SCOTTISH ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP - ALL THE TEE TIMESSES

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NEW FACES IN ENGLAND SENIOR MEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS

A new name will be inscribed on the trophy at the conclusion of the English Seniors Men’s County Championship finals being staged at Heworth Golf Club in County Durham from October 9 to 11. None of this year’s regional winners, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire and Nottinghamshire, have won the title which has been dominated by Cheshire and Kent since the competition was inaugurated in 2005. Kent has been the winners for the past three years but they were outclassed by Hertfordshire in the South East qualifying and with three current senior internationals in their line-up, will arguably start as favourites. This will be the eighth Seniors County Championship and only Lancashire has competed previously, in 2007 at Rotherham and last year at Gog Magog in Cambridge. But this will be the first taste of finals action for the other three counties. Lancashire earned their third appearance when they beat Yorkshire by a stroke in the Northern Qualifier at Heswall. Their side includes senior international Stewart King, secretary/manager at West Lancashire Golf Club, Terry Brown (image copyright Tom Ward) and Mike Gray, all of whom played in their two previous finals. Jeremy Morgan is the Lancashire senior champion. Hertfordshire won the South East qualifier by eight strokes at Moor Park, ahead of Surrey, while Kent finished fourth. With senior internationals John Ambridge, Doug Cameron and Tyrone Carter in their line-up, they have a great chance of keeping the title in the South East. Ambridge and Carter gained their first senior international caps when they were chosen for the European Seniors Team Championship in Portugal, England finishing third.  The pair were then joined by Cameron for the Senior Home Internationals in Wales and helped England to a thrilling victory over defending champions Ireland. Carter is the Hertfordshire senior champion. Gloucestershire qualified for their first finals when they finished 19 strokes ahead of Dorset at Marlborough. Their team includes Welsh international Bob Broad, South West Seniors champion Richard Wood, father of European Tour professional Chris Wood, while their captain is Richard Boulding. The line-up also includes John Chilvers, who is the Gloucestershire Senior champion. Nottinghamshire won a weather-hit Midland Qualifier when the greens became waterlogged at Aston Wood in Staffordshire. So the competition was decided over nine holes with Notts scoring 232, three ahead of Shropshire and Herefordshire. In their line-up is Clive Graham, the county’s seniors champion, but it doesn’t include England seniors international Charlie Banks, a member of the victorious England Seniors Home Internationals squad. The Seniors Finals are contested on a round robin basis, each match consisting of three foursomes and six singles. In the first round of matches on 9th October, Lancashire will meet Nottinghamshire and Hertfordshire will play Gloucestershire Teams: Gloucestershire Richard Boulding (Henbury) Bob Broad (Minchinhampton) John Chilvers (Henbury) Bill Higgins (Tewkesbury Park) Stuart Masson (Minchinhampton) Ian Melvin (Cotswold Hills) Dave Potter (Naunton Downs) Richard Wood (Long Ashton) Hertfordshire John Ambridge (Moor Park) Peter Bax (Mid Herts) Doug Cameron (Moor Park) Tyrone Carter (Stevenage) David Danhauser (Moor Park) Tom McEvoy (Old Fold Manor) Martin McKenna (Letchworth) Gaius Potton (Berkhamsted) Lancashire Terry Brown (Stand) Stuart Fawcett (Southport and Ainsdale) Robert Fox (Royal Lytham and St Anne’s) Alan Gillespie (Clitheroe) Mike Gray (Lancaster) Stewart King (Grange Park) Jeremy Morgan (Longridge) Glynn Rees (Fleetwood) Nottinghamshire Mike Briggs (Retford) David Brown (Sherwood Forest) Clive Graham (Coxmoor) Peter Higgins (Radcliffe-on-Trent) Colin Maber (Notts) Donald McCart (Sherwood Forest) Neil Martin (Beeston Fields) Stuart Pond (Worksop)

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GAVIN DEAR LYING JT FIFTH IN ABU DHABI

Murrayshall's Gavin Dear is the leading Scot in joint fifth place after two rounds of the second event on the MENA Tour, the Abu Dhabi Golf Citizen Open at the Saadiyat Beach Club. Dear followed up an opening round of par 72 with a three-under 69 for 142 to be seven shots behind the leader, Welshman Stephen Dodd. Dodd broke the course record with a first-round 66 and tagged on a 69 for 135 to lead by two shots from England's Ross McGowan and German Roland Steiner, both 68-69. Second-best Scot is Tom Buchanan with a pair of 72s for 144. PGA EuroPro Tour winner Duncan Stewart (Grantown on Spey) bounced back from a first-day 78 to beat the cut by four shots after a 67 for 145. Also on that mark at Greg Nicolson (Mortonhall) and Englishman Patrick Walker (Ballumbie Castle). Nicolson has shot 73-72 as has Walker. Last week's winner Zane Scotland is well down the field in this one after socores of 74 and 72 for 146. LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS Par 144 (2x72) 135 Stephen Dodd (Wal) 66 69 137 Ross McGowan (Eng) 68 69, Roland Steiner (Ger) 68 69 140 Tyler Hogarty (Eng) (am) 68 72 141 Berni Reiter (Aut) 71 70, Mitchell Slorach (Sing) 72 69, Gavin Dear (Sco) 71 69. 142 Trevor Marshall (NZ) 73 69, Alex Christie (Eng) 70 72, Simon Dunn (Sco) 73 69, William Harrold (Eng) 75 67. SELECTED SCORES 144 Tom Buchanan (Sco) 72 72 145 Greg Nicolson (Sco) 73 72, Patrick Walker (Eng) 73 72, Duncan Stewart (Sco) 78 67. 146 Steven Munro (Sco) 70 76, Callum Nicoll (Sco) 72 74, Zane Scotland (Eng) 74 72. MISSED THE CUT 151 Myles Cunningham (Sco) 76 75.

GRAY, HUTCHEON LEAD ... BUT KELLY HAS PAR EDGE

Banchory's Greig Hutcheon and Stephen Gray (Hayston) are at the top of the numerical leaderboard on 136 with one round to go in the Tomatin 54-hole pro-am tournament. But third-placed Chris Kelly (Cawder) is the "par leader" on seven under par 137. That's because three different links courses are being used - Royal Dornoch (par 70), Nairn (par 72) and Castle Stuart (par 72). Gray has compiled rounds of 67 and 69 at Royal Dornoch, then Castle Stuart. So he finishes off at Nairn. Hutcheon has shot 70-66 at Nairn and then Royal Dornoch, so he goes to Castle Stuart for his final round. Both Gray and Hutcheon are six under par for the 36 holes they have played .. Kelly has scored two-under 70 at Castle Stuart and 67 (36-31) at Nairn so, par-wise, he has the easiest third-round task - at par-70 Royal Dornoch. But very few people would describe the classic world-ranked Dornoch links as "easy" so really the inaugural title is up for grabs with Graham Fox (Rowallan Castle) and Greg McBain (Gamola Golf) by no means out of it on the 138 mark. Both finish off at Castle Stuart. SECOND-ROUND TOTALS 136 S Gray (Hayston) 67 69, G Hutcheon (Banchory) 70 66 137 C Kelly (Cawder) 70 67 138 G Fox (Rowallan Castle) 69 69, G McBain (Gamola Golf) 67 71 139 J Lomas (unatt) 71 68 140 P Waugh (Close House) 70 70 141 J Lupton (Close House) 72 69, G Wright (West Linton) 70 71 143 S Henderson (Kings Links) 73 70, M King (Kingsfield) 74 69, R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 76 67, G Dingwall (Royal Dornoch) 73 70 144 A Lockhart (Ladybank) 73 71, D Orr (Mearns Castle) 75 69, N Fenwick (Dunbar) 69 75, E Saltman (Archerfield) 73 71, P Wardell (Whitekirk) 70 74. 145 Kenny Hutton (Downfield) 75 70, A Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy) 72 73, P Smith (Deeside) 71 74, G Stewart (Cawder) 73 72, J McCreadie (Buchanan Castle) 74 71 146 R Cameron (Saltire Energy) 78 68, Andrew Scrimshaw (Close House) 68 78, G Brown (Montrose Links) 73 73, D Patrick (Elie SC) 76 70. 147 P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 75 72, M Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar) 73 74 148 M Urquhart (Spey Valley) 72 76 149 S Kerr (Strathaven) 77 72, M Bradley (Notts) 76 73, A Reid (West Lothian) 74 75. 150 C Currie (Caldwell) 78 72, A Oldcorn (Kings Links) 77 73, A Crerar (Panmure) 74 76, S Morrison (Tain) 73 77 151 J McKinnon (Irvine) 78 73, C Elliott (Haggs Castle) 76 75, C Campbell (Trump International) 79 72, G Murphy (Ireland) 74 77, G Forbes (Murcar Links) 74 77, J Cliff (Murrayfield) 76 75. 152 C Ronald (Carluke) 77 75, A Mackenzie (Saunton) 80 72, J Rostock (Carnegie Club) 75 77 153 S McAllister (Renaissance) 79 74, I Colquhoun (Dundonald Links) 76 77, R Reed (Notts) 76 77, F Cromarty (Castle Stuart) 78 75. 154 M Hazelden (Cottesmore) 78 76 155 C Everett (Caldwell) 77 78, T Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar) 79 76 ends ends

LET'S HAVE FOUR DAYS OF SINGLES AT FUTURE RYDER CUPS

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Can you improve on perfection?
Good question after arguably the best Ryder Cup match there has ever been.
But boil it all down and the foursomes and four-balls were just "shadow boxing" for the main event - the 12 decisive singles on the Sunday.
What if we cut out the foursomes and the four-balls and have FOUR daily sessions of singles with everybody playing.
Here's Paul Lawrie's view:

"I think all players should play every session as leaving out four players each time is poor.  But apart from that I wouldn't change the formats."

+Incidentally, the official attendance for the 2012 Ryder Cup was a sell-out 240,000.

LET'S HEAR YOUR VIEWPOINT ON THE RYDER CUP

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OLAZABAL NAMES LAWRIE AS CONTENDER TO BE RYDER CUP CAPTAIN AT GLENEAGLES

FROM THE BBC SPORTS WEBSITE

Europe's winning Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal says he does not intend to skipper the side at Gleneagles in 2014.

Olazabal masterminded Europe's historic comeback from 10-4 down to claim a 14½-13½ victory over the United States at Medinah.

Last 10 European captains

• 2012: J M Olazabal
• 2010: Colin Montgomerie
• 2008: Nick Faldo
• 2006: Ian Woosnam
• 2004: Bernhard Langer
• 2002: Sam Torrance
• 1999: Mark James
• 1997: Seve Ballesteros
• 1995: Bernard Gallacher
• 1993: Bernard Gallacher

"Clearly I won't do it again," said the Spaniard, who believes several people could be suited to the role.

"It would be unfair for me to just name one for the next Ryder Cup."
Irishman Paul McGinley, one of Olazabal's vice-captains alongside Darren Clarke, Thomas Bjorn and Miguel Angel Jimenez, is the bookmakers' favourite to captain the side in Scotland in two years' time.
Olazabal said Scot Paul Lawrie, part of the 2012 winning side, was another potential contender.
"Once they do it there is Lee Westwood and Padraig Harrington. There is a list of eight or nine guys that have a chance of doing it," he said.
Olazabal, speaking at a news conference alongside Belgian player Nicolas Colsaerts, was asked a variety of questions including about Rory McIlroy's late arrival on Sunday, top scorer Ian Poulter's contribution, Tiger Woods conceding a half on the final hole, and the influence of Seve Ballesteros.

Olazabal on messages of congratulation

"The King of Spain called me a few minutes ago and was pretty much over the moon, like me. There have been messages from sports guys like [tennis player Rafael] Nadal and lots from friends and family."

On Rory McIlroy's late arrival

Mcllroy was due to face Keegan Bradley at 11:25 local time but misread his tee time and made it with just 10 minutes to spare after being given a lift in a police car.
"Obviously, we were a little concerned but we knew at 11:05 he was going to make it to the tee with no problems. That's why I was not all that tense," said Olazabal. "Luckily enough a police car was there and he made it on time. It was no surprise at all he managed to win his point."
Olazabal suggested McIlroy could have conceded the first hole had he failed to make the time. Asked what he would have said in that instance, the skipper said: "Get onto the second hole and win the damn point."

On Seve Ballesteros

The Europeans wore navy blue jumpers and white shirts, the colours most associated with Olazabal's great pal Ballesteros, on Sunday in tribute to the five-time major winner, who died in May last year after a long battle with a brain tumour.
Olazabal, who said he took advice from Ballesteros about the Ryder Cup before he died, added: "We all know how great he was around the greens and maybe wherever he is, he put a little bit of magic onto the players."

On Ian Poulter

Poulter top scored with four points, and revived Europe's flagging hopes with five birdies on the last five holes to win his fourballs match alongside McIlroy on Saturday.

2014 Ryder Cup captain betting

• 11-8 Paul McGinley
• 7-2 Colin Montgomerie
• 5-1 Darren Clarke
• 8-1 Thomas Bjorn
• 12-1 Paul Lawrie

"For whatever reason this event for him means so much. He thrives on it and it brings the best of him out on the golf course," said Olazabal.

"He's just amazing. In a way, he reminds me a lot of Seve - that intensity, that focus, that will to win a point.
"He will be a wonderful captain for sure in the future. He will need 12 players like him."

On Tiger Woods

The American's generous concession of a putt on the 18th green to Francesco Molinari gave Europe - who had already retained the trophy - a half which sealed outright victory.
Some British bookmakers claimed the outcome cost them £500,000 in payouts to punters who had backed Europe to win.
Olazabal said of Woods: "He just let it go. There was no reason for them to keep on trying to win that point. They didn't have any chance to win the cup."

On Martin Kaymer

The German former world number one held his nerve with a six-foot putt on the 18th to win his singles match against Steve Stricker and guarantee at least a tie.
"He's a German. You can rely on German engineering these days."

On favourite shot

Olazabal said: "It's hard to just pick one but I think the putt Poulter made on 18 on Saturday afternoon was huge. We all knew how important that was.
"If that didn't happen I don't think we'd have had a chance to win. It was crucial."
Colsaerts nominated Justin Rose's putts on the 17th and 18th holes to come from behind and beat Phil Mickelson as his favourites.
"They were among the first couple of big statements," said the Belgian

TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO INCHMARLO GOLF CENTRE

Wednesday's North-east Alliance is still ON at Inchmarlo Golf Centre, Banchory but the direct route off the North Deeside Road is CLOSED mean time.
Competitors should be aware of this before they set off for Inchmarlo and plan to get there by a different route.
The road down to the Inchmarlo Golf Centre from the Raemoir end is open.

PROVISIONAL TEE TIMES FOR SCOTTISH ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

SCOTTISH GOLFERS' ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
PROVISIONAL DRAW FOR NEXT WEEK
(TO BE UPDATED LATER TODAY)

Monifieth Tuesday  Arbroath Wednesday

Start	Match		H/
Time	No.	Name and Club	cap	Dist
		L. Sutherland, Monifieth	P	M
8.30	1	G. McLeod, Monifieth	P	M
		A. Marshall, Monifieth	P	E
		L. Brough, Aly	5	M
8.38	2	C. Knowles, Panmure	AP	M
8.46	3
8.54	4
9.02	5
9.10	6
9.18	7
9.26	8
9.34	9
9.42	10
9.50	11
		A. Mason, Thornton	10	M
9.58	12	K. McNicoll, Gullane	AP	E
		J. Kinloch, Cardross	3	W
		W. Miller, Monifieth	12	M
10.06	13	P. Kinloch, Cardross	6	W
		G. Wilkie, Muckhart	14	M
		R. Stewart, Tulliallan	1	M
10.14	14	P. McLean, Paul Lawrie Golf	P	NE
		P. Brookes, Pitrieve	P	M
		R. Barton, Alloa	9	M
10.22	15	A. Gall, Deeside	5	NE
		P. Leggate, Mussleburgh	10	E
		D. Wilson, Duff House Royal	10	NE
10.30	16	P. Jamieson, Dunblane New	P	M
		A. Oldcorn, Kingsacre	P	E
		C. Westland, Alloa	11	M
10.38	17	N. McGarva, Kilmalcolm	5	W
		R. Harrower, Boat of Garten	P	N
		P. Guthrie, Peterculter	8	NE
10.46	18	K. Thomson, Alloa	14	M
		N. Parker, Murcur	13	NE
10.54	19	A. Boxx, Boat of Garten	11	N
		W. Crosbie, Blairgowrie	5	M
		C. Brindley, Banchory	10	NE
11.02	20	G. Knapp, Muir of Ord	13	N
		R. Baldie, Crieff	7	M
		F. Bisset, Banchory	3	NE
11.10	21	J. Paisley, Lundin	5	M
		J. Fowler, Hayston	0	W
		J. D. Murray, Banchory	9	NE
11.18	22	A. Bruce, Moray	14	N
		D. Randall, Banchory	14	NE
11.26	23	A. Douglas, Caird Park	14	M
		D. S. Bisset, Banchory	8	NE
11.34	24	R. Taylor, Boat of Garten	10	N
		M. Watkin, Panmure	13	M
11.42	25
11.50	26
11.58	27
		G. Cant, Monifieth	12	M
12.06	28
		G. Mitchell, Blairgowrie	6	M
		C. Myles, Monifieth	6	M

Arbroath Tuesday Monifieth Wednesday

Start	Match		H/
Time	No.	Name and Club	cap	Dist
		H. Wong, Wellsgreen	P	M
8.30	1	G. Ramsay, Wellsgreen	AP	M
		R. Farquhar, Carnoustie	11	M
		I. Butchart, Strathmore	6	M
8.38	2	J. Craig, Carnoustie	3	M
8.46	3
8.54	4
		S. Graham, Arbroath	1	M
9.02	5	I. Wilson, Dalmahoy	1	E
		P. Morrison, Old Meldrum	6	NE
9.10	6
		A. Graham, Aboyne	8	NE
9.18	7	J. Forrest, Northern	9	NE
		R. Brownhill, Edzell	5	M
		P. Cheyne, Northern	9	NE
9.26	8	H. McNaughton, Cruden Bay	12	NE
9.34	9
		J. Nicholson, Auchmill	4	NE
9.42	10	C. Cassie, Nigg Bay	6	NE
		P. Cornfield, Auchmill	4	NE
9.50	11	R. Wright, Northern	12	NE
		G. Allan, Newmacher	13	NE
9.58	12	C. Duffus, Kemney	7	NE
		A. Glass, Alloa	13	M
10.06	13	D. McKay, Newmacher	6	NE
		J. Junior, Hilton Park	12	W
		F. Sharp, Boat of Garten	6	NE
10.14	14	S. Barker, Hilton Park	6	W
		D. Fleming, Portlethen	5	NE
		J. Ingram, Boat of Garten	5	N
10.22	15	J. D'Aguilar, Glasgow	7	W
		D. Nelson, Aboyne	7	NE
10.30	16
10.38	17
10.46	18
10.54	19
		M. Rendall, Stonehaven	14	NE
11.02	20
11.10	21	H. Roulston, Stonehaven	7	NE
		J. Anderson, Kingsknowe	10	E
		L. Rodger, Royal Aberdeen	11	NE
11.18	22
		J. Hamilton, Murcur	6	NE
11.26	23
11.34	24
11.42	25
11.50	26
		B. Lumsden, Northern	14	NE
11.58	27
		G.C. Wither, Lothianburn	2	E
12.06	28	G. Homer, Northern	12	NE

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