BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Casey leads by three as he

chases Wentworth double

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Paul Casey is on course to become the first golfer in a decade to complete a double in top European tournaments at Wentworth.
Not since Colin Montgomerie in 1999 has any player won both the BMW PGA Championship and the World Match-play title at the Surrey venue.
But Casey, pictured right, who won the Match-play in 2006 with a record 10 and eight winning margin over Shaun Micheel, goes into Sunday's final round of this year's BMW PGA Championship with a three-shot lead over Dane Soren Kjeldsen.
Montgomerie, earlier in the day, looked likely to be one of the players who would chase him all the way but he faded badly at the end of his third-round 69, posting three bogeys in four holes on the back nine.
Casey, who has already won on the European Tour in Abu Dhabi earlier this year and recently recorded his first US PGA Tour victory in the Houston Open, will move to third in the world behind Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson should he win the £750,000 first prize.
Kjeldsen is also a man in top form, having recently won the Andalusian Open and climbed to 45 in the world rankings.
He completed a third-round 68 with a magnificent birdie at the 18th, playing an awkward bunker shot and then sinking a 25-foot birdie putt.
A shot further back from the Dane is young Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, who if he should triumph at the age of 20 years and 20 days would be the youngest ever PGA Championship title winner.
McIlroy shot a seven-under-par 65 to move to nine under and afterwards revealed he had curbed his natural aggression to work his way into contention.
Should McIlroy succeed in adding to his debut tour victory at the Dubai Desert Classic in January he will move into the world's top 10 when the latest world rankings are published on Monday morning.
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European Tour Scoreboard
BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
203 Paul Casey 69 67 67
206 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 69 69 68
207 Rory McIlroy 72 70 65
208 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 72 68, Ross Fisher 68 73 67
209 Marc Warren 72 66 71, Stephen Dodd 71 68 70, Thomas Levet (Fra) 70 71 68
210 Anthony Wall 67 71 72
211 Colin Montgomerie 69 73 69, Nick Dougherty 73 71 67, Simon Dyson 74 69 68
212 Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 71 72, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 68 70 74, David Horsey 67 71 74, Ben Curtis (USA) 69 70 73, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 72 70 70
213 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 72 67 74, Anders Hansen (Den) 72 70 71, Paul Lawrie 72 71 70, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 71 73, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 73 67 73, Paul Broadhurst 73 72 68
214 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 74 69, Graeme McDowell 75 71 68, Soren Hansen (Den) 73 70 71, Robert Rock 71 74 69, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 74 71 69, Richard Green (Aus) 72 74 68, Jamie Donaldson 70 71 73, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 72 72, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 67 77 70, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 71 73 70
215 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 69 74 72, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 77 68 70, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 73 72 70, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 68 74 73, Tano Goya (Arg) 74 71 70, Mark Foster 72 70 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 71 74 70
216 Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 73 72, Lee Slattery 70 72 74, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 74 71 71, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 73 73 70, Paul Waring 75 71 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 73 70, Markus Brier (Aut) 70 74 72, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 70 75 71, Miles Tunnicliff 73 70 73
217 Benn Barham 72 73 72, Scott Drummond 69 74 74, Luke Donald 74 72 71, Pablo Martin (Spa) 72 73 72
218 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 74 70 74, David Howell 76 69 73, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 69 77, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 70 75, Sam Little 71 73 74, Simon Wakefield 75 69 74
219 Peter Hanson (Swe) 71 74 74, Andres Romero (Arg) 71 72 76, Darren Clarke 74 71 74, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 74 72 73
220 Robert Dinwiddie 73 73 74, Alastair Forsyth 70 75 75
221 John Daly (USA) 73 71 77, Anthony Kang (USA) 69 76 76, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 70 76 75, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 73 77, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 75 75, Johan Edfors (Swe) 74 72 75
222 Anton Haig (Rsa) 72 69 81, Phillip Archer 72 74 76, Seve Benson 73 72 77, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 70 76 76
224 Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 73 73 78, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 73 73 78
229 Barry Lane 68 78 83

It's so easy for Edoardo as he wins for third

time on European Challenge Tour

From Paul Symes, European Challenge Tour Press Officer
Edoardo Molinari was congratulated by elder brother Francesco after a disciplined display on the final day of the Piemonte Open saw him complete a wire-to-wire win.
Fresh from signing for a round of 70 on the third day of the BMW PGA Championship, Francesco hailed his brother’s victory as “fantastic”.
From the moment he opened up a two-shot lead on the second day at Golf Club La Mandria in his hometown of Turin, Molinari’s march to his third Challenge Tour title was never seriously in doubt.
A closing round of 70 for an 18 under par total meant he finished four shots clear of his nearest rival Gary Boyd, who maintains his place at the top of the Rankings after holing his second shot for eagle on the final hole to close with a round of 69.
Molinari Senior said: “I’m really proud of him. It’s always special to win at your home club, especially when it’s by four shots. He’ll obviously be very happy, and it’ll be a great boost for the rest of the season. He’s worked very hard on his swing this winter, so he deserves to have a good year.
"I think he now has a really good chance of getting back onto The European Tour, which would be great for both of us.”
For his part, Edoardo described the victory, his first on European soil following previous wins in Colombia and Kenya, as “very special”.
He added: “It’s great to win in Italy, in front of my home fans. It’s probably some of the best golf I’ve played in my whole career, particularly over the first three days, which is where I won the tournament. I didn’t play quite as well today, but I still felt in control – I only missed one green all day. I had set out this morning to get to 20 under par, but when I went eight ahead after four holes, I knew it was just a matter of not making any stupid mistakes.
“Credit to Gary, because he put me under a little bit of pressure. He’s definitely the best player I’ve played with this year. He’s a great ball-striker with great potential, so I think it’s going to be a very interesting battle between us this season. Hopefully one of us will win three times to get straight onto The European Tour, and leave the other one to win the Rankings. That would be ideal.”
His €24,000 winner’s cheque moved Molinari to second place in the Challenge Tour Rankings, some €1,863 behind leader Boyd.
The Englishman said: “My eagle on the last made a massive difference, because it meant I finished runner-up on my own rather than in a three-way tie for second. Because Edoardo started so well and played really solidly all day, my main aim was to get second, so I’m pretty happy.
“There’s still a long way to go – last year I was also leading the Rankings around this time, and didn’t finish in the top 20. But I learned a lot from the experience, and hopefully it’s made me a better player.”
Boyd’s compatriot Lloyd Kennedy closed with a round of 68 to finish in a tie for third on 12 under par alongside France’s Benjamin Hebert.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
270 E Molinari (Ita) 67 67 66 70.
274 G Boyd (Eng) 71 67 67 69.
276 L Kennedy (Eng) 73 67 68 68, B Hebert (Fra) 70 69 68 69.
278 G Molteni (Ita) 72 66 71 69, A Butterfield (Eng) 69 71 67 71.
279 R Coles (Eng) 68 72 73 66, J Larsen (Nor) 67 69 72 71, J Billot (Fra) 72 70 67 70.
280 N Colsaerts (Bel) 68 73 71 68.
281 R Steiner (Aut) 69 73 69 70, M Soffietti (Ita) 68 71 71 71, F Calmels (Fra) 70 71 72 68, C Russo (Fra) 71 71 70 69.
283 F Fritsch (Ger) 71 71 70 71, J Abbate (Arg) 73 71 69 70, O David (Fra) 68 73 71 71.
284 M Tullo (Chi) 72 72 70 70, C Rodiles (Esp) 68 71 74 71.
285 J Clément (Sui) 71 71 74 69, M Delpodio (Ita) 74 70 66 75, J Quesne (Fra) 71 69 72 73, M Zions (Aus) 73 69 69 74, J Guerrier (Fra) 70 72 70 73, G Paddison (Nzl) 73 68 73 71.
286 J Arruti (Esp) 71 72 71 72, M Crespi (Ita) 69 74 75 68, C Carranza (Arg) 70 73 70 73, G Murray (Sco) 73 71 69 73, G Shaw (Nir) 73 70 71 72, B Evans (Eng) 73 71 70 72.
287 J Grillon (Fra) 72 71 72 72, P Whiteford (Sco) 70 73 72 72, G Gresse (Bel) 73 68 74 72, B Pettersson (Swe) 72 72 70 73, V Riu (Fra) 74 70 72 71, A Marshall (Eng) 71 71 72 73, J Zapata (Arg) 70 70 70 77, J Morrison (Eng) 74 68 72 73, M Morris (Eng) 69 69 72 77.
288 J McLeary (Sco) 72 72 73 71, A Ahokas (Fin) 70 73 71 74, A Bossert (Sui) 71 70 74 73,
289 R McEvoy (Eng) 72 67 75 75, F Colombo (Ita) 71 70 73 75.
290 L James (Eng) 71 71 70 78, D Nouailhac (Fra) 74 69 74 73, A Hansen (Den) 72 72 71 75, F Svanberg (Sui) 76 68 75 71, D Marmion (Eng) 70 74 73 73.
291 A Grenier (Fra) 73 71 76 71, N Maestroni (Ita) 73 71 73 74, R Kakko (Fin) 72 71 78 70, A Bruschi (Ita) 72 69 74 76, M Higley (Eng) 72 71 72 76, J Sjöholm (Swe) 75 69 74 73.
292 A Willey (Eng) 71 73 74 74, C Günther (Ger) 69 72 77 74.
293 A Gee (Eng) 74 70 76 73.
295 G Hutcheon (Sco) 73 71 75 76.
299 M Wiegele (Aut) 72 70 76 81.
301 S Henry (Sco) 71 73 74 83.

Scottish Golf Union Junior Tour Event 4

Redford and Boyle tie for

victory at Brunston Castle

Stuart Boyle (Harburn) had a two-stroke lead at the end of the first round of the Scottish Golf Union Junior Tour Event 4 over 36 holes at Brunston Castle Golf Club, Ayrshire today.
But he was caught over the second round by Ian Redford (St Andrews New). Both finished on the four-over-par 148 mark, Boyle with rounds of 72 and 76, Redford with 75 and 73.
Redford, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had an eagle 3 at the ninth in his second-round halves of 37-36. Boyle had a double bogey 6 at the 12th in his second-round halves of 36-40.
Brora's Calum Stewart who shared third place with Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) on 149 had a double bogey 6 at the 14th in his second-round 74.
Scottish boys' match-play champion David Law (Hazlehead) shared ninth place on nine-over-par 153 with Paul McPhee (King James VI).
LEADING TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72) CSS 75 72.
148 Ian Redford (St Andrews New) 75 73, Stuart Boyle (Harburn) 72 76.
149 Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 75 74, Calum Stewart (Brora) 75 74.
150 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 76 74.
151 Simon Fairburn (Gala) 74 77.
152 Calum McLean (Cowglen) 77 75, Conor O'Neil (Glasgow) 77 75.
153 David Law (Hazlehead) 77 76, Paul McPhee (King James VI) 75 78.
155 Jordyn Rhind (Uphall) 83 72, Tom Blennerhassett (Dalmahoy) 77 78.
156 Danny Kay (Dunbar) 81 75, Mark Thomson (Grange, Monifieth) 80 76, Ryan Campbell (Grangemouth) 79 77.
157 Ewan Scott (St Andrews) 81 76, Jamie Lynch (Falkirk) 77 78.
158 Steven Smith (Deeside) 81 77, Scott Gibson (Southerness) 79 79.
159 Liam Johnston (Dumfries & Co) 86 73.
160 Chris Low (Tantallon) 84 76, Marc Smith (Troon Welbeck) 81 79.
161 Danny Edwards (Elgin) 86 75, Fraser Thain (West Linton) 83 78, Matthew Reid (Downfield) 77 84.
162 Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle) 88 74, Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) 86 76, Kyle Godsman (Hopeman) 83 79.
163 Ryan Bain (Strathlene) 87 76.
164 Cameron West (Scotscraig) 81 83, Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 81 83, Tom Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar 78 86.
167 John Drummond (Strathlene0 81 86.
168 David Wilson (Troon Welbeck) 85 83.
169 Ross Munro (Monifieth) 86 83.
171 Ross Proctor (Forres) 88 83.
172 Josh Jamieson (St Andrews New) 88 84.
NRs Gary Meechan (Dullatur), Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyton).

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Martin Laird makes the cut but Ian Poulter misses out

US PGA Tour Scoreboard
HP BYRON NELSON CHAMPIONSHIP
TPC Four Seasons Resort, Las Colinas, Irving Texas
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70) 7,166yd
1. Rory Sabbatini 68-64--132
1. John Mallinger 67-65--132
3. Brian Davis (Eng) 68-65--133
3. James Nitties 65-68--133
3. Briny Baird 69-64--133
3. James Driscoll 67-66--133
3. Dustin Johnson 68-65--133
8. Robert Allenby 67-67--134
8. Ken Duke 65-69--134
8. D.A. Points 68-66--134
11. Jesper Parnevik 67-68--135
11. Glen Day 69-66--135
11. Fred Couples 69-66--135
11. Scott McCarron 66-69--135
11. Charles Howell III 66-69--135
16. George McNeill 69-67--136
16. Michael Letzig 68-68--136
16. Kevin Streelman 67-69--136
16. Bryce Molder 68-68--136
16. Matt Weibring 67-69--136
16. Danny Lee 69-67--136
16. Robert Garrigus 70-66--136
16. Brad Adamonis 66-70--136
16. Y E Yang 69-67--136
16. Chris DiMarco 67-69--136
16. Tim Wilkinson 69-67--136
27. Greg Chalmers 68-69--137
27. Jeff Maggert 71-66--137
27. Davis Love III 73-64--137
27. Vijay Singh 70-67--137
27. Troy Matteson 68-69--137
27. Mike Weir 66-71--137
27. Charley Hoffman 71-66--137
27. Kent Jones 67-70--137
27. David Berganio, Jr. 72-65--137
36. Tommy Armour III 67-71--138
36. Notah Begay III 73-65--138
36. Justin Leonard 75-63--138
36. Mark Calcavecchia 68-70--138
36. Jeff Klauk 72-66--138
36. Alex Cejka 69-69--138
36. Steve Marino 69-69--138
36. Jonathan Byrd 68-70--138
36. Todd Hamilton 71-67--138
36. John Rollins 72-66--138
36. Bob Heintz 68-70--138
36. Aaron Watkins 67-71--138
36. Marc Leishman 68-70--138
49. Chris Riley 71-68--139
49. John Senden 71-68--139
49. J J Henry 71-68--139
49. Hunter Mahan 71-68--139
49. Shaun Micheel 72-67--139
49. Matt Kuchar 70-69--139
49. Greg Owen (Eng) 68-71--139
49. Martin Laird (Sco) 72-67--139
49. Harrison Frazar 73-66--139
49. Ted Purdy 74-65--139
49. Jay Williamson 68-71--139
49. Kris Blanks 68-71--139
49. David Mathis 72-67--139
49. Ricky Barnes 69-70--139
49. James Oh 71-68--139
49. Ben Crane 71-68--139
49. Nathan Green 70-69--139
49. Rod Pampling 72-67--139
49. Brian Bateman 69-70--139
49. Steve Flesch 70-69--139
49. Joe Ogilvie 69-70--139
49. Charlie Wi 73-66--139
49. Cliff Kresge 70-69--139
49. Nicholas Thompson 73-66--139
49. Jimmy Walker 71-68--139
49. Colt Knost 67-72--139
MISSED THE CUT
75. Heath Slocum 70-70--140
75. Vaughn Taylor 72-68--140
75. Scott Verplank 69-71--140
75. Marc Turnesa 71-69--140
75. Tom Pernice, Jr. 74-66--140
75. Shigeki Maruyama 72-68--140
75. Gary Woodland 72-68--140
75. Spencer Levin 67-73--140
75. Peter Tomasulo 73-67--140
75. Tim Petrovic 71-69--140
75. Chad Campbell 71-69--140
75. Anthony Kim 69-71--140
75. Daniel Chopra 70-70--140
75. Ian Poulter (Eng) 69-71--140
75. Bo Van Pelt 70-70--140
75. Scott Gutschewski 68-72--140
91. Darron Stiles 70-71--141
91. Brendon de Jonge 73-68--141
91. Chris Stroud 72-69--141
91. Jonathan Kaye 73-68--141
91. Brett Quigley 69-72--141
91. Brian Gay 70-71--141
91. D.J. Trahan 68-73--141
91. Ryuji Imada 71-70--141
91. Carl Pettersson 73-68--141
91. Bill Lunde 70-71--141
101. Adam Scott 71-71--142
101. Michael Bradley 72-70--142
101. Tim Herron 75-67--142
101. Bill Haas 72-70--142
101. Aron Price 70-72--142
101. Matt Bettencourt 71-71--142
101. Dean Wilson 73-69--142
101. David Toms 74-68--142
101. Steve Lowery 68-74--142
101. Brad Faxon 72-70--142
101. Mathias Gronberg 72-70--142
101. Kevin Sutherland 68-74--142
101. Dave Schultz 75-67--142
101. Jaxon Brigman 70-72--142
115. Steve Allan 71-72--143
115. Bob Estes 70-73--143
115. Webb Simpson 72-71--143
118. Johnson Wagner 70-74--144=
118. Steve Elkington 75-69--144
118. Wil Collins 73-71--144
118. Jeff Quinney 70-74--144
118. Chez Reavie 72-72--144
118. Kirk Triplett 70-74--144
124. Jeff Overton 74-71--145
124. Mathew Goggin 76-69--145
124. Jason Bohn 71-74--145
124. Ryan Moore 76-69--145
124. Rick Price 73-72--145
124. Ryan Palmer 73-72--145
124. J.P. Hayes 70-75--145
124. Rich Beem 72-73--145
124. Tyler Aldridge 75-70--145
124. Casey Wittenberg 74-71--145
134. Kevin Na 72-74--146
134. Corey Pavin 77-69--146
134. Stephen Leaney 71-75--146
134. Bart Bryant 71-75--146
134. Jarrod Lyle 74-72--146
134. Brian Vranesh 75-71--146
140. Stuart Appleby 75-72--147
140. Troy Kelly 73-74--147
140. Scott Piercy 75-72--147
140. Brendon Todd 70-77--147
144. Roland Thatcher 73-75--148
144. Greg Kraft 72-76--148
144. Peter Lonard 73-75--148
144. Leif Olson 74-74--148
144. Billy Mayfair 76-72--148
149. Derek Fathauer 78-71--149
150. Eric Axley80-70--150
150. Dean Larsson 74-76--150
152. Kevin Stadler 77-74--151
152. Matthew Borchert 76-75--151
152. Michael Schachner 77-74--151