Tuesday, May 03, 2011

LOTHIANS CHAMPIONSHIP AT BROOMIEKNOWE

FIRST ROUND COMPLETED


(Scroll down for Monday night's results)


M D Timmins (Pumpherston) bt W T Kerr (Craigielaw) at 19th.
M Campbell (Swanston New) bt J Renwick (Uphall) 3 and 2.
V Varadgarahan (Royal Burgess) bt G Davidson (Winterfield) at 20th.
S B Blair (Royal Musselburgh) bt S McGarvey (Glencorse) 6 and 4.

R M Noon (Craigielaw) bt S J Hermiston (Carrickvale) 3 and 2.
S R Smith (Marriott Dalmahoy) bt M A Stein (Craigielaw) 2 holes.
D J Martin (Longniddry) bt R Munro (Liberton) 1 hole.
C Marr (Musselburgh) bt N Aiken (Longniddry) 1 hole.

WEDNESDAY'S SECOND-ROUND TIES

S SMITH (Duddingston) v. A ANDERSON (Bruntsfield Links).
C GALLOWAY (Harburn) v M CUNNINGHAM (Craigielaw).
J A McINTOSH (Broomieknowe) v G MILLAR (Swanston New).
K A NICHOLSON (Haddington) v S McMEHEN (Linlithgow). 

M D TIMMINS (Pumpherston) v M CAMPBELL (Swanston New).
V VARADHARAJAN (Royal Burgess) v S B BLAIR (Royal Musselburgh).
R M NOON (Craigielaw) v S R SMITH (Marriott Dalmahoy).
D J MARTIN (Longniddry) v C MARR (Musselburgh).

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LORETTO WIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS TOURNAMENT


By DAVID QUIN
The National Finals of the Independent Schools Tournament took place at Lingfield Park on May 1 and 2 and were won by Loretto for the first time. They were runners-up in 2008 and 2010.
Fifteen schools had qualified from 125 school teams throughout the UK.
The wind played a major part in the scores on the parkland course with small greens and tree lined fairways. After the first day's play Millfield B team were on 157, one shot ahead of Loretto (158), with five other schools within five shots of the lead.
All to play for on day 2. Tough scoring conditions saw James Gregg take the individual lead on day 1 with a 75.
As the scores started coming in from day 2 it was still all to play for. Millfield A team slipped away early and their B team came in with a 78 and 83 to put them four shots behind Loretto. The last groups had the low scoring players from day 1, Hampton schools first player came in with a 78 and nervous Loretto teachers and supporters were waiting to see if Hamptons' second player could perform as well as the first day to take the title. In the end Hampton slipped to joint fourth along with Reeds.
Birkdale came third with two impressive rounds from James Gregg (75, 80)
James Gregg (Birkdale) takes the Individual title with his trophy a Galvin Green waterproof and signed book from Butch Harmon
FINAL TEAM TOTALS
314 Loretto A. 318 Millfield B. 324 Birkdale. 329 Reeds, Hampton. 332 Millfield A. 335 Wellington, Loretto B. 336 Rugby. 337 Worksop. 343 Leeds. 360 Malvern. 361 Haberdashers. 365 George Watsons. No Return: St Josephs.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
155 James Gregg (Birkdale) 75 80.
156 Matthew Sheehan (Millfield).
157 Max Walz (Loretto).

Full report and scores can be seen on the ISGA websites with pictures from both rounds
http://www.isga.org.uk/
www.isga.eu

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STUART GRAHAM PIPS BRADLEY NEIL FOR CHAMPIONS' TITLE

Perth and Kinross men's county champion Stuart Graham (Blairgowrie) added the county's champion of champions' title to his collection over the Lansdowne course, Blairgowrie on Sunday.
He had rounds of 75 and 73 for a total of 148 (against a CSS of 74 in the morning and 75 in the afternoon).
Runner-up was Blairgowrie club champion Bradley Neil also totalled 148 with scores of 69 and 79, losing out to Graham on a comparison of their second-round scores.
Two players hit the 150 mark - Tom McLevy (Pitlochry) (71-79) and Philip Scott (Auchterarder) (74-74). Scott's better second round earned him third place.
OTHER TOTALS
157 Willie Hutton (Blair Atholl) 78 79.
158 David Simpson (Crieff) 81 77.
161 Roberrt Malcolm (Milnathort) 81 80.
164 Barry Anderson (Comrie) 84 80.
166 Alastair Duncan (Murrayshall) 83 83.
168 Kevin Graham (Dunningha) 81 87.
172 Brian Martin (Scone) 83 89.
174 John McBeth (Strathtay) 87 87.
182 William Henderson (Aberfeldy) 91 91.

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FIFE GOLF ASSOCIATION DRAWS

FIFE HANDICAP SINGLES MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP


FIRST ROUND
(To be played by May 22)
EARLSFERRY (HOME CLUB) v LEVEN TH (AWAY CLUB) (GAME 1)
LADYBANK (HOME CLUB v LOCHGELLY (AWAY CLUB) (GAME 2)

CRAIL (HOME CLUB) v BALLINGRY (AWAY CLUB) (GAME 3)

BURNTISLAND (HOME CLUB) v FIFE POLICE (AWAY CLUB) (GAME 4)

DRUMOIG (HOME CLUB) v THORNTON (AWAY CLUB) (GAME 4)

GLENROTHES (HOME CLUB) v ST MICHAELS (AWAY CLUB) (GAME 6)


DRAW FOR ROUND 2
(To be played by June 19)
BALBIRNIE PARK (HOME CLUB) v THE DUKES (AWAY CLUB)
CUPAR (HOME CLUB) v DUNNIKIER PARK (AWAY CLUB)
KIRKCALDY (HOME CLUB) v LEVEN GS (AWAY CLUB)
SCOTSCRAIG (HOME CLUB) v GAME ONE (AWAY CLUB)
GAME TWO (HOME CLUB) v PITREAVIE (AWAY CLUB)
LUNDIN (HOME CLUB) v GAME THREE (AWAY CLUB)
GAME FOUR (HOME CLUB) v THE HOLDER (AWAY CLUB)
GAME FIVE (HOME CLUB) v GAME SIX (AWAY CLUB)

The winners must report the result to Bill Dickson by email or by Phone no later than midnight on the Closing Date of that round but preferably as soon as the tie is played.
A new draw is made for each round.









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Royal and Ancient Golf Club Spring Medal Second Day Scores

By AUBYN STEWART-WILSON
Members' Secretary, The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
From the outset, conditions on the second day of the Spring Medal (over the Old Course), were sunny and calm, and noticeably warmer than on Monday. The parking-up of an elegant, red E-Type Jaguar in the Clubhouse car park at just after 6.30 am signalled the arrival of Father and Son, Iain and Douglas Bett, who were among the early starters.
Later in the morning at 9.30 am Alan Muir, a regular competitor at both the Spring and Autumn Meetings, teed off at the impressive age of 90. 1st Tee Starter by this stage of the morning was 91 year old local Member Andy Wright, resulting in an aggregate Starter/Competitor age of 181!
Alan Muir has a long and colourful golfing CV, among which is his claim to have hit the longest drive in the world, when at the age of 16 his tee shot on the first at Monifieth landed in a coal truck heading for Aberdeen.
In today’s Medal he struck just four shots more than his age, returning a net 78 (94-16).
Tim Myles (Luffness New) returned the best net score of the day 69 (79-10), equalling the best net score returned on Monday, but with the better score over the last nine holes. The lowest gross score of the day was 77 returned by both Simon Kilcoyne (Portmarnock) and Brian Morrison (Prestwick).
The CSS on Tuesday was 74.
The Brazil Nut Cup nine-hole Stableford competition for Members 70 years of age and over, was also played on Tuesday, over the Strathtyrum Course. A total of 43 Members took part, with Alan Elliott acting as the Honorary Starter. The competition was won by John Stevens (Royal Worlington and Newmarket) with a total of 22 Stableford points, and after count-back over the last 6 holes against Kenneth Smith (The New Golf Club) and Donal McAleese (Portmarnock).
Kenneth Smith, for the second year in succession, won the Methuselah Trophy for competitors 80 years of age and over, also after count-back against Donal McAleese.
The leading Brazil Nut Cup scores returned were:
22 Points – J G Stevens, K D Smith, D S McAleese
21 Points – J R F Adams
20 Points – K A DeGhetto, N M Sharp
19 Points – I Edward, J Gray
The Spring Medal Scores returned today were:
Mr T A M Myles 79 - 10 = 69
Mr S P Kilcoyne 77 - 7 = 70
Mr G B V Lindeblad 85 - 14 = 71
Mr R F U Gaskell 78 - 7 = 71
Mr D A Comb 83 - 11 = 72
Mr W B Morrison 77 - 5 = 72
Mr J A D Nesbitt 86 - 14 = 72
Mr B W Gray 87 - 14 = 73
Mr A W Bathurst 79 - 6 = 73
Dr A M M Young 90 - 17 = 73
Mr J G W Muir 78 - 5 = 73
Mr I T Bunch 80 - 7 = 73
Mr J Warburton 87 - 14 = 73
Mr P M G Unsworth 84 - 11 = 73
Mr J E Everitt 81 - 8 = 73
Mr A E Cattanach 80 - 6 = 74
Mr R C H Pilcher 85 - 11 = 74
Mr J P Laird 80 - 6 = 74
Lt Col J C Stewart 88 - 14 = 74
Dr A D G Duncan 81 - 7 = 74
Mr R J Cuddy 83 - 8 = 75
Mr N L Mobbs 90 - 15 = 75
Mr P E Bechmann 84 - 8 = 76
Mr O G Edstrand 90 - 14 = 76
Dr P Mondalski 89 - 13 = 76
Mr A G Bannerman 87 - 11 = 76
Mr J M Cowman 83 - 7 = 76
Mr P R D Crerar 83 - 7 = 76
Mr J A L James 91 - 15 = 76
Mr D A Whitefield 90 - 13 = 77
Mr M Yates 83 - 6 = 77
Mr A T Johnston 92 - 15 = 77
Sir Craig Reedie 84 - 7 = 77
Mr B P Germond 95 - 18 = 77
Mr R M S Allison 87 - 10 = 77
Mr H N Kuechler III 94 - 16 = 78
Mr T R Nordstrom 86 - 8 = 78
Mr N P S Jupp 85 - 7 = 78
Mr G Sprot 87 - 9 = 78
Mr H C Alldridge 97 - 19 = 78
Mr J R Monroe 84 - 6 = 78
Mr A F Muir 94 - 16 = 78
Mr D R M James Duff 87 - 9 = 78
Mr J T Hughes 87 - 9 = 78
Mr D K Rae 84 - 6 = 78
Mr W A Brand 90 - 12 = 78
Mr A M Morris 91 - 13 = 78
Mr A D Ogilvie 98 - 19 = 79
Mr A J E Robertson 99 - 20 = 79
Dr R C W Wynne 94 - 15 = 79
Mr D L Spence 86 - 7 = 79
Professor R A Wood 92 - 13 = 79
Mr V G Slaney 95 - 16 = 79
Mr J S D Robertson 95 - 16 = 79
Dr I M Forgie 95 - 16 = 79
Mr T J D Mcaleese 91 - 12 = 79
Mr J R Milligan 86 - 7 = 79
Mr A W J Holmes 84 - 5 = 79
Mr D L Baxter 89 - 10 = 79
Mr A N Burns 96 - 17 = 79
Mr J F J Walton 86 - 7 = 79
Mr R A Scott-Dempster 91 - 12 = 79
Mr G S Rutherford 95 - 16 = 79
Mr T P Goodman 90 - 10 = 80
Mr I C R Bett 91 - 11 = 80
Mr W C Macreath 86 - 6 = 80
Mr J K Louden 88 - 8 = 80
Mr H O Strandberg 93 - 13 = 80
Sheriff Pr E F Bowen 99 - 19 = 80
Mr J G K Borrett 87 - 7 = 80
Mr G H Le Maitre 98 - 18 = 80
Mr P A K Arthur 86 - 6 = 80
Mr R F Deane 98 - 18 = 80
Mr F W R Stocks 92 - 12 = 80
Mr S Dow 99 - 18 = 81
Mr P A Truett 96 - 15 = 81
Mr A W Dunkley 100 - 19 = 81
Mr M J G Reid 96 - 15 = 81
Mr J B F White 94 - 13 = 81
Mr P E Crabtree 93 - 12 = 81
Mr D H A Bell 95 - 14 = 81
Mr C J Hilton 87 - 6 = 81
Mr K H Wood 97 - 16 = 81
Mr J B Singerling 99 - 18 = 81
Mr R R Read 89 - 8 = 81
Mr M C B Spens 94 - 12 = 82
Dr R H McNeill 93 - 11 = 82
Mr R W Desrochers 99 - 17 = 82
Mr R D S Forster 101 - 19 = 82
Mr W A Cochran 88 - 6 = 82
Mr A N G Brown 89 - 6 = 83
Mr W R Holmes 94 - 11 = 83
Mr T J B Roberts 95 - 12 = 83
Mr W G Hawes 101 - 17 = 84
Mr A T Henderson 93 - 9 = 84
Mr J W A Macnab 98 - 14 = 84
Professor J S Forsyth 93 - 8 = 85
Mr T S K Yeo 95 - 10 = 85
Mr W Henderson 104 - 19 = 85
Mr P D Caruso 98 - 13 = 85
Mr D H E Thomson 98 - 13 = 85
Mr N H Ellis 96 - 11 = 85
Mr M G Frick 91 - 6 = 85
Mr R P Daly 98 - 12 = 86
Mr D M Simpson 97 - 11 = 86
Mr P B M Sutherland 106 - 19 = 87
Mr J F Richardson 101 - 14 = 87
Mr C B Fotheringham 105 - 18 = 87
Mr A J M Carmichael 106 - 18 = 88
Mr A I Lang-Stevenson 100 - 12 = 88
Mr R G Tullis 107 - 19 = 88
Mr N Mitchell 110 - 21 = 89
Mr H M Chesneau 95 - 6 = 89
Mr I J Ballantine 99 - 10 = 89
Mr D R Monroe 103 - 14 = 89
Dr R M Logan 106 - 16 = 90
Sir Anthony Bagnall N/R - 25 = N/R
Mr A J Ogilvie N/R - 23 = N/R
Mr A F Bell N/R - 21 = N/R
Mr J Van Zeller N/R - 20 = N/R
Mr J R C Dunlop N/R - 20 = N/R
Dr J A Mills N/R - 19 = N/R
Mr R C Cuddy N/R - 18 = N/R
Mr S Aitken N/R - 18 = N/R
Mr I C Adam N/R - 18 = N/R
Mr R Buchan N/R - 17 = N/R
Mr A G Thom N/R - 16 = N/R
Mr J O Annemark N/R - 16 = N/R
Mr J F M Stewart N/R - 16 = N/R
Mr R J Goodall N/R - 14 = N/R
Dr A J A Macdonald N/R - 13 = N/R
Mr I G McCreath N/R - 13 = N/R
Mr W J H Elles N/R - 13 = N/R
Dr C W G Peterkin N/R - 12 = N/R
Mr C J R Philip N/R - 11 = N/R
Mr K D Ward N/R - 11 = N/R
Mr T J W Stobbs N/R - 11 = N/R
Mr C M W Robertson N/R - 10 = N/R
Mr N J Crichton N/R - 9 = N/R
Mr J E Verden-Anderson N/R - 9 = N/R
Mr D J Bett N/R - 4 = N/R

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BUSBY LEADS WAY ON OPENING DAY OF PGA EUROPRO TOUR

By MICHAEL EMONS
PGA EuroPro Tour Press Officer
James Busby is leading the way after a tough opening day to the 2011 PGA EuroPro Tour season.
In windy conditions in the YourGolfTravel.com European Championships at Wensum Valley in Norfolk , Busby was one of only two players to score under par.
Shropshire-based Busby, who turned 29 last week, enjoyed a flawless round and claimed birdies at the second, 14th and 18th to end the first day at the top of the leaderboard.
Busby is hoping to go one better than an agonising campaign in 2010 when he missed out on a place on the Challenge Tour by one spot in the Order of Merit.
Seven players last year advanced from the EuroPro Tour to the Challenge Tour but Busby came eighth after a finish of only 28th in the Tour Championships left him just outside of the top seven.
Busby was also left rueing two second-placed finishes last year – at Stoke-by-Nayland and Wychwood Park, where he had held a one-shot lead going into the last but a double bogey 7 denied him the victory.
But Busby has bounced back strongly and holds a two-shot lead over Martin LeMesurier, the only other player to score under par.
 Back-to-back birdies on the 12th and 13th left LeMesurier ( South Winchester ) in a good position, although a bogey at the 17th brought him back down to one-under.
 Nine players are on level par with a further ten players on one-over ahead of the second round on Wednesday.
 Woodsome Hall-based Chris Hanson, who is one of a host of players three shots behind Busby on level par 72, said: “I went nicely out though. It was tough out there and very windy too! I need a good one tomorrow but I love the battle of what Wensum offers.”
Scott Drummond, the 2004 Volvo PGA Championship winner, is three-over, as is Graeme Clark, who came top of the EuroPro Tour Order of Merit in 2007.
 Another former top money winner, Noel Fox, is also on three-over as he hopes to replicate his successes of 2008 when he won more money than any other player.
  All players will play a second round and the top 50 players and ties at the end of it will advance to the final round on Thursday.
 Each event on the PGA EuroPro Tour is produced by Matchroom Sport into a two-hour highlights programme, which will be broadcast on Sky Sports and televised around the world. The action from Wensum Valley will be shown on Sky Sports on Wednesday, May 18.
For more information on the EuroPro Tour, please visit the official website www.europrotour.com
  FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
69 James Busby.
71 Martin LeMesurier.
72 Matthew Marsh, Sam Matton, Lee Harper (Scotland), Chris Hanson, Zane Scotland, Richard Edginton, John Chamberlain, Darryn Lloyd, George Cowan.
OTHER SCOTS' SCORES:
74 Duncan Stewart, Chris Kelly, Stephen Gray (T21).
75 Scott Henry, Scott Drummond (T31).
76 Ed Wood, Paul Doherty (T47).
77 Shaun McAllister, John Gallacher, Ross Cameron (T68).
78 Martin Lawrence, Steven Mackie (T91).
79 Ian Redford (T107).
80 Keir McNicoll (T127).
82 Stephen Clark (T144).TO ACCESS THE EUROPRO TOUR SCOREBOARD
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SIX NEW CAPS IN ENGLAND TEAM TO PLAY SPAIN

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH GOLF UNION
Jack Senior (Heysham, Lancashire), winner of a string of titles in the past few months, Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale, Surrey) and Darren Wright (Rowlands Castle, Hampshire) are the only previously capped players named in the nine-man England team for this weekend’s international with Spain at The Berkshire Golf Club.
Six new caps: Steven Brown (
Wentworth, Surrey), James Burnett (Sleaford, Lincolnshire), Alex Christie (Tyrrells Wood, Surrey), Paul Lockwood (Hessle, Yorkshire), Ben Loughrey (Wrag Barn, Wiltshire) and Neil Raymond (Corhampton, Hampshire), means England will field a comparatively new-look team for the biennial match on May 7 and 8.
At least six players, who would have been key selections, are either unavailable or have recently turned professional, including Laurie Canter and Eddie Pepperell.
Senior, 22, currently leads the Titleist/FootJoy EGU Order of Merit following his victories which include the New South Wales Amateur, Hampshire Hog and last weekend’s Lytham Trophy. He was also a member of the four-man England team that completed a hat-trick of victories in last month’s European Nations Championship in Spain.
Brown, who will celebrate his 24th birthday on the opening day of the match, is one of three Surrey players in the team. He has been a regular high-finisher in events in recent years but this will be his England debut as it will be for his county colleague Christie, 25, winner of this year’s West of England Stroke Play Championship and runner-up in the 2010 Berkshire Trophy.
Burnett, 19, becomes a full international after being capped at under 16 and boys levels. Winner of the recent Lima Invitational in Peru, he lost out in a three-way playoff for the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters last year when he also finished fifth in the Fairhaven Trophy and sixth in the McEvoy Trophy. He was also a quarter finalist in the English Amateur and represented GB and I in the boys' Jacques Leglise Trophy match against the Continent.
Lockwood, 19, another former boy international, finished runner-up in last year’s EGU Boys Order of Merit, having been runner-up in the Yorkshire Boys Championship and the Carris Trophy. He also represented GB and I in the Jacques Leglise Trophy last year while his recent performances include sixth in the West of England and joint eighth in the Lytham Trophy.
Loughrey, 22, enjoyed a successful trip to Australia earlier this year during which he won the New South Wales Cup and was a member of England’s victorious team in The Ashes. Winner of the Lee Westwood Trophy in 2010, he also finished runner-up in the Berkhamsted Trophy and third in the Irish Open Amateur.
Raymond, 25, who was also a member of the winning Ashes team in Australia, is a former English Amateur quarter finalist and a winner of the Parman Cup in 2010. Also last year, he finished runner-up in the Czech Amateur and fourth in the South of England Stroke Play, while another second place came in the recent Selborne Salver.
Hodgson, 20, a member of the 2009 Walker Cup team, was English boy champion in 2008 and earned his first full England cap in the 2009 Home Internationals. A former winner of the McEvoy Trophy, the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy and the Daily Telegraph Junior Championship, he finished runner-up in last year’s St Andrews Links Trophy. Another member of the successful Ashes squad, he was beaten by Canter in the final of this year’s Spanish Amateur.
Wright, 22, was the 2006 English boy champion and a former boy international. He earned his first full cap in last year’s Home Internationals and was also part of the victorious Ashes team in Australia. His biggest win to date came with the Brabazon Trophy last year while he also represented GB and I against the Continent of Europe in the St Andrews Trophy. A former West of England champion, he finished fifth on last year’s Titleist/FootJoy EGU Order of Merit.
The Spanish team will be: Adria Arnaus, Alberto Fernandez, Antonio Hortal, Oliver Mena, Adrian Otaegui, Marcos Pastor, Carlos Pigem, Gerard Piris and Xavi Puig.England has an almost unblemished record in the biennial matches with Spain which began in 1985. The Spanish have only won once, a 15.5-8.5 success at Puerta de Hierro in 2005. England has won the past two contests, 16-8 at Royal Ashdown Forest in 2007 and 13.5-10.5 at La Reserva two years ago.

The match consists of four foursomes and eight singles matches on each day.

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ABERDEEN TRADES FOURSOMES DRAW

HAZLEHEAD No 1 COURSE
FIRST-ROUND TIES

Wednesday, May 11

4.19 GARAGE TRADE v ABERDEEN TELEPHONES


4.33 BAKER HUGHES v MORRISON CONSTRUCTION
(playing Friday)

4.47 ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY v INSURANCE


5.01 LUMSDEN SECURITY v RandC CONSTRUCTION


5.15 LICENSED TRADE v ABERDEEN PRESS
(playing Friday)
5.29 GREENKEEPERS v BAKERS


 THURSDAY, MAY 12


4.19 ROYAL MAIL 1 v TEACHERS


4.33 BANKERS v GRAMPIAN FIRE and  RESCUE


4.47 P.S.N. v MOTOR TRADE


5.01 ROYAL MAIL 2 v SURVEYORS


5.15 BANCON CONSTRUCTION v GRAMPIAN POLICE


5.29 ELMAR UK v MEAT TRADE


FRIDAY, MAY 13


4.05 LAWYERS v CORN TRADE


4.19 TULLOCH RECRUITME v SPARROWS GROUP


4.33 PLUMBER & HEATING Vs CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
(withdrawn)
4.47 Vs


5.01 Vs


2ND RND DRAW FRIDAY 13/05/11


5.15 Vs


5.29 Vs



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TOP SEED SIMANTS LOSES IN ROUND 1 OF LOTHIANS CHAMPIONSHIP

Lothians Championship is now into the match-play stages at Broomieknowe Golf Club.
Leading qualifier Stephen Simants (Dunbar) lost at the 20th hole against Myles Cunningham (Craigielaw) last night. Simants, three up in the early stages, eventually lost to a birdie at the second extra hole.
Results from the top half of the first-round draw:

S Smith (Duddingston) bt M Wilson (West Lothian) 3 and 2.
A Anderson (Bruntsfield Links) bt B Watson (Greenburn) 1 hole.
C Galloway (Haburn) bt T Caldwell (Silverknowes) 1 hole.
M Cunningham (Craigielaw) bt S J Simants (Dunbar) at 20th.

J A McIntosh (Broomieknowe) bt G W Fraser (Kingsknowe) 6 and 4.
G Millar (Swanston New) bt B Erksine (Merchants) 1 hole.
K A Nicholson (Haddington) bt G A Robertson (Silverknowes) 1 hole.
S McMehen (Linlithgow) bt S Walker (West Linton) 2 and 1.

THIS EVENING'S FIRST-ROUND TIES
4.45pm
M Timmins (Pumpherston) v W T Kerr (Craigielaw)
4.52pm
J Renwick (Uphall) v M Campbell (Swanston New)
5.00pm
G Davidson (Winterfield) v V Varadharajan (Royal Burgess)
5.07pm
S McGarvey (Glencorse) v S B Blair (Royal Musselburgh)
5.15pm
S Hermiston (Carrickvale) v R M Noon (Craigielaw)
5.22pm
S R Smith (Marriott Dalmahoy) v M Stein (Craigielaw)
5.30pm
D J Martin (Longniddry) v R Munro (Liberton)
5.37pm
N Aiken (Longniddry) v C Marr (Musselburgh)



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LOTHIANS NAME SQUAD FOR SCOTTISH AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Lothians Golf Association has named its squad for the Scottish men's area team championship at Prestwick on May 14 and 15. It is:

Malcolm Campbell (Swanston New)

Myles Cunningham (Craigielaw)

Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe)

Grant Forrest (Craigielaw)

Graham Robertson (Silverknowes)

Stephen Simants (Dunbar)

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LONG CONGRESSIONAL MAKES IMPRESSION ON McDOWELL

FROM THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
Graeme McDowell has had his first look at the course where he will defend the US Open next month - and was left hoping it will have changed by the time he returns.
The Northern Irishman admitted that the front nine at Congressional near Washington "beat me up" and that the 523-yard par four 18th is "probably the toughest hole I've maybe ever played".

McDowell, Europe's first winner of the title since Tony Jacklin in 1970, hopes that not all the back tees will be used for the second major of the year. If they are the course measures nearly 7,600 yards and is a par 71.

The 494-yard 11th, another par four, was out of reach to the Ryder Cup hero even off a good drive and three-wood second up the hill.

"I'm hoping I've got the wrong tee. If they're selling four fours that week I'll buy them for plenty.

"Tough to say at this point if the golf course suits my game. I mean it was long this morning. I'm hoping it's going to firm up a little bit.

"Of course the US Open is always a premium on accuracy, but out there this morning there was certainly a premium on distance as well.

"I've been off the boil for a couple months. I haven't been very happy with my game, my long game especially, and I'm certainly experiencing a bit of the rougher side of the game at the minute.

"It was all so easy there at the end of the last season and the start of this year. The game can beat you up sometimes and I'm certainly starting to appreciate the good times now.

"I am looking forward to the challenge of digging my way out of this again and getting back to playing well. Every now and again you need a bit of a kick in the butt."

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