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		06:30	Mark FOSTER	Alastair FORSYTH	Gaganjeet BHULLAR
		06:40	Scott HENRY	Gary STAL	Steve WEBSTER
		06:50	Niclas FASTH	David HORSEY	Lucas BJERREGAARD
		07:00	Emiliano GRILLO	Peter WHITEFORD	Brooks KOEPKA
		07:10	Eduardo DE LA RIVA	Maximilian KIEFFER	Paul WARING
		07:20	Simon THORNTON	Felipe AGUILAR	Robert ROCK
		07:30	Magnus A CARLSSON	Wade ORMSBY	Daan HUIZING
		07:40	Rafa CABRERA-BELLO	Paul MCGINLEY	José María OLAZÁBAL
		07:50	Sir Nick FALDO	Brett RUMFORD	Matteo MANASSERO
		08:00	Scott JAMIESON	Kevin STADLER	Grégory BOURDY
		08:20	Lee WESTWOOD	Stephen GALLACHER	Justin ROSE
		08:30	Thomas BJÖRN	Victor DUBUISSON	Rickie FOWLER
		08:40	Jonas BLIXT	Paul LAWRIE	Ernie ELS
		08:50	Fabrizio ZANOTTI	Tommy FLEETWOOD	Peter UIHLEIN
		09:00	Chris WOOD	Martin LAIRD	Branden GRACE
		09:10	Victor RIU	Greig HUTCHEON	Ollie SCHNIEDERJANS (AM)
		09:20	Edoardo MOLINARI	Matt JONES	Alexander LEVY
		09:30	Daniel BROOKS	David LYNN	Raphaël JACQUELIN
		09:40	Darren FICHARDT	Danny WILLETT	Kiradech APHIBARNRAT
		09:50	Shane LOWRY	Jeev Milkha SINGH	Thomas AIKEN
		10:00	Robert-Jan DERKSEN	Andy SULLIVAN	Tom LEWIS
		10:20	Justin WALTERS
		10:30	Jamie MCLEARY	Carlos DEL MORAL	Tyrrell HATTON
		10:40	Matt FORD	David DRYSDALE	Michael MILLER
		10:50	Damien MCGRANE	Roope KAKKO	Ricardo SANTOS
		11:00	Stuart MANLEY	Matthew CORT	Sihwan KIM
		11:10	Kristoffer BROBERG	Nacho ELVIRA	John HAHN
		11:20	Kevin PHELAN	JB HANSEN	Matthew BALDWIN
		11:30	Marco CRESPI	David HOWELL	Marcel SIEM
		11:40	José-Filipe LIMA	Simon DYSON	Bernd WIESBERGER
		11:50	Shiv KAPUR	Adrian OTAEGUI	Craig LEE
		12:10	Michael HOEY	Grégory HAVRET	Alvaro QUIROS
		12:20	Morten Ørum MADSEN	Nicolas COLSAERTS	Russell KNOX
		12:30	Simon KHAN	Peter HANSON	Ross FISHER
		12:40	Ryan PALMER	Padraig HARRINGTON	Richard STERNE
		12:50	Louis OOSTHUIZEN	Marc WARREN	Mikko ILONEN
		13:00	Luke DONALD	Phil MICKELSON	Joost LUITEN
		13:10	Jimmy WALKER	Ian POULTER	Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ
		13:20	Jamie DONALDSON	Thongchai JAIDEE	Rory MCILROY
	=	13:30	Paul CASEY	Francesco MOLINARI	Robert KARLSSON
		13:40	Darren CLARKE	Mikael LUNDBERG	Pablo LARRAZÁBAL
		13:50	Peter LAWRIE	Søren KJELDSEN	Matthew FITZPATRICK
		14:10	Alejandro CAÑIZARES	Richie RAMSAY	Jin JEONG
		14:20	George COETZEE	Julien QUESNE	Thomas LEVET
		14:30	Anthony WALL	Dawie VAN DER WALT	Jbe KRUGER
		14:40	Romain WATTEL	Matthew NIXON	Jens DANTORP
		14:50	David LAW	Johan CARLSSON	Simon WAKEFIELD
		15:00	Richard BLAND	Graeme STORM	Adrien SADDIER
		15:10	Jorge CAMPILLO	James MORRISON	Adam GEE
		15:20	Gareth MAYBIN	Andrea PAVAN	Richard GREEN
		15:30	Ricardo GONZALEZ	John PARRY	Thomas PIETERS
		15:40	Eddie PEPPERELL	Chris DOAK	Alexander CULVERWELL (AM)

DRIVE DOWNWIND OF 436 YARDS SETS UP ONE OF EIGHT BIRDIES

RORY McILROY IS A BIG HIT AT 

BALGOWNIE WITH RECORD 64

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

Rory McIlroy fired a Balgownie links course record 64 in the opening round of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open today.
Sweden's Kristoffer Broberg had established a new mark of 65 at Royal Aberdeen after going out in the first group at 6:30am, but that lasted a matter of two hours as McIlroy also made light of the windy conditions.
The former World Number One carded eight birdies and one just bogey, even driving the green on the downwind par four 13th - a distance of 436 yards.
"Everything was pretty much on," a delighted McIlroy said. "I controlled my ball flight really well which is the key to me playing well in these conditions and on these courses.
"I've been working the last ten days on keeping the ball down, hitting easy shots and taking spin off it and I went out there today and really trusted what I practised."
McIlroy revealed he had also driven the 13th in Wednesday's pro-am, although it probably still came as a shock to the group ahead of Ian Poulter, Miguel Angel Jiménez and Jimmy Walker, who were still on the green.
"I'm driving the ball really well and I feel if I can get driver in my hand and have an advantage on the field I should do it," he added.
"Going out this morning in these conditions I thought anything in the 60s would be a good score so to shoot something better than that is pleasing."
The scoring overall was excellent, given the wind was gusting up to 20mph, with McIlroy's fellow Northern Irishman Michael Hoey carding a 66 and former World Number One Luke Donald and Scot Marc Warren shooting rounds of 67.
Defending champion Phil Mickelson also looked set to finish four under par, only to three-putt the 18th for his only bogey of the day.
Broberg won four times on the Challenge Tour in 2012, three of the victories coming in the space of four weeks.
"I played really, really well," he said. "I hit very good shots and a lot of close ones, so this helps a bit. And I kept away from those bunkers and stayed patient.
"I woke up at 4am and saw the wind out there. There was a little less wind to start, but it got more windy after eight holes so it's the same for everybody."
SCOTSWATCH: The leading Scots at the end of the day were Marc Warren and late starter David Drysdale with 67s, one ahead of Russell Knox.
Tartan Tour No 1 Greig Hutcheon did best of the "locals" with a 70. Paul Lawrie and Richie Ramsay would have been disappointed with their 74s.
Northern Open champion David Law, too, with a 78 on his return to a links where he won the Scottish boys championship only five years ago.

Key quotes:

Rory McIlroy
“Anytime you start a tournament with a score like that it’s very pleasing, and it's obviously something to build on for the next three days. But more importantly, I was just really pleased with how I controlled my game and my ball flight.

" I'm really, really comfortable with my game at the minute. Today was so pleasing that the shots I was hitting in practice and the shots that I've been working on I was really able to trust out there when it really mattered.

“Everyone saw what Phil (Mickelson) did last year and I'd love to be able to emulate what he did, but there's obviously a lot of golf to play for that to happen.”
Phil Mickelson
“I had a really good day – I played well, fought hard and hit a lot of good shots. I also had a good putting day so I was pleased with the score. It’s a great test of links golf and a great way to get ready for The Open. It’s great for me to have the opportunity to play these great courses ahead of The Open as I only really play links golf for two weeks of the year.”
Ricardo Gonzalez
“I watched the Argentina v Holland match last night and maybe this was the key to my round today. I was nice and relaxed. It was the best round of the year, and it was also special because I had my son on the bag.”
Kristoffer Broberg
“I played really, really well. I hit very good shots and a lot of close ones, and kept me away from those bunkers and stayed patient. I’ve been playing really well for the past few weeks and hopefully I can keep it going. I love it here. It's a beautiful course.”

Round 1 scores:
64 R McIlroy  (Nir) ,
65 K Broberg (Swe) , R Gonzalez (Arg) ,
66 M Hoey  (Nir) ,
67 L Donald  (Eng) , M Warren (Sco) , R Bland (Eng) , D Drysdale (Sco) ,
68 R Knox (Sco) , D Howell (Eng) , P Mickelson (USA) , G Stal  (Fra)
69 D Clarke (Nir) , J Rose (Eng) , M Fitzpatrick  (Eng) , N Colsaerts  (Bel) , M Manassero (Ita) , K Phelan (Irl) , T Hatton (Eng) , P Larrazábal (Esp) , P Casey  (Eng) , N Fasth (Swe) , S Kapur (Ind)
70 G Storm  (Eng) , M Laird  (Sco) , A Forsyth (Sco) , L Bjerregaard  (Den) , G Maybin (Nir) , T Björn (Den) , S Khan (Eng) , R Palmer (USA) , T Fleetwood  (Eng) , F Zanotti (Par) , C Del Moral (Esp) , J Singh (Ind) , D Willett  (Eng) , S Kjeldsen (Den) , T Lewis (Eng) , G Hutcheon (Sco) ,
71 M Lundberg (Swe) , P Harrington (Irl) , T Aiken (RSA) , J Hahn (USA) , D McGrane (Irl) , J Walker  (USA) , M Kieffer (Ger) , J Hansen  (Den) , J Morrison  (Eng) , T Jaidee (Tha) , M Carlsson  (Swe) , W Ormsby (Aus) , R Karlsson (Swe) , S Webster (Eng) , A Pavan (Ita) , M Foster (Eng) , A Quiros  (Esp) , R Fowler  (USA) , C Wood  (Eng) , S Dyson  (Eng) , M Jones (Aus) , T Pieters  (Bel) , V Dubuisson  (Fra) , R Wattel  (Fra) , J Carlsson (Swe) , A Otaegui  (Esp) , M Ilonen  (Fin) , O Schniederjans (am) (USA) ,
72 J Kruger (RSA) , J Jeong (Kor) , C Lee (Sco) , S Gallacher (Sco) , S Wakefield (Eng) , S Lowry  (Irl) , R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) , L Westwood (Eng) , M Baldwin (Eng) , S Kim (SKor) ,
73 G Coetzee (RSA) , J Quesne  (Fra) , J Campillo (Esp) , I Poulter (Eng) , J Luiten (Ned) , F Aguilar (Chi) , R Jacquelin (Fra) , M Siem  (Ger) , E Els (RSA) , K Aphibarnrat (Tha) , G Bourdy (Fra) , R Derksen (Ned) , R Santos  (Por) , P Uihlein  (USA) , S Thornton (Irl) , E De La Riva  (Esp) , M Madsen  (Den) , R Kakko  (Fin) , S Henry  (Sco) , Sir Nick Faldo (Eng) ,
74 J McLeary  (Sco) , R Ramsay  (Sco) , F Molinari (Ita) , M Jiménez (Esp) , J Donaldson (Wal) , D Fichardt (RSA) , N Elvira  (Esp) , D Lynn (Eng) , S Jamieson  (Sco) , D Horsey (Eng) , R Green (Aus) , A Gee  (Eng) , A Wall (Eng) , P McGinley (Irl) , B Wiesberger  (Aut) , K Stadler (USA) , P Lawrie (Sco) , J Blixt  (Swe) , G Havret  (Fra) , V Riu  (Fra) ,
75 R Fisher (Eng) , L Oosthuizen  (RSA) , R Sterne  (RSA) , M Crespi  (Ita) , E Molinari  (Ita) , D Huizing (Ned) , B Rumford (Aus) , B Koepka  (USA) , B Grace  (RSA) , A Levy (Fra) , G Bhullar (Ind) , S Manley (Wal) , C Doak (Sco) , E Pepperell (Eng) , P Waring  (Eng) , D Brooks (Eng) , M Ford (Eng) , M Cort (Eng) , T Levet (Fra) , A Cañizares  (Esp) ,
76 M Miller (USA) , F Calmels  (Fra) , J Lima  (Por) , D Van Der Walt (RSA) , P Hanson (Swe) , J Parry (Eng) , P Whiteford (Sco) , A Culverwell (Sco) (am)
77 A Saddier (Fra) , M Nixon (Eng) , J Dantorp (Swe) , A Sullivan (Eng) , E Grillo (Arg) ,
78 D Law (Sco) ,
79 P Lawrie (Irl) ,
81 R Rock (Eng) , J Olazábal (Esp) ,
83 L Slattery (Eng) ,
DQ J Walters (RSA) ,

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 71 
64 Rory McIroy (N Ireland)
65 Kristoffer Broberg (Sweden), Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina).
66 Michael Hoey (N Ireland)
67 Marc Warren (Scotland), Luke Donald (England), Richard Bland (England0
68 David Howell (England), Russell Knox (Scotland), Phil Mickelson (USA)
69 Kevin Phelan (Ireland), Shiv Kapur (India), Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium), Paul Casey (England), Darren Clarke (N Ireland), Pablo Larrazabal (Spain), Matthew Fitzpatrick (England), Niclas Fasth (Sweden), Matteo Manassero (Italy), Justin Rose (England), Tyrrell Hatton (England).

SELECTED SCORES
Players from Scotland unless stated
70 Alastair Forsyth, Martin Laird, Greig Hutcheon (T24)
72 Craig Lee, Stephen Gallacher, Lee Westwood (England) (T68)
73 Scott Hernry (T78)
74 Richie Ramsay, Scott Jamieson, Paul Lawrie, Jamie McLeary (T99)
75 Chris Doak (T120).
76 Alexander Culverwell (am), Peter Whiteford  (T149)
78 David Law (152nd).

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DUNBAR MAN RUES TRIPLE BOGEY 7 AT 16TH

FENWICK IN WITH A CHANCE OF

£10,000 JACKPOT PRIZE AT CARRICK

Dunbar's Neil Fenwick is hot on the trail of a £10,000 jackpot prize in the PGA EuroPro Tour's Motocaddy Masters 54-hole tournament at The Carrick on Loch Lomond.

Feniwck in on three-under 139 (71-68_ with only two men ahead of him - Englishman Neil Chaudhuri (136) and Irishman Mark Murphy (137).

But if the Scot had not run up a triple bogey 7 at the 17th, having just eagled the 15th, he would have been much better placed to go home with a five-figure cheque.

Greg McBain (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) is lying joint 14th on 145 (70-75) and Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) just makes the top 10 on 146 (75-71).

The cut at 150 left the majority of the Scots on the sidelines.

but Lloyd Saltman made it by improving some 10 shots with a second-round 69 for 148.

LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

Par 142 (2x41)

136 N Chaudhuri (Eng) 65 68

137 M Murphy (Ire) 70 67

139 N Fenwick (Sco) 70 75

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES

145 G McBain 70 75 (T14)

146 S Binning 71 75 (T19)

147 C Lawrie 75 72, J Hendry 72 75 (T28)

148 L Saltman 79 69 (T32)

150 E Ramsay 74 76, P Doherty 82 68, E Saltman 77 73, K Nicol 78 72, C Currie 75 75

MISSED THE CUT (150 and better qualified)

151 R Kellett 81 70

152 G Forbes 76 76, J McColl 77 75

153 R Cameron 75 78

155 C Trahan 79 76

156 Z Saltman 80 76

157 J Findlay 82 75, S Crichton 82 75, T Innes-Kerr 79 78, M Kerr 82 75, S Kiloh 82 75

159 P Shields 75 84, F McKenna 79 80

160 N Henderson 79 81, J Mullaney 84 76

161 M Patterson 81 80, M Hillson 82 79

168 C O'Neil 85 83

170 M PcGhee 83 87

173 I Redford 88 85, J Dick 88 85

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147 C Lawrie 75 72, J Henry 72 75 (T28)

148 L Saltman 71 69 (T32)

WILLIAMWOOD PLAYER WINS VITAL POINT AT 19TH HOLE

BURNS A HERO AS SCOTS BOYS  

REACH EURO SEMI-FINALS

George Burns was the Scotland hero as he won the final match at the 19th to give the Scots a 4-3 win over Norway, the host nation, and a semi-final against Sweden in the European boys' team championship at Oslo Golf Club.
After the two foursomes were shared, Scotland had their backs to the wall when Murray Naysmith lost 5 and 4 and Robert MacIntyre went down 3 and 1 in the top two singles.
But the Scots hit back to level the match at 3-3 with a 2 and 1 win by British boys champion Ewen Ferguson and a 5 and 4 victory by Ben Kinsley.
Burns coped with the pressure admittiedly, winning the final match at the 19th.
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Italy 7, Wales 0
England 4, Spain 3
Sweden 5, Denmark 2
NORWAY 3, SCOTLAND 4
Foursomes: J Arnoy and K Reitan lost to G Burns and C Fyfe 3 and 2; A Halvorsen and V Hovland bt E Ferguson and R MacIntyre 2 and 1 (1-1).
Singles: Hovland bt M Naysmith 5 and 4, Arnoy bt MacIntyre 3 and 1, O M Davanger lost to Ferguson 2 and 1, Reitan lost to B Kinsley 2 and 1, Halovorsen lost to Burns at 19th.

TAILGUNNER GRANT FORREST DELIVERS CLINCHING POINT

SCOTS THROUGH TO EUROPEAN MEN'S

TEAM SEMI-FINALS IN FINLAND

Scotland are through to a semi-final match against Spain in the European men's amateur team championship, thanks to tail-gunner Grant Forrest at Linna, Finland.
The Scots led 2-0 after the foursomes - Graeme Robertson ahd Jack McDonald winning their marathon tie at the 24th - and stretched their lead to 3-0 with a 4 and 3 victory by British amateur champion Bradley Neil in the top singles
But the Swedes hit back to win the ties against first Robertson and then James Ross.
Jamie Savage stopped the rot with a halved match but Forrest delivered the clinching point with a 3 and 2 victory in the final singles.
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
England 6, Switzerland 1
Ireland 4, Germany 3
Spain 4, France 3
SWEDEN 2 1/2, SCOTLAND 4 1/2
Foursomes - A Ostennson and N Linastrom lost to G Forres and B Neil 5 and 4; T Eden and H Ronneblad lost to G Robertson and J McDonald at 14th (0-2)
Singles  Ostensson lost to Neil 4 and 3, O Bergqvist bt Robertson 3 and 2, Ronneblad bt J Ross 2 and 1, Eden halved with Savage, V Tarnstrom lost to Forrest 3 and 2 (2 1/2-2 1/2) 

MARK O#MEARA PULLS OUT OF THE OPEN

Bulletin No: 4                                                                                    Thursday 10 July 2014

MARK O’MEARA WITHDRAWAL

Mark O’Meara (USA) has withdrawn from The Open Championship and is replaced by Ross Fisher (England).

The next two competitors on the reserve list are as follows:

1. David Hearn (Canada)

2. Daniel Summerhays (USA)

TIGHT FINISH TO STUDENTS' ST ANDREWS TOURNAMENT

 Left to right: runner-up Nicolas Maheut from France, Professor Chris Hawkesworth, deputy principal of the University of St Andrews, and winner Henry Tomlinson (Stirling University). Picture by courtesy  of Michael Joy.

STIRLING STUDENT WINS BOYD QUAICH
  
 WITH BETTER LAST ROUND

Stirling University student Henry Tomlinson won the Boyd Quaich international students tournament at St Andrews today on a countback after 72 holes.
Tomlinson, an Englishman, and Frenchman Nicolas Maheut from the University of Rouen had tied on five-under-par 281 after two rounds of the Old Course and two rounds over the New Course.
There is no provision for a play-off and Tomlinson's better last round, a two-under-par 70 over the Old Course, prevailed over Maheut's 73.
Craig Chalmers (Strathclyde University) finished third on 283.
The Boyd Quaich international students tournament is held annually to commerate the Boyd brothers, students at St Andrews University, who were both killed during World War 2. and also all students who died in the conflict.



LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 286 (2x71 St Andrews New; 2x72 St Andrews Old). Rotation o scores: New, Old, New, Old.
281 Henry Tomlinson (Eng) 70 74 67 70, Nicolas Maheut (Fra) 70 68 70 73
283 Craig Chalmers (Sco) 72 72 69 70
284 Matthew Fieldsend (Eng) 65 73 70 76
285 Louis Tomlinson (Eng) 69 74 73 69
286 Robin Petersson (Swe) 70 72 71 73, James Tisdale (Eng) 75 72 68 71, Jake Hogg (Sco) 72 73 74 67.
288 Shaun Carter (Ire) 71 74 73 70
289 John Milne (Eng) 71 75 69 74, Alex Gleeson (Ire) 71 71 73 74, Calum Hill (Sco) 72 72 75 70
290 Victor Joffray (Fra) 70 77 67 76, Jack Heasman (Eng) 73 76 70 71
291 Declan Loftus (Ire) 72 73 70 76
293 Oliver Roberts (Hong Kong) 74 72 75 72, Tom Beasley (Eng) 70 77 72 74
294 Joshua Dye (Eng) 74 72 72 76
296 Cameron Graham (Sco) 74 73 73 76
298 Declan Reidy (Ire) 73 76 73 76
299 Robbie Pierse (Ire) 72 77 75 75 
300 Jack Walker (Sco) 73 77 74 76, Tom Mortimer (Eng) 71 79 72 78
301 Jonathan O'Driscoll (Ire) 75 74 77 75
302 Harry Chapple (Eng) 71 78 74 79
303 Ben Skinner (Eng) 74 75 80 74, Ross Brydon (Eng) 74 75 76 78, Lewis Kuhler (Eng) 71 79 75 78
310 Craig Anderson (Sco) 72 77 83 78.

McILROY EARLY LEADER AT BALGOWNIE WITH A 64

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Current leaderboard at Balgownie (3pm)
Par 71
64 Rory McIlroy  (33-31)
65 Kristoffer Broberg (32-33)
66 Michael Hoey
67 Marc Warren (34-33), Luke Donald
69 Davd Howell, Russell Knox (34-34), Phil Mickelson (34-34).

 Rory McIlroy rolled in six birdies in seven holes around the turn to shoot a 7-under 64 and take a one-stroke lead midway through the first round of the AAM Scottish Open today.
Refreshed after taking two weeks off, the No. 8-ranked McIlroy tamed bright but breezy  conditions at Balgownie to show his links game is in good shape ahead of next week's Open at Hoylake.
One of the highlights of his round was driving the green downwind on the 436-yard 13th hole while the group ahead was on the putting surface. That set up one of his eight birdies at Royal Aberdeen.
Unheralded Swede Kristoffer Broberg shot a bogey-free 65 to sit just behind McIlroy on a leaderboard that includes Luke Donald (4-under 67). Defending champion Phil Mickelson shot 68.

 
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