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Ferguson reaches the quarter finals of the Boys' Amateur Championship

Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson claimed two notable victories on his way to the quarter finals of the Boys Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Hoylake) today.
The 16-year-old from Bearsden, who won this season’s Stephen Gallacher Foundation Trophy and came second in the Stephen Gallacher Scottish Boys’ Stroke Play Championship, beat English international, Jack Singh Brar, by one hole in the third round and then defeated Italian, Renato Paratore, on the 19^th hole.
“I’m absolutely buzzing,” said Ferguson, moments after holing from 14-feet for a winning birdie on the first extra hole. “I have played with Renato a couple of times so I knew I had to play well if I was going to beat him.
“I holed a great putt to go one up on the 2^nd and that seemed to settle me down. I felt comfortable on the greens all day and that certainly helped at the 19^th. I can’t wait for tomorrow’s game to start.”
Ferguson’s next opponent is Spaniard Ivan Cantero, who beat Evesham’s Oliver Farrell by one hole in the morning and then ended the hopes of Frenchman, Romain Langasque, with a 4 & 3 win in the afternoon. The winner of the Ferguson - Cantero contest will play Englishman, Bradley Moore (Pictured Below), or his compatriot, Bobby Keeble in tomorrow afternoon’s second semi-final.
Keeble reached the last eight with victories over Spaniard Manuel Elvira and Englishman, Adam Chapman, while 15-year-old Moore, winner of this year’s McEvoy Trophy, beat Carris Trophy winner, Ben Amor, by 3 & 2 in the third round and then Scotsman, Adam Fisher, by 4 & 3 in the afternoon.
“It has been a fantastic day,” Moore said. “I have been playing well coming into this Championship so I knew if I could qualify I had a good chance to get through a couple of rounds.”
“Bobby and I know each other very well so it’s going to be fun to play against him tomorrow.”
The biggest surprise of the day came in the fourth round when German No.1, Dominic Foos, the plus-6 handicapper from St Leon-Rot, lost 2 & 1 to his compatriot, Michael Hirmer. Foos won the last five holes to overturn a three hole deficit in his morning match against 2012 English Amateur champion, Harry Ellis, but there was no late reprieve against Hirmer, who now faces Ben Robinson, from The Vale, who defeated another German, Hurly Long, by one hole.
Frenchman Paul Elissalde, will play Belgium’s Aurian Capart in the first quarter final on the course at 8.00 am tomorrow. The 17-year-old Elissalde, from Biarritz, defeated leading qualifier, Jack Hermeston, from the City of Newcastle, by 2 & 1 in the third round and then followed that up with an impressive 3 & 2 victory over Spaniard, Mario Galiano, the victor over Scottish Schools’ champion, Connor Syme, in the morning.
17-year-old Capart, the Belgian boys and men’s champion, had a comfortable 4 & 3 victory over Frenchman, Jeremy Gandon, in the morning but had to go all the way to the 19^th in the afternoon to edge out English left-hander, Josh Hilleard, from Farrington Golf Club near Bristol. The end came when Capart holed a 35-foot putt across the green on the first extra hole and then watched as Hilleard lipped out from seven feet for a half.
“I can’t believe it,” said the delighted Belgian who is making his first appearance in the Boys Amateur Championship. “Josh holed just about every putt he had until that one but I suppose he was as surprised as I was that mine went in.”
For the quarter final draw and scoring from the Boys Amateur Championship please visit championships.randa.org.

ENGLAND ROAR BACK TO REGAIN HOME INTERNATIONALS TITLE

England regained the Raymond Trophy by winning the Home Internationals, supported by Fairstone Financial Management Ltd, after beating old rivals Scotland 9-6 on the final day at sunny and breezy Ganton. After a fierce battle in the morning foursomes which finished level, England won six of the afternoon singles and halved another to complete a 9-6 victory and a clean sweep of the other countries, while Ireland secured second place by beating a bullish Welsh side 8-7. “This is an amazing and wonderful feeling,” said England captain Terry Casey. “It was an extraordinary performance by my team and having lost last year this is special. “The players were fantastic and I have run out of superlatives to describe them. We beat three really strong sides here but I always felt we had a real chance this week.” Scottish captain Scott Knowles was gracious in defeat. “We put ourselves in a good position to successfully defend the title but fair play to England, they got the job done,” he said. “Things were looking good for us midway through the afternoon especially when we saw Wales coming back against Ireland but the England boys played really well down the stretch.” Early on in the afternoon and England win hardly looked likely. Scotland were ahead in the top four games with four others all square. But the English team gradually turned it around although the Scots drew first blood when Graeme Robertson beat English champion Callum Shinkwin 3 and 2 in the top game. But the pendulum gradually swung in the home side’s favour as Craig Hinton came from 2-down at the turn and 3-down after ten to get home 2 and 1 over the previously unbeaten Grant Forrest 2 and 1 with pars on 16 and 17. Toby Tree won the last two holes to beat Jack McDonald in a tight encounter but Scott Crichton kept the Scots in the hunt with a one hole win over Jimmy Mullen, having been 3-up through 12 holes. However, with Ben Stow beating Scott Borrowman 5 and 3, Paul Howard romping to a 7 and 5 win over Ewan Scott after birdies at the opening three holes and Ryan Evans coming from 2-down to beat Matthew Clark 2 and 1, England were assured of at least a draw which was all they needed for victory. It was Harry Casey, England’s highest scorer, who saw his team over the line with a 2 and 1 win over James Ross, while Alex Culverwell brought Scotland a further point and Bradley Neil won the final hole against Nick Marsh to secure a half. In the other match, Ireland needed a big win over Wales to have a say in the title chase. But after trailing 0-5 from the morning foursomes, the Red Dragon came roaring back to win the singles 6-4 but it wasn’t quite enough as Ireland edged home by a point. A big Irish win was possible as Gavin Moynihan beat Jason Shufflebotham 3 and 2 followed by Dermot McElroy who chalked up his sixth success when he recorded the same score against Craig Melding. That saw the Irish 6-1 ahead and looking to surge ahead but Wales responded in splendid fashion. Michael Hearn sealed a 3 and 1 win over Rory McNamara and Lee Jones got the better of Brian Casey by 3 and 2. There were also final green wins for Matthew Moseley over Reeve Whitson in a tight match with little to choose between the players, and for Zac Galliford over Paul Dunne. Welsh champion Jack Bush beat Jack Hume by two holes to see Wales close to success but Cormac Sharvin denied Alastair Jones 3 and 1 to see Ireland to overall victory and into second place. For more information and full results visit the Home Internationals website. Lynne Fraser Marketing & PR Manager England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 01526 354500

ABERDEEN KINGS LINKS SENIOR OPEN SCOREBOARD

ABERDEEN KINGS LINKS SENIOR OPEN 
CSS 68 
Scratch - G Paterson (N) (2) 66, A Cruickshank  (C) (scr) 72, R.Watson (BA) (6) 74
Handicap- D.Cumming (BA) (15) 62, J.S.Gray  C (8) 65, F.Darling (Nm) (15) 65
Over-65s - R.Lind C (19) 63, S.Moir  C (14) 64, R.Riley (N) (13) 65 
Lowest Links Nett, D.Cumming (BA) (15) 62,





                   
              

PGA EUROPRO TOUR SWEETSPOT CLASSIC FINAL SCOREBOARD

VENUE: Longhirst Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 210 (3x70)
203 George Woolgar (Eng) 67 68 68 (£10,000).
204 Paul  Maddy (England) 73 67 64, Zack Saltman (Archerfield Links) 63 71 70, Colin Moriarty(Ireland) 67 65 72 (£3,066 each).
SELECTED OTHER SCORES
208 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) 67 66 75 (T5) (£1,200).
210 Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 69 72 69 (T9) (£800).
211 Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) 70 71 70, Gareth Wright (West Linton) 68 69 74 (T12) (£751 each).
212 Elliot Saltman (Archerfield Links) 72 71 69 (£395).
213 Paul  Doherty (Vale Hotel) (T24) 674 85 84 (£325).

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HUTCHEON WINS DEESIDE PRO-AM WITH A SEVEN UNDER 63

Greig Hutcheon scored his seventh win of the Tartan Tour season and his fourth since July 31 with a fine round of seven-under-par 63 to lift the £1,330 top pro prize in the Deeside Saltire Energy pro-am today (Friday).
Scottish PGA champion Hutcheon capped his performance with an eagle 2 at the par-4 17th, helping him come roaring home in only 30 shots, four under the card.
The Banchory tour pro had birdies at the second, long third, long sixth, eighth, 11th and long 13th. His only bogey came at the seventh in an outward three-under 33. 
Four of Hutch's wins have come in his native North-east - Kemnay, Turriff, Peterculter and now Deeside.
And it was a North-east 1-2 at Deeside with Aberdonian Scott Henderson (Kings Links) filling second place, two shots behind Hutcheon on 65. Henderson had a bogey-free card with birdies at the long third,lont sixth, 11th, short 14th and 17th to earn £1,063.

Heather MacRae (Gleneagles) achieved a creditable joint seventh finish with a 67 which earned her £319.

 
LEADING PRO SCORES
Par 70
63 Greig Hutcheon (Banchory) (£1,330).
65 Scott Henderson (Kings Links) (£1,063)
66 Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), Stephen Gray (Hayston), Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf), Jonathan Lomas (Caprington) (£568 each)
67 Heather MacRae (Gleneagles Hotel) Jordan Gallagher (Douglas Park) (£319 each).
68 Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), Greg McBain (Gamola Golf), Christopher Currie (Caldwell), Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), David Orr (Mearns Castle) (£207 each).
69 Chris Kelly (Cawder), Christopher Russell (RAW golf course design) £152 each)
70 Craig Gordon (Edinburgh GC), Grant Smith (Gleneagles Hotel), Scott Herald (Mearns Castle), Ross Cameron (Saltire Energy), Graeme Brown (Murcar Links) (£107 each).
OTHER SCORES INCLUDED
71 Terry Mathieson (Murcar Links), Norman Huguet (Musselburgh), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs), James McGhee (unatt)
72 Stephen Craig (Germany), Christopher McMaster (Panmure), Mark King (Kingsfield), Craig Ronald (Carluke).
73 Calum Lawson (Wellsgreen), Paul Brookes (Pitreavie), Andrew Munro (Muselburgh).
74 Ross McConnachie (Peterculter)
75 Patrick Walker (Ballumbie Castle)
76 Andrew Cooper (Newmachar), Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links), Fraser Clarke (Newmachar), Paul Robinson (Largs).

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