Spanish 1-2-3-4-5 in Peugeot Tour's Madrid event
Spain's Alvaro Salto took the lead in Madrid on the first round and never let it go. He fired 67 today for a 14-under-par total of 199 to win the Peugeot Tour's Villa de Madrid by three clear shots. Salto previously won this tournament in 2003. First prize today was worth 6,633 Euros.
Inigo Urquizu, another Alps Tour member, had is best result of the season. He fired one eagle, three birdies and dropped two shots in finishing alone in second place with a 68 on 202.
The first five places were all filled by Spanish players.
Steven Hume signed off with a 68 for 209, finishing in joint 16th place and earning 782 Euros.
Fellow Perthshire traveller Gavin Dear collected 691 Euros for roundes of 73, 68 and 69 for 210 and a share of 21st place.
Next Alps Tour event will take place in Austria from August 6 to 8.
LEADING TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
prize money in Euros
199 Alvaro Salto (Spain) 65 67 67 (6,633).
202 Inigo Urquizu (Spain) 66 6868 (4,713).
203 Agus Domingo (Spain) 69 65 69 (3,427).
204 Raul Quiros (Spain) 67 70 67 (2,592).
205 Juan Parron (Spain) 68 69 68 (2,040).
Selected scores:
206 Jason Palmer (England) 69 69 69 (1,550) (jt 6th).
207 Richard Kilpatrick (Northern Ireland) 67 75 65 (1,074) (jt 8th).
209 Steven Hume (Scotland) 69 72 68, Matthew Cryer (England) 67 72 70 (782 each) (jt 18th).
210 Gavin Dear (Scotland) 73 69 69 (691) (jt 21st).
213 Jason Kelly (England) 68 74 71 (470) (jt 37th).

Latimer shoots a 63 to grab halfway

lead in Sutherland Chalice

Recent winner of the East of Scotland Open golf tournament, Markinch's Peter Latimer (St Andrews New) is hot on the trail of another victory in a Scottish Golf Union 72-hole Order of Merit event.
This time it's the Sutherland Chalice at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club.
 Peter, who reached the last eight of last year's Scottish amateur championship at Royal Troon and who has spent the last four years playing in US college golf events as a student at Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, shot a brilliant seven-under-par 63 in the second round to be the halfway leader on three-under-par 137.
On a wet day when the second round was delayed until some of the worst rain-affected greens had been swept clear of excess water, Latimer, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, who had seven birdies and not a single bogey, ended it a shot ahead of Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) who had rounds of 70 and 68 for 138.
Forty players with 36-hole tallies of 147 or better qualified for Sunday's final two rounds.
QUALIFIERS
Par 140 (2x70) CSS 71 72
137 P Latimer (St Andrews New) 74 63.
138 S Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 70 68.
139 S Maxwell (Windyhill) 69 70, J White (Lundin) 70 69, C O'Neil (Pollok) 69 70.
140 M Daily Erskine) 70 70, F Fotheringham (Nairn) 69 71, G Campbell (Blairgowrie) 73 67.
141 S Larkin (Royal Aberdeen) 70 71, M Main (Thornton) 67 74, R Docherty (Bearsden) 70 71, S Simants (Dunbar) 73 68.
142 N Henderson (Glen) 68 74, N Hamilton (Powfoot) 69 73, F McKenna (Balmore) 71 71, S Crichton (Aberdour) 70 72.
143 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 71 72, T Sharkey (Helensburgh) 72 71, B Renfrew (The Wynyard) 71 72, S Smith (Dalmahoy) 68 75, S Neilson (Dunbar) 69 74.
144 B McKenna (Pollok) 71 73, J Hendrick (Pollok) 69 75, S Rennie (Drumpellier) 68 76, S McEwan (Caprington) 72 72, J Findlay (Fraserburgh) 72 72, S Borrowman (Dollar) 68 76.
146 C Harkins (Ayr Belleisle) 71 75, S Carmichael (Baberton) 72 74, M Bookless (Sandyhills) 72 74, M Campbell (Swanston New) 72 74, G Robertson (Silverknowes) 74 72, A Dick (Kingsknowe) 74 72, R Carson (Dalmahoy) 72 74.
147 S Boyle (Harburn) 75 72, M Clark (Kilmacolm) 71 76, C Robb (Inchmarlo) 70 77, M Smyth (Royal Troon) 73 74, C Corbett (Dumfries and Galloway) 75 72, J Seale (Silver Lakes) 75 72.
MISSED THE CUT
148 A Weir (Montrose Mercantile) 76 72, J Shanks (Irvine Bogside) 75 73, A Wallace (Glenbervie) 78 70, D Kay (Dunbar) 75 73.
149 M Johnstone (West Lothian) 74 75, G Robertson (Glenbervie) 73 76, A Culverwell (Dunbar) 75 74, C Hamilton (Omanu) 74 75.
150 M Grunwell (Powfoot) 75 75,  C Lawton (Falkirk Tryst) 72 78, F Moore (Glenbervie) 77 73.
151 S Walker (Ratho Park) 73 78, R Jack (Dumfries and Galloway) 77 74, C Baird (Bothwell Castle) 71 80, J MacKay (Kilmarnock Barassie) 75 76.
152 C Riddick (Southerness) 76 76, A Welsh (Torrance House) 77 75.
153 A Sweeney (Carnoustie) 77 76, M Collin (Eyemouth) 80 73, S Moffat (Alloa) 77 76.
154 B Rushford (Grangemouth) 76 78.
155 B Burgess (Dumfries and Galloway) 77 78.
156 K Harper (Carnoustie) 77 79, P Ferrier (Baberton) 77 79.
165 M Kanev (Carrickvale) 80 85.
168 D Nortje (Centurion CC) 86 82.
NR M Pennycott (Whiting Bay) 81 -, I Thomson (Powfoot) -.
Retired R Gill (Craigmillar Park) 82 -.

Barclays Scottish Open report, scores

Edoardo Molinari's 63 puts him a shot ahead of Darren Clarke

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Darren Clarke is still looking good to claim the last-but-one place in the Open Championship at St Andrews next week.
But whether he can do it by capturing the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond - and with it take his European Tour earnings through the £15million mark - remains to be seen.
The 41-year-old Ulsterman, who has suddenly this week really ignited a bid for a sixth Ryder Cup cap in October, saw a four-stroke lead turn into a one-stroke deficit in Saturday's high-quality third round. And Clarke now has to go into the closing 18 holes of the £3million event facing not one, but both the Molinari brothers.
Edoardo, the older but less experienced of the two World Cup holders, is the one who leads after four birdies in the last five holes gave him a scintillating eight-under-par 63, only one off Retief Goosen's course record.
The lowest round of the 29-year-old's European Tour career took Molinari to 15 under par.
Clarke, though, added a second successive 67 to his opening 65 to be 14 under as the pair left the best of the rest trailing well behind.
Francesco Molinari, with a golden opportunity to move from ninth to fifth in the Ryder Cup race, shares third spot with Swede Peter Hedblom, but they are a massive seven shots behind Francesco's brother after rounds of 68 and 69 respectively.
There is one Open spot up for grabs at the end and both Molinaris are already in the championship, but Hedblom is not and it goes to the leading non-exempt player in the top five on Sunday night.
Stephen Gallacher is the leading Scot in joint ninth place after a 69 for 209 - the same 54-hole tally as John Daly among others - but he is 11 shots off the pace.
Richie Ramsay had a good third-round 68 for 211 and is lying joint 17th.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
198 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 66 69 63
199 Darren Clarke 65 67 67
205 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 69 68, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 67 69 69
207 Shane Lowry 68 73 66, Graeme Storm 66 72 69
208 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 70 69 69, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 71 68 69
209 John Daly (USA) 67 73 69, Stephen Gallacher 67 73 69, Ross Fisher 71 73 65, Bradley Dredge 67 69 73, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 69 68
210 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 67 70, Graeme McDowell 71 71 68, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 71 68 71
211 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 70 68 73, Damien McGrane 66 72 73, Richie Ramsay 69 74 68, James Kingston (Rsa) 70 72 69, David Horsey 68 72 71, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 70 69 72, Rhys Davies 69 74 68, Tom Lehman (USA) 71 72 68, Mark Brown (Nzl) 70 74 67, Johan Edfors (Swe) 67 76 68, Sam Hutsby 69 72 70, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 70 70, Richard Green (Aus) 69 72 70, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 68 74 69
212 Craig Lee 70 72 70, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 72 69 71, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 70 74 68, David Howell 71 73 68, Marcel Siem (Ger) 72 70 70, Heath Slocum (USA) 69 71 72, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 72 70 70, Gary Boyd 74 70 68, David Drysdale 71 72 69, Martin Laird 71 71 70
213 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 68 74 71, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 71 73, Soren Hansen (Den) 73 70 70, James Kamte (Rsa) 71 71 71, Peter Lawrie 70 74 69, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 73 71 69
214 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 70 69 75, David Dixon 71 71 72, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 67 74 73
215 Anthony Wall 68 76 71, John Parry 68 72 75, Danny Willett 70 72 73, David Lynn 71 71 73, James Morrison 72 72 71
216 Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 67 77 72, Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 73 72, Gregory Havret (Fra) 70 72 74
217 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 75 74, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 70 74 73, Richard McEvoy 71 73 73
218 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 72 72 74, Gareth Maybin 71 73 74, Joost Luiten (Ned) 71 73 74, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 71 73 74, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 74 70 74
220 Jamie Elson 72 70 78
224 Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 75 80
DQ: 142 Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 71

Andrew Oldcorn leads by two in Seniors Tour event

Andy lying handy for first Euro Senior Tour victory

From European Senior Tour Press Officer STEVE TODD
Andrew Oldcorn will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Van Lanschot Senior Open after the Scot played himself into contention to become the seventh maiden winner of the 2010 European Senior Tour season.
The 2001 PGA Championship winner from Edinburgh fired a superb 66 to move to nine under par for the tournament at The Royal Haagsche Golf and Country Club in the Netherlands.
Oldcorn posted seven birdies, and just the one bogey when he three putted the 11th hole, to move clear of Argentine Luis Carbonetti, who carded a 68, and compatriot Gordon Brand Jnr, who is a further stroke back after a 66.
After turning 50 at the end of March, Oldcorn has made a solid start to life on the Senior Tour, finishing as leading European in the US Senior PGA Championship in tied eighth place and posting three other top ten finishes in six appearances.
However Sunday’s final round in The Hague will be the first time he has been in the final group and firmly in contention to capture some silverware.
“I’m delighted with how it went today,” said Oldcorn. “I felt a lot better physically today and I played some good golf, especially on the front nine and holed a couple of 20 foot putts.
“The stability of my round was mainly made on the front nine and I got a bit tired on the back nine with the heat but I’m really proud of the way I finished, grabbing a couple of birdies on the last four holes when I was really tired. That has given me a bit of a margin for tomorrow.”
The three-time European Tour winner admitted he fancied his chances prior to the tournament and is hoping he can see the job through and join Kevin Spurgeon, Boonchu Runagkit, Tom Lehman, Brand Jnr, Marc Farry and David J Russell as first time winners on the Senior Tour in 2010.
“One or two people came up to me at the beginning of the week, before I’d even seen the course, and said it was right up my street and it is,” he said. “The cornerstone of my game over the years has been pretty straight, accurate driving. If I can combine that with decent putting on a course like this I’ll expect to do well and so far that’s what’s happened.
“Being in this position is what I have been striving to get to for the last month or so. My game has been improving each week and I’ve been fortunate that I’ve cut out the mistakes I was making. I’ve put myself in a good position but it’s all about where I am with six holes to play.
“If I’m still there with six holes to play I’ll relish that. I’ve not been in that position for a long time so I’ll be nervous in the morning but I’ll look forward to it.”
Irishman Des Smyth posted eight birdies but blotted his scorecard with a double bogey on the seventh hole - his 16th after starting on the tenth tee - to sign for a 66 and move to finish in a group of five players on four under par.
Former Ryder Cup winning captains Sam Torrance and Ian Woosnam are some distance off the pace in a share of 66th and 53rd place after rounds of 79 and 74 respectively.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 A Oldcorn (Sco) 69 66,
137 L Carbonetti (Arg) 69 68,
138 G Brand Jnr (Sco) 72 66,
140 B Boyd (USA) 72 68, G Ryall (Eng) 72 68, G Brand (Eng) 69 71, D Smyth (Irl) 74 66, R Drummond (Sco) 73 67,
141 A Franco (Par) 69 72, D Merriman (Aus) 72 69, J Bland (RSA) 70 71,
142 M Clayton (Aus) 73 69, M Belsham (Eng) 71 71, D Russell (Eng) 72 70, J Gould (Eng) 71 71,
143 J Heggarty (Nir) 70 73, N Job (Eng) 69 74, E Rodriguez (Esp) 71 72, B Lane (Eng) 73 70,
144 T Johnstone (Zim) 75 69, M Cunning (USA) 73 71, C Mason (Eng) 72 72, S Owen (Nzl) 73 71, K Tomori (Jpn) 70 74,
145 T Giedeon (Ger) 71 74, K Spurgeon (Eng) 71 74, B Smit (RSA) 72 73, B Ruangkit (Tha) 72 73, P Fowler (Aus) 72 73, J Hall (Eng) 71 74, H Carbonetti (Arg) 68 77, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 69 76, G Cali (Ita) 74 71,
146 J Quiros (Esp) 73 73, E Darcy (Irl) 72 74, G Ralph (Eng) 74 72, J Harrison (Eng) 71 75, S Cipa (Eng) 72 74, B Cameron (Eng) 72 74, C Williams (RSA) 74 72,
147 F Mann (Sco) 70 77, T Giles (Eng) 71 76, T Charnley (Eng) 73 74,
148 D Johnson (USA) 73 75, R Chapman (Eng) 75 73, D Cambridge (Jam) 74 74, G Banister (Aus) 74 74, N Ratcliffe (Aus) 71 77, A Fernandez (Chi) 73 75,
149 M Farry (Fra) 69 80, B Longmuir (Sco) 75 74, G Watine (Fra) 77 72,
150 J Hawkes (RSA) 70 80, B Lincoln (RSA) 73 77, I Woosnam (Wal) 76 74, P Oakley (USA) 74 76, J Rhodes (Eng) 78 72,
151 J Chillas (Sco) 76 75, S Bennett (Eng) 75 76, E Polland (Nir) 77 74, A Sowa (Arg) 73 78, J Rivero (Esp) 77 74, A Johnsson (Swe) 72 79, I Mosey (Eng) 77 74, J Bruner (USA) 74 77,
152 M Williams (Zim) 76 76, S Torrance (Sco) 73 79, M Gray (Sco) 75 77, M Harwood (Aus) 74 78,
153 D Durnian (Eng) 83 70, M Bembridge (Eng) 74 79,
155 C O'Connor Jnr (Irl) 76 79,
156 R Willison (Eng) 77 79,
158 J Woof (Eng) 79 79,
159 B Gee (Ned) 77 82,
161 M Miller (Sco) 80 81,
162 T Gale (Aus) 81 81,
163 A Garrido (Esp) 79 84,
168 J Dorrestein (Ned) 81 87,
177 A Loesberg (Ned) 88 89,

England are new European men's amateur team champions

England succeeded Scotland as European men's amateur team champions at Osterakers Golf Club, Sweden.
They beat Sweden 4.5 to 2.5 in today's final after losing both the morning foursomes.
The English team put in a brilliant singles performance to win four and halve the remaining tie and pull the fat out of the fire.
The inspiration came from Tommy Fleetwood who beat Jesper Kennegard, a team-mate of James Byrne at Arizona State University, by 2 and 1 in the top singles tie.
Then British boys champion of 2009, Tom Lewis, won a tight one on the 18th green against Nils Floren.
Laurie Canter won comfortably, 6 and 4, against Pontus Widegren and Eddie Peppe4rell was a 4 and 3 winner over David Lingmerth.
Chris Paisley and Henrik Norlander halved their match but whether they played the full 18 holes or stopped because England had a winning lead in the match, is not clear at the time of writing.
Scotland, who failed to qualify for the top grade on their title defence, finished on a low note with "only" 10th ranking.
With James Byrne and Ross Kellett losing the top two singles, Scotland were well beaten, 4-1, by France in the ninth place play-off.
In the European boys' team championship at Klassis Golf Club, Istanbul in Turkey, the Scots finished on a high note with a 4.5 to 0.5 win over Portugal. That earned them a final ranking of 11th in Europe.

MEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

FINAL
ENGLAND 4.5, SWEDEN 2.5
Foursomes (0-2)
E Pepperell and B Hemstock lost to P Widegren and H Norlander 3 and 2.
T Fleetwood and T Lewis lost to D Lingmerth and N Floren 2 and 1.
Singles (4.5-0.5)
Fleetwood bt J Kennegard 2 and 1.
Lewis bt Floren 1 hole.
L Canter bt Widegren 6 and 4.
Pepperell bt Lingmerth 4 and 3.
Chris Paisley halved with Norlander.

Play-off for third place
ITALY 5, SPAIN 2

Also:
DENMARK 3, FINLAND 2.
GERMANY 4, WALES 1

FLIGHT B
 FRANCE 4, SCOTLAND 1
Foursome (1-0)
V Dubuisson and J Lopez-Lazaro bt P McLean and K Nicol 1 hole.
Singles (3-1)
R Wattel bt J Byrne 5 and 3.
C Berardo bt R Kellett 3 and 1.
J Lando-Casanova lost to M Stewart 4 and 3.
A Levy bt G Paterson 4 and 3.

Also:
NETHERLANDS 4, PORTUGAL 1.
IRELAND 1.5, NORWAY 3.5
BELGIUM 4, SWITZERLAND 1.

FLIGHT C
POLAND 4, SLOVAKIA 1
AUSTRIA 3, ICELAND 2.

EUROPEAN BOYS' TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Klassic Golf Club, Istanbul, Turkey
FINAL
BELGIUM 4, NORWAY 3
Play-off for third place
DENMARK 5, ITALY 2

Also:
AUSTRIA 3, FRANCE 2
ENGLAND 2, NETHERLANDS 3
Foursome (0-1)
P Lockwood and J Burnett lost to R Van West and M Albertus at 22nd.
Singles (2-2)
C Lloyd lost to A Geers 1 hole.
G Eason lost to R Haije 5 and 4.
L Harper bt L Van Meijel 1 hole.
N Newbold bt R Caron 3 and 2.

FLIGHT B
 SPAIN 3.5, IRELAND 1.5
SCOTLAND 4.5 PORTUGAL 0.5
Foursome (1-0)
P McPhee and L Johnston bt J Magalhaes and R Gaspar 3 and 1.
Singles (3.5-0.5)
S Gibson bt Malagueira 2 and 1.
S Fairburn halved with G Pinto.
J McDonald bt T Silva 4 and 3.
G Forrest bt A Abreu 9 and 7.

GERMANY 3.5, CZECH REP 1.5
FINLAND 3, SWITZERLAND 2.

FLIGHT C
WALES 3.5, TURKEY 1.5.
SLOVENIA 1, SWEDEN 4

Sunday early evening highlight at Lundin Links, Fife

PAUL LAWRIE TO ATTEND OPENING CEREMONY

OF 2010 JUNIOR OPEN

CHAMPIONSHIP

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE RandA
Paul Lawrie, the Scot who lifted the Claret Jug at Carnoustie in 1999, will attend the opening ceremony of the 2010 Junior Open Championship to present players’ badges to each of the 128 competitors. The ceremony will take place at Lundin Golf Club tomorrow, Sunday 11 July, commencing at 6pm.
This year, the Championship has attracted the largest and most internationally diverse entry in the 16-year history of the event. 77 countries will be represented, with 18 nations, including Laos, Lithuania, Papua New Guinea and Uruguay, sending players for the first time.
“It is fantastic that there are so many players of so many nationalities contesting the 2010 Junior Open,” said Lawrie, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency.
 “It is a wonderful opportunity for these young people to get a taste of international golf competition, and it will be an honour for me to present each of them with their competitors’ badge.”
The Championship, which counts Rory McIlroy, Paula Creamer, Sergio Garcia, will be held at Lundin Golf Club immediately prior to the 150th Anniversary Open Championship. Lundin has a fine pedigree, having played host to Local Final Qualifying for St Andrews Open Championships from 1978 to 2005.
“It’s an excellent field, a record entry for the Championship, that will have the opportunity to play at a well-known, highly-respected venue, which is in great condition,” said Duncan Weir, The R&A’s Director of Golf Development.
“It is particularly pleasing that we are now seeing players emerge from countries with junior golf development programmes that have been supported financially by The R and A.”
All nations affiliated to The R and A are invited to enter one boy and one girl, under the age of 16, for the biennial event, which is played over three rounds of stroke play.
Play will get underway at 8am on Monday and will conclude on Wednesday. Entry to the course is free.
Following the event, competitors will attend the 150th Anniversary Open Championship at St Andrews.

Scores and stories from the 2010 Junior Open Championship will appear on RandA.org throughout the event.

MICHAEL IS MAIN MAN AT A WET

SUTHERLAND CHALICE

Thornton's Michael Main, beaten finalist in the 2006 Scottish boys' championship, coped best with the miserable, wet conditions for the opening round of this weekend's Scottish Golf Union 72-hole Order of Merit event, the Sutherland Chalice at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club.
Main returned a three-under-par 67, four under the CSS, to lead by a shot from four players - US college circuit student Neil Henderson (Glen), Steven Rennie (Drumpellier), Scott Borrowman (Dollar) and Stuart Smith (Dalmahoy).
Stirling University student James White (Lundin), who beat Main in that 2006 Scottish boys' final, returned a 70.
Last year's winner of the Sutherland Chalice, Paul O'Hara, is now a professional.
Flooded greens delayed the start of the second round.

FIRST ROUND
Par 70. CSS 71
67 M Main (Thornton).
68 N Henderson (Glen), S Rennie (Drumpellier), S Borrowman (Dollar), S Smith (Dalmahoy).
69 F Fotheringham (Nairn), N Hamilton (Powfoot), J Hendrick (Pollok), S Neilson (Dunbar), S Maxwell (Windyhill), C O'Neil (Pollok).
70 M Daily (Erskine), S Larkin (Royal Aberdeen), S Binning (Ranfurly Castle), C Robb (Inchmarlo), R Docherty (Bearsden), J White (Lundin), S Crichton (Aberdour).
71 M Clark (Kilmacolm), B McKenna (Pollok), C Harkins (Ayr Belleisle), A Dunton (McDonald Ellon), B Renfrew (The Wynyard), C Baird (Bothwell Castle), F McKenna (Balmore).
72 C Lawton (Falkirk Tryst), T Sharkey (Helensburgh), S McEwan (Caprington), S Carmichael (Baberton), J Findlay (Fraserburgh), M Bookless (Sandyhills), M Campbell (Swanston New), R Carson (Dalmahoy).
73 S Walker (Ratho Park), G Campbell (Blairgowrie), G Robertson (Glenbervie), S Simants (Dunbar), M Smyth (Royal Troon).
74 M Johnstone (West Lothian), G Robertson (Silverknowes), A Dick (Kingsknowe), P Latimer (St Andrews New), C Hamilton (Omanu).
75 S Boyle (Harburn), M Grunwell (Powfoot), A Culverwall (Dunbar), J Shanks (Irvine Bogside), J MacKay (Kilmarnock Barassie), C Corbett (Dumfries and Galloway), D Kay (Dunbar), J Seale (Silver Lakes).
76 C Riddick (Southerness), B Rushford (Grangemouth), A Weir (Montrose Mercantile).
77 F Moore (Glenbervie), R Jack (Dumfries and Galloway), K Harper (Carnoustie), A Sweeney (CarnoustiE), A Welsh (Torrance House), P Ferrier (Baberton), S Moffat (Alloa), B Burgess (Dumfries and Galloway).
78 A Wallace (Glenbervie).
80 M Kanev Carrickvale0, M Collin (Eyemouth).
81 M Pennycott (Whiting Bay).
82 R Gill (craigmillar Park).
86 D Nortje (Centurion).
NR I Thomson (Powfoot).
ENDS ALL FIRST ROUND SCORES

Challenge Tour report

McLeary and McArthur make their moves in Lyon

From Challenge Tour Press Officer PAUL SYMES

Six birdies apiece saw the Scottish duo of Jamie McLeary and Andrew McArthur play themselves right into contention on day three of the ALLIANZ Golf Open de Lyon on the European Challenge Tour.
A flawless round of 65 moved McLeary into a share of 11th place on eight under par, one shot ahead of McArthur, whose round of 66 contained just the one bogey at the fifth hole. Both men have one Challenge Tour title to their name and have a great chance of doubling their tally, with four players tied for the lead on ten under par.
McLeary, winner of the 2009 Scottish Hydro Challenge, was just happy to return to form after missing the cut in his last two tournaments.

He said: “I made three doubles over the first two days, and with nine holes to play yesterday, I was struggling to make the cut. But I picked up a couple of shots coming home yesterday, then today was even better still and I’m right back in the tournament. If I can shoot another 65 tomorrow, I won’t be too far away from winning the tournament! There are plenty of birdie chances out there, so if I can take my fair share I won’t be too far away. But whatever happens, I’m happy to be finding some form again.”
Joint leader Oscar Floren of Sweden will bid to end his drought on Sunday, but he has Challenge Tour champions Charlie Ford and Thorbjrn Olesen breathing down his neck.
A level par round of 71 for Floren, who is seeking his maiden title since turning professional in 2007, saw the Swede relinquish his overnight advantage, as he was joined on ten under par by Denmark’s Olesen, Austrian Florian Praegant – who shot a stunning round of 64 – and home hope Tony Raillard.
Olesen, who captured his maiden Challenge Tour title at The Princess last week, is bidding to become the first player to claim back-to-back victories this season.
His fellow Challenge Tour debutant Ford, winner of the Turkish Airlines Challenge presented by Carya Golf Club earlier in the season, is in a group of players tied for fifth place on nine under par. Ford opened with a bogey and, despite rallying with birdies at the third and fifth holes, could only manage a level par round of 71.
He said: “I never really got anything going all day. A lot of drives seem to roll just off the fairway and into the semi-rough, and from there you can’t really afford to be too aggressive, because you’re liable to get a flyer. But tomorrow’s another day, and hopefully I can get another win on the board. Obviously I’ll be drawing on my experience in Turkey, and hopefully it’ll stand me in good stead.
“It was quite a similar situation, in that it was a fairly packed leaderboard going into the final round. And obviously Oscar was up there too, so hopefully that’s another good sign. If I can shoot a 63 like he did on the final day, I think there’s probably a fair chance that I’ll win!”
Floren is hoping to turn the tables on Ford tomorrow, when the temperatures at Golf du Gouverneur in Lyon, France, are again expected to top 30 degrees.
He said: “Nothing went right for me on the greens today, but the good news is that I’m still right in contention. Sometimes things don’t go your way out on the course, and today was just one of those days. My only birdies were with two putts at the par fives – none of my other birdie putts even came close to the hole really.
“I would’ve expected to be at least two or three shots off the lead after a 71, so I’m actually pretty pleased I’m still tied at the top. If I can get the putter going again tomorrow, then I’ll have a chance. I’ve already finished second once this season – now I feel ready to win. Hopefully it’ll be my day.”

THIRD-ROUND

Par 216 (3x72)

203 F Praegant (Aut) 71 68 64, O Floren (Swe) 65 67 71, T Raillard (Fra) 70 67 66, T Olesen (Den) 66 69 68,

204 P Dwyer (Eng) 67 66 71, J Sjöholm (Swe) 68 70 66, A Gee (Eng) 71 66 67, I Van Weerelt (Ned) 66 69 69, C Ford (Eng) 68 65 71, J Guerrier (Fra) 68 70 66,

205 A Sjöstrand (Swe) 69 71 65, A Bernadet (Fra) 68 65 72, J Zapata (Arg) 71 67 67, M Zions (Aus) 66 69 70, T Remkes (Ned) 68 66 71, J Arruti (Esp) 67 72 66, B Wiesberger (Aut) 67 67 71, J McLeary (Sco) 70 70 65, M Carlsson (Swe) 67 68 70,

206 M Tullo (Chi) 70 68 68, J Billot (Fra) 70 69 67, L Slattery (Eng) 67 72 67, F Henge (Swe) 73 64 69, A McArthur (Sco) 71 69 66, R Russell (Sco) 71 67 68, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 69 68 69, C Del Moral (Esp) 67 68 71, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 68 71 67,

207 T Feyrsinger (Aut) 66 73 68, A Marshall (Eng) 72 68 67, B Teilleria (Fra) 68 68 71, S Wakefield (Eng) 70 67 70, L Gagli (Ita) 68 67 72, V Riu (Fra) 70 67 70, A Snobeck (Fra) 70 70 67, M Bothma (RSA) 69 70 68, C Suneson (Esp) 69 68 70, S Ottosen (Den) 69 69 69, A Kaleka (Fra) 67 70 70,

208 M Soffietti (Ita) 72 66 70, E Saltman (Sco) 65 74 69, B Mason (Eng) 66 73 69,

209 R Santos (Por) 70 70 69, C Macaulay (Sco) 70 69 70, C Baker (USA) 69 69 71, A Perrino (Ita) 69 69 71,

210 J Grillon (Fra) 70 70 70, J Larsen (Nor) 72 68 70, F De Vries (Ned) 67 71 72, Å Nilsson (Swe) 66 72 72, A Bjork (Swe) 66 70 74, S Jamieson (Sco) 69 69 72,

211 M Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 69 71, M Higley (Eng) 64 75 72, O David (Fra) 67 72 72, C Russo (Fra) 72 68 71, M Haines (Eng) 69 69 73,

213 W Ormsby (Aus) 68 72 73, M Van Hauwe (Fra) 72 68 73, T Fournier (Fra) 71 69 73, C Moriarty (Irl) 70 70 73, S Davis (Eng) 70 70 73,

215 F Fritsch (Ger) 70 70 75,

216 F Marty (Fra) 68 70 78, S Manley (Wal) 69 70 77

Jordan McColl through to semi-finals of Fife match-play

New Mexico Junior College student Jordan McColl from Broughty Ferry is through to the last four of the Fife men's match-play championship at Drumoig Golf Club, near Leuchars.

A Scotscraig Golf Club member, McColl, who has had some good performances in America, will play clubmate S Squires in the first semi-final.

The other tie is between Scott Stewart-Cation (Balbirnie Park) and S. Scott playing over his home Drumoig course.

Today's results:

FIRST ROUND

S Squires (Scotscraig) bt A Moir (Thornton) 1 hole.

J McColl (Scotscraig) bt I Bell (Scotscraig) 3 and 1.

C Martin (Balbirnie) bt K Blyth (Lundin) 4 and 2.

G Sharp (St Andrews) bt M Beveridge (Dunnikier) 3 and 1.

A Berrington (Drumoig) bt R Collie (Drumoig) at 19th.
S Stewart-Cation (Balbirnie) bt G Wishart (Charleton).
S Scott (Drumoig) bt B Hynd (Pitreavie) 3 and 2.
M Buchan (Balbirnie) bt N Beattie (St Andrews) 4 and 2.

QUARTER-FINALS
McColl bt Squires 2 and 1.
Sharp bt Martin 2 holes.
Stewart-Cation bt Berrington 2 and 1.
Scott bt Buchan 3 and 2.

Just Champion! That's how Neil Bradley's feeling ...

Blairgowrie Golf Club's youngest-ever (14 years old) club champion Neil Bradley yesterday retained the Loretto School Scottish Under-14 boys' title in wind and rain at Auchterarder. Full report on how Neil and Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride) won the girls' title, plus all the scores, can be viewed by switching over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk
Picture by Andy Forman.

US Nationwide Tour Scoreboard
WAYNE GRETZKY CLASSIC
The Georgian Bay Club and The Raven Golf Club,
 Lora Bay, Clarksburg, Ontario, Canada
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 143 (71-72)
124 Kevin Chappell 61 63
127 Keegan Bradley 66 61
130 David Branshaw 66 64
132 Bobby Gates 65 67, James Hahn 63 69, Justin Hicks 64 68
133 Brice Garnett 65 68, Adam Hadwin 64 69, David Morland IV 67 66, Martin Piller 67 66, Peter Tomasulo 67 66
134 Matthew Borchert 68 66, Gavin Coles 67 67, Scott Dunlap 64 70, Scott Gardiner 67 67, Aaron Goldberg 67 67, Chris Nallen 66 68.
135 Camilo Benedetti 67 68, Travis Bertoni 66 69, Tommy Gainey 70 65, Jeff Gallagher 67 68, Peter Gustafsson 69 66, Bradley Iles 69 66, Chris Kamin 67 68, Frank Lickliter II 68 67, Zach Miller 62 73, John Riegger 68 67, Scott Stallings 66 69, Scott Sterling 68 67, Darron Stiles 68 67, Daniel Summerhays 66 69, Julien Trudeau 68 67, Ron Whittaker 68 67
136 Ted Brown 67 69, Scott Brown 69 67, Miguel Carballo 68 68, Robert Damron 67 69, John Douma 70 66, Ken Duke 71 65, Hunter Haas 65 71, Jim Herman 68 68, Trevor Murphy 65 71, Brian Smock 69 67, Brendan Steele 68 68, Kyle Thompson 68 68, Brian Vranesh 69 67, Danny Wax 68 68
137 Daniel Barbetti 68 69, Brian Bateman 67 70, Jeff Brehaut 72 65, D.J. Brigman 69 68, Matt Davidson 68 69, Fabian Gomez 71 66, Jason Gore 69 68, Matt Hill 69 68, J.J. Killeen 69 68, Chris Kirk 69 68, Won Joon Lee 67 70, Madalisto Muthiya 69 68, Jin Park 69 68, Tag Ridings 67 70, Andrew Svoboda 70 67
MISSED THE CUT
138 Tyler Aldridge 68 70, Jim Carter 73 65, Jay Delsing 69 69, Bubba Dickerson 66 72, Scott Gutschewski 69 69, Brandt Jobe 69 69, Jonathan Kaye 69 69, Luke List 69 69, David Mathis 69 69, Jon Mills 68 70, Rob Oppenheim 68 70, Kyle Reifers 72 66, Geoffrey Sisk 72 66, Emmett Turner 68 70
139 Ryan Armour 71 68, Adam Bland 71 68, Michael Clark II 70 69, Todd Demsey 66 73, Brad Elder 66 73, Jason Enloe 71 68, Nick Flanagan 72 67, Rob Grube 72 67, David Hearn 70 69, Bob Heintz 72 67, Barrett Jarosch 71 68, Kevin Kisner 68 71, Doug LaBelle II 67 72, Bob May 68 71, Garrett Osborn 70 69, Rick Price 68 71, Dicky Pride 68 71, Michael Putnam 67 72, Jose de Jesus Rodriguez 67 72, Michael Sims 68 71, Kyle Stanley 70 69, Jhonathan Vegas 70 69
140 Darren Angel 69 71, Josh Broadaway 70 70, Jason Caron 68 72, Bryan DeCorso 71 69, Ty Harris 70 70, Jesse Hutchins 71 69, Troy Kelly 72 68, John Kimbell 69 71, Jamie Lovemark 68 72, Brock MacKenzie 68 72, Justin Peters 68 72, Ted Potter, Jr. 68 72, Alistair Presnell 74 66, Patrick Sheehan 74 66
141 Mark Anderson 70 71, Craig Barlow 67 74, Jonas Blixt 74 67, John Ellis 67 74, Colt Knost 68 73, Bobby MacWhinnie 71 70, Adam Meyer 71 70, Stephen Poole 73 68, Dustin Risdon 69 72, Dave Schultz 69 72, Justin Smith 70 71, Andre Stolz 70 71, Aaron Watkins 74 67, Casey Wittenberg 70 71
142 Andrew Buckle 74 68, Gary Christian 68 74, Paul Claxton 73 69, Todd Fischer 72 70, Kevin Fortin-Simard 71 71, Kelly Grunewald 70 72, Matt Harmon 70 72, William McGirt 73 69, Sal Spallone 72 70
143 Steve Alker 69 74, Kent Jones 68 75, Chris Mundorf 72 71, Ewan Porter 72 71, Jason Schultz 74 69, Sonny Skinner 72 71, Nathan Smith 75 68
144 Oskar Bergman 74 70, Dan Buchner 74 70, Jess Daley 73 71, Bronson LaCassie 70 74, Brett Lederer 71 73, David McKenzie 70 74, Leif Olson 74 70, Efren Serna Espinoza 73 71, B.J. Staten 73 71, Phil Tataurangi 74 70
145 Eric Axley 70 75, Stephen Leaney 70 75, Tom Scherrer 71 74, Brady Schnell 72 73
147 Alan Morin 73 74
148 Daniel Licursi 77 71
157 Brendon Todd 75 82

US PGA Tour Scoreboard
JOHN DEERE CLASSIC
TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
126 Steve Stricker 60 66
127 Paul Goydos 59 68
131 George McNeill 66 65, Jeff Maggert 66 65, Matthew Jones (Aus) 64 67
132 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 64 68, Brendon De Jonge 67 65
133 Boo Weekley 70 63, James Nitties (Aus) 64 69, Webb Simpson 67 66
134 Michael Letzig 64 70, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 67 67, Charley Hoffman 65 69, Jay Williamson 65 69, Mark Hensby (Aus) 70 64, Chris Couch 68 66
135 Steve Lowery 68 67, Woody Austin 68 67, Kevin Sutherland 68 67, Shaun Micheel 69 66, Charlie Wi (Kor) 66 69, Brett Quigley 68 67, Chad Collins 67 68, Troy Matteson 69 66, Jonathan Byrd 66 69
136 Marco Dawson 67 69, Zach Johnson 67 69, John Senden (Aus) 70 66, Chris DiMarco 70 66, Joe Ogilvie 67 69, Matt Bettencourt 69 67, Charles Howell III 68 68, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 65 71, Josh Teater 67 69, Matt Weibring 69 67, Jason Bohn 69 67
137 Brian Davis (Eng) 68 69, Pat Perez 68 69, John Merrick 68 69, Paul Stankowski 69 68, Vaughn Taylor 71 66, Jeff Quinney 69 68, Davis Love III 70 67, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 69 68, Garrett Willis 67 70, Michael Connell 70 67, John Mallinger 72 65, Steve Elkington (Aus) 67 70, Mark Wilson 68 69, Jason Day (Aus) 66 71, Kevin Stadler 67 70, J J Henry 69 68, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 69 68, Tim Clark (Rsa) 71 66
138 Spencer Levin 71 67, Robert Garrigus 69 69, Gary Woodland 66 72, Todd Hamilton 68 70, Roger Tambellini 69 69, James Driscoll 70 68, Chad Campbell 71 67, Michael Bradley 68 70, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 68 70, Lee Janzen 71 67, Scott Piercy 69 69, Tom Pernice Jnr. 71 67, Cliff Kresge 67 71, Brad Faxon 70 68, Kenny Perry 68 70, Michael Allen 70 68, Matthew Every 70 68, Andres Romero (Arg) 68 70, Skip Kendall 70 68, Rocco Mediate 67 71
MISSED THE CUT
139 Chris Riley 69 70, Joe Affrunti 70 69, David Duval 67 72, Graham Delaet (Can) 69 70, Joe Durant 68 71, Bob Estes 70 69, Dean Wilson 71 68, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 67 72, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71 68, Brad Adamonis 69 70, Omar Uresti 70 69, Bubba Watson 67 72, Chris Wilson 69 70, D.A. Points 72 67, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 68 71, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 69 70, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 71 68
140 Scott McCarron 65 75, Kris Blanks 73 67, J.P. Hayes 69 71, J.L. Lewis 72 68, John Rollins 72 68, Justin Bolli 69 71, Brad Benjamin 71 69, Ryan Palmer 68 72, Jimmy Walker 69 71, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 70, Rickie Fowler 70 70, D.J. Trahan 73 67, Nicholas Thompson 69 71
141 Robert Gamez 71 70, Brent Delahoussaye 66 75, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 69 72, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 70 71, Kevin Streelman 68 73, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 68 73, K J Choi (Kor) 70 71, Glen Day 68 73, Johnson Wagner 71 70, Briny Baird 72 69
142 Brian Stuard 71 71, Michael Sim (Aus) 72 70, Nathan Green (Aus) 69 73, Bill Lunde 72 70, Marc Leishman (Aus) 69 73, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 70 72, Cameron Percy (Aus) 72 70, Blake Adams 68 74
143 Martin Flores 71 72, Jason Dufner 73 70, Ted Purdy 72 71, Sunny Kim 73 70, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 72 71, Chris Tidland 70 73, Roland Thatcher 75 68, John Huston 69 74, Jerod Turner 70 73, Troy Merritt 74 69, Cameron Tringale 72 71, Rich Barcelo 74 69
144 Charles Warren 71 73, Cameron Beckman 72 72, Notah Begay III 75 69, Brett Wetterich 73 71
145 Will MacKenzie 73 72, Aron Price (Aus) 70 75
146 Mike Small 73 73, Jeff Gove 72 74, Kevin Johnson 73 73, Carlos Franco (Par) 75 71, Greg Kraft 76 70
147 Vance Veazey 74 73, Craig Bowden 72 75, Steve Wheatcroft 74 73
148 David Lutterus (Rsa) 75 73, Chris Smith 74 74
150 Judd Gibb 78 72
151 Kirk Triplett 76 75
154 Parker McLachlin 75 79