Dumbartonshire boys rally to beat Lanarkshire

By WILLIE SHARPE
Dumbartonshire Boys Staged a great comeback to defeat Lanarkshire at Mt Ellen when all looked lost early in the match. Gavin Roger recovered from five down to James Steven to win one up with a last hole birdie after both players played magnificent shots into the last green. James narrowly missed and Gavin duly holed out to seal a remarkable victory. Similarly Gary Neechan came from three down to beat Lanarkshire champion Martin Scott 3 and 2.

Match result:
 Lanarkshire 3, Dumbartonshire 5

Under 18/s
1.Eamon Bradley Mt Ellen beat Liam Chambers Cardross 3/2
2.Nicky Clenaghan Mt Ellen beat Lioam Halliday Cardross 5/3
3. Craig Ross Kirkhill lost Angus Carrick Douglas P' 2/1
4.Martin Scott Hamilton lost Gary Meechan Dullatur 3/2

Under 16's
1. James Steven Kirkhill lost Gavin Roger Clober 1down
2. Calum Harrison Carluke lost Craig Chalmers Lenzie 1 down
3.Cameron Graham Hamilton beat James Wilson Balmore 4/3
4.Liam Morrison Hamilton lost George Duncan Windyhill 4/2


Hamilton Golf Club host their annual 36 hole Cadzow Cup next Sunday, July 4. Handicap limit 5. Entries to 01698 282872 secretary.
Hamilton Golf Club also hold their Annual Boys' Open for the Chatelherault Trophy on Thursday July 1st. handicap limit 28. Entries will be taken from 8am yill 12 00 on the day.
Lanarkshire Golf Association host their County Championship at Bothwell Castle Golf Club on Sunday July 11th. Entries to Tom Logan on 01236 428799

Tartan Tour Scoreboard
BATHGATE PRO-AM
LEADING SCORES
Par 71
1 63 -8 Steven Taylor (SCO) Bothwell Castle £1,154.36
2 66 -5 Mark King (SCO) Kingsfield Golf Centre £923.08
3= 68 -3 Colin Gillies (SCO) Braid Hills £421.25 each.
Alan Lockhart (SCO) Ladybank
Robert Arnott (SCO) Bishopbriggs Golf Range
Greig Hutcheon (SCO) Banchory
Scott Henderson (SCO) Kings Links
David Patrick (SCO) Elie
9= 69 -2 James McGhee (SCO) Turnhouse Golf Club £207.74 each
Jason McCreadie (SCO) Buchanan Castle
11= 70 -1 Ewan Peebles (SCO) Half Moon G C £155.81 each.
David Park (SCO) Wishaw
Greg Paxton (SCO) Ralston
Ewan Davie (SCO) Dunblane New
15= 71 Par Graham Fox (SCO) East Kilbride £109.58 each.
Paul McKechnie (SCO) Braid Hills
Gareth Wright (WAL) West Linton
Lindsay Mann (SCO) Carnoustie

Raymond Russell ties for fourth on Alps Tour in France

FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Juan Antonio Bragulat claimed his second title of the season this weekend. After Frenchman Alan Bihan and Italian Matteo Delpodio, Spaniard Bragulat is the third player this year to win twice. His margin this morning was only one stroke but his closest challengers could not score better than level. He played 68 to win the Open de la Mirabelle d'Or 4 clear at Metz, France.
Scot Raymond Russell finished his round square with a par 72  at the Mirabelle d'Or golf course to tie 4th place on 272 . Young French Amateur Clément Sordet signed for a disappointing 74 and finished 7th tie.
At second place tie, 4 strokes behind the lead, Englishman Sam Robinson and Frenchman Laurent Poncelet. Poncelet did sign the best score of the day, 64. The 32 year old player has been playing as professional for only 9 months. He used to have “normal job” in logistic and golf event. Last year, he decided to change his life with his family, friends and wife support. This first great result is a great gift for Laurent “Lolo” Poncelet.
Raymond Russell earned 2,525 Euros while fellow Scot Gavin Dear earned 1,088 Euros for a share of 13th place on 275 following a closing score of 69.
Agathe Séron

LEADING SCORES
Par 288 (4x72)
267 Juan Antonio BRAGULAT (ESP) 66 66 67 68 7,250.00 »»
271 Laurent PONCELET (FRA) 72 69 66 64 4,062.50 »»
271 Sam ROBINSON (ENG) 69 67 67 68 »»
272 -Michael HILL (FRA) 71 63 72 66 2,525.00 »»
272 Raymond RUSSELL (SCO) 72 61 67 72 »»
273 Marco CRESPI (ITA) 65 68 72 68 2,150.00 »»
274 Benoit TEILLERIA (FRA) 69 71 67 67 1,650.00 »»
274 Romain SCHNEIDER (FRA) 67 69 70 68 »»
274 Jason PALMER (ENG) 69 68 69 68 »»
274 Clément SORDET (am) (FRA) 65 69 66 74 Amateur »»
275 Xavier PONCELET (FRA) 68 69 71 67 1,088.75 »»
275 Nicolas PORTEBOEUF (FRA) 71 66 69 69 »»
275 Gavin DEAR (SCO) 71 68 67 69 »»
Agus DOMINGO (ESP) 67 72 66 70 »»
15= 276 -12 Olivier SERRES (FRA) 69 68 68 71 922.50 »»
Nunzio Daniele LOMBARDI (ITA) 68 67 68 73 »»
17 277 -11 Matthew CRYER (ENG) 69 67 69 72 870.00 »»
18= 278 -10 Alan BIHAN (FRA) 71 67 74 66 820.00 »»
Carlos BALMASEDA (ESP) 74 67 64 73 »»
Matthieu BEY (FRA) 66 68 70 74 »»
21= 279 -9 Daniel COUGHLAN (ENG) 70 71 67 71 762.50 »»
Gregor SLABE (SLO) 66 68 73 72 »»
23= 280 -8 Jonathan LOMAS (ENG) 69 70 71 70 725.00 »»
Diego SUAZO GONZALEZ (ESP) 73 68 68 71 »»
25= 281 -7 Kenny LE SAGER (FRA) 72 68 72 69 676.66 »»
Pierrick PERACINO (FRA) 68 72 72 69 »»
Gerald GRESSE (BEL) 66 69 69 77 »»
28= 282 -6 Philip ROWE (ENG) 72 70 72 68 630.00 »»
Jacques GUILLET (FRA) 69 73 70 70 »»
Eric CHAUDOUET (FRA) 67 71 71 73 »»
31= 283 -5 Ricki NEIL-JONES (ENG) 69 70 76 68 595.00 »»
Anthony PAILLER (FRA) 72 70 68 73 »»
33= 284 -4 Thomas PECOUT (FRA) 71 71 70 72 565.00 »»
Paolo TERRENI (ITA) 68 71 72 73 »»
Miguel PUJALTE SASTRE (ESP) 70 70 70 74 »»
Joon KIM (ITA) 70 72 67 75 »»
37= 285 -3 Olivier MAIRE (FRA) 71 70 74 70 525.00 »»
Vincent CACHERA (FRA) 70 68 74 73 »»
Thomas FOURNIER (FRA) 70 70 71 74 »»
Damaso CARRERA (ESP) 71 68 72 74 »»
41= 286 -2 Richard KILPATRICK (NIR) 70 72 71 73 416.50 »»
Jason BARNES (ENG) 74 68 68 76 »»
43= 287 -1 Stanislas GAUTIER (am) (FRA) 68 71 75 73 Amateur »»
Tony RAILLARD (FRA) 72 68 74 73 333.00 »»
Jean RELECOM (BEL) 71 70 70 76 »»
46 289 +1 Mathieu BOZIO (FRA) 72 69 74 74 333.00 »»
47 292 +4 Cedric JUDLIN (FRA) 72 69 72 79 333.00 »»
48 293 +5 Alessandro GRAMMATICA (ITA) 69 72 75 77 333.00 »»

Peter Latimer is Local Hero winner (by seven strokes)

of Solarsport East of Scotland Open

FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Peter Latimer, a 22-year-old who has been a member of the host club for a decade, proved a popular winner of the Solarsport East of Scotland Open over a fast-running Lundin links yesterday.
A brace of 66s in the final two rounds gave Latimer, who lives in Markinch but has spent the last four years at college in America, a 14-under-par aggregate of 270 and a seven-shot victory in the Scottish order of merit event.
The success came two years after Latimer had lost in a play-off to Australian Rohan Blizzard in the same tournament and, even though his home club is now St Andrews New, he admitted the biggest win of his career couldn't have come at a better place.
"I've been a member at Lundin since I was 12 and to record such a win here is fantastic," said Latimer, who feels his game has come on enormously, thanks to his spell at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.
 "I was off one (of a handicap) when I went and wasn't even good enough to get into an event like this," he added.
Five behind at the halfway stage, Latimer, a quarter-finalist in last year's Scottish amateur championship at Royal Troon and who had secured top-ten finishes in both the Scottish Stroke Play and Tennant Cup since returning from the US, was still three shots off the pace going into the final round, which he started with a double-bogey after duffing his second from a divot into a bunker.
He also dropped two shots later in the round at the 12th but eight birdies and an eagle – he drove the 17th and holed from six feet – secured a sweet success.
"I thought I had blown it after my double-bogey at the 12th but something obviously happened (in the groups] behind," said Latimer. It did indeed.
Leven Golfing Society's Brian Soutar, who had led the event since an opening 64 before adding scores of 69 and 68, saw his hopes disappear after running up a quadruple-bogey 8 at the tenth, where he had both a penalty drop and a lost ball.
He eventually signed for a costly 79 to finish fourth on 280 as another Fifer, Aberdour's Scott Crichton, claimed second spot after a closing 72.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
1 Peter Latimer St Andrews New 72 70 68 66 66 270
2 Scott Crichton Aberdour 72 66 68 71 72 277
3 Graeme Robertson Glenbervie 72 76 67 65 70 278
4 Cameron Mitchell Lundin  72 71 72 69 68 280
4= Brian Soutar Leven Golfing Society 72 64 69 68 79 280
6 Jordan McColl Scotscraig 72 71 71 69 70 281
6= Alexander Culverwell Dunbar 72 74 68 72 67 281
6= Jordan Findlay Fraserburgh 72 70 74 71 66 281
9 Hao Sheng Hsu Haddington 72 76 69 70 67 282
9= James White Lundin 72 65 73 72 72 282
11 Fraser McKenna Balmore  72 70 75 71 68 284
11= Andrew Weir Montrose Mercantile L 72 75 67 72 70 284
11= Gordon Yates Hilton Park L 72 73 71 71 69 284
14 Scott Larkin Royal Aberdeen +1 72 70 72 74 69 285
14= Nick Barr Craigie Hill +1 72 67 70 76 72 285
16 Paul Betty Hayston +2 72 74 70 72 70 286
16= Glenn Campbell Blairgowrie +2 72 68 74 71 73 286
16= Ronnie Clark Erskine +2 72 71 71 72 72 286
16= Daniel Young Craigie Hill +2 72 73 68 72 73 286
20 Michael Daily Erskine +3 72 71 66 75 75 287
20= Mark Bookless Sandyhills +3 72 72 73 76 66 287
20= Fraser Fotheringham Nairn +3 72 70 69 70 78 287
23 Kris Harper Carnoustie +4 72 68 70 74 76 288
24 Joshua Seale South Africa +5 72 70 70 76 73 289
24= Chris Lawton Falkirk Tryst +5 72 72 71 72 74 289
26 Matt Dowling Australia +6 72 74 71 70 75 290

27 Greg Nicolson Mortonhall +7 72 73 72 75 71 291

27= Chris Robb Inchmarlo +7 72 75 70 72 74 291

27= Ian Bell Scotscraig +7 72 68 73 70 80 291

27= Sam Binning Ranfurly Castle +7 72 69 73 79 70 291

31 Henry Featherstone Ringway +8 72 76 69 71 76 292

32 Alex Main Thornton +9 72 72 73 77 71 293

32= James Bunch Prestwick +9 72 72 73 74 74 293

32= Mathew Perry New Zealand +9 72 74 68 76 75 293

35 Aaron Sweeney Carnoustie +11 72 71 72 75 77 295
35= Chris Harkins Ayr Belleisle +11 72 73 71 74 77 295
37 Steven Rennie Drumpellier +12 72 76 69 82 69 296
38 Darren Gould Ladybank +13 72 74 71 72 80 297
39 John Wybar Aldeburgh +16 72 72 71 76 81 300
40 Lam Zhiqun Singapore +20 72 72 72 81 79 304
MISSED THE CUT
41 Sean McGarvey Glencorse +4 36 71 75
41= Grant McNab Lundin +4 36 74 72
41= Grant Carnie Newburgh-on-Ythan +4 36 80 66
41= Gregor Stewart Murcar Links +4 36 74 72
41= Paul Ferrier Baberton +4 36 71 75
41= David Simpson Crieff +4 36 75 71
47 Graham Robertson Silverknowes +5 36 73 74
47= Kevin Blyth Lundin +5 36 76 71
49 Liam McGowan Lundin +6 36 78 70
49= Scott Ritchie New Zealand +6 36 77 71
49= Robert Carson Dalmahoy +6 36 72 76
49= James Hendrick Pollok +6 36 77 71
53 Ross Crowe Westerhope +7 36 73 76
53= Adam Dunton McDonald +7 36 75 74
53= Ross Bell Downfield +7 36 75 74
56 Craig Watson East Renfrewshire +8 36 77 73
56= Scott Borrowman Dollar +8 36 74 76
56= Paul McPhee King James VI +8 36 78 72
59 Clark Riddick Southerness +9 36 74 77
59= Gary Tough Edzell +9 36 71 80
59= Matthew Clark Kilmacolm +9 36 76 75
59= Tom Hayes West Byfleet +9 36 81 70
63 Colin Thomson East Renfrewshire +10 36 76 76
63= Kyle McClung Wigtonshire County +10 36 77 75
65 Jonathan Brain USA +11 36 74 79
65= Ben Spoor USA +11 36 75 78
65= Andrew Wallace Glenbervie +11 36 75 78
68 Doug Pirie Lundin +13 36 77 78
69 Connor Neil Blairgowrie +14 36 80 76
69= Steven Meiklejohn Lundin +14 36 81 75
69= Stephen Speirs Swanston +14 36 79 77
72 Richard Docherty Bearsden +15 36 83 74
73 Richard Gill Craigmillar Park +16 36 81 77
74 Craig Steven King James VI +18 36 78 82
75 Joel Westwell Inchmarlow +20 36 83 79

WD Michael Thomson Lundin -139 72 68 77
WD George Brass Blairgowrie -63 36 79
WD Daniel Sommerville St Andrews -58 72 72 70 84
WD Jonathan Brain USA L 0
WD James Whitelaw Mouse Valley L 0

Darren is made of the Wright

Stuff to win Brabazon Trophy

FROM THE ENGLISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
Darren Wright proved himself right when he won the Brabazon Trophy, supported by SkyCaddie, at Royal Liverpool today, adding his name to an already list of impressive winners, particularly those at Hoylake. (Picture © Tom Ward)
A level par closing round of 72 for 285, three under par, left him four strokes ahead of Simon Richardson, who returned 74, and five clear of Spain’s Adrian Otaegui, whose 70 was the only sub-par round of the day.
“This win means everything to me,” said Wright. “I came here to prove I can compete with the best and with so many good players here this week on such a good course, I can’t explain how I feel. But this proves that all the hard work I’ve put in over the past 18 months is paying off. I have virtually changed my swing under my coach Alan Thompson and this season I’ve felt I have it under control.”
This is the biggest victory of the 21 year old’s career and follows wins in the Carris Trophy in 2006 and the West of England last year. He was capped at boys level but now feels he can achieve the ultimate as an amateur.
“I know there were England selectors here today and hopefully I have laid down a marker,” added the Hampshire man from Rowlands Castle. “If I can get picked for England hopefully I can get into the Walker Cup squad which is my aim. I’d love to play for my country as I’m a true Englishman.”
On another difficult day over the famous links, Wright knew that even par would be a solid return and if he succeeded others would have to go well under par to beat him.
He went out in 33 with four birdies and only had a few problems in a homeward 39. “I got unlucky a few times but some of the pins were tucked away that you couldn’t attack them,” he added.
But with a comfortable lead and no one mounting a challenge, he stood on the 18th tee knowing that he could take a triple-bogey 7 and still lift the trophy. In the event he took a solid par which underlined his class and his supremacy for the week.
Richardson, from Boston in Lincolnshire, was equally delighted to finish runner-up which also marks him as a talent to be watched.
“This is my best result since I started playing amateur golf full time,” he said. “It’s been a great week and this will give me a lot of confidence to compete with the top players. I made a shaky start today and was four over after seven holes but I steadied myself with a birdie at the eighth and came back in 35. The back nine has been kind to me in the last two rounds as I was three under yesterday.
“But it was tough. Everywhere is so dry and the greens were like lightning. It was like putting on glass but they were true although they caught me out a few times.”
Otaegui’s 70 was a complete mixture with an eagle, five birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey but he came home in 34 to secure third spot on his own.
But many of the more fancied players were made to toil in the breeze. Chris Paisley visited sand on every hole from the 13th in his 76 for joint seventh place on 295 with Jack Senior who matched Wright’s 72. Matthew Southgate from Essex, who won the St Andrews Links Trophy, closed with 78 for 297, Todd Adcock with 75 and Jamie Abbott 77, both for 298 and Tommy Fleetwood 79 for 299.
Tyrrell Hatton, in second spot overnight, also shot 79 for 293 but had the consolation of winning the Henriques Salver for the best performance by a British and Irish player aged under 20, and the Scrutton Jug for the best aggregate from the Brabazon and Berkshire Trophies.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
1st Darren Wright Rowlands Castle Golf Club 73 68 72 72 285 -3
2nd Simon Richardson Boston West Golf Club 73 73 69 74 289 +1
3rd Adrian Otaegui Spain 73 72 75 70 290 +2
4th Clement Berardo France 77 67 73 74 291 +3
5th Oliver Farr Ludlow Golf Club 74 68 76 74 292 +4
6th Billy Hemstock Teignmouth Golf Club 77 68 72 76 293 +5
6th Tyrrell Hatton Harleyford Golf Club 71 69 74 79 293 +5
8th Jack Senior Heysham Golf Club 75 74 74 72 295 +7
8th Chris Paisley Stocksfield Golf Club 74 71 74 76 295 +7
10th Ian A Winstanley Formby Golf Club 77 69 77 74 297 +9
10th Mark Hillson Craigielaw Golf Club 79 71 73 74 297 +9
10th Pedro Figueredo Portugal 80 69 74 74 297 +9
10th Dave Coupland Boston Golf Club 75 71 76 75 297 +9
10th Matthew Southgate Thorpe Hall Golf Club 72 70 79 76 297 +9
10th Michael Stewart Troon Welbeck Golf Club 78 73 68 78 297 +9
16th Mitchell Newton Notts Golf Club 76 73 75 74 298 +10
16th Todd Adcock Nevill Golf Club 75 70 78 75 298 +10
16th Jamie Abbott Fynn Valley Golf Club 71 71 80 76 298 +10
16th Sam Claridge Harpenden Common Golf Club 75 74 73 76 298 +10
16th Matthew Nixon Ashton-under-Lyne Golf Club 73 73 75 77 298 +10
21st Tommy Fleetwood Formby Hall Golf Club 69 73 81 76 299 +11
21st James Robinson Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club 76 69 75 79 299 +11
23rd Tom Lewis Welwyn Garden City Golf Club 75 74 74 77 300 +12
23rd Josh Loughrey Wrag Barn Golf and Country Club 74 71 76 79 300 +12
25th Christopher John Nugent Fulford Heath Golf Club 73 76 79 73 301 +13
25th Jordan Smith Bowood Golf  and Country Club 78 74 76 73 301 +13
25th Ross Kellet Colville Park Golf Club 74 74 76 77 301 +13
28th Andy Sullivan Nuneaton Golf Club 74 75 78 75 302 +14
28th Alastair Jones Radyr Golf Club 70 78 76 78 302 +14
28th Michael Saunders Dartford Golf Club 75 76 72 79 302 +14
28th James Ross Royal Burgess Golfing Society 76 73 73 80 302 +14
32nd Jon White Saunton Golf Club 79 71 74 79 303 +15
33rd Eddie Pepperell Drayton Park Golf Course 74 76 79 75 304 +16
33rd Spencer Wells Thorpe Hall Golf Club 77 71 79 77 304 +16
33rd Stiggy Hodgson Sunningdale Golf Club 77 72 76 79 304 +16
33rd Tim Gornik Slovenia 69 72 80 83 304 +16
37th James Burnett Sleaford Golf Club 79 73 79 74 305 +17
37th Kris Nicol Fraserburgh Golf Club 74 78 78 75 305 +17
37th Robin Kind Netherlands 75 74 79 77 305 +17
37th Tom Shadbolt Mid Herts Golf Club 77 74 74 80 305 +17
37th Alex Christie Tyrrells Wood Golf Club 81 70 74 80 305 +17
37th Darren Renwick Hill Barn Golf Club 74 73 76 82 305 +17
43rd Matthew Moseley Carmarthen Golf Club 74 76 79 77 306 +18
43rd Paul Howard Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club 76 72 78 80 306 +18
45th Steven McEwan Caprington Golf Course 76 76 78 77 307
45th C M Cossins Bath Golf Club 78 71 81 77 307
45th Scott Fallon Hendon Golf Club 82 70 77 78 307
45th Alexander Levy France 77 73 78 79 307
45th Greg Paterson St Andrews New GC 76 71 80 80 307 +19
45th Callum Tarren Dinsdale Spa Golf Club 76 76 74 81 307 +19
51st Paul Shields Kirkhill Golf Club 80 71 83 74 308 +20
51st Max Williams Cuddington Golf Club 76 76 75 81 308 +20
51st Adam Keogh Boston West Golf Club 77 74 76 81 308 +20
51st Ken Benz Switzerland 80 72 74 82 308 +20
51st Liam O'neill Keighley Golf Club 74 77 74 83 308 +20
56th Matthew Fitzpatrick Hallamshire Golf Club 79 71 82 77 309 +21
56th Levi Johnson Canterbury Golf Club 78 74 80 77 309 
58th Michael Hearn Chorley Golf Club 78 73 81 79 311
58th Jamie Howie Royal St David's Golf Club 77 75 75 84 311
58th Ciaran Doherty Bury Golf Club 73 76 77 85 311
61st Callum Shinkwin Moor Park Golf Club 70 81 83 78 312 +
61st Jonathan Rahm Spain 76 73 81 82 312
61st Nathan Kimsey Woodhall Spa Golf Club 72 75 81 84 312 
64th Michael Bedford Prestbury Golf Club 76 76 87 74 313 
65th James Maw Hallowes Golf Club 73 74 90 83 320
66th Jordan Godwin Rochester and Cobham Park Golf Club 81 69 80 91 321
67th Jack Brooks Pleasington Golf Club 78 72 86 88 324 +36

Bell beats Bowman at ninth extra hole in Angus county match-play

Graeme Bell won a marathon match to progress to the semi-finals of the Angus men's county match-play  championship at Monifieth Medal course today.
Graeme beat Grant Bowman at the NINTH extra hole of their quarter-final. In the semi final Graeme will play Monifieth maestro Ian Hutcheon who had two comfortable wins. The other semi-final will be contested by two Ballumbie players, Steve Harrod and young Danny Lawrence.
Results:
FIRST ROUND
I C Hutcheon (Monifieth) bt R Coull (Edzell) 3 and 2.
M Lindsay (Broughty) w.o. G Findlay (Ballumbie) scr.
G Bell (Downfield) bt G Duncan (Carnoustie) 1 hole.
G Bowman (Monifieth) bt R Laing (Grange) at 19th.
D Webster (Forfar) w.o. S Smith (Downfield) scr.
D Lawrence (Ballumbie) bt M Gentles (Edzell) at 19th,
M Brown (Monifieth) bt R Munro (Monifieth) 3 and 2.
S Harrod (Ballumbie) bt L Hutchison (Forfar) 4 and 3.
QUARTER-FINALS
Hutcheon bt Lindsay 3 and 2.
Bell bt Bowman at 27th.
D Lawrence bt Webster 2 and 1.
Harrod bt Brown 2 holes

The semi-finals and final will be played Sunday, July 4, commencing at 10 am and 2.30 pm.

European Senior Tour Scoreboard
DE VERE COLLECTION PGA SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP
Hunting Course, De Vere Slaley Hall, Hexham, England
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
283 D Russell (Eng) 71 67 70 75
285 B Lane (Eng) 73 71 72 69, A Franco (Par) 72 68 74 71, C Williams (Rsa) 71 69 72 73
287 G Brand Jnr (Sco) 71 76 69 71
288 D Smyth (Irl) 71 71 72 74, A Oldcorn (Sco) 74 72 74 68
289 R Drummond (Sco) 72 69 73 75
290 S Cipa (Eng) 73 74 72 71, C Mason (Eng) 73 72 75 70
291 B Smit (Rsa) 74 71 71 75
292 J Harrison (Eng) 73 71 75 73, J Bruner (USA) 73 74 70 75, G Ryall (Eng) 74 74 73 71, S Lyle (Sco) 74 72 74 72, I Woosnam (Wal) 73 70 73 76, D Cambridge (Jam) 70 73 78 71, B Cameron (Eng) 75 73 74 70
293 N Job (Eng) 73 71 76 73, D Merriman (Aus) 74 74 73 72, M Harwood (Aus) 72 71 71 79, P Fowler (Aus) 79 70 75 69, L Carbonetti (Arg) 70 73 71 79
294 M Belsham (Eng) 77 70 75 72
295 T Allen (Eng) 74 75 73 73, P Mitchell (Eng) 74 75 74 72, K Tomori (Jpn) 71 74 73 77, T Johnstone (Zim) 74 75 72 74
296 S Torrance (Sco) 72 71 77 76, G Banister (Aus) 71 76 75 74, J Stuart (USA) 72 73 81 70, J Quiros (Spa) 75 75 74 72, N Ratcliffe (Aus) 72 75 74 75
297 B Ruangkit (Tha) 79 71 73 74, G Brand (Eng) 80 70 74 73, S Owen (Nzl) 71 74 76 76, A Fernandez (Chi) 80 70 74 73
298 P Smith (Sco) 73 70 76 79, E Rodriguez (Spa) 73 73 77 75
299 S Van Vuuren (Rsa) 73 76 73 77, P O'Hagan (Irl) 75 75 74 75, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 78 72 73 76, B Boyd (USA) 73 77 75 74
300 A J Webster (Sco) 72 75 79 74, H Carbonetti (Arg) 79 71 77 73, M Williams (Zim) 78 72 76 74, G Ralph (Eng) 70 74 78 78
301 P Oakley (USA) 77 72 75 77, A Sowa (Arg) 76 74 76 75, J Benda (USA) 82 68 77 74, S Bennett (Eng) 72 77 74 78
302 D Johnson (USA) 75 74 81 72
303 F Mann (Sco) 75 75 72 81, P Allan (Eng) 73 73 79 78, S Wood (Eng) 71 75 85 72, M Lord (Eng) 77 72 75 79
304 K Spurgeon (Eng) 76 74 77 77, J Rhodes (Eng) 77 73 78 76, R Masters (Eng) 75 74 76 79, D Padgett (Eng) 77 73 77 77
307 A Murray (Eng) 76 72 77 82

BEATTIE RETAINS HANDS

ACROSS THE SEA TROPHY

Caledonian's Matthew Beattie followed in the footsteps of clubmate Alex Cruickshank and other well-known names from the golfing past, such as Harry Bannerman and Sandy Pirie, when he won the Hands Across the Sea Trophy boys' tournament at the Kings Links today.
Chris Lamb (Newmachar) set the clubhouse target of 68 early in the day and it stood unchallenged until Beattie, in the last group out, eagled the 15th and got the birdie 2 he needed at the short 18th to equal Beattie's score and retain the prestigious trophy by virtue of having the better inward half.
Beattie, pictured by David Grieve with the trophy, and Lamb finished eight shots clear of Chris Dunbar (Caledonian), third with a 76.
Ellon were the winners in both sections of the Stirton Trophy. Bon-Accord made a clean sweep of the 0-14 section.
Leading scores:
SCRATCH
68 M Beattie (Caledonian) better inward half, C Lamb (Newmachar).
76 C Dunbar (Caledonian).
HANDICAP
0-14 Section - C Murphy (Bon Accord) (14) 59; A Ross (Bon Accord) (12) 65; D Henderson (Bon Accord) (10) 68 (bih).
15-28 Section - N Tough (Newmachar) (17) 65; R Macvanish (Northern) (18) 66; A Paige (Bon Accord) (28)  68 (bih).
CROMBIE TROPHY (two rounds at six-hole lay-out)
Scratch - G Pirie (McDonald Ellon) 52; J Bell (Royal Aberdeen) (bih), R Cooper (Peterculter) 57.
Handicap - G.Morrison (Northern) (17) 36; L Carnegie (Caledonian) (20) (bih), J Elphinstone (Caledonian) (28)  39.
STIRTON TEAM TROPHY
Class 1 - McDonald Ellon (O Burton, E nMcIntosh, F Thomson, B Fraser) 230
Class 2 - McDonald Ellon (C Pirie, T Blakely, S Roger, B Whyte) 179.

EUROPEAN TOUR REPORT, SCORES

It's a gift for Horsey as Dredge, Larrabazal blow it

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Englishman David Horsey pulled off the unlikeliest of maiden European Tour victories - in Germany of all places - when he came from five behind to lift the BMW International Open.
Welshman Bradley Dredge and Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal both double-bogeyed the 16th when leading, but 25-year-old Horsey birdied the same hole and then added another on the par-5 last for a one-shot win over compatriot Ross Fisher, who eagled the par-5 18th.
A team-mate of Rory McIlroy in the 2007 Walker Cup, Stockport's Horsey took the £279,334 first prize with a bogey-free closing 67 for an 18 under par total of 270.
With Fisher finishing as he did, Dredge, Larrazabal and Alex Cejka had to settle for a share of third place with another Englishman, Kenneth Ferrie, and another Spaniard, Rafael Cabrera-Bello.
Dredge had led from the opening day and had only one bogey in his first 63 holes, but it all started to go wrong for him - and his hopes of climbing into contention for a Ryder Cup debut on home soil in October - when he three-putted the 10th.
He did the same on the short 12th, missing from under 12 feet, and Larrazabal, who had eagled the 11th, took over at the top with a birdie on the 15th.
First the Barcelona player pitched into the edge of the lake, splashed out over the green and duffed a chip - as he did on the 17th to drop another shot.
Then Dredge, suddenly back in front, made a total hash of his pitch to the 16th as well. He was lucky to avoid the water, but also went over the green and his chip back almost ran into the hazard.
His six left him needing an albatross on the last to tie. Argentina's Rafa Echenique got one on the hole last year, but the best Dredge could do was birdie.
Horsey, winner of the "second division" Challenge Tour in his first full season as a professional, said: "It's unbelievable and it's not sunk in yet."
FINAL TOTALS (Par 288: 4x72)
HORSEY David (ENG) 69 67 67 67 270 €333,3302)
FISHER Ross (ENG) 69 66 66 70 271  (€222,2203)
CABRERA-BELLO Rafael (ESP) 71 67 66 68 272  (€88,0003)
CEJKA Alex (GER) 71 67 67 67 272 (€88,0003)
DREDGE Bradley (WAL) 64 67 67 74 272  (€88,0003)
FERRIE Kenneth (ENG) 67 67 70 68 272  (€88,0003)
LARRAZÁBAL Pablo (ESP) 66 66 72 68 272 (€88,0008)
SCHWARTZEL Charl (RSA) 67 69 68 69 273  (€50,0009)
CAÑIZARES Alejandro (ESP) 71 67 67 69 274 (€42,4009)
THORNTON Simon (IRE)  67 67 67 73 274 (€42,4009)
DRYSDALE David (SCO) 68 71 68 68 275  (€31,933)
FISHER Oliver (ENG) 68 72 69 66 275 (€31,93311).
LUITEN Joost (NED) 69 72 69 65 275 (€31,93311)
SINGH Jeev Milkha (IND) 70 71 69 65 275  (€31,933)
WARING Paul  (ENG) 70 67 67 71 275 (€31,933)
WHITEFORD Peter (SCO) 64 69 70 72 275 (€31,933)
LAWRIE Paul (SCO) 69 65 68 74  276 (€25,400)
LAWRIE Peter (IRE) 66 73 68 69 276  (€25,4001)
LOWRY Shane (IRE) 74 66 68 68 276  (€25,400)
ZANOTTI Fabrizio PAR 71 70 66 69 276 (€25,400)
BOURDY Grégory FRA 67 71 72 67 277 (€20,800)
JAIDEE Thongchai THA 68 71 69 69 277 (€20,800)
JONZON Michael (SWE) 69 66 73 69 277 (€20,800)
KAYMER Martin (GER) 71 68 69 69 277 (€20,800)
KHAN Simon (ENG) 69 70 71 67 277 (€20,800)
KJELDSEN Søren (DEN) 70 68 70 69 277 (€20,800)
LAFEBER Maarten (NED) 71 68 71 67 277 (€20,80)
LEE Danny  (NZL)70 70 65 72 277  (€20,800)
RUIZ Marco (PAR) 72 68 70 67 277  (€20,800)
BRIER Markus (AUT) 67 67 70 74 278 (€16,33330
GALLACHER Stephen (SCO) 77 63 72 66 278 € 16,333
HANSEN Anders  (DEN) 68 71 68 71 278 (€16,333
HUTSBY Sam ENG 71 70 68 69 278  (€16,333)
PRICE Phillip WAL 65 72 69 72 278 (€16,333)
WILLETT Danny ENG 71 70 67 70 278 (€16,333)
CÉVAËR Christian FRA 67 70 72 70 279 (€12,800)
DRUMMOND Scott SCO 69 69 71 70 279 (€12,800
ELSON Jamie ENG 68 69 67 75 279 (€12,800)
GARRIDO Ignacio ESP 67 66 70 76 279 (€12,800)
HULDAHL Jeppe DEN 65 76 71 67 279 (€12,800)
JACQUELIN Raphaël FRA 70 71 65 73 279 (€12,800)
MONTGOMERIE Colin SCO 70 68 72 69 279  (€12,800)
NIRAT Chapchai THA 65 69 72 73 279 (€ 12,800
PARRY John ENG 73 67 71 68 279 (€12,80036
STORM Graeme ENG 68 71 70 70 279    (E12,80046
FERNANDEZ-CASTAÑO Gonzalo ESP 70 68 70 72 280  (€10,200)
OHLSSON Fredrik SWE 74 66 71 69 280  (€10,20046
RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 71 66 70 73 280 (€10,200)
CANETE Ariel ARG 65 69 74 73 281 (€8,400)
CARRANZA Clodomiro ARG 71 67 70 73 281 (€8,400)
GOYA Tano ARG 74 67 68 72 281 (€ 8,400)
JIMÉNEZ Miguel Angel ESP 71 70 68 72 281  (€8,400)
O'HARA Steven SCO 72 69 73 67 281  (€8,400)
WEBSTER Steve ENG 71 68 72 70 281 (€8,400)
COLTART Andrew SCO 71 70 70 71 282 (€ 6,200)
FASTH Niclas SWE72 67 69 74 282 (€6,200)
HEBERT Benjamin FRA 70 71 72 69 282 (€6,200
JEPPESEN Steven SWE 69 72 75 66 282 (€6,200).
MANASSERO Matteo ITA 72 68 70 72 282 (€6,200
SJÖLAND Patrik SWE 71 69 72 70 282 (€ 6,200).
COLSAERTS Nicolas BEL 69 71 68 75 283 (€ 4,900)
FINCH Richard ENG 69 67 70 77 283 (€ 4,900)
FOSTER Mark ENG 70 71 73 69 283 (€ 4,900)
LANGER Bernhard GER 70 69 72 72 283 (€4,900)
QUIROS Alvaro ESP 68 67 72 76 283 (€4,900)
SIEM Marcel GER69 71 72 71 283 (€4,900)
COLES Robert ENG 69 7170 74 284 (€3,730)
FRASER Marcus AUS 71 69 72 72 28 (€3,730)
KAPUR Shiv IND 71 68 72 73 284 (€3,730)
KULACZ Rick (AUS) 70 71 72 71 284 (€3,730)
LEVET Thomas FRA 69 69 71 75 284 (€3,730)
LUCQUIN Jean-François (FRA) 71 68 69 77 285 (€2,997
O'MALLEY Peter AUS 68 71 73 74 286 (€2,994)
CASEY Paul ENG 68 70 74 75 287  (€2,991)
BROADHURST Paul ENG 73 68 75 72 288 (€2,986)

Jaffrey Cup finalists John Duff (Newmachar), left, and Clark Brechin with North-east District president Ron Menzies. Image supplied by Paul Gallagher.

Clark Brechin wins Jaffrey Cup match-play title

Portlethen's Clark Brechin won the North-east District's match-play golf title at Turriff today - and then, in his winner's speech, dedicated the victory to his brother Greg who was killed in a recent car accident.
The Jaffrey Cup features the four players with the best two-round stroke-play totals in the previous day's Journal Cup tournament.
Brechin was the top seed with rounds of 70 and 67 for 137.
Anthony Bews (Murcar Links) had a pair of 69s for 138.
John Duff (Newmachar) qualified in third place with 71 and 69 for 140.
Ross Young (Nigg Bay) completed the quartet with 74 and 67 for 141.
In the semi-finals, Bechin beat Young by 3 and 2 while Duff beat Bews 2 and 1.
Duff looked odds-on the title winner when he was one up with two to play in the final, but he missed two putts from under 3ft to lose both the 17th and the 18th, giving Brechin a one-hole victory.

Semi-finals
Clark Brechin (Portlethen) bt Ross Young (Nigg Bay) 3 and 2
John Duff (Newmachar) bt Anthony Bews (Murcar Links) 2 and 1.

Final
Brechin bt Duff 1 hole.



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MURCAR LINKS WIN JOURNAL CUP

Murcar Links with the North-east District team championship for the Journal Cup at Turriff on Saturday with a total of 432.
Runners-up on 434 were host club Turriff and Fraserburgh.
TOTALS:
432 - Murcar
437 - Fraserburgh, Turriff
451 - McDonald, MeldrumHouse
452 - Newmachar, Nigg Bay
453 - Portlethen
456 - Auchmill
458 - caledonian
461 - Inverallochy
462 - Peterculter
463 - Hazlehead, Deeside
464 - Royal Aberdeen
467 - Kintore
469 - Bon Accord
472 - Peterhead, Northern.


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