RUSSELL KNOX UPBEAT ABOUT PROSPECTS OF KEEPING US TOUR CARD

Russell Knox achieved his highest finish of the 2012 US PGA Tour with joint 13th place in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children event at Las Vegas, Nevada.
He earned $72,500 - twice as much as his previous highest in what has been a disappointing season for the Jacksonville Beach, Florida-based man from Inverness.
But Russell probably did not know whether to laugh or cry at the finish because he bogeyed the 11th, 15th, 16th and 18th for an inward half of 39 and a one-over-par 72 in his final round for a total of 273 - 13 shots more than the winner, Ryan Moore (61-68-65-66  for 24-under 260).
Knox desperately needs the money because he is 187th on the money list with a total of $237,234 and unless he can make rapid progress up that table over the handful of tournaments he has left, Russell will lose his playing rights on the US Tour.
He has earned an addition $41,250 from five web.com tour appearances.
Knox told Scottishgolfview.com by E-mail this evening:

"The top 125 keep their full card and the top 150 maintain some US PGA Tour status. I've got three more events to get up into that top 125, so I've got to get something going. But I am feeling good about my chances."

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NOREN AND BERTARELLI WIN DUNHILL LINLS' TEAM EVENT WITH 36 UNDER PAR TOTAL

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Alexander Noren and Ernesto Bertarelli won the team event in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship with a combined score of 36 under par.
The duo finished level with Thongchai Jaidee and his amateur partner Hugh Connerty Jnr, who had led overnight, but won because Noren’s final round of 69 was four shots better than Jaidee’s closing effort.   
Noren first met Swiss-Italian entrepreneur Bertarelli during the 2006 Rolex Trophy on the Challenge Tour, a tournament the Swede won.
Noren said: “I’ve known Ernesto for five or six years now, and we had a lot of fun this week. I was quite nervous for him coming down the stretch because I know how much it would’ve meant to him to win this week, so I was so happy we managed to get the job done in the end.”
Bertarelli, who is a member of Golf de Genève where the Rolex Trophy is played, founded the yachting syndicate Team Alinghi, which won the America’s Cup at their first attempt in 2003.
He said: “It feels fantastic. I didn’t want to think about winning this morning, because we were a long way behind. But we kept fighting, and Alex played really well so I was just pleased to help him out when I could.”  

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PETER RICHARDSON RUNNER-UP IN SARAWAK MASTERS

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Malaysia’s Kenneth De Silva produced a stunning seven-under-par 65 to secure his maiden Asian Development Tour victory at the PGM Sarawak Masters today.

Starting the final round three shots off the lead, the 21-year-old rookie professional birdied his opening three holes at the Sarawak Golf Club and did not look back with an outstanding outward 30. 
He became only the second Malaysian after S. Siva Chandhran to win on the ADT, which was launched by the Asian Tour in 2010.

England’s Peter Richardsan finished runner-up after closing with a solid 67 while Filipino Charles Hong signed off with a 69 to come in third in the RM180,000 (approximately US$60,000) event, which is the 10^th leg of the 2012 Schedule.

Leading final round scores

283: Kenneth DE SILVA (Mas) 71-75-72-65

284: Peter RICHARDSON (Eng) 75-72-70-67

285: Charles HONG (Phi) 71-69-76-69

286: Lindsay RENOLDS (Can) 75-76-69-66

287: Sukree OTHMAN (Mas) 72-74-72-69

288: Quincy QUEK (Sin) 76-73      -72-67, Akhmal TARMIZEE (Mas) 70-73-73-72, CHOO Tze Huang (Sin) 71-70-74-73

290: Jeremiah KIM (Mas) 71-72-74-73, Mitsuhiko HASHIZUME (Jpn) 72­-74-71-73, Jhonnel ABABA               (Phi) 75-71-70-74, Go NAKAUCHI (Jpn) 71-72-78-70

291: Ryan BULLOCH (Aus) 76-77-71-67, James LAM (Phi) 70-74- 77-70, Mhark FERNANDO (Phi) 73-73-75-70, LIM Eng Seng (Mas) 76-75-69-71, Michael MOORE (Aus) 71-74-73-73

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K J CHOI WINS OWN TOURNAMENT AND DONATES WINNINGS TO CHARITY

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Asian Tour honorary member K J Choi of South Korea savoured the winning feeling all over again when he completed an energy-sapping week with a closing four-under-par 67 to win the C J Invitational Hosted by himself today.
Well known for his dedication to charitable causes, Choi will once again donate his total winnings of US$118, 875 to his K J Choi Foundation, just as he did following his victory last year.

Choi, the tournament host, walked away with the title for the second consecutive year with a winning total of 15-under-par 269.

“I’ve always said that this tournament is all about giving back to the community and that’s what I’m going to do with my winnings. I would never be where I’m today if not for golf and the great support from everyone,” said Choi.

FINAL TOTALS

Par 284 (4x71) Yardage: 7,151

269 - K.J. CHOI (KOR) 69-65-68-67.

271 - JANG Dong-kyu (KOR) 68-71-65-67, BAE Sang-moon (KOR) 69-68-66-68.

273 - KIM Dae-hyun (KOR) 71-65-66-71.

274 - Scott HEND (AUS) 69-69-66-70, Charlie WI (KOR) 67-70-67-70.

275 - Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL (THA) 68-64-71-72.

276 - Arnond VONGVANIJ (THA) 70-70-68-68.

277 - KIM Meen-whee (KOR) 69-67-69-72, Ryan YIP (CAN) 64-71-70-72.

278 - PARK Hyun-bin (KOR) 67-74-67-70, LEE Dong-hwan (KOR) 66-72-65-75, Prom MEESAWAT (THA) 68-69-70-71, KIM Woo-chan (KOR) 73-72-67-66.

 

Selected scores

280 - Angelo QUE (PHI) 68-73-75-64, Chapchai NIRAT (THA) 67-71-74-68

282 - Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) 65-72-74-71.

283 - Ben CURTIS (USA) 69-65-76-73

 

GRACE IS ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPION - BUT IT WAS NO STROLL IN THE PARK

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Branden Grace fought off a brave challenge from Denmark’s Thorbjørn Olesen to win his fifth title of the season at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship today.
"It feels awesome," said Grace, who has risen from outside the Official World Golf Ranking's top 300 to inside the top 40 and might even yet deny Number One McIlroy The Race to Dubai next month.
He is up from 12th to third and added: "It's definitely in my sights."
Grace, who began the week with a European Tour record-equalling 60 at Kingsbarns, claimed the €617,283 first prize with a tournament record 22 under par total.
But if starting the final round with a four stroke lead and ending it two ahead of Dane Olesen sounds a comfortable day's work, then think again.
After the Pretoria golfer dropped a shot on the seventh, Olesen birdied the next two and when Grace three-putted the short 11th for another bogey they were level.
It was then, however, that he showed the class that had already brought him the Joburg Open, Volvo Golf Champions, Volvo China Open and, on the Sunshine Tour last Sunday, the Origins of Golf titles in 2012.
Grace birdied the following three holes from ten, 12 and 14 feet and when Olesen bogeyed the next, the gap was back to four – although even then it was not a cruise to the line.
Olesen birdied the 16th and he bogeyed the Road Hole 17th, but when the Sicilian Open winner came up a fraction short with his eagle attempt through the Valley of Sin on the last, Grace had two putts for victory from four feet - and needed only one of them.
It made him the first wire-to-wire winner of The European Tour season, but was the second time he has won back-to-back.
Like Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel, Grace is a product of the Ernie Els Foundation and the current Open Champion has already tipped him to be another Major Champion.
Winning at the Home of Golf, as Oosthuizen did in the 2010 Open, will do for the time being, though.
"I've really dreamt of this moment my whole life," he said. "I had goosebumps thinking this morning about Louis and the possibility of holding a trophy here myself.
"It was a tough day, but the putter started working and that's all I needed to do."
Grace's caddie Zack Rasego was on Oosthuizen's bag two years ago and, after asking him to start reading the lines with him on the back nine, he took control again.
Using a new driver after his usual one cracked last week, Grace shot a closing 70, while Olesen's 68 left him two ahead of Swede Alex Noren.
Scot Stephen Gallacher, whose only European Tour victory in nearly 400 starts came in the event eight years ago, finished in a seven-way tie for fifth after running up a quadruple-bogey eight at the 16th.
The 37 year old, lying fourth on his own at the time, went to what he thought was his drive and hit it, only to discover it was actually the ball of Danny Willett's amateur partner Steve Halsall.
It cost Gallacher a two stroke penalty and his was then found in the left-hand rough.
"It never even crossed my mind because he was looking 50 yards further up,” he said. “Obviously I'm a bit disappointed, but what can you do?"
He also incurred a penalty in Thursday's opening round when, in taking a practice swing, he clipped a divot and it hit his ball.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72) Prize money in Euros
266 Branden Grace (South Africa) 60 67 69 70 (617,284)
268 Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 63 69 68 68 (411,250).
270 Noren Alexander (Sweden) 64 72 65 69 (231,852)
272 Joel Sjoholm (Sweden) 65 67 70 70 (186,135)

SCOTS' TOTALS
273 Stephen Gallacher 67 70 65 71 (T5) (102,222)
276 David Drysdale 66 72 70 68 (T15) (48,254)
279 Scott Jamieson 68 74 68 69, Marc Warren 70 70 69 70 (T34) (24,074)
281 Colin Montgomerie 71 70 69 71 (T55) (11,481)

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STIRLINGSHIRE A BEAT LANARKSHIRE A AT DUNBLANE NEW

Stirlingshire A beat Lanarkshire A 5.5 to 4.5 in a West of Scotland League match at Dunblane New Golf Club.

Results (Lanarkshire names first)

Robert Jenkins (Crow Wood) lost to Stuart McMenen (Falkirk Tryst) 3 and 2.

Ross Hinshelwood  (East Kilbride) lost to Ryan Campbell (Carmuirs) 1 hole.

Craig Ross (Kirkhill) bt Blair Carengie (Dunblane) 3 and 2.James Steven (Bothwell Castle) bt Steven Aitken (Falkirk Tryst) 2 and 1. 

David Brown (Carluke) bt Mark Cox (Glenbervie) 3 and 2.

 Jamie Lamb  (Lanark) lost to Iain Munro (Stirling) 3 and 2.

Kevin Loughrie (Cambuslang) halved with Stuart Haddow (Carmuirs).

Derek Loudon (Hamilton) bt Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) 4 and 3.

Scott Douglas (Strathaven) lost to Hugh Nelson (Kilsyth and Lennox) 3 and 2.

Mark Lutton (Bellshill) lost to David Buchanan (Falkirk Tryst) 3 and 2.

 

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CHRIS DOAK WINS CHALLENGE TOUR EVENT AND SECURES PLACE ON EUROPEAN TOUR 2012

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Chris Doak claimed the first European Challenge Tour title of his career after he emerged victorious on the third hole of a tense play-off, beating Tim Sluiter and securing his European Tour status for 2013 in the process.

The Scot’s win came courtesy of a three foot putt for a third successive par on the 18th after his Dutch counter-part missed an eight-footer for par following a wayward drive.

Doak had missed a golden opportunity to take the title outright at the end of regular play but missed a short putt at the 18th to record his only bogey of the day and sign for a five under par round of 66.

Sluiter had already come in an hour earlier after a stunning eight under par final round of 63 launched him into the clubhouse lead on 13 under par, a lead which he barely believed he would hold on to when overnight leader Lloyd Saltman stepped into the 17th tee a shot clear on 14 under, having avoided a single bogey all day.

But the Edinburgh man dropped a shot each on the final two holes to miss out on a chance of a play-off and instead it was Doak who flew the Scottish flag in the extra holes.

The two were neck and neck on the first play-off hole, both parring the par four 18th after missing equidistant birdie putts of around 12 feet and when they played the same hole again, Doak had another opportunity to claim victory but missed a 10 footer for birdie and they returned to the tee.

Once again, Doak was the more solid and although his drive found the rough just left of the fairway, Sluiter’s wild tee shot meant he had trees blocking his route to the green and he was forced to chip out to the fairway.

The Dutchman’s third shot fell to within eight feet before Doak rolled his birdie putt three feet short and when Sluiter slid his par putt wide of the hole, Doak was left with the simplest of putts to secure his first win on the European circuit.

“I’m still in game mode almost,” said Doak, after claiming the €25,600 winner’s prize. “I feel like I have another hole to play so it hasn’t quite sunk in yet.

“It’s great to have a first win. I feel like it has been coming for a while and finally it is here. I finished well here last year too so I like this place.”

Speaking of the putt he missed to win in regular play, the 34 year old said: “I suppose a bit of pressure comes into it, because I had been concentrating on keeping still over my putts, but the job is done so that one doesn’t matter anymore.

“The putt to win was right to left and they are easier than the left to right putts so I was a little bit more confident with that one.”

The Greenock man moved from 20th place in the Challenge Tour Rankings to ninth, guaranteeing him a card for The European Tour next year, and he was delighted to have eased the pressure for the rest of the season.

“It’ll be great to be back on The European Tour,” he said. “There are still three tournaments to go this season though, so I will just try to climb up the Rankings as high as I can.

“I have been more consistent this year so it’s just good being in that situation where you always know where the ball is going to go and you’re in control. I put it down to the coaching I’ve been getting from Bob Torrance and also I’m mentally stronger than ever.”

Sluiter was disappointed not to have claimed his first Challenge Tour title, but was focussing on the positives having started the final day five shots off the lead.

“I was happy to get into the play-off in the first place,” said the 23 year old. “Well done to Chris, making three pars in the play-off, and I just got unlucky with the lie even though it was a very poor shot from the tee. I suppose tiredness came into it but it was just nice to have a chance.”

Joachim B Hansen, meanwhile, secured his European Tour card for the 2013 season after matching his playing partner Sluiter’s round of 63 to finish tied for third on 12 under and move from 13th to 10th in the Rankings.

He was joined in third place by Saltman, who signed for a two under par 69, and Spaniard Jordi Garcia Pinto, who boosted his chances of making the season-ending Apulia San Domenico Grand Final thanks to a six under par final round of 65.

 FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4X71)

271 C Doak (Sco) 70 67 68 66, T Sluiter  (Ned) 69 67 72 63 (Doak bt Sluiter at third hole of sudden death play-off: 4-4-4 to 4-4-5)

272 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 69 69 69 65, J Hansen  (Den) 71 70 68 63, L Saltman (Sco) 67 68 68 69

274 J Walters (RSA) 72 68 68 66, S Hutsby  (Eng) 69 63 72 70

275 E Pepperell (Eng) 66 72 71 66, A Otaegui  (Esp) 68 70 69 68, B An (Kor) 71 65 68 71

276 A Johnston (Eng) 70 65 72 69, B Åkesson (Swe) 66 71 71 68, P Archer (Eng) 67 67 72 70, E Dubois (Fra) 68 69 72 67

277 A Tadini (Ita) 70 68 73 66, S Tiley (Eng) 68 69 71 69, R Kakko  (Fin) 75 65 70 67, B Ritthammer (Ger) 68 67 76 66, B Chapellan (Fra) 66 68 71 72

278 G Stal  (Fra) 69 67 73 69, C Lloyd (Eng) 70 66 73 69, P Dwyer (Eng) 71 66 72 69, W Besseling  (Ned) 70 65 73 70, R Russell (Sco) 68 69 69 72, S O'Hara  (Sco) 69 68 73 68, S Wakefield (Eng) 68 70 70 70, C Paisley  (Eng) 70 69 72 67, S Jeppesen  (Swe) 67 67 72 72

279 K Le Sager  (Fra) 69 72 71 67, A Domingo (Esp) 68 71 70 70, S Henry  (Sco) 72 69 69 69, A Perrino  (Ita) 72 66 70 71, A Levy (Fra) 70 70 68 71

280 R Neil-Jones (Eng) 72 68 71 69, C Russo (Fra) 69 69 69 73

281 J Guerrier  (Fra) 69 68 70 74, R Echenique (Arg) 70 69 70 72, P Edberg (Swe) 72 66 70 73, E De La Riva  (Esp) 68 70 72 71, J Lagergren (Swe) 67 71 72 71, R Langasque (am) (Fra) 67 69 69 76

282 R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 73 68 73 68, L Jensen (Den) 72 68 70 72, M Madsen  (Den) 65 73 75 69, A Kaleka  (Fra) 72 69 73 68, M Southgate  (Eng) 68 72 74 68, C Berardo (am) (Fra) 67 70 74 71,

284 S Buhl (Ger) 68 72 74 70, J Huldahl (Den) 71 70 71 72, F Praegant (Aut) 69 68 78 69, N Henriques  (Por) 71 70 73 70, L Kennedy  (Eng) 71 70 73 70, C Gane (Eng) 72 67 72 73,

285 D Gaunt (Aus) 66 72 76 71, T Remkes (Ned) 72 69 74 70,

286 M Crespi  (Ita) 68 73 71 74, J Grillon  (Fra) 70 71 75 70,

287 J Russell (USA) 72 68 77 70, M Tullo (Chi) 69 72 76 70, D Perrier (Fra) 71 70 75 71,

289 A Snobeck  (Fra) 72 69 73 75, V Guillaume (Fra) 72 69 72 76, J Remesy (Fra) 73 68 71 77,

290 C Brazillier  (Fra) 68 72 80 70,

TRIPLE TIE IN NORTH ALLIANCE OPENER

John Campbell (Grantown on Spey), Bryan Fotheringham (Inverness) and Moray Golf Club assistant professional Andrew Rollo shared first place with one-under-par 66s in Saturday's opening fixtures of the North Scottish Golfers' Alliance season at Garmouth and Kingston.Campbell birdied the first and 14th but dropped a shot at the sixth. Fotheringham birdied the second, ninth and 14th but bogeyed the first and seventh. Rollo, last man out, had just one birdie, at the 12th, but no bogeys as he parred the 17 other holes.    NORTH SCOTTISH ALLIANCE - Garmouth and Kingston GC Leading scratch Par 67 66 J S D Campbell (Grantown), B R Fotheringham (Inverness), A G Rollo (Moray). 68 K Thomson (Moray), S Wilson (Inverness) 69 N McWilliam (Elgin), G H Hay (Grantown), R H Stewart (Torvean) 70 C Dixon (Moray), R Harrower (Boat of Garten) 71 D Ramsay (Elgin) 72 I Murray (Boat of Garten), P Masson (Rothes), G S Macdonald (Torvean) 73 R McKerron (Forres), W J Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 74 J Simpson (Forres), R Stewart (Nairn Dunbar), D F Sharp (Boat of Garten), S Johnston (Elgin) 75 C Helik (Boat of Garten), A J England (Moray), J R Ingram (Boat of Garten), I Hamilton (Elgin), K Barnett (Torvean) 76 J L Milne (Elgin), W Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), Brian Mellis (Rothes), A W Mair (Moray), A Thomson (Moray) 77 S Mitchell (Moray), A Imrie (Muir of Ord), S Duncan (Moray), M Mitchell (Rothes), W Hutchison (Inverness), A Macintosh (Torvean) 78 J K England (Moray), R Mackie (Rothes), A Jackson (Rothes), R R Adams (Moray), A Hutchison (Torvean), G Leonard (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), D Spence (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 79 A Boxx (Boat of Garten), L Hutchison (Inverness), F Mackellar (Grantown)   LEADING HANDICAP Class 1 - P Masson (Rothes) (7), I Murray (Boat of Garten (7), C Dixon (Moray) (5), R H Stewart (Torvean) (4), S Wilson (Inverness) (3) 65 Class 2 - D Spence (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (14) 64; L Hutchison (Inverness) (14), W.J. Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (8) 65; G Leonard (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (12), J Macdonald  (Inverness) (14) 66 ends

SCOTS WELL DOWN TURKEY FIELD

ADD AGENCY REPORT ON EISENHOWER TROPHY CREDIT CAL CARSON GOLF AGENCY QUERIES TO COLIN FARQUHARSON TEL 01224 869782 SCOTS WELL DOWN THE FIELD IN TURKEY Scotland (444) finished joint 27th in a field of 72 teams. England (418) were eighth, Wales (425) joint 17th and Ireland (430) jt 27th. Scotland's lowest scorer was Stirling student Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) with rounds of 73, 72 and 72 for a total of 217, which earned him a share of 53rd place behind the individual winner, Sebastian Vazeuez (Mexico) who scored 66, 67 and 66 for 199. Paul Shields (Kirkhill) finished joint 125th on 229 with rounds of 80, 78 and 71. Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) finished joint 152nd with scores of 79, 77 and 81 for a share of 152nd place. There was a field of 215 competitors, four of whom did not complete three rounds. ends

UNITED STATES WIN EISENHOWER TROPHY

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 Antalya, Turkey – With a record-setting score of 24-under-par 404, the USA won the weather-shortened 2012 World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) by five strokes over Mexico today at the par-71 Antalya Golf Club and claimed the Eisenhower Trophy for the 14th time.
Steven Fox, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, the 2012 U.S. Amateur champion and Chris Williams, of Moscow, Idaho, No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), both shot 2-under 69 for the USA. Justin Thomas, of Goshen, Kentucky, posted a non-counting 1-under 70.
“It has been since 2004 that the trophy has found its way to the USA and it is great to have it coming back to our shores,” said USA captain Jim Vernon,a past president of the USGA. 
“They are three guys who bonded well and played golf as a team.”
The previous low total for 54 holes was 407 by the USA in Puerto Rico in the 2004 WATC, which was also played at 54 holes because of weather.
“It’s fun to win as an individual,” said Williams, a University of Washington senior who won the 2012 Western Amateur. “But to win as a team is awesome and it doesn’t get any better than doing it as representative of the USA.”
Despite a strong challenge from Mexico, which finished second at 19-under 409, led by Sebastian Vazquez’s individual low total of 15-under 199, the USA led from the start to the finish, setting records along the way.
The Mexican team, playing in its 26th WATC, won its first medal.
“We had good expectations this week but this is a dream come true,” said Mexican captain Jorge Coughlan. “I played in this a long time ago [1986]) and being captain is very satisfying. This is Sebastian’s last amateur tournament and there is no better way to go out than winning the World Amateur. He is going to be a heck of a professional.”
The Americans, in winning their 24th medal in the 28 Eisenhower Trophy competitions, broke team marks for lowest 18-, 36- and 54-hole scores.
“I would go back to the first round where Chris shot 64 and Justin shot 67 and we were 13 under,” said Fox of the key point in the championship. “We just built from there.”
Four strokes behind Mexico at 15-under-par 413 as three-way bronze medalists are: defending champion France, Germany and the Republic of Korea.
Canada and Norway tied for sixth at 417, with England in eighth at 418, and Japan, Venezuela and Spain tied for ninth at 419.
Scotland (444) finished joint 27th in a field of 72 teams.
England (418) were eighth, Wales (425) joint 17th and Ireland (430) jt 27th.
Scotland's lowest scorer was Stirling student Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) with rounds of 73, 72 and 72 for a total of 217, which earned him a share of 53rd place behind the individual winner, Sebastian Vazeuez (Mexico) who scored 66, 67 and 66 for 199.
Paul Shields (Kirkhill) finished joint 125th on 229 with rounds of 80, 78 and 71.
Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) finished joint 152nd with scores of 79, 77 and 81 for a share of 152nd place.
There was a field of 215 competitors, four of whom did not complete three rounds.
In each round, the total of the two lowest scores from each team constitutes the team score for the round. The 54-hole total is the team’s score for the championship. Turkey, the host team, finished tied for 36th.
The winning team takes custody of the Eisenhower Trophy for two years and each team member receives a gold medal. The second-place team members receive silver medals and the third-place teams receive bronze medals.
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The 2014 Eisenhower Trophy competition will be held in Japan and the 2016 event in Mexico

LEADING TEAMS' FINAL TOTALS
Par 428
409 Mexico
413 South Korea, Gemany, France
417 Canada, Norway
428 England
419 Venezuela, Japan, Spain

SELECTED OTHER TOTALS
425 Wales (T17)
439 Ireland (T27)
444 Scotland (T44 in a field of 72 teams)

LEADING INDIVIDUAL FINAL TOTALS
Par 214
199 Sebastian Vazquez (Mexico) 66 67 66
200 Chris Williams (US) 64 67 60
201 Moritz Lampert (Germany) 70 66 65

SELECTED OTHER TOTALS
204 James Frazer (Wales) 70 70 66 (6th).
208 Neil Raymond (England) 66 72 70 (T10)
211 Kevin Phelan (Ireland) 68 70 73 (T26)
215 Craig Hinton (England) 71 71 73 (T48)
217 Graeme Robertson (Scotland) 73 72 72, Garrick Porteous (England) 74 75 68 (T62)
219 Gavin Moynihan (Ireland) 73 72 74 (T77)
220 Ben Westgate (Wales) 75 73 72 (T81)
229 Paul Shields (Scotland) 80 78 71 (T125)
237 Matthew Clark (Scotland) 79 77 81 (T152).
                 

RUSSELL KNOX TIED SIXTH WITH ROUND TO GO IN LAS VEGAS

Russell Knox's money worries could be over this weekend as he goes into the final round of the US PGA Tour in joint sixth place.
The Inverness exile (pictured) needs the money to secure his playing rights in the Big League for next season.
Knox has shot 66, 67 and 68 for a tally of 201 in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children tournament at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Scot is seven shots behind the trio tied for the lead on 194 - Sweden's Jonas Blixt, American Ryan Moore and South African Brendon de Jonge.

THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
194 Jonas Blixt (Sweden) 64 64 66, Brendon de Jonge (South Africa) 62 66 66, Ryan Moore (US) 61 68 65
199 Jimmy Walker (US) 67 66 66, Tim Herron (US) 63 68 68

SELECTED SCORES
201 Russell Knox (Scoland) 66 67 68 (T6)
212 Gary Christian (England) 68 68 76.

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OPTICAL EXPRESS OOM £500 BONUS DECIDED MONDAY-TUESDAY

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The final PGA in Scotland Order of Merit event of the season takes place at The Duke's Course, St. Andrew's this coming week (Monday-Tuesday), with a maximum field of 60 players not only looking to secure their playing rights for 2013, but also hoping to add the Optical Express Order of Merit title to their CV as well.
In addition to the prize-fund on offer for the event, the overall winner of the PGA Optical Express OOM will receive a £500 bonus, with Greig Hutcheon in pole position to clinch that honour as he is currently over 50 points ahead of his nearest challenger David Patrick.
Hutcheon has already clinched the 2012 Scottish Order of Merit title with the Optical Express events playing a significant part in that success, being responsible for six of the nine counting events to the overall award.
Michael MacDougall, secretary of the PGA in Scotland, commented "This tournament brings down the curtain on our season, and it also ends the first year of our association with Optical Express. We greatly appreciate their support and hope that it will continue in the years to come."
David Moulsdale, the CEO of Optical Express, commented: "One of our main aims in establishing this series was to help develop young Scottish talent. After the astonishing events at Medinah last weekend, it would be fantastic if in years to come any of the players who have competed in our events were to follow in the footsteps of Paul Lawrie and represent Europe in the future."