NEW LEADER IN SAMANAH CLASSIC AT MARRAKECH, MOROCCO

There's a new leader in the 72-hole eTour's Samanah Classic over the Jack Nicklaus-designed course at Marrakech, Morocco.
American Chris McCarten had a five-under-par, third-round 67 today to take up the running on the 12-under-par 204 mark.
Four players are snapping at his heels, two shots behind with 18 holes to go.
They are former British amateur champion Drew Weaver (68-69-69), long-time leader from Lubbock, Texas, Mikel Martinson (62-70-74), Gabriel Canizares from the famous Spanish golfing family (70-65-71) and American Chesson Hadley (68-67-71).
Check out all the scores on the tournament website:

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For a full report on the third day's play from eTour website

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YOU TOO CAN PLAY IN MOROCCO DURING OCTOBER

                         A view of the Samanah Country Club course at Marrakech, Morocco with the Atlas Mountains in the background.

REMEMBER, YOU TOO CAN PLAY THE SAMANAH COUNTRY CLUB COURSE IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR. IT'S ONE OF FIVE COURSES AROUND MARRAKECH BEING USED FOR THREE SEPARATE COMPETITIONS OVER FIVE DAYS AT THE 2ND MOROCCO GOLF FESTIVAL (October 8 to 15).

IF YOU LIKE YOUR GOLF A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPETITIVE AND YOU HAVE A LOW ENOUGH HANDICAP, THEN WHAT ABOUT THE INAUGURAL MOROCCO INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN (max handicap 9), WOMEN (max handicap 11), SENIOR MEN (max handicap 15), AND SENIOR WOMEN (max handicap 18) AT AGADIR FROM OCTOBER 18 to 21?

Boys and girls can play in the men's and women's championships as long as their handicaps meet the requirements.

IF YOUR HANDICAP IS HIGHER THAN THAT, THEN YOU CAN PLAY THAT SAME WEEK IN THE AGADIR INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR TOURNAMENT OVER 54 HOLES

(max handicap for men 24, for women 36; no minimum/maximum age for either sex).

ALL THE DETAILS ARE ON THE HOME PAGE OF THE MENARA TRAVEL WEBSITE

 http://www.morocco4golf.com/

ANY QUERIES: E-mail Colin Farquharson, the Tounament Director for both weeks, at Colin@scottishgolfview.com

PLAY GOLF IN NORTH AFRICA FOR A WEEK ... BRAG ABOUT IT FOR A YEAR!