Ross Kellett has non-counting 76 in Argentina

SCOTLAND’S DISAPPOINTING START TO WORLD

TITLE DEFENCE - BYRNE 75, STEWART 75

Scotland's defence of the world men's amateur team golf championship for the Eisenhower Trophy got off to a faltering start in Buenos Aires, Argentina today
The Scots’ two counting scores over the shorter Olivos Golf Club Course (par-71, 6,801yd) were a pair of four-over-par 75s by James Byrne (Banchory) and Scottish champion Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck).
Ross Kellett (Colville Park) had the non-counting score of 76.
A best-two-from-three total of eight-over-par 150 left the Scots languishing in joint 41st position in the field of 69 teams.
At roughly the halfway point of the opening round, James Byrne (Banchory), Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) and Ross Kellett (Colville Park) were a combined eight over par as they tried to follow in the footsteps of Wallace Booth, Gavin Dear and Calum Macaulay, historic winners of the title for Scotland in Australia in 2008.
On Friday, the Scots will switch to the longer Buenos Aires Golf Club course (par 72, 6,962yd).
Arizona State University student Byrne got off to a flying start with birdies at the long first and par-4 third but he gave the shots back very quickly with bogeys at the fifth and sixth before picking up a 2 at the short seventh, enabling to reach the turn in one-under-par 35.
Then it all went pear-shaped for the highest world-ranked Scot. He bogeyed the long 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th – but worse was to come. Byrne had a double bogey 6 at the the 16th.
A birdie at the 18th, his fourth at the round, got him back in a disappointing five-over 40 for a 75.
Scottish champion Stewart also birdied the long opening hole but bogeyed the short fourth and also the sixth before crashing to a double bogey 7 at the long sixth. A birdie at the ninth got him out in two-over-par 38.
Stewart bogeyed the 12th, 14th and 18th on the inward journey with only one further birdie, at the 15th, for an inward half of two-over 37.
Kellett had a nightmare start with a double bogey 6 at the third and further shots dropped at the fourth and sixth on his way for a four-over-par 40 for the opening nine holes. He shed more shots to par at the 12th and 15th before he secured his only birdie of the round, at the 16th, on his way to 36 home for a 76.
France set the pace with a seven-under-par total of 137 at the Buenos Aires club where England were well to the fore with 141 (Tom Lewis 70, Laurie Canter 71, non-counter Eddie Pepperell 78).
At the Olivos course, Canada were the pacemakers with four-under-par 137.
Surprisingly, United States, the favourites, could do no better than one-over 143 at this venue.
Wales’ Oliver Farr had a hole in one at the fourth on the shorter course and finished with a 72. Team-mates Alastair Jones had a 76 while Rhys Pugh was the Welsh non-counter with a 79).
Also at Olivos, Ireland disappointed with 150 (Paul Cutler 74 and a 76 from both Kevin Phelan and Alan Dunbar).

QUOTES FROM SCOTLAND CAMP (courtesy of SGU Press Release)

Michael Stewart summed up the team’s mood at their opening day performance: “We’ve had a disappointing start but we’re looking forward to tomorrow with the opportunity to improve on our scores and move up the leaderboard. The wind certainly got up in the afternoon and the course was fiery but there was a score out there to be had.”

Team captain Scott Knowles added: “It was tough out there today and that is reflected by only seven teams being under par. We left a few shots out on the course which was disappointing however we have an earlier start tomorrow morning at Buenos Aires where the scoring was significantly better today so hopefully we can use that opportunity and score well.”

 

FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
BUENOS AIRES GC
Par 144 (2x72) Yardage 6962.
137 France.
141 Sweden, England.
143 Australia, Colombia.
145 Netheerlands, Puerto Rico.
146 Italy, Belgium, Hong Kong.
147 Singapore, Malaysia.
148 Norway, Austria, Venezuela.
149 El Salvador, Switzerland.
150 Dominican Republic.
151 Pakistan, Zimbabwe.
152 Guatemala, Uruguay.
153 Portugal.
155 Slovenia.
156 Philippines.
157 United Arab Emirates.
158 Swaziland.
160 Paraguay, Botswana.
165 Ecuador.
171 Bulgaria.
179 Iran, Croatia.
181 Qatar.
OLIVOS GC
Par 142 (2x71). Yardage 6801.
137 Canada.
139 Denmark.
142 New Zealand.
143 United States, China.
144 Mexico.
145 South Korea, Spain.
146 Germany.
147 Chile, Chinese Taipei, Argentina, Iceland, South Africa.
148 Finland, Wales.
149 Bolivia, Peru, Costa Rica.
150 Ireland, Bermuda, Scotland.
152 Czech Republic, India.
153 Barbados.
154 Kenya.
155 Brazil.
156 Slovakia.
158 Guam.
159 Turkey.
162 Egypt.
166 Tanzania.
167 Serbia, Nigeria.

ANDALUCIA VALDERRAMA MASTERS

Larrazabal is local hero with a 66

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

Home favourite Pablo Larrazabal fired a sparkling round of 66 to claim a two-shot lead on day one of the Andalucia Valderrama Masters.
On a day where low scoring proved difficult for many in Sotogrande, the 27 year old Spaniard - whose only European Tour win to date came at the Open de France ALSTOM in 2008 - recorded birdies at the second, eighth, tenth, 16th and 17th holes to move clear of Graeme McDowell and Damien McGrane at the top of the leaderboard.

A delighted Larrazabal said: “For me, it is almost a record to shoot a bogey-free round at Valderrama and five under is just great, I played really well.

“I learned a lot three years ago when I played here for the first time. You need lots of patience, par is a good score. I tried to minimise the mistakes and luckily a few birdies showed up.

“It is important to be there and try to get into the (final event of the) Race to Dubai, but there are still three rounds to play.

“Being leader after the first round does not mean that much, but what is important is to lead on Saturday and Sunday, when I will try to put the ball on fairway and hole the putts.”

US Open champion McDowell - who occupies second place in the Race to Dubai standings behind runaway leader Martin Kaymer - and Irishman McGrane also managed to avoid any dropped shots in their rounds of 68.

McDowell said: "I am very pleased. Valderrama is a tough golf course, even if you play your best golf.

"I positioned well the ball off the tee, and scrambled when I had to. The key is patience - this course can eat you up."

Shiv Kapur and Gareth Maybin were a further shot back on two under, the latter recording two birdies and 16 pars to boost his hopes of securing a place in the Dubai World Championship presented by DP World.

Maybin is currently 58th in the Race to Dubai, with the top 60 gaining entry into the season-ending tournament.

A further nine players went round in 70, including Italy’s Francesco Molinari, England’s John Parry - who double bogeyed the last - and Spaniards Sergio Garcia and Miguel Angel Jimenez.

Raphael Jacquelin had appeared likely to be among the front-runners as he moved to four under through 13 holes, but the Frenchman was to finish on level par after running up a triple bogey seven at the 16th and dropping a further shot at the last.

Jacquelin was one of several players to find life difficult over the closing holes, with Swede Oskar Henningsson also slipping from four under to level par and England’s Ross Fisher double-bogeying the last to sit on the same score.

Argentinian Rafa Echenique was another player to shoot 71, despite being three under with six to play, while Peter Lawrie double-bogeyed the 14th and 17th to finish with a 72.

Kaymer - a winner in his last three European Tour outings - ended the day on one over as well, with three consecutive bogeys from the 11th proving a significant setback.

The German can move to the top of the world rankings with a top-two finish this week, with fellow European Ryder Cup Team member Lee Westwood set to take over from Tiger Woods should Kaymer fail to achieve his goal.

Elsewhere, Thomas Levet carded a 73 after an extraordinary start which saw him double bogey the first before claiming an eagle two at the second.
SCOTSWATCH: Paul Lawrie, needing a good finish on Sunday to boost his Race to Dubai hopes, made a solid start to end the first day as the leading Scot in joint 30th position on one-over-par 72. The Aberdonian bogeyed the first and third but recovered the shots immediately with birdies at the long fourth and the par-4 fifth. He dropped a shot at the ninth to turn in one-over-par 36 and then parred every hole from 10 to 18 for 36 home.
David Drysdale had a 73 to be sharing 44th place. He had halves of 36-37.
Alastair Forsyth is sharing 57th spot after halves of 38 and 36 for 74.
Stephen Gallacher and Marc Warren are bracketed on the 72nd mark with 75s. Gallacher was out in 38 and home in 37, Warren out in 36 but back in 39.

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EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR GRAND FINAL

Jamieson three off the pace in share of

eighth place after tough day


From Challenge Tour Press Officer Paul Symes
In brutally tough conditions which saw all bar one of the 45-man field shoot over par, England’s Steven Tiley and Austrian Bernd Wiesberger maintained their joint lead on day two of the season-ending Apulia San Domenico Grand Final.
Two-over-par rounds of 73 saw the leading duo fall back to three under par, one stroke ahead of joint overnight leader Peter Gustafsson of Sweden, who signed for a round of 74 moments after taking three putts from eight feet on the 18th green.
But undoubtedly the star of the show was Frenchman Charles-Edouard Russo, who defied gusting winds of up to 30mph to shoot a superb round of 68 which featured just one bogey – three fewer than anyone else managed at San Domenico Golf in Puglia, southern Italy.
Tiley, bidding to climb the crucial six places needed to gatecrash the top 20, turned in 38 after dropping shots at the long first – which only saw 19 pars and not a single birdie all day – and the ninth. But he came home in level par after birdies at the 13th and 18th holes cancelled out bogeys at the 14th and 16th.
The 28 year old, who grew up playing on links courses in his native Kent, said: “It’s always nice to finish your round with a birdie – I also birdied the last on the first day, so hopefully that’s a good sign for the next two days. It’s so tough out there – the wind is incredibly strong. You didn’t really need a yardage book out there, because you never how much the wind was going to help or hinder you.
“Apparently the forecast is better for the next two days, so I might not have such an advantage, because I’m used to playing in these conditions. But I’m playing well, so I fancy my chances. I can’t affect what other people shoot, but hopefully I can put some pressure on the guys above me in the Rankings. I’ve got very little to lose, and everything to gain.”
The same is largely true of Wiesberger, whose place in the top ten of the Rankings is already assured after two victories this term. Should he make it a third and walk away with the €51,500 first prize money, the big-hitting Austrian would stand a better than even chance of winning the Rankings at the expense of Spaniard Alvaro Velasco, who toiled to a round of 74.
But Wiesberger, who despite his prodigious hitting still came up some 30 yards short of the first green in two, is playing down his chances of succeeding Italian Edoardo Molinari as the Number One graduate.
The man from Vienna, who rescued his round with a two under par back nine of 35, said: “We’ve only got two days left of the season now, so I’m just going to give it everything. I’m not really thinking of winning the Rankings – I’m just trying to win the tournament, and if I manage that and it only takes me up to second place, then I’ll still be very happy with that.”
Victory or even second place for Gustafsson would secure him the prize of a return to European Tour duty, and the experienced Swede – who swapped his trademark sun hat for a more suitable bobble hat – was in relaxed mode despite an ugly finish to his round.
He said: “Today the main thing was just to try to stay patient, stay in the tournament and not get too frustrated, because on nearly every hole par was a good score today. The conditions are the one thing you can’t control, so you just have to get on with it. It’s important to try to stay positive – there’s no point feeling sorry for yourself, because if you do then you’re in big trouble. I three-putted on the 18th today, but I bet every player had at least one three putt – except maybe Russo.”
The Frenchman notched three birdies in a stupendous display of shotmaking which propelled him from 35th place to a share of fourth alongside American Christopher Ryan Baker, Australian Daniel Gaunt and England’s Matt Haines.
Russo, currently 24th in the Rankings, reaped the rewards of a day on the range with his coach Benoit Ducoulombier, who also coaches his compatriot Grégory Havret.
Haines missed a short birdie putt on the last hole but was still satisfied with his round of 72, as was Gaunt with his topsy-turvy round of 74. For the second day running the Australian opened with a double bogey, and the same fate befell him at the 11th hole, where playing partner Baker also ran up a seven. But he cancelled those blips out with two eagles, at the short third and 17th holes, to stay in contention to land his second Challenge Tour title, and with it a coveted place in the top five of the Rankings.
Glasgow's Scott Jamieson remains the top Scot after a battling 73 for 142 put him in joint eighth place, three off the pace, at the halfway stage.
George Murray also had a 73, for 144, and is two shots behind Jamieson.
Raymond Russell had a 72 for 146 while Jamie McLeary's hopes were all but extinguished when the second round cost him 79 strokes. On 150, Jamie has only a handful of players below him.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
139 S Tiley (Eng) 66 73, B Wiesberger (Aut) 66 73
140 P Gustafsson (Swe) 66 74
141 D Gaunt (Aus) 67 74, C Baker (USA) 68 73, M Haines (Eng) 69 72, C Russo (Fra) 73 68
142 L Slattery (Eng) 70 72, S Jamieson (Sco) 69 73, D Denison (Eng) 70 72, B Evans (Eng) 69 73
143 P Edberg (Swe) 68 75, T Olesen (Den) 69 74
144 G Murray (Sco) 71 73, J Arruti (Esp) 69 75, A Marshall (Eng) 69 75
145 L Gagli (Ita) 71 74, S Manley (Wal) 72 73, A Kaleka (Fra) 69 76, O Floren (Swe) 73 72, M Carlsson (Swe) 72 73, C Del Moral (Esp) 67 78
146 V Riu (Fra) 71 75, R Russell (Sco) 74 72, A Velasco (Esp) 72 74, C Moriarty (Irl) 69 77
147 E Dubois (Fra) 72 75, J Larsen (Nor) 69 78, A Tadini (Ita) 75 72
148 F De Vries (Ned) 76 72, J Clément (Sui) 73 75, J Sjöholm (Swe) 71 77, D Vanegas (Col) 70 78
149 S Davis (Eng) 69 80, S Walker (Eng) 75 74
150 M Tullo (Chi) 73 77, F Colombo (Ita) 76 74, M Zions (Aus) 72 78, C Ford (Eng) 72 78, J McLeary (Sco) 71 79
151 R Dinwiddie (Eng) 72 79, A Gee (Eng) 75 76
152 M Thorp (Nor) 70 82, M Korhonen (Fin) 77 75,
156 J Zapata (Arg) 71 85

KNOX MADE $88,050 ON HOOTERS TOUR

Inverness exile Russell Knox has finished third in the NGA Hooters Tour professional circuit with earnings of $88,050 for the season.
Knox, who stayed on in Florida after an outstanding four years on the US college golf circuit as a student at Jacksonville University, won one event, which was worth $30,000, and had six top-10 finishes in all. He played in 13 events and won money in each of them.
Michael Thompson (Birmingham, Alabama) was the top money-winner with $100,354 and Matthew Harmon (Grand Rapids, Michigan) came second with $97,126.
David Skinns from Lincolnshire, like Knox a former US college tour player, finished 10th with earnings of $65,703. He is now based at Swanee, Georgia.
The NGA Hooters Tour Winter Series starts shortly and Knox will almost certainly make a few dollars more on that.

Peter Uihlein

receives Mark

McCormack Medal

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE R and A
The current World Amateur Golf Ranking number one, Peter Uihlein, has received the 2010 Mark H McCormack Medal, the award given to the world’s top amateur golfer at the culmination of the amateur season, following the US Amateur and European Amateur championships.
The 21-year-old, who was confirmed as the winner of the Medal in August, was presented with the award by the Chairman of The R and A, Allan Gormly, in a ceremony conducted yesterday in Argentina on the eve of the World Amateur Team Championships’ Eisenhower Trophy.

“This is pretty special. It ranks right up there with winning the US Amateur,” said Uihlein, who has spent 21 weeks at the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
“I am thankful to The R and A and appreciate their kindness. To join the list of gentlemen who have won previously is an honour.”
The fourth recipient of the Medal, Uihlein was confirmed as the 2010 winner following a 4 and 2 victory over Eisenhower team-mate David Chung in the final of the US Amateur Championship at Chambers Bay.
Courtesy of the win, he will make his Major Championship debut in April 2011 at the Masters Tournament, before taking his place in the US Open at Congressional Country Club and contesting his first Open Championship at Royal St George’s in July.
Since the US Amateur, he has played in three ranking events, winning the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational and recording top-three finishes at both the Ping-Golfweek Preview and the Jack Nicklaus Invitational to cement his status as world number one.
Prior to his victory at Chambers Bay, the junior at Oklahoma State University enjoyed a memorable 12 months. He was a member of the winning 2009 USA Walker Cup team, earning four points from a possible four against Great Britain and Ireland at Merion.
Following the Walker Cup, Uihlein won both the Ping-Golfweek Preview in September 2009 and the Dixie Amateur in December. Earlier in 2010, he claimed the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional and the Sahalee Players Championship. He first reached the top of the Ranking in May 2010.
Previous recipients of the Mark H McCormack Medal are the USA’s Colt Knost (2007), Danny Lee of New Zealand (2008) and Canadian Nick Taylor (2009).

Shoal Creek CC founder dies at 87

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) — The founder of Shoal Creek Country Club, whose comments about the admission of blacks created a stir, has died.
Club president Bob Luckie said in a statement that 87-year-old Hall Thompson died on Wednesday morning. Thompson developed the club in suburban Birmingham, Alabama and it played host to the US PGA Championship in 1984 and 1990, and the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1986.
He was the subject of controversy before the 1990 PGA Championship after he was quoted as saying the golf club could not be forced into accepting blacks as members. Thompson claimed he was misquoted.

The club now has black members, including former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice.

Professional golf will return to Shoal Creek next year with the Regions Tradition, a PGA Champions Tour eve

ANDALUCIA VALDERRAMA MASTERS

Francesco Molinari, Peter Lawrie setting pace

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Italy's Francesco Molinari and Peter Lawrie from Ireland moved to the top of the leaderboard on the first day of the Andalucia Valderrama Masters.
Molinari - a member of Europe’s victorious Ryder Cup Team - picked up four birdies in the opening 11 holes of his round in Sotogrande, with his only blemish coming at the par-4 eighth.

Lawrie, meanwhile, picked up shots on his first three holes and, after bogeying the long fourth, he got back to three under with a birdie at ten.

A host of players were a shot behind the leading duo, including US Open champion Graeme McDowell, currently second in the Race to Dubai standings.

McDowell birdied the first and fourth holes on his way to a front nine of 33 and he was joined on two under by Oskar Henningsson, Alejandro Canizares, Marcel Siem, Fabrizio Zanotti and Gareth Maybin, the latter having only two holes of his round still to play.

England’s Ross Fisher was a shot further back, with bogeys at six and 12 stunting his progress after he had birdied three of the first five.

Spain’s Rafael Cabrera-Bello was another to get to three under at one stage, but he dropped shots at 13 and 14 to continue an up-and-down round containing five birdies and four bogeys.

Thomas Levet made a spectacular start to his round, double-bogeying the first before responding in style with an eagle two at the second.

Levet then birdied the eighth to move alongside Cabrera-Bello and Fisher on one under.

Race to Dubai leader Martin Kaymer can move to the top of the world rankings with a top-two finish this week, but he was back on one over after 12 holes of his first round.

The German followed a bogey at the sixth with birdies at eight and ten, but further dropped shots at 11 and 12 saw him lose touch with the leaders.

Jose Maria Olazabal was alongside Kaymer, the veteran Spaniard recovering well from three consecutive bogeys with birdies at the 11th and 12th.

Martin Laird (69) three

shots off the pace

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ASIAN TOURKuala Lumpur: American Ricky Barnes rekindled his love-affair with Malaysia by snatching the first-round lead with a barnstorming eight-under-par 63 in the inaugural US$6 million CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia today.

The 29-year-old, who won the Eisenhower Trophy men's amateur team championship with the United States team here in 2002, produced a “stress free” round sprinkled with eight birdies at the Mines Resort and Golf Club.
Countryman Ryan Moore shot a flawless 64 in ideal scoring conditions to lie one back while Korea’s Charlie Wi, a seven-time Asian Tour winner and a regular now on the US PGA Tour, shared third place with England’s Brian Davis and Sweden’s Carl Pettersson with identical 65s.
Thai duo Pariya Junhasavasdikul and reigning Asian Tour number one Thongchai Jaidee shot 66s, as did Singapore ’s veteran Mardan Mamat, who enjoyed two eagles over his closing four holes.
The tournament’s two highest ranked stars, world number eight Luke Donald of England and 11th ranked Ernie Els of South Africa, hit 67s in the first ever co-sanctioned Asian Tour and PGA Tour event.
Barnes, searching for his first professional victory, comfortably hit 17 greens in regulation and wielded a hot putter. “I made it a very stress free round on myself by putting from about 20 or 25 feet. It seemed like my putts were all from that region,” said Barnes.
After a stellar amateur career where he also won the US Amateur Championship, Barnes took a while to make an impression in the play-for-pay ranks and only came to prominence when he contended at the 2009 US O pen before finishing tied second. He also finished equal 10th at the Masters Tournament in April, although it is a first victory that he desires the most.
“I played really well. I got off to a good start by making some good swings and had a 10 foot look at eagle on three which kind of got my round started,” said Barnes.
“I remember the heat from Malaysia! I had to fuel up before going out there and it felt good. I felt kind of hot after about nine holes but I was prepared with the weather. I have good memories in Malaysia so it is good to be back.”
Moore, 27, arrived in Malaysia last Friday to acclimatise to the time change and weather conditions and sizzled with seven birdies. He has earned over US$2 million this season on the US PGA Tour but is winless.
“For me, this is my last chance to get a win and finish off the year the way I want to,” said Moore. “It was a good season. I feel like it was better than last year and last year I had a win. That’s what I’m coming here for. It’s my last tournament of the year.
“The greens rolled good and you can give yourself good birdie chances. It gives you a chance to make 20, 25 footers.”
US-based Wi, who has won twice in Malaysia previously, birdied his closing two holes to stay close to the leader. “We got three more rounds to go and I really enjoyed the course. If you want to win a tournament, you have to be as close to the lead as possible,” said Wi, who is chasing a first US PGA Tour victory.
Davis does not want to simply be remembered as the honest guy who called a two-stroke penalty on himself during a play-off defeat to Jim Furyk in the Verizon Heritage in April and hopes to come out on top at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic.
“It changed my life really. It’s not often a loss changes your life but it did,” said Davis, who took advantage of being the first match out to shoot six birdies. “It’s been a weird year. I’ve had a couple of close calls but haven’t really played up to my standard. This game is funny. You can all of the sudden win one and have a great year.”
Pariya, who secured his maiden Asian Tour victory earlier this month, soared high to feature on the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia leaderboard. “My irons were razor sharp. It went exactly where I wanted to go,” said the Thai, a graduate from the Purdue University and also a licenced pilot.
Although there is a US$1 million top prize on offer, the 26-year-old is not letting it distract his focus. “I set my goal this week for an experience and that’s what I got. I’ll let my skill do the talking. These guys are my idols. I’m not going to compete with them. I’ll just play my golf and get my experience in,” said the Thai.
Glasgow's Martin Laird ended the first day in joint sixth place on 66, three shots off the pace.
Aberdeen-born Australian Michael Sim is a shot behind Laird on the 67 mark.
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 71
63 Ricky Barnes (USA)
64 Ryan Moore (USA)
65 Brian Davis (ENG), Carl Pettersson (SWE), Charlie Wi (KOR)
66 Thongchai Jaidee (THA), Pariya Junhasavasdikul (THA), Mardan Mamat (SIN), Martin Laird (SCO)

67 D.J. Trahan (USA), Michael Sim (AUS), Ben Crane (USA), Tim Clark (RSA), Ernie Els (RSA), Luke Donald (ENG)

68 Heath Slocum (USA), Arjun Atwal (IND), Rickie Fowler (USA), Andrew Dodt (AUS)

69 Lam Chih-Bing (SIN), Tom Gillis (USA), Kevin Streelman (USA), Siddikur (BAN), Adam Scott (AUS), Retief Goosen (RSA)

70 Marc Leishman (AUS), Kevin Na (USA), K.J. Choi (KOR), Marcus Fraser (AUS) 71 John Senden (AUS), Thaworn Wiratchant (THA), Tetsuji Hiratsuka (JPN), Noh Seung-yul (KOR)

72 Shaaban Hussin (MAS), Y.E. Yang (KOR), Robert Allenby (AUS), Bill Haas (USA), Ryan Palmer (USA)

73 J.B. Holmes (USA), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA)


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E-mail from Laurie Phillips (Cruden Bay GC)


PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
Further to the story on www.scottishgolfview.com regarding the European Club Championship, I have to correct the quote made by Allyn Dick when he says that Carrickvale’s 6th place finish is ‘much better than the other Scottish qualifiers have done in previous years.’
As you will see in the link below Cruden Bay finished fourth in 2006 after winning the Scottish Club Championship for the second time in three years
http://files.scottishgolfview.com/archive/2006_10_29_archive.html


Whilst I applaud both Allyn’s sixth place individual finish and Carrickvale’s sixth place finish in the team event, it is worth checking facts before making quotes to the Press.


Laurie Phillips

Cruden Bay's European stalwarts of yesteryear (left to right): Laurie Phillips, Michael Buchan, Ross Cooper.
Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

POSTSCRIPT BY ALASDAIR MALCOLM
Further to the recent updated article regarding the above.


Was this not the same competition that the Kilmarnock (Barassie) team of Jim Milligan, Leslie Crawford, Gordon Sherry and Alan Reid won in 1994, when they won the Scottish Club Championship event and as a result went on to represent Scotland in the European final in which they triumphed in also?


Alasdair Malcolm 

NORTH SCOTTISH ALLIANCE

Par-buster McWilliam wins at Grantown

FROM ALAN COWIE
Neil McWilliam (Elgin), winner by three strokes with a three-under-par 67, was the only player to break par in the North Scottish Golfers' Alliance fixture at Grantown on Spey.
LEADING SCRATCH
Par 70
67 N McWilliam (Elgin)
70 G Hay (Grantown), D Stewart (Grantown) p.
71 F Brown (Nairn Dunbar), J S D Campbell (Grantown)
72 K Stables (Elgin) p, S. Thomas (Boat of Garten), S Kinnaird (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), R. Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), Ryan Mellis (Rothes)
73 S Wilson (Inverness), R Harrower (Boat of Garten) p, C Moir (Boat of Garten), K Williamson (Torvean)
74 I Findlay (Grantown)
75 K Thomson (Moray), D Thom (Grantown), J C Milne (Moray), W R Duncan (Moray), V Tilman (Muir of Ord), D Hexley (Inverness)
76 J A Grant (Grantown), B Fotheringham (Inverness), W Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), R. Younie (Rothes), S Chisholm (Nairn)
77 B A Watson (Nairn Dunbar), S Mitchell (Moray), L Stewart (Grantown), A Henry (Inverness), P Masson (Rothes)
78 J R Ingram (Boat of Garten), S Rooney (Boat of Garten), J R Souter (Moray), A. Thomson (Moray) p, I. Hamilton (Elgin), W Hutchison (Inverness), D Spence (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), D. Macleod (Grantown), A Cowie (Moray)
HANDICAP
Class 1 (7 and under)
65 S Thomas (Boat of Garten) (7)
67 C Moir (Boat of Garten) (6)
68 R Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (4), K Williamson (Torvean) (5)
69 S Kinnaird (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (3)
Class 2 (8 to 14)
64 Ryan Mellis (Rothes) (8)
65 D Spence (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (13)
67 D Thom (Grantown) (8)
68 R Younie (Rothes) (8)
69 A Cowie (Moray) (9), S Rooney (Boat of Garten) (9), D Macleod (Grantown)(9)