Tuesday, June 29, 2010

ZANE SCOTLAND EARNS OPEN RETURN 11 YEARS

AFTER BECOMING YOUNGEST QUALIFIER

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE R AND A
Zane Scotland, who became the youngest player to qualify for The Open when he earned a place in the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie, then aged just 16, finished in second place on the Torrance Course at Fairmont St Andrews to earn his first Open Championship appearance in over a decade, at Local Final Qualifying today.
Scotland had led by two after an opening six-under-par 66, a round which included a pitching wedge holed from 120 yards for eagle at the par-four first — his 10th hole of the morning. The 27-year-old followed up with a one-under-par 71 to take the second of three Open berths available at the venue.
“I’ve been playing well on the Challenge Tour, but this is my best round of the year. I’ve been waiting for it for a while,” said Scotland of his first round. “I missed out by a shot last year, so it’s nice to get in. I’ve been working really hard on my game and it seems to be paying off.”
Finishing top of the leaderboard at Fairmont St Andrews was amateur Laurie Canter. A former national tennis player, Canter shot rounds of 67 and 69 to edge out Scotland by one stroke.
“I’ve just been picked for the England team at the European Championships in Sweden, and I get back on the Sunday before The Open, so I’m going to be busy,” said the 2010 South African Amateur Champion, who has been mentored by former Ryder Cup player Gordon Brand Jnr. “It’s been a good year and playing in The Open will make it even better.”
At Ladybank, England’s Phillip Archer, one of the few players to have signed for a 60 on the European Tour, a feat he accomplished at the 2006 Celtic Manor Wales Open, finished on a total of six under par to finish at the top of the leaderboard, tied with 18-year-old English amateur, Tyrell Hatton.
“It feels great,” said the 38-year-old, who made the cut at Royal Birkdale in 2008, his only other Open appearance. “To play in a Major adds a different aspect to your career, and there will be no better one than this, the 150th Anniversary Open at the Home of Golf.”
It was Ireland’s Colm Moriarty who took the first of the three Open Championship places available at Kingsbarns. His seven-under-par, two-round total of 137 left the 31-year-old three shots clear of the field.
“It’ll be my first time in The Open,” said the Challenge Tour player, who was a member of Great Britain and Ireland’s 2003 winning Walker Cup team. “I’m delighted to make it to St Andrews.”
2010 Amateur Championship runner-up James Byrne, who had led the field by three at the half-way stage following an opening round of eight-under-par 64, found himself in a four-man, sudden-death play-off for the two remaining Open places available, after a second round 76. The 21-year-old failed to regain his morning form, leaving Englishmen Paul Whitehouse and 23-year-old amateur Jamie Abbott to qualify.
England’s Paul Streeter led the field by two strokes at Scotscraig on a five-under-par total of 135.
“I went to look at the Old Course yesterday and it brought a lump to my throat,” said the 43-year-old. “It will be a dream to play there.”
Fellow Englishman Gary Clark, winner of the Bronze Medal at the 1995 Open Championship, and Steven Tilley both came through a three-man play-off for the two other available Open places. Missing out was Scotland’s Lloyd Saltman, the winner of the Silver Medal for the leading amateur at the 2005 Open Championship.
The other successful qualifiers were Denmark’s Mark F Haastrup (Fairmont St Andrews) and Simon Edwards of England (Ladybank).
Across four venues in Fife, 288 players were competing for 12 places in the 150th Anniversary Open Championship. Three berths were available at each course.
Full hole-by-hole scores are available on Opengolf.com.
The 150th Anniversary Open Championship will take place on 15-18 July 2010 on the Old Course at St Andrews.
OPEN QUALIFYING SCOREBOARD

FAIRMONT ST ANDREWS (Par 72)

136 (x) Laurie Canter 69 67
137 Zane Scotland 66 71
138 Mark Haastrup (Den) 69 69
Following players failed to qualify
139 (x) Todd Adcock 68 71, Tjaart Van der Walt (Rsa) 68 71
140 Martin Sell 72 68, Steve Lewton 72 68, Steve Parry 72 68, (x) Adam Keogh 70 70, Andrew Oldcorn 69 71
141 Stephan Gross (Ger) 71 70
142 Barry Lane 68 74
143 Scott Dunlap (USA) 72 71, (x) Sam Matton 73 70, Richard Neil-Jones 70 73
144 (x) William Bowe 71 73, Robert Watkins 72 72, Joakim Haeggman 72 72, Scott Henry 69 75
145 (x) Tom Lewis 75 70, Billy Fowles 75 70, Gary Marks 71 74, Lee Slattery 70 75
146 Ian Ridgway 72 74, Aran Wainwright 69 77, Scott Henderson 70 76, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 74 72
147 John Wells 74 73, Craig Sutherland 74 73, Christopher Cannon 73 74, Chris Roake 74 73, Matt Ford 73 74
148 (x) Scott Larkin 71 77, Yasin Ali 72 76, Steve Uzzell 73 75, Neil Vowles 73 75, Patrick Devine 74 74, Iwan Griffiths 72 76
149 Tim Rice 76 73, Nick Soto 76 73, Daniel Casey 75 74
150 Abbas-Ali Mawji 76 74, Neil Evans 74 76, Graham Cox 77 73
151 Gareth Edwards 72 79, David Carter 77 74
152 John Barclay 76 76, (x) Josh Sims 78 74, Michael Ramsden 72 80
153 David Astin 75 78, Paul Simpson 73 80
154 (x) Tommy King 75 79, Jon Williamson 80 74, Lee Harper 78 76, Chris Mathews 78 76
155 Christopher Sands 76 79, Sean Whiffin 76 79, Steven Harrison 76 79, Dominik Weisser (Ger) 79 76, Michael Davenport 78 77
157 Martin O'Connor 77 80
158 Matthew Bookatz 74 84, Alfredo Da Corte (Ita) 79 79
159 (x) Matt Jager (Aus) 77 82
162 (x) Warwick Grant 80 82, Thomas Luke 80 82
163 (x) Alexander Main 83 80
165 Stuart Mason 83 82
166 Gary Lenaghan 82 84
167 Craig Harman 80 87
Scratched: Mark Davis, Iain Pyman

KINGSBARNS (Par 72)

137 Colm Moriarty 67 70
140 (after play-off) Tom Whitehouse 71 69, (x) Jamie Abbott 70 70
Following players failed to qualify
140 (x) James Byrne 64 76, (x) Grant Little 73 67
141 Ian Walley 71 70, Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 71 70
142 Matthew Baldwin 70 72, Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 70 72
143 Michael Nesbit 71 72, (x) Jonathan Hurst 70 73, (x) Hugo Dobson 74 69, Daniel Wardrop 73 70
144 Lewis Parker 68 76, Raphael De Sousa 72 72, Peter Fowler (Aus) 69 75, Michael Watson 71 73, Craig Goodfellow 69 75, Gary Sawyer 74 70
145 Eric Ramsay 72 73, (x) Paul Ferrier 70 75, Craig Matheson 75 70, Dale Whitnell 71 74
146 Llewellyn Matthews 72 74, Simon Dunn 73 73, Thomas Haylock 76 70, Sam Osborne 72 74
147 Chris Benians 74 73, (x) Chris Jess 73 74, Simon Griffiths 71 76, Cian McNamara 76 71, (x) Shane Winstone 76 71, (x) Will Roebuck 75 72
148 John Kelly (USA) 70 78, Darren Rands 72 76
149 Richard Edginton 74 75, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 72 77
150 (x) Matthew Southgate 71 79, Ricky Lee 74 76, Ralph Levett 76 74, John Clarke 76 74, Stephen Gray 73 77
151 John Fisher 76 75, Charlie Lidyard 74 77, Craig Gordon 75 76
153 (x) Paul Howard 78 75, (x) Liam Bell 75 78, Rory Kirwan 78 75, Laurence Allen 76 77, Jon Bevan 78 75, Adam Gray 76 77
154 (x) Sam Dodds 79 75, Alan Crompton 70 84, Greg Hazelby 75 79, Jason Partridge 75 79
155 Jak Hamblett 76 79, (x) Marcus Ferguson-Jones 77 78, John Dignam 75 80
156 James Westwood 77 79, Inaki Alustiza (Spa) 78 78, (x) Richard Smith 79 77
157 (x) Benjamin Smith 78 79, Jack Woods 75 82
158 Matthew King 72 86
160 (x) Fraser Moore 78 82
161 Carl Edwards 77 84
162 (x) Deal Fallon 73 89
164 (x) David Allen 80 84
169 Mark Butler 84 85
DQ: Daryl Ley
NR: Julien Clement (Swi)
Scratched: Mark Laskey

LADYBANK (Par 71)

136 (x) Tyrrell Hatton 67 69, Phillip Archer 66 70
137 (after play-off) Simon Edwards 71 66
The following players failed to qualify
137 Paul Wesselingh 70 67, Clodomiro arranza (Arg) 68 69, Callum Macaulay 68 69
138 Matthew Cort 71 67
139 (x) Michael Stewart 71 68, (x) David Coupland 71 68, (x) Andrew Cooley 69 70
140 Rob Harris, John Galagher 72 68, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 70 70
141 Jamie Spence 73 68, Elliot Saltman 69 72, Scott Barr (Aus) 74 67, Ross Bain 76 65, Greig Hutcheon 72 69, Steve Surry 71 70, (x) Jack Senior 69 72
142 (x) John Carroll 70 72, Jamie McLeary 70 72, (x) David Law 73 69, Justin Evans 70 72
143 (x) Chris Paisley 70 73, (x) Charlie Cossins 71 72, Kevin Harper 74 69
144 Andy Turner 74 70, Martin Woodbridge 73 71, (x) Garrick Porteous 72 72
145 Graeme Bell 71 74, Sean McDonagh 73 72, Russell Berry 76 69, Daniel Sugrue 71 74
146 (x) Olly Smith 75 71, (x) Jordan Findlay 73 73, (x) Jerome Titlow 73 73, (x) Luke Burrows 77 69
147 (x) Adam Andrews 71 76, James Ruth 74 73, (x) Curtis Edwards 77 70, Daniel Barton 74 73, (x) Fred Jewsbury 76 71
148 (x) Billy Hemstock 73 75, James Gill (Nzl) 72 76, Fernando Pasqualucci (Ita) 76 72, (x) Mark Ashworth 76 72
149 (x) Zhiqun Lam (Sin) 78 71, (x) Kevin Freeman 74 75, Luca Bordogna (Ita) 75 74
150 Thomas Hansen (Nor) 72 78, Jonathan Gidney 72 78, George Parker 77 73
151 Craig Smith 79 72
154 (x) Neil Wain 79 75, Simon Forsstrom (Swe) 76 78
155 Iain Colquhoun 79 76, (x) Michael Wallwork 80 75, Jack Winer 76 79
156 Joseph Feather 78 78
157 Alan Reid 79 78, Jeremy Robinson 74 83
158 (x) Mitchell Hadfield 87 71, Mark Kerr 79 79
161 Tony Piccolo 84 77
163 Tom Hesketh 82 81
169 Jamie Garner 86 83
NR: Ally Mellor, Sam Cairns, Adam Frayne
Scratched: Jamie Elson
DQ: Christopher Clarke

SCOTSCRAIG (Par 70)
135 Paul Streeter 69 66
137 (after play-off) Gary Clark 68 69, Steven Tiley 69 68
Following failed to qualify
137 Lloyd Saltman 66 71
138 Matt Allen 69 69
139 David Higgins 66 73, Barry Taylor 73 66
140 Ryan Blaum (USA) 72 68, Tim Stewart (Aus) 67 73, Daniel Seymour 68 72
142 Sebastian Garcia-Grout (Spa) 68 74, Gianluca Pietrbono (Ita) 73 69, Jeremy Kavanagh 69 73
143 (x) Stiggy Hodgson 73 70, Matthew Richardson 72 71
144 Benjamin Briscoe 68 76, Steven Duncan 74 70, Michael Bush 71 73, Vince Guest 70 74, James Sheffield 67 77, Chris Doak 72 72
145 (x) Ross Kellett 71 74, Peter O'Keeffe 72 73, (x) Ross Bell 72 73, (x) Ben Loughrey 76 69
146 Jose Ocejo 71 75, Gabriel Canizares (Spa) 72 74, David Smith 71 75
147 Marc Etherington 74 73, Robert Bardsley 73 74, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 71 76, Andrew Willey 72 75, Pontus Ericsson (Swe) 76 71, Scott Emery 73 74, Barry Hume 72 75, (x) Scott Nightingale 67 80, Ben Nash 71 76
148 Roderick Bastard 74 74, Mark Thomas 76 72
149 David Green 75 74, Peter Ellebye (Den) 72 77, Leslie Dawson 76 73, (x) Adam Carson 72 77, Nick Ansell 75 74, Paul Bradshaw 73 76, (x) Andrew Palmer 71 78, (x) Ashley Walton 76 73
150 Chris Gill 72 78, Jamie Howarth 73 77

151 (x) Andrew Wallace 79 72, Lee Clarke 73 78, James Wilkinson 76 75, Christopher Evans 75 76

152 James Sibbles 74 78

153 Justin Brink 77 76, Jonathan Cheetham 80 73, Reinier Saxton (Ned) 78 75, Scott Margetts 74 79, Matthew Stables 73 80

155 (x) Callum Tarren 76 79, Ewan Hogarth 74 81, Mathias Johansson (Swe) 77 78

156 Chris Hiscock 78 78, Ben Ross 80 76

157 (x) Darren Renwick 78 79

158 (x) Scott Melton 77 81

159 Danny Chapman 85 74

161 (x) Reece Phillips 80 81

162 Samuel Briars 80 82

Scratched: Scott Arnold (Aus), Darren Murphy, Marco Ruiz (Par)

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