DUKINFIELD (Manchester) WIN PGA PRO-CAPT EVENT IN TURKEY

FROM THE PGA WEBSITE
David Green revealed ice in his veins as he parred the closing hole to earn his Dukinfield Golf Club victory in the inaugural Lombard Challenge, a PGA Pro-Captain Tournament in Turkey today.
The 31-year-old, who has been head pro at the Manchester club for seven years, and club captain Steve Warburton held their nerves to card a second round six-under-par 65 for a winning 13-under-par score at Turkey's Antalya Golf Club.
Green's par on the last, courtesy of a booming drive and nine iron to 15 ft, secured the pair a one-stroke victory in the £25,000 event over 36-holes of the PGA Sultan Course with Marriott St Pierre's Craig Dun and Alan Beach second following a fine 64.
Shirland Golf Club stormed into third spot on 11 under after a stunning 62 from pro Ian Walley and captain Paul Robinson with Irish club Ashbourne, represented by John Dwyer and Martin Farrell, fourth a stroke further back.
Dukinfield began the day in a share of the lead and five birdies in six holes from the fifth, including Warburton notching a second successive two on the par three eighth, saw them surge clear.
But as the tension mounted, the duo could only muster one more birdie on 13, leaving Dun and Beach to come within a whisker of snatching the £5,000 first prize.
"It was a very stressful last three holes because everyone got back to us," admitted Green.
"I missed a chance on 14 and on 17 missed a little four footer for birdie so it made it all bit harder. I also stuck it in the water 16 although I got up and down for a great par.
"Suddenly 18, without thinking it was such a difficult hole over the last few days, suddenly became a really hard hole. I was relieved to just get the drive away and hit a nine iron to 15ft and dollied it up knowing I only needed four.
"This is the biggest achievement of my playing career. Everyone at the club will be delighted and it has been a fantastic experience."
Warburton, a safety manager from Glossop, described the win as one of the proudest days of his life,
"Coming down the back nine Dave kept it together. I have never felt pressure like that before in my life, it was incredible and I guess this is why these guys are pros.
"It hasn't really sunk in but it's one of the best feelings ever. It's one of the proudest days of my life.
Warburton, who started playing golf in 1982 at a little pitch and putt for £1 a round, added: "Golf is something I've always enjoyed, and as a club member that becomes part of your life so to win this national event for Dukinfield is a proud moment.
"The club is going through a transition phase. We opened six new holes last year and it is developing into one of the best clubs in the north west (of England)."
For runners up Marriott St Pierre it was a case of so near yet so far with Dun having previously been pipped to first place in the PGA pro-captain tournament when it was held in Bahrain.
"I had six birdies in my round which is the best I've played for years," said Dun.
"It was quite tense at the finish. Of course it would have been nice to win but I'm just pleased I handled the pressure."
Beach nearly earned a play-off with a brilliant rescue club over water to 18 to set up a birdie chance which just slid past the cup.
"I feel sorry for Craig because it's the second time he has been runner up but the event has been a fantastic experience and as I said, being a captain is highlight enough but to reach this in that year makes it even more special."
Round of the day belonged to Shirland with Walley peppering the flag with eight birdies of his own, much to the delight of his club captain.
"That was the best game of golf I have seen in my life," said Robinson. "Ian's distance control was unbelievable and he left a few out there."
He added: "It has been the experience of a lifetime and the venue and facilities have been superb. You can see why Turkey is taking over from Spain - the PGA Sultan is definitely one of the best courses I have played."
Walley, a former Midland professional champion and runner up in a play-off to Tour ace Stephen Dodd in the Welsh Open, saw Robinson birdie the first and then reeled off his own at five, seven, eight, 10, 11, 12 14, and 18.
"It just happened out there, I didn't hole any putts yesterday but we got on a roll," said Walley.
"We'd had a great practice round so were disappointed with the first round score of two under but it came right today but we just had left ourselves a bit too much to do."
Mundesley, represented by Ryan Pudney and David Crosby, fired a closing 65 for fifth with Downes Crediton (Barry Austin and Tony Cockayne) and Westerham (James Marshall and Glenn McMahon) tied sixth with second rounds of 72 and 68 respectively.
Strathaven's Stuart Kerr and Jim Preston were two shots back on two under for the tournament, a stroke ahead of Northampton's Nick Soto and Keith Heard with Malden's Robert Hunter and Terry Higgins one under.

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SCOTLAND LYING JOINT SIXTH IN PGAs OF EUROPE TEAM CH/SHIP

Scotland - represented by Alan Lockhart, Jim McKinnon and Chris Currie - are lying joint sixth in a field of 26 teams at the end of the first round of the PGAs of Europe international team championship over Vale do Lobo's Ocean Course on Portugal's Algarve coastline.
Lockhart (70), McKinnon (75) and Currie (79) gave Scotland a first-day total of 145 - nine shots behind leaders England for whom Craig Goodfellow had a 66,, Chris Gill a 70 and Gary Brown a non-counting 80.

LEADING FIRST-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144
136 England.
138 Italy.
139 Ireland.
140 France.
142 Spain
145 Netherlands, Scotland, Portugal

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STEVEN O'HARA SLIPS TO JOINT EIGHTH IN SA OPEN CH/SHIP

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
A brilliant back nine 30 gave Hennie Otto a three-shot lead going into Sunday's final round of the South African  Open Championship.
Otto played the last 12 holes of his third round at Serengeti in a superb eight under par and with a 65 moved onto the 14 under par total of 202.
The 35 year old, whose one European Tour victory came at the 2008 Italian Open, is now three in front of twice champion Retief Goosen, their fellow South Africans Thomas Aiken and last week's winner Garth Mulroy and also Swede Magnus Carlsson.
Halfway leader Steven O'Hara, who needs a top-three finish to secure his European Tour card for next season, is back in a tie for eighth spot after a 74 in which he covered the first 14 holes in a sorry five over, but then birdied the final three holes.
Otto was four behind O'Hara at the start of the day and did his hopes no good by playing the first six holes in one over, but he then started his charge through the field with birdies at the seventh, eighth and tenth, where he chipped in from the fringe.
An eagle on the 603 yard 11th lifted him right into the thick of the action and further birdies at the 12th, 15th and 17th, all from ten-15 feet, made him the man to catch.
Goosen looked as if he might do it, but bogeyed the last two for a 71 that fell far short of what he was hoping for after beginning his round with three straight birdies.
“The SA Open is our national championship, you always want to do well in it,” said Otto. “I’m in a better place than I used to be and I’m going one way and that’s not down.
“The greens were a bit quicker than the last two days. On these greens, if you hit it in the wrong place you three-putt.
“I started hitting it in the right places and I made more putts. That makes a big difference.”
Former Walker Cup player O'Hara has not won in 222 European Tour events and came into the week 134th on The Race to Dubai.
After playing so well for two days - he kicked off with a 65 and then added a 68 to lead on his own at halfway - it was a completely different story as he fell into the chasing pack.
But at least his finish re-ignited hopes of achieving at least the fifth place he requires to earn a start in next week's UBS Hong Kong Open, the last chance for those scrambling to earn their playing rights for next season.
Fellow Scot Lloyd Saltman is two places below O'Hara in the standings and he made it all the way to 12 under before coming unstuck on the back nine.
After a bogey on the long 11th the former amateur star double-bogeyed the 13th and 14th and after a 72 he will resume in joint 21st spot.
Ex-Ryder Cup pair Phillip Price and Oliver Wilson, both of whom find themselves in the card fight, are 31st and 43rd respectively following rounds of 73.
Price is currently 117th on The Race to Dubai, just inside the cut-off mark, but Wilson is down in 133rd.
Carlsson, Keith Horne, Alvaro Velasco and Richard Bland are all outside the top 118 as well, and they all boosted their chances by climbing into the top ten, as did Austrian Markus Brier – who at 116th is firmly in the firing line of those looking to climb the rankings.

LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
Players from South Africa unless stated
202 Hennie Otto 70 67 65.
205 Retief Goosen 66 68 71, Garth Mulroy 67 68 70, Thomas Aiken 68 69 68, Magnus Carlsson (Swe) 73 66 66.
SCOTS' SCORES
207 Steven O'Hara 65 68 74 (T8).
209 Lloyd Saltman 69 68 72 (T21).
210 George Murray 69 72 69 (T26).
211 Peter Whiteford 70 71 70 (T31).
212 Elliot Saltman 69 72 71 (T38).
214 Alastair Forsyth 70 72 72 (T53).
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SOUTH KOREAN TAKES THE LEAD IN AUSSIE PGA

FROM THE PGA OF AUSTRALIA WEBSITE
COOLUM, Australia (AP) -- South Korean K T Kim played steadily over the back nine while other challengers fell around him, shooting a bogey-free 5-under 67  to take a one-stroke lead over Bubba Watson into the final round of the Australian PGA.
Kim, who played for the losing International side at the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne last week, had a 54-hole total of 13-under 203 at the Hyatt Regency resort course.
Watson, who held the lead for part of the third round, double-bogeyed the par-5 15th with two chips out of the rough to finish with a 69 after eagling the opening par-5 first.
Aaron Baddeley was in third place after a 67, three strokes behind. Second-round leader Marcus Fraser (74), Y.E. Yang (70) and David Bransdon (67) were tied for fourth, four strokes behind.
Despite winning his last two matches at the Presidents Cup, Kim said he wasn't expecting a lot at Coolum.
"My expectations coming into this week were quite low," the South Korean said through an interpreter. "Off the practice tee on Tuesday and then the pro-am on Wednesday, I sort of thought that this wasn't my type of course. So I have over exceeded my expectations so far.
"The bigger part of it is you don't really need to crush it off on the tee, so for a guy like me it is more about accuracy. But I still have got a very long day tomorrow, although I am not feeling a lot of pressure."
Watson had an eventful 18th, pulling his tee shot into the rough, then hitting a shot with his rescue club into the green which ricocheted into a marquee, off a spectator and bounced into rough near the green. But the American got up and down for par to stay within one of Kim.
Watson wasn't happy having to wait 20 minutes on the 18th tee -- "for twosomes to be waiting that long is weird."
Then he had to cool his heels for about 15 minutes in the media centre while Kim had an elongated interview with an interpreter.
But Watson was pleased to save par on the final hole.
"I actually had a shot, I thought the wind was going to push it," Watson said of his approach on 18. "I only had a 52-degree wedge ... tried to hit it real high so the wind would push it, and it didn't push it and it hit the guy in the chest, I was told, and kicked it by the green.
"Making par there to keep me still in it, to make dinner taste better ... making that putt was good for sure."
Robert Allenby moved into a share of the lead before dropping four shots on the last six holes to shoot 71 and was five shots back, tied for seventh with Matthew Giles (68).
Australian Rod Pampling, with a 66, the best round of the day, was tied for ninth, six strokes behind Kim.
A quartet of leading Australian players Greg Norman (69), Jason Day (72), Adam Scott (73) and Stuart Appleby (72) were tied for 13th, seven shots behind.
American Rickie Fowler, making his first appearance as a professional in Australia, shot 70 and was tied for 22nd, nine behind.
British Open champion Darren Clarke had a rough day, shooting 79, prompting him to tweet: "Sometimes golf is easy, sometimes golf is tough but today I was brutal!! "
He was 5 over and tied for 61st of 66 golfers who made the cut.

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SCOTS SLIP BACK AS IRELAND GO TWO CLEAR IN WORLD CUP

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
Heading into Sunday's final round of golf's World Cup, Ireland have a two-shot lead after Ulstermen Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell carded a 64 in Saturday's four-ball better-ball format to move to 21 under par after 54 holes.
Starting the day level with Australia on 13 under, the duo sank eight birdies at Mission Hills Resort on Hainan Island to establish a useful cushion over Germany, South Africa and the United States, who are all at 19 under
"We are right where we want to be going into tomorrow," McDowell said.
"The leaderboard was really going to not mean anything until tonight and we are two shots ahead going into tomorrow, but there are some great teams up there, some great players.
"We are going to have to go and play well tomorrow but this is where we want to be. We are both playing lovely. I managed to heat my putter up today and make a few, and we are very excited looking forward to tomorrow."
Ireland wasted no time improving their overnight score with five birdies in their opening seven holes to reach the turn in 31.
McIlroy and McDowell then picked up three more coming home to put themselves in a good position to go one better than 2009, when they finished runners-up to Italy.
"We thought something similar to the first day was going to be a solid score and we ended up sort of coming one short of that," said McIlroy.
"But anything around eight, nine, 10-under par is a good score in that format, and I was just lucky enough that Graeme played very, very well today and holed a lot of great putts. I was a spectator for the majority of the round, but it was good."
Germany and South Africa thrust themselves into contention on 19 under par with rounds of 61.
Germany, represented by Martin Kaymer and Alex Cejka, tore up the Blackstone course with 11 birdies, a feat matched by South Africans Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel.
"That was our goal, to close the gap a little bit," said Cejka.
"We knew we had to go low in that format today. We kind of got lucky that we made birdies on different holes. I think we played pretty solid and we are looking forward to tomorrow's format."
Schwartzel felt an improvement on the greens paid dividends for South Africa.
"We scored very well today. The first two days, we really struggled with putting and today the first few holes we didn't make any putts," he said.
"But then from seven, eight, nine, we made three birdies in a row, so suddenly we felt like we were back to our normal selves. Yesterday our score was the worst we could have had, we were playing well but we couldn't putt. Now we have a good chance going into tomorrow, and it's always an honour to play for your country."
The duo were joined on 19 under par by the United States as Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland posted a 63 containing 10 birdies and a bogey while Australia slipped to fifth as a 67 left them 18 under.
Scotland dropped back to lie six shots off the pace on 15 under after Martin Laird and Stephen Gallacher could only manage a better-ball 69, joining Wales after Rhys Davies and Jamie Donaldson returned a 65.
English duo Ian Poulter and Justin Rose, meanwhile, are languishing in 15th on 13 under par following a 68.
Sunday's final round will have an alternate shot, foursomes format

THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x72)
195 IRELAND (Graeme McDOWELL and Rory McILROY) 63-68-64

197 UNITED STATES (Gary WOODLAND and Matt KUCHAR) 64-70-63; GERMANY (Alex CEJKA and Martin KAYMER) 65-71-61
197 SOUTH AFRICA (Charls SCHWARTZEL and Louis OOSTHUIZEN) 68-68-61
198 AUSTRALIA (Brendan JONES and Richard GREEN) 61-70-67
199 NETHERLANDS (Robert-Jan DERKSEN and Joost LUITEN) 64-71-64
200 MEXICO (Jose DE JESUS RODRIGUEZ and Oscar SERNA) 66-69-65; ITALY (Edoardo MOLINARI and Francesco MOLINARI) 67- 69-64
201 SCOTLAND (Stephen GALLACHER and Martin LAIRD) 63- 69-69; WALES (Rhys DAVIES and Jamie DONALDSON) 67-69-65; SOUTH KOREA (KIM Hyung-sung and PARK Sung-joon) 66-71-64
202 SPAIN (Alvaro QUIROS and Miguel Angel JIMENEZ) 65-69-68; NEW ZEALAND (Gareth PADDISON and Michael HENDRY) 66-68-68; JAPAN (Yuta IKEDA and Tetsuji HIRATSUKA) 66-70-66
203 ENGLAND (Justin ROSE and Ian POULTER) 66-69-68; ZIMBABWE (Brendon DE JONGE and Bruce MCDONALD) 66-70-67
204 FRANCE (Gregory BOURDY and Raphael JACQUELIN) 66-70-68; THAILAND (Kiradech APHIBARNRAT and Thongchai JAIDEE) 66-70-68; CHINA (LIANG Wen-chong and ZHANG Xin-jun) 68-68-68;PORTUGAL (Hugo SANTOS and Ricardo SANTOS) 70-68-66.
205 DENMARK (Anders HANSEN and Thorbjorn OLESEN) 65-72-68; COLOMBIA (Manny VILLEGAS and Camilo VILLEGAS) 65-76-64
206 BRAZIL (Lucas LEE and Adilson DA SILVA) 68-71-67; SWEDEN (Alexander NOREN and Robert KARLSSON) 66-74-66; AUSTRIA (Florian PRAEGANT and Roland STEINER) 69-72-65
208 SINGAPORE (LAM Chih Bing and Mardan MAMAT) 68-75-65
212 BELGIUM (Jerome THEUNIS and Nicolas COLSAERTS) 67-77-68
215 GUATEMALA (Pablo ACUNA and Jose TOLEDO)75-74-66

PAUL LAWRIE TAKES THREE NE ROOKIE PROS UNDER HIS WING

The Paul Lawrie Foundation Team of Rookie Pros. Standing (left) Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh). Seated (left) Philip McLean (Peterhead), David Law (Hazlehead) and their mentor Paul Lawrie. Image by courtesy of Charlie Stewart (charlie@royalephotographics.co.uk)

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Former Open champion Paul Lawrie has made a million and wants for nothing - but he has never forgotten his early days as a tour pro.
That's the main reason why the Paul Lawrie Foundation will give North-east of Scotland trio David Law (Hazlehead), Philip McLean (Peterhead) and Fraserburgh's Kris Nicol a “helping hand” and be their mentor until they find their feet in their new environment as rookie golf professionals.
Law (20) and McLean (24) , as amateurs, have been members of the PLF Team since it was set up two or three years ago, before Law won the Scottish boys’ championship and then the Scottish amateur championship, both in 2009.
McLean will turn pro after he competes in the European Tour School Stage 2 at Costa Ballena GC in southern Spain next week.
Nicol (27), who, like Law, left the amateur ranks a few weeks ago, is also bound for Spain next week. His Stage 2 venue is Las Colinas GC near Alicante .
Kris, who made the Walker Cup practice squad, was not in the original Paul Lawrie Team but has impressed Paul with his results, including topping the Alps Tour Q School last week, and his readiness to work hard to achieve his goals.
Law failed to get past Stage 1 at Dundonald Links. He plans to play mainly on the German PGA’s EPD Tour which tees off in 2012 with three events in Turkey.
“When I set up the Paul Lawrie Foundation for a group of young, talented youngsters in the North-east, it was always my intention to extend the support, be it money, clothing, equipment, balls or advice into their pro golf years if any of them decided to go down that road,” said Paul at his local golf club, Deeside where he is an honorary member.
“I am just about to take David, Philip and Kris out on the Deeside course. We’ll play nine holes and chat a lot on the way round. They were asking me over a cup of coffee in the clubhouse, for instance, how much time I left myself to hit balls on the range before a round on the European Tour,” said Paul, a winner of the Andalucia Open in Spain earlier this year and, of course, the 1999 Open championship at Carnoustie.
“That’s the kind of thing I can really help them with - advice based on my experience of tournament play and other aspects of life as a pro golfer. We will meet regularly for bounce games when they are at home and I’m always there at the end of a phone line if they want a more urgent response to a problem they come up against a long way from home.
“The Paul Lawrie Foundation will pay each of them to wear the PLF logo on their tournament clothing and I will fix them up, with the help of Glenmuir, with that,” said Paul.
“I have built up a lot of contacts in the game over the years and I can make things happen for them a lot more quickly than it might otherwise.
“A lot is done for top amateurs but they really need that help to continue when they turn pro. That’s when they really want assistance and advice. I was lucky I had people like Stewart Spence, Martin Gilbert and Bruce Davidson around to make life that bit easier when I became a tour pro.
“Other people helped me when I was young, now it’s my turn to lend a helping hand.”
Scottish golf is not teeming with European Tour players and former Open champions who are ready to give freely of their time and money to help others climb the pro golf ladder. And Law, McLean and Nicoll do not need to be reminded how lucky they are that a man of Lawrie’s standing in the game is taking them under his wing as rookie pros.
“Every time I play with Paul, I learn something and I really am grateful for all he has done for me already and it’s great that his help and assistance is going to continue,” said Philip McLean.
“For us to get to play with Paul and to be able to bring our problems to him, is a terrific advantage. And there is so much more he is providing,” said David Law.
“Getting started is the really hard bit about pro golf,” said Kris Nicol. “For Paul to step in and offer his help in so many different ways is terrific.”

FROM THE PAUL LAWRIE WEBSITE:
 I saw Gillian Mitchell (physiotherapist) for my fortnightly "crunch" and then met David Law, Philip McLean and Kris Nicol at Deeside for a photograph. The Foundation is providing all three with funding for next year. We had a bite to eat then played nine holes.
All three of them beat me to win £20 each. Anytime I play with them and I win they give me a £1 but if they win I give them £20. So today was a bad day for me but great for them!

CHILLAS RETIRES FROM SENIOR TOUR TO COACH AT CLOYBANK

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Aberdeen-born John Chillas has closed the European Senior Tour chapter in his pro golfing life. But he is not retiring to a cottage in the hills or even the south of France. Not by a long chalk.

Launching a new venture at Banknock, Central Scotland, today, he told "Scottishgolfview.com:"

"Having recently retired from the European Senior Tour, I am about to embark on an exciting new golf instruction initiative.  

"The concept is ‘Golf Your Way’ which focuses on each individual’s own swing and building on these foundations.  I have been fortunate to play with some of the world's best golfers, watching and learning from their skills in all parts of the game.  

"This experience and many years coaching golfers from recreational players to internationalists has convinced me that the best way to improve is ‘Golf Your Way’.

"I am going to be based at Cloybank Estate Golf Academy, Banknock in Central Scotland. As well as a golf range, the facility has chipping and bunkers areas which have been built with three USGA-specification greens. A separate putting green has also been built to the same high standard."
Chillas, who turned pro in 1971 and had his 60th birthday last July 31, won the Scottish professional championship twice, amazingly the wins being 25 years apart. He was champion when the tournament was played at Haggs Castle GC in 1976 and again in 2001 when the championship had moved to Gleneagles.
He also won the 1998 Scottish PGA Order of Merit in 1998 and played for Great Britain and Ireland in five PGA Cup matches against the United States
Based at Glenbervie, John was the highly regarded Stirling University golf coach for more than 20 years and students such as Catriona (Lambert) Matthew and Maria Hjorth were among his pupils. Both have played the LPGA Tour for a number of years.
Catriona, of course, was a Curtis Cup player and two other Curtis Cup players who benefited from Chillas's coaching expertise were Alison (Davidson) Rose and Heather Stirling.
Chillas gave up his Glenbervie and Stirling University posts in 2001 when he qualified to play on the European Seniors Tour. He won three times in the over-50s circuit - the 2003 Travis Perkins Senior Masters, the 2004 Estoril Seniors Tour Championship, and the 2007 Scandinavian Seniors Open.
In all John won 1,106,425 Euros between 2001 and 2011 as a senior pro. His best season was 2004 when he won 218,262 Euros.
Based in Stirling John has been married since 1987 to Tricia Chillas, herself an accomplished golfer at club and county level in her day.

+Cloybank Estate is one of Scotland’s newer working estates, offering sport and leisure opportunities to individuals and groups.
The estate is situated in the heart of the Scottish countryside just off the M80 near Banknock. Cloybank Estate offers a range of activities such as clay pigeon and air rifle shooting, two fishing lochans stocked with hard fighting rainbow, brown and blue trout, an Archery range and, of course, a Golf Academy.
It is accessed from Junction 7 of the M80 (Glasgow – Stirling motorway). Leaving M80, turn right (all directions) A803 Kilsyth.  Travel 800 yards through two mini-roundabouts, then take next right – Braeface Road.  Cloybank is 400 yards on the left.