COLSAERTS, HEARN AND STEELE SIGNED UP

 THREE TO WEAR DUNNING CLOTHING

Dunning Golf announced today that the company has added Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium), Brendan Steele and David Hearn (Canada) to its roster to wear the brand’s performance clothing.
Franklin Corpening and Mackenzie Hughes will wear the company’s luxury performance collection on the Web.com Tour.
Colsaerts, Steele and Hearn join Dunning Golf's US PGA Tour players Charles Howell III, Roberto Castro, Jim Furyk, Russell Knox and Kevin Foley.

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RED SEA AIN SOKHNA CLASSIC

 LATE BIRDIES LIFT LAW INTO JOINT 

13th PLACE IN EGYPT: 18 HOLES TO GO

Two late birdies - at the 16th and 17th - kept alive
David Law's hopes of a top five finish in the Red Sea Ain Sokhna Classic in Egypt this week.
The Aberdonian has had scores of 72-70 for two-under-142 and is lying joint 13th with one round to go on this German PGA developmental tour event.
Law, who had five birdies in all, having earlier birdied the second, seventh and 11th, is nine strokes behind the leader by two, England's Max Orrin (65-68 for 11-under 133).
Law's Paul Lawrie Golf Centre stablemate from Fraserburgh, Jordan Findlay, has had a pair of 72s for a share of 23rd place on 144. Highlight of his second-round card was an eagle 3 at th3 long 17th. He had one birdie, at the third.
Peterhead's Philip McLean, also playing out of PLGC, made the cut with nothing to spare after rounds of 75 and 72 for 147. His third birdie of the day, at the 17th after a bogey at the 16th, was crucial but he had an anxious wait on the qualification borderline after bogeying the 18th.

RED SEA AIN SOKHNA CLASSIC
Sokhna Golf Club, Egypt.
LEADING SECOND ROUND SCORES
Par 144 (2x72)
133 Max Orrin (Eng) 65 68
135 Pedro Figueiredo (Port) 70 65
137 Max Laier (Ger) 69 68

SCOTS' SCORES
142 David Law 72 70 (T13)
144 Jordan Findlay 72 72 (T23)
147 Philip McLean 75 72 (T39)

MENA TOUR MOVES ON TO RABAT THIS WEEK

PAUL DOHERTY'S MODERATE MOROCCO 

START WITH A FIVE-OVER-PAR 77

Paul Doherty, Cardiff-based Scottish boys' match-play champion at Dunbar in 2003,

shot a five-over-par 77 to be lying joint 22nd at the end of the first round of the MENA Tour's Royal Golf of Dar Es Salam Open at Rabat, Morocco.

Morocco's Faycal Serghini has a two-shot lead with a 69.

Doherty is the only Scot in the field.
LEADING SCORES
Par 72
69 Faycal Serghini (Morocco)
71 Edouard Espana (France), Ross McGowan (England).
72 Andrea Zani (Italy)
73 Carlos Balmaseda (Spain), Toni Ferrer (Spain).
74 Paul Reed (England), James Allan (England) (am), Tarik Benslimane (Morocco)


OTHER SCORE
77 Paul Doherty (Scotland) (T22)

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FORTY-TWO SCOTS SET OFF ON THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

TARTAN ARMY CROSS BORDER FOR

PGA EUROPRO TOUR Q SCHOOL STAGE 1

A total of 42 Scots are spread over the four English venues for the PGA EuroPro Tour's Qualifying School Stage 1 on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
The exact numbers who will go forward from the 36-hole eliminating competitions at De Vere Slaley Hall, Formby Hall, Players Club and Woldingham to the 54-hole Final Stage at Frilford Heath GC, Oxfordshire from April 2 to 4 will not be decided until the Stage 1 events are under way.
Players have to pay a £250 PGA joining fee as well as a £175 fee to enter the Q Q-School.
On top of that, the entry fee for each PGA EuroPro Tour event is £250 - so it is a nice
little earner for the PGA.
Each 54-hole tournament on the PGA EuroPro Tour has a £10,000 first prize. The first five in its end-of-the-season Order of Merit table gains automatic promotion to the European Challenge Tour.
The Scots who have entered Stage 1 are:
DE VERE SLALEY HALL - Paul Allan, Jordan McColl, Stuart Coia, Sam Kiloh, Graeme Brown, Jonathan Mullaney, Neil Henderson, John Henry, Ian Redford, Ross Kellett, Mark Hillson, James Hendrick, Craig Lawrie, Scott Crichton, Eric Ramsay, Norman Huguet, Paul Cormack, Graham Rankin, Michael Patterson, Conor O'Neil, Sam Binning, Eric Walker, Iain Robertson, Scott Herald, Fraser McKenna, Calum Smith, Sam McNeil, Myles Cunningham, John Dick, Kris Nicol.
FORMBY HALL - Paul Robinson, Andrew Borg, Ross Bell, Paul McGhee, Jonathan Pollock, Graham Forbes.
PLAYERS CLUB - Graham Guthrie, Robert Reynolds, Mark Rae, Fin Bullough
WOLDINGHAM - Ross Cameron, Ted Innes Kerr.

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MULTI-TOURNAMENT WINNER HEADS EARLY ENTRIES FOR PLGC TOUR

   Trish Johnson ... a big-name boost for the Paul  Lawrie Golf Centre Ladies Tartan Tour

TRISH JOHNSON TO MAKE DEBUT ON 

PAUL LAWRIE LADIES TARTAN TOUR AT 

FAIRMONT ST ANDREWS  

England's Trish Johnson, a winner 18 times on the Ladies European Tour and three times on the LPGA Tour in her years as a professional, has given the profile of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Ladies' Tartan Tour a boost by being one of the early entries for the first of five 36-hole events
on its schedule.
It will be a debut appearance on the tour which is now under the auspices of the PGA in Scotland.
Now 48, the former Solheim Cup and Curtis Cup player, is the biggest name so far to enter the tournament over the Torrance Course at Fairmont St Andrews on April 14 and 15. Another past Solheim Cup and Curtis Cup player, Becky Brewerton from Wales, has also got her entry in well before the deadline of April 3.
And the very latest entrants are two more   past Curtis Cup players, LET rookie and Edinburgh-born Sally Watson, playing out of Castle Stuart, and Ellon's Michele Thomson who also won the Scottish women's amateur title at Lossiemouth in 2008.
Other entries include former Scottish women's amateur champions Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) and Heather Stirling (Dairsie, Fife), who also gained Curtis Cup honours, West Kilbride-based former England amateur champion Lisa Shervill, and Amy Boulden, a past Welsh amateur champion who helped GB and I win the Curtis Cup at Nairn in June 2012,
Each tournament has a guaranteed prize fund of £6,000 with the top 10 finishers earning from £2,500-£1,250-£750 for the first three down to £70.
Entry is open to all female professionals and to female amateurs with single-figure handicaps. Any amateur finishing in the top 10 will earn a  voucher equivalent to the cash prize for that placing, as long as the £500 amateur voucher value maximum
is not exceeded.

The Ladies Tartan Tour is supported by the PGA in Scotland, the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre and the R and A as well as sponsors of individual tournaments.
Order of Merit points are at stake in each of the five events. The professional player with the most points at the conclusion of the Tour Championship at Marriott Dalmahoy in September will win free flights to and accommodation at the Ladies European Tour School in Morocco.

PGA Professionals can enter through the PGA in Scotland website up to the deadline of April 3

 http://pgagbi.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/pgagbi14/schedule/scotlandladies/index.htm

All other players can enter by phoning the PGA in Scotland office on 01764 661840

Entries received so far are:
Charlotte Austwick (Fulford) (am), Amy Boulden (Robert Rock Academy), Tracey Boyes (Royal Winchester), Becky Brewerton (Wales), Daisy Dyer-Breierley (Chigwell), Emma Fairnie (Gullane), Trish Johnson (Wiltshire GC), Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie GC), Kirstin Scott (Gleneagles), Lisa Shervill (2-do-sport), Emilee Taylor (Holme Hall), Heather Stirling (Dairsie, Fife), India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) (am), Pamela Feggans (Doon Valley GC), Georgina Snow (Turnberry Hotel), Sally Watson (Castle Stuart), Michele Thomson (Ellon).

Other forthcoming dates and venues on the Paul Lawrie Ladies Tartan Tour are:
May 8-9: Murcar Links
June 18-19: Dundonald Links
July 25-26: Macdonald Cardrona, Peebles.
September 10-11: Marriott Dalmahoy, Edinburgh (Tour Championship).

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