Oldcorn 73, Drummond 75, Torrance 78, Longmuir, Lyle 80 in first round

Langer shares lead on 66 in US PGA Senior championship

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PARKER, Colorado. -- Germany's Florida-based Bernhard Langer has been a dominating force since joining the Champions Tour late in 2007, racking up 10 wins over that time.
He is, however, missing a major championship victory on the 50-and-over circuit.
That could change this week at Colorado Golf Club and the 71st Senior PGA Championship for the two-time Masters champion.
Langer, who fancies himself a "pretty decent wind player," was spectacular in the first round on Thursday when the wind kicked up to 35 mph at times, firing a 6-under 66 to tie the course record set by Robin Freeman an hour earlier. They share the lead, two shots clear of Brad Bryant and Tom Lehman, who had it to 5 under late in the day until a bogey at the last.
"There's different thoughts to playing in the wind," said Langer, a two-time winner on the Champions Tour in 2010 and a runner up in the 2008 Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill. "Obviously you've got to flight your ball and you've got to hit the shape that you're thinking you're going to hit. Because if you're thinking you're going to hit a draw and you're going to hit a fade into a crosswind, then it's a huge difference."
Playing the back nine first, Langer busted out of the gates and was actually 5 under through his first six holes, thanks to birdies on Nos. 11, 12 and 15 and a hole-out from just over 100 yards on the short, par-4 14th hole for eagle.
"I hit 3-iron off the tee and a full sand wedge and backed it up into the hole. That was pretty exciting," Langer said. "It's always nice to do it [make eagle], but you still have to play the rest, I still had 14 holes to go or 13, and I had to play them, whether I made eagle there or birdie or par. But, yeah, it's nice to get under, in the red numbers, get under par early and take it from there. It's certainly better than being a couple over."
Unlike Langer, success in the form of crystal trophies hasn't been a part of Freeman's journeyman career. In fact, in 276 starts on the PGA Tour, the 51-year-old has yet to record a victory.
Furthermore, he does not have full playing privileges on the Champions Tour and only made two previous starts before this week. One of those was a solid tie for 12th at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic on May 2.
Before heading to Parker for the Senior PGA Championship, Freeman had a new, oversized grip installed on his putter. The reason, Freeman said, is he has a tendency to get "handsy," which throws putts off line. With the oversized grip fitting snug in his palms, Freeman said the hands don't interfere and he can make a more consistent stroke.
Freeman wasn't kidding, either. He needed just 26 putts in Round 1, and at least five of those were over 15 feet in length.
"Probably the best putting round I had in maybe ever," Freeman said. "It was great. It was very good on the greens. I have caddie who is a great friend of mine, who is a PGA Professional named Lou Cooper, who has caddied for me this week. And he reads greens very well. And we did a lot of mapping of the greens in practice rounds this week. And he read them very well. I hit them the correct speeds and I made a few. So that was kind of fun."
In all, only 20 players broke par and a mere eight of those were in the 60s.
One of those in the 60s, also turned out to be the feel-good story of the day PGA Professional Bill Loeffler went from happy-to-be-here to serious contender after posting an impressive 3-under 69 and is just three shots off the pace with Champions Tour rookie Fred Couples, Bill Glasson and Tom Kite.
The Denver native ground his way to a 20th-place showing in the Senior PGA Professional National Championship last October to earn his spot in the field at Colorado Golf Club and an all-important "home game."
On Thursday, Loeffler couldn't have been more pleased with his efforts.
"I played above my expectations today, obviously," admitted Loeffler, the PGA General Manager and co-owner of Highlands Ranch Golf Club and the Links Golf Club in Denver. "I'm very grateful that it happened that way. The course was great. Beautiful. They prepared it and set it up I think in anticipation of what hopefully will not come, which are the high winds. But they set it up great, the greens were a little bit slower than yesterday's practice round. I would say maybe even significantly slower. It was just fun to play the golf course. I love the course. And I had a blast."
Not everyone had as much fun as Loeffler. Among the notables who struggled mightily in the opening round were Tommy Armour III and John Cook, each with a 6-over 78, Sandy Lyle with an 8-over 80 and former champions Loren Roberts and Denis Watson, each with a 5-over 77.
The players in the morning wave on Thursday certainly fared better. As the day wore on, the winds picked up and the greens were less forgiving. The tables will be turned on the current leaders Friday, as they tee off later in the day and will have to play through the brunt of the wind.
"It's always important to get as many birdies in any tournament as you can," regardless of the draw, Loeffler said.
FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72
T1 - Robin Freeman  66
T1 - Bernhard Langer  66
T3 - Brad Bryant  68
T3 - Tom Lehman 68
T5 - Bill Loeffler  69
T5 - Bill Glasson  69
T5 - Fred Couples  69
T5 - Tom Kite  69
T9 - Dan Forsman  70
T9 - Chien Soon Lu  70
T9 - Nick Price  70
T12 - Dave Rummells  71
T12 - Lindy Miller 71
T12 - Chris Starkjohann 71
T12 - Michael Allen  71
T12 - Chip Beck 71
T12 - Mike Goodes  71
T12 - Jay Don Blake  71
T12 - Gary Hallberg  71
T12 - Scott Simpson  71
T21 - Kirk Hanefeld 72
T21 - Ben Crenshaw 72
T21 - Fred Funk 72
T21 - Tsukasa Watanabe 72
T21 - David Frost 72
T21 - Keith Fergus  72
T21 - Nick Job  72
T21 - Mark O'Meara  72
T29 - Olin Browne  73
T29 - Jay Haas 73
T29 - Bob Boyd 73
T29 - Tom Watson  73
T29 - Dick Mast  73
T29 - Bruce Fleisher 73
T29 - Bob Gilder 73
T29 - Chris Williams  73
T29 - Andrew Oldcorn  73
T29 - Russ Cochran 73
T29 - Eduardo Romero 73
T29 - Boonchu Ruangkit 73
T29 - Bruce Vaughan  73
T29 - Larry Mize  73
T43 - Des Smyth  74
T43 - Joe Ozaki 74
T43 - Angel Franco  74
T43 - Phil Blackmar  74
T43 - Leonard Thompson  74
T43 - Andy Bean  74
T43 - Jon Fiedler 74
T43 - R.W. Eaks 74
T43 - Bruce Summerhays 74
T43 - Tom Wargo  74
T43 - Jim Roy  74
T43 - Peter Senior  74
T43 - James Blair III  74
T43 - Don Pooley 74
T57 1 Jeff Coston  75
T57 1 Paul Daniels 75
T57 1 Ross Drummond  75
T57 1 Tom Purtzer 75
T57 1 Mike Zaremba 75
T57 1 David Arbuckle 75
T57 1 Bobby Clampett  75
T57 1 Trevor Dodds 75
T57 1 Ron Vlosich 75
T57 1 Keith Clearwater  75
T57 1 John Ross 75
T57 1 Bill Britton 75
T57 1 Mike Harwood  75
T57 1 David Peoples 75
T71 1 Peter Fowler  76
T71 1 Gene Jones  76
T71 1 Jimmy Hamilton 76
T71 1 Roger Chapman  76
T71 1 Gil Morgan 76
T71 1 Jodie Mudd 76
T71 1 Joey Sindelar  76
T71 1 D.A. Weibring 76
T71 1 Joe Bostic 76
T71 1 Walter Hall  76
T71 1 Darrell Kestner 76
T71 1 Bob Cameron  76
T71 1 Tim Simpson 76
T71 1 Jeffrey Roth 76
T71 1 Bobby Wadkins  76
T71 1 Hale Irwin  76
T71 1 Dave Merriman  76
T71 1 Fuzzy Zoeller  76
T71 1 Jim Rutledge  76
T71 1 Ted Schulz 76
T91 1 Cleve Coldwater 77
T91 1 Bill Longmuir 77
T91 1 Robert Thompson 77
T91 1 Loren Roberts 77
T91 1 Fulton Allem  77
T91 1 Mark Wiebe  77
T91 1 Bill Israelson 77
T91 1 Denis Watson 77
T91 1 Larry Nelson 77
T91 1 James Mason  77
T91 1 Bob Ford 77
T91 1 Curt Byrum 77
T91 1 Katsuyoshi Tomori 77
T91 1 Ronnie Black 77
T91 1 John Jacobs  77
T91 1 Bob Tway 77
T91 1 Tom Jenkins 77
T91 1 Jeff Sluman  77
T91 1 Mike San Filippo 77
T110 1 Jim White(CP) 78
T110 1 Fred Holton(CP) 78
T110 1 Tommy Armour III  78
T110 1 John Cook 78
T110 1 Steve Waugh 78
T110 1 Jet Ozaki  78
T110 1 Perry Arthur 78
T110 1 Glenn Ralph  78
T110 1 Gary Trivisonno 78
T110 1 Mark James 78
T110 1 Sam Torrance 78
T110 1 Hajime Meshiai  78
T110 1 Morris Hatalsky  78
T110 1 Tony Johnstone 78
T124 1 Gary Sowinski 79
T124 1 Scott Spence 79
T124 1 Mike Malaska 79
T124 1 Todd Smith 79
T124 1 David Eger  79
T124 1 Mike Reid 79
T124 1 Ed Sabo 79
T131 1 Michael Podolak  80
T131 1 Mike Hulbert 80
T131 1 Blaine McCallister  80
T131 1 Jim Woodward 80
T131 1 Sandy Lyle  80
T131 1 Andy North 80
T131 1 Rob Gibbons 80
T131 1 Jerry Tucker 80
T139 1 George Forster 81
T139 1 Ralph West 81
T139 1 Dale Douglass  81
T139 1 John Harris  81
T139 1 Bertus Smit 81
T139 1 Kevin Spurgeon  81
T139 1 Steve Haskins 81
T139 1 Rod Nuckolls 81
T147 1 Mark Carnevale  82
T147 1 Freddy Gibson 82
T149 1 Steve Veriato 83
T149 1 Doug Perry 83
151 1 David Thore 84
T152 1 Kim Thompson 85
T152 1 Mark Hayes 85
T152 1 Rocky Catalano 85

Lagonda Trophy Scoreboard
72-hole men's amateur tournament
Gog Magog Golf Club, Cambridgeshire
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70) CSS 71 70
269 Andy Sullivan (Nuneaton) 136 64 69.
270 Liam Burns (Sundridge Park)135 67 68.
274 Jamie Abbott (Fynn Valley) 137 71 66, Philip Ridden (Newcastle) 140 68 66.
276 Nick Newbold (Kedleston Park) 137 67 72.
277 Neil Raymond (Corhampton) 138 69 70.

REPORT FROM ENGLISH GOLF UNION
Andy Sullivan maintained his highly successful start to the season when he won the Lagonda Trophy after a head-to-head battle with Liam Burns at Gog Magog Golf Club, Cambridge.
The man from Nuneaton carded a closing round of 69 for 269, 11 under par, to pip Burns by a shot despite the Kent man’s finale of 68.
Joint third on 274 were Phillip Ridden from City of Newcastle and England international Jamie Abbott, who lost a playoff for the same title a year ago, both with closing 66s.
It was Warwickshire champion Sullivan’s third round 64, one off the amateur course record, that set up his success which followed victories in the Hampshire Salver and Midland Closed, runners-up spots in the West of England and Selborne Salver and fourth place in the Duncan Putter.
“Yes, the 64 put me in prime position but this win boosts my confidence and hopefully I might get picked for something soon,” said the 23 year old who is a special invitee to the England squad.
Sullivan and Burns, playing together in the final game, were locked in a virtual match play situation throughout the final round as no one else was able to make a charge at their dominance with Sullivan going into the closing circuit two shots clear. But by the turn the pair were locked together on ten under and with five to play Burns enjoyed a two-shot lead and was looking on course for the title.
But Sullivan birdies at the long 14th, 16th and short 17th turned the tables while solid pars were the best Burns could manage.
“I felt I needed three birdies, that was my target over the closing six holes,” confirmed Sullivan. “If it wasn’t enough then so be it, but it proved to be in the end.”
Burns was naturally disappointed but he said: “Andy played better than me. I didn’t play badly but he hit me with those birdies. That’s golf. However, to shoot four rounds in the sixties can’t be bad.

Irish senior men's amateur championship scoreboard
Castletroy Golf Club

After 36 Holes:
150 M Kelly (Killeen) 76 74, A Morrow (Portmarnock) 73 77
151  L MacNamara (Woodbrook) 76 75, T Cleary (Cork) 74 77, J Carroll (Bandon) 74 77
152: J Knoll (USA) 77 75, I Stewart (Curragh) 74 78
153: B Donlon (Birr) 78 75, J Browne (Belvoir Park) 77 76, A Pierse (Ballykisteen) 76 77
154: M Coote (Tralee) 80 74, B O'Leary (Greystones) 77 77
155: R Smethurst (England) 76 79, B McCarroll (Ballyliffin) 76 79, T O'Grady (USA) 74 81
156: H Donnelly (South County) 82 74, B Edgar (Scotland) 81 75, P Cowley (Cork) 77 79, P Slater (England) 75 81
157: D Lane (England) 81 76, T Tyrrell (The Heath) 78 79, D Morris (Limerick) 77 80
158: G O'Keeffe (Waterford) 81 77, S Hosty (Galway) 81 77, S McParland (Greenore) 79 79, A Smith (The Island) 77 81, M Eager (Lucan) 77 81, J Johnston (Scotland) 77 81
159: B O'Malley (The Royal Dublin) 85 74, I Mason (England) 81 78, B Whitaker (Elm Park) 80 79, T Brown (England) 78 81, M Wigley (England) 77 82
160: B Burke (Moate) 83 77, S Ellis (Scotland) 81 79, R Walker (England) 81 79, H Mackeown (Portmarnock) 80 80, H Smyth (Mourne) 79 81, S Pond (England) 77 83
161: T Goode (Lucan) 83 78, T Hayes (K Club) 81 80, P Hautz (Delgany) 79 82
162: S Lynch (Minchinhampton) 84 78, S Baker (England) 83 79, J Cuffe (Monkstown) 83 79, V Smyth (Co. Louth) 79 83, R Thompson (USA) 76 86
163: B O'Gorman (Rossmore) 86 77, B Yates (England) 82 81, G Rees (Wales) 82 81, P Lynch (Slade Valley) 82 81
Non-qualifiers:
163: D Jessup (England) 81 82, A Stracey (England) 77 86
164: K Raftery (Forrest Little) 86 78, M Quirke (Doneraile) 84 80, M Morris (Portmarnock) 83 81, M McNally (Powerscourt) 81 83, S Coyne (Killarney) 78 86, G O'Kennedy (Athlone) 77 87
165: D McCart (Scotland) 86 79, J O'Grady (K Club) 83 82, R Timlin (Galway) 82 83, B Madden (Edmondstown) 81 84, R Mason (Old Conna) 81 84, L Treacy (K Club) 80 85, T Fox (Co. Louth) 79 86
166: E Condren (Greystones) 89 77, M Foley (Faithlegg) 86 80, B O'Connor (Hermitage) 85 81, J Smyth (Lahinch) 85 81, B Miscampbell (Malone) 84 82, A Fiddes (Scotland) 83 83
167: I Morris (Limerick) 85 82, J Kirwan (England) 84 83, J Gilhooly (Edmondstown) 82 85, R Fox (England) 82 85
168: N Duke (Killiney) 86 82, A Smith (Blainroe) 85 83, J Morrison (Cahir Park) 84 84, I Meneely (Royal Portrush) 84 84, N Patterson (Milltown) 84 84, B McDonnell (K Club) 82 86
169: D Noone (Balbriggan) 90 79, T Lilly (Slade Valley) 89 80, J Moloughney (Templemore) 86 83, D Harte (Fota Island) 85 84, T Browne (Belvoir Park) 84 85
170: P Fulham (Glenlo Abbey) 86 84, J Chambers (England) 86 84
171: M Galvin (Limerick) 84 87, B O'Brien (Tipperary) 84 87
172: E Snoy (Belgium) 89 83, P Crellin (England) 88 84, P Fogarty (Moate) 88 84, J Marry (Westport) 87 85, D Cash (Rosslare) 87 85, J Malone (USA) 86 86, N Mannion (Dun Laoghaire) 85 87, B O'Neill (Ballybunion) 84 88, R Clarke (England) 82 90, P Harrington (Muskerry) 82 90
173: Lord Gort (Isle of Man) 85 88, J Monahan (USA) 84 89
174: E Connolly (Blainroe) 88 86, W Leggett (The Island) 87 87, G Finn (Cork) 86 88, P Boyd (Scotland) 86 88
175: J McDonnell (Castletroy) 88 87
176: G Phelan (Woodenbridge) 88 88, R Cotter (Delgany) 85 91
177: C Browne (Belvoir Park) 90 87
178: B Barry (England) 89 89
179: A Bell (Greencastle) 87 92
181: I Dickson (Scotland) 87 94
182: S Moroney (Ballybunion) 89 93
188: M Kearney (North West) 101 87, P McParland (Greenore) 93 95
NR: P Gormley (Greystones) NR, J Broadfoot (Scotland) 89 NR, B McGranaghan (Galway) 85 NR
WTD: W Brown (Scotland) 83 WD, J Stone (USA) 80 WD, B Reddan (Co. Louth) 81 WD, J McCrory (Knock) 93 WD, G Mellerick (Fota Island) 84 WD

CSS:
Round 1: 75
Round 2: 74

Luke Donald shares lead with Rhys Davies, Jamie Donaldson

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Luke Donald bounced straight back from his Wentworth wobble to claim a share of the first-round lead in the Madrid Masters today.
Five days after taking a 7 on the penultimate hole of the BMW PGA Championship and losing by one, Donald fired a seven-under-par 65 at Real Sociedad to end the day alongside Welsh pair Rhys Davies and Jamie Donaldson.
And as if to hit back as well at all the headlines last week calling him "Plod" - his brother started that - the Ryder Cup star made two superb eagles.
"I can't remember the last time I had two in a round. I don't think I've had one on the PGA Tour all year," said Donald, who almost holed his 275yd approach to the monster 653-yard ninth and then hit another rescue club 253 yards to seven feet on the 16th.
"I'm never going to overpower a course and some people think I am a short hitter, but I hit it far enough to compete. I would love to have that drive (at the 17th on Sunday) again, but I don't see the value in stewing over it.
"If I had planned a week off it might have been tougher, but you learn and you take the positives. You obviously gain confidence from being at the top of the leaderboard most of the week."
Donaldson was a team-mate of Donald when Great Britain finished second in the world amateur team championship ten years ago, but he has played 200 European Tour events since then and has yet to taste success.
Davies, on the other hand, is in his rookie season and has already won in Morocco.
On the eve of his 25th birthday the former American college player - he played with Rory McIlroy in the 2007 Walker Cup - had seven birdies like Donaldson.
It has already been a successful week for him - on Monday he took one of the 11 US Open Championship spots on offer in the 36-hole qualifier at Walton Heath.
Davies, who also qualified for the event in his amateur days, won the Trophee Hassan II with a 25 under par total and this looks like being another low-scoring tournament.
Donaldson does not even rule out the possibility of The European Tour's first-ever 59.
"If the weather stays good somebody is going to shoot something stupid - and hopefully it's me," said the 34 year old, whose round got off to an eventful start when his approach to the long tenth went into the lake, but bounced out onto the fringe of the green and led to his first birdie.
One stroke behind the three leaders are 43 year old Paul McGinley and Dutchman Maarten Lafeber, both of whom have had recent knee surgery.
The highlight of Lafeber’s round was a run of four straight birdies form the seventh, while McGinley is not yet dismissing the idea of regaining his Ryder Cup place.
The hero of Europe’s win at The Belfry in 2002 said: "I've got to do something very substantial, but I'm certainly not discounting my chances."
What pleased him most was that he kept a bogey off his card a week after having 17 birdies at Wentworth Club and yet still finishing two over par.
Donald, at 13th in the Official World Golf Rankings the highest-ranked player in the field, out-scored playing partner Sergio Garcia by seven.
Top Scots at the end of the first day were Stephen Gallacher, carrying on where he left off at Wentworth, and David Drysdale, both on three-under-69, one ahead of Marc Warren and two in front of Steven O'Hara..

FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
65 Jamie Donaldson, Luke Donald, Rhys Davies
66 Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Paul McGinley
67 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Phillip Price, Johan Edfors (Swe), Brett Rumford (Aus), Mark F Haastrup (Den), Niclas Fasth (Swe), Bradley Dredge
68 Alvaro Velasco (Spa), Thomas Aiken (Rsa), James Kingston (Rsa), Graeme McDowell, Peter Baker, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor), Richard Finch, Markus Brier (Aut), Benjamin Hebert (Fra), Gregory Havret (Fra), Ross McGowan
69 Damien McGrane, Danny Lee (Nzl), Stephen Dodd, Shane Lowry, Santiago Luna (Spa), Christian Nilsson (Swe), Shiv Kapur (Ind), Nick Dougherty, Richard McEvoy, Stuart Manley, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Carl Suneson (Spa), David Drysdale, Stephen Gallacher, Tano Goya (Arg), Emanuele Canonica (Ita), Lorenzo Gagli (Ita), David Drysdale.
70 Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Joost Luiten (Ned), Oliver Wilson, Simon Dyson, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Oliver Fisher, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Robert Rock, Marc Warren, Oskar Henningsson (Swe), George Coetzee (Rsa), Sion E Bebb, James Morrison, James Ruth, Mark Foster
71 Chris Gane, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Soren Hansen (Den), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Steven O'Hara, Peter Lawrie, Jamie Elson, Marcus Fraser (Aus), Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind), Gary Lockerbie, Gary Clark, David Dixon, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Richard Green (Aus), Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe)
72 Carlos Del Moral (Spa), John Parry, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Steven Jeppesen (Swe), Jorge Campillo (Spa), Rafael Echenique (Arg), Peter Hedblom (Swe), Michael Jonzon (Swe), Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Sam Little, Edoardo Molinari (Ita), David Howell, Marcel Siem (Ger), Julien Quesne (Fra), Mark Brown (Nzl), David Lynn, Rick Kulacz (Aus), Diego Suazo (Spa)
73 Gary Orr, Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Clodomiro Carranza (Arg), Kenneth Ferrie, Graeme Storm, Anthony Kang (USA), Gary Boyd, Raul Quiros (Spa), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Wen-chong Liang (Chn), Richard Bland, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Peter Whiteford, Sam Hutsby, Gary Murphy, Stephan Gross junior (Ger), Paul Lawrie, Peter O'Malley (Aus)
74 Santiago Vega de seoane (Spa), Henrik Nystrom (Swe), Richie Ramsay, Andrew Coltart, Scott Drummond, Robert Coles, Alvaro Salto (Spa), Scott Hend (Aus), Marco Ruiz (Par), Phillip Archer, Alastair Forsyth, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa)
75 Steve Webster, Carlos Balmaseda (Spa), Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Gabriel Canizares (Spa), Pedro Linhart (Spa), Andrew Marshall, Pedro Oriol (Spa), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Barry Lane
76 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe), Andrew McArthur, Ariel Canete (Arg), Paul Broadhurst
77 Neil Cheetham, Scott Strange (Aus), Simon Thornton
79 Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Javier Colomo (Spa), Carlos Rodiles (Spa), Jorge Simon (Spa)
80 Michael Campbell (Nzl), Jyoti Randhawa (Ind)
81 Mikael Lundberg (Swe)
RTD: Jose-Filipe Lima (Por)
WD: Andrew Tampion (Aus) 83
DQ: Hennie Otto (Rsa) 78

PGA EUROPRO TOUR'S PANDORA OPEN

Craig Lee clickety-clicks with a 66 in second round at Burhill

Stirling’s Craig Lee, now playing out of the Aspire Golf Centre, near Aberdeen, took over as the main Scottish challenger in the second round of the PGA EuroPro Tour event, the £40,100 Pandora Open, at Burhill Golf Club, Surrey today.
Lee clickety-clicked with an excellent score of six-under-par 66 for a two-round total of 140. He is joint seventh, four shots behind the pacemakeing Englishman Robert Steele with scores of 72 and 64 for 136.
Lee gave no hint of what was to come when he bogeyed the first. But he then strung four birdies together from the second and added another at the ninth to be out in four-under-par 32.
The flow of birdies continued at the 10th and long 11th. Could it last? Well, no! He had a 4 at the short 12th but bounced back with birdies eight and ninth at the 14th and 15th before the third and last bogey of his round, at the 17th.
Young Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw), carrying the banner for Scotland in the first round, slipped back to a share of 13th place on 141, the same mark as Scott Henry (The Carrick at Loch Lomond). McAllister went from an opening 68 to a 73 in which he birdied the first, short eighth and 16t5h but dropped too many shots – at the long second, the seventh, 10th and 14th.
Henry is playing pretty steadily – a 70 followed by a 71. He got off to a sticky start in Round 2 with bogeys at the third and short fourth and after his first birdie of the day, at the long fifth, he bogeyed the seventh. But that was the end of the bad stuff. He covered his last 11 holes in three under par with birdies at the ninth, long 11th and 13th.
Other Scots make the cut – with nothing to spare – were the North-east pair of Ross Cameron from Ellon and Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation). Cameron had a second-round 71 and Lornie a 73.
It was not a good day for the Saltman brothers. Lloyd had a disastrous 80 in a Challenge Tour event while, at Burhill, both Elliot and Zack failed to beat the cut at 145.
They had matching totals of 148, Zack with a second-round 76 and Elliot with a 78.
Other Scots who failed included Paul Doherty, John Gallagher, Barry Hume Lee Harper, Mark Kerr, John Henry, Stephen Clark, Mark Lawrie, Stephen Duncan, Martin Lawrence and Euan McIntosh.
LEADING SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
136 Robert Steele (Eng) 72 64.
138 Alex Belt (Eng) 70 68, Jamie Little (Eng) 70 68.
139 Graham Benson (Eng) 68 71, Sean Doherty (Eng) 68 71, Jack Clarke (Eng) 69 70.
140 Craig Lee (Sco) 74 66, Michael McGeady (Ire3) 69 71, Martin Sell (Eng) 68 72, Paul O’Hanlon (Ire) 69 71, Michael Collins (Ire) 73 68, Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 70 70.
Selected totals:
141 Shaun McAllister (Sco) 68 73, Scott Henry (The Carrick on Loch Lomond) 70 71 (jt 13th).
145 Graeme Lornie (Sco) 72 73, Ross Cameron (Sco) 74 71 (jt 39th).
DID NOT QUALIFY
146 Paul Doherty (Sco) 72 74.
147 John Gallagher (Sco) 73 74.
148 Zack Saltman (Sco) 72 76, Elliot Saltman (Sco) 70 78, Ronan Rafferty (Ire) 74 74.
149 Gary Wolstenholme (Eng) 74 75.
150 Barry Hume (Sco) 72 78, Lee Harper (Sco) 72 78, Mark Kerr (Sco) 77 73.
152 John Henry (Sco) 72 80.
153 Stephen Clark (Sco) 78 75.
159 Mark Lawrie (Sco) 8574.
160 Stephen Duncan (Sco) 80 80.
161 Martin Lawrence (Sco) 79 82, Euan McIntosh (Sco) 79 83.

Gavin Dear, Steven Hume in

top 10 at Montecchia Open

The Perthshire pair of Gavin Dear and Steven Hume are both in the top 10 after two rounds of the Alps Tour’s Montecchia Open at Montecchia Golf Club near Padova, Italy.
Dear, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, who plays out of the Murrayshall Hotel & Golf Resort, near Perth had a second-round 68 for a six-under-par tally of 138 – four shots behind Englishman leader Adam Hodkinson (66-68).
Dear, who has recovered well from a double bogey 6 at the 10th in a first-round 70, birdied the fourth, fifth, 10th, long 12th and long 18th. His only dropped shot came at the 13th in halves of 34.
Hume, who also has a Murrayshall connection, did better than Dear in covering the outward half in three-under 33, thanks to an eagle 3 at the 547yd ninth and birdies at the fourth and fifth after dropping a shot at the second.
After the turn Hume balanced a dropped shot at the long 12th with a birdie at the 14th in matching the homeward par of 36.
Leader Hodkinson, 21, two years a pro, has yet to drop a shot in 36 holes over which he has picked up 10 birdies. He leads by one shot from Gregor Slabe (Slovakia) who has scored 68 and 67.
Forty-one players with 36-hole totals of par 144 or better beat the cut.
LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
134 Adam Hodkinson (Eng) 66 68.
135 Gregor Slabe (Slo) 68 67.
137 Neil Chaudhuri (Eng) 70 67
138 Gavin Dear (Sco) 70 68, Matteo Delpodio (Ita) 70 68, Roberrto Paolillo (Ita) 70 68, Claudio Blaesi (Swi) 69 69.
139 Jason Palmer (Eng) 69 70, Giorgio del Boca (Ita) 72 67k, Steven Hume (Sco) 70 69, Leo Astl (Aut) 70 69.

CHALLENGE TOUR REPORT, SCORES

Lloyd Saltman takes 43 for inward half in eight-over 80

Whatever went wrong for ace amateur Lloyd Saltman when he turned professional is showing absolutely no signs of getting better. In fact, on the evidence of his round of eight-over-par 80 in the Challenge Tour's Telenet Trophy at Rinken Golf Club, Anvers in Belgium today, the Lothians man is getting farther and farther away from the brilliant player he was before he decided to play for pay - and there hasn't been much of that.
Saltman is lying joint last in a field of more than 150. Over a shortish par-72 course, only 6,622yd long, Lloyd went off the rails on the inward half. After nine holes, with a birdie at the sixth and bogeys at the short third and fourth, he was not in bad shape for the inward half.
But he had a double bogey 6 at the 10th and a double bogey 5 at the short 11th, followed by a bogey 5 at the 12th - five shots shed to par over three holes. A birdie, only his second of the round, at the 13th, failed to stop the "bleeding."
Saltman bogeyed the long 14th, the 15th and the 17th for a six-over-par 43 for the inward half.
England's Lee Slattery got his ball round in eight-under-par 64 - 16 shots better than Saltman who was twice as good a player as Slattery when they were amateurs.
Jamie McLeary is lying joint 31st after a 71 while Jack Doherty and George Murray are sharing 94th place on 73.
LEADERBOARD
Par 72
64 Lee Slattery (England).
65 Pierre-Alexis Rolland (Belgium) (amateur).
66 Pierre Relecom (Belgium), Magnus Carlsson (Sweden), Matt Haines (England).
67 Ben Evans (England), Steen Ottesen (Denmark), Charles-Edouard Russo (France), Alessandro Tadini (Italy), Edouard Dubois (France).
68 Guy Woodman (England), Damien Perrier (France), Victor Riu (Italy), Nicolas Meitinger (Germany), Francois Calmels (France), Joel Sjoholm (Sweden), Dominique Nouilhac (France).
Selected scores:
69 Daniel Denison (England), Stuart Davis (England0, Benn Barham (England), Oliver Whiteley (England), Kyron Sullivan (Wales), Ben Mason (England).
70 David Griffiths (England), Ally Mellor (England), Sam Walker (England), Andrew Johnston (England), Tom Whitehouse (England), Luke Goddard (England), Jamie McLeary (Scotland) (jt 31st).
73 Jack Doherty (Scotland), George Murray (Scotland) (jt 94th).
80 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland) (jt 152nd).

EVENING NEWS DISPATCH TROPHY AT THE BRAIDS

Armstrong seeks missing link in
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his Capital collection
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FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Steven Armstrong is hoping to find the missing link in his Capital collection by helping BBT lift the Evening News Dispatch Trophy for the first time at the Braids this weekend.
"I've won the Lothians Boys, the Lothians Mens, the Lothians Champion of Champions and also the Stuart Cup, so the Dispatch Trophy is the only thing that's missing," admitted the former professional.
In tonight's quarter-finals up at the Braids, Armstrong, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, and his team-mates, fellow Turnhouse members Olly McCrone, David Marshall and Kevin Messer, take on Silverknowes in what promises to be a cracking encounter.
Two years ago Marshall and Messer were in the Third team that reached the final and Armstrong is delighted to have the former Dalmahoy duo on board. He said: "They're both experienced players when it comes to match-play and are also proven winners, so having that sort of mentality in your team can only be a good thing."
Bidding to get their hands on the trophy again for the first time since 2006, Silverknowes have been in scintillating form in their two matches so far.
In the third round alone, Tam Caldwell and Graham Robertson had six birdies at the front against Longniddry 918 while Keith Reilly and Paul Ross bagged an eagle – at the fourth – and four birdies.
"We've now got a hard game against a good BBT team but we are determined to come out on top this year, especially as we've constantly been slagged off by Cramond since they won a bronze medal two years ago," said Reilly.
Cramond are still in the hunt as as well and tonight they take on a strong-looking Stewart's Melville side who won't be fazed if they come up against Carrickvale in the semi-finals on Saturday. Kevin Cattanach said: "We gave them a good game in the quarter-finals two years ago and wouldn't mind meeting them again, but it's about taking each round as it comes and that means we have to try and beat Cramond first."
Carrickvale's next test in their bid to make it four wins in a row is against Riccarton, who seem determined to prove to Andy Laurence, a member of their winning side five years ago, that he was wrong to pin his colours to Harrison's mast this time around. Dougie Waugh is filling his shoes and has gelled pretty well so far with former Lothians Championship runner-up Grant McCall at the back while Stephen Marshall and Ian Gourlay are certainly tried and tested up front.
Playing off plus two, Stuart Smith, the four-time Lothians champion, is still a class act on his day, as he showed when almost holing his tee shot at the 16th in helping Temple beat Heriot's on Tuesday night.
Tonight Smith and his team-mates, Keith Millar, Gus Santana and John Shepherd, take on RICS and the Duddingston boys will secure a third successive medal if they can win that one.
Not that it will be easy. Brian Tait knows the Braids like the back of his hands, while Gary Middlemiss, who came into the RICS side in the second round due to Mike Armstrong running in the Edinburgh Marathon, appears to be relishing his opportunity.
As always at this time of the year, the Braids is a stunning location for the Capital's top tournament, which is being staged in association with Edinburgh Leisure.
The course is in excellent condition and a couple of tee changes for the event have proved big talking points among the players.
A new tee at the tenth has stretched it to just over 600 yards, while on Tuesday a tee used in the past was once again in operation at the second, meaning it was playing at just under 200 yards.
"It's great to have some additions," noted Carrickvale's Allyn Dick, "though my slight reservation about the new tee at the tenth is that it takes the risk and reward element away with the second shot."
Weather conditions will determine if the tee at the second is the longer option tonight and it certainly proved troublesome on Tuesday.
"I had to hit a rescue club there but it certainly didn't rescue as because we ran up a double-bogey," said Silverknowes' Graham Robertson, who'd have been hitting just a 9-iron off the forward tee.
According to BBT's Olly McCrone, it's a tee that should only be used in the later rounds, saying: "Playing off the back tee favours the better players as there are probably only a few in the field who can hit the green off it."
Tonight's ties:
 4.30pm BBT v Silverknowes
4.50pm RICS v Temple
5.10pm Carrickvale v Riccarton
5.30pm Cramond v Stewart's Melville.

CITY OF ABERDEEN FOURSOMES

for the MAITLAND SHIELD

at Murcar Links GC

QUARTER-FINALS

Hazlehead beat Caledonian by 2 holes
S Robertson and K Duthie 0, A Doig and R Pirie 1
A K Pirie and A Macklin 3, A Cruickshank and D Gardiner 0

Auchmill beat Craibstone by 4 holes
G Geddes and S Scott 3, A Cooper and P Reid 0
J Nicolson and A Allan 1, A Carle and S Davidson 0

Newmachar beat Peterculter by 3 holes
C Simpson and M McKechnie 4, B Taylor and G Mead 0
C Lamb and R Barr 0, F Downie and M Bowman 1

Murcar Links beat Royal Aberdeen by 2 holes
A Bews and I Galbraith 2, M Halliday and B Barclay 0
D Raitt and G Stewart 0, S Buchan and A Reith 0

Semi-finals this evening (Thursday).
Final on Friday evening.

Hodgkinson, Poncelet share Alps Tour lead in Italy

FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Englishman Adam Hodkinson and Frenchman Xavier Poncelet shared the first-round lead in the first Alps Tour event in Italy this season. They signed for 66, six under par, neither dropping any shots on the course of Montecchia near Padova..
Hodkinson, 21, turned pro two years ago and won the Alps Tour qualifying stage at the end of 2008 but he struggled a bit with his game last year. He had two good weeks in Austria last month where he had two top 10 finishes
Xavier Poncelet, 24, , made a great 7th place at the beginning of the season in Morocco but since, had some difficulties to sort out. Today score could be the launch of his season.
In third position came another Frenchman, rookie David Antonelli, one stroke behind. The first Italian player, Alessandro Grammatica, is two strokes behind the lead at fourth position tie with Slovenian Gregor Slabe.
Gavin Dear and Steven Hume from the Murrayshall Hotel & Course, near Perth, are sharing 11th place on 70.
The projected cut is +1.
Agathe Séron
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
66 Adam Hodkinson (England), Xavier Poncelet (France).
67 David Antonelli (France).
68 Gregor Slabe (Slovenia), Alessandra Grammatica (Italy).
Selected scores:
69 Jason Palmer (England), Jason Barnes (England) (jt 6th).
70 Steve Hume (Scotland), Gavin Dear (Scotland), Neil Chaudhuri (England) (jt 11th).
72 Ricki Neil-Jones (England), Nicholas Murtagh (England) (jt 23rd).
73 Matthew Baldwin (England), Matthew Cryer (England) (jt 35th).
74 Daniel Coughlan (England), Duncan Muscroft (England), Lawrence Dodd (England) (jt 47th).

McWilliam surprise winner of North District title

By ROBIN WILSON
Former Garmouth and Kingston member Neil McWilliam, who last year came third in the championship and has since switched his home club to Elgin, was the surprise winner of the silver medal and NDA Cup at Castle Heather last weekend when the North District Association staged their 2010 championship.
Other than playing in a pre-season trial match against a youth team, McWilliam, a local Moray area joiner to trade, has still to make it into a full North representative team but that should now all change after he skilfully attached two stable rounds together over the hilly course that overlooks Inverness and  and is home of the city's Loch Ness Golf Club.
Against a stiff course par of 73 for the 6772 yard inland venue and not too unfamiliar with its design, the first- time champion broke par twice. After a first round of two-under-par 71, McWilliam went three better in the afternoon with a 68 to hold off another surprise challenger, 18-year-old Cameron Nelson from Inverness but whose home club is Nairn.
Nelson's rounds of 72 and 68 left him finishing just one stroke behind the champion and one in front of Inverness Golf Club member, John Forbes who returned cards of 70 and 71. Forbes' better second round gained him third place.
Defending champion Bryan Fotheringham, now a clubmate of Forbes at Inverness, put up a good defence of his two-year reign as North District champion after beginning with a 69 and following up with a 72 for fourth place on 141
Nelson's gross 140 entitled him to win the Murray Watt Youth Championship Trophy but he chose a larger valued prize voucher and bronze medal as runner up to McWilliam, something he might regret when the voucher is spent and his name is not on the trophy or in the record books.
The Murray Watt Trophy passed down to Gavin Hay (Grantown on Spey), not a hollow win by any means as his scores of 69 and 73 for 142 were still of championship quality. In second place, a shot behind, was Steven Burgess (Nairn) (73-70).
Freddie Brown (Nairn Dunbar) (73-71) came third, followed by defending champion Lyle McAlpine (Invergordon) who followed up his opening 68 with a 77.
The championship gave the Castle Heather course a new course record. Inverness member Alan Cameron slashed 12 shots from his first round 78 to return a card of 66 which set a new record low score for the altered course.
Results:
North District Championship.
Loch Ness Golf Club.
LEADING TOTALS (CSS 69 69).
139 N McWilliam (Elgin) 71 68.
140 C Nelson (Nairn) 72 68.
141 J Forbes (Inverness) 70 71, B Fotheringham (Inverness) 69 72.
142 M Ferries (Tain) 69 73.
144 R A L Cameron (Inverness) 78 66, R Clarke (Moray) 73 71, N Pears (Nairn Dunbar) 72 72.

Youths Championship
142 G. Hay (Grantown on Spey) 69 73.
143 S Burgess (Nairn) 70 73.
145 F Brown (Nairn Dunbar) 73 71.
145 L McAlpine (Invergordon) 68 77.

Handicap:
136 C Black (Inverness).
138 E Barras (Loch Ness).
142 M Manson (Fortrose & Rosmarkie)

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Xltec Pro Golf Tour
2010 Money List
After 3 Events
Race to Spain – Top 10 Qualify
(only those who have received prize-money are shown and bonuses do not count)
Prize money in £s. Number of events played is the last figure in each line.

1. Greig Hutcheon Banchory 1837.50 3
2. Chris Kelly Cawder 1575.00 3
3. Scott Henderson Kings Links 1500.00 3
4. Alan Lockhart Ladybank 872.49 3
5. Stephen Gray Hayston 776.66 3
6. Corisand Lee West Lancs 600.00 1
7. Graeme Brown Montrose 522.50 2
8. Craig Matheson Falkirk Tryst 516.66 3
8. Wallace Booth Comrie 516.66 1
8. Graeme Lornie Paul Lawrie Foundation 516.66 1
11.Keir McNicol Carnoustie 473.75 2
12.James Mcghee Turnhouse 433.33 3
13.Paul McKechnie Braid Hills 405.00 1
14. Chris Russell RAW Design 358.33 3
15. Andrew Oldcorn Kings Acre 312.50 1
15. Euan Cameron Hamilton 312.50 3
17. John Gallagher Swanston 308.33 2
17. Shaun McAllister Craigielaw 308.33 1
19. Craig Ronald Carluke 251.66 1
20. Scott Catlin Greenburn 212.50 1
20. Chris Currie Caldwell 212.50 1
22. Sean O’Donnell Balbirnie 187.50 3
23. Scott Herald Mearns Castle 175.00 1
24. Ewan Davie Dunblane 100.00 1
24. David Orr East Renfrew 100.00 1
24. Graham Rankin Drumpellier 100.00 2
27. Tom Buchanan Duddingston 68.75 2
27. Kylie Walker Unattached 68.75 1
27. Alan Waugh Clydebank & District 68.75 2
30. Jonnie Cliff Murrayshall 45.83 2
31. Mark Kerr Marriott Dalmahoy 45.83 1
31. Danny Wardrop Didsbury 45.83 1
31. Stephen Clark Carrick on Loch Lomond 45.83 1

Ladies Bonus Money

1. Corisande Lee West Lancs 400.00 1
1. Kimberley Crooks LET 400.00 2

WEEKEND GLASGOW GAILES FIELD PACKED WITH BIG NAMES

Course winner McLean among

 favourites for Scottish stroke-play

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH GOLF UNON
Glasgow Golf Club’s Gailes Links hosts this weekend’s Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship (28 – 30 May) with the leading lights of the amateur game aiming to follow in the footsteps of an illustrious list of winners.
The Ayrshire course stages the championship for the first time since 1970, when South African Dale Hayes – until recently the youngest winner of a European Tour event – lifted the title. Stephen Gallacher, third in last week’s BMW Championship at Wentworth, was another winner back in 1995 while his uncle and former Ryder Cup captain Bernard was the championship’s first ever winner forty-three years ago.
Among the contenders this year will be Peterhead’s Philip McLean, who was victorious in this season’s Edward Trophy played on Glasgow Gailes last month. The 23-year-old Scotland international, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, who was a member of the victorious North-east side in the recent Moneygate Scottish Area Team Championship, is looking forward to competing on familiar territory:
“Obviously it will be nice to play one of our major events on a course that I enjoy and have good memories of. I attributed my Edward Trophy win to my driving and you need to be good off the tee to score well at Glasgow Gailes while to win any big event you need to putt well which I’ve been doing.” said McLean, who finished tied eighth in the event at Murcar Links last year.
“I’ve had a good season so far with an SGU Order of Merit event win followed by the North East’s team victory so I’ll go into this weekend full of confidence. There’s always a good field for the Scottish Stroke Play with some of the top amateurs from the rest of the UK and further afield so it will be tough, but that will spur me on. It would be great to get my name on the trophy alongside the likes of Monty and Richie Ramsay.” he added.
Defending champion Tommy Fleetwood doesn’t make the trip north but the man lying second behind him in this season’s EGU Order of Merit, Tom Lewis, leads a strong English challenge alongside Fleetwood’s GB&I Walker Cup team-mate Stiggy Hodgson.
Another man in form is Fraserburgh’s Kris Nicol, who played alongside McLean for the winning North East side and he will be looking to build on his successive runners-up finishes in the Lytham Trophy and Irish Stroke Play Championship.
Ross Kellett, third in the Championship in 2006, will be aiming to secure his first major title as he bids to reclaim his place as Scotland’s leading ranked amateur, with Banchory’s James Byrne – tied fourth last year – missing the event due to his participation on the US collegiate circuit.
The action gets underway at Glasgow Gailes on Friday morning with the first group out at 0700, while the top forty players and ties after the halfway cut on Saturday night taking part in the final two rounds on Sunday.
+Log on to the SGU website to see the tee times at Glasgow Gailes.

Spaniard

Sergio Garcia would say 'No' to Ryder Cup place right now
FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
By Mark Garrod
Sergio Garcia is glad that three months remain in the Ryder Cup race – because right now he does not think he is "the best choice" for a wild-card pick and would decline it if offered.
An ever-present in the European team since he became the event's youngest-ever player at 19 in 1999, the 30-year-old has dropped from second to 32nd in the world and is without a top-three finish for almost 19 months.
Garcia was the only European in the game's top 80 not to play in last week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth – he hardly ever appears in Britain for tax reasons – but he is at the Madrid Masters this week.
European team captain Colin Montgomerie, who will have three wild cards to hand out in August, has made no secret of the fact that he thinks a side with Garcia in it is stronger.
But the Spaniard yesterday stated: "If it was right now I would probably talk to Monty and tell him what I am feeling.
"I would only accept to go if I felt that I was the best choice. It's the team that counts, and if I thought that any other player could do a better job than me I would certainly decline.
"At present I don't think that I am the best choice, but we still have a few months to go and hopefully things will change.
"I hope he does not need to pick me! I feel like I am getting better. My putting definitely is, but I've been struggling with my ball-striking and when that happens the alarm sirens go because I've always been a good ball-striker."
The Madrid event is Garcia's last outing before the US Open at Pebble Beach in three weeks.
Although Montgomerie wanted all his big guns to be at next week's Wales Open so as to become more familiar with the course on which October's cup match takes place, hardly any of them will be there.
Wentworth runner-up Luke Donald will be, though, and he is also in the Spanish capital this week.
Donald and Garcia, winners of all four of the foursomes games in which they played together in two Ryder Cups, are partners in the opening two rounds today and tomorrow, while possible Ryder Cup debutant Martin Kaymer is the third member of the group.
+The last player to decline a place in the Ryder Cup team was Sandy Lyle in 1989. Like Sergio, Sandy thought that his form at the time was not good enough for that level of international play.

Hutcheon, Kelly, Henderson share top Dalmahoy prize

Dalmahoy West and East
May 25 and 26, 2010
FINAL TOTALS
Par 141 (68 West and 73 East)

135 Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) 63 72, Chris Kelly (Cawder) 62 73, Scott Henderson (Kings Links) 65 70 (£725 each).
138 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) 68 70, Keir McNicol (Carnoustie Golf Shop) 65 73 (£405 each).
139 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) 63 76 (£310).
140 Stephen Gray (Hayston) 68 72, Craig Ronald (Carluke) 6773, Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) 66 74 (£251.66 each).
141 James McGhee (Turnhouse) 65 76 (£200).
142 Scott Herald (Mearns Castle Golf Academy) 69 73 (£175).
143 Ewan Davie (Dunblane) 70 73, David Orr (East Renfrewshire) 68 75, Graham Rankin (Drumpellier) 67 76 (£100 each)
144 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 69 75, David Roger (Windyhill) 68 76.
145 Kenneth Glen (Royal Musselburgh) 70 75, Michael Rae (Alyth) 69 76, Stu Pardoe (Belmont Vauxhall) 68 77.
146 Scott Dixon Marriott Dalmahoy 67,79=146 0.00
147 Mark Loftus (Adam Hunter Golf) 73 74, Kevin McAlpine (unattached) 71 76,
Euan Cameron (Hamilton) 69,78, Kimberley Crooks (Ladies European Tour) 69 78 (£400 leading lady prize).
148 Craig Gordon (unattached) 73 75, Stewart Savage (Dalmuir) 73 75, James Smallwood (Fereneze) 68 80.
149 Oliver Morton (unattached) 71 78, Sean O’Donnell (Balbirnie Park) 73 77, Peter Mitchell (Hermitage) 72 78, Alan Waugh (Clydebank and District) 71 79.
151 Tracey Boyes (unattached) 74 77, Vincent Brown Westerwood 71 80.
152 Mark Bruce Gullane 72 80, Andy Fullen (Largs) 72 80, Barry Campbell (Vale of Leven) 70 82, Scott Garrett The (Irvine Golf Club) 70 82,
153 Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Golf Shop) 68 75, Chris Russell (RAW Golf Course Design) 68 85.
154 Jonnie Cliff (Murrayfield) 69 85.
156 Scott Pithie (Carluke) 74 82.
157 Stuart Burns (unattached) 76 81, Ben Irving (Kirkcudbright) 76 81.
158 Graeme Stewart (Gleddoch) 73 85.
163 Nicola Melville (Nicola Melville Golf) 79 84.
171 David Snodgrass (Hilton Park) 82 89.

KIMBERLEY CROOKS WINS LEADING LADY'S £400 PRIZE

A three way tie took place for 1st place between Scott Henderson and past winners Greig Hutcheon and Chris Kelly, in the third Xltec Pro Golf Tour event at Dalmahoy. Henderson had a one stroke lead with two holes to play over Hutcheon, and a two stroke cushion over Kelly.
However, both Hutcheon and Kelly birdied the par 3 17th and then Kelly holed a 20ft birdie putt on the tough par 4 18th to tie things up between the three Xltec Tour regulars.
Ladies European Tour player Kimberley Crooks won the ladies event with a 147 total, giving her a four- stroke win over England’s Tracey Boyes. Miss Crooks picked up the £400 ladies bonus money.

NEXT XLTEC PRO TOUR EVENT - open to ALL male and female professionals - will be held over the Westerwood Hotel course, Cumbernauld on July 28 and 29.