Tartan Tour Scoreboard
ROYAL DORNOCH YOUNG MASTERS
Royal Dornoch Golf Club
FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 70
69 Gareth Wright (West Linton).
71 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills).
72 Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links), Graham Fox (West Kilbride).
73 Nathan Keast (Duff House Royal).
74 Alastair Thomson (Douglas Park), Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), Bobby Wallace (Bearsden), Malcolm Murray (Bearsden), Matthew Burt (Helensburgh), Terry Mathieson (Kings Acre), Andrew Rollo (Moray), Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar).
75 Greg McBain (Royal Dornoch), Mark Finlayson (Edzell), Alasdair McDonald (Elie), Chris Conroy (Paisley).
76 Alan Mackay (Pumpherston), Mark Baranard (unatt), Neil Fenwick (Dunbar), Andrew McIntyre (Ranfurly Castle), James McGhee (Turnhouse), Peter Mitchell (Hermitage).
77 Gareth Hardy (Ayr Belleisle), Alan Gibson (Troon Municipal), Daniel Wood (Eyemouth), Ian Rowlands (West Linton).
78 Craig Knowles (P)anmure), Peter McLachlan (West Kilbride), Stewart Winter (Callander).
79 Keil Beveridge (Aboyne), Steven Mann (unatt), Scott Spence (unatt).
80 Steven Chalmers (Banchroy), David Broadfoot (Dumfries & Co), Alan Martin (Dunbar), David Patrick (Elie), Robin Gaden (unatt), Ross Ewen (West Lothian), Michael Rae (Alyth), Adam Rolfe (Royal Troon).

Gales cut Royal Dornoch Young Masters' pro-am to nine holes

By ROBIN WILSON
Saturday's gales forced a suspension of play in the Royal Dornoch Young Masters pro-am after all teams had completed nine holes. Their scores at this point were used to determine the prizewinners.
The Royal Dornoch local trio of Paul York, Dennis Albutt and Moira Rennie with professional James McGhee (Turnhouse) had a winning nine-hole total of 23pts , two clear of a trio of clubgolf Scotland junior coaches, Robert Carr (Strathpeffer), Simon Stokes (Invergordon) and Jean Hunter (Bonar Bridge-Ardgay) playing alongside local young professional Greig McBain.
With 20pt another Dornoch team came third - Neil Gordon, Grant Shannon, and Lena Cordes with East Kilbride's Graham Fox.

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship ends Monday

Luke Donald leads by one but Richie

Ramsay still has home win chance

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Luke Donald gave himself the chance to end three and a half years without a win by matching the lowest round of his European Tour career in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship today.
Donald, pictured right, followed a 65 at the St Andrews' Old Course with an eight under par 64 at Kingsbarns and heads back to the Home Of Golf for Monday's final round with a one-stroke lead over fellow Englishman Simon Dyson and Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy.
One shot further back are Michael Hoey, who went round the Old Course in two under, fellow Northern Irishman Darren Clarke, Spain’s Rafael Cabrera-Bello and Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay - who shot five under, seven under and two under respectively at Kingsbarns.
The tournament, which has a first prize of more than £485,000, goes into an extra day because no play was possible on Saturday because of gale-force winds.
Donald enjoyed a flying start, picking up three birdies in the first four holes. Four more in six followed, beginning at the eighth.
Although he dropped a shot at the 15th, Donald birdied the next two and parred the last to match his outward nine 32.
Donald, whose nine birdies constituted the round of the day at Kingsbarns, said: “I gave myself a lot of chances from ten, 15 feet and just really rolled the ball nicely today.
“I made pretty much everything I looked at. Just one spoilt by a bad swing on 15, hit it in the water but still made a pretty good 4 there.
“I knew that the wind was pretty benign for here, and there's definitely some scoring opportunities out on this course, so I thought if I could make five or six birdies that, would be good, but obviously went a few better.”
Looking ahead to tomorrow’s final round, he added: “There are some great names and pretty packed leaderboard, too.
“I'm obviously going to have to not play safe at all. If the weather is anything like that, I'm going to have to go out there and shoot a lot of birdies and hope it's good enough.
“This is a great tournament for the European Tour, and around the world, and it's got a great field. It's been a while since I've won, so hopefully I can get back in that winning circle.”
McIlroy picked up an eagle on the par 5 third but three bogeys in the next five holes meant he slipped back before picking up a birdie at the long ninth.
Having gone out in 36 though, the 20 year old went round the back nine in 33, thanks to birdies at the par 4 11th and 14th, plus the par 5 12th.
“I'll have to play very well to win,” he said. “It's a very congested leaderboard and I'm sure someone will come out and shoot a 66 out of that pack. I'll have to play very well and just try and keep my nose in front.”
McIlroy, playing with his father Gerry who celebrates his 50th birthday tomorrow, added: “It will be great tomorrow and hopefully I can play well again and he can knock a few putts in and we might challenge in the team event, as well.”
Dyson began the day on six under but picked up a birdie at the par five third and eagled the par four sixth before gaining another shot on the 12th.
He dropped a shot at the 15th but recovered by birdieing the 16th and last.
Asked what it would mean to win tomorrow, Dyson revealed: “It would be very special. This is one of, if not, the biggest tournament on our calendar. So it will be an interesting day.”
Meanwhile, amateur Robert Hersov hit a hole in one on the 157yd eighth hole - his 17th hole of the day - at Carnoustie.
The South African said: "I took out a four iron and by then we knew we weren't making the cut so I was in relaxed mode and I hit the ball and it was just so crisp.
“It rolled up the green and everyone started to say it was going in and it did!”
Leaders in the amateur team contest are Denmark's Soren Hansen and Irish stud farm owner Kieran McManus, son of J P McManus, whose 31 under par total of 185 led Australian Scott Strange and former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh by a shot.

THIRD-ROUND LEADING TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72)

KINGSBARNS
201 Luke Donald 72 65 64
202 Rory McIlroy 68 65 69, Simon Dyson 68 66 68
203 Richie Ramsay 67 66 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 70 68 65, Darren Clarke 68 68 67
204 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 70 64 70
205 Paul McGinley 69 67 69
206 Oliver Wilson 69 67 70, Lee Westwood 73 67 66
207 Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 73 67 67
208 Danny Willett 71 67 70, James Kamte (Rsa) 69 69 70
209 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 74 67 68
210 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 73 69 68, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 67 72, Marc Warren 70 69 71, Ernie Els (Rsa) 72 72 66, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 68 70
211 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 70 71 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 71 69 71, Lee Slattery 68 71 72, Simon Khan 74 70 67
212 Brad Faxon (USA) 74 67 71, Brett Quigley (USA) 72 71 69, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 72 73 67, Padraig Harrington 70 70 72
MISSED THE CUT AT KINGSBARNS
213 Robert Dinwiddie 72 71 70, Nick Dougherty 78 68 67
214 Anton Haig (Rsa) 73 72 69, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 80 67 67, Ross Fisher 72 71 71, Richard Finch 71 74 69, Paul Waring 71 69 74
215 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 76 69 70, Robert Rock 72 68 75, David Howell 77 68 70, Colin Montgomerie 73 72 70
216 James Kingston (Rsa) 72 74 70, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 70 74 72, Miles Tunnicliff 74 71 71, Simon Wakefield 69 72 75
217 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 74 69 74, Gary Orr 73 71 73, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 76 69 72, Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 70 74
218 Benn Barham 75 68 75
219 Thomas Levet (Fra) 74 73 72
220 Sam Hutsby (am) 77 70 73, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 72 75, Simon Griffiths 79 74 67, Adam Crawford (Aus) 74 70 76
222 Phillip Archer 78 71 73
223 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 73 74 76, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 74 75 74
OLD COURSE, ST ANDREWS
203 Michael Hoey 67 66 70
204 Kenneth Ferrie 69 66 69
205 Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 71 67 67
206 Sam Little 68 71 67, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 67 71 68
207 Gary Lockerbie 69 71 67, Graeme McDowell 69 70 68
208 David Dixon 68 67 73, Johan Edfors (Swe) 70 68 70
209 Brett Rumford (Aus) 68 71 70, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 70 71 68, Mark Foster 71 70 68
210 Richard Bland 72 67 71, Damien McGrane 71 71 68, Gareth Maybin 66 73 71, Graeme Storm 69 69 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 64 74 72, Keith Horne (Rsa) 70 70 70, Richard Green (Aus) 72 69 69, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 68 71 71, Bradley Dredge 72 69 69
211 Steven O'Hara 71 66 74
212 Callum Macaulay 72 73 67, Gary Murphy 71 72 69, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 69 70 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 70 69 73
MISSED THE CUT AT THE OLD COURSE, ST ANDREWS
213 Jamie Donaldson 73 68 72, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 71 70, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 67 72 74
214 Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 68 74, Scott Arnold (Aus) 70 77 67, Peter Lawrie 73 70 71
215 Rafael Echenique (Arg) 68 75 72, Oliver Fisher 69 75 71
216 Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 69 75 72, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 72 71 73, Chris Gaunt (Aus) 74 70 72, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 72 73 71, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 72 72 72, Barry Lane 71 73 72
217 Iain Steel (Mal) 68 74 75, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 74 72, Luke Goddard 75 69 73
218 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 76 72 70, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 74 74, Ashley Hall (Aus) 72 72 74
219 Pablo Martin (Spa) 74 75 70, Mark Murless (Rsa) 71 73 75
222 Marcus Fraser (Aus) 72 75 75
223 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 67 77 79
224 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 75 74 75
225 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 73 74 78, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 73 76 76
226 Gavin Dear 76 76 74, Branden Grace (Rsa) 74 75 77
CARNOUSTIE

204 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 67 68 69
205 Ross McGowan 66 68 71
208 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 71 68 69
209 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 69 69 71, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 70 66 73, Paul Broadhurst 70 67 72
211 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 64 75, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 71 70, Dale Whitnell 69 69 73, Marcel Siem (Ger) 70 71 70, Alastair Forsyth 70 64 77, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 70 70 71
212 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 70 70 72, Wallace Booth 72 65 75, Graham Delaet (Can) 70 68 74, David Lynn 73 66 73, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 69 69 74
MISSED THE CUT AT CARNOUSTIE
213 Keir McNicoll 68 72 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 69 70 74, David Horsey 70 71 72, Tano Goya (Arg) 73 69 71
214 Steve Webster 72 68 74, Scott Hend (Aus) 69 71 74, John Bickerton 74 70 70
215 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 72 70 73, David Gleeson (Aus) 78 64 73, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 70 69 76, Paul Lawrie 75 68 72, Scott Drummond 71 73 71
216 Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 71 73, Seve Benson 76 70 70, Kane Webber (Aus) 71 73 72
217 Bryce Molder (USA) 74 71 72
218 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 70 76, David Drysdale 75 67 76, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 72 72 74
219 Stephen Dodd 74 68 77, Taco Remkes (Ned) 74 71 74, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 78 70, Adam Blyth (Aus) 73 74 72
220 Chris Wood 73 71 76, Alan McLean 71 68 81, Andrew Coltart 73 71 76
221 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 75 69 77, Shane Lowry 74 71 76
222 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 70 71 81
223 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 70 81
224 Scott Strange (Aus) 73 71 80
225 Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 75 74 76, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 75 75 75
226 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 77 70 79
227 Anthony Summers (Aus) 78 72 77, Mark Brown (Nzl) 76 72 79, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 76 74 77
231 Jake Roos (Rsa) 74 72 85
Withdrew: Phillip Price
Retired: Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
Disqualified: Thomas Aiken

SELECTED LAST ROUND TEE TIMES, MONDAY, AT OLD COURSE, ST ANDREWS

Two-tee start

Tee Ten

8.30 Marc Warren.

9.14 Steven O'Hara, Alastair Forsyth.

10.09 Callum Macaulay.

10.20 Wallace Booth.

Tee One

10.20 Richie Ramsay & Kenneth Ferrie.

10.32 Michael Hoey & Raphael Cabrera-Bello.

10.42 Darren Clarke & Simon Dyson.

10.53 Rory McIlroy & Luke Donald.

Peter Whiteford joint 6th with best last round of day

Molinari blows it - and Lima steps in to

win Challenge Tour event in Denmark

From Challenge Tour Press Officer Paul Symes
On a day of high drama in Denmark, Portugal’s José-Filipe Lima took advantage of an uncharacteristic late wobble by playing partner Edoardo Molinari of Italy to win the truncated ECCO Tour Championship.
With just two of the 54 holes left to play at a windswept Holstebro GK, in Jutland, Lima trailed the seemingly invincible Italian by three strokes and, by his own admission, had settled for second place.
But when Molinari followed a triple bogey 6 at the short 17th hole, where he found trees off the tee, with a bogey at the last to finish on four under par, Lima suddenly found himself with two putts from 20 feet for a level par round of 72 and a third Challenge Tour title of his career.
Despite leaving his birdie attempt some four feet short, he found the middle of the cup with his second putt to finish on five under par which, in lingering high winds and heavy rain which had caused the cancellation of third day, was an exceptional effort in the circumstances.
Lima, whose two previous titles came at the Aa St Omer Open and Challenge de España in 2004, climbed three places to second in the Rankings with earnings of €116,042 courtesy of his €28,800 winner’s cheque.
Meanwhile Molinari, who would have gained automatic promotion to the European Tour had he held on for his third Challenge Tour title of the season, had to console himself with a runner up cheque for €19,800 which saw him become the first player to break through the €200,000 barrier.
Lima will now head to Toulouse for next week’s Challenge Tour event, before preparing for the Portugal Masters on The European Tour a week later.
He said: “My heart was really beating when I was standing over that putt, because it’s been a while since I’ve won, so I can’t really remember what it feels like. But I’m so happy, because with two holes to play, I was just hoping to stay in second place. Edoardo had been so playing well, but then when he found the trees on the 17th, I knew I had a chance. I felt very sorry for him, but I’m so happy for myself, because I played really well on all three days.
“Today I just missed one drive all day, which was a really good effort in the wind. But I missed so many putts today, and short ones too. I think the longest putt I holed was about from two metres, so I really didn’t think it was going to be my day. But in the end, I got my reward for keeping going.
“I’ll take a lot of confidence from this win, not just for this season but also into next. Hopefully I can play well at the Portugal Masters and finish the Challenge Tour season on a high note by finishing second in the Rankings, then I can look forward to playing again on The European Tour next year.”
Finland’s Roope Kakko finished in third place on two under par after carding a round of 75, with Fredrik Andersson Hed a further two shots back on level par after the Swede signed for a 72.
Peter Whiteford finished joint sixth, thanks to a final-round 70, the best of the day
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
211 J Lima (Por) 70 69 72
212 E Molinari (Ita) 69 69 74
214 R Kakko (Fin) 70 69 75
216 F Andersson Hed (Swe) 75 69 72
217 J Parry (Eng) 71 69 77
218 C Suneson (Esp) 71 71 76, P Whiteford (Sco) 75 73 70, A Sjöstrand (Swe) 71 71 76, N Colsaerts (Bel) 76 70 72, S Davis (Eng) 71 75 72
220 A Bernadet (Fra) 77 70 73, N Smith (US) 74 74 72, M Haastrup (Den) 75 72 73, C Monasterio (Arg) 73 74 73
221 F Fritsch (Ger) 76 73 72, R McEvoy (Eng) 72 73 76, J Quesne (Fra) 76 70 75, S Manley (Wal) 71 71 79, G Paddison (Nzl) 76 72 73, J Guerrier (Fra) 75 73 73, S Walker (Eng) 74 73 74, A Hartoe (am) (Den) 74 71 76
222 A Gee (Eng) 72 72 78, D Denison (Eng) 76 72 74, F Colombo (Ita) 73 72 77, W Schauman (Swe) 76 72 74, A Kaleka (Fra) 73 76 73, P Gustafsson (Swe) 73 74 75, A Snobeck (Fra) 78 70 74, J Hansen (am) (Den) 71 74 77
223 Å Nilsson (Swe) 78 68 77, G Boyd (Eng) 70 74 79, J Larsen (Nor) 73 75 75, A Tampion (Aus) 73 72 78
224 R Muntz (Ned) 76 74 74, R Davies (Wal) 73 77 74, R Coles (Eng) 75 72 77, M Zions (Aus) 76 71 77
225 M Jurgensen (Den) 73 76 76, L Jensen (Den) 75 74 76, P Baker (Eng) 76 71 78, A Hansen (Den) 75 71 79, T Norret (Den) 72 75 78, S Bebb (Wal) 77 73 75, A Marshall (Eng) 75 75 75, C Moriarty (Irl) 76 72 77, D Lokke (am) (Den) 76 71 78
226 C Gane (Eng) 74 74 78, A Wagner (Arg) 76 72 78, M Higley (Eng) 71 75 80, F Calmels (Fra) 78 71 77, L Bjerregaard (am) (Den) 77 71 78
227 T Olesen (Den) 77 72 78, J Moul (Eng) 72 77 78, F Henge (Swe) 77 73 77, B Wiesberger (Aut) 75 75 77, J McLeary (Sco) 77 73 77, J Bjerhag (Swe) 78 71 78
228 M Wiegele (Aut) 74 76 78, B Akesson (Swe) 73 77 78, C Rodiles (Esp) 75 71 82, F Ohlsson (Swe) 74 76 78, M Thorp (Nor) 79 71 78
229 C Carranza (Arg) 74 74 81, A Andersson (Swe) 75 74 80, B Evans (Eng) 73 75 81
231 K Nielsen (Den) 78 72 81
234 J Wahlqvist (Swe) 77 72 85

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Tight at the top in Sunday's third round

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy continued to hold a share of the lead at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship today after going round the front nine at Kingsbarns in 36 to remain 11 under par.
Alongside the 20-year-old were England’s Simon Dyson, Finland’s Mikko Ilonen and Scotland's Richie Ramsay - all playing at Kingsbarns.
An eagle on the long third briefly took McIlroy into sole possession of the lead but three bogeys in the next five holes meant he slipped back before picking up a birdie on the par five ninth.
The trio of Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth, Ireland’s Paul McGinley and Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey were one shot back.
Welshman Phillip Price, meanwhile, withdrew with a shoulder injury after one hole at St Andrews. On three over he probably needed eight birdies to make tonight's 54 hole cut.
High winds meant no play was possible across any of the three Scottish links courses yesterday, with the tournament now extending into tomorrow.
SCOREBOARD AND SUMMING UP AT THE END OF PLAY TODAY

Fighting Scots hit back in singles to

force a draw with England Under-16s

Scotland staged a tremendous revival in the singles to make up a three-point deficit (1-4) from the morning foursomes to earn an honourable 7 1/2-7 1 /2 draw with England in today's Under-16 boys' international match at Arbroath links.
The Scots wiped out the English lunchtime lead by winning the first three singles, thanks to
Calum Stewart (3 and 2), Jack McDonald (4 and 3) and Grant Forrest (3 and 2).
Liam Johnston got a half for Scotland in the fourth singles and then the Scots were off on their winning ways again with successes for Eamon Bradley and Lawrence Allan.
Ewen ~Donald lost by 3 and 1 but Fraser Thain got the final point that meant the Scots could not be beaten when he won by one hole.
Results:
FOURSOMES (1-4)
(Scottish names first):
Calum Stewart & Jack McDonald lost to Seb Nixon & Oliver Carr 3 and 2.
Grant Forrest & Liam Johnston bt Greg Payne & Curtis Griffiths 2 and 1.
Eamon Bradley & Lawrence Allan lost to Sam Edwards & Nick Newbold 1 hole.
Fraser Thain & Ewen Donaldson lost to Toby Tree & Colin Walsh 1 hole.
Ewan Scott & Josh Jamieson lost to Liam Harper & Harry Castle 3 and 1

SINGLES (6 1/2-3 1/2)
Stewart bt Nixon 3 and 2.
McDonald bt Harper 4 and 3.
Forrest bt Edwards 3 and 2.
Johnston halved with Tree
Bradley bt Payne 2 holes.
Allan bt Griffiths 1 hole.
Donaldson lost to Newbold 3 and 1.
Thain bt Casey 1 hole.
Jamieson lost to Walsh 6 and 4.
Scott lost to Oliver Carr 2 and 1.

Renfrewshire beat Dunbartonshire in final

of Scottish area team championship

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
By ROSS MUNRO
Renfrewshire stormed to their fourth victory in the Scottish Area Team Championship with a resounding 4-1 win over Dumbartonshire in this afternoon’s final at Crail.
Murdo Carmichael’s men erased the memory of last year’s final defeat by Ayrshire with a comprehensive win over local rivals Dumbartonshire.
Former Scottish mid-amateur champion Matthew Clark (Kilmalcolm) claimed the winning point with a one-hole win over Paul Betty (Hayston) as the sun shone on the East Neuk after yesterday's gales-enforced abandonment.
Renfrewshire got off to a flyer in the final and the result never looked in doubt, with Gordon Stevenson and Bryan Adam cruising to a 6 and 5 foursome victory over Colin Peddie and Grant Minnes in the opening tie.
Former Scotland captain Craig Watson defeated Gordon Yates by the same margin for Renfrewshire to surge to a 2-0 lead before Clark’s final green win signalled celebration time.
In a sporting contest, the final two matches (Ronnie Clark v Andrew Campbell and Andrew Farmer v Kevin Smyth) were declared halved.
A delighted Carmichael, captaining his side for the first time, said:
“I’d firstly like to congratulate all the teams for their great sportsmanship over the two days here at Crail. My team have shown tremendous spirit and a never say die attitude throughout the season and they’ve been rewarded with a terrific win.
“The golf on show was first class with birdies all over the place. We probably had the oldest team in the final but I think our experience was important and counted for a lot in the tight matches, particularly this morning. We have a team of proven winners and this tops a fantastic year for our area.”
Renfrewshire’s place in the final had looked in doubt during this morning’s semi-final match against the North-east. With the other four matches evenly poised, reigning DM Hall Scottish mid-amateur champion Andrew Farmer found himself four down at the turn against Peterhead’s Philip McLean, but bounced back to string together five consecutive 3s from the tenth and seal his match with victory at the last hole to give his side a narrow 3-2 win.
Double Scottish champion David Law (Hazlehead) had earlier earned his side a point with a thrilling first extra hole win over the experienced Watson, whilst Fraserburgh’s Kris Nicol notched their other singles win.
Dumbartonshire’s also won their semi-final by a hard fought 3-2 margin over Lanarkshire, thanks to a 3 and 2 victory for Kevin Smyth in the final match against Stewart Henderson.
Paul Betty won his singles match whilst Peddie and Minnes had clinched the opening foursomes tie. Colville Park’s Ross Kellett and Airdrie’s Steven Rennie scored the Lanarkshire points.
Saturday's semi-finals were first suspended and then abandoned because of high winds. Both the semi-finals and final were rescheduled for today under a condensed format of one foursome and four singles in each tie.
This is the last Scottish area championship under its present format. Next year it will be condensed into one weekend with all the areas sending teams to compete in the Saturday stroke-play after which four teams will qualify for Sunday's semi-finals and final.
Sunday results:
SEMI-FINALS
LANARKSHIRE 2, DUNBARTONSHIRE 3
Foursome:
Andy Fairbairn & Grant Beaton (Lanarkshire) lost to Colin Peddie & Grant Minnes (Dunbartonshire) 3 and 2.
Singles:
Ross Kellett (Lanarkshire) bt Gordon Yates (Dunbartonshire) 4 and 3.
Ed Wood (Lanarkshire) lost to Paul Betty (Dunbartonshire) 4 and 3
Stewart Henderson (Lanarkshire) lost to Kevin Smyth (Dunbartonshire) 4 and 3.
Steven Rennie (Lanarkshire) bt Andrew Campbell (Dunbartonshire) 3 and 2.

NORTH-EAST 2, RENFREWSHIRE 3
Foursome:
Bryan Innes & Anthony Bews (North East) lost to Bryan Adam & Gordon Stevenson (Renfrewshire) 4 and 3.
Singles:
David Law (North East) bt Craig Watson (Renfrewshire) at 19th.
Mark Halliday (North East) lost to Matthew Clark (Renfrewshire) 5 and 3.
Philip McLean (North East) lost to Andrew Farmer (Renfrewshire) 1 hole.
Kris Nicol (North East) bt Ronnie Clark (Renfrewshire) 2 and 1.
FINAL
RENFREWSHIRE 4, DUNBARTONSHIRE 1
Foursome:
Adam & Stevenson bt Peddie & Minnes 6 and 4.
Singles:
Watson bt Yates 6 and 5.
M Clark bt Betty 1 hole.
R Clark halved with Campbell
K Smith halved with Farmer
+Last two games halved by mutual consent, the overall result of the match having been decided, i.e. a lead of 3-0.

US PGA Champions' Tour Scoreboard
CONSTELLATIONS ENERGY SENIOR PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
Baltimore CC East Course, Timonium, Maryland
THIRD ROUND
Par 210 (3x70)
198 Tom Watson 66 68 64
202 John Cook 69 68 65, Mark Wiebe 69 67 66, Loren Roberts 70 67 65
203 Jay Haas 66 70 67
205 Phil Blackmar 71 70 64, Morris Hatalsky 70 69 66
206 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 72 65 69, Gene Jones 71 68 67, Craig Stadler 71 65 70, Sandy Lyle (Sco) 67 73 66
207 Andy Bean 69 73 65, Mark O'Meara 70 69 68, Mike Goodes 70 69 68, Nick Price (Zim) 69 69 69, Hale Irwin 72 67 68, Ronnie Black 72 68 67, Tim Simpson 69 69 69
208 Fulton Allem (Rsa) 69 70 69, Jeff Sluman 74 68 66, Keith Fergus 70 69 69, Mike Reid 68 72 68, Mark James (Eng) 69 71 68, Fred Funk 71 68 69, Dan Forsman 68 72 68, Fuzzy Zoeller 69 72 67, Lonnie Nielsen 65 73 70
209 Bruce Fleisher 69 69 71, Larry Nelson 72 69 68, Bob Tway 68 68 73
210 Joey Sindelar 69 71 70, Bob Gilder 71 69 70, Jay Don Blake 70 70 70
211 Bruce Lietzke 74 68 69, Gary Hallberg 74 68 69, Bruce Vaughan 72 68 71, Chip Beck 72 71 68, Scott Simpson 69 71 71, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 68 74 69
212 Robert L Thompson 69 75 68
213 Kirk Hanefeld 74 69 70, Bruce Summerhays 76 68 69, Joe Ozaki (Jpn) 71 68 74, David Frost (Rsa) 71 76 66, Tom Purtzer 71 73 69, Robin Freeman 71 69 73, Olin Browne 70 72 71, David Eger 70 74 69, Allen Doyle 72 70 71, Larry Mize 70 73 70
214 Jim Thorpe 72 72 70, Hal Sutton 74 72 68, Don Pooley 72 71 71
215 Russ Cochran 75 71 69, Tom Kite 74 69 72, Ben Crenshaw 75 71 69, Chris Starkjohann 74 71 70, Blaine McCallister 72 70 73
216 Gil Morgan 71 71 74, John Harris 71 74 71, Jerry Pate 77 67 72
217 James Mason 77 70 70, Mark W Johnson 73 76 68, R.W. Eaks 73 75 69, Brad Bryant 73 73 71, Donnie Hammond 79 67 71, John Morse 71 74 72
218 Walter Hall 73 71 74, Steve Thomas 75 74 69
219 Tom Jenkins 72 75 72, Bobby Wadkins 72 72 75
220 Des Smyth (Irl) 72 74 74, Tom McKnight 76 69 75
221 Denis Watson (Zim) 76 71 74
223 Mike Hulbert 79 73 71
225 Mike McCullough 73 78 74, Wayne Grady (Aus) 81 70 74

Simon Yates finishes 25th in Taiwan Masters

Scot Simon Yates finished 25th in the Taiwan Masters with rounds of 73, 73, 75 and 70 for a nine-over-par total of 297.
Taipei golfers finished first and second.
Lin Wen-tang won with an eight-under-par total of 280, scoring 71, 66, 71 and 72.
He finished three shots ahead of compatriot Lu Wen-ten who had rounds of 71, 71, 68 and 73.
The leading non-Asian was Australia's Gavin Flint in a share of 10th place on 292 with scores of 69, 73, 74 and 76.