US TOUR REPORT AND SCORES

Justin Rose in triple tie for lead at Memorial Tournament

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Justin Rose hopes to turn his opening round 65 into a winning lead on day two of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.

Rose has played well at the tournament in the past and plans to turn his good form into a victory on Sunday after ending the opening round in a three-way tie for the lead. The Englishman, who had to sit through a delay of two hours because of rain, saw his 65 matched by American Rickie Fowler and Australian Geoff Ogilvy.
Rose was a runner-up to Kenny Perry two years ago and aims to record his first victory in America this weekend. He said: "It's a tournament that I feel like I should have won."
He added: "I always feel comfortable when I do get here. I like all the tee shots, and the greens are so pure here that if you do get a putting stroke going, you're going to make some putts."
An 18-foot birdie on the second was the beginning of a run of five birdies in six holes that put Rose on top of the leaderboard where he was later joined by Fowler and Ogilvy.
Rose added: "I feel like I've been comfortable with my game for a number of weeks, and I'm not really trying to do anything different."
Home player Phil Mickelson was in a five-way tie for fourth after shooting a bogey-free 67 and was pleased with the way the course played.
"The soft greens allow you to attack a lot of the pins," said Mickelson.
"It played a lot longer because the ball wasn't rolling. It was a very fun day and a lot of good scoring."
Aberdeen-born Australian Michael Sim is well in the picture with a 69, three shots better than Tiger Woods.
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72. Temperature 78F
65 Justin Rose (Eng), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Rickie Fowler
67 Phil Mickelson, Michael Letzig, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Andres Romero (Arg), Jason Day (Aus)
68 Spencer Levin, J.B. Holmes, Steve Marino, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Jim Furyk, Sean O'Hair
69 Steve Stricker, Michael Sim (Sco/Aus), Jeff Overton, Bubba Watson, Kevin Stadler, K J Choi (Kor), Tim Petrovic, Carl Pettersson (Swe)
70 Adam Scott (Aus), Tom Lehman, Stewart Cink, Kevin Streelman, Matthew Jones (Aus), Ricky Barnes, Brett Quigley, Bo Van Pelt, Tim Clark (Rsa), Y.E. Yang (Kor), Ryan Moore
71 Brendon De Jonge, Brian Davis (Eng), Kris Blanks, Pat Perez, Tim Herron, Woody Austin, Matt Kuchar, Alex Cejka (Ger), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Kenny Perry, Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Peter Hanson (Swe), Vijay Singh (Fij), Tom Gillis, Brett Wetterich
72 Jerry Kelly, Tiger Woods, Charley Hoffman, Davis Love III, J.P. Hayes, Kevin Sutherland, Tom Pernice junior, Matt Hill (Can), Blake Adams, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Nathan Green (Aus), Mark Calcavecchia, Wen-chong Liang (Chn), Martin Laird (Sco), Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Boo Weekley, Jonathan Byrd
73 Billy Mayfair, Kevin Johnson, Chris Couch, Ben Curtis, Webb Simpson, Bill Haas, Stuart Appleby (Aus), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Erik Compton, John Merrick, Zach Johnson, John Senden (Aus), Joe Ogilvie, Angel Cabrera (Arg), Brad Faxon, D.A. Points, Chad Collins, Mathew Goggin (Aus), D.J. Trahan, Josh Teater
74 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Nick Watney, Bryce Molder, Jason Dufner, Greg Chalmers (Aus), James Nitties (Aus), Alex Prugh, Jeff Maggert, George McNeill, Robert Allenby (Aus), Ernie Els (Rsa), Jimmy Walker, Troy Merritt, Jason Bohn
75 Hunter Mahan, Vaughn Taylor, Noh Seung-yul (Kor), Troy Matteson, Brandt Snedeker, Graham Delaet (Can), Mark Wilson, Derek Lamely
76 Rodney Pampling (Aus), Lucas Glover, Marc Leishman (Aus), John Mallinger
77 Byeong-hun An (Kor), Mike Weir (Can), Camilo Villegas (Col)
78 Chris Wilson, Chris Smith
79 Steve Flesch, David Duval
83 Sam Saunders

Chris Wood equals record of 65 over Ryder Cup course

FROM THE A O L GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Chris Wood leads the Wales Open after a record-equalling opening round of 65 today on the same Celtic Manor course where the Ryder Cup contest takes place in October.
After the disappointment of a closing 77 when leading the BMW PGA at Wentworth two weeks ago the 6ft 5in golfer from Bristol, able to commute from home across the Severn Bridge, hit back with six birdies in a flawless display.

Yet Wood (pictured), who ended day one in front of Welshman Bradley Dredge and Australian Andrew Dodt, is not ready yet to declare the Ryder Cup his number one target, and said: "I would say it's completely in the back of my mind. It's not been a massive goal of mine, but I know my game is capable enough of playing at that level."

He added: "I'm just looking to win now. Obviously I've started to get myself in contention more often, so the more I do it the more likely it's going to happen. I've just got to stay patient - and play good golf."

Last week's Madrid Masters winner Luke Donald, at ninth in the world the highest-ranked player in the field, managed only a four over 75.

But leading local hope Rhys Davies, the player he pushed into second place in Spain, is very much in the hunt again following a 67.

Ross McGowan, currently fifth in the cup standings just behind Donald, was five under with four to play, but lost a ball on the driveable 15th and, after double-bogeying there, dropped further shots at the 16th and long 18th for a one-under 70.

On the same mark were Spanish Open champion Alvaro Quiros, thanks in a part to a hole-in-one on the 189-yard third, and cup captain Colin Montgomerie.

Those two were playing together and it was another opportunity for Montgomerie to admire the 27-year-old's immense power, an asset he believes could be really useful against the Americans in four months' time.

Simon Khan, back in action after his life-changing victory at Wentworth, sank a 35-foot putt for an eagle two on the 15th, but played the rest in two over for a 71.

SCOTSWATCH: Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay ended the first day in joint seventh place with a 68. Richie holed a 20ft birdie putt at the first and a slightly longer one to birdie the second and a third 25-footer for a birdie at the eighth, his 16th hole as he started at the 10th. That third birdie pulled him out of a mini-slump during which he bogeyed two of the previous three holes.
"I don't know what went wrong," he told Jock MacVicar of the Scottish Daily Express. "I snap-hooked two tee shots but after a banana and a cereal bar I felt better. Still, I'm going to the range to check my driving."
Ramsay is only three shots behind pacmaker Chris Wood.
Ryder Cup skipper Colin Montgomerie would be another happy Scot with a one-under-par 70, the same score as the bang-in-form Stephen Gallacher who birdied his last hole. Marc Warren, whose form has been erratic this season, had one of his steadier rounds, a 71, one ahead of Paul Lawrie.
Paul was three under par at the turn but dropped five shots in four holes from the 11th, including two double bogeys.
Peter Whiteford was going even better than Lawrie at four under par with seven to play but then he had a great fall with a quadruple boge3y 8 at the 12th. He finished on 72 - still a good enough start but it was shaping so much better.
Alastair Forsyth also subsided to a 71 after starting at the 10th. He dropped three shots in four holes from the fourth on his "inward" journey.
 Andrew McArthur had a 73 and David Drysdale a 74, the same score as Andrew Coltart. Steven O'Hara had a 76Gary Orr and Scott Drummond were down the field on the 78 mark and faced an uphill struggle to beat the cut.

FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD

Par 71
65 Chris Wood.
66 Andrew Dodt (Aus), Bradley Dredge.
67 Richard McEvoy, Rhys Davies, Edoardo Molinari (Ita)
68 Danny Lee (Nzl), Richie Ramsay, Robert Rock, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor), Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa), Simon Thornton
69 Damien McGrane, Thomas Bjorn (Den), Gareth Maybin, Marcel Siem (Ger)
70 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Chris Gane, Oliver Wilson, Colin Montgomerie, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Clodomiro Carranza (Arg), Stephen Gallacher, Alexander Noren (Swe), Shane Lowry, Ross McGowan
71 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), John Parry, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe), Pelle Edberg (Swe), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Julien Quesne (Fra), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Simon Khan, Scott Hend (Aus), Marc Warren, Stephan Gross junior (Ger), Richard Finch, Jamie Donaldson, Tano Goya (Arg), Pablo Martin (Spa), Alastair Forsyth.
72 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Peter Lawrie, Paul Lawrie, Ignacio Garrido (Spa), Paul McGinley, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind), Peter Whiteford.
73 Garry Houston, Steve Webster, Kyron Sullivan, George Coetzee (Rsa), Robert Coles, Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Lee Slattery, Andrew McArthur, Mark F Haastrup (Den), Benjamin Hebert (Fra), Sam Little, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa)
74 Anthony Wall, Richard Bland, Henrik Nystrom (Swe), David Drysdale, Stuart Manley, Mark Brown (Nzl), Andrew Coltart.
75 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Anders Hansen (Den), Liam Bond, Peter Baker, Danny Willett, Paul Broadhurst, Gary Lockerbie, Sam Hutsby, David Dixon, Michael Jonzon (Swe), Luke Donald, Gregory Havret (Fra)
76 Gary Clark, Ross Fisher, Michael Campbell (Nzl), David Howell, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Michael Watson (USA), Steven O'Hara.
77 Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Sion E Bebb, Phillip Archer, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), James Morrison
78 Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe), Gary Orr, Johan Edfors (Swe), Scott Drummond.
79 Andrew Tampion (Aus), Carl Suneson (Spa), Andrew Butterfield, Stephen Dodd, Scott Strange (Aus), Carlos Rodiles (Spa), Kenneth Ferrie
89 Jason Powell
RTD: Richard Green

EUROPRO TOUR CONTRASTING FORTUNES FOR SCOTS

SALTMANS ARE SINGING McNICOLL’S LAMENT

The Saltman brothers Elliot and Zack were singing off the same hymn sheet on the second day of the PGA EuroPro Tour event at Castle Dargan on the Northwest Sligo coast in Ireland – but for Carnoustie’s Keir McNicoll (pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency) it would have to be a lament.

The Lothians siblings are locked together in a four-way tied for fourth place on six-under-par 136, two shots behind English leader Andrew Thorpe with one round to go in the chase for the £10,000 first prize.

Elliot has scored 67 and 69, Zack, the youngest of the three Lothians brothers, 70 and 66.

Zack was really flying in a golfing sense today (Thursday). He had two eagles, at the long sixth and the long 10th. in halves of 35 and 31.

Elliot also eagled the 10th and was out in 36 and home in 33.

But for rookie pro McNicoll it was a catastrophic day which saw him clump from a first-round 69 to a 79 for

a total of 148 – three shots too many to survive the 36-hole cut.

The Carnoustie man had a nightmare 11 shots at one hole, the 471yd par-4 14th.

He also had a double bogey 6 at the 17th in what must be one of his worst inward halves – 44 – since he became an international-class golfer.

Backing up the Saltmans in the third round are Scott Henry (The Carrick on Loch Lomond), joint eighth on 137 with scores of 68 and 69, Alyth’s Kevin McAlpine, sharing 15th place on 139 with a 66 and a 73, South Wales-based Paul Doherty, joint 21st on 140 (71-69), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) (69-74) and Scott Herald (Mearns Caslte) (70-73), both on the 143 mark, Carnoustie’s Steven Duncan (70-74) on 144 and Ross Cameron (Paul Lawrie Foundation) who made it right on the limit mark of 145 with scores of 72 and 73.

Joining Keir McNicoll on the early drive to the ferry back to Scotland were Drumpellier’s Graham Rankin (73-73) on 146, Martin Lawrence (Newmachar) (69-79) on 148, John Gallacher (Swanston) (74-75) on 149, Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation) (77-74) on 151, and John Henry (80-75) and Mark Rae (77-78), both on 155.

SECOND ROUND LEADERS
Par 142 (2x72).
134 Andrew Thorpe (Eng) 69 65.
135 Ian Keenan (Eng) 65 70, Justin Evans (Eng) 69 66.
136 Zack Saltman (Sco) 70 66, Elliot Saltman (Sco) 67 69, James Freeman (Eng) 66 70, Graeme Clark (Eng) 68 68.
137 Brian McElhinney (Ire) 67 70, Paul O’Hanlon (Ire) 70 67, James Bushby (Eng) 69 68, Nicky Harris (Eng) 67 70, Scott Henry (Sco) 68 68.
138 Daniel Belch (Eng) 69 69, Paul Maddy (Eng) 74 64.
139 Tim Rice (Ire) 67 72, Steven Dance (Eng) (am) 68 71, Michael Lavelle (Ire) 68 71, Robert Hearty (Eng) 67 72, Jonathan Mallon (Ire) 69 70, Kevin McAlpine (Sco) 66 73.
Other Scots scores:
140 Paul Doherty 71 69 (jt 21st).
143 Jason McCreadie 69 74, Scott Herald 70 73 (jt 35th).
144 Steven Duncan 70 74 (jt 41st).
145 Ross Cameron 72 73 (jt 48th).
MISSED THE CUT
146 Graham Rankin 73 73.
148 Martin Lawrence 69 79, Keir McNicoll 69 79.
149 John Gallagher 74 75.
151 Graeme Lornie 77 74.
155 John Henry 80 75, Mark Rae 77 78.

EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR REPORT

Martin Wiegele has the home fires burning with a 10-under 62

By SARAH GWYNN
European Challenge Tour Press Officer
Austrian Martin Wiegele fired a fabulous ten under par 62 on home soil to set the pace in round one of the Karnten Golf Open by Markus Brier Foundation.
Wiegele, who finished tied sixth in this tournament last year and won a car for a hole in one in the final round, had five birdies on each nine to lead by three shots at Klagenfurt-Seltenheim Golf Club.
Swede Anders Sjöstrand and German Bernd Ritthammer were second after fine seven under par 65s and tournament host Markus Brier was two shots further back alongside Austrian compatriot Thomas Feyrsinger, Germany’s Nicolas Meitinger and Northern Irishman Gareth Shaw.
Wiegele, starting from the tenth, had four birdies in the opening five holes, another at the 17th and picked up two more shots at the first and third holes. He then produced a stunning finish by birdieing his last three holes and declared it the best round of his career.
“That was probably the best I’ve ever played,” said Wiegele, who also won as an amateur on this course. “I started off really well and I didn’t get into trouble the whole round. I had two good saves on the fifth and sixth but the rest of the time I was always putting from inside four metres. All my birdies were fairly short putts.
“It’s not an easy course and sometimes it’s pretty tight and you have it in your mind not to go in the rough or the water, but all my shots seemed to turn out well.
“Even though I teed off early there were people following me and the support was great. Hopefully tomorrow when I’m teeing off in the afternoon there will be even more people, especially if the weather stays nice.”
Anders Sjöstrand began with three consecutive birdies from the tenth and had another three-hole birdie run from the 14th to reach the turn in six under par. He added one more birdie on the way in, and said: “The first nine I was putting everything. I probably played even better on the second nine but didn’t hole as many putts.
“This is a great start and will give me a lot of confidence. I had a bit of a rough start to the season but now I feel I’m improving a lot and I’m also in the right mindset.”
Capping a fine day for Austrians, Brier and Feyrsinger both signed for 67s, giving the home crowds reason to cheer.
Brier, who finished tied fourth last year, said: “I hit my wedges well and got eight birdies. It’s nice to see my name up there near the top of the leaderboard – it feels a bit like last year. Perhaps it’s because I’m thinking about lots of other things and not so much about my game.”
Feyrsinger was left to rue a three-putt bogey on the last, adding: “That was an annoying way to finish as I played very well the rest of the round. It was a short putt but downhill and it lipped out and rolled about six feet away and then I missed the return putt.
“But other than I hit it close all day and felt very confident. It could’ve been three or four shots better but I’m happy anyway.”
Shaw said: “When you see someone has shot 62 you know something’s out there. It was a pleasing start. I was disappointed to three-putt two of the last three greens but I had my fair share of luck for the rest of the round.”

SCOREBOARD
Par 72
62 M Wiegele (Aut) ,

65 A Sjöstrand (Swe) ,
67 B Ritthammer (Ger) , G Shaw (Nir) , N Meitinger (Ger) , T Feyrsinger (Aut) , M Brier (Aut) ,
68 J Campillo (Esp) , J Sjöholm (Swe) , M Mills (Eng) , A Johnston (Eng) , L Claverie (Esp) , F De Vries (Ned) , J Caldwell (Nir) ,
69 G Davies (Eng) , T Remkes (Ned) , H Bacher (Aut) , A Maestroni (Ita) , F Colombo (Ita) , M Higley (Eng) , F Marty (Fra) , L Moolman (RSA) , J Zapata (Arg) ,
70 M Baldwin (Eng) , J Arruti (Esp) , J Xanthopoulos (Fra) ,A Bossert (Sui) , L Westerberg (Swe) , T Whitehouse (Eng) , M Zions (Aus) , S Jamieson (Sco) , J McLean (Aus) , A Bruschi (Ita) , F Calmels (Fra) , V Riu (Fra) , M Laskey (Wal) , C Macaulay (Sco) , C Ford (Eng) , D Whitnell (Eng) , N Lemke (Swe) , L Kennedy (Eng) , V Covello (USA) , D Vanegas (Col) , J Colomo (Esp) ,
71 A Gee (Eng) , W Ormsby (Aus) , G Molteni (Ita) , M Cobo (Esp) , M Quiros (Esp) , R Steiner (Aut) , W Rieder (Aut) , C Brazillier (Fra) , R Kind (Ned) , P Del Grosso (Arg) , E Dubois (Fra) , T Olesen (Den) , B Lecuona (Fra) ,
72 S Ottosen (Den) , L Dodd (Eng) , B Evans (Eng) , M Thorp (Nor) , T Haylock (Eng) , L Astl (Aut) , D Brooks (Eng) , A Kaleka (Fra) , M Moser (Aut) , N Sulzer (Sui) , B Chapellan (Fra) , A Haindl (RSA) , M Carlsson (Swe) , A Tadini (Ita) , S Lewton (Eng) , E Canonica (Ita) , T Stewart (Aus) , S Buhl (Ger) , J Maurer (Aut) , Z Scotland (Eng) , S Piaget (Mon) , A Snobeck (Fra) , D Nouailhac (Fra) ,
73 O David (Fra) , M Rominger (Sui) , L Johansen (Den) , I Van Weerelt (Ned) , M Eliasson (Swe) , J Larsen (Nor) , J Axgren (Swe) , P Lepitschnik (Aut) , R Sjöberg (Swe) , L Goddard (Eng) , G Woodman (Eng) , D Perrier (Fra) , M Lowe (Eng) , F Praegant (Aut) , D Denison (Eng) , P Fendt (am) (Aut) ,
74 L Saltman (Sco) , A Högberg (Swe) , R Santos (Por) , A Zanini (Ita) , S Lilly (Eng) , J Abbate (Arg) , A Perrino (Ita) , E Ramsay (Sco) , R Thuillier (Fra) , C Pfau (Aut) , J Ruebotham (Eng) , A Blyth (Aus) , V Almstrom (Swe) , G Watremez (Bel) , Å Nilsson (Swe) , A Signor (Ita) , M Tullo (Chi) , C Günther (Ger) , J Doherty (Sco) , D Moretti (am) (Aut) ,
75 A Marshall (Eng) , K Eriksson (Swe) , O Turnill (Eng) , P Oriol (Esp) , R Gruber (Aut) , J Hedin (Swe) , L Jensen (Den) , P Golding (Eng) ,
76 J Roos (RSA) , D Ulrich (Sui) , A Bernadet (Fra) , D Wardrop (Eng) , F Widmark (Swe) , P Scott (Eng) , S Reale (Ita) , F Ruprecht (Aut) , M Mayrhauser (am) (Aut) ,
77 S Juul (Den) , S Garcia (Esp) , S Russi (Chi) ,
78 M Bothma (RSA) , B Wiesberger (Aut) , U Weinhandl (Aut) , G Povey (Eng) , F Pogatschnigg (Aut) ,
79 L Matthews (Wal) , I Pyman (Eng) , R Harris (Eng) , L Nemecz (am) (Aut) ,
80 J Billot (Fra) , S McHenry (Aus) , A Mellor (Eng) , G Rosier (Fra) , M Trappel (am) (Aut) ,
81 J Estevez (Arg) , B Neumayer (am) (Aut) ,
82 N Bruzelius (Swe) ,
83 C Bausek (Aut) ,
84 D Hewan (RSA) ,

ALPS TOUR REPORT AND SCORES

DEAR 71, HUME 78 IN FIRST ROUND
AT GOLF DE DISNEYLAND

Perthshire’s Steven Hume finished well ahead of his travelling companion Gaviu Dear in last week’s Alps Tour event but “normal service was resumed” on the first day of this week’s competition, the Open International d’Ile de France at Golf de Disneyland today.
Dear shot a one-under-par 71 to share 25th place overnight. The Murrayshall House Hotel player birdied the long first, the long sixth, the 11th, the long 14th and the short 15th but had probably too many bogeys for his own liking – at the short eighth, the nith, the short 13th and the long 18th in halves of 35.
That left him five shots behind the Spanish leader, former European Tour player Domingo Hospital.
Hume is near the bottom of the field of over 130 after a seven-over-78 which had three birdies, at the sixth, seventh and 10th, but also eight bogeys and a double bogey 7 at the long closing hole.
FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 71. Yardage 6,563
65 Agus Domingo Hospital (Spa).
66 Tony Raillard (Fra), Raphael Marguery (Fra) (am).
67 Matthieu Bey (Fra), Pierre Relecom (Bel), Matjax Gojcic (Slo), Nunzio Danielle Lombardi (Ita), Jann Schmid (Swi), Nicolo Ravano (Ita), Paolo Terreni (Ita).
Selected scores:
69 Richard Kilpatrick (NIr), Daniel Coughlan (Eng), Sam Robinson (Eng), Matthew Cryer (Eng).]
70 Gavin Dear (Sco), Jason Palmer (Eng), Farren Keenan (Eng).
71 Neil Chaudhuri (Eng).
72 Jason Barnes (Eng), Nicholas Murtagh (Eng).
73 Philip Rowe (Eng).
78 Steven Hume (Sco).

European Tour Scoreboard
CELTIC MANOR RESORT WALES OPEN
FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 71. Yardage 7,378.
65 Chris Wood (England).
66 Bradle Dredge (Wales), Andrew Dodt (Australia).
67 Edoardo Molinari (Italy), Richard McEvoy (England).
68 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain), Francois Delamontagne (France), Danny Lee (New Zealand) Robert Rock (England), Simon Thornton (Ireland), Eirik Tage Johnansen (Norway).
Scots' scores
70 Stephen Gallacher, Colin Montgomerie
72 Paul Lawrie
73 Andrew McArthur
74 David Drysdale
78 Gary Orr

TORRANCE AND LEHMAN TO SQUARE

UP AT FAIRMONT ST ANDREWS


NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY FAIRMONT ST ANDREWS
Former Ryder Cup captains Sam Torrance and Tom Lehman will be going head to head at Fairmont St Andrews when they lead opposing teams in a golf day on Monday, July 12.
The pair will at the Old Course later in the week – with Lehman set to play in The Open and Torrance working as part of the BBC’s commentary team – but they are sure to be fully focused on inspiring their teams to victory at Fairmont .
Both men have been on the winning and losing sides in the Ryder Cup and as Torrance ’s Europe came out on top in 1995, the only time both played in the same event, Lehman is sure to be looking to level things up.
However, Torrance will have a home advantage of sorts, with the competition taking place over the course he designed and which bears his name.
After enjoying breakfast with their teams, the captains will take their players through a warm up and offer last-minute tips in a coaching clinic.
Once the competition starts the pair will be out on the course providing moral support as well as cigars and drinks to their players and taking them on in a beat-the-pro contest.
The day will end with a barbeque and prize-giving allowing competitors the chance to partake in some old-fashioned Scottish hospitality with their captains.
Fairmont St Andrews boasts two first-class 18-hole lay-outs in the Torrance and Kittocks courses. Both have benefited as part of a £17m redevelopment the luxury resort has recently undergone, which also saw improvements to the lavish spa complex and five-star hotel.







For more information call 01334 837000, email standrews.scotland@fairmont.com or visit www.fairmont.com/standrews.

Scottish Golf Union Men's Order of Merit Standings
+After Scottish open amateur stroke-play at weekend. Figure after player's club and before his points total is the number of events played.
1 Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 3 223.75
2 Brian Soutar (Leven GS) 2 220.00
3 Philip McLean Peterhead 3 202.50
4 Matthew Clark Kilmacolm 3 180.00
5 Bryan Innes Murcar Links 1 175.00
6 Kris Nicol Fraserburgh 3 167.50
7 Ross Kellett Colville Park 3 145.00
8 Greg Paterson New Club St Andrews 3 127.50
9 Peter Latimer St Andrews New 1 95.00
10 Ross Bell Downfield 3 77.50
11 Jonathan King Glasgow 2 70.00
12 Mark Hillson Craigielaw 3 60.00
T13 Gordon Yates Hilton Park 3 57.50
T13 David Law Hazlehead 2 57.50
15 Steven Rennie Drumpellier 3 56.25
T16 Scott Larkin Banchory 3 47.50
T16 Michael Grunwell Powfoot 2 47.50
T18 Craig Watson East Renfrewshire 3 32.50
T18 Michael Campbell Renfrew 2 32.50
T20 Chris Harkins Ayr Belleisle 2 16.67
T20 James White Lundin 1 16.67
T22 Fraser McKenna Balmore 3 16.60
T22 James Whitelaw Mouse Valley 3 16.60
T22 Paul Shields Kirkhill 3 16.60
T22 William Bremner Edzell 3 16.60
T22 Liam McGowan New Club St Andrews 2 16.60
T22 Richard Gill Craigmillar Park 1 16.60
T28 Glenn Campbell Blairgowrie 3 11.25
T28 Grant Forrest Craigielaw 1 11.25

Culverwell, Reilly and Muir suffer Champions defeats
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FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
Former Lothians champion Zander Culverwell, Silverknowes star Keith Reilly and Dunbar's Dean Muir were among the casualties in the second round of the Lothians Champion of Champions tournament.
Representing Bruntsfield Links, Culverwell failed to make home advantage count as he lost to The Glen's George Thomson, while Reilly also suffered an upset on his own patch in losing 3 and 2 to Binivell's John Liddle.
Muir was knocked out by John Archibald, his club secretary who also plays at Dunbar but used his knowledge of the Merchants to good effect to book a place in the last 32.
Others through to that stage include Glencorse's Keith Young, who won more easily than he'd probably have expected against Mark Timmins (Pumpherston), Stephen Marshall of Riccarton and Haddington's Keith Nicholson, the four-time winner beating Scott Hardie (Longniddry 918).
Winterfield's Graham Davidson, who lifted the title in 2008, received a walkover, as did Ravelston's Ian Thomson at the expense of Carrickvale champion Craig Elliot.
Three second-round matches went to the 19th – Michael Burnett squeezing past BBT's Alastair Taylor at Harburn, Lochcraig's David Graham pipping Gordon Duff (Register House) and Grant Milne, the Luffness New representative, recording a notable success against Olly McCrone at Turnhouse.
Milne now meets Lindsay Gordon, another Turnhouse man but flying the flag for Gullane in this event and a 4 and 3 winner over Douglas Zuill (Edinburgh Academicals) in his latest match.

Capital collection drew Grimwade back to Scotland from US

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
Edinburgh Leisure's new Head of Golf says the Capital's collection of unique municipal courses was one of the main reasons he turned his back on America to return to Scotland.
Ian Grimwade took up his new position just over six weeks ago and has been busy familiarising with staff at the six courses he's now in charge of.
He was also an interested onlooker during the Evening News Dispatch Trophy up at the Braids and certainly believes it has plenty of untapped potential.
"They are not your typical council courses," said Grimwade of the Braids, Carrick Knowe, Craigentinny, Portobello, Princes and Silverknowes. "There's great diversity in the portfolio and I see them as good mid-range, daily fee public access golf courses."
Originally from Dunfermline, though he lived in Edinburgh when he gained a computer science degree at Heriot-Watt University, Grimwade has arrived back in the Capital with some good experience behind him in the States.
His career in the game began as a caddie at a course in Atlanta called Bear's Best, where he worked his way up to become the head professional after gaining his PGA qualification.
He was then promoted to the post of director of golf at River Head Creek just outside Washington DC and was perfectly happy there until he started to pine for home.
"I enjoyed it in the States but had been thinking about coming home when a friend sent me the posting for the position with Edinburgh Leisure and I thought it was really interesting so I applied for it," he said.
"People here keep asking me why I've moved from the States back to Scotland but, on the other hand, when I talked to members over there before I left they said, 'wow you are going to Edinburgh to manage six courses – that is a no brainer'."
While acknowledging Edinburgh Leisure's main objective is to "serve the people of the city", Grimwade insists there is scope to attract more visitors and believes the Braids in particular would prove a big hit with Americans.
"There's capacity for more rounds at the Braids, which I think is a great golf course with a great variety of holes – you have to hit so many different shots up here," he added.
"I've got friends coming over from the States and have told them not to be fooled by the fact it's 5,800 yards as it is a good test of golf and certainly different to anything they'll play in the States – there is just nothing like it.
"I managed to increase revenue at the two courses I worked at in America and I've looked at what Ayrshire do, for instance, in terms of marketing for Ayr Belleisle (a municipal course], so that's one of the areas I'll be looking at.
"Private clubs are dipping into the pay and play market, so there's a bit of competition there for us, but our courses provide good value."

ENGLISH SENIO MEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Reynolds, Squires and Bax share lead at Carlisle

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Chris Reynolds confirmed he won’t be giving up the title without a fight after finishing the opening day of the English senior men's amateur championship in Cumbria sharing the lead with fellow seniors international Alan Squires and Peter Bax.
All three went round the picturesque but testing Carlisle course in two-under-par 69, just a shot ahead of John Jermine, champion in 2008. They were the only players to beat par on a sunny but breezy day while one-over-par 73 was the best return at nearby Eden.
Reynolds, who won the title for the first time at Moor Park last year, wore a wide smile after running in five birdies. “I’m delighted with that,” he said. “This is a great course, very fair, and with some superb short holes.”
The Kent man made a great start with a birdie at the first and added another at nine to be out in 33. But he got out of position at the tenth and 11th for a couple of bogeys but birdied 12 and 14 to get back to two under. Another shot went at 15 but a two at the short 17th for his 69 in what is his first major competition of the year.
“I didn’t play much over the winter and it’s only been in the last few weeks that I’ve felt like playing again,” he added. “I’d not felt like it before but this was a solid round which could have been even better. I had five birdie putts of around six feet, none of which went in.”
Reynolds topped the leaderboard on his own for just a short time before Squires, playing in the championship for the first time in three years, matched his 69 with four birdies.
“I’m happy and disappointed,” he admitted. “I got to three under with my fourth birdie at the 16th then I bogeyed the short 17th after firing a seven iron through the back and hitting a poor chip. But if you had offered me 69 before I teed off I’d have taken it.”
Squires has come close to winning the title several times and won’t need reminding of his last appearance, at Enville in 2007, when he was five shots clear going into the last round and blew it, taking seven up the last and he didn’t even finish runner-up. “That still hurts,” he added, “but I’ll take another 69 here on Friday and we’ll see what happens.”
Like Reynolds, it was Squires’ first major tournament of the season and he was making a nostalgic return to Carlisle. “I haven’t played here for more than 25 years,” he said. “This is a lovely course and the last occasion was for Lancashire in the six-man team event.”
Reynolds and Squires were morning starters and it seemed they would be unopposed until Bax, out after lunch, posted his 69 which included a remarkable front nine of 32 with five birdies, four-in-a-row from the fourth. He also picked up a shot at the ninth and the 15th but a double bogey six at the 14th proved costly.
“Despite that I’m delighted,” said the 57 year old three-handicapper from Hertfordshire, whose best finish to date was joint second in last year’s South East Seniors at East Sussex National.
Jermine, who wasn’t able to defend the title last year as he was in his native Wales preparing for this year’s Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor, signed for 15 pars and two birdies in his 70.
Scores suggested conditions were even more difficult at Eden where no one matched the par of 72 let alone beat it.
Seniors international Dave Jessup, the former world speedway champion from Kent, set the target with 73, matched by Hampshire’s Martin Farmer, while three players returned 74 including Andrew Carman, who finished third last year.
Play starts at 8.30am each day and admission is free. For those unable to attend, live scoring and news updates will available on the Championships Section of the EGU website, www.englishgolfunion.org

Manassero to play in Scottish Hydro Challenge at Aviemore

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Matteo Manassero will continue his golfing education in the highlands of Scotland next week when he arrives at the Macdonald Spey Valley Golf Course, Aviemore to contest the Scottish Hydro Challenge.
The 17 year old Italian has emerged as one of golf’s hottest properties since becoming the youngest Amateur Champion in history last year before announcing his arrival on the world stage at The Open Championship at Turnberry, where he won the Silver Medal awarded to the leading amateur in the field by finishing in a tie for 13th spot.
He went on to confirm his talent at this year’s Masters Tournament, where, at the tender age of 16, he became the youngest player to make the cut at Augusta National. Manassero turned professional a few weeks after his Masters debut, taking his bow in the paid ranks at the BMW Italian Open where he finished in a tie for 29th place.
“I am very grateful to have been invited to the Scottish Hydro Challenge and I am looking forward to making my first appearance on the Challenge Tour,” said Manassero.
“Obviously I have great memories of playing in Scotland from Turnberry last year and I am looking forward to getting back there. I know it will be a different experience on the Challenge Tour, but I know that the standard is extremely high and I will have to be at the top of my game to contend at Spey Valley.”
Manassero will head to the Macdonald Spey Valley Golf Club at Aviemore after trying to secure a place at this year’s Open Championship in the International Final Qualifying tournament at Sunningdale on Monday.
The young Italian’s first Challenge Tour appearance is a huge boost for the Scottish Hydro Challenge, a tournament that will be defended by last year’s home winner, Jamie McLeary.
Former Open Champion Paul Lawrie, a long-standing supporter of the Scottish Hydro Challenge, will make a star appearance in the tournament Pro-Am next Wednesday before attending the dinner and leading the prize presentation. The tournament itself runs from Thursday 10 – Sunday 13 June.
While Lawrie and Manassero will bring a star quality to the fairways of the Macdonald Spey Valley Golf Course, tournament organisers have secured the considerable musical presence of the Red Hot Chilli Pipers to perform at the Scottish Hydro Challenge Pro-Am dinner at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort

2010 NFU MUTUAL FIFE ORDER OF MERIT for
THE MACKAY BOWL

Positions after seven events
1 Colin Martin Balbirnie Park 225
T2 Greg Paterson The New Club 200
T2 Brian Soutar Leven GS 200
4 Ian Bell Scotscraig 175
T5 Keith Anderson Charleton 140
T5 Liam McGowan The New Club 140
T7 Darren Gould Ladybank 125
T7 Fraser Jamieson Canmore 125


The next counting event for the 2010 NFU MUTUAL FIFE ORDER OF MERIT is the ST ANDREWS LINKS TROPHY on 4 to 6 June.

Lothians boys championship summary

Gullane team player Anthony Blaney has made it through to the semi finals of the Lothians boys championship, having beaten Louis Gaughan of Bathgate 3 and 2 . He will face another Gullane member Fraser Thain ( whose home club is West Linton and who also plays for Tantallon in the EL League ) who defeated Lee Morgan of Newbattle 6 and 5.

The other semi-final is between Ewen Donaldson of Craigielaw, who beat Michael Bacigalupo of Longniddry 2 and 1, and Galashiels-based Craigielaw player Simon Fairburn, a 4 and 2 winner of over Greg Miller (Bathgate).

Presidents Cup 2013 bound for the course that Jack built

Muirfield Village at Dublin, Ohio has been named as the venue for the 2013 Presidents Cup, the biennial event between the United States and the International team.
The Jack Nicklaus-designed course in Ohio staged the Ryder Cup in 1987 and the 1998 Solheim Cup.
"I view the Presidents Cup as a showcase for global golf and a platform to promote good will and sportsmanship inherent to the sport," Nicklaus said.
The USA, led by Fred Couples, next defend the title in Australia in 2011.The Presidents Cup was first played in 1994 and for the first two occasions was held at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia, which hosted the tournament again in 2000 and 2005.
The event now alternates between the USA and international locations but was last held at the Harding Park Golf Club in San Francisco, with the Americans recording a third successive victory.

US Open: Simon Khan is California dreaming

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By Mark Garrod
Simon Khan is ready to fly to California at the end of next week if he thinks there is any realistic chance of him being called into the US Open field.
Khan's stunning victory in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth two weeks ago – he was 471st in the world at the time – did not earn him a place at Pebble Beach.
The following day he went to Walton Heath to try to qualify, but missed out in a six-man play-off for the last five spots.
Back in action today in the Wales Open at Celtic Manor, the 37-year-old from Essex is now waiting to hear from the United States Golf Association where he ranks amongst the stand-bys for the second major of the year in two weeks' time.
"I've got a tentative booking on a flight. If I'm first reserve I'll definitely go and if I'm second or third I'll have a decision to make, but I think I still would."
Khan has received "hundreds" of messages since his life-changing success. "By Wednesday last week it started to sink in – and then it hits you," said the man who last November lost his Tour card and had to make his tenth trip to the qualifying school.
"I'm still taking it in, but I want it to be part of the journey."