Tartan Tour Scoreboard
WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE PRO-AM
Dalmuir Municipal Golf Course
LEADING PRO SCORES
Par 68
63 Andrew Marshall (Houston Golf Range), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) £835.48 each.
64 Mark King (Kingsfield) £556.99.
65 Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle), Stephen Gray (Hayston), Lee Harper (Archerfield Links), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Stewart Savage (Dalmuir) £295.19 each.
67 Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) £176.57.

Three Scots in leading 20 at London Club

Larrazabal runs up a 9 at par-3

hole in European Open Round 3

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Ryder Cup Dane Soren Hansen moved into contention for the European Open at the London Club in Kent on Saturday - and also witnessed something he has never seen before.
While Hansen defied the blustery conditions to shoot a five under par 67 and set the early clubhouse target on five under par, Spanish playing partner Pablo Larrazabal ran up a sextuple bogey nine on the 225-yard 17th.
It did not come close to Tom Weiskopf's 13 on the short 12th at Augusta during the 1980 Masters, but it was bad enough. Larrazabal, last year's French Open champion, went into the bushes long left, took a penalty drop, then had an air shot playing left-handed, then hit into another bush and had to take another drop.
After chopping his way to the green and eventually holing out he told Hansen to put him down for an eight - then thought about it again walking off the 18th tee and told him to change it to a nine.
"It was a pretty good nine in the end," he said after initially storming off, but then calming down enough to speak.
"But it's still maybe the best week of 2009." He is a huge Barcelona fan and went to school with Andres Iniesta.
For the second day running the 471-yard 18th, with water down the left, was causing even more problems. After a six there in his second round worldNo 3 Sergio Garcia went in the water again and this time ran up a triple bogey seven.
Scot David Drysdale had also taken a seven and Australian Brett Rumford an eight on the par four as the overnight leaders set off knowing the greatest challenge was still to come.
Indian Jeev Milkha Singh and France's Michael Lorenzo-Vera shared top spot on eight under at halfway.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
207 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 67 69 71, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 67 70 70
210 Rory McIlroy 69 73 68, Chris Wood 69 73 68, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 71 70 69
211 Steve Webster 69 72 70, Gary Orr 71 72 68, Soren Hansen (Den) 69 75 67, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 70 72
212 Richie Ramsay 74 70 68, Jamie Donaldson 68 70 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 70 68 74
213 Anthony Wall 68 69 76, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 67 69 77, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 71 74 68, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 71 70 72, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 68 75 70, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 69 76 68
214 Callum Macaulay 71 72 71
215 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 69 73 73, David Drysdale 72 71 72, Stephen Dodd 75 70 70, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 72 72
216 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 70 75 71, Anders Hansen (Den) 65 73 78, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 67 74 75, David Horsey 68 75 73, Ben Curtis (USA) 68 73 75, Graeme Storm 68 76 72, Johan Edfors (Swe) 71 74 71, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 69 71 76, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 67 75 74, Shaun Micheel (USA) 71 71 74, Tano Goya (Arg) 69 72 75, Christopher Doak 68 72 76
217 Roope Kakko (Fin) 69 76 72, Graeme McDowell 70 73 74, Paul Waring 70 75 72, Peter Lawrie 67 71 79, Oliver Fisher 71 71 75, Simon Khan 67 76 74, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 68 74 75, Paul Lawrie 73 71 73, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 67 77 73, Sam Little 66 75 76, Bradley Dredge 72 69 76
218 Peter Hanson (Swe) 66 73 79, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 72 75, Colin Montgomerie 70 74 74, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 69 75 74, Branden Grace (Rsa) 69 75 74, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 71 74 73, Mark Foster 73 72 73, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 66 73 79
219 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 71 73 75, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 70 75 74, Steven O'Hara 71 74 74, Brett Rumford (Aus) 75 70 74, Paul McGinley 70 75 74, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 68 76 75, Lee Westwood 70 75 74, Ross McGowan 70 71 78
220 Anton Haig (Rsa) 68 73 79, Taco Remkes (Ned) 70 73 77, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 70 74 76, Markus Brier (Aut) 72 72 76, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 71 70 79
221 Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 76 78
223 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 74 79

Calmels and Manley in golfing Battle

of Waterloo on Sunday

From Steve Todd, European Challenge Tour Press Officer
François Calmels and Welshman Stuart Manley are set for their own Battle of Waterloo after respective rounds of 70 and 71 left them tied for the lead going into the final round of the Telenet Trophy in Belgium.
The pair, who are both chasing their first European Challenge Tour victory, are locked on ten under par 206, after a see-saw third round at Royal Waterloo.
After Calmels had seized the advantage with a flawless front nine, overnight leader Manley hit back and opened up a two stroke lead with a birdie on the 17th hole but a double bogey on the last saw him slip back.
The duo, who will once again form the last pairing in the final round, will now fight it out for the title close to the battle site where Napoleon’s troops were famously defeated nearly 200 years ago, although English pair Andrew Butterfield and Richard McEvoy are also poised two strokes behind the leaders.
Welshman Manley was disappointed with his finish after taking a seven on the last hole when he found the bunker but maintained he was still confident going into the decisive final round.
“I was trying to shoot low today to give myself a nice advantage going into tomorrow and get myself ahead but it didn’t quite work out like that,” said the 30 year old.
“On the last I took a nine iron from 192 yards and the wind just caught it and took it into the bunker. It ran right up the side and plugged as there was too much sand in there so I had no shot.
“I should have had a four on the last and a three shot lead but instead I’m tied but if I play like I did today I stand a good chance. “It will be nice to play with François again. He is a very nice guy and his partner (Ladies professional Jade Schaeffer) was very helpful, cleaning balls, and knows what she is doing, so it was fun out there.”
Frenchman Calmels had a less eventful round than his playing partner, posting three birdies and one bogey on the 14th, and he feels it will be a close run thing for the title.
“I thought two under par was an OK score today,” said the 27 year old Parisian. “I only made the one mistake but nothing really happened out there for me. I drove the ball quite well and had a lot of two putts. “I’ll try to play the same tomorrow but it depends on the weather a lot. With the wind it is quite easy to make a bogey or a double bogey out there, as Stuart did on the last.
“I’m staying with my mother this week as she lives near the course and she watched my back nine today and will tomorrow so it would be a nice place to win.”
Both Calmels and Manley are looking to go one better than their previous best finishes on the Challenge Tour - tied runner up in the OPEN DE SAINT-OMER OPEN presented by Neuflize OBC and the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final respectively in 2007.
Butterfield and McEvoy are tied for third place on eight under par after respective rounds of 71 and 68, with Dominique Nouailhac of France and Roland Steiner of Austria a further shot back.

THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
206 F Calmels (Fra) 67 69 70, S Manley (Wal) 66 69 71,
208 A Butterfield (Eng) 70 67 71, R McEvoy (Eng) 69 71 68,
209 D Nouailhac (Fra) 69 70 70, R Steiner (Aut) 70 70 69,
210 A Tampion (Aus) 71 68 71,
211 J Ruth (Eng) 71 71 69, R Russell (Sco) 70 71 70, J Arruti (Esp) 69 73 69, M Tullo (Chi) 71 70 70, A McArthur (Sco) 70 72 69, P O'Keeffe (Irl) 72 68 71, R Coles (Eng) 71 67 73, J Etulain (Arg) 71 69 71, T Whitehouse (Eng) 69 75 67, J Clément (Sui) 71 70 70, F Andersson Hed (Swe) 73 70 68,
212 N Colsaerts (Bel) 73 67 72, S Walker (Eng) 70 69 73, C Günther (Ger) 72 72 68, R Swane (Ned) 66 74 72, P Bocian (Swe) 70 74 68, B Hebert (Fra) 77 68 67, M Jurgensen (Den) 74 70 68, S Thornton (Irl) 70 70 72,
213 C Rodiles (Esp) 67 71 75, C Russo (Fra) 74 67 72, M Kramer (Ger) 72 69 72, B Hafthorsson (Isl) 71 73 69, G Paddison (Nzl) 68 73 72, P Purhonen (Fin) 68 72 73,
214 D Griffiths (Eng) 74 69 71, P Gustafsson (Swe) 74 71 69, T Feyrsinger (Aut) 74 70 70, J Abbate (Arg) 70 71 73, B Evans (Eng) 70 73 71,
215 F Praegant (Aut) 68 74 73, L Saltman (Sco) 71 73 71, B Pettersson (Swe) 71 70 74, J Colomo (Esp) 75 69 71,
216 S Henry (Sco) 70 74 72, G Shaw (Nir) 70 75 71, A Wagner (Arg) 71 74 71, R Muntz (Ned) 69 71 76, J Lima (Por) 73 71 72,
217 J Larsen (Nor) 73 71 73, S Jeppesen (Swe) 72 73 72, C Moriarty (Irl) 73 72 72, V Riu (Fra) 69 75 73, M Morris (Eng) 69 75 73, O David (Fra) 70 72 75, A Marshall (Eng) 70 75 72,
218 A Hansen (Den) 72 72 74, C Carranza (Arg) 72 71 75, D Ulrich (Sui) 72 72 74, T Cruz (Por) 76 67 75, N Fox (Irl) 73 71 74, C Gane (Eng) 68 75 75, A Gee (Eng) 71 73 74, A Haindl (RSA) 76 69 73,
219 K Brink (Swe) 73 72 74, A Högberg (Swe) 73 72 74, L Westerberg (Swe) 71 73 75,
220 A Ahokas (Fin) 73 72 75, C Suneson (Esp) 77 68 75, S Robinson (Eng) 71 74 75,
221 J Wahlqvist (Swe) 70 74 77, A Bruschi (Ita) 71 72 78, M Wiegele (Aut) 71 73 77,
222 B Etchart (Esp) 75 70 77,
225 R De Sousa (Sui) 73 72 80,

Bidwells Scottish open amateur stroke-play

Defending champion Wallace Booth coming out the "wrong way" from a bunker with his back to the second green, having hooked a drive from the 18th tee. The hole cost him a bogey 5. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency. Click on it to enlarge.

Fleetwood foils record-

beating Byrne's bid

for halfway lead

Lancashire lad Tommy Fleetwood, beaten in last year’s British amateur championship final at Turnberry, is halfway towards prising loose the home grip on the Bidwells Scottish men’s open amateur golf championship.
The title has been won by Scots for the past three years but, at Murcar Links, north of Aberdeen on Sunday, 18-year-old Fleetwood, a Walker Cup team place contender will start the final 36 holes with a tally of seven-under-par 135 and a two-shot lead from course record-breaker James Byrne (Banchory).
Byrne’s superb second-round 65, a six-under-par effort shaved a shot off the day-old course record set by Fleetwood and another English teenager, Matt Haines, despite the strong southeasterly wind continuing, for a second day, to make life difficult for the competitors on the inward half.
Byrne, halfway through a four-year golf scholarship at Arizona State University, improved by seven shots on his first-round 72, in which he had dropped five shots to par over the last four holes.
Highlight was an eagle 3 at the fourth hole’s 489yd, which he covered with a drive of around 350yd, a lob wedge second and a 6ft putt.But for losing his place in the star-studded Arizona State University team who were playing in the NCAA Division 1 championship finals this past week, Byrne would not have been able to come home before the end of term and play in this championship.
Defending champion Wallace Booth from Comrie could do with some of the James Byrne inspiration. Wallace, who started with a one-over-par 72, had a 73 for 145, despite getting through the first 11 holes in three under par.A triple bogey 7 at the 13th undid all his good work.
"It's tough out there when you play as badly as I did," said 23-year-old Wallace.

"James Byrne has shown with his score that the wind doesn't have to make all that difference to your score. I am just going through a frustrating period and I am pretty upset with myself. Today was much worse for me than yesterday was, even though in scoring terms it was only one shot worse."
Fleetwood leapfrogged over Byrne into a two-shot lead with a 69 for seven-under 135. He responded to the arrival of several Walker Cup selectors in his gallery by birdieing five holes in a row from the seventh.
“They should come and watch me more often,” he said rather cheekily.
“If I keep doing what I’ve been doing over the first two rounds, I can’t see anybody catching me over Sunday’s final 36 holes – although, as they say, tomorrow is another day.”

The only fly in ointment on an otherwise perfect day for Master Fleetwood was the FA Cup final result.. He is an Everton supporter and the first question he asked as he came off after his round was: "What was the result in the FA Cup Final?" Answer, of course, Chelsea 2, Everton 1.
The second Scot in the leading four is Murrayshall’s Gavin Dear, winner of the Irish open amateur stroke-play three weeks ago and before that the Craigmillar Park. Going even further back, Dear, Wallace Booth and Callum Macaulay won the World Cup of men’s amateur golf – the massive Eisenhower Trophy (which is on display in the Murcar clubhouse) – in Australia last October.
Dear had to take a week off golf completely after feeling out of sorts during the Brabazon Trophy English open championship – and he still feels his game is not back on track.
Gavin followed open a opening 68 with a par 71, in which he felt he actually struck the ball better than in the first round, to be four shots behind the leader, alongside another young Englishman, Matt Haines
A total of 46 players with totals of 148 or better qualified to play Sunday’s final 36 holes. Among the men who missed out were Walker Cup prelim squad members Steven McEwan (150), Gordon Yates (151), Keir McNicoll (152) and Todd Adcock (155).

SECOND-ROUND QUALIFIERS
Par 142 (2 x 71) CSS 74 74
135 Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall) 66 69.
137 James Byrne (Banchory) 72 65.
139 Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) 68 71, Matt Haines (Rochester & Cobham Park) 66 73.
141 Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes) 70 71, Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park) 73 68, Jack Senior (Heysham) 71 70.
142 Jake Redman (SAf) 71 71, Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh) 71 71, Mark Halliday (Royal Aberdeen) 72 70, Ross Kellett (Colville Park) 72 70.
143 Daniel Jennevret (Swe) 71 72, Liam McGowan (St Andrews New) 72 71, Sam Hutsby (Liphook) 74 69.
144 Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) 72 72, Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 72 72, Luke Goddard (Hendon) 73 71, Farren Keenan (Sunningdale) 72 72, Richard Merchant (Wernddu) 73 71.
145 Jamie Mackay (Kilmarnock Barassie) 74 71, Wallace Booth (Comrie) 72 73, Philip McLean (Peterhead) 75 70, Fraser Fotherinham (Nairn) 73 72, Ben Westgate (Trevose) 71 74, David Addison (Kilmarnock Barassie) 76 69.
146 Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 73 73, James Hendrick (Pollok) 68 78, Russell Thornton (US) 74 72, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 74 72.
147 Mark Fensham (SAf) 75 72, Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 76 71, Bobby Rushford (Grangemouth) 74 73, Adrian Ford (SAf) 71 76, Steven Ferreira (SAf) 77 70, Matt Jager (Aus) 73 74, Daniel Nisbet (Aus) 79 68, Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 75 72, Nick Robson (Meldrum House) 71 76.
148 Paul O’Hara (Colville Park) 73 75, Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) 76 72, Sandy Bolton (Magnolia Park) 70 78, Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 72 76, Ross Crowe (Westerhope) 72 76, Bryan Fotheringham (Forres) 73 75, Richard Smith (Notts) 70 78, Oscar Sharpe (MInchinhampton) 79 79.
MISSED THE CUT
149 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 77 72, Paul Betty (Hayston) 75 74, Peter Latimer (St Andrews New) 73 76, Barry Brooks (Meldrum House) 71 78.
150 Stephen Clark (US) 74 76, Sebastian MacLean (Bolivia) 77 73, Steven McEwan (Caprington) 74 76, Kevin Duncan (McDonald Ellon) 73 77, Dean Yeats (Nigg Bay) 73 77, Steven Buchan (Royal Aberdeen) 77 73, James Ross (Royal Burgess) 73 77.
151 Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co) 78 73. Brendan Smith (Aus) 77 74, Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) 74 77, Sean McGarvey (Glencorse) 77 74, Martin Lawrence (Newmachar) 76 75, Mike MacDonald (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) 74 77, Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 80 71.
152 Bryden MacPherson (Aus) 76 76, Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 76 76, Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 79 73, Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 78 74, William Bremner (Edzell) 76 76, Ronnie Brechin (Murcar Links) 77 75, Ross Bell (Downfield) 80 72, David Law (Hazlehead) 73 79, Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) 77 75, Mattias Nordqvist (Swe) 75 77, Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 77 75, Chris Harkins (Ayr Belleisle) 76 76.
153 Nikolaus Schroeter (Aut) 75 78, Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) 79 74, Bryan Innes (Murcar Links) 79 74, Derik Ferreira (SAf) 75 78, Gregor Stewart (Murcar Links) 79 74.
154 Neil Henderson (Glen) 79 75, Rae Mackie (SAf) 78 76, Michael Downes (Mere) 78 76, Neil McBride (Cowglen) 75 79, Euan McIntosh (Newmachar) 76 78, Sam McLaren (King James VI) 77 77, Anthony Bews (Murcar Links) 80 74, Sam Strachan (Inverallochy) 82 72, Kyle Godsman (Hopeman) 78 76, Matt Dickson (Gullane) 82 72, Michael Main (Thornton) 76 78.
155 Todd Adcock (Nevill) 77 78, Duncan Raitt (Murcar Links) 75 80, Allan Reith (Royal Aberdeen) 78 77, Andrew Campbell (Dumbarton) 75 80, Gary Page (Balbirnie Park) 75 80, Neil Dean (Minchinhampton) 81 74, Cameron Gray (West Kilbride) 79 76, Paul McFerran (Childwall) 79 76, Clark Brechin (Portlethen) 79 76, Daniel Sommerville (St Andrews) 73 82.
156 Garry Wood (Crow Wood) 76 80, Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 78 78, Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 78 78, Jonathan Corke (Rowany) 76 80, Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyton) 81 75, Billy Main (Mucar Links) 79 77
157 Andrew Campbell (Deeside) 77 80, George Finlay (Ballumbie Castle) 80 77, Michael Daily (Erskine) 79 78, Aaron Sweeney (Carnoustie) 76 81.
158 Philip Okan (Ger) 78 80, Andrew Abercrombie (US) 77 81.
159 Kromer Kajetan (Aut) 80 79, Michael Gray (Lanark) 77 82, Jordan McColl (Scotscraig) 77 82, Nathan Kinch (Aus) 81 78, Paul Ferrier (Baberton) 78 81, James White (Lundin) 78 81.
160 Myles Cunningham (Craigielaw) 79 81, Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 79 81, Justin Duff (Fraserburgh) 75 85.
161 Euan Kennedy (Stonehaven) 80 81, William Wilcox (US) 77 84, John Godward (McDonald Ellon) 83 78.
162 Joshua Clarke (Royal Montrose) 83 79, Scott Stewart-Cation (Ladybank) 84 78.
163 Yubin Jung (SAf) 82 81, Keith Hird (Murcar Links) 82 81, Michael Buchan (Cruden Bay) 79 84, Marc Gentles (Edzell) 80 83.
164 Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 83 81, Paul Williams (Hillside) 83 81, Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 86 78, John Duff (Newmachar) 80 84.
167 Rodger Clarke (Moray) 82 85.
170 Neil Howitt (Nairn) 86 84.
173 Charles Durnian (Fairhaven) 82 91.
Withdrew: Adrian Styles (Murcar Links) 85 w/d, Matthew Greig (Bon Accord) 79 w/d

Bidwells Scottish open amateur stroke-play

Byrne breaks record with a 65

and jumps clear of field

The southeasterly wind was still blowing across the Murcar Links today but did not stop James Byrne, the 20-year-old Banchory and Arizona State University player, from surging clear of the early finishers with a superlative round of six-under-par 65.
As some of the holes have been changed since Richie Ramsay shot 63, then 62 in the Scottish Challenge in 2006, the pair of 66s by English teenagers Matt Haines and Tommy Fleetwood were accepted as a new course record.
And that record last fewer than 24 hours before Byrne brought it down by a shot after a brilliant outward half of six-under-par 60.
Byrne birdied the second from 5ft, grabbed an eagle 3 at the fourth after a huge drive downwind of 350yd and a 50 degree lob wedge to within 6ft of the stick, then strung together a hat-trick of birdie 3s from the seventh to the ninhe, holing from 15ft at the seventh, 8ft at the eighth and driving the 323yd ninth green with a three wood (!) and two-putting from 20ft.
Byrne improved to a high point of seven under par by holing from 15ft at the 11th.
"The wind, as in the first round, made it tough from there but I was able to escape with only one shot dropped, at the short 16th where it is so difficult to hit the green with the cross wind," said James.
"I did scramble a bit and holed some part-saving putts over the last few holes - the same holes that cost him five shots to par on Friday - including a good one at the last where I was way long and left with my second but was able to run my chip down the slope with within 3ft of the hole to get away with a par."
Byrne had therefore set the clubhouse lunchtime target with his addition of 65 to his first round of 72 ... five-under-par 137.
But for losing his place in the Arizona State University team who were playing in the NCAA Division 1 championship finals this past week, Byrne would not have been able to come home early and play in the Brabazon Trophy and here at Murcar Links.
"Arizona State have a very, very strong team and over the last few weeks I was not able to win a place in it. I hear they've recruited a very good young American for next season, so it's going to be even tougher to get into the team of five that plays in tournaments. But that's the way I like it, " said James who is halfway through his four-year scholarship.
Defending champion Wallace Booth from Comrie could do with some of the James Byrne inspiration. Wallace, who started with a one-over-par 72, had a 73 today for 145, despite betting through the first 11 holes in three under par.
A bogey at the 12th and a triple bogey 7 at the 13th undid all his good work. He did birdie the long 14th but there were two more bogeys lurking over the closing holes .. at the 15th and the 18th where he bunkered his drive left for 39 home.
"It's tough out there when you play as badly as I did," said 23-year-old Wallace. "James Byrne has shown with his score that the wind doesn't have to make all that difference to your score. I am just going through a frustrating period and I am pretty upset with myself. Today was much worse for me than yesterday was, even though in scoring terms it was only one shot worse."
At 3pm Byrne's lead stood at four shots from Englishman Dale Whitnell (71 for 141) and Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park) 73 68.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS (at 3pm)
Par 141 (2 x 71) CSS 74 tbc
137 James Byrne (Banchory) 72 65.
141 Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes) 70 71, Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park) 73 68.
142 Jake Redman (SAf) 71 71.
143 Daniel Jennevret (Swe) 71 72.
144 Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) 72 72.
145 Jamie Mackay (Kilmarnock Barassie) 74 71, Wallace Booth (Comrie) 72 73, Philip McLean (Peterhead) 75 70.
146 Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 73 73, James He ndrick (Pollok) 68 78.
147 Mark Fensham (SAf) 75 72, Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 76 71.
148 Paul O’Hara (Colville Park) 73 75, Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) 76 72, Sandy Bolton (Magnolia Park) 70 78.
149 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 77 72, Paul Betty (Hayston) 75 74, Peter Latimer (St Andrews New) 73 76.
150 Stephen Clark (US) 74 76, Sebastian MacLean (Bolivia) 77 73, Steven McEwan (Caprington) 74 76, Kevin Duncan (McDonald Ellon) 73 77.
151 Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co) 78 73. Brendan Smith (Aus) 77 74, Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) 74 77, Sean McGarvey (Glencorse) 77 74, Martin Lawrence (Newmachar) 76 75, Mike MacDonald (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) 74 77.
152 Bryden MacPherson (Aus) 76 76, Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 76 76.
154 Neil Henderson (Glen) 79 75, Rae Mackie (SAf) 78 76, Michael Downes (Mere) 78 76.
155 Todd Adcock (Nevill) 77 78, Duncan Raitt (Murcar Links) 75 80,Allan Reith (Royal Aberdeen) 78 77.
156 Garry Wood (Crow Wood) 76 80, Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 78 78.
157 Andrew Campbell (Deeside) 77 80, George Finlay (Ballumbie Castle) 80 77, Michael Daily (Erskine) 79 78.
159 Kromer Kajetan (Aut) 80 79, Michael Gray (Lanark) 77 82, Jordan McColl (Scotscraig) 77 82, Nthan Kinch(Aus) 81 78.
160 Myles Cunningham (Craigielaw) 79 81.
161 Euan Kennedy (Stonehaven) 80 81, William Wilcox (US) 77 84.
162 Joshua Clarke (Royal Montrose) 83 79, Scott Stewart-Cation (Ladybank) 84 78.
163 Yubin Jung (SAf) 82 81, Keith Hird (Murcar Links) 82 81.
164 Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 83 81, Paul Williams (Hillside) 83 81, Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 86 78, John Duff (Newmachar) 80 84.
167 Rodger Clarke (Moray) 82 85.

Steve Stricker leads at "pitch-and-putt"

Crowne Plaza Invitational

Steve Stricker shot a second consecutive 63 for a halfway total of 14-under-par 126, a record for 36 holes and for any consecutive rounds at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at the Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas.
The phrase "pitch and putt" springs to mind with only a light wind and very soft greens, pros of US PGA Tour calibre would plunder most courses they come across.
Tim Clark, Vijah Singh and Sean O’Hair shot 64s on Friday and were lined up right behind Stricker: Clark was one shot back, Singh one more and O’Hair yet another.
Jason Day (65) was 10 under, Woody Austin (68) was another stroke back, and Ryan Palmer (63) was 8 under.
“Wind is what this course needs to get difficult, but we haven’t seen it yet," said Stricker.
. ... I kind of like what’s going on right now.”
Colonial members can only shake their heads at these scores, especially after course alterations were supposed to make things tougher for the big boys, not easier.
The cut at level par 140 was further evidence of how tame the course is playing.
Par would’ve beaten Ben Hogan the last two times he won this event, in 1953 and ‘59.
Former (British) Open champion Ian Baker-Finch won’t be playing this weekend, not after six bogeys and a double bogey left him with a 78.
“That’s just lack of play,” said Baker-Finch, who hadn’t played a US PGA Tour event since the 2001 Colonial, and he missed the cut then, too.The 48-year-old Australian left the television booth to tee it up again this week in celebration of the 20-year anniversary of his Colonial victory.“Maybe when I’m 50 I’ll be able to play on the Champions Tour,” he said. “But I’m happy to get back to the booth.”
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70), Yardage 7,054
1. Steve Stricker 63-63--126
2. Tim Clark 63-64--127
3. Vijay Singh 64-64--128
4. Sean O'Hair 65-64--129
5. Jason Day 65-65--130
6. Woody Austin 63-68--131
7. Ryan Palmer 69-63--132
8. Luke Donald 68-65--133
8. Paul Casey 66-67--133
8. Kevin Sutherland 66-67--133
8. James Driscoll 69-64--133
8. Steve Marino 66-67--133
13. Jason Bohn 69-65--134
13. Ted Purdy 69-65--134
13. Kevin Na 66-68--134
13. Justin Leonard 66-68--134
17. Lucas Glover 70-65--135
17. John Senden 68-67--135
17. Ian Poulter 66-69--135
17. James Nitties 67-68--135
21. Danny Lee 69-67--136
21. Harrison Frazar 67-69--136
21. Tom Pernice, Jr. 69-67--136
21. Kenny Perry 64-72--136
21. Mike Weir 69-67--136
21. Hunter Mahan 69-67--136
21. Zach Johnson 69-67--136
21. Stephen Ames 68-68--136
21. Jeff Overton 69-67--136
21. Tim Herron 71-65--136
31. Bob Estes 71-66--137
31. John Rollins 70-67--137
31. Charlie Wi 67-70--137
31. Stewart Cink 71-66--137
31. Geoff Ogilvy 70-67--137
31. Anthony Kim 69-68--137
31. Jim Furyk 68-69--137
31. Brian Davis 69-68--137
31. Derek Fathauer 68-69--137
31. Greg Owen 68-69--137
31. Tom Lehman 68-69--137
31. Ryuji Imada 69-68--137
31. Michael Bradley 70-67--137
31. Rocco Mediate 67-70--137
45. Fredrik Jacobson 68-70--138
45. Nick O'Hern 69-69--138
45. Bart Bryant 70-68--138
45. Matt Kuchar 70-68--138
45. Kevin Streelman 68-70--138
45. Mark Wilson 67-71--138
45. Scott Verplank 70-68--138
45. George McNeill 68-70--138
45. Justin Rose 69-69--138
54. David Toms 67-72--139
54. Ben Crane 71-68--139
54. Rod Pampling 73-66--139
54. J.J. Henry 71-68--139
54. Brian Gay 68-71--139
54. Adam Scott 68-71--139
54. Carl Pettersson 71-68--139
54. John Merrick 71-68--139
54. Tommy Armour III 67-72--139
54. Aron Price 67-72--139
54. Matt Bettencourt 69-70--139
65. Ken Duke 71-69--140
65. Charley Hoffman 73-67--140
65. Richard S. Johnson 71-69--140
65. Chez Reavie 72-68--140
65. Dudley Hart 74-66--140
65. Brandt Jobe 71-69--140
65. Mark Brooks 71-69--140
65. Jason Dufner 69-71--140
65. Bo Van Pelt 71-69--140
65. Corey Pavin 71-69--140
65. Rory Sabbatini 71-69--140
65. Chris DiMarco 69-71--140
65. Joe Ogilvie 67-73--140
65. Mark Calcavecchia 68-72--140
65. Heath Slocum 69-71--140
MISSED THE CUT
Included:
80. Rich Beem 71-70--141
80. Mathew Goggin 68-73--141
80. Jerry Kelly 70-71--141
80. Y.E. Yang 74-67--141
80. Jonathan Byrd 72-69--141
80. Paul Goydos 70-71--141
80. D.J. Trahan 75-66--141
80. Steve Flesch 71-70--1411
80. Ryan Moore 68-73--141
80. Nicholas Thompson 68-73--141
80. Matt Weibring 71-70--141
80. Alex Cejka 70-71--141
80. Jeff Klauk 72-69--141
80. Marc Turnesa 69-72--141
80. Dean Wilson 68-73--141
80. Brett Quigley 71-70--141
96. Todd Hamilton 71-71--142
102. Lee Janzen 71-72--143
102. Jeff Maggert 70-73--143
102. Davis Love III 70-73--143
113. Trevor Immelman 73-72--145
116. Ian Baker-Finch 68-78--146
WD. Chad Campbell
WD. Daniel Chopra
WD. Bill Lunde
DQ. Scott Piercy