WGC - BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL
Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70)
*There is no halfway cut
133 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 67 66
134 Phil Mickelson 66 68, Justin Leonard 68 66
135 Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 66, Bo Van Pelt 67 68, Bubba Watson 64 71
136 Nick Watney 68 68, Adam Scott (Aus) 66 70, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 67, Lucas Glover 70 66, Paul Casey (Eng) 68 68, Matt Kuchar 69 67
137 Dustin Johnson 72 65, Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 68 69, Sean O'Hair 67 70, Jeff Overton 67 70
138 Hunter Mahan 71 67, Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 69, Ross Fisher (Eng) 70 68, Ryan Palmer 70 68, Oliver Wilson (Eng) 71 67, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 71 67, Ryan Moore 70 68
139 Steve Stricker 68 71, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 66 73, Ben Curtis 69 70, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 72 67, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 71 68, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 73 66, Jason Day (Aus) 69 70, Kenny Perry 66 73, Bill Haas 73 66, Ernie Els (Rsa) 69 70, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 69, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 69 70, Jason Bohn 71 68
140 Chad Campbell 67 73, Jim Furyk 72 68, James Kingston (Rsa) 75 65, Zach Johnson 70 70, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 68 72, Ross McGowan (Eng) 71 69
141 Ben Crane 71 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 73 68, Justin Rose (Eng) 71 70, Mike Weir (Can) 72 69, Martin Laird (Sco) 70 71, Stewart Cink 72 69, Rickie Fowler 68 73
142 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 70 72, Ian Poulter (Eng) 72 70, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 72 70, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 72, Troy Matteson 72 70, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 71 71, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 74 68
143 Katsumasa Miyamoto (Jpn) 71 72, K J Choi (Kor) 70 73, Scott Verplank 75 68, Heath Slocum 75 68
144 Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 71 73, Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 73, David Horsey (Eng) 73 71, Rhys Davies (Wal) 75 69, Simon Khan (Eng) 73 71, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 72 72
145 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 71 74, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 73 72, Boo Weekley 73 72, Simon Dyson (Eng) 72 73
146 J.B. Holmes 74 72, Tiger Woods 74 72, Soren Hansen (Den) 71 75, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 74 72
148 Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 72 76, Camilo Villegas (Col) 75 73
150 Michael Jonzon (Swe) 76 74
151 Anthony Kim 75 76
154 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 79 75
WD: 147 Lee Westwood (Eng) 71 76


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Blow to Westwood, calf injury puts him out for weeks

Lee Westwood has pulled out of the remainder of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and next week's USPGA Championship because of a badly swollen right calf.
The world No 3 has been hampered by the injury since before the start of last month's French Open.

"I will be out for as long as it takes to get better," Westwood said after carding a six-over-par 76 in the second round at Firestone Country Club.

"I am just hoping that it will be in time for me to play in the Ryder Cup."

Westwood has played in six consecutive editions of the biennial Europe v United States event, which takes place this year at Celtic Manor in Wales from 1-3 October.

He ruptured the plantaris muscle in his right calf at the French Open but managed to be fit enough to play in the Open at St Andrews, where he finished a distant but creditable second behind Louis Oosthuizen.

Westwood, 37, went into the World Golf Championship series tournament in Ohio with a chance of supplanting Tiger Woods as world number one.

He shot a one over par first-round 71 in Ohio to be seven shots off leader Bubba Watson, and his 76 on Friday left him well out of contention.

Afterwards he said of his injury: "It just seems to be getting worse.

"There's no strength in [the leg]. I don't have a deal of confidence in it, and then on the way down [in his swing] I'm finding it hard to hold my weight on it and then push off."
Asked what else he could do to aid his ankle's recovery, he replied: "Sit on my backside for six weeks like they keep telling me.
"It's the only way to improve it. I'd like to be working out but I can't put any weight on it in the gym, so my legs feel weak."
The USPGA Championship tees off on Thursday 12 August, at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin.

Robert Arnott wins by four with a 63 at Turriff pro-am

Robert Arnott (Bishiopbriggs) had an unusually big-margin win today in the Turriff Golf Club pro-am.
Robert's round of seven-under-par 63 put him four shots clear of the field and earned him £900.
Sharing second place, for a pay-out of £533 each), were Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Mark King (Kingsfield) and Greig Hutcheon (Banchory).
On 68 came Chris Kelly (Cawder), Chris Doak (unatt) and Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie). They each earned £300.

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Gavin Dear in joint fifth place, two off the pace

Palmer shares lead with Antonelli on Alps Tour

FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
After three weeks off, the Alps Tour is back to Austria. Englishman Jason Palmer is co-leading with a four-under-par 68. Palmer has been looking for maiden win this year for months.
French rookie David Antonelli shot same score and seems to like Austria, country where he made his first cut this year.
Austrian Uli Weinhandl and Spaniard Agus Domingo are both one stroke back. Weinhandl is looking for his first cut since the beginning of May.
PROJECTED CUT IS THREE OVER PAR
Agathe Séron


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+Gavin Dear is lying joint fifth with a 70 while fellow Perthshire traveller Steven Hume is lying joint 41st on 74.

SCOTT HENRY PIPPED IN EUROPRO TOUR


 PLAY-OFF BUT POCKETS £5,000

NICK McCarthy has claimed his first victory on the PGA EuroPro Tour after edging out Scott Henry in the second extra hole of a play-off.
McCarthy (Moortown) and Henry (The Carrick on Loch Lomond ) had both finished on ten-under after three rounds at the Formby Hall Classic in Merseyside.
But McCarthy triumphed to collect the £10,000 winner’s prize and move a step closer to advancing to the Challenge Tour.
“I’m a bit shocked and don’t know what to do but it just feels fantastic,” said 22-year-old McCarthy.
“I had a game plan for the week, stuck to it and that got me through.
“I came up here a few days before the tournament and had played Formby Hall last year so knew there were holes when you could attack and holes you had to settle for par.
“At the beginning of the year I had a target to be in the top five and this has just boosted me and brought me closer.
“There are four tournaments left and then the Tour Championships so I’m hoping for a good finish to the season.
“I’ve won £13,000 from the Tour so far this year and if I can get it to £20,000 that should be enough.”
Leeds-based McCarthy has played on the Tour since April 2009 and hopes to follow in the footsteps of former members Louis Oosthuizen and Ross Fisher, who recently won the Open and the Irish Open respectively.
McCarthy’s previous best finish came in August 2009 when he came tied fourth at Wychwood Park in Cheshire, although he had threatened to beat that earlier this campaign.
He had led going into the final day at Longhirst Hall, Northumberland but eventually finished sixth before he finished in the same position a week later at Bovey Castle , Devon .
“It makes a big difference moving from amateur golf to the EuroPro Tour and on the Tour you learn how to shoot low numbers,” added McCarthy.
“A couple of times in the past I have been in contention but not been able to finish it off.
“But winning this gives me a lot of confidence and then you look at the big names who have played on the Tour. You think if they can do it then why can’t I?”
Henry, who had a stellar career in Scotland as an amateur but whose pro career has hardly got him out of the starting blocks, picks up £5,000 for his second place, while Order of Merit leader Daniel Gaunt has extended his lead at the top of the money list after he came third.
Matt Allen finished fourth with four players – Matthew Baldwin (Royal Birkdale), Ian Keenan (Royal Liverpool), Graeme Clark (Doncaster GC) and Steve Uzzell (Hornsea GC) - all in tied fifth place.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
206 Nick McCarthy Moortown (p)  69 68 69 (won play-off; £10,000); Scott Henry (The Carrick on Loch Lomond) 71 68 67 (£5,000).
207 Daniel Gaunt (Australia) 71 67 69 (£2,500).
208 Matt Allen 68 69 71 (£1,700).
209 Matthew Baldwin (Royal Birkdale) 72 69 68, Ian Keenan (Royal Liverpool) 71 69 69, Graeme Clark (Doncaster) 73 66 70, Steve Uzzell (Hornsea) 67 69 73. (£1,125 each).
210 Robert Steele (Kenilworth/Forest of Arden) 69 74 67, Matthew Evans (Rotherham) 74 69 67, Ryan Brown (Worksop) 67 72 71 (£800 each).

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European individual men's amateur championship

Byrne joint seventh with one round to go in Finland

James Byrne will need to shoot low figures in the fourth and final round if he is to win the European men's individual amateur championship in Finland.
With a round to go the 21-year-old from Banchory is in joint seventh place on six-under-par 212 - not a bad effort by any standards - but he is nine shots behind the two-shot leader from Denmark, Lucas Bjerregaard who has had rounds of 68, 71 and 64 for 13-under-par 203.
He leads by two shots from Sweden's Jeff Karlsson and English champion Tommy Fleetwood from Formby Hall.
Byrne, Ross Kellett (216) and Kris Nicol (218) were the only Scots to survive the cut at 219 or better.

LEADING THREE-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
203 Lucas Bjerregaard (Denmark) 68 71 64.
205 Jeff Karlsson (Sweden) 69 68 68, Tommy Fleetwood (England) 69 67 69.
207 Andrea Pavan (Italy) 72 66 69.
Scots' scores:
212 James Byrne 67 70 71 (jt seventh).
216 Ross Kellett 74 71 71 (jt 25th).
218 Kris Nicol 75 72 71 (jt 41st).
MISSED THE CUT  (219 or better)
223 Michael Stewart 72 75 76.
226 Greg Paterson 80 73 73, Philip McLean 77 70 79.

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BANCHORY MAKE BYRNE AN HONORARY MEMBER

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Banchory have made James Byrne , Scotland ’s highest world ranked amateur golfer, an honorary member at the age of 21.
Club captain Rod Dallas explained that it was for James' outstanding achievements in amateur golf and for being such a fine young man and a credit to the Banchory Golf Club.
Byrne, a student at Arizona State University and currently playing in the European individual amateur championship in Finland , said by E-mail:
“It is perhaps uncommon for a 21 year old to be presented with an honorary membership, so to receive such an award at this stage in my career is a great honour. The Banchory Golf Club members have always been extremely supportive of me and I consider myself lucky to have grown up playing golf with the support and encouragement of so many people.
“The ceremony last week was well attended and I received an amazing reception from those present. As I mentioned that night, I am very thankful for the support of the Banchory membership and I hope to be a good ambassador for the club both now and in the future.”
Banchory Golf Club's list of honorary members of note includes Paul Lawrie and Harry Bannerman, both Ryder Cup players, Greig Hutcheon and Bruce Davidson for his continuing efforts in the Grampian Houston Trips for youngsters. Greig and Bruce were both junior members of the club.

252 PLAYERS FROM 20 COUNTRIES READY TO CONTEST

 BOYS' AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN AYRSHIRE

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A total of 252 of the world’s best players, aged 18 or under, are arriving on the west coast of Scotland ahead of the 2010 Boys Amateur Championship, which begins next Tuesday 10 August at Kilmarnock (Barassie) and Dundonald Links. 20 nations, including Israel, Hungary, Nigeria, Korea and New Zealand, will be represented at the six-day event.
In the field is Italian Domenico Geminiani, who, in May, became the youngest player ever to compete in a European Tour event, at the BMW Italian Open. The Florida-based 14-year-old plays off a handicap of +3.6.
2010 Scottish Boys Champion Grant Forrest leads a strong home contingent of 47 players, including Barassie member Jack McDonald, who are attempting to become the first Scot to win the title on home soil since Steven O’Hara won at Ladybank in 1998.
“Barassie is a course where it’s important to have local knowledge,” explained McDonald. “I’ve played at Barassie loads of times and I’ve played Dundonald a lot, too, so that will be an advantage at the Boys Amateur. I’m feeling pretty confident going into it.”
In a change to the event, the Boys Amateur will now mirror the format of the Amateur Championship. 36 holes of stroke play qualifying will be played over two days, 18 holes at both Kilmarnock and Dundonald, before four days of match play take place solely at Barassie.
Kilmarnock (Barassie) started its association with R and A championships in 1948, when it welcomed the Boys Amateur for the first time. Since then, it has staged five Boys Home Internationals, two Jacques Leglise Trophy matches, stroke play qualifying for the 2001 Amateur Championship, and a further four Boys Amateurs, two of which were won by Howard Clark and Ronan Rafferty in 1971 and 1979, respectively.
 It has also acted as a final qualifying venue when The Open has been staged at Royal Troon or Turnberry.
Despite only having opened for play in 2003, Dundonald has already hosted the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy event, as well as qualifying for The Senior Open Championship and a stage of European Tour Qualifying School. The Boys Amateur, past winners of which include Sir Michael Bonallack, Jose Maria Olazabal, Sergio Garcia and Rhys Davies, is the first R&A Championship to be hosted by Dundonald.
The 2010 Boys Amateur Championship begins on Tuesday 10 August, with the 36-hole final taking place the following Sunday. The winner will receive an exemption into the 2011 Amateur Championship, which will be held at Hillside and Hesketh.
The full list of competitors can be found on RandA.org.
Scores and stories will appear on RandA.org throughout the competition.

RICHIE RAMSAY SIGNS LONG-TERM CONTRACT

NEWS RELEASEScottish golfer Richie Ramsay has today announced that he has signed a long term, exclusive representation contract with 4SPORTS and ENTERTAINMENT, the leading Swiss sports management agency.
Richie Ramsay, from Aberdeen, won his maiden European Tour event in December 2009 when he secured victory at the South African Open. This win followed a glittering amateur career that included Richie winning the Irish Strokeplay Championship title in 2005 and gaining Walker Cup selection in the same year. Richie then went on to win the prestigious US Amateur title in 2006, giving him exemption to the Masters, the US Open and the Open Championship.