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FIRST ROUND
Par 72
65 David Patrick (Elie).
66 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs Golf Range), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie).
67 Mark King (Kingsfield), Chris Doak (unatt).
68 Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills). 
69 Scott Henderson (Kings Links).
70 Graham Fox (East Kilbride), Graeme Brown (Montrose).
71 Scott Catlin (Greenburn), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle), James McGhee (Turnhouse).
72 Peter Mitchell (Hermitage), Stuart Kerr (Strathaven), Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre), Owen Leslie (Craigentinny), Samuel Cairns (Colville Park), Scott Grieve (Turnhouse), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre), Fraser Mann (unatt), Chris Kelly (Cawder).
73 Stephen Gray (Hayston), Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), Colin Gillies (Braid Hills), Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park), Gareth Wright (West Linton), Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Course Design), Gordon Law (Uphall), Russell McIntyre (Prestonfield).
74 Ross Dixon (Renaissance Club), Ken Campbell (Machrihanish), Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links)
75 Jamie Stevenson (Braehead), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), Ewan Hogarth (Peebles).
77 Gregor Abel (Alloa), James McKinnon (Irvine).
78 Craig Imlah (Peebles)
79 Matthew Burt (Helensburgh), Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park), Duncan Williamson (Kirkhill), Greg Paxton (Ralston), Paul Wardell (Whitekirk).
80 David Laing (Craigielaw), Alan McCloskey (Bothwell Castle)
82  Edward Thomson (Senit Associates)
86 Craig Everett (Caldwell)

Blairgowrie's Bradley Neil leads

in English Reid Trophy

FROM THE ENGLISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
The Reid Trophy was taken to Scotland last year and there is a good chance it will remain there after Blairgowrie's Bradley Neil carded a two-under-par 70 to lead after the first round at Hesketh. (Picture © Tom Ward)
Neil has been the Scottish under 14 champion for the past two years and is determined to follow in the footsteps of Ewan Scott, who finished as champion at The Kendleshire this time last year.
Neil, the only player to better par on a day that began wet but which turned dry after lunch, leads by two from Lincolnshire’s Ashton Turner and Miguel Evangelio from Spain and by three from the rest of the field.
“It would mean a lot to follow Ewan as winner of this title,” said Neil. “I made a great start, played solidly and holed a few putts. It would have been even better if I hadn’t lipped out for eagle at the last.”
The 14 year old from Blairgowrie birdied the first two holes but had a shaky spell around the turn. Out in 34, he added another birdie at the tenth only to three putt the 11th.
But his birdie at the last ensured the best round of the day which was dominated by non-English players.
Turner, 14, from Kenwick Park at Louth, was a late starter but signed for four birdies in his 72. The Lincolnshire under 16 champion, had a balanced round, covering both nines in 36 with two birdies on each.
Evangelio, one of a large entry from Spain, is Neil’s nearest challenger after going round in level-par 72 in his first Reid appearance.
The 14 year old four-handicapper from La Rioja had three birdies, all on the back nine after reaching the turn in 38, three over par.
There are two more foreign players, Andreas Halvorsen from Norway and Thomas Gambier from France, among a large group on 73 along with Haydn McCullen from Manchester, who won the under 13 title last year.
Halvorsen, 14, from Larvik, made his score with back-to-back birdies at 14 and 15 and would have finished level par but for a bogey at the 17th.
Gambier, 14, from Lille, signed for four birdies but he also ran up two double bogeys to mar his day.
McCullen, who finished tied sixth overall a year ago, reached the turn in two over but grabbed his second birdie at the 15th to stay in touch with the leaders.
Two more Scots, Ben Kinsley, a friend of Scott’s, and Fraser Davren, also finished on 73 along with home players Jack Hermeston from Newcastle upon Tyne, and Midlander Max Martin.
Martin is also leading the chase for the under 13 title.

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ST ANDREWS BOYS OPEN - SECOND DAY

SCRATCH MATCH-PLAY TROPHY
Eden Course
FIRST ROUND
Thomas Rowland (Prudhoe) bt William Kerr (Craigmillar Park) 3 and 2.
Fraser Thain (West Linton) bt Jordan Williams (Henbury) 1 hole.
Martin Scott (Hamilton) bt Charlie Linton (Dunblane New) 7 and 5.
Andrew Scrimshaw (Prudhoe) bt Duncan Johnston (Prestonfield) 4 and 2.
Christopher Howard (Manchester) bt Blair Scott (Hamilton) 3 and 1.
Thomas White (Milnathort) bt Jack Haines (Gerrards Cross) 5 and 4.
Jamie Savage (Cawder) bt Benjamin David (Colchester)  2 and 1.
Andrew Whyte (St Andrews New) bt Greig Mitchell (Torrance House) 4 and 3.

Jamie Reid (Cruden Bay) bt Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) at 19th.
Cameron Farrell (Cardross) bt Michael Giovannetti (Douglas Park) 3 and 1.
Ryan Campbell (Grangemouth) bt James McCormick (Styal) 1 hole.
James Hornsby (Heswall) bt Patrick Sandison (Blairgowrie) 3 and 2.
Callum Cromar (Aboyne) bt Charles Cooper (Gerrards Cross) 2 holes.
Lewis Fairburn (Goswick bt Alex Higgins (Stinchombe Hill) 1 hole.
Calum Hill (Tantallon) bt Bradley Read (Warrington) at 20th.
Ryan Simpson (Bonnyton) bt Sam Townend (Wilpshire) 3 and 2.

HANDICAP MATCH-PLAY TROPHY
Eden Course
FIRST ROUND
Sam McNeil (Aboyne) (3) bt Adam Shearwood (West Lancashire) (6) 2 holes.
Thomas Simmonds (Crieff) (5) bt Calum Bisset (Glenbervie) (5) 4 and 3.
Harinder Singh Ranshi (Withington) (5) bt Alasdair Simpson (Tantallon) (3) 3 and 2.
Ryan Foley (Sale) (6) bt Fergus Sandison (Blairgowrie) (4)at 19th.

Alex Baguley (Ashton on Mersey) (5) bt Andrew Grant (Callander) (5) 6 and 5.
Tiernan Lindsay (Fort William) (4) bt Scott Simpson (Murrayfield) (5) 8 and 6.
Tom Binning (Ranfurly Castle) bt Daniel Muir (Hayston) (4) 3 and 2.
Mitchell McNhulty (Gerrards Cross) (4) bt Max Baillie (Glenbervie) (6) 2 and 1.

BOYS' HOME INTERNATIONALS AT SOUTHERNESS

Irish hammer Scots, English draw with Welsh on Day 1

FROM THE RandA WEBSITE
Last year's runners-up Ireland have taken the lead after the first day of the 2010 Boys Home Internationals at Southerness Golf Club.
They defeated Scotland comfortably, 12-3, building on a score of 4 ½ - ½ , which they established after the five morning foursomes matches, then winning seven out of the 10 singles.
Wales and England halved their match, so Ireland go into the day two of the three-day, round-robin event in the outright lead.
Paul Dunne, who captained Great Britain and Ireland’s winning Jacques Leglise Trophy team last year, led Ireland by example, winning the first of the afternoon singles 4 and 3 against Southerness local Scott Gibson, before Dermot McElroy followed suit in the second game with a 2 and 1 win over Jack McDonald.
Game three was halved, but Ireland would win five out of the next six, with victories coming from Stephen Barry, Jack Hume, Gary Hurley, Alex Gleeson and Colm O’Sullivan.
Only Ewan Scott and Conor O’Neil bucked the trend, Scott recording a one-hole win over Jeff Hopkins, and O’Neil overcoming Liam Harnett 4 and 2 in the final game of the match.
“I’m very happy with today,” said Liam Martin, Ireland’s non-playing Captain. “I was particularly pleased with the performances of the younger boys. We expect it with the Paul Dunne’s of the world, but Jack Hume won both his matches along with another under-16, Alex Gleeson, so I’m very happy with them.”
“We learnt a bit from Hankley Common last year where they have lots of heather, too. We didn’t take a liking to it there, so hopefully we’ll continue to avoid it here!”
England let a three point lead slip from their grasp, as Wales valiantly fought back to halve the tie.
Things had been going according to plan for the 2009 Champions after taking 2 ½ points from the first four afternoon games, courtesy of a half-point from Nick Newbold, who had led by two holes at the turn, and victories by 5 and 3,  and 5 and 4, respectively,  for Paul Lockwood and Toby Tree.
But any thoughts of English dominance would end there. The early point won by Callum Roberts in the second game would be quadrupled, as Wales won the following three games in a row. Oliver Baker, who won his tie 3 and 2; David Boote, who claimed a 2 and 1 victory; and Oliver Mottram, who triumphed by the same margin as Boote, would bring their team back within one point of England.
Jack Heasman dashed Welsh hopes of victory after overcoming Zac Galliford by just one hole, but there was still half a point to play for. Craig Melding’s 3 and 2 win over James Burnett in the 10th and game of the match brought the deficit back to one and, so, it was down to the diminutive Delon Hau, playing in game nine, to salvage the day.
Hau held on to his one hole advantage all the way home from the 11th, holing from four feet on the last to half the match in front of all 10 of his overjoyed team-mates.
“It was great to complete the comeback in front of all the boys,” said Hau. “It’s a great achievement to do that against a team like England, and hopefully we can take this positive feeling into the next couple of days.”
Tomorrow, Wales will play Scotland in the day’s first match, before Ireland take on England.
First-day results:
IRELAND 12, SCOTLAND 3

FOURSOMES  (4.5-0.5)
Irish names first
Paul Dunne and Jeff Hopkins bt Scott Gibson and Jack McDonald 2 and 1.
Liam Harnett and Gary Hurley bt Liam Johnston and Simon Fairburn 3 and 2.
Dermot McElroy and Colm O'Sullivan bt Jamie Lynch and Ian Redford 5 and 4.
Chris Selfridge and Matthew McKnight halved with Conor O'Neil and Paul McPhee. 0
Alex Gleeson and Jack Hume bt Grant Forrest and Daniel Hendry 4 and 3.

SINGLES (7.5-2,5).
Paul Dunne bt Scott Gibson 4 and 3.
Dermot McElroy bt Jack McDonald 2 and 1.
Chris Selfridge halved with Grant Forrest.
Stephen Barry bt Liam Johnston 1 hole.
Jeff Hopkins lost to Ewan Scott 1 hole.
Jack Hume bt Jamie Lynch 3 and 1.
Gary Hurley bt Ian Redford 3 and 1.
Alex Gleeson bt Simon Fairburn 1 hole.
Colm Sullivan bt Daniel Hendry 1 hole.
Liam Harnett lost to Conor O'Neil 4 and 2.


ENGLAND 7.5, WALES 7.5

FOURSOMES (4-1)
England names first
Paul Lockwood and Nick Newbold bt Mitchell Reed and Callum Roberts 6 and 5.
Callum Shinkwin and Toby Tree lost to Luke Jackson and Zac Galliford 2 holes.
James Burnett and Greg Eason bt Oliver Lewis and Delon Hau 5 and 4.
Oliver Carr and Nathan Kimsey bt Craig Melding and Oliver Baker 2 and 1.
Harry Casey and Jack Heasman bt David Boote and Oliver Mottram 4 and 3.

SINGLES (3.5-6.5)
Nick Newbold halved with Luke Jackson.
Paul Lockwood bt Julian Sansom 5 and 3.
Callum Shinkwin lost to Callum Roberts 1 hole.
Toby Tree bt Oliver Lewis 5 and 4.
Harry Casey lost to Oliver Baker 3 and 2.
Oliver Carr lost to David Boote 2 and 1.
Colin Walsh lost to Oliver Mottram 2 and 1.
Jack Heasman bt Zac Galliford 1 hole.
Greg Eason lost to Delon Hau 1 hole.
James Burnett lost to Craig Melding 3 and 2.

FIRST DAY STANDINGS
Ireland 1pt, England 1/2pt, Wales 1/2pt, Scotland 0pt.

DUFF HOUSE ROYAL GOLF CLUB

75th MEN'S FIVE-DAY OPEN TOURNAMENT

DAY 1 (MONDAY 2ND AUGUST 2010) – CSS 69

The 75th playing of the Gents Five Day Open Tournament at Duff House Royal, which will also see the winner crowned Champion during the club centenary year, is underway.
The event continues to be as popular as ever with around 200 entrants taking part and over 50 on the waiting list. The holder is DHR member Ross McAuslin, who held off the challenge of Dunfermline ’s George Johnston in 2009.
Day one was a hugely successful day helped with good weather despite a mixed forecast. Conditions were favourable for good scoring, which proved to be the case.
SCRATCH –
N. Robson (Meldrum House) 65, DC Clark (Duff House Royal), I. Galbraith (Murcar), D. Morrison (Duff House Royal), K. Thomson (Moray) 68
DIVISION 1
F. Beveridge (Canmore) 64 (9), R. Logie (Renfrew) 65 (12), N. Robson (Meldrum House) 66 (+1)
DIVISION 2
L. Hepburn (Greenburn) 64 (15), D. Baird (Crieff) 65 (13), A. Cran (Duff House Royal) 65 (17)

Corey Pavin could face dilemma over Tiger Woods

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By MARK REASON
Jeff Overton's second-place finish on Sunday at the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia has pushed Tiger Woods out of the automatic qualifying positions for the Ryder Cup.
In the unlikely event that Woods does not play his way back into the team over the next two weeks, captain Corey Pavin would have a big decision to make. Does he leave out the world No 1?
It is the sort of decision that Pavin might relish. He has always had a feisty streak. Many still remember the Desert Storm cap he wore at the 1991 Ryder Cup and he has a strong moral fascination, having converted from Judaism to Christianity. Pavin is not Woods's biggest fan as a person.
It is possible that America's captain may not get too big an argument from Woods. Pavin is due to talk to him at next week's US PGA Championship and Woods may be unenthusiastic about travelling to Wales. When he was asked at the Masters about this year's Ryder Cup, Woods said: "Would I like to play in it? If I qualify."
It was not the sort of response you get from the Europeans, who always devote themselves to making the team. In contrast, Woods has disliked the Ryder Cup since the PGA of America would not let his dad travel as part of the official party to Valderrama in 1997. Woods lost his putting touch that week and felt abandoned and miserable.
Many things are stacked against him wanting to travel to Newport at the end of next month. He is not a fan of Wales after a bad Walker Cup experience there in 1995. A lot of the American wives were friends of his wife, Elin, and Woods will feel awkward around them. The press will be keen to question him. He has an awful Ryder Cup record and may have to defer to Phil Mickelson as team leader. Woods would love to say no, but is aware that America might turn on him if he did. He would be branded.
Woods may yet qualify despite his disinclination. He has an awesome record at Akron, the venue of this week's Bridgestone Invitational, having won the tournament the last four times he has played in it.
The expectation is that he will be back in the team by Sunday night, but if his poor form does continue, Pavin and Woods may just be in a no-win situation. Picking Woods would compromise America's team ethic, but leaving him out would create a verbal storm.
A few months ago Pavin said: "I'm not going to treat Tiger differently from any other player. He's certainly not an automatic pick." Jack Nicklaus then said: "He'd need a brain scan if he left Tiger out of the team. Of course he should pick Tiger."
That is just a light appetiser compared to what would happen if Pavin really did exclude Woods.
When the eight automatic spots are confirmed after the US PGA Championship, Pavin will have three weeks to look at the form of his potential wild cards. If the standings remain as they are now, any sensible captain would prefer Hunter Mahan, a key player two years ago, to Woods.
But are there four players to pick ahead of Woods? Rookie Rickie Fowler is another who may feature, but it would be a terrific snub also to take novices Ricky Barnes and Ben Crane ahead of Woods.

US RYDER CUP POINTS TABLE
Top eight qualify for Ryder Cup on Oct 1-3. Captain then picks four more.
1. Phil Mickelson 5,769
2. Jim Furyk 3,419
3. Steve Stricker 3,403
4. Jeff Overton 3,278
5. Anthony Kim 3,238
6. Lucas Glover 2,981
7. Matt Kuchar 2,938
8. Dustin Johnson 2,936
9. Tiger Woods 2,773
10. Hunter Mahan 2,644
11. Ricky Barnes 2,610
12. Ben Crane 2,534
13. Stewart Cink 2,394
14. Nick Watney 2,298

The winners of the Royal Montrose Angus Clubs Invitational Foursomes with sponsors David Valentine, Angus Council, and Mike Milller, K2 Max Ltd, with the Club’s Bicentenary Convenor, Harry Faulkner
Left to right - David Valentine, Graham Young and Doreen Gordon, Harry Faulkner, Cathy and Ian W.R. Stuart, and Mike Miller.

Montrose Mercantile team win Angus Clubs' Invitational Foursomes

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As part of Royal Montrose Golf Club’s bicentenary celebrations, on last Sunday, Royal Montrose Golf Club entertained 20 other Carnoustie Country golf clubs in the Angus Clubs Invitational Foursomes.
“Following a wonderful day of golf on the Montrose Links to celebrate the founding of the first golf club in Angus 200 years ago, the teams retired to our clubhouse for the prize-giving,” said Brian Ritchie, Club Captain, Royal Montrose Golf Club.
Montrose Mercantile’s team of Graham Young and Doreen Gordon won the Rose Bowl, which was presented by David Valentine, Head of Economic Development and ECP, Angus Council, on behalf of Carnoustie Country, followed by Downfield (S. Marshall, D. Thomson) and Montrose Caledonia (F. Auld, D. Adam).
Royal Montrose’s top team consisted of Cathy and Ian Stuart, who won a golfing weekend in the Scottish Borders, with S. Grant and R. Phinney in second place and G. Strachan and E. McGurk in third place.
At the request of Mike Miller of K2 Max Ltd, sponsors of the Angus Clubs Invitational Foursomes, the day was gifted to Macmillan Cancer Support. “A variety of fundraising activities took place during the competition and we were delighted to hand over a cheque for £600 to Macmillan Cancer Support,” continued Brian. “Being able to help such an incredibly worthwhile charity was undoubtedly one of the highlights of the day.”
More information about Royal Montrose Golf Club’s bicentenary events can be found at www.royalmontrosegolf.com. To find out more about Carnoustie Country and its golf courses, visit www.carnoustiecountry.com.

Support body for rookie pros ready for action - at last!

FROM THE SCOTSMAN WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
The company set up to hand out £1 million over the next five years to help Scottish golfers make the transition from amateur to professional golf has now brought on board all the organisations trying to get more players from the home of golf into the world's top 100 pros.
In addressing concerns expressed by Sandy Jones, chief executive of the Professional Golfers' Association, chairman Graeme Simmers has invited Alan White, the PGA Scottish Region chairman, to join representatives of the Scottish Golf Union, the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association and sportscotland on the board of Professional Golf Support Ltd.
Former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher has also agreed to provide an independent voice on the board and, while admitting he'd like to have seen things progress a bit quicker than they have since the project was announced in early March, Simmers, a former chairman of the R&A's championship committee, believes everything is now in place in order for the process to start in earnest.
"The first meeting was held on June 17, though Bernard Gallacher could not make it. The next meeting is at the end of August and then the one after that in second week of December. Everyone will be at those meetings," he said.
The December meeting is when the first batch of players to receive support, likely to be about £30,000 per individual per year, will be identified, the criteria being that a newly-turned professional has to have either a European Challenge Tour card or better or, on the distaff side, a Ladies' European Tour card or better.
In the event of no player achieving that status, Simmers and his fellow board members, who will receive recommendations from an operations' group led by Steve Paulding, the performance manager for Scottish Golf, could direct the money instead to players already on those circuits or, in exceptional circumstances, someone competing at a lesser level.
While excited to be involved in a project that has been talked about for around five years but is only now coming to fruition thanks to money being given to sportscotland by the Scottish Government, Simmers knows from his involvement with another sport that cash support alone isn't enough to guarantee success.
"Look at what has happened with the Lawn Tennis Association," he noted. "I'm a member of Wimbledon and every year we give £35m to the LTA. But when have we produced anyone as a result of that? It is not just a question of money. It is a question of putting the right pathways in place and I don't think tennis has done that.
"We will be holding discussions with people like Colin Montgomerie, Paul Lawrie, and Andrew Coltart, who had to go on the Swedish Tour when he had nowhere to play after turning professional."