 69 65 277 ($20,735)
4. John Riegger 73 69 69 66 277 ($20,735)
4. Daniel Summerhays 71 70 67 69 277 ($20,735)
4. Bob Burns 74 63 67 73 277 ($20,735)
4. Rich Barcelo 66 73 67 71 277 ($20,735)
9. Cameron Percy 69 72 66 71 278 ($15,400).
9. Skip Kendall 68 70 69 71 278 ($15,400)

Nick Price wins a US Seniors Tour title at last

Zimbabwean Nick Price, a three times Major winner, overcame three double bogeys in an up-and-down final-round 71 and won for the first time on the US Champions (Seniors) Tour today.
Price steadied up in time to par the last three holes after birdieing the 13th, 14th and 15th. He won by two strokes from Larry Nelson in his 39th attempt to win an over-50s event in the States.
The last tournament Price won in American was the 2002 MasterCard Colonial, since when he has played in 111 pro events in America.
The 52-year-old Price overcame his double-bogey barrage with seven birdies to shoot even par and finish at nine-under 204. Nelson, who had four bogeys on the back nine, shot a final-round 70 for a seven-under 206 total in the Outback Pro-Am at TPC Tampa Bay, Florida.
Loren Roberts made a strong push in the final round to finish in a three-way tie at six under with Lonnie Nielsen and Hal Sutton.
Two-time defending champion Tom Watson, who had hip surgery on October 2, struggled throughout the weekend.

SCOTTISH GOLF UNION JUNIOR TOUR

Jack's the Lad at North Berwick!

McDonald makes winning debut

Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie), a quarter-finalist at the recent Scottish boys' championship at Royal Aberdeen, marked his debut on the Scottish Golf Junior Tour with victory in Event 2 in the series at North Berwick today (Sunday).
McDonald, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency at Balgownie,with a three-over-par 74, was five strokes behind first-round pacemakers Ross Proctor (Forres) and Chris Low (Tantallon) but he was only one of two boys to break 70 in the rising afternoon wind and a 68 - the lowest of the competition - for level par 142 gave him victory by one shot from Simon Fairburn (Gala) with 73 and 70.
Five players tied for third place on 144 - Kyle Godsman (Hopeman), Conor O'Neil (Glasgow), Grant Forrest (Craigielaw), Ross Storrier (Downfield) and Ross Proctor.
Collated scores:
FINAL TOTALS
Par 142 (2 x 72). CSS 72 (am), 71 (pm).
142 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 74 68.
143 Simon Fairburn (Gala) 73 70.
144 Kyle Godsman (Hopeman) 75 69, Conor O'Neil (Glasgow) 73 72, Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) 72 72, Ross Storrier (Downfield) 71 73, Ross Proctor (Forres) 69 75.
145 Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 70 75, Chris Low (Tantallon) 69 76.
147 Tom Blennerhassett (Dalmahoy) 73 74, Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle) 71 76.
148 Paul McPhee (King James VI) 78 70, Ian Redford (St Andrews New) 74 74, Calum Stewart (Brora) 73 75, Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 73 75, Liam Johnston (Dumfries & Co) 73 75, Stuart Boyle (Harburn) 72 76.
149 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 77 72, Neil Beattie (St Andrews) 70 79.
151 Jordyn Rhind (Uphall) 77 74, Nick MacAndrew (Royal Aberdeen) 75 76, Rodger Clarke (Moray) 74 77, Matthew Reid (Downfield) 72 79.
152 Shaun Connor (Ralston) 79 73, Mark Thomson (Grange, Monifieth) 79 73, Danny Kay (Dunbar) 79 73, Marc Smith (Troon Welbeck) 75 77.
154 Andrew Wright (Kilmarnock Barassie) 82 72.
155 Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyton) 78 77.
159 Calum McLean (Cowglen) 83 76.

Gary is Boyd by Tusker

Kenya Open success

Gary Boyd proved what a difference a year can make in golf when he triumphed in the Tusker Kenya Open on the European Challenge Tour today.
The 22-year-old Englishman, pictured right, carded a final round 69 at the Muthaiga Golf Club in Nairobi for a 13 under par total of 271 to take the title by three shots from his fellow countrymen Andrew Butterfield and Philip Golding. South African’s David Hewan finished fourth while Frenchman Victor Riu took fifth.
A year ago, in his debut season on the Challenge Tour, Boyd finished in the top five in the self-same event, and a promising season seemed on the cards when he followed that up with runners-up finishes in events in both Argentina and Poland.
But he failed to capitalise on that good early season form and slipped back to eventually finish 29th on the Challenge Tour Rankings – nine places and some €15,800 short of the 20 players who gained cards to this season’s European Tour by rights.
But, although there is still the majority of the 2009 Challenge Tour season to play, Boyd could not have got off to a better start, winning on his first outing of the year to immediately take over at the top of the Rankings with €28,800 to his name.
“It still hasn’t quite sunk in what I have achieved today but that will probably come when I go home next week and meet up with my friends and family there,” he said. “I’m sure we’ll manage to have a celebration.
“It was one of my goals for the season to get a win under my belt as quickly as possible after having gone so close last year and I am delighted to have been able to do that. It just goes to show that all the hard work you put in on your game does pay off and you can get results.”
Starting the final round five shots to the good, Boyd’s nearest challenger was Butterfield who signalled his intentions immediately with birdies at the first two holes. But Boyd was equal to the challenge with birdies of his own at the second, third and fourth.
Further into the final round, the next man to emerge from the pack to challenge the leader was Frenchman Victor Riu, who moved second on his own thanks to a fine run of four birdies in seven holes from the fourth to the tenth. But the 24 year old Frenchman’s challenge ended when he dropped four shots in a row from the 11th.
It left the gauntlet to be taken up by the vastly experienced Englishman Philip Golding, playing on the Challenge Tour after losing his playing privileges on The European Tour at the end of the 2006 season.
The 46 year old Londoner, playing some 40 minutes in front of Boyd, set the clubhouse mark of nine under par 275 following a flawless 65, a final round which saw the three time European Tour champion post three birdies on each half of his card.
Three three-putt bogeys in a row from Boyd at the 11th, 12th and 13th gave the watching Golding hope that he might have a chance but the young man steadied the ship with three solid par figures before a birdie 3 at the 17th but the destination of the title beyond doubt.
“I had a look at the leaderboard at the turn and saw that I was still five clear which was good but then the three three-putts rocked the boat a little,” he said. “But I hit a great approach shot into the tough 14th which gave me an easy par and that settled me down.
“I hit a great tee shot at the 17th as well and then couldn’t believe it when I found my ball in a divot in the fairway and I thought back to Immelman at the Masters last year. But I hit a great approach shot from there to about three feet and when I made the putt for birdie, I knew I was going to win.”
Boyd’s immediate celebrations were put on hold as he headed for a television set in his hotel to watch his beloved Manchester United take on Everton in the FA Cup semi-final from Wembley before he himself returns to Old Trafford next weekend to watch his heroes face Tottenham in the league.

It was not a good tournament for Scots. Only two survived the halfway cut and neither Greig Hutcheon nor Andrew McArthur will look back on their weekend rounds with any pleasure. Peterculter's Hutcheon dropped like a stone down the leaderboard with a pair of 77s for 11 over par 295; McArthur was marginally better with 78 and 71 for 294.
In golfing terms, his next Challenge Tour outing will be either in the Moroccan Classic by Banque Populaire at the end of this month, or in the Allianz Open Côtes d’Armor Bretagne in mid May. FINAL TOTALS

Par 284 (4 x 71)
271 G Boyd (Eng) 67 64 71 69
275 A Butterfield (Eng) 67 70 70 68, P Golding (Eng) 74 70 66 65
277 D Hewan (RSA) 70 66 72 69
278 V Riu (Fra) 69 71 68 70
279 C Suneson (Esp) 69 67 72 71
280 O Floren (Swe) 71 73 66 70
281 C Gane (Eng) 73 70 69 69, R Coles (Eng) 69 72 71 69
282 S Walker (Eng) 74 71 71 66, A Mellor (Eng) 73 72 67 70, M Rominger (Sui) 67 74 71 70, P Gustafsson (Swe) 68 76 68 70, L James (Eng) 70 68 71 73

283 T Fisher Jnr (RSA) 71 67 71 74, A Willey (Eng) 73 70 69 71, J Quesne (Fra) 71 71 70 71, E Molinari (Ita) 71 71 69 72
284 J Forestier (Fra) 72 70 69 73, J Grillon (Fra) 70 71 70 73, A Marshall (Eng) 67 72 73 72, T Ferreira (RSA) 71 71 75 67, J Larsen (Nor) 71 71 73 69, F Calmels (Fra) 71 74 66 73, K Brink (Swe) 74 71 69 70, R McEvoy (Eng) 70 71 70 73,
285 M Bremner (RSA) 69 73 69 74, S Juul (Den) 66 71 73 75, M Wiegele (Aut) 70 73 70 72, T Cruz (Por) 75 69 72 69,
286 G Shaw (Nir) 71 73 72 70, B Vaughan (RSA) 73 69 73 71, J Axgren (Swe) 71 71 72 72, L Moolman (RSA) 68 72 75 71, R Gonzalez (Arg) 72 71 68 75, C Brazillier (Fra) 71 69 74 72,
287 M Haastrup (Den) 70 70 74 73, T Feyrsinger (Aut) 70 73 71 73, J Morrison (Eng) 72 72 70 73, N Cheetham (Eng) 73 71 74 69, B Miarka (Ger) 75 69 72 71, J Billot (Fra) 72 70 74 71,
288 T Charamba (Zim) 71 71 74 72, G Houston (Wal) 71 68 75 74, A Shah (Ken) 70 73 70 75, A Wagner (Arg) 69 69 77 73, L Bond (Wal) 69 76 74 69,
289 M Kramer (Ger) 68 69 75 77,
290 A Haindl (RSA) 72 72 69 77, J Kiondo (Ken) 75 70 74 71, K Jorgensen (Den) 73 69 72 76, B Taylor (Eng) 73 71 73 73, M Tullo (Chi) 72 73 73 72,
291 I Pyman (Eng) 71 73 76 71, G Jackson (Eng) 68 74 72 77, R Cairns (Zim) 72 73 71 75,
292 A Murray (Irl) 69 73 79 71, J Sköld (Swe) 68 76 75 73,
293 A Odoh (Ngr) 71 70 75 77,
294 A Bruschi (Ita) 76 69 73 76, A McArthur (Sco) 69 76 78 71,
295 G Hutcheon (Sco) 70 71 77 77,
298 A Bernadet (Fra) 70 70 82 76,
302 P O'Keeffe (Irl) 70 74 83 75,

MORE FINAL TOTALS LATER

Andrew Coltart's 66 joint best of last-day scores

Scott Strange makes up four-shot leeway to win

Volvo China Open from Fernandez-Castano

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Three birdies in four holes over the back nine helped Scott Strange win the Volvo China Open by one stroke after a final round 68 for eight-under-par 280 at Beijing CBD International Golf Club.
Strange began his final round four strokes adrift of overnight leader Richard Finch but birdies at the fifth and eighth saw him move into contention as the leaderboard became more and more congested as the final day's action progressed.
A par putt at the 12th slid by the hole but it proved a temporary setback as birdies at the 14th and 15th were followed by another at the 17th when Strange sank a putt from around 15 feet after finding the left side of the green with a nice approach.
A solid par at the last sealed an eight under par total and victory ahead of Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño who had a 72 for 281.
Last year’s The Celtic Manor Wales Open champion Strange underlined it was a solid rather than spectacular week that enabled him to take the title.
“I didn't tear the golf course apart but I played the golf course the best way I could and produced a score which ended up winning,” he said.
“I had a peek on the board on 12 and I knew there was a log jam there. I didn't really know if I'd won when I holed that putt at the last.
“The boards weren't there, I wasn't looking at them, so I didn't think I was leading until I holed that putt at the last.”
Finch endured a tough front nine, posting three bogeys as he went out in 38. A birdie at the tenth reignited his challenge but further opportunities went begging as Strange eventually took charge. He finished with a two over 74.
Fernandez-Castaño, playing alongside Finch, signed for a 72 after a birdie at the last saw him finish level for the day and claim second place.
Hall and Brown, who both broke the course record in the third round, carded 71 and 69 respectively to tie for third alongside Finch on six under 282, the latter leading for a period before bogeys at the 11th and 14th and a double bogey at the 12th extinguished the New Zealander's hopes.
Finch was philosophical about seeing victory slip through his fingers.
“I'm a little disappointed, obviously 74 is not the final round I was looking for at all but positives are that I played the long game really well, I was delighted with how I struck the ball, gave myself plenty of chances for birdies but just didn't convert really,” he said.
“That was disappointing then I think I got a bit guilty of trying too hard, trying to think of my technique and change that, I'd hit one a bit too hard then I'd leave one short in the middle and I just didn't quite get my eye in like I did yesterday. “That's the way it goes, you've just got to take it on the chin so that's that.”
Andrew Coltart caught fire on the final round with a 66 - a Sunday score matched only by Australian Kurt Barnes - for a final total of three-under-par 285 and joint 11th position.
Colin Montgomerie closed with his third score of 73 for a total of 289.
Scott Drummond began with a 75 and ended with a 75 for a total of 291.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
280 Scott Strange (Aus) 70 73 69 68
281 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 71 70 68 72
282 Richard Finch 71 71 66 74, Mark Brown (USA) 71 77 65 69, Ashley Hall (Aus) 75 71 65 71
283 Stephen Dodd 74 71 70 68, David Dixon 72 73 67 71
284 Markus Brier (Aut) 67 73 71 73, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 69 71 72 72, Paul McGinley 74 67 75 68
285 Andrew Coltart 74 73 72 66, Kurt Barnes (Aus) 76 70 73 66, Simon Dyson 69 73 70 73, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 73 71 72 69, Graeme Storm 72 71 70 72
286 Aaron Townsend (Aus) 73 71 70 72, Ho-sung Choi (Kor) 70 68 75 73, Branden Grace (Rsa) 72 73 71 70
287 Pablo Martin (Spa) 75 73 71 68
288 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 72 72 72 72, David McKenzie (Aus) 68 74 71 75, Gareth Maybin 76 70 70 72, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 70 75 71 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 74 73 70 71
289 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 73 72 75 69, Colin Montgomerie 73 73 70 73, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 72 73 72 72, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 72 74 70 73, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 73 73 74 69
290 Craig Scott (Aus) 71 74 73 72, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 74 69 74 73, Kyung-nam Kang (Kor) 76 70 73 71
291 Brett Rumford (Aus) 74 72 74 71, James Kingston (Rsa) 73 73 71 74, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 76 70 75 70, Scott Drummond 75 70 71 75, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 72 75 72 72
292 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 71 77 70 74, Ki joon Song (Aus) 71 75 71 75, Damien McGrane 72 74 78 68, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 74 76 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 75 71 76 70, Johan Edfors (Swe) 74 72 72 74, Kyong-jun Moon (Kor) 73 74 73 72, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 75 73 73 71, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 74 72 73 73, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 75 74 72
293 Richard Bland 76 71 72 74, Chris Wood 72 74 73 74, David Gleeson (Aus) 74 73 69 77, Chris Gaunt (Aus) 74 74 72 73, Nick Dougherty 68 79 71 75, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 74 74 72 73, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 76 71 77 69, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 70 74 74 75, Matthew Millar (Aus) 70 77 72 74
294 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 73 73 75 73, Wil Besseling (Ned) 72 76 74 72, A-Shun Wu (Chn) 74 72 74 74, Paul Waring 72 76 73 73, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 74 72 75 73
295 Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 73 75 72 75, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 76 71 75 73, Miles Tunnicliff 74 74 69 78, Jae Hoon Jung (Kor) 75 71 76 73, Simon Wakefield 76 69 73 77
296 Won-Kyoung Heo (Kor) 72 72 75 77, Michael Long (Nzl) 73 75 74 74, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 72 73 74 77
298 Rafael Echenique (Arg) 72 74 76 76
300 Lian-Wei Zhang (Chn) 73 74 78 75
303 Wi-joong Kim (Kor) 75 72 80 76
310 Jun Zhou (Chn) 76 72 86 76

Young Scots boys come from

behind to win title in Wales

Scotland came from behind to win the Under-16 boys’ golf quadrangular over the Jack Nicklaus-designed course Machynys Peninsula Golf & Country Club, South Wales in a nail-biting finish.
The Scots, coached by Neil Marr, lost their opening match 6 ½-5 ½ to Wales but rallied to beat Ireland 6 ½-5 ½ and then, on the final day, walloped the Netherlands 10-2.
It was that big margin of victory that tipped the scales in Scotland’s favour when Ireland beat Wales 8-4 in their final match.
Scotland, Ireland and Wales all finished with two victories and one defeat apiece. In the games-won countback the Scots topped the table with 21, just ahead of Ireland 20 ½ with Wales third on 18 games won.
“It was the third year of this quadrangular and Scotland’s first win,” said Neil Marr. “They did very well to take the title after losing their first match.”
Scotland’s top performers over the three days were Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) and Callum Stewart (Brora), each with 5pt out of a possible six.
Stewart, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, has played in each of the past three fixtures and has yet to lose a singles tie.
Other members of the victorious Scotland team were: Shaun Connor (Ralston), Liam Johnston (Dumfries & County), Robbie Gauld (Cruden Bay), Euan Scott (St Andrews), Fraser Thain (Peebles) and Josh Jamieson (St Andrews).

Results:
DAY ONE
WALES 6 1/2, SCOTLAND 5 ½
Welsh names first
Foursomes (2 1/2-1 1/2)
Patrick Mullens & Ryan Davies halved with Calum Stewart (Brora) & Shaun Connor (Ralston).
Adam Tuft & James Moore lost to Liam Johnston (Dumfries & Co) & Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) 4 and 3.
Edward Beardsley & Oliver Baker bt Robbie Gauld (Cruden Bay) & Euan Scott (St Andrews) 2 and 1.
Jack Bush & Zac Galiford bt Fraser Thain (Peebles) & Josh Jamieson (St Andrews) 2 and 1.
Singles (4-4)
Adam Tuft lost to Stewart 5 and 4.
Baker lost to Forrest 1 hole.
Moore bt Johnston 6 and 4.
Edward Beardsley lost to Shaun Connor 2 and 1
Davies halved with Thain.
Mullens bt Jamieson 4 and 3.
Bush bt Gauld 6 and 5.
Galiford halved with Scott.
Other result:
IRELAND 8, NETHERLANDS 4

DAY TWO
IRELAND 5 ½, SCOTLAND 6 ½
Irish names first
Foursomes (1 ½-2 ½)
J R Galbraith & Keiran Lynch halved with Stewart & Connor
Gavin Moynihan & Keith Egan lost to Johnston & Forrest 3 and 1.
Dermot McElroy & Liam Hartnett lost to Gauld & Scott 3 and 2.
Colm O’Sullivan & Keagan Cummings bt Thain & Jamieson 7 and 6.
Singles (4-4)
Lynch lost to Stewart 2 and 1.
Galbraith lost to Forrest 3 and 1.
Moynihan lost to Johnston 1 hole.
Egan bt Connor 4 and 3.
Hartnett bt Thain 4 and 3.
McElroy bt Jamieson 5 and 4
Cummings bt Gauld 2 and 1
O’Sullivan lost to Scott 4 and 3.
Other result:
WALES 7 ½, NETHERLANDS 4 ½

DAY THREE
NETHERLANDS 2, SCOTLAND 10
Netherlands names first
Foursomes (1 ½-2 ½)
Matti De Gram & Timo Reinsema lost to Stewart & Connor 9 and 7.
Jeroen Krietemelter & Rowin Caron bt Johnston & Grant Forrest 5 and 3.
Rody Haije & T Horters halved with Gauld & Scott.
Wolk Van Der Kolk & Simon Simonse lost to Thain & Jamieson 4 and 3.
Singles ½-7 1/2
Krietmelter lost to Stewart 5 and 4.
Caron lost to Johnston 5 and 4.
De Gram lost to Forrest 1 hole.
Reinsema lost to Connor 1 hole.
Halje halved with Scott.
Horters lost to Jamieson 7 and 6.
Simonse lost to Thain 5 and 4.
Van Der Kolk lost to Gauld 3 and 1.

Other result:
WALES 4, IRELAND 8.

FINAL TABLE
1 Scotland 2pt Games won 22.
2 Ireland 2pt Games won 21 ½.
3 Wales 2pt Games won 18.
4 Netherlands 0pt Games won 10 ½.

Luke Donald shoots a 65 but Brian

Gay now three clear at 'Verizon'

Brian Gay strengthened his lead at the Verizon Heritage with a bogey-free third round four-under-par 67 at Harbour Town Golf Links in South Carolina.
American Gay battled testing wind conditions to increase his advantage to three shots after moving onto 13-under-par after shipping just one bogey over 54 holes this week.
Australia's Tim Wilkinson carded a six under 65 to move into second place on 10 under, while Lee Janzen improved by two strokes with a 69 to take third place at nine under as he looks to claim his first Tour win since the 1998 US Open.
Former Open champion Todd Hamilton, who began the day a shot behind Gay on eight under, signed for a level 71 to slip to fourth place heading into the final round.
Fellow Americans Briny Baird (65) and Davis Love III (69) lie in a tie for fifth, while Tim Petrovic, Tom Lehman and Germany's Alex Cejka are tied for seventh on six under.
Luke Donald, who also shot a six-under-par 65, is one of three players tied for 10th place on five under alongside Argentina's Jose Coceres and Bob Estes, while Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal is at four under following a third round 70.
Australians Rod Pampling, Nick O'Hern and Aaron Baddeley as well as American Justin Leonard are on three under, with Charlie Wi of Korea, South African trio Trevor Immelman, Tim Clark and Rory Sabbatini, Australians Peter Lonard and Nathan Green and Jeev Milkha Singh of India all a shot further back.
Ernie Els took a six at the par-four ninth and a seven at the par-five 15th on the way to a 73, while Paul Casey finished on a high note with an eagle three at the 15th to help him to a 69 and take the Englishman to one under with the South African.
England's Greg Owen had been three under for the day after nine holes but two bogeys and two double bogeys sent him to a 74, one over for the week, while Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy continued to find Harbour Town a struggle as the Dubai Desert Classic winner shot a one over 72 to finish at two over and without a sub-par round to his name this week.
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