Wednesday, March 19, 2014

ABERDEEN'S TOP TWO PRO GOLFERS RAISE THE PROFILE


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Richie Ramsay (left) and Paul Lawrie putting on the style.
Lawrie and Ramsay help launch ARCHIE Foundation as Official Charity for 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open

 
NEWS RELEASE
Paul Lawrie and Richie Ramsay, winners of ten European Tour titles between them, today visited the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital to help announce the appointment of The ARCHIE Foundation as Official Charity for the 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, to be played at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club from July 10-13.


The two high profile professional golfers – both born and raised in Aberdeen – were able to meet a group of youngsters who benefit from the work of The ARCHIE Foundation, an organisation committed to ‘making the difference’ for sick children and their families in the North of Scotland. 

Lawrie, a two-time Ryder Cup player and winner of The 1999 Open Championship, and Ramsay – a former US Amateur Champion and winner of two European Tour titles – were delighted to join some of the children and participate in a fun indoor putting contest in an ARCHIE funded play area between the children’s medical and surgical wards to mark the charity’s appointment.
 The two golfers also signed some Championship items for the children who took part in the competition and those on the Children’s Ward not well enough to participate.


ARCHIE will benefit from a number of fundraising initiatives that will see title sponsor Aberdeen Asset Management and The Tour Players Foundation (TPF) – the charitable arm of The European Tour – donate funds in partnership, ensuring a substantial sum is raised for the Official Charity, leaving a strong legacy from the golf tournament’s visit to the North-East. 

The Championship’s main fundraising mechanic will see Aberdeen Asset Management and the TPF donate a set amount per birdie, eagle and albatross made by the tournament’s world-class field, via the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open Birdie Pledge.  With £5, £10 and £50 donated respectively by both organisations, the grand total raised is expected to be in the region of £20,000. 


Further fundraising mechanics will be announced as the Championship approaches, bolstering the amounts raised from the birdie pledge and benefitting the work that ARCHIE Foundation can do not only at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital but also at its other bases of operation, the Children’s Ward in Inverness and the Children’s Ward in Elgin, as well as funding projects in community hospitals throughout the North East of Scotland and the Northern Isles. 

Lawrie commented: “It is great that The ARCHIE Foundation has been appointed the Official Charity of this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. 
"I am very familiar with the outstanding work the Foundation does on behalf of the sick children and their families in the North of Scotland, and with the event coming to Royal Aberdeen in 2014 it is appropriate that we are able to raise valuable funds for the organisation through initiatives such as the Birdie Pledge.”


Ramsay, like Lawrie an Honorary Member of Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, added:
 “I am thrilled to be associated with this initiative in my home town. The Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open will be a strong vehicle to help raise considerable funds for such a worthwhile cause.  It’s great to know that every under par score Paul, myself and the rest of players record will have such a positive effect in Aberdeen and the North.” 

Peter Adams, Championship Director of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, said: “On behalf of The European Tour, and the TPF, I would like to thank Paul and Richie for their generous support to the Official Charity Launch in Aberdeen today.


“Their presence at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital underlines the importance of the Championship together with its key partners, Aberdeen Asset Management and the Scottish Government embracing a very deserving local charity as part of the biggest sporting event to be played in the area during 2014. We are all looking forward to a highly successful charity partnership with the ARCHIE Foundation at the tournament which ranks among the very best on The European Tour, both of which are very fitting associations for Scotland, the Home of Golf.” 

Hugh Little, Head of Acquisitions at Aberdeen Asset Management, added: “It is with great delight that we are able to announce our support of The ARCHIE Foundation for this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open. It is particularly special to be able to help them in our home city of Aberdeen, where we were formed back in 1983.  Our thanks go to Paul and Richie for their support today to what is such a worthy cause, and we look forward to helping ARCHIE raise funds in Aberdeen’s summer of sport this year.”


David Cunningham, Chief Executive Officer for The ARCHIE Foundation, said: “We are delighted that in the year of our tenth anniversary appeal for the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital (‘High 10 for ARCHIE’), the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open should appoint us as their official charity. 

“It is not only the financial benefit, which itself is outstanding, but it is the heightened profile that our association with this event will bring. We are extremely grateful for this and to Paul and Richie for so generously giving their time to engage with the children in hospital. This will all help to make such a difference for them.”


An ‘early bird’ adult season ticket for all four days can be still be bought for £60 until March 31 (£40 concession) with Any One Day adult tickets available for £25 (concession £15) and £8 for the Pro-Am on Wednesday, July 9. 

After April 1, the prices rise to £70 for a season (£50 concession) and £30 for day tickets (£20 concession) and £12 for the Pro-Am.  Under-16s accompanied by an adult are admitted free of charge and all car parking is also free. 

Reserved grandstand seating can also be purchased for the Saturday (£10) and the Sunday (£15) of the event. Hospitality packages are also available.


Full ticket information can be found at:  www.aamscottishopen.com andwww.europeantour.com/tickets  or telephone Ticket Hotline:  +440800 023 2557. Postal enquiries should be sent to: European Tour Tickets, Mirren Court Three, 123 Renfrew Court Three, Paisley, PA3 4EA.

 


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JAMEGA TOUR'S TWO-ROUND EVENT AT LA MONACILLA

ELLIOT SALTMAN, MICHAEL STEWART

LEAD SCOTS CHALLENGE IN SPAIN

Elliot Saltman and Michael Stewart spearheaded the Scottish challenge on the first day of the Jamega Tour's 36-hole event at La Monacilla Golf Club on the Spanish side of the border with Portugal's Algarve coastline.
Both shot two-under-par 70s to be one stroke behind halfway leader, England's Lloyd Kennedy.
Callum Macaulay had a 71 to be joint fifth in a field of 54 players.
Lloyd Saltman who played well in the Jamega Tour's most recent event went off the poilt with a 79 to be joint 37th alongside Duddingston's James Dick.
E-mail from Ellon's Ross Cameron:
I had to withdraw today from the latest Jamega Tour event due to sickness, again.
I am missing the final Jamega Tour event in the Portugal/Spanish swing which was my original plan. 
I fly home on Friday and head into Europro Qualifying School Stage 1 on March 26th and 27th.
Hoping to be feeling better by then and give you something better to report on!
Thanks for the coverage

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
69 Lloyd Kennedy (Eng)
70 Elliot Saltman (Sco), Michael Stewart (Sco), Tiago Cruz (Por)
SELECTED SCORES
71 Jason Palmer (Eng), Callum Macaulay (Sco) (T5)
72 Scott Drummond (Sco) (T9)
74 Jonathan Mullaney (Sco), Zack Saltman (Sco) (T19)
79 James Dick (Sco), Lloyd Saltman (Sco) (T37).
Field of 54 players

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CHANGES IN NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE FOURSOMES PAIRINGS

Niall Young (Insch) partners Dave Wilson (Duff House Royal) in next week's NE Alliance scratch foursomes

Changes already in the North-east Alliance scratch and handicap foursomes, the first round of which will be played at Murcar Links next Thursday morning (March 27).
Insch teenager and one-handicapper Niall Young comes into the scratch line-up in place of John Borthwick (Craibstone) as partner for alliance joint secretary Dave Wilson (Duff House Royal).
Borthwick goes to the handicap foursomes, replacing Dave Mackay as the partner of Jim Scott (Peterculter).

+A reminder has been received from the Murcar Links management that play off mats on the closely-mown areas is mandatory in the Alliance foursomes next week.

HANDICAP - First Round
9am
A Petrie (Oldmeldrum) (9) and P Cornfield (Auchmill) (13) v J Forrest (Northern) (9) and M Rogers (Kemnay) (15)
9.10
W Skene (Deeside) (7) and M Winton (Caledonian) (13) v  P Craig (Kintore) (8) and B Lumsden (Northern) (12)
 9.20
C Cassie (Nigg Bay) (6) and H McNaughton (Cruden Bay) (13) v J Borthwick (Craibstone) (6) and J Scott (Peterculter) (10)
9.30
A Graham (Aboyne) (8) and M Booth (Kemnay) (8) v R Masson (Auchmill) (8) and T Collie (Kemnay) (12)

SCRATCH - First round
9.40
G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC) and S Mackie (Auchmill) v L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) and M Duncan (Murcar Links)
9.50
D Fleming (Portlethen) and C Duffus (Kemnay) v J Duff (Newmachar) and D McDougall (Caledonian)
10.0
D Wilson (Duff House Royal) and N Young (Insch) v B Nicolson (Auchmill) and J Hamilton (Murcar Links)
10.10
F Bisset (Banchory) and G Milne (Newburgh) v A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) and B Harper (Newburgh).

+Semi-finals on Thursday afternoon next week.
+Finals on Friday morning next week.

TEE TIMES FOR NEWBURGH
 NEXT WEDNESDAY

08:15 Reece Mitchell, Patrick McKenna, Stewart Finnie.

08:23 Brian Harper, Charlie Cassie, Phil Morrison.

08:31 Robert Masson, Derek Townsley

08:39 Keith Shanks, Chris  Law, Donald Macandrew.

08:47 Harry Roulston, Mike Rendall, Adam Dunton

08:55 David Mackay, John Hamilton, Les Roger

09:03 John Duff, Manson Merchant, Robert Lamb

09:11 Mike Brown, Raymond Brown

09:19 S Davidson, Donald Lawrie

09:27 Joel Hopwood, Laura Murray, Keil Beveridge


09:35 Gordon Milne, Jim Duncan, Martin Forster


09:43

09:51 Ron Buchan, Jackie Forrest, Norman Stewart


09:59 Phil Craig, Brian Lawrie, Mike Rogers

10:07 Hamish McNaughton, Ben Lumsden, Gibby McDonald.


10:15 Gary Homer, Gary, David Leslie, Willie Shaw

10:23 Ryan MacRae, Mike Smith, Colin Redman.

10:31 Willie Skene, Alistair Clark, David Lane.

10:39 Robbie Duncan, Graham Thom.

10:47 Billy Fyfe, Steve Lawrie, Neish Chisholm.

10:55 Cameron Grant, Niall Young



11:03 John Jessiman, Alister Petrie, Ian Grant.

11:11 John Borthwick, David Nelson, Alister Graham

11:19 Mike Duncan, David Fleming, Colin Duffus


11:27 Jim Scott, George Paterson, Peter Walker

11:35 Mike Winton, Derek McDougall, Stuart  Thomson

11:43 Greig Hutcheon, Fergus Bisset

11:51 David Bisset, Derek Randall, Jim Murray
 

11:59 David McKay, Mike Booth

12:07

12:15 Brian Nicolson, John Nicolson, Scott Mackie

12:23 Paul Cornfield, David Wilson, Graeme Moir

12:31

12:39 Iain Clark, Alan Gall

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SCOT IN CONTENTION AT CASABLANCA


PAUL DOHERTY TWO SHOTS OFF LEAD

WITH ROUND TO GO AT CASABLANCA

Cardiff-based former Scottish boys match-play champion Paul Doherty is joint third, two shots off the lead, with one round to go in the MENA Tour's opening 2014 tournament, the Royal Golf d'Anfa Open at Casablanca, Morocco.
Dohery should a second-round 70 for a two-round tally of five-under-par 139.
The only men ahead of him are English leader Joshua White on seven-under 137 (66-71) and Morocco's Faycal Serghini on 138 (73-65).
Doherty's four compatriots in the field had mixed fortunes.
Clarke Lutton (70 for 142) and Conor O'Neil (75 for 151) made the cut in joint 11th and 50th positions respectively.
But Fraser McKenna (81 for 153) and Ted Innes Kerr (77 for 154) missed the cut.

ROYAL GOLF D'ANFA OPEN
Casablanca, Morocco
LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
137 Joshua White (Eng) 66 71
138 Faycal Serghini (Mor) 73 65
139 Sebastian Heisele (Ger) 72 67, Paul Doherty (Sco) 69 70
OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
142 Clarke Lutton 72 70 (T11)
151 Conor O'Neil 76 75 (T50)
MISSED THE CUT
153 Fraser McKenna 72 81
154 Ted Innes Kerr 77 77

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GREIG'S 70 BEATS PAUL LAWRIE BY THREE OVER SECOND ROUND

   Greig Hutcheon with the Uniroyal Quaich
           Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency
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WIND-TAMER HUTCHEON WINS FIRST 

NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE TITLE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Tartan Tour supremo Greig Hutcheon widened his area of domestic dominance by winning the North-east Alliance championship for the first time at a very windy Portlethen Golf Club today (Wed).
Hutch, who recently left Banchory Golf Club's tour pro post to join the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre "stable," outscored his new boss, Paul Lawrie, over the final 18 holes with a one-under-par 70 for a total of six-under 135 - three ahead of Lawrie who had a 73.
They had been level on 65 after the first round at Buckpool last week.
"It was hard work in that wind and when I went out of bounds to run up a double bogey 7 at the second, I knew I was up against it," said Hutch who was the leading money-winner and Order of Merit champion on the Tartan Tour in 2013.
"But I got three birdies in a row after that so that spurred me on. Nice to win this year after losing out on a countback last year."
Hutcheon, in fact, finished with a bag of six birdies - great ball control in in the wind and he was hitting some drives over 300yd downwind - and was able to finish with a bogey 6 and still win comfortably with halves of 35.
Lawrie's challenge diminished with five bogeys in a row between the eighth and the 12th. Birdies at the 13th and 16th could not retrieve the situation in halves of 37-36.

Paul later told Jock MacVicar, golf writer of the Scottish Daily Express, that he had been sorely troubled with his ongoing neck problem and could hardly complete a backswing.
Paul's son Craig outscored his father with a second-round 71 to tie for third place with another young rookie pro, Sam Kiloh (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) (70-71) and Royal Aberdeen amateur Nick Macandrew (71-70) on 141. 

Hutcheon and Macandrew's one-under 70s were the best scores on the day at Portlethen where there
was no lack of praise for the condition of the course and in particular the greens - fast but true.

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY WINNERS
Uniroyal Quaich (best scratch aggregate) - Greig Hutcheon.

J K Hall Quaich (best amateur scratch aggregate) - Nick Macandrew.

Chapper's Pot (best Class 1 handicap) - Les Fowler (6) 142
Major's Pot (best Class 2 handicap) - Paul Cornfield (13) 142.

FINAL TWO-ROUND CHAMPIONSHIP SCRATCH TOTALS

Par 141 (70 at Buckpool, 71 at Portlethen)
Playing conditions: Windy, fast greens 

135 G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC) 65 70  Championship Winner
138 P Lawrie (Carnegie Club) 65 73
141 N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 71 70, C Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC) 70 71, S Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC) 70 71.
143 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 70 73
144 Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie GC) 70 74, N Young (Insch) 69 75
145 John Duff (Newmachar) 71 74
146 G Munro (Fraserburgh) 73 73
147 K Nicol (Paul Lawrie GC) 72 75
148 S Finnie (Caledonian) 72 76
149 Sean Lawrie (Portlethen) 75 74
150 B Nicolson (Auchmill) 71 79 
151 L Vannet (Craibstone) 76 75 
152 C Grant (Portlethen) 72 80
153 C Law (Kings Links) 74 79
154 L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) 76 78.
155 F Bisset (Banchory) 79 76
157 B Fyfe (Paul Lawrie GC) 80 77
158 H Roulston (Stonehaven) 78 80, B Main (Murcar Links) 74 84, D Fleming (Portlethen) 76 82 
159 D Wilson (Duff House Royal) 79 80
160 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) 81 79
161 B Harper (Newburgh) 81 80, R Lamb (Newmachar) 81 80, S Mackie (Auchmill) 84 77
162 D McDougall (Caledonian) 78 84, B Lumsden (Northern) 78 84, D Lane (Deeside) 81 81
163 G Leslie (Newburgh) 79 84, J Hamilton (Murcar Links) 81 82, G Milne (Newburgh) 77 86, M Duncan (Murcar Links) 79 84, Steve Lawrie (Portlethen) 81 82
166 C Duffus (Kemnay) 80 86
167 R O'Donnell (Oldmeldrum) 80 87, A Petrie (Oldmeldrum) 79 88, J Borthwick (Craibstone) 87 80, T Collie (Kemnay) 86 81, G Graham (Murcar Links) 81 86
168 P Cornfield (Auchmill) 81 87, D Nelson (Aboyne) 84 84
169 C Cassie (Nigg Bay) 85 84, R Masson (Auchmill) 82 87, M Winton (Caledonian) 82 87.
170 J Scott (Peterculter) 81 89, W Skene (Deeside) 85 85
172 D Bisset (Banchory) 82 90.
173 H McNaughton (Cruden Bay) 91 82, L Roger (Royal Aberdeen) 86 87, W Shaw (Banchory) 85 88
174 D Mackay (Newmachar) 86 88 
175 J Forrest (Northern) 83 92, P Craig (Kintore) 81 94, D McKay (Caledonian) 86 89, G Moir (Oldmeldrum) 82 93.
176 M Booth (Kemna) 91 85
177 G Allan (Auchmill) 87 90
179 M Rogers (Kemnay) 91 88
183 C Redman (Inchmarlo) 92 91
186 D Townsley (Peterculter) 87 99, M Smith (Auchmill) 86 100
187 G Homer (Northern) 90 97, R Duncan (Royal Aberdeen) 98 89
193 R Buchan (Northern) 94 99.
195 J Jessiman (Oldmeldrum) 91 104
210 G McDonald (Auchmill) 109 101

ONE-ROUND SCORES
Played Portlethen but not Buckpool
72 P McKenna (Royal Aberdeen)  
75 D Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen)
76 R Mitchell (Paul Lawrie GC), D Leslie (Northern).
78 A Stuart (Paul Lawrie GC)
79 P Morrison (Oldmeldrum)
80 I Taylor (unatt), G Sutherland (Reay)
81 A Gall (Deeside)
84 J Duncan (Newburgh)  
85 I Clark (Deeside). 
86 A Graham (Aboyne) 
87 A Clark (Newmachar)
88 N Chisholm (Kemnay).
89 D Lawrie (Aboyne), D Randall (Banchory).
90 R Brown (Newburgh)
94 S Davidson (Northern)
96 M Rendall (Stonehaven)

SCRATCH PRIZEWINNERS FOR PORTLETHEN ROUND
70 G Hutcheon, N Macandrew
71 S Kiloh, C Lawrie
73 P Lawrie, G Munro, A Dunton
HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS 
Class 1 - P McKenna (4) 68; F Bisset (4) bih, D Lane (9) bih, L Fowler (6) 72; D Leslie (3) 73 bih
Class 2 - T Collie (12) bih, H McNaughton (13) 69; M Booth (13) bih, B Lumsden (12) 72; M Rogers (15) 73  

BEST SCORECARDS AT PORTLETHEN

PAR 71
OUT: 454 534 434 = 36  IN: 343 544 435 - 35

GREIG HUTCHEON 70
OUT: 473 424 443 = 35  IN: 433 444 436 - 35
NEIL MACANDREW 70
OUT: 443 525 434 = 34  IN: 443 544 624 - 36
CRAIG LAWRIE 71
OUT: 454 424 435 = 36  IN: 353 544 425 = 35  
SAM KILOH 71
OUT: 545 434 435 - 37   IN: 253 634 443 = 34

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