J B Holmes takes third-round lead in weather-hit Texas Open

They're playing the final 36 holes in one day - today (Sunday) - in the weather-hit Valero Texas Open at San Antonio.
J B Holmes shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead after the third round earlier today.
Holmes' round gave him a three-round total of 12-under 204 the TPC San Antonio. Fredrik Jacobson was a shot back after a 66 in the third round, and Ernie Els, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour this year, was four shots back after shooting a 69.

Dan Forsman wins US Seniors Tour event by three strokes

Dan Forsman made an eagle and four straight birdies on the way to winning the US Champions (Seniors) Tour's Regions Charity Classic by three strokes at Hoover, Alabama.
Forsman, a five-time winner on the US PGA Tour, had a pair of late bogeys to shoot 66 on Sunday, following a tournament-record 62 the day before at Ross Bridge. He finished at 20 under, ahead of Joe Ozaki (66) and Peter Senior (68) at 17-under 199.
Second-round leader Bobby Clampett shot a 73 to fall to fifth.
David Peoples (68) came in fourth at 15 under, while Jeff Sluman (68) tied with Clampett another stroke back.
Clampett birdied three of the first six holes, but made a double bogey on No. 7 and then bogeyed both 10 and 11 to fall eight shots behind Forsman.

Balmaseda wins Slovenia Open by three strokes

FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Spaniard Carlos Balmaseda won the Putj Slovenian Open today by three shots from French rookie Matthieu Bey and four clear of Englishman Matthew Cryer.
The 38 year old player from Madrid, already a winner many times on Spanish soil, grabbed his first trophy on the Alps Tour.
This morning he shared the lead with Bey and compatriot Garcia Fernandez. Meanwhile Bey took the lead after three birdies in a row on the last three of the front nine.
On the 10th hole, Matthieu Bey erased all his good work with a triple bogey and the experienced Blmaseda took charge.
Agathe Séron
HOW THEY FINISHED
Par 213 (3x71)
Prize money in Euros
205 Carlos BALMASEDA (Spain) 68 69 68 (5,800).
208 Matthieu BEY (France) 65 72 71 (3,940).
209 Matthew CRYER (England) 68 71 70 (2,560).
210 PALMER (England) 68 75 67, Jann SCHMID (Switzerland) 74 68 68, Michael MOSER (Austria) 72 70 68, Jurgen MAURER (Austria) 68 73 69, Jorge GARCIA FERNANDEZ (Spain) 65 72 73 (1,720 each).
212 Marc PEREZ GELMA (Spain) 73 71 68, George LERICHE (France) 73 73 66,
Paolo TERRENI (ITA) 73 69 70, Richard KILPATRICK (NIR) 73 68 71 (952 each).
213 Marco CRESPI (Italy) 68 76 69, Fredrik SVANBERG (Switzerland) 71 74 68, Mark DAVIES (England) 71 73 69 (757.33 each).
214 Andrea ZANINI (Italy) 71 72 71 (696).
215 Juan PARRON (Spain) 69 74 72, Alan BIHAN (France) 69 78 68, Olivier SERRES (France) 71 71 73 (656 each).
216 Peter LEPITSCHNIK (Austria) 69 76 71, Gavin DEAR (Murrayshall House Hotel & GC) 71 72 73, Andrea SIGNOR (Italy) 67 73 76 (602.66 each).
217 Kim Joon (Italy) 70 74 73, Laurent PONCELET (France) 73 73 71, Pol BECH (Spain) 70 71 76 (556 each).
218 Jacques GUILLET (France) 72 73 73, Ricki NEIL-JONES (England) 72 75 71, Diego SUAZO GONZALEZ (Spain) 74 73 71, Jason BARNES (England) 75 73 70 (510), Manuel Trappel (Austria) (am) 76 68 74.
219 Claudio BLAESI (Switzerland) 72 76 71 (480).
220 Jose Manuel MANCEBO (Spain) 77 71 72,Farren KEENAN (England) 70 78 72 (468 each).
Selected score:
222 Kevin McAlpine (unattached) 70 76 76 (432 Euros).

George Murray finishes with a 66

Hanson beats penalty to win Mallorca

Open after play-off against Canizares

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Sweden's Peter Hanson overcame a one-shot penalty for a double hit to win his third European Tour title in a play-off with Spain's Alejandro Cañizares in the Mallorca Open today.
Only a slow motion television camera caught the fact that Hanson clipped his chip on the 12th a second time on his follow-through.
After being told about it by The European Tour's chief referee John Paramor two holes later, the 32 year old fell two behind with four to play.
But birdie putts of 12 and 30 feet at the 15th and 17th brought him level, he saved par from a bunker at the last and then won when Cañizares failed to get up and down from the same trap on the first extra hole.
The pair had both been two behind at the start of the final round of the Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca at Pula, but while leaders Pelle Edberg and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño slumped to four over par 74s they shot 66.
It gave them six under totals of 274, four clear of South African James Kingston, who finished third on his own when Edberg double-bogeyed the short 18th.
"It feels absolutely fantastic after all that happened there," stated Hanson.
He was shown the incident on the completion of his round and commented: "It looks strange, but of course it was a double hit. The ball went down and then I hit it again.
"Sometimes it's good to have these fantastic cameras and sometimes it's bad - but it was fair."
His very next shot after being spoken to flew into a bush and with nowhere to drop he had to walk back up the fairway.
Making a 25 foot bogey putt there was crucial to his morale, but the one on the 17th was the really dramatic one as it hit the back of the hole at speed, jumped up and landed on the back lip before toppling in.
Victory could lift Hanson back into the world's top 50 and if he is there next Monday it will save him from having to qualify for the US Open Championship. Last year he holed-in-one in a play-off to make it through.
Cañizares, the 27 year old son of former Ryder Cup player Jose Maria, was trying for his second European Tour title, but last November had to go back to The Qualifying School to regain his card.
He finished joint fourth there and has now has had three successive top-ten finishes.
Edberg's day started and finished with a double bogey, his opening drive going out of bounds, while Fernandez-Castaño's putting problems persisted when he missed four-foot par putts on the eighth, ninth and 11th.
Bristol's Chris Wood, who was never able to get back in touch after finding the water on the fifth and ninth, finished in a tie for seventh spot.
George Murray finished with a 66 and Jamie McLeary a 72 as they both totalled four-over-par 284 in a tournament where only four players finished under par over a par-70 course. The Scots earned 9,880 Euros apiece.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
274 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 69 67 66 (Hanson won play-off at first extra hole), Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 68 70 70 66
278 James Kingston (RSA) 65 70 74 69
279 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 73 70 71 65
280 Scott Hend (Aus) 72 69 66 73, Chris Wood 69 72 68 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 64 71 74, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 70 68 68 74
282 Marco Ruiz (Par) 70 71 73 68, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 72 69 68 73, Andrew Marshall 70 69 71 72, Stuart Manley 70 68 74 70
283 Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 67 75 72 69, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 68 74 70 71, Robert Dinwiddie 71 73 71 68
284 George Murray 73 73 72 66, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 74 69 70 71, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 69 72 69 74, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 68 76 71 69, Alvaro Salto (Spa) 74 70 72 68, Jamie McLeary 70 69 73 72, Santiago Luna (Spa) 70 75 66 73, Tim Stewart (Aus) 72 69 73 70
285 Matthew Zions (Aus) 71 71 69 74, Charles-Edouard Russo (Fra) 74 71 69 71, Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 71 71 70
286 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 73 72 70 71, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 73 70 72 71, Victor Riu (Fra) 73 73 72 68, Julien Quesne (Fra) 76 68 69 73, Simon Khan 72 71 73 70
287 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 70 73 70 74, Colm Moriarty 74 70 74 69, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 69 73 77 68, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 73 72 70 72, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 72 70 73 72, Richard McEvoy 70 75 70 72, Oliver Whiteley 74 71 72 70, Steven O'Hara 72 69 74 72, Gary Clark 70 73 71 73, Lee Slattery 72 74 70 71, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 72 71 71 73, Thomas Levet (Fra) 76 69 69 73
288 Sam Hutsby 72 70 72 74, Carl Suneson (Spa) 72 73 70 73, Damien McGrane 74 71 74 69, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 74 71 74 69, Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 72 71 73 72
289 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 72 70 73 74, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 75 70 70 74, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 73 71 75 70, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 70 71 71 77
290 Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 73 72 72 73
291 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 73 68 71 79, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 71 79 69, Benn Barham 76 69 70 76
292 Stephan Gross junior (Ger) 75 68 75 74
293 John Parry 73 69 75 76, Mark Tullo (Chi) 71 73 76 73, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 71 69 76 77
294 Callum Macaulay 74 70 74 76, Antonio Ferrer (Spa) 71 75 75 73
295 Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 72 73 73 77, Branden Grace (Rsa) 72 69 70 84, Paul McGinley 75 71 76 73
297 Moises Cobo (Spa) 71 73 74 79
298 Ghislain Rosier (Fra) 73 73 78 74
302 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 75 71 83 73
304 Javier Colomo (Spa) 73 73 77 81

Adam Hunter is back on course
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after battle with leukaemia

FROM THE SUNDAY HERALD WEBSITE
By ALAN CAMPBELL
Adam Hunter’s initial fear was that he had suffered a stroke when the right-hand side of his face inexplicably froze last November.
He was correct in his assumption that something was seriously amiss, but wrong in the diagnosis.
Some 24 hours later, Hunter found himself installed in Glasgow’s Beatson Cancer Centre, where tests confirmed he had leukaemia. It was a devastating verdict for the self-employed golf coach, and also his wife Caroline and their two teenage daughters.
Just over 10 years earlier it had seemed that the golfing world was Hunter’s oyster. With the light fading on Carnoustie’s famous links, he had watched proudly as Paul Lawrie dispatched a majestic 4-iron shot to within three feet of the 76th and final hole of the 1999 Open Championship. That play-off victory over Jean van de Velde and Justin Leonard seemed destined to enshrine Hunter’s name as one of golf’s most valued coaches.
Yet, though his place in history as the key component of Team Lawrie is assured, the Glaswegian was not visited by fame or, more conspicuously, fortune. Instead, he resumed a punishing schedule in which he imparted his golfing wisdom to a wide range of clients from European Tour players Lawrie, Stephen Gallacher, Alastair Forsyth and Gary Orr, through to Scotland’s top amateurs and even club high-handicappers.
Paul Lawrie was chalk white and obviously apprehensive. He looked worse than I did
The latter work, his bread and butter, is conducted at the Mearns Castle Golf Academy, on the south-western outskirts of Glasgow. Six months ago Hunter was set to step up his commitment as 
director of instruction by renting the coaching bays from the owners and establishing his own golf school.
Instead, the 46-year-old found himself in the Beatson. It was to be his home for almost four months as he underwent tests and three courses of chemotherapy.
Now in remission, but being monit-ored on a fortnightly basis, Hunter has already confounded the doctors by giving a 30-minute coaching lesson. Since being released from hospital in March he has started to build up his strength through walking and swimming, but it will be a long time before he can return to full-time work. As he sips tea from a mug, he recalls his early forebodings when leukaemia was confirmed.
“The biggest scare was that I’d pass it on to my children, but it’s not hereditary,”
he said. “Then my next thought was, ‘how am I going to survive financially because I’m self-employed. Will I have to sell the house?’ All these thoughts go through your head rather than the obvious one, which is, ‘am I going to get well again?’ But that’s how it was – there were a few things ahead of that in the order of merit.”
Although leukaemia had been 
identified suddenly, it had been preceded by another problem. “I was struggling with my health from 
November 2008,” Hunter recalls. “I started to get numbness in the left side of my face and body, like pins and needless. There was a neurological problem which the 
medical people never resolved.
“Almost a year to the day the other side of my face went completely numb. I went to the doctor and she thought it was a palsy, but because I could move an eyebrow she was uncertain. I was sent to the Royal Infirmary, where they took blood and said it could be something really serious. The next day they checked bone marrow from my hip and knew it was definitely leukaemia.”
Hunter was given a trial drug for his chemotherapy, and although for a while his liver responded badly it meant he only had to have three rounds of treatment, rather than the usual four. “Bizarrely,” he reports, “when I started the chemotherapy the stuff on my left-hand side went away even though the two things were not connected as far as the doctors are aware.”
Hunter looks well after his ordeal. His hair is growing back in, even if it is more fluffy and grey than its owner would have preferred. But although he is generous with his time for this interview, an afternoon of sleep was on the agenda for a man who is still very much on the mend. Fortunately, given his justified early fears about his finances, Hunter’s 
dedication to duty, and commitment to helping even the most hopeless 
golfing cases, has ensured that his clients have rallied round to prevent the coach and his family from suffering hardship.
His supporters include the Scottish Golf Union, who employed him one day a week to assist national coach Ian Rae. But the most generous help has come from Lawrie who, after 
Hunter’s admission to the Beatson, quickly drove down from Aberdeen. The two go back a long way, to when they were both struggling to make a living on the European Tour.
Hunter, who won the Portuguese Open in 1995, became Lawrie’s coach three years later and the extraordinary Open Championship victory quickly followed. But even at the outset Hunter had told his pal that their coaching relationship would be a business one and that he was free to go elsewhere if he felt that was best for his game.
Professional golfers change coaches, as they do caddies, and over the past 10 years Lawrie has frequently reviewed his backroom options. But despite their tiffs the bond between the two has been enduring, and Hunter was Lawrie’s short-game coach when disaster struck last November.
“Paul came straight down from 
Aberdeen, and I could see him pacing up and down in the corridor where he’d been told to wait,” says Hunter. “He was chalk white and obviously apprehensive. He looked worse than I did.”
The golfer and his wife Marian swung into action to ensure that Hunter would not have to worry about money on top of his health. It was a typically generous reaction from Lawrie, who also runs his own golf foundation. Its star pupils include Scottish men’s and boys’ champion David Law and before his world collapsed Hunter would travel weekly to Aberdeen to coach Lawrie’s youngsters.
Realistically, it will be some time before that will resume. But even when it does, Hunter has resolved he will live a more measured existence following the inevitable lifestyle appraisal.
“I was working stupid hours pretty much every day of the week,” he says. “It was 12 hours a day and just hectic.The balance between work and family was non-existent. I enjoy coaching and it’s very difficult to say no to people if they’re struggling with their game. I feel they are clients and they should be able to phone me any time to see if I can help out. But clearly that is something I’m going to have to change.”
If it is too early to suggest the spring is completely back in Hunter’s step, his recovery has clearly started. Friends, like Gallacher, now feel confident enough to kid him about the fluffy hair. Scottish golf will be the healthier when Hunter himself is fully restored.

European Tour: Hanson leads early in final round

For the very latest news from the final round of the European Tour's Mallorca Open, click on this link:

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2010/tournamentid=2010026/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y

LEADERBOARD POSITIONS AT 1.45pm
-5 after seven holes Peter Hanson (Sweden).
-4 after six holes Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain).
-3 after eight holes Alejandro Canizares (Spain).

SCOTS' COMPLETED TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
284 George Murray 73 73 72 66.
287 Steven O'Hara 72 69 74 72.
294 Callum Macaulay 74 70 74 76.

Former Scottish amateur champion George Murray from Anstruther saved his best until last in the Mallorca Open.
He shot a final round of four-under-par 66 for a total of four-over-par 284. George's earlier rounds were a pair 0f 73s and a 72.
Today, Murray birdied the third, fourth, sixth, 10th, 11th and 15th in halves of 33. He had bogeys at the short eighth and 12th.

MONEYGATE SCOTTISH AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Kris Nicol in action against John Shanks (Ayrshire). Image (by Kenny Smith) by courtesy of the Scottish Golf Union.

North-east beat Renfrewshire in Kinross final

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
By ROSS DUNCAN
The North-east stormed to their first victory since 1992 with a convincing 4½ - ½ win over defending champions Renfrewshire in the final of the Moneygate Scottish Area Team Championship at Kinross today.
Mike Pocock’s men, comfortably the leading qualifiers in Saturday's stroke-play stages, showed their strength in depth this afternoon and never gave Renfrewshire the opportunity of taking a second consecutive title.
The foursomes pairing of Anthony Bews and Bryan Innes, the eldest member of the team by 15 years, picked up where they left off this morning by notching up a 3&2 win over Gordon Stevenson and Bryan Adam in the opening tie.
Fraserburgh’s Kris Nicol clinched his match in sensational style, firing a 280-yard 3-wood approach to three feet for an eagle on the 15th to secure the second point with a 4&3 victory over former British Amateur champion Craig Watson.
It was left to Edward Trophy champion Philip McLean to claim the third and decisive point, again finishing off in dramatic fashion with a 40ft putt for a birdie 2 at the short 14th to give the North-east an unassailable lead.
Banchory’s Scott Larkin, now a Royal Aberdeen member, put the icing on the cake with a 4&2 winning margin over the veteran Ronnie Clark, while Hazlehead’s David Law took a half in the final game against the in-form Matthew Clark to round off a superb day in the Kinross sunshine for the North-east team.
A delighted captain Mike Pocock proclaimed:
“It feels fantastic to be the first winners of the new format Moneygate Scottish Area Team Championship and we’re thrilled to take the trophy after a long eighteen year wait. We’ve got a talented group of young players in the North-east just now and with James Byrne and Mark Halliday on the sidelines, it demonstrates the strength in depth in our area.
“The boys played great golf all weekend and I can’t thank my players enough for their superb victory. All credit to Renfrewshire for putting up such a great defence of the title and this makes up for our defeat by them in last year’s semi-finals.” he added.
David Law, the reigning Allied Surveyors Scottish Amateur champion, praised the team spirit in the camp:
“We play together a lot so it’s really good to win as a team. There’s a good spirit among the players and I think that showed out on the course. I think we revelled in the pressure of being championship favourites and we all showed strength in character to deliver on the day. Personally, it’s obviously great to win a third national title but this was very much a team effort.
“To be level par over ten rounds in the stroke play qualifying demonstrates the consistency of the team and the strength of golf in the North-east just now.”
In the third and fourth place play-off match, Lothian’s overcame Ayrshire, also by a 4½ - ½ points margin to clinch the bronze medal.

REPORT OF MORNING SEMI-FINALS
Defending champions Renfrewshire will face leading qualifiers North-east in the final of the Moneygate Scottish Area Team Championship at Kinross this afternoon.
Renfrewshire, who have the same six-man side who defeated Dumbartonshire 4 – 1 in last year’s final, came out on top in a hard-fought 3.5 – 1.5 victory over Lothians, while a strong North-east team overcame 2008 champions Ayrshire with an excellent 3 - 2 win.
Former Scotland international Bryan Innes and partner Anthony Bews got the North-east off to a flying start with a 2 and 1 win over Ayrshire’s Scott Brown and Steven Murray, while Philip McLean increased the North-east’s lead with a 2 and 1 victory over Scotland team-mate Steven McEwan.
Ayrshire’s John Shanks took the notable scalp of Kris Nicol with a two-hole win, the highlight of which was a 25ft birdie putt for a 2 at the 17th.
Shanks' victory gave Ayrshire a fighting chance and with Scottish boys stroke-play champion Jack McDonald securing a fine 3 and 2 win over Allied Surveyors Scottish Amateur champion David Law, the scores were level at 2 – 2.
However, Scott Larkin staved off a storming fight back from Ewan Brown, having been five up through nine, to win 2 and 1 to put North-east into the final.
Kilmalcolm’s Matthew Clark led the way for Renfrewshire, coasting to a 6 and 4 win over Allyn Dick in the battle of the former mid-amateur champions but the Lothians duo of David Miller and Mark Timmins levelled with their 2&1 foursomes victory over Bryan Adam and Gordon Stevenson.
The experienced duo of Ronnie Clark and Andrew Farmer gave Murdo Carmichael’s Renfrewshire side the required points with wins over Steven Armstrong and Scottish boys champion Grant Forrest, while Craig Watson and Mark Hillson shared the spoils to settle for a half point each.
The final tees-off at 2.30pm with one foursome match followed by four singles encounters to determine the destination of the 2010 Moneygate Scottish Area Team Championship title.

SEMI-FINAL RESULTS

RENFREWSHIRE 3 1/2, LOTHIANS 1 1/2
Foursome (0-1)
Bryan Adam & Gordon Stevenson lost to Mark Timmins & Mark Hillson 2 and 1.
Singles (3 1/2-1/2)
Matthew Clark bt Allyn Dick 6 and 4.
Craig Watson halved with Mark Hillson.
Ronnie Clark bt Steven Armstrong 3 and 1.
Andrew Farmer bt Grant Forrest 3 and 1.

NORTH-EAST 3, AYRSHIRE 2
Foursome (1-0)
Bryan Innes & Anthony Bews bt Scott Brown & Steven Murray 2 and 1.
Singles (2-2)
Philip McLean bt Steven McEwan 2 and 1.
Kris Nicol lost to John Shanks 2 and 1.
David Law lost to Jack McDonald 3 and 2.
Scott Larkin bt Ewan Brown 2 and 1.

FINAL

NORTH-EAST 4 1/2, RENFREWSHIRE 1/2
Foursome (1-0)
Anthony Bews & Bryan Innes bt Bryan Adam & Gordon Stevenson 3 and 2.
Singles (3 1/2-1/2)
David Law halved with Matthew Clark
Kris Nicol bt Craig Watson 4 and 3.
Scott Larkin bt Ronnie Clark 4 and 2.
Philip McLean bt Andrew Farmer 5 and 4.

THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF

LOTHIANS 4 1/2, AYRSHIRE 1/2
Foursomes (1-0)
Mark Timmins & David Miller bt Steven Murray & Scott Brown 1 hole.
Singles (3 1/2-1/2)
Mark Hillson bt Steven McEwan 2 holes.
Allyn Dick halved with John Shanks.
Grant Forrest bt Ewan Brown 1 hole.
Steven Armstrong bt Jack McDonald 2 and 1.

SATURDAY'S STROKE-PLAY SCORES
Please click on the following link to the Stroke Play Qualifying Results:

http://www.scottishgolf.org/files/2010_Area_Team_-_Score_Input.pdf

The Montgomery stats were as follows Par 72, SSS 72, CSS 75
The Bruce stats were as follows Par 73, SSS 72, CSS 75

Stephen Clark Golf Day at The Carrick on Loch Lomond

By STEPHEN CLARK
Hi all,
I have confirmed the date for the first annual Stephen Clark golf day, to be held at The Carrick on Loch Lomond on Friday the 23rd of July. The purpose of the day is to bring family, friends and sponsors together to have a great day out at a world-class venue, as well as helping generate some support/interest for my attempts to become a world-class tour player.
The schedule of events is:
8.30 - Tea/Coffee and morning rolls.
10.00 - Shotgun start (four-ball with the best two from four net scores counting on each hole).
15.00 - Two-course buffet meal in the Claret Jug restaurant at The Carrick.
There will be a prizegiving after dinner with prizes TBC but will likely be the usual of top two teams, longest drive and nearest the pin.
Also, there will be other on course competitions such as double your money if you gamble on your tee shot and hit the green on the 14th, as well as a beat the pro against me on the 16th hole.
The cost of the event is going to be an amazing £350 per team of 4 players inclusive of breakfast, green fee, two-course dinner and prizes during the peak season in July when the course will be at its best.
The normal cost for this in July is £600 per team, so I'm sure you'll agree that its a fantastic deal.
I would appreciate if you can let me know if you wish to participate in this day as soon as possible so I can get an idea of numbers. Hoping to have the teams finalised by June 30.
Really looking forward to what I am sure will be a great day for everyone to enjoy playing at a world class venue and supporting a good cause.
To book a team please contact me at 07736032361 or email at clark.stephenjohn@gmail.com
Hope to see you all on July 23.
Thanks,
Stephen Clark
Tour Professional Golfer
The Carrick on Loch Lomond
T - +44 (0)77360 32361
E - clark.stephenjohn@gmail.com

Gomez leads Nationwide Tour event after 64

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
GREENVILLE, South Carolina -- Fabian Gomez had a simple goal at this week's Nationwide Tour event, BMW Charity Pro-Am: The 31-year-old from Argentina wanted to finish one spot higher than he did a year ago. While it may not seem like much, considering that Gomez lost a play-off to Aberdeen-born Australian Michael Sim in 2009, the goal becomes easier said that done.
Gomez put himself in prime position to reach the summit with an 8-under 64 in Saturday's third round, giving him an 18-under par 197 total and a one-stroke lead heading into Sunday's finale. Gomez has posted scores of 64-69-64 at three different courses, polishing off his play Saturday at the Bright's Creek Golf Club in Mill Spring, N.C.
His total is one shot better than his 198 score a year ago when he entered the final round at the Thornblade Club in Greenville three strokes back of Sim. This time, he's up by one over Nebraska's Scott Gutschewski, who shot a 5-under 67 at the tournament's other course, Carolina Country Club in nearby Spartanburg.
Aussie Adam Bland shot a 6-under 66 at Bright's Creek to reach 16-under 199 and is alone in third place. Michigan's Justin Hicks is tied for fourth place with Ryan Armour and Kevin Chappell, winner of the Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae in Hayward, Calif., four weeks ago.
"My putter has been really hot and that gives me confidence in the rest of my game," said Gomez, who has a lone double bogey on Friday marring an otherwise perfect 54-hole tally. "I have good memories of this tournament from last year."
Gomez and his amateur partner, former Golf Channel anchor Jennifer Mills, are at 37 under par and in second place in the pro-am portion of the event. They trail Gutschewski and his parter, Rolf Klam, by a single shot.
"I like to play a pro-am where it's one pro and one amateur because you don't have to wait that much in between shots," said Gomez. "She's a great partner and we are joking during the round. It's fun, really fun."
Gomez broke into the winner's circle for the first time his career earlier this year at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open and comes into the week No. 4 on the 2010 money list.
Gutschewski, a 33-year-old transplanted Texan, is No. 19 on the money list and looking for his third career title.
"I'd say anyone within six shots has a chance because you go really low at Thornblade Club," he said. "I think it will be a shootout tomorrow. Let's see who can take it deep out there."
Gutschewski's round didn't get into gear quickly on Saturday. While he didn't make a bogey all day, he also didn't chalk up his first birdie until the eighth hole.
"I just didn't give myself any real opportunities," he said of his start. "The problem is that I was a little squirrely off the tees, which made it tough because unlike the other courses, there's some rough out here."
Third-Round Notes: Sonny Skinner aced the 190-yard ninth hole at Thornblade using a 5-iron. ... Bronson La'Cassie had a hole-in-one at the 210-yard sixth hole at Bright's Creek using a 5-iron.
Ryan Armour continues his solid, consistent season. Armour is now a perfect 9-for-9 in cuts made this year. He finished tied for 10th at the Stadion Athens Classic two weeks ago, his best finish in 2010. He came into the week No. 42 on the money list. ... Tag Ridings is also a perfect 9-for-9 in cuts made. Ridings has seven top-25 finishes in his previous eight starts, including four top-10s. Ridings, who is staying at former Clemson standout Charles Warren's house this week, entered the week No. 7 on the money list.
Former Clemson standout Tommy Biershenk tied the Carolina CC record with a 10-under 62. Biershenk had seven birdies, two eagles and a bogey on his round. He matched the 62 set by Scott Parel in the second round last year. Biershenk started the day tied for 88th and finished it tied for 17th, a jump of 71 places. ... Ewan Porter withdrew during the round at Carolina CC.
Second-year pro Jhonatan Vegas of Venezuela leads the tournament with 21 birdies. Vegas chalked up 10 of them Saturday at Carolina CC while posting a 6-under 66. He started play on the back nine and stumbled with a triple-bogey and a bogey and was 2 over through his first seven holes. He then rattled off eight birdies in nine holes, starting at No. 17. Vegas is at 12 under par and tied for 12th.
.A total of 14 teams will advance to Sunday's round in the pro-am portion of the tournament. The cut for the pro-am division came at 28-under 187. Among the celebrities making the cut are Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney, baseball Hall of Famer Jim Rice and actor Kurt Russell.

Remember Bobby Clampett? He's leading US seniors' event

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Dan Forsman made two eagles on his way to a tournament-record 10-under 62 on Saturday, leaving him a stroke behind leader Bobby Clampett after the second round of the US Champions' Tour's Regions Charity Classic at Hoover, Alabama
The 50-year-old Clampett, a TV analyst who won the 1982 Southern Open for his lone US PGA Tour title, shot a 64 to finish at 15-under 129 -- the best 36-hole score in the history of the event -- on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Ross Bridge course.
Forsman, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour, bogeyed the second hole, but rebounded with three birdies and an eagle over the next six holes. He had a stretch of four consecutive birdies on the back nine and eagled the 16th.
"I executed some nice shots early on, and the momentum just kept building," said Forsman, who played the four par 5s in 6 under. "I knew on the back nine that I was having a special round."
The 62, the 52-year-old Forsman's lowest score in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, broke the tournament record of 63 set by Jack Keifer in 1992 at Greystone and matched six times.
Clampett broke the tournament 36-hole record of 130 set by Hale Irwin and Gil Morgan in 2001 at Greystone.
"To put two good rounds together is hard to do, but I feel like I've executed well this week," said Clampett, making his second Champions Tour start. "I've hit a lot of good shots."
Peter Senior (66) was third at 13 under, and Joey Sindelar (67) was 12 under.
Ken Green, playing in his first stroke-play event since having the lower part of his right leg amputated following an auto accident last June, was 6 over after a 76.
Forsman's 12-foot birdie putt on No. 17 stopped at the lip of the cup.
"I thought I had a birdie," Forsman said. "It was on the edge to go 11-under. It was hanging and hanging. I wanted that one bad."
Forsman finished his round more than 90 minutes before Clampett, who was in the day's final group. At the time, Clampett trailed Forsman by three shots, but birdied four of the final six holes -- holing a 50-footer on No. 14.
"It's been an emotional experience to be back up on the leaderboard," said Clampett, who has yet to make a bogey in the tournament after having six three-putts in his Champions Tour debut two weeks ago.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
129 Bobby Clampett 65 64
130 Dan Forsman 68 62
131 Peter Senior (Aus) 65 66
132 Joey Sindelar 65 67
133 David Peoples 66 67, Joe Ozaki (Jpn) 68 65
134 Brad Bryant 68 66, Tom Kite 67 67, Jeff Sluman 69 65, David Eger 67 67
135 Jodie Mudd 70 65, Russ Cochran 65 70, Corey Pavin 67 68, Chien-Soon Lu (Tpe) 69 66, Larry Nelson 67 68, Bob Tway 68 67
136 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 68 68, Ben Crenshaw 67 69, Mike Goodes 71 65, David Frost (Rsa) 66 70, Jay Don Blake 68 68, Hal Sutton 70 66, Bruce Vaughan 68 68, Hale Irwin 68 68, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 67 69
137 Gil Morgan 68 69, Andy Bean 69 68, James Mason 69 68, Tom Jenkins 67 70, Trevor Dodds (Nam) 67 70, Fred Funk 69 68, Tim Simpson 70 67
138 Fulton Allem (Rsa) 67 71, Ted Schulz 68 70, Chip Beck 70 68, Mike Reid 68 70, Keith Fergus 71 67, Olin Browne 68 70, Bill Glasson 71 67
139 Bruce Fleisher 71 68, Michael Allen 67 72, R.W. Eaks 66 73, Blaine McCallister 67 72, Larry Mize 68 71, Ronnie Black 69 70, Keith Clearwater 70 69
140 Kirk Hanefeld 68 72, John Ross 68 72, Bobby Wadkins 69 71
141 Tom Purtzer 68 73, John Cook 69 72, John Harris 70 71, Fuzzy Zoeller 71 70, Bob Gilder 70 71
142 Gary Hallberg 73 69, Denis Watson (Zim) 70 72, Scott Simpson 72 70, Sandy Lyle (Sco) 69 73, Allen Doyle 71 71
143 Jack Ferenz 73 70, Bruce Lietzke 74 69, Wayne Levi 70 73
144 Gene Jones 74 70, Ron Streck 70 74
145 Mike Smith 70 75, Mark Wiebe 73 72, Joe Inman 76 69
147 Steve Haskins 72 75, Peter Jacobsen 74 73, Jim Roy 74 73, Leonard Thompson 73 74
149 Mike McCullough 75 74, Jim Dent 72 77
150 Ken Green 74 76, Fred Holton (Gbr) 75 75
151 Rick Smallridge 72 79
154 Frank Shikle 77 77

TEXAS OPEN COURSE DRIES OUT

Walker, Nitties lead into Sunday two-round finale

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SAN ANTONIO -- Jimmy Walker and James Nitties got on a roll, and the soaked Valero Texas Open course dried out. Next up is a long two-round finale.
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Walker and Nitties shot 5-under 67s on Saturday for a share of the lead at seven under par with Brett Wetterich (68) and Matt Jones (71) at TPC San Antonio, where the Oaks Course soaked up a drenching that will make for a 36-hole finish today.
Muck and mud squished under the morning gallery after more than three inches of rain washed out play on Friday. But fairways drained and greens stayed firm, drawing praise from some in a field that has grumbled about the new Greg Norman-designed lay-out.
"The greens are what they are," said Wetterich, who birdied his final three holes. "You're going to gripe about it. I think that's more advantage for other people that aren't and just kind of go with the flow."
Tour rookie Garth Mulroy (67) was a stroke back along with Charley Hoffman (70), James Driscoll (68), J.B. Holmes (70), Pat Perez (66), Tim Petrovic (68) and Aron Price (68). Ernie Els, a two-time winner this year, was two shots back at 5 under after a 67.
"Hoping for Texas winds tomorrow," Els said. "It's going to be a long day but I'll be up for it."
PGA Tour officials hadn't ruled out stretching the tournament into Monday if storms delayed the tournament again. The National Weather Service called for a 40 percent chance of rain on Sunday.
Walker, who missed the cut in three of his last four tournaments since April, grabbed a share of the lead on a course he knows better than most.
The San Antonio resident played TPC San Antonio -- where the Texas Open moved this spring after 15 years at La Cantera Golf Club -- before most anyone last winter. That familiarity started paying off.
After starting the round four back, Walker birdied three holes on the front nine and another three on the back leg. He used a sand wedge to put a 111-yard approach about seven feet from the cup on the par-4 11th, then sank the putt for birdie.
"I've gotten way behind and it's hard to claw your way back from the back of the pack," Walker said. "I've been doing it but it's not fun. It's nice to get out and make the cut, you know, fairly easy."
Els also began a push. The current money and FedExCup points leader, who also is the only player in the field ranked in the top 10, missed the cut last week at The Players Championship while working through a bad swing.
Els arrived in Texas focused on releasing his club earlier and not being so "handsy through the hitting area." Though still feeling conservative with his drivers, Els was on target with his driver.
On the par-5 second, Els got out of a fairway bunker with a 5-iron before sinking a 17-footer for one of his five birdies. He hit par on every other hole.
"I felt one more tournament could really do it for me, and although it didn't happen in the first round, I feel it's really coming around now," Els said.
Vijay Singh, who played with Els and is arguably the other biggest name in the tournament, shot for par in the second round and made the cut at 1 over. Sergio Garcia shot a 68 and was four strokes back.
Zach Johnson, the two-time defending tournament champion, couldn't erase the damage from his disastrous opening-round 80. He missed the cut at 4 over.
Johnson beat Driscoll in a sudden-death play-off at this tournament a year ago, and Driscoll on Saturday blew his chance for a five-way tie for first with a bogey on his final hole. His approach missed the green on the par-4 ninth, and his 8-foot putt for par missed by 2 feet.
No. 9 also cost Jones sole possession of the lead.
Jones, who led after the opening round, birdied on the par-5 eighth to reach 8 under with one hole to go. But he drove his drive on No. 9 into the tall grass and rocks to the right of fairway, and couldn't recover to make par.
Scott Piercy began the round 3 over but birdied six holes on the front nine and shot a 64 for the day's best round. The 31-year-old was two shots back, alongside Ernie Els and Englishman Greg Owen among others..
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
137 Jimmy Walker 70 67, Brett Wetterich 69 68, James Nitties (Aus) 70 67, Matthew Jones (Aus) 66 71
138 Pat Perez 72 66, J.B. Holmes 68 70, Aron Price (Aus) 70 68, Charley Hoffman 68 70, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 71 67, Tim Petrovic 70 68, James Driscoll 70 68
139 Spencer Levin 70 69, Joe Durant 69 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 72 67, Garrett Willis 71 68, Scott Piercy 75 64, Greg Owen (Eng) 71 68, Cameron Percy (Aus) 71 68
140 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 71 69, Paul Stankowski 67 73, Robert Damron 72 68
141 Adam Scott (Aus) 71 70, Bill Lunde 72 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 68, David Duval 75 66, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 75 66, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 73 68, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 69 72, Bo Van Pelt 72 69, Tom Gillis 71 70, Cameron Tringale 71 70, Matt Weibring 68 73
142 Jeff Gove 74 68, Michael Bradley 71 71, Steve Flesch 69 73, Ted Purdy 70 72, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 70 72, Charlie Wi (Kor) 72 70, Chris Tidland 72 70, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 70 72, Jay Williamson 73 69
143 Mark Hensby (Aus) 72 71, Chez Reavie 73 70, Steve Elkington (Aus) 72 71, Jeff Burns 72 71, Craig Barlow 72 71, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 73, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 74 69, Jason Gore 73 70
144 Charles Warren 71 73, Kris Blanks 77 67, Tom Byrum 70 74, Martin Flores 72 72, Vaughn Taylor 72 72, Harrison Frazar 73 71, Michael Connell 72 72, Chris Wilson 72 72, John Daly 77 67, Chad Campbell 74 70, Guy Boros 76 68, Ryan Palmer 75 69, Troy Matteson 72 72, Frank Lickliter II 75 69, Josh Teater 73 71
145 Kent Jones 70 75, Michael Letzig 70 75, Tim Herron 73 72, Omar Uresti 72 73, Billy Mayfair 72 73, Lee Janzen 72 73, Steve Lowery 68 77, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 76 69, Cliff Kresge 72 73, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 73 72, Justin Leonard 76 69, Vijay Singh (Fij) 73 72, John Morse 73 72
MISSED THE CUT
146 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 76 70, Chris Riley 75 71, Chris Stroud 71 75, Ryan Baca 73 73, Marco Dawson 76 70, Mark Brooks 72 74, Vance Veazey 76 70, Eric Axley 74 72, Gary Woodland 75 71, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 70 76, Jay Delsing 78 68, Brett Quigley 73 73, Robin Freeman 75 71, Rocco Mediate 71 75
147 Robert Gamez 74 73, Kevin Stadler 77 70, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 74 73, Carlos Franco (Par) 75 72, Todd Hamilton 75 72, Roger Tambellini 74 73, Blake Adams 78 69
148 Michael Sim (Sco) 76 72, Zach Johnson 80 68, Steve Wheatcroft 71 77, Shaun Micheel 73 75, Jim Carter 77 71, Tim Thelen 76 72, Jeff Maggert 72 76, Paul Goydos 73 75, Cameron Beckman 77 71, Craig Bowden 76 72, Glen Day 79 69, Johnson Wagner 78 70, Briny Baird 74 74, Spike McRoy 72 76, Rich Barcelo 76 72
149 Kirk Triplett 75 74, John Rollins 73 76, Dean Wilson 79 70, Bobby Gates 72 77, John Mallinger 74 75, J.L. Lewis 75 74, Tom Pernice junior 78 71, Michael Clark II 75 74
150 Derek Tolan 76 74, Matt Bettencourt 76 74, Bob Estes 77 73, Justin Bolli 77 73, Jim McGovern 79 71, Dicky Pride 74 76, Nicholas Thompson 76 74, Phil Tataurangi (Nzl) 72 78, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 74 76, Mark Wilson 77 73, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 75 75, J J Henry 78 72, Gene Williams 78 72, John Huston 77 73, Troy Merritt 74 76, Skip Kendall 79 71
151 David Lutterus (Rsa) 77 74, Brian Stuard 73 78, Grant Waite (Nzl) 79 72, Brian Bateman 76 75
152 Scott McCarron 76 76, Len Mattiace 76 76, Kevin Johnson 74 78
153 Thomas Kearney 79 74, Joe Ogilvie 75 78, Jerod Turner 76 77
155 Robert Garrigus 74 81, Graham Delaet (Can) 80 75
160 Brent Delahoussaye 80 80, John C. Little II 82 78
DQ: 148 Chris DiMarco 74 74, 163 Mike Standly 76 87