TARTAN TOUR SCOREBOARD
SPRINT SERIES - DUNDONALD LINKS
FINAL TOTALS
Par 72
68 Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) (£1,000)
70 Mark Loftus (Adam Hunter Golf) (£750).
71 Graham Fox (East Kilbride), Ronan Rafferty (Roxburghe), Colin Gillies (Braid Hills), Graeme Brown (Montrose), Scott Henderson (Kings Links) (£381 each).
72 Chris Doak (unatt), Adam McCabe (Gordon Sherry Golf), Fraser Dunlop (Gleneagles Hotel), Euan Cameron (Hamilton), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Ross Dixon (Renaissance Club), James McGhee (Turnhouse), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) (£134.50 each).
73 Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links), Terry Mathieson (Dunbar), James McKinnon (Irvine), Mark King (Kingsfield), Alastair Thomson (Douglas Park), Chris Kelly (Cawder), Norman Huguet (Musselburgh), Neil Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh), Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park), Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation). Stewart Savage (Dalmuir), Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle).
74 Ewan Grimes (Cardross), Andrew Fullen (Largs), Michael Patterson (Kilmacolm), Hamish Kemp (Bishopbriggs), Heather MacRae (Gullane), Andrew Crerar (Panmure), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie), Greig Hutcheon (Banchory).
75 Bert Mackay (Loch Lomond), Ian Taylor (Drumpellier), James Smallwood (Fereneze), David Knapp (Playsport Golf), Gregor Abel (Alloa), Stuart Williamson (West Kilbride), Greg Paxton (Ralston), David Blackadder (Kingsbarns), Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Course Design),
David Ross Nicol (Dundonald Links).
76 Scott Herald (Mearns Castle), Andrew Gibson (North Gailes), Paul Wilson (World of Golf),
Martin Pottinger (North Gailes Golf Centre), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Stephen Gray (Hayston), Stuart Syme (Dumfries & Co), Michael Mackenzie (Forfar).
77 Stuart Kerr (Strathaven), Duncan Williams (Kirkhill), Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park)
Fraser Mann ((unatt), Alan Purdie (Kingsbarns), Stuart Morrison (Tain),
Gareth Wright (West Linton).
78 Paul Gallacher (Dalmuir), Jack Bailey (Balbirnie Park), Ryan Buckley (Craigielaw),
Oliver Morton (unatt), Daniel Wood (Eyemouth).
79 James Erskine (Portpatrick Dunskey), Graeme Stewart (Gleddoch), Graeme Sneddon (Greaves Sports), David Herd (Alloa), John Robertson (Glasgow), Alan Martin (unat), Andrew McIntyre (Ranfurly Castle), Keil Beveridge (Inchmarlo), Stuart Pardoe (unatt).
81 Simon Race (Carnoustie), Craig Ronald (Carluke), Guy Redford (Dundonald Links), Gary McFarlane (Clober).
83 Shaun Clark (Elie).
84 Craig Knowles (Panmure), Alan Mackay (Pumpherston).
85 Alan Reid (Gary Mitchell Golf).
86 Stuart McEwing (Montrose)
+Official tour scoring and statistics provided by the PGA Website.

European Challenge Tour Scoreboard
MUGELLO TUSCANY OPEN
Poggio dei Medici GC, Scarperia, Florence, Italy
FIRST ROUND
Par 71
67 F De Vries (Ned), J Colomo (Spa)
68 J Larsen (Nor), R Steiner (Aut), P Gustafsson (Swe), R Santos (Por)
69 A Tadini, A Velasco (Spa), L Kennedy (Eng), B Wiesberger (Aut), A Hansen (Den), A Coltart (Sco), E Canonica, C Ford (Eng), F Henge (Swe), T Norret (Den)
70 N Meitinger (Ger), M Bothma (Rsa), M Haines (Eng), R Kind (Ned), P Relecom (Bel), C Moriarty (Irl), V Riu (Fra), J Sjoholm (Swe), M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), M Mills (Eng), T Stewart (Aus)
71 A Willey (Eng), B Evans (Eng), M Cobo (Spa), T Olesen (Den), A Maestroni, L Gagli, A Signor, A Bruschi, I Van Weerelt (Ned), R Kakko (Fin), D Perrier (Fra), B Mason (Eng)
72 T Haylock (Eng), A Hogberg (Swe), J McLeary (Sco), B Grace (Rsa), G Houston (Wal), R Dinwiddie (Eng), M Vibe-Hastrup (Den), A Nilsson (Swe), G Molteni, W Ormsby (Aus), M Crespi, S Lewton (Eng), S Reale, G Rosier (Fra), J Garcia (Spa), J Legarrea (Spa), M Korhonen (Fin), L Brovold (Nor)
73 M Quiros (Spa), S Davis (Eng), A Snobeck (Fra), H Bacher (Aut), M Delpodio, S Ottosen (Den), G Pietrobono, T Carolan (Aus), L Jensen (Den), G Murray (Sco), A Campanile, N Lemke (Swe), A Blyth (Aus), P Dwyer (Eng), M Wiegele (Aut), A Bernadet (Fra), S Wakefield (Eng), A Kaleka (Fra), S Jamieson (Sco), D Denison (Eng), N Bertasio
74 T Whitehouse (Eng), D Griffiths (Eng), M Rominger (Swi), C Macaulay (Sco), D Vanegas (Col), J Campillo (Spa), C Brazillier (Fra), S Walker (Eng), C Russo (Fra), P Oriol (Spa), J Axgren (Swe)
75 P Kaensche (Nor), M Cryer (Eng), J Xanthopoulos (Fra), E Dubois (Fra), C Del Moral (Spa), T Feyrsinger (Aut), B Ritthammer (Ger), J Makitalo (Fin), L Saltman (Sco), N Ravano, S Buhl (Ger), F Marty (Fra), A Haindl (Rsa), J Moul (Eng)
76 L Moolman (Rsa), S Manley (Wal), C Rocca, B Chapellan (Fra), L Bond (Wal), A Perrino, J Maurer (Aut), A Bossert (Swi), W Besseling (Ned), A Grenier (Fra), F Pasqualucci, K Varli (Tur)
77 C Smith (Wal), T Remkes (Ned), K Sullivan (Wal), J Arruti (Spa), B Lecuona (Fra), A Rota, M Higley (Eng), F Widmark (Swe), G Watremez (Bel), R Russell (Sco), N Lombardi, A Ahokas (Fin), J Clment (Swi)
78 B Barham (Eng), L Richard (Bel), C Gunther (Ger), S Surri), D Ulrich (Swi), F Colombo, J Doherty (Sco), S Tiley (Eng), E Ramsay (Sco), J Billot (Fra), F Praegant (Aut), O Floren (Swe), N Giusti
80 S Lilly (Eng), A Saragnese
81 A Zanini
82 A Grammatica, L Beneduce
83 E Lattanzi

Danny Boy - The Wonder of Willett

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Rory McIlroy has left Danny Willett trailing in his wake since they were team-mates at the 2007 Walker Cup - but on Thursday at Wentworth it was different. Very different.
McIlroy, back playing in Europe after his incredible first PGA Tour win earlier this month, managed only a three-over-par 74 at the start of the BMW PGA Championship.
Willett, on the other hand, marked his debut in the European Tour's star-studded showpiece event with a nine-birdie, six-under-par 65 to set the clubhouse target.
This on a day when world number three Lee Westwood and defending champion Paul Casey shot 70s, Padraig Harrington 71, three-time winner Colin Montgomerie a 73 and Ian Poulter an error-strewn 78.
As for Ernie Els, the man whose redesign of the par-five 18th with club owner Richard Caring has caused such a stir, he was among those who went in the controversial new ditch in front of the green.
Els was joint leader at the time - Willett had still to birdie the last three holes - but despite taking a bogey six and throwing a second ball into the water in annoyance, the South African soon realised a 69 had kept his title hopes very much alive.
Asked to describe Willett, a 22-year-old vicar's son from Sheffield, McIlroy replied: "Confident, bouncy - and a good lad."
Both were ranked number one in the world for a spell as amateurs, but now 119 places separate them as professionals, with McIlroy ninth and Willett 128th.
The Northern Irishman, one year younger than Willett, has won on both sides of the Atlantic, while Willett has yet to register a top-three finish.
This would be some week to change that. First prize is over £637,000 and it comes with a five-year European Tour exemption, plus a place in July's Open at St Andrews.

European Tour Scoreboard
BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Wentworth, Surrey
FIRST ROUND
Par 71
65 Danny Willett
66 Richard Green (Aus)
67 Steve Webster, Richie Ramsay, Ross Fisher, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind)
68 Richard Bland, Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Thomas Aiken (Rsa), James Kingston (Rsa), Gareth Maybin, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Danny Lee (Nzl), Luke Donald, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe)
69 Craig Lee, Neil Cheetham, Damien McGrane, Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Craig Shave, Marcel Siem (Ger), Scott Strange (Aus), Wen-Tang Lin (Tpe), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Robert Rock, Stephen Gallacher, Alexander Noren (Swe), Ernie Els (Rsa), Jamie Donaldson
70 Chris Wood, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Graeme McDowell, Rhys Davies, David Lynn, Peter Lawrie, Peter Hanson (Swe), Anthony Wall, Gary Boyd, Richard Finch, Paul Casey, Markus Brier (Aut), Wen-chong Liang (Chn), Lee Westwood
71 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Anders Hansen (Den), Joost Luiten (Ned), Oliver Wilson, Matteo Manassero (Ita), Peter Hedblom (Swe), Johan Edfors (Swe), Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Hennie Otto (Rsa), Paul Waring, David Howell, Nick Dougherty, Paul Broadhurst, James Morrison, David Drysdale, Paul Lawrie, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Paul McGinley, Padraig Harrington, Michael Watson (USA)
72 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Soren Hansen (Den), Andrew Raitt, Rafael Echenique (Arg), Oliver Fisher, Shane Lowry, Niclas Fasth (Swe), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Christian Cevaer (Fra), Phillip Price, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Andrew Dodt (Aus), Mark Brown (Nzl), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Simon Khan, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Barry Lane, Ross McGowan
73 Kenneth Ferrie, Simon Dyson, Graeme Storm, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Oskar Henningsson (Swe), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Pablo Martin (Spa), Gregory Havret (Fra), Marcus Fraser (Aus), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Christian Nilsson (Swe), Colin Montgomerie, Richard McEvoy, Scott Drummond, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Mark Foster
74 Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Gary Orr, Seung-yul Noh (Kor), Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Peter Whiteford, Seve Benson, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, David Dixon, Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Sam Little, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind), Thomas Levet (Fra)
75 Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Darren Clarke, Robert Karlsson (Swe), Robert Coles, Marc Warren, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha), Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Alastair Forsyth, Michael Jonzon (Swe), Michael Hoey
76 David Horsey, Martin Kaymer (Ger), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Ariel Canete (Arg), Tano Goya (Arg), Peter O'Malley (Aus), Bradley Dredge
77 Sean Whiffin, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa)
78 Andrew Butterfield, Ian Poulter, Julien Quesne (Fra), Jon Lupton
79 Anthony Kang (USA), Shiv Kapur (Ind)
80 Brett Rumford (Aus), Stephen Dodd, Chris Gill, Ignacio Garrido (Spa), David Higgins
81 Gary Lockerbie, James Lee
85 Mikael Lundberg (Swe)

BMW PGA Championship tees off today

Ernie Els stumbles at Wentworth's last hole

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Ernie Els came a cropper at Wentworth's controversial new 18th - the hole over which he argued with the club owner - when the European Tour's flagship event began today.
Three under par on the tee and sharing the first-round lead in the BMW PGA Championship, Els hit his three-wood second shot into the ditch that now curls round the green.
After walking off with a bogey 6 while playing partner Ross Fisher, who chose to lay up, birdied it for a four-under 67, the South African threw a second ball into the water in annoyance.
"I don't feel very good right now," said Els, who was hired by the Surrey club to make extensive changes, but admits he was not left to do everything his own way.
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On the shot that cost him dear he added: "It was on. I had been hitting the ball so good and it was a perfect little five-wood. I just dragged it. I didn't make a good swing.
"Right now I'm disappointed, but overall the course played fair and very well. The way it was set up gave people the opportunity to make birdies, and that's what we had in mind."
Fisher, a member of the club from his junior days and runner-up to Paul Casey after a closing 64 last year, has been fairly quiet since his World Match Play victory in Spain late last season.
But the Ryder Cup hopeful came back to the fore with a round that contained no fewer than nine birdies, but also three bogeys and a double bogey on the 470-yard 13th.
While Els' finish still left him in the hunt, Ian Poulter crashed to a 78 and Padraig Harrington had to settle for a level-par 71 after running up a triple-bogey eight on the long 17th.
Englishman Danny Willett finished with three birdies to set the clubhouse target at six under par 65, two shots ahead of Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay and Danny Willett.

SENIOR NORTHERN COUNTIES CUP
Cruden Bay GC

REPEAT OF LAST YEAR'S FINAL

Nairn Dunbar 1, the holders, and Moray will meet at Cruden Bay Golf Club tomorrow morning in a repeat of last year's final for the B D Fraser Trophy

QUARTER-FINALS

Nairn Dunbar 1 bt Cruden Bay 2 by five holes.
H Clunas & D Lamb 1, B Livingston & J Cooper 0
B Kettles & D Bunker 4, H Livingston & W Davidson-Gall 0

Inverness bt Deeside by four holes.
H F Urquhart & J Elliott 0, H Morrison & R Bickerton 0
W Hutchison & D H Rae 4, N Harper & D Landsman 0

Moray bt Elgin by 10 holes
CJ MacLeod & M J Dean 4, B C Milne & J A C Innes 0
J Westwood & J K Young 6, J Porter & J Stirrat 0.

Duff House Royal 1 bt Royal Dornoch by six holes.
M Jenkins & J S Sim 3, B Nicholson & R Bluck 0
B Sutherland & D Wilson 3, J Seatter & A Bagott 0

SEMI-FINALS

Nairn Dunbar 1 bt Inverness by six holes.

H Clunas & D Lamb 3, H F Urquhart & J Elliott 0.
B Kettles & D Bunker 3, W Hutchison & D H Rae 0.

Moray bt Duff House Royal 1 by two holes.

C J MacLeod & M J Dean 1, M Jenkiins & J S Sim 0.
J Westwood & J K Young 1, B Sutherland & D Wilson 0.

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Descendant of Old Tom Morris says badly-behaved

Tiger Woods wouldn't deserve Open belt

FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
By Martin Dempster
Tiger Woods has filed his entry for The Open Championship at St Andrews, virtually guaranteeing that the 150th anniversary of the event will be a commercial success.
But the world No 1 won't be welcomed with open arms by everyone as he tries to win at the Old Course for the third time in a row – injured neck permitting.
The great, great grandson of four-time Open winner and golfing pioneer Old Tom Morris says
the R&A should withhold the presentation of a historic belt if Woods wins in Fife but has behaved badly on the course, having called on the game's governing body to start taking a stricter stance in a bid to clean up the sport.
Melvyn Morrow, a 60-year-old from Suffolk, has contacted Prestwick Golf Club about its plan to present a replica of the historic championship belt to this year's winner. The original was presented to Old Tom's son, Young Tom, after his third consecutive Open win in 1870. Young Tom died aged just 24, and the belt was given back to the R&A by the family in 1908 – the year Old Tom died. It has been on display at the R&A clubhouse in St Andrews ever since then.
Morrow supports the idea of marking the special anniversary of the game's oldest major in such a way, but he says he'd be saddened if it went to a player who behaves badly on the course, claiming there has been no worse offender in the modern game than Woods.
"I want Prestwick to present the belt," said Morrow. "However, I do not believe that past champions who held the original belt with great honour should have to accept that poorly behaved sportsmen will have a right to wear one, even a replica."
The belt was Old Tom's pride and joy and a great reminder of his son Young Tommy, who died well before his time and may have been the greatest golfer of all time, had he lived.
"In a letter to Prestwick, Morrow requested their support for his stance that the belt should not be given to anyone who does not behave appropriately on the golf course, in particular, Woods. The world No 1 promised earlier this year to improve his conduct on the course, but was heard cursing loudly during the Masters.
"It's not about his ladies or private problem; it's his course conduct that I am totally against," added Morrow. "It's his language and course etiquette. Such language is bad enough for a pro, but to throw his clubs when spectators are close by is not acceptable.
"It is not necessarily just Tiger Woods, but he is probably the worst offender when it comes to throwing clubs. When he threw a club over the top of the gallery at the Australian Masters last November, it was one of the worst offences I had ever seen. If the club had been two feet lower it would have done serious damage to someone yet no one did anything.
"I want assurance that course etiquette will be upheld. It's not just Tiger; it applies to all players throwing clubs, which is just bloody dangerous – and what a message to send out to kids. If Tiger and other golfers behave like professional golfers on the course then they deserve their trophies. But throwing clubs is, in my book, just not acceptable and goes to the heart of golf and course etiquette, or should I say the decline of the modern game.
"The poor standards we seem to be faced with today annoys me and no one seems to be doing a thing to clean it up."
A replica of the red Morocco belt has only been presented once before, in 1985, when Sandy Lyle won at Royal St George's on the 125th anniversary of the event.
"Prestwick have made it clear they are going to proceed no matter what," said Morrow. "I'm not going to launch a legal challenge but it is a dreadful shame that the club could not ask the R&A to deal a bit more severely with these sorts of things than they have in the past. It would be a shame if the belt went to any Tom, Dick or Harry."
Ian Bunch, the secretary of Prestwick, said the club could have no control over who received the replica belt and insisted neither it nor the R&A needed permission to make such a presentation.
"All we are doing is marking the 150th Open Championship, as we did the 125th one," he said. "We may sympathise with Mr Morrow's views regarding etiquette, but the Open Championship at St Andrews is going to be under the scrutiny of the world's press and I am sure the event will produce a worthy winner.
"His main concern is if it is won by Tiger Woods, he does not want that. He also claims we have no right to replicate the belt but we still have the original drawings. The belt was gifted unconditionally to the R&A by the Morris family in 1908. We have had lots of correspondence with Mr Morrow and we are working fully with the R&A on this matter."

FAMILY AFFAIR
THE achievements of Old Tom Morris and his son, Young Tom, made them the most famous family in golf's history.
Old Tom was born in St Andrews and worked as a greenkeeper, clubmaker, ballmaker, golf instructor, and course designer. He came second in the first Open in 1860 and won the following year. He followed this up with further victories – in 1862, 1864 and 1867 – and still holds the record as the oldest winner of The Open at 46.
He died at the age of 86 after falling down a flight of stairs in the clubhouse of the New Golf Club in St Andrews.
Young Tom became the youngest Open champion when he won in 1868 at the age of 17 – a record which also still stands – and went on to claim four consecutive titles before he died at the age of 25.

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What are your favorite golf courses ?


Royal Dornoch and Ocean Forest (USA).

What dream of golf would you like to live?


To win the Open.

You are playing the Ryder Cup: with whom would you like to play foursome?


Keir McNicoll.



You are playing the Ryder Cup: which American player would you like to play?


Tiger Woods.

If you could change one rule of golf, which one would it be?


Get a free drop from divots on the fairway.

If you could mix golf of three players (long game, short game and putting or mental), what virtual player would it be?


Tiger Woods for his putting; Seve Ballesteros for his short game and Colin Montgomerie for long game.

If you were an animal, which would you be?


A polar bear.

If you were a book or a movie?


The Blindside

Three favourite artists (actor, actress, singer)?


U-2, Paolo Nutini, Jay-Z

If you could have dinner with three people, dead or alive, real or fiction, which ones would it be?


Bridget Fowles, Keir McNicoll, Mathilda.