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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- On a day when the course conditions favoured experienced players with major championship success, US PGA Tour rookie Michael Thompson had to learn how to fly.
The Hooters Tour just didn't prepare him for anything like this.
Facing rough so thick it forced Mike Weir to withdraw with an elbow injury, and the tightest course he's ever seen, Thompson followed up his even-par opening round with a 4-under 66 on Friday to move into a first-place tie with fellow American Chad Campbell after the second round of the Canadian Open.
"I played on the Hooters Tour last year, where there's no rough," Thompson said. "You just take your driver out and kill it."
That hasn't been the recipe for success this week, not with the long grass being compared the U.S. Open, fairways around 27 yards wide, and old growth forest lining every hole on the 7,010-yard Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club lay-out.
For Thompson, a 26-year-old from Alabama who could get from 110th to 33rd in the FedExCup standings with a win this week, the only comparison was the 2007 U.S. Amateur, where he made the finals before losing to Colt Knost, who was at even par Friday.
"What I've learned on a golf course like this is you pick your line and you get really focused in on your target," said Thompson, who has now made five straight cuts in his first US Tour season, and 10 of 17 overall.
Playing under mostly sunny skies in the afternoon, Thompson followed an early bogey with five birdies, including one on the tough 472-yard, par-4 18th.
"On top of that, just accepting where it goes," he said. "If it goes in the rough, you deal with it. There's no reason to freak out or panic."
It's a lesson many of the leaders this week had already learned.
Campbell, coming off a season-best tie for fifth at the British Open, shot 67 under cloudy skies in the morning. Playing partner Paul Goydos (69), and Lee Janzen (68), a two-time U.S. Open champion, also had shares of the lead before bogeys on their final hole dropped them to 3-under on another tough day.
"The toughness of the course I think is great, especially if you have good experience on it," said Janzen, whose last win was the 1998 U.S. Open. "We hate hitting out of high rough, but you've got to look at what the tournament is trying to accomplish. They want the Canadian Open to mean something and hopefully the leaderboard looks like the leaderboard they want."
It wasn't short on former major winners.
Current Masters champion Charl Schwartzel (67) and 2006 U.S. Open winner Geoff Ogilvy (68) were among seven players at 2-under, two strokes off the lead.
"Good players are playing well in this tournament," said Ogilvy, who wasn't a fan of the rough. "It's a quality looking leaderboard and at the end of the day that's all you can ask for. It doesn't really matter what people shoot."
Joining Ogilvy and Schwartzel at 2-under were Rickie Fowler (69), Jerry Kelly (67), first-round leader Kris Blanks (71), and Canadians David Hearn (68) and Adam Hadwin, a local playing on a sponsor's exemption who bogeyed No. 18 for a 66.
For the 23-year-old Hadwin, in his second year on the tier-3 Canadian Tour, the round was extra special because younger brother Kyle, who has had five major surgeries while battling Crohn's disease was able to leave a nearby hospital and walk the course. It was the first time since last year's Canadian Open, when Hadwin was the top Canadian, that Kyle was able to see his brother play in person.
Kyle wasn't able to travel when Adam qualified for this year's U.S. Open.
"He's a tough kid, he's been battling hard for a while," Hadwin said. "It's great that he's able to get out here and enjoy this with me."
Scott McCarron shot the lowest round of the tournament, a 65 that moved the veteran into a group of seven players at 1-under, and Tommy Gainey, who opened with a 77, matched it to move to 2-over and get below the 4-over cut line.
Despite a lack of overnight rain to soften the course like it saw early Thursday, scores were down by almost half a shot, but considering that first round was third-toughest on the US Tour  this season at more than 3-over par, it was all relative.
Anthony Kim, coming off a tie for fifth at the British Open last week, was disqualified after signing for less than his 11-over 81.
"A.K. just got it going sideways a little bit and out here there's no faking it," said Fowler, who played with Kim and Lucas Glover, who is 1-under. "You've got to hit the ball in the fairway and stay out of trouble here."
The number of players under par was down -- from 21 after Day One to 18 going into the weekend -- and Campbell, Goydos, Fowler and Janzen were the only ones to stay under on both days as the thick rough claimed more than just scorecards.
Canadian favourite Weir, who won the 2003 Masters, withdrew after hitting out of the long rough and aggravating an elbow injury that cut short his 2010 season. Weir was 8-over after six holes when he pulled out.
"Very disappointing," he said. "This is our national championship. I want to play and have great fan support. But I'm just not going to re-injure it again. With this deep rough, I just can't hit it."
NOTES: Hadwin came the closest to the only bogey-free round of the tournament before his tee shot on 18 found the round and he took two shots to get out, making an 11-foot putt to save bogey. ... The scoring average Friday was 72.55 after being 73.02 on Thursday. ... Goydos, 47, would be the oldest winner in event history at almost two years older than Mark Calcavecchia, who won with a 5-under total the last time Shaughnessy hosted the event in 2005.


NATIONWIDE TOUR LEADER PETERSON HAS SIGHTS

SET ON PLAYING AT ROYAL ABERDEEN


By Joe Chemycz, Nationwide Tour staff
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Here come the kids! Amateurs John Peterson of Louisiana State University and Harris English of Georgia University have been strutting their stuff through the first two rounds of the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational and find themselves holding down the top two spots on the leaderboard at this US Nationwide Tour event.
Peterson, winner of the 2011 NCAA Individual Championship, is at 11-under 131 after two trips around the Ohio State University Scarlet Course. English, winner of last week's prestigious Southern Amateur Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida, is at 10-under and one shot back.
This is the first time in 22-year history of the Nationwide Tour that amateurs have held the top two spots on the leaderboard after two rounds.
The two college rivals played a practice round early in the week and find themselves paired together for Saturday's third round, courtesy of their 1-2 standing.
"It was just the usual stuff, a lot of hunting and college football," English said of the early week topics. "It'll be fun. I saw him put up 11-under this morning. It was something to look at all day. We're good friends. We know each other's games pretty well."
Peterson, who shot a 7-under 64 to hold the first-round lead, carded a 4-under 67 early Friday and then headed to the pool to try and cool off in the sweltering heat. Temperatures were in the mid-90s and the heat index reached into triple digits.
English started late in the day and waited out a 100-minute rain delay before he birdied two of his final three holes for a second straight 5-under 66 and a 132 total.
"There's a lot of good amateurs here. It speaks highly of collegiate golf this day and age," said English, who will celebrate his 22nd birthday on Saturday. "There's just a lot of good players in college and amateur golf this year. It doesn't surprise me.
English was making a late run up the leaderboard and was at 8-under and facing a three-foot birdie putt on his 16th hole when a fast-moving storm rolled into central Ohio, forcing officials to halt play just as the clock struck 6 p.m.
"I didn't want to putt that," he admitted. "The storm was coming in, lightning was popping everywhere. I didn't want to go ahead and hit it quick. That storm was coming up fast and they were going to blow the horn any minute."
English waited and when he returned, rolled in the short birdie putt to grab solo second place. He added another 20-foot birdie putt at the par-4, 9th to cut Peterson's lead down to one.
Peterson stumbled out of the gate during the morning session with a double-bogey but rebounded quickly with back-to-back birdies and settle his nerves. He added four more birdies during the day and was up by three when he was done.
His 131 total bettered the tournament's 36-hole record by four strokes and he looked firmly in command of the event that invites a dozen top college players to tee it up with the Nationwide Tour pros. Daniel Summerhays was a senior-to-be at Brigham Young University when he won the inaugural event in 2007 to become the first amateur ever to win on the Nationwide Tour. Rickie Fowler had competed his sophomore year at Oklahoma State when he lost a playoff to Derek Lamely here in 2009.
"I'd love to turn pro and make some money this week. How much is first place, like 150-grand?" Peterson asked. "You know that'll be there in two months."
First prize is actually $144,000 but Peterson has his sights set on making the United States Walker Cup Team that will compete at Royal Aberdeen GC in mid-September.
"The chance to play for your country won't be around forever," he said. "The only thing that you can do other than that is the Ryder Cup and I'm waiting for that. I hope I make it."
San Diego's Brian Smock (68) and Cincinnati's Brett Wetterich (67) share third place at 8-under 134. Columbus native Kyle Reifers played his final eight holes in two-over par and ended the day with a 3-under 68 to reach 7-under 135. He is tied for fifth with Aaron Watkins (70) and Josh Broadaway (67).
Seven players are at 6-under 136, including Oklahoma State's Peter Uihlein, the reigning U.S. Amateur Champion.
Smock, 38, has made no secret of the fact that the suffocating heat and humidity are taking a toll.
"I can't think of any place in my golf career that has been hotter," he said after completing his morning round. "I think you can lose about 10 pounds on a day like this!"
Smock said that after his practice rounds early in the week he had a feeling he was in for a good week despite missing the cut at last week's Chiquita Classic.
"I shot even-par but I knew I was close," he said. "You have to be careful out here when you miss cuts and not get down on yourself and start changing things. You could be right there, make a wrong decision and head off in another direction where if you had just stayed on course you'd be fine."
Wetterich has been searching for the form that earned him a victory at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open in March but has since seen him fall to No. 13 on the money list with three consecutive missed cuts.
"I think I've missed every cut by a shot or so. It's a couple of bad shots some weeks and last week it was just bad putts," he said. "In putting I've always been like this. I'll go a month where I make everything I look at and they're for pars and then turn around and make everything for birdies. I'm just kind of sporadic like that."
Second-Round Notes:
• A fast-moving thunderstorm rolled through the Columbus area in the late afternoon. Heavy rain and lightning forced officials to suspend play at 6:00 p.m. with 21 players still on the course. Play resumed at 7:40 p.m.
• A total of 68 players (65 pros and 3 amateurs) made the 36-hole cut, which came at even-par 142.
• Jeff Curl withdrew during the second round due an ankle injury.
• John Riegger withdrew during the second round due to heat-related problems.
• John Peterson of LSU broke the tournament's 36-hole scoring record by four shots. The old mark of 7-under 135 was held jointly by Joe Daley, Rickie Fowler and Dave Schultz, who were tied for the second-round lead in 2009.
• Matt Hendrix closed with six birdies on his final seven holes for a 3-under 69. Hendrix birdied his final four holes and is now at 6-under and T8.
• John Peterson's 131 score is also the best single 36-hole score in tournament history. Josh Broadaway posted a 133 total (66-67) in the second and third rounds in 2008 and Derek Lamely matched that 133 (68-65) during the third and fourth rounds in 2009.
• John Peterson is T1 in greens in regulation (29 of 36).
• Harris English is 1st in putting (49 putts over 36 holes).

HARRY CASEY WINS CARRIS TROPHY BY A SHOT AT BROADSTONE

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Harry Casey bridged a three-year gap when he won the English Under-18 boys' open amateur stroke-play championship for the Carris Trophy, supported by Titleist, in a slight drizzle at Broadstone.
A closing round of 69 for 274, six under par, left him a shot ahead of playing partner Matthew Fitzpatrick, who shot 72, and three clear of Italy’s Corrado De Stefani.
Casey’s victory was one of relief. It was back in 2008 that he achieved his last significant success in the Douglas Johns Trophy and he’d come close to other victories, not least in last year’s Carris Trophy when he finished runner-up to Callum Shinkwin.
“This win means a lot,” said Casey. “I’ve come close to winning a lot in the last two years and it has finally happened. It feels good and hopefully I can now go on to bigger things.”
Casey began the day two strokes behind third round leader Fitzgerald and when the Yorkshire lad birdied the first he was even further behind. But when Fitzgerald hooked his drive into a ditch on the fourth and ran up a triple bogey seven, Casey, who had birdied the third, found himself a shot in front.
He was still one ahead after going out in 35 while a birdie-two at the 11th doubled that and when Fitzgerald dropped another shot at the 13th, the Middlesex lad’s lead was three.
It seemed all over until Casey hit trouble with three putts at 15 while a poor drive at 16 meant another bogey.
Suddenly the lead was back to one. They both parred the 17th and hit the 18th green in regulation. Casey then took two putts leaving Fitzgerald needing to hole from around 15 feet to force a playoff. But his effort rolled past and Casey was home and dry.
“I struggled over the last four holes but managed to hold it together to the end,” Casey admitted. “I didn’t go out with any plan, just to play each shot at a time. But those late bogeys put me under pressure.
“I didn’t know the situation playing the last hole but again I just played each shot as it came. But to finally get over the line feels real good.”
Fitzgerald, two years Casey’s junior, was not despondent. “I played well again and hit 15 greens,” he said. “I putted O.K. but if I had holed a few more it might have been different.
“But the fourth cost me. After my drive finished in the ditch, I dropped out and then hit a tree. From then on it was an uphill battle. I knew I had to sink my putt on the 18th to tie but I’m pleased the way I played especially as I’ve had a lot of exams recently.”
De Stefani couldn’t find the form that had seen him storm ahead over the opening two rounds but a closing 72 gave him third spot on 277, while Shinkwin made a valiant effort in defence of the title with 71 for 279 and equal fourth place.
The best rounds of the day, three 66s, were returned by Harrison Greenbury for 282, James Simpson for 283 and Liam Taylor for 289.
The Hazards Salver for the lowest score by a GB and I player aged under 16 went to Jack Singh-Brar from Hampshire with a closing 71 for 282, while the Malcolm Reid Salver for the best aggregate over the Carris and McEvoy Trophies was won by Nathan Kimsey with 551.

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Lanarkshire county match-play championship at Airdrie

Tony Whitelaw (Hollandbush) bt Mark o'Donnell (Hamilton) 2 and 1 in the final.

LOCAL HERO NOREN LEADS BY THREE SHOTS IN STOCKHOLM

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Home favourite Alex Noren claimed a three-shot halfway lead at the Nordea Masters with a Bro Hof Slott Course record - although the latter did not last long.
The 29 year old signed for a six under par 66 in his native Stockholm to reach 11 under par.
Five birdies in a spectacular outward 31 took the two-time European Tour winner clear of overnight co-leaders Jaco Van Zyl and amateur Robert Karlsson, and he struck his tee shot to three feet on the par three 11th to complete the scoring in a bogey-free round.
India’s Shiv Kapur is Noren’s nearest challenger after reaching eight under courtesy of a 66, which matched Noren’s course record within an hour of it being set.
But in one of the last groups of the day Korean Jin Jeong birdied three of his last four for a seven under 65.
“I played probably the best I’ve ever played,” said Saab Wales Open champion Noren. "It’s just been great, everything has been going better.
“I don’t think I’ve ever done that on this course and I’ve played here a lot,” he added when asked about keeping a bogey off his card.
“It really helps playing this course a lot. I know what lines there are and I know when to step back.”
Kapur is yet to win on The European Tour despite this being his sixth season, but he started his round with a hattrick of birdies from the 11th, holed from 20 feet on the 15th and, after three more gains and two bogeys, birdied his final hole of the day to put himself firmly in contention heading into the weekend.
Big-hitting American Bubba Watson saw his eagle putt creep in at the ninth and birdied four in a row from the 12th, but The Ryder Cup star was still not satisfied with his 67.
“I struggled on the front nine,” he said, after moving into a share of third place on six under. “Made a couple of dumb mistakes - three bogeys. Hit one in the water today - it could be better. I’m in a good position though, I’ve got to keep making birdies and hopefully not make any mistakes. “I knew I was going to have a lot of short irons if I hit it over bunkers. There’s five par-5s so you know I love that.”
Van Zyl joined Watson after a one under 71, with Jeong, England’s Anthony Wall, Australian Scott Hend and Karlsson a shot further back - although this time it was the former European Number One on the leaderboard rather than his amateur namesake, who could only manage a 75.
Starting his second round on the tenth, 41 year old Karlsson reeled off four consecutive birdies from the 15th to turn in a three under par 33.
The 11-time European Tour winner had a chance to join Watson in third after playing his third shot off the rocks to six feet at the par five ninth, but he missed the birdie putt and had to settle for a 70.
“It’s always a fairly high scoring golf course,” he said. “At 15 I had long two-putt for birdie, 16 hit a good six iron to a couple of feet, then holed two long putts.”
Asked about seeing his name top of the leaderboard before teeing off on Thursday, he added: “It was quite interesting not having started and leading a tournament, so it was quite funny! Robert Karlsson four under and he’s on the range!”
Hend is yet to record a top-20 finish on The European Tour this season, but found the lengthy Bro Hof Slott course to his liking as he added a 70 to his opening 69.
“It’s been a while since I’ve played golf, so nice to come out and play solid so far,” he said. “Hopefully the weekend will continue that way.
“I need to produce - I haven’t produced so far this year, it’s been a bit of a tough year. I feel like I’m playing good but not producing any results so hopefully that will turn around.”
Tournament Leaderboard
Par 144 (2x72)
Pos Player name Nat Hole Par
1 NOREN, Alexander SWE 18 -11
2 KAPUR, Shiv IND 18 -8 T3 WATSON, Bubba USA 18 -6
T3 VAN ZYL, Jaco RSA 18 -6
T5 HEND, Scott AUS 18 -5
T5 KARLSSON, Robert SWE 18 -5
SCOTS SCORES
144 Scott Jamieson 73 71, Alastair Forsyth 72 72 (T41).

MISSED THE CUT (145 or better qualified)
146 Steven O'Hara 75 71, Elliot Saltman 73 73.
148 David Drysdale 72 76.
151 Gary Orr 78 73, George Murray 78 73.
157 Marc Warren 81 76.

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McARTHUR, DOHERTY PUT IN GRANDSTAND FINISHES TO QUALIFY

By Michael Gibbons
European Tour Deputy Chief Press Officer
Andrew McArthur and Jack Doherty took the dramatic path to ensuring their weekend participation at the European Challenge Tour’s English Challenge.
With the cut mark moving to two under par, McArthur was thinking about the quickest way home to Glasgow with five holes to play as he stood on the 14th tee at the Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa in Essex on three over par.
But a sensational run for home saw the Scot birdie his last five holes to make the two under cut mark with nothing to spare.
Doherty, meanwhile, was also sweating on his weekend status as he stood on the ninth tee (his 18th hole of the day) at one under par. Five minutes later, after holing his second shot – a sand wedge from 129 yards – for an eagle 2, Doherty could breathe easy as he finished the day on three under.
Both men will have to continue that path if they are to have any chance of winning the €25,600 first prize on Sunday, with former World Amateur Number One Jamie Moul leading on nine under going into the weekend.
While McArthur and Doherty had hugely satisfying conclusions to their second rounds, there was disappointment for Scott Drummond and Craig Lee (one under), Gavin Dear and Callum Macaulay (one over) and Chris Doak (four over) who all missed the halfway cut.
There are not many professional golfers who can still lead a tournament after taking a quadruple bogey during their second rounds, but Jamie Moul did just that at the English Challenge after a roller coaster second round.
Moul, playing over his home course, certainly gave the huge crowd following him plenty of thrills and spills as he posted a one under par 71 to move to nine under par for the tournament and maintain his one stroke advantage over the field.
Starting on the tenth tee, the local boy flew out of the blocks with three birdies in his opening five holes to move three clear of the chasing pack.
At that point, Moul looked in the kind of form that could see him replicate his former Walker Cup team mate Rory McIlroy’s domineering US Open performance but he was stopped in his tracks when his ball came to rest in an ugly divot on the 17th fairway.
“It was going alright up until that point,” smiled Moul. “I was just trying to really dig the ball out of the divot but it came out horrible and flew way right and ended up six inches out of bounds. Naturally I tugged the next one into the bunker left at which point the head was off a little bit and I ended up with an 8.
“It took me a few holes to get my focus back but then I finished really nicely, birdieing three of my last four holes to get back into the lead which was a nice way to end a pretty strange day.
“At the start of the week I would have been delighted to be leading by one going into the weekend here so I have to put that one bad hole into perspective and keep playing the way I have done for the other 35 holes this week.
“I really up for the weekend and it feels great to be playing well in front of so many people who are giving me unbelievable support out there.”
The 26 year old will need that support to fend off a chasing pack that could see any one of the 64 players that made two under par cut mark. With just seven shots separating the entire weekend field, it is sure to be a thrilling weekend of golf at Stoke by Nayland.
Moul’s closest challengers – Martin Erlandsson, Jesus Legarrea and Alessandro Tadini – lead the chasing pack on eight under but the English Challenge trophy is still very much up for grabs with every man in the weekend field in with a great shout to take the title.
That is, providing Mr Moul keeps producing those roller coaster rounds…..

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

Par 144 (2x72) Yardage 7,134

135 J Moul  (Eng) 64 71

136 A Tadini (Ita) 69 67, M Erlandsson (Swe) 69 67, J Legarrea (Esp) 68 68

137 A Otaegui  (Esp) 72 65, I Keenan (Eng) 69 68, B Hebert  (Fra) 71 66, A Snobeck  (Fra) 68 69, J Little  (Eng) 65 72, C Paisley  (Eng) 70 67, M Baldwin (Eng) 66 71

138 S Little (Eng) 71 67, C Suneson (Esp) 68 70, L Canter (Eng) 73 65, L Jensen (Den) 67 71, G Snow  (Ken) 69 69, M Laskey  (Wal) 69 69, V Riu  (Fra) 66 72, A Perrino  (Ita) 70 68, G Houston (Wal) 68 70, M Bothma (RSA) 70 68

139 T Fleetwood  (Eng) 70 69, M Lemesurier (Eng) 68 71, B Etchart  (Esp) 70 69, M Southgate  (Eng) 70 69, J Robinson (Eng) 68 71, F Colombo (Ita) 66 73, G Clark (Eng) 67 72, H Bacher (Aut) 72 67, D Lokke (Den) 69 70

140 J Heath  (Eng) 67 73, M Ford (Eng) 70 70, E Kofstad (Nor) 76 64, A Högberg (Swe) 68 72, N McCarthy  (Eng) 67 73, L Kennedy  (Eng) 70 70, K Eriksson (Swe) 67 73, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 71 69, B Fowles (Eng) 70 70, F Valera (Esp) 69 71, A Bernadet  (Fra) 72 68

141 J Doherty  (Sco) 70 71, J Harris (Eng) 68 73, P Gustafsson (Swe) 68 73, D Whitnell  (Eng) 70 71, D Denison  (Eng) 71 70, A Marshall (Eng) 71 70, L Dodd  (Eng) 72 69, G Murphy (Irl) 74 67

142 C Moriarty (Irl) 71 71, R Kind (Ned) 72 70, C Gane (Eng) 73 69, F Delamontagne  (Fra) 66 76, B Barham (Eng) 71 71, R Hjelm (Den) 71 71, T Haylock  (Eng) 69 73, A McArthur  (Sco) 74 68, P Golding (Eng) 65 77, S Tiley (Eng) 72 70, D Brooks (Eng) 71 71, C Aronsen  (Nor) 73 69, P Dwyer (Eng) 72 70, A Domingo (Esp) 70 72, N Raymond (am) (Eng) 73 69

MISSED THE CUT

143 E Pepperell (Eng) 72 71, P Streeter (Eng) 71 72, C Russo (Fra) 73 70, J Guerrier  (Fra) 70 73, J Morgan  (Eng) 72 71, S Drummond (Sco) 71 72, C Lee (Sco) 71 72, F Calmels  (Fra) 70 73, G Lockerbie  (Eng) 72 71, C Lloyd (Eng) 73 70, S Fernandez (am) (Esp) 71 72

 144 R Santos  (Por) 70 74, T Leon (USA) 74 70, B Ritthammer (Ger) 74 70, N Kearney (Irl) 74 70, J Lima  (Por) 67 77, G Adell (Swe) 73 71, N Cheetham (Eng) 72 72, N Bertasio (Ita) 71 73, J Clément  (Sui) 71 73, M Evans (Eng) 70 74, J Billot (Fra) 71 73, A Hortal (am) (Esp) 69 75

145 C Hanson (Eng) 72 73, A Butterfield (Eng) 73 72, C Macaulay  (Sco) 73 72, J Garcia  (Esp) 72 73, T Whitehouse  (Eng) 70 75, A Bruschi  (Ita) 70 75, J Campillo (Esp) 73 72, A Willey (Eng) 71 74, W Besseling  (Ned) 76 69, M Stanford (Eng) 69 76, S Bebb (Wal) 73 72, M Lundberg (Swe) 73 72, P Del Grosso  (Arg) 76 69, J Grillon  (Fra) 69 76, D Wuensche  (Ger) 71 74, J Palmer (Eng) 72 73, B Åkesson (Swe) 71 74, G Dear (Sco) 73 72, J Howarth (Eng) 73 72

146 S Hutsby  (Eng) 75 71, P Archer (Eng) 70 76, G Shaw (Nir) 72 74, A Levy (Fra) 72 74, M Larsson  (Swe) 73 73, M Cryer (Eng) 74 72, J Hepworth (Eng) 72 74, G Jackson (Eng) 70 76, R Wallis (Eng) 72 74, B Evans  (Eng) 71 75, D Coupland (am) (Eng) 72 74

147 J Estevez  (Arg) 75 72, R Wingardh (Swe) 73 74, G Evans (Eng) 73 74, J Bevan (Eng) 73 74, T Ferreira  (RSA) 71 76, S Thornton (Irl) 73 74, C Ford (Eng) 73 74, A Ahokas (Fin) 72 75, J Van Der Vaart (Ned) 74 73, M Kieffer (Ger) 72 75, K Sullivan (Wal) 77 70

148 A Signor  (Ita) 72 76, J Quesne  (Fra) 75 73, E Dubois (Fra) 75 73, T Rice  (Irl) 73 75, C Doak (Sco) 74 74, F Svanberg  (Sui) 76 72

149 E Bertheussen (Nor) 75 74, G Cowan (Eng) 73 76, J Hedin (Swe) 74 75

150 A Hansen  (Den) 72 78, Z Xin-Jun (Chn) 77 73, J Abbate (Arg) 75 75, W Wei (Chn) 78 72, N Henriques  (Por) 71 79, B Hafthorsson (Isl) 76 74, M Palm (Swe) 78 72, M Cobo (Esp) 73 77

151 C Brazillier  (Fra) 70 81, A Pavan (Ita) 80 71, J Caldwell  (Nir) 78 73, M Delpodio  (Ita) 72 79, C Hinton (am) (Eng) 74 77

153 O Whiteley (Eng) 80 73, R De Sousa (Sui) 72 81, B Miarka (Ger) 78 75, G Watremez (Bel) 79 74

156 S Hackett (Irl) 79 77

 ** B Loughrey (am) (Eng) 76 WD,

CALCAVECCHIA ON TRAIL OF OPEN DOUBLE AT WALTON HEATH

By PAUL SYMES
European Seniors Tour Press Officer
Mark Calcavecchia’s bid to become only the fourth player to claim an Open Championship-Senior Open Championship double continued in the second round at Walton Heath Golf Club, Surrey where he shares the lead with his compatriot Lee Rinker and Canadian Rod Spittle on seven under par.
Calcavecchia, pictured left courtesy of Getty Images (c), was tied for the lead with Australian Mike Harwood overnight, and he was quickly out of the blocks on Friday morning with two birdies in his opening two holes.
The 1989 Open Champion reached the turn in 34, before birdies at the 12th and 18th holes shot him to the top of the leaderboard at the US$2million event, leaving him in pole position to join Bob Charles, Gary Player and Tom Watson in the exclusive club of Open Champions who have gone on to win the equivalent on the Senior Tour.
Calcavecchia sees no reason why he cannot push on and secure his first Senior Open Championship title.
“I don’t see why not, but there’s a long way to go. Like I said, I kind of held it together. I got a little sloppy on the back nine, but I’ll try to be aware of it tomorrow,” said the American.
“My last four drives were great, after three crooked ones on 11, 12 and 13. I’m looking forward to the weekend now.”
Calcavecchia was soon joined on seven under par by his close friend Rinker, who shot a stunning round of 67. The pair have been friends since playing junior golf together in their native Florida, but since then, Rinker has not enjoyed quite the same success as Major Champion Calcavecchia.
He said: “It’s just a total dream to be in this position. You dream of it your whole life, having a chance to win a tournament like this. So it’s going to be a lot of fun the last few days.”
Spittle made it a three-way tie at the top after matching Rinker’s round of 67 courtesy of seven birdies.
He said: “It’s very exciting. The challenge now is to slow down and breathe, try not to fall down, and continue to do the things I’ve done these last couple of days. I’ve driven it really well, and kept it out of the long stuff. If you can drive it on the fairways, you have a chance to score. So that will be my game plan for the next two days.”
Australian Peter Fowler is currently in fourth place after carding a superb round of 68 to climb to five under par. Fowler, a winner of two titles on the Senior Tour this season, notched five birdies and a solitary bogey to continue the form which has seen him climb to second place on the Order of Merit.
He said: “My body’s feeling much better than it has for a while, and I think that’s showing in my results. I had a few surgeries a couple of years ago on my back, so I did a lot of rehab, and I’m still doing it. The body feels good, and I think it’s helping my golf swing, because I’ve got to pay special attention to make sure that my body doesn't move around too much.
“I played pretty well today. I started to loosen up a little more today than yesterday. I knew that if I drove the ball well, I wouldn’t get into too much trouble. And that’s what happened, so I was pretty happy.”
England’s Barry Lane is also well placed on three under par after a solid round of 70, whilst his compatriot Kevin Spurgeon shot the lowest round of the day, a 66 which moved him up to one under par.
Spurgeon said: “I enjoyed it, after yesterday. I played quite well on the back nine yesterday to keep me from falling off the edge of the cliff, because I was struggling a bit. But I played much better today. This morning on the range, I couldn’t hit it. Honestly, I wasn’t striking it well at all. I was getting so cheesed off. But then I made birdie on the first and the second, and the swing was there again. It just came back.”
Watson, meanwhile, shot a superb round of 68 to rectify some of the damage done by his disappointing opening effort of 75. He still believes he is in with a chance of victory on one under par, having hit 17 greens in regulation on Friday.
“I kept the ball in play and drove the ball beautifully. I wasn’t in any of the heather and any of the bunkers, so that’s your main aim here at Walton Heath,” said Watson. “This heathland golf course is very exacting off the tee – if you make a few mistakes here, you’ll make some bogeys or worse.
“The putter is going to have to work this weekend for me to have a chance to win. I’m one under par for the tournament, so it looks like I’m going to have to make up some ground and the only way to do it is with your putter.”
Aberdeen's Peter Smith and Bruce Davidson failed to survive the halfway cut on 148 or better. Deeside's Smith went from a promising 72 on Thursday to a disappointing 77 today for 149 to miss out by a shot.
Bruce Davidson, the Director of Golf at River Oaks Country Club, Houston, had rounds of 76 and 77 for 153, then flew to Aberdeen for the Grampian Houston Junior Fund pro-am at Royal Aberdeen dinner at The Marcliffe Hotel. The biennial trip by a dozen promising North and North-east boys and girls to be Bruce's guests in Texas was his brainchild amost two decades ago.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
137 R Spittle (Can) 70 67, L Rinker (USA) 70 67, M Calcavecchia (USA) 68 69
139 P Fowler (Aus) 71 68
140 J Cook (USA) 73 67, M Goodes (USA) 70 70
141 B Tway (USA) 70 71, B Lane (Eng) 71 70, C Pavin (USA) 72 69
142 R Cochran (USA) 72 70, A Franco (Par) 70 72, C Beck (USA) 73 69, M Belsham (Eng) 71 71, F Funk (USA) 72 70, M Harwood (Aus) 68 74, G Brand Jnr (Sco) 70 72
143 D Frost (RSA) 69 74, T Kite (USA) 72 71, T Byrum (USA) 71 72, B Gilder (USA) 72 71, T Armour Iii (USA) 74 69, A Mackenzie (Sco) 69 74, T Lehman (USA) 71 72, S Jones (USA) 73 70, M O'Meara (USA) 71 72, M Reid (USA) 74 69, K Spurgeon (Eng) 77 66, L Mize (USA) 71 72, T Watson (USA) 75 68, P Senior (Aus) 74 69, J Huston (USA) 72 71
144 J Sluman (USA) 71 73, I Woosnam (Wal) 71 73, D Mast (USA) 73 71, O Browne (USA) 75 69, A Forsbrand (Swe) 72 72, P Mitchell (Eng) 71 73, J Quiros (Esp) 75 69, M McNulty (Irl) 68 76
145 S Simpson (USA) 71 74, M Allen (USA) 74 71, J Haas (USA) 71 74,
146 M Cunning (USA) 72 74, B Langer (Ger) 70 76, J Rutledge (Can) 73 73, G Brand (Eng) 74 72, G Wolstenholme (Eng) 73 73, N Price (Zim) 72 74, J Mason (USA) 73 73, P Curry (Eng) 76 70, M Brooks (USA) 72 74, M Mouland (Wal) 71 75, P Simson (am) (USA) 73 73
147 R Chapman (Eng) 77 70, A Fernandez (Chi) 77 70, E Romero (Arg) 72 75, D Green (USA) 76 71, N Ratcliffe (Aus) 72 75, J Ozaki (Jpn) 73 74, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 73 74, J Pate (USA) 74 73, R Haag (am) (USA) 72 75,
148 A Oldcorn (Sco) 73 75, J Murphy (Eng) 75 73, M James (Eng) 73 75, J Daley (USA) 71 77, E Darcy (Irl) 76 72, B Ruangkit (Tha) 75 73, M Farry (Fra) 75 73, S Pate (USA) 76 72, C Mason (Eng) 76 72, N Job (Eng) 74 74, P Blackmar (USA) 73 75, A Sherborne (Eng) 74 74, T Johnstone (Zim) 73 75, C Rocca (Ita) 76 72

MISSED THE CUT
149 J Carter (USA) 75 74, P Horgan (USA) 78 71, D Smyth (Irl) 75 74, T Thelen (USA) 78 71, P Smith (Sco) 72 77, S Cipa (Eng) 72 77, J Blake (USA) 75 74, G Townhill (Eng) 77 72
150 D Peoples (USA) 75 75, G Ryall (Eng) 74 76, C Williams (RSA) 74 76, J Harrison (Eng) 77 73, P Oakley (USA) 78 72, G Ralph (Eng) 75 75,
151 M Balen (USA) 74 77, S Okuda (Jpn) 78 73, H Kase (Jpn) 75 76, E Gonzalez (USA) 78 73, J Kim (Kor) 75 76, W Wood (USA) 75 76, J Bruner (USA) 78 73
152 M Wiebe (USA) 76 76, B Longmuir (Sco) 78 74, J Hoskison (Eng) 77 75, W Smith (Aus) 78 74, A J Webster (Sco) 75 77, S Torrance (Sco) 80 72,
153 J Rivero (Esp) 75 78, G Hallberg (USA) 73 80, L Chien Soon (Tpe) 76 77, D Merriman (Aus) 78 75, G Bothwell (Eng) 76 77, B Davidson (Sco) 76 77, I Aoki (Jpn) 79 74, K Hanefeld (USA) 77 76, R Lewallen (USA) 74 79,
154 D Padgett (Eng) 77 77, F Illouz (Fra) 77 77, J Gallagher Jnr (USA) 74 80, B Cameron (Eng) 77 77, G Trivisonno (USA) 76 78, T Dodds (Nam) 75 79, D Durnian (Eng) 77 77, D Hospital (Esp) 76 78, D James (RSA) 75 79,
155 R Davis (Aus) 76 79, R Drummond (Sco) 76 79, G Davies (Wal) 75 80, B Smit (RSA) 79 76, B Lincoln (RSA) 73 82, B Vaughan (USA) 78 77,
156 C Acutis (Ita) 83 73, R Masters (Eng) 78 78, G Manson (Aut) 76 80, A Yokoyama (Jpn) 79 77, M Donald (USA) 79 77, S East (am) (Eng) 79 77,
157 N Sugai (Jpn) 80 77, S Lyle (Sco) 81 76, P Wise (USA) 79 78,
159 M Gallagher (Eng) 82 77,
161 G Owens (Eng) 78 83,
163 S Daniels (RSA) 83 80,
168 L Farmer (Wal) 86 82,
** C Stadler (USA) 78 withdrew, D Russell (Eng) 73 retired, M Kuramoto (Jpn) 75 retired, P Errity (Irl) retired.

CHRIS STUART WINS SECOND MORAY OPEN IN THREE YEARS

By ALAN COWIE
Chris Stuart won his second Moray Open tournament in three years, defeating Richie Larratt in the final over the Lossiemouth links. Never behind, Chris made the decisive thrust by winning the 10th, 11th and 12th to take a three- hole lead. Although Richie won the 14th, it was not enough to prevent defeat.
In a close finish to the morning semi-final, Chris defeated holder John Forbes from Inverness on the last green.
Like the scratch final, Class 1 was also a close affair until the turn then Scott Matheson applied the necessary acceleration by winning four of the next five holes, eventually winning the match 2 and 1.
Class 2 saw Ronald Main winning on the last green over Glen McNaughton. Results:
Moray GC members unless stated.

Scratch section:
Semi-finals
C Stuart bt J D Forbes (Inverness) 1 hole.
R C Larratt bt A W Mair 3 and 2.
Final
Stuart bt Larratt 2 and 1.

Handicap Class 1
Macpherson Rose Bowl
Semi-finals
S Matheson (3) bt I Rooney (Craigmillar Park) (5) 4 and 3.
S Girvan (Newmachar) (6) bt J McGrath (5) 2 and 1.
Final
Matheson bt Girvan 2 and 1.

Handicap Class 2 (Ross Anderson Trophy)
Semi-Finals
R G Main (17) bt A Ingram (17) 2 and 1.
G McNaughton (18) bt G Roberts (12) 7 and 6.
Final
Main bt McNaughton 1 hole.

Stableford qualifying for Matchplay
Final
C Stirrat (10) bt H Cameron (21) 1 hole.

KEMNAY'S KENNY LAW IS NEW NE DISTRICT SENIORS CHAMPION

Kenny Law (Kemnay) is the new North-east District seniors' champion. Playing over his home course today, Kenny, who plays off seven, tied with 1967 Walker Cup player Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) with a scratch round of 74 (CSS 73) and won the title on the better inward half. Kenny was 39-35, Sandy 36-38.
Mrs Law, incidentally, is the new adminstrator at Kemnay Golf Club.
Sandy Pirie's net 72 won him the Handicap Section 1 first prize so second place in the scratch section went to Allan Ross (Cullen) with a 78, one ahead of Ian Morrison (Royal Aberdeen).
PRIZEWINNERSScratch - Kenny Law (Kemnay) 74; Alan Ross (Cullen) 78; Ian Morrison (Royal Aberdeen) 79; James A Ritchie (Inverallochy) 80 (bih).
Handicap - Section 1 -Sandy Pirie (Hazlehead) (2) 72; William Beagrie (Kintore) (6) 73; David Hird (Murcar Links) (6) (bih), Alan Nelson (Banchory) (6) 74 (bih).
Section 2 - Archie Cobban (Kintore) (10) 68; Jim McPherson (Murcar Links) (13-70; Peter Hope (Newmachar) (11) 71; Ken Bennions (Longside) (20) 72.

ROBERT ARNOTT'S 69 WINS OVER TOUGHER BALGOWNIE LINKS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) scored his sixth win on the PGA Scottish Region circuit this season with a two-under-par 69 at the Grampian Houston Junior Fund pro-am at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club.
A strong wind and a Balgownie links  toughened up for the Walker Cup match in September was the explanation for only four players getting under the par of 71.
Arnott won by a single shot from Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) and David Orr). Arnott earned £2,250 and the three joint runners-up around £1,400 apiece from one of Scotland's richest one-day events.
Arnott struggled into the wind on the way out and dropped shots at the second, fifth and ninth but getting a birdie 2 at the short eighth, which was to prove decisive in the final analysis.
Coming home, he covered the last seven holes in four under par with birdies at the long 12th, 13th, 15th and 17th.
Hutcheon bogeyed the fifth but got ahead of the card with birdies at the seventh, ninth and long 12th but he was derailed with bogeys at the 13th and 14th and a birdie-bogey-birdie finish saw the Banchory man come up one short of Arnott.
Lockhart birdied the long second but bogeyed the short third, fourth and fifth before he birdied the long sixth, long 12th and 13th but the birdies he needed for victory eluded him in five straight pars from the 14th.
Orr birdied the long sixth but dropped shots at the third, fifth and seven the before birdieing the short eighth. He bogeyed the ninth and the 16th and birdies at the 10th, short 11th, long 12th and 15th could not make up the leeway.
Arnott scored a double whammy in leading home the Stronachs' trio of David Rennie (3), Steve Judge (5) and Cairan O'Donnell (9) to victory in the pro-am - although it took a card countback to separate the three teams who finished with net scores of 11-under-par 60.
Arnott's trio pipped Mark King's "Hall Morrice" team of Hugh Hall (11), Ian Morrice (15) and Bill Cruickshank (12) with a better inward nine.
Craig Matheson's "Barwell 2" team of John Robertson (7), Martin Waugh (12) and Nigel Bacon (13), who also had a net 60 score, were placed third on a poorer last six compared to "Hall Morrice."
The pro-am and an auction of golfing memorabilia at a dinner at The Marcliffe Hotel tonight raises the large sum needed to send a dozen promising boy and girl North and North-east golfers to Houston, Texas for a 10-day trip in the autumn every two years.

GRAMPIAN HOUSTON JUNIOR FUND PRO-AM
Royal Aberdeen GC
LEADING PRO SCORES
Par 71
69 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) (£2,250).
70 Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), David Orr (East Renfrewshire) (£1,400 each)
71 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Graham Fox (Roawallan Castle), James McGhee (Duddingston).
72 Greig McBain (Royoal Dornoch).
73 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), David Patrick (Elie SC), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle).
74 Steven Duncan (Carnoustie), Craig Ronald (Carluke), Colin Gillies (Kingsfield), Chris Kelly (Cawder).
75 Terry Mathieson (Murcar Links), Russell Smith (Gleneagles Hotel), Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), Mark King (Kingsfield), Alastair Mackenzie (Renaissance Club).
76 Gary Forbes (Murcar Links), Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre), Chris McCalman (Turnhouse), Lee Vannett (Carnoustie Links).

IAN BROTHERSTON WINS SENIOR MATCH-PLAY AT FIRST ATTEMPT

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Ian Brotherston marked his debut in the Scottish senior men's open amateur match-play golf championship by winning the title at the end of the week-long competition over the Monifieth Links.
A Scotland international in 1984-85 and still playing off +2 of a handicap, Brotherston, pictured, a member of Dumfries and County Golf Club, beat another past Scotland cap and former seniors champion, Gordon MacDonald (Callander) by 3 and 2 in a sporting final.
Brotherston, who is 55 years old, has played with success in Scottish Senior Golfing Society events which permit Under-55 players but the match-play championship adheres to the 55 and over age stipulation.
MacDonald is 63 and plays off two.
Brotherston got off to a flyer with a birdie at the first and he was three up after only four holes. But MacDonald settled to square the contest after 10 holes.
But Brotherston was never behind throughout the match and he made a decisive move towards the title by winning the 13th and 14th to regain a two-hole lead, clinching victory at the 16th.
In the morning semi-finals, Brotherston beat former Walker Cup player Scott MacDonald (Dunfermline) by 3 and 1, and Gordon MacDonald beat the No 2 seed, Fraser McCluskey (Royal Burgess), by one hole.
Brotherston qualified 20th of 32 after a moderate first round of 81 followed by a 72. Gordon MacDonald was the No 3 seed.

SCOTTISH SENIOR MEN'S OPEN AMATEUR MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Monifieth Links
Semi-finals
Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and County) bt Scott MacDonald (Dunfermline 3 and 1.
Gordon MacDonald (Callander) bt Fraser McCluskey (Royal Burgess) 1 hole.
Final
Brotherston bt Gordon MacDonald 3 and 2.

DUNCAN STEWART WINS £10,000 FIRST PRIZE ON EUROPRO TOUR

DUNCAN STEWART ... BEST DAY SINCE HE TURNED PROFESSIONAL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Grantown on Spey's Duncan Stewart scored his first big win as a professional when he produced final round of seven under par 65 for a nine-under-par total of 207 to win the £10,000 first prize in this week's PGA EuroPro Tour Event at Wychwood Park Golf Club, Crewe.
Stewart, a former Scotland boy international,  and his old sparring partner at Jacksonville University, Florida, Russell Knox from Inverness - who last week scored his first win on the US Nationwide Tour - played successfully for four years together on the US college circuit but Knox has been far more successful than Duncan, pictured, since they both turned pro.
Stewart's brilliant last round had eight birdies and one bogey. He birdied the long first, the short second, the third, the long seventh - bogeyed the ninth - birdied the long 12thy, the 15th, the short 17th and the long 18th.
Former Scottish boys match-play champion Paul Doherty, who plays out of a South Wales base, tied for second place, only a shot behind Stewart on 208. Doherty's rounds were 74, 67 and 67. In his final round Paul birdied the long first, the third, the fifth - bogeyd the short sixth - birdied the ieghth, short 11th and long 15th.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
207 Duncan Stewart (Grantown on Spey) 69 73 65 (£10,000).
208 Paul Doherty (Vale Hotel) 74 67 67, Paul Grannell (Eng) 68 72 68, Adam Stott (Eng) 69 69 70 (£3,066 each).
209 Jamie Abbott (Eng) 71 73 65 (£1,400).
OTHER SCOTS SCORES
212 Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw) 72 68 72 (T12) (£625).
216 Zack Saltman (Archerfield) 73 69 74 (T26)(£325).
217 Ed Wood (Crow Wood) 70 72 75, Steven Mackie (Dunnikier Park) 71 659 77 (£292 each) (T31).
221 Stephen Gray (Hayston) 70 73 78 (47th) (£220).

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE PGA EUROPRO TOUR
Scotland's Duncan Stewart compiled a sizzling final round of 65 to win EuroPro Tour golf's ABC Solutions UK Championship by a single shot in Crewe.
"It's definitely the best moment of my pro career so far, and the round today is up there among the best of my life," said 27-year-old Stewart after winning his first EuroPro Tour event. "I didn't play golf at all last year, I'd had enough of it. But I decided to give it a go this year and see what happens.

"I think I can finish in the top five now and get on to the Challenge Tour. Another win would make sure of that."
Starting the day four shots off the lead at two under at Wychwood Park Golf Club, Stewart raced through the field with his seven-under par round. He birdied the first three holes then picked up shots at the 7th, 12th, 15th, 17th and 18th, his solitary bogey coming at the 9th.
Stewart, from Grantown on Spey in the Cairngorms, finished nine under overall for the three rounds having opened with a 69 then scored 73 yesterday. He had to wait anxiously in the clubhouse for others to finish, and for a while it looked as if his total would not be enough, as overnight co-leader Alex Belt got to 11 under with four holes to play.
But Englishman Belt suffered double bogeys at the 15th and 17th, plus a bogey at the 16th, to finish tied sixth at six under.
Scotland's Paul Doherty and Englishmen Paul Grannell and Adam Stott could all have matched Stewart by finding a birdie in the closing holes, but none of them could manage it and those three finished in a tie for second at eight under.
"I got off to a great start today, I hit it to a foot on the second and three foot on the third," said Stewart. "After the front nine, I felt that if I could get to eight or nine under I would have a chance.
"When Alex Belt got to -11 I thought it was over, but it rained heavily for the last few groups and that helped me. I was watching from the clubhouse and preparing myself for a play-off. Paul Doherty and Paul Grannell both had putts from around 15 foot on the 18th to tie but luckily for me they both missed.
"I've been playing well this season but it's not really come together until today."
Stewart previously languished in 63rd place on the Order of Merit with just £812, but has boosted his earnings by £10,000 and is now into the top ten. The top five players at the end of the season will advance to the Challenge Tour, one step away from playing alongside the golfing elite on the main European Tour.
Early in the day, Jamie Abbott fired a bogey-free 65 to finish seven under, which was good enough for fifth.
Tied with Belt on six under were Tim Dykes, Zane Scotland and David Griffiths.
The next EuroPro Tour event is the World Snooker Association Championship at the Players Golf Club near Bristol, running from Tuesday to Thursday next week.


Final Leaderboard
1 Duncan Stewart (Grantown on Spey) -9 (69, 73, 65 = 207)
T2 Paul Doherty (Vale Hotel) -8 (74, 67, 67 = 208)
T2 Paul Grannell (Vale Royal Abbey) -8 (68, 72, 68 = 208)
T2 Adam Stott (Reddish Vale) -8 (69, 69, 70 = 208)
5 Jamie Abbott (Fynn Valley) -7 (71, 73, 65 = 209)
T6 Tim Dykes (Penrith Golf Club) -6 (72, 69, 69 = 210)
T6 Zane Scotland (Princes) -6 (72, 69, 69 = 210)
T6 Alex Belt (The De Vere Club) -6 (68, 70, 72 = 210)
T6 David Griffiths (Sea Island) -6 (72, 66, 72 = 210)
T10 Jon White (Saunton Golf Club) -5 (72, 70, 69 = 211)
T10 Adam Runcie (Abergele) -5 (70, 71, 70 = 211)

ASIAN TOUR SCOREBOARD

WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS SELANGOR MASTERS
Kota Permal G and CC
LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72). Yardage: 6,977.
203 Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA) 71-65-67.
205 Antonio LASCUNA (PHI) 70-69-66.

207 Adam GROOM (AUS) 68-73-66, Joonas GRANBERG (FIN) 62-75-70.

208 S Siva CHANDHRAN (MAS) 72-69-67, Nicholas FUNG (MAS) 72-70-66, Kieran PRATT (AUS) 70-70-68, Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) 71-68-69, SIDDIKUR (BAN) 68-70-70.

209 Ross BAIN (SCO) 70-71-68, Rashid KHAN (IND) 69-71-69, Tjaart VAN DER WALT (RSA) 65-74-70, CHANG Tse-peng (TPE) 72-66-71, Marcus BOTH (AUS) 70-67-72, Panuwat MUENLEK (THA) 68-69-72.

210 Kalle SAMOOJA (FIN) 68-72-70, Matthew ROSENFELD (USA) 69-70-71, Jyoti RANDHAWA (IND) 67-71-72.

211 Sukree OTHMAN (MAS) 71-70-70, Ben LEONG (MAS) 70-70-71, Berry HENSON (USA) 66-73-72, Prom MEESAWAT (THA) 72-67-72, PARK Hyun-bin (KOR) 71-68-72, Young NAM (KOR) 69-69-73, Airil RIZMAN (MAS) 71-67-73, Namchok TANTIPOKHAKUL (THA) 70-67-74, Adilson Da SILVA (BRA) 73-71-67.

TOM LEWIS CHASING ENGLISH AMATEUR TITLE AT WOBURN next week

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Following his headline-grabbing display in The Open Championship at Sandwich in which he won the silver medal as leading amateur, Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) now turns his attention to the English Amateur Championship supported by abacus at Woburn Golf Club next week (July 25 to 30).
The 20 year old England international will be hoping to replicate the form he showed at Royal St George's, as he seeks to reinforce his claim for selection to the GB and I Walker Cup team, for the match against the United States at Royal Aberdeen in September.
First he must claim a place in the leading 64 players and ties after two qualifying stroke play rounds which begin when he tees off at 10.10am on the Marquess Course on Monday, followed by a round over the Duchess Course at 2.40pm on the following day.
Lewis will be joined by his England team-mates in pursuit of arguably the biggest prize in the English amateur game, including Neil Raymond (Corhampton, Hampshire), who will be chasing 'the double' having already collected the Brabazon Trophy last month at Burnham and Berrow.
 Few players manage to lift both titles in the same year, the most recent being Mark Foster, who won the English Amateur at Hunstanton in 1995 after sharing the Brabazon with current England captain Colin Edwards at Hillside.
Two other England caps, Darren Wright (Rowlands Castle, Hampshire) and Jack Senior (Heysham, Lancashire) can also be considered among the favourites for the title, while others who cannot be discounted are Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale, Surrey), Dave Coupland (Boston, Lincolnshire), Steven Brown (Wentworth, Surrey) and Ben Loughrey (Wrag Barn, Wiltshire).
A string of boy internationals are also in the quality field including Callum Shinkwin (Moor Park, Hertfordshire), the 2010 English boy champion, Curtis Griffiths (Wentworth, Surrey), Toby Tree (Worthing, Sussex), and Seb Crookall-Nixon (Workington, Cumbria).
Others competing include Tom Harris (Castletown, Isle of Man), winner of this year's Fairhaven Trophy, Henry Smart (Banstead Downs), winner of last week's Tillman Trophy, and Warren Harmston (Wentworth, Surrey), who was beaten by Tommy Fleetwood in last year's English amateur final at Little Aston.
The event this year is being sponsored by abacus, the official on course clothing supplier of the English Golf Union.
A total of 288 leading players will be at Woburn, seeking to join a long and exclusive list of English champions. They will play one round of stroke play qualifying over each course in the opening two days, with the leading 64 players and ties going forward to the knockout stages over 18 holes of the Marquess Course.
Over 400 players filed entries with the cut-off coming at scratch, 34 of the 121 players off that handicap getting in, the rest being balloted out to a reserve list.
The Championship starts at 7am on Monday 25th July and culminates with the 36-hole final on Saturday 30th. Latest scores and news updates can be found on the EGU website www.englishgolfunion.org.

NEWMACHAR CLINCH PLACE IN ABERDEEN PENNANT SEMI-FINALS

Newmachar clinched a place in the semi-finals of the Cults Hotel Aberdeen Men's Pennant League when they beat Nigg Bay 3.5 to 1.5 in a rearranged match - it was postponed due to heavy rain on June 9 - the last match of the regulation programme.
Newmachar finished with five wins from six and tied with Portlethen - also five wins from six - at the top of League A. Portlethen were the official winners of League A on "goal difference" - +11 to Newmachar's +6.
Had Nigg Bay won they would have finished with 8pt which would have been Newmachar's final pointage had they lost. But it never came to that.
The semi-finals will both be played on Sunday, August 14 as follows:
Banchory v Newmachar at Portlethen GC.
Portlethen v Royal Aberdeen at Deeside GC.
The final will be hosted by Peterculter GC on Saturday, September 3.
Last night's match details:

NEWMACHAR 3.5, NIGG BAY 1.5
Newmachar names first
John Duff and Keith Martin bt Dean Yeats and Ross Young 3 and 2.
Mark McKechnie and Chris Simpson beat Gordon Grimmer and Kevin Daglish 4 and 3
Dave Cormack and Euan Duthie halved with Gary Pacitti and Ryan Forbes
Paul Henderson and Richard Barr lost to Ian Welsh and Richard Nielsen 2 and 1
George Mitchell and Mike Dickie bt Steve Jamieson and Nicky Slater 1 hole