Monday, October 07, 2013

STEWART SPENCE, PAUL LAWRIE WITH THE TROPHY THEY HAVE HAD MADE FOR THE WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT DALMAHOY

Stewart Spence and Paul Lawrie with the trophy which has been specially made for the winner of the inaugural Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Scottish Ladies Open Tour Championship over 36 holes of the 
Marriott Dalmahoy East and West Courses, Edinburgh on Thursday and Friday, this week. Switch over to www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk for the full article

                                 PICTURE BY CAL CARSON GOLF AGENCY

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DAVID LAW IN CONTENTION AT DUBAI OPEN



David Law shot a six-under-par 66 to be joint second, one shot off the pace, at the end of the first round of the MENA Tour event, the $50,000 Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open at Al Badia Golf Club, Dubai today.
Joint leaders on 65 are England's Jake Shepherd and Zane Scotland.
Conor O'Neil and Tom Buchanan are bracketed in 25th place on 72 - one shot ahead of Duncan Stewart, Greg Nicolson and FraserMcKenna in joint 38th place in a field of 120 players.

SHAIKH MAKTOUM DUBAI OPEN
Al Badia Golf Club, Dubai
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
65 Jake Shepherd (Eng), Zane Scotland (Eng).
66 David Law (Sco), Ian Keenan (Eng)
67 Matthew Turner.
SELECTED SCORES
72 Conor O'Neil (Sco), Tom Buchanan (Sco) (T25)
73 Duncan Stewart (sco), Greg Nicolson (Sco), Fraser McKenna (Sco) (T38).
78 Ted Innes Ker (Sco) (T85)
82 Graeme Stewart (Sco) (T107).

 

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STONEHAVEN'S DOUBLE WHAMMY IN DEESIDE GOLF LEAGUE


Stonehaven Golf Club team members completed a notable double whammy when they won the Deeside League championship and also the Harry Stepherd Trophy, which is contested by the league's clubs at the end of the season as a team stroke-play event.
Stonehaven made the most of home turf advantage to total 306 Stableford points.
It was Stonehaven's second Deeside League title success but the first time they had won the Harry Shepherd Trophy.

POINTS TOTALS
206 - STONEHAVEN: A Officer (9) 39, D Lorimer (12) 36, M Halliday (11) 36,  G McFarlane (7) 35, C Tayor (4) 33, K Riddell (5) 27.
201 - ABOYNE: S Scorgie (7) 39, C Stephen (3) 36, D Forsyth (18) 34, J Sutherland (5) 33, S McWilliam (6) 30, A Beveridge (10) 29.
200 - TORPHINS: R Harker (15) 38, R Kerr (20) 36, C Jaffray (13) 36, L Allan (5) 34, M Riach (8) 32, J Barrack (22) 24.
197 - TARLAND: D Booth (9) 37, C Thomson (12) 36, G Laing (9) 33, R Blackmore (4) 31, A Rose (12) 31, R Reid (3) 29.
191 - PETERCULTER: I Bruce (11) 34, R Will (13) 33, D Laing (16) 33, D Forsyth (11) 32, A Stewart (11) 31, D Ewaton (8) 28.
190 - BRAEMAR: N Walker (6) 37, G Mitchell (4) 35, B Street (15) 33, P Black (6) 29, P Holden (18) 28, S Metcalfe (20) 18.
185 - LUMPHANAN: I Barton (17) 35, B Grant (15) 34, G White (11) 34, S Scott (5) 29, M Connelly (13) 27, A Williams (13) 26.
NR - BANCHORY: S Duguid (11) 35, A Donnelly (11) 34, D Milne (9) 30, A Milne (6) 30, M Lothian (6) 27, M Cruickshank (6) - .

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ADAM FISHER WINS SPENCE TROPHY FOR A THIRD TIME



Newmachar's Adam Fisher, pictured, won the Spence Trophy - contested by the junior champions of clubs who compete in the Aberdeen and District Junior Pennant League - at Oldmeldrum Golf Club.
It was the third time that Adam had won the event, following up his successes in 2010 and 2012. He still has another year in junior (Under-18) golf so a four-timer is a possibility.
Adam won by 3 and 2 in the 18-hole final against Calvin Cheyne (Murcar Links) who beat Paul Lawrie's older son, Craig (Deside) in the semi-finals

Results:
Semi-finals  
Adam Fisher (Newmachar) bt Kiran Nolan (Kemnay) 1 hole.
Calvin Cheyne (Murcar Links) bt Craig Lawrie (Deeside) 6 and 5.
Final
Fisher bt Cheyne 3 and 2.

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UNITED STATES TRIUMPH IN GRAND HICKORY MATCH AT ARBROATHY



NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY Carnoustie Country
After 18 holes of hickory golf on Arbroath Golf Course, on Thursday, October 3, Team USA were declared the victors of the Grand Hickory Match 2013 by a margin of 16-12. 
The match, which was between Team USA and the International World Hickory Select, consisted of 28 players battling it out across 18 holes, playing with hickory-shafted clubs identical to those used by golfers in the 1930s – and earlier. “This is what golf’s all about,” said Mike Stevens from Florida, a member of Team USA. “Playing in the home of golf, the camaraderie, the hickory clubs – even the weather! And, of course, winning is the icing on the cake!”
Australian hickory golfer Rob had travelled to Carnoustie Country to compete in the World Hickory Open, which was one of several events in the inaugural Carnoustie Country Festival of Golf, as was the Grand Hickory Match. Rob revealed that, despite his team being defeated 16-12, he was delighted to have been invited to be a member of the International World Hickory Select. 
“I’ve had a fabulous time playing golf on the historic Carnoustie Country courses,” said Rob. “This was a once in a lifetime experience – or maybe twice, as I’m already planning next year’s trip to the World Hickory Open!”
The World Hickory Open will be held on October 7-8, 2014 at Panmure Golf Course, one of the thirty golf courses which come under the Carnoustie Country banner, followed by an expanded Grand Hickory Match event over two days. To find out more about the World Hickory Open 2014, visit www.worldhickoryopen.com. To find out more about Carnoustie Country, visit www.carnoustiecountry.com.

Caption: Team USA, the International World Hickory Select and Grand Hickory Match organisers Lionel and Beth Freedman,
Credit: Photo courtesy of www.carnoustiecountry.com.


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UNITED STATES WIN PRESIDENTS CUP BY 3PT OVER INTERNATIONALS

 FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
DUBLIN, Ohio -- Fred Couples, the coolest guy in golf, never really looked that way until he stood on the edge of the 18th fairway Sunday and saw everything going his way.
The Americans needed only one more point to win The Presidents Cup.
And there was Tiger Woods, who has a history of delivering the winning point, in the middle of the fairway at Muirfield Village, where he has won a record five times.
The Presidents Cup ended just the way it always does.
Woods found the green and two-putted for par and a 1-hole victory over Richard Sterne, the third straight time he has won the clinching point in The Presidents Cup. The Americans won for the fifth straight time -- and eighth time in 10 tries -- against an International side that showed some fight when it was too late to matter.
The Americans, who finished strong Sunday morning in the rain-delayed foursomes for a 14-8 lead, only needed to win four singles matches.
It took longer than anyone expected.
"I must have asked 500 times, `How are we getting this fourth point? Where is the fourth point coming from?'" said Couples, a three-time winner as U.S. captain.
 "You're nervous. Not for the players -- the players know what they're doing. But we knew we needed 18 points, and we got them. It was a very, very good match today. And the matches were all close. At no given time was I a nervous wreck. But it was nice when Tiger two-putted that last green to get the 18th point."
The final score -- United States 18.5, International 15.5 -- and whether the matches would beat the rain was really the only suspense on Sunday.
"People say it was close. Jack (Nicklaus) said it was close," International captain Nick Price said. "You tell me. We were behind the 8-ball all day. If we pulled it off, it would have been miraculous."
Not that his team featuring  seven rookies didn't give it a shot.
Zach Johnson closed out Branden Grace, 4 and 2, to give the Americans 17 points and assure them a tie. But it took more than an hour to get that last point.
Graham DeLaet holed out for birdie for the second time Sunday on the 18th hole, this time from a bunker to beat 20-year-old Jordan Spieth. Ernie Els found his putting touch and beat Steve Stricker. Marc Leishman rolled in a 15-foot par putt from the back fringe of the 18th green to beat Matt Kuchar. Adam Scott and Charl Schwartzel won their matches.
The International team's fleeting hopes ended when Woods, despite suffering back spasms again in the final hour of his match, didn't make a birdie on the back nine and still won. Sterne helped him by hitting his tee shot off the corporate tents behind the 16th green and making bogey.
"It was a team effort this whole week," said Woods, who went 4-1 for the best record of any player. "We really played well to give ourselves a nice lead."
Rain interrupted the matches all week and made Muirfield Village so soft that it was mere target practice for the best players from every continent but Europe. It was a long, tiring week of leaving the course at darkness and completing matches the next morning when it was just as dark.
The Americans might have won this Presidents Cup on Sunday morning.
Returning to finish off the foursomes session, the Americans picked up a win and a halve in matches they had trailed by three holes.
Phil Mickelson hit one of many exquisite shots this week -- a 7-iron he had to hook with the ball slightly below his feet, around a tree to about 10 feet. Keegan Bradley had to make the birdie putt for a half-point after DeLaet chipped in for birdie. Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel played the last six holes in 5-over -- three bogeys and a ball out-of-bounds for double bogey in losing to Webb Simpson and Brandt Snedeker.
"It was a tall order, but they gave it their best shot. These guys played their tails off," Price said. "We're a real hodge-podge of a team that came together from four corners of the planet. And they gave the might of America a run for their money."
The closing ceremony was moved indoors because of approaching rain, and it led to an awkward moment as the International team watched the Americans pass around the gold trophy and pose for the pictures before quietly filing out of the room.
Since that famous tie in South Africa in 2003, the Americans have won by at least three points every time. Only one of them, in 2005, was close. International players talked about the importance of making a contest out of this year's event, and only a 7-4 win in singles made it feel that way at the end.
"We kept it very interesting today," Scott said. "We gave it a good shake."
Mickelson and Angel Cabrera were the last match on the course, and it was comical at times. Mickelson hit one shot that ricocheted off a tree to the left, skipped out of the water and into the rough, and he pitched that to 5 feet -- and then missed the putt to lose the hole.
 On the final hole, Cabrera had 3 feet for par to win the match. Instead of conceding, Mickelson first knocked in his 5-foot bogey putt, and then conceded. All in good fun, which is how the day felt.
"There was no intensity. We played and enjoyed the day and the people here in Columbus," Mickelson said after four bogeys in the last five holes. "I thought it was going to be closed out early. On 12 or 13, they said, `Your match is going to count.' What? We ended up winning. That's all that matters."
In the end, it didn't matter with a U.S. team so strong that every player was among the top 30 in the world closing it out early in the afternoon.
"They played golf that was incredible to watch," Price said. "But for this team, I would be honored if they ever asked me to be captain of this team again. I don't care where it is."
The next Presidents Cup is in South Korea in 2015 on another Jack Nicklaus design.

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