DAVID MULLEN WINS ABERDEEN LINKS SENIOR TITLE

Seniors Links

The winner of the Scratch with a two round total of 141 was David Mullen of Caledonian

from second George Paterson Northern and third Graeme Somers Bon Accord on 142.

Handicap Winner was Mike Rothnie Bon Accord and over 65s George Forbes Caledonian.

Links Championship

Leading Qualifier Matty Grieg with two round total of 139 to win the Royal Aberdeen Medal

from Alex Cruickshank Caledonian and Barrie Edmond Bon Accord on 143.Story of the

tournament was 14 year old Chris Somers Bon Accord qualifing for scratch matchplay.

Draw for this evening

500 M.Grieg BA V C.D unbar C

5.06 W.Ross C V C.Somers BA

5.12 M.Dunn BA V L.Hadden BA

5.18 D.Leslie N V S.Smith C

5.24 S.Jamieson BA V I.Watt N

5.30 D.Grieve BA VL.Ross C

5.36 Mark Grieg BA v A.Shand BA

5.42 LMorrice C V D.Forbes C

5.48 A.Cruickshank C V A.Divers C

5.54 G.V.Somers BA V J.Killman BA

6.00 S.Finnie C V S.Forsyth N

6.06 W.West N V L.Minty N

6.12 B.Edmond BA V T.Still N

6.18 K.Hird N V R.Nielson N

6.24 B.Reid C V S.Murray BA

6.30 G.Paterson N V C.Johnstone N

FIFE GOLF ASSOCIATION MEN'S ORDER OF MERIT

2012 FIFE ORDER OF MERIT for THE MACKAY BOWL

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Positions after 6 events.

	NAME	CLUB		Points
1	Alan Sutherland	Ladybank		150
2	Brian Soutar	Leven GS		140
3	Stuart Meiklejohn	Aberdour		125
4=	Kenny Cochrane	Kirkcaldy		100
	Ewan Scott	St Andrews		100
	James White	Lundin		100
7=	Scott Crichton	Aberdour		80
	Allan S Elder	Kirkcaldy		80
	Scott Stewart-Cation	The Duke’s		80

The next counting event for the 2012 FIFE ORDER OF MERIT is THE TENNANT CUP at GLASGOW GOLF CLUB on 23 & 24 June.

DAVID PEARSON MAINTAINS ROYAL DORNOCH COUNTY TITLE TRADITION

By ROBIN WILSON 

The Sutherland County Golf Championship Cup, gifted by Royal Dornoch Golf Club in 1922 for annual competition by male golfers in Sutherland Golf Clubs affiliated to the North District Association,  has spent most of its lifetime in the Dornoch trophy cabinet and returned to be housed there for the eighth consecutive year after being won yet again by a Royal Dornoch member at Brora last Saturday.

The latest winner is David Pearson a relatively newcomer to the County joining Royal Dornoch at the end of last season on his move north from the Glasgow area where he was a member of Kilmacolm Golf Club.  He is also a member of Tain Golf Club where last August he won the Tain Four day Tournament. With eligibility to play in either the Ross-shire or Sutherland championship he chose the latter for his first look at the Brora course.

In possession of  a two handicap Pearson immediately bonded with the Brora turf and greens with an opening birdie and when the scoring was a bit higher than expected in the not too tough conditions he became the unknown name at the top of the first round leader board in the field of 39. After his opening birdie his card fell back to three over par after seven holes but reduced to a one over par outward count of 36 when he holed a full six iron third shot to the eighth green for eagle three.

A two birdie, 13^th and 16^th  and three bogey 15^th, 17^th and 18^th inward card of 36 was added to make up his first round score of 71 and lead by one shot from another rare visitor to the Sutherland championship, from Muir of Ord, Golspie Country member, Darren Hexley (36/36). 

A shot further back was the defending champion Kevin Matheson (Royal Dornoch) who finished bogey, bogey for 73 (36/37) and the home challenge was provided by youth member Liam MacDonald-MacLeod (38/36) and joined on the 74 mark by two former winners,  James MacBeath (Brora) (35/39) and Dougal Chalmers (Royal Dornoch) (36/38).

Eight years ago  Brora's Roddie Cameron was the last non Dornoch golfer to have his name on the cup but Cameron struggling with pain in his knees was back on 78 but did fight his ailment for a second round 72.  Brora's County Champion of nine years ago course  Head Greenkeeper, MacBeath, after his early morning work to set up the course could not improve on his first round score and his triple bogey on the third hole put him out of contention but his eventual 75 did leave him in fourth place.

In round two Pearson repeated his opening birdie and made a birdie on his second visit to the eighth hole to break par by one, a 34, for his second outward half. Strict par was maintained on eight of the inward half holes before finishing in level par 69 with a closing bogey four.

Nearest to the new champion's total of 140 and receiving his first County bronze medal was left-hander Hexley who came home in level par 34 for his 71. Liam MacDonald found four birdies on his second round but a costly double bogey five at the ninth hole in his one over par return of 70 left him in third place.

Royal Dornoch's junior county champion of 2009, this competition also played at Brora, William Short ,grossed 75 and 76 and with his handicap now in single figures his nett total of 139 won the leading nett voucher for a Royal Dornoch double. Short had one of the best inward counts of the

competition recovering his first nine hole 42 blows by coming home in 33 in round one.

Results

 CSS 70 and 70 

 Scratch

 140 D Pearson (RDGC) 71/69. 143 D Hexley (Golspie) (72/71). 144 L MacDonald-MacLeod (Brora) (74/70). 149 J G MacBeath (Brora) (74/75). 150 K Sinclair ((RDGC) (80/70), R S Cameron )Brora) (78/72). 151 W Short (RDGC) (75/76), D W R Chalmers (RDGC) (74/77). 153 A Stewart (Brora) (76/77). 154 (N Cameron (Brora) (82/72) . Handicap

W Short (RDGC) (6) 139. K Sinclair (RDGC) (4) 142. K Sutherland (Brora) (9) 142.        

Caithness and Ross- shire Championships.

The two bordering counties also held their championships on Saturday and two home course winners emerged.

In Caithness it was a second success for Thurso's Dougie Thorburn who in a dismal Caithness entry of only fifteen at Thurso received only a token challenge from the defending champion Nicky Klimas (Wick).

Thorburn, the North Alliance champion, over his home course against a dismal entry of just fifteen won comfortably with a four under par 36 hole total of 138 after leading Klimas by six shots in round one. The second time champion, his first in 2006,  carded a flawless opening 66, three below par in two halves of 33 then followed up with two halves of 34  in round two for 68. Klimas took the bronze medal for second place with cards of 72 and 68.

The Ross-shire championship was held at Fortrose & Rosemarkie where Invergordon's  Lyle McAlpine was attempting a hatrick success but in another low entry of 28 the former Scottish Youth champion although taking the first round lead was caught and passed by first time winner Alan Cameron from the home club.

The defending champion had a four birdie first round card of 68 (34/34) but a second round bogey laden card of 78 where he was six over par for his final nine holes raised his second card to 78 but still held on to second place.

Cameron who is a Fortrose resident, but considered Inverness as his home club up until the start of this season, marked his return as a home club member at Fortrose & Rosemarkie by winning the championship for the first time with shots to spare.

His two under par opening 69 (36/33) was from an inward 33 after birdies on the 15^th and 18^th holes.   Two early bogies in his second round was partially repaired with a birdie on the par five 6^th hole in an outward 37. This was followed with a three bogey and three birdie inward card of par 35 for 72 and winning 36 hole aggregate of 141.

Third Inverness County Championship Triumph for Inverness Golfer

Inverness's John Forbes captured the Inverness County Championship title for a third time last Saturday. his first when playing over his home Culcabock golf course.

Forbes previously won the Inverness-shire event  in 2005 at Boat of Garten and then 2010 at Newtonmore. Like the recent North District championship event over Culcabock he had  to go extra holes to win.

With rounds of 75 and 70 Forbes was in a tie with club mate Laurie Chancellor who had posted 70 and 75 and the first and eighteenth holes were again selected for the play off. With an assisting wind Forbes drove the first green and holed his fifteen foot eagle putt for an immediate two shot advantage. Facing the wind at the 18^th hole both players made bogey five's for Forbes to win the silver medal and leave Chancellor with bronze.

Scores;

145 J Forbes 70/75, L Chancellor 75/70 (Forbes won two hole play off). 147 G Daun 74/73. 149 D Cheyne (Newtonmore)74/75.

NATIONAL SURVEY PROVIDES MANDATE FOR SGU FACILITIES PLAN

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The most comprehensive survey ever of the country’s golf clubs and golfers has given the game’s governing bodies a mandate to launch a new Facilities Plan aimed at improving the development of Scottish Golf at all levels over the next decade.

The highlight of the plan is the creation of 50 Development Centres, enhancing existing clubs and facilities which have been earmarked for further improvement to support players seeking to improve beyond the first two stages of ClubGolf, the national junior programme.

A further key outcome is the predicted requirement of £7.2m over the next eight years to fulfil these goals – an average total investment of £900,000 each year to 2020 – to be funded from a variety of public sector and private sources. This figure builds on the investment in excess of £5m that has already gone into golf facility development since the inception of ClubGolf in 2003, again from sportscotland and club generated funding.

The in-depth audit of 1,300 golfers and 498 clubs or facilities across the country provided an invaluable insight of what is required to improve facilities, support the development of players and help clubs grow their membership during these ever-challenging economic times.

 The survey highlighted a lack of good practice facilities, either indoor or outdoor, with limited access to coaches, preventing the average Scottish golfer from reaching his or her potential.

Some of the key findings from the wide-ranging survey reveal:

Ø New 18-hole courses should only be considered in exceptional circumstances;

Ø A total of 597 golf courses in Scotland;

Ø 108 driving ranges of which 51 are floodlit;

Ø 89% of clubs are actively seeking new members;

Ø 69% of clubs have introduced a transitional or intermediate category of membership to target young adults;

Ø 14% of clubs have a waiting list for new members;

Ø 85% of clubs have a junior membership;

Ø 70% of clubs provide regular coaching for juniors;

Ø 49% of clubs did not make a profit in the past 12 months while 42% did not expect to make a profit in the next 12 months.

Among the proposals is a hierarchy of facility development, encouraging existing clubs to act as ‘Introductory Centres’ by welcoming beginner golfers to learn the game and improve, with 450 such clubs and facilities to be in place by 2020. At least 75% of clubs would already match this criteria without any additional investment.

Encouragingly, the feedback illustrated a strong emphasis towards junior development, with 85% of clubs having a junior membership, while 70% provided regular coaching for juniors. There was also a clear move towards retention of juniors into adult membership, with 69% of respondents having introduced an intermediary category to target young adults.

On the negative side, membership retention and growth remain major challenges. The majority of municipal courses are seeing significant decline in rounds played and season ticket sales – although some are showing a rise – while 49% of club respondents did not make a profit in past 12 months.

Indeed, the research suggests the domestic market is near saturation and new 18-hole courses in Scotland should only be considered in exceptional circumstances.

Andy Salmon, Scottish Golf Development Manager, said of the survey:

“This comprehensive survey identifies and establishes the priorities for investment among Scottish Golf’s stakeholders, such as sportscotland, local authorities and golfing bodies. The findings have helped us shape our Facilities Plan to provide a more structured approach to supporting the long term sustainability of clubs and courses.

“Investment in facilities has previously been relatively ad-hoc however we can now direct funding where clubs are committed to good practice in terms of governance, business planning, access for juniors and environmental standards.

“We will also ensure that the investment will meet the needs of the individual golfer, reflecting their feedback which included a desire for better practice facilities, improved clubhouse facilities and a better quality of course.”

WORLD-RANKED FIELD FOR BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT ROYAL TROON AND GLASGOW GAILES

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 The 117th staging of the Amateur Championship tees-off next week (18-23 June 2012) at Royal Troon and Glasgow - Gailes Links and for the first time all 288 competitors from 32 countries in the starting field will be found from the top 1165 players in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR).
Awaiting the Amateur Champion, exempt entry into this year’s Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes, next year’s US Open and, traditionally, an invitation to the 2013 Masters Tournament.
Leading the field and world ranked 6,7 and 8 respectively when entries closed at week 20 on WAGR are Australia’s Jake Higginbottom, USA’s Corbin Mills and The Netherland’s Daan Huizing, winner of last week’s St Andrews Links Trophy. The reigning European Amateur Champion Austria’s Manuel Trappel ranked number 28 in the world also starts with Walton Heath’s Ben Taylor at number 59, the highest ranked British player.
Commenting on the quality of the field The R&A’s Director of Amateur Events, Euan Mordaunt said:
“This must be one of the strongest Amateur Championship fields in recent years, and spectators will get the opportunity to see some great golf from many of the talented young players who will become the top professionals of the future”.
“The field also includes eleven squad members of the GB&I team to face the Continent of Europe later this year in the St Andrews Trophy Match at Portmarnock and two members of the victorious 2011 Walker Cup Team, Vale of Glamorgan’s Rhys Pugh and Rathmore’s Alan Dunbar, ” added Mordaunt.
Former Major Champions and Ryder Cup team members including Jack Nicklaus, Jose Maria Olazabal, Colin Montgomerie, Nick Faldo, Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington, Henrik Stenson, Rory McIlroy, Louis Oosthuizen and the reigning Open Champion, Darren Clarke, have all played in the Amateur Championship.
Admission and parking is free at Royal Troon and Glasgow - Gailes Links and public catering is available.
The stroke play stage of the Amateur Championship is played over the first two days of competition at both courses before the field is cut to 64 and ties and the match play format finds the Champion over the final four days at Royal Troon.
Full details including the championship draw can be found at RandA.org. Television highlights will be broadcast on Thursday through Saturday, 21 to 23 June 2012 on Sky Sports.
*The current playing format was introduced at Turnberry in 1983, 36 holes of stroke play qualifying during the first two days with 64 players and ties progressing to four days of match play.

FOWLES' LAST-ROUND 64 WINS HIM PGA EUROPRO £10,000 PRIZE

By NICK TEALE

A superb final round of 64 saw Billy Fowles win the Kerry London PGA EuroPro Tour by two shots at Burhill Golf Club on Sunday.

The Wentworth golfer came into the final day one over par, four shots behind then leader Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes) having shot a three-over-par 75 on Saturday.

Fowles began his final round with a par four at the first before gaining a shot at the second. Pars at three and four kept him level for the tournament before he leapt up the leaderboard with consecutive birdies starting at the fifth. He drew level for the lead by taking the par-three eighth in two.

The 11^th was the tournament’s most generous hole and Fowles took full advantage of the par five with an eagle. Further birdies at 12, 15 and 16 extended his lead and despite bogeying the par-three 18^th he took away the £10,000 winner’s cheque at the end of a tough 54 holes of golf on Burhill’s New Course.

“It was tricky in the bad weather,” confirmed winner Fowles after the tournament. “The final round was a lot calmer but it was tough in the wind and rain on the first two days.

“The main problem was the wind, but if you could get through the holes that were going into the wind it wasn’t too bad as once you got it behind you the holes were playing a lot shorter and you could get some good scores on the longer holes.

“Even though I started the final day a shot above par I felt I had a chance. I was only four shots off the lead and I thought I could go out and post a low score; I felt I had been playing well enough to do that.

“I hit it close on eight for a birdie which took my round to four under, so I knew at three under overall I was level with the overnight lead. Then I saw the leaderboard at the ninth and knew I was up there.

“It was an anxious wait in the clubhouse, especially with Alex Belt playing well. I knew he was only a couple of birdies from my score so I was a bit worried.”

Belt (The De Vere Club) was Fowles’ closest challenger but was left to rue bogeys at 10 and 12 which cost him the chance to take the tournament to a play off. He signed for 69 at the end of his final round.

Overnight leader Whitnell struggled on the final day, concluding the tournament tied for 11^th.  A bogey at the first wasn’t an ideal start and despite notching up three birdies he carded a 75.

Ryan Brown (Worksop Golf Club) and Paul Reed (Bristol and Clifton Golf Club) shared third place on two under. Reed, who won the Ulster Bank Open at Galgorm Castle nine days ago, hit a par-72 final round with his three birdies cancelled out by the same number of bogeys.

Brown shot a 68 in his final round to climb the leaderboard on the final day. The Worksop golfer was two above par overnight but an eagle at the fifth and five back-nine birdies took him into the top five.

The next event on the 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour is the WSL Open at Collingtree Park, Northampton, which begins on June 20.

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McILROY, LEADER BY ONE, FINISHES SEVENTH AFTER DOUBLE BOGEY AT THE LAST IN ST JUDE CLASSIC

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By OLIVER BROWN

If Rory McIlroy wished to restore his confidence ahead of this week’s US Open title defence, his final drive at Memphis’ TPC Southwind was not one to replay in his mind for long.

Standing on the 18th tee with a one-stroke lead in the St Jude Classic, he flailed his three-wood into a lake en route to a double-bogey that relegated him to a share of seventh place.

As a parting shot before the season’s second major, it was not exactly auspicious.
For 71 holes McIlroy had displayed a comforting assurance, purging the memory of three successive missed cuts by reaching eight-under par on the rustic Southwind layout.
But his closing round, brought forward on Sunday because of the threat of thunderstorms in Tennessee, unravelled at the crucial juncture as he lashed at his tee-shot on the 18th and heard only a dispiriting splash.
Once his pique at the error had subsided, the young Ulsterman could take solace from an encouraging US Open tune-up. McIlroy had added the St Jude to his schedule at late notice, after a wretched dip in form brought premature exits at Sawgrass, Wentworth, and Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Tournament
The fact that he held the lead at all represented progress, but it would be a stretch to argue that he is even approaching the level that yielded his eight-shot victory at Congressional 12 months ago.
Instead, McIlroy heads to the Olympic Club in San Francisco harbouring doubts. Despite six-hour sessions on the range with coach Michael Bannon, whom he has brought to the US from Belfast, he continues to struggle with his driving accuracy - as illustrated by his lapse at the last, where he shut the clubface and pulled the ball at least 20 yards to the left.

The 23 year-old also took an average of 31 putts per round in Memphis, far too many if he hopes to become the first man since Curtis Strange, in 1989, to win back-to-back US Opens.

Where McIlroy faltered, a resurgent Dustin Johnson flourished on Sunday to seize the title from McIlroy’s grasp. Johnson underlined his reputation as an emotional ‘flat-liner’ with a serene 66, including two birdies in his last three holes.
In this fascinating duel of the twenty-somethings, it was the jaunty South Carolinian, who secured his sixth US PGA Tour win two weeks shy of his 28th birthday.
The moment was a significant breakthrough for Johnson, making his second appearance following a back injury sustained in March, when he tried to lift a jet-ski at home in Florida.
Already he appears a prime contender for the US Open, breaking the traditional hex whereby no player who prevails the week before ever goes on to win the tournament itself. After all, he played at Olympic Club for the US Amateur as recently as 2007.
“I was at home for 10 weeks, so it feels good to get back and compete,” Johnson said. “I was a little rusty at Memorial, but here I was able to knock some of the rust off.”
Another running high on adrenalin is Lee Westwood, who made the ideal preparation for his first major success in 57 attempts by winning the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm by five shots.
“I’ll tee off with a lot of confidence,” said the world No 3, who has changed his irons and putter in readiness for San Francisco.
“You don’t win tournaments by five without playing really well.” As if Westwood could want any extra motivation, he has recorded top-three finishes in six of his last 10 majors. 

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 280 (4x70)
Players from US unless stated
271 Dustin Johnson 70 68 67 66
272 John Merrick 66 69 68 68
273 Ryan Oakner 64 55 56 55, Chad Campbell 68 67 70 68, Nick O'Hern (Australia) 70 67 67 69, Davis Love III 68 68 68 69.
274 Ken Duke 68 68 73 65, Seung-Yul Hoh (SKor) 67 69 72 66, Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 68 65 72 69, Robert Allenby (Australia) 68 70 67 69.

SELECTED TOTALS

275 Greg Owen (England) 72 67 71 65 (T11)
276 Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 68 68 71 69 (T13)
278 Martin Laird (Scotland) 72 70 67 69 (T24)
283 Gary Christian (England) 70 71 71 71 (T49)

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PAUL WESSELINGH WINS PGA SENIORS TITLE AND £40,000

      Paul Wesselingh's biggest senior moment.  Picture by courtesy of Phil Ingles of Getty Images

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Midland PGA professional Paul Wesselingh outshone some of European golf’s biggest names to land the ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship at his first attempt.

The Kedleston Park PGA professional fired a brilliant five-under-par 67 including four successive birdies from the 12th to snatch victory at De Vere Slaley Hall by just one shot from defending champion Andrew Oldcorn and Sweden’s Anders Forsbrand with former Ryder Cup captain Mark James in fourth place.

It was also a good day for PGA pros Peter Smith (Deeside) and Steve Cipa (South Essex) who tied fifth alongside Peter Fowler.

But all the plaudits were for Wesselingh celebrating his maiden European Senior Tour title at just the third time of trying.

The 50-year-old, who pocketed a £40,000 cheque to move to second in the Order of Merit, admitted it had been a crazy month since announcing his arrival on the senior circuit just under a month ago with a share of second at the Mallorca Senior Open.

“It is a crazy start to my seniors’ career, I just can’t believe it,” said Wesselingh who followed up his second place with 21st at the US Senior PGA Championship and joint seventh at the Benahavis Senior Classic plus a victory in the Senior PGA Professional Championship squeezed in too.

“It’s fantastic to win the PGA Seniors Championship. I had a quick look at the trophy and there are some fantastic names on there and now I’m on there.

“It has been a long time coming, I’ve spent four or five years working hard for this. I do hit a lot of balls and also  keep myself fit and hopefully I sort of semi-deserve it.”

Wesselingh began the final day four shots adrift of overnight leader James but picked up two early birdies. James meanwhile led until tumbling out of contention with bogeys on 14 and 18 as the eventuall champion began an incredible burst of birdies from the 12th, stung by another encounter with the par five hole which he double bogeyed during his first round.

“I was so angry after bogeying 11 that I seemed to birdie everything, good length putts too, they weren’t short ones,” said Wesselingh.

“I had a three footer on 12, 13 was probably 20 footer, 14 was about the same and 15 was five or six feet. I’d also had a long birdie putt on five, about 30 foot, and on six I chipped in.”

Wesselingh’s 67, added to opening rounds of 72 and 71 in the rain-shortened event, left him six under for the tournament with Oldcorn and Forsbrand, both playing in the last group, needing to birdie the last to force a play-off which neither  managed.

Forsbrand had warmed to the task with successive birdies on 15 and 16 to get to six under but handed the initiative back with a bogey on 17.

Wesselingh’s win has earned him entry to the Senior Open Championship at Turnberry and next year’s US PGA Senior Championship and he revealed it was his appearance at last month’s US PGA Senior, where he finished 21st, which had given him a confidence boost.

“I didn’t play particularly well the first three days but scored well but the last round when I shot 66 was the best I’ve ever played. To come 21st in a major and play the standard I did was

incredible.”

With the biggest prize of his professional golfer career looming, the six-time PGA Cup player kept a cool head, courtesy of some past near misses.

“I knew I was in a good situation but didn’t get nervous,” he said. “I remember playing the PGA Professional Championship in 2005 and I couldn’t feel the putter when I stood over a two foot putt to win it and missed. I won the year after and I don’t seem to get nervous anymore, may be because I have a bit more experience.”

With a week off before the Dutch Senior Open, the father of three is looking forward to going home to see the members at Kedletson Park.

“Kedleston Park have been superb. That was a key thing for me. When I went for my card they said they wanted me to go for it and when I got my card they said we want you to play everything.

“And the members have been brilliant, my phone will be crazy when I turn it on. I’m pleased I’ve got a week off to go and see them.”

Wesselingh’s victory sees him follow in the footsteps of DJ Russell, winner of the PGA Seniors in 2010, who he also succeeded as head pro at Kedleston Park.

“DJ has been incredibly supportive, he helped me a lot in the first few weeks on tour,” he said.

“He was one of the first few people I played with in Mallorca and he is so relaxed. I also knew Bob Cameron, who I played PGA Cup with, and everyone I have played with on Tour has been so supportive, coming along and congratulating me, I feel one of them now.”

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LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Prizemoney in Euros
Par 216 (3x72)
210 Paul Wesselingh (England) 72 71 67 (50,075)
211 Anders Forsbrand (Sweden) 70 71 70, Andrew Oldcorn (Scotland)  (29,263 each) 
213 Mark James (England) 67 72 74 (19,091)
215 Stewart Cipa (England) 74 70 71, Peer Fowler 72 70 73, Peter Smith (Scotland) 70 73 72 (12,327 each)

OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS

218 Ross Drummond 73 73 72 (T13) (5,081)
220 Gordon Brand junior 68 76 76, Bill Longmuir 79 73 68 (2,846 each)
223 Campbell Elliott 74 77 82 (60th) (1,015)