Friday, August 24, 2012

SWEDE IS FAVOURITE FOR CARNEGIE SHIELD FIRST

By ROBIN WILSON
In the 99 years the Carnegie Shield has been played for at Royal Dornoch it has gone overseas on just four occasions, all four winners coming from America, but after Sweden's Jorg Paulus put out the last American standing in this years event in yesterdays quarter finals Andrew Carnegie's gift to the club in 1901 could be making its first trip to the Scandinavian golf club of Sollerod..
Paulus, a one handicapper, has been in top form all week leading the scratch qualifiers and then booked his place in the semi finals with wins yesterday over over former Scottish cap, Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and County) and American Billy Williard (Virginia Beach). he will play former local winner Alex MacDonald a green keeper on nearby Golspie golf course.
Through to the other semi final is last year's runner up John Forbes (Inverness) and he will meet the oldest former winner left in the competition his Inverness Club mate Stewart Wilson. Wilson first won the Shield in 1998 and is one of a few former winners who enjoyed back to back success. Both semi-finalists went the distance in the quarter finals with last green wins.
Results: 
Carnegie Shield Round 2
 J P Paulus (Sweden) bt I Brotherston (Dumfries and County) 4 and 2.
W Williard (Virginia Beach) bt E  Barras (Loch Ness) 3 and 1
 A  MacDonald (RDGC) bt J Shepherd (RDGC) 6 and 5.
 I Rennie Hindhead) bt H F Green (Hankley Common) 3 amd 2. 
J Forbes (Inverness) bt S Deery) (West Lancs) 4 and 3.
B Templeton ((RDGC) bt D McIntosh (RDGC) 3 and 2.
 W Short (RD) bt K Grant (Ballochmyle) 1 hole. 
S Wilson (Inverness) bt N MacDonald (Muckhart)  3 and 2.  
Quarter-finals
Paulus bt Williard 4 and 3. 
A  MacDonald bt Rennie 3 and 2
Forbes bt Templeton 1 hole.
Wilson bt Short 1 hole  

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GRANT JACKSON ONE OFF THE PACE IN BALLANTINE'S TAIWAN CHSHIP

Taipei: Chinese Taipei’s Hsieh Chi-hsien delighted the home crowd when he fired a six-under-par 66 to seize the second round lead at the Ballantine’s Taiwan Championship on Friday.
  The local prospect coloured his card with two bogeys, two eagles and four birdies to head into the weekend rounds with a two-day total of six-under-par 138, holding a one-shot lead over England’s Grant Jackson at the  S$110,000 Asian Development Tour (ADT) event which is the richest on the Schedule.
Jackson kept up his chase for his maiden ADT win when he returned with a 67 to take second place while overnight leader Park Il-kook of Korea slipped to tied-third with Canada’s Lindsay Renolds on identical 140s at the National Garden Golf Course in Taipei.
Starting his round two shots back of Park in tied-sixth, Hsieh quickly made his move with two birdies in his first four holes. He eagled the 16th before completing his outward-nine with another birdie on the par-four 18th.
Hsieh then stumbled with two successive bogeys on the first and second holes after the turn. He redeemed himself with another eagle-three on the third hole before reeling in his fourth birdie on the seventh hole for a 66.
“I was really doing very well in my back-nine and I was gaining lots of confidence. But I slipped up after the turn with two bogeys,” said Hsieh.
“It was hard and I was nervous. But I told myself that I’ve to continue my focus and fortunately I picked myself up with another eagle and a birdie, Overall, it was a great day for me,” added the Chinese Taipei player.
The Ballantine’s Taiwan Championship is set to showcase the region’s aspiring professionals on the ADT, which recently received a massive boost when it was awarded Official World Golf Ranking status from 2013 onwards.
With golf returning to the Olympics in 2016, the ADT will become a platform for emerging players from across Asia to have the opportunity to play their way to Rio De Janeiro.
From next season, all winners of ADT events will receive a minimum of six World Ranking points while the top-six players and ties will earn points based on a sliding scale.
Launched in 2010 with the aim of creating a career pathway for professional golfers in Asia, a record total of 12 events will be played this season with the top three finishers on the Order of Merit earning Asian Tour cards for 2013.
 
For more information on the ADT, please visit www.asiandevelopmenttour.com.
 
Leading second round scores
138      HSIEH Chi-hsien (TPE) 72-66
139      Grant JACKSON (ENG) 72-67
140      Lindsay RENOLDS (CAN) 72-68, PARK Il-kook (KOR) 70-70
141      HUNG Chien-yao (TPE) 73-68, HSU Mong-nan (TPE) 72-69, LIN Wen-hong (TPE)73-68
142      LEE Yi-cheng (Taipei) 74-68, SUNG Mao-chang (TPE)72-70, Tommy MANSUWAN (THA) 72-70, LIEN Lu-sen (TPE)71-71, LEE Yoo-ho (KOR)75-67
 

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DANIEL THOMPSETT ON CREST OF A WAVE BACK IN THE USA

Daniel Thompsett returned to Rocky Mountain College last week following a three-month holiday at home during which time he won the Aboyne Club Championship by 16 shots (pictured above with the trophy) and scored his first hole in one.
This week he had to play in a 72 hole qualifier at Rocky to try to make the team and determine player ranking within the team.  The 72 holes were played over four different courses over two days. 
On the second day Daniel set a new course record at Pryor Creek Golf Club, Huntley, Montana playing the Johnny Walker course with a 10 under par 61.  He qualified for the team as number 1.
Jeni Thompsett
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