Monday, July 15, 2013

HANDS ACROSS SEA TROPHY BOYS' EVENT

 
Entries are now being accepted from boys who wish to play in the Hands Across the Sea Trophy  tournament at the Kings Links, Aberdeen  on Sunday, September 15. 

It is a highly prestigious junior event with the likes of David Law (now professional playing out of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre), former Ryder Cup player Harry Bannerman and past Walker Cup players Sandy Pirie and Hugh Stuart winning it in the past

Any boys under the age of 18 on January 1 and wishing to play should contact the Aberdeen Links Secretary Stewart Allison at stewartallison100@btinternet.com or 07455 949534 with their (name, age, club and handicap)
There is also a six-hole competition for younger boys and girls under the age of 13 and with a maximum handicap of 45.
 The players will then be informed of their tee time accordingly well in advance to allow preparation



This event is kindly sponsored by the Kings Links Golf Centre (www.kings-links.com)










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CHRIS KELLY SETS PACE WITH A 68 AT ROWALLAN 36-hole CHALLENGE

Cawder's Chris Kelly leads a tightly bunched field at the halfway stage of the PGA of Scotland's Rowallan 36-hole Challenge at the Rowallan Castle Golf Club venue in Ayrshire.
Kelly's three-under-par 68, which included birdies at the short second and 13th, the 15th, the long 16th and the short 17th, saw him finish the day only a shot ahead of Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) and Greg Paxton (Ralston).
Both men had eagle 2s at the 12th.
Paul's big brother Steven O'Hara had a double bogey 6 in his 73.
Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), winner of the £10,000 first prize in last week's PGA EuroPro Tour event at Lossiemouth, is poised three shots off the pace on 71.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
Par 71
68 Chris Kelly (Cawder)
69 Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), Greg Paxton (Ralston)
70 Scott McGrenaghan (Cochrane Castel), Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf)
71 Paul Shields (Kirkhill), Calum Lawton (Wellsgreen), Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Stephen Gray (Hayston), Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle), David Patrick (Kingsfield).
72 Matthew Burt (Helensburgh), Steven Mackie (unatt), Scott Henderson (Kings Links), Greg Nicolson (Mortonhall), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Greg McBain (Gamola Golf).
73 Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), Graeme Brown (Montrose Links), Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw), Neil Fenwick (Dunbar), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), Paul Wilson (Cawder), James Erskine (Portpatrick Dunskey), John Gallagher (Duddignston), David Orr (Mearns Castle), Michael Patterson |(Kilmacolm), Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), Greig Hutcheon (Banchory), Mark King (Kingsfield), Steven O'Hara (unatt).
74 Scott Herald (Mearns Castle), Jordan Gallagher (Douglas Park), Craig Goodwin (Duff House Royal), Stewart Savage (Dalmuir), Andrew Weir (unatt), Chris Currie (Caldwell), Colin Robinson (Prestonfield), Stuart Morrison (Tain), Paul Wardell (Whitekirk).
75 Steven Duncan (Carnoustie), Mark Loftus (Mearns Castle), Ross McLean (Clydeway Golf), Paul Robinson (Largs).

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PATTERSON LEADS FIRST SENIOR QUALIFYING ROUND AT ALYTH

Sunningdale's Tony Patterson led the field with a par-matching 70 at the end of the first qualifying round at the Scottish senior men's amateur match-play championship at Alyth Golf Club today.
Paterson will start the second round of the elimination contest - which will produced 32 qualifiers - with a two-stroke lead from Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth).
If the cut had been made on the first-round scores, then 79 would
have been the vital number.

SCOTTISH SENI0R MEN'S AMATEUR MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Alyth Golf Club
Par 70
First qualifying round leaders
70 Tony Patterson (Sunningdale).
71 Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth).
73 Lindsay Gordon (Turnhouse), Graeme Millar (Swanston New),  David Taylor (Dunfermline).
74 George Rodaks (Pitreavie), Derek Murphy (Kinross), Denis McQuade (Glenbervie), Jim Watt (Edzell), Bill Erskine (Kilsyth), Bob Stewart (Tulliallan)
75 James T Johnston (Northumberland), David J Miller (Kilmarnock Barassie).

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TEE TIMES FOR FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

England's 2013 US Open winner Justin Rose has been grouped with defending Open champion Ernie Els from South Africa in the opening two rounds at Muirfield.
World number one Tiger Woods will be joined by the 2010 US Open champion Graeme McDowell and South Africa's 2010 Open winner Louis Oosthuizen.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy is in a group with America's Phil Mickelson.
Former champions Sir Nick Faldo and Tom Watson play with Fred Couples at the tournament which starts on Thursday.
The first shot of the 142nd Open Championship will be struck at 06:32 BST by Australian veteran Peter Senior, with Scotland's Lloyd Saltman and England's Oliver Fisher making up the first group. The last group does not get under way until 16:13.
Rose, 32, clinched his maiden major title when he became the first Englishman for 43 years to win the US Open in June.
He starts his campaign at 09:11 alongside Els, who took advantage of Adam Scott's collapse to win last year's title. American Brandt Snedeker completes their threesome.
Woods, 37, is looking for a 15th major title while world number two McIlroy will hope to build on his 2011 US Open title and his 2012 PGA Championship win.
Tee-off times and groupings for Thursday and Friday  
(England unless stated, all times BST)
06:32 & 11:33  
Peter Senior (Aus), Lloyd Saltman (Sco), Oliver Fisher
06:43 & 11:44 
Robert Karlsson (Swe), Todd Hamilton (USA), Ben Stow (A)
06:54 & 11:55 
Thomas Aiken (RSA), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), Bud Cauley (USA)
07:05 & 12:06  
Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Brooks Koepka (USA), Ashun Wu (Chn)
07:16 & 12:17  
David Duval (USA), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Chris Wood
07:27 & 12:28  
Scott Stallings (USA), Stewart Cink (USA), Richard McEvoy
07:38 & 12:39  
K J Choi (Kor), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Jimmy Walker (USA)
07:49 & 12:50 
Ben Curtis (USA), Shane Lowry (Irl), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)
08:00 & 13:01 
Jonas Blixt (Swe), Brian Davis, Graham Delaet (Can)
08:11 & 13:12  
Robert Garrigus (USA), John Senden (Aus), Marc Warren (Sco)
08:22 & 13:23 
Martin Kaymer (Ger), Garrick Porteous (A), Jason Day (Aus)
08:33 & 13:34 
Carl Pettersson (Swe), Jason Dufner (USA), David Lynn
0844 & 13:45  
Bubba Watson (USA), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Dustin Johnson (USA)
09:00 & 14:01 
Nick Faldo, Tom Watson (USA), Fred Couples (USA)
09:11 & 14:12  
Justin Rose, Ernie Els (RSA), Brandt Snedeker (USA)
09:22 & 14:23  
Ian Poulter, Bradley Keegan (USA), Billy Horschel (USA)
09:33 & 14:34 
 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Richard Sterne (RSA), Nick Watney (USA)
09:44 & 14:45 
Rory McIlroy (NI), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Phil Mickelson (USA)
09:55 & 14:56 
Scott Percy (USA), Tim Clark (RSA), Kevin Streelman (USA)
10:06 & 15:07 
  Zach Johnson (USA), Shingo Katayama (Jpn), Thomas Bjorn (Den)
10:17 & 15:18 
Angel Cabrera (Arg), Camilo Villegas (Col), Tano Goya (Arg)
10:28 & 15:29 
George Coetzee (RSA), Ken Duke (USA), Mark Calcavecchia (USA)
10:39 & 15:40  
John Huh (USA), Brendan Jones (Aus), Hyung-Sung Kim (Kor)
10:50 & 15:51 
Josh Teater (USA), Steven Tiley, Jimmy Mullen (A)
11:01 & 16:02 
 K T Kim (Kor), Steven Jeffress (Aus), Luke Guthrie (USA)
11:12 & 14:13  
John Wade (Aus), Gareth Wright (Wal), Makoto Inoue (Jpn)
11:33 & 06:32 
Danny Willett, Ye Yang (Kor), Johnson Wagner (USA)
11:44 & 06:43  
Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha), Lucas Glover (USA), Oscar Floren (Swe)
11:55 & 06:54 
Boo Weekley (USA), Sandy Lyle (Sco), Niclas Fasth (Swe)
12:06 & 07:05 
  Marcus Fraser (Aus), Grant Forrest (Sco) (A), Mark O'Meara (USA)
12:17 & 07:16  
Tom Lehman (USA), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Fredrik Jacobsen (Swe)
12:28 & 07:27 
  Justin Leonard (USA), Rhys Pugh (Wal) (A), Marc Leishman (Aus)
12:39 & 07:38  
Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Kyle Stanley (USA), Alexander Noren (Swe)
12:50 & 07:49 
  Russell Henley (USA), Jordan Spieth (USA), Matthew Fitzpatrick (A)
13:01 & 08:00 
  Padraig Harrington (Irl), Michael Thompson (USA), Richie Ramsay (Sco)
13:12 & 08:11  
Vijay Singh (Fij), Darren Clarke (NI), Martin Laird (Sco)
13:23 & 08:22 
  Ryan Moore (USA), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Steven Fox (USA) (A)
13:34 & 08:33
Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Jim Furyk (USA), Paul Lawrie (Sco)
13:45 & 08:44 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Harris English (USA), Stephen Gallacher (Sco)
14:01 & 09:00  
Lee Westwood, Charl Schwartzel (RSA), Sergio Garcia (Spa)
14:12 & 09:11 
 Adam Scott (Aus), Matt Kuchar (USA), Luke Donald
14:23 & 09:22 
  Rickie Fowler (USA), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Hunter Mahan (USA)
14:34 & 09:33  
Peter Hanson (Swe), Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn), Bill Haas (USA)
14:45 & 09:44  
Tiger Woods (USA), Graeme McDowell (NI), Louis Ooshuizen (RSA)
14:56 & 09:55  
Webb Simpson (USA), Branden Grace (RSA), Jamie Donaldson (Wal)
15:07 & 10:06  
Francesco Molinari (Ita), Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Bo Van Pelt (USA)
15:18 & 10:17 
D A Points (USA), Brett Rumford (Aus), Marcel Siem (Ger)
15:29 & 10:28 
 George Murray (Sco), Mark Brown (NZ), Justin Harding (RSA)
15:40 & 10:39  
Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Scott Jamieson (Sco), Shiv Kapur (Ind)
15:51 & 10:50 
 Scott Brown (USA), Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn), Gareth Maybin (NI)
16:02 & 11:01  
Tyrrell Hatton, Eduardo De La Riva (Spa), Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn)
16:13 & 11:12  
Stephen Dartnall (Aus), Darryn Lloyd (RSA), Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn)

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2013 FIFE GOLFING ASSOCIATION BOYS ORDER OF MERIT





Presented by www.MyGolfRanking.net

Positions after nine events: 
1 Niall McMullen (Lundin) 410 pts
2 Greg Forrester (Lundin) 240
T3 Ryan Brown (Dunfermline) 230
T3 Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) 230
5 Keith Bowman (St Andrews New) 165
6 Ewan Scott (St Andrews) 130
7 Marcus Rickard (Cupar) 95
8 Alan Miller (Canmore) 80. 
The next counting events for the 2013 FIFE BOYS' ORDER OF MERIT are the GLENROTHES GC, LEVEN THISTLE and SCOTCRAIG BOYS' OPENS on July 15.

SCOTT CRICHTON LEADS FIFE MEN'S ORDER OF MERIT



2013 FIFE GOLFING ASSOCIATION ORDER OF MERIT, presented by www.MyGolfRanking.net, for The Mackay Bowl. Positions after 12 events: 
1 Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 460 pts
2 James White (Lundin) 400
3 Ewan Scott (St Andrews) 300 
4 Alan Sutherland (Ladybank) 270
5 Jordan McColl (Scotscraig) 240
6 Scott Stewart-Cation (The Duke’s) 235
7 Tom Watson (St Andrews) 135
T8 Steven Meiklejohn (Lundin) 125
T8 Stuart Meiklejohn (Aberdour) 125
T8 Paul Stewart (Ladybank) 125.

The next counting event for the 2013 FIFE ORDER OF MERIT is the  PITREAVIE 36 HOLE OPEN on July 28.



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DUDDINGSTON'S DAVID MILLER SHOOTS A 59 AT LOCHEND

FROM THE SCOTSMAN GOLF WEBSITE

Duddingston's David Miller shot a 59 during the Lochend Open at Craigentinny Duddingston's David Miller shot a 59 during the Lochend Open at Craigentinny
Duddingston'a David Miller has joined golf’s exclusive “59 Club”. The 35-year-old produced the round of his life in the Lochend Open at Craigentinny to achieve the rare feat of beating 60.

“It was just one of those days,” admitted Miller, who recently won the Duddingston club championship.
Miller went out in 29 and started for home by picking up another shot before averting the only crisis of the round at the 11th to make par.
By the time he birdied the 14th to move to seven-under, word had spread about what was in the offing and a crowd gathered.
“After getting it to six-under after ten holes, I started to think that a 59 might be on the cards,” admitted Miller.
“At seven-under with three to play, I reckoned I probably needed to birdie the 16th, which I did. I knew then that I’d never have a better chance to break 60.
“At the par-3 17th, I produced a Phil Mickelson-style chip to four feet to save par, and by the time I got to the 18th green, there must have been 50-60 people out watching.”
Miller made par and signed off on 59, breaking the course record. “I think this feels more special than winning club championships or anything else I’ve achieved in the game,” he declared. 
 Miller has a handicap of +2 so his net score was 61!

EDITOR'S NOTE: David sent Scottishgolfview a copy of his scorecard but the Blogger system just couldn't handle it and so
the best we can do is to tell you what his figures were:

Hole 1 - Par 4 .............  Birdie 3
Hole 2 - Par 4 .............  Birdie 3
Hole 3 - Par 4 .............  Birdie 3 

Hole 4 - Par 3 .............  Par     3
Hole 5 - Par 4 .............  Par     3
Hole 6 - Par 3 .............  Par     3

Hole 7 - Par 4 .............  Par     4
Hole 8 - Par 4 .............  Birdie 3
Hole 9 - Par 4 .............  Birdie 3
PAR OUT  34 SCORE OUT   29

Hole 10 - Par 4 ...........  Birdie 3
Hole 11 - Par 4 ...........  Par     4
Hole 12 - Par 4 ...........  Par     4
 
Hole 13 - Par 3 ............ Par     3
Hole 14 - Par 4 ............ Birdie 3
Hole 15 - Par 3 ............ Par     3

Hole 16 - Par 4 ............ Birdie 3
Hole 17 - Par 3 ............ Par ....3
Hole 18 - Par 4 ............ Par ... 4

PAR IN 33      SCORE IN      30
     TOTAL GROSS SCORE  59
COURSE YARDAE 5,551

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NORTH-EAST YOUTHS TOO STRONG FOR NORTH AND ANGUS AT FORFAR

                        THE WINNING NORTH-EAST YOUTHS LINE-UP AT FORFAR
North-east beat the North and Angus with a convincing performance in the inter-district youths tournament at Forfar Golf Club on Sunday.
The North-east team of Jack Harling, Sam Kiloh, Niall Young (making his district debut), Chris Lamb, Ben Murray, Sean Lawrie, Adam Fisher and Craig Lawrie won by 32 strokes.
The final totals were;
North-east 738, North 770, Angus 785.
 
North-east forged clear with a foursomes total of 221 to North's 226 and Angus's 232.
In the afternoon singles, North-east again hit the high notes with the best four individual scores from:
Ben Murray 70
Adam Fisher 71
Jack Harling 72
Craig Lawrie 72.
Murray's 70 was made up of two contrasting nines - 40 out and 30 back. He missed a six-footer on the last for an inward half of 29. 
Format was three from four scores counting in morning foursomes and seven from eight in the afternoon singles. With no rain falling anywhere for more than a week, the Forfar course played more like a links than a parkland course.
North were a man short, Jeff Wright having withdrawn on Saturday morning.
SCOREBOARD

 738 NORTH-EAST
Foursomes 221
Craig Lawrie and Jack Harling 71.
Sam Kiloh and Ben Murray 75
Adam Fisher and Niall Young 75
Chris Lamb and Sean Lawrie 75.
Singles 517
Murray 70, Fisher 71, Harling 72, C Lawrie 73, Lamb 76, S Lawrie 76, Kiloh 79, Young 81.   

770 NORTH
Foursomes: 226
Jordan Milne and Lyle McAlpine 73
Freddie Brown and Joran Shaw 75
Ross Proctor and Marc Dingwall 78
Singles 544
Brown 73, Shaw 74, Milne 77, McAlpine 78, Dingwall 78, Prctor 82, Copeland 82.

785 ANGUS 
Foursomes: 232
Gavin Petrie and Calum McKay 77
Josh McKenna and John McKenna 77
Ross Dallas and Connor Cook 78.
Tom Ogilvie and Will Porter 78.
Singles: 553
Dallas 73, Ogilvie 76, Petrie 76, McKay 79, Porter 82, John McKenna 82, Josh McKenna 85, Cook NR

  
 

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KENNY PERRY WINS US SENIORS OPEN TITLE - HIS SECOND STRAIGHT OVER-50s' MAJOR

KENNY PERRY ... the new United States Senior Open Champion. Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)

FROM THE US CHAMPIONS TOUR WEBSITE

OMAHA Nebraska (AP) -- Kenny Perry is getting the hang of these majors. He only wishes it had happened sooner.
Perry completed a masterful performance with a 7-under 63 on Sunday that gave him a five-shot win over Fred Funk in the U.S. Senior Open.
The 52-year-old Kentuckian won his second straight senior major with a flurry. His 64-63 finish and the 10-shot deficit he overcame after 36 holes set tournament records. His 13-under total of 267 matched the lowest four-round score.
"It all came together. Why, after all these years?" Perry said. "Here I am, (almost) 53 years old, and it finally came together for me."
On the regular tour, Perry won 14 times but was best known for collapses in the 2009 Masters Tournament and 1996 US PGA Championship. Those memories haunted him again in May when he squandered a three-shot lead with six holes to play in the US Senior PGA Championship and lost by two to Kohki Idoki.
Just as he did two weeks ago in the US Senior Players' Championship at Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania, where he won by two shots over Fred Couples and Duffy Waldorf, Perry came from well behind to win in the hills and heat at the par-70 Omaha Country Club.
"This is by far the biggest tournament I ever won," Perry said. "I lost the playoff at the Masters and the PGA playoff. I didn't get the job done. Now to have a USGA title, it's an Open, it's our Open, it's what the players play for.
"To finally get it, even though it's a Senior Open, I still regard it as a very high honour."
Perry, who started Sunday two shots behind leader Michael Allen, was in front to stay after he birdied the second and third holes and Allen bogeyed the third.
Perry's 63 matched Allen's Friday score for best round of the tournament and was the best ever in a U.S. Senior Open final round.
"He put it to us," Funk said. "Six under yesterday, seven today, back-to-back. It's kind of what he did two weeks ago at Fox Chapel. He just smoked the field on the weekend. He just lapped us."
Perry made par over the last three holes. A wide smile crossed his face as he tapped in for par on 18. He dropped his putter, raised both arms and waved his visor to the gallery.
Perry is the ninth player to win consecutive senior majors. He said he wouldn't go for three in a row. He's staying home to rest rather than play the Senior British Open in two weeks.
Perry had six birdies and one bogey on his way to a 5-under 30 on the front nine Sunday. He started a run of four straight birdies when he blasted out of the sand to within 5 feet on No. 6.
By the time he made the turn, he was three shots ahead of the fading Allen.
Things momentarily got interesting when Rocco Mediate made a 10-foot putt on No. 15 for his third straight birdie to get within two shots. Over on the par-5 14th, Perry was buried in the left rough. He chipped into the fairway and was left with 130 yards to the pin.
He knocked his wedge within a foot, yelling "Be right" as his ball plopped onto the green and rolled toward the cup. After the tap-in, another birdie on No. 15 and Mediate's bogey on 16, Perry's lead was up to five and he was well on his way to his fourth win since he joined the Champions Tour in 2010.
Perry said Mediate's late run helped him keep his focus.
"I was like, `Oh, oh, we've got to keep going. We've got to put the hammer down and work on out,' " Perry said. "Sometimes when you get leads, you kind of hang onto that lead. I didn't want that cushion. I wanted to push it on out there. I wanted a five-shot lead coming down to the last hole."
Funk, the 2009 champion, was runner-up for the second straight year and third time since 2008. He was tied with Perry after the third round but couldn't make much headway, shooting a final-round 68.
Mediate (66) and Corey Pavin (67) tied for third at 7-under 273.
The 54-year-old Allen needed acupuncture treatments for a pinched nerve in his neck to be able to play the last three rounds. His five-shot lead through 36 holes was the largest in tournament history. He followed his course-record 63 on Friday with a pair of 72s that left him in fifth place.
"Today's round was probably the greatest round I've ever played," Perry said. "I just was spot on with all my irons. I putted like Ben Crenshaw. It's just been a remarkable month. I've had a great run."

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
Players from USA unless stated
267 Kenny Perry 67 73 64 63
272 Fred Funk 67 70 67 68
273 Rocco Mediate 68 67 72 66, Corey Pavin 69 73 64 67
274 Michael Allen 67 63 72 72

SELECTED OTHER TOTALS
279 Fred Couples 71 69 70 69, Bernhard Langer (Germany) 6874 68 69 (T14)
282 Barry Lane (England) 73 71 68 70 (T23)
283 Colin Montgomerie (Scotland) 69 73 72 69 (T30)
287 Gary Wolstenholme (England) 72 72 76 67 (T47)

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