PAUL LAWRIE, STEPHEN GALLACHER LEAD OFF FOR GB AND I IN SEVE TROPHY

SEVE TROPHY PREVIEW 

FROM EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS

José María Olazábal will send his most experienced pairing out first to try and get an early point on the board in the opening fourball matches on Thursday, as Continental Europe attempt to wrest the Seve Trophy by Golf+ from Great Britain and Ireland.

GB and I have held a vice-like grip on the Seve Trophy, winning the last six encounters with Continental Europe only tasting success the once in the inaugural contest in 2000. Olazábal is looking to stop that run at St-Nom-La-Bretèche, with Thomas Björn and Miguel Angel Jiménez lead the way in the top match against the first Scottish pairing of Paul Lawrie and rookie Stephen Gallacher.

Björn has played in all but one of the previous contests – leading the side instead  in 2009 - while Jiménez is the only player to have competed in all seven Seve Trophy competitions. They are the two most capped players in the history of the biennial team event with a combined total of 59 matches between them.

Nordea Masters champion Mikko Ilonen, making his second appearance, and Dane Thorbjørn Olesen represent the continentals in the second match against Chris Wood, also making his second appearance for GB&I, and debutant Tommy Fleetwood, who recently claimed his maiden title at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
Paul Casey, the most experienced player of the GB&I team who is making his fifth appearance this week, is paired with rookie Simon Khan against the Italian pair of Francesco Molinari, one of three players from last year’s victorious European Ryder Cup team on show, and BMW PGA Champion Matteo Manassero, who two years ago became the youngest player to compete in the event aged only 18 at the time.

Dutchman Joost Luiten and home favourite Gregory Bourdy, arguably the most in-form pairing of the Continental Europeans having both won on The European Tour over the past five weeks, present a formidable pairing against Jamie Donaldson and David Lynn in Match Four.

And the anchor match pits the second Scottish pairing of Marc Warren and Scott Jamieson against another of the heroes from Medinah, Nicolas Colsaerts, and Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño, a late replacement for the injured Peter Hanson.

Olazábal said:  “Our record is not very good in this event but we are here this week to change that. We are here to win, we have a strong team and that’s our goal this week. We have a little bit of experience in this team, players who have played Ryder Cup, and it is going to be a good match.”

Torrance, who led Europe to victory in The 2002 Ryder Cup, said: “It is fantastic to be here and an honour to be captain. I’ve got a good, young team that are desperate to get out and get some points.  The pairings were pretty easy.  They were all pretty compatible.  I tried to put people I thought were good friends, played practice rounds together, to try to make them feel more comfortable out there and do the job that they do best. It is going to be a great match, exciting, and I think we have a great chance.”

GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND		CONTINENTAL EUROPE
1	11H35	Paul LAWRIE (SCO)	V	Thomas BJØRN (DEN)
		Stephen GALLACHER (SCO)		Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ (ESP)
MATCH	TIME	GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND		CONTINENTAL EUROPE
2	11H50	Tommy FLEETWOOD (ENG)	V	Mikko ILONEN (FIN)
		Chris WOOD (ENG)		Thorbjørn OLESEN (DEN)
MATCH	TIME	GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND		CONTINENTAL EUROPE
3	12H05	Paul CASEY (ENG)	V	Francesco MOLINARI (ITA)
		Simon KHAN (ENG)		Matteo MANASSERO (ITA)
	TIME	GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND		CONTINENTAL EUROPE
	12H20	Jamie DONALDSON (WAL)	V	Joost LUITEN (NED)
		David LYNN (ENG)		Grégory BOURDY (FRA)
	TIME	GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND		CONTINENTAL EUROPE
	12H35	Marc WARREN (SCO)	V	Nicolas COLSAERTS (BEL)
		Scott JAMIESON (SCO)		Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO (ESP)

 

EASY FOR CANTER AS HE LEADS Q SCHOOL STAGE 1 AT FRILFORD HEATH

REPORT BY EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Laurie Canter continued his impressive form on day two of The European Tour’s Qualifying School First Stage Section D, adding a round of 70 to his opening 65 to maintain his advantage at Frilford Heath.

The former amateur star mixed five birdies with three bogeys at the Oxfordshire venue to climb to nine under par and lead by one shot from his fellow Englishmen Jack Senior (68) and Curtis Griffiths, whose six-birdie round of 67 was the joint lowest of the day.

Griffiths’ effort was matched by Liam Bond, who led at the midway stage of the ISPS Handa Wales Open at The Celtic Manor Resort in August. Bond’s round of 67 carried the Welshman to six under par and gave him every chance of repeating his feat of 12 months ago, when he won the Qualifying School First Stage at Frilford Heath.

Meanwhile, in the concurrent qualifier held at Golf d’Hardelot, northern France, South African Haydn Porteous produced a quite stunning round of 62 to overtake his compatriot Louis de Jager at the top of the leaderboard.

Porteous notched nine birdies in a flawless display in Hardelot to leap to the head of affairs on ten under par, four shots clear of De Jager (71) and Ireland’s Niall Turner, who dropped just one shot in his round of 67.    

With 102 players competing at each venue this week and only the top 24 and ties progressing to the Second Stage, the competition is sure to be intense over the final two rounds.

 

Second round scores from Golf d’Hardelot:

 

132 H Porteous (RSA) 70 62,

 136 N Turner (Irl) 69 67, L De Jager  (RSA) 65 71,

 137 W Homan (USA) 65 72, M Pastor (Esp) 69 68, F Delamontagne  (Fra) 67 70, G Houston (Wal) 68 69, S Campbell (Eng) 69 68,

 138 R Furrer (Sui) 69 69, B Evans  (Eng) 71 67, F Eriksson (Swe) 70 68, D Markle (Can) 71 67,

 139 D Hupfer (Can) 72 67, C Batut (Fra) 74 65, D Antonelli (Fra) 69 70, P Couvert (Fra) 72 67, F De Vries  (Ned) 69 70, S Surry (Eng) 70 69, S Gros (Fra) 68 71,

 140 R Bechu (Fra) 71 69, O Loftsson (Isl) 73 67, J Mommo  (Fin) 73 67, R Marguery (Fra) 69 71, R Busher (am) (Eng) 68 72,

 141 T Sherreard  (Eng) 73 68, G Watremez (Bel) 73 68,

 142 R Quintana (Fra) 70 72, O Turnill  (Eng) 72 70, T Rice  (Irl) 71 71, C Garrido (Esp) 70 72, K Marques (am) (Aus) 72 70,

 143 S Finley Ewing Iv (USA) 73 70, S Grewal  (Eng) 73 70, J Grillon  (Fra) 76 67, D Nouailhac (Fra) 71 72, P Doherty (Sco) 67 76, G King (Eng) 74 69, J Van Hauwe  (Fra) 71 72, H Joannes  (Bel) 73 70, K Staunton  (Eng) 69 74, F Serghini  (Mar) 72 71, J Gressier (Fra) 72 71, T Elissalde (am) (Fra) 74 69,

 144 W Harmston (Eng) 69 75, S Yoon (USA) 72 72, C Tortuyaux (Fra) 72 72, R Neil-Jones (Eng) 69 75, K Nielsen (Den) 75 69, R Schneider (Fra) 73 71, T Tree (am) (Eng) 73 71,

 145 D Perrier (Fra) 73 72, M Rocchi (Fra) 72 73, E Isasi (Par) 74 71, Y Benson (Can) 71 74, J Webber (Eng) 74 71, R Roussel (am) (Fra) 71 74,

 146 M Johnston (Can) 77 69, J Kureluk (Can) 71 75, A Savolainen  (Fin) 75 71, G Gilligan (Eng) 73 73, L Bangerter (Eng) 72 74, R Kilpatrick (Nir) 71 75, P Vejgaard  (Den) 72 74, A Sagar (Eng) 71 75,

 147 J Hiluta (Eng) 71 76, F Abadie (Fra) 77 70, D Callaway (Eng) 73 74, P Figueiredo  (Por) 74 73, L Robinson (Eng) 73 74, R Saxton (Ned) 74 73, N Tacher (Fra) 71 76, T Adcock (Eng) 71 76, O Rozner  (Fra) 77 70, J Ruebotham (Eng) 76 71, J Clément  (Sui) 71 76,

 148 J Maw (Eng) 77 71, O Withofs (Bel) 76 72, M Bush (Eng) 74 74, A Bihan (Fra) 71 77, J Little  (Eng) 73 75,

 149 N Floren (Swe) 78 71, B Parker  (Eng) 78 71,

 150 L Allen (Eng) 76 74, M Davenport (Eng) 74 76, S Grant (Eng) 74 76, T Le Flohic (Fra) 75 75,

 151 T Briset (Fra) 79 72, B Houle (Can) 74 77, E West (Ber) 81 70,

 152 T Merkx (Ned) 77 75, T Pfister (am) (Sui) 76 76, J Bordonado (am) (Fra) 82 70,

 153 R Newman  (Eng) 75 78,

 154 D Thomas (Eng) 79 75, B Van Deijl (Ned) 77 77,

 155 M Flores (am) (Arg) 75 80,

 156 M Dechambre (Ger) 76 80,

 158 S Daoust (am) (Bel) 76 82,

 159 K Matou (Fra) 74 85,

 163 S Chauffour (Fra) 84 79,

 164 P Connell (Eng) 78 86,

 ** J Fuentes (Esp) RT  0

 

Second round scores from Frilford Heath:

135 L Canter (Eng) 65 70,

136 J Senior (Eng) 68 68, C Griffiths (Eng) 69 67,

138 L Bond (Wal) 71 67,

139 L Cornford (Eng) 71 68, R Brown (Eng) 70 69, J Colegate (Eng) 69 70, D Wood (Eng) 70 69, A Rai (Eng) 67 72,

140 D Skinns  (Eng) 70 70, O Farr (Wal) 73 67, B Briscoe (Wal) 69 71, S Einhaus (Ger) 66 74, J Banbury (Eng) 73 67, D Whitnell  (Eng) 72 68,

141 J Abbott (Eng) 75 66, B Stone (RSA) 72 69, M Jager (Aus) 69 72, J Rutherford (Eng) 71 70, G Hawkins (Eng) 73 68, R Kellett (Sco) 71 70, C Cossins (Eng) 71 70, R Evans (am) (Eng) 70 71,

 142 J Dransfield  (Eng) 72 70, G Cowan (Eng) 68 74, S Matton (Eng) 72 70, J Wilkinson (Eng) 72 70, J Jeong (Kor) 72 70, N Kimsey (am) (Eng) 71 71,

 143 R Boyns (Eng) 72 71, J Watts (Eng) 71 72, K Crossland (Eng) 73 70, M Wallace (Eng) 70 73, J Day (Eng) 72 71,

 144 Z Ouyang (Chn) 74 70, R Enoch  (Wal) 71 73, C Harrison (USA) 72 72, J Bryant (USA) 71 73, T Burden (Eng) 75 69, P Newman (Eng) 75 69, J Zhao (Chn) 72 72, G Fairfax (Aus) 72 72, C Lidyard (Eng) 75 69,

 145 J Scade (Eng) 74 71, R Laino (Eng) 70 75, J Clarke (Eng) 73 72, J Kaske (Fin) 71 74, J Campbell (Eng) 75 70, N Flynn (Eng) 72 73, J Sloan (Eng) 72 73, A Kirakossian (USA) 74 71, J Guiney (Irl) 73 72, H Casey (am) (Eng) 72 73,

 146 R Harrison (Eng) 73 73, B Casey (Irl) 76 70, P Shields (Sco) 72 74, M Kelly (Irl) 75 71, N Raymond (Eng) 73 73, L Joy (Eng) 71 75, N McCarthy  (Eng) 71 75,

 147 E Wainwright (USA) 72 75, S Garcia (Esp) 77 70, C Simpson (Eng) 73 74, J Doherty  (Sco) 76 71, S Davis (Eng) 71 76, C Ford (Eng) 75 72, M McCormack (Eng) 73 74, W Wray (Eng) 76 71, T Bertoni (USA) 73 74,

 148 D Salisbury (Eng) 75 73, M Smith (Eng) 74 74, M Mezei (Can) 75 73, R Fieldhouse (Wal) 73 75, O Tite (Eng) 72 76, D Jin (Chn) 75 73,

 149 B Khor (Eng) 68 81, G Payne (Eng) 72 77,

 150 T Wilde (Eng) 74 76, A Mansell (Eng) 77 73, G Guerin (Nzl) 73 77, N Roche (Fra) 77 73, D Timms (Eng) 78 72,

 151 P Spraggs (Eng) 76 75, R McGhee (Eng) 74 77, L O'Neill (Eng) 77 74, D James (Eng) 75 76, B Storey (Eng) 75 76,

 152 J Findlay (Sco) 80 72, R Mestre (Esp) 78 74, G Gancedo Onieva (Esp) 81 71, J Harrison (Eng) 77 75,   Campbell (Eng) 77 75,

 153 J Winer (Eng) 77 76, J Mumford (Eng) 77 76,

 154 S Franklin (Irl) 74 80,

 155 R Gurney  (Eng) 79 76, M Okon (Pol) 76 79, B O'Dell (Eng) 80 75, A Forster (Eng) 77 78,

 158 D Rickwood (Eng) 77 81,

 159 T Conran (Nir) 81 78,

 ** P Woodbury (USA) 76 DQ

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS

LANARKSHIRE A TEAM TO PLAY DUNBARTONSHIRE A

Venue: Bothwell Castle.

Date: Sunday, October 6 

 Craig Ross  Kirkhill                                 

S     Steven Rennie   Drumpellier             

3.   Stewart  Henderson  Hamilton         

4.   Colin Baird  Bothwell Castle              

5.   Robert Jenkins Crow Wood              

6.   Jamie Lamb       Lanark                       

7.    Ross Hinshelwood  East Kilbride         

8.   Kenny Gallacher  East Kilbride          

Team Manager         William Sharpe

DAVID LAW WINS, LAURA MURRAY RUNNER-UP IN NE ALLIANCE AT ABOYNE

David Law won the £150 top prize in today's North-east Golfers Alliance competition at Aboyne.
The Paul Lawrie Golf Centre tour pro shot a four-under-par 64 to head a field of 97.
Runner-up was Laura Murray, who also plays out of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre. The Alford-based professional hit her best form for months with a 66.
Jim Emslie (Royal Aberdeen) was third with 69 on a day when the CSS was 69, one above the standard scratch.
Law started inauspiciously with a bogey 4 but got into gear with birdies at the fourth, fifth and seventh in an outward two-under 32. Then he birdied the 12th, 13th and 18th, dropping his only shot after the turn, at the 16th.
Laura had the best outward half of the day - 31, which was studded with birdies at the second, seventh and ninth. She did not have a birdie after the turn, eight pars and a bogey at the 16th in an inward 35.
Jim Emslie started bogey-bogey but birdied the third and fifth, and later the 10th in halves of 35 and 34.

LEADING SCRATCH
Par 68 
64 D Law
66 Laura Murray
69 J Emslie
72 D Brown, K Nicol, P Cheyne, J Duff
73 S Finnie, C Law, R Mitchell, C Dempster, C Lawrie
74 S Lawrie, D Leslie
75  Nicolson, J Nicolson, J Scott, C Cassie
76 F Bisset, K Zeynalov, G Sutherland, D Fleming, B Fyfe.
77 J Duncan, M Harling, C Nelson W Skene, A K Pirie, A Smith.
78 G Milne, K Beveridge, A Gall, B Lumsden, B Murray
79 G Munro, L Fowler, S Mackie, W Shaw
80 H Roulston , I D Smith
82 A Steawrt, Samantha Leslie, D Nelson
82 D Laing, P Cornfield
83 D Mackay, D Lane.
84 C Moir, R McRae
85 J Borthwick
86 J Forrest, R Brown0, J Murray, G Leslie
87 D Lawrie, S Thomson
88 C Bridley, J Hosie, L Roger
89 N Chisholm, J Jessiman.
HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - P Cheyne (9) 63; S Lawrie (7) 68; C Cassie (6) 69; W Skene (7), D Leslie (4) 70.
Class 2 - J Scott (10) 65; B Lumsden (12) 66; M Harling (10)
P Cornfield (15) 67; I D Smith (11) 69.

NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE TEE TIMES FOR BALLATER, OCTOBER 16

1 08:15 1 Cassie, Charlie Campbell, Andrew ............................

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7 08:57 1 Borthwick, John anderson, philip Dalgarno, John

8 09:04 1 Hamilton, John Roulston, Harry ............................

9 09:11 1 Roger, Leslie Rendall, Michael ............................

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11 09:25 1 Winton, Mike Thomson, stuart McDougall, Derek

12 09:32 1 lawrie, Steve ............................ ............................

13 09:39 1 Davidson, S Brown, Mike Brown, Raymond

14 09:46 1 lawrie, craig lawrie, sean fyfe, billy

15 09:53 1 Duff, John Fleming, David Chisholm, Neish

16 10:00 1 Stewart, Norman Forrest, Jackie buchan, ron

17 10:07 1 McNaughton, Hamish Lawrie, Donald sandison, colin

18 10:14 1 Gall, Alan Fowler, Les Pirie, Alexander

19 10:21 1 Duncan, Jim Milne, Gordon Duncan, Mike

20 10:28 1 Jessiman, John Petrie, Alister grant, ian

21 10:35 1 Lumsden, Ben Cheyne, Peter Wright, Dick

22 10:42 1 Leslie, David Homer, Gary Smith, I.D.

23 10:49 1 Forster, Martin duncan, robie Skene, Willie

24 10:56 1 Duncan, Chris McDonald, Gibbie Claton, Grame

25 11:03 1 Allan, Graham Mackie, Scott Brown, David

26 11:10 1 Graham, Alister Nelson, David Hosie, John

27 11:17 1 Bisset, David Murray, Jim Randall, Derek

28 11:24 1 Brindley, Chris Bisset, Fergus Walker, Peter

29 11:31 1 zeynalov, kamran murray, ben grant, cameron

30 11:38 1 Craig, Phil lawrie, briaN Orr, Robert

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37 12:27 1 Booth, Mike ............................ Mckay, David

38 12:34 1 Wilson, David stuart, alan Dunn, Stephan