Scots' scores at PGA EuroPro Tour event

LEADER Scott Jamieson 71, 65 (course record) -8

Jack Doherty 71, 70 -3

Barry Hume 67, 75 -2

Elliot Saltman 74, 70 Lvl

Stuart Burns 70, 76 +2

Lorne Kelly 75, 72 +3

Steven Hume 73, 74 +3

Shaun McAllister 75, +3

CUT

Paul Doherty 75, 73 +4

Steven Mackie 75, 73 +4

Graham Brown 75, 74 +5

Zack Saltman 75, 74 +5

John Gallagher 73, 77 +6

David Roger 78, 76 +10

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Great Scott! Jamieson leads with

record round of 65 at Crewe

By ANTHONY LEAVER
Scott Jamieson recorded a new course record at Wychwood Park in Crewe with a 65 to lead The ABC Solutions UK Championship on the PGA EuroPro Tour by three strokes at eight under with one round to go.
Jamieson began the day one under after recording six birdies and five bogeys in his opening round of 71. But today he avoided dropping a shot, going through the front nine at three under and picking up four more birdies on the back nine, with his seventh of the day at 18 giving him a course record 65.
"I think I hit 15 greens today which I'm pleased with," said the 25 year-old. "I had a lot more chances today and I wasn't trying to save pars like I was yesterday so it was very pleasing." Jamieson sits in eighth spot in the Order of Merit and would all but seal a place in the top five should he add this title to his earlier play-off victory at The PartyPoker.com European Championship at Prince's Golf Club in June, but said he is focusing on one round at a time before thinking about Challenge Tour cards.

"I'm not thinking that far ahead really as there are still a few tournaments to go. It'd be nice of course to be right up there with another win, but I've just got to keep doing what I have been doing tomorrow."

The man Jamieson is chasing at the top of the money list is three strokes behind him in second spot at Wychwood Park. Order of Merit leader Daniel Brooks (Mill Hill) continues his fine form as he followed an opening round 69 with a second round of 70 – dropping just one shot to share second place going into the final round. Daniel Perrett (Clevedon/Purplegolf) was in second place after his opening round of 68 and remains there alongside Brooks after a one under 71 in his second round. James Ruebotham (Welwyn Garden City GC) is the third man in second spot, finishing with a birdie at the ninth to card a two under round of 70 with four birdies.

Encouraged by a hole-in-one in his opening round, Kevin Harper (East Devon) moved from his overnight position of three under to five under at the turn before dropping shots at the 12th and 17th. But a third birdie of the day at the last ensured he was in sight of Jamieson in a tie for fifth place at four under with Steven Parry (Bolton) who didn't drop a shot in his second two under round of 70 of the tournament.

Matthew Evans (Rotherham) is one of four players tied in seventh spot at four under after a second round of 68. Starting on the back nine at one over, he moved to level par at the turn then claimed three birdies in the opening four holes of the home stretch. Joining Evans at three under is Adam Frayne (St Mellion), Jack Doherty (North Gailes) and Daniel Belch (Golf Analysis Ltd).

Overnight leader Barry Hume gave himself a mountain to climb after starting at five under but wiping four shots off that lead by the turn on the back nine. A birdie at the first stopped the rot but a fifth bogey of the day came at the fourth – with a birdie at the eighth taking him to two under for the tournament, where he is joined by Robert Hearty (Bromborough), Chris Hanson (Crosland Heath), Barrie Trainor (South County) and Michael Collins (Mallow Golf Range).

Fifty-two players made the cut at three under and live scoring of the final round of The ABC Solutions UK Championship at Wychwood Park is available at the following link – http://europro.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/europro9/event/europro97/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

Richard Valentine leads the Scots challenge

in Powerade PGA Assistants Championship

By RON MARSHALL, PGA Press Officer
Craigielaw’s Richard Valentine spearheaded the Scottish challenge in today's opening round of the Powerade PGA Assistants' Championship, in association with Footjoy, at The London Club, Kent.
The 32-year-old fired a two-under 70 to take second place, a shot behind 2007 winner, Jonathan Lupton from Newcastle, and defending champion, Guy Woodman (East Berks). Starting at the 10th, Valentine reached the turn in 37, one over, but three successive birdies from the second transformed his card.
A seven-iron to 15 feet, and the same club to two feet at the short third, followed by a pitching wedge to the same distance at the fourth were all holed for birdies. A pushed tee shot at the 454-yard sixth led to a bogey, but the East Lothian pro redeemed himself at the next, a 187-yarder, leaving his five-iron tee shot no more than three feet from the flag.
Former Walker Cup player David Patrick from Elie was twice two under par and twice was pulled back to par, signing for halves of 36.
LEADING FIRST ROUND TOTALS
Par 72
69 J Lupton (Close House), G Woodman (East Berks).
70 R Valentine (Craigielaw), R Berry (Cleeve Hill).
71 A Taylor (St George’s Hill), D Seymour (Newbury), B Scott (Clitheroe).
72 G Hamerton (Brookdale), D Patrick (Elie), B Welch (Remedy Oak).
73 N Drane (Whittlebury Park), S Runcie (Abergele), C Gill (Exeter).
74 G Cowan (Westerhope), C Dempster (Inchmarlo).
Other Scottish scores:
74 C Dempster (Inchmarlo).
75 G Fox (East Kilbride).
78 P McLachlan (West Kilbride).
79 M Barnard (Inchmarlo).
80 A Martin (Dunbar).
81 I Colquhoun (Dundonald).
83 G Mackay (Prestonfield), R Gaden (Gleneagles).
84 A McDonald (Elie), R Ewen (West Lothian).
85 G Stewart (Gleddoch)
81 D Blackadder (Kingsbarns)
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Bonding at The Belfry - that's what skipper Alliss

plans for his GB&I team for PGA Cup match

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Great Britain and Ireland’s PGA Cup players will come under scrutiny during a special team-bonding session at The Belfry on Sunday (August 16).
Team captain Gary Alliss will run the rule over potential pairings as he plots to recapture the Llandudno Trophy from America at The Carrick on Loch Lomond next month.
The PGA Cup – which dates back to 1973 when it was first played at the legendary Pinehurst venue in North Carolina – pits GB&I’s top PGA professionals against their US counterparts in the club professional’s equivalent of the Ryder Cup.
Alliss admits he’s been living and breathing the PGA Cup as he contemplates tackling the powerful US team – who are all competing at the US PGA Championship at Hazeltine this week.
The Belfry head professional, who missed out on an historic first win on US soil two years ago by half a point, hopes the practice matches at The Belfry will begin to give him some ideas of his best pairings for the challenge that lies ahead.
“As the days count down I’m spending more and more time thinking about the PGA Cup and this get together is another step in helping us prepare to try and regain the trophy,” said Alliss.
“It also gives me a chance to see potential pairings and also put those with PGA Cup experience together with the rookies so they can get a feel of what it will be like as it’s a massive occasion and there’s a lot to take in.
“The American team will all be teeing it up in the US PGA this week so that shows the challenge we face but I will be reminding our players that they’re really successful too and concentrating on all our positive points.”
The 2009 gteam includes Andrew Barnett, Jon Bevan and Paul Wesselingh who were part of the team that was defeated at Reynolds Plantation, Georgia, two years ago. Paul Simpson, the 2008 Glenmuir PGA Professional Champion is the fourth member with past PGA Cup experience.Making their debuts will be Will Barnes (Garstang), Jamie Harris (Tonbridge), James Lee (Caerphilly), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Jeremy Robinson (Twyford) and Barry Taylor (Houghwood).
The PGA Cup match is being played from September 18-20 and will follow a Ryder Cup format with foursomes and fourballs on Friday and Saturday and singles on the Sunday.endsIssue date: 12 August 2009

Anthony Abraham to bececome President

of English Golf Union in 2011

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Anthony Abraham, a past President of Yorkshire and a Justice of the Peace, has accepted the nomination to become President Elect of the English Golf Union for the year 2010 with a view to becoming President in 2011.
The 66 year old avid fan of golf and soccer says he is delighted and astonished to be considered and is looking forward to the next two years.
“I was almost speechless when I received the letter,” he says. “It had never crossed my mind that I might be asked. But this is a great honour for myself, my club, the district union and my county.”
Anthony was born in 1943 in the house in which he still lives in Carperby, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. He was educated locally, then at Earnseat School, Arnside, at Sedbergh School and subsequently St Catharine's College, Cambridge where he read Classics.
He was a councillor on Richmondshire Council from 1973 to 1994, during which he served as Chairman and Vice Chairman of Recreation and Amenities, Environmental Health, Policy and Resources Committees and the Council.
On retirement, he was appointed an Honorary Alderman. In 1984, he was instrumental in founding the Chain Gang, the Association of those who have held the office of mayor or chairman of District Councils in North Yorkshire.
He was Secretary/Treasurer from 1984 to 2001 and Chairman from 2001 to 2006. He has been a Justice of the Peace since 1983 and is still managing director of the family business which has developed from haulage to a property and garage business.
At University he played golf for Cambridge Stymies and occasionally represented the Blues team.
He was a Category One golfer for many years, representing the Teesside Union on occasions, but never Yorkshire. Captain of Catterick Golf Club in 1976 (President since 1999 to date) and President of the Teesside Union in 1982, he was elected to the Yorkshire Committee in 1988. He was chairman of the Championship Committee from 1993 -‘95; and chairman of Junior Golf & Coaching Committee from 1996-2000, a member of the Yorkshire Selection Committee from 1988-2002 and from 2004-6; and was Yorkshire President in 1998. His association with the English Golf Union began in 1991 when he was asked to look after course development work in Yorkshire.
He was appointed to the Junior Committee as regional delegate for Yorkshire in 1996, a position he held to 2001. Together with David Beardall and Dr Frank Harkins, he was instrumental in initiating the North of England Under 16 Championship, and is still closely involved with this Championship. He was the Yorkshire representative on the EGU Executive Committee 1999 - 2001 when he was appointed to a new role as chairman of the National Coaching Committee, a position he held until 2005.
He takes great pride in the number of good golfers who have developed their game to high levels after being helped by the EGU Coaching system. He was a member of the EGU Tournament Panel 2000 - 2009 and refereed at international level on many occasions. From September 2003 to February 2009 he was Chairman of England Selectors.
Following the establishment of the English Golf Union Limited he was elected to represent the interests of Yorkshire clubs. Always keen to encourage young golfers to stay in education, when he retired as chairman of selectors he was appointed University Liaison Officer and is the England Golf representative on British Universities & College Sport. Other interests include contract bridge – he is captain of the Wensleydale team in the Yorkshire League - and football. He has been secretary of Carperby Rovers AFC, president of the Wensleydale Football League and is a season ticket holder at West Bromwich Albion.
He is married to Evelyn, a nurse and farmer's daughter from Sedgefield and they have two sons, Charles, a Solicitor in Leeds, and Daniel, a football coach, who runs his own coaching company. Anthony is the third president to come from Yorkshire in the past two decades - the late Michael Field held the post in 1993 and Michael Doyle in 2001 – and is the third successive presidential appointment from the north of England.

Bryan Adam wins Renfrewshire stroke-play title

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A full field of 81 of the top golfers in the Renfrewshire Golf Union area battled it out at Ranfurly Castle Golf Club for the title of County Stroke Play Champion. The greens were fast and the pin placements challenging but this did not deter the leading competitors.
In the morning round, home player Mark Robertson and Andrew Farmer (Kilmacolm GC) recorded two under scores of 68. David Ferguson (Paisley GC), Matt Clark (Kilmacolm) and Bryan Adam (Paisley) kept themselves in contention with scores of 69.
Mark Robertson was leading the field in the second round as he approached the seventeenth but a drive that looked good off the tee was not found and his long walk back to play three off the tee meant the end of his challenge. Andrew Farmer then recorded a great score of 70 for an aggregate of 138 and with David Ferguson fading away and with Matt Clark and Mark Robertson showing 140 on the scoreboard, only Bryan Adam could spoil Andrew’s day. And he did, with a great round of 68 for a total of 137.
As the selectors consider the team for the final match in the Area Team Championship, a recall for Bryan, now playing off plus three, must be on the cards.
LEADING TOTALS
137 B Adam (Paisley) 69 68.
138 A Farmer (Kilmacolm) 68 70.
140 M Clark (Kilmacolm) 69 71, M Robertson (Ranfurly Castle) 68 72.

David Law rallies under pressure to win

18th and 19th in 'British' thriller

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Portugal’s Pedro Figueiredo has progressed to the second round of the 2009 Boys Amateur Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich in Kent after overcoming Max Orrin 3 and 2.
Figueiredo, 18, who is destined to take up a golf scholarship at UCLA (University of California-Los Angeles) in autumn, birdied three holes and bogeyed four in a performance which displayed his competence and consistency in equal measure.
“I played pretty solid. I didn’t give many chances to my opponent,” he said. “It wasn’t brilliant but I played steady and hit lots of greens.”
The thought of winning back-to-back titles is one which has spurred him on during a difficult season in which he has battled with a back injury.
“This year has been a hard year. But I stopped for three weeks since the European Boys and I feel better now. I think my game is coming back.
“This is a marathon, this tournament,” Figueiredo continued. “It’s always very nice when you win a tournament and you have a chance to do it again.
“I know it’s very difficult, but I’m going to try to do it.”
In the other big story of the morning, 2007 Boys Amateur champion, Emilio Cuartero, suffered defeat at the 20th hole to England’s Dean Fallon.
Fallon, who has been combining golf with a carpentry apprenticeship, looked certain for victory as he approached the 14th tee four holes up. But four consecutive birdies from the Spaniard redressed the balance and the pair reached the last all-square.
“I was four up with five to play and I was thinking steady pars to win,” explained Fallon, 18. But he finished with four birdies to be all square going up 18.
“I felt ok on the tee. I’d been hitting it well all day and although I knew he was coming off a good bounce and was pretty pumped up, I stuck to what I knew and it worked.”
Both made pars on 18, after missing eight-foot chances, and on 19, before a lob wedge to one foot from seventy yards out sealed victory for the Englishman.
“It was just a good round of golf, I played well.”
For Cuartero, therefore, there will be no repeat of his 2007 performance despite showing flashes of the brilliance that has drawn praise from all quarters of the golfing world. Meanwhile, Figueiredo marches on.
Noteworthy winners of early second-stage ties were England’s Eddie Pepperell and Scotland’s David Law.
Pepperell defeated Jorge Simon of Spain in emphatic style, prevailing 8&7 in his second victory to be sealed well short of full distance. “I don’t remember what the last few holes are like!” said the 18-year-old who has played just 24 holes in reaching the third round.
Aberdeen’s David Law was involved in an altogether more tense affair. One down playing the last against Callum Brown, Law looked like going down to the Englishman. But the Scottish Boys and Scottish Amateur champion rallied to win the 18th and 19th and with them a place in the next round.
“I’ve had quite a lot of experience of extra holes in tight games,” noted Law. “I feel more comfortable now than I might have done six months ago.”
Full reports and results of each day's play appear on www.RandA.org throughout the day.
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Barry Hume starts and finishes well

to lead PGA EuroPro Tour event

FROM ANTHONY LEAVER, Press Officer, PGA EuroPro Tour
Former Scottish amateur champion Barry Hume from Glasgow leads The ABC Solutions UK Championship at Wychwood Park in Crewe by one stroke at five under par after the opening round in the ninth event on the 2009 PGA EuroPro Tour.
The Scot played in one of the final groups to finish the opening day, starting and finishing superbly to card 67. He charged out of the blocks with three birdies in the first four holes before dropping his first shot at the sixth.
It wasn’t until the 13th that his score moved from three under, and it was an eventful run in as he birdied 13 and 14 to move four under, dropping a shot at 15 before making birdies at 16 and the last to take claim a first round lead at five under.
His closest challenger is Daniel Perrett (Clevedon GC/Purplegolf) who started on the back nine with three birdies in his first six holes to go to the turn three under par. He moved to four under with a birdie at the first before dropping his first shot of the day on the third, recovering that shot at the seventh to finish four under and sit one behind the leader.
Perrett is one stroke clear of three players ahead of the second round. Order of Merit leader Daniel Brooks leads the chasing pack tied for third at three under par, claiming his sixth birdie of the day at the last to end with a round of 69.
Kevin Harper (East Devon) began on the back nine and was one over as he reached the par three 17th, where he picked up a hole-in-one to move to one under – improving that to three under with birdies at the first and second holes.
James Ruebotham (Welwyn Garden City) is the third player at three under, although the 27 year-old found himself five under through 12 before a bogey then a double bogey at 13 and 14 dropped him to two under – a sixth birdie at the last hole taking him to three under.
Chris Hanson (Crosland Heath) would have joined the group at three under but bogeyed the last to head a long list of players to sit three shots behind after rounds of 70.
Joining Hanson are Steven Capper (Caldy GC), Michael Collins (Mallow Golf Range), Steven Parry (Bolton), Alex Evans (Bromborough GC), Robert Hearty (Bromborough and Brackenwood), Daniel Belch (Golf Analysis Ltd), Stuart Burns and Paul Streeter (Belton Woods).
For the full Leaderboard from the first round of The ABC Solutions Championship from Wychwood Park in Crewe, visit this link: http://europro.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/europro9/event/europro97/contest/1/leaderboard.htm – where live scoring for the second round will commence at 7.30am on Wednesday morning

SCOTS' SCORES

Barry Hume 67 -5 (leads)
Stuart Burns 70 -2
Jack Doherty 71 -1
Scott Jamieson 71 -1
John Gallagher 73 +1
Steven Hume 73 +1
Elliot Saltman 74 +2
Graham Brown 75 +3
Paul Doherty 75 +3
Lorne Kelly 75 +3
Steven Mackie 75 +3
Shaun McAllister 75 +3
Zack Saltman 75 +3
David Roger 78 +6