Saturday, April 30, 2011

SCOTS TRIO WIN NATIONS CUP AT FAIRHAVEN TROPHIES EVENT

Tournament leader Curtis Griffiths in action at Fairhaven. Image by Tom Ward Photography.

BOB THOMPSON REPORTS
Fairhaven Golf Club Secretary
On a sunny yet windy day, which made scoring extremely difficult, Curtis Griffiths (Wentworth) took the halfway lead in the Fairhaven Trophies boys and girls' tournament with a round of 75, to add to his first round of 69, for total of level par 144
Four shots behind in second place are Max Orrin (North Foreland), following two rounds of 74, Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie), who added a 75 to his opening 73, and Tom Harris (Castletown) who added a 76 to his first round of 72.
The best score on what was a difficult scoring day, which saw the CSS rise to 78, was a level par round of 72 by Timothy Martin (Worthing). This moved him into contention for the final two rounds tomorrow with a halfway total of 153
Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) held onto the girls' halfway lead, after adding an 80 to her opening round of 75, for a halfway total of 155.
She leads from Elizabeth Stebbings (Wilpshire) who added scored a 78 to her opening score of 78, and Shelby Smart (Knowle) with rounds of 77 and 79. With Bethan Popel (Long Ashton) only three shots behind Amber Ratcliffe, following rounds of 77 and 81, a very close contest for the girls' title is expected.
With the cut coming at 158, 40 players will contest the final two rounds and with more strong and blustery winds forecast a close and exciting finish is in prospect.
The Nations Cup, played over the first 36 holes, was won by Scotland (Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) (77-83), Jack McDonald (73-75) and Lawrence Allan (Alva) (78-77)) with a total of 303.
They beat England (Shelby Smart (77-79), Max Orrin (74-74) and Seb Crookall-Nixon, Workington GC (76-80)) by one shot.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
144 Curtis Griffiths (Wentworth) 69 75.
148 Max Orrin (North Foreland) 74 74, Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 73 75, Tom Harris (Castletown) 72 76.
150 James Newton (Prestbury) 75 75.
151 Oliver Carr (Heswall) 73 78.
152 Nick Marsh (Elland) 75 77, Joe Dean (Renishaw Park) 73 79, Daniel Brown (Bedale) 75 77.
SELECTED SCORES155 Lawrence Allan (Alva) 78 77, Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 75 80.
156 Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) 77 79.
157 Josh Jamieson (St Andrews) 74 83.
158 Greg Marchbank (Dumfries and Galloway) 74 84.
160 Eamon Bradley (Mount Ellen) 78 82, Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 77 83.
162 Fraser Thain (West Linton) 79 83.
164 Liam Johnston (Dumfries and Co) 76 88.
166 Alasdair McDougall  (Elderslie) 82 84.
167 Tara MacTaggart (Minto) 84 83, Anthony Blaney (Liberton) 80 87.
170 Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 84 80.  

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JORDAN FINDLAY LEADING EIGHT SCOTS QUALIFIERS AT LYTHAM

A very good action picture of Jordan Findlay battling through the wind into contention in the Lytham Trophy today. Image by Tom Ward Photography.

Former British boys champion Jordan Findlay was one of the few to master a wild wind on the second day of the Lytham Trophy 72-hole tournament at Royal Lytham St Annes Golf Club, Lancashire today.
Findlay, well used to playing in the "Buchan breeze" and Finland's Miro Veijaiainen were the only two players to get as low as two-over-par 72 in their second rounds.
For a spell that made them joint leaders on nine-over-par 149 at the halfway stage until Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City), a more recent winner of the British boys' crown than Findlay, returned a 75. Coupled with his first-day 72, that made Lewis the two-stroke leader on 147.
It looked as if 157 would be the cut-off mark for Sunday's final two rounds, which was good news for the Scots on that total, but in the last half-hour or so of play, it came down to 156.
First-round leader, Lancashire man Jack Senior (Heysham) was blown away with an 82 for 153 on a day when the par-3 fifth hole, for instance, required a driver to have any hope of getting as far as the green into the wind.
Many players felt play at least should have been suspended, if not claled off for the day.
Michael Smyth (Royal Troon), the leading Scot on Friday evening, also had an 82 for 155.
Last year, when Kris Nicol finished runner-up to Ireland's Paul Cutler, only four Scots survived the cut. This time the figure was eight Scottish qualifiers with James White and Greg Paterson on the 150 mark, Kris Nicol and Peter Latimer on 151, Graeme Robertson on 152, Fraser McKenna on 153 and Michael Smyth on 155.
Philip McLean, Scott Larkin, David Law and Paul Shields had the hardest of luck. Having battled through the wind to post two-round totals of 157, they missed out by one shot when the official cut mark was confirmed.
Scottish champion Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) withdrew with a wrist injury before the start of the tournament.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 140 (2x70). CSS 77 (Round 1).
147 Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City) 72 75.
149 Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 77 72, Miro Veijalainen (Finland) 77 72, Arnaud Abbas (France) 72 77.
150 James White (Lundin) 76 74, Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) 76 74, Steven Brown (Wentworth) 74 76.
151 Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh) 77 74, Michael Bedford (Prestbury) 76 75, Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan) 75 76, Peter Latimer (St Andrews New) 75 76.
152 Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 77 75, Richard Bentham (St Pierre) 76 76.
Selected scores:
153 Jack Senior (Heysham) 71 82, Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 76 77.
155 Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) 73 82.

MISSED THE CUT (156 or better qualified)
157 Philip McLean (Peterhead) 79 78, David Law (Hazlehead) 78 79, Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen) 74 83, Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 79 78.
159 Ross Kellett (Colville Park) 78 81, Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) 81 78.
160 Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 82 78, Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 77 83..
162 Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe) 75 87, Greg Nicolson (Mortonhall) 79 83, Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 88 74.
163 Mark Halliday (Royal Aberdeen) 79 84, Michael Campbell (Renfrew) 81 82.
164 Brian Soutar (Leven GS) 79 85, Ross Bell (Downfield) 80 84.
165 Stephen Speirs (Scotland/Australia) 83 82.
166 Paul Gault (Westerwood) 84 82.
167 John Duff (Newmachar) 80 87.
168 Daniel Elder (Carnoustie) 82 86.
171 Kyle McClung (Wigtown Co) 84 87.
172 Zander Culverwell (Dunbar) 86 86.

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BOB STEWART WINS BY TWO SHOTS AT SOUTH SENIORS OPEN

Past Scottish seniors champion Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) is one of the most consistent of golfers in the over-55 ranks - and he has started the Scottish Seniors Golfing Society 2011 circuit with an impressive win in the South of Scotland Seniors Open at Powfoot.
With rounds of 74 and 71 for a total of 145, three over par but bang on the combined CSS (72 +73), Bob (pictured) had two shots to spare at the head of a field of "all the usual suspects."
His second round, which lifted him out of the pack, included one eagle, four birdies, eight pars, one double bogey and four bogeys!
His eagle was a 2 at the 313yd par-4 11th. He hit his tee shot through the gap at the front of the green to within 4ft of the flagstick and downed the putt for a 2. Birdies at the 17th and 18th secured his win.
Sharing second place were David Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie), Alan O'Neil (West Lothian) and Fraser McCluskey (Royal Burgess). One shot further back was Kinross's Derek Murphy whose second round 70 was best of the event.
The handicap medal was shared between Ken Forrest (Lenzie), Iain MacDonald (Bruntsfield) and Colin Campbell (Gullane)


LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71). CSS 72 73.
145 Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) 74 71.
147 David J Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie) 76 71, Alan O'Neill (West Lothian) 74 73, Fraser McCluskey (Royal Burgess) 73 74.
148 Derek Murphy (Kinross) 78 70, Ken Forrest (Lenzie) 75 73, Iain MacDonald (Bruntsfield Links) 73 75.
149 Keith Bruce (Edzell) 75 74
150 Graham Sharp (Dumfries and Co) 75 75, Ian Taylor (Royal Burgess) 73 77.
151 Les McLaughlin (Bonnyton) 74 77.
152 John McDonald (Cowglen) 75 77, Richard T Gray (Cowglen) 75 77, Richard T Gray (Cowglen) 75 77, David Gardner (Broomieknowe) 75 77, Alan Ross (Northumberland) 75 77, Wilson Butler (Carluke) 74 78, David Shields (Dunblane New) 73 79.
153 Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) 78 75, Peter Lamb (Biggar) 77 76, Allan Elder (Kirkcaldy) 76 77, Colin Christy (Kilmacolm) 74 79, James Kinloch (Cardross) 74 79.
154 Jalil Aman (Grangemouth) 78 76, Lindsay Gordon (Turnhouse) 77 77, Colin Campbell (Gullane) 74 80, David Dickson (Lochmaben) 74 80, Stuart Black (Cathcart Castle) 73 81.
155 Jim Watt (Edzell) 78 77, Michael Jenkins (Duff House Royal) 78 77, Peter Jamieson (Cathkin Braes) 77 78, Stuart Pond (Worksop) 75 80, Ian Gourlay (Strathaven) 74 81.
156 Robbie Nairn (Lochmaben) 83 73, Paul Crellin (Prenton) 76 80, Marshall Douglas (Thornhill) 74 82.
157 Wilson Morton (Dunbar) 82 75, Tom Carson (Lockerbie) 80 77, DrewWilson (Clober) 77 80, Ian Dickson (Lundin) 75 82, Keith McAllister (South Shields) 75 82.
158 George Blair (Haddington) 83 75, Billy Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox) 82 76, Dougie Adams (Dunbar) 79 79.
159 Albert Smith (Turriff) 81 78, John Sim (Duff House Royal) 81 78, Brian Smith (Kilmacolm) 81 78, Len Grindrod (Crow Wood) 81 78, Gordon Gray (Newmachar) 81 78, Gordon MacDonald (Callander) 77 82, Ken Thomson (Bramall Park) 72 87.
160 Brian Grieve (King James VI) 82 78, John Baxter (Lundin) 80 80, Ken Dvidson (Musselburgh) 80 80, James Ingram (Boat of Garten) 79 81, Graham McGee (Erskine) 78 82, Denis McQuade (Glenbervie) 78 82.
161 John W Johnston (Royal Aberdeen) 81 80, David Warren (North Berwick) 81 80, Tony Stafford (Gleneagles) 77 84.
162 Alistair Fiddes (Murcar Links) 83 79, Brian Christie (Wilton) 83 79, David Taylor (Dunfermline) 82 80, John Broadfoot (Turnberry) 81 81, Iain Stewart (The Curragh) 81 81, Dom McLaughlin (Crow Wood) 79 83.
163 James Hendrick (Pollok) 84 79, Gordon Doig (Southerness) 82 81, Stephen Ellis (Innellan) 82 81, Allan Cameron (Gourock) 82 81, Denis Albutt (Royal Dornoch) 82 81, Jim Paton (Kirkintilloch) 81 82, Norman Cameron (Porters Park) 80 83, Norman Cameron (Porters Park) 80 83.
164 Phil Costello (Hirsel) 83 81, Trevor Bennett (Great Barr0 82 82, Alan Chainey (North Berwick) 81 83, Keith Howie (West Kilbride) 81 83, Peter Kinloch (Cardross) 80 84
165 Donald McCart (Sherwood Forest) 86 79, Charles Brown (Auchterarder) 83 82.
166 Billy Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 84 82.
167 Alastair Taylor (Turnhouse) 86 81, George Clark (Effingham) 80 87.
168 Graham Brown (Royal Liverpool) 88 80, Neish Chisholm (Kemnay) 87 81, Brian Halbert (Callander) 86 82, Brian Porteous (Langholm) 84 84.
169 Colin Moir (Worksop) 83 86, Gordon Cree (Troon Welbeck) 82 87.
171 Kenny Harrison (Carluke) 88 83, Ian Kerr (Kilmacolm) 87 84, Doug Bennie (Lanark) 85 86, David Brand (Kilmarnock Barassie) 82 89.
172 Donnie Lindsay (Troon St Meddans) 87 85, Norman Blound (Dumfries and Co) 83 89.
173 Joseph Langford (Carluke) 84 89.
174 Douglas Inving (Powfoot) 86 88.
176 Michael Mather (Ballater) 88 88.
178 John Winning (Dumfries and Co) 88 90.
179 Fraser Sharp (Boat of Garten) 91 88.
180 Colin Mavor (Elgin) 91 89.
182 Roger Rees (Eden) 98 84, David Nelson (Aboyne) 93 89.

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ARGYLL AND BUTE NAME TEAM FOR SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP

The Argyll and Bute squad of six for the Scottish men's area team championship at Prestwick and Prestwick St Nicholas on May 14 and 15 is:

Chris Cardon (Inellan).
George MacMillan (Machrihanish).
Alan McKie (Glencruitten).
Les Pirie (Millport)
George Reynolds (Rothesay)
Bobby Willan (Machrihanish)

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HENSON GOES SIX SHOTS CLEAR IN CLEARWATER MASTERS

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Batu Gajah, Perak , Malaysia: Berry Henson shot a solid six-under-par 66 courtesy of a brilliant eagle to extend his lead to six shots after the third round of the Clearwater Masters 2011 today.
The American holed out on the par four 12th hole bunker from 104 yards for a 15-under-par 201 total at the Clearwater Sanctuary Golf Resort in Batu Gajah, Perak, which is a 90-minute drive from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysian Shaaban Hussin birdied the last two holes for a 68 to share second place with Atthaphon Prathummanee (70) of Thailand on a 207 total.
Teen sensation Miguel Tabuena of the Philippines was a stroke back in tied fourth place with his coach and mentor Rick Gibson of Canada as they battled to a 69 and 70 respectively in the US$75,000 Asian Development Tour event.
Thailand ’s Somkiat Srisa-nga, who carded a 72, fired his second hole-in-one in the tournament when his seven iron shot rolled into the par three third hole. He won an Orient watch worth RM1,600.
Henson, who returned this morning to complete 11 holes of the second round, showed no signs of fatigue as he turned in 32 before adding one birdie and one eagle against a bogey in his homeward nine.
“I felt super strong. I’m not sure what it was, maybe it was the food I ate! Coming off 18, I felt like I could play another 18 holes,” said the 31-year-old.
Henson is not taking his distant lead for granted. “I got a long way to go and tomorrow is going to be a big day. I have to stay super focus,” said the American.
Shaaban turned in 36 but shifted into fifth gear with birdies on holes 11 and 12 before posting two closing birdies to lie six strokes behind Henson.
“The birdie on 11 was the turning point for me. It kept me going and gave me the confidence to finish off nicely which I did. Overall, it was a good round but I’m slightly disappointed I didn’t go lower,” said Shaaban, who finished in tied 20th place in the Indonesian Masters last week.
Tabuena, 16, continued to make heads turn with his solid performance where he put himself in a strong position of claiming his first top-five finish since turning professional in February.
“It was a good round and I enjoyed it because I played with my coach Rick (Gibson). I know I need a strong finish this week so I can finish in the top-three of the Order of Merit (Asian Development Tour) at the end of the season which allows me to keep my Asian Tour card for next year,” said Tabuena.
LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
201 Berry HENSON ( USA ) 65-70-66
207 Shaaban HUSSIN (MAS) 74-65-68, Atthaphon PRATHUMMANEE (THA) 68-69-70
208 Miguel TABUENA (PHI) 69-70-69, Rick GIBSON (CAN) 70-68-70
209 Jonathan MOORE ( USA ) 69-72-68, Thanyakon KHRONGPHA (THA) 66-73-70, HSU Chia-Jen (TPE) 66-71-72
211 SSiva CHANDHRAN (MAS) 71-71-69, Haziq HAMIZAN (MAS) 69-73-69, M.Sasidaran (MAS) 72-69-70, Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA) 71-70-70, Timothy TANG (HKG) 71-68-72
212 Yosuke TSUKADA (JPN) 69-74-69, CHANG Tse-Peng (TPE) 70-72-70, T. J KIM (SKOR) 72-69-71, Masaki SAKATA (JPN) 70-71-71, Will YANAGISAWA ( USA ) 68-73-71
213 Kemarol BAHARIN (MAS) 73 -70-70, Artemio MURAKAMI (PHI) 71-74-68, Somkiat SRISA-NGA (THA) 72-69-72





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RAIN AND LIGHTNING HOLD UP PLAY IN SOUTH KOREA

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Miguel Angel Jimenez and Brett Rumford were tied for the lead on ten under par when the third round of the Ballantine's Championship was suspended for the day due to bad weather in South Korea today.

Heavy downpours and the threat of lightning forced the players off the Blackstone GC Course just as the leaders had completed their front nine.
Australian Rumford had held a three-shot lead at the halfway stage but while he could only complete a level par 36 on the front nine, 47 year old Jiménez fired three birdies to turn in 33.
That wiped out the deficit, and saw the duo pull two clear of Wales' Rhys Davies, who was three under through ten - a 20 foot putt at the fifth completing a run of three birdies in four holes.
Spaniard Jimenez made the perfect start to the day with consecutive birdies at the first and second, where his superb approach was within four feet, and The Ryder Cup star birdied the eighth from 15 feet.
"I played very well the first nine holes," he said. "Hitting it very well - no bogeys, three birdies.
"Birdied the first and second hole, played very well those two holes."Tomorrow, play 27 holes, feel good. I feel fine. Tomorrow is a marathon."
Rumford, who did well to salvage par after his drive at the first ended up down by the ninth green after rolling down a path, was pleased to have clung on to his score.
"That was some tricky pins out there today," he said. "They were placed up on the top part of all the tiers and ridges, and it was pretty tricky trying to get on the right tier.
"You had to be very, very precise. But stayed patient, hit some nice golf shots but unfortunately just kept hitting nice golf shots to about 40, 50 feet."
World Number One Lee Westwood was two under through 12, the Englishman advancing to six under - although he had just hooked his tee shot way off line at the 13th and was set to return to a difficult second shot.
After an hour of further heavy rain, play was abandoned for the day. Round three will resume at 0800 on Sunday.


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SCOTT HENRY MISSES CUT IN PEUGEOT OPEN DE CATALUNYA

Scott Henry went from the sublime to the ridiculous - and crashed oout of the Peugeot Open de Catalunya after 36 holes in Spain.
The former Scottish amateur stroke-play champion was sitting pretty after an opening round of six-under-par 66.
But he required 10 more shots - a four-over-par 76 - for the second 18 and a two-over-par total of 142 saw him missing the cut.

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NEWS FROM FAIRHAVEN TROPHIES JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

By BOB THOMPSON
Secretary, Fairhaven Golf Club
Despite glorious sunshine a blustery wind made scoring difficult during the first round, which saw the CSS rise to 76, and only two players managing to break the par of 72.
Oliver Carr, Ulverston GC, and Curtis Griffiths, Wentworth GC, led play at the end of day with very creditable rounds of 3-under par 69 respectively, despite Carr scoring a bogey on his final hole. Tom Harris, Castletown GC, finished the day in 3rd place following a level par round of 72.
Four players finshed on 73 - Oliver Carr (Heswall), Joe Dean (Renishaw Park), Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barrassie) and Harry Casey (Enfield), the latter by virtue of a great fight back after being 4 over par after 12 holes, which was highlighted by holing a an 18ft on the final hole for an eagle 3.
Amber Ratcliffe, Royal Cromer GC, led the chase for the girls' trophy, with a 3 over par round of 75, which was one below the CSS of 76. Five girls shared second place with rounds of 77, Lianna Bailey, Notts Ladies GC, Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), Shelby Smart (Knowle), Emma Harris (Peel) and Bethan Popel (Long Ashton).
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
1 Oliver Carr (Ulverston)  69
1 Curtis Griffiths (Wentworth)  69
3 Tom Harris (Castletown) 72
4 Harry Casey (Enfield) 73
4 Oliver Carr (Heswall) 73
4 Joe Dean (Renishaw Park) 73
4 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barrassie) 73
8 Greg Marchbank (Dumfries and Galloway) 74
8 Josh Jamieson (St Andrews)  74
8 Josh Cottrell (Ipswich)  74
8 Lee Morgan (Newbattle) 74
8 Alexander Matlari (St Leon-Rot) 74
8 Max Orrin (North Foreland) 74
14 Nick Marsh (Elland) 75
14 Florian Kolberg (Hummelbachave) 75
14 James Newton (Prestbury)  75
14 Christopher Dammert (St Leon-Rot) 75
14 Harrison Woan (Overstone Park) 75
14 Paul Kinnear (Formby) 75
14 Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 75
14 Daniel Brown (Bedale)  75
OTHER SCOTS SCORES
Liam Johnston (Dumfries and Co) 76
Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) 77
Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 77
Lawrence Allan (Alva) 78
Fraser Thain (West Linton) 79
Anthony Blaney (Liberton) 80
Alasdair McDougall (Elderslie) 82
Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 84
Tara McTaggart (Minto) 84

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MICHAEL SMYTH LEADING SCOT ON LYTHAM TROPHY FIRST DAY

Lancashire man Jack Senior (Heysham) leads the Lytham Trophy field into today's second round at Royal Lytham St Annes Golf Club.
He got the closest in the quality field to matching the testing par of 70. Jack had a 71 to lead by one shot.
Scottish champion Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) was a late pull-out with a wrist injury.
Scots had mixed luck - Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) was, surprisingly, the best from North of the Border with a 73, followed by Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen) who had a 74, one ahead of Peter Latimer (St Andrews New) and Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe) but Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh), runner-up last year, could do no better than a 77. There were other big-name Scots who would have settled for a seven-over score.
Battle Trophy winner Zander Culverwell (Dunbar) crashed to an 86; Philip McLean (Peterhead) had 79; Mark Halliday (Royal Aberdeen) an 83, Ross Bell (Downfield) an 80, Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) an 81 and Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 88.

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