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Martin Laird leads

Barclays by three

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
PARAMUS, New Jersey (AP) — Martin Laird suspected that four straight birdies early in the round and no bogeys had put him in the lead Saturday at The Barclays. When he finally glanced at a leaderboard, it gave him quite a jolt.
And it had nothing to do with the size of his three-shot lead.
The board occasionally shows the projected FedEx Cup standings. Laird, who started these playoffs at No. 95 and was hopeful of reaching the second round, saw his name at No. 1.
"I didn't think I'd come in here and move that much," Laird said after his 6-under 65. "I caught a glimpse of the projected FedEx Cup and I got a little shock."
It was a not-so-subtle reminder that winning goes a long way in these playoffs, and Laird put himself in a great spot. He was at 12-under 201, three shots clear of Dustin Johnson and Jason Day with one round left at Ridgewood Country Club.
A victory for the 27-year-old Scot would move him to No. 1, assuring him a spot in all four majors next year, and making him a serious contender for the $10 million FedEx Cup pay-off.
Tiger Woods also has something at stake Sunday, but it most likely won't be a trophy. After missing only one fairway in each of the first two rounds, Woods hit his opening tee shot off the property and took triple bogey. He couldn't get those three shots back and shot 72, putting him nine shots behind. He needs a steady final round just to advance to second round next week outside Boston.
For Johnson, who has found nothing but hard luck in the majors this year, it will be his second straight tournament playing in the final group. So much for that hangover from the PGA Championship, where he was penalized two shots on the final hole when he didn't realize he was in a bunker at Whistling Straits, knocking him out of a playoff.
Johnson, struggling with a cold and his swing earlier in the week, began to hit his stride on a sunny day in northern New Jersey. On the 616-yard 13th hole, he blasted a 3-wood to about 15 feet for eagle, and added consecutive birdies a short time later on his way to a 64 that gave him a chance to win.
"I definitely put myself into the hunt," Johnson said.
The good news? Everyone knows what a bunker looks like at Ridgewood.
Day remains in the hunt, too, although he didn't help himself on a day for scoring at Ridgewood. The 22-year-old Australian regained the lead by chipping for eagle on the short par-4 fifth hole, but he simply missed too many putts and struggled enough with his driver - he hit only four fairways - to give it away. Day made five bogeys, one of them on a par 5 on the back nine, and had to settle for a 70.
"Just hit more fairways and I'll be able to set myself up better at making birdies," Day said.
Adam Scott birdied the 18th hole for a 68 and was four shots behind.
On the day before European captain Colin Montgomerie announces his three captain's picks, it might be pleasing to see a fellow Scot atop the leaderboard against such a strong field. Too bad it's Laird, who played college golf at Colorado State and never left the American golf circuits. Plus, he has played so poorly all year that he's not even thinking about the Ryder Cup.
Laird was simply trying to get into the top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings to qualify for the playoffs, and he's moving up quickly.
Justin Rose, in his final round before Montgomerie makes his captain's picks, went off early having narrowly made the cut and shot 65 to join the group at 7-under 206 that included Ryan Palmer, Matt Kuchar, John Senden, Vaughn Taylor and Kevin Streelman.
"I think it's a tight selection process," said Rose, who has been quiet since wins at the Memorial and AT and T National. "It's just been nice to make a little bit of noise and shoot a great round to show him my game is there. I didn't go out there to prove anything today. But I'm glad that it worked out. I think it's a timely round of golf.
Woods was in a tie for 28th, continuing his slide since he opened with a 65 to share the first-round lead.
Four shots behind to start the third round, his 3-wood went straight up in the air, then straight left, over the trees and out-of-bounds. He had to hit another tee shot, then missed a short putt and took triple bogey. Woods went out in 39 after a bogey on the ninth before he began another reclamation project - birdies on the par 5s, and a 7-iron to 8 feet on the 18th hole for another birdie.
The top 100 in the standings - Woods is at No. 112 - make it to the Deutsche Bank Championship, which donates its proceeds to the Tiger Woods Foundation. Woods likely will need something around par in the final round to get there.
Laird has much higher hopes.

THIRD ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 213 (3x71)
201 Martin Laird (Sco) 69 67 65
204 Dustin Johnson 71 69 64, Jason Day (Aus) 67 67 70
205 Adam Scott (Aus) 66 71 68
206 Vaughn Taylor 65 70 71, Justin Rose (Eng) 72 69 65, John Senden (Aus) 67 69 70, Ryan Palmer 66 74 66, Matt Kuchar 68 69 69, Kevin Streelman 72 63 71
207 Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 72 65 70
208 Steve Stricker 70 70 68, J.P. Hayes 72 69 67, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 68 71 69, Heath Slocum 67 71 70, Charlie Wi (S Korea) 69 70 69, Ian Poulter (Eng) 70 72 66, Paul Casey (Eng) 69 69 70, Rickie Fowler 71 70 67, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 69 68 71
209 Zach Johnson 69 69 71, Retief Goosen (S Africa) 70 70 69, Bill Haas 69 73 67, Brian Gay 66 72 71, Stewart Cink 67 69 73, Webb Simpson 72 65 72, Josh Teater 68 71 70
210 Tiger Woods 65 73 72, Michael Sim (Aus) 69 70 71, Charley Hoffman 68 72 70, Pat Perez 67 73 70, Robert Garrigus 69 72 69, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 71 69, Hunter Mahan 70 71 69, Kevin Na 72 69 69, Ben Crane 67 70 73, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 72 68, Troy Matteson 71 69 70, D.J. Trahan 67 71 72, Stephen Ames (Can) 73 68 69
211 Rory Sabbatini (S Africa) 68 74 69, Sean O'Hair 69 70 72, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 70 71, Chris Couch 67 72 72, Bubba Watson 71 70 70
212 Nick Watney 69 71 72, David Duval 68 72 72, Matthew Jones (Aus) 72 70 70, D.A. Points 70 70 72, Andres Romero (Arg) 73 69 70, Tim Petrovic 68 69 75, Camilo Villegas (Col) 67 74 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 70 71 71
213 Chad Campbell 72 69 72, Justin Leonard 71 71 71, Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 68 74 71, Davis Love III 67 74 72, Jimmy Walker 68 74 71, Bryce Molder 72 67 74
214 Spencer Levin 72 69 73, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 70 72, Robert Allenby (Aus) 73 67 74, Jeff Overton 68 73 73, Jonathan Byrd 67 72 75, Y.E. Yang (SKor) 73 67 74
215 Chad Collins 68 74 73, John Merrick 73 69 73, Ernie Els (Rsa) 71 71 73, Scott Verplank 67 75 73
217 Brian Davis (Eng) 72 70 75, Kenny Perry 72 70 75
218 J J Henry 68 73 77.

Langer leads Boeing Classic after a 63

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
SNOQUALMIE, Washington (AP) — Bernhard Langer fired a 9-under 63 to take a one-shot lead over Nick Price after the second round of the Champions Tour's Boeing Classic on Saturday.

Price struggled to make birdies on the back nine, allowing Langer to overtake the opening round leader.

Langer made a 12-foot birdie on the 12th hole to pull within a shot of Price and move to 6-under on the round. With Price making pars, Langer continued his run to the top of the leaderboard. Birdies at Nos. 14 and 15 gave him the outright lead and a birdie at 18 moved him to 15-under 129 for the tournament.

Price (67) made four birdies on the front nine. He recorded his only bogey of the day at 17, but closed with an eagle at the par-5 18th to pull within a shot of Langer.

Hometown favorite Fred Couples had just come off consecutive birdies at Nos. 13 and 14 that moved him into a tie with Tom Pernice Jr. for third at 8-under par.

But Couples bogeyed the par-5 15th hole for the second consecutive day after going in the hazard that lines the left side of the hole off the tee. Then he came unglued at 16 finding the sand trap in front of the green with his second shot. His first two attempts failed to clear the 8-foot lip and rolled back to his feet. He finally got out on the third attempt and made double-bogey.

Another bogey at 17 added to Couples' problems and he finished with a 72 to put him at 4 under for 36 holes.

Pernice Jr. was three shots off the lead before consecutive bogeys at Nos. 11 and 12 dropped him back to 8-under par. Pernice Jr. bounced back with birdies at 15 and 16 to finish at 10-under.

Keith Fergus and Hal Sutton are tied for fourth at 6-under par.

South-east District Open Championship at Mortonhall

GORDON STEVENSON

TOP OF CLASS AGAIN

Whitecraigs’ Gordon Stevenson has bounced back from disqualification at last weekend’s North of Scotland stroke-play championship at Inverness to lead at the halfway stage of the South-east District Open championship, the last counting event for the Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit table, at Mortonhall Golf Club, Edinburgh.
Stevenson, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had been one of the pre-tournament favourites at Inverness following a comfortable win the previous weekend in the North-east District Open at Cruden Bay but blew his chances when he signed a scorecard with a wrong figure – a lower one than he actually took – and was disqualified.
But, this weekend the St Andrews University graduate and winner of the 2009 Boyd Quaich international students' tournament over four rounds at St Andrews was back again at the top of the class – after 36 holes –with scores of 67 and 70 for a seven-under-par tally of 137.
He leads by one shot from Scott Stewart-Cation (Balbirnie Park) who has had a pair of 69s for 138.
Stephen Neilson (Dunbar), semi-finalist in the Scottish amateur championship at Gullane a few weeks back, is in third place on 139 (69-70).


SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 74 73
+Leading 30 and ties qualify for Sunday's final two rounds.
137 G Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 67 70.
138 S Stewart-Cation (Balbirnie Park) 69 69.
139 S Neilson (Dunbar) 69 70.
140 S Rennie (Drumpellier) 71 69, D Law (Hazlehead) 70 70, E Bradley (Mount Ellen) 75 65.
141 G Paterson (St Andrews New) 70 71, A Culverwell (Dunbar) 74 67.
142 G Nicholson (Mortonhall) 70 72, G Robertson (Silverknowes) 72 70.
143 M Hillson (Craigielaw) 71 72.
144 A Hain (Ladybank) 65 79.
145 *B Souter (Leven GS) 72 73, A Dick (Kingsknowe) 72 73, A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 72 73, G Robertson (Glenbervie) 73 72.
146 J Findlay (Fraserburgh) 74 72, G Yates (Hilton Park) 77 69.
147 S Armstrong (Turnhouse) 72 75, J Lockie (Tantallon) 73 74, P Latimer (St Andrews New) 76 71.
148 P McLean (Peterhead) 72 76, L Morgan (Newbattle) 73 75, E Wood (Crow Wood) 77 71, Louis Gaughan (Bathgate) 76 72.
149 C Swanston (Uphall) 73 76, G Finlay (Ballumbie Castle) 73 76, A Wallace (Glenbervie) 74 75, D Martin (Longniddry) 75 74, F Campbell (Milngavie) 75 74, S Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 75 74, C Wood (Longniddry) 77 72.
*B Souter (145) withdrew from qualifiers.

MISSED THE CUT
150 D Miller (Duddingston) 74 76.
151 S Borrowman (Dollar) 74 77, J Yuille (Royal Burgess) 76 75, C Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 78 73, C Baird (Bothwell Castle) 73 78.
152 D Kay (Dunbar) 72 80, S Roberts (Gullane) 74 78, M Main (Thornton) 74 78, B Rushford (Grangemouth) 74 78, M Stein (Craigielaw) 75 77, S Thompson (St Andrews New) 76 76, J Macintosh (Broomieknowe) 78 74, B Renfrew (Wynyard) 74 78.
153 A Welsh (Torrance House) 78 75, R Bell (Downfield) 78 75.
154 C Timms (Mortonhall) 75 79, G Davidson (Winterfield) 75 79, M Clark (Kilmacolm) 78 76, F McKenna (Balmore) 77 77, J Duff (Newmachar) 77 77, S Lockhart (Bathgate) 77 77.
155 S Carmichael (Baberton) 77 78, K Reilly (Silverknowes) 79 76, M Dailly (Erskine) 79 76, C Radcliffe (Royal Musselburgh) 79 76, T Caldwell (Silverknowes) 80 75, R Gill (Craigmillar Park) 79 76.
156 S Young (Turnhouse) 76 80, M Bookless (Sandyhills) 78 78, S McGarvey (Glencorse) 79 77, Malcolm Campbell (Swanston New) 78 78.
157 J Wright (Forres) 77 80.
158 R Boyle (Bathgate) 79 79, M Foley (Kingsknowe) 80 78, S Smith (Marriott Dalmahoy) 79 79.
159 M Simants (Dunbar) 79 80, S Moffat (Alloa) 81 78.
160 J Hendrick (Pollock) 78 82, C Johnstone (Royal Musselburgh) 79 81.
162 S Walker (Ratho Park) 86 76.
165 E Paterson (Bruntsfield Links) 82 83.
167 S Morrison (Braids United) 86 81.
NRs G Smail (Craigielaw) 75 NR, S Simants (Dunbar) 78 NR, R Carson (Marriott Dalmahoy) 78 NR, P Betty (Lenzie) 80 NR, C Marr (Musselburgh) 82 NR, T Morrison (Kilsyth Lennox) 82 NR, S Smith (West Linton) NR.

SUNDAY TEE TIMES
8.00 COLIN SWANSTON Uphall
12.30 FRASER BONNAR Marker


8.08 ANDREW WALLACE Glenbervie
12.38 DUNCAN MARTIN Longniddry


8.16 SAM BINNING Ranfurly Castle
12.46 FRASER CAMPBELL Milngavie


8.24 CHRIS WOOD Longniddry
12.54 GEORGE FINLAY Bullumbie Castle


8.32 LEE MORGAN Newbattle
13.02 LOUIS GAUGHAN Bathgate


8.40 ED WOOD Crow Wood
13.10 PHILIP McLEAN Peterhead


8.48 STEVEN ARMSTRONG Turnhouse
13.18 JOE LOCKIE Tantallon


8.56 PETER LATIMER St Andrews New
13.26 JORDAN FINDLAY Fraserburgh


9.04 GORDON YATES Hilton Park
13.34 ALLYN DICK Kingsknowe


9.12 GRAEME ROBERTSON Glenbervie
13.42 ADAM DUNTON McDonald


9.20 ALASTAIR HAIN Ladybank
13.50 MARK HILLSON Craigielaw


9.28 GREG NICHOLSON Mortonhall
13.58 GRAHAM ROBERTSON Silverknowes


9.36 GREG PATERSON St Andrews New
14.06 ALEXANDER CULVERWELL Dunbar


9.44 STEVEN RENNIE Drumpellier
14.14 DAVID LAW Hazelhead


9.52 EAMON BRADLEY Mount Ellen
14.22 STEPHEN NEILSON Dunbar


10.00 SCOTT STEWART-CATION Balbirnie Park
14.30 GORDON STEVENSON Whitecraigs

CHALLENGE TOUR

Raymond Russell finishes shot

behind winner Floren

From Challenge Tour Press Officer Paul Symes
Sweden’s Oscar Floren captured his maiden Challenge Tour title on a dramatic and demanding final day at the SWALEC Wales Challenge.
After 36 energy-sapping holes Floren, who began the day with a four-shot advantage, signed off with a round of 75 to finish on eight under par, just one shot clear of the fast-finishing Scot, Raymond Russell who earned 16,500 Euros for rounds of 71, 68, 73 and 69 for 281. In the final analysis, a bogey at the last cost Russell the chance of a play-off for victory. 
But the bare figures alone only tell half the story. Having compiled a third round of 71 in the morning, half an hour later Floren embarked on his fourth and final round with a one shot lead over his compatriot Joel Sjöholm.
That slender advantage disappeared in the blink of an eye, as he promptly double bogeyed the first hole and then suffered the same fate at the fourth. Some nerve-settling pars steadied the ship, but a bogey at the 14th hole – allied to five successive birdies on the back nine for Russell – appeared to have put pay to his chances.
But Floren drew on all his reserves of energy and strength to birdie the tough 17th hole, and after Russell had closed with a bogey having found the trees to the left of the green, the Swede stood on the 18th tee needing a birdie to take the title.
A fearless drive and a pinpoint approach set up a 12 foot birdie chance, and he duly found the middle of the cup to collect the €24,000 winner’s cheque, which saw him depose England’s Robert Dinwiddie at the top of the Rankings.
Floren – who also collected the first prize after finishing runner-up at last week’s ECCO Tour Championship, which was won by an amateur – can now prepare for a debut campaign on The European Tour.
The tired but triumphant Swede said: “I certainly did it the hard way, but I’m so relieved, and a little emotional. I couldn’t have got off to a worse start on the first, where I hit a terrible approach shot. I thought I was out of the tournament at that point, but everyone else was struggling so I knew I just had to hang in there. I played solid golf on the back nine, and then down the stretch I played some of the best golf of my career, because I was under pressure.
"I hit a great five wood on 16, got a bit of a lucky break on 17 but then made a great birdie on the last. My legs were tired towards the end but my mind wasn’t, which is the most important thing. So I’m really proud of myself.
“This secures my card for next season, and the Number One spot has to be my goal now – it was about time someone took Dinwiddie down! I’ve got a week off now, so I might have to have a few drinks to celebrate, then get ready for Kazakhstan. It’s been a great season, and I have my coaches to thank for that but mostly it’s been down to a change in my attitude.
"I’m much more focused now on and off the course, and it’s paid off. I can’t wait for next season now.”
Sjöholm’s closing round of 77 saw the Swede drop back to a share of third place on five under par alongside Chile’s Mark Tullo, who signed off with a round of 71.


FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
280 O Floren (Swe) 69 65 71 75 (24,000 Euros).
281 R Russell (Sco) 71 68 73 69 (16,500 Euros). 
283 M Tullo (Chi) 74 66 72 71, J Sjöholm (Swe) 71 70 65 77
284 D Brooks (Eng) 73 69 71 71, M Thorp (Nor) 68 70 71 75
285 A Bossert (Sui) 74 67 70 74, A Högberg (Swe) 69 70 73 73
286 A Kaleka (Fra) 73 68 72 73, V Riu (Fra) 72 75 69 70
287 C Baker (USA) 70 73 73 71, S Lewton (Eng) 72 72 70 73
288 P Dwyer (Eng) 74 69 74 71, W Besseling (Ned) 74 72 68 74, A Willey (Eng) 76 70 69 73, F Colombo (Ita) 68 73 75 72
289 J Makitalo (Fin) 77 68 71 73, D Whitnell (Eng) 71 74 73 71, R Santos (Por) 75 70 70 74, P Golding (Eng) 74 71 76 68
290 D Gaunt (Aus) 74 73 71 72, T Olesen (Den) 73 74 73 70, S Wakefield (Eng) 71 72 72 75,
291 S Davis (Eng) 69 76 72 74, S Manley (Wal) 74 71 73 73, J Campillo (Esp) 74 72 73 72, O Whiteley (Eng) 73 74 72 72, M Ford (Eng) 74 72 74 71, M Bothma (RSA) 69 76 75 71,
292 M McGeady (Irl) 70 72 77 73, Å Nilsson (Swe) 73 74 75 70, M Zions (Aus) 71 71 74 76, K Sullivan (Wal) 76 71 74 71, L Saltman (Sco) 70 72 73 77, J Zapata (Arg) 75 70 74 73, N Cheetham (Eng) 73 72 74 73, M Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 72 72 73 75, T Whitehouse (Eng) 72 71 78 71,
293 D Denison (Eng) 70 71 75 77, G Houston (Wal) 72 72 80 69,
294 B Mason (Eng) 72 74 71 77, A Johnston (Eng) 72 75 75 72, J Doherty (Sco) 71 74 78 71, M Quiros (Esp) 71 74 78 71, L Slattery (Eng) 74 71 76 73,
295 G Molteni (Ita) 74 72 77 72, S Buhl (Ger) 72 75 75 73,
296 J Little (Eng) 72 69 74 81, J Xanthopoulos (Fra) 72 73 75 76, J Elson (Eng) 73 74 72 77, L Claverie (Esp) 70 76 72 78
297 J Legarrea (Esp) 72 74 72 79, J McLeary (Sco) 76 71 73 77, M Higley (Eng) 74 73 74 76,
298 L Gagli (Ita) 70 75 79 74, S Surry (Eng) 73 68 78 79
299 E Saltman (Sco) 74 72 79 74, I Brown (Eng) 76 71 75 77, P Eales (Eng) 73 74 78 74,
300 D Perrier (Fra) 72 75 78 75
301 C Doak (Sco) 71 75 76 79, P Relecom (Bel) 71 74 75 81, N James (am) (Wal) 72 75 77 77,
306 F Praegant (Aut) 75 70 78 83,
RETIRED: F Henge (Swe) 72 74 78 RT.
DISQUALIFIED: C Brazillier (Fra) 76 70 DQ 0,

ST ANDREWS TROPHY MATCH

Continentals clinch victory over GB and

I in singles

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE RandA
The Continent of Europe have defeated Great Britain and Ireland to win the 2010 St Andrews Trophy Match at Castelconturbia, near Milan, Italy. Having led by 8 ½ - 7 ½ going into day two’s afternoon singles, the Continent won five-and-a-half of the eight points on offer to clinch the Match 14 – 10.
It is the Continent’s first victory in the biennial team event since 1998, when they overcame GB&I by the same margin at Villa D’Este, also in Italy. Of the Continent’s four successes in the history of the event, three of those have now come on Italian soil.
It fell to Germany’s Max Kieffer to hole the putt that took the match beyond GB&I’s reach, as he defeated Scotland’s Michael Stewart by one hole. Before that, Espen Kofstad of Norway had emphatically overcome Irishman Paul Cutler 6&5, and Italy’s Nino Bertasio had edged out James Byrne by one hole, after a tight match in which neither player could establish a lead of more than 1up.
“I think it was a pretty important point because it set us on our way to winning,” said Bertasio, who played in the Italian Open on the European Tour in May, and grew up playing at the same club as Matteo Manassero.
 “It was a wonderful match against James [Byrne]. It was so close all the way through. This is an important event for me and it’s a thrill to represent Europe and help them to win.”
Despite losing his afternoon singles encounter, for 2010 Amateur Championship runner-up Byrne, it was Friday morning’s foursomes, after which GB&I trailed 1 – 3, that ultimately led to the defeat.
“Yesterday morning left us with a lot to do, and we were playing catch-up for the rest of the match,” said the 21-year-old, who is about to enter his senior year at Arizona State University. “Saying that, we were actually looking good half-way through the singles, but we just fell short on the last couple of holes.
“It’s been a great experience, and Nigel [Edwards] has been a fantastic Captain. Now I’m really looking forward to next year’s match against the USA.”
Non-playing Captain Nigel Edwards, a playing member of three successful St Andrews Trophy teams in 2002, 2004 and 2006, concurred with that assessment and, while disappointed with defeat, could take many positives from the two days of competition.
“Obviously yesterday morning put us on the back foot, but, to a man, the team responded in the best possible way,” explained Edwards. “Unfortunately, the results didn’t go our way, and the Continent ran out worthy winners.
“However, this group of individuals, who will form the back-bone of the GB and I Walker Cup team, have proved that they have the talent, the determination and the team spirit to overcome any opponent on their day.”
GBandI’s two-and-a-half singles points came courtesy of three Englishmen. There were victories for Tom Lewis by one hole over France’s Romain Wattel, and for Darren Wright by 2 and 1 over Jesper Kennegard of Sweden. The half-point was won by their compatriot Matthew Nixon, who was playing Finland’s Kalle Samooja.
In addition those won by Bertasio, Kofstad and Kieffer, and the half earned by Samooja, the Continent of Europe’s remaining points came from Denmark’s Morten Orum Madsen, who defeated Scot Ross Kellett 4 and 2; and Pontus Widegren of Sweden, who overcame England’s Eddie Pepperell 2 and 1.
GB and I will next come together to contest the Walker Cup match against the USA on September 10 and 11, 2011, at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club.

SECOND-DAY RESULTS

FOURSOMES: 2 1/2-1 1/2
James Byrne (Scotland) and Paul Cutler (Ireland) lost to Pontus Widegren and Jesper Kennegard (Sweden) 3 and 2.
Tom Lewis and Eddie Pepperell (England) halved with Nino Bertasio (Italy) and Kalle Samooja (Finland).
Ross Kellett and Michael Stewart (Scotland) beat J Lopez-Lazara and Romain Wattel (France) 2 and 1.
Matthew Nixon and Darren Wright (England) beat M O Madsen (Denmark) and Espen Kofstad (Norway) 3 and 1.

SINGLES: 2 1/2-5 1/2
Byrne lost to Bertasio 1 hole.
Lewis bt Wattel 1 hole.
Cutler lost to Kofstad 6 and 5.
Stewart lost to Kieffer 1 hole.
Wright bt Kennegard 2 and 1.
Kellett lost to Madsen 4 and 2.
Nixon halved with Samooja.
Pepperell lost to Widegren 2 and 1.

Continental boys too strong for GB and I

The Continent of Europe scored a clear-cut win over  Great Britain and Ireland in the Jacques Leglise Trophy two-day Under-18 boys' international match at Castelconturbia Golf Club, Italy.
The Europeans won 15 1/2-8 1/2, following up their first-day lead of 8-4 by taking the second-day honours 7 1/2 to 4 1/2.
The GB and I boys did hold their own in the second-day singles, sharing the points 4-4.


SECOND-DAY RESULTS
FOURSOMES (1/2-3 1/2)
Rhys Pugh (Wales) and Chris Lloyd England) lost to Stanislaus Gautier (France) and Thomas Pieters (Belgium) 2 and 1.
Scott Gibson and Grant Forrest (Scotland) lost to Thomas Sorensen (Denmark) and Kristian Johannesen (Norway) 4 and 3.
Dermot McElroy and Paul Dunne (Ireland) lost to Thomas Detry (Belgium) and Marcus Maukner (Austria) 1 hole.
James Burnett and Paul Lockwood (England) halved with Adrian Otaegui (Spain) and Moritz Lampert (Germany).
SINGLES (4-4)
Pugh halved with Domenico Geminiani (Italy)
Lloyd bt Johannesen 5 and 4.
McElroy halved with Gautier.
Gibson lost to Sorensen 1 hole.
Dunne lost to Detry 4 and 3.
Forrest lost to Pieters 4 and 3.
Burnett bt Maukner 4 and 3.
Lockwood bt Otaegui 3 and 1.

Stage set for great Sunday finish to Johnnie Walker Chmapionship

Oh, brother! The Molinaris are first

and second at Gleneagles

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Francesco Molinari leads his brother Edoardo by a shot going into Sunday's final round of the Johnnie Walker Championship over the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles Hotel.
The Italian moved to ten under par as he looks to celebrate his place on The Ryder Cup team with a tournament win.

Edoardo could still join him in the team with a wild card on Sunday and with Simon Dyson third and still in with a chance of grabbing an automatic place on Colin Montgomerie's side, a gripping end to the year-long race is in prospect at the Perthshire venue.

Francesco shot a four under par 68 and, as at the Barclays Scottish Open last month, where Edoardo triumphed, they will play the final round in the final group together.

Dyson has to win and hope that either Miguel Angel Jiménez is outside the top nine or Peter Hanson outside the top 43.

With 18 holes to play only a stroke separates Dyson and Jiménez, but things are so tightly bunched that the York golfer is in a five-way tie for third while Jiménez is in a nine-way tie for eighth. Hanson's 75 leaves him in a ten-way tie for 32nd.

Dyson, 12th at the US PGA Championship two weeks ago and fifth at the Czech Open last Sunday, said: "Miguel's score never entered my mind once out there. You can't really focus on anybody else's score. I'm just focusing on my own."
He did not even know where Jiménez needs to be to deny him until told it in a television interview.
Francesco Molinari was, incredibly, the ninth player to have at least a share of the lead during the day's play.
English pair Gary Boyd and David Lynn and Frenchman Julien Guerrier were joint top overnight, but Guerrier managed only a 73, Boyd a 74 and Lynn a 77.
Dyson shares third spot now with Bathgate's Stephen Gallacher, Oliver Wilson - one of the 2008 Ryder Cup side who is still seeking his first professional win - and French pair Guerrier and Gregory Bourdy.
Afterwards Francesco ruled out any sibling favours during the final round.

"I want to win - it's been four and a half years since I have," said the 2006 Italian Open champion.

“My game has been good all week, I played solid again today. It was a bit tricky because of the wind. I putted quite well, I have to say, and I'm really happy with the position I am in at the moment - just looking forward to tomorrow.”

Edoardo added: “I think I played a very good round of golf today. I hit every fairway and I hit a lot of greens and I had a lot of chances for birdie. It was a very good, solid round, and I've been playing very well all week to be honest.”
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
206 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 70 68
207 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 68 69

208 Stephen Gallacher 67 70 71, Oliver Wilson 70 70 68, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 68 67 73, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 68 70 70, Simon Dyson 68 70 70

209 Damien McGrane 72 67 70, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 69 69, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 69 70 70, Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 70 68, Gary Boyd 67 68 74, Marc Warren 68 70 71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 68 71, Simon Thornton 71 71 67, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 70 70 69

210 Richard Finch 66 74 70, Mark Foster 70 67 73

211 Gary Lockerbie 68 73 70, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 72 70 69, Sam Walker 68 71 72, Stephen Dodd 71 72 68, Soren Hansen (Den) 74 65 72, George Coetzee (Rsa) 69 68 74

212 Ross Fisher 72 67 73, Phillip Archer 70 73 69, Jamie Donaldson 69 74 69, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 70 72 70, David Lynn 67 68 77, Paul McGinley 68 70 74, Steven O'Hara 70 70 72

213 Richard Bland 67 75 71, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 71 72 70, John Parry 72 70 71, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 73 69 71, Marceliem (Ger) 71 71 71, Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 69 75, Robert Rock 67 71 75, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 71 72 70, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 70 69 74, Bradley Dredge 71 68 74

214 Sam Hutsby 72 71 71, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 70 70 74, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 72 68 74

215 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 72 70 73, Fredrik Ohlsson (Swe) 72 71 72, Anders Hansen (Den) 71 72 72, Paul Lawrie 69 73 73, Paul Waring 69 73 73, Nick Dougherty 68 72 75, Rhys Davies 73 70 72, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 73 70 72

216 Sion E Bebb 72 70 74, Robert Dinwiddie 72 71 73, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 71 73, Graeme Storm 71 72 73

217 Tommy Fleetwood 73 68 76

218 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 72 71 75, Marco Ruiz (Par) 71 71 76, Phillip Price 72 69 77, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 69 74 75, Oliver Fisher 69 73 76, James Morrison 71 72 75

219 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 68 75 76

220 Miles Tunnicliff 69 74 77

221 Robert Coles 72 69 80

DEAR SURVIVES, HUME MISSES CUT

Former Walker Cup player Gavin Dear will start the final round of the Alps Tour's Peugeot Classic at Prunevill Golf Club, Sochaux in France in joint 19th place.

But his Perthshire colleague Steven Hume missed the second-round cut by eight strokes.

Dear included an eagle at the sixth in his one-under-par 71 for a tally of level par 144 - six shots behind the joint leaders.

Hume followed up a nightmare 80 with a 76 for 156.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
138 Agus Domingo (Spain) 68 69, Kenny Le Sager (France) 69 69.
139 Pedro Erice (Spain) 72 67.
140 Matthew Cryer (England) 72 68.
Selected scores:
144 Gavin Dear (Scotland) 73 71 (jt 19th).
MISSED THE CUT (148 or better)
156 Steven Hume (Scotland) 80 76.

ST ANDREWS TROPHY and JACQUES LEGLISE TROPHY

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I'M OUT OF IT, SAYS ALVARO QUIROS

Spain’s big-hitting Alvaro Quiros conceded defeat in his Ryder Cup bid after a third round 73 in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles today. It left Simon Dyson as the only player who can force his way in at the final counting event and deny either Swede Peter Hanson or Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez.
And falling out of the race left Quiros so flat that he said he would turn down an invitation to attend the match at Celtic Manor in October if it comes his way. Two years ago Nick Faldo asked Martin Kaymer, Nick Dougherty and Ross Fisher if they wanted to be with the team in Louisville after they just missed out.
Kaymer, now golf’s newest major champion and an automatic qualifier for Wales, was the only one to take him up on it.

Current captain Colin Montgomerie called Faldo’s initiative “astute” and added recently: “There are moves afoot to have potential Ryder Cup players of the future on course on this particular occasion.”

But Quiros, who had to win this weekend to have any chance, said after today’s round sent him down to level par: “I would refuse. I’m pretty sure that I would not be smart enough to see the invitation as a learning experience. It would be more hurting myself that I should be there playing.

“I would be very happy to be there with Martin and the other guys, but I would prefer to keep myself practising and focused on the future. I’m not even sure if I will watch the match. My girlfriend is on holiday, so we may go somewhere.

“Although I was down, straight after I played yesterday, I went to bed thinking if I played really well I might still have a chance. But not now. My only mistake the last few months was to think too much about the Ryder Cup. I got tired and, more than that, I got frustrated.

“I should have been worried more about just playing well, not how it affected my position. Now I have play well the rest of the season to keep myself in the world top 50.”

Europe’s biggest hitter was 24th in June last year and the 11th highest ranked European. Now he is 47th, with 16 fellow Europeans ahead of him. Dyson also has to win tomorrow and hope that Jimenez is outside the top nine or Hanson

SOUTH-EAST DISTRICT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP SCOREBOARD
Mortonhall Golf Club, Edinburgh

HAIN SURPRISE FIRST-ROUND LEADER


Ladybank's Alastair Hain, not quoted as one of the pre-tournament favourites, was the surprise leader by the commanding margin of four shots at the end of the first round of the South-east District Open golf championship today, the last counting event in the Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit table.
Hain shot a seven-under-par 65 to put daylight between himself and the field at Mortonhall Golf Club.
Three players were sharing second place on 69 - Steven Rennie (Drumpellier), beaten in a play-off at last weekend's North of Scotland stroke-play championship at Inverness, Stephen Neilson (Dunbar), a semi-finalist in the Scottish amateur championship at Gullane, and Scott Stewart-Cation (Balbirnie Park).
Greg Nicholson (Mortonhall), who broke his home course record with a 62 recently, was on the 70 mark alongwith Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) and David Law (Hazlehead), winner last year of the unique Scottish boys and men's amateur championships double.




FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
65 A Hain (Ladybank).
69 S Rennie (Drumpellier), S Neilson (Dunbar), S Stewart-Cation (Balbirnie Park).
70 G Nicholson (Mortonhall), G Paterson (St Andrews New), D Law (Hazlehead).
71 M Hillson (Craigielaw).
72 B Souter (Leven GS), A Dick (Kingsknowe), P McLean (Peterhead), D Kay (Dunbar), A Armonstrong (Turnhouse), G Robertson (Silverknowes).
73 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon), G Robertson (Glenbervie), C Swanston (Uphall), L Morgan (Newbattle), G Finlay (Ballumbie Castle), J Lockie (Tantallon).
74 A Wallace (Glenbervie), S Roberts (Gullane), J Findlay (Fraserburgh), M Main (Thornton), D Miller (Duddingston), A Culverwell (Dunbar), B Rushford (Grangemouth), S Borrowman (Dollar), B Renfrew (The Wynyard).

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BUCHANAN CASTLE GOLF CLUB SENIORS

MASTERS 36-hole STROKE-PLAY TOURNAMENT

NEWS RELEASE
Buchanan Castle Golf Club has been asked to host a 36-hole, two-day Masters Scratch competition for male amateur golfers aged 50+. Golfers aged 50 to 54 play in the event for a separate prize fund.
The event will take place over two days - Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1. It is envisaged that 120 golfers from Scotland and England will enter and play.

Voucher prize fund should exceed £2,000 for all categories to include Scratch and Handicap.

Maximum handicap for all categories is limited to 12.


Please visit www.buchanancastlegolfclub.co.uk for an application form or if you require further details contact our Professionals on 01360 660330.


Jonathan
Buchanan Castle Pro Shop
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US Nationwide Tour Scoreboard
KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL OPEN
Fox Den Country Club, Farragut, Tennessee
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
133 Gary Woodland 68 65
135 William McGirt 67 68, Brady Schnell 70 65, Brian Stuard 68 67, Kirk Triplett 67 68
136 Ken Duke 70 66, Jim Herman 69 67, Skip Kendall 67 69, Zach Miller 66 70, Andrew Svoboda 67 69
137 Ben Bates 72 65
138 Travis Bertoni 68 70, Paul Claxton 71 67, David Hearn 67 71, Chris Kirk 68 70, Russell Knox 68 70, Won Joon Lee 71 67, Madalisto Muthiya 71 67, Justin Peters 67 71, Rick Price 71 67, John Riegger 68 70, Daniel Summerhays 71 67, Diego Vanegas 69 69, Casey Wittenberg 68 70
139 Andrew Buckle 69 70, Gavin Coles 71 68, Todd Fischer 70 69, Tommy Gainey 70 69, Peter Malnati 70 69, Aron Price 69 70, Phil Tataurangi 71 68
140 Ray Beaufils 71 69, Jonas Blixt 68 72, John Daly 67 73, Robert Damron 67 73, Matt Davidson 73 67, Robert Gamez 71 69, Jason Gore 71 69, Scott Gutschewski 69 71, Mark Hensby 70 70, Bradley Iles 69 71, Kevin Kisner 69 71, Luke List 70 70, Chris Nallen 69 71, Rob Oppenheim 71 69, Michael Putnam 71 69, Peter Tomasulo 70 70, Cameron Tringale 71 69
141 Craig Barlow 71 70, Camilo Benedetti 69 72, Keegan Bradley 74 67, Jeff Brehaut 69 72, Glen Day 72 69, Bubba Dickerson 69 72, Brad Elder 71 70, Jason Enloe 72 69, Jeff Gallagher 72 69, Mike Lavery 72 69, Andrew McLardy 70 71, Fernando Mechereffe 73 68, Adam Meyer 72 69, Jin Park 69 72, Steve Pate 73 68, Stephen Poole 75 66, Nate Smith 72 69, Scott Stallings 71 70
MISSED THE CUT
142 Rich Beem 70 72, Ben Briscoe 70 72, Ted Brown 72 70, Scott Dunlap 70 72, Mathias Gronberg 69 73, Hunter Haas 71 71, James Hahn 75 67, Doug LaBelle II 70 72, Jarrod Lyle 73 69, David Mathis 69 73, Sal Spallone 71 71
143 Adam Bland 73 70, Josh Broadaway 73 70, Scott Brown 70 73, Marco Dawson 74 69, Kevin Grady 75 68, Ty Harris 71 72, Scott Sterling 70 73, Kyle Thompson 70 73
144 Brian Bateman 70 74, Steven Bowditch 75 69, Roberto Castro 71 73, Michael Clark II 75 69, Martin Flores 72 72, Scott Gardiner 73 71, Justin Hicks 73 71, Tag Ridings 68 76, Justin Smith 70 74, Brendan Steele 71 73
145 Mark Anderson 70 75, Craig Bowden 73 72, Daniel Chopra 74 71, Gary Christian 72 73, Brice Garnett 74 71, Chad Ginn 69 76, Kelly Grunewald 72 73, John Huston 76 69, Kent Jones 70 75, J.J. Killeen 70 75, Cliff Kresge 71 74, Martin Piller 73 72, Dustin Risdon 74 71, Jason Schultz 70 75
146 David Branshaw 70 76, D.J. Brigman 72 74, Brent Delahoussaye 71 75, Nick Flanagan 73 73, Jesse Hutchins 74 72, Brandt Jobe 78 68, Ben Martin 74 72, Jim McGovern 72 74, David McKenzie 71 75, B.J. Staten 74 72, Esteban Toledo 77 69, Tjaart Van der Walt 74 72
147 Tom Byrum 72 75, Josh Gallman 70 77, Barrett Jarosch 73 74, Bronson LaCassie 73 74, Bob May 76 71, Jon Mills 71 76, Scott Moran 75 72, Loren Personett 79 68, Kyle Reifers 78 69, Chris Smith 73 74, Brian Smock 75 72, Aaron Watkins 72 75
148 Ryan Armour 73 75, Bobby Gates 76 72, Chris Kamin 73 75, Ewan Porter 75 73, Geoffrey Sisk 72 76, Michael Webb 77 71
149 Bryan DeCorso 75 74, Juan Lizarralde 74 75, Corey Nagy 75 74
150 Trevor Murphy 75 75, Darron Stiles 77 73, Jerod Turner 73 77, Brian Vranesh 77 73
152 Manuel Villegas 75 77
153 Steve Alker 74 79, Jess Daley 78 75
154 Jason Gandy 76 78, Clark Klaasen 74 80
157 Daniel Barbetti 78 79
159 Allen Fennell 82 77
WD: 76 Garrett Osborn, 78 Dicky Pride, 81 Colt Knost

The Price is right again! Nick leads with 63

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SNOQUALMIE, Washington (AP) — Nick Price spent more than an hour on the practice range Thursday night trying to find the swing that had eluded him last week at the Jeld-Wen Tradition.
He even took a club back to his hotel room hoping that his swing would finally click once again.
Somewhere between leaving his hotel and reaching the first tee box, he found it.
Price birdied the first four holes and five of the last seven to match the lowest score in tournament history and take the lead with a 9-under 63 in the first round of the Champions Tour's Boeing Classic on Friday.
"I didn't think I'd be sitting here yesterday," said Price.
Price struggled to a 1-under total at the Jeld-Wen Tradition last week in Sunriver, Oregon, finishing in a tie for 38th place.
"Last week I don't know what happened but I got out of sync," Price said. "I got here and I didn't play very well in the Pro-Am yesterday."
Price and caddy Matt Minister hit the practice range to try and work the kinks out of the three-time major champion's swing.

Price said his caddy saw he wasn't setting his club at the top of his backswing and that the club was getting "wishy-washy." He started to hit the ball better on the range last night and took a club back to the hotel to try and get the feel for his swing back.

His first iron shot of the round was a sand wedge that spun back to a foot on the first hole for an easy birdie. He followed with birdies on the next three holes.

Price rolled in birdies from 20 and 25 feet on the sixth and 13th, respectively, then capped the round with a 40-footer on the 17th.

"It was a really good day," Price said. "All in all I putted beautifully today."

Tom Pernice junior is two shots back after a 64, and Hal Sutton and Bernhard Langer are tied for third after each shot a 66.

Pernice surged to the top of the leaderboard early thanks to a pair of eagles at the par-5 15th and first holes. He added birdies at the par-5 18th and eighth holes to finish the round at 6 under for the day on the par-5s alone.

"I hit some good wedge shots into two of them and then the other one was a rescue that I hit in there and made the putt and capitalised on it," Pernice Jr. said.

"The par-5s are gettable here if you drive the ball in the fairway and get a favourable wind on some of them you can take advantage of them."

Pernice made a 40-footer for birdie on the par-4 12th hole to jump start his round. He then holed out a lob wedge from 92 yards out on No. 15 that spun back into the hole for his first eagle of the day. A 2-iron from the right rough to 10 feet led to another eagle.

Langer hit a 3-wood to six feet from 220 yards out on his second shot on the par-5 8th. He made the putt for eagle to move him to 3 under. Langer then added birdies at Nos. 14, 17 and 18 to stay three shots off the lead.

Home-town favourite Fred Couples shot a 68. Couples had chances to gain ground on the leaders, but had birdie putts from inside 15 feet at Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 just miss - preventing him from keeping pace with partners Price and Langer.

Couples drove the par-4 14th, a 293-yard hole, with a 277-yard carry over a massive canyon, but three-putted from the front edge of the green.

An errant tee shot on 15 that ended up at the base of a tree in the fescue that lines the course forced Couples to play out to the 16th fairway, leaving him a 250-yard blind shot into the green. The shot missed short left in the rough and he was unable to save par.

"I think I just need, like everybody else, to make a few putts tomorrow," Couples said.

"I had plenty of chances, especially the first several holes, and I just didn't make any."

Defending champion Loren Roberts is tied with Couples and four others at 4 under.
Mark James is joint 13th with a 69 while Sandy Lyle had a 74 to be sharing 53rd place.

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Uihlein, Cantlay, An, Chung US

Amateur last 4

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UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington (AP) — Peter Uihlein put his hands out with an almost apologetic look on his face after dropping a 5-foot putt to win his quarterfinal match at the US amateur championship on Friday.

Beating his college team-mate, and one-time room-mate, wasn't very enjoyable for the top-ranked American amateur.

"It's bitter sweet. I just took out one of my best friends. It's hard because seeing him after, he wasn't happy," Uihlein said of his one-hole win over Oklahoma State University team-mate Morgan Hoffmann. "It's hard for me to be excited when I just played him."

Uihlein's victory over Hoffmann was one of four highly competitive matches in the quarter-finals of the 110th US Amateur at Chambers Bay. A day after only a few of the 24 matches even reached the 17th or 18th holes, all the quarter-finals made it to at least No. 18, with Patrick Cantlay needing 20 holes to win his match.

Uihlein and Cantlay will meet in one semi-final on Saturday morning. The other will be a Cal-Stanford match-up, with defending champion Byeong-Hun An facing Stanford's David Chung.

In another match-up of college team-mates An beat Max Homa by one hole, while Chung dropped an 8-foot putt on the 18th to take out reigning NCAA champ Scott Langley.

It's a power trio with Uihlein, Chung and An, joined by a relative unknown in Cantlay, who finished tied for second during stroke play and has quietly advanced to the semi-finals. Cantlay needed 20 holes in the quarters, taking advantage of Jed Dirksen's three-putt on the 18th green when Dirksen held a one-hole lead.

An is the first defending champion to reach the semi-finals since Tiger Woods in 1996. He's also trying to become the first back-to-back champion since Woods won three straight titles between 1994 and 1996.

"I definitely passed my goal," An said. "I'm really happy I'm here right now. I guess I'll be more happy if I get to the finals and win."

Uihlein and Hoffmann were the top two players on an Oklahoma State squad that lost in the NCAA team finals to Augusta State. They might be the top two players in the field, but fell into the same bracket after the first two days of stroke play.

Their match was as competitive as expected with neither holding more than a one-hole lead. Uihlein went in front for good with a birdie on the par-4 16th as a train roared by on the nearby tracks. They halved the final two holes, with Hoffmann missing his birdie attempt that could have sent the match to extra holes.

"I wasn't as on as I have been. That's the way it goes," Hoffmann said. "We're both Cowboys and hopefully he goes on and wins it for the team."

After two days of routs in his first three matches, An was finally forced to see Nos. 17 and 18. He hadn't played beyond No. 16 in reaching the quarter-finals, but was forced to the final two holes by Homa's backside rally.
Homa won the 17th to cut An's lead to 1 up, but his third shot on the par-5 18th came up short and Homa wasn't able to make the birdie that would have extended the match.
Cal coach Steve Desimone stood to the side of the 18th green, meeting both of his players as the match ended.
"We played great golf today," An said. "That's why I was very tired. We didn't make that many mistakes."
Chung might be the hottest amateur in the United States entering the Amateur, having won the Western Amateur and Porter Cup leading up to the event.
The Stanford junior finally pulled ahead of Langley with wins at the 14th and 15th holes, and had a chance to finish the match but missed his birdie attempt on 17. Langley forced one more hole by making a 25-foot birdie putt at No. 17 and reached the 18th in two, stinging a 3-wood from 260 yards to about 50 feet. Langley's eagle putt raced past and Chung's birdie ended Langley's hopes.
"I think you can't not think about the prize," Chung said, noting that finalists receive an invitation to the Masters. "... But I think you have to stay grounded. It's nice to think about how great Sunday could be if you get there, but just stay grounded and stay in the moment - try to at least."
Dirksen was a favourite of many fans, going without a caddie and carrying his own bag during the tournament. He was one up headed to the 18th, but left his third shot at the bottom of a ridge and three-putted to give Cantlay another chance. They parred the first extra hole, before Cantlay won with a par at the second.
"There are a lot of things going through your head just standing there and waiting for whatever happens to happen," Cantlay said.