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LEADERBOARD
Par 72
67 Patrick Kopp (Germany), Sean Einhaus (Germany).

SCOTS SCORES
72 Conor O'Nel (T27)
76 Sam Kiloh (T77)
78 Philip McLean (T100)

FENWICK, SHIELS AND MACAULAY BEST OF THE SCOTS ON THE 70 MARK

BELT AND JACKSON SHARE LONGHIRST LEAD

Alex Belt and Luke Jackson share a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Dawson and Sanderson Travel Classic at Longhirst Hall Golf Club, the third event of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour season.

The pair carded opening-round 68s on the Dawson Course at the Morpeth venue, with six golfers tied for third on three under with 36 holes to play.

Belt (De Vere/Snainton), who won at Collingtree Park on last season’s Tour, bogeyed the second but returned to par for his round with a birdie on the par-three third. Birdies at eight, nine, 12 and 13 took him four under the card. He dropped back with a bogey on the sixth but just as he had earlier in the round he responded immediately with a birdie on the 17^th.

Jackson (Lindrick Golf Club) is playing his maiden season on the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour after winning his card through Q School. The 21-year-old was two under by the third hole after starting par, birdie, birdie, and made back-to-back birdies at nine and ten to move to four under. A bogey at 12 was only a brief setback as he made four on the par-five 13^th before closing out his opening 18 with five successive pars.

Jason Dransfield (De Vere Wychwood Park), Luke Joy (Broadstone Golf Club), Scott Fallon (Lightning Packaging Supp Ltd), Sam Forgan (Stowmarket Golf Club), Graeme Clark (Doncaster Golf Club) and Greg Payne (Chobham Golf Club) are the six players one stroke behind the leading duo.

William Harrold (Sheringham Golf Club), who won at the Belfry earlier in the season, is one of seven golfers two shots back, as is two-time European Tour winner Bradley Dredge.

The second round of the Dawson and Sanderson Travel Classic gets underway at 7am on Thursday, with spectator entry free all week. Following tomorrow’s round a cut will be made with the leading 50 players and ties proceeding to play Friday’s final round, which will be filmed for a two-hour highlights package to be aired on Sky Sports HD on June 3, with repeats the following day.

SCOTS' FIRST-ROUND SCORES

70 Neil Fenwick (Dunbar), Paul Shields (Kirkhill), Callum Macaulay (Tulliallan) (T9).

71 Paul Robinson (Largs) (T16)

72 Kris Nicol (Paul Lawrie GC) (T23)

73 Elliot Saltman (Archerfield) (T36)

74 Jordan Findlay (Paul Lawrie GC), Zack Saltman (Archerfield) (T56)

75 Eric Ramsay (Carnoustie), Graham Rankin (Drumpellier), Mark Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) (T79)

76 Paul Doherty (Vale Hotel), Ross Kellett (Motherwell) (T97)

77 Ross Cameron (Saltire Energy), Lloyd Saltman (Archerfield), Fraser McKenna (Balmore) (T112)

78 Scott Crichton (Aberdour), Jordan McColl (Scotscreaig) (T117)

80 Neil Henderson (Renaissance), James Hendrick (Pollok) (T158)

82 Craig Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC), Graham Forbes (Bob Torrance Golf School).

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DUFF HOUSE ROYAL v ROYAL ABERDEEN AT BANFF IN SENIOR NOTHERN COUNTIES CUP FINAL

Favourites and hosts Duff House Royal 1 will play another "royal" club, Royal Aberdeen 1, in Friday's final of the Senior Northern Counties Cup at the Banff club's course.

FIRST ROUND

Forres bt Nairn Dunbar 2 by 4 holes

(J Gibson, Aly More 2, H Bunker, D Roy 0; Aly More 0; Jim Conn, D Thorpe 2 bt K Campbell, G Anderson 0)

McDonald Ellon bt Cruden Bay 2 by 1 hole

(I Campbell, L Dunbar 2, M Forster, A Davidson-Gall 0; M Keith, L Milne 0, G Willis, R Willis 1)

Royal Aberdeen 1 bt Deeside by 7 holes

(J Emslie, I Donald 7, A Laird, W Skene 0; D Walker, W Methven 0, R Bickerton, D Bisset 0)

Nairn Dunbar 1 bt Royal Dornoch 1 by 3 holes

( D Lamb, C Duffy 3, D Pearson, P Lee 0; D Bunker, J Westwood 0, N Munro, J Seatter 0)

 Duff House Royal 2 bt The Nairn by 4 holes 

(J Sim, A Cruickshank 1, P Tomisson, P Saggers 0; R Stephen, K White 3, I Cooper, J Taylor 0)

Moray 1 bt Royal Dornoch 2 by 11 holes

( J McLeod, D Edwards 6, D Albutt, P York 0; P Smith, J Young 5, A Ramsey, H Macrae 0)

Turriff walk-over Brora scr

HOLDERS INVERNESS BEATEN

IN SECOND ROUND

Strathpeffer bt Inverness by 2 holes

( M Wilson, P Bannerman 0, L Chancillor, P Sinclair 1; D Krzyzanowski, P Gair 3, J Elliott, W Hutchinson 0)

Cruden Bay 1 walk-over Murcar Links scr

 Forres bt Elgin by 6 holes

(J Gibson, Aly More 6, B C Milne, J Porter 0; D Thorne, J More 0, CC MacDonald, J Innes 0)

Royal Aberdeen 1 bt McDonald by 11 holes

(J Emslie, I Donald 6, I Campbell, L Dunbar 0; D Walker, W Methven 5,  M Keith, L Milne 0)

Nairn Dunbar 1 bt Duff House Royal 2 by 3 holes

(D Lamb, C Duffy 0, J Sim, A Cruickshank 4; D Bunker, J Westwood 7, R Stephen, K White 0)

 Moray 1 bt Turriff by 8 holes

(J McLeod, D Edwards 1, A Duguid, J Duncan 0; P Smith, J Young 7, A Smith, C Downie 0)

Fortrose bt Royal Aberdeen 2 by 1 hole

(S Robertson, N McArthur 0, J Johnston, J Davis 1; J Hearmon, W Donelly 2, K Anderson, R Haite 0)

Duff House Royal 1 bt Moray 12 holes

(I Angus, M Jenkins 7, W Stewart, G Devine 0; D Clark, A Kennedy 5, J S McPherson, K Armit 0) 

QUARTER-FINALS

Cruden Bay 1 bt Strathpeffer by 1 hole

( A Gauld, M Keddie 0, M Wilson, P Bannerman 1; J Cooper, W Livingston 2, M Keddie D Krzyzanowski 0)

Royal Aberdeen 1 bt Forres by 4 Holes

(J Emslie, I Donald 0, J Gibson, Aly More 0; D Walker, W Methven 4, D Thorne, J More 0)

Nairn Dunbar 1 bt Moray 1 by 4 holes

( D Lamb, C Duffy 1, J McLeod, D Edwards 0; D Bunker, J Westwood 3,P Smith, J Young 0)

 Duff House Royal 1 bt Fortrose  by 10 hole

(I Angus, M Jenkins 6, S Robertson, M McArthur 0; D Clark, A Kennedy 4, J Hearmon, W Donelly 0)

SEMI-FINALS

Royal Aberdeen 1 bt Cruden Bay 1 by 6 holes

(J Emslie, I Donald 5, A Gauld, M Keddie 0; D Walker, W Methven  1, J Cooper, W Livingston 0)

Duff House Royal 1 bt Nairn Dunbar 1 by 12 holes

( I Angus, M Jenkins 4, D Lamb, C Duffy 0; D Clark, A Kennedy 8, D Bunker, J Westwood 0)

STEPHEN McALLISTER FIRST, KEN HUTTON SECOND AT GLENEAGLES PRO-AM

OLD HEADS LEAD YOUNGER BRIGADE

OVER RYDER CUP COURSE

Senior professionals Stephen McAllister (Renaissance) and Downfield's Ken Hutton held off their younger rivals to win the top two cash awards in the Brother pro-am over Gleneagles Hotel's Centenary Course, which will host the Ryder Cup match in September.
McAllister lifted the £750 top prize with a one-over-par 73 which contained birdies at the long second and short sixth as well as bogeys at the first, 12th and 13th.
Hutton, recent winner of the Senior PGA Professional title at Foxhills, shot a 74 in which he had a chance to pip McAllister after birdieing the 11th and 12th to balance out bogeys at the third and fifth.
But Ken bogeyed the 13th and 17th to finish one behind the winner and settle for the runners-up's £650 award.
LEADING SCORES
par 72

73 Stephen McAllister (Renaissance) (£750)
74 Ken Hutton (Downfield) (£650)
75 Paul Wardell (Whitekirk), Derek Watters (Gourock), Andrew Crerar (Panmure), Alan Reid (West Lothian) (£525 each)
76 Alan Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy) (£500)
78 Garry Forrester (St Andrews Golf School), Andrew Jowett (Gleneagles Hotel) (£500 each)
79 Ian Colquhoun (Loch Lomond), Gordon Stewart (Cawder) (£500 each)
82 Jonathan Cliff (Murrayfield) (£500)
83 Stuart Morrison (Tain) (£500)
85 Keith Baxter (Buchanan Castle) (£500)
86 Donald McKay (Wellsgreen) (£500). 

CITY OF ABERDEEN DOUBLE FOURSOMES FOR MAITLAND SHIELD TOURNAMENT

NIGG BAY'S NARROW WIN OVER

BANCHORY AT STONEHAVEN
 
Nigg Bay, host club Stonehaven and Newmachar took their places in the quarter finals of the City of Aberdeen men's double foursomes match-play golf tournament for the Maitland Shield tonight with differing degrees of comfort.

While the Balnagask quartet squeezed through against Banchory by one hole and Newmachar had an advantage of only two holes over Hazlehead, Stonehaven didn’t even have to turn up to see off Auchmill.

The Aberdeen side were ten holes down when fog disrupted the play on Tuesday night and, understandably, decided to concede this evening.

The competition provides a difficult format for major fightbacks, particularly when against a host team who know their course.

Thankfully clear blue skies greeted the players last night but a cold north-east wind made conditions tricky on the fast-running course.

Banchory first pair, Adam Lindsay and Alasdair Ramage,  would certainly have welcomed a thick mist descending to cover their embarrassment.

They restarted their interrupted match one down on the 13th tee and lost every hole thereafter to par, except for the par five 16th, which was halved in birdies.

Steve Jamieson and Ian Welsh, steadiness personified, couldn’t believe their luck to finish six up.

Meanwhile Jack Harling and Roy Black were doing their level best to turn the tide for Banchory but even winning 16, 17 and 18 against Nicky Slater and Ryan Forbes left them one hole short.

Newmachar, on the other hand, had their second pair to thank for their win over Hazlehead.

Euan Kennedy, a former Stonehaven Club champion and joint course record holder, put his local knowledge to the best of use and he and partner Chris Simpson, three up from the night before, increased their

advantage to five holes over Brian Nicolson, who brought in his big brother John as a substitute for the unavailable Scott Mackie.

That  lead proved crucial as Newmachar’s first pair, Mike Lynch and Calvin Cheyne, faded badly, losing 15, 17 and 18 to pars against the steady Greig Kennedy and Scott Robertson.
RESULTS

Second round
Nigg Bay beat Banchory by 1 hole (S Jamieson and I Welsh 6, A Lindsay and A Ramage 0; N Slater and R Forbes 0, J Harling and R Black 5).

Stonehaven beat Auchmill by 10 holes (N Irvine and J Barbour 6, C Ord and C Polson 0; C Brown and K Riddell 4, P Benson and G Hay 0).

Newmachar beat Hazlehead by two holes (M Lynch and C Cheyne 0, G Kennedy and S Robertson 3; E Kennedy and C Simpson 5, B Nicolson and J Nicolson 0).

THURSDAY TIES

5pm Northern v Bon Accord

5.15 Caledonian v Murcar Links

5.30 Peterculter v Nigg Bay

5.45 Stonehaven v Newmachar

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ABERDEEN LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP TEE TIMES

  SENIORS
  Friday, May 23 and Friday, May 30 
Players play off in threes at 10 min intervals and are from clubs stated.
Abbreviations: 
B.A, BonAccord; C, Caley; N, Northern
8.00  J S Gray, G Fiddes, M Rothnie
I McLaughan, AW.Mathieson, J A Christie
E Yeats, R Green, P Stuart
A McDonald, J Murphy, D Harman
A Cruickshank, N Walker, A Howie
N West, G Allan, J Forrest
D Cumming, D Jessman, J Muir
F Shand, D Hampton, R Riley
, G.MCLaggan,
D,Mullen, G.Paterson,G.Reid, B.MacDonald, S,Duthie
J.A.Morrison, J.Gray, R.Jones, E.Leigh, B.Hercus,
G.Adams, R.Watson, R.O.Rawe, G.Duncan,R.A.Cheyne,
G.W.Mackie, J,Miller, C.Carson, S.Kemp, W.McKay,
A.Davis, J.B.Wilson, G.A.Ingram, S.Law, F.G.Jefferies
A,Hearns, J.Fettes, G.V.Somers, G.W.Henderson, A,Sheldrick,


                            LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
      on Saturday 24th-Sunday 25th May
Players tee off in threes at 10 min intervals
  and are from clubs stated 
Abrevations ; B.A, BonAccord, C, Caley, N, Northern
6.30- I.MacGregor, G.Bond, J.Annand, J.Lind, G.McLaggan,
N.Walker,Mark Greig, I.Pratt, G.McBeath, S.Milton,
D.Oliver, S.Davidson, R.Allerton, A.Cruickshank,
R.Evett, M.Dunn, S.Forsyth, M.Edmond, W.Rae,
D.Grieve, G.Nicholson, B.Edmond, M.Beattie, M.Greig,
M.Rimmer, S.Kennedy, A. Sherriffs, A.Stewart, R.Rimmer,
N.West, R.Davidson, A.Davidson, S.Muir, G.V.Somers,
S.Finnie, G.Paterson, S.A.Smith, A.Doig, L.Minty,
S.Murray, D.Baxter, J.Forrest, R,Watson, L.Ross,
P.Cheyne, C.Ross, W.Ross, D.Leslie, A.Shand,
G.J.Mitchell, G.Robertson, J.Miller, A.Sheldrick,
G,Meade, E.M.Leslie, G.Henderson, A.Haining,
J.S.Gray, J.Duff, C.Somers, B.Reid, G.Mitchell,

                LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
                          MURRAY CUP
Saturday. May 24 and Sunday, May 25
Players tee off in threes at 10 min intervals
and are from clubs stated
Abrevations ; B.A, BonAccord, C, Caley, N, Northern
10.40 C Murphy, K G Robertson, J Muir
C Robertson,
D Daniel, R Jones, Colin Murphy
A Rea, T Russo, D Cumming
A Paterson, B Lumsden, K McLeod
C Carson, A Pirie, J Leslie
D McPherson, T Still, J Urquhart
B Lumsden junior, D Still, R Urquhart
G Kidd, G Clifford, B Smith
I Rowe, R Smith, M.Winton
S Barclay, M Park, M Ogston
Mark Bain, M Donald, Mike Bain
K Gray, J Robertson, R Kane
KWillox, P Kane, C Dunn
J Davidson, G W Mackie.