The Players Championship

Westwood wilts down home straight: Clark the winner

Lee Westwood led almost everywhere - except over the winning line in The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
The Englishman stumbled badly down the stretch, closing with a 74 to tie for fourth place. He hit a shot into the water at the infamous short 17th island hole.
Victory in the richest golf event in the world - a prize of more than one million dollars - went to South African Tim Clark, his first-ever US PGA Tour victory.
Clark produced a five-birdie blitz over six holes to set up victory over Australia's Robert Allenby.
Clark began the day three behind Westwood, but unleashed a blitz over six holes to vault into the lead. Clark began his run on the seventh, parred the eighth and then reeled off birdies on nine, 10, 11 and 12 to take the lead.
Westwood began disastrously, bogeying the first, but bounced back with birdies on two and five, but dropped back to 14-under-par with a bogey on 14. He was fortunate not to drop another on the next, but putted in for par from off the green.
Westwood then crashed out of contention completely when taking a double bogey 5 on the island green 17th.

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Russell finishes joint second behind winner

Walker on Challenge Tour

FROM THE EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR WEBSITE
Englishman Sam Walker won the Côtes d’Armor Open Bretagne by one shot after carding a one under par 69 in a dramatic final round.
On a day of high scoring at Golf Blue Green Pléneuf Val-André in windy conditions, Walker thought he had blown his chance when he bogeyed the last to slip back to level with Victor Riu at eight under. However, the Frenchman, in the group behind, also bogeyed the 18th to leave Walker as the outright leader.
Walker then had a nervous wait to see whether Raymond Russell, the third round leader, could muster a birdie at the 18th to force a play-off, but he was finally able to celebrate victory when Russell missed a 20ft putt and signed for a one over par 71.
Scot Russell finished tied second alongside Riu, with Andrew Willey, who impressed with a five under par 65 on day three but could not reproduce that form in a final round 70, in fourth.
Walker, who had birdies at the seventh, 11th and 12th holes, said: “I played well today in tricky conditions. I haven’t been putting well for a while but for some reason my putter came out today and everything went in until the 18th. I hit my tee shot into a bush and chipped out into a bunker. I hit a great bunker shot and made a good putt but it just didn’t drop.”
It was 32 year old’s second Challenge Tour victory following his triumph in the 2006 Scottish Challenge.
“I’m really happy with the way I played all week,” he added. “This is a similar course to the one where I won in Scotland (Murcar Links) and I’ve felt very comfortable on it. You don’t need to hit the ball very far but just keep it in play, and that’s exactly what I’ve done today.
“I was trying not to watch when Victor was coming up the 18th but I snuck a look at where he was hitting his third shot, on the left of the green, and then I just walked away. My phone was ringing like mad. I’m just really pleased with where I am at the moment because of the situation I’ve been in the last year and a half. I’ve got myself out of trouble.
“I’ll have to reassess my goals for the season now. I’m supposed to be playing in Mallorca next week but after that if I play every Challenge Tour event I won’t have a break until St Omer and I’m going to be very tired. So I need to assess whether I can afford not to play.”
Riu blamed nerves for not managing a par at the last which would have taken him into a play-off. “I’m very disappointed,” he said. “There was too much pressure on the last hole when I saw the leaderboard. I hit my tee shot perfectly but then I saw the scores and hit my second shot very badly.”
Russell was also left to rue a missed opportunity. “I’m disappointed because I had a chance,” he said. “I played the front nine poorly and although I got it back together after the turn I left chances out there at the 15th and 16th and then again at the 18th.”
Steve Lewton led midway through the final round after reaching the turn in three under par, but he imploded on the back nine with bogeys at the 11th and 18th and double bogeys at the 14th and 17th. Tom Whitehouse, who was one shot off the lead heading into the last round, had two double bogeys on the front nine and signed for a 76 which left him in a tie for ninth at one over.
The win moves Walker from 65th to fifth in the Challenge Tour Rankings, and he is the third consecutive English winner in Challenge Tour events following Robert Dinwiddie in the Kenya Open and Charlie Ford in the Turkish Airlines Challenge hosted by Carya Golf Club.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
272 Sam WALKER (ENG) 63 70 70 69 »»
273 Victor RIU (FRA) 68 66 69 70, Raymond RUSSELL (SCO) 67 65 70 71 »»
274 Andrew WILLEY (ENG) 69 70 65 70 »»
276 Jesus-Maria ARRUTI (ESP) 65 68 72 71, Steve LEWTON (ENG) 66 68 70 72 »»
278 Marcus HIGLEY (ENG) 69 64 75 70, Matthew ZIONS (AUS) 67 71 70 70 »»
279 Damien PERRIER (FRA) 68 69 72 70, Anders SJOSTRAND (SWE) 65 70 73 71, Anders Schmidt HANSEN (DEN) 69 70 67 73, Lloyd KENNEDY (ENG) 65 70 69 75, Tom WHITEHOUSE (ENG) 69 66 68 76.
280 Francois CALMELS (FRA) 66 70 72 72, Edouard DUBOIS (FRA) 69 68 70 73, Adam BLYTH (AUS) 69 69 69 73.
281 Thomas NORRET (DEN) 70 70 71 70, Liam BOND (WAL) 66 75 70 70, Stuart DAVIS (ENG) 67 69 73 72, Alessio BRUSCHI (ITA) 70 65 73 73, George MURRAY (SCO) 68 68 72 73,
Inder VAN WEERELT (NED) 70 68 70 73, Floris DE VRIES (NED) 64 70 70 77, Fredrik HENGE (SWE) 68 67 68 78
282 Joel SJOHOLM (SWE) 71 69 72 70, Juan ABBATE (ARG) 70 69 71 72, Kyron SULLIVAN (WAL) 71 69 69 73, Daniel BROOKS (ENG) 65 70 72 75, Daniel DENISON (ENG) 67 69 71 75 »»
Charles RUSSO (FRA) 67 69 69 77 »»
283 Thomas HAYLOCK (ENG) 72 68 71 72, Guillaume WATREMEZ (BEL) 67 70 72 74, Lasse JENSEN (DEN) 71 68 69 75, Bernd WIESBERGER (AUT) 72 66 69 76, Anthony GRENIER (FRA) 64 72 69 78
284 Andrew MARSHALL (ENG) 71 67 74 72, Florian FRITSCH (GER) 70 71 71 72, Ally MELLOR (ENG) 66 73 70 75 »»
285 Callum MACAULAY (SCO) 68 72 75 70, Ben MASON (ENG) 65 72 77 71, Benoit TEILLERIA (FRA) 69 69 75 72, Bjorn PETTERSSON (SWE) 71 70 72 72, Rudy THUILLIER (FRA) 66 71 75 73, Manuel QUIROS (ESP) 63 76 72 74, Nicolas MEITINGER (GER) 68 71 72 74, Jorge GARCIA FERNANDEZ (ESP) 65 68 77 75, Steven TILEY (ENG) 72 65 73 75, Jorge CAMPILLO (ESP) 64 73 71 77, Pierre RELECOM (BEL) 67 71 68 79 »»
287 Jonathan CALDWELL (NIR) 69 72 70 76 »» Iain PYMAN (ENG) 69 68 73 77 »» Daniel WARDROP (ENG) 69 71 69 78 »»
288 Garry HOUSTON (WAL) 70 67 72 79 »» Julio ZAPATA (ARG) 68 70 71 79 »»
289 Jamie MOUL (ENG) 69 71 74 75 »»
290 Oscar FLOREN (SWE) 67 70 78 75 »» Taco REMKES (NED) 68 72 73 77 »»
291 Thorbjorn OLESEN (DEN) 71 70 79 71 »»Steen OTTOSEN (DEN) 68 73 76 74 »» Jean-Nicolas BILLOT (FRA) 70 68 73 80 »» Stuart MANLEY (WAL) 68 71 72 80 »» Florian PRAEGANT (AUT) 64 73 70 84 »»
292 Philip GOLDING (ENG) 68 73 78 73 »» Zane SCOTLAND (ENG) 70 71 76 75 »»
293 Christophe BRAZILLIER (FRA) 69 72 76 76 »»
296 Niklas LEMKE (SWE) 71 70 80 75 »»



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THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x71)
1 Tim Clark 68 71 66 67 272
2 Robert Allenby 66 70 67 70 273
3 Lucas Glover 70 65 69 70 274
T4 Davis Love III 69 68 71 68 276
T4 Heath Slocum 67 66 72 71 276
T4 Bo Van Pelt 68 69 69 70 276
T4 Ben Crane 67 69 68 72 276
T4 Lee Westwood 67 65 70 74 276
9 Francesco Molinari 68 65 71 73 277
T10 Fredrik Jacobson 69 70 69 71 279
T10 Andres Romero 69 70 69 71 279
T10 Chris Stroud 70 69 66 74 279
T13 J.B. Holmes 66 72 72 70 280
T13 Scott Verplank 71 70 69 70 280
T13 Matt Kuchar 68 71 70 71 280
T13 John Rollins 68 69 70 73 280
T17 Troy Matteson 68 71 71 71 281
T17 Hunter Mahan 70 69 70 72 281
T17 Chris Couch 74 68 67 72 281
T17 Nick Watney 69 71 68 73 281
T17 Phil Mickelson 70 71 66 74 281
T22 Kenny Perry 67 71 71 73 282
T22 Sean O'Hair 70 69 70 73 282
T22 Zach Johnson 70 70 67 75 282
T22 Charley Hoffman 68 68 69 77 282
T26 Jeff Overton 70 72 70 71 283
T26 Bob Estes 70 69 72 72 283
T26 Graeme McDowell 72 65 72 74 283
T26 Adam Scott 70 68 71 74 283
T26 Luke Donald 67 69 72 75 283
T26 Jimmy Walker 71 69 68 75 283
T32 Steve Flesch 71 71 71 71 284
T32 Steve Marino 73 67 72 72 284
T34 Dustin Johnson 71 71 70 73 285
T34 Y.E. Yang 70 68 73 74 285
T34 K.J. Choi 69 68 72 76 285
T34 Greg Chalmers 70 69 70 76 285
T34 Martin Kaymer 70 71 68 76 285
T39 James Nitties 70 72 72 72 286
T39 Jerry Kelly 73 66 73 74 286
T39 Rory Sabbatini 72 69 71 74 286
T39 Ryuji Imada 67 66 76 77 286
T39 Fred Funk 72 70 66 78 286
T39 Bill Haas 68 69 70 79 286
T45 Kris Blanks 71 71 75 70 287
T45 Spencer Levin 71 67 72 77 287
T47 Jim Furyk 69 73 73 73 288
T47 John Merrick 70 72 71 75 288
T47 Alex Prugh 69 73 70 76 288
T47 Sergio Garcia 69 70 71 78 288
T47 Ryan Moore 67 70 71 80 288
T52 James Driscoll 71 71 77 70 289
T52 Justin Leonard 72 68 70 79 289
T52 Oliver Wilson 70 70 70 79 289
T52 Paul Goydos 69 68 71 81 289
T56 Woody Austin 69 72 73 76 290
T56 Boo Weekley 69 72 68 81 290
T58 Stephen Ames 70 71 79 71 291
T58 Alex Cejka 69 72 76 74 291
T58 Kevin Stadler 69 70 78 74 291
T58 Brett Quigley 72 69 75 75 291
T58 J.J. Henry 68 71 77 75 291
T58 George McNeill 75 67 72 77 291
T64 Roland Thatcher 71 68 75 78 292
T64 Jason Bohn 67 74 71 80 292
T66 Alvaro Quiros 72 70 75 76 293
T66 Ben Curtis 71 68 75 79 293
68 Troy Merritt 71 70 76 78 295
69 Robert Karlsson 71 69 77 79 296

Frenchman Bihan wins Lyoness Open

FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Frenchman Alan Bihan won by one shot the Alps Tour's Lyoness Open today with a total of 18 under par after scoring 67 in the final round to maintain his overnight lead.
The suspense was high as many players shot really low scores. Spaniard Inigo Urquizu holed his tee shot at the ninth to grab a beautiful Harley Davidson. Obviously this shot did not disturb him and he signed for a great 65.
The main opponent to Bihan was Englishman Jason Palmer. He was playing in the penultimate group and Bihan could see his assault on leaderboard. Palmer made no mistake but missed one birdie putt that would have got him into a play-off.
Bihan played perfectly as well.
“I am so happy with this win. I knew during the round that many guys were making some birdies. But I managed to stay focused, thanks to my father who was caddying me. He made me calm down and honestly I had the situation under control from the 1st to the last hole," said Bihan.
"Then, as I holed on the 15th for birdie I though about winning. I am so happy of the victory in Austria ! And what a cheque, that will help me a lot.”
The Lyoness Open is the biggest tournament of the Alps Tour season with a total prizefund of 66,000 Euros.
The Order of Merit leader, Italian Matteo Delpodio, keeps his advantage with more than 3000 points but won't play next week in Slovenia. Coming closer, English Lawrence Dodd and taking third place French Alan Bihan. English Jason Palmer is fourth and Scot Gavin Dear lost two places but is still in the top five.
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LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
270 Alan BIHAN (FRA) 67 65 71 67 (9,570.00 Euros)
271 Jason PALMER (ENG) 67 69 69 66 (6,501.00 Euros)
272 Farren KEENAN (ENG) 74 68 65 65, Peter LEPITSCHNIK (AUT) 70 65 67 70 (3,861 Euros each).
273 Fredrik SVANBERG (SWI) 64 73 69 67 (3,168.00 Euros).
274 Carlos BALMASEDA (ESP) 72 64 72 66, Lawrence DODD (ENG) 70 69 68 67, Jason BARNES (ENG) 70 71 66 67, Adam HODKINSON (ENG) 71 68 67 68 (2,343 Euros each).
275 Xavier GUZMAN SADABA (ESP) 68 69 71 67 (1,584.00 Euros).
276 Lukas NEMECZ (AUT) (am) 72 68 72 64, Shane McHENRY (AUS) 69 70 71 66 1, Kim Joon (ITA) 71 68 68 69, Michael MOSER (AUT) 71 69 66 70,Pol BECH (ESP) 65 71 69 71 (1,353 Euros each, except amateur).
277 Richard KILPATRICK (NIR) 70 67 69 71 (1,188.00 Euros)
278 Iñigo URQUIZU (ESP) 68 71 74 65, Uli WEINHANDL (AUT) 69 72 71 66 »» Marco GUERISOLI (ITA) 69 73 70 66, David ANTONELLI (FRA) 67 67 74 70 »» Kenny LE SAGER (FRA) 71 67 70 70, Jurgen MAURER (AUT) 70 71 67 70 »» Benjamin MANNIX (ENG) 71 67 66 74 (1,054.11 Euros each).
279 Gavin DEAR (Murrayshall House Hotel and GC) 73 70 69 67, Jann SCHMID (SWI) 70 70 70 69, Romain SCHNEIDER (FRA) 73 69 68 69, Matteo DELPODIO (ITA) 72 70 67 70 (905.85 Euros each).

Thornton win Fife boys' team championship
Thornton won the Fife boys' team championship at Glenrothes. They last won it in 1997.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
CSS 71
1 THORNTON 309
K Leitch 71
C Fevre 82
J Penman 75
S Harrower 81
2 ST ANDREWS NEW 312
C Graham 84
J Jamieson 75
A Whyte 78
A McDougall 75
3 ABERDOUR 320
J Douglas 77
S McGregor 79
J Lamb 78
D Neilson 86
4 CANMORE 321
C Smith 79
A McKelvie 82
S Rigney 77
D Hutchinson 83
4 BALBIRNIE PARK 321
M Buchan 77
L Ford 74
G Forrester 82
B Lister 88

The winning Moray Golf Club team with the trophy (image from the Moray & Nairn Golf League website).

Moray beat Nairn in Moray Firth League title decider

By ROBIN WILSON
The holders of the respective inter-club league competitions on either side of the Moray Firth retained their trophies at Moray Golf Club and Golspie Golf Club respectively today.
Moray Golf Club with home advantage at Lossiemouth enjoyed a 100 per cent success rate through their four-game weekend programme to hold onto the G R Thomson Shield.
They beat Nairn - also victorious in all their other games, 5 1/2-2 1/2 in the title decider.
In the eight-a-side match, where the order of play is determined by the higher handicap men going out first, it was Nairn who drew first blood, Moray's Scott Little losing to Graeme Asher. Moray's tail then wagged vigorously, Ian Allan, Chris Stuart and Robbie Shiels winning the next three games before John Matheson lost to Nairn's Neil Hampton.
It was just a tempory setback. Moray's Kevin Thomson and Malcolm Macleman won the next two points to keep the Shield at Lossiemouth. Gary Thomson for the home club shared the final game with Fraser Fotheringham.

TODAY'S RESULTS
MORAY 5½, NAIRN 2½
G. Thomson halved with F Fotheringham
M Macleman bt R Smith 1 hole
K Thomson beat R Forgan 2 and 1.
J Matheson lost to N D Hampton 3 and 2.
R Sheils beat G Burnett 1 hole
C Stuart beat S MacDonald 3 and 2.
I Allan beat A Scott 1 hole
S Little lost to G Asher 3 and 2.

FORRES 3, MORAY 5
B Fotheringham bt G Thomson 4 and 3.
R Proctor lost to M Macleman 4 and 2.
G Stuart bt K Thomson 1 hole
R McKerron lost to J Matheson 2 and 1.
J Simpson lost to R Sheils 4 and 2.
M Murdoch lost to C Stuart
J Boon lost to I Allan 5 and 4.
S MacLennan bt S Little 2 and 1.

NAIRN DUNBAR 4, ELGIN 4
W Barron lost to N McWilliam 1 hole
B Watson lost to K B Taylor 1 hole
K Donnelly halved with S H C Milne
R Johnstone bt G Ross 4 and 3.
F Brown halved with R Copland
M Howitt bt D Hector 5 and 4.
M Britovsek lost to S Johnston 6 and 5.
C Duffy bt B C Milne 4 and 3.

NAIRN 6, NAIRN DUNBAR 2
F Fotheringham bt N Howitt 5 and 4.
R Forgan bt R Johnstone 4 and 3.
G Burnett halved with W Barron
N D Hampton bt F Brown 3 and 2.
R Smith halved with K Donnelly
S Macdonald lost to B Watson 4 and 3.
A Scott bt M Howitt 3 and 2,
G Asher bt H Clunas 1 hole

HOW THEY FINISHED
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
1 Moray 4 4 0 0 25 7 8
2 Nairn 4 3 0 1 21 11 6
3 Nairn Dunbar 4 1 1 2 12 20 3
4 Elgin 4 1 1 2 10½ 21½ 3
5 Forres 4 0 0 4 11½ 20½ 0

Brora's Sunday best wins Dornoch Firth League

Brora golf Club, bolstered by the early return of junior international Calum Stewart, who failed to make the final day of the Scottish youths Championship at Monifieth, and exile Ian Grant, paying a weekend visit to his Brora mother, staged a Sunday Grandstand show to retain the Dornoch Firth League Targe at Golspie.
Trailing Tain after Saturday's games, Golspie did Brora a big favour when they beat Royal Dornoch 4-3 on Sunday morning. Brora then got their heads in front with a 5.5 to 1.5 point result over Tain.
Invergordon were the whipping boys of the league, having already lost 7-0 to Dornoch and on the final afternoon Stewart carried Brora to a league-winning points total of 21 when the team swept Invergordon aside 7-0.
FINAL POINTS TABLE
1 Brora 21.
2 Tain 16.5.
3 Golspie 13.5.
4 Royal Dornoch 13.
5 Invergordon 6.

SATURDAY RESULTS:
GOLSPIE 2½, BRORA 4½
Darren Hexley lost to Ronald Sutherland 4 and 2.
Alex MacDonald lost to James MacBeath 1 hole
Robert Bremner halved with Roddy Cameron
Chris Somerville bt Ross I. Mackenzie 4 and 2.
Alistair MacDougall lost to Tony Gill 5 and 4.
Michael Bonner bt Graham Grant 3 and 1.
Larry Stewart lost to John Sutherland 2 and 1.

ROYAL DORNOCH 7, INVERGORDON 0
Chris Mailley bt Ally McDonald 1 hole.
Kevin Matheson bt Lee. Simpson 3 and 2.
Daniel Holden bt Kenny Hearton 1 hole
John Shepherd bt Jock MacIver 3 and 2.
Brian Urquhart bt Robert Benson 1 hole
Bert Nicholson bt Liam Hogg 6 and 5.
Craig Sutherland bt Craig MacLean 3 and 2.

INVERGORDON 4, GOLSPIE 3
McDonald lost to Hexley 2 holes
Simpson bt Alec MacDonald 2&1.
Hearton bt Bremner 2&1
MacIver lost to MacDougall 2 holes
Hogg bt Bonner 1 hole
MacLean bt Stewart 1 hole.

TAIN 7, ROYAL DORNOCH 0
Munro Ferries beat Mailley 4&2.
Billy Ferries beat Matheson 2&1.
Mike Sangster beat Holden 1 hole
James Cameron beat Shepherd 2 holes
Graham MacKintosh beat Urquhart 2 holes
Jason Innes beat Nicholson 7 & 6.
Steve Holmes beat Sutherland 2&1.

SUNDAY
BRORA 4, ROYAL DORNOCH 3
Calum Stewart bt Holden 3&2.
MacBeath bt Mailley 2&1
R. Sutherland lost to Matheson 3&2.
Ian D Grant bt Shepherd 2 holes
Gill lost to Nicholson 4&3
J. Sutherland bt Urquhart 2&1
Mike MacKintosh lost to Kristian Sinclair 7&6.

GOLSPIE 4, TAIN 3
Hexley bt M. Ferries 4&2.
Alan Ferguson lost to Sangster 1 hole
MacDonald bt Cameron 4&3.
Bremner bt MacKintosh 3&2.
MacDougall lost to Jason Innes 1 hole
Bonner lost to Holmes 5&4,
Stewart bt Andrew Bell 3&2

GOLSPIE 4, ROYAL DORNOCH 3
Hexley halved with Mailley
Ferguson bt Matheson 2&1
MacDonald lost to Holden 4&2.
Bremner bt Sinclair 2&1.
MacDougall lost to shepherd 5&3.
Bonner bt Sutherland 2&1
Stewart halved with Urquhart

TAIN 1 1/2, BRORA 5 ½
Ferries lost to Stewart 4&2
Sangster lost to R. Sutherland 1 hole
Cameron lost to MacBeath 5&4
MacKintosh lost to Gill 3&2
Innes bt Mackenzie 3&2
Holmes lost to G. Grant 2&1.
Bell halved with J. Sutherland

TAIN 5, INVERGORDON 2
Ferries bt John Fraser 1 hole
Sangster bt Simpson 6&4
Cameron lost to McDonald 1 hole
MacKintosh lost to MacLean 1 up
Innes bt MacIver 8&7
Holmes bt Hogg 5&4
Bell bt Moran 4&3.

BRORA 7, INVERGORDON 0
Stewart bt Fraser 6&4
R. Sutherland bt Simpson 7&6
MacBeath bt McDonald 4&3
Gill bt MacLean 4&2
Mackenzie bt MacIver 5&3
G. Grant bt Hogg 6&5
J Sutherland bt Moran 5&4.

Lothians beat Fife at Ladybank

Lothians beat Fife 7 1/2-2 1/2 in a friendly 10-a-side inter-district men's match at Ladybank today.
The visitors established a one-point lunchtime lead by taking the morning foursomes 3-2.
Victories in the singles by Allyn Dick, Mark Hillson, Mark Timmins, Stephen Neilson, Steven Simmants, Tom Caldwell and Keith Nicholson saw Lothians win the afternoon session 7 1/2-2 1/2
Details:
FOURSOMES (2-3)
Fife names first
Gary Sharp (St Andrews) & Colin Martin (Balbirnie Park) bt Allyn Dick & Mark Hillson 2 holes.
Darren Gould (Ladybank) & Kevin Blyth (Lundin) bt Mark Timmins & Steven Armstrong 2 and 1.
Keith Anderson (Charleton) & Fraser Sneddon (Lochgelly) lost to Stephen Neilson & Steven Simmants 4 and 3.
Colin Steffen (Dunnikier Park) & Lawrie Clark (Kinghorn) lost to Tom Caldwell & Graham Robertson 4 and 3.
David Mitchell (Leven Thistle) & Alex Moir (Thornton) lost to Keith Re9illy & Keith Nicholson 5 and 4.
SINGLES (2 1/2-7 1/2)
Sharp lost to Dick 2 and 1.
Martin lost to Hillson 1 hole.
Blyth lost to Timmins 5 and 3.
Mitchell bt Armstrong 4 and 3.
Gould lost to Neilson 4 and 3.
Moir lost to Simmants 3 and 2.
Anderson lost to Caldwell 3 and 2.
Clark bt Robertson 1 hole.
Steffon halved with Reilly.
Sneddon lost to Nicholson 6 and 5.

Irish amateur open stroke-play championship

Kris Nicol finishes second
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again - pipped by Dunbar

FROM THE IRISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
Rathmore’s Alan Dunbar shot an impressive closing 72 to win the AIB sponsored Irish Amateur Open Championship at the Royal Dublin Golf Club.
The 20-year-old Irish International, winner of the St Andrews Links Trophy last year, started his final round with a bogey 5 but bounced back with a birdie on the par 5 second hole. He went one under for the round with a birdie on the par- 3 fourth hole before firing twelve straight pars.
The sequence was broken by a bogey 5 on the 17th hole but a solid regulation par on the final hole secured the win by a single stroke from Fraserburgh’s Kris Nicol, pictured above, who has filled the runner-up spot for the second week in succession, having been beaten in the Lytham Trophy only by Portstewart’s Paul Cutler last weekend.
The Irish open amateur championship trophy will stay at home for the first time since 2003 when Noel Fox (Portmarnock) won the second of his two Irish Amateur Open crowns.
As well as holding the premier Irish stroke-play title, graduates of the Golfing Union of Ireland coaching programme currently hold the three major stroke play titles from across the Irish Sea - the St Andrews Links Trophy (Dunbar), the Brabazon Trophy (Niall Kearney) and the Lytham Trophy.
SCOTSWATCH: Ross Kellett was the next best Scot after Kris Nicol. The consistent Colville Park player finished 10th on 299, two shots ahead of Greg Paterson who was 12th. Scottish champion David Law tied for 26th place on 307 while Paul Shields faded to a share of 32nd place on 312.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
292 A Dunbar (Rathmore) 74 75 71 72.
293 K Nicol (Scotland) 78 72 72 71.
296 B Loughrey (England) 73 76 74 73.
Other Scots' scores:
299 Ross Kellett 76 77 71 75 (10th).
301 Greg Paterson 79 75 71 76 (jt 12th).
307 David Law 79 77 73 78 (jt 26th).
312 Paul Shields 80 73 79 80 (jt 32nd).

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Golf Data Lab Scottish youths championship

Wunderbar! Max wins by TEN strokes at Monifieth

FROM THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
Germany's 17-year-old Maximilian Rottluff completed an outstanding weekend display to claim the Golf Data Lab Scottish youths championship title at the Monifeith Links today.
The Hubbelrath, Dusseldorf teenager, who incredibly was six over par after his opening 6 holes of the tournament (before finishing with a 76), was on sensational form over the weekend and his final round of 68 gave him a final aggregate of five-under-par 279 over the par-71 lay-out.
Rottluff, who only just turned 17 on Monday, was delighted with his victory by a runaway margin of 10 strokes.
“I was third in the French boys' championship and won the Harder German Junior Masters but this is the biggest victory of my career.”
The event was just the second time that Max had experienced links conditions and admitted he struggled on the opening day but after settling down on Day 2 he really found his groove and holed several important putts on his way to victory:
“The conditions were very difficult on the first day but I just kept going and played better as the tournament went on. I holed several very good putts, especially today”
Modest Rottluff says that he dreams of turning professional one day but with two years left at school he is not getting carried away just yet:
“Martin Kaymer is my idol. It would be a dream for me to turn professional one day but I want to concentrate on finishing school and then going to college. I have not decided yet whether that will be in America, England or Scotland (there are several German students at the Loretto Golf Academy), I will think about that when the time comes”
Scottish Academy player Simon Fairburn (Torwoodlee) took the silver medal after closing with a 69 to finish 10 shots back on 289. Fairburn, who turned 18 on Saturday birdied three of the last four holes to pip fellow Scot Paul McPhee to the runners up slot after they had both finished 10 strokes behind the winner.
Eighteen-year-old McPhee (King James VI) followed his morning round of 67 with a one over par 72. McPhee commented that conditions were easier today in comparison to the first two days:
“The first two days were a test of mentality rather than ability, the wind was that strong you couldn’t get up at any of the first 6 holes. Today was easier though and i was able to hole a few putts”.
Erskine’s Michael Daily took 4th place with a final round 72. Daily was very complimentary of the Monifeith course:
“It’s a really good mix of heathland and links and is a great test of golf, i was pleased with my performance but it could have been better if a few more putts had dropped”
Englishman Jack Brooks (Pleasington) equalled the best round of the tournament with a bogey-free 66 to finish on 292 (7th place). Scottish players Liam Johnston (Dumfries and County) and William Bremner (Edzell) finished on 291 to tie for fifth place.
Event sponsor Golf Data Lab were represented by Graham Leslie who followed the winner Rottluff for the final round and was very impressed with the standard on display:
“Shooting three sub-70 rounds was just incredible. I was also particularly impressed with Maximilian’s temperament which is such an important attribute in an event like this. He hit 15 greens in regulation in very testing conditions and even more impressively holed 105 feet worth of putts in the first 7 holes!”
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71) SS 71 CSS 74 73 72 72
279 Maxmilian Rottluff (Germany) 76 66 69 68.
289 Simon Fairburn (Torwoodlee) 73 72 75 69, Paul McPhee (King James VI) 76 74 67 72.
290 Michael Daily (Erskine) 73 74 71 72.

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Tiger Woods quits with neck pain after seven holes

Tiger Woods survived the cut but failed to make it to the finishing line on the last day of The Players' Championship at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach.
He retired after seven holes with a neck pain that he fears might be a bulging disk.
Woods was so frustrated that he slammed his golf shoe to the floor while taking questions from reporters back in the clubhouse.
"I've been playing through it," Woods said of pain he first felt before the Masters. "I can't play through it anymore."
Woods said he did not know what caused the injury, only that "playing doesn't help it." He took 10 questions before going into a physical therapy trailer for 37 minutes and leaving the scene.
This is Woods' first withdrawal from a tournament since the Nissan Open at Riviera in 2006, when he narrowly made the cut and withdrew from the final two rounds because of the flu. He also withdrew from the 1995 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills as a 19-year-old amateur because of a wrist injury from hitting out of deep rough.
The only time he has mentioned his neck was during his news conference last month at the Masters.
Woods was taken to hospital on November 27 after driving his SUV over a fire hydrant and into a tree, the infamous accident that set off shocking revelations of extramarital affairs that led to his five-month break from golf.
Asked at Augusta what injuries he suffered that night, Woods said, "I had a busted-up lip and a pretty sore neck, and that was it."
He didn't mention the pain when he missed the cut last week for the sixth time in his career at Quail Hollow. But it became obvious something was wrong Sunday on the par-4 seventh hole at Sawgrass.
All signs point to a "pinched nerve" in Tiger Woods' neck, particularly with the tingling Woods describes into his fingers on the right side.
This can be caused by a bulging disc, but also by other things including bone spurs -- sometimes there is inflammation in the area that irritates the nerve without an obvious mechanical cause (such as a disc or bone spur).
An MRI may help clarify, but it may not show much, either.
The rotation of his swing is clearly what aggravates the injury since Woods said setting up over the ball is fine, but backswing, downswing and follow-through bother him.
After hitting his tee shot well right, Woods called for an official. He hit his second shot and grimaced, then walked to the middle of the fairway, shook hands with playing partner Jason Bohn and left in a golf cart. Fans gave him a warm ovation, with one man shouting, "Hurry back, Tiger."
He said he plans to have an MRI next week. He said he was having a hard time with the pain, and that there was a tingling sensation on his right side down to his fingers. As he was driven from the golf course, Woods continually squeezed his right hand and released his fingers.
"I might have a bulging disk," he said.
Nearly a hundred reporters and photographers waited outside the physical therapy trailer for Woods, who was whisked away in a black SUV without taking more questions.
Woods started the final round 10 shots out of the lead and was 2-over par through six holes. He struggled on just about every hole, finding a bunker off the first tee, coming up short on several approach shots and pushing several tee shots right.
He said pain was bothering him from the time he took the club back until he finished his swing.
"Setting up over the ball is fine, but once I start making the motion, it's downhill from there," he said.
It was only his third tournament back from a five-month hiatus after he was caught having extramarital affairs. Woods tied for fourth at the Masters, then missed the cut last week at Quail Hollow with the second-highest round (79) and the highest 36-hole score (153) of his PGA Tour career.
Woods at times stretched and rolled his neck between shots over the last three days, when he produced some good golf along with some shots that didn't remotely resemble Woods. He popped up two tee shots with his 3-wood, and hit another one at a 45-degree angle. In relatively easy scoring conditions, Woods had rounds of 70-71-71 and was tied for 45th going into the last round.
This could be an injury that takes a long time to come back from. Which Tiger needs like a hole in the head!

Horsey catches Hed but drops late shots to

let Swede clear again for first Euro title

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Sweden's Fredrik Andersson Hed withstood a charge from England’s David Horsey on a tense final day in Turin today to win the BMW Italian Open and claim his first European Tour title at this 245th attempt.
Andersson Hed took a commanding six-stroke advantage into the final round after a brilliant third round nine under par 63, but found himself pegged back by Horsey.
Horsey moved into a share of the lead with his sixth birdie of the day on the 13th, but promptly dropped a shot at the next and also bogeyed the 18th after a 10min wait on the tee.
That gave Andersson Hed some much-needed breathing room and he was able to par the last two holes to complete a round of 73 for and winning total of 16 under par 272.
Horsey, winner of The European Challenge Tour in 2008, was second on 274 under after a closing 68, with Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts, Sweden's Peter Gustafsson and England's Chris Wood sharing third two shots further back.
Spain's Miguel Angel Jiménez, coincidentally the last person to benefit when a six-shot lead was squandered in the final round when he won the BMW Asian Open in 2004, was expected to be Andersson Hed's main challenger but slumped to a closing 76.
"The first nine holes I was very tense," admitted Anderson Hed, who carded two bogeys and one birdie in an outward 37. "I started to loosen up a bit from the 11th and played a bit better. It still wasn't great, but it was a more solid last seven or eight holes.
"It means a lot to win, both for the rankings and self-confidence. It would have felt even better to have played well today but I was here to be first and now I am first."
The 38 year old from Halmstad regained his tour card after an incredible 14th trip to The European Tour Qualifying School last November and admitted those experiences may have come in handy.
"They might, because it's the same tension at the Qualifying School as it is out here when you're in contention," added Andersson Hed, who claimed the winner's cheque for and a one-year European Tour exemption.
Horsey refused to blame the lengthy wait on the 18th tee for the bogey six which effectively ended his chances, but was disappointed not to have kept the pressure up after claiming a share of the lead.
"To bogey two of the last five holes is disappointing," said the 25 year old from Stockport, who was also second in Malaysia last year.
"I got off to a flying start and I didn't look at a leaderboard until around the 13th when I saw that it was very close. I knew the last five holes were pretty tough and thought if I could par in it might have been enough.
"The wait on the 18th tee maybe threw me off rhythm a little bit but I can't blame that. My drive caught a tree and went straight right and I didn't get it back onto the fairway from there.
"I really thought I was in with a good shout and it's disappointing, but I can take a lot of positives from this week."
Teenage prodigy Matteo Manassero, making his first professional start on home soil after a superb amateur career, carded a closing 71 to finish in a tie for 29th.
The 17 year old Italian was only four off the lead at halfway and slightly disappointed with his weekend's efforts, but still showed more than enough to prove finishing 13th in The Open Championship last year and 36th in the Masters Tournament last month was certainly no fluke.The honour of finishing top Italian, however, went to World Cup winner and local Turin resident Edoardo Molinari, who closed with a 68 to finish in a tie for 13th. He was then off watch the final round of the Players Championship at the TPC in Sawgrass to see how his brother, Francesco, fares in the final round.
SCOTSWATCH. Kirkcaldy's Peter Whiteford, who closed with a one-under 71, finished joint third alongside Nicolas Colsaerts on 277, six shots behind the winner but only one shot behind runner-up Peter Gustafsson. Aberdonian Richie Ramsay finished joint 13th with a 71 for 280. Andrew Coltart was the third best Scot on 282, followed by Andrew McArthur (283), Paul Lawrie and Steven O'Hara (both 284) and David Drysdale (285).

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
271 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 70 66 63 72
276 Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 71 69 70 66
277 Peter Whiteford 69 71 66 71, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 70 67 69 71
278 Chris Wood 71 70 65 72, Stephen Dodd 68 74 69 67, David Horsey 68 71 67 72, Graeme Storm 67 73 69 69
279 Anthony Wall 71 71 69 68, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 73 68 70 68, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 66 74 68, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 67 70 72
280 Richie Ramsay 73 71 65 71, George Coetzee (Rsa) 72 71 71 66, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 72 71 69 68
281 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 68 69 71 73, Robert Rock 67 73 73 68, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 68 68 76, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 71 68 69 73, Richard McEvoy 72 72 65 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 74 72 68
282 Jamie Elson 72 72 71 67, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 69 73 69 71, Andrea Pavan (Ita) 76 68 73 65, Phillip Price 72 72 65 73, Andrew Coltart 70 70 72 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 69 74 67, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 76 68 69 69
283 Andrew McArthur 73 66 71 73, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 70 70 72 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 69 71 72 71
284 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 71 71 72 70, Scott Hend (Aus) 72 71 72 69, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 70 70 71, Paul Lawrie 67 73 73 71, Steven O'Hara 70 74 68 72, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 73 69 72
285 David Drysdale 68 74 69 74, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 71 71 73, Alastair Forsyth 71 70 72 72, Mark Brown (Nzl) 72 71 73 69
286 Robert Coles 70 71 72 73, Gareth Maybin 69 72 74 71, Peter Baker 70 74 72 70, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 72 70 74 70
287 Steve Webster 72 68 71 76, Nick Dougherty 70 74 68 75, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 73 69 74, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 70 72 72 73, Miles Tunnicliff 72 72 72 71, Oliver Fisher 69 73 75 70
288 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 70 76 69, Gary Boyd 75 69 70 74, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 71 72 75 70, Bradley Dredge 73 69 73 73
289 Marco Soffietti (Ita) 69 74 73 73, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 69 74 70 76, Julien Clement (Swi) 72 70 70 77
290 David Dixon 71 73 76 70, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 71 71 74 74
291 Sven Struver (Ger) 76 68 73 74, Michele Reale (Ita) 73 69 73 76, Barry Lane 71 72 78 70
292 Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 73 70 73 76
294 Sam Hutsby 71 73 75 75
295 Stefano Reale (Ita) 72 72 76 75
296 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 72 72 82 70

Sawgrass getting tougher but
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Lee Westwood will leads

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida -- Lee Westwood doesn't rate The Players Championship as the fifth major.
He's playing like it is.
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The 37-year-old Englishman, pictured, has been on the cusp of breaking through with his first major over the two years -- he was one putt away from play-offs in the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and the Open at Turberry. He was a distant third at the US PGA Championship last year, and was runner-up to Phil Mickelson last month at the Masters.
He can make golf look simple, and such was the case Friday when he posted a 7-under 65 to build a one-shot lead going into the weekend over Heath Slocum, Ryuji Imada and TPC Sawgrass newcomer Francesco Molinari of Italy.
"As you get older, it gets harder to peak all the time when you want to," Westwood said. "You have to pick and choose your ones, and you want to play well in the biggest tournaments. And this is one of the biggest tournaments."
There's a chance it might finally start playing like one.
Westwood was at 12-under 132, the lowest score to lead after 36 holes at The Players Championship since 1994, when Greg Norman was at 14 under on his way to setting the 72-hole record.
But as the wind picked up and the temperatures rose late in the afternoon, there were signs that Sawgrass was starting to get firm after two days of relatively soft conditions.
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will be around for the weekend, which is about all that could be said for golf's two biggest stars. Woods overcame one tee shot that flew off to the right at a 45-degree angle and gave him double bogey for a 1-under 71. Mickelson flirted with the cut line late in the day until making a tough chip look easy for birdie on the 16th. He also shot a 71.
They were at 3-under 141, nine shots behind.
That might be too far back on a course where there already have been 73 rounds in the 60s, the most after two days on the Stadium Course since 1993. But with more heat and more wind, the final two days could be as unpredictable as ever.
"Because the character of the course is changing so much from the morning to the afternoon, the guys that are 2, 3, 4 under par are in the tournament," Mickelson said. "Because if they shoot 6, 7, 8 under par, they're going to move right up the leaderboard. And it's going to be difficult for the leaders to pull away."
It's going to be really hard for major champions like Angel Cabrera, Stewart Cink, Vijay Singh and defending champion Henrik Stenson to make any move at all. They were among 15 players poised to make the cut on the number at 1-under 143 until John Merrick make a birdie putt just outside 12 feet on the final hole to knock them out.
That tied the tournament record for the lowest cut at 142.
Westwood, who described Sawgrass as a "very close to a major championship test," caused some consternation among US PGA Tour brass earlier this week when asked how an international player who is not a US PGA Tour member regards The Players Championship. He put it behind the four majors and three World Golf Championships, suggesting it was No. 8 on his list.
But he has left no doubt how dearly he would love to win it.
"It's all very easy at the moment," caddie Billy Foster said about Westwood's game.
The hard part will be keeping his nose in front of a crowded leaderboard.
Slocum had perhaps the most impressive round of the day with a 66 in the afternoon, when balls started bouncing through some of the greens. He ran off three birdies to start his round and finished without a bogey on his card.
He has never finished better than a tie for 44th at this event.
"I've felt good about my game for a while now," Slocum said. "It's just putting four rounds together and finishing a golf tournament."
Molinari had a 65 without a bogey in the morning, and suddenly his first trip to Sawgrass was starting to pay off. The Italian Open is being held this week in his hometown of Turin, and his brother Edoardo turned down this tournament to play at home.
"Everything seems in the right place," he said.
The scoring is so low that Robert Allenby had a 70 to reach 8 under and shook his head as he saw the front page of the leaderboard, which was missing his name. Was it all that unusual?
"At this place? Yes," he said. "Normally, 8 under is leading. But it's because the conditions are super soft."
That was the lone complaint, even among players who were in contention. Despite a few bursts of rain earlier in the week, the weather seems to suit hard, fast conditions. But north Florida had a harsh winter, and it has been difficult to grow grass.
"The greens are definitely softer than we're used to, and I'd even say a little slower," Lucas Glover said after a 65, his best score by a mile on this track. Glover had not shot better than 75 in his four previous trips to the TPC Sawgrass. He was at 9-under 135.
Woods has never missed consecutive cuts -- he's missed only six for his career -- and it wasn't until a solid back nine that he was secure for the weekend. He hit a drive into the trees on the par-5 11th hole and made bogey, then hit his 3-wood so far right on the 14th that it landed in the middle of a pond on the 12th hole.
But for every mistake came enough birdies to keep him around par, and keep him at Sawgrass for two more days.
"I wasn't quite as sharp today as I was yesterday," Woods said. "Got to keep plodding along on this golf course. Anything can happen."