Westwood leads, Harrington, McIlroy miss the cut

United States PGA Tour Scoreboard
THE PLAYERS Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Purse: $9.5 million Winning Share: $1.71 million.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS (before end of play)
Par 144 (2x72). 7,220 yards.
132 Lee Westwood (Eng) 67 65
133 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 65, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 67 66, Heath Slocum 67 66
135 Lucas Glover 70 65
136 Ben Crane 67 69, Charley Hoffman 68 68, Robert Allenby (Aus) 66 70, Luke Donald (Eng) 67 69
137 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 72 65, Davis Love III 69 68, John Rollins 68 69, Bill Haas 68 69, Paul Goydos 69 68, K J Choi (Kor) 69 68, Bo Van Pelt 68 69, Ryan Moore 67 70
138 Kenny Perry 67 71, Spencer Levin 71 67, J.B. Holmes 66 72, Adam Scott (Aus) 70 68, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 70 68
139 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 69 70, Ben Curtis 71 68, Bob Estes 70 69, Sean O'Hair 70 69, Roland Thatcher 71 68, Jerry Kelly 73 66, Chris Stroud 70 69, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 69, Matt Kuchar 68 71, Hunter Mahan 70 69, Kevin Stadler 69 70, J J Henry 68 71, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 69 70, Andres Romero (Arg) 69 70, Tim Clark (Rsa) 68 71, Troy Matteson 68 71
140 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 71 69, Nick Watney 69 71, Justin Leonard 72 68, Steve Marino 73 67, Zach Johnson 70 70, Oliver Wilson (Eng) 70 70, Jimmy Walker 71 69
141 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 72 69, Tiger Woods 70 71, Woody Austin 69 72, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 70 71, Alex Cejka (Ger) 69 72, Phil Mickelson 70 71, Brett Quigley 72 69, Boo Weekley 69 72, Scott Verplank 71 70, Troy Merritt 71 70, Stephen Ames (Can) 70 71, Jason Bohn 67 74
142 Kris Blanks 71 71, John Merrick 70 72, Jeff Overton 70 72, Steve Flesch 71 71, Chris Couch 74 68, Fred Funk 72 70, James Nitties (Aus) 70 72, James Driscoll 71 71, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 70, Alex Prugh 69 73, Dustin Johnson 71 71, George McNeill 75 67, Jim Furyk 69 73
MISSED THE CUT
143 Bryce Molder 71 72, Brian Davis (Eng) 72 71, Pat Perez 71 72, J.P. Hayes 74 69, David Toms 71 72, Stewart Cink 73 70, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 70 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 71 72, Kevin Na 71 72, Vijay Singh (Fij) 69 74, Paul Casey (Eng) 73 70, Ian Poulter (Eng) 72 71, Camilo Villegas (Col) 70 73, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 69 74
144 Scott McCarron 68 76, Ross Fisher (Eng) 69 75, Bill Lunde 70 74, Brian Gay 70 74, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 72, Bubba Watson 71 73, Greg Owen (Eng) 73 71, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 71 73, Derek Lamely 71 73, Michael Allen 74 70, Chad Campbell 75 69, Justin Rose (Eng) 72 72, Jay Haas 71 73, Brandt Snedeker 73 71
145 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 74 71, Vaughn Taylor 72 73, Jason Dufner 73 72, Jeff Quinney 72 73, Kevin Sutherland 74 71, Harrison Frazar 71 74, Mark Wilson 71 74, Webb Simpson 74 71, Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 73 72, Ryan Palmer 73 72, Tim Petrovic 75 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 74 71, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 73 72
146 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 71 75, John Senden (Aus) 70 76, Lee Janzen 70 76, Jason Day (Aus) 74 72, D.A. Points 73 73, Nathan Green (Aus) 72 74, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 75, Mike Weir (Can) 72 74, Briny Baird 74 72, Nicholas Thompson 73 73, D.J. Trahan 72 74
147 Brendon De Jonge 70 77, Ricky Barnes 73 74, Charlie Wi (Kor) 70 77, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 78 69, Mark Calcavecchia 73 74, Cameron Beckman 71 76, Marc Leishman (Aus) 74 73, Rickie Fowler 73 74
148 Michael Letzig 75 73, Martin Laird (Sco) 74 74, Jonathan Byrd 73 75, Kevin Streelman 75 73
149 Richard S Johnson (Swe) 76 73, Michael Bradley 73 76, Matt Bettencourt 74 75, John Mallinger 76 73, Charles Howell III 76 73
151 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 79, Scott Piercy 76 75
152 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 72 80, Ted Purdy 73 79
153 Jeff Klauk 75 78
154 Chad Collins 75 79

MORAY AND NAIRN GOLF LEAGUE

ELGIN ½, MORAY 7½

N. McWilliam halved with K Thomson
K B Taylor lost to M L Macleman 2 and 1.
S H C Milne lost to K Thomson 2 and 1.
P McHardy lost to J Matheson 3 and 1.
D Hector lost to R Sheil 3 and 1.
S Johnston lost to C Stuart 6 and 5.
G Ross lost to P McPherson 7 and 6.
R Copland lost to S Little 4 and 2.

HOW THEY STAND
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points

Moray 1 1 0 0 7½ ½ 2

Nairn 1 1 0 0 6 2 2

Forres 1 0 0 1 2 6 0

Elgin 1 0 0 1 ½ 7 ½ 0

Nairn Dunbar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NORTHERN COUNTIES SENIOR CUP GOLF DRAW

Draw for the Northern Counties Senior Cup tournament at Cruden Bay from May 19 to 21 is:

First round
8am Tain v Forres.
8.15 Murcar Links v Turriff.
8.30 Cruden Bay 2 v Torvean.
8.45 Fortrose & Rosemarkie 2 v Royal Aberdeen.
9.0 Inverness v Nairn.
9.15 Duff House Royal 2 v Deeside.
9.30 McDonald Ellon v Peterhead 1.
9.45 Murcar Links 2 v Peterhead 2.
10.0 Cruden Bay 1 v Elgin
Second round
1pm Nairn Dunbar 1 v Tain or Forres 1.
1.15 Murcar Links or Turriff v Cruden Bay 2 or Torvean.
1.30 Fortrose & Rosemarkie 2 or Royal Aberdeen v Inverness or Nairn.
1.45 Duff House Royal 2 or Deeside v McDonald Ellon or Peterhead 1.
2.0 Moray v Murcar Links 2 or Peterhead 2.
2.15 Strathpeffer v Cruden Bay 1 or Elgin.
2.30 Fortrose & Rosemarkie 1 v Duff House Royal 1.
2.45 Nairn Dunbar 2 v Royal Dornoch.

Andrew McArthur (66) leading Scot at-

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halfway stage of BMW Italian Open

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

Fredrik Andersson Hed hopes a maiden European Tour win at the BMW Italian Open this weekend can see him cement his position amongst the elite.
The 38 year old reached eight under par for a one stroke halfway lead in Turin, and the Swede admits it is time for him to convert an opportunity into a win on the big stage.
Having regained his European Tour card after an incredible 14th trip to The Qualifying School last November he has finished fourth in South Africa and seventh in India this season. Andersson Hed was one of 18 players forced to complete their first rounds at 8am this morning following Thursday's two hour delay, carding an opening 70 before adding a 66 by playing the last five holes in four under par with an eagle two and two birdies.
"In South Africa when I had a chance to win I was a bit too tense," he said. "In India I felt better and hopefully I will feel even better this weekend.
"Some people think I have so much experience but if it's been a few years since you were in that position it feels like a new situation."
One behind after two rounds at Royal Park I Roveri is Spain's Miguel Angel Jiménez, his compatriots Alejandro Cañizares and Ignacio Garrido, Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts and South African Hennie Otto.
Teenage Italian star Matteo Manassero is just four off the lead on his professional debut after consecutive rounds of 70 which confirmed his enormous potential.
Jiménez - who claimed his 16th European Tour title in Dubai earlier this year said: "It's almost ten years since I played in Italy and they have made a big effort to make this a special tournament so I wanted to support this tournament and The Tour."
The highlight of his round came at the par five 18th, his ninth hole, when he holed a pitch shot from 70 yards for an eagle 3.
Jiménez has made three Ryder Cup appearances and is currently 14th in the qualifying race, and added: "There is a lot of competition and one thing is guaranteed, Europe will have a very good team.
"If I play well I will be there and very pleased to play in Europe's colours, but if not it will not damage me as there are so many good players. That is the future and we have to make way for them. The Ryder Cup is so important and the most important thing is to have the best team there."
Manassero turned professional on Monday after a stellar amateur career and at 17 years and 20 days old could become the youngest winner in European Tour history on Sunday.
New Zealand's Danny Lee was 18 years and 213 days old, and still an amateur, when he won the 2009 Johnnie Walker Classic.
"It's a great feeling," said Manassero, who outscored playing partner Colin Montgomerie by eight shots and would have only been only two off the lead if not for a double bogey on 16.
"I played very well today and I'm obviously happy with my game. Two under was not enough because my game was good enough to shoot five or six under today, but I'm tenth so I'm really happy about that.
"I'm playing well enough to be in contention and I'm pretty sure about my game going into the weekend. I'm dreaming a little about winning this tournament and if I keep playing like this I could be close.

SCOTSWATCH. Andrew McArthur (pictured above), struggling badly on occasion in this early part of the season, suddenly hit form with a bang with a second-round 66, an improvement of seven strokes in 24 hours. That makes him the leading Scot in Turin on 139 at halfway. There are five Scots in the top 10, which is the best Tartan "grouping" of the year.

Paul Lawrie slipped back a wee bit with a par 72 for 140 but he is still well in the picture alongwith Peter Whiteford (71) and Andrew Coltart (70), also on the four-under-par mark.

Alastair Forsyth is having his best tournament for a while. He had a 71 to make the cut - level par 144 or better qualified - with ease on 141.

David Drysdale's form is hardly consistent at the moment. After a sparkling first-day 68 he lurched to a 74 for 142 - two shots ahead of the two Scots who made the cut right on the limit mark, Richie Ramsay (73-71) and Steven O'Hara (70-74).

Scots who missed out were Scott Drummond (72-146), Stephen Gallacher (74 -147), Colin Montgomery (72-148) and Marc Warren (73-152). Gary Orr retired.

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EARLY NEWS FROM PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

Lee Westwood moves into lead with a 65

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida. England's Lee Westwood is in the lead among the early starters at The Players Championship with a second- round, seven-under 65 on another gentle day at the TPC Sawgrass.
Westwood moved up the leaderboard, as did so many others on another good day for scoring. The only difference is he stayed there. He is at 12-under 132 heading into the weekend.
Ryuji Imada of Japan had a 66 and Francesco Molinari of Italy had a 65. They were one shot behind.
Tiger Woods will be joining them on the weekend. He overcame a few bad drives for a 71 that put him eight shots behind on 140 - but he made the cut!

Ross Kellett 76 is leading Scot at Royal Dublin GC

Hopkins leads Irish amateur open championship with a 71

FROM THE IRISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
Jeff Hopkins (Skerries) fired a one under par 71 to lead the way after the opening round of the AIB sponsored Irish Amateur Open Championship at the Royal Dublin Golf Club.
The stiff north easterly wind which howled over the links all day made for an extremely testing outward nine which Hopkins managed to cover in an impressive one-over-par 36. Birdies on the 10th, 13th and 14th holes followed by a bogey on the 15th made up the homeward nine of 35. Hopkins turned 18 in January but still qualifies to play at boys level and will take part in an Irish Boys trial at Druid's Glen and Powerscourt Golf Clubs next weekend.
He leads by one from Galgorm Castle's David Kernohan - who matched Hopkins in reaching the quarter-finals of the West of Ireland Championship last month. The beaten finalist in that Championship, Eddie McCormack (Galway) lies in a group of four players one stroke further back on 73.
SCOTSWATCH: Ross Kellett (Colville Park) led the large Scots contingent with a 76 which left him tied for 13th place overnight. Colin Thomson and Alexander Culverwell came next with 77s and there were three Scots on the 78 mark - Sam Binning, Kris Nicol and James White. David Law, Greg Paterson and Fraser McKenna had 79s. Philip McLean and Paul Shields had 80s, Scott Borrowman an 82 and, bringing up the rear for the Scots were Jordan Findlay and Mark Bookless on 84.
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Frenchman Alan Bihan on top at Lyoness Open

FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Frenchman Alan Bihan, 27, fired a 65 today after first-round 67 during first round to lead the Alps Tour's Lyoness Open in Freiberg, Austria, by two strokes with a total of 12 under par 132.
“I like the course very much. Last year I finished third and it suits me better than the one last week because it is longer. But the main point is that today, I holed a lot of putts. I needed it because each year the level of players is getting better and better and you have to shoot really low to be on top of the leaderboard," said Bihan.
His last win was in Memorial Olivier Barras in Crans sur Sierre in 2008 and he knows how to deal with being in the last group off the tee in the final round.
His father, Marc Bihan, is carrying the bag as usual. Being in the last group is quite new to French rookie David Antonelli who turned 24 last Tuesday.
By his own admission he played very poorly in March and April but his main sponsor told him that he would have his backing until the end of May.
Today Antonelli signed for a second 67 and 134, two shots off the pace.
“I knew I had to wake up and I did! I made my first cut last week and here at Lyoness Open, I think I had the best putting in my all life. Once you start holing putts, even tough ones, you trust your swing more and more and then you are playing better,” he said.
Last but not least, third man on the provisional podium is Austrian Peter Lepitschnik, with a total of nine under par 135. Lepitschnik used to be member of Alps Tour but after few seasons on the circuit, he decided to make get a degree as teacher in 2010.
It seems that playing with no stress is the right way for Peter. He did well too last week at Gösser Open and is on the way to success whatever happens tomorrow and Sunday.
The cut is fixed at -1.
Agathe Séron
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
132 Alan BIHAN (FRA) 67 65.
134 David ANTONELLI (FRA) 67 67.
135 Peter LEPITSCHNIK (AUT) 70 65.
136 Juan PARRON (ESP) 71 65, Pol BECH (ESP) 65 71, Carlos BALMASEDA (ESP) 72 64, Jason PALMER (ENG) 67 69.
137 Xavier GUZMAN SADABA (ESP) 68 69, Richard KILPATRICK (NIR) 70 67, Fredrik SVANBERG (SWI) 64 73.
138 Kenny LE SAGER (FRA) 71 67, Benjamin MANNIX (ENG) 71 67.
139 Shane McHENRY (AUS) 69 70, Jason KELLY (NOR) 69 70, Adam HODKINSON (ENG) 71 68, Kim Joon (ITA) 71 68, Marc PEREZ GELMA (ESP) 71 68, Lawrence DODD (ENG) 70 69,
Iñigo URQUIZU (ESP) 68 71.
140 Andrea ZANINI (ITA) 67 73, Lukas NEMECZ (AUT) (amateur) 72 68, Jann SCHMID (SWI) 70 70, Nilson CABRERA (ITA) Parco di Roma Golf club 68 72, Leo ASTL (AUT) 70 70,
Michael MOSER (AUT) 71 69.
141 Jason BARNES (ENG) 70 71, Jurgen MAURER (AUT) 70 71, Juan Antonio BRAGULAT (ESP) 74 67, Matthew CRYER (ENG) 69 72, Uli WEINHANDL (AUT) 69 72.
142 Alessandro GRAMMATICA (ITA) 74 68, Marco GUERISOLI (ITA) 69 73, Matteo DELPODIO (ITA) 72 70, Romain SCHNEIDER (FRA) 73 69, Sergio GONZALEZ GARCIA (ESP) 73 69, Vincent CACHERA (FRA) 70 72, Farren KEENAN (ENG) 74 68.
143 Ricki NEIL-JONES (ENG) 72 71, Christoph KORBLER (AUT) (am) 73 70, Luca BENEDUCE (ITA) 70 73, Julien FORET (FRA) 72 71, Gavin DEAR (Murrayshall House Hotel and GC) 73 70, Alexander WERNIG (AUT) 71 72, Quentin DE VALENSART (BEL) 73 70, Neil CHAUDHURI (ENG) 73 70.
MISSED THE CUT (Selected scores)
144 Eliott SALTMAN (Aegon) 72 72.
146 Zack SALTMAN (Aegon) 70 76.
147 Steven HUME (Murrayshall) 76 71.
148 Kevin McALPINE (Alyth) 75 73.

Four Scots in leading 10 at halfway in Italy

European Tour Scoreboard
BMW ITALIAN OPEN
Royal Park I Roveri, Turin
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
136 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 70 66
137 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 68, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 66, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 70 67
139 David Horsey 68 71, Andrew McArthur 73 66.
140 Steve Webster 72 68, Peter Whiteford 69 71, Paul Lawrie 67 73, Andrew Coltart 70 70, Graeme Storm 67 73, Matteo Manassero (Italy) 70 70.
141 Robert Coles 70 71, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 73 68, Chris Wood 71 70, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 71, Gareth Maybin 69 72, Alastair Forsyth 71 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 69
142 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 71 71, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 69 73, David Drysdale 68 74, Stephen Dodd 68 74, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 70 72, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 71 71, Bradley Dredge 73 69, Oliver Fisher 69 73
143 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 70, Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 73 70, George Coetzee (Rsa) 72 71, Mark Brown (Nzl) 72 71, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 71 72, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 73, Scott Hend (Aus) 72 71, Barry Lane 71 72, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 72 71
144 Richie Ramsay 73 71, Phillip Price 72 72, Nick Dougherty 70 74, Richard McEvoy 72 72, Peter Baker 70 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 76 68, Jamie Elson 72 72, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 72 72, Sam Hutsby 71 73, Gary Boyd 75 69, Sven Struver (Ger) 76 68, Andrea Pavan (Ita) 76 68, David Dixon 71 73, Steven O'Hara 70 74.
MISSED THE CUT
145 Mark F Haastrup (Den) 71 74, Sion E Bebb 73 72
146 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 75, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 77 69, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 75 71, David Lynn 76 70, James Morrison 75 71, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 70 76, Lee Slattery 70 76, Costantino Rocca (Ita) 76 70, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 76 70, Thomas Levet (Fra) 71 75, Scott Drummond 74 72.
147 John Parry 75 72, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 72 75, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 73 74, Benn Barham 75 72, Mattia Miloro (Ita) 72 75, Darren Clarke 73 74, Stephen Gallacher 73 74, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 70 77, Richard Green (Aus) 73 74, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 73 74, Ross McGowan 73 74
148 Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 74 74, Phillip Archer 71 77, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 74 74, Julien Quesne (Fra) 74 74, Simon Khan 74 74, Colin Montgomery 76 72.
149 Andrew Tampion (Aus) 74 75, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 76 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 77 72, James Ruth 73 76, Kenneth Ferrie 75 74
150 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 73 77, Marco Crespi (Ita) 72 78, Niccolo Quintarelli (Ita) 79 71, Simon Thornton 72 78, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 76 74
151 Carl Suneson (Spa) 71 80, Paul Waring 79 72, Paul Broadhurst 73 78
152 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 80 72, Marc Warren 79 73
153 Federico Colombo (Ita) 72 81
154 Klas Eriksson (Swe) 78 76
155 Marco Ruiz (Par) 78 77, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 82 73
157 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 80 77, Stefano Soffietti (Ita) 77 80
158 Andrew Butterfield 79 79, Domenico Geminiani (Ita) 80 78.
Retired: Gary Orr, Michael Hoey, Simon Dyson.

Turnberry's Scott Brown goes three strokes clear

Scott Brown reaps the benefit of playing with Sergio Garcia

FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Scott Brown, a 19-year-old from Girvan, has been working hard on his short game since playing with Sergio Garcia in a pro-am and reaped the benefits on a blustery opening day of the Golf Data Lab Scottish Youths' championship at Monifieth.
As scores soared on the Angus course, Brown was the only player to break par, a two-under 69 giving him a three-shot cushion at the end of a day which saw the home-based competitors cope better in the testing conditions than a sizeable continental contingent in the field. Along with everyone else, the Turnberry player found the opening stretch troublesome, so much so that the sixth was the first green he managed to hit in regulation. But Brown chipped close at the opening five holes, holing two of them from about 40 feet at both the third and fifth.
"I have been concentrating on my short game since I played with Sergio Garcia in the Dubai Desert Classic Pro-Am last year," he revealed afterwards. "It's in pretty good order as a result of that and, after chipping so well during a scratchy start, I felt I might be in for a decent day."
Spearheading the chasing pack after respectable 72s are a group of nine fellow Scots – William Bremner of Edzell, Longniddry's Michael Bacigalupo, Scott Gibson of Southerness, Crieff's Daniel Harrison, Fraser Thain from West Linton and Torrance House's Alan Welsh, Jack McDonald of Barassie, Wigtownshire County's Kyle McClung and Greg Smail of Craigielaw.
Bremner, almost a local boy, finished third last year, having also been runner-up in the Scottish Boys' Championship at Dunbar in 2007.
"It would be nice to add a gold medal to my collection," admitted the 21-year-old after one of the steadiest rounds of the day. After holing a 30-footer for a birdie at the first, he then dropped three successive shots before getting it back to just one-over for the round with a two-putt birdie at the 16th.
"It was tough out there – indeed, that was some 69," added Bremner of the leader's effort.
Bacigalupo, the son of well-known former Scottish rugby referee, Johnny, recovered well after being four-over after five holes, the highlight of his round being an eagle-3 at the last, a feat matched later in the day by 16-year-old Thain.
McClung was two-under after ten but let things slip with the wind at his back. "I played the hard bit well and the easy bit badly," said the 19-year-old.

FIRST ROUND
Par 71
1 BROWN, Scott (Turnberry) 69
T2 THAIN, Fraser (West Linton) 72
T2 WELSH, Alan (Torrance House) 72.
T2 BACIGALUPO, Michael (Longniddry) 72
T2 MCDONALD, Jack (Kilmarnock Barassie) 72
T2 GIBSON, Scott (Southerness) 72
T2 BREMNER, William (Edzell) 72
T2 HARRISON, Daniel (Crieff) 72
T2 SMAIL, Greg (Craigielaw) 72
T2 MCCLUNG, Kyle (Wigtownshire Co) 72
T11 FAIRBURN, Simon (Torwoodlee 73
T11 MOORE, Fraser (Glenbervie 73
T11 DAILY, Michael (Erskine 73
T14 SAVAGE, Jamie (Cawder 74
T14 SMITH, Marc (Troon Welbeck 74
T14 QUAGEBEUR, Robin (Belgium 74
T14 SPRAGGS, Patrick (Stowmarket) 74
T14 RHIND, Jordyn (Uphall) 74
T14 NEIL, Bradley (Blairgowrie) 74
T14 CAMPBELL, Andrew (Dumbarton) 74
T21 MILNE, Jordan (Elgin) 75
T21 STILL, Stefan (Germany) 75
T21 ROSS, Craig (Kirkhill) 75
T21 WALLACE, Andrew (Glenbervie) 75
T21 KAY, Daniel (Dunbar) 75
T21 LEITMANNSTETTER, Aaron (Germany) 75
T21 LOW, Chris (Tantallon) 75
T21 MACANDREW, Nick (Cullen) 75
T21 KEDDIE, Danny (Belton Park) 75
T21 MORRISSEY, Mark (Ireland) 75
T21 SALMINEN, Tuomas (Finland) 75
T32 CARR, Oliver (Ulverston) 76
T32 ROTTLUFF, Maximilian (Germany) 76
T32 DUNCAN, Graeme (Kingsknowe) 76
T32 KOLLOSS, Carl (Germany) 76
T32 OROZCO, Jose Maria (Spain) 76
T32 MARCHBANK, Greig (Dumfries & Galloway) 76
T32 BOLTON, Sandy (Goring & Streatly) 76
T32 JOHNSTON, Liam (Dumfries & Co) 76
T32 DAOUST, Sean (Belgium 76
T32 MCPHEE, Paul (King James VI 76
T42 DEEGAN, Shaun (Craigielaw 77
T42 MELVILLE, Iain (Glencorse 77
T42 WALZ, Maximilian (Germany 77
T42 SANT, Jack (Ladbrook Park 77
T42 PUTKONEN, Teemu (Finland 77
T42 BAIRD, Colin (Bothwell Castle 77
T42 MOMMAERTS, Bertrand (Belgium 77
T42 LAWRENCE, Dan (Ballumbie Castle) 77
T42 YOUNG, Scott Turnhouse) 77
T42 RAMSAY, Derek Elgin) 77
T52 NELSON, Cameron Nairn) 78
T52 PALMER, Andrew Chorley) 78
T52 SCOTT, Jack Deeside) 78
T52 FARRELL, Cameron (Cardross) 78
T52 WRIGHT, Jeff (Forres) 78
T52 ARTHUR, Jamie (Milnathort) 78
T52 LAVELLE, Sam (Lancaster) 78
T52 COLBECK, Nigel (Moor Allerton) 78
T52 WEST, Cameron (Scotscraig) 78
T52 SWEENEY, Aaron (Carnoustie) 78
T52 ROBERTS, Graham (Eaton) 78
T52 ECHIKSON, Samuel (Belgium) 78
T52 THOMSON, Mark (Grange) 78
T52 WIGHTMAN, Scott (Powfoot) 78
T66 BARRAS, Simon (Helensburgh) 79
T66 AURNHAMMER, Marvin (Germany) 79
T66 SCANLAN, Peter (Hamilton) 79
T66 HOWARD, Mike (Royal Birkdale) 79
T66 HOLMES, Kit (Hunstanton) 79
T66 GRANT, Darryn (Renfrew) 79
T66 ANDERSON, Josh (Leven) 79
T66 BROWN, Euan (Kilmarnock Barassie) 79
T66 SMITH, Steven (Marriott Dalmahoy) 79
T66 SCOTT, Ewan (St Andrews) 79
T66 BYRNE, Daniel (Dartford) 79
T66 BOYLE, Stuart (Harburn) 79
T66 STEWART, Greig (Crieff) 79
T66 MCGARVEY, Sean (Glencorse) 79
T66 ALLAN, Lawrence (Alva) 79
T81 HUISH, Oliver (North Berwick) 80
T81 REDFORD, Ian (St Andrews New) 80
T81 DUNTON, Adam (McDonald Ellon) 80
T81 CAPPI, Angus (Carnoustie) 80
T81 CRAWFORD, Euan (Kirkcaldy) 80
T81 BROOKS, Jack (Pleasington) 80
T87 MORGAN, Lee (Newbattle) 81
T87 O'NEIL, Conor (Pollok) 81
T87 BLENNERHASSETT, Tom Marriott (Dalmahoy) 81
T87 CLARKE, Rodger (Moray) 81
T87 MARR, Cameron (Musselburgh) 81
T87 MERCKX, Dewi (Belgium) 81
T87 RAUHALA, Atte (Finland) 81
T87 VAN DIJK, Menno (Netherlands) 81
T87 EDWARDS, Danny (Elgin) 81
T87 CLARKE, Fraser (Westhill) 81
T87 NEIL, Connor (Blairgowrie) 81
T87 TREASURER, Jamie (Inverness) 81
T87 HENDRICK, James (Pollok) 81
T100 STEWART, Calum (Brora) 82
T100 PYYKOLA, Henri (Finland) 82
T100 HARPER, Kristofer (Carnoustie) 82
T100 DINGWALL, Tom (Nairn Dunbar) 82
T104 BOWMAN, Grant (Monifieth) 83
T104 GAITTENS, Christopher (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) 83
T104 MACKAY, Euan (Craigielaw 83
T104 STEPHEN, Jamie (Aberdour 83
T104 STABLES, Scott (St Andrews New) 83
T109 MITCHELL, Reece (Downfield) 84
T109 MÜLLER, Phillip (Germany) 84
T109 MUNRO, Gordon (Fraserburgh) 84
T109 GALLAGHER, David (Glasgow) 84
T109 KANEV, Michael (Royal Musselburgh) 84
T114 PENNYCOTT, Malcolm (Whiting Bay) 85
T114 GRAHAM, Alistair (Crow Wood) 85
T116 HUGHES, Craig (Bearsden) 86
T116 RYAN, David (Ealing) 86
118 CAMPBELL, Ryan (Grangemouth) 87
119 LOCH, Andrew (Pumpherston) 90
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DQ BEATTIE, Neil (St Andrews) 73

Shadbolt replaces Haines in England team to play France

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Matt Haines has withdrawn from the England team to play France at Chantilly on May 16-17 and has been replaced by first reserve Tom Shadbolt.
Haines declared himself unavailable as he is turning professional and will be in Italy that week to play in a Challenge Tour event. The move allows Shadbolt, the current Italian amateur champion, to earn his first England cap alongside fellow Hertfordshire player Tom Lewis and Billy Hemstock from Devon.
Shadbolt, 22, is a former Hertfordshire champion and county boy champion who won the Italian title at Garda Golf and Country Club in Lombardy last September when he beat British Amateur champion Matteo Manassero by one hole in the 36-hole final.
In the past three years, Shadbolt has finished runner-up in the Lagonda Trophy, fourth in the Lee Westwood Trophy and sixth in the Selborne Salver, reached the last 16 of the English Amateur and the last 32 of the Spanish Amateur. He has also represented the EGU in the Costa Ballena Quadrangular tournament in Spain for the past two years.
Haines, a full England international since 2008, is turning professional after a highly successful amateur career in which he won the McEvoy, Carris, Berkhamsted and Lytham Trophies, shared the Duncan Putter and finished runner-up in the Welsh Open Stroke Play and the St Andrews Links Trophy.
This year, he was a member of England’s winning team in the European Nations Cup in Spain which followed his victory in the Spanish Amateur.

Nicholson, Dick, Miller and Elliot are

Lothians Championship semi-finalists

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Craig Elliot is taking tailor-made clubs to a new level in a bid to add the Lothians Championship to the three Dispatch Trophy gold medals he's picked up for Carrickvale.
The 38-year-old revealed after progressing to the semi-finals at Royal Burgess last night that he's been working on his own clubs between matches in a bid to come up with a title-winning set."I've been changing my clubs quite a bit this week and re-shafted them again today," said Elliot.
"It is one of my hobbies and I put in shafts that were a bit shorter. The change seemed to do the trick as the former Scottish mid-amateur champion reckoned he'd hit the ball "100 times better" as he beat Paul Heggie of Silverknowes by 4 and 3 to book his place in the last four tomorrow morning.
Square at the turn, Elliot holed a 12-footer to win the tenth with a birdie, went two up when Heggie missed the green at the next and failed to get up and down before winning the 13th and 15th as well to secure the victory.
Referring to the fact he had also made it to the semi-finals at neighbouring Bruntsfield Links in 2007, Elliot remarked: "I quite like this area and I am certainly here to try and win this week."
His opponent in the last four will be Duddingston's David Miller, who has matched his performance at Longniddry two years ago by reaching that stage again.
Miller, a 32-year-old golf director with an Edinburgh-based insurance broker, won the first five holes in his quarter-final clash with Royal Musselburgh's Craig Johnstone, three of them with birdies.
He was six up at the turn before Johnstone staged a mini-fightback by winning the 12th and 14th, holing a downhill birdie putt there, but eventually won by 5 and 3.
"I'm driving the ball pretty straight and, all in all, I've played pretty steady so far this week," said Miller, who was off two when he packed in football and managed to get his handicap down to plus two within a couple of years.
Now he's a regular in the Lothians six-man side but Miller will know he's likely to need his A game to get the better of the talented Elliot.
In the other semi-final, Kingsknowe's Allyn Dick will take on Keith Nicholson, the defending champion and now just two games away from a record fifth title triumph in the event.
One down with three to play against Pumpherston's Paul Drake, Dick looked to be in deep trouble when his opponent hit a majestic second to around six feet at the long 16th.However, after Dick had rolled in a 25-footer for an eagle, Drake missed and then lost the 17th as well, this time to a par.
At the last, Dick thought he'd hit a good tee shot only to see his ball go a yard out of bounds just past the pin. While he didn't know that at the time, Drake produced a fabulous shot as he drove to about three feet at the par-4 to force extra time.
After they'd halved the first two in par-4s, Dick clinched the win at the 21st – a hole less than he'd required in beating host club hope John Yuille the previous evening. There, Drake found sand off the tee and was unable to make a par and conceded with his opponent four feet away in two. "The 16th was crucial as I thought I was going two down," admitted Dick, another member of that Carrickvale side that has had a stranglehold on the Dispatch Trophy recently.
In Nicholson's case, the 17th was the key hole in his match against Olly McCrone, who had to do without the support of his mates due to Turnhouse having a Summer League fixture.
After bunkering his approach, the Haddington man splashed out to 18 feet and looked to be in danger of going one down with his opponent safely on the green in two. However, Nicholson holed his putt and McCrone three-putted, meaning a half in 4s at the last was good enough to keep the East Lothian man on course for a successful title defence.
"My game's not been great, to be honest, but I have scrambled well all week," said Nicholson.
LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS
QUARTER-FINALS
K Nicholson (Haddington) bt O McCrone (Turnhouse) 1 hole.
A Dick (Kingsknowe) bt P Drake (Pumpherston) at 21st.
D Miller (Duddingston) bt C Johnstone (Royal Musselburgh) 5 and 3.
C Elliot (Carrickvale) bt P Heggie (Silverknowes) 4 and 3.

Fairmont St Andrews event from August 20 to 22

Scottish Senior Open prize fund boosted to £250,000

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The main protagonists at the Cleveland Golf / Srixon Scottish Senior Open will battle it out for an increased prize fund of £250,000 over the Sam Torrance-designed course at Fairmont St Andrews from August 20-22.
Part of EventScotland’s burgeoning portfolio of golf tournaments in Scotland this summer, which includes the 150th Anniversary Open Championship at St Andrews as well as The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard at Carnoustie, the 18th staging of the Cleveland Golf / Srixon Scottish Senior Open, with a first prize of £37,500, will play a key factor in determining the winner of the 2010 European Senior Tour Order of Merit.
Last year’s event saw Glenn Ralph emerge victorious after a terrific battle with Bob Cameron, Luis Carbonetti and Peter Senior over the Torrance Course.
Former PGA Champion Andrew Oldcorn will make his first appearance in the event, joining some of Europe’s most famous senior players in the Home of Golf. It is the second year that Cleveland Golf/Srixon have sponsored the Scottish Senior Open, extending their association with the Senior Tour with Cleveland Golf already the Official Club of the Senior Tour, and Srixon, the Official Ball Supplier to the Senior Tour.
Greg Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland Golf and COB of Srixon Sports Europe said: “We’re delighted to be sponsoring the Scottish Senior Open at the Home of Golf for a second consecutive year following the success of last year’s event, which was won by Glenn Ralph. Our continued association and strong presence on the European Senior Tour is an important element of the marketing strategy for both Cleveland Golf and Srixon brands.”
Paul Bush OBE, Chief Operating Officer at EventScotland, the national events agency, said: “The Cleveland Golf/ Srixon Scottish Senior Open is one of the most important tournaments on the European Senior Tour and this year’s increased prize fund reflects this status.
“This is a big year for golf events in Scotland with the 150th anniversary of The Open Championship taking place at St Andrews just a month prior to the Scottish Senior Open adding to an already impressive year long calendar.
“This year we will also be starting the official countdown to the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles when Scotland picks up the mantle as the next European destination. Momentum is building for 2014 and raising the profile of golf events like the Scottish Senior Open, which are hosted annually in Scotland, is hugely important to ensuring that the nation remains firmly established as the Home of Golf and the best place in the world to play, watch and compete.”
Charles Head, General Manager of Fairmont St Andrews, said: “We are delighted at the return of the Cleveland/Srixon Scottish Senior Open to St Andrews in 2010. The Torrance Course proved a strong test to the field in 2009, and, following The Torrance's honour as a Local Final Qualifying course for The Open Championship this summer, we are confident it will be a worthy test when the Senior Tour returns again in August 2010”.
Andy Stubbs, Managing Director of the European Senior Tour, said: “The fact that Cleveland Golf and Srixon have increased the prize fund for the Cleveland Golf / Srixon Scottish Senior Open highlights the strength of our partnership with Cleveland Golf and Srixon.
“We thank them as well as EventScotland and Fairmont St Andrews for their support and continued commitment to the Senior Tour, and I am sure that they will be rewarded for their efforts with the highest quality field at Fairmont St Andrews in the summer.”

Ken Schofield praises skills of

PGA coaches to top players

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Former European Tour chief Ken Schofield has hailed the standard of PGA coaching as pivotal to the success being enjoyed by many UK-based players on the world stage.The Scot delivered a glowing endorsement of the PGA’s coaching programmes in the week that Northern Ireland’s protégé Rory McIlory returned to the world’s top 10 following a brilliant victory at Quail Hollow with a 10-under par 62.McIlory, who is coached by Bangor Golf Club PGA professional Michael Bannon in County Down, is among a clutch of top players whose games have been honed and developed with the aid of expert advice from PGA coaches.

Other well-known players include Lee Westwood who has enjoyed a long association with PGA Master Professional Pete Cowen while Open championship silver medal winner Chris Wood works with Bristol & Clifton PGA pro Paul Mitchell.

Schofield, picture above by courtesy of Getty Images, paid tribute to the skills of PGA professionals during a panel discussion at the London Golf & Tennis Show which also saw a team of PGA pros deliver nearly 300 free lessons over the three days.

“My mentor was John Jacobs who many regarded as Dr Golf,” said Schofield.“In the last decade with the increased success of our players, in particular now with the English players, John Jacobs feels it is due to the wonderful level of the PGA coaching programmes and I echo that completely.

“In recent years I’ve been lucky enough to attend the PGA Graduation Day and it is inspiring to see the graduates coming through the PGA’s teaching and educational programmes.

“I think they give all golfers, whether new, young or emerging golfers, the chance to enjoy the game much more and perhaps more importantly for the elite in the game, they are equipping them with the basic technique that will stand up to the challenge of international competition.”

Schofield added: “When we heard last year that golf would be back at the Olympics my feeling is that all the Olympic golfers, whether men or women, will be coached by a PGA professional.

“I’m not sure any other sport will have one body responsible for getting all the athletes to that standard which is quite a tribute to the PGA.”

As part of their modern training PGA professionals undergo a comprehensive grounding in golf via a three-year foundation degree exploring all aspects of the game from coaching and equipment to sports science and golf psychology.

In addition, an ongoing lifelong learning programme keeps them abreast of all the latest developments to ensure they remain at the pinnacle of the sport.

Aberdeen Trades Foursomes Scoreboard
Played over Hazlehead No 1 course

FIRST ROUND RESULTS (continued)

GREENKEEPERS 2 walk-over ACCNS scratched.

SPARROWS GROUP walk-over PETROFAC BROWNFIELD scratched.

GREENKEEPERS 1 bt MORRISON CONSTRUCTION by eight holes.
Ross McCrae & Dennis Grant 3, Gary Mennie & Paul Henderson 0.
Neil Saddler & Stephen Still 3, Gary Horne & Peter Wilson 0.

PSN bt LICENSED TRADE by one hole.
Chris Flint & Bill Riley 1, Ian Donald & Simon Cruickshank 0.
Andy Powell & Robert Stephenson 0, Simon Cruickshank jun & Paul Adams 0.

BANKERS bt GARAGE TRADERS by 15 holes.
Gregor Stewart & Barry Gibson 6, Phil Lawrence & Graeme Bridges 0.
Scott Carmichael & Martyn Patterson 9, Gary Anderson & David Goodfellow 0.

GRAMPIAN POLICE bt CORN TRADE by 16 holes.
Brian Ritchie & Jordan Calder 6, Greg Davidson-Gall & Les Cooper 0.
Dave Forsyth & Euan Duthie 10, Sandy Howie & George Manson 0.

+Results supplied by organiser Tony Robertson.

Scottish Open organisers confident Loch Lomond

will recover in time from effects of severe winter

FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
By Martin Dempster
Organisers of the Barclays Scottish Open are confident the event will go ahead as planned at Loch Lomond in just over two months despite the severe winter weather forcing a decision to dig up four greens and also make its members play on 14 temporary greens throughout this month.
"This is an unfortunate situation but is a consequence of the serious damage wrought by the most severe winter witnessed in the area for 30 years," said a statement issued yesterday by Loch Lomond Golf Club to The Scotsman.
"The situation has also been exacerbated by cool spring temperatures which have delayed the start of the growing season. The greens at the third, ninth, 11th and 17th holes have had to be re-turfed due to the damage, which experts called in by the club are attributing to the severe weather which resulted in much of the Loch Lomond course being covered by 50mm of ice for a period of 25 consecutive days between late December and late January.
"The Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI) confirmed that many courses in the west of Scotland had suffered in a similar manner and that courses like Loch Lomond which have predominantly annual meadow grass greens were particularly badly affected," added the statement."
"Loch Lomond sought advice from the STRI on how to alleviate the damage and together they implemented a recovery programme which saw four greens re-turfed and the other 14 receiving extensive treatment. This recovery programme has achieved considerable success with all greens seeing an increase in turf cover."
The Scottish Open is due to be played from July 8 to 11, with Masters champion Phil Mickelson heading the field."The club is in direct communication with The European Tour," said the statement. "The current situation is not expected to impinge on the playing of the Barclays Scottish Open."
Scottish Open championship director Peter Adams said: "The European Tour has been in constant communication with Loch Lomond Golf Club, our joint venture partners in The Barclays Scottish Open, ever since the issues with the greens came to light. We have made regular visits to the course with our agronomy experts and we receive weekly updates.
"We are not contemplating a contingency. We do face agronomy issues at other events from time to time but when these occur we work hard with the venue and all relevant parties associated with the tournament to resolve the issues arising."
Nevertheless, the situation will be of some concern for George O'Grady, the European Tour's chief executive, as well as Barclays, the event's sponsor since 2001. Since it hosted its first professional tournament in 1996, Loch Lomond has become one of the favourite venues on the circuit for the world's top players through a combination of its setting and the condition of the course.
The club has spent a lot of money on drainage since it was designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish, with particular attention having been paid to the greens, all of which were rebuilt using more than 1,000 truck-loads of sand after the Solheim Cup in 2000.
Members of the Loch Lomond club were informed at the start of May that the temporary greens will be in operation for the whole of the month.
"I'd imagine the European Tour would be nervous about what's happening," said one member, who did not wish to be named, when contacted by The Scotsman. The state of the course isn't good and it would be a tragedy if Loch Lomond lost the Scottish Open.
"The situation with the greens has come at a time when it is believed an announcement is imminent regarding the future of the club, which has been up for sale for a reported £100 million since 2008 after being put into the hands of a US firm of business recovery specialists amid financial problems.
The move came after Lyle Anderson, the club's Arizona-based owner, failed to re-negotiate his debts with the Bank of Scotland. Anderson, who is still the beneficial owner, is believed to be trying to put together a rescue plan for all his assets, including Loch Lomond, while it is thought there are separate bids on the table from the management, headed by general manager Niall Flanagan, and a group of the club's members.
When it was first put up for sale, Dubai-based Leisurecorp, the owners of Turnberry, were believed to be interested but last year's collapse of the Middle East economy is likely to rule them out of the running.
Oasis Management Resources, the American-based re-financing company put in control of the club by the bank and charged with the task of finding potential buyers, was contacted by The Scotsman but had failed to respond at time of going to press.
As long as Loch Lomond is operating as a golf club, the European Tour say Barclays are perfectly happy for the Scottish Open to stay there.
Speaking about the club's financial situation earlier this year, Keith Watters, the Tour's chief operating officer, said: "Barclays are contracted through to 2012 and the situation at Loch Lomond doesn't worry them as it is still operating as a golf club."
Last October Loch Lomond reduced its full-time staff by 50 after a decision was made to move from a 12-month operation to a more seasonal one.
+The above article appears in The Scotsman newspaper today.

Tiger tees off with 70 (-2) at The Players Championship

Donald and Westwood make impressive start

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Tiger Woods started with a drive into trees and ended with another into a lake, but in between dug so deep that he was able to sign for an opening two under par 70 at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach Florida.
Six days after his dreadful 79 at Quail Hollow, Woods matched the score of Masters champion Phil Mickelson, who could take his world number one spot on Sunday, but they were four behind the leaders, Australian Robert Allenby and American JB Holmes.
They were also three behind Luke Donald and Lee Westwood, both impressive as they began their bids to make it three European victories in a row at the £6.2million event, golf's richest, following the successes of Henrik Stenson and Sergio Garcia.
There had been criticism of Woods' swing following his missed cut - by a massive eight strokes - last week, but he said after his three-birdie, one-bogey round: "People need to be realistic.
I'd had only six competitive rounds in seven months. It takes time. It takes tournaments. I don't feel too bad about it."
Rory McIlroy, the winner on Sunday, managed only a one over 73 and like Woods went into the water on the dangerous 18th - it was his ninth - but Donald and Westwood both made magnificent birdies there to finish with 67s.
While Donald - runner-up in 2005 - was all smiles, compatriot Greg Owen was all seething fury after becoming yet another victim of one of the most famous holes in the sport.
A quadruple bogey seven on the tiny 137-yard 17th left the Mansfield player ready to explode after he handed in a one over 73.
"I'm not saying a word about the 17th - I'm fuming at the moment," said Owen when asked by a US Tour official to speak to reporters.
"Forget the 17th please. This is The Players Championship, I've not had a great year, I was playing nicely and I go and do that."
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72
66 J B Holmes, Robert Allenby (Aus)
67 Kenny Perry, Ben Crane, Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Luke Donald (Eng), Heath Slocum, Lee Westwood (Eng), Ryan Moore, Jason Bohn
68 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Scott McCarron, Charley Hoffman, Matt Kuchar, J J Henry, John Rollins, Bill Haas, Bo Van Pelt, Troy Matteson, Tim Clark (Rsa)
69 Nick Watney, Ross Fisher (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Davis Love III, Woody Austin, Alex Cejka (Ger), Alex Prugh, Kevin Stadler, Vijay Singh (Fij), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Paul Goydos, Jim Furyk, K J Choi (Kor), Andres Romero (Arg), Boo Weekley, Henrik Stenson (Swe)
70 Tiger Woods, Jeff Overton, Bill Lunde, Oliver Wilson (Eng), Brian Gay, Martin Kaymer (Ger), James Nitties (Aus), Bob Estes, Sean O'Hair, Y.E. Yang (Kor), Stephen Ames (Can), Brendon De Jonge, Chris Stroud, Adam Scott (Aus), Zach Johnson, John Merrick, Lucas Glover, John Senden (Aus), Greg Chalmers (Aus), Lee Janzen, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Charlie Wi (Kor), Camilo Villegas (Col)
71 Spencer Levin, David Toms, Harrison Frazar, Ben Curtis, James Driscoll, Nick O'Hern (Aus), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Roland Thatcher, Jimmy Walker, Bryce Molder, Kris Blanks, Pat Perez, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Steve Flesch, Bubba Watson, Mark Wilson, Derek Lamely, Kevin Na, Dustin Johnson, Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Cameron Beckman, Scott Verplank, Jay Haas, Troy Merritt
72 Vaughn Taylor, Jeff Quinney, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Nathan Green (Aus), Justin Leonard, Brett Quigley, Justin Rose (Eng), Mike Weir (Can), Brian Davis (Eng), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Graeme McDowell (NIrl), Fred Funk, Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Mathew Goggin (Aus), Ian Poulter (Eng), D.J. Trahan
73 Greg Owen (Eng), Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Steve Marino, Ryan Palmer, Rickie Fowler, Nicholas Thompson, Jerry Kelly, Jason Dufner, Michael Bradley, Ted Purdy, Stewart Cink, Ricky Barnes, D.A. Points, Mark Calcavecchia, Paul Casey (Eng), Jonathan Byrd, Brandt Snedeker, Padraig Harrington (Irl)
74 Rodney Pampling (Aus), J.P. Hayes, Kevin Sutherland, Chris Couch, Matt Bettencourt, Jason Day (Aus), Webb Simpson, Michael Allen, Marc Leishman (Aus), Ernie Els (Rsa), Martin Laird (Sco), Briny Baird
75 Michael Letzig, Jeff Klauk, George McNeill, Chad Campbell, Chad Collins, Tim Petrovic, Kevin Streelman
76 Richard S Johnson (Swe), Scott Piercy, John Mallinger, Charles Howell III
78 Daniel Chopra (Swe)