US Champions' Tour Scoreboard
DICK'S SPORTING GOODS OPEN
En-joie golf course, Endicott, New York State.
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
129 F Funk 64 65.
132 R Black 69 63, E Romero 69 63, L Nielsen 66 66.
133 G Halberg 67 66.
134 J Haas 66 68.
135 M Goodes 70 65, J Sluman 68 67, A Bean 67 68, M Hulbert 67 68.
136 N Price 70 66, J Morse 69 67, B Bryant 68 68, J Roth 66 70, D A Weibring 67 69.

US Nationwide Tour Scoreboard
NATIONWIDE PLAYERS CUP
Pete Dye GC, Bridgeport, West Virginia
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
203 T Gillis 71 66 66.
204 K Reifers 70 70 64, J Gove 69 67 68.
205 Won Joon Lee 73 68 64, Seun-a Han 71 68 66.
Selected score:
206 D Peoples 69 65 72.

Classy Butterfield six shots clear and

heading for first Challenge Tour win

From Paul Symes, European Challenge Tour Press Officer
Andrew Butterfield is within sight of his maiden Challenge Tour title after opening up a six- stroke lead on day three of The Princess tournament in Sweden.
Another sumptuous display of stroke-play – Butterfield carded four birdies and not a single bogey in his round of 67 – moved the Englishman to 15 under par, with Finland’s Antti Ahokas his nearest challenger on nine under par.
The 36 year old, who recently became a father for the first time, has three runner-up finishes to his name – at the Russian Open and Challenge de France in 2005, and the Dutch Challenge in 1997.
But having seen most of his rivals falter over the final holes at Båstad GK in Båstad, Sweden, Butterfield believes he may never have a better chance of banishing his bridesmaid tag and collecting the €48,000 first prize.
He said: “It’s a big week, and it’s going to be a big day tomorrow. Obviously I’ll be doing my utmost to win. I’ve been playing well all season, and I’ve taken my game up another level here this week. I’ve been chipping and putting better than I’ve ever done, and that obviously breeds confidence. If I can hold it together tomorrow, I’ll have a great chance.
“There were a fair few people out following us today, and hopefully there will be a few more tomorrow. It’s always nice to play in front of a crowd, and hopefully I can put on a show for them. I’m really looking forward to it.
"I’ll probably be a little bit nervous, but that’s why we play the game, for days like these. I’d certainly rather be going out in the last group at mid-day than the first one at 6.30am!”
Butterfield will be joined in the final group by Ahokas, who signed for a round of 69 which had at one point threatened to explode into life.
Five birdies in his opening 12 holes had temporarily moved Ahokas to within one shot of Butterfield’s lead, but two dropped shots in his closing five holes saw the Finn drop back to nine under par.
Germany’s Christoph Günther, who won in Austria earlier this season, is in third place on eight under par after signing for a round of 69.
Earlier in the day, Gunther’s compatriot Dennis Kupper and his playing partner Richard McEvoy both recorded their first aces in tournament play, just two holes apart.
Kupper’s came at the tenth hole, before McEvoy repeated the feat at the 12th to earn his own bottle of champagne.
THIRD ROUND
Par 216 (3x72)
198 A Butterfield (Eng) 62 69 67
204 A Ahokas (Fin) 68 68 68
205 C Günther (Ger) 67 69 69
206 C Rodiles (Esp) 66 69 71, S Bebb (Wal) 65 71 70, R McEvoy (Eng) 70 67 69, R Steiner (Aut) 67 69 70, S Thornton (Irl) 72 66 68, J Lima (Por) 68 67 71, F Andersson Hed (Swe) 65 67 74, J Dantorp (Swe) 71 68 67
207 T Carolan (Aus) 66 72 69, N Meitinger (Ger) 70 70 67, D Küpper (Ger) 68 70 69
208 G Murray (Sco) 71 68 69, C Moriarty (Irl) 72 67 69, L Saltman (Sco) 69 70 69, R Coles (Eng) 66 70 72, A McArthur (Sco) 68 71 69
209 Z Scotland (Eng) 67 68 74, J Granberg (Fin) 71 67 71, L James (Eng) 70 71 68, J Guerrier (Fra) 69 71 69, M Rominger (Sui) 69 72 68
210 G Houston (Wal) 69 70 71, L Bond (Wal) 66 71 73, U Van Den Berg (RSA) 66 70 74, M Jurgensen (Den) 73 69 68, J Abbate (Arg) 68 72 70
211 R Santos (Por) 73 69 69, C Suneson (Esp) 68 74 69, B Evans (Eng) 69 72 70, A Sjöstrand (Swe) 67 73 71, P Kaensche (Nor) 70 72 69, M Wiegele (Aut) 69 73 69, M Laskey (Wal) 72 69 70
212 J Colomo (Esp) 70 72 70, J Morrison (Eng) 70 70 72, P Baker (Eng) 73 68 71, R Muntz (Ned) 72 70 70, P Gustafsson (Swe) 69 72 71
213 E Molinari (Ita) 71 71 71, A Hansen (Den) 73 69 71, T Whitehouse (Eng) 69 70 74, F Calmels (Fra) 69 73 71, S Tiley (Eng) 71 69 73, M Cort (Eng) 70 71 72, A Marshall (Eng) 71 69 73, S Surry (Eng) 68 74 71,
214 A Tampion (Aus) 69 71 74, O Suhr (Den) 67 72 75, A Högberg (Swe) 70 71 73, P Barth (Swe) 66 75 73, C Carranza (Arg) 69 73 72, S Walker (Eng) 72 68 74
215 J Grillon (Fra) 70 71 74, N Colsaerts (Bel) 72 69 74, P Whiteford (Sco) 71 70 74
216 P Bocian (Swe) 69 73 74, N Lemke (Swe) 68 74 74
217 V Riu (Fra) 73 69 75, A Rocha (Bra) 71 69 77, L Brovold (Nor) 71 70 76
219 R Hie (Ina) 69 71 79
Disqualified - J Clément (Sui) 69 73 disq

PGA SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP

Putting holds the key for Carl Mason

as he goes three clear of the field

From Steve Todd, European Senior Tour Press Officer
Carl Mason, pictured right, will take a three-shot lead into the final round of The De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship after a scintillating five under par 67 at De Vere Slaley Hall today.
The all-time leading European Senior Tour money-winner gave a masterclass on the greens to move to six under par 210 for the championship, with former Ryder Cup player Gordon Brand Junior and South African Christopher Williams his closest competitors on three under par.
After a suspension in play of 4hr 40min, caused by heavy fog in Northumberland, Mason quickly found his stride, draining a 15ft eagle putt on the 12th hole – his third of the day. He then added five more birdies and despite two bogeys, including dropping a shot on his last hole, the Englishman is in pole position to capture his 21st European Senior Tour title.
“I putted beautifully,” said Mason, who celebrated his 56th birthday on Thursday. “My eagle on the 12th , my third hole, got me going. From then on I putted beautifully. Obviously I played pretty well too.
“I putted well the first couple of rounds too – yesterday I felt my putting stroke was better. I firmly believe that’s the difference every week. If you start putting well, it’s amazing how much better you play. It’s a funny thing.
“I’ve not been putting well recently, for me. I know I’m a good putter and I’ve been going round in 34 or 35 putts and you can’t do well like that. As soon as you start rolling a few in you start feeling better and you play better.
“Everything in your game gets better as you’re not thinking about the putts. When I get in that mode I putt quickly and see the lines. The less you try, the better you get and, for me, that works.”
Mason is chasing his second PGA Seniors Championship following his victory at The Stoke by Nayland club in 2007, the year he won his third and last Senior Tour Order of Merit.
He is also looking to continue his remarkable run of winning in each of season since he joined the over-50s circuit in 2003 and close the gap on Tommy Horton’s record of 23 Senior Tour titles.
“I don’t mind being out in the front,” said Mason. “I’ve been able to take care of it most of the time and hopefully it will be the same tomorrow. I’ve very pleased with the way I am playing and I’m very pleased with the way I am putting, which is the main thing. “
Brand junior, who is looking to go one better than 2008 when he finished runner up to namesake Gordon J Brand after an epic six-hole play-off, finished with a double bogey on the eighth hole and a bogey on the ninth to sign for a one under par 71.
Williams also carded a 71 to continue his fine Senior Tour debut, having secured an conditional card at Qualifying School last November.

Stirling's John Chillas is having his best tournament for a while. After a slowish start to the tournament with a 74, he has scored as well as anyone with rounds of 69 and 71 for 214, sharing fourth place, four behind leader Mason.
Overnight leader Angel Franco, who also started on the 10th tee, endured a difficult finish to his third round with a bogey on the eighth hole and a double bogey on the ninth for a one over par 73 to trail Mason by four strokes.
Former Ryder Cup Captain Ian Woosnam is nine shots off the pace in a share of 17th place on three over par following a round of 71.
HOW THEY STAND

Par 216 (3x72)
210 C Mason (Eng) 73 70 67
213 G Brand jun (Sco) 69 73 71, C Williams (RSA) 72 70 71
214 J Chillas (Sco) 74 69 71, A Franco (Par) 69 72 73
215 N Job (Eng) 76 71 68, J Heggarty (Nir) 74 69 72
216 M Cunning (USA) 73 72 71, B Cameron (Eng) 71 73 72
217 R Chapman (Eng) 74 71 72, K Spurgeon (Eng) 70 73 74, E Rodriguez (Esp) 73 73 71, B Boyd (USA) 73 70 74
218 R Drummond (Sco) 76 71 71, B Lincoln (RSA) 71 73 74, J Bruner (USA) 75 73 70
219 G Ryall (Eng) 74 74 71, D Merriman (Aus) 77 71 71, J Quiros (Esp) 71 78 70, T Giedeon (Ger) 71 75 73, I Woosnam (Wal) 73 75 71, J Benda (USA) 69 77 73, M Williams (Zim) 74 72 73
220 H Carbonetti (Arg) 75 76 69, G Towne (USA) 71 75 74, S Ebihara (Jpn) 75 71 74, K Tomori (Jpn) 76 73 71, P Mitchell (Eng) 74 75 71, M Harwood (Aus) 74 73 73, K Hanefeld (USA) 75 76 69, D Russell (Eng) 72 74 74, E Darcy (Irl) 74 77 69, C Rocca (Ita) 73 74 73
221 G Ralph (Eng) 77 74 70, G Harvey (Sco) 75 75 71, G Cali (Ita) 71 75 75, T Allen (Eng) 74 74 73
222 I Palmer (RSA) 75 73 74, P Harrison (Eng) 75 75 72,
223 G Marsh (Aus) 79 73 71, A Fernandez (Chi) 75 70 78, P Oakley (USA) 74 75 74, G Brand (Eng) 81 70 72, D Cambridge (Jam) 77 72 74, D Smyth (Irl) 73 75 75, J Rhodes (Eng) 76 73 74,
224 B Charles (Nzl) 73 76 75
225 A J Webster (Sco) 76 73 76, A Barrera (Arg) 73 74 78, A Murray (Eng) 76 75 74
226 T Planchin (Fra) 75 73 78, J Hawkes (RSA) 69 78 79, D Johnson (USA) 75 77 74, S Martin (Sco) 78 73 75
227 D Good (Aus) 75 75 77, M Poxon (Eng) 78 73 76
228 T Rastall (Eng) 71 81 76, T Johnstone (Zim) 74 77 77
229 M White (Sco) 74 77 78
230 P Hanna (Nir) 77 75 78, V Garcia (Esp) 72 79 79
232 A Hemsley (Sco) 74 78 80, T Rouse (Eng) 78 74 80
233 T Charnley (Eng) 73 79 81,

ONE ROUND TO GO AT GLENEAGLES

Lomas fades so it's Lee the

leader into final lap

of Scottish title race

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Northern Open champion Craig Lee will lead the Gleneagles Scottish PGA championship field into Sunday's final round with a one-stroke lead at the Perthshire venue's PGA Centenary Course.
As overnight leader Jonathan Lomas, a former European Tour player who now stays in Ayrshire, faded out of the picture with a third-round 76 , in which he was six over par for 11 holes between the third and the 13th, so Lee stepped into the hot seat to shoot a one-under-par 71 for a 54-hole tally of six-under-par 210.
Lee, 32. pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, a former Scottish boys' stroke-play champion from Stirling and then Scottish assistants champion, can win from behind, he can win from the front so he's going to take an awful lot of dislodging from the pole position over a course which may be, in his opinion, far too short of a Scottish "major," but is still very, very punishing if a player drives into the long grass, and it is very long in places.
Having said that, Craig will know he has two worthy "opponents," Colin Gillies (Perry Golf) and David Orr (East Renfrewshire) on his tail, ready to pounce should he leave the door of opportunity for them.
Gillies, 42, has been round the houses a few times. He has won the Scottish pro title twice when he was at the peak of his powers in the 1990s - at Dalmahoy in 1995 and Newmachar in 1998.
In his years as a pro, Colin had won a grand total of £445,000 at the start of this season, which might not compare with the riches amassed by European Tour campaigners but that total makes Gillies the biggest all-time money-earner on the Tartan Tour.
Colin and Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) shared the honour of having the lowest third-round score of 68. Gillies for 211, Mann for 214 and a share of fifth place.
Orr, 35, has had a terrific run of success in June pro-ams. Has he got what it takes to win over 72 holes? Almost certainly 'yes' is the answer to that one, but Sunday will tell.
A LOOK AT LEADERS' THIRD-ROUND SCORECARDS
CRAIG LEE 71 (36-35)
Birdied 2-3-13-17.
Bogeyed 7-11-14.
COLIN GILLIES 68 (35-33)
Birdied 3-9-11-16-17.
Bogeyed 7.
DAVID ORR 69 (35-34)
Birdied 9-14-16-17-18
Bogeyed 10-11

WHEN TO SEE LEADERS TEE OFF
AT GLENEAGLES ON SUNDAY:

11.12 Craig Matheson & Jason McCreadie.
11.20 Jonathan Lomas & Robert Arnott.
11.28 Mark Kerr & Fraser Mann.
11.36 Mark King & David Orr.
11.44 Colin Gillies & Craig Lee.

SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL THE THIRD-ROUND TOTALS

In-form Byrne leads by

10 strokes at halfway

stage of East Open

James Byrne’s amazing run of form continued at Lundin Links, Fife today when he forged 10 strokes ahead of the field over the first two rounds of the 72-hole SolarSport East of Scotland open amateur championship, a Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit event.
Since the Banchory boy, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, arrived back in Scotland from the end of his second year at Arizona State University, the 20-year-old Arizona State University student has finished joint fourth in the Scottish open amateur stroke play, made the last 16 of the British amateur championship, won the Tennant Trophy last weekend by seven shots, equalling the Killermont course record twice, made it through to the Open Final Qualifying with the second best score at Musselburgh.
The pity of it all is that Master Byrne is not in the Scotland squad of six for the upcoming European mean’s amateur team championship. The team, based on the R&A World Amateur Rankings, was named during the British amateur championship.
Since then Byrne has surged up the rankings to be the fourth best Scot, a position that will improve even more if and when he wins the East of Scotland Open this weekend.
If James were to continue winning tournament after tournament, we could have the unique situation where he failed to make the Scotland team but is selected for the GB&I Walker Cup line-up. Wouldn't that be something?
Byrne went four shots ahead of the field with a first-round, four-under-par 65 at Lundin Golf Club. Starting with an eagle 2 was an omen for things to come. In the afternoon, he trimmed two shots off his morning effort with an eight-under-par 63 for a 36-hole tally of 14-under-par halfway tally of 128, which is unlikely to have been matched in the history of the tournament.
Former Scottish champion, at both match-play and stroke-play, Kevin McAlpine (Alyth) made a praiseworthy first post-operation tournament appearance with scores of 73 and 65 for four-under 138 to be Byrne’s nearest challenger going into Sunday’s final two rounds, albeit with a 10-shot gap between them.
Kevin had that knee cruciate operation that can put any sportsman out for months - even threaten their career - in February and is still coming back to fitness. This is the first time he has played 36 holes in one day since before the op. So another two rounds on Sunday will be a big test, physically, for Master McAlpine. Good luck, Kevin!
A total of 40 players with 36-hole aggregates of 147 or better qualified for Sunday’s final 36 holes.
Among the men who failed to beat the cut was Peter Latimer (St Andrews New) who lost out in a three-way play-off for the title 12 months ago.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
128 James Byrne (Banchory) 65 63.
138 Kevin McAlpine (Alyth) 73 65.
140 Bryden Macpherson (Austrealia) 72 68, Ross Crowe (Westerhope) 71 69, James White (Lundin) 71 69, Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 73 67, David Law (Hazlehead) 71 69.
141 Lewis Kirton (Newmachar) 76 65, Steven McEwan (Caprington) 72 69, Alex Main (Thornton) 70 71, Mohammed Arie Irawan (Malaysia) 71 70, Daniel Sommerville (St Andrews) 71 70, Chris Harkins (Ayr Belleisle) 71 70.
142 Paul Ferrier (Baberton) 72 70, Philip McLean (Peteerhead) 71 71, Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) 69 73, Brett Drewitt (Australia) 70 72.
143 Grant McNab (Lundin) 73 70, Michael Williams (Australia) 70 73, Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) 74 69, Scott Pinckney (Arizona State Univ) 73 70, Henry Smart (Banstead Downs) 73 70.
144 James Hamilton (NZ) 70 74, Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) 72 72, Nick Barr (Craigie Hill) 77 67, Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 71 73, Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) 76 68.
145 Barry McDermott (Leven GS) 73 72, Francisco Pinter Smith (Spain) 76 69, Michael Main (Thornton) 781 74, Cameron Gray (West Kilbride) 74 71, Bobby Rushford (Grangemouth) 74 71, Martin Brown (Monifieth) 76 69, Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 76 69, Ross Bell (Downfield) 72 73.
146 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 72 74.
147 Michael Daily (Erskine) 75 72, James Hendrick (Pollok) 75 72, Raphael Becker (Brazil) 73 74, Nick Robson (Meldrum House) 76 71.
MISSED THE CUT
148 David Simpson (Crieff) 76 72, Steven Meiklejohn (Lundin) 74 74, Paul Gault (Kirkhill) 76 72, Robert Carson (Marriott Dalmahoy) 76 72, Liam McGowan (St Andrews New) 75 73, Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 77 71, Jonathan Brain (US) 80 68.
149 James Ross (Royal Burgess) 76 73, Scott Stewart-Cation (Ladybank) 76 73, Peter Latimer (St Andrews New) 77 72, Craig Stephen (Meldrum House) 78 71, Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 79 70.
150 Sean Riordan (NZ) 76 74, Paul Betty (Hayston) 73 77, Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) 74 76, Dave Thomas (Braintree) 77 73.
151 Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 74 77, Lincoln Tighe (Australia) 80 71, Ryan Clatworthy (South Africa) 78 73, Greg Nicolson (Mortonhall) 80 71.
152 Colin Martin (Balbirnie Park) 78 74.
153 Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 79 74, Gary Tough (Letham Grange) 75 78, Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 78 75, James Mackay (Kilmarnock Barassie) 77 76, Adam Andrews (Ashton in Makerfield) 77 76.
155 Justin Duff (Fraserburgh) 76 79.
156 Tom Gambie (Burhill) 78 78, John Duff (Newmachar) 82 74.
157 Derek Paton (Dunnikier Park) 80 77.
158 Craig Hamilton (NZ) 81 77.
Withdrew: Joe Lockie (Tantallon), Jim White (Leven Th), John Miller (Gullane), Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn), Fraser Campbell (Clober), Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh).

BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN

Local hero Langer starts final round

only two behind leader Goosen

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE

Bernhard Langer's 16th attempt to become the oldest winner in European Tour history might just be the one when he finally does it.
The 51-year-old German goes into Sunday's final round of the BMW International Open in Munich - not far from where he grew up - in second place, only two behind South African star Retief Goosen.
If he does go on to take the 75th victory of his professional career Langer, pictured above, will look back on the 16th hole of his third round on Saturday as a key moment.
After driving into the trees on the reachable par-4, the double Masters champion, five times a runner-up in this event without ever winning it, chipped far too strongly but then sank a birdie putt of around 70 feet.
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Playing his first event in Europe for over nine months, Langer, now the leading money-winner on the US Champions (Seniors) Tour, had seven birdies in all for a 65 that took him onto the 15-under-par mark of 201.

The age record he is trying to break is that of Ireland's Des Smyth, who was 48 when he captured the 2001 Madeira Islands Open.
This is the one Tour event in his home country that Langer has never won, but only two years ago he was second to Swede Niclas Fasth - and that after starting with a 76 and surviving the halfway cut with nothing to spare.
"This is as close as I could get to winning at home and it would mean a lot," he said. "It would also be very special with my son Stefan on my bag. We have only one more tournament together before he goes off to college.
"I'm at a stage where I just want to enjoy my golf. I don't want to grind any more and I don't have anything to prove - I've been very blessed."
Goosen, who has led since his opening 64 on Thursday, shot 67, but should have been even further in front. He missed a putt of barely a foot on the long sixth and closed with a bogey 6 after finding a bad lie in a fairway bunker.
England's Nick Dougherty went in the water off the 18th tee - it has troubled him all week - and by also taking six fell into a tie for third on 14 under with Scot David Drysdale.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72)

199 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 64 68 67
201 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 68 68 65
202 David Drysdale 70 64 68, Nick Dougherty 69 65 68
203 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 68 65 70, James Kingston (Rsa) 67 69 67
204 Paul Broadhurst 69 70 65, Graeme Storm 70 70 64
205 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 70 66, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 68 69 68, Thomas Levet (Fra) 68 67 70
206 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 67 70, Danny Willett 67 68 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 69 66
207 Gary Orr 70 70 67, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 71 66 70, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 69 69, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 73 68 66, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 67 70 70, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 69 69 69, Peter Lawrie 69 68 70, Rory McIlroy 71 67 69, Richard Green (Aus) 71 68 68, Bradley Dredge 72 69 66
208 Marco Ruiz (Par) 73 67 68, Scott Strange (Aus) 70 68 70, Phillip Price 67 72 69, David Lynn 67 70 71, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 70 69 69, Oliver Fisher 68 69 71
209 Gary Lockerbie 72 68 69, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 70 70 69, Stephen Dodd 68 69 72, Andrew Coltart 67 71 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 69 68, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 67 71 71, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 69 70 70, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 69 66 74
210 Anthony Wall 74 66 70, Richard Finch 66 71 73, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 68 71 71, Markus Brier (Aut) 69 71 70, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 70 71 69, John Bickerton 70 70 70, Johan Edfors (Swe) 71 69 70
211 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 69 71 71, Chris Wood 71 69 71, Luke Donald 70 68 73, Steven O'Hara 71 70 70, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 69 69 73, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 72 68 71, Seve Benson 70 71 70
212 Lee Slattery 70 70 72, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 67 73 72, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 70 70 72, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 72 72, Michael Hoey 70 71 71
213 Gary Murphy 71 70 72, Gareth Maybin 71 68 74, Max Kramer (Aut) 71 69 73, Colin Montgomerie 70 71 72, Scott Drummond 71 69 73
214 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 72 69 73, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 69 71 74, Kenneth Ferrie 69 72 73, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 74 73
215 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 72 67 76, Phillip Archer 69 72 74
217 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 70 71 76
219 Michael Jonzon (Swe) 70 71 78, Barry Lane 68 73 78

+Apologies to our senior readers from the Editor for not displaying these scores on Friday night. I can only put it down to a "senior moment" of my own - Colin Farquharson

MONIFIETH MAESTRO HUTCHEON

GIVES THEM ALL A START -

AND WINS BY TWO AT HOME

It takes a good man to beat the ‘Monifieth Maestro’ on his home patch – and nobody got within two shots of Ian Hutcheon by the end of the East of Scotland Seniors Open over 36 holes of the Monifieth Links.
Hutcheon, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, gave the others a chance with a mediocre opening round – by his standards – of five over par 76 but he came storming up through the field with a second round of three-under 68 for a total of 144.
Tony McIntyre (Lundin) was runner-up with 75 and 71 for 146.
David J Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) and David Smith ( Stirling ) shared third place on 147.
The CSS was 75 for the first round and 73 for the second.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71) CSS 75 73.
144 Ian Hutcheon (Monifieth) 76 68.
146 Tony McIntyre (Lundin) 75 71.
147 David J Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) 74 73, David Smith ( Stirling ) 72 74.
148 Jim Watt (Letham Grange) 74 74, George Paterson (Northern) 74 74.
150 Alex Richie (Bothwell Castle0 78 72, Eric Lindsay (Blairgowrie) 78 72, Robert Thomson ( St Andrews 75 75, Richard T Gray (Cowglen) 73 77.
151 Henry Anderson (Glenbervie) 77 74.
152 Ian Jeen (Milngavie) 78 74.
153 Aiden Grounds ( Falkirk ) 81 72, Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) 77 76, Sandy Fairweather (Carnoustie Caledonia) 76 77.
154 John Fraser (Royal Burgess) 81 73, Peter Jamieson (Cathkin Braes) 77 77, David Downie (Kirriemuir) 76 78.
155 William Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox) 80 75, Derek Murphy (Kinross) 79 76, Dougal Chalmers (Panmure) 79 76, Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) 79 76, Colin Moir (Worksop) 78 77.
156 Ian Stewart (Curragh) 79 77, George Rodaks (Moffat) 79 77, Jalil Aman (Grangemouth) 77 79, Gordon MacDonald (Callander) 76 80.
157 Stephen Ellis (Heritage GS) 83 74, Marshall Douglas (Thornhill) 80 77, George Blair (Haddington) 79 78, John Johnston (Lanark) 79 78, Michael Jenkins (Duff House Royal) 79 78,
Andrew Laird (Deeside) 78 79, David Imrie (Thornton) 78 79.
158 Derek Sim (Panmure) 79 79, Brian Smith (Kilmacolm) 79 79, Ian Gourlay (Strathaven) 78 80.
159 Ronnie McLellan (Turnberry) 83 76, Jim Kinloch (Cardross) 79 80.
160 Scott Brady (Burntisland) 82 78, Tony Stafford (Gleneagles Dunochil) 82 78, Fred Hutcheon (Monifieth) 81 79, John McDonald (Cowglen) 81 79, Bill Methven (Royal Aberdeen) 80 80, John W Johnston (Royal Aberdeen) 76 84.
161 Drew Wilson (Clober) 85 76, Ron McDonald (Monifieth) 83 78, David A Millar (St Andrews New) 78 82.
162 Alistair Fiddes (Deeside) 86 76, John Russell (Monarch Dunes) 86 76, John Sim (Duff House Royal) 85 77.
163 Richard Goodale (Aberdour) 82 81, Wilson Morton (Dunbar) 80 83, Jim Campbell (Panmure) 78 85.
164 David Leighton (Northern) 82 82, Graham Somers (Bon Accord) 82 82, Jim Emslie (Royal Aberdeen) 78 86.
165 Gordon Thomson (Bearsden) 88 77, Tom Carson (Lockerbie) 85 80, Michael Niven (Alloa) 82 83.
166 Denis Albutt (Royal Dornoch) 87 79, Jim Roy (Grange) 85 81, Lee Bushby (Strathmore) 84 82, Trevor Bennett (Great Barr) 84 82, James Ingram (Boat of Garten) 84 82, Tim Harnett (St Andrews) 82 84, Bert Nicholson (Royal Dornoch) 82 84, Gordon Gray (Newmachar) 81 85.
167 John Broadfoot (Turnberry) 86 81, David Nelson (Aboyne) 83 84, Denis McQuade (Glenbervie) 83 84,
168 Peter Kinloch (Cardross) 87 81, David Gardner (Broomieknowe) 82 86.
169 Alan Nelson (Banchory) 86 83.
170 Charles D Stewart (Moray) 90 80, Steve Hills (Monifieth) 87 83, Brian Highley (Buchanan Castle) 87 83, Richard L Gray (Lanark) 86 84, Fraser Sharp (Boat of Garten) 86 84, Ian Peddie (Tulliallan) 84 86.
171 Ronnie Grant (Caledonian) 88 83, Malcolm Sim (Grange) 87 84, Brian Inglis (Archerfield Links) 86 85, Sandy Quinn (Stirling) 85 86, Lindsay Edmond (Haddington) 85 86.
172 Norman Williamson (Banchory) 87 85, Peter Stickley (Safety Beach) 87 85.
173 Neish Chisholm (Kemnay) 87 86.
174 George Cant (Monifieth) 85 89.
175 Phil Mawhood (Tulliallan) 86 89.
176 James Scott (Peterculter) 89 87, Angus Martin (Southerness) 88 88.
178 Michael Mather (Ballater) 94 84, Neil MacDonald (Glenbervie) 87 91.
179 Tom Gray (Lanark) 94 85.
180 Peter Higgins (St Andrews New) 92 88.
181 Nigel Parker (Murcar Links) 94 87, Alec Ingram (St Andrews New) 92 89, Johnston Mackie (Glenearn) 90 91, Philip Costello (Hirsel) 82 99.
182 Dougie Adams (Dunbar) 93 89.
184 John Harrison (Newmachar) 90 94.
185 Ian Donaldson (Killin) 92 93.
NR Les Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) NR 91.
WD Keith Howie (West Kilbride) 79 WD.


WD Gordon Doig (Southerness) 80 WD.


RET Ian Brotherston (Dumfries & Co) retired injured.

European Tour Scoreboard
BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN
Munich, Germany
EARLY THIRD-ROUND SCORES
Par 216 (3x72)
204 Paul Broadhurst 69 70 65, Graeme Storm 70 70 64.
205 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 70 66, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 68 69 68
206 Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 69 66
207 Gary Orr 70 70 67, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 71 66 70, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 69 69, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 73 68 66, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 69 69 69, Rory McIlroy 71 67 69, Richard Green (Aus) 71 68 68, Bradley Dredge 72 69 66
208 Marco Ruiz (Par) 73 67 68, Scott Strange (Aus) 70 68 70, Phillip Price 67 72 69, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 70 69 69
209 Gary Lockerbie 72 68 69, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 70 70 69, Andrew Coltart 67 71 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 69 68, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 67 71 71, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 69 70 70
210 Anthony Wall 74 66 70, Richard Finch 66 71 73, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 68 71 71, Markus Brier (Aut) 69 71 70, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 70 71 69, John Bickerton 70 70 70, Johan Edfors (Swe) 71 69 70
211 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 69 71 71, Chris Wood 71 69 71, Luke Donald 70 68 73, Steven O'Hara 71 70 70, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 69 69 73, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 72 68 71, Seve Benson 70 71 70
212 Lee Slattery 70 70 72, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 67 73 72, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 70 70 72, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 72 72, Michael Hoey 70 71 71
213 Gary Murphy 71 70 72, Gareth Maybin 71 68 74, Max Kramer (Aut) 71 69 73, Colin Montgomerie 70 71 72, Scott Drummond 71 69 73
214 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 72 69 73, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 69 71 74, Kenneth Ferrie 69 72 73, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 74 73
215 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 72 67 76, Phillip Archer 69 72 74
217 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 70 71 76
219 Michael Jonzon (Swe) 70 71 78, Barry Lane 68 73 78

Tartan Tour Scoreboard
GLENEAGLES SCOTTISH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
PGA Centenary Course, Gleneagles Hotel
THIRD ROUND
Par 216 (3x72)
210 Craig Lee (unatt) 68 71 71 (35-36).
211 Colin Gillies (Perry Golf) 72 71 68 (35-33), David Orr (East Renfrewshire) 69 73 69 (35-34).
212 Mark King (Kingsfield) 68 72 72 (38-34)
214 Fraser Mann (Musselburgh) 74 72 68, Mark Kerr (Bathgate) 72 72 70, Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR) 71 71 72, Jonathan Lomas (unatt) 68 70 76 (39-37)
215 Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 69 74 72, Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 73 69 73, Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 71 70 74.
216 James McGhee (Turnhouse) 72 72 72.
217 Hamish Kemp (Bishopbriggs GR) 74 72 71, Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) 75 69 73, Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) 68 73 76.
218 Scott Herald (Mearns Castle) 69 77 72, Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) 73 72 73, Edward Thomson (Senit Associates) 72 72 74.
219 Tom Buchanan (Duddingston) 70 77 72, James McKinnon (Irvine) 74 70 75, Callum Nicoll (Prestwick) 72 72 75,
220 Euan Cameron (Hamilton) 75 75 70, Stephen Gray (Hayston) 71 76 73, Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon) 69 76 75, Gordon Law (Uphall) 76 67 77.
221 Mark Loftus (Cowglen) 77 72 72, Lee Harper (Archerfield Links) 71 74 76, Samuel Cairns (Colville Park) 74 71 76, Johnny Sharp (Carrick at Cameron House) 69 75 77, Kenny Waker (Castle Park) 71 73 77.
222 Christopher Robinson (Dumfries & Galloway) 76 74 72, Stephen Craig (Paragon) 74 73 75, Scott Henderson (Kings Links) 73 74 75, Ian Taylor (Drumpellier) 76 70 76.
223 Neil Murray (Cruden Bay) 78 73 72.
224 Mark Finlayson (Edzell) 78 71 75, Mark Bruce (Gullane) 75 73 76, David Park (Wishaw) 75 73 76.
225 Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park) 76 74 75, Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) 75 74 76, Stephen Lamb (Broomieknowe) 74 74 77.
226 Ronan Rafferty (unatt) 75 75 76, Andrew Gibson (North Gailes) 75 75 76, Gareth Wright (West Linton) 73 77 76, David Patrick (Elie) 75 74 77.
227 Craig Ronald (Carluke) 76 75 76, Graham Fox (East Kilbride) 75 75 77.
228 Alastair Love (Charleton) 79 72 77.
230 Gordon Niven (Stirling Univ) 71 74 85
231 Ken Campbell (Machrihanish) 76 75 80, Stuart Morrison (Tain) 77 74 80, aul Wyutrazek (Burntisland) 75 75 81, Terry Burgoyne (Gotastroms) 72 78 81, Peter Mitchell (Hermitage) 71 77 83
232 Alan E Reid (West Lothian) 77 74 81, Nigel Scott-Smith (Palacerigg) 77 74 81.
235 David Fleming (Prestwick) 76 75 84.

There's no stopping James Byrne: Four

stroke lead with 65 in East Open

Whatever Banchory golf James Byrne is having for breakfast these past two or so weeks, it's working wonders for him.
Last 16 of the British amateur championship .... seven-shot winner (twice equalling the course course) of the Tennant Cup ... second top Open regional qualifier at Musselburgh.
And now, in the first round of this weekend's SGU Order of Merit 72-holer, the Solar East of Scotland Open Championship at Lundin Golf Club's links course, the 20-year-old Arizona State University student has streaked four shots clear of the field with a six-under-par 65 in the first round.
What a pity the Scotland squad for the forthcoming European team championship was selected before Byrne hit his purple patch of form! He is not in the line-up of six, named during the British amateur championship.
Byrne got off to a wonderful start with an eagle 2 at the first, followed byt birdies at the third, sixth, ninth, 14th, 16th and 18th in halves of 32 (four under par) and 33 (two under par).
Bogeys at the eighth and 12th were only minor irritations for Byrne who won the Scottish boys' open stroke-play championship before he went to Arizona State University on a four-year golf scholarship.
Former British amateur champion Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire), beaten in a three-way play-off last year, is lying second on 69 going into the second round.
Tournament director David Moir reports that the weather down Fife way is not so good as it is in Aberdeen, for example - fog-delayed start, followed by rain ... and no sunshine. Well that was the position there around lunchtime.

FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
65 James Byrne (Banchory).
69 Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire).
70 Brett Drewitt (Australia), Michael Williams (Austrealia), Alex Main (Thornton),James Hamilton (New Zealand).
71 Michael Main (Thornton), Ross Crowe (Westerhope), James White (Lundin), Mohammed Arie Irawan (Malaysia), Philip McLean (Peterhead), Chris Harkins (Ayr Belleisle), Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire), David Law (Hazlehead), Daniel Sommerville (St Andrews)..
72 Gordon Yates (HIlton Park), Paul Ferrier (Baberton), Steven McEwan (Caprington), Scott Borrowman (Dollar), Ross Bell (Downfield).
73 Kevin McAlpine (Alyth), Raphael Becker (Brazil), Barry McDermott (Leven GS), Scott Pinckney (Arizona State Univ), Mark Bookless (Sandyhills), Paul Betty (Hayston), Henry Smart (Banstead Downs)..
74 Cameron Gray (West Kilbride), Bobby Rushford (Grangemouth), Greg Paterson (St Andrews New), Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon), Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie), Steven Meiklejohn (Lundin).
75 James Hendrick (Pollok), Michael Daily (Erskine), Liam McGowan (St Andrews New), Gary Tough (Letham Grange).
76 Martin Brown (Monifieth), Nick Robson (Meldrum House), James Ross (Royal Burgess), Lewis Kirton (Newmachar), Paul Gault (Kirkhill), Robert Carson (Marriott Dalmahoy), David Simpson (Crieff), Scott Stewart-Cation (Ladybank), Francisco Pintor Smith (Spain), Sean Riordan (New Zealand), Justin Duff (Fraserburgh), Mark Hillson (Creaigielaw), Fraser McKenna (Balmore).
77 Peter Latimer (St Andrews New), Adam Andrews (Ashton in Markerfield), Dave Thomas (Braintree), Nick Farr (Craigie Hill), Jamie Mackay (Kilmarnock Barassie), Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh).
78 Ryan Clatworthy (S Africa), Tom Gambie (Burhill), Colin Martin (Balbirnie Park), Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie), Craig Stephen (Meldrum House).
79 Steven Rennie (Drumpellier), Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle).
80 Lincoln Tighe (Australia), Derek Paton (Dunnikier Park), Greg Nicolson (Mortonhall), Jonathan Brain (US).
81 Craig Hamilton (New Zealand).
82 John Duff (Newmachar).
86 Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh).
Withdrew - Jim White (Leven Thistle) after 9 holes, Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn) after 9 holes, John Miller (Gullane) 77, Fraser Campbell (Clober) 82.

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ends

Phil Mickelson misses Barclays Scottish Open

- and almost certainly the Open too

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Phil Mickelson has, as expected, confirmed that he will not be playing the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond the week after next.
And with his wife Amy starting breast cancer treatment in the coming few days it seems unlikely that the world number two will be at Turnberry for The Open on July 16-19.
Mickelson took time out to be with his family after the shock of the diagnosis in May, but returned two weeks ago and then at last week's US Open finished second for a record fifth time in the event.
He has played in every Open since 1993, but has only once challenged for the title. At Troon five years ago he missed the play-off between Todd Hamilton and Ernie Els by only a single stroke.

Andrew Oldcorn can't

wait for his Senior

Moments to begin

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
After flying the Lothians flag so admirably for 25 years on the circuit, Andrew Oldcorn reckons he's now out of his depth whenever he tees it up on the European Tour.
But the Edinburgh man is determined to keep playing at a decent level as long as he can in order for him to still be competitive when he becomes eligible for the Seniors' Tour next season.
In five events on the main circuit this term, Oldcorn, pictured above, who won the Tour's flagship event, the PGA Championship at Wentworth in 2001, has made the cut just once, breaking 70 on a single occasion in 12 rounds.
"It is pretty obvious that I'm not able to compete at that level any more," he said. "The courses are just too difficult for me and, what's more, I don't enjoy it either.
"The last two years have been hard for me mentally – it is difficult not to let the rot set in as far as that side of the game is concerned. I am so far away from the level I was capable of but I'm just nine months away from where I want to be, namely the Seniors' Tour."
Oldcorn becomes eligible when he turns 50 next March and is hoping he can do well enough in his rookie season to merit a crack at the money-spinning Champions (Seniors) Tour in America.
"It's a pity the entry age for the Seniors wasn't 45 because I would have been ready then," added the Kings Acre professional. But there was no way that I could have just stopped playing competitively at that age and just waited for my 50th birthday to come around.
"For starters, my wife wouldn't have let me sit around doing nothing and, in any case, I couldn't have been like Peter Mitchell, who stopped playing for a while and then picked things up again when he became a Senior.
"My ambition is to have a go at the Champions Tour. If I do well enough in Europe next year, I'd like to have a stab at that the following season by going to the Qualifying School."
In a bid to stop any rot setting in, Oldcorn, who lost his card for the main Tour in 2005, has grabbed every chance he's had this season, playing on the Challenge Tour, EuroPro Tour and the Tartan Tour as well.
"I'm working as hard as ever and it would be nice if I got an invite to the Johnnie Walker Championship and the Dunhill Links Championship later in the year but, those events apart, it's unlikely that I'll play on the European Tour again," he said.
"I'll probably spend the rest of the season on either the Challenge Tour, EuroPro Tour or the Tartan Tour."
Oldcorn was speaking after firing a second-round 70 to put himself in contention at the halfway stage of the £55,000 Gleneagles Scottish Championship, an event at which he finished runner-up – behind Ian Young, now the boss at the Braids Hills Golf Centre – on his debut 25 years ago.
Just three behind leader Jonathan Lomas, Oldcorn said: "I'd love to win this week and, if my approach play can improve in the final two rounds, I might have a chance because I'm driving the ball reasonably well and my putting has also been not too bad."
Uphall's Gordon Law, the winner in 1997, rekindled his hopes of regaining the title by firing a five-under-par 67 – a nine-shot improvement on his opening effort."That could have been 63 or 64 as I missed a few putts inside six feet although, having said that, I also holed a fair few," said the 44-year-old of a round in which he hardly missed a fairway.
Admitting he was still half asleep after teeing off in the first match out at 7.30am, Paul McKechnie started with three straight bogeys to find himself six-over for the tournament and in danger of making an early exit.
But the Braid Hills Golf Centre pro covered the ensuing 15 holes in six-under to card a 69 for 144. He said: "I had a big smile on my face after holing from 45 yards out of a bunker at the third."
Also on 144 were Kenny Walker and Mark Kerr, the former admitting he was off to search for a new putter after taking 38 putts in his second-round 73.
"When you putt as bad as that, you don't want to look at your putter again," said Walker.
Heather MacRae was back in the pro shop at Gullane this morning, having missed the cut on 156, but she's determined to be back on the same stage again one day and, in the meantime, is hoping to have something else to smile about next week.
"I'll be getting my PGA training first-year results and, hopefully, there will be no re-sits," she smiled.

LOTHIANS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

Douglas dethrones Davidson after

drama of extra holes at W Linton

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Grant Douglas held off a spirited fightback from Graham Davidson to send last year's winner spinning out of this season's Lothians Champion of Champions tournament.
In a repeat of a tie at the same stage last year – Davidson won on that occasion – Douglas edged the third-round clash thanks to a birdie-2 at the second extra hole.
Enjoying home advantage at West Linton, Douglas, a 33-year-old who plays off scratch, was three up after ten before Davidson, from Winterfield, battled his way back with a run of three birdies in four holes.
After the 19th was halved in pars, both players were about 25 feet away at the next, Douglas sinking his putt while Davidson almost did likewise, grazing the hole with his effort.
Douglas faces another tough test in the next round against Steven Armstrong. The winner of this event two years ago, Turnhouse star Armstrong eased into the last 16 with a 7 and 6 win over Whitekirk's Weston Main.
Former Scottish international Stephen Easingwood, representing the Bank of Scotland, is also through to the fourth round, where he meets Charlie Simpson, the Bruntsfield Links player who reached the last eight in the recent Scottish mid-amateur championship.
Haddington's Keith Nicholson, bidding for a fifth title triumph in the event, is making ominous progress in the top half of the draw, where he faces a trip to Dundas Parks to take on John Tait in the next round.
In the handicap event, former British Lion Kenny Milne has won two ties at the 19th, the latest against Portobello's Matthew Craigie. Milne, who plays off 14 and is flying the flag for George Heriot's FP, plays his next tie next week before going in for a hernia op, but is confident he'll have recovered in time for the quarter-finals if he's still in the event when that stage comes around.
"It's the first time I've played in the event and I'm enjoying it," said the Duddingston man.
Results:
THIRD ROUND
C Cuthbert (Luffness New) bt S Murray (Ratho Park) at 22nd.
S Gray (RICS) bt S Simpson (Newbattle) at 19th.
J Tait (Dundas Parks) bt A Thomson (Lochcraig) at 22nd.
K Nicholson (Haddington) bt J Lang (Edinburgh Academicals) 5 and 4.
S Deegan (Prestonfield) bt H Fraser (Niddry Castle) 2 and 1.
S Smith (Kingston) bt G Wood (Edinburgh Thistle) 4 and 3.
S Easingwood (Bank of Scotland) wo D Watters (Thorntree) scr.
C Simpson (Bruntsfield Links) bt J Donachie (MCBA) 1 hole.
C Jackson (Gogarburn) bt S Reid (Lothian & Borders Police) 1 hole.
J Yule (Craigmillar Park) bt G Wither (Lothianburn) 2 and 1.
G Douglas (West Linton) bt G Davidson (Winterfield) at 20th.
S Armstrong (Turnhouse) bt W Main (Whitekirk) 7 and 6.
P Heggie (Cramond) bt S McCulloch (Hailes) 1 hole.
D Hall (Buckstone GS) bt F Pollock (Stewarts & Melville FP) 6 and 4.
S Marshall (Baberton) wo J Bala (Register House) scr.
M Foley (Kingsknowe) bt G Henshaw (Caermount) 4 and 3.
HANDICAP MATCH-PLAY
C Easton (Broomieknowe) bt I Taylor (Gogarburn) 3 and 1.
J Gallacher (Bathgate) bt C Vesco (Lochcraig) at 19th.
C Robertson (Craigielaw) bt J Anderson (Corstorphine) 2 and 1.
D Wiszniewski (Craigmillar Park) bt C Ross (West Linton) 6 and 4.
J Gladwin (Bass Rock) bt D Mackie (Edinburgh & Leith Licensed Grocers) 1 hole.
A McDougall (Ravelston) bt J Fitzpatrick (Standard Life) 3 and 2.
N Smith (Haddington) bt M Bremner (Dental & Medical) 2 and 1.
C Mackay (Edinburgh Western) bt R Thomson (Travel Twenty) 4 and 2.
K McGlynn (Mount Vernon) bt J Wilson (Niddry Castle) 4 and 3.
J Bellany (Longniddry) bt G Money (Harburn) 2 and 1.
G Jamieson (Port Seton) bt B Doherty (Prestongrane) 3 and 1.
S Bisset (Winterfield) bt I Gardner (Tantallon) 6 and 5.
M Diduca (Broomieknowe) bt G Harris (Carrickvale) 1 hole.
K Aitken (Cramond) bt E Clark (Pumpherston) 2 and 1.
C Robertson (Observers) bt J Berry (Lothian & Borders Police) at 24th.
K Milne (George Heriots FP) bt M Craigie (Portobello) at 19th.
++The full article above appears in the Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.

Drysdale and Laird invited to play in

Barclays Scottish Open

FROM THE HERALD WEBSITE
By Bernie Mcguire in Munich
Two Scots, David Drysdale and the US PGA Tour-based Martin Laird, have been rewarded for their efforts this year with invitations to compete in the Barclays Scottish Open in a fortnight's time.
Organisers of the Loch Lomond event linked up by telephone with PGA European Tour officials to discuss the varying merits of eight players' invitations to the tournament which starts on July 9.
Drysdale, 34, learned of his invitation a few hours after carding an impressive eight-under-par 64 on the second day of the BMW International Open in Munich.
He had an eagle and six birdies to finish the round tied in third place on 10-under with England's Nick Dougherty (65), a stroke adrift of Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen (68) and two behind the South African Retief Goosen (68).
Drysdale's efforts maintained a return to form for the Dunbar man who, after regaining his Tour card at qualifying school last year, finished third in January's Joburg Open and runner-up in the Andalucian Open. Earlier this month, he qualified for his first shot at an Open Championship.
"David is the hottest Scottish golfer on the European Tour at present," said Drysdale's manager, Ian Stoddard. "He's the highest ranked Scot on the Race to Dubai money list and he is among five Scots competing in the following week's Open Championship.
"It's fabulous news for David and it's wonderful that organisers have recognised how hard he has fought to establish himself on the European Tour. Now that he has received an invitation into the Barclays Scottish Open, it means he will have the benefit of tournament play before he makes his Open debut the following week.
"We're thrilled for David and grateful to Loch Lomond organisers that he's been given the opportunity to compete in his own national open."
It will be Drysdale's sixth Scottish Open appearance while Laird will be making his debut as a professional in the country of his birth. The 26-year-old from Glasgow is having a week off from competition on the PGA Tour.
"It will be an honour and a privilege to make my Scottish professional debut at the Barclays Scottish Open," he said. "I have always said it would be a dream come true to make my debut at my national open and then play in my first Open Championship the following week. This will be a wonderful opportunity for me to play in front of many friends and family that have never seen me play professionally."
Andrew Coltart was on the Munich course when the invites were confirmed but after rounds of 67 and 71 he can still play his way into Loch Lomond by finishing top-10 this week in Germany and producing a similar result in next week's French Open.
Gary Orr and Scott Drummond are the next best Scots with 140, one clear of Steve O'Hara and Colin Montgomerie, who is sure to boost his lowly 93rd place in the Race to Dubai after a 71 to add to his opening 69.
He also made it 12 cuts from 15 events this year with a second day that included six birdies but also five bogeys.
"I am making far too many mistakes," said Montgomerie. "They're dropped shots from wedges and sand-wedges, but the birdies are there and it's just a matter of eliminating the mistakes." He added that he had changed every iron in his bag overnight.
+The above article, published in today's Herald, is done so with the permission of the Herald Sports Editor.

US NATIONWIDE TOUR REPORT

It's a Peoples' Game: Soon-to-be senior

David sets pace with 23-putt 65

FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
David Peoples turns 50 next January and is looking forward to a long and productive career with his peers on the Champions (Seniors)Tour.
For now, the soon-to-be senior is honing his game with a younger crowd on the Nationwide Tour and faring quite well. The veteran showed the youngsters how it's done by firing a 7-under 65 in the second round of the Nationwide Tour Players Cup to take the 36-hole lead at 10-under 134. Craig Barlow (65), Ryan Armour (66) and Jeff Gove (67) share second place at 8-under 136.
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Round 2 scores
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Tom Gillis (66) is alone in fifth place, three behind the leader.
Veteran Bob May (69), Michigan rookie Brian Stuard (71), John Kimbell (69), Canadian Chris Baryla (66) and Ron Whittaker (71) are next at 6-under 138, four back of Peoples. First-round leader Brad Iles of New Zealand had six bogeys and a double-bogey en route to a 4-over 76. He is at 3 under and tied for 24th.
"If I can compete with these kids then I can compete with (the players on the Champions Tour)," said Peoples, peering to the future. "I'm trying to be as patient as I can but this is a hard game. Sometimes you get it going and sometimes you don't."
Peoples has regained a putting touch that had abandoned him several years ago but now resurfaced after a great deal of effort. He needed only 23 strokes on the greens Friday, giving him 50 for his first two days at the Pete Dye Golf Club.
"That's what I've struggled with in the past," he said. "It was the thing that was holding me back. Before, when I was putting bad, I felt like I was the worst one out there."
Hard work has paid off recently for Peoples, who tied for seventh at the Melwood Prince George's County Open three weeks ago and now holds a 36-hole lead for the first time on any Tour since The Honda Classic in 2003.
"I heard Nick Price say last week that confidence isn't something you wake up with," he said. "I don't feel confident until I see something good happen."
It took Peoples all of two holes Friday to gain some confidence. Rolling in a birdie putt of 40-45 feet will do that, regardless of your age.
"At 40-plus feet, you're not expecting to make those," he said. "You're in three-putt range there. Even when you two-putt from that distance you feel like you did a good job."
He followed up with two immediate birdies that measured less than seven feet. Another birdie from 12 feet came just before the turn. After a bad tee shot resulted in a lone bogey on his 10th hole, Peoples ran off four consecutive birdies.
"It was a great day putting," he said. "I made a lot of good saves in between the birdies."
Gove has been making a lot of everything this year. The Washington native is No. 8 on the money list and has been in contention several times, resulting in four top-10 finishes but no victories. His day would have been a little better if not for a double-bogey at No. 9.
"I made a mess of that hole," he said. "I just reminded myself that I'm playing good and I tried to get back to that."
Gove settled down and made three pars before he sandwiched four birdies around a single bogey in his closing six holes to grab a share of second place heading into the weekend.
Joining him is Barlow, an 11-year PGA TOUR member who has been plagued by wrist and hip injuries over the past two years and is finally feeling healthy.
"I didn't have a great career on the TOUR but I felt like I was getting better every year," he said of his career that has earned him nearly $5 million. "Looking back at it, I tried to play through a couple injuries and those guys are too good to be trying to compete with when you're injured."
Barlow was on the shelf for six months from last September to this February as he healed from a muscle tear in his hip. The recovery has been slow but the results are coming.
Barlow sprinkled eight birdies into his round to get into position for the weekend.
"I haven't putted this good all year. Last week I played just as good and putted awful and missed the cut," he said of a 72-69 effort at the Fort Smith Classic. "I have not been doing the little things right. The bottom line is that I've been trying too hard. I was trying to be perfect. I think I lost a little bit of trust in myself. You just have to believe in yourself. I was free as a bird today. Today was the first day all year I felt free."
Second-round notes:
• Ian Leggatt and Tom Carter were disqualified prior to the start of the second round. They both signed incorrect scorecards for the first round.
• Jim McGovern withdrew during the round due to a hip injury. Garrett Willis withdrew during the round due to a back injury.
• A total of 71 players made the 36-hole cut, which came at 1-under 143.
• Won Joon Lee had two eagles in Round 2 -- both on back-nine par-5s (Nos. 14 and 17).
• Matt Hansen tied a Nationwide Tour record for the most birdies in a row to finish a round. Hansen reeled off six in a row (Nos. 13-18) to close his day and shoot 66. His first-round 8-over 80 kept him from making the cut. Hansen is the fourth player in the Tour's 20-year history to make six straight to finish a round, the last being Jay Don Blake at the 2005 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open.
• Tom Gillis opened his round with five consecutive birdies.
• Several players had birdie streaks of four in a row: David Peoples (Nos. 2-5); Jeff Gove (Nos. 2-5); Brennan Webb (Nos. 14-17); Tyler Leon (Nos. 17-2); Zoran Zorkic (Nos. 12-15)
• Players, caddies and officials are wearing black ribbons this week in memory of Beth Smith, wife of Chris Smith, and Shirley Kendall, mother of Skip Kendall. Both women were victims of car accidents and passed away last weekend. Smith was killed in a car accident Sunday near the family home in northern Indiana and the couple's two children were also seriously hurt. Players also have the option of replacing their name on their caddie bibs with Chris Smith's name to show further support for his family as they deal with the tragedy. All 141 players in the field donned Smith's nametag to start the round on Friday.