US PGA Tour Leaderboard
THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
Muirfield Village, Dublin, Ohio
THIRD ROUND
Par 216 (3x72)
207 Matt Bettencourt 71 68 68, Mark Wilson 68 70 69
208 Jim Furyk 67 70 71, Jonathan Byrd 69 68 71
209 Davis Love III 72 68 69, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 74 63
211 Michael Letzig 72 70 69, Tiger Woods 69 74 68, Ernie Els (Rsa) 70 70 71, Matt Kuchar 73 67 71
212 Stewart Cink 68 72 72, Luke Donald (Eng) 64 76 72, Bubba Watson 71 71 70
213 Dustin Johnson 73 68 72, Hunter Mahan 74 69 70, Steve Marino 68 72 73, Mike Weir (Can) 69 69 75, Chris DiMarco 73 67 73, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 70 69 74, Troy Matteson 69 73 71
214 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 71 74, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 69 73, Ben Curtis 71 71 72, Alex Cejka (Ger) 73 68 73
215 K J Choi (Kor) 73 70 72, Jason Day (Aus) 67 73 75
216 Jeff Overton 76 69 71, Lucas Glover 75 69 72, Kevin Na 71 72 73, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 74 74 68, Will MacKenzie 70 73 73, Robert Allenby (Aus) 72 76 68, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 73 73 70, Reinier Saxton (Ned) 69 75 72, D.J. Trahan 73 74 69
217 Steve Stricker 70 74 73, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 72 68 77, Kevin Sutherland 69 75 73, Webb Simpson 73 71 73, Chez Reavie 71 74 72
218 Paul Casey (Eng) 73 70 75, Nick Watney 73 71 74, Marc Leishman (Aus) 74 74 70, Woody Austin 75 70 73, Steve Lowery 76 71 71, Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 74 73, Tom Pernice Jnr. 71 74 73
219 Jerry Kelly 72 72 75, Charley Hoffman 71 72 76, Zach Johnson 71 73 75, John Senden (Aus) 71 74 74, Tom Lehman 71 74 74, David Duval 71 74 74, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 76 72, Johnson Wagner 69 74 76, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 73 72 74, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 74 71 74
220 Kenny Perry 72 73 75, D.A. Points 75 70 75, George McNeill 76 69 75, Lee Janzen 72 73 75, Ian Poulter (Eng) 75 71 74
221 Erik Compton 72 75 74, Jeff Quinney 75 72 74, Ted Purdy 67 79 75
222 Steve Flesch 73 75 74, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 73 73 76, Nicholas Thompson 69 75 78, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 74 76
223 Bill Haas 74 72 77, Marc Turnesa 72 73 78
224 Tim Herron 75 73 76, Mark Brooks 75 73 76, Rocco Mediate 73 70 81
225 Brett Quigley 74 73 78
226 Jeff Klauk 76 71 79
230 Scott McCarron 74 74 82

Celtic Manor Wales Open hit by heavy rain, flooding

Ramsay faces two-stroke penalty

for allegedly improving his lie

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay continued to battle for the Wales Open lead late into the night at Celtic Manor - but was facing a possible two-stroke penalty.
After the start of the third round had been delayed for well over six hours before of heavy rain that flooded fairways and bunkers, play went on until almost 9pm.
That was still not enough time, however, for everybody to finish and when the action was halted European Tour rookie Ramsay was four under par with two to go and one behind England's Nick Dougherty, Spaniard Ignacio Garrido and little-known Dane Jeppe Huldahl.
But Tour chief referee John Paramor then took Ramsay away to study an incident on the eighth hole.
Placing of the ball was in operation because of the conditions and Ramsay was questioned over whether he had improved his area of intended swing by pressing down the ground behind the position from where he was going to play his next shot.
Perhaps Paramor will be as lenient with Ramsay as the US PGA Tour officials were with Kenny Perry recently in a similar incident where it was held that Perry "did not intend" to improve his lie.
Meanwhile, European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie, joint eighth overnight, fell all the way back to 46th on three over par with a desperately disappointing 78.
It took only five holes for things to go wrong for the 45-year-old, chasing his first win in two years - and a first top 10 finish in almost a year.
On the short third he came up short and rolled down the bank into the lake and at the 433-yard fifth he went from a fairway bunker into more water by the green.
American cup captain Corey Pavin, who had survived the cut with nothing to spare at two over, was two over following a 72.
Dougherty made a magnificent recovery from a front nine 40, picking up three birdies and then a closing eagle in the gathering gloom for an inward 30.
Huldahl, who has never had a top 10 finish in 44 events on the circuit, shot a superb three under 68, while Garrido had a level par 71. England's Ross Fisher and Robert Rock, joint second at halfway, were both back to two under when play ended.
COMPLETED THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
208 (-5) Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 69 71 68, Nick Dougherty 66 72 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 68 69 71
209 (-4) Paul Waring 71 68 70, Simon Dyson 74 65 70 (Richie Ramsay is -4 with two holes to complete).
210 (-3) Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 68 71, Richard Green (Aus) 68 71 71, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 70 70 70, Paul McGinley 68 71 71, Mark Foster 69 69 72, Jeev Milka Singh (India) 69 68 73, Fabriosi Zanotti (Ita) 67 71 72.
211 (-2) Chris Wood 72 69 70, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 69 72, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 70 72 69, Danny Willett 73 66 72, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 67 73 71 (Ross Fisher & Robert Rock are -2 with two holes to complete).
212 Richard Finch 71 68 73, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 70 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 70 73, Oliver Fisher 72 69 71
213 Gary Lockerbie 69 70 74, Gary Orr 68 73 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 66 73 74, Rhys Davies 73 69 71, Santiago Luna (Spa) 73 69 71, Simon Khan 69 73 71
214 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 73 67 74, David Lynn 69 73 72, John Bickerton 69 70 75
215 Alan McLean 66 73 76, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 67 76, Peter Lawrie 69 72 74, Lee Slattery 68 73 74, Callum Macaulay 68 71 76, Stephen Dodd 72 67 76, Corey Pavin (USA) 72 72 71, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 69 72 74, Chris Doak 72 69 74, Bradley Dredge 74 70 71
216 Branden Grace (Rsa) 70 72 74, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 72 74, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 72 70 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 69 72 75, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 70 69 77, Colin Montgomerie 69 69 78.
217 Robert Dinwiddie 71 71 75, Michael Curtain (Aus) 71 72 74, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 73 69 75, David Frost (Rsa) 66 76 75
218 Jonathan Caldwell 72 72 74, Scott Drummond 74 70 74, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 74 70 74
219 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 71 71 77, Benn Barham 69 72 78, Marcel Siem (Ger) 74 68 77
220 Taco Remkes (Ned) 67 75 78
221 Tim Dykes 68 75 78, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 69 73 79
224 Mark Brown (Nzl) 70 73 81
227 Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 72 71 84

Henry and McLeary both return 68s in

Challenge Tour event third round

From Michael Gibbons, Challenge Tour Press Officer
Former Scottish boys and Scottish men's amateur stroke-play champion Scott Henry inched his way up the leaderboard at the European Challenge Tour’s Kärnten Golf Open presented by Markus Brier Foundation today.
Henry posted a third round of four under par 68 to move to nine under 207 for the tournament with 18 holes to play and will need to shoot a low final round to trouble the 54-hole leader, Carlos Rodiles of Spain who will begin the day six shots ahead of the Scot.
Jamie McLeary matched Henry’s third round 68 to move to six under par and a tie for 24th spot with 18 holes to play.
Markus Brier, Austria’s greatest ever player who is promoting the tournament through his Foundation, is in the hunt for victory after a third round 70 saw him move to 12 under and just three behind Rodiles.
Carlos Rodiles will take a one stroke lead into the final round of the Kärnten Golf Open presented by Markus Brier Foundation after a day of tough conditions left the tournament poised for an enthralling final round.
A 90 minute weather delay due to a lightning storm, coupled with gusting winds made conditions markedly more difficult than the first two rounds when Rodiles compiled two beautiful scores of 65 to take the 14 under par.
It was a different story in round three though, but the Spaniard held onto his lead after a one under par 71 was good enough to keep him one clear of exciting young German Florian Fritsch, with Edoardo Molinari just one stroke further back after a brilliant six under par 66 in the toughest conditions of the day and Markus Brier and Adam Gee lurking with intent on 12 under.
Like Molinari, Rodiles put on a fine display of ball striking and was unlucky to turn in three over par given the quality of his shot-making.
“It was blowing, then stopping, then blowing all around us: it was really tough but I hit the ball great today,” the Spaniard confirmed.
“I got unlucky on the fourth because it was playing 220 yards dead into the wind and I hit a five wood over the flag and I thought that it was perfect but the ball never appeared. There is out of bounds about 20 yards beyond that and I just couldn’t figure out what happened. The wind must have died and I went out of bounds so I took a 6 there but after that I hit the ball great.
“The tournament is wide open now. Edoardo has put in a great round of six under in those conditions and I don’t know much about Florian Fritsch but he has already had a couple of great finishes out here so you know that he had a lot of talent.
“It’s just going to be a one shot at a time day tomorrow – I know everyone says that but what can you do. You just have to hit the fairways and greens and single putt every hole, it’s that easy!"
Rodiles, of course, knows that it will not be easy to hold off the challenges of Fritsch, Molinari, Brier and Gee when the final round gets underway, but he is hopeful that he can overcome the first tee nerves and stay in control of his own destiny as the final round reaches its climax.
“I am not the type of guy to worry about the final round over night. I am a good sleeper but I will definitely have some goosebumps and nerves in the morning,” smiled the Spaniard.
“That usually lasts a couple of holes and if you are still up there it comes back at the end. But you have to try and enjoy that. Great players enjoy that, Tiger enjoys that so you have to try. It’s impossible not to have nerves in this situation but you have to know how to handle them no matter what level you are at – it might be The European Tour, the Challenge Tour or your monthly medal: it doesn’t matter what level you are playing at – you are always nervous if you are up there but you have to try and handle it as best you can.”
Molinari continued his winning form from the Piemonte Open to charge up the leaderboard and into contention for a second victory in the space of 14 days.
The Italian’s 66 was the lowest score of the day, and included an explosive finish of an eagle and four birdies over last seven holes of the Golfclub Klagenfurt-Seltenheim to put him right in contention in the final round.
Brier was pleased with his two under par 70, given that he found the tricky conditions upset his rhythm and made him slightly uncomfortable with his game for the majority of the third round. Given that he had an awkward day at the office, Austria’s number one player is happy to still be in contention.
“I found it very difficult out there actually,” said Brier. “The conditions were tough and it was difficult to get it to the pins with the wind gusting around for most of the day. I kept it together – I only made one bogey on the sixth – but I never really got it going and put it close to make a lot of birdies.
“I also didn’t take advantage of the easy holes out there today but I managed to pick up a few shots coming in when the conditions eased off a bit. But it was tough and not that many guys have made a great move today which shows the conditions were difficult.
“I am pretty pleased still to be in there and with a good chance – hopefully I can get a low one tomorrow and we will see what happens.”
THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
201 C Rodiles (Esp) 65 65 71
202 F Fritsch (Ger) 65 67 70
203 E Molinari (Ita) 71 66 66
204 A Gee (Eng) 69 63 72, M Brier (Aut) 68 66 70
205 J Olesen (Den) 70 68 67
206 M Crespi (Ita) 66 70 70, C Günther (Ger) 68 63 75
207 J Larsen (Nor) 71 68 68, S Henry (Sco) 69 70 68, L De Jager (RSA) 70 68 69, J Parry (Eng) 68 65 74, C Carranza (Arg) 67 70 70
208 M Laskey (Wal) 71 70 67, M Korhonen (Fin) 69 69 70, J Billot (Fra) 68 70 70
209 M Wiegele (Aut) 68 70 71, J Little (Eng) 68 73 68, R Swane (Ned) 69 73 67, F Calmels (Fra) 70 71 68, G Boyd (Eng) 68 66 75, M Zions (Aus) 70 67 72, P Gustafsson (Swe) 71 69 69,
210 P Kaensche (Nor) 69 72 69, G Shaw (Nir) 70 67 73, R Gonzalez (Arg) 68 70 72, J Guerrier (Fra) 66 71 73, S Saavedra (Arg) 67 74 69, L Kennedy (Eng) 74 68 68, J McLeary (Sco) 75 67 68, J Abbate (Arg) 73 65 72, A Haindl (RSA) 72 67 71
211 J Morrison (Eng) 68 69 74, M Mills (Eng) 68 70 73, J Granberg (Fin) 68 72 71, J Arruti (Esp) 74 67 70, D Wardrop (Eng) 69 69 73
212 O Floren (Swe) 67 71 74, T Ferreira (RSA) 70 71 71, R Steiner (Aut) 69 71 72, L Moolman (RSA) 66 73 73, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 68 71 73, U Weinhandl (Aut) 69 73 70, O David (Fra) 69 72 71, P Lepitschnik (Aut) 69 71 72, G Molteni (Ita) 72 67 73
213 S Garcia-Grout (Esp) 71 71 71, M Rodriguez (Arg) 70 70 73, B Lecuona (Fra) 71 71 71, J Maurer (Aut) 70 68 75, J Lerchedahl (Den) 70 66 77
214 T Schuster (Ger) 67 73 74, A Mörk (Fra) 71 71 72, A Zanini (Ita) 68 74 72, F Praegant (Aut) 68 68 78, B Pettersson (Swe) 71 71 72
215 L Westerberg (Swe) 69 71 75, M Haremza (Ger) 70 71 74, G Paddison (Nzl) 72 70 73, A Bossert (Sui) 68 72 75
216 J Etulain (Arg) 72 70 74, A Crux (Eng) 69 73 74, S Juul (Den) 70 70 76
217 T Carolan (Aus) 68 74 75, A Perrino (Ita) 67 74 76, L Dodd (Eng) 71 70 76
218 C Aguilar (Esp) 71 69 78

Torrance forced to retire from Irish Seniors Open

Can Chapman make a two-shot lead

a winning advantage this time?

From Steve Todd, European Senior Tour Press Officer
Englishman Roger Chapman will have a second attempt at capturing his maiden European Senior Tour title when he takes a two-shot lead into the final round of the Irish Seniors Open in association with Fáilte Ireland and AIB Bank after battling to a level par 71 in blustery conditions at Ballybunion Golf Club today.
Chapman started with exactly the same advantage in final round of his European Senior Tour debut in the Son Gual Mallorca Senior Open a month ago, only to be overtaken by winner Mark James, who defeated Eamonn Darcy in a play-off after the pair shot final rounds of 66 and 65 respectively.
But with conditions in County Kerry not as conducive to low scoring, the 50 year old Senior Tour rookie has set his sights on seeing the job through this time following a solid second round, during which Ballybunion bared her fangs with gusts of up to 25mph.
“It’s nice to have a two-shot lead but I had that in Mallorca,” he said. “It all depends on the weather. Bob Boyd is two behind but then he is three ahead of the rest. We shall see. I’m playing nicely and putting nicely.
“In Mallorca they shot 65 and 66 to overtake me. They aren’t going to do that here. If I can break par here who knows. I’m enjoying leading. I didn’t used to enjoy it on the main Tour but for some reason I feel comfortable now and happy to be out here.”
Chapman recovered from bogeys on the second and fourth hole by picking up shots at the fifth and ninth before draining a 30ft birdie putt on the 15th.
He then bogeyed the last after pulling his drive left to finish on four under par 138, two strokes ahead of American Boyd who fired a superb 68 – the joint lowest round of the day with Angel Franco.
“Standing on the first tee I would have taken 71 – I would have snapped your hand off,” said Chapman. “I got off to a bad start. I was playing okay but three-putted the second. Then I missed a three footer for par on the fourth so I was two over and it was getting harder and harder but I managed to birdie five and then hung there really.”
Boyd, who returned to the game last season after battling acute myeloid leukemia, finished with a hat-trick of birdies, having only dropped one shot on the third hole.
“I had a good back nine. I struck the ball well and kept it in play and that is what you have to do around here,” said the 54 year old.
“I live on the coast but we don’t have wind like this. You just have to accept the conditions.”
English pair Gordon J Brand and Glenn Ralph lie third on one over par, while Ryder Cup-winning captain Ian Woosnam, at one time world No 1, is also in contention after a one under par 70 moved him up to a share of fifth place, six shots behind Chapman on two over par.
Home favourite Des Smyth, who had started the day two shots behind overnight leader Chapman, finished with a double bogey to sign for a 77 but he is still in the top ten.
Former Ryder Cup player Manuel Pinero had earlier claimed a minor victory over the course when he holed his seven iron tee shot from 149 yards on the eighth hole but that was en route to a round off 77.
Sam Torrance, the 2002 Ryder Cup captain who is currently second in the Senior Tour Order of Merit, was forced to withdraw after two holes due to a recurrence of a long standing hand injury.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2 x 71)
138 R Chapman (Eng) 67 71
140 B Boyd (USA) 72 68
143 G Brand (Eng) 71 72, G Ralph (Eng) 69 74
144 I Woosnam (Wal) 74 70, G Cali (Ita) 72 72
145 E Darcy (Irl) 73 72, T Johnstone (Zim) 71 74
146 H Carbonetti (Arg) 69 77, J Rivero (Esp) 72 74, A Franco (Par) 78 68, K Tomori (Jpn) 70 76, E Rodriguez (Esp) 72 74, D Smyth (Irl) 69 77, N Ratcliffe (Aus) 75 71
147 S Bennett (Eng) 74 73, L Carbonetti (Arg) 72 75, P Mitchell (Eng) 74 73, J Bland (RSA) 72 75
148 J Rhodes (Eng) 72 76, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 77 71, P Brostedt (Swe) 69 79, R Drummond (Sco) 72 76, D Merriman (Aus) 75 73
149 D Cambridge (Jam) 70 79, B Lincoln (RSA) 77 72, C Rocca (Ita) 72 77, A Fernandez (Chi) 70 79
150 B Cameron (Eng) 72 78, S Ginn (Aus) 76 74, M Harwood (Aus) 72 78, D Russell (Eng) 75 75,
151 D Good (Aus) 74 77, G Brand Jnr (Sco) 73 78, C Mason (Eng) 73 78, S Ebihara (Jpn) 71 80, T Giedeon (Ger) 77 74
152 B Longmuir (Sco) 72 80, A Murray (Eng) 69 83, J Chillas (Sco) 76 76, M Miller (Sco) 78 74,
153 I Mosey (Eng) 76 77, E Polland (Nir) 79 74, J Quiros (Esp) 73 80, J Hall (Eng) 74 79, M Clayton (Aus) 80 73, G Encina (Chi) 77 76
154 D Hospital (Esp) 74 80, G Towne (USA) 77 77, G Watine (Fra) 77 77, M Cunning (USA) 74 80
155 M Williams (Zim) 76 79, J Heggarty (NIr) 75 80, M Piñero (Esp) 78 77, J Bruner (USA) 76 79, N Job (Eng) 70 85, D Johnson (USA) 76 79, P Oakley (USA) 74 81
156 E Feely (Irl) 79 77, P O'Hagan (Irl) 74 82
157 M Bembridge (Eng) 80 77
158 K Spurgeon (Eng) 80 78, A Garrido (Esp) 78 80, D Durnian (Eng) 82 76
159 S Owen (Nzl) 80 79, B Smit (RSA) 78 81
160 T Gale (Aus) 80 80, M Coote (am) (Irl) 77 83
161 E McMenamin (am) (Irl) 80 81
163 A Barrera (Arg) 84 79
165 P Teravainen (USA) 79 86
166 L Macnamara (am) (Irl) 81 85
167 D Morris (am) (Irl) 82 85
169 A Spring (Irl) 87 82
Retired: L Higgins (Ire) 74, S Torrance (Sco) 76.

Gavin Dear and Keir McNicoll miss the cut

Paul O'Hara

leads by two

strokes in

St Andrews

Links Trophy

Paul O'Hara does not, as yet, have a golfing CV to match that of Gavin Dear and Keir McNicoll ... but he's working on it. While Dear, Scotland's highest world-ranked player, and title-holder Keir McNicoll will be on the sidelines on Sunday, O'Hara will be leading the St Andrews Links Trophy's star-studded field into the final 36 holes. He matched the par of 72 for the Old Course today in what represented a fine effort indeed on a day when the wind inflated almost all the scores on the second day of the St Andrews Links Trophy.
The Colville Park player thus followed in the footsteps of his Motherwell clubmate Ross Kellett as the overnight leader.
O'Hara's heads the halfway qualifiers by two strokes at three-under-par 140 total. Paul had a three-under 68 over the New Course on Friday.
O'Hara, pictured above at the 18th green today by courtesy of John Stewart, St Andrews Links Trust, "made" his round with an eagle 3 at the fifth to reach the turn in two-under-par 34. He dropped shots at the 12th and 13th but came out of the wobble with a birdie 4 at the long 14th and had only one more bogey on his card, at the treacherous Road Hole par-4 17th.
O'Hara has already won the Edward Trophy - reduced to three rounds because of the weather - at Glasgow Gailes in April. He said then that his target was to get through the European Tour School qualifying stages in the second half of the season.

To finance the bid, Paul has been caddieing at Glasgow Gailes and other links popular with American and other overseas visitors.

Rhys Enoch (Truro and East Tennessee State University), whose brother Ben was tragically killed in an accident on his way to play in the Lytham Trophy last month, is O'Hara's nearest challenger at the start of the third and final day after a pair of 71s for 142.
Sharing third place on 143 are Kent's Matt Haines (Rochester& Cobham Park) and Lancashire's Matthew Nixon (Ashton under Lyme), winner of the British boys' title at Royal Aberdeen in 2006. Haines, winner of the Lytham Trophy last year and a live contender for a place in the GB&I Walker Cup team for the September match at Merion, has scored 71 and 72. He set the clubhouse target of 143 several hours before Enoch and then O'Hara beat it. Nixon has scored 73 and 70.
Ross Kellett sagged from 67 over the New to 77 over the Old but don't be too hard on him. It was tough today. The Motherwell youngster is sharing fifth place on 144 with Alan Dunbar from the Rathmore club at Portrush in Northern Ireland. Dunbar has scored 71 and 73.
At one stage, when the projected cut was as low as 146, it seemed that Tommy Fleetwood, Gavin Dear and James Byrne, first, second and joint fourth in last weekend's Bidwells Scottish open amateur stroke-play championship at Murcar Links, would not survive the halfway cut this evening.
But in the testing conditions, the computer soon revised its estimate to 148 or 149. In the event all players with two-round totals of 149 qualified for Sunday action.
Fleetwood, 18 years old from Formby Hall, Lancashire, had a five-over-par 77 over the Old Course today for a 148 36-hole tally. Tommy started with a double bogey 6 in halves of 40 and 37. On the same score, sharing 22nd place, with rounds of 72 and 76 is Wallace Booth (Comrie), who lost his Scottish stroke-play title last Sunday and is still searching for that "one good round" that will ignite his bid for a Walker Cup team place.
Murrayshall's Gavin Dear, winner of the Irish stroke-play and runner-up in the "Scottish," was one of the big name "casualties." He had a 78 for 150, just one shot too many. His halves of 38 and 40 included a double bogey 6 at the 12th and not many birdies.
Defending champion Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) missed the cut - for the second weekend in a row - by two with rounds of 71 and 80 for 151. But young Michael Stewart, the former Scottish boys' match-play champion from Troon Welbeck, did very well to survive right on the limit mark of 149 with scores of 73 and 76.
Having just completed his freshman year at East Tennessee State University, Michael only flew back to Scotland within the past week so he did well to acclimatise himself again to his native "summer" weather so quickly.
Another former Scottish boys' match-play champion, Stirling University student James White (Lundin) also made it through to the Sunday action with not a shot to spare. James, who lost to Paul O'Hara in the play-off for the Edward Trophy, has had rounds of 74 and 75.
England's Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes), winner of the Portuguese open amateur title earlier in the year, also missed out on 154 (75-79).
Banchory's James Byrne was never going to beat the cut with a total of 159.

St Andrews Links Trophy

second-round scoreboard

Par 143 (1 x 71,1 x 72)
First round New Course; Second round Old Course.
140 Paul O'Hara (Colville Park) 68 72.
142 Rhys Enoch (Truro) 71 71
143 Matt Haines (Rochester & Cobham Park) (pictured right by John Stewart, St Andrews Links Trust) 71 72, Matthew Nixon (Ashton-under-Lyme) 73 70.
144 Ross Kellett (Colville Park) 67 77, Alan Dunbar (Rathmore) 71 73.
145 David Coupland (Boston) 71 74, Daniel Nisbet (Australia) 74 146 Luke Goddard (Hendon) 71 75, Alexandre Kaleka (France) 72 74, Oliver Farr (Ludlow) 74 72, Gregory O'Mahony (US) 74 72, Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe) 69 77.
147 Joe Vickery (Newport) 72 74, Derik Ferreira (South Africa) 72 75, Ben Westgate (Trevose) 72 75, Alexander Levy (France) 73 74, Mike McCoy (US) 68 79.
Joel Stalter (France) 71 76, Nigel Edwards (Whitchurch) 69 78, Sam Hutsby (Liphook) 71 76.
148 Pontus Gad (Sweden) 73 75, Wallace Booth (Comrie) 72 76, Matteo Manassero (Italy) 68 80, Jurrian van der Vaart (Netherlands) 74 74, Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall) 71 77, William Wilcox (US) 73 75, Stuart Phillips (Royston) 70 78, Jason Barnes (Chart Hills) 71 77, Adam Runcie (Abergele) 72 76, Steven McEwan (Caprington) 76 72, James Frazer (Pennard) 73 75.
149 James Field jun (US) 70 79, Sam Matton (Bowood) 71 78, Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City) 70 79, Jack Senior (Heysham) 75 74, James Robinson (Southport & Ainsdale) 76 73, Anders Kristiansen (Norway) 74 75, Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) 73 76, Jamie Howie (Royal St David's) 73 76, Miles Mackman (Broome Manor) 72 77, James White (Lundin) 74 75.

MISSED THE CUT
150 Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park) 72 78, Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) 72 78, Robin Kind (Netherlands) 76 74, Mark Young (Longridge) 70 80, Kevin Turlan (France) 74 76, Nuno Henriques (Portugal) 72 78, Steven Brown (Wentworth) 74 76, Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale) 73 77, Charlie Ford (Kirby Muxloe) 74 76, Elias Bertheussen (Norway) 73 77, Scott Pinckney (US) 71 79.
151 Are Friestad (Norway) 76 75, Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) 72 79, Todd Adcock (Nevill) 76 75, Brendan Smith (Australia) 75 76, Bryden Macpherson (Australia) 75 76, Adrian Ford (South Africa) 76 75, Stephen Clark (US) 74 77, Paul Betty (Hayston) 70 81, Ryan Brown (Worksop) 79 72, Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) 70 81, Jonathan Hurst (Shaw Hill) 72 79, Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh) 71 80, Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) 71 80, Niall Kearney (Royal Dublin) 72 79, Jake Redman (South Africa) 73 78, Mark Halliday (Royal Aberdeen) 74 77, Stuart Graham (Blairgowrie) 73 78, Johann Lopez Lazaro (France) 76 7.
152 David Booth (Rotherham) 74 78, Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn) 76 76, Richard Bentham (St Pierre) 73 79, Guillaume Cambis (France) 74 78, Matt Jager (Australia) 75 77, Steven Ferreira (South Africa) 78 74, Craig Hinton (The Oxfordshire) 73 79, Harry Green (New Zealand) 76 76.
153 Daan Huizing (Netherlands) 74 79, Jonathan Gidney (Church Stretton) 73 80, Toni Hakula (Finland) 76 77, Farren Keenan (Sunningdale) 73 80, Liam Burns (Sundridge Park) 76 77, Darren Wright (Rowlands Castle) 75 78, Sebastian Gros (France) 69 84, Ross Coull (Edzell) 79 74, Andrew Cooley (Chobham) 76 77.
154 Neil Henderson (Glen) 73 81, Jacob Roth (Denmark) 75 79, Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes) 75 79, Bill Rankin (US) 71 83, David Markle (Canada) 74 80, Bertrand Noel (France) 81 73, Ross Dixon (Kilmarnock Barassie) 73 81, Christopher Ross (Canada) 77 77.
155 Philip McLean (Peterhead) 74 81, Julien Brun (France) 74 81, Seamus Power (West Waterford) 74 81, Antoine Schwartz (France) 74 81, Tom Sherreard (Chart Hills) 72 83, Jason Scrivener (Australia) 82 73, Jamie Abbott (Fynn Valley) 76 79.
156 Steve Uzzell (Hornsea) 74 82, David Antonelli (France) 74 82, Nino Daniele Bertasio (Italy) 72 84, Sam Stuart (St Annes Old Links) 76 80, Richard Smith (Notts) 75 81, Janne Kaske (Finland) 76 80, Andrew Sullivan (Nuneaton) 73 83, Sean Riordan (New Zealand) 76 80, James Smedley (Hallowes) 75 81.
157 Matthew Southgate (Thorpe Hall) 72 85, Thomas Shadbolt (Mid-Herts) 74 83, Hinrich Arkenau (Germany) 75 82, Jake Amos (Kilworth Springs) 80 77, Richard Merchant (Wernddu) 76 81, Cass Traub (US) 78 79, Lincoln Tighe (Australia) 76 81, Olivier Serres (France) 75 82.
158 Russell Thornton (US) 79 79, David Law (Hazlehead) 73 85, Adam Wainwright (Gainsborough) 79 79.
159 Billy Hemstock (Teignmouth) 78 81, James Byrne (Banchory) 78 81, Hugo Mota (Portugal) 75 84, Keith Shanks (US) 73 86, Edward Parker (Crewe) 73 86.
160 James Taverner (South Herts) 74 86, Mark Fensham (South Africa) 74 86, Willem York (Netherlands) 77 83, Clement Berardo (France) 79 81.
162 Sam Haywood (Rotherham) 79 83, Immu Korvenmaa (Finland) 81 81, Peter Sauerbrei (Canada) 77 85, Matthieu Bey (France) 77 85, Jonathan Corke (Rowany) 79 83.
164 Mike Gray (Lanark) 79 85.
166 Nabeel Umerji (South Africa) 77 89, Niccolo Quintarelli (Italy) 82 84.
167 Yu-Bin Jung (South Africa) 77 90.

Fife Golfing Association Summer Inter-Club Leagues

DIVISION 1
Results:
Lundin 5, Balbirnie 1.
Thornton 3, Balbirnie 3.
Leven Thistle 2, Lundin 4.
Leven Thistle 2, Thornton 4.
Lundin 3, Thornton 3.

HOW THEY STAND
Lundin ...... 3-2-0-1-12-6-5pt
Thornton .. 3-1-0-2-10-8-4pt
Balbirnie ... 2-0-1-1-4-8-1pt
Leven Th .. 2-0-2-0-4-8-0pt.

DIVISION 2
Results:
Burntisland 4, Dunfermline 2.
Pitreavie 0.5, Dunfermline 5.5.
Pitreavie 3.5, Dunnikier 2.5.
Burntisland 6, Pitreavie 0.
Dunfermline 4.5, Dunnikier 1.5.

HOW THEY STAND
Burntisland .. 2-2-0-0-10-2-4pt
Dunfermline . 3-2-1-0-12-6-4pt
Pitreavie ....... 3-1-2-0-14-2-2pt
Dunnikier Pk 2-0-2-0-4-8-0pt

DIVISION 3
Results:
Scotscraig 5, Lochgelly 1.
Lochgelly 6, Kirkcaldy 0.
Crail 1, Lochgelly 5.

HOW THEY STAND
Lochgelly ... 3-2-1-0-12-6-4pt
Scotscraig .. 1-1-0-0-5-1-2pt
Kirkcaldy ... 1-0-1-0-0-6-0pt
Crail ............ 1-0-1-0-1-5-0pt

DIVISION 4
Results:
Drumoig 2, Leven GS 4.
Elmwood 3.5, Ladybank 2.5.
St Michaels 2, Elmwood 4.
Leven GS 5, St Michaels 1.
Drumoig 3.5, Elmwood 2.5.
St Michaels 2.5, Drumoig 3.5

HOW THEY STAND
Leven GS ...... 2-2-0-0-9-3-4pt
Drumoig ........ 3-2-1-0-9-9-4pt
Elmwood ....... 3-2-1-0-10-6-4pt
St Michaels ... 3-0-3-0-5.5-12.5-0pt
Ladybank ..... 1-0-1-0-2.5-3.5-0pt

Open IFQ at Sunningdale on Monday

offers 10 places for Turnberry

NEWS RELEASE FROM R&A
Shane Lowry will join Johan Edfors, Nick Dougherty and Thomas Bjorn in the field for Monday’s Open Championship International Final Qualifying (IFQ) - Europe.
Sunningdale will play host to a total of 96 competitors who will each play 18 holes on the Old and New courses over the day in an effort to secure one of the ten places on offer at Turnberry.
Lowry will undoubtedly attract attention. His spectacular win at the Irish Open last month made him only the third amateur to win on the European Tour and the first to do so in his maiden Tour event. His performance at next week’s IFQ will give an indication of how he is adjusting to the professional game and, more importantly, whether he will make his Major Championship debut at Turnberry later this summer.
The highest-ranked player in the field is Sweden’s Johan Edfors, who will be looking to repeat last month’s successful US Open qualifying performance at Walton Heath. Currently ranked 95th in the world, the 33 year-old has played in three consecutive Open Championships since 2006 and will want to ensure that it is four-in-a-row this July.
Sure to receive plenty of local support on the day is Sunningdale resident, Nick Dougherty. Like Edfors, the Englishman has also played in the last three Opens, and his 2007 Dunhill Links Championship win proved that he can compete with the best in the world on the links.
If Thomas Bjorn manages to reach his 13th Open Championship, he will improve on an excellent record which has seen him register four top-tens, including two second place finishes. The Dane, who formed part of Europe’s winning Ryder Cup team in both 1997 and 2002, is presently enjoying a good run of form with two top-tens and a top-twenty in his last five Tour events.
Also taking their place in the international line-up are Australia’s Scott Strange, France’s Thomas Levet, Sweden’s Alexander Noren, Northern Ireland’s Gareth Maybin and India’s Jyoti Randhawa.
IFQ – Europe is the final international qualifying event of the year, completing a cycle which has seen the event visit Africa, Australasia, Asia and America over the last five months.
The field for International Final Qualifying – Europe is available to view online at Opengolf.com. The draw will be published today.

Shane Lowry named as Race to

Dubai European Tour Golfer

of the Month for May

NEWS RELEASE FROM EUROPEAN TOUR
Irishman Shane Lowry, who achieved instant hero status in his native country by winning The 3 Irish Open as an amateur, has been named as The Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Month for May.
The 22-year-old, pictured above, defied the odds and a world-class field, including three-time Major Champion Padraig Harrington, to become only the third amateur golfer to win a European Tour title. Lowry receives a jeroboam of Moët & Chandon along with an engraved alms dish in recognition of his success.
Lowry, who turned professional five days after his spectacular play-off success over England’s Robert Rock at County Louth Golf Club, Baltray, was the choice of a media panel at the end of a compelling month for European Tour Members across the globe.
There were several distinguished achievements by Tour Members, in addition to Lowry’s epic and unexpected triumph. England’s Paul Casey reached a career-best No 3 on the Official World Golf Ranking by capturing the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club – his third win in 2009 – and he followed that up taking fifth place in the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in the United States.
Also in the USA, Sweden’s Henrik Stenson produced a powerful performance to win The Players’ Championship at Sawgrass while Frenchman Christian Cévaër held his nerve to win a close finish to The European Open at The London Golf Club and Daniel Vancsik of Argentina claimed the BMW Italian Open in Turin.
After a lively debate Lowry emerged as the panel’s choice, and the young Irishman joins Rory McIlroy (January), Geoff Ogilvy (February), Søren Kjeldsen (March) and Angel Cabrera (April) as winners of The 2009 Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Month Award.
The Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Year will be selected from a panel from the Association of Golf Writers, Radio and Television following the Dubai World Championship at the Earth Course, Jumeirah Golf Estates, from November 19-22, 2009, where the winner of The Race to Dubai will be confirmed.

All the US scores: PGA, Nationwide & Senior Tours

United States PGA Tour Scoreboard
THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
137 Jim Furyk 67 70, Jonathan Byrd 69 68
138 Mike Weir (Can) 69 69, Mark Wilson 68 70
139 Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 70 69, Matt Bettencourt 71 68
140 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 71, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 72 68, Davis Love III 72 68, Chris DiMarco 73 67, Matt Kuchar 73 67, Stewart Cink 68 72, Jason Day (Aus) 67 73, Steve Marino 68 72, Ernie Els (Rsa) 70 70, Luke Donald (Eng) 64 76
141 Dustin Johnson 73 68, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 69, Alex Cejka (Ger) 73 68
142 Michael Letzig 72 70, Bubba Watson 71 71, Ben Curtis 71 71, Troy Matteson 69 73
143 Charley Hoffman 71 72, Tiger Woods 69 74, Kevin Na 71 72, Paul Casey (Eng) 73 70, Hunter Mahan 74 69, Will MacKenzie 70 73, K J Choi (Kor) 73 70, Johnson Wagner 69 74, Rocco Mediate 73 70
144 Steve Stricker 70 74, Jerry Kelly 72 72, Nick Watney 73 71, Zach Johnson 71 73, Lucas Glover 75 69, Kevin Sutherland 69 75, Webb Simpson 73 71, Reinier Saxton (Ned) 69 75, Nicholas Thompson 69 75
145 Jeff Overton 76 69, John Senden (Aus) 71 74, Lee Janzen 72 73, Woody Austin 75 70, David Duval 71 74, Tom Lehman 71 74, Tom Pernice Jnr. 71 74, Chez Reavie 71 74, D.A. Points 75 70, Kenny Perry 72 73, George McNeill 76 69, Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 74, Marc Turnesa 72 73, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 74 71, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 73 72
146 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 73 73, Bill Haas 74 72, Ian Poulter (Eng) 75 71, Ted Purdy 67 79, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 74, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 73 73, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 74
147 Jeff Klauk 76 71, Erik Compton 72 75, Brett Quigley 74 73, Jeff Quinney 75 72, Steve Lowery 76 71, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 71 76, D.J. Trahan 73 74
148 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 74 74, Scott McCarron 74 74, Robert Allenby (Aus) 72 76, Tim Herron 75 73, Steve Flesch 73 75, Marc Leishman (Aus) 74 74, Mark Brooks 75 73
MISSED THE CUT
149 Tim Petrovic 76 73, Billy Mayfair 74 75, John Mallinger 75 74
150 Vijay Singh (Fij) 75 75, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 67 83, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 77 73, Jason Dufner 77 73, Ken Duke 76 74, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 81 69
151 Mark Calcavecchia 72 79, Shaun Micheel 73 78, Bo Van Pelt 81 70, Todd Hamilton 73 78, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 73 78, Cliff Kresge 79 72, James Nitties (Aus) 73 78
152 Danny Lee (Nzl) 79 73, Chris Stroud 77 75, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 76 76, Bart Bryant 73 79, Greg Owen (Eng) 74 78, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 75 77, Charles Howell III 75 77
153 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 79 74, Peter Lonard (Aus) 77 76, Kevin Streelman 77 76
154 J.B. Holmes 82 72
155 Charles Warren 77 78, Brian Davis (Eng) 78 77, Justin Rose (Eng) 80 75, James Kamte (Rsa) 77 78, Ryan Moore 75 80
156 Chris Wilson 79 77, Ryan Palmer 80 76
157 John Rollins 80 77, James Driscoll 77 80
158 Adam Scott (Aus) 77 81
159 Parker McLachlin 81 78
161 Brad Faxon 83 78, Kevin Chappell 86 75
WD: Scott Piercy 79, Billy Andrade 76

US Nationwide Tour Scoreboard
MELWOOD PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY OPEN
The Country Club at Woodmore, Mitchellville, Maryland.
FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
64 Cameron Percy.
65 Todd Demsey.
66 Michael Sim, Michael Putnam, Tom Scherrer.
67 Andre Stolz.

US Champions (Seniors) Tour Scoreboard
TRITON FINANCIAL CLASSIC
The Hills Country Club, Austin, Texas
FIRST ROUND
Par 72
65 Bernhard Langer (Ger)
66 David Eger
67 Mike McCullough
68 Mark O'Meara, Jeff Sluman, Tom Kite, Mark Wiebe, Dana Quigley, Mark James (Eng), Larry Mize
69 Tom Wargo, John Cook, Tom Jenkins, Gene Jones, Scott Hoch, Joe Ozaki (Jpn), Mark McNulty (Irl)
70 R.W. Eaks, Jay Haas, Dave Stockton, Jerry Pate
71 Gil Morgan, Mike Hulbert, Morris Hatalsky, Bob Gilder, Wayne Grady (Aus), Hal Sutton, Ken Green, Chip Beck, Sandy Lyle (Sco), Jay Don Blake, Robert L Thompson, Phil Blackmar, Bruce Vaughan, Loren Roberts, Dan Forsman, Fuzzy Zoeller, John Morse, Olin Browne, Tim Simpson
72 Joey Sindelar, Keith Fergus, Mike Goodes, Fred Funk
73 Gary Hallberg, Fulton Allem (Rsa), Ben Crenshaw, Leonard Thompson, David Edwards, Tom Purtzer, John Harris, Jim Colbert, Bobby Wadkins
74 D A Weibring, Bruce Summerhays, Craig Stadler, Mike Reid, Lanny Wadkins, Don Pooley, Lonnie Nielsen, James Mason, Peter Jacobsen, Jim Thorpe, Dave Eichelberger, Hale Irwin
75 Bob Murphy, Dave Rummells
76 Brad Bryant, Vicente Fernandez (Arg)
77 Bruce Lietzke, Chris Starkjohann, Ron Streck
78 Lee Trevino, Blaine McCallister, Tom McKnight
79 Denis Watson (Zim), Graham Marsh (Aus)
80 Isao Aoki (Jpn)
81 Steve Thomas

European Mid-Amateur Championship Scoreboard
Rio Real Golf Club, Marbella, Costa del Sol, Spain

SECOND-ROUND LEADERS
144 Nigel Sweet (England) 72 72.
145 Stephen East (England) 72 73.
146 Rodrigo Lacerda Soares (Brazil) 73 76, Ulf Blixberg (Sweden) 70 76.
147 Ulrich Schulte (Germany) 75 72, Paul Griffiths (England) 75 72, Miko Helin (Finland) 72 75, Francois Illouz (France) 68 79.
Selected scores:
158 Paul Moultrie (Scotland) 77 81, Roger Roper (England) 76 82.
Missed the cut
167 James Deas (Scotland) 79 88.

+The championship ends on Saturday.

Deano leads Europeans to Palmer Cup victory

Europe, with Scot Dean Robertson as their manager/coach, beat the United States - again! - in the annual international students' golf match at Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver in Colorado. Read the report and the results by switching over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Perhaps Colin Montgomerie should add Deano to his list of lieutentants for the 2010 Ryder Cup contest!

Craigielaw boy Fairburn wins

Lothians junior title at 18th

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Craigielaw Golf Club's impressive collection of titles now includes a Lothians Junior Championship after Simon Fairburn survived a mid-round wobble to pip a gutsy Louis Gaughan in last night's final at the Braids.
At the end of a marvellous week's golf at a venue to match, Fairburn, a 17-year-old from Galashiels who joined the East Lothian club to help him become a better player, won on the last green against an opponent from Bathgate two years his junior.
After a gentle start – they halved the first in par-4s – the pair were quickly into their stride, Gaughan holing from 15 feet for a birdie 2 at the second and Fairburn following him from much closer after a great tee shot.
A pushed drive from Gaughan that went deep into the gorse cost him the third and, after halving the fourth in birdies, Fairburn went two up when his opponent three-putted the fifth, something he'd rarely done en route to the final.
At the sixth, Fairburn, who just scraped into the match-play phase last Sunday, produced a genuine contender for shot of the week, hitting a beautifully-controlled lob wedge from below the green to less than a foot for a hole-winning birdie.
It was looking grim for Gaughan at that point and, after both players had played three shots at the seventh, there was a real danger that the West Lothian youngster could find himself further behind on the walk to the next tee.
But, in one of those classic match-play situations, he holed from six feet for a par and Fairburn missed from much closer after racing his first putt past the hole. Both players then made great up and downs at the short ninth before Gaughan reduced the deficit further at the tenth, where he was conceded a birdie after hitting a majestic third to no more than a foot.
For the first time all week, Fairburn looked a touch rattled as he hit poor tee shots at both the 11th and 12th, escaping with a half, thanks to a great birdie putt at the former but losing the latter to a par.
Suddenly, it was game on and, in truth, Gaughan looked at that point as he was starting to gain the upper hand. But, not for the first time in the event, Fairburn's short game came to his rescue, a brilliant pitch setting up a hole-winning birdie at the 14th, where Gaughan wasn't too far away with his own attempt for a 3.
Then, after the 15th was halved in pars – Fairburn missed a good chance for a birdie – Gaughan found a difficult position at the foot of a grassy bank with his drive at the 16th – one of the classic match-play holes in the Lothians.
However, it was his turn to conjure up a magical pitch, Fairburn conceding the birdie 3 before getting down in two putts to earn a half, keeping his nose just in front in the process.
Both players did well to make 3s at the next – Fairburn from the front of the green and Gaughan from the back edge – before both of them missed the green with their drives at the last, very much in range as it had been all week.
From an awkward lie short left, Gaughan couldn't quite advance his ball on to the putting surface and, though he made a brave attempt with his birdie putt, a straightforward par 4 was good enough to secure the title for Fairburn.
"I think I was trying to finish Louis off with that first putt at the seventh and ended up paying for my three-putt," reflected the new champion. "But I'm delighted to have emerged as the winner at the end of a tough week."
Fairburn's success adds to a double triumph by Craigielaw players in the men's equivalent recently, while the club has also chalked up some notable team triumphs at junior and senior level.
While disappointed to come up short, Gaughan, who had Bathgate pro Stuart Callan among his supporters, can feel proud of his effort during the week and, what's more, he's still go two more chances to go one better.
Now Fairburn will find himself in the strange position of lining up against the Lothians when he is on duty for Borders tomorrow in the Scottish boys' area team championship at Ballumbie Castle, near Dundee.
Lothians, the defending champions, are being represented by Dalmahoy's Tom Blennerhasset, Grant Forrest of Craigielaw, Harburn's Stuart Boyle and North Berwick's Chris Low, with team manager Paul Gibson hopeful about the quartet's chances.
"It will be a challenging defence of the trophy but we are well prepared, having been up there for two practice rounds," said Gibson.
+The full article contains 804 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.

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