Callum Shinkin and Toby Tree play in US Junior

Players' Championship at Sawgrass

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH GOLF UNION
England Under-18 champion Callum Shinkwin (Moor Park, Hertfordshire) and Under-16 Champion Toby Tree (Worthing, Sussex) have travelled to the United States to compete in the US Junior Players Championship over the Stadium course at TPC at Sawgrass in Florida from tomorrow through to Sunday (September to 5).
Shinkwin won the Under-18 championship for the Carris Trophy at Woodhall Spa in July, a victory that earned him a first England cap in the boys' home internationals at Southerness. Last week he helped his home county Hertfordshire win the English boys' county championship at Berwick, scoring five points out of six.

Tree is a former winner of the English Under-14 Championship and became Under-16 Champion this year at Prince’s in Kent. He also won the Douglas Johns Trophy and the Sussex boys' championship last year and made his debut in the recent boys' home internationals.

The US Junior Players Championship will be played over 54 holes of stroke play featuring the top youngsters from America as well as international players.

EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR SCOREBOARD

ALLIANZ Europen de Strasbourg
Golf de la Wantzenau
FIRST ROUND
Par 72
64 R Blaum (USA) , L Gagli (Ita) , D Gaunt (Aus) ,
65 P Dwyer (Eng) ,
66 A Velasco (Esp) ,
67 R Thuillier (Fra) , G Murray (Sco) , W Ormsby (Aus) , S Wakefield (Eng) , C Lee (Sco) , V Riu (Fra) , S Manley (Wal) , R Wattel (am) (Fra) ,
68 S Davis (Eng) , T Carolan (Aus) , S Tiley (Eng) , A Hansen (Den) , D Perrier (Fra) , N Bruzelius (Swe) , M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) , J Heath (Eng) , G Houston (Wal) , J Garcia (Esp) , M Bey (Fra) ,
69 C Del Moral (Esp) , T Remkes (Ned) , R Kind (Ned) , F Calmels (Fra) , M Higley (Eng) , J Colomo (Esp) ,
70 J Makitalo (Fin) , N Meitinger (Ger) , R Schneider (Fra) , M Baldwin (Eng) , E Chamaulte (Fra) , D Brooks (Eng) , O Whiteley (Eng) , M Zions (Aus) , J Billot (Fra) , O Serres (Fra) , F Colombo (Ita) , J Larsen (Nor) ,
71 A Snobeck (Fra) , D Ulrich (Sui) , C Paisley (Eng) , J Zapata (Arg) , G Rosier (Fra) , J Guerrier (Fra) , D Vanegas (Col) , C Günther (Ger) , A Marshall (Eng) , M Bliss (Can) , J Doherty (Sco) , A Grenier (Fra) , L Saltman (Sco) , W Besseling (Ned) , J Grillon (Fra) , A Perrino (Ita) , L Bond (Wal) , A McArthur (Sco) ,
72 A Kaleka (Fra) , A Abbas (am) (Fra) , A Haindl (RSA) , B Grace (SAf) , S Jamieson (Sco) , B Ritthammer (Ger) , C Gallois (Fra) , M Vibe-Hastrup (Den) , I Van Weerelt (Ned) , D Wardrop (Eng) , B Wiesberger (Aut) , A Ahokas (Fin) , M Korhonen (Fin) , G Dear (Sco) , J Xanthopoulos (Fra) , P Eales (Eng) , J Guillet (Fra) , A Otaegui (am) (Esp) ,
73 T Raillard (Fra) , A Wagner (Arg) , F De Vries (Ned) , S Buhl (Ger) , A Bernadet (Fra) , N Lombardi (Ita) , C Baker (USA) , J Little (Eng) , T Feyrsinger (Aut) , B Evans (Eng) , M Tullo (Chi) , A Bruschi (Ita) , R Russell (Sco) ,
74 I Giner (Esp) , D Nouailhac (Fra) , P Relecom (Bel) , S Gross Jr (Ger) , J Legarrea (Esp) , B Chapellan (Fra) , J Arruti (Esp) , J Abbate (Arg) , O David (Fra) , A Gee (Eng) , J Ruth (Eng) , T Stewart (Aus) , J Lopez Lazzaro (am) (Fra) ,
75 K Le Sager (Fra) , E Chaudouet (Fra) , J Remesy (Fra) , T Fournier (Fra) , J Theunis (Bel) , A Högberg (Swe) , P Del Grosso (Arg) , A Bihan (Fra) , L Jensen (Den) , C Brazillier (Fra) , G Molteni (Ita) , R Steiner (Aut) , J McLeary (Sco) , J Maurer (Aut) , E Dubois (Fra) , C Berardo (am) (Fra) , A Levy (am) (Fra) ,
76 R Kakko (Fin) , M Montgaillard (Fra) , S Tanfin (Fra) , P Edberg (Swe) , K Sullivan (Wal) , F Fritsch (Ger) , P Golding (Eng) ,
77 R Dinwiddie (Eng) , M Laskey (Wal) , H Bacher (Aut) , K Eriksson (Swe) , N Porteboeuf (Fra) , C Macaulay (Sco) , A Tadini (Ita) ,
78 F Marty (Fra) , I Pyman (Eng) ,
79 C Russo (Fra) ,
80 M Mills (Eng) ,
81 E Ramsay (Sco) ,
83 P Pasquier (Fra) ,
84 M Van Hauwe (Fra) ,
86 D Gomez (Fra) ,
DQ S McLaughlin (Fra) ,

By George! Finlay wins by four at Muckhart

Ladybank assistant professional  Alan Lockhart's bid to win three Midland Golfers' Alliance competitions in a row was thwarted  at Muckhart Golf Club by George Finlay, an amateur who plays off +1 at Ballumbie Castle Golf Club, Monifieth.
Finlay won by four strokes with a superb, four-under-par score of 67.
In the handicap section local veteran Harry Grant (Muckhart), who plays off six, led the way with a net score of 68.

LEADING SCRATCH
67 G Finlay (Ballumbie Castle) (am).
71 A Lockhart (Ladybank) (ap).

72 S Harrod (Ballumbie Castle), D McKay (Wellsgreen) (p).
73 R Stewart (Tulliallan).
74 H Grant (Muckhart).

75 H Cowbrough (Muckhart), K Salmoni (Muckhart) (p).
78 S. Glass (unatt) (p), P Brookes (Pitreavie) (p), M Fraser (Dukes) (am).
79 M Gilmour (Braehead), A. MacRae (Gleneagles) (ap), M Niven (Alloa).
LEADING HANDICAP SCORES
68 H Grant (Muckhart) (6), G Finlay (Ballumbie Castle) (+1).

69 H Cowbrough (Muckhart) (6).
70 K Thomson (Alloa) (13).
71 S Harrod (Ballumbie Castle) (1).

72 R Stewart (Tulliallan) (1).

73 M. Gilmour (Braehead) (6), M Niven (Alloa) (6).
74 B Hartley (Alloa) (6), M Fraser (Dukes) (4), B McLean (Dunnikier Park) (6).
75 J Crawford (Dunblane New) (6), I McMurray (Downfield) (10), I Butchart (Braehead) (6), F MacKay (Drumoig) (7), R McDonald (Monifieth) (5).

Qualifiers for the J T C Interiors Express Championship at Arbroath in April
S Harrod (Ballumbie Castle).
R Stewart (Tulliallan).

H Grant (Muckhart)

H Cowbrough (Muckhart).
K Salmoni (Muckhart).

Qualifier for the McQueen Shield
H Grant (Muckhart).


Next Meeting
Wednesday, September 8 at Forfar GC
Tee reserved: 9am to 1pm.

Manassero sets European

Masters pace with a 64

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Matteo Manassero, the 17 year old former British Amateur champion, starred on the opening day of the Omega European Masters to take a one-shot lead.
The Italian teenager, who admitted to drawing inspiration from compatriot Edoardo Molinari's Gleneagles victory and Ryder Cup call-up, matched the lowest round of his short professional career by grabbing seven birdies for a seven under par 64.
After finishing 13th in The 2009 Open Championship and 36th at The Masters Tournament in April - leads England's Graeme Storm and Finn Mikko Ilonen by one.
Manassero is trying to become the youngest winner in European Tour history, but would happily settle for earning enough to avoid Qualifying School in November.
A top five finish could do that after receiving the sixth of the seven invitations he is allowed this season.
"It was a perfect round of golf and a great start to a tournament that is very important to me," said the Verona player, whose other start will be the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland next month.
Asked about Molinari and his brother Francesco both making Europe's side for the coming match at The Celtic Manor Resort Manassero added: "It's a big inspiration for me and all the guys growing up in Italy.
"It's unbelievable what they are doing. I watched Edoardo's win on Sunday - it was beautiful."
Storm and Ilonen are also former British Amateur champions and they have already gone on to European Tour success.
Winner of the Alstom Open de France three years ago, Storm came back from an opening bogey with seven birdies, while Ilonen, with victories in Indonesia and Sweden to his name, sank a bunker shot on his final hole to join him in second place.

"It was an entertaining round," said the Finn. "I didn't strike the ball the best but I managed to put a good score on the card.

"I had a couple of chip-ins coming in. On the last I holed out from the bunker for a four and it was a great way to finish with a 65.

"I had a chip-in on the fifth as well. It was a tricky pin there and I went over the green with the second shot and chipped in. I didn't have too many putts today."

Storm added: "I've been playing really nice for a while and it's been frustrating so it was nice to get a good round under my belt. The game is consistent but to be perfectly honest I haven't holed many putts for a while. That is my best putting round all year.

"I love the venue and the course is growing on me. If the ball trickles off the green and you make a bogey you have to smile and get on with it. There is no better place than Crans when the weather is like this."

Molinari, who is taking three weeks off after this event to rest and then prepare for his Ryder Cup debut, did not drop a stroke, but was lucky at the long 15th when his pulled third shot was pulled into the trees, but came out just short of the green.

He was playing with twice Open Champion Greg Norman, the 55 year old Australian managing a four over 75 on his long-awaited return 12 months after shoulder surgery.

Miguel Angel Jiménez, the other member of Europe's side in the field, had a 67, the same as Ryder Cup vice-captain Darren Clarke.

When Norman – golf’s legendary Great White Shark – stepped up to the first tee, he did so as the newest member of Omega’s family of brand ambassadors.

Omega and Norman made the announcement as the event got underway at the scenic Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club.

Norman joins a roster of Omega ambassadors which includes fellow golfers Sergio Garcia and Michelle Wie, Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps, actors George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, supermodel Cindy Crawford and astronaut Buzz Aldrin among others.

Swede Mikael Lundberg had the lowest outward half of the day - 30 - and a hole in one at the third earned him a bar of gold valued at €23,000, but he then came home in 39.
Clarke, one of Colin Montgomerie's Vice Captains at The Celtic Manor Resort from October 1-3, finished with a 30 foot birdie putt, while Jiménez, looking forward to his fourth cap against the Americans, had six birdies and two bogeys as he began his 22nd successive attempt to win the title at Crans-sur-Sierre.

“A 67 is good – anything under par is good here,” said Jiménez. “My secret is drinking good wine and sleeping well!

“I still love the game and enjoy it. Now it is more relaxing after the pressure of trying to make The Ryder Cup team. Thank goodness that is finished and I have much more freedom. I love to come here in the Alps; it’s very relaxing. I will take next week off and then play Austria before The Ryder Cup.”


FIRST ROUND
Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland
Par 71
64 Matteo Manassero (Ita)
65 Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Graeme Storm
66 David Drysdale, Steve Webster, Rick Kulacz (Aus), Robert Coles, Chapchai Nirat (Tha), Edoardo Molinari (Ita)
67 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned), Soren Hansen (Den), Paul Waring, Darren Clarke, Anthony Wall, David Dixon, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Alejandro Canizares (Spa)
68 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Anders Hansen (Den), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Oliver Wilson, Scott Strange (Aus), Phillip Price, Gary Lockerbie, Daniel Vancsik (Arg), Michael Jonzon (Swe), Jamie Donaldson, Alastair Forsyth, Keith Horne (Rsa), Julien Clement (Swi), Ignacio Garrido (Spa), James Kamte (Rsa), Ross McGowan
69 Ben Leong (Mal), Mikael Lundberg (Swe), Rafael Echenique (Arg), Todd Hamilton (USA), Steven O'Hara, Simon Dyson, Peter Hedblom (Swe), Marc Warren, Thomas Bjorn (Den), Marcus Fraser (Aus), Martin Wiegele (Aut), Jeppe Huldahl (Den), Chris Wood, Peter Whiteford, Gareth Maybin, Nick Dougherty, Maarten Lafeber (Ned), Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe), Thomas Levet (Fra)
70 Thomas Aiken (Rsa), John Parry, Danny Willett, A Siddikur (Ban), Jamie Elson, Pablo Martin (Spa), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Brett Rumford (Aus), Angelo Que (Phi), Ariel Canete (Arg), Fredrik Svanberg (Swi), Jyoti Randhawa (Ind), Nino Bertasio (Ita)
71 Seung-yul Noh (Kor), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Scott Hend (Aus), Markus Brier (Aut), Ted Oh (Kor), Adam Blyth (Aus), Michael Hoey, Hennie Otto (Rsa), Richie Ramsay, Christian Nilsson (Swe), David Howell, David Horsey, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Andrew Dodt (Aus), Rikard Karlberg (Swe), Jin Jeong (Kor), Paul Broadhurst, C Muniyappa (Ind), Phillip Archer, Peter O'Malley (Aus)
72 Richard Bland, Michael Campbell (Nzl), James Kingston (Rsa), David Lynn, Peter Lawrie, Mardan Mamat (Sin), Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha), Anthony Kang (USA), Niclas Fasth (Swe), Tano Goya (Arg), Paul McGinley, Eduardo Romero (Arg), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa)
73 Francis Valera (Spa), Jann Schmid (Swi), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Johan Edfors (Swe), Felipe Aguilar (Chi), Stephen Dodd, Alexander Noren (Swe), Prayad Marksaeng (Tha), Sam Little, Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Gregory Havret (Fra), Christian Cevaer (Fra), Richard McEvoy, Marcel Siem (Ger), Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind), Simon Khan, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind), Danny Chia (Mal)
74 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Andrew Butterfield, Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Joost Luiten (Ned), Sung Lee (Pkr), Danny Lee (Nzl), Shane Lowry, Nicolas D'incau (Swi), Shiv Kapur (Ind), David Gleeson (Aus), Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha), Julien Quesne (Fra), Chih-bing Lam (Sin), George Coetzee (Rsa), James Morrison, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg), Ken Benz (Swi), Mark F Haastrup (Den), Paul Lawrie, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par), Mark Foster
75 Andre Bossert (Swi), Marcus Both (Aus), Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Greg Norman (Aus), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa)
76 Darren Beck (Aus), Lian-Wei Zhang (Chn), Rhys Davies, Wen-chong Liang (Chn), Bradley Dredge
79 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por), Sven Struver (Ger)
80 Victor Doka (Swi)
83 Edouard Amacher (Swi)

Gary Wolstenholme makes

debut on Senior Tour

NEWS RELEASE
Gary Wostenholme MBE, England’s most capped amateur, makes his Senior Tour debut tomorrow in the Travis Perkins Senior Masters at Woburn looking to open another chapter in his illustrious career.
The two-time British Amateur champion, who made over 200 appearances for England, joined the paid ranks two years ago after two decades at the top of the amateur game and, having turned 50 on August 21, begins a new life among the seniors.
Famed for his longevity and durability - and for beating Tiger Woods in the 1995 Walker Cup at Royal Porthcawl - Wolstenholme, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, played in six Walker Cups, becoming the record scorer in the history of the biennial contest between the amateurs of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States, and is the most capped player of all time. He won over 70 tournament across all five continents.
And this week he will look to make an impression alongside the likes of Sam Torrance, Ian Woosnam and the defending champion, Tony Johnstone, over the Duke’s Course at Woburn.
“I’m glad my first opportunity is here as it is such a beautiful course,” said Gary. “I have no expectations about what I will achieve or how I will do. You can talk about trying to win, or top ten but I have no idea how I am going to do. It will be very interesting to see and I will give it as good a shot as possible.”
Wolstenholme arrives on the back of some fine form in recent weeks, having won a Europro Tour event at Stoke-by-Nayland and achieved a fourth place in the Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship at Nailcote Hall, but after playing for England for 20 years and setting records that are unlikely ever to be beaten, he finds himself back at the beginning.
“Now all of a sudden I am the youngest player out there,” he explained. “I have been telling stories of how I played with Oliver Fisher in the Home Internationals a few years ago and that was my 18th consecutive Home International. Ollie turned to me and told me he wasn’t even born when I started.
"When I won at Stoke by Nayland a few weeks ago I was old enough to be the father of every player in the field. I have got used to that and now being the youngest is a bit weird. Life changes and now I am competing against older players.
“The difficulty for me was that as an amateur I was the top of the tree and now, as a professional I am starting again. Everything I have done as an amateur is in the past so I have to reassert my credibility again. I have to prove myself again. I will give it my very best shot and hopefully this week will go well.”
Wolstenholme, whose late father Guy was a leading tour pro in his day, was always one of the shortest golfers off the tee among front-rank amateurs but his unerring accuracy with mid irons and his course management helped him rise to the top of the amateur game, a journey he has documented in his autobiography which is due out later in the year.
“I have managed to survive for a long time,” he added. “Peter McEvoy once said ‘The great thing about Gary’s durability is his ability to adapt and reinvent himself every two years’. Hopefully that will put me in good stead now as I need to reinvent myself again.”
As he embarks on a new adventure, Wolstenholme can look back on a sterling amateur career, citing his victory in the World Amateur Team Championship in Chile as the highlight.
“People talk about me playing and beating Tiger Woods but that was just one match, albeit an important match as it helped us win the Walker Cup that year. I am fortunate in that I have played in six Walker Cups and won four, more than any other British player.
“But in Chile, we won by two strokes and I shot 67 in the last round in what was probably the greatest round I have ever played under the greatest pressure I have ever played under. You are not playing for yourself but Great Britain and Ireland. Everything worked perfectly. I would have loved to have been an Olympian and represented Great Britain in the Olympics and that was as close as I am ever going to get. People like Sergio Garcia, Peter Hanson and Henrik Stenson were playing in that Chile tournament and to hear the national anthem and see the flags go up with the world’s best amateurs in front of you with a gold medal around my neck was the greatest feeling I can remember.”
The Travis Perkins Senior Masters takes place over the Duke’s Course at Woburn from Friday September 3 to Sunday September 5. Tickets are available on the gate with £20 for a season pass or £10 per day.

European Tour Qualifying School

McNicoll, Doherty and Cormack make cut


- now to clinch qualifying for Stage 2

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

All three Scots in the field for the European Tour Qualifying School Stage 1 event at The London Club, Ash in Kent survived the 54-hole cut at four-over-par 220.

Carnoustie's Keir McNicoll (70-210), Paul Doherty (75-216) and Paul Cormack (67-217) can feel pleased with their efforts so far, particularly North-east Alliance champion Cormack, playing out of Inchmarlo Golf Centre, Banchory.
He looked dead and buried after opening rounds of 74 and 76 but he raised his game by at least a couple of notches to shoot a five-under-par 67, one of the best scores of the tournament, to qualify with ease.
But no time for resting on laurels. All three need to keep focused over the fourth and final round to make sure they are among the qualifiers for Stage 2 on the long, long road to the Final Q School in Spain.
+Paul Cormack is pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency with the North-east Golfers Alliance championship trophy.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
1 Andrew JOHNSTON ENG 68 69 66 203 -13
2 Tom SHERREARD (AM) ENG 68 70 67 205 -11
3 Tim SLUITER NED 65 69 72 206 -10
4 Ricki NEIL-JONES ENG 67 67 73 207 -9
Yasin ALI ENG 73 65 69 207 -9
Stiggy HODGSON (AM) ENG 71 69 67 207 -9
7 Michael McGEADY IRL 67 70 71 208 -8
Jason BARNES ENG 70 69 69 208 -8
9 David GRIFFITHS ENG 69 69 72 210 -6
Keir MCNICOLL SCO 69 71 70 210 -6
Kevin HARPER ENG 72 67 71 210 -6
Will ROEBUCK ENG 66 75 69 210 -6
Kieran STAUNTON ENG 71 71 68 210 -6
14 Ross WHITELOCK ENG 72 69 70 211 -5
Rory KIRWAN ENG 71 69 71 211 -5
Steven BROWN (AM) ENG 70 70 71 211 -5
17 James SHEFFIELD ENG 74 68 70 212 -4
Pontus LEIJON SWE 73 68 71 212 -4
Richard WALLIS ENG 67 69 76 212 -4
Matt FORD ENG 69 74 69 212 -4
Mu HU CHN 71 73 68 212 -4
22 Nicky HARRIS ENG 72 72 69 213 -3
George PARKER ENG 72 70 71 213 -3
Francis G MCGUIRK ENG 71 67 75 213 -3
Ryan HARRISON ENG 66 70 77 213 -3
Rohan BLIZARD AUS 69 73 71 213 -3
Ben FOX USA 70 73 70 213 -3
Daniel PERRETT ENG 65 72 76 213 -3
David CALLAWAY ENG 72 72 69 213 -3
30 Josh CUNLIFFE RSA 71 73 70 214 -2
Paul MADDY ENG 69 72 73 214 -2
Billy FOWLES ENG 72 71 71 214 -2
33 Tyson ALEXANDER USA 77 68 70 215 -1
Johan EERDMANS NED 71 70 74 215 -1
Toby BURDEN ENG 75 68 72 215 -1
Richard EDGINTON ENG 73 73 69 215 -1
David COUPLAND (AM) ENG 69 71 75 215 -1
Liam O'NEILL (AM) ENG 73 76 66 215 -1
39 Jordan GIBB ENG 77 67 72 216 0
Jack CLARKE ENG 73 74 69 216 0
Luke GODDARD ENG 75 70 71 216 0
Niall TURNER IRL 74 70 72 216 0
Robert PERRETT ENG 68 74 74 216 0
James HORN ENG 71 75 70 216 0
Stuart MCCANCE ENG 76 68 72 216 0
Paul DOHERTY SCO 68 73 75 216 0
Steven PALMER ENG 75 68 73 216 0
48 Fredrik CHRISTENSEN SWE 76 71 70 217 1
James WEBBER ENG 71 71 75 217 1
Nick REDFERN ENG 68 73 76 217 1
Shane FRANKLIN IRL 73 70 74 217 1
Shaun NORRIS RSA 71 74 72 217 1
John Scott RATTAN USA 74 73 70 217 1
Paul CORMACK SCO 74 76 67 217 1
55 Nick SMITH ENG 73 70 75 218 2
Roberto LAINO ENG 77 71 70 218 2
Michael VANDENBERG ENG 71 72 75 218 2
Jerome TITLOW (AM) ENG 73 72 73 218 2
59 Guy WOODMAN ENG 69 78 72 219 3
Ben BANKS ENG 76 71 72 219 3
Andrew MARTIN AUS 70 76 73 219 3
Scott FALLON (AM) ENG 76 73 70 219 3
63 Ally MELLOR ENG 73 74 73 220 4
Jon HEARN ENG 72 70 78 220 4
Constantin SCHWIERZ GER 71 76 73 220 4
Francisco LAGARTO ESP 77 69 74 220 4
Ian A BROWN ENG 79 71 70 220 4
Ben O'DELL ENG 80 67 73 220 4
Sam MATTON (AM) ENG 76 72 72 220 4
Charlie WILSON (AM) ENG 73 74 73 220 4
Mark RAVEN (AM) ENG 74 73 73 220 4
MISSED THE CUT
72 Robert WATKINS ENG 74 72 75 221 5
Gary KING ENG 76 75 70 221 5
Jon WHITE (AM) ENG 72 76 73 221 5
John CHAMBERLAIN (AM) ENG 73 71 77 221 5
76 Rob LEONARD ENG 75 70 77 222 6
James OLIPHANT (AM) ENG 70 77 75 222 6
78 Peter APPLEYARD ENG 74 74 75 223 7
Stuart HAVELOCK ENG 75 75 73 223 7
Rich WILLIAMS (AM) WAL 76 74 73 223 7
81 Ben WELCH ENG 70 78 76 224 8
Jeremy KAVANAGH ENG 76 76 72 224 8
Franco LI PUMA SUI 75 79 70 224 8
84 Ben COLLINS ENG 78 73 74 225 9
85 Michael FEUERSTEIN USA 76 78 72 226 10
Westley WRAY ENG 76 74 76 226 10
Oliver WEST ENG 75 73 78 226 10
88 Andy SHAKESPEAR ENG 78 75 74 227 11
Richard WISTOW ENG 77 70 80 227 11
90 Dong K LEE ENG 72 81 75 228 12
91 Andries LOMBARD RSA 75 78 76 229 13
Jack WINER ENG 74 72 83 229 13
93 Perry MORGAN ENG 78 80 80 238 22
94 Alain VERGARI ITA 82 76 81 239 23
95 Garrett LEAHY (AM) IRL 85 84 80 249 33
96 Ian DAVISON NIR 85 76 WD 999 99

European senior men's amateur team championship

FIGHTING SCOTS HIT BACK TO BEAT SWEDES

Scotland staged a stirring fightback to beat fourth seeds Sweden 3-2 in the quarter-finals of the European senior men's amateur team golf championship at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire today.

The Scots, who qualified fifth of eighth for the top flight, were trailing 2-0 to the Swedes after Ian Taylor (Royal Burgess) and Colin Christy (Kilmacolm) lost the foursomes by 3 and 2 to Per Hildebrand and Ulf Sundberg, followed by a 5 and 4 defeat for Scottish senior champion Scott MacDonald (Dunfermline) by Mats Andersson in the first singles.

MacDonald is having a nightmare debut in this championship. Both his scores were non-counting in the stroke-play stages. Now he loses heavily in his first singles.

Fortunately, Tony Stafford (Dun Ochil), David Gardner (Broomieknowe) and Edzell's Jim Watt rose to the occasion, producing three hard-fought victories that turned the tables on the Swedes.

Stafford won by two holes against Stefan Lindberg. Gardner, pictured by courtesy of Tom Ward, came back from three down at the turn to win at the 20th against Tomas Persson.

Jim Watt won by two holes over Ernis Ahsberg.

Scotland now play the red-hot favourites Ireland, who qualified for the match-play streets ahead of everyone else and knocked out eighth qualifiers Switzerland 5-0 as expected.

No 2 seeds England won 5-0 against seventh qualifiers Austria and play Spain, the sixth seeds, who beat the No 3 qualifiers, Germany 3-2.

Quarter-finals

IRELAND 5, SWITZERLAND 0.

Tom Cleary and Michael Quirke bt Urs Ris and Michel Barras 1 hole.

Garth McGimpsey bt Martin Kessler 6 and 4.

Maurice Kelly bt Claude Rey 7 and 6.

Adrian Morrow bt Yves Robyr 4 and 3.

Arethur Pierse bt Yves Hofstetter 3 and 2.

 

SCOTLAND 3, SWEDEN 2

Ian Taylor and Colin Christy lost to Per Hildebrand and Ulf Sunberg 3 and 2.

Scott MacDonald lost to Mats Andersson 5 and 4.

Tony Stafford bt Stefan Lindberg 2 holes.

David Gardner bt Tomas Persson at 20th.

Jim Watt bt Ernis Ahsberg 2 holes.

SPAIN 3, GERMANY 2.

ENGLAND 5, AUSTRIA 0

Doug Arnold and Dave Jessup bt Hans Wadl and Martin Fektor 3 and 2.

Alan Squires bt Dietmar Sabin 3 and 1.

Andrew Carman bt Karl Beichl 4 and 3.

Chris Reynolds bt Rudi Hinterholzer 4 and 3.

Philip Slater bt Johann Aigner 4 and 3.

An American viewpoint on the European Ryder Cup line-up

 Monty's picks make United States favourites!

After one of the more memorable Sundays in golf history, CBSSports.com senior writer Steve Elling and Augusta Chronicle columnist and golf writer Scott Michaux try not to bite off more than they can possibly chew.


Did the European points system produce the best Ryder Cup team possible?


ELLING: Uh, awk, urg, gurgle ... Trying not to spit up my Wheaties in laughter at that notion. Not only did it fail to piece together the best 12 players, it didn't come close. With an assist from the wild card picks of captain Colin Montgomerie, the visiting American side has a better chance of winning than ever before. I am putting my money where my mouth is, too. In fact, for the first time at any golf event, I am going to plunk down some greenbacks on the underdogs at Ladbrokes when I get to the UK in four weeks.
First, the last-minute tumult in the Euro points standings landed a spot for rookie Peter Hanson, plus longtime Ryder underachiever Miguel Angel Jimenez and his 2-7-3 record. Then Monty picked Padraig Harrington, who hasn't won in two years or logged a single win in a Ryder match in his last two appearances, and skipped over more-deserving players like Justin Rose and Paul Casey.
Monty said he leaned toward personalities and pairings matchups with his three picks. From a jingoistic standpoint, the Euro points system was a spectacular success -- for the American side. Casey's coach, Peter Kostis, nailed it Monday: "It sucks when you can't manage to get a player with two big PGA Tour wins [Rose] or a guy ranked No. 9 in the world [Casey] on the team. Their system is even more convoluted than FedEx Cup points."


MICHAUX: The Europeans are so arrogant with their "we are better than the U.S." team attitude that it might just cost them what many considered a slam-dunk victory in Wales as recently as a month ago. The convoluted points system produced the most underwhelming collection of 12 players from among the all-star candidates that it possibly could have.
I liken it to a round when you hit every fairway and green and still shoot even par. Trading talent like Casey and Rose (presumably because they are too PGA Tour-centric) for Hanson and Jimenez is turning birdies into pars (or bogeys).
Now a Euro squad that we all presumed would be loaded with Ryder Cup veterans has six rookies, a top star in Lee Westwood coming off a six-week injury layoff, another in Harrington who is in a two-year drought and a 46-year-old in Jimenez.
Ironically, if they'd place priority value on their own Euro points half of the equation, it would have produced a better squad without all the controversy. The first four guys were the same on both points lists -- Westwood, Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell. If they'd added the fifth guy on the Euro points list (Ian Poulter) and then taken the next four guys on the world rankings list (Luke Donald, Edoardo Molinari, Harrington and Rose), suddenly all three of your captain's picks are automatically in and Monty's life becomes a lot easier.
Monty could have taken Casey and any other two he wanted without any fuss at all. And he would have had five guys enjoying the benefit of riding the US PGA Tour play-off surge into Wales

Elliot Saltman rises to meet the Challenge

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Elliot Saltman needs only to look at his passport for proof that he's moved on to a bigger stage in recent weeks. The Aegon-sponsored ace has played in events in Morocco, Tenerife, Sweden, France and Switzerland - and his next two are in Kazakhstan and Russia.
He's lying 40th on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit and has already secured a full season on that circuit next year, but he also has a card for the main Tour in his sights heading into the final few events of the 2010 campaign.
His first chance is by climbing into the 20 on the Challenge Tour money-list alongside fellow Scots George Murray and Raymond Russell. Failing that, he can get straight into the final stage of the Qualifying School by finishing in the top 45.
It all adds up to an exciting end to the season for Saltman, who started the year playing mainly on the EuroPro Tour and admits he needed a new challenge.
"I think my career was maybe being held back on the EuroPro Tour as it was hard to get motivated to play on that for a third season," said the 28-year-old.
"I needed to get on to a bigger stage and being chucked in at the deep end on the Challenge Tour hasn't been a bad thing.
"I'm now where I want to be and there's no doubt that playing eight weeks on the trot at that level, as I did recently, brings your game on."
Early on in that run of events, the Archerfield Links player finished second in Tenerife - and he now has another big cheque in his sights in next week's Kazakhstan Open.
"Tenerife was the week everything clicked and it's amazing how things have turned around for me since then," he added.
"I'm getting used to seeing the same faces week in, week out and now feel relaxed in what was a new scene for me. I've certainly done a fair bit of travelling and really I'm looking forward to the next two events - in Kazakhstan and Russia.
"The first prize in the Kazakhstan Open is E64,000 - triple what it normally is -and even a top-five finish there would be good. I've been playing well enough, which is reflected by the fact I've made the cut in all but one of my nine Challenge Tour events this year.
"I just need to try and improve my weekend scores, which haven't been as good as those in the opening two rounds and are knocking me down the field."
Instead of joining brother Lloyd in France this week, Saltman headed to Largs to do some work with coach Bob Torrance. And he is hoping that fine tuning can see him make a strong challenge for a main Tour card on those two fronts.
"It is great to know that I have a full year on the Challenge Tour in the bag and can plan things better," he said.
"But it would be even better to be on the European Tour and I honestly believe that is well within my grasp."