Justin Rose leads by four shots on US Tour

FROM THE BBCSPORTS.COM WEBSITE
Justin Rose opened up a four-shot lead after the third round of the AT and T National in Pennsylvania.
The Englishman, who squandered a three-stroke final-round lead at last week's Travelers Championships, fired a 67 for a 10-under total of 200.
Sweden's Carl Pettersson shot a round-of-the-day 65 and South Korean Charlie Wi went around in 70 to tie for second.
Tiger Woods recovered from bogeys on his first two holes to hit his second successive 70 to lie 13 off the pace.
Woods has been struggling to find his form since returning to competitive action following revelations about his private life at the end of 2009.
And the 34-year-old did well to avoid an embarrassing score after countering bogeys - at one, two, six and 15 - with four birdies.
Rose, whose second-round 64 had given him a one-shot overnight lead, will be hoping to avoid a repeat of his last-day jitters at the Travelers in Connecticut.
The 29-year-old had three bogeys and one double bogey on his back nine there to eventually finish three strokes off a play-off, which was eventually won by Bubba Watson.
Rose will be aiming to pick up his second US PGA Tour title after breaking his US duck with victory at the Memorial earlier this month.
LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 210 (3x70).
200 Justin Rose  69 64 67 200
204 Carl Pettersson  67 72 65, Charlie Wi 69 65 70.
205 Jeff Overton 68 68 69.
206 Ryan Moore 67 70 69, Jason Day 66 68 72.
207 Nick Watney 66 71 70, Bo Van Pelt 69 68 70.
208 John Merrick 72 70 66, Marc Leishman 71 70 67, Vijay Singh 71 70 67, Jonathan Byrd 70 70 68, Jim Furyk 69 70 69, Steve Marino 68 71 69, Bryce Molder 69 70 68, Brian Gay 67 70 71, J B Holmes 70 67 71, Kris Blanks 69 68 71, Robert Allenby 70 67 71.
209 Stuart Allenby 71 69 69, Nathan Green 71 69 69, Sean O'Hair 71 68 70, Billy Mayfair 68 71 70, Arjun Atwal 66 72 71, John Mallinger 67 70 72.
210 Webb Simpson 72 70 68, Chris DiMarco 72 70 68, Brandt Snedeker 71 70 69, Jimmy walker 71 69 70, Aaron Baddeley 69 70 71, Lucas Glover 71 68 71, Ted Purdy 69 70 71.
211 Steve Elkington 73 70 68, Ricky Barnes 70 72 69, Michael Letzig 67 74 70, Vaughn Taylor 70 71 70, George McNeill 71 69 71, Daniel Chopra 69  70 72, Joe Ogilvie 66 72 73, Charley Hoffman 69 67 75.
212 Chris Stroud 71 71 70, Derek Lamely 69 72 71, Bob Estes 68 73 71, Nicholas Thompson 72 67 73, Graham DeLaet 70 69 73, Ryuji Imada 68 70 74.
213 D A Points 74 69 70, Tiger Woods 73 70 70, Richard S Johnson 72 70 71, Brfendon de jonge 70 72 71, Briny Baird 70 72 71, Tim Petrovic 72 69 72, Brett Quigley 67 73 73, Garrett Willis 71 69 73.

LANARKSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION

COUNTY STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

BOTHWELL CASTLE GOLF CLUB - SUNDAY 11TH JULY 2010

Competitors must report to the Recorder at least 10 mins prior to starting time.

1. 8.00-12.30 G.NISBET   K.LOUGHRIE   P.NORRIS
Strathaven Cambuslang Hamilton
2. 8.07-12.37 R.SCOTT   P.FOY   R.MACLEAN
Strathaven Cambuslang Hamilton
3. 8.15-12.45 A.RITCHIE S.GILLESPIE A.McEWAN
Strathaven Cambuslang Hamilton
4. 8.22-12.52 J.WHITELAW J.J.SMITH E.MOIR
Mouse Valley Cambuslang Hamilton
5. 8.30-1.00 M.DUBBER A.LUNNY M.MOIR
Bothwell Castle Strathclyde Park Hamilton
6. 8.37-1.07 C.FASKIN D.FEARON S.DOUGLAS
Bothwell Castle Colville Park Drumpellier
7. 8.45-1.15 I.WILLIAMSON S.BRYSON G.CROSS
Bothwell Castle Drumpellier Kirkhill
8. 8.52-1.22 D.HADDOW M.HORN C.DUGUID
Bothwell Castle Torrance House Strathaven
9. 9.00-1.30 E.WOOD A.FAIRBAIRN S.HENDERSON
Crow Wood Kirkhill Hamilton
10. 9.07-1.37 M.BRODIE P.O’NEIL R.MULDOON
Crow Wood East Kilbride Bothwell Castle
11. 9.15-1.45 A.McDONALD D.LOUDON G.ROBERTSON
Crow Wood Hamilton Bothwell Castle
12. 9.22-1.52 R.BARNES K.NISBET B.WHARTON
Crow Wood Strathaven Kirkhill
13. 9.30-2.00 R.JENKINS R.HINSHELWOOD W.BRYSON
Crow Wood East Kilbride Drumpellier
14. 9.37-2.07 L.GRINDROD D.FORD D.DOOEY
Crow Wood Airdrie Colville Park
15. 9.45-2.15 G.ROBERTSON J.RUIZ S.WILLS
Airdrie Drumpellier Lanark
16. 9.52-2.22 C.GIBSON J.REID A.STEVEN
Hamilton Drumpellier Easter Moffat
17. 10.00-2.30 A.GRAHAM M.O’DONNELL G.GOSLING
Crow Wood Hamilton Bothwell Castle
18. 10.07-2.37 M.McAULEY J.GALLAGHER
Easter Moffat Crow Wood

19. 10.15-2.45

20. 10.22-2.52

21. 10.30-3.00 A.READ
Bothwell Castle

22. 10.37-3.07

23. 10.45-3.15

24. 10.52-3.22

25. 11.00-3.30

26. 11.07-3.37

27. 11.15-3.45 J.MAIN
Airdrie

Matthew Cryer wins Alps Tour event by seven strokes


FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Englishman Matthew Cryer made almost all the running to win the Alps Tour's Haugschlag NÖ-Open in Austria with a closing 66 for a 24-under-par total and a seven-stroke winning margin fromand a huge advantage Jann Schmid of Switzerland.
Schmid shot 64, best score of the final day. Czech amateur Tim Gornik tied for third place with Englishman Jason Palmer.
Cryer confessed his day was strange to deal with :
“I had to play nice golf. It was such a strange situation to be comfortably leading. I decided to stay focused and do what I did the previous days. You can be defensive but it was not my choice.
"Now I am in the top six of the Alps Tour order of merit and the goal is to keep that ranking until the tournament in Belgium to avoid the first stage of European Tour Qualifying school.”
Scot Gavin Dear just went out of the top six as Cryer entered. The next three tournaments are going to be very interesting. Nest event is taking place in Madrid next week from Thurday to Saturday (July 8 to 10).
Agathe Séron
LEADING TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72). Prize money in Euros.
192 Matthew Cryer (England) 62 64 66 (6,525).
199 Jann Schmid (Switzerland) 69 66 64 (4,432).
200 Tim Gornik (Slovenia) (amateur) 69 64 67, Jason Palmer (England) 78 64 68 (2,880).
201 Diego Suazo Gonzalez (Spain) 69 66 66 (2,385).
202 Jason Barnes (England) 64 71 67 (2,160).
203 Gregor Slabe (Slovenia) 70 68 65, Jean Relecom (Belgium) 68 68 66.
204 Alan Bihan (France) 70 66 68, Philipp Genev (Germany) 709 6569, Jason Kelly (England) 69 65 70.
205 Adam Hodkinson (England) 69 68 68 (999).
Selected totals:
206 Sam Robinson (England) 70 69 67 (jt 20th) (669.75)
208 Farren Keenan (England) 72 69 67 (669.75).
215 Gavin Dear (Scotland) 74 65 76 (jt 40th) (454.50)
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ALPS TOUR ORDER OF MERIT
1 Matteo del Podeo 27,295.
2 Alan Bihan 26,900.
3 Jason Palmer 24,649.
4 Juan Antonio Bragulat 22,655
5 Matthew Cryer 17,690
6 Carlos Balmedsda 16,705.
7 Gavin Dear 12,554.

HARKINS LEADS CAMERON

 CORBETT VASE FIELD AT

HALFWAY AT HAGGS CASTLE

Chris Harkins (Ayr Belleisle), pictured right by courtesy of the Ayrshire golf website, was the halfway leader in the Cameron Corbett Vase 72-hole SGU Order of Merit tournament at Haggs Castle today.
Harkins, a winner this season of the Hillhouse Cup at Royal Troon and leading Scot at halfway in the recent Scottish open amateur stroke-play at Glasgow Gailes (he finished joint 20th), had rounds of 72 and 69 for a two-round tally of three-under-par 141 – five under the combined CSS of 73 both sessions.
First-round leader Paul Ferrier (Baberton), a former Scottish boys champion who is a student at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, fell back after setting the pace with a 68. He followed that with a 75 for 143.
Harkins’ nearest challengers on 142 at Paul Shields (Kirkhill), twice beaten in the Scottish boys; final, Scott Crichton (Aberdour), who has done well on the US college circuit, James White (Lundin), a past Scottish boys champion and now a student at Stirling University) and Jamie MacKay (Kilmarnock Barassie).
The cut fell at six-over-par 150 and among the surprise eliminators were Craig Hamilton, recent winner of the Scottish mid-amateur title, and the man he beat in that final, former British amateur champion Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire).
Peter Latimer (St Andrews New), winner of last week's East of Scotland Open, was another surprise failure. He had rounds of 75 and 79 for 154.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 73 73
QUALIFIERS
141 Chris Harkins (Ayr Belleisle) 72 69.
142 Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 73 69, Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 70 72, James White (Lundin) 69 73, Jamie MacKay (Kilmarnock Barassie) 69 73.
143 Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) 76 67, Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn) 74 69, Michael Daily (Erskine) 72 71, Hao Sheng Hsu (Haddington) 71 72, Paul Ferrier (Baberton) 68 75.
144 Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 75 69, Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe) 73 71, Ed Wood (Crow Wood) 72 72, Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen) 71 73.
145 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 76 69, John Mathers (Haggs Castle) 74 71, Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 72 73, Greg Nicolson (Mortonhall) 72 73.
146 Thomas Sharkey (Helensburgh) 77 69, Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) 75 71, Ross Bell (Downfield) 75 71, Connor O’Neil (Pollok) 71 75, Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 69 77.
147 Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 76 71, Malcolm Campbell (Swanston New) 75 72, Sean McGarvey (Glencorse) 73 74, Mchael Main (Thornton) 72 75.
148 Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 78 70, Steven Maxwell (Windyhill) 76 72, Paul Gault (Westerwood) 75 73, Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 74 74, Brian Soutar (Leven GS) 71 77.
149 Michael Campbell (Renfrew) 75 74, Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 74 75, Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 72 77, Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 69 80.
150 Paul Alexander (Caldwell) 77 73, Kristofer Haprer (Carnoustie) 77 73, James Ross (Royal Burgess) 77 73, Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 76 74, Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyton) 76 74, Steven McEwan (Caprington) 75 75, Andrew Campbell (Dumbarton) 74 76, Chris Kneen (Rowany).
MISSED THE CUT (150 or better).
151 Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 78 73, Scott Moffat (Alloa) 77 74, Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 75 76, Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle) 74 77, Craig Hamilton (Omanu) 74 77.
152 Jonathan Corke (Rowany) 76 76, Alex Main (Thornton) 76 76.
153 Jamie Savage (Cawder) 79 74, Jordan Grant (Renfrew) 77 76, Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 76 77, Matt Dowling (Green Acres) 76 77, James Hendrick (Pollok) 74 79.
154 Joshua Seale (South Africa) 79 75, Paul Betty (Hayston) 78 76, Robert Carson (Dalmahoy) 78 76, Richard Docherty (Bearsden) 76 78, Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) 767 78, John Duff (Newmachar) 76 78, Peter Latimer (St Andrews New) 75 79.
155 Alan Welsh (Torrance House0 78 77, Ian Redford (St Andrews New) 78 77, Daniel Kay (Dunbar) 78 77, Graemne Gimson (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 77 78, Andrew Weir (Montrose Mercantile) 75 80.
156 Mark Collin (Eyemouth) 81 75, Bobby Rushford (Grangemouth) 79 77.
158 Scott Carmichael (Baberton) 82 76, Michael Buchan (Cruden Bay) 81 77, Nicky Gold (Bonnyton) 76 82.
160 Ross Crowe (Westerhope) 85 75.
161 Fraser Campbell (Milngavie) 82 79.
164 Allan McKie (Glencruiten) 83 81.
177 Damian Nortje (South Africa0 91 86.
NR Grant Carnie (Newburgh on Ythan) 74 NR.
NR Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 78 NR..

Tartan Tour Scoreboard

HAYSTON GOLF CLUB PRO-AM
PRO TOTALS
Par 70
64 Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), Colin Gillies (Braid Hills) (£977.82 each).
66 Ian Graham (Crow Wood (£651.35).
68 Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre) (£488.50).
69 Russell Smith (Gleneagles Hotel), Ian Taylor (Drumpellier) (£358.34 each).
70 Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), Craig Ronald (Carluke), Chris Kelly (Cawder), Scott Henderson (Kings Links) (£214.94 each).
71 Ewan Peebles (Half Moon GC), Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Mark King (Kingsfield), Stephen Gray (Hayston), Alan Purdie (Kingsbarns), David Orr (Eastwood) (£124.84 each).
72 David Park (Wishaw), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Graham Fox (East Kilbride), Alan Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy), Craig Lee (Aspire), Gordon Law (Uphall), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) (£61.17 each).
73 Jamie Stevenson (Braehead), Garry Forrester (St Andrews Golf School), Chris Doak (unatt), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) (£53.76 each).
74 David Patrick (Elie), Anthony Mackrell (Playsport Golf) (£53.76 each).
75 Samuel Cairns (Colville Park), Campbell Eliott (Haggs Castle), Peter Kerr (Hayston), Alastair MacKenzie (Duddingston) (£53.76 each).
76 Scott Cleland (Coatbridge DR), Andrew MacPherson (Greenock Whinhill), Vincent Brown (Westerwood) (£53.76 each).
77 Heather MacRae (Gullane0, Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park) (£53.76 each).
79 Stuart Bayne (Archerfield) (£53.76).
80 Paul Brookes (Pitreavie) (£57.37).
TEAM EVENT
51 Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) (£130.27).
55 Craig Ronald (Carluke) (£130.27).
56 Mark King (Kingsfield) (£130.27).
57 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) (£130.27).

English men's mid-amateur championship for the Logan Trophy
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Leading 45 and ties to qualify for third and final round
Par 140 (2x70)
1st Jamie Miller Fulford Golf Club 72 71 143
1st Andrew Wiltshire Pontefract and District 71 72 143
3rd Roger Roper Leeds Golf Centre 71 73 144
3rd Rodrigo Lacerda Soares (Frances)71 73 144 
3rd Stephen East Moortown  70 74 144 
6th Richard Sadler Moseley  73 73 146
6th D Holmes Langley Park  72 74 146
6th Mark Wharton John O'Gaunt 71 75 146
9th John Longcake Silloth on Solway  77 70 147
9th Paul Dolton Frilford Heath  75 72 147
9th Nigel L Chesters Hawkstone Park  74 73 147
9th Robert Bardsley Denton  73 74 147 
9th Paul Telfer Stoneham  72 75 147 
9th David Morris Collingtree Park 68 79 147
15th C A Banks Stanton-on-the-Wolds  74 74 148
15th Stephen Brennan Wheatley  74 74 148
15th Andrew Inglis Sunningdale Artisans 71 77 148
18th Jonathan Hems Kings Norton  76 73 149
18th James Crampton Spalding  76 73 149
18th Ewen Wilson Porters Park 76 73 149 
18th Christopher Audin Tiverton 75 74 149
18th Martin Young Brokenhurst Manor 75 74 149 
18th Scott Ritchie New Zealand 74 75 149
18th Mark Nolan Hallowes 74 75 149
18th John Kemp John O'Gaunt  71 78 149
26th Christopher Aukett Crondon Park 76 74 150 
26th S M Santon Moortown  74 76 150 
28th R A Latham Woodhall Spa  78 73 151
28th Mark Sheridan Greystones, Ireland 78 73 151 
28th Anthony Wain Sherwood Forest  76 75 151 
28th David Brown Sherwood Forest  76 75 151 
28th C Gray Pannal 75 76 151
28th Graham Forrest Northumberland  74 77 151 
28th Bruce Hilsdon Littlestone 72 79 151
35th Mark Bentley Ganton  77 75 152 
35th Robert Treweek Moortown  76 76 152
35th Ben Bainbridge Sherwood Forest 76 76 152 
35th Nicholas Jelley Cosby  76 76 152 
35th Phil Sewell Castle Royle 75 77 152
35th Kevin Reilly Southport and Ainsdale 73 79 152 
35th Simon Stephens Moortown 73 79 152
35th Nicky Bell Carlisle 73 79 152
43rd Steve Sansome Birstall 80 73 153 
43rd S Needham Sickleholme 79 74 153
43rd Christopher Lowe Tadmarton Heath 78 75 153 
43rd S Hallam Tadmarton Heath  77 76 153
43rd Danny Curtis Knole Park 76 77 153 
43rd Ian Clarke Sickleholme 76 77 153
43rd Gareth Bradley Bramhall 75 78 153
PROJECTED CUT MARK
50th Bruce Mcquade Royal Norwich 80 74 154 
50th Phil Meadows Betchworth Park 78 76 154 
50th Paul Garey Kings Norton  76 78 154
53rd James Bainbridge Sherwood Forest  82 73 155
53rd Alexander Stewart Berkhamsted  80 75 155
53rd Graham Mclean Meltham77 78 155
53rd Simon Toplis College Pines 76 79 155
53rd Michael Wharton-Palmer USA 76 79 155 
53rd Stephen Creed Maxstoke Park  75 80 155
59th Jean-Charles Gouvernaire (France) 77 79 156 
59th Tim Gilbert Knole Park  77 79 156
59th Geoff Ascroft The Shropshire  77 79 156
62nd David Hayns Gog Magog  80 77 157
62nd Ian Kearney West Lancashire  80 77 157 
62nd Neil Willson John O'Gaunt  80 77 157 
62nd A D Carman Coventry  80 77 157
62nd Scott Ledbury Sandwell Park  78 79 157 
62nd Tim Seaton Grimsby  77 80 157
62nd R Heyes Girton  75 82 157
62nd Paul Burr South Beds  74 83 157 
70th Phillip Dyke Bromsgrove  80 78 158 
70th David Westwood Handsworth 76 82 158
70th Paul Williams Hillside  75 83 158
70th Karl Smith Handsworth 75 83 158 
74th Jason Saunders Windlesham  84 75 159
74th Andrew Oates Kedleston Park  82 77 159 
74th Paul Dodd Mill Hill 82 77 159
74th Derek Mcjannet Coxmoor  82 77 159 
74th Adrian Firman Peterborough Milton 81 78 159 
74th Tony Lord Northamptonshire  81 78 159 
74th Paul Griffiths Sandwell Park  80 79 159
81st Neil Connolly Northamptonshire County Golf Club 83 77 160 +20
81st N Fosker Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club 80 80 160 +20
81st Robert Godley Hillside Golf Club 80 80 160 +20
81st John Pugh Moseley Golf Club 79 81 160 +20
81st Graham Ruth Tavistock Golf Club 78 82 160 +20
81st Glyn Hughes Church Stretton Golf Club 77 83 160 +20
81st Tim Harvey Bridgnorth Golf Club 77 83 160 +20
81st Karl Bowker Harwood Golf Club 76 84 160 +20
89th Stephen Dines Lincoln Golf Club 85 76 161 +21
89th Dylan Rees Ashburnham Golf Club 82 79 161 +21
89th David Marshall Worcestershire Golf Club 81 80 161 +21
92nd David Richardson Sherwood Forest Golf Club 84 78 162 +22
92nd Mark Wootten Willingdon Golf Club 82 80 162 +22
92nd Andy Theo Willingdon Golf Club 80 82 162 +22
92nd S Johnson Morpeth Golf Club 76 86 162 +22
96th Jez Binch Teignmouth Golf Club 86 77 163 +23
96th James Brosnan Sundridge Park Golf Club 84 79 163 +23
96th Steve Yorke Shirehampton Park Golf Club 82 81 163 +23
96th Glenn Sherwood Castle Royle Golf & Country Club 82 81 163 +23
96th Roger Butler Wellingborough Golf Club 81 82 163 +23
101st Laurence D Hopper Stoneham Golf Club 85 79 164 +24
101st R B Smithies Manchester Golf Club 82 82 164 +24
101st Mark Franklin Whitehaven Golf Club 81 83 164 +24
101st M S Caister Kedleston Park Golf Club 81 83 164 +24
101st Phil Taylor Bridgnorth Golf Club 79 85 164 +24
106th Alan Mcbride Bedlingtonshire Golf Club 84 81 165 +25
106th Colin Johnson Hainault Forest Golf Club 83 82 165 +25
106th Davie Bolton Goring & Streatley Golf Club 83 82 165 +25
106th Chris Dixon The Shire London Golf Club 82 83 165 +25
106th Andy Savage Ipswich Golf Club 81 84 165 +25
111th A David Lawrence Wheatley Golf Club 82 84 166 +26
112th Kevin Smale Purley Downs Golf Club 82 85 167 +27
112th Neil Meadows Ipswich Golf Club 82 85 167 +27
114th Craig Scott Hallamshire Golf Club 83 85 168 +28
114th Paul Mcgarry Bridgnorth Golf Club 81 87 168 +28
114th Marek Sulc Czech Republic 80 88 168 +28
117th Mark Stanton Chipping Norton Golf Club 85 84 169 +29
118th Dion Keyser Blakes Golf Club 88 82 170 +30
119th Neil Stirling Harwood Golf Club 82 90 172 +32
120th Kevin Davies Sherwood Forest Golf Club 83 90 173 +33
121st Tim Christmas Chart Hills Golf Club 89 86 175 +35
122nd Neil Self Stand Golf Club 77 NR
123rd Lee Pargeter Fulford Golf Club 79 79 +9
124th Phillip Shurmer Worcestershire Golf Club 81 81 +11
125th J Kinnear Manchester Golf Club 82 82 +12
126th Martin Cooper Mitcham Golf Club 84 84 +14
127th Stefan Priest Hallowes Golf Club NR
128th Paul Maunder West Middlesex Golf Club NR
129th Dan Dring Sundridge Park Golf Club DQ DQ DQ
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Canizares crashes, Kaymer is left in the lead

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Martin Kaymer goes into the final round with a one shot lead at the Alstom Open de France.
Spaniard Alejandro Cañizares had looked set to maintain his overnight advantage, but went into the water twice on the last three holes and saw his three stroke lead disappear.
One of the most dramatic finishing stretches in European golf - which could be the venue for The 2018 Ryder Cup - claimed yet another victim and left defending champion Kaymer in front with a round to go.
First Cañizares, whose father José Maria was a Ryder Cup hero at The Belfry in 1989, pushed his tee shot to Le Golf National's short 16th into the lake.
Then, one ahead after a double bogey there, he failed to make the carry with his approach to the 470yd 18th.
Dropping two more strokes there gave Cañizares a two over par 73 and on eight under he now shares second place with England's Steve Webster, one behind Kaymer.
The German, who last year won the Alstom Open de France and Barclays Scottish Open back-to-back, needed only a level par 71 to take over at the top, while Webster shot 70 on a day when the morning's play was washed out.
Kaymer, delighted with his position, said of Cañizares finishing as he did: "It was obviously a little bit tough to see. You want to play well to get into the lead and I didn't play well, to be honest. I hit a lot of bad iron shots, but I kept it together.
On the possibility of repeating his summer double last year he added: "Next week is one of my favourite courses, so why not?
"This is one of the biggest tournaments we have on The European Tour. To win it once is a big once, but to win it twice would be awesome."
Webster and Cañizares have something in addition to the title to fight for.
There is one Open Championship spot up for grabs. For Webster it would mean a return to St Andrews, where he finished ahead of Tiger Woods to be leading amateur in 1995, and for Cañizares it would be a first Major - after ten failed attempts to qualify for The Open Championship and US Open Championship.
Six players are tied for fourth on seven under and right back in it thanks to Cañizares falling back.
Webster believes a performance similar to his third round 70 could be enough.
He said: “Hopefully more of the same. I'm swinging the club well - just make a few putts and we'll take it from there.”
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
204 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 66 67 71
205 Steve Webster 69 66 70, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 66 66 73
206 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 63 71 72, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 69 68, Damien McGrane 68 71 67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 71 69 66, Luke Donald 70 69 67, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 67 69 70
207 Peter Hanson (Swe) 68 69 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 68 69 70
208 Richard Bland 73 68 67, Rory McIlroy 68 71 69, Danny Willett 72 67 69, Kenneth Ferrie 73 70 65, Graeme Storm 70 67 71
209 Adam Scott (Aus) 69 69 71, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 70 71, Rhys Davies 71 71 67, Mark Foster 76 63 70
210 Richard Finch 71 72 67, Oliver Wilson 68 71 71, Ian Poulter 72 67 71, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 72 66 72, Lee Westwood 70 69 71
211 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 73 68, Richie Ramsay 71 71 69, Anders Hansen (Den) 71 68 72, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 68 75 68, David Lynn 73 68 70, Romain Wattel (Fra) 74 67 70, Alastair Forsyth 71 68 72, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 69 68
212 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 71 70, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 70 70, Chris Wood 70 71 71, Marcel Siem (Ger) 67 75 70, Scott Strange (Aus) 67 74 71, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 73 70 69, Mark Brown (Nzl) 70 73 69, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 75 66 71, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 73 67 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 70 70, Michael Hoey 69 74 69, Bradley Dredge 74 69 69
213 Peter Whiteford 69 73 71, Gareth Maybin 74 69 70, Richard Green (Aus) 73 70 70, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 72 69 72, Peter Lawrie 71 67 75, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 70 69 74
214 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 73 72, Anthony Wall 74 68 72, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 68 73 73, James Kingston (Rsa) 71 72 71, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 68 73, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 72 71, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 69 75
215 Mark Tullo (Chi) 76 67 72, Paul Waring 71 71 73, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 74 68 73
216 Danny Lee (Nzl) 67 75 74, Stephen Dodd 72 70 74, Paul Lawrie 72 71 73, Phillip Price 72 71 73, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 66 76 74, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 71 69 76, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 74 69 73, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 72 75
217 Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 72 74, Robert Rock 67 71 79
218 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 69 71 78, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 71 75, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 70 73 75, Stephen Gallacher 73 70 75, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 75 68 75, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 75 68 75
220 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 69 73 78, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 70 72 78
221 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 70 78
222 Alexander Noren (Swe) 70 71 81

Mason's late slips gives the others a chance to catch Carl

England’s Carl Mason has a great chance to equal his compatriot Tommy Horton’s record of 23 wins on the European Senior Tour after maintaining his lead with a second round 67 at the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open today.
Mason has 22 titles to his name in a glittering Senior Tour career and knows what it takes to win at Golf Club Bad Ragaz in the Swiss Alps, having triumphed there in 2007 and 2008.
The 57 year old recently passed the €2million mark in Senior Tour career earnings and has a fabulous opportunity to complete a hat-trick of victories after posting birdies at the fourth, fifth, 13th, 15th and 16th. His lead could have been greater were it not for back-to-back bogeys at the 17th and 18th.
He leads fellow Englishman George Ryall, who shone with a seven under par 63, by one shot, while five players – including Boonchu Ruangkit who has won three times this season – are another shot back on seven under.
Mason insists he will not be thinking about Horton’s record in the final round. He said: “It’s not on my mind, no. Records and numbers come with the game whatever you do. I’m just going to try and win the tournament – that’s all I’m focusing on.
“It was a little disappointing to finish with two dropped shots today. I hit two awful tee shots and couldn’t make par. But the rest of the round was good. I had some good approach shots that went close, and when that happened I mostly holed the putts.
“So overall it was a good day and I’m looking forward to getting back out there tomorrow.”
Ryall’s 63 included four consecutive birdies from the 14th and he said: “I knocked a few putts in which was nice. I hit 18 greens yesterday but took 35 putts. Today I hit 17 greens but holed out much better.
“I needed to really because if you make pars on this course you sort of feel like you’re going backwards. There are lots of chances out there. I haven’t been scoring as well as I’d have liked recently but my game has felt in good shape.
“Being in this position is all a bit new to me but tomorrow will be a good experience and I’m looking forward to it. I’ll try and enjoy it, keep playing well and see how I deal with it.”
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70)
131 C Mason (Eng) 64 67,
132 G Ryall (Eng) 69 63,
133 J Harrison (Eng) 66 67, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 67 66, B Ruangkit (Tha) 65 68, J Rhodes (Eng) 67 66, J Bruner (USA) 67 66,
134 J Quiros (Esp) 67 67, D Merriman (Aus) 66 68, C Rocca (Ita) 68 66, A Franco (Par) 67 67,
135 M Harwood (Aus) 69 66, B Smit (RSA) 68 67, D Russell (Eng) 65 70, N Ratcliffe (Aus) 67 68, B Boyd (USA) 66 69, E Rodriguez (Esp) 69 66,
136 A Sowa (Arg) 66 70, M Cunning (USA) 68 68, J Heggarty (Nir) 71 65,
137 S Van Vuuren (RSA) 66 71, T Burgoyne (Sco) 69 68, J Gould (Eng) 69 68, B Longmuir (Sco) 72 65, C Grenier (Aut) 68 69, M Belsham (Eng) 66 71, N Job (Eng) 70 67,
138 I Mosey (Eng) 69 69, R Chapman (Eng) 69 69, D Johnson (USA) 72 66, H Carbonetti (Arg) 68 70, C Williams (RSA) 74 64, S Owen (Nzl) 66 72, J Chillas (Sco) 70 68,
139 L Carbonetti (Arg) 70 69, P Fowler (Aus) 67 72, T Giedeon (Ger) 68 71, K Spurgeon (Eng) 68 71, A Fernandez (Chi) 70 69, M Clayton (Aus) 69 70, J Bland (RSA) 69 70, G Ralph (Eng) 68 71, M Williams (Zim) 71 68, D Cambridge (Jam) 71 68, K Tomori (Jpn) 68 71,
140 S Cipa (Eng) 70 70, M Farry (Fra) 68 72, M Miller (Sco) 69 71, M Bembridge (Eng) 71 69, G Banister (Aus) 67 73,
141 S Bennett (Eng) 72 69, P Oakley (USA) 70 71, M Piñero (Esp) 71 70, G Cali (Ita) 69 72, B Cameron (Eng) 71 70,
142 A Johnsson (Swe) 72 70, G Brand (Eng) 73 69, T Charnley (Eng) 71 71,
143 F Mann (Sco) 74 69, M Poxon (Eng) 71 72, A Garrido (Esp) 71 72, G Towne (USA) 73 70, D Creamer (Eng) 74 69, B Charles (Nzl) 70 73,
144 J Hawkes (RSA) 75 69, V Garcia (Esp) 73 71, D Durnian (Eng) 76 68, T Allen (Eng) 74 70, J Hall (Eng) 72 72,
145 B Lincoln (RSA) 68 77, D Hospital (Esp) 73 72, H Schumacher (Sui) 73 72,
146 L Higgins (Irl) 72 74, M Gray (Sco) 72 74,
149 E Polland (Nir) 74 75,
151 T Gale (Aus) 78 73,
152 A Croce (Ita) 74 78,
157 V Krajewski (Sui) 81 76

European Challenge Tour report and scores

Olesen is Great Dane in Challenge Tour event

By SARAH GWYNN
European Challenge Tour Press Officer
Denmark’s Thorbjorn OIesen has a three-shot lead heading into the final round of The Princess tournament after carding a stunning, six under par 65 on day three at Båstad Golf Club, Sweden.
Olesen overhauled his rivals with three birdies on each nine to reach 13 under for the tournament, three in front of Swedes Oscar Floren, who carded a level par 71, and overnight leader Alexander Bjork, who could not match the form which yielded a 62 in the second round and had to settle for a 74. Another Swede, Peter Gustafsson, is in fourth place after a one under par 70.
Birdies at the third, fifth, eighth, tenth, 14th and 16th holes propelled Olesen into the lead and the runner-up in the Mugello Tuscany Open in May was delighted with his performance.
“It was fantastic, I played really well,” he said. “I didn’t make any mistakes which was the key. I holed some good putts and I was three under after nine which got me going. I played very steady. It was tough out there in this wind so I just had to concentrate on hitting the greens.
“I’ve played better every day here. I played badly in the pro-am on Wednesday but since then I’ve improved a lot and feel great now.
“Of course, there will be a few nerves tomorrow. But I’ve just got to stick to my game and keep doing the same thing in terms of preparing and staying focused. I’ve got to try and hit as many fairways as I can and I think that is the key because it’s tough if you go in the rough here – particularly with the new grooves and the greens becoming harder and harder each day.
“It would be lovely to have my first win here.”
Asked if he was surprised his rivals near the top of the leaderboard did not score lower today, Olesen replied: “No, not at all. It was really tough out there – very windy.”
Floren was disheartened with his score and blamed his out-of-sorts short game for not shooting lower.
“It’s very disappointing,” he said. “I played great but made some mistakes. I birdied the ninth, tenth and 11th to go three under for the day but I missed the green on the 12th – the first one I’d missed all day – and couldn’t get up and down.
“I just couldn’t get up and down when I missed the greens. On the 18th I hit a terrible tee shot but a good second, however, the same thing happened. My short game let me down again.
“Thorbjorn is a great player and has had some great results this year so I’m going to have my work cut out to catch him tomorrow. But three shots is do-able in golf and maybe it’s easier coming from behind – maybe there’s a little less pressure and expectation. If I hole some putts we’ll see.”
Bjork, 20, playing his first Challenge Tour event, said: “I found it a lot tougher today. My swing felt bad and all the things that felt great yesterday didn’t go well today.”
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
200 T Olesen (Den) 69 66 65,
203 A Bjork (Swe) 67 62 74, O Floren (Swe) 65 67 71,
204 P Gustafsson (Swe) 67 67 70,
205 B Wiesberger (Aut) 72 68 65,
206 J Dantorp (Swe) 69 67 70, K Eriksson (Swe) 69 65 72,
207 A Hansen (Den) 69 69 69, T Whitehouse (Eng) 72 68 67, J Legarrea (Esp) 73 68 66,
208 J Hedin (Swe) 70 69 69, A Kaleka (Fra) 68 71 69, C Del Moral (Esp) 67 71 70, J Sjöholm (Swe) 68 71 69, J Karlsson (am) (Swe) 69 67 72,
209 T Stewart (Aus) 69 67 73, R Russell (Sco) 71 66 72, N Meitinger (Ger) 73 60 76, C Brazillier (Fra) 70 66 73, E Dubois (Fra) 74 67 68,
210 R Kakko (Fin) 68 70 72, R Karlberg (Swe) 68 72 70, Å Nilsson (Swe) 69 72 69,
211 P Dwyer (Eng) 70 71 70, D Nouailhac (Fra) 71 70 70, J Axgren (Swe) 69 67 75, G Molteni (Ita) 69 70 72, E Saltman (Sco) 71 70 70, D Denison (Eng) 69 69 73, J Grillon (Fra) 69 72 70, J Caldwell (Nir) 64 75 72, W Besseling (Ned) 70 69 72, M Mills (Eng) 68 72 71, Z Scotland (Eng) 69 70 72, C Baker (USA) 67 73 71, M Carlsson (Swe) 70 69 72, F Widmark (Swe) 68 70 73, A Wagner (Arg) 68 73 70, R Kind (Ned) 70 72 69, P Purhonen (Fin) 69 70 72, T Rosendahl (am) (Swe) 69 71 71,
212 M Korhonen (Fin) 68 72 72, J Larsen (Nor) 71 71 70, M McGeady (Irl) 72 69 71, R Eriksson (Swe) 68 71 73, A Perrino (Ita) 68 69 75, N Lemke (Swe) 69 71 72, B Barham (Eng) 70 71 71,
213 G Houston (Wal) 71 66 76, N Bruzelius (Swe) 68 72 73, P Kaensche (Nor) 70 72 71, F Hammarberg (Swe) 72 68 73, C Russo (Fra) 71 70 72, F Fihn (Swe) 67 70 76, P Bocian (Swe) 70 72 71,
214 A Signor (Ita) 72 67 75, S Walker (Eng) 70 68 76, G Shaw (Nir) 66 73 75, A Bossert (Sui) 71 71 72, K Sullivan (Wal) 70 72 72, A Bruschi (Ita) 73 68 73, R Steiner (Aut) 71 68 75,
215 T Feyrsinger (Aut) 69 73 73,
216 M Milling (Swe) 70 72 74, L Jensen (Den) 69 73 74, T Edlund (Swe) 69 71 76,
217 M Pilo (Swe) 70 72 75, O Whiteley (Eng) 67 75 75,
218 S Jeppesen (Swe) 73 69 76, K Jorgensen (Den) 73 69 76,
219 M Larsson (Swe) 72 70 77, L Johansson (Swe) 74 68 77, P Gad (am) (Swe) 68 74 77,

PAUL FERRIER SETS PACE AT HAGGS

CASTLE IN CAMERON CORBETT VASE

Baberton’s Paul Ferrier, 2007 Scottish boys’ match-play champion, led the field at the end of the first round of this weekend’s Scottish Golf Union 72-hole Order of Merit event, the Cameron Corbett Vase at Haggs Castle Golf Club, Glasgow.
Ferrier, pictured, who has recently completed his second year at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, posted a four-under-par 68 which was five under the CSS.
Ferrier, from Currie, held a one-shot lead from another past Scottish boys’ champion, now a Stirling University student, James White (Lundin), Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar), Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) and Jamie MacKay (Kilmarnock Barassie).
Culverwell made his 69 with a back nine of 32, the best inward half of the first round.
Connor O’Neil, who had a 71, holed his second shot for an albatross 2 at the 18th.
Defending champion Allyn Dick was five shots off the pace with a 73.
Peter Latimer (St Andrews New), winner of last weekend’s East of Scotland Open, made a slow start with a 75.
The Cameron Corbett Vase has always been played at Haggs Castle since the inaugural tournament in 1897.

ALL THE FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72. CSS 73
68 Paul Ferrier (Baberton).
69 Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar), James White (Lundin), Mark Bookless (Sandyhills), Jamie MacKay (Kilmarnock Barassie).
70 Scott Crichton (Aberdour).
71 Connor O’Neil (Pollok), Hao Sheng Hsu (Haddington), Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen), Brian Soutar (Leven GS).
72 Daniel Young (Craigie Hill), Michael Daily (Erskine), Chris Harkins (Ayr Belleisle), Greg Nicolson (Mortonhall), Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs), Ed Wood (Crow Wood), Michael Main (Thornton).
73 Sean McGarvey (Glencourse), Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe), Paul Shields (Kirkhill),.
74 James Hendrick (Pollok), Andrew Campbell (Dumbarton), Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn), Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle), Craig Hamilton (Omanu), Steve Rennie (Drumpellier), Grant Carnie (Newburgh), John Mathers (Haggs Castle), Chris Kneen (Rowany), Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh).
75 Steven McEwan (Caprington), Michael Campbell (Renfrew), Michael Smyth (Royal Troon), Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie), Andrew Weir (Montrose Mercantile), Paul Gault (Westerwood), Peter Latimer (St Andrews New), Ross Bell (Downfield), Sam Birnning (Ranfurly Castle).
76 Steven Maxwell (Windyhill), Chris Robb (Inchmarlo), Richard Docherty (Bearsden), Nicky Gold (Bonnyton), Alex Main (Thornton), Jonathan Corke (Rowany), Fraser McKenna (Balmore), Matt Dowling (Green Acres), Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyton), Fraser Moore (Glenbervie), John Duff (Newmachar), Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire), Gordon Yates (Hilton Park), Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm).
77 Thomas Sharkey (Helensburgh), Graeme Gimson (Prestwick St Cuthbert), Kristofer Harper (Carnoustie), Scott Moffat (Alloa), Jordan Grant (Renfrew), Paul Alexander (Caldwell), James Ross (Royal Burgess).
78 Paul Betty (Hayston), Alan Welsh (Torrance House), Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire), Daniel Kay (Dunbar), Ian Redford (St Andrews New), Robert Carson (Dalmahoy), Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon), Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie).
79 Joshua Seale (South Africa), Jamie Savage (Cawder), Bobby Rushford (Grangemouth).
81 Mark Collin (Eyemouth), Michael Buchan (Cruden Bay), Myles Cunningham (Craigielaw).
82 Scott Carmichael (Baberton), Fraser Campbell (Milngavie).
83 Allan McKie (Glencruiten).
85 Ross Crowe (Westerhope).
91 Damian Nortje (South Africa).

Euan Douglas (Dunblane New) wins West boys' match-play

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
It has taken us a little while to get information from the recent West of Scotland boys' match-play championship to you, but, better late than never, here it is.
The championship was played at Grangemouth which you may think, as I did, is a strange East venue for a West tournament but apparently it was the Stirling Association's turn to host it and they selected Grangemouth.
Euan Douglas (Dunblane) won the title, beating Jonny Reid (Drumpellier) by 2 and 1 in the final.
Results:
FIRST ROUND
+Sorry we don't have the home clubs of the first-round losers

Eamon Bradley (Mount Ellen) bt Tom Binning 3 and 1.
Ryan Campbell (Grangemouth) bt Scott Wearing 6 and 5.
Jonny Reid (Drumpellier) bt Innes Ferguson 2 and 1.
George Burns (Williamwood) bt Andrew Cunningham 2 and 1.
Stuart Cameron (Renfrew) bt Darek Kunecki at 19th.
Blair Murphy (Lanark) bt Graeme Ritchie 2 and 1.
Euan Douglas (Dunblane New) bt Euan Walker 4 and 3.
James Reilly (East Kilbride) bt Liam Morrison 4 and 3.
QUARTER-FINALS
Bradley bt Campbell 1 hole.
Reid bt Burns at 21st.
Cameron bt Murphy 7 and 6.
Douglas bt Reilly 3 and 2.
SEMI-FINALS
Reid bt Bradley 5 and 4.
Douglas bt Cameron 3 and 2.
FINAL
Douglas bt Reid 2 and 1.