MIDLAND ALLIANCE REPORT AND SCORES

WEBSTER, TOUGH AND HUTTON TIE FOR FIRST PLACE AT LUNDIN LINKS

Edzell professional Alistair Webster shared victory with two amateurs, Gary Tough, who plays off +1 at Edzell, and Pitlochry scratch man Willie Hutton when the Midland Alliance resumed after the Festive break at Lundin Golf Club, Fife today (Tuesday).
The trio matched the par of 71.
Pitreavie pro Paul Brooks finished third, a shot behind on 72 with the home course pro Ron Walker fourth on 73.
Hutton's net score of 71 was also good enough to win him the leading handicap award.
LEADING SCRATCH
Par 71
71 A J Webster (Edzell), G Tough (Edzell), W Hutton (Pitlochry).
72 P Brookes (Pitreavie).
73 R Walker (Lundin).
75 S Craig (Germany), R McGuigan (Monifieth), J Smith (Charleton).
76 D Thomson (Downfield), A Martin (The Duke's), S McKendrick (Dunkeld), K Bruce (Edzell).
LEADING HANDICAP
70 W Hutton (Pitlochry) (1)
71 D Thomson (Downfield) (5).
72 G Tough (Edzell) (+1), G Wilkie (Muckhart (14), R McGuigan (Monifieth) (3), J Smith (Charleton) (3)
73 D Spaven (Pitlochry) (8), H Salmond (Alloa) (5), T Lumsden (Monifieth) (8).
74 D Mason (Lundin) (9), D Sim (Panmure) (5).          

Qualifiers for the JTC Kitchen Express Midland Golfers’ Alliance Championship in April at Monifieth Links

 

J Smith (Charleton) (3)
A Martin (The Duke's) ap.

T McIntyre  (Lundin) (2).
H Salmond (Alloa) (5)

Qualifiers for the JTC Kitchen Express McQueen Shield at Monifieth Links in April

 

W Hutton (Pitlochry) (1).

Next Meeting (extra fixture)
Wednesday, January 29
Anstruther

Details  in the next couple of days

 

Lee Sutherland

 

FORMER EUROPEAN TOUR WINNER TJREE SHOTS CLEAR

 

PABLO MARTIN LEADING GECKO TOUR EVENT ON COSTA DEL SOL

A winner on the European Tour in days gone by, Spain's Pablo Martin (pictured above) does not mind stooping to conquer - which he has not done yet, of course! - but he is setting the pace, three shots clear of the field, with an eight-under-par 64 at Atalaya Golf and Country Club on the Costa del Sol in this week's Gecko Tour event. 
Martin's nearest challengers at halfway in this 36-hole event are England's Lloyd Kennedy and Spain's Gabriel Canizares Gomez on the 67 mark.
No Scots in this tournament, by the way.

FIRST-ROUND LEADING SCORES
Par 72
64 Pablo Martin Benvanides (Spain)
67 Lloyd Kennedy (England), Gabriel Canizares Gomez (Spain)
68 John E  Morgan (England), James Watts (England), James Maw (England)
69 Juan Quiros (Spain), Brian Casey (Ireland)

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OWEN TAKES REED PLACE IN THIS WEEK'S US PGA TOUR EVENT

Humana Challenge winner Patrick Reed has withdrawn from this week’s Farmers Insurance Open, citing displaced ribs. 
Reed showed few ill effects en route to a record-breaking start last week at PGA West, La Quinta, California. He wasn’t quite as sharp Sunday, carding a 71 to win by only two shots.
Reed had planned to play every event on the West Coast swing, but clearly he'll need to be more selective now. 
His Humana victory ensured him a spot in next month’s WGC-Match Play.
Reed has been replaced in the field at Torrey Pines by Englishman Greg Owen.

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Former Northern Open champion makes good start to Sueno Dunes Classic

David Law, five birdies and one bogey in his opening round in Turkey. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE WINTER ROUNDS HELP DAVID LAW TEE OFF IN TURKEY WITH A FOUR-UNDER-PAR 65

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
David Law has kept his form ticking over on the North-east Alliance during the winter so that helped him to make a flying start on the German PGA Tour's Sueno Dunes Classic at Belek in southern Turkey's shores today.
In March, Law will be making his debut on the Challenge Tour but until then he will be following the German-organised Pro Golf Tour (formerly the EPD Tour) through Turkey and Morocco in the build-up to the Kenya Open.
The 2011 Northern Open champion from Aberdeen shot a four-under-par 65 to be joint second, a shot off the lead, at the end of the first round of the 54-hole event.
Law, starting at the 10th, birdied the long 12th, 15th and 16th, the third and the fourth before his only bogey of the round at the fifth in halves of 32 and 33.
Portugal's Tiago Cruz is the leader on 64 and Germany's Moritz Lampert is on the same mark as the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre player.
Anglo-Scot Brad Hannah from Workington is joint 25th on 69, a shot ahead of Conor O'Neil (Pollok) who deviated from par only three times with one birdie and two bogeys.
Law's team-mates Philip McLean from Peterhead, Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay and Kris Nicol, and debutant Craig Lawrie did not do so well.
McLean had a triple bogey 8 at the 13th in a three-over 72 the same score as Findlay, double bogey 6s at the 11th and 15th and Nicol, five bogeys and two birdies.
Lawrie, playing as a pro for the first time outwith the North-east Alliance circuit, played well below his potential with a 10-over 79. He had a double bogey 6 at his first hole, the 10th, and a triple bogey 6 at the short 16th contributed to 43 shots for his opening nine.
His only birdie came at the third.

SUENO DUNES CLASSIC
Belek, Turkey
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 69
64 Tiago Cruz (Por)
65 David Law (Sco), Moritz Lampert (Ger)
66 Benedict Staben (Ger), Max Laier (Ger), Ramon Schilperoord (Net).
SCOTS' SCORES
69 Brad Hannah (T25)
70 Conor O'Neil (T31)
72 Philip McLean, Jordan Findlay, Kris Nicol (T49)
79 Craig Lawrie (84th).