Thursday, July 17, 2014

CADDIE BLUNDERS BY GIVING AWAY WRONG CLUB TO FRIEND

ROSE STARTS ROUND WITHOUT HIS 

DRIVER:  "HAVE TO SEE FUNNY SIDE"

FROM THE SKY SPORTS.COM WEBSITE
New Scottish Open champion Justin Rose shrugged off an early mix-up in his bid for a third win in succession, and second major title, at Royal Liverpool.
Rose started his opening round today at Hoylake without a driver and received it only on the third hole.
But he shrugged off the mix-up to shoot a level-par 72 and he is now looking to push on and ‘go make a score’.
Speaking of the mix-up, the 2013 US Open champion, who claimed back-to-back wins for the first time in his career at Royal Aberdeen on Sunday, said: 
"You have to see the funny side of it. I had three drivers in my bag after yesterday. There were a couple of drivers made up for a couple of my caddie's friends.
"Two were taken out (by the caddie) and given to these two gentlemen and one was left in my golf bag. It just was the wrong one.
"This morning when I picked up my bag there was a driver in the wrong spot. I picked it up and realised that's not my shaft. That club should have been given to someone else and mine was actually given to that person and driven down to Bedford.
"Fortunately it didn't affect the game plan. Obviously when we made the call, the guy was coming straight back with it and I knew I would have it by the time I really, really needed it out there, toward the seventh and the back nine. 
"The way the course was playing I knew I wasn't going to require the driver for a good couple of hours into my round."
Speaking about his round, Rose added: "Even par always feels like a waste of five hours, really. I felt like there was a lot of good stuff today and really felt comfortable with my game early on, but ran out of a little bit of steam on the back nine.
"The back nine was playing a little tricky and I had trouble with club selection off the tee. I tried to force the 2-iron a couple of times when I should have hit 3-wood or driver.
“I'll learn from that for tomorrow and go make a score. It's a platform from which I can build for the rest of the week."

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'WE WERE BACKING OFF A LOT OF SHOTS' SAYS WOODS

CELLPHONE PICTURE-TAKERS

 MAKE IT 'TOUGH' FOR TIGER

FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES WEBSITE
HOYLAKE (AP) - Tiger Woods was playing his second shot into the par-5 18th when he made a sudden stop in the middle of his swing Thursday at the British Open.
If nothing else, his back must really be better.
What made him stop - and then back off on the next shot - were clicks from cameras. The culprits appeared to be a few journalists using cellphones, and the second time Woods indicated toward the balcony of a corporate tent where two dozen people had phones out.
“There was a lot of cameras out there,” Woods said. “We were backing off a lot of shots, and a lot of people moving around. It was tough.”
The Royal and Ancient later put out a statement urging spectators to keep their phones on silent and reminded them that photos are not allowed during the tournament.
The number of cellphones wasn’t extraordinary. It certainly wasn’t as bad as the 2011 PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club, or at the Memorial Tour a few years ago when Phil Mickelson sent a text to PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem that phones were out of hand. Mickelson withdrew.
Perhaps the worst abuse of cellphone pictures was at Royal Liverpool in 2006. 
It was so bad that the R and A banned mobile devices from The Open for the next five years. They were allowed again two years ago. For this  Open, the R and A has encouraged fans to bring mobile devices to take advantage of its app and Wi-Fi on the course.
Woods was asked about the R and A urging fans to bring phones and tablets.
“Just put it on silent,” he said.

MICKELSON TEES OFF WITH A 74
Phil Mickelson has been saying it for months: His score isn’t reflective of how close he feels he is to playing well.
He shot 74 today, eight shots away from the lead. Even so, Mickelson said he had better control of the ball that he’s had in a long time. He played in the tougher afternoon conditions. And he’s not about to write off his chances of defending this Open title.
“I remember back in ‘04 at Troon I shot 74 the first day in pretty benign conditions came out the next day and shot 66 and got right back in it,” Mickelson said. “And I feel like I’m more on that side of the equation than having another round over par because I just think the way I’m starting to hit it and the way I feel with the putter is just totally different.”
Mickelson actually opened with a 73 at Royal Troon and finished one shot out of a playoff.
He gave away two shots on the final hole Thursday by hitting his second shot on the par 5 out-of-bounds. Mickelson didn’t even realize the shot landed out-of-bounds.
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GAME PLAN TO AVOID SECOND-ROUND LETDOWN THIS WEEK ....

RORY'S 66 GIVES HIM A ONE-SHOT LEAD
FROM THE R and A WEBSITE
Rory McIlroy carded a superb six-under-par 66 to surge to the top of the leaderboard after the first round of the 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.

The 25-year-old from Northern Ireland will start the second round one shot ahead of Italy’s Matteo Manassero and two in front of Australia’s Adam Scott, Ireland’s Shane Lowry, Spain’s Sergio Garcia, Americans Jim Furyk and Brooks Koepka and Italian brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari.
Charismatic American Rickie Flower finished the day in a share of tenth place on three under par 69 alongside a large group which also included Robert Karlsson, Marc Leishman, Koumei Oda, Boo Weekley, Yoshinobu Tsukada, Jimmy Walker, Hideki Matsuyama as well as a resurgent Tiger Woods, who started his first round with consecutive bogeys but was soon displaying the sort of form that enabled him to win the Claret Jug over the same course back in 2006.
McIlroy was at his best as he carded his lowest opening round at The Open since his 63 at St Andrews in 2010 but he still might not sleep easily overnight given his recent record in second rounds at prestigious Tour events.
The double Major winner has carded disappointing second round scores at the Masters, the Wells Fargo Championship, the Players Championship and the Memorial already this season and only last week he followed an opening 64 with a 78 at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen.
McIlroy admits to being concerned about this run but does not expect a repeat in this Championship.
“I had a bad Friday afternoon at Augusta and just made the cut. Then I started horrifically at Quail Hollow and did the same at Sawgrass. That’s like three tournaments in a row so that’s when I started to be conscious of it.
“I was three over par on Friday at (the BMW PGA) at Wentworth but managed to get it back but the Memorial (where he shot 63, 78) was obviously the biggest one. 
"However, there’s nothing really to it. It might just be about higher expectations going out on Friday after a low round on Thursday so I’m going to try to put those expectations aside and take one hole at a time.
“I expect to stick to my game plan and hit good shots,” he added. “I know that if I execute my game plan, the low numbers are there for me to shoot.”
McIlroy’s task is made all the more difficult as a result of the quality of the players in hot pursuit.
Manassero is still only 21 but he has already claimed four European Tour titles and is ideally placed to make his move after a 67 that included seven birdies and just two dropped shots
“It’s the perfect start,” said the Italian. “It was a really good round and I’m very pleased with it. I played solid and a few putts dropped.
“It’s also great to see Edoardo and Francesco up there. It would be fantastic to have a few Italians on the leaderboard on Sunday afternoon.”
Scott squandered a few chances towards the end of his opening round but is likely to be a major factor over the weekend and the same can be said for Woods, despite having played only two competitive rounds at the Quicken Loans event at Congressional Country Club since undergoing major back surgery before the Masters.

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WEB.COM TOUR LEADER SHOOTS 60 IN BOISE OPEN

GUNN'S 67 LEAVES HIM OUTSIDE TOP 20

Jimmy Gunn shot a four-under-par 67 in the first round of this week's Web-com Tour event, the Boise Open at Hillcrest Golf Club, Boise in the state of Indiana.
The Dornoch man, who now lives at Scottsdale, Arizona, birdied the first, second, 10th, 15th and short 17th. His only bogey came at the short 13th.
At the end of the day Gunn was T25 behind the leader, Zach Sucher who came home in 29 - and that included a bogey - for a brilliant round of 11-under-par 60!
Zucher bogeyed the 13th but finished birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie .... just shows you what Gunn is up against the Web.com Tour!
Englishman Greg Owen, the only other Brit in the field, shot a 70 for a share of 104th place.

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TIGER WOODS STARTS WITH A 69 ON GLORIOUS DAY AT HOYLAKE

RORY SETS CRACKING PACE WITH A 66

- BUT CAN HE BEAT HIS FRIDAY BOGEY?

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Rory McIlroy took full advantage of glorious conditions to lead after the first round of The Open Championship at Hoylake.
The year’s third Major Championship enjoyed a case of deja vu with glorious weather at Royal Liverpool and a certain Tiger Woods high on the leaderboard in the opening round.

But it was a man who was not present the last time the event was staged at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club venue in 2006 who shone the brightest, Rory McIlroy carding a flawless 66 to set the clubhouse target.

McIlroy continued his trend of getting off to flying starts in tournaments in 2014, firing birdies at the second, fifth and sixth to be out in 32 and adding more on the tenth, 12th and 16th.

At six under par he held a one-shot lead over Italian Matteo Manassero, whose compatriots Edoardo and Francesco Molinari were a shot further back alongside Sergio Garcia and American duo Jim Furyk and Brooks Koepka.

Woods, playing his first Major of the year after undergoing back surgery on March 31, was lurking ominously on three under par, the 38 year old only using his driver once, on the par-five 16th, as he did in 2006. On that occasion the driver was never used again on the rock-hard links.

The course was much greener this time around, but the ball was still bounding along the fairways and McIlroy was delighted to take advantage.

"Any time you shoot 66 at The Open Championship, you're going to be pleased," the 25 year old said. "We had perfect scoring conditions out there this morning. There wasn't much wind early on and there were plenty of opportunities to make birdies and I was able to take a few of them.

"It's another great start and, yeah, looking forward to getting back out there tomorrow."

That was a reference to his unfortunate habit of following good rounds on Thursday with bad ones of Friday, the latest example being scores of 64 and 78 in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open last week.

"Whenever I go out and play on Thursdays there are not really many expectations," added McIlroy, who also led the 2010 Open after an opening 63 at St Andrews, but followed it with an 80 in atrocious conditions.

"You're going out there and you're trying to find a rhythm and you're just trying to play your way into the round," he added.

"When you go back out on Friday after a good score you know what you can do, so you're going out with some expectations compared to Thursday. I think I've just got to approach it like that, start off trying to hit solid shots the first few holes and play my way into the round, just like I did today."

Woods missed the cut in his comeback event at the end of last month and looked set for more woe after dropping shots on his first two holes - he only had two bogeys in the first 36 holes in 2006 - but crucially saved par from eight feet on the fourth and picked up his first birdie of the day on the next.

A hat-trick of birdies from the 11th - where he holed from off the green - was followed by a bogey on the 14th, but Woods responded with birdies on the 15th and 16th to return a 69.

"I knew I could do it. That's why it was so important for me to play at Congressional," he said. "At Congressional I made some terrible mistakes mentally. My decisions weren't very crisp and I wasn't decisive enough. Today was totally different and consequently I shot a better score.

"I'm getting stronger, I'm getting faster, I'm getting more explosive. The ball is starting to travel again and those are all positive things."


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Today was a real struggle with poor shots on pretty much every hole and holed nothing on the greens.   I shot a horrible 79+7 which is incredibly disappointing but it is what it is.  I hit balls for a couple of hours working on a few things and hit it really good.
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LANARKSHIRE COUNTY NEWS



HENDERSON LEADS LANARKSHIRE 
ORDER OF MERIT

Stewart Henderson of Hamilton leads the Lanarkshire Golf Association Order of Merit for after the men's county championship at Strathaven. Stewart is on 44pts, closely followed by Kenny Gallacher on 42.
Top Ten in table:
    Stewart Henderson         Hamilton            44
    Kenny Gallacher              East Kilbride     42
   Jamie Lamb                      Lanark               38
   Steven Rennie                 Drumpellier        36
 James Steven                  Bothwell Castle 34
  Andy Steven                 Easter Moffat       28
     Craig Hughes                    Drumpellier     26
.   Mark O’Donnell                Hamilton         21
    Graeme Cross                   Hamilton         20
    Alistair Ritchie       Strathaven        20

     LADY DE ROBECK TROPHY          
The next counting event is the Lady de Robeck Trophy at Carnwath on Sunday July 20th.  It is 36 holes and handicap limit 7. Big prizes.
To get a late entry contact Carnwath Golf club.

Willie Sharpe    
 Lanarkshire Golf Association
Press Officer

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EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR REPORT AND SCORES

ee to use the following gratis round one report, scores (below) and the attached image of Charly Simon in your respective publications with immediate effect.
   



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Nobody does it better than Charly Simon in 


Switzerland! Leads with six-under-par 65

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Charly Simon of Spain emerged from a four-year sabbatical from the European Challenge Tour to storm into the lead in the first round of the Swiss Challenge presented by Association Suisse de Golf, thanks to a six under par 65.
The Marbella player has not played a single event on the Challenge Tour since 2010 and received a late invite for this week’s event at Golf Sempachersee, but he soon made up for lost time as he carded six birdies in his final nine holes, having started on the ninth, to climb to the summit.
Simon only arrived on site on Tuesday night and could not play in the Pro-Am, so had never played the course before tearing it apart with the best score of the opening day at the picturesque venue just outside Lucerne.
The 30 year old, who stopped playing competitive golf for almost two years to deal with family issues, believes that it was a mix of a relaxed attitude and a fresh mind which drove him on to the best round of his Challenge Tour career.
“The key was that I just had fun because I wasn’t expecting anything,” said the former Arizona State student, who was born Carlos but has been known as ‘Charly’ since a very young age. “It’s my first tournament of the year after a long time without playing.
“I had things I had to solve at home so I've been practising a lot, and playing some local tournaments in Spain and in the USA, but I wasn’t practising to compete really.
“In October 2012 I stopped, and I started playing again a couple of months ago. My parents got divorced so I had to help out with that at home and stay with my mother for a while.
“But it definitely made me a lot more mature and puts things into perspective, what’s important and what’s not. I’ve been thinking, ‘If you make a bogey, so what?’ Then you see the course differently.
“I had been preparing mentally all my life for professional golf but now I know what’s important and in golf you’re not going to play well every day. Once you know that, you’ll enjoy it no matter what.
“I'm just taking it all in right now, I'm having so much fun. Before I took a break it wasn’t much fun for me but having been away for so long, it’s great fun now.
“I had never played the course before because I got an invite at the last minute. I walked the course yesterday but that was it.
“Again, it’s just about having fun – I don’t care if I'm going to blow it or whatever I do, I'm just trying to have fun. It’s not like professional golf is new to me, I know all about it. But there is no pressure on me whatsoever - if I shoot 61 tomorrow great, if I shoot 75 that’s fine too.”
Simon ended the day a shot clear of the chasing pack, with three players sharing second place on five under par.

One of those was Bernd Ritthammer, who last Sunday finished in a share for 29th place at the D+D Real Slovakia Challenge before driving all the way to Munich just in time to watch the World Cup Final at home alongside compatriot Florian Fritsch and Germany-based Englishman Ben Parker, son of a club pro in Germany.
The 27 year old then went into the city to celebrate his home country’s victory over Argentina and he admitted that the once in a lifetime experience has boosted his spirits this week in Switzerland.
“It was great on Sunday,” said Ritthammer. “I arrived just before the game started, watched it at home and then went into the city and it was phenomenal. It was super busy and the atmosphere was so happy.
“I took Ben with me too so it’s been such a nice feeling the last couple of days and the World Cup gave all the German players a boost. In general we’re just quite proud of what our national team did over there and it makes you feel good.
“I started OK today but played quite solid after that and starting hitting it really close. My irons were good today and I hit 18 greens in regulation, so my two bogeys were two three-putts, so everything was solid.”
Ritthammer was joined by former World Amateur Number One Jamie Moul and Scot George Murray as they both signed for 66, while former Walker Cup player Steven Brown was one of six players on four under par.
Moritz Lampert and Jake Roos, both chasing a third Challenge Tour victory of the season which would earn automatic graduation to The European Tour, were both well off the pace as the German carded a level par 71 while the South African struggled to a three over par 74.

FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD

Par 71
65 C Simon (Esp)
66 B Ritthammer (Ger) , J Moul  (Eng) , G Murray  (Sco)
67 C Ford (Eng) , A Kirstein (Ger) , W Roebuck (Eng) , S Brown (Eng) , N Quintarelli (Ita) , J Senior (Eng) 
68 F Fritsch  (Ger) , R Davies (Wal) , J Pastor (Esp) , M Wiegele  (Aut) , B Dredge (Wal) , J Sarasti  (Esp) , A Tadini (Ita) , S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) , S Fallon (Eng) , R Steiner (Aut) , M Delpodio  (Ita) , A Björk (Swe) , M Eggenberger (am) (Sui)
69 F Praegant (Aut) , R Gouveia (Por) , R De Sousa (Sui) , M Glauert (Ger) , F Bergamaschi (Ita) , W Harrold (Eng) , A Dunbar (Nir) , F Becker (Ger) , J Huldahl (Den) , J Gonnet  (Fra) , C Paisley  (Eng) , H Joannes  (Bel)
70 A Domingo (Esp) , C Shinkwin (Eng) , G Boyd  (Eng) , P Relecom  (Bel) , R Kind (Ned) , J Clément  (Sui) , N Kearney (Irl) , P Oriol (Esp) , R McGowan  (Eng) , B Chapellan (Fra)
71 K Samooja (Fin) , X Puig (Esp) , B Hebert  (Fra) , S Gros (Fra) , G Woolgar (Eng) , S Tiley (Eng) , O Wilson (Eng) , M Lampert (Ger) , T Lee (USA) , C Arendell (USA) , T Linard (Fra) , M Dobias  (Sui) , T Murray (Eng) , J Legarrea (Esp) , O Lieser (Cze) , A Maestroni  (Ita) , G Main (USA) , E Espana (Fra) , M Iten (am) (Sui)
72 B Newman (USA) , D Ulrich (Sui) , W Booth  (Sco) , T Pulkkanen  (Fin) , S Einhaus (Ger) , H Bacher (Aut) , R McEvoy  (Eng) , M Orrin (Eng) , J Gallegos  (Esp) , D Frittelli (RSA) , J Burnier (Sui) , F Svanberg  (Sui) , L Weber (Fra) , L Claverie (Esp) , D Vancsik (Arg) , D Booth (Eng) , R McGee (Irl) , J Girrbach (am) (Sui)
73 J Fly (USA) , G Watremez (Bel), D Law (Sco) , C Russo (Fra), G Pinto (Por), M Schneider (Ger) , B Parker  (Eng) , P Maddy (Eng) , M Novy  (Cze) , K Benz (Sui) , A Wrigley (Eng) , M Trappel  (Aut) , T Sluiter  (Ned) , N Thommen  (Sui) , A Gabella (Sui) , M Decottignies-Lafon (Fra) , B Rusch (am) (Sui) ,
74 N Meitinger  (Ger), A Rai (Eng), J Rask (Swe) , C Aguilar  (Esp) , C Macaulay  (Sco) , D Lokke (Den) , J Roos (RSA) , A Hortal  (Esp) , D Wuensche  (Ger) , J Frazer (Wal) , G Porteous (Eng), N Kimsey (Eng), J Garcia Del Moral (Esp) , S Little (Eng) , J Gibb (Eng) , B Evans  (Eng) , M Haines  (Eng) , M Rominger  (Sui)
75 A Bernadet  (Fra) , P Bech (Esp) , R Russell (Sco) , S Castelanelli (Sui) , P Erofejeff (Fin) , J Johnson (Eng) , M Hocaoglu (Tur) , J Mommo  (Fin) , M Carroll (USA) 
76 D Callaway (Eng) , J Nodér (Sui) , S Cremer (Ger) , R Furrer (Sui) , A Roberts (Eng) , R Cazaubon (Mex) , C Caviezel (Sui) , D Suchan  (Cze) 

77 L Tintera  (Cze) , J Kelly (Nor) , A Kaleka  (Fra) , A Rota (Ita) , D Geminiani (Ita) , J Sloan (Eng) , T Lawrence (RSA)  
78 A Savolainen  (Fin) , G Snow  (Ken) , L Nemecz (Aut) , V Phillips (Eng) , P Dedek (am) (Cze) 
79 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) , S Grant  (Irl) , F Colombo (Ita)
80 D Littlefield (USA) , K Berger (Ger) , A Quiros (Esp) , E Amacher (am) (Sui)
81 R Busher (Eng)
83 M Daley (Eng) , K Kalafatoglu (Tur)

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AXELSEN WINS McGREGOR TROPHY SEVEN SEVEN STROKES

CAMERON BLACK MAKES TOP 20

BEHIND GREAT DANE IN ENGLAND

Great Dane John Axelsen won the English Under-16 boys' open stroke-play champonship for the McGregor Trophy at Radcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club, Nottinghamshire by seven shots with a six-under-par total of 274.
The 16-year-old from Denmark, sixth last year when he shot up in the 80s in his final round, this week strung together consistently good rounds of 70, 66, 71 and 67 and never looked like being overtaken after taking the second with that course-record 66.
Defending champion Marco Penge (Goodwood) came back from a potentially demoralising third-round 77 to tied for four place on 284 after a gritty closing 68.
Only two Scots survived the cut. Cameron Black (Cardross) finished T17 on 293 (71-74-75-73) and Glen Burrett (Haggs Castle) tied for 25th place on 296 (71-75-75-75).
The CSS was 71 72 72 71

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2014 McGregor Trophy Winner - John Axelsen

No slip up this time for great Dane Axelsen

Not only did John Axelsen become the first Dane to win the McGregor Trophy but he also got the monkey off his back with his thrilling victory at Radcliffe-on-Trent.
Rounds of 71 and 67 on the final day for a 72-hole total of 274, six under par, left the great Dane seven strokes clear of runner-up Luke Northwood from Kenilworth Golf Club, Warwickshire and nine ahead of Lancashire’s Oliver Clarke from Formby Golf Club.
A year ago in the McGregor at Seacroft, Axelsen (image © Leaderboard Photography) wrecked his victory hopes by shooting 82 after a course record 66. He was devastated and eventually finished sixth, thinking of what might have been.  
This week, the 16 year old Danish boy cap was always in contention, especially after firing another course record 66 and he went into the final day three shots clear and into the final round five ahead.
“I learned a lot from last year,” said Axelsen. “That experience lasted from last year lasted a while but it didn’t affect me this week. I didn’t think much about it, I just concentrated on making pars but with a mind-set of making birdies.
I knew over the last nine holes that I was probably leading by five shots but I’ve seen players in that position screw up. I just kept thinking of making a new record then I’d be safe.”
He certainly came close to it but he always looked in control and his composure never gave a hint that he might screw up.
“This win means a lot to me,” he added. “I’ve played the Reid Trophy twice and now the McGregor three times and this is a big tournament for boys. I’m thrilled and it is a good boost for next week when I’m playing in the European Young Masters in Germany.”
Axelsen partnered defending champion Marco Penge, Golf at Goodwood, for the last two rounds but the Sussex lad failed to hit top form, especially in his morning round of 77. But he stormed back with a closing 68 to finish equal fourth on 284.
Northwood was the surprise package of the event. Two sub-par rounds, including a five-birdie closing 69, saw him put his name on the map. “I was hoping I might make the top ten and perhaps a top five so I’m extremely happy,” said the lad from Kenilworth.
“This is my best performance in any competition and what really pleased me was that I kept calm and composed. “I was glad to shoot low rounds, particularly at the end, and to produce a good performance when it mattered. I managed four consistent rounds and would love to get into the England set-up.
This week’s display will have boosted that particular aim.
Clarke, the Lancashire boy champion, finished with 72 for 283 and is already in the England set-up as an under 16 international and we shall see more of him in the weeks ahead, while Penge, also off to the European Young Masters, made a strong defence of the title and his closing 68 will help erase come of the hurt from his third round 77, which put him out of the hunt.
The English under 15 championship brought a tie on 288, eight over par, between Danny Daniels from The Hertfordshire Golf Club and Northamptonshire’s Ben Jones, Brampton Heath Golf Centre, both of whom finished ninth in the overall competition.
But the lasting impression is of the slightly-built Axelsen producing a class display to not only win the championship but to join the illustrious list of previous winners that include Ryder Cup man Eduardo Molinari, tour players Paul Waring and Matt Baldwin and 2013 US Open champion Justin Rose.
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GALLAGHER, HENRY, WHITE AND STEWART ON SIDELINES



ALL FOUR SCOTS FAIL TO BEAT THE 

CUT IN ALPS TOUR EVENT IN ITALY
All four Scots - John Gallagher (147), John Henry and James White (both 151) and Michael Stewart (158) - missed the cut on 146 in the Alps Tour's Servizitalia Open at Asolo Golf Club today (Thursday).
Gallagher missed out by a single shot with rounds of 71 and 76.
Henry and White had matched scores of 74 and 77 while Michael Stewart continues to
search for the touch that made him an outstanding amateur.
He had a nightmare second-round 80 to tag on to an equally depressing first-day 80 for 158, missing the cut by 12 shots.
Austria Tobias Nemecz leads with seven-under 137 (68-69)

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PGA EUROPRO TOUR EVENT SET FOR EXCITING FINISH IN EDINBURGH


ROYAL BURGESS AMATEUR ROSS MAY 

HAVE TO TURN DOWN £10,000 PRIZE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
It's not beyond the bounds of possibility that Royal Burgess Society amateur member James Ross will have to turn down the first prize of £10,000 prize after one more very good round over his home Edinburgh course in the PGA EuroPro Tour's Simpson and Marwick Championship.
Third-placed Ross is hanging on to the coat-tails of the leading pros, Gary King (Tyrells Wood) (64-67) and Jack Colegate (Deangate Ridge (65-66), one shot behind on 132 after rounds of 65 and 67.
Ross, who expects to turn pro at the end of the summer, birdied the sedcond, sixth, eighth and 12th in his second round. The only blemish at a bogey at the seventh.
Thirteen Scots survived the cut at 141 and better.
Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) is only three shots off the pace in joint tifth place on 134 with a pair of 67s and Aberdeen's Greg McBain (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) is joint sixth on 135 after rounds of 67 and 68.
They have an outside chance of snatching the £10,000 from the leaders if they can
produce a low score in the 60s over the third and final round.
LEADING QUALIFIERS
Royal Burgess Society golf course, Edinburgh
Par 140 (2x70)
131 G King (Eng) 64 67, J Colegate (Eng) 65 66
132 J Ross (Royal Burgess) (am) 65 67
OTHER SCOTTISH SCORES
134 N Fenwick 67 69 (T5)
135 G McBain 67 68 (T6)
138 M Isaacs 70 68, C Currie 69 69  (T21)
139 P Robinson 71 68, E Ramsay 73 66, R Kellett 72 67, K Nicol 69 70 (T29)
140 A Oldcorn 72 68 (T38)
141 C O'Neil 72 69, R Cameron 70 71, J Findlay 69 72 (T44).
    MISSED THE CUT
142 L Saltman 72 70, S Crichton 73 69, C Lawrie 72 60, C Trahan 72 70
143 E Saltman 73 70, M Patterson 77 66, P Shields 72 71, G Rankin 75 68, J Cliff 71 72
144 N Henderson 75 69
145 M Hillson 68 77
146 R Dizon 72 74, P Doherty 73 73
149 S Binning 71 78
150 C Smith 79 71, J Hendrick 77 73
151 G Forbes 80 71, J McColl 77 74
152 Z Saltman 78 74
153 F McKenna 79 77, A Borg 83 73
159 M Smith 84 75


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TOP SEED BLAIR BEATEN IN QUARTER-FINALS AT SOUTHERNESS


BROTHERSTON FAVOURITE TO WIN

SCOTTISH SENIORS' MATCHPLAY

Top seed Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) was beaten 3 and 2 by Stewart Millar (Cochrane Castle) in today's quarter-finals of the Scottish senior men's amateur match-play golf championship at Southerness Golf Club, Dumfries-shire.
Millar plays Les Pirie (Millport) in the first semi-final.
The other will feature the favourite, Ian Brotherson (Dumfries and County) against the No 2 seed, Anglo-Scot Malcolm Reid (Sonning).


SCOTTISH SENIOR MEN'S AMATEUR MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Southerness Golf Club, Dumfries-shire
SECOND ROUND
Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) bt Tony Patterson (Sunningdale) 3 and 2.
Stewart Millar (Cochrane Castle) bt David Dickson (Lochmaben)
Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) bt Muir Townsley (Dumfries and Co) 3 and 2.
Les Pirie (Millport) bt Colin Halcrow (Windyhill) 3 and 2.
Malcolm Reid (Sonning) bt James Johnson (Northumberland) 2 and 1.
Tony Clark (Dumfries and Co) bt Ricky Gray (Irvine) 3 and 1
Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and Co) bt Alistair Harkness (Southerness) 3 and 2
Ken Thomson (Bramhall Park) bt Ian Gillan (Bishopbriggs) 4 and 2.

QUARTER-FINALS
Millar bt Blair 3 and 2
Pirie bt Stewart 2 and 1
Reid bt Clark 4 and 3
Brotherston bt Thomson 2 and 1

 SUPER SENIORS
SEMI-FINALS
David A Millar (St Andrews New) (5) bt John Broadfoot (Turnberry) (4) at 19th.
Keith Howie (West Kilbride) (5) bt Gordon Gray (Newmachar) (7) 3 and 2.


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HANDICAP TOURNAMENT RESULTS

DRUMPELLIER MEN'S OPEN


Competition Scratch Score = Home: 71, Visitors: 72 (Men)

Overall
Position
Player
Score
Comments
Revised
Handicap
Overall
1
Mount Ellen
Overall Winner
Visitor
2
Easter Moffat
Overall Runner-Up &
Lowest Gross Score
Visitor
3
Drumpellier
Overall Third
25.5
4
Drumoig
Overall Fourth
Visitor
Division 1
5
Ralston
Division 1 Winner
Visitor
6
Drumpellier
Division 1 Runner-Up
10.1
8
Kirkintilloch
Division 1 Third
Visitor
9
Cawder

Visitor
10
Drumpellier

10.3
12
Easter Moffat

Visitor
14
Drumpellier

8.5





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SCOTS BLACK AND BURRETT AROUND THE TOP 20 MARK

GREAT DANE LEADS BY FOUR IN

McGREGOR TROPHY TOURNAMENT


Marco Penge's hopes of retaining the McGregor Trophy - the prize for the winner of the English Under-16 boys' open amateur stroke-play championship at Ratcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club - evaporated this morning with a third-round 77 for 216, which dropped him to ninth place, nine shots behind the overnight leader, John Axelsen (Denmark) who increased his grip on the tournament with a 71 for 207 - four ahead of the second-placed Matty Lamb (Hexham) and Oliver Clarke (Formby).
Scots Cameron Black (75 for 220) is in joint 18th place and Glen Burrett (72 for 221) is sharing 23rd place.

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SCOTTISH SENIORS GOLFING SOCIETY MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

TOP SEEDS ADVANCE TO LAST 

EIGHT AT SOUTHERNESS

The top three  seeds - Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth), Malcolm Reid (Sonning) and Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and County) - all advanced to the quarter-finals of the Scottish Seniors Golfing Society match-play championship on a calm, sunny morning at Southerness Golf Club on the shores of the Solway Firth.

Brotherston, pictured by Steve Ellis, had some of the best figures of the second-round ties in winning by 3 and 2 against Alistair Harkness, a home club player.
Dumfries and County member Brotherston now plays Ken Thomson (Bramhall Park) for a place in Friday's semi-finals. Thomson was a 4 and 2 winner over Ian Gillan (Bishopbriggs).
Top qualifier Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth)  was a 3 and 2 winner against Tony Patterson (Sunningdale) and now plays Stewart Millar (Cochrane Castle), a 2 and 1 winner against David Dickson (Lochmaben).
No 2 qualifier Malcolm Reid (Sonning) plays Tony Clark (Dumfries and Co) in the quarter-finals after Reid beat James Johnston (Northumberland) by 2 and 1 while Clark bt Ricky Gray (Irvine), a past finalist in this championship, in a quality match.
Friday's Super Seniors final for the over-65s will feature David A Millar (St Andrews New) and Keith Howie (West Kilbride).

CHAMPIONSHIP 
SECOND ROUND
Lindsay Blair (Grangemouth) bt Tony Patterson (Sunningdale) 3 and 2.
Stewart Millar (Cochrane Castle) bt David Dickson (Lochmaben)
Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) bt Muir Townsley (Dumfries and Co) 3 and 2.
Les Pirie (Millport) bt Colin Halcrow (Windyhill) 3 and 2.
Malcolm Reid (Sonning) bt James Johnson (Northumberland) 2 and 1.
Tony Clark (Dumfries and Co) bt Ricky Gray (Irvine) 3 and 1
Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and Co) bt Alistair Harkness (Southerness) 3 and 2
Ken Thomson (Bramhall Park) bt Ian Gillan (Bishopbriggs) 4 and 2.
QUARTER-FINALS
Millar bt Blair 3 and 2
Pirie bt Stewart 2 and 1
Reid bt Clark 4 and 3
Brotherston bt Thomson 2 and 1


 SUPER SENIORS
SEMI-FINALS
David A Millar (St Andrews New) (5) bt John Broadfoot (Turnberry) (4) at 19th.
Keith Howie (West Kilbride) (5) bt Gordon Gray (Newmachar) (7) 3 and 2. 


                        +   Keith Howie, pictured above by Steve Ellis

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