United States Open Championship

Pebble Beach, Monterey Peninsula, California

 THIRD-ROUND TOTALS

Par 213 (3x71)

207 Dustin Johnson 71 70 66
210 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 71 68 71
212 Tiger Woods 74 72 66
213 Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 71 69
214 Phil Mickelson 75 66 73, Ernie Els 73 68 73
216 Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 72 72, Alex Cejka (Ger) 70 72 74, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 70 71 75
217 Sean O'Hair 76 71 70, Davis Love III 75 74 68, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 74 71 72
218 Justin Leonard 72 73 73, Brandt Snedeker 75 74 69, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 71 75
219 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 74 71 74, Russell Henley 73 74 72, Tom Watson 78 71 70, John Mallinger 77 72 70, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 75 72 72 Brendon de Jonge 69 73 77, Paul Casey 69 73 77
220 K J Choi (Kor) 70 73 77, Ian Poulter (Eng) 70 73 77, Luke Donald (Eng) 71 75 74, Matt Kuchar 74 72 74, Stewart Cink 76 73 71, Robert Gates 75 74 71, Shaun Micheel 69 76 75, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 73 73 74
221 Jason Allred 72 73 76, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 75 72 74, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 75 72 74, Scott Langley 75 69 77, Steve Marino 73 75 73, Vijay Singh (Fij) 74 72 75, Robert Allenby (Aus) 74 74 73, Jim Furyk 72 75 74, Scott Verplank 72 74 75, Lee Westwood (Eng) 74 71 76, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 77 70 74
222 Ricky Barnes 72 76 74, Kenny Perry 72 77 73, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 74 72 76, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 76 73, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 77 72 73, David Toms 71 75 76, David Duval 75 73 74
223 Lucas Glover 73 73 77, Eric Axley 75 73 75, Ben Curtis 78 70 75, Fred Funk 74 72 77, Matt Bettencourt 72 74 77, Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) 72 77 74, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 74 75 74, Peter Hanson (Swe) 73 76 74, Ross McGowan (Eng) 72 73 78, Jason Gore 76 73 74, Ryan Moore 75 73 75, Jerry Kelly 72 70 81
224 Nick Watney 76 71 77, Jason Dufner 72 73 79, Steve Wheatcroft 74 73 77
225 Chris Stroud 77 72 76, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 75 74 76, Craig Barlow 73 75 77, Gareth Maybin (NIrl) 74 75 76, Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) 73 76 76, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 73 76 76
226 Steve Stricker 75 74 77, Camilo Villegas (Col) 78 69 79, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 70 75 81
227 Kent Jones 73 76 78, Zach Johnson 72 77 78, Jason Preeo 75 70 82, Ty Tryon 75 74 78, Rhys Davies (Wal) 78 70 79
228 Erick Justesen 74 74 80, Matthew Richardson (Eng) 73 75 80
229 Bo Van Pelt 72 75 82
230 Jim Herman 76 73 81
232 Mike Weir (Can) 70 79 83, Pablo Martin (Spa) 73 76 83

RYDER CUP WALES SENIOR OPEN REPORT, SCORES

Bob Cameron makes England smile again

By SCOTT CROCKETT
Chief Press Officer, European Tour
Bob Cameron tried to put a smile back on the face of English sport at Royal Porthcawl when he led the way after the second round of The Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open on the European Senior Tour.
After the Three Lions’ dismal showing in the World Cup against Algeria, the flag of St George hung limp but Cameron put some starch back in the fabric with a fine 66 on the classic Welsh links for a nine under par total of 135 and a one shot lead over the Scottish duo of Gordon Brand Jnr and Ross Drummond.
“If our football team had performed last night how I putted today then I think we would have won about 10-0,” said the 57 year old whose two Senior Tour titles to date – the Open de France Seniors and the Sanremo Masters – both came in the 2004 season.
“I think most people watch England play, certainly at the World Cup, and it was just disappointing that we didn’t put at least one in like I did on the greens. I putted extremely well and I think I only had 26 putts altogether. So any time you are that low in putting stats, you are going to score well.”
The round also went some way to making up for the painful memories Cameron has of this event last year where he led after a fine opening 69 only to slump to a horrendous 80 in the second round before eventually finishing tied 19th.
“The weather is a little kinder this year than it was last year and the wind is not as strong as it was 12 months ago,” he said. “The course is also playing a little bit quicker than it did then which I think suits me and suits my game.
“But I have to say that this is a wonderful course and a wonderful lay-out. It is definitely one of United Kingdom’s best links courses – it is certainly Wales’ best links course.”
After a first-day 69 for the second year in succession, Cameron knew he needed a fast start to avoid the similar travails he endured 12 months ago and got it with birdies at the first two holes and an eagle three at the fourth. Although he dropped shots at both par fives on the inward half, he made amends with birdies at the eighth, 11th, 14th and 15th.
In joint second place going into the final round are two men who might share a nationality but who got to the same eight under par total of 136 by vastly differing routes.
Ross Drummond continued to tap into a rich vein of form which saw him finish second to Frenchman Marc Farry last week in the Handa Irish Seniors Open when he matched Cameron’s 66.
The purple patch came for the 53 year old Scot around the turn with three birdies in a row from the seventh to follow an eagle three at the fifth, while his back nine was a more sedate level par 36 with only one bogey and one birdie.
“I had a decent chance to win in Ireland and this, thankfully, is carrying on that form,” he said. “But I think the key is that I am just enjoying my golf just now and when you do that, I think it often shows in your performance.
“I am in there again with a chance to go one better than last week and that is all you can do at this game. If you can get into the last couple of groups on a Sunday afternoon, and get off to a good start, then you never know.”
While Drummond was precise, his fellow Scot Brand Jnr was wonderfully erratic again, especially on the front nine of the Porthcawl course. In total the 51 year old has now played 18 holes on the front nine during the first two rounds and, incredibly, has only made one par figure – at the seventh on Friday.
Saturday’s second round featured a disastrous start with a double bogey six at the first and bogeys at the third and fourth interrupted by a birdie at the second. But after that, it was all glory with five birdies in a row from the fifth to the ninth, before he threw in another at the tenth for good measure on his way to a 69.
“After four holes I was really almost out of the tournament,” said the man who won the Matrix Jersey Classic on the Senior Tour two weeks ago. “I knew then I had to knuckle down, be patient and not do anything different and try and get the shots back. I knew there were par fives coming, even though you had to hit good shots to make birdies. I did that and now I’m right back in it for tomorrow.”
Three players, South Africans John Bland and Chris Williams alongside Ireland’s Eamonn Darcy share fourth place on seven under par 137 going into the final round but the large crowds’ hopes of a home winner in Welsh legend Ian Woosnam look forlorn as the 1991 Masters Champion’s second round 72 leaves him on three over par 147 in a share of 40th place.
LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72) Yardage: 6,796
135 Bob Cameron (England) 69 66.
136 Ross Drummond (Scotland) 70 66, Gordon Brand junior (Scotland) 67 69.
137 Chris Williams (South Africa) 70 67, Eamonn Darcy (Ireland) 70 67, John Bland (South Africa) 68 69.
Selected scores:
142 Bill Longmuir (Scotland) 72 70, John Chillas (Scotland) 68 74, Mike Cunning (US) 65 77 (jt 15th).
144 Andrew Oldcorn (Scotland) 74 70 (jt 24th).
147 Martin Gray (Scotland) 74 73, Sam Torrance (Scotland) 73 74 (jt 40th).
153 Fraser Mann (Scotland) 77 76 (jt 70th).
158 Mike Miller (Scotland) 80 78 (76th).










Scott Crockett

Chief Press Officer

ROBERT ARNOTT WINS IN BALTIC


CONDITIONS AT PORTLETHEN

It’s not often that a par round wins a Tartan Tour pro-am in the third week of June – but that’s what happened at Portlethen Golf Club today.
In Baltic conditions with a bitterly cold wind – the temperature was as low as eight degrees by the finish – Robert Arnott’s 72 won him the top individual prize of £1,084 by a shot from James McGhee (Turnhouse) and PGA Cup player Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) who each earned £758.
Underlining the wintry conditions, there were three No Returns by professionals.
Arnott, pictured, a former PGA Cup team man, had a double bogey 6 at the first and also dropped shots at the eighth and 17th but he cancelled the mistakes out with birdies at the third, fourth, 10th and 18th in halves of 37 and 35.
Two teams returned net scores of 11 under par 61 in the pro-am section. Winners on the better inward half were the Flotec amateur trio of Andrew Florence (handicap 6), Stuart Florence (9) and Rory Campbell (18). Their pro was Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre).
They pipped the Rigmar team of Gary Chalmers (12), Ken Mack (13) and Charles Macgregor (15) spearheded by Turnberry Hotel pro Ross Leeds.
Pro scores
Par 72
72 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR) (£1,084).
73 James McGhee (Turnhouse), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) (£758 each).
74 Ross Leeds (Turnberry Hotel), Stephen Gray (Hayston), Lee Vannet (Carnoustie Golf Links) (£401 each).
75 Mark King (Kingsfield Golf Centre), Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre), Iain Buchan (Craigstone) (£242 each).
76 David Patrick (Elie), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Chris Kelly (Cawder), Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle) (£159 each).
77 Sean O’Donnell (Balbirnie Park), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie), Graham Fox (East Kilbride) (£113 each).
78 Scott Henderson (Kings Links), James McKinnon (Irvine), Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon) (£75 each).
79 David Naylor (Banchory), Alastair MacKenzie (Duddingston), Colin Gillies (Braid Hills), Kenny Walker (Castle Park) (£48 each).
80 Mark Finlayson (Edzell), Garry Harvey (Kinross) (£48 each).
81 Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park) (£48 each).
82 Michael Rae (Alyth), Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation) (£48 each).
83 Steven Chalmers (Banchory), Chris Doak (unatt) £48 each).
84 Euan Cameron (Hamilton) (£48).
86 Ewan Peebles (Half Moon GC) £48 ).
90 Iain Stoddart (Uphall), Nicola Melville (Old Course Hotel) (£48 e3ach).
NRs Scott Gillespie (Burntisland), Nicholas Reid (unatt), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) (£48 each).

Arruti bids to end 13 years since last Challenge Tour win

From Challenge Tour Press Officer Paul Symes
Spaniard Jesus Maria Arruti will carry a three-shot lead into the final round of the Moroccan Golf Classic, where he will bid to capture his third Challenge Tour 13 years after his last victory.
A flawless round of 69 saw Arruti, a veteran of no fewer than 20 visits to The European Tour Qualifying School, move to 12 under par, with American Christopher Baker his nearest challenger on nine under after a level par round of 72.
Arruti’s last victory came at the 1997 Modena Classic Open, but after dropping just two shots over the three days at Pullman Mazagan Royal Golf and Spa in El Jadida, Morocco, the Spaniard is confident of ending the 13-year drought.
He said: “My last win in Italy was a long time ago, but I can still remember it well! I hadn’t expected to wait so long for my next one, but hopefully I can finish the job tomorrow. I’m playing very well – I think I only missed two greens today. So if I can keep up this level of consistency tomorrow, then I’ll have a great chance.”
The man hoping to deny Arruti his long-awaited victory is Baker, who started the week with an advantage over most of the field having already played the course in April, when the event was due to be staged until the volcanic ash cloud intervened.
Baker, one of 11 Americans in the field, was disappointed with his round of 72 – an eagle three at the 11th hole notwithstanding – and knows he will have to raise his game if he is to overhaul Arruti.
He said: “I didn’t play as well as I can today – having made a bunch of birdies on the first two days, I didn’t make one today. But I’m still in the hunt, so hopefully I can have a better day tomorrow and put some pressure on Jesus. He’s playing very well though, so I’ll have to go low to win.”
Third place is shared by Dutchman Richard Kind and Italian Stefano Reale, who sit on eight under par after respective rounds of 72 and 70.
The lowest score of the day was posted by Northern Ireland’s Jonathan Caldwell, who moved to six under par courtesy of a round of 64. The Ulsterman shares fifth place with American Nico Bollini, Argentine Pablo Del Grosso, Denmark’s Thomas Norret and Italian Andrea Perrino.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
204 J Arruti (Esp) 67 68 69,
207 C Baker (USA) 69 66 72,
208 S Reale (Ita) 75 63 70, R Kind (Ned) 63 73 72,
210 N Bollini (USA) 65 70 75, T Norret (Den) 62 74 74, J Caldwell (Nir) 75 71 64, P Del Grosso (Arg) 67 70 73, A Perrino (Ita) 74 65 71,
211 J McLean (Aus) 70 68 73, S Arnold (Aus) 70 72 69, S Buhl (Ger) 70 71 70, J Cunliffe (RSA) 71 72 68, J Roos (RSA) 70 70 71, S Ottosen (Den) 72 73 66,
212 M Martin (Esp) 72 70 70, G Woodman (Eng) 65 72 75, M Laskey (Wal) 72 68 72, K Sullivan (Wal) 71 70 71, R Santos (Por) 70 73 69,
213 G Canizares (Esp) 70 71 72, M Baldwin (Eng) 69 73 71, A Bernadet (Fra) 69 72 72, A Hamilton (USA) 71 71 71, P Dwyer (Eng) 72 72 69,
214 A Chopard (Sui) 70 72 72, A Sjöstrand (Swe) 76 68 70, D Whitnell (Eng) 71 71 72, R Harris (Eng) 72 74 68, N Sulzer (Sui) 71 73 70, A Bruschi (Ita) 71 71 72,
215 J Hedin (Swe) 74 72 69, F Henge (Swe) 69 71 75, T Whitehouse (Eng) 70 75 70, F Adams (USA) 71 74 70, J Abbate (Arg) 75 69 71, S Garcia (Esp) 70 71 74, N Bruzelius (Swe) 69 71 75,
216 J Maurer (Aut) 72 74 70, O Turnill (Eng) 72 72 72, V Almstrom (Swe) 70 72 74, A Mellor (Eng) 71 75 70, J Hack (USA) 71 73 72, C Cannon (Eng) 71 75 70, G Dear (Sco) 71 75 70, T Haylock (Eng) 70 71 75,
217 J Doherty (Sco) 75 71 71, E Canonica (Ita) 70 70 77, D Hewan (RSA) 72 72 73, J Haas Jnr (USA) 74 72 71, Z Scotland (Eng) 70 73 74, D Brooks (Eng) 71 73 73, J Moul (Eng) 72 72 73, J Little (Eng) 71 71 75, F Serghini (Mar) 73 70 74, J Sjöholm (Swe) 71 74 72, S Russi (Chi) 70 73 74, P Relecom (Bel) 72 74 71,
218 D Nouailhac (Fra) 71 70 77, C Simon (Esp) 76 69 73, F Roca (Esp) 73 73 72, L Goddard (Eng) 75 71 72, B Etchart (Esp) 76 68 74,
219 G Molteni (Ita) 77 69 73, M Mills (Eng) 72 73 74,
220 J Billot (Fra) 69 77 74,
221 E Saltman (Sco) 66 76 79,
222 J Kavanagh (Eng) 72 71 79, C Smith (Wal) 72 72 78,
226 A Haindl (RSA) 73 73 80,
** J Gidney (Eng) 77 69 DQ,

Ross Kellett leads by three in Tennant Cup

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Motherwell’s Ross Kellett  badly needs a victory in a 72-hole Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit event to stay in the top 100 of  the RandA World Amateur Rankings or to boost his morale if nothing else … and he is well on his way to achieving it in this weekend’s Tennant Cup.
The Colville Park player, who has missed a few cuts of late, posted a three-under-par halfway total of 139 after rounds of 71 and 68 over the Glasgow Golf Club’s Gailes links course in Ayrshire. Now he must dig in at the top over Sunday’s final two rounds at the parkland Killermont course in Glasgow.
Kellett leads by three from former Scottish boys champion James White (Stirling University and Lundin) who finished fifth in the world universities championships in South Africa a week or so ago. White had rounds of 70 and 72 for 142 at Glasgow Gailes.
In joint third place are Michael Stewart, the former Scottish boys match-play champion from Troon Welbeck, and Greg Nicolson (Mortonhall).
Stewart, who says he is not returning to East Tennessee State University after two years on the US college golf circuit, had rounds of 70 and 74. Nicolson scored 71 and 73.
Steven McEwan (Caprington), runner-up, albeit seven shots behind runaway winner James Byrne in this event 12 months ago, must like the Tennant Cup ambience. Once again he has stepped up his game for the Glasgow Golf Club's prestigious 72-holer and is lying joint fifth on 145 after rounds of 74 and 71. Also on 145 are Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) and Fraser McKenna (Balmore) who was the first-round leader with a two-under-par 69.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
+Qualifiers for final two rounds on Sunday at Glasgow Golf Club’s Killermont course.
139 Ross Kellett (Colville Park) 71 68.
142 James White (Lundin) 70 72.
144 Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) 70 74, Greg Nicolson (Mortonhall) 71 73.
145 Steven McEwan (Caprington) 74 71, Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 73 72, Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 69 76.
146 Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 75 71, John Shanks (Irvine) 70 76, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 72 74.
147 Ed Wood (Crow Wood) 76 71, Ronnie Clark (Erskine) 75 72, Paul Alexander (Caldwell) 74 73, Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 73 74, Steven Rennis (Drumpellier) 78 69.
148 Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 76 72, Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 73 75, Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 75 73, Patricio Salem (Peru) 73 75, David Law (Hazlehead) 75 73, Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh) 74 74.
149 Paul Ferrier (Baberton) 73 76, Alex Main (Thornton) 74 75, Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn) 73 76.
150 Michael Daily (Erskine) 71 79, Scott Larkin (Banchory) 73 77, Chris Harkins (Ayr Belleisle) 76 74, Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 76 75, Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) 75 75.
151 Peter Latimer (St Andrewsd New) 74 77, Sandy Bolton (Goring and Streatley) 73 78, John Wybar (Aldeburgh) 73 78, Paul Gault (Westerwood) 78 73.
152 James Ross (Royal Burgess) 79 73, Richard Gill (Craigmillar Park) 76 76, Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle) 75 77, Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 74 78.
153 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 77 76, Stephen Speirs (Australia) 74 79, Grant Carnie (Newburgh on Ythan) 74 79, Jonathan King (Glasgow) 77 76, Aaron Sweeney (Carnoustie) 79 74.
MISSED THE CUT
Selected scores:
154 Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle) 78 76, James Hendrick (Pollok) 75 79, James Whitelaw (Mouse Valley) 75 79.
155 Clark Riddick (Southerness) 78 77, Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 81 74, John Duff (Newmachar) 74 81.
156 Andrew Weir (Montrose Mercantile) 79 77.
158 Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 83 75.
160 Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 80 80
No Returns: Ross Bell (Downfield) 81 NR, Robert Jenkins (Crow Wood) 78 NR.

LOTHIANS SENIORS HAVE THEIR MOMENTS

 AT GLENBERVIE

Lothians golfers claimed the leading prizes at the Central Scotland Seniors Open tournament at Glenbervie Golf Club.
Alan O’Neill (West Lothian) won the top scratch award with two rounds of 72 – matching the CSS – for an aggregate of 144.
He won by one stroke from Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) (73-72) and Ken Davidson (Musselburgh) (71-74) with George Blair (Haddington), Lindsay Gordon (Turnhouse), John McDonald (Cowglen) and David Gardner (Broomieknowe) joint fourth on 147.
Ken Davidson won the leading handicap prize by the comfortable margin of five shots with net scores of 67 and 70 for 137 off four of a handicap.
LEADING SCRATCH TOTALS
CSS 72 72
144 Alan O’Neill (West Lothian) 72 72.
145 Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) 73 72, Ken Davidson (Musselburgh) 71 74.
147 George Blair (Haddington) 73 74, Lindsay Gordon (Turnhouse) 73 74, John McDonald (Cowglen) 72 75, David Gardner (Broomieknowe) 70 77.
148 George Paterson (Northernb) 73 75.
149 Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) 80 69, David Imrie (Thornton) 76 73, Glyn Rees (Fleetwood) 73 76, Tony Stafford (Dun Ochil) 73 76.
150 John Fraser (Royal Burgess) 76 74, Stephen Ellis (Innellan) 76 74, David J Smth (Stirling) 74 76.
151 Ronnie MacLean (Hamilton) 80 71, David Taylor (Dunfermline) 76 75, Derek Murphy (Kinross) 75 76, Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and Co) 74 77, Jim Paton (Kirkintilloch) 73 78.
152 Jalil Aman (Grangemouth) 77 75, David J Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) 76 76, Alistair Fiddes (Deeside) 75 77.
LEADING HANDICAP TOTALS
137 Ken Davidson (Musselburgh) (4) 67 70.
142 Alan O’Neill (West Lothian) (1) 71 71.
143 Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) (1) 72 71, George Blair (Haddington) (2) 71 72, Brian Halbert (Callander) (5) 70 73, John McDonald (Cowglen) (2) 70 73.
144 Stephen Ellis (Innellan) (3) 73 71, Keith Howie (West Kilbride) (5) 73 71, David J Smith (Stirling) (3) 71 73.
145 Lindsay Gordon (Turnhouse) (1) 72 73, Colin McLachlan (Glenbervie) (5) 71 74, Jim Paton (Kirkintilloch) (3) 70 75, David Gardner (Broomieknowe) (1) 69 76.
146 Gordon Thomson (Bearsden) (4) 75 71, George Kay (Alloa) (6) 72 74, Denis McQuade (Glenbervie) (5) 71 74.
147 Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) (1) 79 68, Ronnie MacLean (Hamilton) (2) 78 69m Allan Cameron (Gourock) (4) 77 70, Aiden Grounds (Falkirk Tryst) (3) 76 71, David Imrie (Thornton) 1) 75 72, Ian Dickson (Lundin) (5) 73 74, Fraser Sharp (Boat of Garten) (6) 72 75, Derek Sim (Panmure) (4) 71 76.

Ends.

European Tour Scoreboard
SAINT-OMER OPEN
Aa St Omer GC, Lumbres, France
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
206 Jamie Elson 71 67 68
207 Robert Dinwiddie 71 65 71, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 73 68 66
209 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 66 71 72, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 71 67 71
210 Matt Haines 70 68 72
211 Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 68 73 70
212 Colm Moriarty 66 73 73, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 72 69 71, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 73 68 71, David Vanegas (Col) 71 70 71, Matthew Zions (Aus) 73 69 70, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 68 72 72, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 70 72 70, Steven O'Hara 73 71 68
213 Andrew Marshall 68 71 74, Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 70 71 72, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 71 71 71, Miles Tunnicliff 71 68 74, Charles-Edouard Russo (Fra) 68 73 72, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 72 71 70
214 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 75 69 70, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 73 68 73, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 73 71 70, Olivier David (Fra) 72 72 70, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 73 72 69, Philip Golding 72 70 72, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 70 73 71
215 John Parry 72 70 73, Liam Bond 72 68 75, Lee S James 71 71 73, Floris De Vries (Ned) 72 73 70
216 Jan Are Larsen (Nor) 72 68 76, Peter Kaensche (Nor) 70 70 76, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 69 76 71, Ben Mason 75 69 72, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 73 72 71, Alexandre Kaleka (Fra) 74 71 71
217 Ben Evans 70 74 73, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 68 75 74, Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den) 73 72 72, Steven Tiley 71 72 74, Scott Jamieson 74 70 73, Daniel Denison 72 73 72, Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 71 74 72, Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 72 73 72, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 73 71 73
218 Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 74 71 73, Jordi Garcia (Spa) 69 73 76, Marcus Higley 70 71 77, Andrew McArthur 71 73 74, Adam Gee 73 72 73, Benn Barham 73 71 74
219 George Murray 74 69 76, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 70 71 78, Garry Houston 72 72 75, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 71 74 74, Mark Tullo (Chi) 69 76 74, Stephan Gross Jnr (Ger) 71 74 74, Keith Horne (Rsa) 73 72 74, Florian Praegant (Aut) 73 69 77, Francois Calmels (Fra) 72 73 74, James Kamte (Rsa) 76 68 75
220 Chris Gane 72 72 76, Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 69 76 75, Stuart Davis 74 70 76, Ghislain Rosier (Fra) 70 74 76, Andrew Coltart 71 72 77, Stuart Manley 74 70 76, Steve Surry 74 70 76
221 Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 71 72 78, Fabien Marty (Fra) 71 68 82, James Ruth 75 70 76, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 74 71 76
222 Sam Walker 73 72 77

Banchory student ends glorious week at Muirfield with the Silver Medal

Byrne has no answer to Jeong's superb display of putting

FROM THE RandA WEBSITE
South Korea’s Jin Jeong is the 2010 Amateur Champion. He becomes the first Asian winner of the event in its 125-year history after defeating James Byrne of Scotland 5 and 4 in today’s 36-hole final at Muirfield, East Lothian.
Jeong, 20, produced a superb display of putting to take the title with at birdie at the 32nd hole, his tenth of the day. The reigning Riversdale Cup (Australia) champion reached the halfway stage two holes ahead of Byrne, the 21-year-old from Banchory having let an early two-hole advantage of his own slip away.
For the first four holes of the afternoon round, the scores remained the same, before Jeong made the telling move. He holed birdie putts of 30 feet, 12 feet and 18 feet on the par-five fifth, par-four sixth and par-three seventh respectively to build a five-hole lead that would prove insurmountable.
“I’ve never putted better than that,” said Jeong. “I was quite nervous all week, especially before today. But I came here this week really wanting to win. I wanted this title so badly.”
Courtesy of his victory, the current world number 10, who plays his golf in Australia representing Waverley Golf Club, earns an exemption into the 150th Anniversary Open Championship and an invitation to the 2011 Masters Tournament.
“I hoped that I was going to win the Amateur and come back for The Open because I’ve been watching The Open on TV every year since Ernie Els won at Muirfield in 2002. That was the first time I’d ever watched it,” he said. “I really wanted to know what it was like to play out of knee-high rough!”
“I always hoped that my first Major would be The Open. Now I can play at St Andrews. It means everything. It’s a dream come true.”
Jeong becomes the second Korean amateur to earn a place at St Andrews, the other being Eric Chun, who secured his Open berth at International Final Qualifying – Asia earlier in the year.
James Byrne, meanwhile, narrowly missed out on becoming the first Scot to win the Amateur Championship on home soil since Stuart Wilson, who won at St Andrews in 2004. The world number 20 was denied the chance of finding the form he had shown in previous rounds.
“I made a steady start,” said the Arizona State University student. “He made a couple of bogeys and I got two up.
“The conditions were much tougher today. Not only was it windy, but there were a lot of cross winds, and he [Jeong] seemed to handle it well - really good ball control. I was struggling with that.
“I don’t know how he putted so well. Every putt he hit was just perfect speed - it was unbelievable. He never really gave me a chance.”
“But I’ve got two more chances to secure my Open debut this year: Local Final Qualifying at Kingbarns for the 2010 Open, and the European Amateur for 2011, so I am looking forward to that,”  added Byrne.
The 2011 Amateur Championship will be held at Hillside and Hesketh golf clubs from June 13 to 18.
Result of final (36 holes)
Jin Jeong (South Korea) beat James Byrne (Banchory, Scotland) 5 and 4.

US NATIONWIDE TOUR REPORT, SCORES

John Daly three shots off the pace in Fort Smith Classic

John Daly shot a 2-under 68 and finished three strokes off the lead after the second round of the Nationwide Tour’s Fort Smith Classic in Arkansas/
Daly finished the day tied for fifth at 6 under at the 6,783-yard Hardscrabble Country Club course. First-round leader Nathan Smith (70) is again atop the leaderboard at 9 under after two rounds. Zack Miller (66) is one stroke behind.
This is Daly’s first Nationwide event since 1991. He is from Dardanelle, about 75 miles from Fort Smith, and organizers hope he can help this struggling tournament find a title sponsor so it can remain viable for the future.
“I was five shots out to begin the day and the lead didn’t move, so now I’m three shots back,” Daly said. “Any time you can pick up a couple here and there on Friday, it makes you feel good. It’s anybody’s ballgame.”
The two-time major champion birdied Nos. 1, 6 and 11. He also saved par several times, including on the par-4 18th after his tee shot went far to the right and bounced off the cart path, and his second shot went over the green and between the grandstands. Daly bounced back with a nice chip on his third shot and made a 15-foot putt for par. Daly made par on each of the final seven holes.
“I’m putting real well,” Daly said. “I’m hitting my lines. If you’re hitting your lines and not making them it’s just the rub of the green. I made a few key putts for par today and I left a lot on the table, but I really like the way I’m stroking the ball.”
Miller birdied three holes on the back nine to tie Smith for the lead before bogeying his final hole.
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70)
131 Nathan Smith 61 70
132 Zach Miller 66 66
133 Matt Davidson 64 69, David McKenzie 69 64
134 Camilo Benedetti 69 65, Matthew Borchert 67 67, Josh Broadaway 69 65, John Daly 66 68, Jay Delsing 66 68, Fabian Gomez 68 66, Chris Kirk 65 69, Dave Schultz 69 65
135 Jeff Brehaut 68 67, Scott Gutschewski 68 67, Won Joon Lee 67 68, Chris Parra 65 70, Tag Ridings 67 68, Justin Smith 67 68
136 Brian Bateman 66 70, Tom Byrum 69 67, Jason Enloe 69 67, Doug LaBelle II 66 70, Jin Park 67 69, Alistair Presnell 70 66, Rick Price 67 69, Michael Putnam 66 70, Darron Stiles 67 69, Kyle Thompson 66 70
137 Jonas Blixt 68 69, Gary Christian 69 68, Paul Claxton 69 68, Kevin Kisner 67 70, David Mathis 70 67, William McGirt 66 71, Jon Mills 71 66, Garrett Osborn 70 67, Brenden Pappas 65 72, Brendan Steele 71 66, Jhonathan Vegas 67 70, Ron Whittaker 69 68
138 Mark Anderson 67 71, Scott Brown 70 68, a-Bronson Burgoon 72 66, Marco Dawson 70 68, Brad Elder 69 69, Tommy Gainey 67 71, Scott Gardiner 72 66, Ty Harris 69 69, John Kimbell 70 68, Bob May 68 70, Sonny Skinner 68 70, Scott Sterling 68 70
139 Joe Affrunti 68 71, Ken Duke 67 72, Hunter Haas 72 67, J.J. Killeen 69 70, Bronson LaCassie 69 70, a-Jamie Lovemark 69 70, David Morland IV 71 68, Trevor Murphy 66 73, Chris Nallen 69 70, John Riegger 69 70, Dustin Risdon 69 70, Patrick Sheehan 69 70, Peter Tomasulo 69 70, Diego Vanegas 71 68
MISSED THE CUT
140 Keegan Bradley 71 69, D.J. Brigman 70 70, Gavin Coles 68 72, Jeff Curl 70 70, Brent Delahoussaye 71 69, Scott Dunlap 70 70, Nick Flanagan 69 71, Jeff Gallagher 69 71, Robert Gamez 68 72, Paul Gow 67 73, Brandt Jobe 71 69, Tom Kalinowski 70 70, Ewan Porter 70 70, Dicky Pride 68 72, Julien Trudeau 68 72
141 Steve Alker 72 69, Ryan Armour 70 71, Travis Bertoni 71 70, Mark Brooks 70 71, Glen Day 71 70, Kelly Grunewald 72 69, Jesse Hutchins 71 70, Bradley Iles 67 74, Jim Kane 72 69, Colt Knost 71 70, B.J. Staten 69 72, Tjaart Van der Walt 72 69, Aaron Watkins 70 71, Will Wilcox 71 70
142 Brad Adamonis 70 72, David Branshaw 74 68, Miguel Carballo 69 73, Wil Collins 72 70, Jess Daley 71 71, Ryan Hietala 70 72, Mike Lavery 73 69, Brent Long 71 71, Jon McLean 70 72
143 Daniel Barbetti 71 72, George Bradford 74 69, Bubba Dickerson 73 70, Clint Jensen 72 71, Leif Olson 69 74, Tom Scherrer 73 70, Andrew Svoboda 74 69, Phil Tataurangi 74 69, Esteban Toledo 73 70
144 Adam Bland 73 71, Ted Brown 69 75, Andrew Buckle 71 73, Michael Clark II 72 72, Matt Every 73 71, James Hahn 73 71, David Hearn 73 71, Luke List 71 73, Adam Meyer 71 73, Rob Oppenheim 74 70, Andrew Parr 71 73, Steve Pate 73 71, Scott Stallings 73 71, Casey Wittenberg 72 72
145 Dan Buchner 76 69, Todd Fischer 70 75, Tim Fleming 72 73, Justin Hicks 73 72, Bryan Novoa 69 76, Martin Piller 73 72, Brian Vranesh 73 72
146 Nick Beach 75 71, Bryan DeCorso 71 75, Todd Demsey 71 75, Cliff Kresge 72 74, Frank Lickliter II 75 71, Major Manning 72 74, Kyle Reifers 73 73, Geoffrey Sisk 72 74, Paul Stankowski 75 71
147 Stephen Leaney 72 75, Michael Sims 76 71, Andre Stolz 72 75
148 Kyle Stanley 76 72
149 Bobby MacWhinnie 72 77, Justin Peters 70 79
151 Sal Spallone 78 73
153 Stephen Poole 75 78
155 Tom Cannarozzo 78 77
157 Alan McFerran 76 81
WD: 75 Jim Carter

US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT, SCORES

Graeme McDowell leads at halfway as Mickelson (66) charges

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE

Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell shot a second-round 68 to lead the 110th US Open at the halfway stage in California as Masters champion Phil Mickelson stormed into contention.

The recently crowned Celtic Manor Wales Open champion from Portrush carded six birdies and three bogeys at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Friday to reach three under par after 36 holes and give himself a two-stroke lead over fellow early starters Ernie Els, Ryo Ishikawa and Dustin Johnson.
Five-time US Open runner-up Mickelson vaulted from four over par to one under after a thrilling round of 66. England's Paul Casey and fellow overnight co-leader Brendon De Jonge of Zimbabwe are a further shot behind on level par after 73s, alongside American Jerry Kelly (70) and Alex Cejka (72) of Germany.
McDowell, 30, had started at level par but reached the turn at two under thanks to an eventful four-birdie, two-bogey opening nine holes from the 10th tee. He added more birdies at the par-four fourth and par-five sixth before closing with a three-putt bogey at the par-four ninth hole.
Two shots behind the Northern Irishman in the clubhouse were Americans Mickelson and Johnson, Japanese teenager Ishikawa and South African Els, who also shot a 68 to outscore marquee playing partners Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods by three and four shots respectively. World number one Woods finished at four over.
Johnson carded a 70 while Ishikawa, 18, shot a level-par 71 but the round of the day belonged to Mickelson, whose 66 featured five birdies in his first eight holes before adding a bogey and a birdie on his inward nine, having gone birdie-free in a first round plagued by putting troubles.
First round co-leader Casey recovered from a triple-bogey on his outward nine, at the par-five 14th, to card a 73 that kept him two strokes behind McDowell on level par.
There were mixed fortunes for Casey's fellow Englishmen in the world's top 10 - number three Westwood, number six Luke Donald and eighth-ranked Ian Poulter.
Poulter dropped two strokes to finish at one over following a 73, Westwood (71) reached halfway at three over alongside compatriot Ross McGowan (73) and Donald slipped to four over after a 75, level with Ireland's Padraig Harrington (73).
Northern Ireland's world No.10 Rory McIlroy missed the cut following a 77 that left him at 10 over, three shots the wrong side of the cut line. Rhys Davies of Wales did made it to the weekend on his US Open debut, his 70 leaving him at six over, while Northern Ireland's Gareth Maybin eagled the last for a 75 to sneak in at seven over.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
139 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 71 68
141 Phil Mickelson 75 66, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 70 71, Dustin Johnson 71 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 68
142 Jerry Kelly 72 70, Brendon De Jonge 69 73, Paul Casey (Eng) 69 73, Alex Cejka (Ger) 70 72
143 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 71, K J Choi (Kor) 70 73, Ian Poulter (Eng) 70 73
144 Scott Langley 75 69, Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 72, Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 71
145 Jason Dufner 72 73, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 74 71, Jason Allred 72 73, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 74 71, Shaun Micheel 69 76, Justin Leonard 72 73, Jason Preeo 75 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 70 75, Ross McGowan (Eng) 72 73, Lee Westwood (Eng) 74 71
146 Tiger Woods 74 72, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 74 72, Lucas Glover 73 73, David Toms 71 75, Matt Kuchar 74 72, Matt Bettencourt 72 74, Fred Funk 74 72, Vijay Singh (Fij) 74 72, Luke Donald (Eng) 71 75, Scott Verplank 72 74, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 73 73
147 Nick Watney 76 71, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 75 72, Steve Wheatcroft 74 73, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 75 72, Sean O'Hair 76 71, Jim Furyk 72 75, Russell Henley 73 74, Bo Van Pelt 72 75, Camilo Villegas (Col) 78 69, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 75 72, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 77 70
148 Matthew Richardson (Eng) 73 75, Eric Axley 75 73, Ben Curtis 78 70, David Duval 75 73, Rhys Davies (Wal) 78 70, Erick Justesen 74 74, Ricky Barnes 72 76, Steve Marino 73 75, Robert Allenby (Aus) 74 74, Craig Barlow 73 75, Ryan Moore 75 73
149 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 76, Ty Tryon 75 74, John Mallinger 77 72, Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) 73 76, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 74 75, Peter Hanson (Swe) 73 76, Mike Weir (Can) 70 79, Pablo Martin (Spa) 73 76, Jason Gore 76 73, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 73 76, Steve Stricker 75 74, Kent Jones 73 76, Chris Stroud 77 72, Zach Johnson 72 77, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 75 74, Gareth Maybin (NIrl) 74 75, Davis Love III 75 74, Tom Watson 78 71, Stewart Cink 76 73, Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) 72 77, Kenny Perry 72 77, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 77 72, Jim Herman 76 73, Robert Gates 75 74, Brandt Snedeker 75 74
MISSED THE CUT
150 Hugo Leon 73 77, Adam Scott (Aus) 77 73, Hudson Swafford 76 74, Ross Fisher (Eng) 74 76, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 79 71, Tom Lehman 76 74, David Frost (Rsa) 73 77, Simon Dyson (Eng) 76 74, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 80 70, Azuma Yano (Jpn) 74 76, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 75 75, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 74 76, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 73 77, Morgan Hoffmann 75 75, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 75 75
151 Kenny Kim (Swe) 78 73, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 74 77, Brian Gay 78 73, Oliver Wilson (Eng) 75 76, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 77 74, Simon Khan (Eng) 76 75, J J Henry 79 72, John Rollins 74 77, Marc Leishman (Aus) 77 74, Rich Barcelo 77 74
152 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 75 77, Gary Woodland 76 76, Steve Allan (Aus) 78 74, Heath Slocum 75 77, Hunter Mahan 78 74, Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 75 77, Ben Crane 80 72, Paul Goydos 76 76, Jon Curran 75 77
153 Michael Sim (Aus) 77 76, Gary Boyd (Eng) 78 75, Paul Sheehan (Aus) 80 73
154 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 79 75, Charles Warren 75 79, Kaname Yokoo (Jpn) 76 78, Brian Davis (Eng) 80 74, Andrew Putnam 76 78, Byeong-Hun An (Kor) 79 75, John Senden (Aus) 80 74, James Morrison (Eng) 78 76, Jerry Smith 78 76, Bob Estes 77 77, Joseph Bramlett 79 75, Rocco Mediate 77 77
155 Ben Martin 78 77, Kent Eger (Can) 76 79, Harrison Frazar 78 77, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 76 79, Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 77 78
156 Kevin Na 80 76, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 80 76, Daniel Summerhays 79 77, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 73 83
157 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 80 77, Travis Hampshire 81 76, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 78 79
158 Erik Compton 77 81, Soren Hansen (Den) 78 80, Kevin Phelan 83 75, Dan McCarthy 80 78, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 81 77, Stephen Ames (Can) 74 84
159 Derek Lamely 78 81
161 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 78 83
163 Alex Martin 79 84
164 Mark Silvers 82 82
165 Blaine Peffley 86 79
166 Bennett Blakeman 81 85