Toothless Tiger shoots a seven-over 79 in Irish pro-am

Not in in celebrity pro-ams does it get any better for Tiger Woods. Today at Adare, Ireland in the J P McManus Invitational pro-am, the world's out-of-sorts No 1, Tiger Woods, looked just as much out of form as he has been on the US PGA Tour.
Tiger arrived Monday in Ireland just hours after his 46th-place finish at the AT and T National in Pennsylvania and shot a seven-over-par 79 in the first round of the 36-hole event.
The unranked event in County Limerick featuring Hollywood celebrities and Irish billionaires was his first overseas event since revelations of his extramarital affairs surfaced last year.
While more than 40,000 Irish golf fans offered him a friendly and forgiving welcome, Woods' opening round at the 7,453-yard, par-72 Adare Manor Golf Resort was often dreadful. He bogeyed six holes, double-bogeyed the seventh, and managed a lone birdie on the 17th.
He followed that up by gamely trying to reach the green on the 18th - a five-par 548-yard hole on the far side of the River Maigue - in two. His risky second shot fell short into the riverside reeds for a final bogey, the third time he had found water in his round.
Woods seemed to take his lacklustre play in his stride, showing only mild frustration at off-target shots.
At the 6th tee, he stopped at a concession stand and munched on two bunless burgers. "Don't you want any ketchup?" asked a fan nearby in a plastic lawn chair. "I'm good," Woods replied, before asking his Irish caddie if he wanted a burger too. Fans then urged him to tee off with a sand wedge, an idea Woods declined with a laugh.
He stonily ignored incessant pleas from fans to stop and sign their hats and programs, but was unable to avoid 6-year-old Ava Mulhall.
The County Cork girl with a pink windbreaker and red ribbon in her hair darted under the security rope and onto the fairway, past a grasping steward, and stopped right in front of Woods. He signed her program - on which she'd already collected the signatures of nearly 20 other pros - but Ava said he didn't say anything to her. His security detail was beefed up afterward.
At the final hole, a car parked beside the green whisked Woods away to a helicopter for his overnight stay at the Limerick mansion of the billionaire McManus, an Irish horse breeder, gambler and speculator extraordinaire.
Every five years, McManus brings together mixed groups of pros, Irish business leaders and Hollywood celebrities for an event expected to raise more than $37 million for dozens of Irish charities.
This year's celebrity golfers include actors Michael Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Aidan Quinn, Kyle MacLachlan and Peter Gallagher; English Premier League football coaches Harry Redknapp and Martin O'Neill; and Irish boyband Westlife. Amateurs taking part typically donate $155,000 per trio and are matched to each professional golfer by lottery.
At the end of today's first round, Jim Furyk and John Cook of the United States, Peter Hanson of Sweden and Rory Sabbatini of South Africa were in a four-way tie for the lead, each at one-under-par 71. Woods trailed was tied for 48th place in the field of 54 pros. The amateurs' scores weren't recorded.
Woods was matched up with no major celebrity teammates Monday and his round took six hours to complete. One in his foursome, silver-haired Swiss banker Bernard Droux, played more consistently than Woods, who offered him compliments after his precise approach shots and solid putts.
Woods, by contrast, struggled with his short game, repeatedly striking the ball too softly or hooking putts wide. He also accidentally struck a spectator with his tee shot on the par-5, 551-yard 12th. The ball landed in front of the spectator, bounced into his head and ricocheted back into the fairway. The spectator wasn't seriously hurt.
Woods is seeking to rediscover his form before next week's Open at St. Andrews, the venue for two of his three Open victories, in 2000 and 2005. But he could lose his top ranking before then.
The No. 2-ranked Phil Mickelson, who missed a chance to become No. 1 at the U.S. Open, gets another opportunity at the PGA-ranked Scottish Open this weekend at Loch Lomond, which Woods has decided to skip. Should Mickelson finish first or second in Scotland, he will unseat Woods from the top ranking he's held since June 2005.
The way Tiger's luck is running, you can bet that has a fair chance of happening.
J P McMANUS PRO SCOREBOARD
FIRST ROUND
Par 72
71 Jim Furyk, Peter Hansen, John Cook, Rory Sabbatini.
72 Johan Edfors, Soren Hansen, Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson.
73 Robert Allenby, Ernie Els, Lucas Glover, Damien McGrane, Alexander Noren, Camilo Villegas, Steve Webster, Darren Clarke, Luke Donald.
74 Richard Finch, David Howell, Trevor Immelman, Dustin Johnson, Martin Kamer, Tom Lehman, Jean Van de Velde, Nick Watney.
75 Steve Marino, Graeme McDowell, G Fernandez-Castano, Ian Poulter, Richard Green.
76 David Higgins, Padraig Harrington, Peter Lawrie, Gary Murphy, Mark O'Meara, Jose Maria Olazabal, Heath Slocum, Paul Casey, John Daly.
77 Thomas Bjorn, J B Holmes, Adam Scott.
78 Michael Campbell, Robert Rock.
79 Fred Funk, Matteo Manassero, TigerWoods.
80 Justin Rose.
81 Sandy Lyle, Ben Curtis.

Robin Wilson's North News Round-up

Two Kevins are Golspie winners

Royal Dornoch's Kevin Matheson put in a gusty show in difficult conditions to retain the Campbell Shield at Golspie last Saturday and Brora's Inverness based member Kevin MacLeod won the Millicent Bowl breaking Dornoch's stranglehold of both trophies from twelve months ago.
The repeat scratch success by Matheson, pictured by Robin Wilson,  means his name is now on the Campbell Shield for the third time since 2006 and MacLeod's first Millicent win comes as a surprise for since he won the Clynelish Shield at Brora last August he has had no competitive golf. He is now working in Perth and although still living in Inverness has even given up his Torvean Golf Club membership to join Brora.
As a result McLeod's handicap has remained in double figures which showed through with a troublesome start on his return to competitive play at Golspie, his opening figures 7,3,4, 8, the triple bogey 8 coming from a visit to the beach at the fourth hole. Another 7 arrived on his card at the next par five hole the result of a lost ball but intertwined into these mishaps were signs of past form which brought a gross 81 and an opening net 70. In contrast MacLeod's second round began with a birdie three before the 4th hole caught up with him again by playing the wrong ball on his second shot to take seven. Once more his play steadied up and his gross 82 for net 71 left him with the leading net 36 hole aggregate score of 141 to win the Millicent Bowl at his first attempt.
Kevin Matheson's first round 73 was a good effort and led by one from former Campbell Shield winner, Brora's Roddy Cameron. As the afternoon wind rose in strength Matheson's second round card rose to 77 with a cluster of bogies on the inward stretch. Cameron was doing the same in a 78 allowing a second round charge from Tain's Billy Ferries pip the Brora player for second place on the better second round score decision.
Earlier in the week Ferries was eliminated from the Tain club championship but gained a late entry to Golspie where his first round 78 left him a lot to catch up. But in round two the ex Ross County footballer came in with a 74 to match Cameron's 152 total and get awarded second place.
Robin Murray was making a bid to retain the Bowl for Royal Dornoch after a first round net 70,off 6, but his net 77 in round two dropped him out of the race. Local teenager Andrew Coghill held a four shot lead over MacLeod in round one but his attempt to become the first local winner since Craig J. Mackay three years ago his effort ground to a halt in round two with net 81 leaving his clubmate Tim Featherstone to claim second place behind MacLeod with nett 72 & 75 for 147 but Featherstone taking the consolation of heading the Class 2 returns.
Results
CSS (Round 1, 72. Round 2, 72 R/O)
Scratch
Campbell Shield
150 K Matheson (RDGC) 73 77.
152 B Ferries (Tain) 78 74, R S Cameron (Brora) 74 78.
156 R Bremner (Golspie) 77 79.
159 R D Murray (RDGC) 76 83.
Handicap
Millicent Bowl
Class 1 - K MacLeod (Brora) (11) 141; R D Murray (RDGC) (6) 147; R Bremner (Golspie) (4) 156. Class 2 – T Featherstone (Golspie) (16) 147; P Allan (Golspie) (13) 158.

An Albatross Flies in at Tain.

Alan Everett won the Tain Club Championship for the first time, beating previous four time champion Munro Ferries in the final on the 17th green. Since his last championship win in 2008 Ferries has now lost in the last two finals.
Engraved also in the memory of Everett's first Tain championship was a glorious albatross ace at the course's par-4 seventh hole. Wind assisted from the tee, Everett's ball travelled the 377 yards into the hole for the three under par score. The Portmahomack-based golfer is also a member at Tarbat Golf Club where he has also been club champion.
The handicap final at Tain was won by past captain Ian Innes who overcame Alister Melville
after 16  holes.
“Albatross” is the name given to a score of three under par at a hole. They are more rarer than the Birdie (one under par) or the Eagle (two under par). An Albatross can only be bettered by a “Condor” (four under par) of which only four have been recorded in history. An Ostrich (five under par) at the very few par six holes in the world has never been achieved.

Royal Dornoch Senior Open

With an almost uncontrollable down wind gale over the opening eight holes only one player, five handicapper John Robertson (Hawick) managed to break 80 in the Royal Dornoch Seniors Open last Saturday to win the Robbie Grant Cup and gold medal.
It was also a visiting player who won the Duncan Murray Quaich and silver medal for the lowest net score, a 73 which just bettered the CSS of the day by one stroke, the CSS by three to 74, was also won by a visiting golfer, Bill Anderson from Bellport Golf and Country Club, New York..
Local handicap winners were Peter Haworth in age Category A and Stuart Shaw in Category C. The strength of the wind and the hard running fairways reduced the 479 yard 7th hole to a driver and a putter for former Carnegie Shield Winner Fraser Urquhart (Inverness), And many other outward holes on the outward half were reduced to drives and short wedges.
Results
CSS 74 Reduction only for all
Scratch
John Robertson (Hawick) 77, Robbie Grant Cup and Gold Medal.
Handicap
Bill Anderson (USA) (14) 73,  Robbie Grant Cup and Gold Medal. Handicap - Bill Anderson (USA) (14) 73, Duncan Murray Quaich and Silver medal.

Category A (55-60) Peter Haworth (RDGC) (8) 77. Willie Mackay (RDGC) (20) 78. John Neilson (Tillicoultry) (15) 80.
Category B (60-65) – Rob Cunningham (Dalmahoy) (14) 74 (bih). Peter McMullan (Dunfermline) (7) 74. David Maclean (RDGC) (11) 74.
Class C (65-70) Stuart Shaw (RDGC) (18) 74. John White (Greenburn) (13) 75. Colin D Campbell (Gullane) (6) 75.
Category D (over 70) James Cunningham (Tain) (6) 75. Woody Maclaren (RDGC) (15) 76. George MacDonald (RDGC) (10) 77.

Do you know a boy or girl who is going to join a US college soon?

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Later this week we will be doing a feature story on a teenage Scottish girl golfer who is enrolling at an American university on a golf scholarship next month.
There are bound to be other Scottish (or English/Welsh/Irish for that matter) boys or girls who are also bound for the United States .... trouble is we don't know their names. It is sometimes months before we discover who they are and where they are through our weekly trawls of GolfStat and the American colleges' golf websites.
If you are heading for the States on a golf scholarship or know of someone who is, please E-mail the information to Colin@scottishgolfview.com and we'll also feature you/them on http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/, our website for student golf.

Reply from Gavin Dear

I see you're looking for guys and girls who are going to the States. Paul McPhee is starting at Lynn University, Florida in August. I played with him in a county pro-am when he was 16 and he said then he would be interested in university in the states. It was also pretty obvious he had talent.
You may see that Danny Young has also completed his first year there. It's good to continue the Scottish connection at Lynn, with myself and Keir and Katy McNicoll having attended. The coach is very interested in having Scottish players out there, and I'm sure Paul will follow in Dannyś footsteps and have some instant success out there.
Gavin Dear

CADZOW CUP at HAMILTON GC

The above event, postponed on Sunday, July 4,  has been re-scheduled for Sunday, September 5. Those who had paid their entr fees will keep their times. Everyone else must reapply on a downloaded entry form, returning it to the office with payment for £15. Only then will a time be allocated.

If anyone is unsure if they have paid or not then please call on 01698 282 872.

Graham MacKenzie

Casey and Leonard sign in at Auchterlonies on Monday

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One of St Andrews’ oldest golf shops, Auchterlonies, which is located just a lob wedge from the Old Course’s 18th green, will be hosting two stars of the modern game next week, when former Open Champion Justin Leonard and world number 9 golfer, Paul Casey, pop into the legendary high street golf retailers on Monday, July 12.
Casey and Leonard, both of whom are part of Nike’s Golf stable of stars in the field for the 150th anniversary of the Open Championship, which tees off on July 15, will be at the iconic shop at 5.30pm to take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the official opening of a new in-store Nike Golf installation.
Auchterlonies has previously stocked Nike’s golf products, but the new store-within-a-store concept will make it much easier for customers to find what they’re looking for from Nike’s award-winning head-to-toe range of equipment, as well providing a stylish addition to one of the Home of Golf’s most popular golf shops, which has been a feature of St Andrews since the company was founded by the Auchterlonie family back in 1895.
Casey, who is currently ranked ninth in the world, and former American Ryder Cup star Leonard, who claimed the Claret Jug at Royal Troon in 1997, will be on hand to sign autographs and chat to fans as they prepare to take on the Old Course in one of the most eagerly-anticipated Open Championships in recent history.
Golfers looking to catch these two stars, as well as get a chance to cast their eyes over the latest range of technologically-superior products on Nike Golf’s new in-store display, including the new VR range of woods, irons, wedges and the award winning Method putter, should make sure they get to Auchterlonies early to avoid disappointment.
Auchterlonies is located on the corner of Golf Place, diagonally opposite the Royal and Ancient clubhouse.

Strong Lothians boys team overpower Angus U16s at Ballumbie

Angus Under-16 boys lost heavily to a very strong Lothians side at Ballumbie Castle last  Friday. Results:
Foursomes (0-3)
Calum McKay and Connar Cook lost to Anthony Blaney and Alex Wilson 3 and 2.
Ross Dallas and Scott Grant lost to Fraser Johnston and Calum Satterly 4 and 2
John Miller and Luke Ireland lost to Calum Hill and Ewan Bowden 3 and 1
Singles (1/2-5 1/2)
Calum McKay lost to Anthony Blaney 6 and 5.
Connar Cook lost to Alex Wilson 6 and 5.
John Miller lost to Calum Satterly 4 and 2.
Scott Grant halved with Fraser Johnston
Luke Ireland lost to Ewan Bowden 2 holes
Ross Dallas lost to Calum Hill 4 and 3.

Aussie Ogilvie pulls out of Barclays Scottish Open to play links

FROM THE SCOTSMAN.COM WEBSITE
By TRENT BAKER
Australian star Geoff Ogilvy has pulled out of this week's Barclays Scottish Open - the event he calls "my second national Open" - to concentrate on St Andrews.
The 2006 US Open champion, who claims to be a distant relative of Robert the Bruce, wants to focus on links golf in readiness for The Open at St Andrews starting on Thursday week.
"I have 10 different theories on how to prepare, but the best preparation for St Andrews is St Andrews" said Ogilvy after finishing the French Open down the field on level par.
He is planning to head for Muirfield and links courses around it before travelling on to the Home of Golf later in the week. South African James Kamte replaces him at Loch Lomond, with Scotland's Steven O'Hara now at the top of the reserve list.
Lee Westwood, meanwhile, flew home from Paris to have immediate treatment and probably a scan on the right leg injury that bothered him all week at the French Open.
The world No 3, second favourite to Tiger Woods for The Open, was hobbling again for most of a closing 70, which left him down the field on four-under-par.
Westwood, who last week reversed an initial decision to play at Loch Lomond, where he won in 1998, was in hospital on Wednesday after fears his problem could be a deep vein thrombosis, but although that did not prove to be the case his condition remains a real concern.
"It got worse as the week went on," he said. "I had a 3-iron at the third from a ball-below-feet lie and I think I just tweaked it. After that I could hardly put any weight on it. Two people think I should have an MRI scan and the sooner that's done the better. I'm also seeing my physio tonight."
A late decision will be taken on whether he plays in the JP McManus Pro-am in west Ireland today and Tuesday. Woods is the main attraction of a star-studded field there.
Also taking part in the event are US Open champion Graeme McDowell, Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Ian Poulter, Camilo Villegas, JB Holmes, Lucas Glover, John Daly, Nick Watney, Adam Scott, Tom Lehman and Padraig Harrington. Woods and Harrington apart, the majority are heading for Loch Lomond later in the week.

United States' Gateway Tour changes ownership

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE GATEWAY TOUR, UNITED STATES
The Gateway Tour, the premier developmental professional golf tour since its inception in 2001 was recently acquired by Arroyo, LLC and has been renamed Gateway Pro Tour, effective July 1, 2010. The Gateway Tour has served over 3,500 aspiring professional golfers, operated 388 tournaments and paid out over $40 Million dollars in purses to its membership. The Tour is pleased to come under the umbrella of Arroyo, LLC, a leader in the golf industry whose principals have owned and operated Southern California golf facilities, as well as the Golf Academy of America (formerly the San Diego Golf Academy (SDGA)), the oldest and largest golf business college in the world.
“We are very excited to become part of the Arroyo family, because through their leadership, knowledge and resources, the value and effectiveness we can now offer our players is greatly strengthened,” said Ryan Pray, former VP of Operations for The Gateway Tour and Executive Director for Gateway Pro Tour. Also working for the Tour since 2001, Tournament Director, Head Rules Official and former PGA/Nationwide Touring Professional Rick Cramer has stated, “In the ever-changing climate of the economy and developmental golf, we are now able to provide our players with more of a stable, cost-efficient and career-elevating environment than we ever were before.”
The Tour will see many positive changes with the acquisition. Gateway will offer reduced entry fees, guaranteed minimum purses, Q-School benefits, exemptions, sponsorship opportunities for members, a more user-friendly and informational website and numerous additional player incentives.
The Tour will also alter its previously scheduled 2010 Summer Series in an effort to utilize its new resources and best serve its players as they approach the 2010 US PGA Tour Qualifying School. The new September/October four-tournament schedule, called The Gateway Q-School Challenge, will feature first place guarantees of $15,000 in each event, as well as an aggregate point race that will award its top three finishers the entry fee cost of 2010 Q-School.
The 2011 schedule for the Gateway Pro Tour will consist of 26 events in Arizona and an initial four events in South Florida. The official 2011 schedule and full details of next year’s format will be released in August.

FUTURE STARS GATHER IN AUCHTERARDER

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While Scotland’s top professional stars will be challenging the world’s best at Loch Lomond this week, the country’s leading junior golfers will battle it out for the title of Scottish boys' under-16s stroke-play champion at Auchterarder in Perthshire (July 6 to 8).
Won last year by Craigielaw’s Grant Forrest at Largs before the 16-year-old went onto to win the flagship Scottish boys' championship in April, the title has proved to be a launch pad for a number of successful golfing careers, with European Tour stars Peter Whiteford (1996) and George Murray (1999) among the names etched on the trophy.
Anthony Blaney (Liberton), who teamed up with Forrest to help Lothians to victory in the recent Scottish boys' area team championship, will be aiming to follow in his team-mate’s footsteps as he starts among the favourites in the 120-strong field who line up at Auchterader, which borders the PGA Centenary course at Gleneagles.
Blaney lost out in a play-off for the Scottish under-14s title to Redbourn’s Neil Ward two years ago and the pair will go head to head again, with Ward – an England U16s international – one of the lowest handicap players in the field this week at +0.7.
St Andrews starlet Ewan Scott, who collected the English Boys U14s championship last summer, will fancy his chances of repeating that success on home soil, while his Scotland U16s partner Lawrence Allan (Alva) – who reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish boys championship in April – is also likely to be a contender.
Elderslie’s Alasdair McDougall, who also reached the last eight at West Kilbride, is another of the country’s leading young prospects in this week’s line-up, with Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie) in search of another age group national title to follow up his win at last year’s Under 14s championship. Back marker in the field is South African Haydn Porteous with a handicap of plus three.



SGU National Junior Coach Spencer Henderson looked ahead to the event:



“There is really good strength in depth within this age group in Scotland just now so this should be a really strong championship. Coupled with some of the leading young English players and a good overseas challenge, we have a great event in prospect.”



“With Grant winning last year and a rich history of former champions, the Scottish U16s title is a great win for any young player to have on their CV. It’s a big few weeks for golf in Scotland but hopefully people will sit up and take notice of some of the talent we have on show this week.”



The Championship is staged over three rounds, with the leading forty players and ties after the first two days qualifying for Thursday’s final round. Click here for the first round draw and participant list.

STEWART CONFIDENT AHEAD OF SCOTS' REPEAT

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Scotland’s bid for a second consecutive European men’s amateur team championship title gets underway tomorrow at Osterakers in Sweden (July 6 to 10).
Michael Stewart, pictured, who along with Ross Kellett are the remaining members of the team who defeated England 5 -2 in last year’s final, was in confident mood as the Scots, captained by Scott Knowles, aim to retain the title for the first time since 1977.
“There’s a really good vibe in the team and I think we’re every bit as strong as last year. Kris Nicol, Philip McLean and Greg Paterson and relishing playing in the event for the first time and with James Byrne bang on form, we’re really looking forward to defending title,” said Stewart, who narrowly missed out on a place in The Open by two shots at Ladybank last week.
“James, Ross and I were all part of the European boys team who finished second in Malmo back in 2006, so we have good memories of playing in Sweden. All the players in this year’s side have shown good form this season so there’s no reason why we can’t go out and challenge strongly again.” added the 20-year-old from Troon.
Looking back on last year’s success in Wales, Stewart reflected:
“The key to our success was team spirit and having guys like Gavin (Dear) and Wallace (Booth) on board was a real calming influence, with their experience of winning the World Championship. The national coach, Ian Rae, also brings bags of experience at this level and he knows how to get the best out of us.”
“Our first objective is making it through to the top flight of eight from the stroke play qualifying and then taking each game as it comes from there. As we showed last year, Scotland teams are good at stepping up to the big occasion and we can take confidence from our achievement twelve months ago.” concluded the former Scottish boys champion.
Byrne is Scotland’s man of the moment, having been finished runner-up in the Amateur championship at Muirfield before being edged out a place in the Open via a play-off at Kingsbarns, before going on to represent Europe in the Palmer Cup in Ireland. Kellett, the second highest ranked Scot in amateur golf behind Byrne, collected his first SGU Order of Merit title recent in the Tennant Cup and played a key role in Scotland’s victory in the event last year.
Commencing on Tuesday, the first two rounds involve stroke-play qualifying, with the five best scores from six counting towards the team’s aggregate total. The leading eight nations then compete for the Championship in a match play knock-out format, with the final taking place on Saturday 10 July.



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Hugh Hunter's Clackmannan County News

POOR SHOWING IN ALEXANDER TROPHY

The Alexander Trophy, dating from 1914, is a competition among Stirling and Clackmannan Golf Clubs—the best three scores from four over 18 holes decide the winning club.
Local clubs have enjoyed considerable success over the years - Alloa has won it 14 times and Tulliallan eight.
2010 is not one of the better years for Clackmannan clubs. The best performance came from Dollar who finished sixth among the 11 competing teams over the Falkirk course.
In difficult weather conditions, with strong winds and rain, golf shot making became very difficult, and proved a severe test for many competitors.
Only two Clackmannan Clubs were represented - Dollar and Alloa - the Braehead team withdrawing at the last minute. Alloa team captain Jamie Aitken recorded a good 75, but it was in vain with two other team members failing to return a score
LEADING SCORES
 1 Falkirk 228 (75, 76, 77).
 2 Stirling Junior and Youth Society 231
 3 Falkirk Tryst 232
Clackmannan county positions:
 6 Dollar (245).
 10= Alloa.

BOB AND CALLUM MISS OUT

Tulliallan’s Callum Macaulay just missed out playing in the Open when he lost in a play at the Final Qualifying competition at Ladybank, and missed the cut in the French Open a few days later… a pity since he played so well in the qualifying event.
Scottish senior international Bob Stewart (also Tulliallan) missed the cut in the 54-hole Scottish seniors championship at Pollok. Although Bob improved in his second round, he had left himself with too much to do, finishing five shots outside the 36-hole cut with rounds of 79 and 76
It’s tough at the top.
Hoping for a better performance, Callum is in the entry list for the Allianz Open in South France this week--- part of the Challenge Tour.

CLACKMANNAN TEAM IN ACTION
Local derby match against Stirlingshire takes place this Sunday over Falkirk Tryst Golf course and will be decided on ten singles matches for the first timE. The foursomes element has been abandoned.
Selected for Clackmannan are:
Ross Benvie, Alan Watson (Braehead); Scott Baird (Tillicoultry); Kevin Macfarlane, Lawrence Allan (Alva); John Maxwell (Tulliallan); John Salmond, Jamie Aitken David Milloy (Alloa); Gary Chalmers (Dollar).
Team captain John Gullen is reasonably confident.
 “With some regular team players unavailable, others have the chance to see what they can do," he says.
The match starts at 11am.

CLACKMANNAN BOYS' LEAGUE

There was a prospect that the jostling for top spot would be clearly resolved last weekend. Alva had an emphatic win over Alloa at home, but the Tillicoultry v Braehead match was postponed. So at the minute, Alva boys are holding an overall lead in the competition.