NORTH-EAST YOUTHS TEAM TO PLAY ABERDEENSHIRE LADIES

The North-east youths golf team to play Aberdeenshire Ladies in a friendly match at Deeside Golf Club on Sunday is:
Ryan Bain (Strathlane), Donald MacAndrew (Royal Aberdeen), Chris Forman (Peterhead), John Drummond (Strathlene), Fraser Clarke (Westhill), Jamie Robertson (Turriff), Greg Kennedy (Hazlehead), Ritchie Manson (Braemar), Gordon Munro (Fraserburgh).

Down to last eight at Scottish boys' championship

FROM THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
The sharp end of the Scottish Boys Championship has been reached with a strong line-up of the country’s most talented youngsters set to battle it out in this morning’s quarter finals at West Kilbride.
Jack McDonald and Conor O’Neil led the way this afternoon as both players sped to victories in the opening matches. McDonald needed just two hours to dispose of English Boys champion Euan Scott (St Andrews), playing some superb golf which included a run of an eagle and two birdies from the eleventh hole, before closing his game out at 5&3. O’Neil picked up where he left off this morning to record an impressive 5&4 win over Liberton’s Anthony Blaney, having raced to the turn in three-under par.
Elderslie 15-year-old Alasdair McDougall, who has seen his handicap come down from eight to three in the last year, holed a 10-foot birdie putt to see off Angus Carrick on the final green to set up a quarter-final tie against Craigielaw’s Grant Forrest.
McDougall, who became a member of West Kilbride last year, admitted he was a huge fan of the course:
“My game has come on leaps and bounds since I joined West Kilbride. It’s made a massive difference being able to play all year round and the green keeping team to a great job in keeping the course in such good shape in the winter. I’ve learned to play a wide variety of shots, hitting the ball lower into the wind which has really helped me this week.”
The reigning Scottish U16s champion sank a dramatic 40-foot putt on the 17th green to go one up in his match against Liam Johnston (Dumfries & County) and held on to halve the last and seal victory.
Scotland Boys international Calum Stewart (Brora) overcame Troon Welbeck’s Callum Beveridge by a 3&1 margin, with Beveridge’s club mate Charlie Macneal also coming unstuck at the fifth round stage as he lost out by 3&2 to Ian Redford.
The final match of the last eight will be between the youngest player left in the Championship, Lawrence Allan (Alva) and Falkirk Tryst’s Jamie Lynch. Allan, who won his club championship aged just 12, staved off Scott Gibson with a 2&1 win as Lynch stormed past young Borderer Simon Fairbairn with a comfortable 4&3 victory.
Allan, who will play for the Scotland Boys U16s side in The Netherlands next week, said:
“I came into the Championship playing well having finished third in the SGU Winter Series and knew I had the game to do well. I’ve been competing in the event since I was 13 so it’s good to progress from my last couple of years. Hopefully I can keep it going tomorrow against Jamie but we’ll wait and see.”
Click here for fifth round results from the Scottish Boys Championship.

MASTERS SCOREBOARD
FIRST ROUND
1 Fred Couples -6 9:40 am ET - 66 - - - 66
T2 - K.J. Choi -5 10:35 am ET - 67 - - - 67
T2 - Tom Watson -5 12:25 pm ET - 67 - - - 67
T2 - Lee Westwood -5 12:58 pm ET - 67 - - - 67
T2 - Phil Mickelson -5 1:42 pm ET - 67 - - - 67
T2 - Y.E. Yang -5 1:42 pm ET - 67 - - - 67
T7 - Nick Watney -4 8:34 am ET - 68 - - - 68
T7 - Ian Poulter -4 10:24 am ET - 68 - - - 68
T7 - Tiger Woods -4 10:35 am ET - 68 - - - 68
T7 - Ricky Barnes -4 10:46 am ET - 68 - - - 68
T7 - Anthony Kim -4 1:20 pm ET - 68 - - - 68
T12 - Sandy Lyle -3 8:12 am ET - 69 - - - 69
T12 - Trevor Immelman -3 8:45 am ET - 69 - - - 69
T12 - Charl Schwartzel -3 10:13 am ET - 69 - - - 69
T12 - Adam Scott -3 10:46 am ET - 69 - - - 69
T12 - David Toms -3 11:41 am ET - 69 - - - 69
T17 - Soren Kjeldsen -2 9:07 am ET - 70 - - - 70
T17 - Zach Johnson -2 9:29 am ET - 70 - - - 70
T17 - Yuta Ikeda -2 10:24 am ET - 70 - - - 70
T17 - Matt Kuchar -2 10:35 am ET - 70 - - - 70
T17 - Francesco Molinari -2 1:09 pm ET - 70 - - - 70
T22 - Ben Crane -1 7:50 am ET - 71 - - - 71
T22 - Bernhard Langer -1 11:30 am ET - 71 - - - 71
T22 - John Senden -1 11:41 am ET - 71 - - - 71
T22 - Steve Marino -1 12:25 pm ET - 71 - - - 71
T22 - Dustin Johnson -1 12:47 pm ET - 71 - - - 71
T22 - Matteo Manassero(a) -1 12:58 pm ET - 71 - - - 71
T22 - Mike Weir -1 12:58 pm ET - 71 - - - 71
T22 - Ernie Els -1 1:20 pm ET - 71 - - - 71
T22 - Robert Karlsson -1 1:53 pm ET - 71 - - - 71
T22 - Hunter Mahan -1 1:53 pm ET - 71 - - - 71
T32 - Ryan Palmer E 8:01 am ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Ryan Moore E 8:34 am ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Sean O'Hair E 8:56 am ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Kenny Perry E 9:18 am ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Miguel Angel Jimenez E 10:02 am ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Nathan Green E 10:57 am ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Heath Slocum E 10:57 am ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Jerry Kelly E 11:08 am ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - John Merrick E 11:08 am ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Marc Leishman E 11:19 am ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Bill Haas E 12:36 pm ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Ryo Ishikawa E 1:20 pm ET - 72 - - - 72
T32 - Robert Allenby E 1:42 pm ET - 72 - - - 72
T45 - Ben Curtis +1 9:07 am ET - 73 - - - 73
T45 - Steve Stricker +1 10:24 am ET - 73 - - - 73
T45 - Brad Benjamin(a) +1 11:30 am ET - 73 - - - 73
T45 - Scott Verplank +1 11:30 am ET - 73 - - - 73
T45 - Angel Cabrera +1 1:31 pm ET - 73 - - - 73
T50 - Kevin Na +2 8:12 am ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Soren Hansen +2 8:45 am ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Thongchai Jaidee +2 9:07 am ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Rory Mcilroy +2 9:18 am ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Camilo Villegas +2 9:18 am ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Sergio Garcia +2 9:40 am ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Padraig Harrington +2 10:13 am ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Brian Gay +2 11:19 am ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Nathan Smith(a) +2 11:52 am ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Luke Donald +2 12:14 pm ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Geoff Ogilvy +2 12:14 pm ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Todd Hamilton +2 12:36 pm ET - 74 - - - 74
T50 - Retief Goosen +2 1:53 pm ET - 74 - - - 74
T63 - Justin Leonard +3 8:12 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Steve Flesch +3 8:23 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Ben Martin(a) +3 8:23 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - John Rollins +3 8:45 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Jason Dufner +3 8:56 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Shingo Katayama +3 9:40 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Edoardo Molinari +3 10:02 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Louis Oosthuizen +3 10:57 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Graeme McDowell +3 11:41 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Mark O'Meara +3 11:52 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Rory Sabbatini +3 11:52 am ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Tim Clark +3 12:25 pm ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Alvaro Quiros +3 12:47 pm ET - 75 - - - 75
T63 - Paul Casey +3 1:09 pm ET - 75 - - - 75
T77 - Larry Mize +4 8:01 am ET - 76 - - - 76
T77 - Vijay Singh +4 8:56 am ET - 76 - - - 76
T77 - Lucas Glover +4 10:02 am ET - 76 - - - 76
T77 - Stewart Cink +4 10:13 am ET - 76 - - - 76
T77 - David Duval +4 10:46 am ET - 76 - - - 76
T77 - Martin Kaymer +4 12:14 pm ET - 76 - - - 76
Projected Cut - lowest 44 scores and ties, plus those within 10 strokes of leader
T83 - Simon Dyson +5 7:50 am ET - 77 - - - 77
T83 - Ben Crenshaw +5 8:23 am ET - 77 - - - 77
T83 - Ross Fisher +5 8:34 am ET - 77 - - - 77
T86 - Chris Wood +6 8:01 am ET - 78 - - - 78
T86 - Oliver Wilson +6 12:47 pm ET - 78 - - - 78
T86 - Byeong-Hun An(a) +6 1:31 pm ET - 78 - - - 78
T89 - Chang-Won Han(a) +7 9:29 am ET - 79 - - - 79
T89 - Craig Stadler +7 11:08 am ET - 79 - - - 79
T89 - Chad Campbell +7 1:09 pm ET - 79 - - - 79
T92 - Henrik Stenson +8 9:29 am ET - 80 - - - 80
T92 - Anders Hansen +8 12:36 pm ET - 80 - - - 80
T92 - Jim Furyk +8 1:31 pm ET - 80 - - - 80
95 - Ian Woosnam +9 11:19 am ET - 81 - - - 81
96 - Michael Campbell +11 7:50 am ET - 83 - - - 83

+From the US PGA Tour website

European Tour Scoreboard
MADEIRA ISLANDS OPEN BPI
Porto Santo Golfe in Madeira, Portugal
FIRST ROUND
Par 72
66 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Chris Gane, Ben Evans, George Murray
67 Jamie McLeary, Andrew McArthur, Julien Quesne (Fra), Oliver Fisher, James Morrison
68 Alessandro Tadini (Ita), Phillip Archer, Simon Thornton, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe)
69 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Charlie Ford, Benn Barham, Andrew Coltart, Richard McEvoy, Mark Brown (Nzl), George Coetzee (Rsa), Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), Gary Clark, Ghislain Rosier (Fra), Miles Tunnicliff
70 Steve Lewton, Sion Bebb, Steven Jeppesen (Swe), Jonathan Bell, Steven Tiley, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg), Marcus Higley, Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Lorenzo Gagli (Ita), Manuel Quiros (Spa)
71 Carlos Del Moral (Spa), John Parry, Alvaro Velasco (Spa), Robert Dinwiddie, Klas Eriksson (Swe), Ben Mason, Anthony Snobeck (Fra), Lee Slattery, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor), Federico Colombo (Ita), Paul Eales, Jamie Moul, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa), Stuart Davis, Adam Gee, Christophe Brazillier (Fra), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Scott Drummond, Reinier Saxton (Ned)
72 Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Liam Bond, Lasse Jensen (Den), Branden Grace (Rsa), Steven O'Hara, Scott Jamieson, Wil Besseling (Ned), Callum Macaulay, Jordi Garcia (Spa), Alan Wagner (USA), Julien Clement (Swi), Michael Hoey, Anton Haig (Rsa), Garry Houston, Richie Ramsay, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe), Jan Are Larsen (Nor), Daniel Brooks, Stephan Gross Jnr (Ger), Christopher Doak
73 Ake Nilsson (Rsa), Robert Coles, Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Nicolas Meitinger (Ger), Jamie Elson, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Oliver Whiteley, Carlos Rodiles (Spa), Hugo Santos (Por), Luke Goddard, Ricardo Melo (Por), Mark F Haastrup (Den), Louis Moolman (Rsa), Taco Remkes (Ned), David Vanegas (Col), Andrew Willey, Ricardo Santos (Por), Bernd Ritthammer (Ger), Steve Surry
74 Luis Claverie (Spa), Ally Mellor, Nuno Campino (Por), Benjamin Hebert (Fra), Fredrik Widmark (Swe), Colm Moriarty, Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe), Gabriel Canizares (Spa), Michiel Bothma (Rsa), Sam Hutsby, Rolf Muntz (Ned), Carl Suneson (Spa), Andrew Marshall, Tom Whitehouse, Niall Kearney, Alexandre Kaleka (Fra), Charles-edouard Russo (Fra), Philip Golding, Cesar Monasterio (Arg)
75 Tiago Cruz (Por), Andrea Maestroni (Ita), Jurgen Maurer (Aut), Dale Whitnell, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned), Fredrik Henge (Swe), Antonio Rosado (Por)
76 Gareth Shaw, David Griffiths, Simon Wakefield, Santiago Luna (Spa), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Francois Calmels (Fra), Manuel Violas (Por), Juan Abbate (Arg), Oscar Floren (Swe), Richard Kind (Ned), Niklas Bruzelius (Swe), Gary Murphy, Lee S James, Jorge Campillo (Spa), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Thomas Haylock, James Ruth
77 Iain Pyman, Andreas Hogberg (Swe), Antonio Dantas (Por), Anders Sjostrand (Swe), Stuart Manley, Steen Ottosen (Den)
78 Paul Dwyer, Henrique Paulino (Por), Luke Gough, Floris De Vries (Ned), Antonio Sobrinho (Por), Joao Pedro Sousa (Por)
79 Tim Stewart (Aus)
80 Martin Wiegele (Aut), Lloyd Saltman
81 Henrik Nystrom (Swe), Eric Ramsay, Duarte Freitas (Por)
82 Sam Walker
92 Edgar Rodrigues (Por)

Swales holds slender lead for Q School finale

By ANTHONY LEAVER
Matthew Swales holds a one shot lead ahead of the final round at the 2010 PGA EuroPro Tour Q School final stage after a four under par second round took him to seven under for the tournament at Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire.
Swales (Cumberwell Park) was two strokes off the lead after a three under opening round on the blue course, and remained there after cancelling three birdies out with three bogeys on the front nine of the red course. But Swales made his move at the start of the back nine with three birdies in his first four holes, and although he dropped a shot at the 16th, Swales will be the man to beat in Friday’s final round thanks to his birdie-birdie finish.
Scott Bubb is Swales’ closest challenger at six under after he matched the leader’s liking for the back nine on the red course. That’s where Bubb (WPGC) began his round at two under par but four birdies saw his race to six under for the tournament at the turn, but he was unable to build further, with two birdies sandwiched between bogeys at the first and ninth holes.
Overnight leader Tim Dykes (Wrexham GC) was unable to build on his five under opening round, with a double bogey at the eighth hole after starting on the back nine seeing the Welshman finish level on the red course with a 73. Lee Clarke (Everbuild Building Products) joins Dykes at five under par after shooting a one under 70 on the blue course thanks to his fourth birdie of his round at 17.
Amateur James Watts recorded his second two under par round of the tournament to sit tied in fifth spot, three strokes behind at four under. Watts began on the back nine of the red course at two under par and moved up the leaderboard quickly with four birdies in the first five holes. A bogey at 17 stunted his progress but he was back on the birdie trail at the second and sixth holes – Watts ultimately had to settle for a round of 71 after a double bogey at the eighth. Graham Benson (Leighton Buzzard) shot a level par 71 on the blue course to join Watts at four under.
Paul Waugh (Hexham) was one of the biggest movers of the day, moving from three over par after a 74 on the opening day with a five under par 68 on the red course. Waugh’s round had an inauspicious start on the back nine with a bogey at the tenth, but that was the only blemish as he picked up two birdies on the back nine and four on the front to race into contention at two under.
Chris Roake also climbed into the mix with a four under 67 on the blue course, splitting four birdies between the front and back nine and failing do drop a stroke – improvement on his opening round 75 to join Waugh on two under. Wallace Booth (Comrie GC) and James Heath complete a quartet five behind the leader – Booth recording his second one under par round in Oxford, while Heath negotiated the red course at level par.
Fifteen players lie at one under par for the tournament, including Alex Belt who matched Waugh’s 68 on the red course and John Spagnuolo, who recorded a four under par 69 on the same course.
The cut was set at seven under par with 128 players tackling the blue course in the final round, with the first group teeing off at 8.15am. The winner of the final stage of Q School claims £2,400 of the £16,000 prize purse, and also takes home a car for six months thanks to Mercedes-Benz – the official car of the PGA EuroPro Tour.
To view the leaderboard and the tee-off times for Friday’s final round, visit http://www.europrotour.com/

SCOREBOARD IN BRIEF
Leader – Matthew Swales, -7 (137)
SCOTS' SCORES
Wallace Booth 142 -2 72 R, 70 B
Shaun McAllister 143 -1 73 R, 70 B
Jason McCreadie 146 +2 74 R, 72 B
Paul Cormack 148 +4 73 B, 75 R
Mark Lawrie 148 +4 77 R, 71 B
Ross Cameron 148 +4 69 B, 79 R
Scott Henry 149 +5 75 R, 74 B
Steven Hume 149 +5 79 R, 70 B
Steven Duncan 150 +6 75 R, 75 B
John Henry 150 +6 78 R, 72 B
Martin Lawrence 150 +6 76 R, 74 B
Paul O'Hara 150 +6 76 B, 74 R
Steven Clark 150 +6 77 R, 73 B
Euan McIntosh 151 +7 72 R, 79 B
John Gallagher 151 +7 81 B, 70 R
Steven Mackie 151 +7 76 R, 75 B
CUT
Graeme Lornie 152 +8 72 B, 80 R
Colin Goudie 152 +8 79 R, 73 B
Graham Rankin 152 +8 78 B, 74 R
Scott Herald 153 +9 76 B, 77 R
Ben Irving 153 +9 71 B, 82 R
Mark Rae 153 +9 73 B, 80 R
Steven Brown 154 +10 75 R, 79 B
Zack Saltman 155 +11 77 R, 78 B
Keir McNicoll 156 +12 78 R, 78 B
Kevin McAlpine 157 +13 79 B, 78 R
David Roger 159 +15 79 R, 80 B
Andrew Barton 170 +26 87 R, 83 B

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