US PGA Tour Scoreboard
THE PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
276 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 69 73 66
280 Ian Poulter (Eng) 67 68 75 70
281 Kevin Na 71 66 74 70, John Mallinger 66 71 74 70
282 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 69 71 71, Ben Crane 65 73 72 72, Jim Furyk 68 74 71 69
283 Tiger Woods 71 69 70 73
284 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 71 76 66, Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 72 74 67, David Toms 67 70 77 70, Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 69 74 69, Alex Cejka (Ger) 66 67 72 79
285 Jeff Klauk 71 72 71 71, Paul Casey (Eng) 70 69 76 70, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 75 65 72 73, Robert Allenby (Aus) 73 66 75 71, Mike Weir (Can) 72 72 73 68, Camilo Villegas (Col) 67 72 75 71, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 65 77 71, Matt Kuchar 72 72 73 68
286 Steve Stricker 71 71 71 73, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 67 72 71 76, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 73 73 69, Woody Austin 72 72 68 74, Ben Curtis 71 72 69 74, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 72 73 71, Scott Piercy 71 72 74 69, Tommy Armour III 74 70 70 72, Kenny Perry 73 71 68 74, Justin Rose (Eng) 70 71 72 73
287 Justin Leonard 70 69 75 73, Zach Johnson 72 71 70 74, Jason Dufner 67 70 77 73, Billy Mayfair 70 74 69 74, Kevin Sutherland 73 67 72 75
288 John Rollins 68 76 70 74, Charley Hoffman 70 69 76 73, Jeff Overton 71 67 75 75, John Senden (Aus) 72 69 72 75, Tim Petrovic 68 70 75 75, Bubba Watson 67 75 72 74, Luke Donald (Eng) 74 70 71 73, Jonathan Byrd 67 72 71 78
289 Michael Letzig 71 68 74 76, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 66 72 74 77, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 69 73 74, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 72 70 75 72
290 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 70 73 72 75, Scott Verplank 67 74 73 76, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 68 73 75 74, Stephen Ames (Can) 70 71 75 74, Jason Bohn 72 71 74 73, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 72 72 74 72
291 Phil Mickelson 73 71 71 76, Brad Adamonis 67 76 74 74, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 73 69 78, Heath Slocum 75 69 71 76, Mark Wilson 69 72 75 75
292 Johnson Wagner 69 73 72 78, Rocco Mediate 73 71 74 74, Chez Reavie 70 72 75 75
293 Michael Allen 71 70 74 78
294 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 74 76 76, Steve Flesch 75 69 74 76
295 John Merrick 70 72 74 79, Cameron Beckman 72 72 73 78
296 Pat Perez 72 72 74 78, Jeff Quinney 73 70 75 78
298 Ryan Moore 71 68 75 84

PLAYERS ELIMINATED AFTER THREE ROUNDS INCLUDED:
219 Robert Karlsson 74 70 75, Hunter Mahan 73 71 75, Martin Laird 74 69 76, K J Choi 73 69 77.
221 Graeme McDowell 71 73 77.
Withdrew: Boo Weekley 73 67 73.

Kirkhill 1-2-3 in Lanarkshire boys' championship

LANARKSHIRE NEWS FROM WILLIE SHARPE
Craig Ross is the new Lanarkshire boys' champion. The 16-year-old junior fom Kirkhill shot rounds of 68 and 70 for a three-stroke win over clubmate Stuart Houston who scored 70 and 71.
Scott Costello made it a 1-2-3 finish for Kirkhill by scoring 72 and 70 (best 2nd round) for 142.
Scott Campbbelll of Wishaw was fourth, also on 142 (71-71)
Alan Welsh of Torrance House was fifth with 70 and 73 for 143.
Craig Ross also won the Spring Meeting at Carnwath earlier in the year.
The competition was played at Mount Ellen Golf Club and CSS was 67 in both rounds
Handicap Section
125 Calum Connacher (Wishaw) 65 60.
127 John Gibson (Carnwath) 64 63.
130 Stuart McTaggart (Carnwath) 63 67.
132 Andrew Falder (Strathaven) 66 66

The top 16 scratch players qualified for the match-play which will be played in July at Cambuslang. The cut was 149
MATCH-PLAY DRAW
Craig Ross (Kirkhill) v Jordan Bryce (Strathaven).
Nicky Clenaghan (Mount Ellen) v Andrew Steven (Easter Moffat).
Scott Campbell (Wishaw) v John Calder (Carnwath).
Alan Welsh (Torrance House) v James Reilly (East Kilbride).
Stuart Houston (Kirkhill) v Eamonn Bradley (Mount Ellen).
Jamie Gibson (Carnwath) v James Steven.
Scott Costello (Kirkhill) v Jordan Gallagher (Crow Wood).
Iain Anderson (Colville Park) v Declan Dooey (Colville Park).

Fife score confidence-boosting win over Lothians

Fife boosted their confidence for the forthcoming Scottish area team championship ties when they beat Lothians 8 1/2-6 1/2 in a friendly match at Harburn Golf Club today.
Details:
LOTHIANS 6 1/2, FIFE 8 1/2
Foursomes - Dean Muir & Stephen Simants lost to Scott Michie (Thornton) & Michael Main (Thornton) 1 hole; Keith Reilly & Graham Robertson lost to Colin Martin (Balbirnie Park) & Scott Stewart-Cation (Ladybank) 5 and 3 Tom Blennerhasset & Stuart Boyle bt Alex Main (Thornton) & Jordan McColl (Scotscraig) 4 and 2; Euan Patterson & Blair Pelling lost to Gary Page (Balbirnie Park) & Alex Moir (Thornton) 7 and 6; Graham Davidson & Chris Low bt Lawrie Clark (Kinghorn) & Colin Steffen (Dunnikier Park) 2 and 1 (2-3).
Singles - Reilly lost to Michie 2 and 1, Muir bt Michael Main 2 and 1, Simants bt Martin 4 and 3, Robertson lost to Stewart-Cation 4 and 3, Boyle lost to McColl 2 and 1, Blennerhasset bt Alex Main 3 and 2, Patterson lost to Moir 4 and 3, Low lost to Page 3 and 2, Pelling halved with Steffen, Davidson bt Clark 1 hole (4 1/2-5 1/2).

Ross Coull pips Martin Brown for Angus title

Ross Coull (Edzell), the Scottish mid-amateur champion, added the Angus stroke-play title to his collection at Arbroath Golf Club today.
He had rounds of 68 and 65 for a total of 133, which was matched by Monifieth's Martin Brown with 67 and 66. Ross was awarded the title on the better second round.
LEADING TOTALS
133 Ross Coull (Edzell) 68 65, Martin Brown (Monifieth) 67 66.
134 Ross Bell (Downfield) 66 68.
138 Campbell Donaldson (Downfield) 69 69.
YOUTHS
142 William Bremner (Edzell) 71 71.
146 Daniel Lawrence (Ballumbie Castle) 78 68.

Perthshire's princes of golf on top of the world again

Gavin Dear with the president of the Irish Golf Union and the open championship trophy.

Scotland 1-2 in Ireland with

Dear winner, Booth second

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Murrayshall's Gavin Dear and Wallace Booth from Comrie recaptured the form that, with the help of Callum Macaulay, won the Eisenhower Trophy world amateur team championship last October when they finished first and second, well clear of the field, in the Irish men's open amateur stroke-play championship over the Royal Dublin club's Bull Island links today.
It was Dear's second 72-hole win in a matter of weeks after his success in the recent Craigmillar Park Open but this was a field crammed full of Walker Cup team place rivals and elite squad players from the Continent.
Gavin from Scone came through the gale-force winds on the opening day with a 77 and then took the halfway lead with a second-round 69 before digging in at the front with Sunday rounds of 72 and 71 for a final total of one-over-par 289.
Dear, 24, has two ambitions to achieve before he turns professional in late September. The first and foremost is a Walker Cup cap at Merion Golf Club in the States and secondly he wants to make the top 10 of the R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings.
The Irish win - he follows in the footsteps of Richie Ramsay (2005) and Lloyd Saltman (2007) - coupled with the Eisenhower Trophy triump, not to mention becoming the first Scot to win the Dixie Amateur in Florida over the Festive period - should clinch a place in compatriot skipper Colin Dalgleish for the Perthshire man and it will be interesting to see how many places Gavin rises in the rankings from his current 42nd position when the revised list comes out from the R&A on Tuesday.
And for Wallace Booth, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, the Scottish stroke-play title-holder from 2008 and, by the way, ranked No 58 in the world, to chase him home at the head of such a strong field is a terrific boost for Perthshire and Scottish amateur golf.
Booth, 23-year-old older brother of Curtis Cup prodigy Carly - whose swing he has worked on, had the best Sunday aggregate with rounds of 70 and 72 to add to his opening effortsd of 76 and 73. Wallace totalled three-ovber-par 291, finishing four shots clear of the third-placed Irishman Nicky Grant from Knock who scored 78, 69, 72 and 76 for 295.
The next best Scots were young James Ross (Royal Burgess) and Ross Kellett (Colville Park) in joint 10th place on 302. Ross, who has been gradually making a name for himself in Edinburgh circles, is obviously ready for bigger things.
With only the precise number of 39 qualifiers getting through to the final day, Ross had to survive a card countback to be one of the players on the 158 mark to survive. His scores were 80, 78, 71 and 73. Kellett scored 80, 75, 71 and 76.
Scott Borrowman (Dollar), who totalled 306, and Paul Betty (Hayston), who scored 312, were the last of the six Scots to get through to Sunday's play.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
289 G Dear (Murrayshall) 77 69 72 71.
291 W Booth (Comrie) 76 73 70 72.
295 N Grant (Knock) 78 69 72 76.
296 D Whitnell (England) 78 75 70 73.
298 L Goddard (England) 81 73 69 75, S Lowry (Esker Hills) 79 76 71 72.
299 P Westermann (Germany) 78 70 78 73.
300 S Einhaus (Germany) 82 74 74 70, P Cutler (Portstewart) 78 74 74 74.
302 J Ross (Royal Burgess) 80 78 71 73, R Kellett (Colville Park) 80 75 71 76, R Prophet (England) 79 78 73 72, D Lernihan (Castle) 78 75 75 74, R McCarthy (The Island) 77 74 72 79, N Kearney (The Royal Dublin) 75 74 78 75.
303 S Hodgson (England) 80 76 74 73, M Thistleton (England) 79 73 73 78, S Hutsby (England) 78 75 75 75, T Hakula (Finland) 77 74 77 75.
304 M Glauert (Germany) 82 76 74 72, A Hogan (Newlands) 80 78 74 72, J Fox (Portmarnock) 75 81 69 79, F Keenan (England) 74 77 77 76.
306 L Lennox (Moyola Park) 82 76 75 73, S Borrowman (Dollar) 80 75 76 75.
307 D Coyle (Co. Louth) 83 74 76 74, G McGrane (The Royal Dublin) 82 76 72 77, A Dunbar (Rathmore) 80 77 71 79.
308 C Curley (Newlands) 81 74 79 74, H Satama (Finland) 80 76 74 78.
310 G McDermott (Co. Sligo) 82 75 77 76.
311 M Durcan (Co. Sligo) 80 76 77 78, A Runcie (Wales) 78 76 79 78.
312 P Purdy (Shandon Park) 79 75 79 79, J Monaghan (The Island) 78 79 77 78, P Betty (Hayston) 76 79 73 84.
313 B Walton (The Island) 79 78 76 80.
316 E Arthurs (Forrest Little) 81 74 82 79.
318 R Leonard (Banbridge) 77 75 84 82

SCOTS WHO HAVE WON THE IRISH OPEN AMATEUR TITLE
First played in 1892
1903 George Wilkie (Leven Thistle).
1907 J Douglas Brown (Murrayfield).
1908 J F Mitchell (Royal Musselburgh).
1912 Gordon Lockhart (Prestwick).
1928 G S Noon (Royal Burgess).
1931 E A McRuvie (Leven Thistle).
1932 Jack McLean (Hayston).
1933 Jack McLean (Hayston).
1934 Hector Thomson (Williamwood).
1935 Hector Thomson (Williamwood)
(Championship not played between 1960-94)
2005 Richie Ramsay (Royal Aberdeen).
2007 Lloyd Saltman (Craigielaw).
2009 Gavin Dear (Murrayshall).

James beats Darcy in Mallorca Senior Open play-off

From Steve Todd, European Senior Tour Press Officer
stodd@europeantour.com
Mark James defeated former Ryder Cup teammate Eamonn Darcy in a play-off to win the Son Gual Mallorca Senior Open and clinch his second European Senior Tour victory after a thrilling final day in Palma today.
The 55 year old Englishman birdied the third extra hole after the pair tied on ten under par 206 to make it back-to-back wins for former Ryder Cup captains on the Senior Tour, following Sam Torrance’s victory in the DGM Barbados Open.
His €45,000 first prize also means James replaces Torrance at the top of the Senior Tour Order of Merit, while Darcy once again missed out on his maiden Senior Tour title, finishing runner up for the eighth time.
James and Darcy, who were Ryder Cup team-mates in 1977 and 1981, both produced magnificent final rounds to deny overnight leader Roger Chapman a dream debut victory and the chance to become the joint youngest Senior Tour winner at 50 years and nine days.
Irishman Darcy had set the clubhouse target after a flawless final round 65 at Son Gual Golf but James was in equally scintillating form, carding a 66 to take the contest to a play-off.
Both players parred the replayed 18th twice before James produced a fine approach shot to within five foot for a birdie on the third extra hole, while Darcy could once again only manage par as his 15ft putt shaved the hole.
That meant James, the 1999 Ryder Cup Captain at Brookline, captured his first Senior Tour title since the European Senior Masters in 2005.
“It’s great to win and I’m delighted,” said the 18 time European Tour champion. “I’ve been playing a lot better recently and to win is just great.
“I played well down the stretch and to hole that putt well give me a lot of confidence going to America for the US Senior PGA Championship in a week. You aren’t going to hole too many putts on this course so I hit it really close.
“Myself and Eamonn go back donkeys' years so it was great to be in a play-off together. I remember playing together in the 1977 Ryder Cup because Darcy kept on taking me and Ken Brown off to a nightclub in the days before anyone noticed those sort of things! If he had won I would have been delighted for him.
“I don’t know why Eamonn hasn’t won on this Tour – he did nothing wrong at all today and shot a very low score and he made pars in the play-off so I’m sure the future is rosy.
“You never know in a play-off – it could go either way. I’ve been playing well lately though. I played great in the Legends with Des Smyth a couple of weeks ago when we finished fifth. This win on a different type of course has given me great confidence that I can go anywhere and pick up my swing and play well.”
James added that he wanted to play more in Europe this season, as well as continue on the US Champions Tour where he won the Senior Players Championship in 2004.
“I’m hoping to play a full season in America but I want to play here whenever I can. The atmosphere is great and it has been great to see the guys again. It’s been fantastic this week.”
Darcy’s second place was his best finish on the Senior Tour since 2006 but he admitted he was disappointed not to break his duck after a stunning final round in which he carded seven birdies.
“I thought ten under par was going to be enough but credit to Mark for shooting a low round,” said the 56 year old. “My putter was hot. It was like the old days! I never looked at the leaderboard all day and I hoped it was going to be enough walking off but it wasn’t to be.”
Chapman, who had a two stroke overnight lead, bogeyed the first hole but rallied around the turn before he found the water on the 12th hole to finally put pay to his chances of a record equalling debut win.
He said: “I’m disappointed but if you said to me before the tournament you’d finish third on your own I would have taken it. I probably played better today than the first two days but couldn’t hole anything. Overall I’m delighted though with my start on the Senior Tour.”
Mike Cunning, winner of the season opening Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters presented by The Stapleford Forum on his own Senior Tour debut, carded a superb 65 to join Darcy as the holder of the joint course record and finish fourth.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
206 M James (Eng) 70 70 66, E Darcy (Irl) 71 70 65 (James won play-off at third extra hole).
209 R Chapman (Eng) 68 70 71.
210 M Cunning (USA) 73 72 65.
211 B Lincoln (RSA) 70 70 71, A Franco (Par) 71 72 68, K Spurgeon (Eng) 70 71 70.
212 H Carbonetti (Arg) 71 70 71, I Woosnam (Wal) 73 68 71, G Brand Jnr (Sco) 74 70 68.
213 J Chillas (Sco) 70 74 69, P Mitchell (Eng) 72 71 70, G Brand (Eng) 72 74 67, D Cambridge (Jam) 67 75 71.
214 T Johnstone (Zim) 73 69 72, R Drummond (Sco) 71 72 71, J Bruner (USA) 69 72 73, S Torrance (Sco) 74 71 69.
215 J Sallat (Fra) 74 68 73, M Harwood (Aus) 72 69 74, T Giedeon (Ger) 71 70 74, J Rivero (Esp) 79 68 68, A Tapie (USA) 73 71 71.
216 P Oakley (USA) 73 72 71, B Cameron (Eng) 72 72 72, J Quiros (Esp) 75 68 73, T Allen (Eng) 70 74 72.
217 D Merriman (Aus) 75 71 71, D Smyth (Irl) 73 71 73, D Russell (Eng) 75 73 69, J Rhodes (Eng) 73 73 71
218 S Ginn (Aus) 75 71 72, L Carbonetti (Arg) 78 68 72,
219 G Ralph (Eng) 73 74 72, B Longmuir (Sco) 74 73 72, D Good (Aus) 75 75 69,
220 J Hall (Eng) 74 73 73, E Rodriguez (Esp) 75 70 75, J Hoskison (Eng) 74 73 73, D Hospital (Esp) 79 75 66,
221 B Boyd (USA) 75 73 73, K Tomori (Jpn) 73 77 71, G Encina (Chi) 72 72 77, J Heggarty (Nir) 73 76 72, G Cali (Ita) 77 71 73, P Brostedt (Swe) 74 72 75, J Cañizares (Esp) 72 75 74, A Murray (Eng) 74 75 72,
222 T Charnley (Eng) 75 71 76, N Job (Eng) 74 75 73, M Williams (Zim) 75 74 73,
223 A Fernandez (Chi) 72 77 74, D Durnian (Eng) 81 73 69, G Watine (Fra) 76 76 71, J Bland (RSA) 74 76 73,
225 B Smit (RSA) 77 72 76, I Mosey (Eng) 78 74 73,
226 D Johnson (USA) 79 71 76,
227 A Barrera (Arg) 74 78 75, M Miller (Sco) 79 75 73,
230 E Polland (Nir) 71 79 80,
232 F Chaves (Esp) 81 77 74, S Bennett (Eng) 76 82 74, M Piñero (Esp) 74 77 81,
233 V Garcia (Esp) 81 76 76,
236 M Poxon (Eng) 81 78 77, M Bembridge (Eng) 82 79 75,
239 A Garrido (Esp) 78 80 81,
245 F Fuentes (Esp) 80 82 83,
250 B Stevens (Eng) 85 83 82,
Retired: D O'Sullivan (Irl)

Richie Ramsay jt 14th - highest European Tour finish

Vancsik wins Italian Open by six

with John Daly joint second

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Argentina's Daniel Vancsik captured the BMW Italian Open championship in Turin today - his second European Tour title - but what will have golf fans really talking is that American John Daly finished joint second in only his second event back from a four-month lay-off.
Vancsik, who took the 2007 Madeira Island Open by seven strokes, won the Italian title by six after a superb closing round of 65.
Daly's 66, though, lifted him from 11th into a tie for the runners-up spot with England's Robert Rock and Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin.
The 43-year-old former Open and US Open champion, down at 794th in the world, is still serving a six-month US Tour ban after being put in jail to sober up late last year and in February underwent gastric band surgery which has already brought his weight down from 20 to 16 stones
Aberdonian Richie Ramsay, pictured above, achieved his highest European Tour finish and collected his biggest cheque with a final total of seven-under-par 277 - made up of rounds of 67, 70, 70 and 70 - to get a share of 14th place. His financial reward was 19,110 Euros.
Ramsay was not the highest finishing Scot in the tournament, however. That honour went to Alastair Forsyth who scored 73, 68, 67 and 68 for eight-under--par 276 and a share of eighth place. Forsyth earned 25,805 Euros.

Glasgow-born Canadian Alan McLean tied for 25th place on 280 to earn 12,155 Euros.
The only other Scots to beat the halfway cut, Gary Orr earned 9376 Euros for a share of 34th place on 281 and Marc Warren 2730 Euros for a share of 67th place on 287.

FINAL TOTALS TO COME
Par 284 (4 x 71)
267 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 68 65 69 65
273 John Daly (USA) 69 69 69 66, Robert Rock 72 65 68 68, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 67 70 68 68
274 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 68 70 66 70
275 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 69 73 65, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 71 67 68 69
276 Roope Kakko (Fin) 71 64 68 73, Gareth Maybin 64 70 70 72, Robert Dinwiddie 72 67 68 69, Julien Clement (Swi) 70 67 69 70, Alastair Forsyth 73 68 67 68, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 74 68 64 70
277 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 73 66 73 65, Richie Ramsay 67 70 70 70, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 70 69 69 69
278 Michael McGeady 71 68 68 71, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 72 69 67 70, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 68 69 69 72, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 69 69 70
279 Lee Slattery 72 69 71 67, Anders Hansen (Den) 73 65 70 71, Branden Grace (Rsa) 69 70 72 68, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 74 64 69 72
280 Chris Gane 71 70 68 71, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 70 72 70 68, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 72 68 73 67, Alan McLean 71 69 67 73, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 68 70 73 69, Metteo Manassero (Ita) 71 70 72 67, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 70 71 74 65, Mark Foster 70 71 68 71, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 73 67 72 68
281 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 67 72 70 72, Gary Orr 72 68 68 73, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 68 73 70 70, David Lynn 71 68 70 72, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 71 69 71 70, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 69 69 76 67, Gary Murphy 70 72 70 69, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 69 69 72 71
282 Anthony Wall 68 67 77 70, Stephen Dodd 70 71 75 66, Soren Hansen (Den) 74 67 72 69, Phillip Archer 71 70 70 71, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 74 68 70 70
283 Gary Clark 72 70 68 73, Wil Besseling (Ned) 72 69 74 68, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 70 67 70 76, John Mellor 69 73 70 71, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 72 65 76 70, David Frost (Rsa) 76 66 68 73, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 71 69 69 74
284 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 73 69 72 70, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 72 69 73, Matteo Delpodio (Ita) 68 72 70 74, Gregory Havret (Fra) 69 70 69 76, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 72 70 71 71
285 Gary Lockerbie 69 69 72 75, Garry Houston 68 73 71 73, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 69 71 75 70, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 70 69 73 73
286 Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 68 74 70 74, Marcus Higley 67 70 72 77, Sion Bebb 73 68 73 72, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 70 65 76 75
287 Jonathan Caldwell 71 68 75 73, Marc Warren 74 67 75 71, Benn Barham 73 67 78 69
288 Brett Rumford (Aus) 68 69 74 77

IRISH STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL DAY

Gavin Dear leads by one from Wallace

Booth and Nicky Grant after 54 holes

Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) maintained his overnight lead in the Irish men's open amateur stroke-play championship by matching the Royal Dublin par of 72 in the third round for a 54-hole tally of two-over-par 218.
Irishman Nicky Grant (Knock) also hit the 72 mark to be on 219 alongside Wallace Booth (Comrie) who made up two shots on them both with a third-round 70 for 223.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
218: G Dear (Scotland) 77 69 72.
219: N Grant (Knock) 78 69 72, W Booth (Scotland) 76 73 70.
223: L Goddard (England) 81 73 69, D Whitnell (England) 78 75 70, R McCarthy (The Island) 77 74 72.
225: M Thistleton (England) 79 73 73, J Fox (Portmarnock) 75 81 69.
226: R Kellett (Scotland) 80 75 71, S Lowry (Esker Hills) 79 76 71, P Cutler (Portstewart) 78 74 74, P Westermann (Germany) 78 70 78.
227: N Kearney (The Royal Dublin) 75 74 78.
228: A Dunbar (Rathmore) 80 77 71, S Hutsby (England) 78 75 75, D Lernihan (Castle) 78 75 75, T Hakula (Finland) 77 74 77, P Betty (Scotland) 76 79 73, F Keenan (England) 74 77 77.
229: J Ross (Scotland) 80 78 71.
230: G McGrane (The Royal Dublin) 82 76 72, S Einhaus (Germany) 82 74 74, H Satama (Finland) 80 76 74, S Hodgson (England) 80 76 74, R Prophet (England) 79 78 73.
231: S Borrowman (Scotland) 80 75 76.
232: M Glauert (Germany) 82 76 74, A Hogan (Newlands) 80 78 74.
233: D Coyle (Co. Louth) 83 74 76, L Lennox (Moyola Park) 82 76 75, M Durcan (Co. Sligo) 80 76 77, B Walton (The Island) 79 78 76, P Purdy (Shandon Park) 79 75 79, A Runcie (Wales) 78 76 79.
234: G McDermott (Co. Sligo) 82 75 77, C Curley (Newlands) 81 74 79, J Monaghan (The Island) 78 79 77.
236: R Leonard (Banbridge) 77 75 84.
237: E Arthurs (Forrest Little) 81 74 82

THE PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP AT SAWGRASS

Alex Cejka leads by FIVE but he's

got the Tiger on his trail

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Germany's Alex Cejka has extended his lead at The Players Championship to five strokes but will have to deal with Tiger Woods in Sunday's final pairing at TPC Sawgrass in Florida.
Overnight leader Cejka teed off in Saturday's last pairing with England's Ian Poulter with both golfers entertaining thoughts of a maiden US PGA Tour victory.
Cejka began at 11 under par, leading Poulter by two strokes with world number one Woods in a tie for 22nd place on four under. By day's end at the Players Stadium Course, the Czech-born German held a five-stroke lead at 11-under with Woods leading a six-man group including Poulter in a tie for second place on six-under. Cejka birdied the last for a third-round 72 while Poulter came away with a disappointing three-over 75.
Woods said: "Just grinding it out. This is basically our fifth major and that's how it's playing. It's hard, it's fast, it's dry and you just have to keep plodding along."
It is the largest third-round lead in the 36-year history of the event but Woods has already overcome that margin of deficit in reeling in Sean O'Hair for victory at Bay Hill in March.
On Saturday, Tiger shot a five-birdie, three-bogey 70 some two hours before the leaders finished and was also joined by Henrik Stenson of Sweden, South Africa's Retief Goosen and fellow Americans Jonathan Byrd and Ben Crane.
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Cejka birdied the fifth to go to 12 under but when he did slip up, also bogeying the seventh, Poulter failed to capitalise, bogeying the eighth to leave Na in sole possession of second place, only for the American to bogey the 10th and 11th.
Poulter fell further off the pace at the next hole, three-putting on the ninth green for a bogey 6 to slip to seven-under, and there was more woe for the Englishman at the 11th, ranked second easiest on the course on Saturday, when his second shot from 254 yards out found water to the right of the green.
Poulter made amends from the drop zone 111 yards from the pin when he sent his fourth shot to seven feet from the hole but then missed the par putt to continue his slide. Woods had also found trouble off the tee at 11, and played his second shot from the base of a pine tree left handed with a flipped over iron.
While that paid dividends his third shot from out of position on the right fairway demanded a cut around a tree but Woods' shot never turned back in from the left and he was forced to settle for a bogey six to fall to four under.
The setback was short-lived, however, as Woods birdied the 12th and overcame a bogey at 15 with back-to-back birdies at 16th and 17th to get to six under.
The world number one flirted with the rough and the water on his way to the 18th green but got up and down for par and a round of 70.
Also moving up the leaderboard was two-time US Open champion Goosen. The South African birdied the 14th and 16th holes to get to seven under but bogeyed the par-four 18th to fall back to six under.
Brian Davis shot a 71 to finish at five under while fellow Englishman Justin Rose shot a 72 to finish his third round on three under, but compatriot Paul Casey shot a four over 76 to finish at one under for the week.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
205 Alex Cejka (Ger) 66 67 72
210 Ben Crane 65 73 72, Tiger Woods 71 69 70, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 67 72 71, Ian Poulter (Eng) 67 68 75, Jonathan Byrd 67 72 71, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 69 73
211 Kevin Na 71 66 74, Brian Davis (Eng) 71 69 71, John Mallinger 66 71 74
212 Kenny Perry 73 71 68, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 66 72 74, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 75 65 72, Woody Austin 72 72 68, Kevin Sutherland 73 67 72, Ben Curtis 71 72 69
213 Michael Letzig 71 68 74, Steve Stricker 71 71 71, Jeff Overton 71 67 75, Zach Johnson 72 71 70, John Senden (Aus) 72 69 72, Billy Mayfair 70 74 69, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 73 69, Jim Furyk 68 74 71, Justin Rose (Eng) 70 71 72, Tim Petrovic 68 70 75, Boo Weekley 73 67 73
214 Jason Dufner 67 70 77, David Toms 67 70 77, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 65 77, Bubba Watson 67 75 72, Tommy Armour III 74 70 70, Jeff Klauk 71 72 71, John Rollins 68 76 70, Justin Leonard 70 69 75, Robert Allenby (Aus) 73 66 75, Camilo Villegas (Col) 67 72 75, Johnson Wagner 69 73 72, Scott Verplank 67 74 73, Ryan Moore 71 68 75
215 Charley Hoffman 70 69 76, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 72 73, Heath Slocum 75 69 71, Paul Casey (Eng) 70 69 76, Phil Mickelson 73 71 71, Michael Allen 71 70 74, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 70 73 72, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 69 73, Luke Donald (Eng) 74 70 71, Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 69 74
216 John Merrick 70 72 74, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 68 73 75, Mark Wilson 69 72 75, Stephen Ames (Can) 70 71 75
217 Brad Adamonis 67 76 74, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 73 73, Scott Piercy 71 72 74, Matt Kuchar 72 72 73, Chez Reavie 70 72 75, Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 72 74, Mike Weir (Can) 72 72 73, Cameron Beckman 72 72 73, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 72 70 75, Jason Bohn 72 71 74
218 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 71 76, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 74 76, Pat Perez 72 72 74, Jeff Quinney 73 70 75, Steve Flesch 75 69 74, Rocco Mediate 73 71 74, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 72 72 74
219 Hunter Mahan 73 71 75, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 74 70 75, Nathan Green (Aus) 74 69 76, K J Choi (Kor) 73 69 77, Martin Laird (Sco) 71 72 76
220 Bob Estes 75 68 77, Stewart Cink 70 73 77
221 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 71 73 77
222 Dustin Johnson 72 72 78, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 70 73 79, Steve Marino 72 72 78, Fred Funk 73 71 78

Tartan Tour Scoreboard
PORTPATRICK PRO-AM
Leading scores:
Par 70
66 Chris Kelly (Cawder) £1,080.85.
67 Derek Watters (Gourock), Christopher Russell (RAW golf course design), Stephen Gray (Hayston) £806.32 each.
68 David Orr (East Renfrewshire), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Paul Brookes (Pitreavie) £331.31 each.
69 Lee Harper (Archerfield Links), Jonathan Lomas (unatt), fraser McLaughlan (Bothwell Castle), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), James McKinnon (Irvine) £188.03 each.