Saturday, April 12, 2014

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EWEN FIRST DUNBARTONSHIRE BOY TO WIN TITLE SINCE 2005

Ferguson crowned Scottish boys' champion at 

windy W Kilbride: 6 and 5 win over Kinsley



Bearsden’s Ewen Ferguson today tamed the wild winds of West Kilbride to add the Scottish Boys Championship to his British Boys crown.
Becoming the first player since Steven O’Hara in 1998 to hold the two titles at the same time, the 17-year-old top seed claimed a 6 and 5 success against his fellow Boys international team-mate Ben Kinsley in the SGU’s flagship under-18 event.
Ferguson took control over the first 18 holes. He was four up at lunchtime.
Ferguson, who became the first Scot in almost 10 years to win the Boys’ Amateur title at Hoylake last year, was never behind in match that featured a trio of chip-in’s as he dashed third seed Kinsley’s hopes of becoming the first St Andrews player to win the title since 1960.
In becoming the first amateur from the Bearsden club to win the prestigious Boys’ crown, Ferguson joins a roll of honour that includes O’Hara, Andrew Coltart and Scott Henry. Michael Stewart, the 2008 winner, was among the 100-strong crowd watching the Ayrshire action.
Having come through the gruelling nine-round event, Ferguson – coached by Gregor Monks – was heading to Bearsden GC for celebrations tonight after simply refusing to be blown off course by winds that gusted to over 20 mph today.
Ferguson, who was taken to the 18th in his first round match but then never looked back all week, said: “It was so hard in the wind, but my short game was good when it had to be. “I’m delighted to win. I’ve always been there or thereabouts since I played in the Under-14s, but never really won anything. I made the quarter-finals of the Boys and the Scottish Amateur last year, so it’s nice to get over the line in this one. There has been pressure on me this week as the top seed and I’m pleased I handled it.”
In blustery, wet conditions, the final began in the worst weather of the week. Still, the pair battled well and made birdies on the second to illustrate their abilities.
However, bogeys from Kinsley at the sixth and ninth saw Ferguson take a two-hole lead at the turn, with the Bearsden boy battling to one-over-par for the opening nine holes.
As the skies brightened, even though the wind continued to gust, Kinsley regrouped and made a birdie on the 11th after Ferguson found trouble in the sand.
At the next, he had pulled level, brilliantly chipping in from over a bunker at the short 12th. Ferguson, though, hit back in some style as the final ebbed and flowed.
At the 13th, with both players close, it was Ferguson who made birdie before he emulated Kinsley’s chip in with his own holed shot at the 14th – brilliantly finding the cup from 20 yards for an eagle two to restore his two-hole lead.
More magic from Ferguson followed at the 16th, when he played a brilliant 55-yard approach shot from a bunker. Kinsley was close with his fine second shot too, but he missed from 10 feet and Ferguson holed from six feet to go three ahead, his third birdie in four holes.
A win for Kinsley at the 18th before lunch would have been a huge confidence booster, and he looked in pole position to do it after Ferguson was unable to reach the green in two.
However, Ferguson eyed up his greenside chip and promptly knocked it in to the delight of his Bearsden followers. Kinsley was unable to match the birdie from eight feet to allow Ferguson, four under for his last six holes, to go four up.
“I struggled a wee bit in the wind and my putter was cold,” admitted Kinsley, also playing in his first Boys final. “The 10 feet putts that I’d holed all week missed today. They were the difference to being all square at lunch and four down.”
As the sun finally peered out for the restart, Kinsley bogeyed the 19th to quickly go five down before rescuing one back thanks to Ferguson’s bogey six at the long 21st.
But Kinsley went long at the 23rd and Ferguson pounced to restore the five-hole lead he never really looked like losing. Indeed, he went six up at the 26th after Kinsley made a double bogey into the teeth of the wind.
There was a mere blip at the 28th when Ferguson’s tricky chip, standing in a bunker with the ball above his feet, hopped out of bounds over the boundary fence, only for the end to come with Kinsley’s bogey at the 31st.
“I’m a little disappointed with the way I played in the final, but it’s been a good week,” added Kinsley. “Congratulations to Ewen.”
Ferguson is the first Dumbartonshire player to win the knockout Boys’ title since Cardross’ Scott Henry won at Murcar in 2005.
As well as the finalists, it was a special day for Lanarkshire’s Allan Wilson, a member of the SGU Championship Committee, who refereed the first 18 holes on the day of his 65th birthday.
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Photos: Kenny Smith Photography; Videos: We Film Golf

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TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR HOPES TO HAVE TWO-ROUND TOURNEY ON SUNDAY

FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF CRAIGMILLAR 

PARK OPEN ARE BLOWN OFF

Due to winds of 40mph, no play was possible in the first two rounds of the Craigmillar Park Open in Edinburgh.
Hopefully the tournament will be played over 36 holes on Sunday
Defending champion Craig Howie ( Peebles) is not playing.

Bill Richardson
Tournament Director

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JIMMY GUNN MISSES CUT IN LATEST WEB.COM TOUR EVENT

Jimmy Gunn has missed another cut on the Web.com Tour
He shot a pair of 74s for 148 in the El Bosque Mexico Championship and missed the cut by three strokes.

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REPORT ON FIRST ROUND OF SCOTTISH BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

GREAT GOLF PUTS EWEN FERGUSON 

FOUR UP AGAINST BEN KINSLEY

FROM THE SGU WEBSITE 
At the end of the first 18 holes of today's two-round Scottish boys championship final, British U18 title holder Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) was four up on Ben Kinsley from St Andrews.
In blustery, wet conditions at West Kilbride, the final began in the worst weather of the week. Still, Ferguson and Kinsley battled well and made birdies on the second to illustrate their abilities.
However, bogeys from Kinsley at the sixth and ninth saw Ferguson take a two-hole lead at the turn, with the Bearsden boy battling to one-over-par for the opening nine holes.
As the skies brightened, even though the wind continued to gust, Kinsley regrouped and made a birdie on the 11th after Ferguson found trouble in the sand.
At the next, he had pulled level, brilliantly chipping in from over a bunker at the short 12th. Ferguson, though, hit back in some style as the final ebbed and flowed.
At the 13th, with both players close, it was Ferguson who made birdie before he emulated Kinsley’s chip in with his own holed shot at the 14th – brilliantly finding the cup from 20 yards for an eagle 2 to restore his two-hole lead.
More magic from Ferguson followed at the 16th, when he played a brilliant approach shot from a bunker. Kinsley was close with his fine second shot too, but he missed from 10 feet and Ferguson holed from six feet to go three ahead, his third birdie in four holes.
A win for Kinsley at the 18th would have been a huge confidence booster, and he looked in pole position to do it after Ferguson was unable to reach the green in two.
However, Ferguson eyed up his greenside chip and promptly knocked it in to the delight of his Bearsden followers. Kinsley was unable to match the birdie from eight feet to allow Ferguson, four under for his last six holes, to go four up at lunch.
As well as the finalists, it’s a special day for Lanarkshire’s Allan Wilson, a member of the SGU Championship Committee, who refereed the first 18 holes on the day of his 65th birthday.

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SDG SPRING MEETNG AT EDINBURGH VENUES

Capital Launch for disabled golf season

Over fifty disabled golfers, from Scotland, England and Germany took part in Scottish Disability Golf's, Spring Meeting in Edinburgh this week. 
The two-day golf event was held at the Houston Golf Centre and Pumpherston and Swanston Golf Clubs, in Edinburgh, beginning with a Clinic and PGA Professional tuition session at Houston, where players of all levels and abilities took part, and concluded with the first two rounds of golf for the Scottish Order of Merit Championship for 2014.
Stevie Cunningham, the newly elected Vice Chair of the charity said, "Early indications of form are promising and this will help out later in the year when we select players from the Scottish Merit Tables, for Team Scotland, who will take on the English for the Auld Enemies Cup down in London.  

"We had a great if somewhat wet time in Edinburgh, but we would like to thank everyone at Pumpherston and Swanston for their generosity and support".
This year, Scottish Disability Golf is celebrating its tenth year of
operation and organising golf, golf training and competition for its
members.  With over nine hundred members in Scotland and other disabled golfing nations across the world, the SDGP has organised its mostcomprehensive fixture list of clinics and games.

Results from the SDGP Spring Meeting
1st Derek Milne of Fife with a 66 points 2-day total, followed by Alan Robertson of Stirling with 65 and John Pennycott from the Isle of Arran with 62.  The winning SDGP Coach from the event was Tony Tomasso of Glasgow.
This year the charity will host three Open Championships, one in the Highlands of Scotland, their biannual Open at Murrayshall in Perth and conclude the season with the third at the Home of Golf in St Andrews.  

In addition to the Auld Enemies match, they will also host a brand new Ryder Cup style match at the prestigious Roxburghe Resort in the Scottish Borders and are extensively involved with the newly formed North American Disability
Golf group, which covers the US, Canada and Mexico.  Their first match is a 72-hole Ryder Cup style game against an SDGP generated World Squad.

More information about the SDGP can be found at www.sdgp.org.uk

James Gales MBE
Secretary
Scottish Disability Golf Partnership
38 Crawley Crescent Springfield
Cupar Fife Scotland KY15 5SF
T: +44 (0) 1334 650963 M: +44 (0) 7903 596552

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LEFT-HANDED 2012 WINNER IS IN THE ZONE AGAIN


    • Bubba Watson stood out among the crowd after shooting a 68 on Friday at the Masters. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images) Bubba Watson stood out among the crowd after shooting a 68 on Friday at the Masters. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
    MASTERS, RD 2: Daily Wrap-up | Scores | Tee timesTOUR Report | Photos | Leader's bag | Projected FedExCup
    PLAYER REPORTS: Bubba Watson | Adam Scott | Phil Mickelson | Jordan Spieth | John Senden | Louis Oosthuizen
    AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Bubba Watson was in the zone Friday. He correctly guessed the winds. He took advantage of his length. His putter remained airtight until the final hole. As a result, he has a 3-shot lead heading into the weekend at the Masters.
    If he stays in the zone, does anybody else have a chance?
    Probably not.
    "None of us can stop Bubba," said Fred Couples, the 1992 champ who's five shots back. "If he goes out and does what he did yesterday and today, he's the guy to beat."
    "Going to be tough to catch him if he keeps playing like that," added Luke Donald, who played with Watson the first 36 holes.
    The only saving grace for the rest of the field was that it's not a 4-shot advantage. An errant second shot at the final hole and a short missed par putt cost Watson a stroke, leaving him with a 4-under 68 and a 36-hole total of 7 under.
    Aussie John Senden, who won the Valspar Championship four weeks ago in Palm Harbor, Fla., is the closest pursuer. Senden also shot 68, bettering his previous Masters low round by two shots. He'll now be in the final group with Watson.
    Four players are four shots off the pace, including defending champ Adam Scott, who bounced back from a tough front nine to salvage an even-par 72, and 20-year-old Jordan Spieth. who shot a 2-under3 71. Scott and Spieth will be paired on Saturday.
    "It's good to be within shouting distance," Scott said. "But tomorrow's a big day for everyone."
    Like Scott, Watson is seeking his second Green Jacket, having broken through two years ago with his first major win. His string of five consecutive birdies on the back nine Friday showed that when he gets on a roll, he can be unstoppable on a course that obviously suits his game.
    His task now? "Just got to keep my head down, same thing I've been doing the last two days, same thing I did earlier this year," said Watson, who won the Northern Trust Open in February. "Trying to stay level, not too energized, not too excited."
    As for the contenders, well, they must hope for a Watson stumble. Otherwise, someone must find a way to go really low in difficult firm and fast conditions.
    "If you were to script it, you would rather it be somebody else than a major or a Masters champion up there," said Justin Rose, eyeing the leaderboard. "That's definitely going to be a big help for him on the weekend."
    And a big hindrance for everybody else.


    AGE IS JUST A NUMBER: Among the top nine players on the 36-hole leaderboard is 20-year-old Jordan Spieth, who could become the youngest winner in Masters history, and 54-year-old Fred Couples, who could become the oldest.
    Every age group, it seems, is represented at the top.
    Joining Spieth in the young guns 20-something brigade is Jonas Blixt (29).
    Among the in-our-primes group of 30-somethings are Bubba Watson (35), Adam Scott (33) and FedExCup points leader Jimmy Walker (35).
    The grizzled 40-somethings are counting on John Senden (42), Thomas Bjorn (43) and Jim Furyk (43).
    And of course, the ageless Couples is doing the Champions Tour proud. In total, seven players in their 50s made the cut.  


    ABOUT THOSE WINDS: Playing partners Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson were nearly in the same spot on the fairway at one point during their second rounds. Els opted for 5-wood. Mickelson went with 5-iron. The decisions were based on the winds.
    "It just switched that quickly," Els said. "180 degrees."
    How players dealt with the winds partly determined their fate Friday. Marc Leishman figured it out for his first three holes and made birdies, the 64th time in Masters history a player has started his round with a three-birdie streak. Then just like that, he couldn't figure it out and played his last 15 holes in 10 over.
    "Actually hit quite a few good shots throughout the day," the Aussie said. "Just the wind caught me on a lot of holes."
    Mickelson saw "some birdie pins" on Friday but was undone by a triple bogey at the 12th -- his second triple-bogey of the week. He missed the cut by one stroke, his first missed cut at the Masters since 1997.
    "The wind is what made it tricky," he said. "I thought it was really a fun challenge."
    If anybody else agrees with Phil about the fun part, please raise your hand. Anyone? Anyone?















    ODDS AND ENDS
    Lee Westwood has yet to birdie any of the par 5s this week. Instead, he has eight pars on Augusta National's scoring holes. "Need to make a few birdies on them over the weekend and I'll be right in there, I think," said Westwood, who starts the weekend at even par, 7 shots back. ...
    Brian Tam, who caddied for Guan Tianlang last year when the 14-year-old from China became the youngest player to make a Masters cut, is on the bag this week for 19-year-old amateur Oliver Goss of Australia. "He's been invaluable for me the whole week," said Goss, who made the cut at 3 under and will finish as low amateur, since he was the only one to make the cut. ...
    On Thursday, Jason Day four-putted from 25 feet on the 10th hole. On Friday, he suffered a four-putt on No. 3, and a three-putt on 17. "Little disappointing with how the putter is going," said Day, who shot a 1-over 73 despite his problems. ...
    Zach Johnson started his round with 10 consecutive 4s on his scorecard. That's the 10th time it has happened at the Masters since the World War II era, and the first time it's happened since 1996, when Ernie Els did it in the final round. Bo Wininger started hs first round in 1965 with 14 consecutive 4s to set the longest "4" streak to start a round at the Masters ...
    Lucas Glover shot a 3-under 69. That's his first round in the 60s at Augusta National in 20 career rounds.
    SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
    Par 144 (2x72) Players from USA unless stated
    137 Bubba Watson 69 68
    140 John Senden (Australia) 72 68
    141 Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 73 68, Jonas Blixt (Sweden) 70 71, Adam Scott (Australia) 69 72, Jordan Spieth 71 70
    142 Fred Couples 71 71, Jimmy Walker 70 72, Jim Furyk 74 68.
    SELECTED SCORES
    143 Jamie Donaldson (Wales) 73 70, Stephen Gallacher (Scotland) 71 72 (T10)
    144 Gonzalo Fernandez Castano (Spain) 75 69, Lee Westwood (England) 73 71 (T15)
    145 Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 73 73 (T21)
    146 Justin Rose (England) 76 70, Ian Poulter (England) 76 70
    (T26)
    147 Francesco Molinari (Italy) 71 76, Martin Kaymer (Germany) 75 72 (T37)
    148 Sandy Lyle (Scotland) 76 72, Rory McIlroy (N Ireland) 71 77 
    MISSED THE CUT (148 and better qualified)
    149 Luke Donald (England) 79 70, Sergio Garcia (Spain) 74 75, Ernie Els (S Africa) 75 74, Phil Mickelson 76 73
    150 Graeme McDowell (N Ireland) 72 78
    152 David Lynn (England) 78 74, Matteo Manassero (Italy) 71 81.

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