Saturday, October 27, 2012
EDINBURGH AND EAST OF SCOTLAND ALLIANCE REPORT AND SCORES
FROM ALAN GREENSHIELDS
Secretary/Treasurer
Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance
After the disappointment of having to abandon our outing last week
at Royal Musselburgh (now re-scheduled for 7thNov) we headed to The
Roxburghe and a healthy field of 88 made their way to the Borders.
Alan Greenshields
Winner
of the Michael Allan Memorial Trophy today was Keir McNicholl (Gullane)
fresh from his excellent 2nd place scratch in the recent Scottish
Golfers' Alliance 2012 Championship at Monifieth and Arbroath
Links. Keir has a gross 69 which was matched by Andrew Oldcorn (Kings
Acre) who was pipped by a countback which came down to the last 3 holes.
The
two 69's were also the top Scratch scores today with 3rd place going to
new member Jamie McLeary(Dalmahoy) and Challenge Tour player one shot
further back on 70.
In
the handicap stakes Daniel Airens of Falkirk Tryst was top scorer with
net 72 (81 less 9) closely followed in 2nd place was Alan MacKay
(Kingsknowe) net 73 (76 less 3) and 3rd place going to our
Vice-President Steven Doyle (Liberton) net 74 (80 less 6).
In the Senior ranks top prize went to Iain Stavert of Duddingston with net 77 (81 less 4).
After 4 events the Order of Merits are as follows -
Scratch
1. Andrew Erskine(Ratho Park) - 220.0 points
2=. Craig Imlah(Peebles) - 200.5 points
2=. Gordon Law (Uphall) - 200.5 points
Handicap
1. Darren Love(Archerfield) - 64.5 points
2. Danny Airens (Falkirk Tryst) - 50.0 points
3. Alan MacKay (Kingsknowe) - 49 points
Next event is at Duddingston next week.
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MIDLAND ALLIANCE REPORT AND SCORES AT DRUMOIG
By LEE SUTHERLAND
This
week the Midland Golfers’ Alliance held the SAS Ltd Team competition at Drumoig
Golf Course in Fife. Continuing his good run of late, Gary Tough, Edzell (+1)
shared first place in the scratch with Stuart McKendrick, Dunkeld (Scr) both
returning one under par scores of 72.
There was also a tie for the handicap
prize with Tom Jamieson, Dunnikier Park (3) and John Gilchrist, Dunnikier Park
(6) both scoring net 71.
Tom also helped his team of Colin Browne, Monifieth (3)
and Steve Blady, Monifieth (5) to first place in the team competition with a
score of 62.
Leading Scratch Scores
72, G. Tough Edzell (+1) S. McKendrick
Dunkeld (Scr)
74, T. Jamieson Dunnikier Park (3) F. Robertson Elie (AP) A.
Webster Edzell (P)
75, G. McLeod Monifieth (P) M. Thomson Kirriemuir (AP) S.
Robertson Downfield (1)
76, S. Graham Arbroath (2) P. Jamieson Dunblane New (P)
Leading Handicap Scores
71, T. Jamieson Dunnikier Park (3) J. Gilchrist
Dunnikier Park (6)
72, S. McKendrick Dunkeld (Scr) H. Salmond Tulliallan (6) G.
Wilkie Muckhart (14) G. Pendrich Downfield (10)
73, G. Tough Edzell (+1) G.
Mathieson Dunnikier Park (5) B. Bell Tulliallan (6) R. Brownhill Edzell (5)
SAS
Ltd Team Competition
62, T. Jamieson Dunnikier Park (3) C. Browne Monifieth (3)
S. Blady Monifieth (5)
63,bl6 J. Gilchrist Dunnikier Park (6) R. McLean
Dunnikier Park (7) A. Martin Dukes (AP) 63,bl6 A. Reid Monifieth (11) S. Hills
Monifieth (8) G. Mathieson Dunnikier Park (5)
Next Weeks Meeting Wednesday 31st
October Kirriemuir Sponsored by A Herd 8.30 - 12.30
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CHRIS DOAK TOP SCOT AFTER THREE ROUNDS IN ITALY
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Chris Doak was the pick of the Scots on
day three of the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final, carding a four under
par 67 to move into a tie for sixth.
Doak is tenth in the Challenge Tour
Rankings and needs a strong performance in the season’s final tournament
to ensure he finishes in the top 11 who gain exemption to category ten
on The European Tour next season.
Six birdies and two bogeys certainly
helped his cause at San Domenico Golf, and at 11 under par overall he is
six shots off the lead held by Joachim B Hansen.
After playing a superb up-and-down for
par at the last he said: “I played nicely again today. I holed some good
putts and I drove the ball very well. It was a great par to finish. I
was playing my second shot out of a divot and it just
flew out the back of the green.
“I’m trying not to think too much about
the Rankings – that’s when you start to feel the pressure. I’m just
concentrating on playing well and the rest will take care of itself.”
Raymond Russell is another Scot in need of a big result to improve on his current position of 22nd in the Rankings, one spot shy of promotion to The European Tour. The 40 year old signed for a one under par 70 to move to nine
under and tied 16th.
It was a frustrating day for Scott Henry, however, who carded a one over par 72 to slip back to three under for the tournament.
“It was just lazy, rubbish golf,” he
admitted. “It’s really difficult and frustrating when you’re so far away
from the lead. I just kept making silly mistakes.
“Tomorrow is another day though, so
hopefully I can finish on a high note and then get home for a nice break
after a long, hard season.”
Andrew McArthur is also on three under par after finding some form to card a four under par 67.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
196 J Hansen (Den) 67 62 67,
198 E Kofstad (Nor) 65 66 67,
199 E De La Riva (Esp) 66 66 67, M Crespi (Ita) 64 68 67,
200 J Busby (Eng) 66 67 67,
202 P Uihlein (USA) 69 67 66, C Lloyd
(Eng) 65 66 71, S Benson (Eng) 68 69 65, W Besseling (Ned) 65 68 69, G
Lockerbie (Eng) 66 68 68, C Doak (Sco) 69 66 67,
203 J Walters (RSA) 71 67 65, M Kieffer (Ger) 68 66 69, R Kakko (Fin) 69 67 67, K Broberg (Swe) 69 67 67,
204 M Korhonen (Fin) 66 71 67, M Delpodio (Ita) 65 72 67, R Russell (Sco) 66 68 70, H Bacher (Aut) 66 68 70,
205 M Carlsson (Swe) 71 65 69, A Levy (Fra) 69 66 70, C Aguilar (Esp) 69 65 71, N Dougherty (Eng) 70 66 69,
206 E Pepperell (Eng) 70 67 69, J Huldahl (Den) 69 70 67, J Parry (Eng) 68 69 69, A Tadini (Ita) 69 66 71,
208 S Walker (Eng) 72 68 68, M Tullo (Chi) 67 72 69, A Hartø (Den) 72 70 66,
209 C Paisley (Eng) 71 66 72, S Wakefield (Eng) 71 69 69,
210 M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 64 74 72, S
Henry (Sco) 70 68 72, B Koepka (USA) 71 68 71, A McArthur (Sco) 72 71
67, S Kim (Kor) 69 72 69,
211 L Jensen (Den) 68 65 78,
212 A Kaleka (Fra) 72 71 69, G Stal (Fra) 67 72 73, P Archer (Eng) 71 74 67, D Vancsik (Arg) 65 68 79,
213 B Åkesson (Swe) 71 71 71,
214 D Brooks (Eng) 74 69 71,
216 M Madsen (Den) 71 70 75,
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VAN PELT AND GARRIGUS SHARE LEAD AT KUALA LUMPUR
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Kuala
Lumpur: Title holder Bo Van Pelt of the United States
charged to the top of the US$6.1 million CIMB Classic after a
spectacular nine-under-par 62 saw him tie overnight leader Robert
Garrigus in the third round on Saturday.
Van
Pelt, who arrived for his defence in top form following a win in the
Perth International last week, flirted with golf’s magical 59 as he was
11 under par through 17 holes. But he disappointingly dropped a double
bogey on the 18th hole at the Mines Resort and Golf Club.
Garrigus
overcame a sluggish start by finishing with three closing birdies for a
69 and shared the lead on 16-under-par 197 in the co-sanctioned Asian
Tour and US PGA Tour event.
World
number two Tiger Woods worked up the large crowds by tying for the lead
briefly with an outward 30 but his challenge wilted under the Malaysian
heat as he settled for a 69, dropping three bogeys and one double bogey
to end the day five shots back.
South
African Jbe Kruger, third on the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit, kept
himself in the title hunt with a 69 putting him two strokes back while
India’s rising star Gaganjeet Bhullar fired a fine 65 for tied 10th place alongside Woods.
“Obviously,
disappointing to finish with a double but I look back on the 17 and a
half holes I played, and, you know, hopefully that will carry over into
tomorrow, not the last half,” said the 37-year-old Van Pelt.
“I
was like seven back going into the day, so I dug a pretty big hole.
Felt like you're going to need at least one really special round to try
to give yourself a chance. I don't think I missed a fairway on the front
nine. My irons were pretty sharp, and the putter, I had been close all
week, and today they were going in. They weren't burning the edge,” he
added.
While a mistake at the greenside bunker on 18 spoilt his hopes for a 59, Van Pelt, ranked 23rd
in the world, lamented missed birdie opportunities on several holes. “I
had obviously never had that good a chance to shoot a 59 before, and to
be honest, I'll probably look back on it and think about the third hole
(par five). I had a five iron in from the middle of the fairway and
didn't make birdie. I'll look back at 15, I'm 30 yards from the green
with an easy pitch and don't make it. Those are the holes that cost me
more than 18,” he said.
Two
opening bogeys wiped out Garrigus’ two-shot overnight lead almost
immediately but the 34-year-old American battled back gamely. “I must
have been tired or something,” he said of his start. “Didn't really have
my golf swing that much today. I hit some bad shots, hit some bad
putts, but sucked it up coming down there in the last.”
Woods
had the large crowds following his group in a frenzy after he sank five
birdies in his opening eight holes. As the birdies dried up, the
American superstar made far too many errors, including a tee shot into
the water for a double bogey on 14 and a three putt bogey on 17.
“The
back nine I made too many mistakes. I kept making bad decisions and
bad swings,” lamented Woods. “I’m going to have to shoot a low one
tomorrow. Something similar to what Bo did. The problem with being this
far back, I'm going to need help. A great round tomorrow might not win
it.”
The
slightly built Kruger hung around the leaderboard with an inward 33
giving him a realistic shot at the US$1.3 million top prize on Sunday.
“Concentration,
as always. It's probably the main thing. I find if I take a second or
two longer, I know I can concentrate a bit better. I just started to do
that,” said the South African on his better fortunes in the back nine.
“One
shot at a time. We'll see tomorrow. I've been hitting it probably as
good as I've been hitting it the last four or five months. So I'm
actually feeling confident.”
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71) Yardage 6,909
197 - Bo VAN PELT (USA) 70-65-62, Robert GARRIGUS (USA) 64-64-69.
198 - Chris KIRK (USA) 69-66-63.
199 - Brendon de JONGE (ZIM) 68-65-66, Jbe' KRUGER (RSA) 66-64-69.
200 - Brian HARMAN (USA) 64-70-66.
201 - Tom GILLIS (USA) 65-70-66, Nick WATNEY (USA) 71-65-65, Greg Chalmers (AUS) 66-66-69.
202
- Gaganjeet BHULLAR (IND) 65-72-65, Jeff OVERTON (USA) 64-70-68, Tiger
WOODS (USA) 66-67-69, Ben CRANE (USA) 68-66-68, Kevin NA (USA) 67-66-69.
203 - Ricky BARNES (USA) 66-71-66, Pat PEREZ (USA) 67-68-68, Bill HAAS (USA) 70-65-68, Trevor IMMELMAN (RSA) 72-63-68.
204
- Jason DUFNER (USA) 68-72-64, John SENDEN (AUS) 72-66-66, NOH
Seung-Yul (KOR) 71-66-67, Carl PETTERSSON (SWE) 69-67-68, J.B. HOLMES
(USA) 66-70-68, Martin LAIRD (SCO) 68-67-69.
205
- Marcus FRASER (AUS) 70-70-65, Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) 72-65-68,
Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 71-66-68, Troy MATTESON (USA) 63-69-73.
206
- Sean O'HAIR (USA) 69-72-65, Masanori KOBAYASHI (JPN) 69-71-66,
Johnson WAGNER (USA) 70-69-67, John HUH (USA) 70-68-68, Charlie WI (KOR)
69-66-71.
207 - Scott PIERCY (USA) 75-68-64, Prom MEESAWAT (THA) 70-69-68, Bob ESTES (USA) 69-68-70, Ryan PALMER (USA) 69-68-70.
208 - Marc LEISHMAN (AUS) 75-67-66, Jimmy WALKER (USA) 69-68-71.
210 - Cameron TRINGALE (USA) 71-69-70.
211 - Kevin STADLER (USA) 67-68-76.
212 - David LIPSKY (USA) 68-73-71.
213 - William MCGIRT (USA) 70-70-73, Kyle STANLEY (USA) 69-70-74.
214 - Danny CHIA (MAS) 66-75-73.
216 - SIDDIKUR (BAN) 73-74-69.
217 - Shaaban HUSSIN (MAS) 74-73-70, Scott HEND (AUS) 70-77-70.
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