BORROWMAN IMPROVES IN SECOND ROUND DOWN UNDER Dollar's Scott Borrowman had a jet-lagged first round of 83 but improved with a 72 for a 36-hole tally of 155 in the Avondale Amateur Medal tournament at Avondale Golf Club in the leafy suburbs of Sydney, Australia today. Borrowman, a former Scottish youths champion, will start Saturday's final round 20 shots behind the leader, Welshman James Frazer (Pennard),who has had rounds of 70 and 65 for a total of 135 and a two-stroke advantage over the field. LEADING TWO-ROUND TOTALS 135 James Frazer (Wales) 70 65. 137 Jordan Zunic (Australia) 67 70. Selected scores: 143 Toby Burden (England) 72 71, Neil Raymond (England) 73 70. 149 Richard Hooper (Wales) 73 76. 150 David Graham (England) 76 74. 151 Paul Black (Scotland) 72 79. 155 Scott Borrowman (Scotland) 83 72. 171 Luke Thomas (Wales) 81 90.

JOBURG OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Lynn leads - and Scots challenge is likely

to be decimated if cut falls at 139

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
As leading Scot Alastair Forsyth plummeted from a 64 to a 76 to face a sleepless night, England’s David Lynn shot an impressive 67 on the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington East Course to lead the Joburg Open at the halfway stage in South Africa today.
The Stoke golfer, who has only won once on The European Tour in more than 300 attempts, added to his opening 63 over the shorter West Course to reach 12 under par 130.
That was one better than last week’s Africa Open winner Charl Schwartzel, who produced three birdies in his bogey-free 68.
“It seems like the form from last week is carrying over and with a good weekend, if I play like I’m playing, it could get very interesting,” he said.
“If you can eliminate the mistakes, you’re always going to be playing good golf,” he said.
And he made a 10ft putt for birdie on 18 which took him one shot closer to Lynn than he might have been. “You need to make those little ten or 12 footers to keep you in the tournament,” he added.
Lynn soon hit the top of the leaderboard with a birdie at the first, only to give the shot back with a bogey at the fourth.
But there were to be no more mistakes from the 2004 KLM Open winner, who added four more birdies.
“I got off to a good start, hitting it stiff on the first for birdie, and that put me in a good frame of mind,” he said.
“I continued to play like I was playing yesterday. Yesterday I was a bit tentative with the putter, today it was much easier though,” he added.
Tied for third are two more players who were on the difficult East Course for their second rounds, Darren Clarke and Jbe’ Kruger, and two from the West - Hendrik Buhrmann – who blazed around with a seven under par 64, and England’s Danny Willett.
It could have been even better for South African Buhrmann, who reached the turn in a six under 30 before five consecutive pars ended any hopes of an elusive first 59 on The European Tour.
The 41 year old Clarke, whose opening 63 was his best round on The European Tour for a decade, was three under for his front nine and a likely challenger to Lynn’s position.
The Ulsterman could only come back in 36 and missed a straight-forward birdie putt at the last, but he is still well placed to challenge for a first win in two years.
A second lightning delay halted play for the day with 30 players yet to complete their rounds, so play will resume at 7am on Saturday for those 30, and the third round will begin at 9.20 local time.
SCOTSWATCH BY COLIN FARQUHARSON: The projected cut figure is that players with three-under-par 139 will make it through to rounds three and four. Former Scottish amateur champion Andrew McArthur from Windyhill, Glasgow is one of those still to finish - and three-under-par is his overall position with three holes to go when play resumes.
If 139 is the cut-off point, then Alastair Forsyth, who did so well on Thursday, will see no more action in the Joburg Open. He followed up a 64 with a 76 for 140 (two under par). But he was not alone in having a bad second day at the office. Apart from McArthur, who is a work in progress, you might say, only Peter Whiteford (69 for 135) and Alan McLean (66 for 137) of the Scots contingent are going to be left to carry the Scottish Standard over rounds three and four. Let's hope the computer projections are wrong and that the cut is higher than 139.
LATER NEWS SATURDAY MORNING. The cut did indeed fall at 139 and Andrew McArthur made it with nothing to spare. The only other Scots to qualify were Peter Whiteford and Glasgow-born, South African-reared, Canadian-domiciled Alan McLean.

SCROLL DOWN FOR ROUND TWO SCOREBOARD (incomplete)

European Tour Scoreboard
JOBURG OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Royal Johannesburg and Kensington GC, South Africa
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
Note: Thirty players have yet to complete their second rounds. Play will resume at 7am local time on Saturday for those 30, and the third round will begin at 9.20am
West Course
132 Hendrik Buhrmann (Rsa) 68 64, Danny Willett 65 67
133 Keith Horne (Rsa) 68 65, James Kamte (Rsa) 67 66
134 Oliver Bekker (Rsa) 70 64
135 Kevin Stone (Rsa) 72 63, Peter Whiteford 66 69, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 66 69, Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 71 64, Simon Thornton 70 65
136 Gary Lockerbie 70 66, Titch Moore (Rsa) 68 68, Warren Abery (Rsa) 69 67, Robert Dinwiddie 70 66, T C Charamba (Zim) 68 68, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 70 66
137 Alex Haindl (Rsa) 71 66, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 66 71, Alan McLean 71 66, Shaun Norris (Rsa) 67 70, Branden Grace (Rsa) 67 70, Mark Brown (Nzl) 71 66, Barry Lane 65 72
138 Christian Ries (Rsa) 68 70, Dawie Van Der Walt (Rsa) 70 68, Andrew Marshall 69 69, Justin Walters (Rsa) 71 67
139 Sam Hutsby 70 69, Brandon Pieters (Rsa) 70 69, Theunis Spangenberg (Rsa) 71 68, Phillip Price 72 67, Rhys Davies 73 66, Julien Quesne (Fra) 69 70, Trevor Fisher junior (Rsa) 72 67
==========PROJECTED CUT WHEN ROUND 2 IS COMPLETED =========
140 Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 72 68, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 70, Anders Hansen (Den) 72 68, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 72 68, Benn Barham 72 68, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 69 71, Nic Henning (Rsa) 72 68, Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 70 70, Gary Murphy 73 67, Callum Macaulay 70 70, Richard Finch 72 68, Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa) 67 73, Niall Kearney 72 68
141 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 69 72, Reggie Adams (Rsa) 67 74, Stephen Gallacher 72 69, Mark Haastrup (Den) 70 71, Paul Lawrie 68 73, Chris Swanepoel (Rsa) 71 70, Miles Tunnicliff 73 68
142 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 71 71, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 72 70, James Kingston (Rsa) 73 69, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 69 73, Louis Moolman (Rsa) 72 70, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 69 73, James Ruth 74 68, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 71 71, Mark Murless (Rsa) 70 72
143 Chris Wood 70 73, David Dixon 69 74, Andre Cruse (Rsa) 74 69, David Hewan (Rsa) 71 72
144 Anthony Michael (Rsa) 77 67, Stuart Manley 74 70, Warrick Druian (Rsa) 73 71, Sam Little 74 70
145 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 72 73, Willie Van Der Merwe (Rsa) 77 68, Des Terblanche (Rsa) 72 73, Tyrone Ferreira (Rsa) 73 72, Peter Lawrie 74 71
146 Gary Clark 73 73, David Howell 73 73, Steve Van Vuuren (Rsa) 75 71
147 Divan Van Den Heever (Rsa) 75 72
149 Brett Liddle (Rsa) 73 76, Chris Williams (Rsa) 79 70, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 76 73
150 Andrew Georgiou (Rsa) 76 74, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 74 76, Markus Brier (Aut) 77 73
152 Dean Lambert (Rsa) 77 75, Ali Tsai (Tpe) 73 79
156 Muswalo Nethunzwi (Rsa) 81 75
East Course
130 David Lynn 63 67
131 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 63 68
132 Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 63 69, Darren Clarke 63 69
133 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 67 66
134 Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 67 67, Paul Broadhurst 66 68, Neil Schietekat (Rsa) 62 72
135 Joost Luiten (Ned) 66 69, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 67 68, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 67 68, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 66 69
136 Jacques Blaauw (Rsa) 68 68, Neil Cheetham 67 69, Carl Suneson (Spa) 66 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 66 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 69, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 67 69
137 Tjaart Van Der Walt (Rsa) 67 70, Ross Wellington (Rsa) 68 69, Ariel Canete (Arg) 68 69, Michael Hoey 68 69, Simon Khan 63 74, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 70 67
138 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 70 68, Josh Cunliffe (Rsa) 68 70, Alexandre Kaleka (Fra) 71 67
139 Prinavin Nelson (Rsa) 71 68, Robert Rock 68 71, David Horsey 68 71, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 69 70, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 69
==========PROJECTED CUT WHEN ROUND 2 IS COMPLETED =====
140 Peter Baker 67 73, Matthew Zions (Aus) 65 75, Doug McGuigan 68 72, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 67 73, Kenneth Ferrie 69 71, James Morrison 69 71, Alastair Forsyth 64 76, Phillip Archer 70 70, Matthew Carvell (Rsa) 69 71
141 Desvonde Botes (Rsa) 67 74, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 68, Jaco Ahlers (Rsa) 67 74, Sion Bebb 69 72, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 69 72, George Coetzee (Rsa) 69 72, Bradford Vaughan (Rsa) 72 69, Dion Fourie (Rsa) 70 71, Gary Boyd 68 73, Andre Bossert (Swi) 72 69, David Drysdale 72 69, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 71 70
142 Danny Lee (Nzl) 70 72, Clinton Whitelaw (Rsa) 71 71, Jamie McLeary 68 74, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 69 73, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 72 70, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 71 71
143 Anton Haig (Rsa) 68 75, Jake Roos (Rsa) 68 75, Louis De Jager (Rsa) 72 71, Oliver Fisher 69 74, Steven O'Hara 72 71.
144 Steve Basson (Rsa) 72 72, Dylan Frittelli (Rsa) (am) 68 76, Scott Hend (Aus) 69 75, Tyrone Mordt (Rsa) 69 75, Thabang Simon (Rsa) 70 74, Mohammed Tayob (Rsa) 73 71.
145 Merrick Bremner (Rsa) 73 72, Stephan Gross junior (Ger) 70 75, Irvin Mazibuko (Rsa) 70 75, Paulo Pinto (Arg) 69 76, Albert Pistorius (Rsa) 72 73.
146 Stuart Anderson (Can) 71 75, Charl Coetzee (Rsa) 72 74, Daniel Greene (Rsa)72 74, Omar Sandys (Rsa) 74 72, Paul Waring (Eng) 69 77.
147 Darren Holder ((Rsa) 74 73, Roope Kakko (Fin) 69 78, Craig Liebenberg (Rsa) 76 71, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 71 76, Dale Whitnell (Eng) 71 76.
148 Daniel Brunson (US) 71 77, Scott Drummond (Sco) 70 78, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 76.
151 Sipho Sithole (Rsa) (am) 76 75.
153 Adrian Ford (Rsa) 72 81.

David Lynn sets Joburg Open clubhouse target

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
England's David Lynn, with only one win in over 300 European Tour starts, set the clubhouse target during the second round of the Joburg Open today.
The 36 year old from Stoke added a second round 67 to his opening 63 at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington to be 12 under par at halfway.
Two behind and with three holes still remaining were playing partners Darren Clarke and Charl Schwartzel, both of whom continued to make good progress over the longer East Course.
Like Lynn, they went round the shorter West Course in eight under on Thursday to be only one behind surprise pacesetter Neil Schietekat, but the South African could add only a 72 on the resumption and slipped back to eight under.
Lynn's only victory came in the Netherlands in 2004. He has had no fewer than 23 top ten finishes since then.
After turning in 34 he added further birdies on the 11th and 18th to relegate fellow Englishman Danny Willett and South Africans Jbe’ Kruger and Hendrik Buhrmann to joint second spot on ten under.
Earlier Michiel Bothma made a hole in one on the 13th of the West course with an eight iron tee shot – and it was likely to prove crucial. It led to a one under 70 for a two under total, which looked likely to make the cut by a single stroke.
Clarke and Schwartzel were approaching the 17th green when play was suspended in mid-afternoon for the second day running because of a thunderstorm.

Matthew Nixon in England team for Costa Ballena

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England has made a change to their line-up to contest the annual Costa Ballena Quadrangular Tournament in Spain at the end of the month.
Matthew Nixon (Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) will replace fellow Lancastrian James Robinson in the six-strong line-up to face Spain, Finland and Germany at Costa Ballena from January 27-29.
Nixon, 20, won the British Boys Championship at Royal Aberdeen in 2006, a year he also finished as runner-up in the Lancashire Championship and the Lancashire Boys Championship.
Nixon will line up alongside Jonathan Bell (Royal Blackheath, Kent), Ben Loughrey (Wrag Barn, Wiltshire), Tom Shadbolt (Mid Herts, Hertfordshire), Matthew Southgate (Thorpe Hall, Essex) and Josh White (Chipstead, Surrey) as England seek to win the title for the first time since 2006 and end a run of three successive second places in the event.
The Costa Ballena competition is played on a round robin basis, each match comprising of three foursomes and six singles.

FEW DOLLARS MORE FOR RUSSELL KNOX Florida-based Russell Knox from Inverness earned $1,013 for a joint 25th place finish in this week's NGA Hooters Tour event at Forest Lake Golf Club, Ocoee in Florida. Knox had rounds of 72, 68 and 69 for a four-under-par total of 209. He was five over par for the short holes alone over the 54 holes, running up double bogey 5s at two of them. The winner of the $12,462 first prize was James Vargas from Miami with a 14-under-par total of 199, made up of rounds of 67, 67 and 65. LEADING FINAL TOTALS Par 213 (3x71) 199 James Vargas (Miami, Florida) 67 67 65 ($12,462). 200 Will Wilcox (Pell City, Alabama) 70 64 66, Michael Thompson (Birmingham, Alabama) 69 65 66 ($5,680 each). 201 Andrew Svobodo (New York) 68 67 66, Jhared Hack (Sandford, Florida) 69 65 67 ($3,863 each). Selected total: 209 Russell Knox (Scotland) 72 68 69 (jt 25th) ($1,013).

One round to go in Thailand with 40 cards to be won

Lee Harper (76) has last-round mountain to climb

Lee Harper's hopes of winning an Asian Tour card slumped in today's third round of the Final Qualifying School at Hua Hin, Thailand. The former Scottish boys' match-play champion from Musselburgh, now attached to Archerfield Links, was going along nicely with opening rounds of 69 and 71 ... but he took 76 strokes in the third round to drop to a share of 82nd place on 216.
Only the leading 40 cards after Saturday's fourth and final round will gain playing rights for the 2010 Asian Tour.
After three rounds, the leading 40 and ties are on three-under-212 - England's Sam Osborne is one of them - which means that Lee Harper has to improve roughly from one over par to three under for the event over the course of the final round. Not an impossible task but a tall order for the Scot.
Scottish exile Ross Bain is still in contention for one of these precious cards after a 71 for 209 but Simon Dunn has slipped down to joint 45th place on 213 after a 74.

Dutchman Sluiter leading European at Asian Tour Q School

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Hua Hin , Thailand: Katsumune Imai of Japan charged into the third round lead at the 2010 Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage today but hot on his heels is former Asian Tour winner, Artemio Murakami of the Philippines and Singapore ’s rising star Quincy Quek.
Imai, a two-time Japan Tour winner, fired a five-under-par 67 for a 13-under-par 202 total to lie one-stroke ahead of Tim Sluiter of the Netherlands who fired a closing eagle en route to a 69 for a 203 total at the Springfield Royal Country Club.
Murakami and Quek stayed in touch with the leader after battling to a 65 and 66 respectively to take a share of third position alongside Toni Karjalainen (67) of Finland and Japanese Azuma Yano (70) on 205.
Tran Le Duy Nhat of Vietnam put himself in prime position to make history on the Asian Tour after his round of 68 placed him in tied 28th position. The top 40 and ties will earn playing rights on the Asian Tour and no Vietnamese has earned a Tour card previously.
Bryan Saltus of the United States and Frenchman Jean Van De Velde, famous for finishing second in the 1999 Open at Carnoustie won by Paul Lawrie, will have a battle on their hands as they lie in tied 54th and 70th place respectively.
Imai was delighted to take the lead after sinking a birdie on the final hole. The Japanese, playing in his first Asian Tour Qualifying School , is hoping a victory this week will spur him on to more success in Asia .
“I was lucky with my birdie on the last hole as it gives me a one-stroke cushion tomorrow. Everything clicked for me so I got no complaints. There’s no playing safe tomorrow, I’m going to try and win it,” said Imai.
Quek, an individual and team medalist winner in the Putra Cup during his amateur days, posted a remarkable eight birdies against one double bogey on the 15th hole to charge up the leaderboard.
“It helps when you are in a good position after three rounds as it puts a bit of pressure off. I’m pretty comfortable with the way I’m playing. I don’t feel much pressure this week. Game wise I have matured since my amateur days and that has definitely helped,” said the 22-year-old.
Playing from the back nine, Murakami, winner of the 2007 Iskandar Johor O pen , fired a remarkable seven birdies but it was a chip in save for par on the 16th hole which was the turning point for him.
“Everything was solid. My tee to green was excellent. I have been struggling with my putting the entire season but sometimes you get a good day and today were one of those good days,” said Murakami.
Tran, who played on a mini professional tour in the United States as an amateur for two years, got off to a bright start. He posted an early birdie followed by an eagle three on the second hole where he sank his 20 foot putt from the edge of the green.
“You can always say that ‘I could have done this or that’ but four-under is a good score. I wasn’t really nervous because I had a three-stroke advantage going into my last few holes and that kept me composed,” said the 20-year-old Tran who turned professional in 2008.
Saltus, the 2007 Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open champion, mixed his card with four birdies against two bogeys for a fighting chance to break into the top 40.
“I know where I need to be and if I play decent tomorrow, I will be fine. I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself and next to Jean (Van De Velde), I probably got the most experience here so I’m really feeling at home,” said Saltus who failed to retain his Tour card after finishing outside the top 65 on the Asian Tour Order of Merit last season.
LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 215 (2x72, 1x71)
202 Katsumune Imai (Jap) 65 70 67
203 Tim Sluiter (Net) 67 67 69
205 Quincy Quek (Sing) 71 68 66, Artemio Murakami (Phi) 67 73 65, Toni Karjalainen (Fin) 72 66 67, Azuma Yano (Jap) 69 66 70
206 Guido Van Der Valk (Net) 70 70 66 Baek Seuk-Hyun (Kor) 70 68 68
207 Sean Shahi (US) 70 70 67, Kunal Bhasin (Aus) 68 71 68, Mark Foster (Eng) 65 75 67, David Johnson (US) 70 67 70, Han Seung-su (Kor) 65 71 71
208 Ben Fox (US) 70 69 69, Brad Smith (Aus) 71 66 71
209 Marvin Dumandan (Phi) 70 70 69, Ross Bain (Sco) 68 70 71, Peter Cooke (Aus) 69 72 68.
210 Richard Karlberg (Swe) 71 69 70, Chiang Chen-Chih (Taip) (am) 71 67 71, Alexander Rocha (Braz) 69 70 71, Eltoro Sjoholm (Swe) 70 70 70, Pasi Purhonen (Fion) 70 69 71, Matthew Rosenfeld (US) 70 71 69, Peter Karmis (SAf) 67 74 69, Aljmai Tarmizee (Malaysia) 75 67 68, Creighton Honeck (US) 69 73 68 (jt 19th).
Selected scores:
212 Sam Osborne (Eng) 66 72 74 (jt 35th).
213 Scott Arnold (Aus) 70 75 68, Simon Dunn (Sco) 68 71 74 (jt 45th).
214 Richard Wallis (Eng) 73 71 70, Rohan Blizard (Aus) 72 71 71 (jt 54th).
215 Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 72 73 70 (jt 70th).
216 Lee Harper (Sco) 69 71 76 (jt 82nd).
217 Peter Wilson (Eng) 75 70 72 (jt 90th).

Downfield, Monifieth and Panmure stage Senior

Open qualifying competitions on July 19

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Three courses in the Carnoustie and Dundee area - Downfield Golf Club, Monifieth Links, and Panmure Golf Club - have been named as the Qualifying venues for The 2010 Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard.
Carnoustie’s Championship course will host the 24th Senior Open Championship from July 22-25, with the three neighbouring courses each hosting an 18 hole Qualifying Tournament on Monday July 19.
Non-exempt players will compete for the chance to join some of golf’s most iconic names in the field at Carnoustie, including Tom Watson, The 2009 Open Championship runner-up, who returns to the course where he won the first of his five Claret Jugs in 1975.
They will all be hoping to take inspiration from American Pete Oakley who came through Qualifying for The 2004 Senior Open Championship and went on to win the title at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
Downfield Golf Club, Monifieth Links, and Panmure Golf Club all hosted Final Qualifying for The Open Championship when it was last played at Carnoustie in 2007, when Ireland’s Padraig Harrington claimed his first Claret Jug.
A record 326 players attempted to Qualify for The 2009 Senior Open Championship, with 28 securing a place in the field at Sunningdale, in England, including American Kirk Hanefield who went on to post the only hole-in-one of the Championship.
Andy Stubbs, Managing Director of the European Senior Tour, said: “We are very fortunate to have another three excellent courses hosting Qualifying for this year’s Senior Open and we expect another record turn-out.
“Downfield, Monifieth and Panmure have all previously hosted Final Qualifying for The Open Championship and should provide the qualifiers with a stern test of golf ahead of The Senior Open Championship being played at Carnoustie for the first time.”
After visiting Sunningdale and the South of England for the first time in 2009, The Senior Open Championship returns to Scotland this year following visits to Muirfield in 2007 and Royal Troon in 2008. It is once again supported by Presenting Sponsor MasterCard and EventScotland, the national events agency.
Tickets for The 2010 Senior Open Championship at Carnoustie can be booked now in advance either via www.europeantourtickets.com or by calling +44 (0) 800 023 2557.

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PGA come down hard on two pros and their bosses

David Orr banned until July for not
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spending enough time in East
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Renfrewshire club shop

FROM THE SCOTSMAN.COM WEBSITE
David Orr, the reigning Scottish PGA champion, has been banned from competing on the Tartan Tour until the start of July following a breach of the Professional Golfers’ Association’s regulations.
The East Renfrewshire pro is currently undergoing his PGA training programme but failed to fulfil the required number of shop-based hours during the year as set out in the association’s rules.
Trainee pros have to work 30 hours per week but Orr’s 18 to 20 hours fell short and has led to the Belfry-based PGA coming down hard on one of the Scottish game’s leading players. Orr’s manager at the East Renfrewshire club, head professional Stewart Russell, has also been handed a fine of £1,500.
Edinburgh-based Mark Kerr has also been banned until July 1 after he failed to meet the PGA criteria at Dalmahoy, whose head pro Alan Tait has been fined £1,500 and been advised to resign from the Tour’s committee.
+David Orr also works as a taxi driver in Glasgow to make enough money to support his family.

Logjam for lead on 65 in windy Sony Open


FROM THE PGATOUR.COM WEBSITE
Defending champion Zach Johnson shot 65 and is in a tie for the lead with five others after the opening round of the Sony Open on a windy day at Waialae on Hawaii.
The men sharing the pole position include Davis Love III, who has not played a tournament in two months, Robert Allenby, who probably should not have played at all, and Troy Merritt, making his debut in a US PGA Tour event.
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Leaderboard: Round 1
Round 2 tee times
Scorecard: Ryan Palmer
Scorecard: Zach Johnson
Interview transcripts
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The first full-field event of the 2010 US season produced quite the log jam, with Allenby and his severely twisted ankle and John Merrick the latest to join the fray at 5-under 65.
The other two were defending champion Zach Johnson and Ryan Palmer, linked in a peculiar way. Johnson is a big believer in taking one day at a time. Palmer read about Johnson's tenet in the tournament programme while looking for something to read, and it inspired him.
When the sun finally disappeared along the shores of Waikiki, everyone had a story. They also had company, for 10 other players found themselves only one shot behind at 66.
Even more surprising is that so many low scores came on a day of swaying palm trees from wind so strong that Masters champion Angel Cabrera, among those at 66, reached the 498yd ninth hole with and drive and a wedge, and Pat Perez hit a 7-iron out of the rough from 210 yards on the tough opening hole.
Perhaps the best indication that this would be a strange day came from a standardbearer.
Merritt, a 24-year-old from Boise State, was walking down the third fairway Thursday morning when someone pointed out that the wrong name was on the hand-held scoring sign. It said Merrick.
Their names sound the same and are almost spelled the same.
"We have lockers right next to each other," Merrick said. "Probably will all year."
It was only fitting they wound up with the same score.
The round was almost complete. Tom Gillis faced a 25ft eagle putt on his final hole when he decided it was too dark to continue. He will return Friday morning to putt, then start his second round.
Indeed, this was a peculiar start for the first full-field event to the season.
It started with Love, who had not felt grass under his feet for the last month. It was either so cold along the Georgia coastline that he was hitting balls into a net in his garage, or he was in Idaho for a winter vacation.
No sooner had he checked into his hotel Saturday night, Love raced out to the 11th green to get onto a golf course, and he putted until he could no longer see the hole. The way he putted on Thursday, he didn't need to see it.
Love played bogey-free and was among the first to post a 65.
"I was optimistic," Love said. "But I was anxious about competing. Once I got it going, once I got under par ... I've been out here a long time. You don't forget."
Merritt lingered, even if no one knew who he was. He was playing alongside 21-year-old Rickie Fowler, whom everyone seems to know, yet it was Merritt who provided the pure shots and the timely putting. Merritt had told his fiancee he would be thrilled with 3-under par, and one can imagine how he felt when he birdied his last hole for a 65.
"Things went way better than I thought," Merritt said.
Allenby was the only player at Waialae who arrived with a winning streak. He won in the Nedbank Challenge, then the Australian PGA, and was going for a walk with his wife, Sandy, when he took a bad step off a curb and twisted his ankle.
The Australian wasn't sure he could play and might have left any other tournament. Then again, he flew 12 hours from Florida and didn't much feel like turning around.
"And the weather is better," Allenby said.
He played gingerly on the taped right ankle, however, and had a hard time hitting a fade. That didn't keep him from firing a 4-iron at the flag on the tough par-3 fourth for a birdie.
"My putting was the best part of the day," Allenby said. "I did hit some good shots, but my putting was good. It's the same as I left off last year."
EXTRAS: Charles Howell III said his wife, Heather, is expecting their first child on May 30 ... Tadd Fujikawa, who made the cut at the Sony Open when he was 16, opened with a 72. He celebrated his 19th birthday last week. ... Sean O'Hair has a stress fracture in his left arm and said he would take the next few weeks off to get tests. He didn't practise this week but still opened with a 68. ... John Daly, competing on a sponsor's exemption, struggled with his putter and shot 73.
FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 70. Play was suspended due to darkness, several players still to complete their rounds.
65 John Merrick, Robert Allenby (Aus), Zach Johnson, Ryan Palmer, Davis Love III, Troy Merritt
66 Brian Stuard, Steve Stricker, Pat Perez, Martin Flores, Jeff Quinney, Tom Lehman, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Roger Tambellini, Carl Pettersson (Swe), Shane Bertsch
67 Ricky Barnes, Michael Allen, Troy Matteson
68 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Brian Gay, Kevin Johnson, Stewart Cink, Mark Wilson, Chad Campbell, Bob Estes, Ryuichi Oda (Jpn), Sean O'Hair, Wen-chong Liang (Chn), Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Stephen Ames (Can)
69 Spencer Levin, Retief Goosen (Rsa), Jason Dufner, Graham Delaet (Can), Joe Ogilvie, T.j Kua, Bubba Watson, Blake Adams, Vijay Singh (Fij), Chris Tidland, Chad Collins, Marc Leishman (Aus), Ernie Els (Rsa), Briny Baird
70 David Toms, Woody Austin, Ben Curtis, Chez Reavie, Christopher Baryla (Can), Jeff Klauk, Justin Leonard, Aaron Goldberg, Y E Yang (Kor), Brian Davis (Eng), Omar Uresti, Matt Kuchar, Dustin Johnson, John Rollins, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Rich Barcelo
71 Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn), Nick O'Hern (Aus), Matt Bettencourt, Webb Simpson, Jim Carter, Matthew Jones (Aus), Henrik Bjornstad (Nor), Nathan Green (Aus), Dean Wilson, Roland Thatcher, Boo Weekley, Bryce Molder, Jerod Turner, Nick Mason, Chris Wilson, Richard S Johnson (Swe), Mark Calcavecchia, K J Choi (Kor), Corey Pavin, Tim Clark (Rsa), Cameron Tringale, Josh Teater
72 Jeff Gove, Greg Kraft, Brenden Pappas (Rsa), Steve Wheatcroft, Tadd Fujikawa, Justin Rose (Eng), Tim Petrovic, Bo Van Pelt, Stuart Appleby (Aus), Brendon De Jonge, Ted Purdy, Parker McLachlin, Cameron Percy (Aus), George McNeill, Paul Goydos, Cameron Beckman, D.J. Trahan
73 David Lutterus (Rsa), Michael Letzig, Mathias Gronberg (Swe), Charles Howell III, John Daly, Daniel Chopra (Swe), Brett Quigley, Bill Haas, Kris Blanks, Scott Piercy, Derek Lamely, Jason Day (Aus), Charlie Wi (Kor), Kevin Na, Jeff Maggert, John Huston, Jay Williamson, Johnson Wagner
74 Jerry Kelly, Chris Riley, Kevin Hayashi (Jpn), Luke Donald (Eng), Alex Prugh
75 Scott McCarron, Jeff Overton, Garth Mulroy (Rsa), Lucas Glover, Brad Faxon, Jimmy Walker, Rich Beem, Rickie Fowler, Jonathan Byrd, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn), Jesper Parnevik (Swe)
76 Kaname Yokoo (Jpn), Justin Bolli, Billy Horschel, Harrison Frazar
77 D A Points, Steve Lowery, Marc Turnesa, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl)
79 Nicholas Thompson

Open International Qualifying for Australasia

Barnes, Porter, Senior win places at St Andrews

Kurt Barnes shot a second-round 64 at Kingston Heath, Melbourne today to win this year's Open at St Andrews' 36-hole International Qualifying Australasian tournament.
Barnes, who had a two-round total of 10-under 134, will be joined in Scotland from July 15-18 by fellow Australians Ewan Porter and Peter Senior from the 44-man qualifying field.
Porter, who led after 18 holes, finished two strokes behind Barnes after a second-round 68. Senior shot 70 to finish five strokes off the lead.
Steve Jones (69) and Aaron Townsend (72) of Australia were the best of the non-qualifiers, finishing two shots out of a play-off for the final qualifying spot.
Porter has twice previously qualified through the Australasian tournament, both times at his home club at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney in 2007 and 2008. Senior will be playing the Open for the 18th time – he last competed in 2000 at St. Andrews.
Other Open International Qualifying tournaments are scheduled for January 20-21 in South Africa, an Asian qualifying tournament at a date to be announced, May 24 at Gleneagles Country Club in Plano, Texas, and the European qualifier June 7 at Sunningdale Golf Club, Surrey.