GLENMUIR WINTER SERIES PGA SCOTTISH REGION

No. 3 AT CRAIGIELAW
FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZE MONEY
Par 71
1 Gray/Arnott 63 (£750).
2 Wardell/Mann  64 (£500).
3 Reid/Fox 65 (£400).
T4 Morrison/Dingwall 66 (£250).
T4 Russell/Russell 66 £250).
T6 Buchanan/Grieve 67 (£50).
T6 Dixon/Brown 67 (£50).
T6 Purdie/Ronald 67 (£50).
T9 Dunsmore/Matheson 68
T9 Kelly/MacRae  68
T9 Laing/Buckley  68
T9 Loftus/Payne  68
T9 Smallwood/McCaffrey  68
T14 Colquhoun/Callan  69
T14 Colquhoun/Mathieson 69
T14 Huguet/Munro  69
T14 Martin/Wood  69
T18 MacLeod/Williamson  70
T18 Watters/Forbes  70
T18 White/Marchbank  70
21 Bayne/Drabble 72
22 Baxter/Kelly 74
WD Oldcorn/Murdoch

THIS WEEK'S WORLD MEN'S PRO RANKINGS

1 Lee Westwood (Eng) 8.18
2 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 7.66
3 Tiger Woods (USA) 6.66
4 Phil Mickelson (USA) 6.37
5 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 6.32
6 Paul Casey (Eng) 6.02
7 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 5.76
8 Steve Stricker (USA) 5.65
9 Luke Donald (Eng) 5.36
10 Jim Furyk (USA) 5.30
11 Ernie Els (Rsa) 5.06
12 Ian Poulter (Eng) 4.82
13 Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.81
14 Dustin Johnson (USA) 4.57
15 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 4.44
16 Retief Goosen (SAf) 4.41.
17 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 4.37.
18 Hunter Mahan (USA) 4.18. 
19 Bubba Watson (USA) 4.08.
20 Louis Oosthuizen (SAf) 3.93.
21 Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 3.84.
22 Tim Clark (SAf) 3.74.
23 Miguel A Jiménez (Spain) 3.70.
24 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 3.67.
25 Charl Schwartzel (SAf) 3.62.
26 Adam Scott (Aus) 3.39.
27 Kim Kyung-Tae (S Korea) 3.30.
28 Robert Allenby, Aus 3.28.
29 Rickie Fowler, USA 3.25.
30 Geoff Ogilvy, Aus 3.24.
31 Zach Johnson (USA) 3.23.
32 Nick Watney (USA) 3.21.
33 Anthony Kim, USA 3.21.
34 Justin Rose (Eng)3.19.
35 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 3.13.
36 Peter Hanson (Swe) 3.12.
37 Ross Fisher (Eng) 2.99.
38 Jason Day (Aus) 2.93.
39 Ben Crane (USA) 2.90.
40 Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 2.90.
41 Martin Laird (Sco) 2.73.
42 Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 2.69.
43 Camilo Villegas (Col) 2.65.
44 Y E Yang (S Korea) 2.57.
45 Bo Van Pelt (USA) 2.57.
46 Bill Haas (USA) 2.55.
47 Sean O'Hair (USA 2.48.
48 Ryan Moore (USA) 2.48.
49 K J Choi (S Korea) 2.44.
50 Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) 2.40.

OTHER SCOTS IN TOP 500
67 Stephen Gallacher 1.95.
112 Michael Sim 1.41.
129 Richie Ramsay 1.25.
210 David Dryscale 0.80.
231 George Murray 0.73.
243 Paul Lawrie 0.71.
361 Scott Jamieson 0.46.
417 Colin Montgomerie 0.38.
436 Simon Yates 0.36
448 Marc Warren 0.34.
457 Steven O'Hara 0.33.

NEW TEACHING PRO AT ST ANDREWS LINKS GOLF ACADEMY

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ST ANDREWS LINKS TRUST
David Watt has joined the team of teaching professionals at St Andrews Links Golf Academy .
David (31) joins the four-strong team at the Home of Golf after four years as the Head Professional at Hilton Park Golf Club, on the outskirts of Glasgow , where he built up a successful teaching business with an extensive client base comprising beginners, club golfers, elite amateurs and professionals.
Prior to this David, pictured, was based at Kings Acre Golf Academy, near Edinburgh, where he began his teaching career. During his time there he had the opportunity to assist renowned coach Claude Harmon III, organise and conduct corporate clinics and develop a successful junior programme.
David qualified from the PGA training programme in 2007 as the Scottish Assistant of the Year and was among the top 12 graduates, gaining a Titleist / FootJoy scholarship for outstanding achievement. Currently he is the only professional in Scotland to hold Level 2 Titleist Performance Institute Golf Professional certification and next month expects to become one of only a handful of instructors in the UK to achieve Level 3 certification.
David has good local knowledge of the Links courses at St Andrews having spent four years on an R and A scholarship while studying at Dundee University.
Steve North, director of instruction at St Andrews Links Golf Academy, said, “David is passionate about providing a truly thorough approach to golf instruction; by combining traditional and modern teaching philosophies with physical screening and the latest technology he can help his pupils to accomplish their most efficient and successful golf.”
St Andrews Links Golf Academy is one of the leading facilities of its kind in Europe, combining expert teaching and custom fitting support with the latest technology in its state of the art swing analysis studios.
A series of lessons and programmes covering all aspects of the game are available at the Golf Academy, which overlooks the world famous Old Course, including Prepare to Play Links Golf and eCoaching where golfers can receive lessons anywhere in the world. For information on booking coaching or custom fit sessions please visit the Golf Academy section of www.standrews.org.uk.

MIDLAND ALLIANCE SWITCH TO CHARLETON

Wednesday's Midland Golfers Alliance competition, scheduled for Aberdour Golf Club, has been moved to the Charleton course at Colinsburgh, Fife due to flooding at Aberdour. Tee reserved from 8.45am to 12.15.

PGA PLAY-OFFS, SPONSORED BY TITLEIST, BOUND FOR TURKEY

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE PGATop golfers from the Scottish Region will have one eye on Turkey this summer as they bid to qualify for the end-of-season PGA Play-Offs.
The showpiece event – which determines the No.1 ranked player in the PGA and was won last year by Greig Hutcheon from Banchory near Aberdeen – has had a triple boost as it has received new sponsorship from Titleist, been expanded to 54-holes and will be staged overseas for the first time as it heads to the PGA Sultan Course at Antalya Golf Club in Turkey.
Titleist, manufacturer of the world’s No.1 golf ball, has signed a three-year deal to sponsor the PGA Play-Offs as an extension of its support of grass roots PGA professionals, reflected in its position as a long-standing champion of the PGA’s training programme.
The prestigious tournament, which offers the leading finishers entry to a handful of the European Tour’s blue chip events including the BMW PGA Championship, will be staged over three days from November 22-24 on the acclaimed PGA Sultan Course - host to the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy.
The top three ranked players from each of the PGA’s seven highly-competitive regional Order of Merit circuits will qualify for the £15,000 event.
PGA chief executive Sandy Jones welcomed Titleist’s increased involvement with the Association and said: “I’m delighted to welcome Titleist as a new title sponsor for the tournament.
“For many years they have supported our training programme for those who have wanted their careers within the business of golf.
“Now they are adding their support to PGA members who are aspiring to pursue their careers as tournament players.”
Jones also welcomed the choice of venue and added: “Being able to stage the play-offs in Turkey, in a warm weather climate, is a tremendous boost and can only enhance the event.
“It gives the regions’ leading players the chance to demonstrate their high level of skill on a very demanding course which is a great test of golf.
“Furthermore by extending the tournament to 54-holes it will ensure that we get the best players at the top of the pile and in contention to book their place in some leading European Tour events.
Ken Graham, Titleist director of UK sales, said: “As a PGA Partner we are delighted to extend our relationship with the PGA and support the new format of the PGA Play-Offs.
“Titleist strives to support the game at a variety of levels, from club golfers to the world’s best players, and our partnership with the PGA and the PGA Play-Offs offers a fantastic platform to strengthen our ties with all PGA professionals.
“I am sure the new format will cement this as one of the key fixtures in the PGA's tournament calendar and Titleist looks forward to being a part of the event's development in the coming seasons.”

MACDONALD, CAMERON BEST ON 69 AT LOSSIE ALLIANCE

Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club members took top scratch honours on the two-under-par 69 mark in Saturday’s North Scottish Golfers’ Alliance fixture played over Moray Golf Club's Old course at Lossiemouth.
Mike Macdonald – club secretary at Fortrose – recorded three birdies at the seventh, 10th and 11th with a bogey at the 16th in halves of 34-35.
Allan Cameron, whose home club is Inverness and was previously an assistant professional at the host club, had birdies at the first, second, fifth and seventh, countered by bogeys at the fourth and eighth in his respective halves of 33-36.
Duncan Stewart’s bid to join them was thwarted when he dropped four shots at the 15th and 16th to end on 72.
Rothes Golf Club members completed a Moray double by winning the handicap Sections, Paul Masson repeating his earlier success over the New Course to win Class 1, and Archie Jackson winning Class 2 which will bring his Handicap to the attention of the secretary!
LEADING SCRATCH
69 M. Macdonald (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), A. Cameron (Inverness).
70 M L Macleman (Moray).
71 J Simpson (Forres).
72 D Stewart (Grantown) p.
73 G Burnett (Nairn), R Mckerron (Forres), B Fotheringham (Inverness), D Hexley (Inverness), J L Milne (Elgin).
74 P Masson (Rothes), S Wilson (Inverness), N McWilliam (Elgin).
75 G Mackenzie (Hopeman), B Cruickshank (Garmouth and Kingston), J A Grant (Grantown).
76 B A Watson (Nairn Dunbar), R Stewart (Nairn Dunbar), A Thomson (Moray) p.
77 K Thomson (Moray), J D Forbes (Inverness), J C Milne (Moray), W R Duncan (Moray), S H C Milne ( Elgin ), K Williamson (Torvean), G S Macdonald (Torvean).
78 S Mitchell (Moray), F Brown (Nairn Dunbar), J S D Campbell (Grantown), W Hutchison (Inverness), R Carr (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), J R Souter (Moray), J K England (Moray), S Chisholm (Nairn), K Barnett (Torvean).
79 J Wright (Forres), G Hay (Grantown), I Macaulay (Elgin), R G Macpherson (Moray), D Johnston (Moray), C Moir (Boat of Garten), R Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), K Ross (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), V Tilman (Muir of Ord), A Jackson (Rothes), D Chisholm (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), A Cowie (Moray).
80 J R Ingram (Boat of Garten), D F Sharp (Boat of Garten), R Crane (Moray), R H Stewart (Torvean).
LEADING HANDICAP
Class 1 (seven and under)
69 P Masson (Rothes) (5)
70 J Simpson (Forres) (1), G Mackenzie (Hopeman) (5)

71 R Carr (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (7), R Stewart (Nairn Dunbar) (5), S Wilson (Inverness) (3)

Class 2 (eight to 14)
67 A Jackson (Rothes) (12)
70 R G Macpherson (Moray) (9), A Cowie (Moray) (9)
71 W Rusk (Torvean) (10), K Ross (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), S Duncan (Moray)(9)

TOM LEHMAN SHAKES OFF TIREDNESS TO WIN US SENIORS EVENT

FROM THE PGATOUR.COM WEBSITE
BOCA RATON, Florida -- Beware the exhausted golfer. Tom Lehman was one tired golfer when he arrived at Broken Sound earlier this week. Who could blame him?
He had played 54 holes in a 30-hour stretch in the weather-delayed Waste Management Phoenix Open -- where he had to garner 150 tickets for family and friends at his hometown US TOUR event -- then took a red-eye flight to South Florida.
"I was pretty beat up after that," Lehman said. "I'm not as young as I used to be."
Lehman spent the rest of the week doing the beating. He made a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole on Sunday to pull out a one-stroke victory over Rod Spittle and Jeff Sluman at the Allianz Championship.
It was Lehman's third career victory on the US Champions (Seniors) Tour and puts him in position to join Raymond Floyd, Fred Funk and Craig Stadler as the only players to win on both tours in the same year.
"That would be nice," Lehman said, smiling. "I still think I'm capable of winning out there. This is the best I've played over the last two years since the late-1990s. I feel my game would go a long way on the US PGA Tour if I played a full schedule."
Playing in the final group, Lehman and Spittle came to the par-5 18th tied with Sluman for the lead at 12-under. It seemed apparent one would make a birdie on the easiest closing hole on the Champions Tour last year.
Lehman obviously had the edge in experience, having won five times on the US Tour and four times on the Nationwide Tour while making more than 550 starts on the three tours.
Spittle was a star golfer at Ohio State University, but spent his last 30 years selling insurance before winning last year's final full-field event as a Monday qualifier. This was his 33rd career start on the Champions Tour.
Both players hit the 18th fairway and had short irons coming into the short par-5. Spittle hit his approach fat, however, leaving him with a 30-yard bunker shot. Lehman's 8-iron landed on the front edge of the green, leaving him 60 feet away. Spittle's blast stopped 8 feet away, then Lehman's lag putt left him with 6 feet. Spittle's birdie try lipped out and he then became as much of a cheerleader as an observer.
"If I couldn't make my putt on 18, I wanted him to make his," Spittle said. "You can't root against Tom. He's a pretty classy winner."
Lehman said a sense of calm came over him before the putt. "I knew if I made it, I won," he said. "Nobody could block my putt."
Lehman has received several honours for his never-ending work of having raised millions of dollars for charity organisations. As respected as Lehman's game is, it's a little mystifying he doesn't have more trophies.
"When you think about how well Tom hits the ball, it's a little surprising he only won five times on the US Tour," Nick Price said. "He struggled with his putting some the last few years. I think it's safe to say he's going to win a lot more than five times on this (seniors) tour."
Lehman agreed. "I think I'm one of the top players out here," he said. "I'm not saying that to be cocky. But I feel if I play well, I think I have a good chance to win."
Still, Lehman had to work for this one from the start to the end. On the first hole, he cold-topped a 3-wood for his second shot and failed to birdie the par-5. "That shook me up a little bit," he said. "That came completely out of left field."
This was no Sunday stroll. Lehman led for only a couple of holes all week and never had more than a one-shot lead. But when he had to make the birdie on the final hole to win, he delivered.
"Sometimes when you have to work at it, it makes it more special," Lehman said
+Sandy Lyle's 68 on Sunday was one of the best third rounds. He had earlier scored 78 and 75 - pity it wasn't a 72-hole event the way the Scot was improving! His total of 221 gave him a share of 64th place and a cheque for $2,430. England's Roger Chapman scored 71, 73 and 71 for 215 and joint 41st place. He earned $7,560.


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POINTS-MURRAY SCORE A DOUBLE WHAMMY AT PEBBLE BEACH

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
PEBBLE BEACH, California (AP) — D A Points won for the first time on the US PGA Tour yesterday - and wasn't even the biggest star!
That's what made this Pebble Beach National Pro-Am so special.
Points grew up idolising Bill Murray, whether it was the film actor's "Caddyshack" role as the assistant greenskeeper at Bushwood or his antics at Pebble Beach over the years. To have him as an amateur partner made this week great before it even started.
Then came Sunday, when Points holed out from 100 yards for eagle on the diabolical 14th at Pebble Beach to take the lead. That carried him to a 5-under 67 and a two-shot victory.
Making it even sweeter, they won the pro-am title, a first for Murray, who now gets his name on the wall below the first tee.
This really was a Cinderella story.
"It's a dream come true," Points said. "To win on the PGA Tour, and especially at Pebble Beach, and especially with Bill Murray ... I don't think I could dream this up."
Indeed, it was surreal at times.
One shot behind and facing the scariest shot at Pebble Beach that doesn't involve the Pacific Ocean, Points hit a gap wedge that barely cleared the bunker on the par-5 14th, landed in the first cut of rough and trickled down the slope and into the hole. He followed that with a bending, 30ft birdie putt for a two-stroke lead that made Murray laugh because he didn't know what else to do.
And when Points felt his greatest pressure, he had some comic relief of his own.
He faced a 6ft par putt on the 16th hole, and when his caddie asked him how he felt, Points replied, "Not very good." That's when he decided to take a page from Murray. As his partner stood over a long putt, Points hollered at him, "The crowd would be really happy if you could make that."
The gallery roared with laughter. Murray narrowly missed. More importantly, Points made his putt and sailed home with easy pars.
"It totally took me out of the moment for just enough to kind of help bring me back to life a little bit," Points said.
Hunter Mahan shot 31 on the front nine and twice was tied for the lead on the back nine. He birdied the 17th with a tee shot inside 3 feet, then reached the par-5 18th in two. But he three-putted for par, missing a 4ft birdie putt.
Ultimately, it didn't matter. Mahan closed with a 66 and wound up alone in second, two shots behind.
Steve Marino, who had a one-shot lead going into the final round, never caught up after Points made his eagle from the 14th fairway. Marino missed a 12ft birdie putt on the 16th to get within one, then slammed his driver to the turf on the 18th when his tee shot sailed into a bunker to the right.
Marino hit his third shot into the ocean and made a triple-bogey 8 that mattered only in his bank account. Not making a par to share second place was the difference of $327,200.
Tom Gillis closed with a 70 and finished along in third.
Points and Murray won the pro-am tournament by two shots. The trophy was locked up with Points' par on the 18th when Murray announced his "big putt" that was meaningless. He then mimicked some dialogue from the "Cinderella Story" scene in Caddyshack, when Murray swatted at flowers with his scythe and imagined the former greenskeeper on the verge of winning the Masters.
"It's in the hole!!!!"
Not quite. As the putt headed toward the cup, Murray jogged over to tap it while it was still moving, then thrust his arms in the air.
"The only chance D A had to win was if I could make it through the entire week without ever asking what the initials 'D A' stand for," Murray said. "And I didn't. And he's the champion."
In case he cares, they stand for Darren Andrews.
Murray also won the pro-am title in the Pebble Beach event on the Champions Tour with Scott Simpson, his long-time partner at Pebble Beach who played the straight man to Murray's routine.
It's not always easy playing with Murray, who constantly engages the crowd, bought ice cream bars for them on the back nine, and years ago enraged the US Tour brass when he flung an elderly woman into a bunker.
Some of his previous partners have quietly asked that someone else play with Murray.
Points was all too happy.
"Everybody all week kept saying, 'You got the short end of the stick,'" Points said. "I never, ever felt that way. I tried to embrace it. He just seemed to have fun, and he taught me to go ahead and have a little more fun. And in turn, it distracted me from trying so hard. It kept me loose and having a good time with Bill."
Is this a new tandem?
"I'm thinking of turning pro," Murray said. "I probably won't. It's really nice to play with a gentleman. He's a good person. He's from Illinois. He's Lincoln-esque in stature and unfailingly polite."
Points showed that as he walked off the 18th green and said to the gallery, "Everyone, thank you for coming."
He put on quite a show.
Points started the final round two shots out of the lead, stayed in range and was flawless on the back nine. His big run started with an 8-foot birdie on the 10th hole, and then came his magical run.
For the second straight year, the pivotal hole at Pebble Beach turned out to be the 14th - this time for a good score. A year ago, Paul Goydos, Bryce Molder and Alex Prugh all had a chance to win until they made 9s on the par 5.
A few groups earlier, Phil Mickelson hit a 64-degree wedge that landed a foot on the green and rolled off to the left, down the slope. Points hit a gap wedge that was perfect, because it had to be. The ball landed in the first cut of rough, hopped onto the green and had just enough spin to slow to a trickle as it dropped.
His only mistake on the back nine was the chest-pump he tried to execute with Murray. They ran toward each other, and Points began to leap as Murray was landing. It looked bad, but it was an eagle 3 on the card.
Equally important was the birdie that followed, and Points was on his way.
He won for the first time in 128 starts on the US Tour. This earned him $1.134 million - more than he has made in any of his previous four seasons on tour - a two-year exemption and his first trip to Masters.

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TIGER COULD BE FINED FOR SPITTING ON DUBAI 12th GREEN

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By KEVIN GARSIDE
Tiger Woods delivered neither the finish he would have wanted in Dubai, nor the deportment that golf expects.
The largely expat gallery had flocked to the Omega Dubai Desert Classic to see Woods win for the first time in more than a year.
Instead, what they got for their money was an exhibition of spitting by Woods that might yet receive a rebuke from the European Tour to match that of Sky commentator Ewen Murray, who gave him both barrels on air.
The phlegm Woods sprayed across the 12th green might be acceptable on the football pitch but it has no place on a golf course, especially on the putting surface.
Woods is an inveterate spitter. One assumes he meant no offence, but that does not excuse the action.

LATER NEWS:
WOODS HAS BEEN FINED BY EUROPEAN TOUR FOR SPITTINGThe European Tour decided to fine Tiger Woods for spitting after reviewing footage of the incident today.
The precise amount of the fine was not revealed, but minor breaches of the tour's code of conduct normally lead to a £250 fine. In exceptional circumstances, the penalty can escalate to as much as £10,000.
Scot Ewen Murray, who coaches several European Tour players and also commentates for satellite television, drew viewers' attention to Woods' actions on the 12th.
He said: "You look at his work ethics and he is a credit to the game and an inspiration to all of those who are trying to become professional golfers.
"But there are some parts of him that are just arrogant and petulant. Somebody now has to come behind him and maybe putt over his spit. It does not get much lower than that."
Murray had also called Tiger's spitting on the second tee during the second round "one of the ugliest things you will ever see on a golf course".

Woods received a reported £1.8million appearance fee to appear at Dubai but also drew Murray's scorn for failing to sign autographs for waiting fans on Friday.

"If you are getting paid $3million I don't think it's too much to ask to spend 15 to 20 minutes with some of the youngsters," the Scot said.