Sunday, July 11, 2010

GLASGOW v LANARKSHIRE

Boys' West of Scotland League match at Pollok

Under 18s
1.Jack Brown Cathcart lost to Eamon Bradley Mount Ellen 6 and 5.
2. Scott Wearing Bishopbriggs beat Ross Gillan Torrance House 6 and 5.
3.Calum Maclean Cowglen beat James Reilly East Kilbride 1 hole.
4. Patrick O'Neil Pollok lost to Blair MacDonald Torrance House 3 and 1.

Under 16s
1.Neil McArthur Bishop' beat Craig Boyd Lanark 3 and 2.
2.Craig anderson Sandyhills beat Calum Harrison Carluke 1 hole.
3.Fraser Davren Williamwood beat Kevin Prentice Lanark 7 and 6
4.Gary Foley Ralston halved with James Allison Torrance House

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Stricker wins John Deere Classic for second year in a row

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
SILVIS, Illinois (AP) — Even with a big lead, Steve Stricker knew he could be in for a rough final round at the John Deere Classic. And that's exactly what he got.
Stricker led by seven strokes with 17 holes to play. With five holes to go, the lead was down to just two. But he maintained that margin the rest of the way Sunday and won the tournament for the second straight year, closing with a 1-under par 70 that was just enough to beat Paul Goydos.
"It's a position you want to be in, with a big lead, but you know you have everything to lose," Stricker said. "This is the exactly the same way I felt at Northern Trust. It was difficult. It's a hard round to play."
Stricker had a six-shot lead in the Northern Trust Open at Riviera in February and had to scramble to win by two. On Sunday, he found himself doing the same thing.
He played it safe and his putting wasn't sharp. The shot-making that had allowed him to record the lowest 54-hole total in PGA Tour history wasn't there. But he came through with a critical birdie after driving into the trees on No. 17 and finished with a 258 - 26 under and a record for the tournament.
"You don't want to give shots away and then you end up playing a little safer than you normally do and it leads to tougher birdie putts," Stricker said. "Then they creep in closer because they were playing some good golf."
Goydos, who dazzled the golf world with his 59 in the opening round, shot a solid 66 but still fell short of dethroning Stricker, who won for the ninth time in his career.
Jeff Maggert shot a 70 to finish six strokes back.
Stricker started this final day with a six-shot lead and quickly bumped it to seven with a 7-foot birdie putt on the first hole. But he had to battle through the rest of the round before essentially sealing his victory at 17.
After driving into the trees right of the fairway for the second straight day, Stricker punched out to 91 yards, right in front of the green, then knocked a sand wedge to six feet. Measuring the putt carefully, Stricker tapped the ball and as fans yelled "Get in the hole," it dropped.
"I told myself you can make this and you need to make this," he said. "I look back at some of the big putts that I've made and there's nothing to be scared of and I rolled it in. So that was a big putt. To go into the last hole with two shots instead of one was huge."
Goydos also birdied 17 to stay two behind, but his last hope ended when he hit into the water on 18. Stricker bogeyed the hole after laying up and hitting into the left rough, but it didn't matter - he was a champion again.
"Strick was hard to catch," Goydos said. "I tried and kept pushing and chipping and grinding and biting at him and doing what I could. But in the end, the putt he made on 17 was a world-class putt. That's what top five players do, that's what Ryder Cup players do."
With the championship sown up, Stricker hit a safe shot to the green on 18 and happily took his bogey. The world's fourth-ranked golfer doffed his cap and hugged his caddie and Goydos after tapping in his final shot.
Goydos, who had been trying for his first win since 2007, qualified for the British Open with his second-place finish. Deere officials arranged for two charter jets to fly the players direct to Scotland on Sunday night.
"I competed reasonably well today," Goydos said. "There are dozens of things I'm excited about and the perk is I get to go over and play at St. Andrews."
The final groups started three hours early because rain was forecast and they played in threesomes instead of pairs. And it was just in time - it began sprinkling as Stricker, Goydos and Maggert played the 18th.
Maggert drew within four strokes of Stricker on the back nine, but fell back when he bogeyed 13.
Stricker also birdied the second hole on Sunday to match those by Goydos and Maggert. But things got tougher when he missed the green at No. 4 and took a bogey after leaving his 8-foot putt for par 3 inches short.
That changed the whole atmosphere of the round, he said.
"I was aggressive, feeling good," Stricker said. "I hit a good drive at 4 and then just walk off with a bogey. And (Maggert) makes birdie and all of a sudden my lead is five."
After dominating the TPC Deere Run course for three rounds, Stricker had a shot at the PGA Tour scoring record of 254 and the record of 32 birdies for 72 holes. He fell four strokes and one birdie short of matching those numbers, but he got a victory and that will make the long flight to St. Andrews seem a whole lot shorter.
"This is why we're playing right here," Stricker said, pointing to the trophy on the table in front of him, "to win tournaments. I wouldn't trade anything for this."
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
258 Steve Stricker 60 66 62 70 (wins $792,000).
260 Paul Goydos 59 68 67 66.
264 Jeff Maggert 66 65 63 70.
265 Shaun Micheel 69 66 63 67.
267 Matt Jones 64 67 66 70.
268 Vaughn Taylor 71 66 64 67.
269 Charley Hoffman 65 69 70 65, Tim Clark 71 66 66 66, Brendon de Jonge 67 65 68 69.
270 Brett Quigley 68 67 68 67, Troy Matteson 69 66 67 68.
271 Greg Chalmers 66 70 67 66, Tom Pernice junior 71 67 65 68, John Senden 70 66 65 70.
Selected score:
278 Brian Davis (England) 68 69 69 72 (jt 62nd).

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Paul Lawrie, 1999 Open Champion, and Doug Sanders, the nearly-man of 1970

Paul Lawrie, with a solid silver replica of The Claret Jug he won at Carnoustie in 1999, with Doug Sanders, the colourful American - he was dressed in pink today - who should have won The Open at St Andrews in 1970 but missed a 3ft putt on the 18th green and then lost an 18-hole play-off to Jack Nicklaus the following day.
When asked if he ever thought about that putt down through the years, Sanders has replied in the past: "Not really, not more than at least once every day!"
Lawrie and Sanders are pictured just after the opening ceremony at Lundin Golf Club of the R and A's biennial 6th Junior Open which will be contested by a recored field of 120 competitors, all under 16 years and most of them champions in their native countries, from 77 nations.
The tournament starts on Monday over the Lundin Links where it was blowing a gale today for the final practice round.
For more pictures from the opening ceremony, switch over to http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/

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Mark Halliday wins Sinclair Cup again at Royal Dornoch

By ROBIN WILSON
After a one year stay in the home trophy cabinet Royal Dornoch's premier open stroke play trophy, The Sinclair Cup, is back in the clutches of Royal Aberdeen's Mark Halliday for the fifth time.
After winning at Dornoch for the first time in 2002 the Royal Aberdeen club champion was disappointed he was unable to go for a hatrick in 2009 after back to back wins in 2007 and 2008, he had also won the cup at Dornoch in 2005, but after a fabulous opening 66 on the famous Sutherland links on Saturday morning for a four stroke lead, he only had to go through the motions in his second round 74 to win again, this year by seven shots.
In his first round Halliday matched the outward nine hole par of 35 then moved up two gears over the the first four inward holes with two birdies, 10th and 13th and an eagle at the par five twelfth hole before throttling back to cruise home in 31 for a four under par 66 and seven below under the first round CSS which took his handicap down to plus plus five, one of the lowest in Scotland and certainly the North east.
Halliday had begun the season on +3 but after a ten shot victory with 64 and 67 in the Boyd Anderson at Moray added to his Royal Aberdeen championship scores he arrived in Dornoch with +4. His first round 66 (net 70) took him to +5 and a second round 74 (39/35) easily recaptured the Cup.
Heading the local challenge after the first 18 holes to follow Kevin Matheson's win last year, was Daniel Holden with a level par 70, his card featured a birdie three at Dornoch's much written about 14th hole - “Foxy”. Holder Matheson, winner the previous weekend at Golspie, struggled to an eighty while local plus handicapper, Chris Mailley, backed up Holden with a 71.
Conditions were a bit tougher in round 2, the home CSS remaining at 73 but the visitor's rising to 74, as Holden birdied the 14th for the second time to hold second place with a 77 for 147. Mailley's total rose to 148 but he was relegated to fourth place by one handicapper John Godward from McDonald-Ellon who climbed up the field for third place with an excellent second round 69. Former winner Michael Buchan (Cruden Bay) ended up in fifth scratch place with 73&76 for 149.
Six handicapper Colin Campbell (Gullane) had the steadiest of the net returns 70&72 to lead the handicap scores from local Niall Campbell (14)143. In a somewhat surprising position of third handicap was last season's Carnegie Shield runner up Ian Rennie on 144, off 2 before Dougie Brown Prestwick) (3) was fourth and Wayne Thomson (Murcar Links) (7) taking a fourth voucher Eastwards.
Results. CSS (Home 73/73, Away 73/74)
Scratch; 140 M Halliday(Royal Aberdeen) 66/74. 147 D Holden (RDGC) 70/77. 148 J Godward (McDonald-Ellon) 79/69 , C. Mailley (RDGC) 71/78. 149 M Buchan (Cruden Bay) 73/76.
Handicap – C D Campbell (Gullane) (6) 142. N. Campbell (RDGC) (8) 143. I M Rennie (The Hindhead) (2) 144. D. Brown (Prestwick) (3), W. Thomson (Murcar Links) (7) 145

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The Wonder of Wiesberger - 62 to win Lyon's share

From Challenge Tour Press Officer PAUL SYMES
A course record round of 62 – the lowest of his career – helped Austrian Bernd Wiesberger to his maiden Challenge Tour title at the ALLIANZ Golf Open de Lyon.
Wiesberger came into the week on the back of his highest Challenge Tour finish, a tie for second place at The Princess, and duly topped that with a 17 under par aggregate total at Golf du Gouverneur near Lyon, France, to take the title by two shots from the fast-finishing Joel Sjöholm of Sweden.
The win was the third by an Austrian on the Challenge Tour this season, following the victories of Martin Wiegele at the Kärnten Golf Open by Markus Brier Foundation and the SAINT-OMER OPEN presented by Neuflize OBC.
Wiesberger closed his third round with a three-putt bogey, but promptly banished that memory with gains at the first, third, fifth, sixth and eighth holes to go out in just 31. Another birdie at the 12th hole duly followed, before “the best two iron shots of my career” – a six iron to three feet for eagle on the 15th hole, and a seven iron to two feet for birdie at the next – effectively sealed the victory.
Wiesberger’s cheque for €24,000 moved him up 12 places to fourth in the Rankings, and put him within sight of a return to The European Tour at the first time of asking.
He said: “It’s just unreal – to shoot 62 on the last day to win the tournament is unbelievable. You don’t get many days where everything goes right, but today was definitely one of those days. I played well on the front nine for the first two days, then played well on the back nine on the third day. So I told myself that if I could combine the two today, I’d have a great chance of winning – and that’s how it worked out.
“The 15th and 16th holes were where I won the tournament – to hit those two shots at that time was pretty special. After that I knew that if I kept calm and played steady golf for the last two holes, the trophy would be mine. It helped that I was in the second last group last week, so I brought a lot of confidence and momentum with me this week. Now after the win, my confidence has gone up to another level again.
“I have to thank Branden Grace and his caddie, who did a great job for me today. For the first three days I didn’t have a caddy, and in this heat it’s hard enough to stay fresh and focused without having to carry your own clubs around as well. So it was really good to have Shane, and he helped me enormously on the greens. He asked for €70 before the start of the round, but I think I’ll tip him generously – he’ll be well looked after!
“I’m sure I’ll buy him a drink, then when I get back to Austria tonight, I’ll be hitting a few bars with my brother and friends to celebrate. Then I’ll rest up for a day and get ready for the Credit Suisse Challenge on Tuesday. It’s obviously hard to keep your energy and motivation levels up after a win, but if I want to get back on the main Tour again, I need to keep going. I don’t feel I did myself justice last year – my short game and putting just weren’t good enough. It’s always difficult to keep your card in your rookie season, but I’m confident that if I get back there, I’ll be much better prepared.”
Sjöholm, also seeking his maiden Challenge Tour title, also went out in 31, but despite matching Wiesberger’s eagle at the 15th hole, the Swede was unable to maintain his momentum after the turn, and eventually had to settle for second place on 15 under par.
One shot back, his compatriot Fredrik Henge shot a round of 64 to finish in a three way tie for third place alongside England’s Adam Gee (66) and Denmark’s Thørbjorn Olesen (67).
Were it not for an opening round of 73, when he had to play with borrowed clubs after his set failed to make it to Toulouse from Frankfurt, Henge might have been celebrating his sixth Challenge Tour title. But the 35 year old could at least console himself with a cheque for €9,000 which moved him up to 44th place in the Rankings.
The English duo of Paul Dwyer and Charlie Ford finished in a tie for sixth place on 13 under par after both men posted rounds of 67.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
267 B Wiesberger (Aut) 67 67 71 62,
269 J Sjöholm (Swe) 68 70 66 65,
270 F Henge (Swe) 73 64 69 64, A Gee (Eng) 71 66 67 66, T Olesen (Den) 66 69 68 67,
271 P Dwyer (Eng) 67 66 71 67, C Ford (Eng) 68 65 71 67,
272 R Russell (Sco) 71 67 68 66, A Sjöstrand (Swe) 69 71 65 67, I Van Weerelt (Ned) 66 69 69 68, M Zions (Aus) 66 69 70 67,
273 J Guerrier (Fra) 68 70 66 69, T Feyrsinger (Aut) 66 73 68 66,
274 V Riu (Fra) 70 67 70 67, J Zapata (Arg) 71 67 67 69,
275 J McLeary (Sco) 70 70 65 70, C Macaulay (Sco) 70 69 70 66, J Billot (Fra) 70 69 67 69, Å Nilsson (Swe) 66 72 72 65, M Tullo (Chi) 70 68 68 69, T Remkes (Ned) 68 66 71 70,
276 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 68 71 67 70, B Teilleria (Fra) 68 68 71 69, A Kaleka (Fra) 67 70 70 69, T Raillard (Fra) 70 67 66 73,
277 F Praegant (Aut) 71 68 64 74, L Slattery (Eng) 67 72 67 71, E Saltman (Sco) 65 74 69 69, O Floren (Swe) 65 67 71 74, L Gagli (Ita) 68 67 72 70, S Jamieson (Sco) 69 69 72 67,
278 A Bernadet (Fra) 68 65 72 73, A Marshall (Eng) 72 68 67 71, M Bothma (RSA) 69 70 68 71, S Ottosen (Den) 69 69 69 71, A McArthur (Sco) 71 69 66 72, C Del Moral (Esp) 67 68 71 72,
279 J Grillon (Fra) 70 70 70 69, J Larsen (Nor) 72 68 70 69, A Snobeck (Fra) 70 70 67 72, J Arruti (Esp) 67 72 66 74, M Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 69 71 68, M Carlsson (Swe) 67 68 70 74, C Suneson (Esp) 69 68 70 72,
280 M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 69 68 69 74, S Wakefield (Eng) 70 67 70 73, C Baker (USA) 69 69 71 71,
281 M Soffietti (Ita) 72 66 70 73, A Perrino (Ita) 69 69 71 72,
282 M Higley (Eng) 64 75 72 71, C Moriarty (Irl) 70 70 73 69, R Santos (Por) 70 70 69 73, B Mason (Eng) 66 73 69 74, C Russo (Fra) 72 68 71 71,
283 S Manley (Wal) 69 70 77 67, W Ormsby (Aus) 68 72 73 70,
284 S Davis (Eng) 70 70 73 71, F Fritsch (Ger) 70 70 75 69, M Haines (Eng) 69 69 73 73,
285 A Bjork (Swe) 66 70 74 75,
286 O David (Fra) 67 72 72 75, T Fournier (Fra) 71 69 73 73,
287 M Van Hauwe (Fra) 72 68 73 74,
288 F De Vries (Ned) 67 71 72 78,
** F Marty (Fra) 68 70 78 WD



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Oldcorn loses lead to first-time winner Ryall on Seniors Tour

From European Senior Tour Press Officer STEVE TODD
Englishman George Ryall fired a closing round 66 to capture the inaugural Van Lanschot Senior Open by one stroke and become the first non-exempt winner on the European Senior Tour in four years.
The 51 year old from Portishead, who only sealed his place in the field after finishing tied fifth in last week’s Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open, held off the challenge of 2001 PGA Championship winner Andrew Oldcorn at Royal Haagsche Golf and Country Club to land his maiden Senior Tour victory.
Oldcorn had started the final round with a two stroke lead but after Ryall birdied the 18th to set the clubhouse target of ten under par 206, the Scot’s 25ft birdie putt lipped out on the 17th hole and he could only manage par on the last to sign for a 72 and finish on nine under par.
That meant Ryall became the seventh first time winner on the Senior Tour in 2010, sealing both a two year exemption on the Senior Tour and a place in the field at Carnoustie for The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard.
“I’m delighted really,” he said. “I had different goals for this week – to get in the top ten to keep playing and top five to get in the top 40 on the Order of Merit for the re-rank so I could get more starts.
“I didn’t really expect to win, ever. I didn’t look at any leaderboards until the 17th when it frightened me to death and I left my putt halfway.
“The turning point was really the putt on the last when I thought I’d missed it left and it turned back into the hole.
“I get two years exemption now and I don’t have to pre-qualify for The Senior Open so it opens up so many doors for me. I’d been sending letters to sponsors all year trying to tell them I was quite good and now they might realise I’m not that bad!”
Ryall finished 63rd on the Senior Tour Order of Merit last season after gaining a conditional card at the Qualifying School but despite having to rely largely on invites, he has now finished inside the top 20 in all but two of his eight appearances so far in 2010.
His victory, which came courtesy of six birdies and one bogey in the final round, saw him become the first player not fully exempt on the Senior Tour to win since Spaniard Juan Quiros triumphed in the Ragaz PGA Seniors Open.
“I A Oldcornt’s just such a rollercoaster ride golf,” said Ryall. “I’m trying to get used to playing on the Tour so this is a bit of a shock. It’s nice to join guys like Gordon Brand Jnr, Kevin Spurgeon and Glenn Ralph as winners. They are all big friends of mine so it’s nice to be part of that. I’m going to be here on Tour every week now so they’ll get sick of the sight of me!
“I struggled a bit last week in Bad Ragaz being in the final group as it was all a bit new to me but I played very well today and I guess I’m a quick learner!”
With the Dutch facing Spain in the World Cup Final just hours after his victory, Ryall also had a special message for the home spectators in The Hague.
“Of course I’ll be supporting Holland tonight,” he said. “You’ve all supported me all week so I’ll be supporting you tonight.”
Oldcorn’s runner up finish continued his fine run of form since joining the Senior Tour, with his fifth top ten finish in seven starts moving him up to sixth in the Order of Merit.
Former Ryder Cup player Gordon J Brand carded a 68 to finish in third, with Scotland’s Ross Drummond in fourth
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
206 G Ryall (Eng) 72 68 66,
207 A Oldcorn (Sco) 69 66 72,
208 G Brand (Eng) 69 71 68,
209 R Drummond (Sco) 73 67 69,
210 A Franco (Par) 69 72 69, D Smyth (Irl) 74 66 70, G Brand Jnr (Sco) 72 66 72,
211 S Owen (Nzl) 73 71 67,
212 D O'Sullivan (Irl) 69 76 67, B Boyd (USA) 72 68 72, L Carbonetti (Arg) 69 68 75,
214 T Johnstone (Zim) 75 69 70, D Merriman (Aus) 72 69 73, B Lane (Eng) 73 70 71, D Russell (Eng) 72 70 72,
215 M Clayton (Aus) 73 69 73, J Heggarty (Nir) 70 73 72, J Quiros (Esp) 73 73 69, H Carbonetti (Arg) 68 77 70,
216 B Smit (RSA) 72 73 71, J Hall (Eng) 71 74 71, C Williams (RSA) 74 72 70, B Cameron (Eng) 72 74 70, M Belsham (Eng) 71 71 74, E Rodriguez (Esp) 71 72 73, J Gould (Eng) 71 71 74, J Bland (RSA) 70 71 75, D Cambridge (Jam) 74 74 68, B Ruangkit (Tha) 72 73 71,
217 P Fowler (Aus) 72 73 72, E Darcy (Irl) 72 74 71, T Giedeon (Ger) 71 74 72, N Job (Eng) 69 74 74, C Mason (Eng) 72 72 73, K Tomori (Jpn) 70 74 73,
218 K Spurgeon (Eng) 71 74 73,
219 F Mann (Sco) 70 77 72, R Chapman (Eng) 75 73 71, G Banister (Aus) 74 74 71, P Oakley (USA) 74 76 69, G Ralph (Eng) 74 72 73,
220 M Cunning (USA) 73 71 76, M Farry (Fra) 69 80 71, M Harwood (Aus) 74 78 68, N Ratcliffe (Aus) 71 77 72,
221 G Cali (Ita) 74 71 76, S Cipa (Eng) 72 74 75,
222 S Bennett (Eng) 75 76 71, J Harrison (Eng) 71 75 76, B Longmuir (Sco) 75 74 73, J Rivero (Esp) 77 74 71, I Woosnam (Wal) 76 74 72, B Lincoln (RSA) 73 77 72,
223 A Fernandez (Chi) 73 75 75, J Rhodes (Eng) 78 72 73,
224 M Williams (Zim) 76 76 72, D Johnson (USA) 73 75 76,
225 T Charnley (Eng) 73 74 78,
226 M Gray (Sco) 75 77 74, T Giles (Eng) 71 76 79, A Sowa (Arg) 73 78 75, G Watine (Fra) 77 72 77, J Bruner (USA) 74 77 75,
227 I Mosey (Eng) 77 74 76,
228 A Johnsson (Swe) 72 79 77, D Durnian (Eng) 83 70 75, J Chillas (Sco) 76 75 77
229 S Torrance (Sco) 73 79 77,
230 E Polland (Nir) 77 74 79,
232 J Woof (Eng) 79 79 74,
233 J Hawkes (RSA) 70 80 83, M Miller (Sco) 80 81 72,
234 R Willison (Eng) 77 79 78, B Gee (Ned) 77 82 75,
235 C O'Connor Jnr (Irl) 76 79 80,
236 M Bembridge (Eng) 74 79 83,
240 T Gale (Aus) 81 81 78,
241 J Dorrestein (Ned) 81 87 73,
243 A Garrido (Esp) 79 84 80,
265 A Loesberg (Ned) 88 89 88,




Ryder Cup winning captains Ian Woosnam and Sam Torrance finished in tied 48th and tied 68th respectively.
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Open championship place consolation for runner-up Darren Clarke

Edoardo Molinari wins Barclays Scottish Open by three

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Italian Edoardo Molinari joined his brother Francesco as a European Tour winner today- and with it sets up the real possibility of them both making their Ryder Cup debuts in October.
With Francesco looking on all the way - he finished joint fourth - the 29-year-old from Turin won his duel with Darren Clarke to become Barclays Scottish Open champion at Loch Lomond.
Molinari, one ahead after his dazzling third-round 63, closed with a 74 in the much tougher conditions and, with a 12-under-par total of 272, took the £500,000 first prize by three. The compensation for runner-up Clarke was that, with Molinari already exempt for this coming week's Open, he took the one St Andrews spot up for grabs.
The 41-year-old Ulsterman was always fighting an uphill battle from the moment he tried to play his ball out of the mud and water by the third green but needed three attempts at it and ran up a double-bogey 7.
No brothers have played together in the Ryder Cup since Bernard and Geoffrey Hunt in 1963, back in the days when it was just Britain against America. But Francesco, who a week ago lost a play-off for the French Open to Miguel Angel Jimenez, moves up from eighth to fifth in the points race.
And winner Edoardo, who first hit the headlines by winning the US Amateur title five years ago, is up from 11th to sixth on the world list from which the first four members of Colin Montgomerie's side will come.
With Francesco having won the 2006 Italian Open, Edoardo's victory makes them the third brothers to lift Tour titles - and this just eight months after they combined to win the World Cup in China. Seve and Manuel Ballesteros did it and so did their fellow Spaniards Antonio and German Garrido.
Molinari was five clear after five holes, bogeyed the next two but then regained that advantage when Clarke dropped a shot on the short 11th and he made a 15-foot birdie putt three holes later.
Five ahead with four to play looked a done deal, but a terrible drive down the 415-yard 15th led to a double-bogey 6.
The gap then came down to two when Clarke made a five-foot birdie putt on the short 17th, but he was the one to bogey the last.By then, though, he knew he had edged the Open place from France's Raphael Jacquelin, who came through for third with a joint best-of-the-day 68.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
Prizemoney in Euros
272 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 66 69 63 74 (601,600).
275 Darren Clarke 65 67 67 76 (401,063).
276 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 71 68 69 68 (225,961).
277 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 69 68 72, Stephen Gallacher 67 73 69 68, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 67 69 69 72 (153,288 each).
278 Shane Lowry 68 73 66 71 (108,288).
279 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 70 69 69 71, Ross Fisher 71 73 65 70, Johan Edfors (Swe) 67 76 68 68
281 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 70 70 70
282 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 72 69 71 70, Graeme Storm 66 72 69 75, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 69 68 73, Bradley Dredge 67 69 73 73
283 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 70 68 73 72, Damien McGrane 66 72 73 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 73 71 69 70
284 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 67 70 74, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 70 69 72 73
285 Gary Boyd 74 70 68 73, Graeme McDowell 71 71 68 75, David Horsey 68 72 71 74, Rhys Davies 69 74 68 74, Peter Lawrie 70 74 69 72
286 Craig Lee 70 72 70 74, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 70 74 68 74, Marcel Siem (Ger) 72 70 70 74, Heath Slocum (USA) 69 71 72 74, John Daly (USA) 67 73 69 77, David Drysdale 71 72 69 74, Martin Laird 71 71 70 74, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 71 68 71 76 (32,667 each).
287 Sam Hutsby 69 72 70 76, Tom Lehman (USA) 71 72 68 76, Danny Willett 70 72 73 72, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 68 74 69 76
288 Richie Ramsay 69 74 68 77, David Howell 71 73 68 76, David Dixon 71 71 72 74 (24,184 each).
289 Anders Hansen (Den) 69 71 73 76, Soren Hansen (Den) 73 70 70 76, Richard Green (Aus) 69 72 70 78, Gregory Havret (Fra) 70 72 74 73
290 Anthony Wall 68 76 71 75, Gareth Maybin 71 73 74 72, Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 73 72 74, Mark Brown (Nzl) 70 74 67 79
291 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 72 70 70 79, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 75 74 74, James Kingston (Rsa) 70 72 69 80
292 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 68 74 71 79, David Lynn 71 71 73 77
293 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 70 69 75 79
294 James Morrison 72 72 71 79
295 Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 67 77 72 79, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 72 72 74 77, John Parry 68 72 75 80, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 67 74 73 81
296 James Kamte (Rsa) 71 71 71 83
297 Jamie Elson 72 70 78 77, Joost Luiten (Ned) 71 73 74 79, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 70 74 73 80, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 74 70 74 79
298 Richard McEvoy 71 73 73 81, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 71 73 74 80
300 Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 75 80 76

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Stewart-Cation beats McColl in Fife match-play final

Scott Stewart-Cation (Balbirnie Park) is the new Fife men's county match-play champion.
He beat Jordan McColl (Scotscraig) by 2 and 1 in the field at Drumoig golf course today.
Today's results:
SEMI-FINALS
Jordan McCall (Scotscraig) bt Gary Sharp (St Andrews) 3 and 2.
Scott Stewart-Cation (Balbirnie Park) bt Steven Scott (Drumoit) 2 and 1.
FINAL
Stewart-Cation bt McColl 2 and 1.

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James White in action. Image by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography.

JAMES WHITE WINS SUTHERLAND CHALICE BY THREE

Stirling University student James White (Lundin), a former Scottish boys' match-play champion, won his first Scottish Golf Union 72-hole Order of Merit event at Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club today.
White, who achieved a top-10 finish in the world men's universities individual championships earlier this year, put together four steady rounds of 70, 69, 68 and 69 for a four-under-par total of 276 to win the Sutherland Chalice by three shots.
Runner-up on 279 was Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) with scores of 70, 68, 73 and 68.
Joint third on 280 were Aberdour's Scott Crichton, who has improved considerably with his successful experience on the American college circut, and former British boys' champion Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh), another with US college golf experience in abundance.
This was Findlay's best finish for some time.
Halfway leader Peter Latimer (St Andrews New), winner of the recent East of Scotland Open, killed off his victory hopes in this one with an 8 at the par-3 15th in a third-round 76. He finished bravely with a four-round 68 but could not repair the damage.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70). CSS 71 72 72 71
276 James White (Lundin) 70 69 68 69.
279 Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 70 68 73 68.
280 Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 70 72 70 68, Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 72 72 68 68.
281 Peter Latimer (St Andrews New) 74 63 76 68, James Hendrick (Pollok) 69 75 68 69.
283 Michael Daily (Erskine) 70 70 74 69, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 71 72 72 68.
285 Michael Main (Thornton) 67 74 72 72, Steven McEwan (Caprington) 72 72 70 71, Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe) 74 72 71 68, Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 71 71 71 72.
286 Conor O'Neil (Pollok) 69 70 72 75, Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 68 76 72 70.
287 Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen) 70 71 72 74.
288 Steven Maxwell (Windyhill) 69 70 75 74, Steven Neilson (Dunbar) 69 74 73 72, Mathew Clark (Kilmacolm) 71 76 73 69,  Neil Henderson (Glen) 68 74 70 77.
290 S Simants (Dunbar) 73 68 73 76, N Hamilton (Powfoot) 69 73 73 75.
291 Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) 73 67 76 75, R Docherty (Bearsden) 70 71 76 74, R Carson (Dalmahoy) 72 74 74 71.
292 Stuart Boyle (Harburn) 75 72 74 71.
294 Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 72 74 72 76..

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JOHN DEERE CLASSIC
TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois
£4.4million prize fund. Winner gets: $792,000
LEADING THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
188 Steve Stricker 60 66 62 
194 Jeff Maggert 66 65 63, Jeff Goydos 59 68 67.
197 Matt Jones 64 67 66
198 Shaun Micheel 69 66 63.
200 Brendon de Jonge 67 65 68.
201 Vaughn Taylor 71 66 64, John Senden 70 66 65, Charlie Wi 66 69 66.
202 Rocco Mediate 67 71 64, Garrett Willis 67 70 65, Marco Dawson 67 69 66, Chad Collins 67 68 67, Troy Matteson 69 66 67, James Nitties 64 69 69.
203 Kenny Perry 68 70 65, Gary Woodland 66 72 65, Tom Pernice junior 71 67 65, Tim Clark 71 66 66, Jason Day 66 71 66, Brett Quigley 68 67 68, Kevin Sutherland 68 67 68, Michael Letzig 64 70 69, Rod Pampling 67 67 69, Webb Simpson 67 66 70.
204 Matt Bettencourt 69 67 68, Josh Teater 67 69 68, Chris DiMarco 70 66 68, Joe Ogilvie 67 69 68, Charley Hoffman 65 69 70, Boo Weekley 70 63 71.
205 Roger Tambellini 69 69 67, Todd Hamilton 68 70 67, Greg Chalmers 68 70 67, Henrik Bjornstad 69 68 68, Paul Stankowski 69 68 68, Jason Gohn 69 67 69, Zach Johnson 67 69 69, Steve Lowery 68 67 70, Chris Couch 68 66 71.
206 James Driscoll 70 68 68, Chad Campbell 71 67 68, John Merrick 68 69 69, Brian Davis 68 69 69, Jonathan Byrd 66 69 71, Woody Austin 68 67 71, Aaron Baddeley 64 68 74.
207 Michael Bradley 68 70 69, Spencer Levin 71 67 69, Michael Connell 70 67 70, Steve Elkington 67 70 70, Matt Weibring 69 67 71, Jay Williamson 65 69 73, Mark Hensby 70 64 73, George McNeill 66 65 76.

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