DYSON AND SIEM SHARING KLM OPEN LEAD AT HILVERSUM

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Simon Dyson has his sights on a third KLM Open title in six years after a 65 at Hilversum which left him tied with Marcel Siem at the top of the leaderboard.
The opening was delayed first by vandals and then by a flooded course, with four greens damaged by overnight intruders and, following a 45-minute hold-up to complete repairs, a further three and a half hours lost because of the weather.
"That's probably the wettest course I've ever played," said Dyson after setting the pace on five under par along with German Siem.
His two previous victories in the event came at Kennemer in 2006 and 2009, both in play-offs, and with an Irish Open title in the bag this season the Englishman is hoping to make this a year to remember.
He is currently tenth on The Race to Dubai and added: "My best finish is eighth and I would love to beat that."
Siem, without a top-ten finish on The European Tour for over a year, still has work to do to keep his card at 104th.
He, like Dyson, eagled the long 12th as they moved one ahead of Robert Dinwiddie, who reached six under before running up two late bogeys in the worst of the conditions.
Defending champion Martin Kaymer, runner-up to Thomas Björn in Switzerland on Sunday, looked completely out of sorts as he started with a four over 74.
The delays meant that Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy did not even start until after 5.30pm and had no hope of completing their opening rounds before nightfall.
“My putter was really, really going well the first 15 holes, and 16, 17, 18, didn't feel that good anymore,” said Siem – who had three holes remaining when the course flooded.
“I’m really happy that I made another birdie after the break.”
Westwood bogeyed the fifth and sixth after missing the green both times, but birdied the next two to return to level par before play was called off for the day.
McIlroy also had a sticky start, three-putting the third and remaining one over after eight.
Earlier, Thomas Levet made a successful return from breaking his leg jumping in a lake to celebrate his Alstom Open de France victory two months ago.
A chip-in birdie on the 18th helped Levet to a one under 69, while Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts shot 70 in his first event since injuring his elbow coming off a scooter just before The Open Championship.
Tournament Leaderboard
Pos Player name Nat Hole Par
T1 DYSON, Simon ENG 18 -5
T1 SIEM, Marcel GER 18 -5
3 DINWIDDIE, Robert ENG 18 -4
T4 WILSON, Oliver ENG 18 -3
T4 HANSEN, Anders DEN 18 -3
T4 LYNN, David ENG 18 -3

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Simon Dyson has his sights on a third KLM Open title in six years after a 65 at Hilversum which left him tied with Marcel Siem at the top of the leaderboard.



The opening was delayed first by vandals and then by a flooded course, with four greens damaged by overnight intruders and, following a 45-minute hold-up to complete repairs, a further three and a half hours lost because of the weather.



"That's probably the wettest course I've ever played," said Dyson after setting the pace on five under par along with German Siem.



His two previous victories in the event came at Kennemer in 2006 and 2009, both in play-offs, and with an Irish Open title in the bag this season the Englishman is hoping to make this a year to remember.



He is currently tenth on The Race to Dubai and added: "My best finish is eighth and I would love to beat that."



Siem, without a top-ten finish on The European Tour for over a year, still has work to do to keep his card at 104th.



He, like Dyson, eagled the long 12th as they moved one ahead of Robert Dinwiddie, who reached six under before running up two late bogeys in the worst of the conditions.



Defending champion Martin Kaymer, runner-up to Thomas Björn in Switzerland on Sunday, looked completely out of sorts as he started with a four over 74.



The delays meant that Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy did not even start until after 5.30pm and had no hope of completing their opening rounds before nightfall.



“My putter was really, really going well the first 15 holes, and 16, 17, 18, didn't feel that good anymore,” said Siem – who had three holes remaining when the course flooded.



“I’m really happy that I made another birdie after the break.”



Westwood bogeyed the fifth and sixth after missing the green both times, but birdied the next two to return to level par before play was called off for the day.



McIlroy also had a sticky start, three-putting the third and remaining one over after eight.



Earlier, Thomas Levet made a successful return from breaking his leg jumping in a lake to celebrate his Alstom Open de France victory two months ago.



A chip-in birdie on the 18th helped Levet to a one under 69, while Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts shot 70 in his first event since injuring his elbow coming off a scooter just before The Open Championship.











Tournament Leaderboard

Pos Player name Nat Hole Par

T1 DYSON, Simon ENG 18 -5

T1 SIEM, Marcel GER 18 -5

3 DINWIDDIE, Robert ENG 18 -4

T4 WILSON, Oliver ENG 18 -3

T4 HANSEN, Anders DEN 18 -3

T4 LYNN, David ENG 18 -3

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AHOKAS FLIES OUT OF THE BLOCKS IN KAZAKHSTAN

Despite suffering from flu and being distressed by the plane crash in Russia which killed a number of his ice hockey heroes, Finland’s Antti Ahokas compiled the lowest round of a testing Challenge Tour campaign with a 66 on the opening day of the lucrative Kazakhstan Open.
Ahokas endured a sleepless night, having heard the news of the accident which killed 36 players and officials from the major league team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, but made light of his lethargy to fire seven birdies and a solitary bogey to set the pace on six under par, one stroke clear of England’s Chris Lloyd and Irishman Simon Thornton.
The flying Finn, currently languishing in 151st place in the Challenge Tour Rankings, is in need of a high finish at the €400,000 event if he is to stand any chance of securing a return to The European Tour, and he got off to the perfect start with two birdies in his opening three holes at the stunning Nurtau Golf Club.
After dropping his only shot of the day at the 13th hole, where he found the long rough, Ahokas hit back with another birdie on the 17th hole, and scorched home after the turn in just 32 shots in a display of golf which was as hot as the weather in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s second largest city.
The two-time Challenge Tour champion said: “It was very difficult after what happened in Russia last night, because I’m a huge ice hockey fan and a lot of my idols were killed in the crash. So it was an emotional night and today golf didn’t feel too important, but of course I’m happy with a 66 because it’s been a difficult season. I’ve really struggled this year, so this was by far my best competitive round of the season. I got a couple of good breaks, because the rough is really thick and I got some good lies, but maybe after the season I’ve had it’s about time I got a bit of luck.”
In contrast, Lloyd suffered some ill fortune when his caddie accidentally stepped on his ball on the 17th hole, incurring a one-stroke penalty. But the 19 year old still managed to salvage par, and after posting a brace of eagles on his inward nine, he signed for a round of 67 to finish on five under par.
Following a bright start to his debut season, Lloyd has slipped outside the top 20 of the Rankings after struggling with his game in recent weeks. But with €64,000 on offer to the winner this week, a top five finish would all but secure the boy from Bristol a European Tour card for the first time.
He said: “I would’ve taken five under at the start of the day without a shadow of a doubt, and I suppose it’s a good sign that although I feel I haven’t really played very well, I’ve still shot a 67. Level par might’ve been a more accurate reflection of my play, especially on my front nine, but there have been plenty of times this season where I’ve walked off with a 72 and felt I deserved a 67, so maybe today was payback time!”
Thornton and his fellow Irishman Colm Moriarty were the only two players in the field to keep bogeys off their cards, posting respective rounds of 67 and 68. The Kazakhstan Open has been kind to Thornton, who finished tied 21st on his only previous visit to the event, and the Ulsterman – who has divided his time between The European and Challenge Tours this term – is likely to concentrate his focus predominantly on the Challenge Tour for the remainder of the season should he walk away with a large share of the €400,000 prize fund.
Thornton said: “I played really well – much better than I had in the practice round. I was very straight off the tee, which you need to be round here, because the rough is so penal. The extra length you get out here and the firm fairways help me a lot, because instead of long or mid-irons I’ve got shorter irons into the greens for my approach shots. So I was putting it pretty close, and also managed to hole my fair share of putts.”
Moriarty was joined on four under par by the English trio of Matthew Baldwin, Tommy Fleetwood and Andrew Johnston, South African Tyrone Ferreira, Argentina’s Cesar Monasterio and Spaniard Pedro Oriol.
Scores after round 1:
66 A Ahokas (Fin) ,
67 S Thornton (Irl) , C Lloyd (Eng) ,
68 T Fleetwood (Eng) , C Moriarty (Irl) , A Johnston (Eng) , T Ferreira (RSA) , P Oriol (Esp) , M Baldwin (Eng) , C Monasterio (Arg) ,
69 S Tiley (Eng) , C Doak (Sco) , V Riu (Fra) , C Macaulay (Sco) , S Little (Eng) , J Morgan (Eng) , J Guerrier (Fra) , C Paisley (Eng) , A Hartø (Den) ,
70 L Canter (Eng) , C Gane (Eng) , A Marshall (Eng) , J McLeary (Sco) , M Ruiz (Par) , F Delamontagne (Fra) , J Quesne (Fra) , J Palmer (Eng) , B Chapellan (Fra) , F Colombo (Ita) , K Borsheim (Nor) , A Domingo (Esp) ,
71 M Ford (Eng) , F Valera (Esp) , F Praegant (Aut) , S Dong (Kor) , P Gustafsson (Swe) , J Grillon (Fra) , A Willey (Eng) , J Heath (Eng) , T Whitehouse (Eng) , C Suneson (Esp) , C Russo (Fra) , K Lifanov (Rus) , J Campillo (Esp) , S Pinckney (USA) , M Southgate (Eng) ,
72 M Cryer (Eng) , P Edberg (Swe) , L Jensen (Den) , S Walker (Eng) , B Grace (RSA) , M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) , N Kearney (Irl) , N McCarthy (Eng) , A Snobeck (Fra) , S Bebb (Wal) , A Canete (Arg) , J Moul (Eng) , T Feyrsinger (Aut) , M Delpodio (Ita) , J Hepworth (Eng) , D Kim (Kor) , L Kennedy (Eng) , P Baker (Eng) , A Hansen (Den) , A Otaegui (Esp) ,
73 G Jackson (Eng) , A Pavan (Ita) , J Clément (Sui) , A Butterfield (Eng) , R Kind (Ned) , B Evans (Eng) , A Bernadet (Fra) , P Archer (Eng) , L Westerberg (Swe) , C Lee (Sco) , J Robinson (Eng) , N Meitinger (Ger) , M Vibe-Hastrup (Den) , R Santos (Por) , A Perrino (Ita) ,
74 C Brazillier (Fra) , J Garcia (Esp) , R Hjelm (Den) , G Dear (Sco) , K Eriksson (Swe) , A Bossert (Sui) , B Barham (Eng) , B Ritthammer (Ger) , F Calmels (Fra) , K Panagiotis (Gre) , A Tampion (Aus) , C Ford (Eng) , M Kieffer (Ger) , P Relecom (Bel) , S Hutsby (Eng) , G Lockerbie (Eng) , W Besseling (Ned) , E Kofstad (Nor) ,
75 B Etchart (Esp) , B Miarka (Ger) , E Dubois (Fra) , G Houston (Wal) , A Pavlov (Rus) , A Tadini (Ita) , K Kim (Kor) , M Bothma (RSA) , A Maestroni (Ita) , D Brooks (Eng) , C Carranza (Arg) , D Denison (Eng) ,
76 R Steiner (Aut) , J Estevez (Arg) , J Doherty (Sco) , W Schauman (Swe) , M Erlandsson (Swe) , P Del Grosso (Arg) , J Van Der Vaart (Ned) ,
77 J Lagergren (Swe) , A McArthur (Sco) , T Jeong (Kor) , Y Kafelnikov (Rus) ,
78 P Dwyer (Eng) , F Ohlsson (Swe) ,
79 D Vancsik (Arg) ,
80 B Åkesson (Swe) , M Nichols (Eng) ,
83 A Vongay (Kaz) , K Kang Byung (am) (Kaz) ,
84 A Lagay (Kaz) ,
93 A Khachatryan (am) (Kaz) ,

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PATRICK COMPLETES YOUNG PRO HAT-TRICK AFTER PLAY-OFF

By COLIN FARQUHARSON  Colin@scottishgolfview.com  Former Walker Cup player David Patrick completed a hat-trick of victories in the Scottish Young Professionals Championship in dramatic style after 7pm at West Lothian Golf Club. Elie Sports Centre pro Patrick shot great third and fourth rounds on the same day of 69 and 66 – seven under par for the day – for a total of five-under-par 279. That 72-hole total was matched by Dunbar's Neil Fenwick who also stepped up a gear over his last two rounds with scores of 69 and 67. That meant a sudden death play-off for the £1,000 first prize and the prestigious title. Patrick prevailed and became the first man to win the title three years in a row since the late great Bobby (R T) Walker from Downfield did it FOUR times in a row in the 1960s. One-time pro footballer Fenwick, who played well in the recent Northern Open, earned £800. Welshman Gareth Wright (West Linton) finished third on 283, four shots behind the play-off participants after scoring 68 and 70 on the last day. He picked up £600 for his performance. Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar) who had made most of the running, could not keep up his cracking pace. He faded out of the picture with a 76 at the last time of asking after earlier rounds of 70, 71 and 70. He finished fourth on 287 for a £450 pay-out. His day will come. Aberdonian Terry Mathieson finished fifth on 289 with scores of 70 and 72. Mathieson set what must be a record for the tournament by achieving holes in one in successive rounds. He had aces – at different short holes – in both the second and third rounds. In the second round it was at the 153yd sixth. In the third round the hole in one was at the 152yd 18th. Terry's cash prize for finishing fifth was £360  And there was another very good performance by a North-east player – Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon), the former Scottish women's amateur champion and 2008 Curtis Cup player at St Andrews. She finished joint seventh on 292, helped considerably by an excellent third round of two-under-par 69 – not bad for a player who fell out of love with the game of golf a year or two ago and did not play at all for several months. Now she's discovered you can play competitively and still enjoy the game, which she was not doing as a Ladies European Tour player.# Michele earned £272 for her top-10 display. FINAL TOTALS Par 284 (4x71) 279 Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) 73 70 69 67, David Patrick (Elie Sports Centre) 74 70 69 66.(Patrick won sudden-death play-off at first extra hole; Patrick £1,000; Fenwick £800). 283 Gareth Wright (West Linton) 74 71 68 70 (£600). 287 Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar) 70 71 70 76 (£450). 289 Terry Mathieson (Murcar Links) 76 71 70 72 (£360). 291 Graeme Brown (Montrose Links) 77 70 75 69 (£320) 292 Gordon Hillson (Dunbar) 75 72 71 74, Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 74 76 69 73 (£272 each) 294 Craig Armstrong (Burntisland) 75 73 72 74, Nikki Christie (Carnoustie) 75 76 76 67 (£217 each). 295 Daniel Wood (Eyemouth) 79 71 74 71, Heather MacRae (Gleneagles) 78 75 72 70 (£195 each). 296 Chris Brown (Kemnay) 75 75 70 76, Gregor Wright (Ladybank) 77 77 71 71 (£175 each). 297 Chris Robinson (Dumfries and Galloway) 78 78 71 70, Michael Patterson (Kilmacolm) 79 70 75 73 (£155 each) 298 Scott Herald (Adam Hunter Golf) 81 71 74 72, Michael Hunt (Celtic Manor) 80 74 74 70 300 Stuart Boyle (The Belfry) 75 79 73 73, Ross Neill (Drumpellier) 81 74 73 72, Sam McLaren (Crieff) 73 80 73 74, Stuart Williamson (West Kilbride) 76 70 76 78. (Pa 301 David Broadfoot (Dumfries and Co) 76 77 74 74 303 Clarke Lyutton (Qatar) 79 77 72 75 304 Chris Law (Kings Links) 78 77 71 78, Andrew Rollo (Moray) 83 73 71 77, Ewan MacPherson (Auchterarder) 80 76 72 76, Sean Bissett (Renaissance) 80 76 73 75, Olive r Huish (North Berwick) 80 76 74 74. 305 James Boyce (Erskne) 79 77 73 76. 306 Emma Fairnie (Gullane) 79 77 74 76, Nicky Sinclair (Prestwick) 81 71 73 81.. 307 Matthew Burt (Helensburgh) 79 77 79 72. 311 Fraser Clarke (Newmachar) 75 80 78 78.

SCOTS LOSE TO ENGLAND BUT REGAIN SOME PRIDE IN SINGLES

By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com England go into the final day of the Women's Home Internationals at Hillside Golf Club, Lancashire as the only team with with a 100 per cent record and favourites to win the title for the first time since Dunbar in 2007. Scotland, the defending champions, suffered their second defeat of the week when they lost 6-3 to England who took a grip on the outcome by making a 3-0 clean sweep of the morning foursomes. There was some consolation for skipper Fiona Norris who gave the singles line-up a shake-up after the morning drubbing. She took the bold step of leaving out both the Briggs sisters, Megan and Eilidh, from the singles. Scotland, with champion Louise Kenney playing No 6 instead of the traditional No 1 position, regained some of their lost pride by sharing the singles 3-3. Kelly Tidy extended the England lead to 4-0 by beating Jane Turner 5 and 3. Tidy never looked back after winning the first three holes.and had four birdies in all in a quality performance by the 2010 British champion. Pamela Pretswell put Scotland's first point of the day on the board by beating Charlotte Wild 3 and 1 in the lead-off singles. Pretswell was three up after six holes and was four up after 11 holes. Holly Clyburn made it 5-1 for England with a 5 and 3 win over international debutante Rebecca Wilson. Clyburn won five holes in a row from the 12th Bronte Law chalked up a sixth point for Scotland by beating Kelsey MacDonald 2 and 1. Youngster Law was two up at the turn and four up after 11. Then MacDonald rallied to win the 12th with a birdie 3, and also the 13th, 14th and 15th to be all square with three to play. Law conjured up a birdie 2 at the 16th to halt the Scot's charge and go one up again. She also won the 17th for a 2 and 1 victory. Alyson McKechin scored a second point for Scotland by beating Charlotte Ellis by one hole. The Scots teenager made a great start by winning the first two holes but she was pulled back to square after four and had to fight her way back into a two-hole lead with a birdie 3 at the 14th. Ellis won the 15th to be one down going into the closing holes. McKechin held on to her narrow lead by halving the last two holels, pitching dead for a 5 at the last after her first chip went over the green. Scottish champion Louise Kenney, fielded as the tail-gunner by skipper Fiona Norris, won the last tie, beating young Georgia Hall 2 and 1 after going three up through eight holes. Wales bounced back well from their 6-3 defeat by England on the first day to win 6-3 against Ireland, 5-4 conquerors of Scotland. RESULTS DAY 2 WALES 6, IRELAND 3 Foursomes (2-1) Amy Boulden and Becky Harries bt Louise Coffey and Karen Delaney 2 and 1. Chloe Williams and Katie Bradbury lost to Charlene Reid and Gillian O'Leary 2 and 1. Katherine O'Connor and Lucy Gould bt Lisa Maguire and Paula Grant 2 and 1. Singles (4-2) Boulden lost to Maguire 1 hole. Katie Bradbury bt Coffey 4 and 2. Williams bt Reid 1 hole. O'Connor bt Chloe Ryan 3 and 1. Gould lost to O'Leary 1 hole. Harries bt Emma O'Driscoll 5 and 4. ENGLAND 6, SCOTLAND 3 Foursomes (3-0) Lauren Taylor and Charley Hull bt Louise Kenney and Kelsey MacDonald 6 and 5. Charlotte Ellis and Charlotte Wild bt Pamela Pretswell and Alyson McKechin 3 and 2. Georgia Hall and Bronte Law bt Megan Briggs and Eilidh Briggs 6 and 5. Singles (3-3) Wild lost to Pretswell 3 and 1. Kelly Tidy bt Jane Turner 5 and 3. Ellis lost to  McKechin 1 hole. Law bt MacDonald 2 and 1. Holly Clyburn bt Rebecca Wilson 5 and 3 Hall lost to Kenney 2 and 1. FRIDAY'S FINAL MATCHES  Ireland v England, Scotland v Wales HOW THEY STAND England 2 wins, Ireland 1 win, Wales 1 win, Scotland 0 wins.

RECORD NUMBER OF ADVANCE BOOKINGS FOR OLD COURSE IN 2012

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ST ANDREWS LINKS TRUST
Visiting golfers’ desire to play the famous Old Course at St Andrews Links shows no sign of abating as applications for the 2012 season flooded in yesterday.
More than 1800 applications were received by St Andrews Links Trust, which manages the seven courses at the Home of Golf, after the process opened at 10 am - an increase on the previous record of 1500 applications set for 2011 .
The Old Course is renowned around the world as the place where golf was first played and has hosted 28 Open Championships, more than any other venue, with the likes of Tom Morris, Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros and Tiger Woods in its gallery of champions.
The Old Course along with The Castle, New and Jubilee courses has been ranked in the prestigious Golf Digest Top 100 Courses ranking. Each year tens of thou sa n ds of golfers travel from around the world to play the fa mous St Andrews Links courses and experience its rich 6 0 0 year heritage .
Golfers are invited to apply online directly to the Trust for Old Course tee times each Sept em ber for the following year. Although d em and excee ds the number of times available, there is a ballot or lottery system in operation, which will run from 48 hours ahead from January 7, 2012, and tee times can be booked on the other Links courses.
Euan Loudon, Chief Executive of St Andrews Links Trust, sa id, “We are very encouraged to receive such a high number of tee time applications. Normally in the second year after the Open Championship we would expect to see a fall in applications, but this year has seen record numbers apply. These are still challenging times in ter ms of the economy so it is important for Scottish golf tourism that we continue to see high numbers of visiting golfers choosing to come here to play. We hope they will enjoy an outstanding experience playing the Old and the other Links courses , learning in the golf acad em y and relaxing in our clubhouses and shops.”
The tee time applications will be processed in the coming weeks and golfers will be notified directly if their applications have been successful.

NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE TEE TIMES FOR KEMNAY, SEPTEMBER 14

08.15 - A Campbell- I bratton- g esson    10.21 -d leslie- c clark- g homer
08.22 - b harper- c cassie- k watson        10.28 -a graham- d nelson- f bissett
08.29 - j Nicolson- p cornfield- s mackie   10.35 - d randall- j murray- d bissett
08.36 - j dalgarno- j hosie- c nelson        10.42 -j jessimon- a petrie- m rodgers
08.43 - a smith- c Carnegie- r fitzpatrick  10.49 -k beverage- j callum- free
08.50 -r lamb- m merchant- e kennedy     10.56 -free- free- free
08.57 -j kinsella- j scott- s kennedy         11.03 -free- free- free
09.04 -j hamilton- h raulstone- m rendall 11.10 -free- free- free
09.11 -m Lawrence- c phillip- n chisolm    11.17 -w mckenzie- m may- free
09.18 -m brown- r brown- s davidson       11.24 -d mckay- s finnie- j gall
09.25- p mcintosh- j Duncan- s allen       11.31 -free- free- free
09.32 -free- free- free                           11.38 -free- free- free
09.39 -j forest- n stewart- m duncan       11.45 - free- free- free
09.46 -d bingham- a pirie- l fowler           11.52 -free- free- free
09.53 -hamish- d wright- k stephen          11.59 -free- free- free
10.00 - I grant- m smith- r orr                12.06 -c Alexander- w Urquhart- j bothwick
10.07 -t collie- d brown- m lawrie            12.15 -d Wilson- d mckay- m boothe
10.14 -h mc naughton- I Strachan- d lawrie 12.22- free- free- free
12.29- free- free- free
12.36- free- free- free
12.43- free- free- free

The booking sheet will now be handled by D Wilson only as there were at least 5 double bookings on this sheet. Please make sure that if someone else is booking a time for you it is only done once. Thank you