Saturday, August 13, 2011

NORTH-EAST DISTRICT OPEN HALFWAY SCOREBOARD

SCOTT CRICHTON LEADS BY SIX
Aberdour's Scott Crichton, winner of the Cameron Corbett Vase in Glasgow earlier this summer (that's him pictured receiving the trophy), is hot favourite to score a second victory on the SGU 72-hole Order of Merit circuit after going six strokes clear at the halfway stage of the North-east District Open at Inchmarlo Golf Club, Banchory today.
Crichton shot 68 and 66 for a 36-hole tally of six-under-par 134 and starts the second half of the tournament of Sunday with a healthy six-shot lead over Barrie Edmond (Bon Accord), a past Aberdeen Links champion.
Three players are sharing third place on 141 - Clark Brechin (Portlethen) (73-68), Scottish Alliance champion Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) (72-69) and Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) (71-70).
Defending champion Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) is 12 shots off the pace with a pair of 73s for 146.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70) CSS 71 72
Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 68 66 134
Barrie Edmond (Bon Accord) 67 73 140
Clark Brechin (Portlethen) 73 68 141
Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 72 69 141
Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 71 70 141
Alan Sutherland (Ladybank) 75 67 142
Justin Duff (Fraserburgh) 75 67 142
Conor O'Neil (Pollok) 73 70 143
Kevin duncan (McDonald Ellon) 67 76 143
Paul Simpson (Aboyne) 74 70 144
Nick MacAndrew (Cullen) 73 71 144
Angus Carrick (Dougls Park) 72 72 144
Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 73 72 145
Bryan Innes (Murcar Links) 73 72 145
Stephen Spiers (Portpatrick Dunskey) 71 74 145
John Godward (McDonald Ellon) 71 74 145
Donald MacAndrew (Royal Aberdeen) 75 71 146
Peter Latimer (St Andrews ) 75 71 146
Ritchie Manson (Kemnay) 73 73 146
Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 73 73 146
Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co) 72 74 146
Lewis Mutch (Duff House Royal) 712 75 146
Kenny Gunnyeon (Murcar Lins) 69 77 146
Scott Robertson (Hazlehead) 69 77 146
Anthony Bews (Murcar Links) 76 71 147
Alistair Rogers (Monifieth Links) 74 73 147
Grant Carnie (Newburgh on Ythan) 72 75 147
John Duff (Newmachar) 75 73 148
Scott Ritchie (New Zealand) 73 75 148
Ross Anderson (Stonehaven) 72 76 148
Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 78 71 149
Christopher Forman (Peterhead) 73 76 149
Ben Murray (Portlethen) 72 77 149
Michael Gray (Lanark) 72 77 149
Andrew Hepburn (Fraserburgh) 75 75 150
Iain Wilson (Dalmahoy Hotel) 75 75 150
Scott Murray (Stonehaven) 73 77 150
Jamie Reid (Cruden Bay) 81 70 151
David Mitchell (Leven Thistle) 78 73 151
Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 78 73 151

MISSED THE CUT (leading 40 and ties)
Euan Kennedy (Newmachar) 74 78 152
Iain Galbraith (Murcar Links) 77 76 153
Andrew Carrell (Peterculter) 78 76 154
John Mitchell (Fraserburgh) 71 84 155
Ryan Donaldson (Portlethen) 80 76 156
Fraser O'Connor (Inchmarlo) 79 77 156
Mark McLean (Fraserburgh) 75 81 156
Matthew Greig (Bon Accord) 71 85 156.
Andy Campbell (Murcar Links) 87 76 157
Stephen Cook (Portlethen) 78 80 158
Ryan McKinnon (Peterculter) 76 82 158
Grant Joss (Royal Aberdeen) 79 80 159
Garry Duncan (Carnoustie) 78 81 159
Gary Esson (Portlethen) 84 77 161
Greg Dunsmore (Saline) 84 77 161
Barry Mitchell (Murcar Links) 83 80 163
Cameron Johnstone (Northern) 78 86 164
Andrew Hutchison (Kinross) 86 83 169
James Watt (Meldrum House) 88 86 174
Sean Hassard (Deeside) 91 84 175
NRs James Hendrick (Pollok) 76 NR, Stuart McIntosh (Ballater) 79 NR, Richard Barr (Newmachar) 81 NR.

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SWISS MEN'S AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

ASCONA GOLF CLUB, 72 HOLE STROKE-PLAY
LEADING HALFWAY TOTALS1 Bludau, Yannick Germany 68 65 133
2 Kölbing, Jonas Germany 71 64 135 
T3 Gabella, Arthur Switzerland 66 69 135 
T3 Berardo, Clément France 66 69 135 
T5 Dobias, Marc Switzerland 71 65 136 
T5Monnier, Adrien France 68 68 136
T5 Miloro, Mattia Italy 67 69 136
T8 Amacher, Edouard Switzerland 68 69 137
T8 Gurini, Andrea Switzerland 68 69 137 
T8 Königsfeld, Mario Germany 68 69 137 
BRITISH SCORES 
Booth, David England 70 71 141 
Culverwell, Alexander Scotland 71 71 142 
Mathers, John Scotland 70 73 143 
Howard, Mike England 72 72 144 
Holmes, Kit England 71 73 144
Hall, Jean-Michel England 72 73 145 
Usher, Thomas England 74 75 149 
Rushford, Bobby Scotland 71 81 152

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ALL-ENGLAND FINAL CLIMAX AT BRITISH BOYS' AMATEUR CH/SHIP

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE R AND A
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset: Exeter’s Harrison Greenberry will be hoping that history repeats itself when he tees up against Lincolnshire’s Patrick Kelly in the 36-hole final of the 85th British Boys Amateur Championship at Burnham and Berrow tomorrow.
A victory would mean that 17-year-old Greenberry would emulate fellow Devonian, Mark Grieve, who won the title the last time the Boys Amateur Championship was played at this fine Somerset links in 1982.
It would also provide a memorable present for Greenberry’s elder sister, Lucinda, who celebrates her 20th birthday tomorrow and is planning to come to watch the action unfold.
The diminutive Greenberry can look forward to a lot of support from friends and family members after a fine day’s golf in which he defeated Oliver Carr by 4 and 2 in the quarter-finals and then proved just too strong for Germany’s Jeremy Paul in the afternoon.
The German was the first to make a move when he went one up with a birdie three on the 421yd par-4 second but he was hauled back to level when he dropped a shot at the par-3 fifth and then quickly fell two behind when he bogeyed the sixth and his English opponent birdied the 528-yard par-5 eighth.
Greenberry has played controlled golf for much of the week and he proceeded to card five pars over the next six holes before conceding the 16th after missing the green in two.
That cut his lead to two but he went on to win it in dramatic fashion at the 179yd par-3 17th where he followed his opponent into the hole for a decisive birdie 2.
“I can’t quite believe this is happening,” said the Devon county player as he accepted the applause of the large gallery at the end of his match. “When I came here at the start of the week my goal was to make the cut but now I have got a lot bigger things on my mind.
“It’s incredible to think I have made it to the final. I just hope I can play as well as I did today.”
Greenberry will have an exceedingly difficult match against English boy international, Kelly, who had to play 23 holes in the morning before beating Ireland’s John-Ross Galbraith but displayed no hint of fatigue in the afternoon as he ended the challenge of the Belgian men’s match play champion, Thomas Detry, on the 15th green.
Kelly came into the championship as a member of the victorious England side at last week’s Boy’s Home Internationals at Royal St David’s, and he has used that momentum to good effect with a series of sterling performances.
He produced a morale-boosting victory over his friend and fellow Lincoln man, Nathan Kimsey, in the third round and then overhauled Bigbury’s Sam Edwards before overcoming Galbraith and winning a semi-final place against the 18-year-old Belgian.
In the semi-final against Detry, Kelly, who is a member of Boston West, took an early lead when he birdied the 511yd par-5 fourth. He lost the next to a birdie three but then regained the initiative with another birdie on the par-5 eighth before dropping back to all-square again with a four at the 155-yard par-3 ninth.
At that stage, there was nothing in the match, but Kelly edged ahead with a par on the 12th and then stamped his authority on the game by holing from 20-yards for an eagle on the 558-yard par-5 13th. On the next hole he went three ahead when his opponent failed to make par and he sealed his win with a regulation par for on the 469-yard par-4 15th hole.
“It has been a long day, but a very good one,” said Kelly. “After this morning, I wanted to play steady golf and that’s what I did.
“There wasn’t much in it to start with, but I played some good golf coming home and now I can relax and look forward to tomorrow.”
Kelly and Greenberry will be bidding to join an illustrious list of former Boys Amateur champions, including Jimmy Bruen, Michael Bonallack, Peter Townsend, Ronan Rafferty, Jose-Maria Olazabal, Sergio Garcia, Tom Lewis and Spaniard, Adrian Otaegui, who defeated Germany’s Maximilian Rottluff in last year’s final at Kilmarnock Barassie.
The match between Kelly and Greenberry will be the second all-English final in three years, with Lewis having beaten friend and rival, Eddie Pepperell, at Royal St George’s in 2009.

Full results from today’s play and live scores of tomorrow’s 36-hole final can be found on RandA.org.

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MORAY GOLF CLUB, LOSSIEMOUTH JUNIOR OPEN

Conditions Sunny but windy
Par 71 SSS 73

SCRATCH
1 72 Jake Scott. Strathlene GC
2 76 Rory Asher. Nairn GC
3 76 Craig Oram. Nairn Dunbar GC
HANDICAP
Section 1
1 Rory Asher. Nairn GC (5) 71 (After count back)
2 Jake Scott. Strathlene GC (1) 71 (After count back)
3 E S Kennedy. Moray GC (24) 72
Section 2
1 T Cheesman. Moray GC (33) 67
2 L Robertson. Elgin GC (36) 72
3 R Mellats. Moray GC (36) 75




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LUKE GODDARD SCORES FIRST WIN AS A PROFESSIONAL

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE PGA EUROPRO TOUR
Luke Goddard has won his first PGA EuroPro Tour title of his career.
Goddard clinched victory at the Lingfield Park Championship 2011 as he finished two shots ahead of Jamie Howarth.
Scores of 68 (-3) and 66 (-5) saw him start the day on eight-under with an advantage of three shots and his final day round of 70 was enough to seal the £10,000 winner’s prize.
“It feels very good to get rid of the monkey off of my back and win my first tournament as a professional,” said Hendon-based Goddard.
“This gets me a step closer to the Challenge Tour and I’ve got a very good chance if I carry this form on.
“My putting has improved over the last few weeks. All season I’ve been hitting it solidly but not putting the scores together but in the last few weeks that has changed.
“The Challenge Tour is the main step for me now and I think I would do very well there. I’ve led on the European Tour before and it suits my game at a higher level.”
This victory catapults him up to third in the Order of Merit where a top-five finish at the end of the season would see him advance to the Challenge Tour.
It would be a quick rise for Goddard, who has represented Great Britain and Ireland in the 2009 Walker Cup, as he only turned professional in October 2009.
He started this season playing in the first stage of Qualifying School and finished second in the opening phase and 20th in final qualifying to earn his spot on the EuroPro Tour.
After failing to make the cut at his first events, he rapidly improved with top 20 finishes at Burhill, Longhirst Hall and Fota Island .
Last week at Formby Hall Goddard finished tied second but went one better this week in Surrey .
Howarth’s final day effort of 66 (-5) left him in second place, while Chris Hanson’s third place finish saw him regain his lead in the Order of Merit with Zane Scotland finishing fourth.
This is the tenth event of the season and a two-hour highlights package will be shown on Sky Sports on Wednesday, August 24.
After a week gap, the Tour will return on Wednesday, August 24 at Mottram Hall in Cheshire .

LINGFIELD PARK CHAMPIONSHIP
LINGFIELD PARK , SURREY
FINAL RESULT
1 Luke Goddard Hendon 68 66 70 204 /£10,000.
2 Jamie Howarth De Vere Mottram Hall 70 70 66 206 /£5,000.
3 Chris Hanson Woodsome Hall Golf Club 72 65 70 207 /£2,500.
4 Zane Scotland Princes 70 70 68 208 /£1,700.
5 Chris Kelly Cawder Golf Club 71 71 68 210 /£1,400.00
T6 Gareth Evans Crow Nest Park Golf Club 67 75 69 211 / £1,100.00
T6 Darryn Lloyd Acrabuild Ltd 72 69 70 211 /£1,100.00
T8 Tim Rice Limerick 71 75 66 212 /£850.
T8 Jamie Spence Unattached 75 67 70 212 /£850.
T8 Richard Edginton Royal Wimbledon 74 66 72 212 /£850.
ORDER OF MERIT (AFTER TEN EVENTS)
1 Chris Hanson Woodsome Hall Golf Club £26,632.50
2 Graeme Clark Doncaster GC £24,500.84
3 Luke Goddard Hendon £15,766.67
4 Jamie Abbott Fynn Valley £15,048.46
5 James Busby The Shropshire £13,304.17
6 Paul Reed Bristol and Clifton Golf Club £12,873.10
7 Duncan Stewart Grantown on Spey £11,655.62
8 Stuart Archibald www.crspecialists.co.uk £11,313.75
9 Andrew Willey Notts Golf Club £10,650.00
10 Darryn W. Lloyd Acrabuild Ltd £9,485.00

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BIRDIE BLITZ CROWNS MATT CORT PGA ASSISTANTS CHAMPION


NEWS RELEASE FROM THE PGA
It was most definitely 'the glorious 12th' for former European Tour regular Matthew Cort as he blasted his way to the Powerade PGA Assistants' Championship in association with FootJoy at East Sussex National.
in a dazzling display of accuracy, the 36-year-old first year Rothley Park assistant pulled the trigger to brilliant effect bagging eight birdies to claim the title with a stunning final round eight-under-par 64.
The Leicestershire ace's flawless round took him to five-under-par 211 for the tournament and a six-shot winning margin having started the day five shots adrift of overnight leader Paul Newman (East Berkshire). Newman finished tied third at two-over after a final round 76, which he shared with Morpeth's Steve Fawcitt, who closed with a level par 72.
Runner-up, for the second successive year, was Sidmouth's Kevin Harper, who carded a one-under 71 to finish one-over for the week.
Cort, who had top 10 finishes at the Scandinavian Masters and the Diageo Championship during a three-year spell on the European Tour, hailed his victory at East Sussex as one of the best of his career.
His win secured him a £5,000 winner's cheque and an all-expenses paid trip to compete in the end-of-season Titleist PGA Play-Offs at Antalya Golf Club in Turkey, where European and Challenge Tour starts are on offer to the leading finishers.
Seemingly out of contention ahead of the final round, Cort took full advantage of the conditions, which were much calmer and brighter after two days of strong winds, as his sharp-shooting brought him gains at the third, sixth, seventh, eighth, 12th, 14th,15th and 16th.
Following his title-winning round, he said: "It was as good as it could be I guess. With the conditions I felt you could get a low score and I'd been playing well all week without really holing the putts but I played really good today and holed some putts, got on a roll and made no mistakes.
"There were no dropped shots and I hit most greens. I hit 16 greens yesterday for two-over and putted very average but I played as good, if not even better today, and just holed the putts.
"To be three-over and five off the lead after two rounds I thought what have I got to lose so just went for it. I had 66 in mind but 64 is something else."
Overnight leader Newman had looked to have one hand on the title after sinking an early birdie to widen the gap over the field, but Cort's awesome performance forced the first year assistant to change his game plan and, as he admitted, it came with severe consequences.
"I saw a few scores on the leaderboard and could see what Cort was doing and thought I'd chase him down, which was a mistake really," said the 23-year-old, who had five bogeys in his final six holes.
"I got to one-under through eight and on the back nine I got myself back to one-under for the round but attacked the pin at the par three 13th and it went long.
"I then went in the bunker on the next and long again after that. The plan I was using went and I got a bit aggressive at the end.
"I shouldn't have done that as I had the par five coming up. Shame I couldn't finish the job but I loved it.
"This is the best event I've played in by a mile. I've played with some really good guys this week and got to know some lads from the other regions and I want to be doing this more often."
Devon-based Harper, who admitted he woke with a spasm in his shoulder throwing doubts as to whether he would be able to start the final round, produced another under-par round to finish second once more, but admitted there was nothing he could have done to have prevented Cort from taking the title.
The former PGA Europro Order of Merit winner, who pocketed £3,000, said: "A few people said I was favourite for the week, so it was good to contend and be in there with a chance but it was a fantastic performance by Matt Cort. Wherever you shoot 64 is fantastic, but especially round here.
"I'm pleased to have shot under-par for the final round and it's a good finish again after coming second last year, especially as I woke up this morning and was having spasms in my right shoulder and that side of my neck.
"The first few shots on the range I went fat, fat, thin, fat and I didn't even know if I could play. It was a bit of struggle but I just had to go out there and play through it and accept that and just do as well as I
could.
"So I'm pleased with the week as it was a good performance and I love playing here."
Harper has vowed to return for a third and final year and finally make the top spot.
However, one man not returning is Fawcitt, who brought the curtain down on his days as an assistant in style.
Having struggled on his tournament bow in 2009, the north easterner strung together three useful rounds to earn £1,950 after finishing tied third.
He said: "I'm pleased with how the tournament has gone for me this week. I holed a chip at the last for a birdie to get me into the top three and you can't ask for a better finish than that.
"You look at the score from the guy who won and that's just incredible scoring. I knew I was hoping to be a couple under at the turn to put pressure on the leaders, but it didn't pan out like that.
"But I kept it together and played the last three, which are tough finishing holes, in one-under to make the top three and I can't ask for more that on my final appearance."
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
1 211 (-5) Matthew Cort Rothley Park
2 217 (+1) Kevin Harper Sidmouth
3= 218 (+2) Steven Fawcitt Morpeth
Paul Newman East Berkshire
5 219 (+3) Glyn Bateman Eastbourne
6= 220 (+4) Lorcan Costello Lucan
Graeme Dunlea Adare Manor
Gareth Wright West Linton
Michael Ramsden Bondhay
10= 221 (+5) Scott Jackson Disley
Jack Stevenson St Mellion

Full results from the Championship at East Sussex National can be found at:
http://pgagbi.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgagbi11/event/pgagbi11223/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

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LEE AND McARTHUR IN CONTENTION IN NORWEGIAN CHALLENGE

REPORT FROM SARAH GWYNN
European Challenge Tour Press OfficerScots Craig Lee and Andrew McArthur are hot on the heels of leader James Hepworth heading into the final round of the Norwegian Challenge at Hauger Golf Club near Oslo.
The pair signed for rounds of two under par 70 and four under par 68 respectively to reach eight under, two shots behind Englishman Hepworth and alongside four other players.
Lee missed a short putt for birdie at the last which would have taken him to nine under, but overall he was delighted to remain in contention to win his maiden Challenge Tour title.
“I played nicely on the front nine and putted very well, but it was a round of two nines and I seemed to change into a different golfer on the back nine,” said the 34 year old from Stirling.
“I didn’t hit great drives off the tenth and 11th and then hit a shocking drive on the 13th and ended up with a double bogey. I had quite good momentum going until then, so it was like hitting a brick wall, and I limped home from there. Then I missed a short one for birdie at the last.
“If someone said to me on Wednesday I’d be joint leader going into Sunday I’d have taken it, but when you have the opportunity to be in front and it slip away it’s always disappointing.
“There are plenty of positives to take into tomorrow and if the putter works as well as it did today then I should have a chance.”
McArthur added: “I’m not doing anything special or playing amazingly well, just being patient and keeping it on the fairways and waiting for the chances to come. The greens are quite funky here and they are hard to read as they are so soft from all the rain. So it’s a case of just trying to get it on the green and seeing what happens.”
Fellow Scots Marc Warren and Chris Doak both returned scores of 73 to sit at four under, six shots off the lead.

THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
206 J Hepworth (Eng) 69 69 68
208 A McArthur (Sco) 70 70 68, C Lee (Sco) 66 72 70, B Grace (RSA) 71 71 66, J Heath (Eng) 71 68 69, F Valera (Esp) 68 70 70, S Thornton (Irl) 71 69 68
209 A Pavan (Ita) 70 71 68, S Piaget (Mon) 67 71 71
210 V Almstrom (Swe) 67 70 73, F Praegant (Aut) 70 71 69, B Åkesson (Swe) 74 66 70, K Eriksson (Swe) 70 69 71
211 R Steiner (Aut) 64 74 73, A Butterfield (Eng) 72 67 72, M Madsen (Den) 71 70 70, E Johansen (Nor) 67 72 72, M Thorp (Nor) 72 70 69, A Otaegui (Esp) 76 66 69, L Kennedy (Eng) 71 67 73, K Ventura (am) (Nor) 70 70 71
212 L Jensen (Den) 68 72 72, S Little (Eng) 67 74 71, C Doak (Sco) 71 68 73, V Riu (Fra) 68 71 73, D Vancsik (Arg) 70 67 75, S Bebb (Wal) 69 73 70, G Houston (Wal) 69 72 71, H Norlander (Swe) 76 64 72, H Santos (Por) 70 71 71, M Warren (Sco) 72 67 73, P Nilbrink (Nor) 71 68 73, A Tadini (Ita) 72 70 70
213 C Monasterio (Arg) 68 71 74, B Barham (Eng) 71 72 70, M Kieffer (Ger) 71 70 72, G Jackson (Eng) 68 73 72, C Brazillier (Fra) 67 73 73, G Adell (Swe) 71 70 72, J Moul (Eng) 71 68 74, A Ahokas (Fin) 69 72 72, G Dear (Sco) 70 72 71, H Joannes (Bel) 70 71 72, F Ohlsson (Swe) 70 73 70, P Edberg (Swe) 66 69 78
214 P Kaensche (Nor) 72 69 73, A Bossert (Sui) 71 71 72, C Aronsen (Nor) 69 72 73, J Lagergren (Swe) 72 71 71, S Hutsby (Eng) 69 70 75, P Dwyer (Eng) 73 69 72, C Ford (Eng) 69 71 74, B Evans (Eng) 72 71 71, L Canter (Eng) 71 72 71
215 J Campillo (Esp) 73 70 72, M Southgate (Eng) 72 66 77, B Hebert (Fra) 69 72 74
216 G Lockerbie (Eng) 68 74 74, J Guerrier (Fra) 75 68 73, P Relecom (Bel) 75 67 74, E Bertheussen (Nor) 73 70 73, K Borsheim (Nor) 68 74 74
217 N Kearney (Irl) 71 72 74, A Snobeck (Fra) 69 73 75, N Floren (Swe) 71 71 75, J Quesne (Fra) 73 70 74, F Henge (Swe) 68 75 74
218 C Lloyd (Eng) 70 72 76
219 J Clément (Sui) 68 73 78
221 B Chapellan (Fra) 76 67 78
223 E Kofstad (Nor) 68 75 80

THOSE WHO MISSED THE CUT (143 or better) INCLUDED
144 S Drummond (Sco) 74 70 0, T Fleetwood (Eng) 71 73 0, C Carranza (Arg) 73 71 0, J Billot (Fra) 73 71 0, P Del Grosso (Arg) 71 73 0, P Archer (Eng) 70 74 0, N Meitinger (Ger) 75 69 0, C Moriarty (Irl) 72 72 0,
145 E Saltman (Sco) 72 73 0, O Engevik (Nor) 69 76 0, S Lund (Nor) 72 73 0, M Erlandsson (Swe) 71 74 0, C Russo (Fra) 69 76 0, E Dubois (Fra) 72 73 0, N McCarthy (Eng) 72 73 0, J Estevez (Arg) 74 71 0, A Perrino (Ita) 68 77 0, A Forsyth (Sco) 71 74 0, J Lucquin (Fra) 74 71 0, M Cryer (Eng) 71 74 0, P Gustafsson (Swe) 73 72 0, O Ramsnes (am) (Nor) 73 72 0, A Engell (am) (Nor) 73 72 0,
146 J Garcia (Esp) 72 74 0, R Santos (Por) 71 75 0, D Denison (Eng) 69 77 0, J Legarrea (Esp) 75 71 0, A Bruschi (Ita) 70 76 0, F Colombo (Ita) 71 75 0, M Delpodio (Ita) 74 72 0, R Wingardh (Swe) 74 72 0, S Tiley (Eng) 74 72 0, A Bernadet (Fra) 75 71 0, D Den Roover (Nor) 74 72 0, V Maroy (am) (Nor) 74 72 0,
147 B Ritthammer (Ger) 73 74 0, J Doherty (Sco) 71 76 0, A Hansen (Den) 73 74 0, C Suneson (Esp) 71 76 0, T Shadbolt (Eng) 70 77 0, J Robinson (Eng) 69 78 0, C Macaulay (Sco) 71 76 0, A Signor (Ita) 75 72 0, A Maestroni (Ita) 73 74 0,

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SCOTT BROWN WINS AYRSHIRE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS' TITLE

Scott Brown (Turnberry) is the new Ayrshire Champion Of Champions Trophy holder after beating the defending champion Tommy McInally (Loudoun) at the third extra hole of an epic final at Royal Troon.
In beating his Ayrshire team-mate, Brown prevented McInally from completing his second hat trick of wins in the event.
Playing from the championship tees which stretched the course to nearly 7200 yards, it was Scott Brown who took the early lead with a birdie three at the 391yd second hole, but over the following four holes Brown made a few errors and with McInally producing steady par golf, it was the holder who won successive holes from the third through to the sixth to take a three hole lead in the match.
Brown won the seventh hole with par but McInally immediatley restored his three hole advantage with a birdie two at the eighth, and maintained this lead to the turn when the ninth hole was halved in par.
Brown had an uphill struggle as the players turned for home but as McInally began to struggle from the tee, Brown took the eleventh and twelfth with pars to reduce the defecit to one hole and squared the match for the first time since the third hole with a birdie two at the fourteenth.
With McInally again finding trouble at the fifteenth, Brown took the hole to lead by one with two holes remaining. A half in par threes at the seventeenth left Brown one up with only the final hole to play, as rain began for the first time in the match.
At the final hole and with the rain making playing conditions increasingly unpleasant, Brown saw his drive find the bunker on the left that cost Greg Norman the 1989 Open Championship, whilst McInally was safely on the fairway. Whilst McInally found the putting surface with his approach, Brown was unable to do so and a three putt compounded his error, bringing a concession of the hole and taking the final to extra holes.
At the first extra hole, bot players secured par fours taking the final on to the twentieth hole. At the second extra hole, McInally was just off the green to the left with his approach whilst Brown found a greenside bunker on the right. Brown played an excellent bunker shot to within five feet of the hole and McInally followed in with an approach to a couple of feed. Brown Bravely holed his difficult par putt, which McInally dully follwed in to half the hole.
The players proceeded to the 457yd 18th hole as rain continued to make playing conditions difficult. Both players found the right rough from the tee, but McInally found a poor lie which resulted in him being ablt to advance by a few yards only with his second shot, whilst Brown's approach drifted into a greenside bunker on the right, the third time he had found sand in four holes.
McInally played his approach just through the green and chipped up to within a few feet in four.
As with his previous effort from the sand, Scott Brown played a superb bunker shot which came to rest just a few feet from the hole and he again holed his putt for a closing par to take the title from McInally at the 21st hole of the final,

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HUGH HUNTER'S CLACKMANNAN COUNTY NEWS

ANOTHER STEP FORWARD FOR LAWRENCE

Although losing in the first round of the match play section, Alva’s Lawrence Allan can be well pleased with his golf performance at the British Boys Championship last week at Burnham and Berrow. From well over 200 boys, Lawrence made it to the match play stages with a two round score of 150—right on the cut mark.
In his first round over the Enmore Park course he opened with a double bogey 6, but steadied and with 4 birdies returned a one over par score of 72. In his second round, Lawrence dropped 4 shots in the first three holes and again steadied--- however a bogey, bogey finish for an aggregate of 150 gave him an anxious wait and it wasn’t till early evening that he was confirmed in the 64 qualifiers for the match play stages.  
It was a fine achievement—only 6 boys from the Scottish contingent of 21 made it through--- most of the current boys internationalists failed.  Incidentally the CSS of the Burnham and Berrow course went to 76 the first day! 
Regrettably Lawrence lost in the first round to Thomas Detry (Belgium) on the 18th.  Last year Lawrence missed the cut by a fairly large amount—he has clearly moved forward and in 2012----his last year in boys golf---he can build on the experience he has built up

ALLOA JUNIORS MAKING THEIR MARK
It's one thing to have a good golf game on your local course, and another to take that game to a different course in a National Championship----- but that’s exactly what Alloa’s Beth Donoghue did last week in the Scottish Under 14’s Championships at Aberdour.  Starting with two par threes and then an ugly 4 over par 8, Beth steadied to go out in 42 and back in 41 for a scratch 83. She finished well up the field--- in fact the sixth best Scot in the field of 42.  Hopefully she will be motivated to take her golf game to a higher level in the months ahead, and maybe also others will follow her example.
Staying with Alloa juniors, the two Alloa entrants in the Highland Spring Junior Masters qualifying event held at Turnhouse finished well up the field—Gregor McEwan with 39 Stableford points finished 7th and Brian McAdam with 36 points finished 17th.

LOCAL GOLFERS UP FOR NATIONAL EVENTS
It's another busy week for Clackmannan golfers--- the County Autumn Meeting is at Braehead, and the last chance for some of the low handicap golfers to  strive for the aggregate trophies  ( Order of Merit and Harrower).  Late entries will probably be available.
The final Scottish Seniors Stroke Play event will be held at Elgin this week and the entry list contains four stalwarts from Tulliallan--- Bob Stewart, Phil Dempsey, Phil Mawhood, and Ian Peddie. Bob will be trying to regain the number one spot in the Seniors Order of Merit—at present he lies in second place, 30 points behind former Tulliallan member Fraser McCluskey. 
Finally in a small entry of 40 couples, Alloa will be represented by Margaret Frame and Hugh Hunter in the Scottish Mixed Fours to be held at Mortonhall in Edinburgh this weekend.    

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TIGER MISSES THE CUT AND LESSER LIGHTS LEAD US PGA

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
By Cameron Morfit, Senior Writer, GOLF Magazine
JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA — The conventional wisdom was that long and mostly straight would be the winning recipe at the 93rd US PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. Very straight, no matter how long, is proving much more effective.
More than anything else, that explains the assortment of cagey veterans and largely anonymous pros on the leaderboard halfway through the season's final major.
The common denominator that runs from co-leaders Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley, who are five under, through the four men just a shot behind them? They're the ones doing the best job of avoiding the course's nine water hazards, Bermuda rough and the week's big surprise: sand that's giving players fits out of the fairway bunkers.
"The bunkers aren't playing that well to hit approaches into the greens," said Dufner, who eagled the fifth hole on the way to a 65, the second lowest round of the day, and who has never won on Tour. "And the rough is probably even worse. So being in the fairway is paramount in being able to score."
That's especially true on the long par 4s like the uphill, 468-yard 16th and the loathed, 486-yard 18th. Dufner has hit 18 of 28 fairways, which seems good but not great until you realise he's gone 14 for 14 on the tougher back nine.
Everyone knew Atlanta Athletic Club would be rife with water hazards, but the quality of the sand in the bunkers has taken players by surprise.
"The sand is very heavy," said D.A. Points, who shot 67 and was at four under with John Senden, Jim Furyk and Scott Verplank. "The sand is very powdery, so if your ball rolls into it, it does not sit on the top of the sand. It sits a sixth of the golf ball down or it just nestles into the [sand]. It's almost better if you can somehow hit a shot into a place where somebody has already raked."
Amateurs often hit the ball fat out of fairway bunkers, but pros don't — usually. Even multiple major winners like Angel Cabrera and Phil Mickelson have fluffed fairway bunker shots this week, watching the ball fly only 50-75 percent of the way to its intended target. The solution? Don't hit into them in the first place.
Points has hit an uncanny 24 of 28 fairways over the first two rounds. Perhaps his full name is Darn Accurate. (It's actually Darren Andrew.) He and Mark Wilson (71-140) are tied for the lead in driving accuracy percentage.
Meanwhile, crooked hitters are getting punished.
"I need some work," Tiger Woods said after shooting a 73 to miss the cut for just the fourth time - his third time as a pro - in 62 major championship starts.
Woods can talk about hitting the ball too far, or too straight, as he did after his round, but the fact is he hit too few fairways, just 12 of 28, to play well here.
"You've got to hit a great tee shot on the long holes," said Senden (20 of 28 fairways), who shot his second 68 on Friday. "Sixteen and 18 are crucial with the driving. You have to hit fairways to have any chance of making the green."

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