ABERDEEN LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP

Alan Shand still sparkling as match-play stages start

Past winner Alan Shand (BA) continued his sparkling run of form following up his 6 under par 65 in Saturday's qualifying round with an 8&7 victory over Paul McIntosh (C) on the opening night of match-play in the Aberdeen Links championship.
Elsewhere there were wins for Royal Aberdeen Medal winner Barrie Edmond (BA) and two other former champions in Alex Cruickshank and Stewart Finnie of Caley.
The last two ties fell victim to bad light after 19 holes failed to separate Kev Dalglish and Sean Murray of Bon Accord and Ian Welsh (BA) and Stuart Slessor (N).
They will return early on Wednesday to resolve their ties with the winners meeting each other in Round 2.


MONDAY NIGHT FIRST-ROUND RESULTS
B.Edmond (BA) bt. D.Leslie (N) 3&2
J.Kilman (BA) bt M.Dunn (BA) 4&2
A.Doig (C) bt J.Annand (BA) 5&4
T M.Allan (C) bt R.Neilson (N) 1 up
M.Greig jnr (BA bt W.West (N) 2&1
S.Carmichael (C) bt D.Nicholson (N) 2&1
W.Ross (C) bt R.Evett (N) 1 up
L.Morrice (C) bt D.Gardiner (C) 1 up
A.Shand (BA) bt P.McIntosh (C) 8&7
P.Boyce (N) bt G.Grimmer (C) 1up
S.Finnie (C) bt D.Grieve (BA) 3&2
A.Cruickshank (C) bt N.Meldrum (BA) 3&2
B.Reid (C) bt S.Duff (N) 1up
C.McBain (N) bt G.Horne (N) 2&1

SECOND-ROUND TIES
Wednesday 9th June
5.00 B.Edmond (BA) v J.Kilman (BA)
5.06 A.Doig (C) v TM.Allan (C)
5.12 M.Greig jnr (BA) v S.Carmichael (C)
5.18 W.Ross (C) v L.Morrice (C)
5.24 A.Shand (BA) v P.Boyce (N)
5.30 S.Finnie (C) v A.Cruickshank (C)
5.36 B.Reid (C) v C.McBain (N)
5.42 K.Dalglish (BA) or S.Murray (BA) v I.Welsh (BA) or S.Slessor (N)

Hugh Hunter's Clackmannan County News

Clackmannan boys' team line-up at Peebles. Image courtesy of Hugh Hunter.

HEROIC PERFORMANCE FROM CLACKMANNAN BOYS
The Clackmannan boys team put in an outstanding performance in the afternoon singles round of the Scottish Boys Area Team Championships at Peebles to lift the team to fourth position out of sixteen teams.
Over the par 70 layout, the two foursomes pairings found themselves in ninth position at lunchtime with rounds of 74 and 79. It was a different story in the afternoon when all four boys reached the turn close to even par--- John Salmond was one under, Scott Baird and Gary Chalmers were even and Lawrence Allan was one over.
On the second nine it was Gary and Lawrence who took their scores below par--- Lawrence finishing in 69 with birdies at 17 and 18 while Gary just missed out on a 68 when his putt just shaved the hole at the last. Team Captain Bill Hatley was highly pleased “After some disappointment at the morning scores, the boys came back strongly in the afternoon and were within two shots of taking the bronze medals. It was great to see a pair of 69’s opposite Clackmannan names, and the best performance by a Clackmannan boys team since the Clackmannan win in the 1970s.”

RESULTS
FOURSOMES
John Salmond (Alloa) & Scott Baird (Tillicoultry) 74
Gary Chalmers (Dollar) & Lawrence Allan (Alva) 79
SINGLES
Salmond 71; Allan 69; Chalmers 69 Baird 72
Team Total 362
Foursomes 153 plus best three scores 209
Leading Team Totals
1. Lothians 356
2 Lanarkshire 360
3. South 360
 4 Clackmannan 362.

CLACKMANNAN COUNTY MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP.

The first two rounds of the County Match Play Championship were completed last week at Alloa and Dollar. In the first round, Alloa’s Jamie Aitken the holder lost on the last green to Scott Moffat. A close all Alloa match went in David Milloy’s favour and the biggest win of the evening came from Alva’s Michael Robertson.
In the second round, Michael Robertson continued on his winning ways with a fine win against Alloa’s Scott Moffat--- from 1 up at the 7th Michael forged ahead to win on the 15th. Dollar specialist Darren Hulston was in fine form against David Milloy, and Steven Horne turned his match around against Phil Dempsey.

RESULTS
Round 1
M Robertson (Alva) beat M Quinn (Tulliallan 7/6
S Moffat (Alloa) beat J Aitken (Alloa) 2 holes
J Muir (Braehead) beat A Watson (Braehead) 3/1
K Christie (Dollar) lost to J Todd (Braehead 4/3
S Horne (Tulliallan beat P Starkey (Braehead) 6/5
P Dempsey (Tulliallan) beat K McFarlane (Alva) 1 hole
D Milloy (Alloa) beat I Guthrie (Alloa) 1 hole
R Benvie (Braehead lost to D Hulston (Braehead) 2 holes

ROUND 2
Robertson beat Moffat 4/3
Muir beat Todd 4/3
Horne beat Dempsey 2 holes
Hulston beat Milloy 6/4.

THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Dollar’s Scott Borrowman will be hoping for success in the Amateur Championship next week at North Berwick and Muirfield. 288 competitors will play 36 holes over both courses on Monday and Tuesday, and the leading 64 scores will play match play form Wednesday. Two years ago, Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay had a very good run in the event reaching the semi-final stage. Scott tees off at 1.02 on North Berwick and 8.28 on Muirfield.

2010 NFU MUTUAL FIFE ORDER OF MERIT for



THE MACKAY BOWL


Positions after 8 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
5 Darren Gould Ladybank 155
T6Keith Anderson Charleton 140
T6 Liam McGowan The New Club 140
T6 James White Lundin 140


The next counting events for the 2010 NFU MUTUAL FIFE ORDER OF MERIT are The Amateur Championship at Muirfield and North Berwick on 14 to 19 June and the Tennant Cup at Glasgow GC (Gailes and Killermont) on 19 and 20 June.

Nick Price scores second win of US Seniors Tour season

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Nick Price shot a four-under-par score of  67 to hold off Tommy Armour III and win the Principal Charity Classic by four strokes. Price had a 14-under 199 total to grab his second US Champions (Seniors) Tour win this season and the third of his career.
Price led heading into the final round in each of the last two years in Iowa before falling short. But Price grabbed the lead after four holes on Sunday and stayed comfortably in front the rest of the way.
Armour, the co-leader with Price after two rounds, shot an even-par 71 and finished second for the third time this year with a 10-under 203.
John Cook closed with a 66 to join Loren Roberts at 9-under 204, and six players finished at 8-under 205.
The win gave Price multiple victories in the same season for the first time since 1994, when he won six times on the US PGA Tour.
The only bad hole Price played on Sunday came on No. 17, when he narrowly missed the water on his approach and picked up his only bogey. But Armour, who was two strokes back heading to the final hole, put his tee shot in the bunker en route to a double bogey.
Price sank an easy par putt to clinch a victory that was three years in the making.
Price erased the sting of two consecutive Sunday heartbreaks at Glen Oaks with a sterling final round. The affable Price three-putted for bogey on No. 18 in 2008, allowing Jay Haas to take the title, and last year he lost a three-man play-off to Mark McNulty.
Price, who also won the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in April with Mark O'Meara, improved to 2-7 in senior events that's he's either led or had a share of the lead heading into the final round.
Price and Armour played the first three holes even. But while Armour continued to settled for pars, Price went on a birdie run to go up four shots after 10 holes.
Price moved ahead by two strokes with birdies on Nos. 4 and 6, both par-4s. Price then left his approach on No. 9 about 10 feet from the hole and two-putted for birdie.
Armour didn't play poorly, but he didn't do anything to win the event either. He made par on his first 10 holes -- allowing Russ Cochran to briefly join him at 10 under -- and missed a makable birdie putt on No. 13.
Armour's last gasp came on the 14th hole, when his par try lipped out and left Price up by four strokes with four holes to play. Armour birdied the next two holes, but by then it was too late to catch Price.
Don Pooley, who won in Iowa in 2003, finished at 8-under 205 after a final-round 72.
Bernhard Langer shot a 32 on the front nine and looked primed for a charge up the leaderboard until he double-bogeyed the 10th hole. Langer, who entered the weekend second on the money list, finished at 7-under 206.
Money leader Fred Couples had matching 70s on Friday and Saturday, but he birdied his last four holes on Sunday for a 66 to join Langer at 7 under.
Bruce Summerhays shot a 73 in what could be the final round of his career. Summerhays, 66, plans to put away his clubs for at least three years to pursue religious endeavors with his wife, Carolyn. Summerhays won three Champions Tour events, the last coming at the Kroger Classic in 2004.
FINAL TOTALS
T1 Nick Price SC P -4 F -14 67 65 67 199
T1 Tommy Armour III SC P E F -10 63 69 71 203
T3 T22 John Cook SC P -5 F -9 69 69 66 204
T3 T10 Loren Roberts SC P -3 F -9 70 66 68 204
T5 T10 Jeff Sluman SC P -2 F -8 68 68 69 205
T5 T7 Chip Beck SC P -1 F -8 69 66 70 205
T5 T4 Bruce Vaughan SC P E F -8 68 66 71 205
T5 T4 Dan Forsman SC P E F -8 66 68 71 205
T5 T4 Russ Cochran SC P E F -8 66 68 71 205
T5 3 Don Pooley SC P 1 F -8 68 65 72 205
T11 T38 Fred Couples SC P -5 F -7 70 70 66 206
T11 T17 Bernhard Langer SC P -2 F -7 67 70 69 206
T11 T17 Mike Reid SC P -2 F -7 67 70 69 206
T11 T10 Olin Browne SC P -1 F -7 67 69 70 206
T11 T10 Peter Senior SC P -1 F -7 69 67 70 206
T16 T42 Tom Kite SC P -5 F -6 72 69 66 207
T16 T42 D.A. Weibring SC P -5 F -6 71 70 66 207
T16 T28 Larry Mize SC P -3 F -6 70 69 68 207
T16 T22 Bobby Clampett SC P -2 F -6 71 67 69 207
T16 T17 Fred Funk SC P -1 F -6 73 64 70 207
T16 T17 Brad Bryant SC P -1 F -6 71 66 70 207
T16 T17 Ted Schulz SC P -1 F -6 69 68 70 207
T16 T10 Mark James SC P E F -6 69 67 71 207
T24 T28 Blaine McCallister SC P -2 F -5 70 69 69 208
T24 T7 Mike Goodes SC P 2 F -5 67 68 73 208
T26 T22 Tom Purtzer SC P E F -4 72 66 71 209
T26 T22 Kirk Hanefeld SC P E F -4 67 71 71 209
T26 T10 Mark O'Meara SC P 2 F -4 67 69 73 209
T26 T7 Gene Jones SC P 3 F -4 67 68 74 209
T30 T28 Gary Hallberg SC P E F -3 68 71 71 210
T30 T28 Jay Haas SC P E F -3 71 68 71 210
T32 T42 David Peoples SC P -1 F -2 70 71 70 211
T32 T42 Joe Ozaki SC P -1 F -2 71 70 70 211
T32 T28 Ronnie Black SC P 1 F -2 67 72 72 211
T32 T28 Fulton Allem SC P 1 F -2 72 67 72 211
T36 T54 Peter Jacobsen SC P -2 F -1 74 69 69 212
T36 T42 Morris Hatalsky SC P E F -1 71 70 71 212
T36 T28 Scott Simpson SC P 2 F -1 72 67 73 212
T36 T28 Lonnie Nielsen SC P 2 F -1 67 72 73 212
T36 T28 Corey Pavin SC P 2 F -1 69 70 73 212
T36 T28 Eduardo Romero SC P 2 F -1 71 68 73 212
T36 T22 Gary Koch SC P 3 F -1 71 67 74 212
T43 T60 Hal Sutton SC P -3 F E 76 69 68 213
T43 T48 David Eger SC P E F E 71 71 71 213
T43 T38 Jim Roy SC P 2 F E 73 67 73 213
T43 T38 Steve Haskins SC P 2 F E 73 67 73 213
T43 T22 James Mason SC P 4 F E 70 68 75 213
T48 T54 David Frost SC P E F 1 70 73 71 214
T48 T54 Gil Morgan SC P E F 1 69 74 71 214
T48 T48 Bobby Wadkins SC P 1 F 1 74 68 72 214
T48 T54 Wayne Levi SC P E F 1 71 72 71 214
T52 76 Tim Simpson SC P -5 F 2 77 72 66 215
T52 T66 Bob Gilder SC P -2 F 2 73 73 69 215
T52 T66 Tom Jenkins SC P -2 F 2 71 75 69 215
T52 T60 Bruce Fleisher SC P -1 F 2 74 71 70 215
T52 T54 Keith Fergus SC P 1 F 2 72 71 72 215
T52 T48 Bruce Summerhays SC P 2 F 2 71 71 73 215
T52 T48 Chris Starkjohann SC P 2 F 2 70 72 73 215
T52 T42 Jay Don Blake SC P 3 F 2 71 70 74 215
T52 T38 John Harris SC P 4 F 2 73 67 75 215
T52 T10 Fuzzy Zoeller SC P 8 F 2 69 67 79 215
T62 T73 John Ross SC P -2 F 3 74 73 69 216
T62 T60 Joey Sindelar SC P E F 3 76 69 71 216
T62 T48 Keith Clearwater SC P 3 F 3 73 69 74 216
T65 T60 Vicente Fernandez SC P 1 F 4 74 71 72 217
T65 T60 Dave Eichelberger SC P 1 F 4 73 72 72 217
T67 T66 Jodie Mudd SC P 1 F 5 75 71 72 218
T67 T66 Jack Ferenz SC P 1 F 5 73 73 72 218
T67 T60 Larry Nelson SC P 2 F 5 74 71 73 218
T70 T66 Bruce Lietzke SC P 2 F 6 76 70 73 219
T70 T66 Allen Doyle SC P 2 F 6 74 72 73 219
T72 59 Mark Wiebe SC P 5 F 7 70 74 76 220
T72 T48 Andy Bean SC P 7 F 7 69 73 78 220
T73 Tom Wargo SC P 3 F 8 71 76 74 221
T75 77 Denis Watson SC P 5 F 13 74 76 76 226
T75 T73 Ken Schall SC P 8 F 13 70 77 79 226
77 78 Graham Marsh SC P 5 F 17 79 75 76 230
Withdrew: T66 Bill Glasson SC P Withdrawn 71 75 -- 146