Sunday, July 25, 2010

Luke Donald finishes third in Toronto

Swede Pettersson wins Canadian Open with late run

FROM THE SKY.COM WEBSITE
Carl Pettersson produced four birdies on the back nine to claim a dramatic victory in the RBC Canadian Open. It was yet another victory on the US PGA Tour for a non-American.
The Swede, who shot himself into contention with a course-record 60 on Saturday, benefitted from a shaky final round by Dean Wilson at St. George's Golf and Country Club in Ontario.
The American, who took a four-shot lead into Sunday's final round, could only manage a two-over par 72 as he saw his hopes of victory slip away.
Pettersson was still four shots behind as he teed off at the 11th, but a hot streak over the next five holes put him in control.
He would eventually go on to card a three-under round of 67, taking victory despite a bogey at the last hole.
Wilson stumbled with bogeys at the 12th and 14th while Pettersson was in the midst of a charge, picking up a shot at 11 before reeling off three birdies in a row between the 13th and 15th.
The result was a two-shot lead for Pettersson, who could afford the luxury of a dropped shot at the last after Wilson could only make par there.
It was Pettersson's first victory on the US PGA Tour since his triumph at the Wyndham Championship nearly two years ago and the delighted Swede said afterwards: "I still can't believe I won the tournament.
"I know it's difficult to shoot another low one after a round like that, so I was just trying to downplay it. I just tried to stay calm and [told myself] 'Whatever happens today, happens'.
"I love the back nine, it sets up great for me. I played very aggressive coming in and all of a sudden I had the lead when I birdied 14.
"But 16 and 17 are difficult holes and I knew even with a two-shot lead anything can happen. I guess this was my week."
A disappointed Wilson commented: "I think when I'm leading the tournament in my mind you have to make up your mind to be real aggressive or to play just a tiny bit safe. It's hard to just go for them (the flags).
"Carl did that towards the end; he just kept shooting at the pins because he had no choice. I had a four-shot lead going into the back and just couldn't get anything done, couldn't get any birdies and Carl shot four-under.
"Being in the position that I was, I'm a little disappointed. But still, lots of positives.
"If you would have told me before the week that I could be second alone, I would have been tickled."
England's Luke Donald finished in third position after an impressive final round of 66, which included five birdies.
Charlie Wi, Greg Chalmers, Michael Letzig, Charley Hoffman, Matt Kuchar, Jeff Quinney, Bryce Molder and Bob Estes and Tim Clark finished in a nine-way tie for fourth on 10-under par, four shots back of Pettersson.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
266 Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 71 68 60 67.
267 Dean Wilson 65 65 65 72.
268 Luke Donald (England) 69 66 67 66.
270 Michael Letzig 66 70 69 65, Greg Chalmers (Australia) 66 69 65 70, Charley Hoffman 65 71 69 65, Charlie Wi 69 68 67 66, Matt Kuchar 70 67 66 67, Jeff Quinney 71 66 64 69, Bryce Molder 70 67 63 70, Bob Estes  66 67 66 71, Tim Clark (S Africa) 66 64 69 71 270.
271 Steve Wheatcroft) 65 66 73 67, Kevin Na 67 67 68 69, Brendon de Jonge (S Africa) 69 67 66 69, Trevor Immelman (S Africa) 67 68 65 71.
272 David Duval 68 67 72 65, Jimmy Walker 65 73 68 66, Kirk Triplett 71 67 67 67, Matt Bettencourt 70 65 68 69, Chris Riley 69 69 65 69, Hunter Mahan 65 67 70 70, Kevin Sutherland 73 62 65 72.
273 Ryan Palmer 68 67 70 68, Matt Every 71 66 67 69, Roger Tambellini 68 66 69 70, J J Henry 67 65 71 70, Blake Adams 70 66 66 71, Chris DiMarco 69 67 66 71.

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Narrow win for North-east Under-14 boys over North

North-east beat North 4 1/2-3 1/2 in an inter-district Under-14 boys' golf match at Longside today.
Results (NE players first):
Ryan McKinnon (Inchmarlo) bt Alasdair Ross (Fort William) 7 and 6.
Finlay McPherson (Kemnay) lost to Lewis Daley (Forres) 2 and 1.
Lewys Anderson (Deeside) bt Cameron Franson (Loch Ness) 1 hole.
Benjamin Henderson (Deeside) halved with Rory Asher (Nairn).
Ray Gordon (Alford) bt Cameron Kerr (Elgin) 1 hole
Calvin Cheyne (Newburgh) lost to Kieran MacKay (Inverness) 3 and 2.
Liam Allan (Longside) bt Shaun Hogg (Alness) 5 and 3.
Anthony Harkin (Auchmill) lost to Sandy Scott (The Nairn) 2 and 1.

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Graham Bell is Angus county match-play champion

Downfield's Graham Bell beat Steve Harrod (Ballumbie) by 3 and 2 in the final of the Angus men's county championship at Monifieth today.
Bell beat Ian Hutcheon by one hole in the semi-finals.

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Langer holds off Pavin to win Senior Open at Carnoustie

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Bernhard Langer held off the challenge of Corey Pavin to win The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard at Carnoustie.
The German, who lives in Florida, kept his cool to compile a closing round of 72 for a five under par total, one better than the US Ryder Cup Captain, who finished his first Senior Major with a round of 70.
Langer, pictured, has enjoyed a glittering career since turning 50 and joining the US Champions (Seniors) Tour almost three years ago, where he has won consecutive Order of Merit titles and finished in the top ten in seven of his 12 Senior Majors, but incredibly this was his first Major since winning the second of his Green Jackets at Augusta National in 1993.
"This ranks very high," said Langer. "Obviously it was pretty close to my two US Masters championships and some of The Ryder Cup stuff I won - it's a thrill to finally hold this trophy.
"Corey played very well all day, he's a beautiful ball striker and bends the ball both directions and he has a great short game. I knew he wouldn't go away.
"You still get nervous, and especially a Championship that means something to you. As you know, I've always wanted to win The Open Championship and this is the next best thing. I probably will not win The Open Championship, but I'm very pleased to win The Senior Open Championship on a great golf course like this.
"Carnoustie is a wonderful, tough links course, maybe the toughest I've ever played. The set-up was very good and I want to congratulate the people who set up the golf course from the European PGA, and also I want to thank MasterCard for their title sponsorship and support of this tournament."
Langer started the day three clear of his playing partner and by the time they teed off it was quickly becoming apparent that the rest of the field were going to be unable to challenge the final pair.
Pavin trimmed the gap to two with a birdie at the 459 yard second before Langer responded at the fifth.
And the former Ryder Cup Captain's lead was up to four stroke when Pavin dropped a shot at the seventh, only for Langer to experience a wobble and bogey the eighth and ninth.
Pavin was within one when he birdied the 11th, before both players tapped in for birdie at the par five 14th.
The turning point came at the 471 yard 15th - Pavin appeared to hold all the aces when he found the fairway with his drive and Langer hit his tee shot into thick rough.
But the former US Open Championship winner pulled his second into a greenside bunker and bogeyed while Langer chipped his third to six feet and saved par.
Pavin almost chipped in at the 17th for birdie, but needed a two shot swing at the last.
Langer drove right but his ball stopped short of the water, although he could only fire his second to the fairway 130 yards short of the green.
Pavin found the fairway off the tee, but left his approach just short of the green and when Langer pitched his third to 12 feet, Pavin needed to hole his lengthy birdie putt from off the green to stand any realistic chance of a play-off but it came up five feet short.
"It's tough when you almost win," he admitted. "It's almost harder when you just finish second and not win - it's disappointing.
"I played well, and Bernhard didn't play his best golf today I would say, but he did what he needed to do to win, and that's what it's about. I just came up one shot short, that's all."
Australian Peter Senior carded a final round 68 to finish in a tie for third on one under, alongside American trio Fred Funk, Jay Don Blake and Russ Cochran.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
279 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 67 71 69 72
280 Corey Pavin 69 69 72 70
283 Russ Cochran 70 71 70 72, Fred Funk 75 69 67 72, Jay Don Blake 67 74 70 72, Peter Senior (Aus) 71 72 72 68
284 Trevor Dodds (Nam) 74 71 69 70
285 Ian Woosnam (Wal) 72 67 72 74, Jay Haas 70 69 72 74, Tommy Armour III 74 72 69 70
286 John Cook 69 72 72 73, Jeff Sluman 69 74 70 73, Tom Lehman 71 75 73 67
287 Mark Calcavecchia 70 70 75 72, Loren Roberts 71 72 75 69, Larry Mize 69 70 72 76, David Frost (Rsa) 71 75 71 70
288 Dan Forsman 68 71 74 75, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 74 73 72 69
289 Gary Hallberg 70 74 68 77, Bruce Vaughan 68 76 74 71, Mark James (Eng) 74 72 70 73, C.s. Lu (Tpe) 76 71 69 73
290 Tom Watson 74 71 71 74, Bobby Clampett 76 73 70 71
291 David J Russell (Eng) 75 67 72 77, Des Smyth (Irl) 74 74 72 71, Carl Mason (Eng) 67 76 69 79, Olin Browne 70 72 72 77
292 Michael Allen 73 70 71 78, Chris Williams (Rsa) 73 74 70 75, Glenn Ralph (Eng) 75 73 73 71, Barry Lane (Eng) 75 72 72 73
293 Ted Schulz 75 70 72 76, David Peoples 70 74 80 69, Angel Franco (Par) 73 75 71 74
294 Gene Jones 73 74 75 72, Bob Cameron (Eng) 75 73 75 71, Morris Hatalsky 71 72 76 75, Steve Cipa (Eng) 74 72 76 72
295 Denis Watson (Zim) 76 72 77 70, Randy Haag 71 77 73 74, John Harrison (Eng) 72 77 72 74, Gordon Brand Jnr (Sco) 73 75 73 74, Bill Longmuir (Sco) 75 71 76 73
296 James D Mason 71 74 77 74, Mark Wiebe 68 80 73 75, Mike Donald 69 79 72 76, Tsukasa Watanabe (Jpn) 74 74 72 76
297 Juan Quiros (Spa) 76 72 74 75, Wayne Grady (Aus) 77 71 75 74, Bob Gilder 76 73 77 71, Gordon J Brand (Eng) 73 75 74 75, Stephen Bennett (Eng) 74 73 78 72, Scott Simpson 78 69 73 77, Tim Simpson 75 74 76 72, David Merriman (Aus) 74 75 73 75
298 Domingo Hospital (Spa) 74 70 77 77, Denis O'Sullivan (Irl) 73 76 74 75, Ross Drummond (Sco) 72 74 75 77, Peter Fowler (Aus) 75 73 71 79, Ronnie Black 72 74 75 77
299 Sam Torrance (Sco) 69 77 80 73, Mark Belsham (Eng) 75 73 78 73, Hideki Kase (Jpn) 77 70 74 78, Martin Poxon (Eng) 75 74 76 74, Mike Goodes 73 75 70 81
300 Fraser Mann (Sco) 72 74 78 76
301 Boonchu Ruangkit (Tha) 75 74 75 77, Mike Cunning 74 74 77 76
302 Noel Ratcliffe (Aus) 76 72 75 79
308 John Benda 74 75 80 79
309 Philip Blackmar 75 74 81 79

EDITOR'S NOTE:
+Only one British player - Ian Woosnam - in the top 20 finishers at the Senior Open - it's like it used to be in THE Open 20-odd years ago! Of course, these guys are 20 years older now!

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Kirkhill boys are the KO Kids in Lanarkshire match-play
Three boys from Kirkhill reached the semi-finals of the Lanarkshire boys' match-play championship today at Cambuslang to further enhance Kirkhill's reputation for producing excellent young golfers.
Craig Ross won his two matches to give himself some practice for tomorrow's meeting with No 1 seed James Byrne in the Scottish Amateur at Gullane.
James Steven from Kirkhill also continued his good form from the Scottish Junior Tour and the English Under 16s stroke-play championship to win his two matches.
Scott Costello, who recently won a men's 36-hole event (the Baxter Trophy) at Strathaven, also progressed to the semi-finals. The fouth semi-finalist is Ross Gillan from Torrance House. He finished runner-up in the Lanarkshire boys' stroke-play at Hamilton earlier in the season and will be hoping to go one better in the match-play stage.
The semi-finals and final will be played at Cambuslang in two weeks, pending confirmation.
Results:
FIRST ROUND
Martin Scott (Hamilton) bt Stuart McTaggart (Carnwath) 3 and 2.
Scott Costello (Kirkhill) bt Cameron Graham (Hamilton) at 19th
Craig Ross (Kirkhill) bt Craig Boyd (Lanark) 3 and 1.
Andrew Watt (Airdrie) bt Liam Morrison (Hamilton) 2 and 1.
Ross Gillan (Torrance House) bt Blair Murphy (Lanark) 1 hole
Jordan Gallagher (Crow Wood) bt Antony Savage (Kirkhill) 2 and 1.
James Steven (Kirkhill) bt Jack Muir (Bothwel Castle) 5 and 4.
Nicky Clenaghan (Mount Ellen) bt James Reilly (East Kilbride) 1 hole
SECOND ROUND
Costello bt Scott 3 and 2.
Ross bt Watt 4 and 3.
Gillan bt Gallagher 1 hole
Steven bt Clenaghan 2 and 1.

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Richard Johnson a home winner in the Scandinavian Masters

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Swede Richard Johnson today became only the second home winner of the Scandinavian Masters in the last 12 years - thanks to a closing 30ft birdie putt.
Looking set to go into a play-off with Argentina's Rafa Echenique, Johnson holed to an enormous roar and so took the £223,689 first prize - his second European Tour title - with a closing 71 and 11-under-par total of 277.
Italian Edoardo Molinari also birdied the last to be third on nine under, while Open champion Louis Oosthuizen finished joint fourth a week after his St Andrews triumph.
With joint overnight leader KJ Choi hooking his opening drive out of bounds and then putting two balls in the water for a 9 on the 15th - the Korean eventually signed for a 78 - the day developed into a battle with world number 329 Johnson and world number 371 Echenique.
Others had chances, though. Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts, five behind at the start, led when he turned in 32, but then came home in 40.
Molinari, meanwhile, said after his 69: "I missed so many putts. I think I could have won easily to be honest. But that's golf sometimes. I'm still outside the (Ryder Cup) team, so I need to play well in the last two or three events."
A second place finish would have put him fourth in the standings and would have put Donald out of the all-important top nine, although the English star had a chance to improve his hopes of a recall in Canada later in the day.
Perhaps the European Tour knew something, though. Their website installed Johnson as the winner even before he teed off following a 4 1/2-hour rain delay.
Choi's double bogey 7 on the first gave Johnson a two-shot lead, but he bogeyed the next two and after regaining a one-stroke lead he bogeyed the short 16th to drop back alongside Echenique.
The South American won the Tour's "Shot of the Year" for a closing albatross in Germany last season, but he finished runner-up in that event as well and this was his third runners-up finish.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
277 Richard S Johnson (Swe) 70 66 70 71
278 Rafael Echenique (Arg) 68 69 72 69
279 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 68 71 71 69
280 Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 70 70 69, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 70 70 73, Mark Brown (Nzl) 73 69 67 71
281 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 73 72 69 67
282 Damien McGrane 73 71 69 69, Jamie Donaldson 72 68 74 68, James Morrison 71 72 72 67
283 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 73 70 68 72, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 71 72 70 70
284 K J Choi (Kor) 68 67 71 78
285 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 71 71 72 71, Gary Boyd 69 76 71 69, Richard Green (Aus) 67 71 73 74, Anders Sjostrand (Swe) 75 67 73 70, Michael Hoey 70 70 72 73
286 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 67 73 75, Dustin Johnson (USA) 67 73 74 72, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 70 71 73, Nick Dougherty 73 69 71 73, Sam Little 70 73 73 70
287 Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 73 70 70 74, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 73 69 71 74, George Coetzee (Rsa) 71 69 74 73, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 72 73 72 70
288 Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 70 71 74, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 76 68 69 75, Graeme Storm 75 67 72 74
289 David Howell 71 72 75 71, Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 73 66 77 73, Scott Drummond 70 75 72 72
290 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 73 72 74 71, Peter Hanson (Swe) 7 68 77 73, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 72 71 74, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 72 72 74 72, Ariel Canete (Arg) 73 72 73 72, Pablo Martin (Spa) 72 73 78 67, Steven O'Hara 69 74 75 72
291 Anthony Wall 72 72 76 71, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 72 72 76 71, Sam Hutsby 70 72 77 72, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 71 74 74 72, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 69 75 73 74, Simon Thornton 73 67 74 77
292 Julien Guerrier (Fra) 69 71 78 74, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 71 73 74 74, Kenneth Ferrie 74 70 73 75, Troy Matteson (USA) 73 70 73 76
293 David Dixon 69 76 75 73, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 73 71 73 76, Oliver Fisher 72 73 71 77
294 Scott Hend (Aus) 73 69 80 72, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 72 72 76 74, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 73 78 71
295 Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 68 74 81 72, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 73 71 75 76, Phillip Price 70 75 71 79, David Lynn 73 70 81 71
296 Marco Ruiz (Par) 70 74 75 77, James Ruth 75 70 80 71
298 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 70 73 78 77
299 Miles Tunnicliff 73 72 80 74
301 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 74 70 76 81

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ENGLISH CHALLENGE REPORT, SCORES


Craig Lee pockets 16,500

Euros for second-place tie

From Challenge Tour Press Officer Paul Symes
His fourth sub-70 round of the week, sealed by a final hole birdie, saw Scotland’s Craig Lee finish in a tie for second spot at the inaugural English Challenge on the European Challenge Tour.
Lee, pictured, who owed his place in the field of the €150,000 to his position on the EuroPro Tour Order of Merit, rolled in a 6ft putt on the last hole at Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa to sign for a round of 68 and a 16 under par aggregate total.
That left him level with English amateur starlet Tommy Fleetwood and one shot shy of fellow EuroPro Tour champion Daniel Gaunt’s winning score, but Lee was nonetheless pleased with his week’s work.
The result earned Lee €16,500 in prize money and a place in the field at the next regular event on the Challenge Tour Schedule, the ECCO Tour Championship in Germany, after which he is likely to return to EuroPro Tour duty in a bid to secure a full season on the Challenge Tour next season.
Lee said: “I think a few of the guys on the EuroPro will be pretty pleased to see the back of Daniel! He’s been exceptional this season, so that’s one less hurdle for me to overcome now that he’s moved onto the Challenge Tour. I was very pleased with how I played today and this week in general, so whilst I would’ve loved to have won, I’ve got no complaints.
"It’s only one week, but I’d like to think I’ve proved I’m more than capable of holding my own on the Challenge Tour, and I’m confident of doing myself justice on the main Tour, if and hopefully when I get back out there.”
Fellow Scot Callum Macaulay endured a disappointing day. A round of 75 saw him drop back to a share of 20th place on nine under par, the same mark as George Murray..
Australian Daniel Gaunt took advantage of a final hole bogey by amateur sensation Tommy Fleetwood to secure his maiden Challenge Tour title.
Gaunt, who only got into the €150,000 event through his position at the top of the EuroPro Tour Order of Merit, benefited from Fleetwood’s costly slip-up to take the title by one stroke.
The duo reached the par-3 18th level on 17 under par, and when both men found the middle of the green with their tee shots, a play-off seemed the most likely outcome.
But when Fleetwood rushed his birdie attempt four feet past the hole and missed the return, Gaunt was presented with a par putt from three feet to capture the title, which he duly took.
The reward for the man from Melbourne was a cheque for €24,000 and a one-year exemption on the Challenge Tour, whilst Fleetwood – who dropped back into a tie for second place alongside Craig Lee – will return to the amateur ranks at next week’s English Amateur Championship.
Gaunt, who became the ninth first-time winner of the 2010 Challenge Tour season, said: “I’m not sure whether it’s sunk in just yet, but I’m absolutely delighted – it’s probably the biggest day of my career so far. Trailing by four shots overnight I knew I had to put pressure on Olesen, and three birdies to start was a pretty good way to do that!
"I couldn’t have asked for any more, and it probably upset his rhythm a little bit. After that it was just a matter of sticking in there, because nobody seemed to be coming from a long way back and chasing the leading pack down. That made it a little easier, but winning’s never easy!
“When I got to the 16th tee I started feeling the nerves a little bit, because you’re faced with two tough driving holes. I got lucky on the 16th because I hit a terrible drive, had to chip it out and then ended up making a really good par. Obviously Tommy played really well, it was just unfortunate that he missed that putt on the last, for him and probably for the tournament also. But he’s going to have a massive career ahead of him, so I don’t feel too sorry for him!”
For his part, Fleetwood expressed disappointment at having not become only the fourth amateur to triumph on the Challenge Tour, but he could at least take solace from the fact that he had exceeded all expectations.
He said: “I can’t really dwell too much on that final putt – having missed a short one for birdie yesterday, I think it’s fair to say that the 18th green wasn’t too kind to me over the weekend! All I was thinking of was holing that first putt to win the tournament, and I ended up running it past.
"I putted really well all day, but I guess you’re going to miss a short one sooner or later, and it’s just a shame it had to come at the last. I made enough birdies to win the tournament, but just didn’t manage to keep the doubles off my card. At least I now know I can compete with these guys out here, which obviously gives me a lot of confidence.
“Credit to Daniel, because he started like a train – after seven holes, it looked like he was going to shoot a 60! But I managed to chase him down, and ended up losing by one shot. I wasn’t even meant to be playing in this tournament, because I got in through an invite, so to finish second was pretty pleasing. Hopefully I can go one better at the English Amateur next week – if I play as well as I did here this week, I’ll be tough to beat.
"Then I’ll start preparing for life as a professional, and hopefully start earning some money. I’ve obviously missed out on a fairly tasty cheque here, but hopefully there will be other days.”
Overnight leader Thorbjørn Olesen endured a day to forget, as a round of 74 saw the talented Dane slip back to fourth place on 15 under par. But Olesen could at least console himself with a cheque for €10,500, which saw him close the gap on Rankings leader Robert Dinwiddie of England to €9,608.
Frenchman Alexandre Kaleka shot a round of 67 – the joint lowest of the day – to take fifth place on 14 under par, one shot ahead of the English duo of Ben Evans (71) and Matt Ford (70), and Welshman Stuart Manley (69).
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
271 D Gaunt (Aus) 64 69 70 68,
272 C Lee (Sco) 69 66 69 68, T Fleetwood (am) (Eng) 66 69 68 69,
273 T Olesen (Den) 67 68 64 74,
274 A Kaleka (Fra) 71 71 65 67,
275 S Manley (Wal) 70 68 68 69, M Ford (Eng) 70 66 69 70, B Evans (Eng) 66 71 67 71,
276 G Houston (Wal) 69 68 70 69, F Colombo (Ita) 73 65 70 68, R Dinwiddie (Eng) 69 68 71 68,
277 J Busby (Eng) 70 66 69 72, M Korhonen (Fin) 69 69 72 67, F De Vries (Ned) 69 72 69 67,
278 M Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 71 70 72 65, J Heath (Eng) 67 70 72 69, A Velasco (Esp) 66 70 71 71, D Brooks (Eng) 67 68 73 70, C Ford (Eng) 70 68 73 67,
279 C Macaulay (Sco) 66 68 70 75, G Murray (Sco) 67 68 74 70, M McGeady (Irl) 71 71 70 67, J Clément (Sui) 68 72 68 71,
280 E Dubois (Fra) 68 74 69 69, D Whitnell (Eng) 68 69 70 73, J Zapata (Arg) 71 69 71 69, C Brazillier (Fra) 68 72 70 70, S Tiley (Eng) 69 69 74 68, C Moriarty (Irl) 69 67 70 74,
281 C Del Moral (Esp) 66 75 68 72, A Blyth (Aus) 67 68 73 73, B Ritthammer (Ger) 71 71 69 70, L Westerberg (Swe) 73 68 68 72, S Wakefield (Eng) 67 72 72 70,
282 A Ahokas (Fin) 67 68 75 72, B Barham (Eng) 70 68 74 70, M Cort (Eng) 67 69 75 71, G Molteni (Ita) 72 68 69 73, S Arnold (Aus) 72 66 70 74, G Watremez (Bel) 71 70 74 67, J Campillo (Esp) 68 68 76 70, W Ormsby (Aus) 70 71 71 70, A Snobeck (Fra) 70 71 70 71, A Hansen (Den) 70 70 70 72,
283 A Gee (Eng) 74 67 71 71, J Hepworth (Eng) 68 72 70 73, F Calmels (Fra) 71 69 70 73, C Smith (Wal) 71 71 66 75,
284 M Quiros (Esp) 68 71 75 70, C Russo (Fra) 69 68 69 78,
285 L Gagli (Ita) 69 69 76 71, J Larsen (Nor) 69 68 80 68, L Slattery (Eng) 71 69 72 73, B Wiesberger (Aut) 71 71 73 70, D Wardrop (Eng) 71 68 75 71,
286 N Sulzer (Sui) 71 71 69 75, M Laskey (Wal) 70 72 69 75, G Woodman (Eng) 69 71 71 75, K Sullivan (Wal) 71 71 72 72,
287 A Raitt (Eng) 71 70 75 71,
289 P Dwyer (Eng) 68 72 75 74, E Saltman (Sco) 69 69 74 77, E Ramsay (Sco) 72 68 77 72,
291 M Higley (Eng) 70 72 73 76,
292 G Davies (Eng) 72 70 78 72,
** N Meitinger (Ger) 72 70 74 DQ

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Flanagan lead by one in Nationwide Tour event at Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Australia's Nick Flanagan fired a two-under-par 69 Saturday to move into sole possession of the 54-hole lead at the Nationwide Tour's Children's Hospital Invitational. Flanagan stumbled with a double-bogey on his next-to-last hole but still managed to post a 7-under 206 total after three rounds at the Ohio State University Scarlet Course, good for a one-stroke lead over countrymen Alistair Presnell (70) and Won Joon Lee (66).
Keegan Bradley, Chris Nallen, 2007 champion Daniel Summerhays and second-round leader Michael Putnam are just two off the pace heading into Sunday's finale.
"I played really well today and if someone had said I could have had 2-under starting the day I would have taken it," said Flanagan, who had gotten to 9-under par before surrendering two shots to the field at the par-3, 17th.
"I've got a big gap between my 3-iron and my 4-iron and the 3-iron really wasn't the club there," Flanagan said of the 201-yard hole. "I tried to hit a low 4-iron in there and got a little quick and came over the top of it. The bunker shot wasn't a very good bunker shot at all and then I three-putted from 40 feet. Two bad golf shots cost me two strokes."
Other than that, it was smooth sailing for Flanagan, who had struggled a bit the first two days to find a rhythm but was nearly perfect until his hiccup on 17.
"I hit it great today. I didn't miss many shots and I was really happy with the way I hit it," he said. "That was probably as good as I could hope for in the conditions we've had and the way I've been hitting it the last few days."
The former U.S. Amateur champion missed only two greens all day and moved to the top of the leaderboard for the first time since he won the 2007 Xerox Classic in Rochester, NY.
"This is the closest I've been in a long time," he said. "My whole mentality right now is just to take baby steps and if I can win golf tournaments, great. If I don't win tomorrow it's not going to be disappointing."
The Korean-born Lee made the day's biggest charge, posting a 5-under 66 and getting to the clubhouse three full hours before the leaders.
"I think I missed maybe three greens today. I hit a lot of shots close," said Lee, whose score was the lowest of the day by two strokes. "I played the par-5s good today, which I hadn't done in a long time. I thought there was a 64 out there. I was a couple of shots short but still a good result."
Lee and Flanagan will be joined in Sunday's final pairing by Presnell, who had six birdies and five bogeys on his Saturday card.
"I hit the ball pretty good and if I had a chance off the fairways my distance control was pretty good," he said. "Today I didn't hit too many fairways and that made for a bit of hard work. I was in behind trees and things. Thursday, Friday it was a bit easier but today was a bit of a battle."
• Flanagan is in search of his fourth career win on the Nationwide Tour. He won three times in 2007 and earned an instant promotion to the US PGA Tour that year. All three of those wins were come-from-behind victories:
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
206 Nick Flanagan 66 71 69
207 Won Joon Lee 74 67 66, Alistair Presnell 68 69 70
208 Keegan Bradley 73 67 68, Chris Nallen 68 72 68, Daniel Summerhays 67 72 69, Michael Putnam 67 69 72
209 Jamie Lovemark 70 71 68, Matt Davidson 71 68 70, Scott Gardiner 71 68 70
210 David McKenzie 67 74 69, Trevor Murphy 73 67 70, D.J. Brigman 66 72 72, David Mathis 71 67 72, Camilo Benedetti 67 70 73
211 Frank Lickliter II 71 72 68, Tag Ridings 70 73 68, Brad Elder 74 69 68, Kelly Grunewald 68 74 69, Jeff Brehaut 74 67 70, Morgan Hoffmann 70 70 71, Tjaart van 66 74 71, Hunter Haas 70 70 71, Zack Miller 72 67 72, Kyle Stanley 67 71 73
212 Casey Wittenberg 72 71 69, Adam Bland 73 69 70, Doug LaBelle II 68 74 70, Tommy Gainey 72 70 70, J.J. Killeen 71 70 71, Andrew Buckle 68 73 71, Kyle Reifers 71 69 72, Patrick Sheehan 70 68 74
213 Steven Bowditch 69 72 72, Chris Kirk 71 70 72, Jim Herman 69 72 72, William McGirt 66 74 73, Bob May 70 71 72, Brendan Steele 68 71 74, Bronson La'Cassie 69 69 75, Scott Brown 65 72 76
214 Clint Jensen 69 73 72, Brady Schnell 72 70 72, Mark Anderson 70 72 72, Joe Affrunti 67 74 73, Fabian Gomez 69 71 74, Nate Smith 69 70 75.
215 Travis Bertoni 74 69 72, Esteban Toledo 71 72 72, Jason Gore 68 74 73, Ty Harris 71 71 73, Peter Tomasulo 69 72 74, Jonathan Kaye 63 76 76, Russell Henley 68 70 77, Matthew Borchert 68 70 77
216 Jason Enloe 71 71 74, Ken Duke 69 73 74, Darron Stiles 69 73 74, Adam Meyer 74 68 74, Scott Dunlap 70 71 75, Jay Delsing 69 71 76, Aaron Watkins 71 67 78
217 Bryan DeCorso 71 71 75, Paul Claxton 68 71 78
218 Peter Gustafsson 72 71 75, Kyle Thompson 72 71 75, Gavin Coles 72 71 75, Stephen Poole 72 70 76
219 Justin Hicks 71 72 76, Bradley Iles 71 72 76, John Chin 68 74 77
220 Miguel Angel Carballo 70 71 79

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Tee times available for Aberdeen Quaich three-day tournament

There are plenty of tee times available in the men's qualifying stroke-play rounds for the Aberdeen Quaich three-day tournament which is coming back on the golfing calendar from Friday to Sunday, August 6 to 8, after a two-year hiatus when the City of Aberdeen organisers decided to save money by not organising it.
Now Hazlehead Golf Club officials are reviving it and have raised £2,200 for prize vouchers.
You can phone an entry direct to Hazlehead GC at 01224 310711 but only within bar opening times and not on Mondays when the clubhouse is closed.
Entry fees are: Men - £20. Women - £15. Juniors - £10.
The tee times arranged so far for the men's qualifying rounds over the Nos 1 and 2 Hazlehead courses on Friday, August 6 are:
No 1 course first, No 2 course second.
7am and 1pm - Mike Lynch (Craibstone) (1), Ian Crawford (Hazlehead) (12).
7.16 and 1.16 - Eddie Grant (Hazlehead) (20), Craig Forsyth (Newburgh) (12), Craig Douglas (Auchmill) (24).
7.48 and 1.48 - Greg Moir (Newmachar) (20), Andrew Milne (Newmachar) (9), Ronald Mackie (Hazlehead) (12).
8.04 and 2.04 - Scott Main (Hazlehead) (5), A Laing (Hazlehead) (4), Doug Elrick (Hazlehead) (4).
8.12 and 2.12 - Scott Melville (Hazlehead) (6), Donald MacAndrew (Royal Aberdeen) (1), Greig Kennedy (Hazlehead) (3).
8.20 and 2.20 - Scott Robertson (Hazlehead) (1), Adam Strachan (Hazlehead) (5), David Law (Hazlehead) (+2).
8.52 and 2.52 - R Newcombe (Inchmarlo) (13), Fred Gibb (Newmachr) )18), Scott Carmichael (3).
9.08 and 3.08 - Wilson Renwick (Roxburghe) (9), William Blacklock (Hawick) (17), Euan Reilly (Hawick) (6).
9.16 and 3.16 - Donald Cross (Leigh) (14), Neil McLennan (Scotscraig) (11).
9.32 and 3.32 - Walter Ross (Caledonian) (1) and partner.
No 2 course first, No 1 course second
7am and 1pm - Kevin Duthie (Hazlehead) (1), John Speirs (Hazlehead) (6), G Lappin (Hazlehead) (6).
7.08 and 1.08 - Kevin Walker (Hazlehead) (5) and partner.
7.56 and 1.56 - Stuart Mackintosh (Hazlehead) (4) and partner.
8.20 and 2.20 - Leigh Brooks (Craibstone) (28) and partner.
8.28 and 2.28 - Michael Winton (Hazlehead) (6), Alan Robertson (Hazlehead) (5), John Dalgarno (Hazlehead) (8).
8.36 and 2.36 - Kevin Allan (Hazlehead) (3), Steve Smith (7).
9.08 and 3.08 - David Beattie (Hawick (14), Ross Williams (Hawick) (10), Jamie Tinlin (Hawick) (5).
9.24 and 3.25 - P Stewart (Murcar Links) (4) and partner.

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