Tiger Woods misses the cut

United States PGA Tour Scoreboard
QUAIL HOLLOW CHAMPIONSHIP
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
Billy Mayfair 68 68 136
Angel Cabrera 70 67 137
J.P. Hayes 74 64 138
Dustin Johnson 73 65 138
Phil Mickelson 70 68 138
Paul Goydos 68 70 138
J.J. Henry 68 71 139
Camilo Villegas 67 72 139
Jim Furyk 75 65 140
Kevin Sutherland 72 68 140
Garth Mulroy 69 71 140
Tom Gillis -4 F* -3 color info 71 69 140
Geoff Ogilvy -4 F* E color info 68 72 140
Selected scores:
Bo Van Pelt 65 76 141
Padraig Harrington 72 72 144
Greg Owen 74 71 145
Ross Fisher 72 73 145
Lee Westwood 73 72 145
Projected cut: 145 or better to qualify
Brian Davis 76 71 147
David Duval 71 76 147
Stewart Cink 72 75 147
Fred Couples 76 71 147
Martin Laird 72 75 147
Tiger Woods 74 79 153

FAIRHAVEN TROPHIES SCOREBOARD
FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
68 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie).
70 Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan), Nigel Colbeck (Moor Allerton).
71 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Hallamshire).
72 Will Jones (Oswestry), Tobe Tree (Worthing), Dan Park (Kendal).
Selected scores:
74 Conor O'Neil (Pollock), Ian Redford (St Andrews New).
76 Bronte Law (Bramhall), Charlotte Thompson (Channels).
79 Natalie Karcher (Switzerland).
81 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer).
83 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham).
86 Lucie Walker (Ormskirk).

LYTHAM TROPHY SCOREBOARD
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lancashire
FIRST ROUND
66 T Fleetwood (FormbyHall).
67 A Levy (France), A Szappanos (Germany), M Young (Longridge).
68 F McKenna (Balmore), C Paisley (Stocksfield).
69 M Kieffer (Germany).
70 A Hogan (Newlands), N Grant (Knock), J Robinson (Southport & Ainsdale), R Fricker (Yelverton), J Lopas Lazero (France), G Samuels (Leighton Buzzard), H Dobson (Knowle).
71 M Bedford (Prestbury), B Westgate (Trevose), R Wattel (France), M Southgate(Thorpe Hall).

ALPS TOUR SCOREBOARD
Gosser Open
FIRST ROUND
Par 72
64 Lukas NEMECZ (am) (AUT) »»
65 Matthew CRYER (ENG) Silestone,matthewcryergolf.com »»
66 Farren KEENAN (ENG) »»
66 Nunzio Daniele LOMBARDI (ITA) Italy »»
67 Peter LEPITSCHNIK (AUT) Telekom Austria, KGC Dellach »»
67 Julien FORET (FRA) France »»
67 Ricki NEIL-JONES (ENG) Full Circle Asset Management »»
67 Jason PALMER (ENG) England »»
67 Gregor SLABE (SLO) Slovenia »»
67 Fredrik SVANBERG (SWI) GC Davos Swiss Golf Foundation »»
67 Borja GUERRERO GARCIA (ESP) »»
67 Juan Antonio BRAGULAT (ESP) Srixon »»
68 Jaime CAMARGO (ESP) Spain »»
68 Matteo DELPODIO (ITA) Titleist, BiochemEnergy »»
68 Uli WEINHANDL (AUT) GC Bad Waltersdorf »»
68 Carlos BALMASEDA (ESP) Spain »»
68 Nicolas JOAKIMIDES (FRA) Purgolf.fr »»
68 Claude GRENIER (AUT) »»
68 Jason KELLY (NOR) Wentworth GC »»
68 Paolo TERRENI (ITA) »»
68 Andrea SIGNOR (ITA) Italy »»
68 Andrea ZANINI (ITA) H 19 G.C. Garlenda »»
68 Agus DOMINGO HOSPITAL (ESP) Spain »»
69 Pedro ERICE (ESP) Titleist Hirapesa »»
69 Gavin DEAR (SCO) Murrayshall House Hotel and GC »»
69 Jacques GUILLET (FRA) Delplast, MacDoDeauville »»
69 David ANTONELLI (FRA) Golf Club de Mionnay »»
69 Jason BARNES (ENG) JSM CONSTRUCTION »»
69 Vincent CACHERA (FRA) GOLF CLUB DE LYON »»
69 Christoph PFAU (AUT) Golfclub Salzburg Eugendorf »»
69 Jann SCHMID (SWI) Srixon, stellar fund,la serlas »»
69 Borja ETCHART (ESP) Grupo Tamoin »»
69 Miguel PUJALTE SASTRE (ESP) golf son servera »»
70 Gordon MANSON (AUT) Golf Club Kaiserburg »»
70 Matthias MONTGAILLARD (FRA) »»
70 Olivier SERRES (FRA) GolfClubMakers Titleist »»
70 Pol BECH (ESP) MQZ »»
70 Moritz MAYRHAUSER (am) (AUT) »»
70 Nicolo' RAVANO (ITA) Jack of Hearts »»
70 Matthieu BEY (FRA) »»
70 Rudy THUILLIER (FRA) PING, Under Armour, Ormesson »»
70 Ignacio SANCHEZ PALENCIA (ESP) Spain »»
70 Michael MOSER (AUT) Golf Club Gut Murstaetten »»
70 Kenny LE SAGER (FRA) Lacoste,Ormesson »»
70 Marcel WAGNER (am) (AUT) »»
71 Hamza AMIN (am) (AUT) Unattached »»
71 Justin BRINK (IRL) »»
71 Mathieu BOZIO (FRA) Ormesson, Titleist »»
71 Leo ASTL (AUT) Gc Walchsee »»
71 Kim Joon (ITA) ASOLO GOLF CLUB »»
71 Christoph KORBLER (am) (AUT) Unattached »»
71 Pierrick PERACINO (FRA) Evian Masters Golf Club »»
71 Bernhard REITER (AUT) »»
71 Christoph WENINGER (am) (AUT) »»
71 Mario WERNER (am) (AUT) »»
72 Sergio GONZALEZ GARCIA (ESP) Unattached »»
72 Edouard PENIN (FRA) »»
72 Nilson CABRERA (ITA) Parco di Roma Golf club »»
72 Jurgen MAURER (AUT) GC Gut Freiberg »»
72 Martin WIEGELE (AUT) »»
72 Thomas FOURNIER (FRA) Les herbes du foirail. Inesis »»
72 Adam HODKINSON (ENG) GRI Group PingTitleist Footjoy »»
72 Sebastijan AJSTER (SLO) Golf Club Castle Mokrice »»
72 Mario KRAJNZ (AUT) Golf Club Gut Murstaetten »»
72 Georg SCHULTES (AUT) »»
72 Andrea ZANI (ITA) Franciacorta Golf Club »»
72 Claudio BLAESI (SWI) Callaway,Bogner, SwissGolf »»
72 Alan BIHAN (FRA) Las brisas de ChicureoTitleist »»
72 Jean RELECOM (BEL) Royal Waterloo GC »»
72 Jurgen FRIESSNEGG (AUT) »»
72 Matthias SCHWAB (am) (AUT) »»
73 Simone BRIZZOLARI (ITA) SLAM G.C. Rapallo »»
73 Richard KILPATRICK (NIR) »»
73 Manfred KRAINZ (AUT) Sepiro »»
73 Luca GALLIANO (ITA) Credito Valtellinese »»
73 Alessandro GRAMMATICA (ITA) Golf degli Ulivi Sanremo »»
73 Romain SCHNEIDER (FRA) PHR, Au Fil des Marques, IJP »»
73 Alfonso CASTINEIRA MARCOS (ESP) Spain »»
73 Diego SUAZO GONZALEZ (ESP) Crow Legacy Company »»
73 Juan PARRON (ESP) Crow Legacy Company »»
73 Samuel TANFIN (FRA) M2H-CALLAWAY »»
73 Alexis WEIZMAN (FRA) »»
74 Simon FERNOUX (FRA) »»
74 Marco GUERISOLI (ITA) Reply, Peak Performance »»
74 Lawrence DODD (ENG) G Signs & Design Hayden Enviro »»
74 Manuel TRAPPEL (am) (AUT) »»
74 Kurt MAYR (AUT) »»
74 Marc PEREZ GELMA (ESP) PGA Golf Catalunya »»
74 Markus BURGER (AUT) »»
74 Christopher DAMMERT (am) (GER) »»
74 Christof HOLZER (AUT) »»
74 Miro RAIC (CRO) »»
74 Patrick SCHWAIGER (am) (AUT) Unattached »»
74 Gaston REARTES (ITA) »»
74 Alexandre RENCK (FRA) »»
74 Christoph BAUSEK (AUT) »»
75 Xavier PONCELET (FRA) Golf du Medoc »»
75 Tobias NEMECZ (am) (AUT) »»
75 Giacomo TONELLI (ITA) Italy »»
75 Bernard NEUMAYER (am) (AUT) »»
75 Clemens SAURUCK (AUT) »»
75 Gregori BAUMANN (SWI) Golf Club Esery »»
75 Damien PERRIER (FRA) Callaway, Lacoste, Golf Rennes »»
75 Nicolas SULZER (SWI) Swiss Golf, ASGI, GC Geneve »»
75 Rene GRUBER (AUT) GC Fontana »»
76 Lukas WORGOTTER (AUT) Unattached »»
77 Alex MUNRO (AUS) Australia »»
77 James COOKSON (ENG) »»
77 Shane McHENRY (AUS) »»
77 Petr NIC (CZE) SSZ, RDI press, Remax, Finder »»
77 Mark DAVIES (ENG) »»
77 Johannes STEINER (am) (AUT) »»
77 Sam ROBINSON (ENG) Lincoln Golf Range »»
77 Iñigo URQUIZU (ESP) Titleist, Footjoy, Lacoste »»
77 Nicholas MURTAGH (ENG) Wentworth Club »»
77 Christopher TAFERNER (am) (AUT) »»
77 Gerald GRESSE (BEL) Royal Golf Club Sart-Tilman »»
77 Adrian CARRETERO (ESP) »»
78 Marcel WALZL (Am) (AUT) Unattached »»
78 Steven HUME (SCO) »»
78 Alexander WERNIG (AUT) Lyoness, Tuvek »»
78 Niccolo GIUSTI (ITA) »»
78 Florian RUPRECHT (AUT) GC Murhof »»
78 Xavier RUIZ-FONHOF (NED) Royal Hague G&CC »»
79 Philipp HÖDL (am) (AUT) »»
79 Neil CHAUDHURI (ENG) www.specialisteyes.co.uk »»
80 Luca FENOGLIO (am) (ITA) Italy »»
80 Max BALTL (AUT) »»
80 Michele ZANINI (ITA) Agricar - H19 »»
81 Stefan GRATZER (AUT) »»
81 Jerome THEUNIS (BEL) Royal Waterloo Golf Club »»
81 Oliver ROTTHAUS (RSA) »»
82Thomas HOFSTATTER (AUT) »»
82 Florian HAEMPEL (AUT) »»
83 Andreas MAYER (AUT) »»
93 Patrick PATZEL (AUT) »»
Retired - Matjaz GOJCIC (SLO) Goja, Taylor Made, Adidas »»
Mark HOOPER (ENG) England »»

+Official tour scoring and statistics provided by the ALPS TOUR

European Challenge Tour Scoreboard
TURKISH AIRLINES CHALLENGE
Turkish Airlines Challenge
Carya Golf Club, Antalya, Turkey
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
136 J McLeary (Sco) 69 67,
137 S Walker (Eng) 69 68, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 67 70,
138 L Jensen (Den) 68 70,
139 J Zapata (Arg) 68 71, S Tiley (Eng) 72 67, C Günther (Ger) 68 71, B Grace (RSA) 69 70, B Wiesberger (Aut) 69 70, R Russell (Sco) 66 73, B Ritthammer (Ger) 69 70,
140 B Chapellan (Fra) 71 69, C Moriarty (Irl) 70 70, P Gustafsson (Swe) 69 71, B Barham (Eng) 69 71, J Larsen (Nor) 67 73, L Slattery (Eng) 72 68, S Davis (Eng) 72 68, G Shaw (Nir) 73 67, M Rominger (Sui) 72 68,
141 W Ormsby (Aus) 72 69, A Perrino (Ita) 71 70, C Ford (Eng) 73 68, C Russo (Fra) 71 70, L James (Eng) 72 69, J Caldwell (Nir) 71 70, A Gee (Eng) 70 71, T Olesen (Den) 71 70, G Murray (Sco) 70 71, Å Nilsson (Swe) 69 72,
142 J Morgan (Eng) 69 73, O Whiteley (Eng) 71 71, W Besseling (Ned) 72 70, M Zions (Aus) 71 71, N Kearney (Irl) 72 70, M Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 71, O Floren (Swe) 69 73, H Bacher (Aut) 75 67, J Grillon (Fra) 71 71,
143 J Xanthopoulos (Fra) 72 71, A Willey (Eng) 73 70, S Jamieson (Sco) 72 71, A Blyth (Aus) 71 72, B Mason (Eng) 70 73, F Colombo (Ita) 73 70, F Praegant (Aut) 70 73, R Dinwiddie (Eng) 71 72, F Henge (Swe) 69 74, J Little (Eng) 73 70, B Pettersson (Swe) 72 71, G Clark (Eng) 74 69, B Evans (Eng) 71 72, K Varli (am) (Tur) 71 72,
144 R Steiner (Aut) 70 74, N Meitinger (Ger) 74 70, J Abbate (Arg) 72 72, J Roos (RSA) 70 74, P Del Grosso (Arg) 69 75, I Van Weerelt (Ned) 70 74, F De Vries (Ned) 75 69, M Bliss (Can) 70 74, S Lewton (Eng) 70 74, M Baldwin (Eng) 72 72, N Bollini (USA) 71 73, J Moul (Eng) 70 74, F Widmark (Swe) 71 73, D Wuensche (Ger) 72 72, A Grenier (Fra) 72 72, V Riu (Fra) 74 70, H Sayin (am) (Tur) 75 69,
MISSED THE CUT
145 A Kaleka (Fra) 71 74, M Korhonen (Fin) 73 72, D Denison (Eng) 74 71, L Bond (Wal) 75 70, L Goddard (Eng) 73 72, A Tadini (Ita) 72 73, V Covello (USA) 72 73, B Karatas (Tur) 74 71, M Carlsson (Swe) 70 75, P Golding (Eng) 69 76, K Eriksson (Swe) 72 73,
146 T Whitehouse (Eng) 76 70, T Haylock (Eng) 75 71, L Kennedy (Eng) 74 72, A Ahokas (Fin) 77 69, F Calmels (Fra) 73 73, A Högberg (Swe) 74 72, J Axgren (Swe) 75 71, T Feyrsinger (Aut) 71 75,
147 E Ramsay (Sco) 73 74, C Macaulay (Sco) 74 73, C Brazillier (Fra) 72 75, J Cunliffe (RSA) 67 80, P Dwyer (Eng) 66 81, G Houston (Wal) 77 70, A Sjöstrand (Swe) 72 75, A Mellor (Eng) 66 81, R Santos (Por) 73 74, J Billot (Fra) 77 70, J Sjöholm (Swe) 72 75, G Davies (Eng) 77 70, G Ozcan (am) (Tur) 72 75,
148 S Buhl (Ger) 75 73, G Molteni (Ita) 75 73, N Bruzelius (Swe) 73 75, P Pinto (Arg) 78 70, S Manley (Wal) 77 71, P Edberg (Swe) 75 73, A Maestroni (Ita) 70 78, A Snobeck (Fra) 73 75, S Lilly (Eng) 72 76, Z Scotland (Eng) 75 73, C Monasterio (Arg) 73 75, M Ureta (Chi) 72 76,
149 M Higley (Eng) 75 74, W Booth (Sco) 77 72, C Doak (Sco) 74 75, J Clément (Sui) 75 74, A Hansen (Den) 70 79, K Sullivan (Wal) 72 77, M Mouland (Wal) 73 76, T Stewart (Aus) 71 78, D Whitnell (Eng) 77 72, K Brink (Swe) 76 73,
150 P Kaensche (Nor) 75 75, G Rosier (Fra) 76 74,
151 F Marty (Fra) 76 75, A Wagner (Arg) 79 72, S Surry (Eng) 76 75, S Wakefield (Eng) 76 75, R Saxton (Ned) 75 76,
152 I Pyman (Eng) 78 74, D Griffiths (Eng) 75 77,
153 A Bernadet (Fra) 80 73, R Kakko (Fin) 76 77, D Brooks (Eng) 79 74, R Kind (Ned) 74 79, D Vanegas (Col) 74 79, C Kaya (Tur) 76 77, T Remkes (Ned) 76 77,
154 J Doherty (Sco) 77 77, E Simsek (Ger) 77 77, J Makitalo (Fin) 80 74,
155 H Thethy (Ken) 78 77,
159 R Muntz (Ned) 82 77,
160 S Karatas (Tur) 80 80,
162 P Karantzias (Gre) 79 83,
163 U Karatas (Tur) 80 83,
165 E Lainchbury (Eng) 82 83,
166 U Dinler (Tur) 84 82,
167 B Kara (Tur) 82 85,
172 E Demirci (Tur) 83 89, H Cetin (Tur) 86 86,
173 A Akyurek (Tur) 84 89,
184 J Dent (Eng) 92 92,
Disqualified: L Saltman (Sco) 72 DQ,

European Tour Scoreboard
SPANISH OPEN
Royal Seville Golf Club
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS (before the end of play)
Par 144 (2x72)
134 Johan Edfors (Swe) 70 64
135 Sebastian Garcia-Grout (Spa) 68 67, Mark Foster 69 66
136 Danny Willett 68 68, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 69 67
137 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 68 69, David Drysdale 70 67, Stephen Dodd 69 68, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 70 67, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 71 66, Ariel Canete (Arg) 70 67, Carlos Del Morral (Spa) 68 69
138 Chris Wood 70 68, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 68 70
139 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 73 66, Anthony Wall 71 68, Damien McGrane 68 71, Jorge Campillo (Spa) 70 69, Shane Lowry 71 68, Joost Luiten (Ned) 69 70
140 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 71, David Howell 74 66, James Morrison 73 67, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 68 72, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 69, Pedro Oriol (Spa) 69 71, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 71 69, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 72 68
141 Richard Bland 71 70, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 72 69, Richie Ramsay 69 72, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 68 73, Paul Waring 66 75, Simon Dyson 68 73, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 69 72, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 71 70, Paul Lawrie 74 67, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 69 72, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 71 70, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 71 70
142 James Kingston (Rsa) 72 70, Colin Montgomerie 71 71, Phillip Price 71 71, David
Horsey 72 70, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 71 71, Jamie Elson 73 69, Richard Finch 69 73, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 73 69
143 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 73 70, Luis Claverie (Spa) 74 69, Sion E Bebb 72 71, Nick Dougherty 73 70, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 72 71, Steven O'Hara 72 71, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 74 69, Sam Hutsby 71 72, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 74 69, Carl Suneson (Spa) 71 72, Robert Rock 74 69, Gary Boyd 72 71, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 73 70, Jamie Donaldson 71 72, Thomas Levet (Fra) 73 70
144 Gary Orr 72 72, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 73 71, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 71 73, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 72 72, Pedro Linhart (Spa) 74 70, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 73 71, Marc Warren 71 73, Raul Quiros (Spa) 69 75, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 73 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 73 71, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 71 73, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 72 72, Peter Whiteford 73 71, Darren Clarke 75 69, Simon Khan 72 72, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 65 79, Stephen Gallacher 76 68, Richard Green (Aus) 71 73, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 72 72
MISSED THE CUT
145 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 72, Steve Webster 73 72, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 76 69, James Ruth 72 73, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 75 70, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 73 72, Graeme Storm 78 67
146 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 76 70, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 76 70, Richard McEvoy 75 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 75, Anthony Kang (USA) 69 77, Jordi Garcia (Spa) 74 72, Stephan Gross Jnr (Ger) 73 73, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 73 73, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 73 73, Phillip Archer 72 74, Pablo Martin (Spa) 70 76, Barry Lane 72 74
147 Chris Gane 70 77, Andrew Butterfield 72 75, Anton Haig (Rsa) 76 71, Marcel Siem (Ger) 78 69, Andrew Coltart 76 71, Scott Drummond 71 76, George Coetzee (Rsa) 72 75, David Lynn 75 72, Robert Coles 74 73, Juan Francisco Sarasti (Spa) 78 69, David Dixon 78 69, Tano Goya (Arg) 73 74, Bradley Dredge 79 68, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 76
148 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 77, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 76 72, Marco Ruiz (Par) 74 74, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 73 75, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 74 74, Oliver Fisher 74 74
149 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 77 72, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 79 70, Peter Baker 76 73, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 76 73, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 75 74, Peter Lawrie 72 77, Mark Brown (Nzl) 77 72, Paul Broadhurst 74 75, Gabriel Canizares (Spa) 71 78, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 73 76, Alastair Forsyth 75 74, Santiago Luna (Spa) 73 76, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 75 74, James Kamte (Rsa) 76 73
150 John Parry 73 77, Javier Colomo (Spa) 74 76, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 76 74
151 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 74 77, Simon Thornton 77 74
152 Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 75 77
153 Gary Lockerbie 75 78, Andrew McArthur 81 72, Julien Quesne (Fra) 79 74, Sam Little 78 75, Michael Hoey 76 77
154 Gary Murphy 79 75, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 78 76, Kenneth Ferrie 77 77, Nacho Bermudo (Spa) 76 78
155 Carlos Pigem (Spa) 79 76
156 Moises Cobo Arrayas (Spa) 76 80
157 Antonio Hortal (Spa) 84 73
158 Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) 77 81

JOEL HENDRY MISSES CUT IN SOUTH CAROLINA

Twice Scottish youths champion Joel Hendry from Elgin missed the cut by one shot in the Egolf Pro Tour event, the River Hills Classic, at River Hills Country Club, Lake Wyle in South Carolina. Florida-based Hendry had rounds of 73 and 72 for one-over-par 145, 10 shots behind the leader, American Tommy Biershenk with rounds of 67 and 69 for nine-under 135.

Raymond Russell shares lead after 66 in Turkey

FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
Raymond Russell maintained his recent good form to earn a share of the lead after the opening round of the Turkish Airlines Challenge at Carya GC.
The former Cannes Open champion, who got into this European Challenge Tour event only at this time last week, shot a six-under-par 66 to set the pace along with two Englishmen, Ally Mellor and Paul Dwyer.
Russell returned to winning ways less than a fortnight ago with a victory on the Alps Tour and is determined to try and get back on to the European Tour.
The former Walker Cup player was one of three Scots to break par in the first round in Turkey, the others being Jamie McLeary (69) and George Murray (70).
McLeary is seeking a second success on the Challenge Tour, having won the Scottish Hydro-sponsored event at Spey Valley last year, while Murray picked up where he left off when recording his best professional finish in Madiera recently.
Lloyd Saltman and Scott Jamieson both shot 72s, one better than Eric Ramsay, with Chris Doak and Callum Macaulay both firing 74s.

COLIN FARQUHARSON'S

TALKING POINT

Mid-amateur championship minimum

age should be 35 not 25

Mid-amateur golf is the most poorly supported form of competitive play in the United Kingdom.
You don't believe me?
Well, the R&A removed the British men's mid-amateur from the list of championships under its auspices a year or two ago.
Same with the Ladies Golf Union and the British women's mid-amateur championship. It was scrapped a couple of years ago.
Now the Scottish Golf Union admit that entries for the Scottish men's mid-amateur championship - to be held at East Renfrewshire GC from June 12 to 14 - are at a disappointingly low level ahead of the entry deadline in mid-May.
I have said this before and I will say it again:
It's an age thing!
Mid-amateur golf came over to us from the United States 20 odd years ago, maybe more,and the powers-that-be over there got it wrong when they made it for over-25s. On this side of the Atlantic, amateur golfing officialdom just accepted that this was the right age.
Wrong! Mid-amateur golf should be for the over-35s up to the under-55s, i.e. the age of eligibility for male seniors' competition.
The European Golf Association had the good sense to see the way things were going and they raised their minimum age for the European mid-amateur championship to 35.

Response from Allyn Dick, Scottish mid-amateur champion in 2005 and 2006 after being runner-up in 2004 (that's him pictured above).

Making the age 35 will not attract more entries. Moving the event to another date and not having it clashing with the British Amateur will do.
In my opinion, the SGU has devalued the event in recent years. Previously it was played on the same weekend as the Scottish Youths. You will now find that tournament has been moved to a free weekend in the schedule.
Also, Friday qualifying with match-play on the weekend was moved to Saturday qualifying so not so many entrants would need to take a day off work.
With a Monday finish now, why bother entering if you're not going to take the Monday off? Also, what is the incentive of winning this national title? I can tell you, hee haw!

Allyn Dick

Editor's Note: No winner of the Scottish mid-amateur championship has been selected to play for Scotland after his victory.

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North-east name Larkin in

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strong team for Kinross

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
North-east have named a strong-looking team for the revamped Scottish men's area team golf championship at Kinross Golf Club on May 15 and 16.
New to the six-man district team is Banchory-based Scott Larkin, now playing out of Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. Four years on the American college golf circuit have raised his game to a new level.
The squad also includes last year's Scottish boys' and men's match-play champion David Law (Hazlehead), still trying to get back to his best form following a broken knuckle received in an unprovoked assault in Aberdeen city centre in mid-November.
North-east squad is:
Anthony Bews (Murcar Links)

Bryan Innes (Murcar Links)

Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen)
David Law (Hazlehead)

Phillip McLean (Peterhead)

Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh)

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Kiwi Iles shares lead in Nationwide Tour event

New Zealand’s Bradley Iles birdied his final four holes on his way to a first-round score of five-under-par 66 which gave him a share of the first-day lead at the US Nationwide Tour's Stadion Athens Classic at the University of Georgia golf course.
Shooting his lowest round of the season so far, Iles is joined at the top by a pair of rookies, Mark Anderson of South Carolina and leading money-winner Bobby Gates.
Iles was the first to post a 66 and despite hitting only 12 of 18 greens, the 26-year old Kiwi was saved by his work on the greens.
“I just holed everything,” he said. “I must have holed 200 feet of putts today. I hit a few good shots but that was probably the best I could play. That was probably the best score I could have shot today. That shows how strong the course is for me, I holed everything and shot 5-under.”
Tied in fourth place is Aussie Stephen Leany along with Martin Piller, Daniel Summerhays, rookie James Hahn, Arjun Atwal and Michael Putnam.
After a solid start to the season with a T19 finish at the season-opening Australasian/Nationwide Tour co-sanctioned Michael Hill New Zealand Open followed a week later where he finished T21 at the Moonah Classic, Iles missed the next four cuts on the Nationwide Tour.
Last week however he finished T24 at the South Georgia Classic where he opened with a first round 67 and looks to be finding form again.
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Leaderboard: Round 1
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A total of eight players are knotted at 3-under 68, including Jason Kokrak, a sponsor's invite a week ago at the South Georgia Classic in Valdosta, where he finished T13. Also in the group at 68 is Harris English, a junior on the current Georgia golf squad.
The UGA course, designed in the late 1960's by famed architect Robert Trent Jones and renovated in 2006 by PGA TOUR member Davis Love III, has quickly gained a great deal of respect by the Nationwide Tour members who are seeing the par-71 layout for the first time.
"It's hard," Gates offered of the tournament's new site. "The greens are going to be really fast and the pins are very dicey. If you miss the green in the wrong spot, you're not going to have 10 feet for par. You have to control your ball, especially your second shots into the greens."
Gates, winner of the season-opening Michael Hill New Zealand Open, did a better job with his irons and hit 14 greens in regulation. While he didn't make every putt he looked at, he did give his efforts a thumbs up, finally.
"I hit the ball beautifully. It was good and could have been really good," said the Florida-born, transplanted Texan. "I finally saw some putts lip-in, which is very positive. I'm excited about that because the last month or so they've been going the other way. Today it was nice to see a few take a peek and go in."
Anderson, from Beaufort, South Carolina, hit 16 greens and moved into a first-place tie for the first time in his young pro career.
"I drove it well. I really kept the ball in play," said Anderson, who is No. 25 on the money list after making five cuts in his six previous starts this year. "The greens are so tough to read. I think there's a lot of local knowledge involved with putting on these things and knowing where to hit it. They're a good speed. I think if they get them too fast they'd be out of control."

Richard Lee sets NZ golfing history with a 59

Auckland golfer Richard Lee shot the first sub-60 score in a professional event in New Zealand when he fired an 11-under-par 59 at the Tauranga Open today.
Lee made nine birdies and an eagle in his round, slotting a six-foot birdie putt on the 10th hole, his final of the day for the course record at Tauranga Golf Club.
He moved to 12-under 128 at the halfway stage to share the clubhouse lead with Wellington amateur Nick Gillespie, who shot a 63 in today's second round.

Lee Westwood gets sponsor's invitation to St Jude Classic

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Lee Westwood will be playing in Memphis the week before June's US Open after all.
Europe's leading player said on Tuesday that the St Jude Classic was the one tournament that had not given him a sponsor's invitation.
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But before he teed off in the Quail Hollow Championship in North Carolina, Westwood was informed that a spot in the field was now on offer to him.