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ABERDEEN PENNANT LEAGUE RESULTS

SECTION A

Banchory 2, Murcar Links 3
Banchory names first 
A Lindsay and S Larkin bt B Innes and A Styles l hole.
M Gordon and J Harling lost to C Stewart and A Bews 1 hole.
A Ramage and C Lindsay bt A Holbrook and G Stewart 3 and 2.
S Strachan and R Black lost to K Gunnyeon and L Vettese 3 and 1.
D Brand and I Miller lost to R Brechin and I Powell 3 and 2.

Northern 2, Newmachar 3
Northern names first
George Paterson and Cameron Johnstone lost to Mark McKechnie and Jamie Wilson 2 and 1.
David Mair and Steven Muir b t Calvin Cheyne and Mike Dickie 4 and 3.
Willie West and Liam Minty halved with Euan Duthie and Bran Robson.
Craig Ross and Grant Cheyne halved with Chris Lamb and Ian Grimmer
Richard Hyland and Paul Vass lost to George Mitchell and Euan Kennedy 5 and 3.

SECTION B
Hazlehead 2 1/2, Bon Accord 2 1/2
Hazlehead names first
Scott Robertson and Iain Taylor halved with Matt Greig and Mark Greig.
Steve Scott and John Nicolson lost to Ross Allerton and Jason Annand 4 and 3.
David Ogston and Mike Winton bt David Grieve and Alan Shand 4 and 2.
Scott Mackie and Ian T Murray lost to Peter Coutts and Matthew Dunn 1 hole
Phil Lawrence and Malcolm Allan bt Graham McLaggan and Stephen MUrphy 5 and 4.

SECTION C
Peterculter 3 1/2, Craibstone 1 1/2
Peterculter names first:

Donald Macdonald and Tony Robertson lost to I Still and A Carle 5 and 4.

D McLean and Martyn Aitken bt C Willinson  and M Carle 2 and 1.

R McKinnon and F Downie bt M Cushnie and A Bloice  7 and 5.

J Kennedy and L Buck bt J Tanser and J Borthwick 4 and 2.

Gary Watson and S Patterson halved  with D McInroy and R Goldie

Stonehaven 1 1/2, Nigg Bay 3 1/2

Stonehaven names first
Neil Irvine and Gordon Adamson lost to C Nelson and B Bruce 1 hole
Craig Irvine and Kevin Riddell bt G Grimmer and S Wood 2 and 1.
Cameron Davidson and Paul McWhirter lost to L O'Connor and G Stewart 2 and 1.
Kiefer Brown and Ross McAllan lost to E Young and N Smith 2 and 1.
Garry McGillivray and Graeme Adamson halved with S Jamieson and E Forbes



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SECTION B
Portlethen v Royal Aberdeen


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GARETH WRIGHT BLOWS WINNING CHANCE WITH THREE LATE BOGEYS

JASON McCREADIE SCORES FIRST 2014 

WIN AT STRATHAVEN

Jason McCreadie (Buchanan Castle), pictured, scored his first win of the 2014 Tartan Tour with a three-under-par 68 at the Strathaven Golf Club pro-am today.

McCreadie's bag of six birdies - at the second, fifth, eighth, 10th, 12th and 14th - gave him a clear advantage over the field when he was finishing and he could afford to bogey the last and still win the £1,200 first prize by a shot.

Joint runners-up on 69 were later starters Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) who had six birdies in a 12-hole span - second to the 14th - and Scottish PGA champion Gareth Wright (West Linton).

Welshman Wright had the first prize at his mercy when he had an eagle at the eighth and birdies at the first, third, fifth and 10th with only one shot, at the ninth, dropped.

But he did a "Devon Loch" - sagging before the winning post with bogeys at the 15th, 16th and 18th.
There was a quadruple tie on net 57 in the pro-am event and, after a count back, late finisher Greg McBain (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) was the man who piloted the winning team whose names and handicaps were David Forsyth (5), Justin Longmuir (12) and Tom Forsyth (18).
The other three teams who had net 57s were those who had David Orr (Mearns Castle), Craig Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre) and Stephen Gray (Hayston) as their professionals.
Amateur names later.

LEADING PRO SCORES

Par 71

68 J McCreadie (Buchanan Castle)

69 G Fox (Clydeway Golf), G Wright (West Linton)

70 J Lomas (Caprington), S Henderson (Kings Links), G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC)

71 P Robinson (Largs), G Brown (Montrose Links), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC), D Patrick (Kingsfield), M King (Marriott Dalmahoy), C Currie (Caldwell), I Colquhoun (Loch Lomond).

72 D Orr (Mearns Castle), C Gordon (Edinburgh GC), S Gray (Hayston)

73 J McKinnon (Irvine), S Taylor (Bothwell Castle)

74 K Walker (Castle Park), I McNab (Dundonald Links)

75 G Robertson (Airdrie), G Paxton (Ralston), I Anderson (Colville Park).

76 A Carlton (Paisley), G Dingwall (Royal Dornoch), C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), C McMaster (Panmure), R Dixon (Renaissance), G McFarlane (Clober)

77 D Williamson (Kirkhill), N Huguet (Musselburgh), M Loftus (Mearns Castle)

78 S Herald (Mearns Castle), G Smith (Gleneagles), I Stoddart (Uphall)

79 M King (Kingsfield)

80 R Buckley (Musselburgh)

81 A Mackrell (Playsport Golf),

83 S Duncan (Cathcart Castle), S Costello (Strathaven).

ST ANDREWS LINKS TROPHY THIS WEEKEND

72 holes OVER FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Start Sheet for Rounds 1 (New Course, Friday) and Round 2 (Old Course, Saturday).

Leading 40 and ties after 36 holes will qualify for Sunday's final two rounds over Old Course

 First tee time listed below is for Friday

Second tee times is for Saturday

Time R1	Match	Time R2	No.	Name	Club
07.00	1	11.10	1	Craig Ross	Kirkhill Golf Club
			2	Eugene Smith	Ireland
			3	Ugo Coussaud	France
07.10	2	11.20	4	Connor Syme	Dumfries & County Golf Club
			5	Reeve Whitson	Ireland
			6	Dale Brandt-Richards	Australia
07.20	3	11.30	7	Robert MacIntyre	Glencruitten Golf Club
			8	Victor Henum	Denmark
			9	Matthew Moseley	Carmarthen Golf Club
07.30	4	11.40	10	Linus Vaisanen	Finland
			11	Javier Sainz	Spain
			12	Matthew Clark	Kilmacolm Golf Club
07.40	5	1150	13	Charlie Macneal	Prestwick Golf Club
			14	Joaquin Bonjour	Argentina
			15	Jamie Bower	Meltham Golf Club
07.50	6	1200	16	James Bunch	Prestwick Golf Club
			17	Adam Chapman	Windermere Golf Club
			18	Zach Galliford	Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club
08.00	7	1210	19	Federico Zucchetti	Italy
			20	Julian Taylor	York Golf Club (Yorkshire)
			21	Mitchell Venables	Australia
0810	8	1220	22	Alastair Jones	Radyr
			23	Mark Geddes	Prenton Golf Club
			24	Edward Richardson	Rye Golf Club
0820	9	1240	25	Rocco Sanjust	Italy
			26	Victor Veyret	France
			27	Joe Dean	Lindrick Golf Club
0830	10	1250	28	Ben Wheeler	Purley Downs Golf Club
			29	Thomas Detry	Belgium
			30	Grégoire Schoeb	France
0840	11	1300	31	Tomasz Anderson	Brocket Hall Golf Club
			32	Gavin Moynihan	Ireland
			33	Robbie Van West	Netherlands
0850	12	1310	34	Ben Stow	Rushmore Golf Club
			35	Paul Howard	Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club
			36	Thriston Lawrence	South Africa
0900	13	1320	37	Mathieu Fenasse	France
			38	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	South Africa
			39	Grant Forrest	Craigielaw Golf Club
0910	14	1330	40	Todd Sinnott	Australia
			41	Bradley Neil	Blairgowrie Golf Club
			42	Jimmy Mullen	Royal North Devon Golf Club
0920	15	1340	43	Kenny Subregis	France
			44	Tim Gornik	Slovenia
			45	Alexander Culverwell	Dunbar Golf Club
0930	16	1350	46	Zander Lombard	South Africa
			47	Jack Hume	Ireland
			48	Ashley Chesters	Hawkstone Park Golf Club
0950	17	1400	49	João Carlota	Portugal
			50	Chris Robb	Meldrum House Golf Club
			51	Samuel Jacob Echikson	Belgium
1000	18	1410	52	Romain Langasque	France
			53	Jack Singh Brar	Remedy Oak Golf Club
			54	Scott Gibson	Southerness Golf Club
1010	19	1420	55	Mike Hearne	Southerndown Golf Club
			56	Markus Maukner	Austria
			57	James Hart Du Preez	South Africa
1020	20	1430	58	Luke Johnson	Kings Lynn Golf Club
			59	Alexander Garde	Denmark
			60	Albert Eckhardt	Finland
1030	21	1440	61	Robert Burlison	Oxley Park Golf Club
			62	D J Loypur	Australia
			63	Mathias Eggenberger	Switzerland
1040	22	1450	64	Ryan Fricker	Yelverton Golf Club
			65	Harry Casey	Enfield Golf Club
			66	Geoff Drakeford	Australia
1050	23	1500	67	Paul Elissalde	France
			69	Andrew Schonewille	Australia
1100	24	1510	70	Clément Sordet	France
			71	Ben Kinsley	St Andrews Golf Club
			72	Greig Marchbank	Thornhill Golf Club
1110	25	07.00	73	Richard O'Donovan	Ireland
			74	Pierre Mazier	France
			75	James Newton	Prestbury Golf Club
1120	26	07.10	76	Edouard Amacher	Switzerland
			77	Thomas Le Berre	France
			78	Axel Geers	Netherlands
1130	27	07.20	79	Ben Westgate	Trevose Golf Club
			80	Adam Dunton	McDonald Golf Club
			81	João Girão	Portugal
1140	28	07.30	82	Matt Kippen	Enmore Park Golf Club
			83	Tae Koh	New Zealand
			84	Michele Cea	Italy
1150	29	07.40	85	Victor Lange	South Africa
			86	Teremoana Beaucousin	France
			87	Jamie Savage	Cawder Golf Club
1200	30	07.50	88	Ewen Ferguson	Bearsden Golf Club
			89	Gustaf Burenstam Linder	Sweden
			90	Louis Tomlinson	West Lancashire Golf Club
1210	31	08.00	91	Mark Young	Longridge Golf Club
			92	Dylan Boshart	Netherlands
			93	Ben Amor	Marlborough Golf Club
1220	32	08.10	94	Alejandro Tosti	Argentina
			95	Daniel Brown	Bedale Golf Club
			96	Rory McNamara	Ireland
1240	33	08.20	97	Joshua Munn	New Zealand
			98	Jack Bush	Morlais Castle Golf Club
			99	Sam Edwards	Bigbury Golf Club
1250	34	08.30	100	Ryan Evans	Wellingborough Golf Club
			101	Mario Galiano	Spain
			102	Cameron Davis	Australia
1300	35	0840	103	Adrian Meronk	Poland
			104	Nick Marsh	Huddersfield Golf Club
			105	Graeme Robertson	Glenbervie Golf Club
1310	36	0850	106	Paul Dunne	Ireland
			107	Antonio Murdaca	Australia
			108	Jack McDonald	Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club
1320	37	0900	109	Rhys Pugh	Vale of Glamorgan Hotel Golf & Spa Resort
			110	Dermot McElroy	Ireland
			111	Andrew Wilson	Darlington Golf Club
1330	38	0910	112	Iván Cantero	Spain
			113	Ewan Scott	St Andrews Golf Club
			114	Cormac Sharvin	Ireland
1340	39	0920	115	Gary Hurley	Ireland
			116	Toby Tree	Golf at Goodwood Golf Club
			117	James Ross	Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh
1350	40	0930	118	Paul Kinnear	Formby Golf Club
			119	Léonard Bem	France
			120	Lars van Meijel	Netherlands
1400	41	0950	121	Jason Smith	South Africa
			122	David Morago	Spain
			123	James Allan	Chelmsford Golf Club
1410	42	1000	124	Scott Borrowman	Dollar Golf Club
			126	Ben Eccles	Australia
1420	43	1010	127	Daniel Wasteney	Lindrick Golf Club
			128	Charlie Bull	USA
			129	Nicolaas Johannes Arnoldi	South Africa
1430	44	1020	130	Gordon Stevenson	Whitecraigs Golf Club
			131	A.J. McInerney	USA
			132	Haydn McCullen	Delamere Forest Golf Club
1440	45	1030	133	Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon	France
			134	Louis Taylor	South Africa
			135	Alfie Plant	Sundridge Park Golf Club
1450	46	1040	136	Daniel Young	Craigie Hill Golf Club
			137	Robert Cannon	Ireland
			138	Maximilian Walz	Germany
1500	47	1050	139	Calum Hill	Tantallon Golf Club
			140	Liam Johnston	Dumfries & County Golf Club
			141	Michael Saunders	Dartford Golf Club
1510	48	1100	142	Seb Crookall-Nixon	Silloth on Solway Golf Club
			143	Ciaran Doherty	Bury Golf Club
			144	Lawrence Allan	Alva Golf Club

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TP TOUR GOES TOP OF THE CLASS WITH OUT OF THE BOX THINKING

RAYMOND RUSSELL WINS £5,000 IN

AN OUT-OF-THE-ORDINARY PRO EVENT

Scot Raymond Russell, pictured, has won the £5,000 first prize in a TP Tour event which had a unique format at Robin Hood Golf Club, Solihull, Birmingham.
There was a shotgun start and a shoot-out finish, with the top four contesting stroke-play over the final three holes.
Conditions were difficult with heavy rain falling most of the day.
Former Portugese Open Champion Van Phillips was the leader after the 18 hole stage with an excellent round of four-under-par 68.
Play resumed for a three-hole hole shoot-out, with Phillips joined by Raymond Russell, Adam Gee and Simon Lillly.
Russell clinched the title and the winners cheque of £5,000 by holing a birdie putt of some 25
feet on the final green!
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US LEFT-HANDER SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION

INSIDER TRADING: MICEKLSON TELLS 

FBI AGENTS HE'S INNOCEMTN
FROM THE GOLF WEEK WEBSITE
DUBLIN, Ohio – Two left-handers set out on the first tee Sunday afternoon at Muirfield Village, one in search of his third victory of 2014, at the exact moment a third southpaw made his way up the 18th hole to complete what could only be described as an eventful week in central Ohio.
Bubba Watson and Scott Langley’s fate awaited as they made their way out in the day’s final pairing, but for Phil Mickelson the journey was over. And thankfully so.
“Interesting,” Mickelson said on Saturday when asked about his day, but it might as well have been his take for the entire week. “Most of my rounds are, but just for other reasons.”
As unsightly as his closing 73 and his tie for 49th place may have looked, it was what happened away from the manicured fairways that will define Lefty’s 14th start at the Memorial Tournament.
Two separate reports in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times revealed on Friday that Mickelson was a subject of an investigation by the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission involving possible insider trading.

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Reports: Mickelson probed for insider stock trading | Maintains innocence

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After his round on Saturday Mickelson was inundated with questions about the report. He maintained his innocence and, at the request of his attorneys, declined to answer any further questions regarding the investigation.
“I can’t really go into much right now, but as I said in my statement, I have done absolutely nothing wrong. And that's why I've been fully co-operating with the FBI agents, and I'm happy to do so in the future, too, until this gets resolved,” Mickelson said. 
“Hopefully it will be soon, but for right now I can't really talk much about it.”
Mickelson’s week started well enough with the 42-time PGA Tour winner playing his first 15 holes on Thursday in 5 under par. Things unravelled when he closed his round bogey-double bogey-double bogey and just kept getting worse.
Mickelson was approached by two federal agents after his round to answer more questions regarding the investigation, but he declined to comment and referred them to his attorney, according to the WSJ report.
The Wall Street Journal reported authorities are “examining a series of well-timed trades” involving Mickelson, high-profile Las Vegas gambler William “Billy” Walters and investor Carl Icahn.
Neither Mickelson, Walters nor Icahn has been accused of any wrongdoing.
Mickelson responded with his best round of the week on Saturday (2-under 70) and said after his round he was pleased with the way he’d been driving the ball as he prepares for the U.S. Open in two weeks at Pinehurst.
He echoed those comments after his round on Sunday, but added next week’s St. Jude Classic would be the real test of his game on the eve of the one major championship that has eluded him.
“What's important for me, obviously I didn't have a shot at it this weekend or today, but I really need to get in contention next week,” said Mickelson, who planned to spend the next two days at Pinehurst No. 2 preparing for the year’s second major.
“I'll be trying really hard to get myself a run at it, to have a good tournament. I do need a little bit of momentum . . . I need to feel that again this week to really give myself a good chance at the U.S. Open.”
The distinction between what happened on the golf course compared to the surreal events that transpired away from it was evident when Mickelson was asked to assess his week.
“From a golf standpoint it wasn't a bad week as far as I started to hit the ball well,” Mickelson said. “I struggled a little bit in some areas. I started working the ball a lot more with some iron shots. I had, I thought a successful week as far as a good stepping stone.”

RENFREWSHIRE GOLF UNION PRESS RELEASE

RENFREWSHIRE GOLF UNION 

DEVELOPMENT SQUAD

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Each year, Renfrewshire Golf Union provides coaching at Mearns Castle Golf Academy to a squad of under 14 year old boys who show promise.  They receive guidance on all aspects of the game from professional coaches David Orr and Mark Loftus under the watchful eyes of RGU boys’ convenors, Graham McGee and Gary Havlin.  

 This year’s squad is: 

Under 14
Jack McAulay, Greenock

Alessandro Schennini, Whitecraigs

Andrew McAlpine, Erskine

Kerr Webster, Whitecraigs

Lewis Greenlees, Paisley

Under 13

Jonathan Murphy, Erskine

Alistair Taylor, Gourock

Michael Lees, Whitecraigs

Fraser Scott, Whitecraigs

Tom Lonergan, Whitecraigs

Greg McCaffer, Whitecraigs

Under 12

Roddy McAuley, Fereneze

Timothy Erskine, Kilmacolm

Harry Kellock, Kilmacolm

Harry McFarlane, Whitecraigs

Declan Moore, Whitecraigs

Mitchell Fleming, Whitecraigs

Under 11

Alexander Hardiman, Whitecraigs

Under 10

Aidan O'Hagan, Old Ranfurly

Scott Newman, Greenock

 

BRIDGE OF WEIR YOUNGSTER IS SELECTED FOR R & A EVENT

Every two years, the RandA invite around 130 affiliated countries to enter their top under-16 year old boy and girl in the Junior Open Championship.  This year they will play three rounds at West Lancashire Golf Club before getting the opportunity to view the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.

Scotland’s boys will be represented by 15 year old Jamie Stewart who plays at Old Ranfurly Golf Club.  Jamie is delighted to have been selected as are his club and Renfrewshire Golf Union which has provided coaching over recent years. 

Two years ago, Renfrewshire also provide the top boy – Colin Edgar of Cochrane Castle.