Thursday, December 19, 2013

SPOTLIGHT ON RUSSELL KNOX AT HALF-TIME IN SUNDAY AMERICAN FOOTBALL MATCH


 Russell Knox, Inverness-born exile is on US PGA Tour this year
                              Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)

NEWS RELEASE BY US PGA TOUR.COM STAFF
US PGA Tour player and Jacksonville Beach resident Russell Knox will take on Jacksonville Jaguars mascot Jackson de Ville in a closest-to-the-pin competition at Sunday's NFL (American football) game against the Tennessee Titans.
Knox is No. 33 in the FedExCup standings. He shot 59 earlier this year at the Web.com Tour's Albertsons Boise Open. The Inverness-born Scot  played college golf at Jacksonville University for four years (when Duncan Stewart from Grantown on Spey was
his team-mate).
Knox and de Ville will each hit an approximately 125-yard shot from atop the Sky Patio in the south end zone to an island green located at the 50-yard line. If Knox is closer to the hole, the Jaguars Foundation will make a $10,000 donation to the Malivai Washington Youth Foundation. 
If de Ville is closer -- which has already happened twice this year -- the Jaguars Foundation will make a $1,000 charitable donation to the Malivai Washington Youth Foundation and every fan in attendance will receive a free order of Cheesesticks from Papa John’s. In addition, if either de Ville or Knox makes a hole-in-one, one fan selected prior to the game will win $1 million from the Jaguars.
Other players who have participated this year include Billy Horschel, David Lingmerth, Mark McCumber, Matt Kuchar, Jim Furyk and Bud Cauley.
Knox is on the US PGA Tour this season after graduating from the Web.com Tour Finals. He has made the cut in all four of his starts in the 2013-14 season, and finished no worse than 32nd.

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GLASGOW'S BLAKE ST JOHN IN TOP 10 AFTER GECKO TOUR FIRST ROUND

Glasgow-born Blake St John (29), pictured below, could be about to earn his first prizemoney as a rookie tour pro.

He shot a two-under-par 70 today (Thursday) to be joint ninth at the end of the first day of the 36-hole Spanish Gecko Pro Tour competition at Aloha Golf Club on the Costa del Sol.
Highlight of St John's halves of 33-37 was an eagle 2 at the par-4 seventh. He also birdied the first, fifth, sixth and 16th with bogeys at the fourth, eighth, 10th and 11th.
Malcolm Isaacs (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) had a 72 for joint 19th place. He had halves of 36 with birdies at the sixth and 13th.
Sharing the lead at halfway on six-under 66 is England's Rod Bastard and Spain's Pastor Rufian.

SPANISH GECKO PRO TOUR
Aloha Golf Club, Costa del Sol
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
66 Marcos Pastor Rufian (Spa), Rod Bastard (Eng)
8 Gervasio Cuquejo Merchan (Spa), Adam Sagar (Eng), Alexander Knappe (Ger).
SELECTED SCORES
70 Jason Kelly (Eng), Blake St John (Sco) (T9)
72 Rhodri Fieldhouse (Wal) (T13).
72 Malcolm Isaacs (Sco), Liam O'Neill (Ire) (T19)
76 Gary Walsh (Ire) (T36)

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MACHRIHANISH DUNES VOTED BEST OVERALL GOLF EXPERIENCE BY BUNKERED READERS

                                               Machrihanish Dunes' 14th green

NEWS RELEASE FROM BUNKERED MAGAZINE
Machrihanish Dunes provides the best overall golf experience in Scotland, according to readers of the country’s biggest-selling golf title, bunkered.
The stunning four-star development on the Mull of Kintyre, which only opened in 2009, came out on top in the magazine’s Scotland’s Best Experience competition, run in conjunction with the national tourism organisation, VisitScotland.
Readers were asked to nominate the Scottish golf club or resort that they believe offers the best day out for visitors, with Machrihanish Dunes finishing comfortably on top of the standings.
It takes the title from the Turnberry Resort in Ayrshire, which was the inaugural winner of the award.
Winning Scotland’s Best Experience caps a fantastic year for Machrihanish Dunes, which was also recently named the ‘Resort of the Year’ at the Golf Tourism Scotland awards.
David Southworth, the President and CEO of the resort’s parent company, Southworth Development, was delighted to accept the award from bunkered.
“As the recognised home of golf, Scotland is blessed with a long list of world-class courses, clubs and resorts”, said Southworth. “So, for Machrihanish Dunes to be recognised by bunkered readers for offering Scotland’s very best golf experience is a tremendous honour.
I can tell you that our team is all smiles at this wonderful news, and we sincerely want to thank everyone who gave us their vote. Here’s hoping we’ll have the chance to offer a warm Mach Dunes welcome to many more bunkered readers in the new year to come.”
Bryce Ritchie, editor of bunkered, added: “Scotland’s Best Experience is a competition that seems to have really caught the imagination of our readers. We believe this is because it isn’t just another, predictable list of the country’s best courses but is, instead, giving people the chance to vote on the thing that really matters most to golfers – the whole experience of playing the game.
“It is an award that reflects the very best of Scottish golf and, to that end, Machrihanish Dunes is a very worthy winner. It is an incredible development which demonstrates that, with a consumer-focused approach and an unerring attention to detail, clubs can achieve great things. Congratulations to them.”..
Mike Cantlay, chairman of VisitScotland, said: “Scotland is the home of golf and, as such, boasts many of the world’s finest golf courses to entice visitors to our country. But what keeps visitors coming back year after year to play golf in Scotland is not simply the quality of the courses but the quality of their experience and the welcome they receive when they visit.
“Thankfully, the warmth of our hospitality in Scotland is as renowned as the quality of our golf offering and nowhere is this more evident than at Machrihanish Dunes. 

"They are worthy winners of this award amongst the world-class golf destinations we have in Scotland and I’m sure they, along with the rest of the country will revel in welcoming the world in 2014 and beyond.”
The top 20 clubs are as follows:
1. Machrihanish Dunes
2. Kingsbarns Golf Links
3. Turnberry Resort
4. Aberdour Golf Cub
5. Crail Golfing Society
6. The Roxburghe Hotel, Kelso
7. Carnoustie Golf Links
8. The Gleneagles Hotel
9. Machrihanish Golf Club
10. Archerfield Links
11. Castle Stuart Golf Links
12. Murrayshall House Hotel and Golf Courses
13. Macdonald Spey Valley Golf and Country Club, Aviemore
14. St Andrews Links
15. Trump International Golf Links Scotland, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire
16. Fairmont St Andrews
17. Blairgowrie Golf Club
18. Dundonald Links
19. Gullane Golf Club
20. Royal Dornoch Golf Club


For full coverage of the Scotland’s Best Experience reveal, pick up a copy of bunkered, issue 128, on-sale now from all good newsagents

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TAIN TEAMS DOMINATE NORTH ALLIANCE THREE-BALL EVENT



By ROBIN WILSON 

Tain teams monopolised the North Golf Alliance three-ball team event at Brora, all ten of their members finishing  in the top four teams.

The first three Tain teams all tied on low scores of 49, seven under the par for the Brora 15-hole Winter course.  On a countback over the the inward eight holes and winning with a count of 25,  even after dropping a shot to par at the final hole but more than made up for with an net 1 at the 13th hole, were Mark Brunton, Graeme Oliver and Alan Sangster. 

On the stiffer back eight holes into the wind in second place with the inward count of 27 for their 49 came Andrew Watt, Alec Gunn and Steve Holmes. They had just two net birdies on this stretch after a first seven holes of 22. 

Tain's dream team of Ferries siblings Billy and Munro and Alastair Melville shot to the head of the leaderboard with seven outward half 3s for 21 but their one and only bogey came at the 17th hole to take them home in the higher count of 28.

Tain's tenth member Richard Hamblin teamed up with Golspie's Alister Bell and Tim Featherstone  to end up in fourth place  with a score of 51 (24-27). 

FINAL SCORES
45 Mark Brunton, Graeme Oliver, Alan Sangster (Tain) (better inward eight holes of 25).
45 Andrew Watt, Alex Gunn, Steve Holmes (Tain) (inward holes count 27)
45 Bill Ferries, Munro Ferries, Alastair Melville (Tain) (inward holes count 28).
51 Richard Hamblin (Tain), Alister Bell (Golspie), Tim Featherstone (Golspie).
52 M Keay, H Skinner, D H Mackay (Tarbat).
52 J Meiklejohn, R Matheson, J Johnstone (Thurso). 
53 D Duncan, M Moran, J MacIver (Invergordon).
53 J Disbury, P McCartney, I Ross (Reay).



The North Golf Alliance fixtures resume at Tain on January 19.


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2014 ASIAN DEVELOPMENT TOUR WILL HAVE $1,110,000+ PRIZEMONEY

NEWS RELEASE FROM ASIAN DEVELOPMENT TOUR
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will host the highest number of Asian Development Tour (ADT) events in 2014 while the fledging Tour is expected to break new ground in Sri Lanka in the new season.
Malaysia will form the core Schedule for the 2014 ADT season by hosting a total of 12 events in the country, thanks to the strong partnership with the Professional Golf of Malaysia (PGM) Tour.
The Yeangder ADT in Chinese Taipei will also be part of the busy 2014 Schedule as the US$120,000 event will be played from February 27 to March 2 while the US$60,000 Jakarta Classic will be staged from July 17 to 20.
More ADT events are planned across the region with one additional event in Chinese Taipei, Jakarta and Sri Lanka which will be announced in due time.
Through these expected minimum events, a total prize purse of more than US$1,110,000 will be on offer in 2014.
The ADT has been a huge success since its inauguration in 2010 as the top-three players at the end of the season will earn prized Asian Tour cards for the following year.
 

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