AYRSHIRE WINTER GOLF ASSOCIATION RESULTS

WESTERN GAILES, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

The second fixture of the season at Dundonald Links produced some excellent scoring from the professional ranks.
Craig Ronal (Carluke) was the winner with an impressive 68 at Western Gailes. 
Chris Currie cl.osely followed with a 69.
Highlight of the day's play was a hole in one at the par-3 13th from Mark Loftus (Mearns Castle).
Amateur winner of the Ian McLeod Trophy was Gordon Clark (Irvine Bogside whose net 70 was enough to hold off the challenge of Paul Miller (Glasgow GC) whose finished a shot behind with anet 71.
Royal Troon's Paul Moultrie, fresh from representing his club in the world club championship in Mexico, had a net 72 off +3 of a handicap.
Next fixture is at West Kilbride GC on Tuesday, November 20.
Full results can be found on the association website at www.ayrshirewintergolfassociation.webs.com
   

WESTERN GAILES SCORES						14/11/2012
PROFESSIONALS/TRAINEES		CLUB	SCORE
CRAIG	RONALD	Carluke	68
CHRIS	CURRIE	Caldwell	69
IAN	COLQUHOUN	Dundonald	70
GRAHAM	FOX	Rowallan	70
JACK	BROWN	Cathcart Castle	70
STEPHEN	GRAY	Hayston	71
PAUL	ROBINSON	Largs	71
MIKE	PATTERSON	Kilmacolm G. C.	72
JOE	McBREARTY	Haggs Castle	74
SCOTT	GARRETT	Fereneze	74
JASON	McCREADIE	Buchanan Castle	74
MARK	LOFTUS	Mearns Castle	75
ALISTAIR	BROWN	Whitecraigs	76
SIMON	PAYNE	Cowglen	76
DAVID	FLEMING	Prestwick	77
DAVID	ADDISON	Barassie	77
		IAN McLEOD TROPHY
AMATEURS		CLUB		HCAP	NET
GORDON	CLARK	Irvine GC.	84	14	70
PETER	MILLER	Milngavie G. C.	79	8	71
JOE	DEVLIN	West Kilbride	76	4	72
PAUL	MOULTRIE	Royal Troon	69	-3	72
STEVE	FORREST	East Kilbride	81	9	72
PETER	MACKIE	Ardeer	88	16	72
WILLIE	FREW	Irvine G. C.	82	9	73
MARK	LIRONI	Cathkin Braes	82	8	74
LES	MCLAUGHLIN	Whitecraigs	76	1	75
GORDON	CREE	Troon Welbeck	78	3	75
DAVID	WORDSWORTH	Irvine GC.	83	8	75

COCHRAN, TRIPLETT SHARE LEAD AT PEBBLE BEACH INVITATIONAL

FROM THE CBS SPORTS.COM WEBSITE
PEBBLE BEACH, California (AP) - Russ Cochran shot a 7-under 65 on Friday at Del Monte for a share of the Pebble Beach Invitational lead with fellow Champions Tour player Kirk Triplett.
Triplett had a 69 at Del Monte to match Cochran at 9-under 135 in the tournament that features 81 players from the PGA, LPGA, Champions and Web.com tours.
John Mallinger, the 2010 winner, was a stroke back after a 69 at Spyglass Hill.
William McGirt and Robert Streb were 7 under. McGirt had a 71 at Spyglass, and Streb shot a 68 at Pebble Beach, the site of the final round Sunday.
Scott Stallings, the first-round leader after a 64 at Del Monte, had a 74 at Spyglass to drop into a group at 6 under with Tommy Gainey, Bryce Molder and Mark Brown.
Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam, making a rare competitive appearance, was 5 under after a 69 at Spyglass.

ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP MOVES TO AUSTRALIA IN 2014

FROM THE GOLFWEEK WEBSITE
The Asia-Pacific Amateur will leave the Asian continent for the first time in 2014, and for good reason. The tournament, conducted by Augusta National Golf Club, the R and A and the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation, is headed to historic Royal Melbourne in Australia.

Royal Melbourne, designed by Alister Mackenzie, is considered one of the world’s top courses. It hosted the 1998 and 2011 Presidents Cups.
“The 2014 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship will mark a new chapter for the event as it visits our region for the first time,” said John Hopkins, chairman of Golf Australia. 
“Australia has a proud history of hosting amateur and professional events, and Australians will come out in force to watch the top golfers from all across the Asia-Pacific region. The players can be assured of playing at one of the country’s best and most famous golf clubs.”
China’s Nanshan International Golf Club, a 279-hole complex in Longkou City, near Yantai in Shandong Province, will host next year’s Asian Amateur Championship. The event will be played on the Danling Garden Course, which staged the OneAsia Tour’s China Nanshan Masters earlier this month. 
The Asia-Pacific Amateur offers the winner an invitation to the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. The champion and runner(s)-up earn spots in International Final Qualifying (IFQ) for The Open Championship.

LUKE DONALD STAYS FOUR SHOTS CLEAR IN JAPAN

REUTERS - World number three Luke Donald fired a level par 71 in the third round of the Dunlop Phoenix on Saturday to retain a four-shot lead heading into the final round of the Japan Golf Tour event.
Donald mixed three birdies with three bogeys for a 13-under 200 total at the Phoenix Country Club, where play was held up for two hours because of inclement weather on the Hitotsuba Pacific Coast in the south of the country.
The Englishman, who last year became the first golfer to win the European and PGA Tour money lists in the same season, leads Australian Brendan Jones (67) and Japan's Shunsuke Sonoda (71) at the 200,000,000 yen event.
Japan money-list leader Hiroyuki Fujita (70), who has two further events following this week's tournament to retain his advantage, and Hirohito Koizumi (68) are tied fourth a further shot back.
Big-hitting Spaniard Alvaro Quiros fired a 69 to hold a share of tenth on five-under, while victorious European Ryder Cup member Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium sits joint 25th on one-under for the event after a disappointing 72. 

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MARK MOULAND EARNS CARD AT US SENIORS TOUR SCHOOL

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
A level par 72 on Friday was enough for Welshman Mark Mouland to secure one of five US PGA Champions Tour cards for the 2013 season at the National Qualifying Tournament at TPC Eagle Trace in Florida.
Mouland, who won his first European Senior Tour event at the Belas Clube de Campo Senior Open de Portugal last year, was in second place heading into the final round after a flawless best-of-the-day 66 on Thursday propelled him into the qualification spots, as American Gene Jones opened up a four shot lead at the top thanks to a four under par 68.
It was a lead that Jones would not relinquish as he rubber-stamped his first place finish with a two under par 70 in the final round.
Currently in 14th place in the Senior Tour Order of Merit with the MCB Tour Championship to come, Mouland has played in 11 Champions Tour events over the past two seasons but has never been fully exempt in America. 
 He has earned conditional-exempt status in the last two Q-School finals but went one better this week, eventually finishing in third behind Jones and America’s Jeff Brehautm six shots back on seven under par.
Anders Forsbrand, who claimed a maiden Senior Tour triumph at this year’s SSE Scottish Senior Open, will also feature more prominently on the US PGA Champions Tour in 2013 after his tied eighth finish on five under par handed him conditional exemption for next season. The Swede shot a two under par 70 on Friday to secure the lucrative spot.
Australian Peter Fowler, winner of the 2011 John Jacobs Trophy, finished on four under par for the tournament, with last season’s Senior Tour Number Two England’s Barry Lane a further shot back after both men shot level par 72s in the final round.
But with the top 30 finishers and ties eligible to compete for spots in Open Qualifiers at all co-sponsored events on the Champions Tour in 2013, both men will take something away from their week in Coral Springs.

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STENSON LEADS BY THREE AFTER THIRD ROUND OF SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN

Henrik Stenson will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the South African Open at the Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate on the edge of Johannesburg.

Seeking a first tournament win in three years, the Swede posted a third round 69 to maintain his overnight lead.

Stenson followed his opening rounds of 66 and 65 with six more birdies but dropped shots at four, 10 and 16 as he seeks his first win on the European tour in five years and a place in the end-of-season Dubai World Tour Championship.
His playing partner and compatriot Magnus Carlsson picked up three shots in the last four holes and is in a tie for second with home favourite George Coetzee.
Coetzee made nine birdies and an eagle on his way to a course record nine-under par 63.
First-round leader Merrick Bremner and fellow South African Darren Fichardt are tied for fourth at 10-under, a further three shots back.
Former world number one Martin Kaymer is tied for sixth, a further two shots back and eight off Stenson’s clubhouse lead, while former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel slipped out of contention in the co-sanctioned European and Sunshine Tour event following a 74.

George Coetzee turned in a sensational 30 and, despite being punished for his aggressive putting with bogeys at the 12th and 15th, he recovered with a birdie-birdie finish to sign for a nine under par 63.
Stenson started the day nine strokes ahead of the charging Coetzee and despite a trio of birdies on the seventh, eighth and ninth, he opened the door as he dropped a shot on the tenth.

THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD
 Par 216 (3x72)

1	200		Henrik Stenson (Swe)	65	69	66
2=	203		George Coetzee (RSA)	70	70	63
			Magnus A Carlsson (SWE)	68	67	68
4	206		Darren Fichardt (RSA)	68	70	68
5	207		Merrick Bremner (RSA)	64	70	73
6=	208		Martin Kaymer (GER)	70	70	68
			Thomas Aiken (RSA)	73	66	69
			Matthew Carvell (RSA)	66	72	70
			Allan Versfeld (RSA)	69	69	70
			Michael Jonzon (SWE)	68	69	71
11=	209		Shaun Norris (RSA)	72	70	67
			Michiel Bothma (RSA)	69	69	71
13=	210		Trevor Fisher Jnr (RSA)	69	70	71
			Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)	70	69	71
			Jake Roos (RSA)	68	71	71
			Marc Warren (SCO)	70	69	71
			Jaco Van Zyl (RSA)	70	72	68
			Peter Whiteford(SCO)	69	69	72
			Charl Schwartzel (RSA)	68	68	74
20=	211		Ryan Cairns (ZIM)	69	71	71
			Martin Wiegele (AUT)	72	69	70
			James Kingston (RSA)	71	68	72
			Knut Borsheim (NOR)	73	69	69
			James Kamte (RSA)	69	74	68
			Oliver Bekker (RSA)	68	69	74
			Lloyd Saltman (SCO)	70	66	75
27=	212		Andrew Johnston (ENG)	71	70	71
			Espen Kofstad (NOR)	69	70	73	»»
			Markus Brier (AUT)	71	71	70	»»
30=	213		Peter Gustafsson (SWE)	71	70	72	»»
			Jorge Campillo (ESP)	70	71	72	»»
			Matthew Southgate (ENG)	70	71	72	»»
			David Hewan (RSA)	71	70	72	»»
			Garth Mulroy (RSA)	75	67	71	»»
			Chris Swanepoel (RSA)	73	69	71	»»
			Adrien Bernadet (FRA)	68	71	74	»»
			Michael Hollick (RSA)	72	71	70	»»
38=	214		Titch Moore (RSA)	71	69	74	»»
			Ruan de Smidt (RSA)	72	69	73	»»
			Richard Sterne (RSA)	69	70	75	»»
			Niclas Fasth (SWE)	70	69	75	»»
			Roope Kakko (FIN)	70	72	72	»»
			Maarten Lafeber (NED)	71	71	72	»»
			Craig Lee (SCO)	67	70	77	»»
45=	215		David Drysdale (SCO)	69	72	74	»»
			Bradford Vaughan (RSA)	70	70	75	»»
			Estanislao Goya (ARG)	69	72	74	»»
			Aron Zemmer (ITA)	73	69	73	»»
			Neil Schietekat (RSA)	73	69	73	»»
			Anthony Snobeck (FRA)	69	73	73	»»
			Justin Harding (RSA)	73	70	72	»»
52=	216		HP Bacher (AUT)	70	70	76	»»
			Desvonde Botes (RSA)	71	71	74	»»
			Lasse Jensen(DEN)	72	70	74	»»
			Alastair Forsyth (SCO)	71	72	73	»»
			Gareth Maybin (NIR)	73	70	73	»»
57	217		Ross Wellington (RSA)	72	71	74	»»
58=	218		Tyrone Ferreira (RSA)	72	69	77	»»
			Jaco Ahlers (RSA)	69	70	79	»»
			Hennie Otto (RSA)	71	72	75	»»
61	219		Branden Grace (RSA)	72	69	78	»»
62=	220		Andy Sullivan (ENG)	71	70	79	»»
			Theunis Spangenberg (RSA)	73	70	77	»»
64=	221		Oscar Floren (SWE)	70	70	81	»»
			Steven Tiley (ENG)	69	71	81	»»
			Sam Walker (ENG)	71	72	78	»»

TOP US PROSPECT FAILS AT PGA TOUR SCHOOL

Jordan Spieth, one of the top US college prospects, has failed to make it through the current US PGA Tour Q School.
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POULTER, SCOTT MAKE IT TWO-HORSE RACE FOR AUSSIE MASTERS

FROM THE PGA OF AUSTRALIA WEBSITE
The race for the gold jacket at the Talisker Masters looks a two-horse affair after Ian Poulter and Adam Scott stamped their authority on the tournament with superb third rounds at Kingston Heath on Saturday.
Poulter fired off a brilliant 64 to be 13 under overall and will head into the final day with a slender one-stroke advantage over Scott.
Scott's up-and-down round of 67 was not as flashy as Poulter's but it was good enough to keep him within striking distance and some five shots clear of third-placed Matthew Guyatt.
Guyatt could only manage a 75 on Saturday and is at seven under, while Kiwi Mark Brown is alone in fourth a shot further back at minus six.
The rest are too far back, although Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell picked up seven birdies when out nice and early on Saturday to fire a five-under 67.
That score was easily the world No.24's best of the week and was good enough to move him into a share of 13th place at one under overall.
Brown matched that score later in the day, but the two stars on show were Scott and Poulter and they look to be the only golfers set to fight it out for the gold jacket on the final day.
Playing in the penultimate group of the day, Poulter and Scott matched each other for the majority of the round through two distinctly different looks and playing styles.
Poulter was dressed boldly in red and often cautious off the tee, while Scott was more conservatively clothed in a grey sweater and often outdriving the Englishman by over 50 metres on some holes.
The two contrasting styles were obvious to all following the marquee group in Melbourne's south-east and none more so than on the relatively short par-four 7th.
Scott boomed his drive just a lob wedge away from the green and tapped in for his three after his approach shot stopped within a couple of feet from the hole, while Poulter made his birdie the hard way.
He had to rely on a putt from just off the green rolling in after his long-iron failed to make the putting surface from quite some distance out.
The Englishman cheekily smiled at his playing partner once the ball hit the bottom of the cup as Poulter took a share of the lead for the first time during his round.
Scott joined Poulter and Guyatt out in front at the 8th when he made his third consecutive birdie, but from that point on there were only two players in contention.
It was a case of 'anything you can do, I can do better' for Scott and Poulter, with the pair going head-to-head on the inward nine and producing some outstanding golf.
They picked up another four birdies apiece on the way home and none more impressive than when they made a mockery of the short and tricky par-three 15th by making a pair of twos with relative ease.
A hole later they both dropped a stroke - it was to be Poulter's only blemish for the day - and, when Scott couldn't get up-and-down from the back of the 17th and had to settle for a bogey, the defending champion was out in front on his own yet again.
The duo then birdied the last in style to complete the day's showdown and will once again go head-to-head on Sunday when the Masters winner will be crowned.

CAMPBELL AND JIMENEZ SHARE THIRD-ROUND LEAD IN HONG KONG OPEN

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Michael Campbell bravely holed a 10ft clutch putt for par at the last to retain a share of the lead alongside Miguel Angel Jiménez after three rounds of the UBS Hong Kong Open in Fanling today. 
While Spaniard Jiménez, at 48 years of age looking to become the oldest winner in European Tour history, ground out a bogey-free two under par 68, New Zealand’s Campbell mixed three birdies with two bogeys around Hong Kong Golf Club for a 69 as the pair tied on ten under par.
One clear overnight, former US Open Champion Campbell – returning to form after sliding out of the game’s top 1,000 - was initially caught by playing partner Zhang Lian-wei at the top of the leaderboard.
Having made a perfect start with a 15ft birdie putt at the first, the 43 year old did well to rescue par from ten feet at the third after his drive bounced off a cart path into a stream; however Zhang followed a birdie two at the second with one from 12 feet there to join him in top spot.
A superb approach to the fourth brought Zhang another birdie and the outright lead, and when he got up and down from a greenside bunker at the fifth the 47 year old had needed just five putts in his opening five holes.
He needed three at the next, although so did Campbell, but Zhang bogeyed the next two as well as his playing partner birdied the seventh after a fine approach to eight feet.
Jiménez, seeking a third title in this event after winning the 2005 and 2008 stagings, started with nine consecutive pars before a gain at the tenth.
He picked up another shot at the par five 13th, and that looked like it might give him the outright lead overnight as Campbell found a greenside bunker at the last and left his chip out well short of the hole.
But Campbell showed how far his confidence has come, holing the putt with aplomb as he seeks a first win for seven years.
“Today was sort of scrappy; apart from a couple of drives, it was pretty average really,” said Campbell.
“But once again, I just managed to grind out a score, which is very important with me not playing so well. I turned a 73 into a 69, which is always nice.
“I've still got a chance to win tomorrow, and that's what I wanted to do after three rounds - give myself an opportunity to go out there and hopefully lift the UBS Hong Kong Open trophy.
“Once again Miguel is playing great golf, and he's won this twice before and he's the man to beat.
“It's going to be a very interesting day tomorrow and it's going to be I think a lot of fun; it will be nice to be a part of it.” 
Jiménez has won 11 of his 18 European Tour titles since turning 40, but the last of those was two years ago in Switzerland.
“I love to be in contention,” said The Ryder Cup Vice Captain. “It's been a long time since I've been there and I'm happy and I like this golf course.
“I like to be in contention on this golf course and you have to have patience and let everything happen. That's what's going to happen tomorrow, stay patient because anyone can win.”
Zhang came home in a one under 34 for a share of third nine under, while 19 year old Matteo Manassero burst onto a leaderboard dominated by veterans all week with a brilliant inward 30.
The Italian, whose victory at last week’s Barclays Singapore Open made him the first teenager to win three European Tour titles, wasted little time searching for a fourth as he followed a 15 foot eagle at the 13th with a hattrick of birdies; the resulting 64 taking him to nine under for the week.
“I played well throughout the whole round,” said The European Tour’s youngest winner.
“I had a really good practice yesterday and today I have to say, I struck the ball really well. I had plenty of chances, and on the back nine I really had some short putts for birdie and I made a few good ones. 
“Last week really made me relax a lot on the golf course, and these three rounds and my position coming into this Sunday is certainly due to and what happened last week - I've got more freedom.” 
Sweden’s Fredrik Andersson Hed holds sole possession of fifth on eight under after signing for a level par 70, while Anders Hansen and Peter Lawrie – the latter all-but certain of a DP World Tour Championship place after starting the week in the 60th and final qualifying spot – will still harbour title aspirations from three shots behind.
Andrew Dodt’s 68 did the Australian the world of good as he looks to climb the three places required on The Race to Dubai to retain his card.
Rhys Davies, currently holding the 119th and last card, followed his spectacular par save at the last yesterday – he had to chip out from behind a tree and get up and down from the fairway to make the cut – with a 69 that moved him up to 53rd.
Paul Lawrie had a 67.

THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD 
Par 210 (3x70). Yardage 6,999
200 M A Jimenez (Spain) 65 67 68, M Campbell (NZ) 67 64 69
201 M Manassero (Italy) 67 70 64, Lian-wei Zang (China) 66 66 69
202 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Sweden) 66 66 70
203 Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 68 68 67, Anders Hansen (Denmark) 69 64 70

204 Raphael JACQUELIN (FRA) 72-68-64, Pablo LARRAZABAL (ESP) 69-70-65, Matt KUCHAR (USA) 69-69-66, Stephen GALLACHER (SCO) 68-68-68, Marcus FRASER (AUS) 67-69-68.

205 - Thongchai JAIDEE (THA) 72-66-67, Jyoti RANDHAWA (IND) 68-70-67, Lorenzo GAGLI (ITA) 66-72-67, Paul LAWRIE (SCO) 69-69-67, Mark FOSTER (ENG) 69-68-68.

SELECTED SCORES

208 Paul Casey (England) 70 71 67 (T26)       

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