LANARKSHIRE COUNTY MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP AT AIRDRIE

QUARTER-FINALS
T Whitelaw (Hollandbush) bt Jamie Lamb (Lanark) 3 and 1.
Robbie Main (Airdrie) bt Stuart Houston (Kirkhill) 1 hole.
David Ford (Airdrie) bt David Lee (Crow Wood) 2 and 1.
Mark O’Donnell (Hamilton) bt J J Smith (Cambuslang) 4 and 3.

Tony Whitelaw had a hole in one at the fourth in his match with Jamie Lamb.

Semi-Finals will be played next Friday (July 21) at Airdrie at 5pm


Willie Sharpe
President
Lanarkshire Golf Association

REPORT, RESULTS FROM ANGUS v NORTH BOYS AT MONIFIETH

There were mixed fortunes for Angus boys in their annual fixture against the North at Monifieth today. For the under-18s in the morning foursomes the only success came from Callum Rennie (making his county debut) in partnership with Ewen Matthew.
In the afternoon singles, only Monifieth's Calum McKay could manage a half point against a very strong North team. Downfield's 15 year old seven-handicapper Josh McKenna deserves a special mention for coming in as a late reserve and on his county debut, taking the experienced Jordan Shaw all the way to the 17th.
The Angus under-16s had their first success for three seasons with a comprehensive win over their North counterparts. Downfield's Scott Grant and Kirriemuir's Ross Dallas had a 100% record for the day and Caird Park's Connar Cook had a fine singles win over the highly-rated Andrew Burgess.
The Angus under-14s also had their first success for three seasons with an excellent victory over the North under-14s with most of the boys contributing to the points tally. Sean Colvin of Ballumbie deserves a special mention for his 8 and 7 singles win on his county debut.
County Junior Convenor Alex McKay puts the turn around in fortunes from past seasons down to a new county talent ID initiative and all the hard work the boys have put in during the winter months with coaches Karyn Dallas and Gordon McLeod.


RESULTS
(Angus names first)
Under 18s: ANGUS 1.5, NORTH 7.5

FOURSOMES (1-2)
Grant Bowman and Calum McKay lost to Freddie Brown and Craig Oram 3 and 1.
Ewen Matthew and Callum Rennie bt Ross Proctor and Cameron Dixon 3 and 2.
Aiden Greensmith and Josh McKenna lost to Jordan Shaw and Greg Forsyth
4 and 3.

SINGLES (0.5-5.5)
Bowman lost to Brown 1 hole
McKay halved with Oram
Greensmith lost to Proctor 5 and 3
Rennie lost to Dixon 3 and 2.
McKenna lost to Shaw 3 and 1.
Matthew lost to Forsyth 2 and 1.

Under 16s: ANGUS 6, NORTH 3

FOURSOMES (2-1)
Connar Cook and Sean Grubb lost to Andrew Burgess and Rory Asher 2 and 1. 
Scott Grant and Ross Dallas bt Craig Brown and Craig Black 2 and 1.
Marc Howie and Aaron Stephen bt Andrew Kenyon and Cameron Franssen 1 hole.

SINGLES (4-2)
Cook bt Burgess 3 and 1.
Grubb bt Asher 2 and 1
Stephen lost to Brown 3 and 2
Grant bt Black 4 and 3.
Howie lost to Kenyon 6 and 4
Dallas bt Franssen 4 and 3.

Under-14s: ANGUS 6, NORTH 3

FOURSOMES (1.5-1.5)
Gavin Petrie and Sean Colvin bt Rory Franssen and Wesley Orr 4 and 2.
Findlay Soutar and Jamie Beedie halved with Sandy Scott and Finlay Asher
Mac Duncan and Andrew Gibson lost to Cameron McLeod and Shaun Geddes 2 and 1.

SINGLES (4.5-1.5)
Petrie bt Franssen 3 and 2.
Soutar bt Orr 3 and 2.
Duncan lost to Scott 1 hole
Beedie bt Asher 5 and 4
Gibson halved with McLeod
Colvin bt Geddes 8 and 7.

SCOTT HENRY MISSES CUT WITH PAIR OF 74s IN MADRID

Scott Henry missed the cut by six strokes at the halfway stage of this week's Peugeot Tour Alps de Espana tournament at Club de Campo, Madrid.
The Scot had a pair of 74s over the par 71 course.
LEADERBOARD
Par 142 (2x71)
132 Vicentge Blazquez (Spain) 69 63.
135 Carlos Garcia Simarro (Spain) 68 67.
136 Gabriel Canizares (Spain) 68 68.
138 Jason BArnes (England) 68 70, Eduardo de la Riva (Spain) 71 67, Santiago Luna (Spain) 73 65.
SELECTED SCORES
140 Chris Paisley (England) 71 69 (T9).
141 Gareth Shaw (N Ireland) 72 69, Farren Keenan (England) 70 71 (T15).
142 Richard Kilpatrick (N Ireland) 68 74, Brendan McCarroll (Ireland) 71 71 (T27).
MISSED THE CUT (142 or better qualified)
148 Scott Henry (Scotland) 74 74.

FUND-RAISING TOPS £30,000 AT CASTLE STUART GOLF LINKS

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE EUROPEAN TOURFund-raising efforts at Castle Stuart Golf Links last week saw more than £30,000 raised for Action for Children, Scotland, the Official Charity of The 2011 Barclays Scottish Open.
Spearheading the fund-raising was the Barclays Birdie Pledge, with Barclays Capital pledging £10 for every birdie, £50 for every eagle and £100 for every albatross scored during the tournament.
The pledge was supported by the Tour Players Foundation, the charitable arm of The European Tour, with nearly £24,000 raised as a result of the 1,608 birdies and 54 eagles scored on the course by the star-studded field of professionals.
That figure was supplemented by donations made by the spectators through collections in the tented village and a silent auction in the hospitality units, featuring a wide variety of sports and entertainment lots donated by the event’s sponsors and partners, which added more than £6,000 to the money raised during the week, taking the overall total to £30,770.67.
Ann Darlington, Group Manager of Children’s Services, Scotland, said: “We would like to thank Barclays Capital, The European Tour and the players for raising such a fantastic total, which we are extremely grateful for and will use to further our work with the vulnerable and neglected children of Scotland.”
Peter Adams, Barclays Scottish Open Championship Director, said: “The birdie pledge led by Barclays is a true example of what golf can do for such a good cause as Action for Children and, combined with the other activity that took place on site, everyone involved can be rightly proud of the amount raised.”
Simon Eaton, Managing Director, Barclays Capital, said: “We are delighted that the Barclays Scottish Open raised more than £30,000 for Action for Children, Scotland. This money was raised by a very successful Barclays Birdie Pledge, despite the tournament being shortened to 54 holes, combined with generous donations from The European Tour, the Tour Players Foundation and spectators. The Barclays Scottish Open, in partnership with Action for Children, will now help fund a number of local initiatives, supporting some of the most vulnerable and neglected children in the Highlands of Scotland.”
Action for Children works with vulnerable, disadvantaged, abused, neglected children, young people and their families. In the Highlands alone, they have ten services running concurrently in Inverness (two), Nairn, Forres, Alness and Dingwall, Elgin, Lochaber, Buckie and Aberdeen.

FOUR SCOTS MAKE THE CUT IN CHALLENGE TOUR SWISS EVENT

From Challenge Tour Press Officer Paul Symes
Ian Keenan signed for a sparkling round of 64 at the Credit Suisse Challenge to join rising star Andrea Pavan at the top of the leaderboard at the midway stage of the €150,000 Challenge Tour event.
Keenan, who graduated from the EuroPro Tour last year, has struggled to make an impact in his first full season on the Challenge Tour, having missed the cut in eight of the 11 events in which he has competed. But the 35 year old from Liverpool banished the disappointment with six birdies and an eagle to move to nine under par at Golf Sempachersee near Lucerne, Switzerland.
Keenan credited a holed wedge shot for an eagle two on the ninth hole as the spark that ignited his round, which bettered his previous lowest round on the Challenge Tour by two strokes – albeit with preferred lies in operation.
He said: “I had a great time out there today, and I just continued where I left off yesterday really. I made good birdies on the first, fifth and seventh holes, so I got off to a good start. I then found the semi-rough on the ninth, and wasn’t really thinking about anything else but finding the middle of the green, and walking away with a par. But I hit the perfect wedge, and in she went.
"I haven’t holed a long shot like that for a few years, so it was a massive bonus and all of a sudden I started thinking it might be my day. Everything I did after that was positive, except for the bogey on the 15th, where I got what I deserved after a poor tee shot.
"But to hit straight back with a birdie on the 16th was huge for my confidence and my momentum, so that was probably shot of the day.
“I’m just happy to be in contention, because it’s been a terrible year so far. I expected a lot more from myself after playing well on the EuroPro Tour last year, but for whatever reason it just hasn’t happened for me this year. But sometimes you only need one good week to kick-start your season, and I’m hoping this week is that week. We’ll just have to wait and see what the next two days bring.”
Pavan enhanced his burgeoning reputation with a round of 67 which would have been even lower but for a funny turn in the middle of his round.
The Italian, who turned professional at the start of the year, opened his account with a gain at the ninth hole, and duly reeled off four straight birdies from the 12th – where he chipped in – to the 15th hole – where he sunk a huge putt – to surge clear of the chasing pack.
After finding the middle of the 17th fairway, Pavan had designs on carding his fifth birdie of the day, only to mishit his approach and take three putts for an untidy bogey. To compound the error he again three-putted the next green, this time for a double bogey, to undo all his hard work.
But Pavan regained his poise in impressive fashion to register three birdies on the way home for a four under par round of 67.
He said: “I played pretty well, although I still don’t feel I’m right at the top of my game. I don’t know what happened on the 17th and 18th – it was weird. I was in the middle of the fairway both times and ended up making bogey-double bogey. I didn’t hit especially bad approach shots, but I got a little bit unlucky and then three-putted both greens. So from going along nicely, suddenly I’d dropped three shots out of nowhere. It was like the lights had gone out. It could’ve had a snowball effect, but I was very happy with the way I handled it, because I played very well on my back nine.”
Argentina’s Pablo del Grosso currently shares third place on eight under par alongside Frenchman Benjamin Hebert, Denmark’s Daniel Lokke and home favourite Nicolas Sulzer.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)

133 I Keenan (Eng) 69 64, A Pavan (Ita) 66 67

134 P Del Grosso  (Arg) 69 65, D Lokke (Den) 67 67, N Sulzer  (Sui) 67 67, B Hebert  (Fra) 67 67

135 S Tiley (Eng) 67 68, K Eriksson (Swe) 68 67

136 J Moul  (Eng) 66 70, T Sluiter  (Ned) 66 70, A Högberg (Swe) 67 69, J Lucquin (Fra) 69 67, F Colombo (Ita) 66 70

137 J Heath  (Eng) 68 69, C Lee (Sco) 72 65, P Gustafsson (Swe) 72 65, J Campillo (Esp) 66 71, N Cheetham (Eng) 68 69, M Cryer (Eng) 67 70

138 J Guerrier  (Fra) 67 71, G Houston (Wal) 66 72, B Etchart  (Esp) 69 69, J Roos (RSA) 69 69, C Brazillier  (Fra) 69 69, A Bernadet  (Fra) 67 71

139 F Valera (Esp) 68 71, G Lockerbie  (Eng) 71 68, D Vancsik (Arg) 66 73, P Oriol (Esp) 72 67, A Perrino  (Ita) 69 70, N Lemke (Swe) 70 69, J Burnier (Sui) 69 70, J Morgan  (Eng) 68 71

140 M Kramer  (Ger) 69 71, M Thorp  (Nor) 70 70, C Moriarty (Irl) 70 70, G Jackson (Eng) 70 70, L Jensen (Den) 68 72, J Quesne  (Fra) 70 70, A Tadini (Ita) 70 70, C Doak (Sco) 71 69, E Saltman (Sco) 69 71, M Kieffer (Ger) 69 71, P Dwyer (Eng) 68 72, M Korhonen (Fin) 70 70, H Norlander (Swe) 67 73, N Bertasio (Ita) 69 71, J Robinson (Eng) 70 70, A Butterfield (Eng) 72 68, N McCarthy  (Eng) 70 70

141 M Delpodio  (Ita) 71 70, S Pinckney (USA) 72 69, S Drummond (Sco) 69 72, W Besseling  (Ned) 68 73, B Grace  (RSA) 70 71, F Praegant (Aut) 70 71, M Baldwin (Eng) 69 72, J Legarrea (Esp) 71 70, B Ritthammer (Ger) 69 72,

142 B Evans  (Eng) 72 70, J Lima  (Por) 70 72, C Russo (Fra) 73 69, C Carranza  (Arg) 69 73, N Meitinger  (Ger) 69 73, N Kearney (Irl) 73 69, B Barham (Eng) 68 74, B Hemstock (Eng) 69 73, W Schauman  (Swe) 68 74, S Jeppesen  (Swe) 70 72, D Brooks (Eng) 71 71, M Cobo (Esp) 71 71, M Iten (am) (Sui) 70 72,

MISSED THE CUT
143 P Relecom  (Bel) 72 71, A Bihan (Fra) 70 73, K Borsheim  (Nor) 72 71, J Garcia  (Esp) 71 72, J Caldwell  (Nir) 70 73, T Ferreira  (RSA) 73 70, O Whiteley (Eng) 68 75, J Palmer (Eng) 70 73, J Abbate (Arg) 70 73, C Gane (Eng) 71 72, H Bacher (Aut) 74 69, S Little (Eng) 71 72, A Gabella (am) (Sui) 75 68,

144 A Levy (Fra) 70 74, D Ulrich (Sui) 73 71, S Bebb (Wal) 75 69, R Hjelm (Den) 71 73, M Ford (Eng) 71 73, M Rominger  (Sui) 69 75, J Billot (Fra) 74 70, M Evans (Eng) 71 73, S Hutsby  (Eng) 75 69, J Doherty  (Sco) 73 71, R Kind (Ned) 70 74, E Canonica (Ita) 70 74, M Lundberg (Swe) 72 72, J Girrbach (am) (Sui) 72 72,

145 M Southgate  (Eng) 69 76, T Mordt  (RSA) 73 72, J Kennegard  (Swe) 72 73, N Bollini  (USA) 72 73, J Van Der Vaart (Ned) 73 72, R Steiner (Aut) 72 73, A Otaegui  (Esp) 71 74, F Calmels  (Fra) 73 72, F Svanberg  (Sui) 71 74, J Schmid (Sui) 73 72, A Chopard  (Sui) 73 72, J Elson  (Eng) 73 72

146 B Chapellan (Fra) 72 74, G Watremez (Bel) 73 73, A Bruschi  (Ita) 71 75, J Estevez  (Arg) 71 75, M Bothma (RSA) 74 72, B Miarka (Ger) 73 73, A Bossert (Sui) 73 73, S Piaget  (Mon) 73 73, T Whitehouse  (Eng) 73 73, B Rusch (am) (Sui) 71 75

147 K Benz (Sui) 72 75, M Vibe-Hastrup  (Den) 76 71, B Hafthorsson (Isl) 71 76, S Harrington (USA) 70 77, C Blaesi  (Sui) 74 73, A Hansen  (Den) 73 74,

148 J Clément  (Sui) 73 75, A Snobeck  (Fra) 75 73, A Maestroni  (Ita) 73 75, M Gojcic (Slo) 72 76, D Wuensche  (Ger) 73 75, R Wiederkehr (Sui) 73 75, G Molteni (Ita) 70 78, R De Sousa (Sui) 71 77

149 N Henriques  (Por) 71 78, V Riu  (Fra) 74 75, R Bescansa (Esp) 75 74, N D'Incau (am) (Sui) 77 72

150 G Dear (Sco) 72 78, F Delamontagne  (Fra) 75 75, L Kennedy  (Eng) 76 74, S Garcia (Esp) 75 75, E Pepperell (Eng) 74 76

151 J Johnson (Eng) 76 75, W Wei (Chn) 72 79, A Ahokas (Fin) 76 75,

153 T Leon (USA) 78 75,

154 N Lombardi (Ita) 77 77,

155 T Weiss (Sui) 77 78,

157 V Doka (am) (Sui) 76 81,

158 F Li Puma  (Sui) 82 76,

159 J Nodér (Sui) 76 83,

 ** G Baumann  (Sui) 75 retired, H Thethy  (Ken) retired, A Signor  (Ita) DQ 

DONALD, WESTWOOD, HARRINGTON, McDOWELL MISS OPEN CUT

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

It's still anybody's Open - there are only seven shots between the joint leaders on four-under-par 136 and the limit qualifying mark of three-over 143.
Darren Clarke, as proud as anyone about what is already a golden era for Irish golf, has the chance this weekend to add another chapter to the remarkable story.
Three weeks after he was present to celebrate Rory McIlroy's runaway US Open Championship win, the 42 year old shares the halfway lead in The Open Championship with American Lucas Glover.
Clarke has not had a top-ten finish in a Major for a decade, but a second successive 68 at Royal St George's takes him into the weekend on four under par.
And with the two first day pacesetters, English amateur Tom Lewis and Dane Thomas Björn, having rounds of 74 and 72 respectively, it is the hero of the 2006 Ryder Cup who will occupy centre stage when he tees off on Saturday.
Clarke was unbeaten that week at The K Club in a match played just six weeks after his wife Heather lost her fight with breast cancer.
Now engaged to a former Miss Northern Ireland, Alison Campbell, and back living in Portrush rather than Surrey, the father of two is old enough not to get carried away with the position he finds himself in.
Fourteen years on from his runner-up finish at Royal Troon, he said after sinking a 20 foot birdie putt on the last: "Obviously this is only after two rounds - there is an awful long way to go yet.
"And I believe the forecast for the weekend is very, very poor. I quite look forward to that, but the course is going to play very, very tough.
"If that's the case, then the tournament is still wide open for an awful lot of players and will be."
The fact remains, however, that he is two rounds from possibly joining a major club that now includes not only McIlroy, but also their fellow Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell and Dubliner Padraig Harrington, the man who got the ball rolling when he had back-to-back Opens and then a US PGA Championship as well.
Clarke's round began with laughter.
"That was somebody whistling at me when I was bending over stretching," he explained.
"I said 'I hope that was a lady', but he whistled again, same guy. I'm doing something all wrong."
Not in his personal life, though.
"I've got a wonderful fiancee. Alison is a great girl and instrumental in my getting my life back on track," he added.
Clarke, lucky to be out in the calmer conditions on day two, owes his place in his 20th Open to taking the 30th and last exempt spot off last year's Race to Dubai by less than €2,000.
A double bogey on the fourth, where a chip came back down a steep slope, was cancelled out by an eagle putt of around 80 feet just three holes later.
Four birdies and three bogeys followed, but he had the lead in the clubhouse on his own for a mere ten minutes. Glover was in the following group.
Lewis saw 61 year old playing partner Tom Watson hole-in-one at the sixth in the day's most electrifying moment, but by scoring nine more than his lowest-ever round by an amateur in the event the 20 year old from Welwyn Garden City dropped out of the top ten.
Björn is now joint third with Spain's Miguel Angel Jiménez, German Martin Kaymer and American Chad Campbell.
Most early eyes had been on Young Tom and Old Tom - Lewis and five-time champion Watson.
Watson's ace with a four iron was the 15th hole-in-one of his life, his four iron hopping in on the first bounce.
The 2009 runner-up - he would have been the oldest Major Champion by 11 years if only he had parred the final hole at Turnberry - continued to amaze with a 70. On two over he made his 24th Open cut and extended his own record as the oldest man to play all four rounds.
Lewis had a television camera in his face the moment he left the practice putting green and, not surprisingly in the circumstances, could not repeat his first-day heroics.
He bogeyed the final two holes, avoiding going out of bounds on the last only by hitting a post, but he is still in the title hunt.
"I think if you asked me that two days ago I would have taken it, but at this moment it doesn't feel so good," he said.
Björn did well to limit the damage after a hat-trick of bogeys from the second.
"It wasn't the prettiest of days golf-wise, but I'll take where I stand in the championship right now," he commented.
McIlroy remains a threat at level par after a 69, but World Number One Luke Donald bogeyed the last four holes and missed the cut on six over.
Second-ranked Lee Westwood and former champion Harrington joined him in an early exit on four over - one shot too many.
1999 Open champion Paul Lawrie was one past Claret Jug winner who did make it through to the weekend action. He had a 70 for 143 - the limit mark for qualifying.
The only other Scot to get through was Stephen Gallacher on 141 (70-71). Martin Laird, Peter Whiteford, Scott Jamieson and Sandy Lyle were all counted out.
Apart from Lawrie, past Open champions who beat the cut are Stewart Cink (14), defending champion Louis Oosthuizen (142) and  the evergreen Tom Watson (142).
Nine past Open champions were eliminated - Harrington, Lyle, John Daly, Mark Calcavecchia, Ernie Els, Ben Curtis, Mark O'Meara, David Duval and Todd Hamilton.
The clubhouse target was set at four under par 136 by Glover and Clarke, trying to take his own ride on the wave of Irish success in golf these last few years.
Fourteen years on from his runner-up finish at Royal Troon and a decade on from his last top-ten finish in any of the Majors, the 42 year old Ulsterman sank a 20 foot birdie putt on the last for his second successive 68.Five years after losing his wife Heather to breast cancer he is engaged to Alison Campbell, a former Miss Northern Ireland he met in a blind date set up by compatriot Graeme McDowell."I've got a wonderful fiancée. Alison is a great girl and instrumental in my getting my life back on track."
Clarke owes his place in his 20th Open to taking the 30th and last exempt spot off last year's Race to Dubai by less than €2,000.
After practising first with Westwood and then with new US Open Champion Rory McIlroy - he stood level par with five holes to play - Clarke went about showing he still has what it takes, although his second circuit of the Kent course was a real roller-coaster.
A double bogey on the fourth, where a chip came back down a steep slope, was cancelled out by an eagle putt of around 80 feet just three holes later.
Four birdies and three bogeys followed, but he had the lead in the clubhoue on his own for a mere ten minutes.
In the following group America's 2009 US Open Champion Glover, without a top-20 finish in five previous trips to the event, parred the last eight holes for a 70.
Most early eyes had been on Young Tom and Old Tom – 20 year old Lewis and five-time champion Watson.
Watson's ace with a four iron was the 15th hole-in-one of his life, his four iron hopping in on the first bounce.
The 2009 runner-up - he would have been the oldest Major Champion by 11 years if only he had parred the final hole at Turnberry - continued to amaze with a 70 to make his 24th Open cut and extend his own record as the oldest man to play all four rounds.
Lewis had a television camera in his face the moment he left the practice putting green and, not surprisingly in the circumstances, could not repeat his first day heroics.
He bogeyed the final two holes, avoiding going out of bounds on the last only by hitting a post, and the Welwyn Garden City player is still in the title hunt.
"I think if you asked me that two days ago I would have taken it, but at this moment it doesn't feel so good," he said.
Lewis has only one rival for the Silver Medal that goes to the leading amateur who completes four rounds. Mind you, Peter Uihlein is quite a formidable opponent. The American has been ranked World 1 amateur. He is currently No 2 while Lewis is No 13. Lewis is tied 14th (the same mark as Phil Mickelson) on 139 (65-75); Uihlein tied 45th with a pair of 71s for 142.
Björn did well to limit the damage after a hat-trick of bogeys from the second.
"It wasn't the prettiest of days golf-wise, but I'll take where I stand in the championship right now," he commented.
McIlroy birdied the 13th and 14th, but bogeyed the next before getting up and down from a plugged lie in a bunker on the last for a 69 and level par aggregate of 140, only four shots off the pace in joint 19th position.
World No 1 Donald, though, was in desperate trouble. Three successive bogeys from the 15th left him needing a birdie at the last just to retain any hope of surviving the cut on four over. He bogeyed it so the Englishmen had gone from the sublime (winner of the Barclays Scottish Open last Sunday) to the ridiculous (failing to qualify for the last two rounds of the Open, perhaps not so ridiculous!).

QUALIFIERS FOR WEEKEND ACTION
+Players with three-over-par totals of 143 or better
qualified for the third and fourth rounds
Par 140 (2x70)

T1	CLARKE, Darren	18	NIR	68	68			136	-4
T1	GLOVER, Lucas	18	USA	66	70			136	-4
T3	CAMPBELL, Chad	18	USA	69	68			137	-3
T3	KAYMER, Martin	18	GER	68	69			137	-3
T3	BJORN, Thomas	18	DEN	65	72			137	-3
T3	JIMENEZ, Miguel Angel	18	ESP	66	71			137	-3
T7	LARRAZABAL, Pablo	18	ESP	68	70			138	-2
T7	SCHWARTZEL, Charl	18	RSA	71	67			138	-2
T7	LOVE III, Davis	18	USA	70	68			138	-2
T7	LEHMAN, Tom	18	USA	71	67			138	-2
T7	COETZEE, George	18	RSA	69	69			138	-2
T7	JOHNSON, Dustin	18	USA	70	68			138	-2
T7	HANSEN, Anders	18	DEN	69	69			138	-2
T14	SCOTT, Adam	18	AUS	69	70			139	-1
T14	MICKELSON , Phil	18	USA	70	69			139	-1
T14	LEWIS, Tom (amateur)	18	ENG	65	74			139	-1
T14	OVERTON, Jeff	18	USA	68	71			139	-1
T14	PALMER, Ryan	18	USA	68	71			139	-1
T19	STANLEY, Kyle	18	USA	68	72			140	Par
T19	KIM, Anthony	18	USA	72	68			140	Par
T19	YANG, YE	18	KOR	71	69			140	Par
T19	JOHNSON, Zach	18	USA	72	68			140	Par
T19	STRICKER, Steve	18	USA	69	71			140	Par
T19	SIMPSON, Webb	18	USA	66	74			140	Par
T19	ROCK, Robert	18	ENG	69	71			140	Par
T19	JACOBSON, Fredrik	18	SWE	70	70			140	Par
T19	DYSON, Simon	18	ENG	68	72			140	Par
T19	IKEDA, Yuta	18	JPN	69	71			140	Par
T19	McILROY, Rory	18	NIR	71	69			140	Par
T19	FOWLER, Rickie	18	USA	70	70			140	Par
T19	GARCIA, Sergio	18	ESP	70	70			140	Par
T32	LEVIN, Spencer	18	USA	72	69			141	+1
T32	JACQUELIN, Raphael	18	FRA	74	67			141	+1
T32	GREEN, Richard	18	AUS	70	71			141	+1
T32	SABBATINI, Rory	18	RSA	71	70			141	+1
T32	HOWELL III, Charles	18	USA	71	70			141	+1
T32	DAY, Jason	18	AUS	71	70			141	+1
T32	WATSON, Bubba	18	USA	69	72			141	+1
T32	ALLENBY , Robert	18	AUS	69	72			141	+1
T32	BOYD, Gary	18	ENG	71	70			141	+1
T32	GALLACHER , Stephen	18	SCO	70	71			141	+1
T32	CINK, Stewart	18	USA	70	71			141	+1
T32	NOH, Seung-Yul	18	KOR	69	72			141	+1
T32	McEVOY, Richard	18	ENG	69	72			141	+1
T45	FRAZAR, Harrison	18	USA	72	70			142	+2
T45	FERRIE, Kenneth	18	ENG	71	71			142	+2
T45	WILSON, Mark	18	USA	74	68			142	+2
T45	LUITEN, Joost	18	NED	73	69			142	+2
T45	IMMELMAN, Trevor	18	RSA	70	72			142	+2
T45	ROSE, Justin	18	ENG	72	70			142	+2
T45	FURYK, Jim	18	USA	72	70			142	+2
T45	OOSTHUIZEN, Louis	18	RSA	72	70			142	+2
T45	WATSON, Tom	18	USA	72	70			142	+2
T45	BARNES , Ricky	18	USA	68	74			142	+2
T45	HWANG, Jung-Gon	18	KOR	68	74			142	+2
T45	VAN PELT, Bo	18	USA	73	69			142	+2
T45	HAAS, Bill	18	USA	72	70			142	+2
T45	UIHLEIN, Peter (amateur)	18	USA	71	71			142	+2
T59	MOLINARI , Edoardo	18	ITA	69	74			143	+3
T59	STENSON, Henrik	18	SWE	72	71			143	+3
T59	ANDERSSON HED, Fredrik	18	SWE	68	75			143	+3
T59	DE VRIES, Floris	18	NED	70	73			143	+3
T59	HAVRET, Gregory	18	FRA	72	71			143	+3
T59	KHAN, Simon	18	ENG	71	72			143	+3
T59	WOODLAND, Gary	18	USA	75	68			143	+3
T59	MOORE, Ryan	18	USA	69	74			143	+3
T59	CHOI, K J	18	KOR	71	72			143	+3
T59	CASEY, Paul	18	ENG	74	69			143	+3
T59	BOURDY, Gregory	18	FRA	73	70			143	+3
T59	LAWRIE, Paul	18	SCO	73	70			143	+3
T59	MILLAR, Matthew	18	AUS	71	72			143	+3

MISSED THE CUT
T72 AIKEN, Thomas 18 RSA 74 70 144 +4
T72 MACPHERSON, Bryden (A) 18 AUS 71 73 144 +4
T72 HARRINGTON, Padraig 18 IRL 73 71 144 +4
T72 WESTWOOD, Lee 18 ENG 71 73 144 +4
T72 HOLMES, JB 18 USA 69 75 144 +4
T72 CANIZARES, Alejandro 18 ESP 73 71 144 +4
T72 LEONARD, Justin 18 USA 70 74 144 +4
T72 CRANE, Ben 18 USA 71 73 144 +4
T72 WILLETT, Danny 18 ENG 69 75 144 +4
T72 STORM, Graeme 18 ENG 70 74 144 +4
T72 MAHAN, Hunter 18 USA 75 69 144 +4
T72 FISHER, Ross 18 ENG 71 73 144 +4
T72 HANSON, Peter 18 SWE 73 71 144 +4
T72 O'HAIR, Sean 18 USA 73 71 144 +4
T72 KULACZ, Rick 18 AUS 74 70 144 +4
T87 WHITEFORD, Peter 18 SCO 70 75 145 +5
T87 SNEDEKER, Brandt 18 USA 75 70 145 +5
T87 McDOWELL, Graeme 18 NIR 68 77 145 +5
T87 WATNEY, Nick 18 USA 74 71 145 +5
T87 MANASSERO, Matteo 18 ITA 73 72 145 +5
T87 VILLEGAS, Camilo 18 COL 71 74 145 +5
T87 NOREN, Alexander 18 SWE 69 76 145 +5
T94 KARLSSON, Robert 18 SWE 72 74 146 +6
T94 CABRERA, Angel 18 ARG 72 74 146 +6
T94 DONALD, Luke 18 ENG 71 75 146 +6
T94 DALY, John 18 USA 72 74 146 +6
T94 DUFNER, Jason 18 USA 74 72 146 +6
T94 STREELMAN, Kevin 18 USA 76 70 146 +6
T94 SCHIETEKAT, Neil 18 RSA 73 73 146 +6
T101 MEESAWAT, Prom 18 THA 72 75 147 +7
T101 MARITZ, Martin 18 RSA 73 74 147 +7
T101 CORFIELD, Lee 18 ENG 72 75 147 +7
T101 KNUTZON, Jason 18 USA 75 72 147 +7
T101 HOFFMAN, Charley 18 USA 72 75 147 +7
T101 LAIRD, Martin 18 SCO 72 75 147 +7
T101 OGILVY, Geoff 18 AUS 74 73 147 +7
T101 POULTER, Ian 18 ENG 69 78 147 +7
T101 OLESEN, Thorbjorn 18 DEN 73 74 147 +7
T110 BJERREGAARD, Lucas (A) 18 DEN 73 75 148 +8
T110 LANGER, Bernhard 18 GER 75 73 148 +8
T110 TAKAYAMA, Tadahiro 18 JPN 70 78 148 +8
T110 BAE, SM 18 KOR 72 76 148 +8
T110 GARRIGUS, Robert 18 USA 74 74 148 +8
T110 CALCAVECCHIA, Mark 18 USA 69 79 148 +8
T110 MOLINARI, Francesco 18 ITA 73 75 148 +8
T110 HIRATSUKA, Tetsuji 18 JPN 75 73 148 +8
T110 ELS , Ernie 18 RSA 72 76 148 +8
T119 LYLE, Sandy 18 SCO 73 76 149 +9
T119 BYRD, Jonathan 18 USA 75 74 149 +9
T119 BARNES, Kurt 18 AUS 68 81 149 +9
T119 KENNEDY, Brad 18 AUS 77 72 149 +9
T119 NA, Kevin 18 USA 74 75 149 +9
T119 LASKEY, Mark 18 WAL 73 76 149 +9
T125 JAMIESON, Scott 18 SCO 75 75 150 +10
T125 MARINO, Steve 18 USA 74 76 150 +10
T125 GREEN, Nathan 18 AUS 74 76 150 +10
T125 BADDELEY, Aaron 18 AUS 77 73 150 +10
T125 SHADBOLT, Thomas 18 ENG 74 76 150 +10
T125 LILLY, Simon 18 ENG 74 76 150 +10
T125 TIDLAND, Chris 18 USA 77 73 150 +10
T132 KUCHAR, Matt 18 USA 74 77 151 +11
T132 LAM, Chih-Bing 18 SGP 76 75 151 +11
T132 JAIDEE, Thongchai 18 THA 75 76 151 +11
T132 FUJITA, Hiroyuki 18 JPN 75 76 151 +11
T132 CURTIS, Ben 18 USA 77 74 151 +11
T132 DAVIS, Brian 18 ENG 75 76 151 +11
T138 O'MEARA, Mark 18 USA 76 76 152 +12
T138 KIM, KT 18 KOR 75 77 152 +12
T138 ESTES, Bob 18 USA 74 78 152 +12
T141 WOOTTON, Adam 18 ENG 71 82 153 +13
T141 JOHNSTON, Andrew 18 ENG 74 79 153 +13
T141 KELLY, Jerry 18 USA 74 79 153 +13
T141 MARKSAENG, Prayad 18 THA 76 77 153 +13
T141 DAVIES, Rhys 18 WAL 75 78 153 +13
T141 McGUIRK, Francis 18 ENG 77 76 153 +13
T147 SMITH, Andy 18 ENG 81 73 154 +14
T147 QUIROS, Alvaro 18 ESP 75 79 154 +14
T147 ISHIKAWA, Ryo 18 JPN 74 80 154 +14
T150 KAWAI, Hiroo 18 JPN 75 80 155 +15
T150 DUVAL, David 18 USA 78 77 155 +15
152 HAMILTON, Todd 18 USA 77 79 156 +16
153 BRIER, Markus 18 AUT 77 80 157 +17
154 EDWARDS, Simon 18 WAL 82 79 161 +21
155 HINTON, Craig (amateur) 18 ENG 82 87

THOMPSETT COMPLETES PAUL LAWRIE NE BOYS' TITLE DOUBLE

North-east District Golf Association official Jim Hunter, NE boys match-play (and stroke play) champion Daniel Thompsett,  Craig Lawrie (beaten semi-finalist), Chris Lamb (beaten finalist) and match referee Alan Joss at Westhill Golf Club. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com 

Tarland-based Daniel Thompsett, a junior member of Aboyne Golf Club, completed the Paul Lawrie North-east boys’ stroke-play and match-play titles double at Westhill Golf Club today.

Thompsett, who will enrol at  Rocky Mountain College, Montana next month (he will be 18 on August 24), won the stroke play title for the second year in a row by the runaway margin of 11 shots with rounds of 69 and 65 for four-under-par total of 134. Runner-up was Newmachar’s Chris Lamb with 73 and 72 for 145.

Paul Lawrie’s two sons, Craig and Michael, tied for third place with Andrew Carrell (Peterculter) on 148. A card countback went against Michael Lawrie in deciding the four leading players to contest the match-play title for the Bill Brown Trophy

In the semi-finals, Thompsett beat Carrell 4 and 3, while Lamb beat Craig Lawrie by one hole.

In a very good final, in which the contestants completed 20 holes in little over three hours, Thompsett beat Lamb with a birdie 2 at the short second extra hole. Lamb, two down after eight, won the ninth, 11^th and 13^th with a two-under-par run, to go one up on the 14^th tee. He was still one up on the 18^th tee but Thompsett rose to the pressure by birdieing that hole to square the final and take it into extra holes.

PAUL LAWRIE NORTH-EAST BOYS’ MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Westhill GC

Semi-finals – Daniel Thompsett (Aboyne) bt Andrew Carrell (Peterculter) 4 and 3, Chris Lamb (Newmachar) bt Craig Lawrie (Deeside) 1 hole.

Final – Thompsett bt Lamb at 20^th.

PAUL LAWRIE NORTH-EAST BOYS STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Westhill GC

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 138 (2x69)

134 Daniel Thompsett (Aboyne) 69 65.

145 Chris Lamb (Newmachar) 73 72.

148 Craig Lawrie (Deeside) 79 69, Andrew Carrell (Peterculter) 76 72, Michael Lawrie (Deeside) 76 72.

150 Jamie Reid (Cruden Bay) 76 74, Grant Joss (Royal Aberdeen) 76 74, Jack Moir (Newburgh) 74 76, David Young (Deeside) 74 76, Ross Anderson (Stonehaven) 70 80.

151 Calum Morrison (Inverurie) 74 77, Sam Kiloh (Portlethen) 79 72.

153 Sean Hassard (Deeside) 75 78, Josh Halliday (Stonehaven) 73 80, Dylan McGachy (Portlethen) 79 74.

154 Greg Morrison (Northern) 78 66.

155 Benjamin Henderson (Deeside) 78 77, Evan Robertson (Inchmarlo) 78 77, Dylan Smith (Alford) 80 75.

156 Kyle Rogers (Oldmeldrum) 80 76, Chris Polson (Auchmill) 79 77. Patrick McKenna (Alford) 70 86, Lewis Mutch (Duff House Royal) 78 79.

157 Ryan McKinnon (Peterculter) 77 80, Robbie Gauld (Cruden Bay) 79 78, Findlay McPherson (Kemnay) 75 82.

LAURIE PHILLIPS MAKES IT SIX IN A ROW AT CRUDEN BAY OPEN

Home course player Laurie Phillips won the Steadfast Scotland Cruden Bay Challenge Cup scratch tournament for a record sixth year in succession today over the Buchan club's links.

The final was a repeat of last year with Phillips, the top seed, beating Nick McAndrew (Royal Aberdeen) by 4 and 3. In the morning quarter-finals, Phillips had beaten Nick's brother Donald.

Today's results:

SCRATCH

Semi-finals - L Phillips (Cruden Bay) bt D McAndrew (Royal Aberdeen) 2 and 1, N McAndrew (Royal Aberdeen) bt C Gilbert (McDonald Ellon) 1 hole.

Final - Phillips bt N McAndrew 4 and 3.

HANDICAP - CLASS 1

Semi-finals - H Naysmith (West Linton) bt S Grant (Cruden Bay) 5 and 4, D Bell (Meldrum House) bt R Willox (Cruden Bay) 1 hole.

Final - Bell bt Naysmith 3 and 1.

HANDICAP - CLASS 2

Semi-finals - S Wilson (Cruden Bay) bt C Watson (Cruden Bay) 1 hole, W Wood (Cruden Bay) bt C Adams (Cruden Bay) 4 and 3.

Final - Wilson bt Wood 2 holes.

+Scottishgolfview.com thanks Cruden Bay's PGA Director of Golf Robbie Stewart for a daily service of scores/results and other information from the Steadfast Scotland Cruden Bay Challenge Cup. 

THOMPSETT RETAINS PAUL LAWRIE NE BOYS TITLE BY 11 STROKES

By GEORGE YOUNG
North-east District Golf Association secretary
Daniel Thompsett (Aboyne), with rounds of 69 and 65 for a total of four-under-par 134, won the Paul Lawrie North-east boys' championship at Westhill GC for the  second year in a row. He is only the seventh person to do so in the 94-year history of the championship.
Thompsett finished 11 strokes ahead of second-placed Chris Lamb (Newmachar) (73-72 for 145)
Interestingly Craig Lawrie (79-69)edged out younger brother Michael Lawrie (76-72) and Andrew Carrell (also 76-72) for third place after they all finished on 148.

In the North-east boys' match tournament, Daniel Thompsett plays Andrew Carrell, while Chris Lamb plays Craig Lawrie.

Michael Lawrie missed out on the match play, but has a chance to win the North-east Under 14s' title at Alford.

PAUL LAWRIE NORTH-EAST BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP
Westhill Golf Club.
Par 138 (2x69)
No. Name Club H.Cap Rd 1 Rd 2 Total
1 Daniel Thompsett Aboyne 1 69 65 134
2 Chris Lamb Newmachar 1 73 72 145
3 Craig Lawrie Deeside 3 79 69 148
4 Andrew Carrell Peterculter 1 76 72 148
5 Michael Lawrie Deeside 8 76 72 148
6 Jamie Reid Cruden Bay 1 76 74 150
7 Grant Joss Royal Abdn 3 76 74 150
8 Jack Moir Newburgh 5 74 76 150
9 David Young Deeside 5 74 76 150
10 Ross Anderson Stonehaven 4 70 80 150
11 Calum Morrison Inverurie 8 74 77 151
12 Sam Kiloh Portlethen 3 79 72 151
13 Sean Hassard Deeside 8 75 78 153
14 Josh Halliday Stonehaven 6 73 80 153
15 Dylan McGachy Portlethen 5 79 74 153
16 Greg Morrison Northern 7 78 76 154
17 Benjamin Henderson Deeside 5 78 77 155
18 Evan Robertson Inchmarlo 3 78 77 155
19 Dylan Smith Alford 10 80 75 155
20 Kyle Rogers Oldmeldrum 9 80 76 156
21 Chris Polson Auchmill 6 79 77 156
22 Patrick McKenna Alford 7 70 86 156
23 Lewis Mutch Duff House 2 78 78 156
24 Ryan McKinnon Peterculter 4 77 80 157
25 Robbie Gauld Cruden Bay 4 79 78 157
26 Findlay McPherson Kemnay 6 75 82 157
27 Adam Fisher Inchmarlo 3 82 77 159
28 Craig Bain Strathlene 4 79 79 159
29 Ben Murray Portlethen 1 76 83 159
30 Stephen Roger Cruden Bay 15 80 81 161
31 Fintan McKenna Alford 14 83 78 161
32 Lewis McKenzie Turriff 6 80 82 162
33 Kerr Baptie Duff House 3 82 80 162
34 Cameron Giblin Torphins 9 82 81 163
35 Declan Addison Peterhead 6 84 79 163
36 Ross McAllan Stonehaven 5 82 81 163
37 Ray Gordon Alford 5 80 85 165
38 Christopher Kelman Deeside 7 81 84 165
39 Calvin Cheyne Newmachar 7 80 85 165
40 Grant Robb Stonehaven 6 87 79 166
41 Philip McNicholas Peterculter 9 86 80 166
42 Craig Stephen Aboyne 5 81 86 167
43 Calum Sutherland Deeside 7 87 82 169
44 Callum Coutts Alford 9 84 86 170
45 Michael Johnston Peterculter 12 79 92 171
46 Connor Douglas Stonehaven 10 88 84 172
47 Danny Smith Royal Abdn 9 85 87 172
48 Murray Adam Royal Abdn 13 89 85 174
49 Rowen Mackie Peterculter 11 94 80 174
50 Andrew McLaughlin Peterculter 16 89 87 176
51 Cameron Fraser Oldmeldrum 12 89 89 178
52 Lewis Mackie Peterculter 26 93 86 179
53 Neil Tough Newmachar 9 87 92 179
54 Sean Butcher Peterhead 11 85 95 180
55 Jamie Rogers Oldmeldrum 15 94 88 182
56 Michael Carrell Peterculter 13 95 89 184
57 Lewys Anderson Deeside 5 84 N/R Disq
58 Adam Giles Newmachar 9 82 N/R N/R
59 Declan Flood Auchmill 2 N/R N/R
60 Jay Hutton Auchmill 10 N/R 89 N/R
61 Kevin Riddell Stonehaven 5 70 N/R N/R
62 David Henderson Bon Accord 10 N/R N/R N/R
63 Ryan Grieve Bon Accord 12 90 N/R N/R
64 Liam Minty Northern 8 87 N/R N/R
65 Sam McNeil Aboyne 4 88 N/R N/R
66 Callum Murphy Bon Accord 12 92 N/R N/R
67 Cameron Gunn Bon Accord 9 92 N/R N/R
68 Jonathan Gregor Auchmill 7 N/R N/R