ALL THE FINAL S E D OPEN SCORES ARE THERE NOW WITH REPORT

SCROLL DOWN TO SUNDAY'S REPORT OF THE SOUTH-EAST DISTRICT OPEN AND YOU WILL FIND THAT ALL THE FINAL TOTALS ARE THERE NOW, COURTESY OF THE LOTHIANS GOLF ASSOCIATION WEBSITE.

RYDER CUP CAPTAIN'S PICKS ANNOUNCED TUESDAY

IT'S DECISION TIME FOR McGINLEY

 

FROM SKYSPORTS.COM

Paul McGinley will finalise Europe's Ryder Cup team with the addition of his three captain's picks tomorrow (Tuesday)

McGinley will reveal the additional selections live on Sky Sports News HQ from 12:30pm after a couple of days' thinking about his options in the wake of Sunday's Italian Open.
The Irishman already knew eight of his team going in to the final qualifying event in Turin, with the only question mark whether Stephen Gallacher could force his way into the ninth spot ahead of Graeme McDowell.
But the Scot could only manage third, when he needed to finish in the top two, seeing his hopes ended by a sloppy finish to the final round and a grandstand conclusion from Englishman David Howell.

Europe's Ryder Cup Team Qualifiers

Rory McIlroy
Henrik Stenson
Victor Dubuisson
Jamie Donaldson
Sergio Garcia
Justin Rose
Martin Kaymer
Thomas Bjorn
Graeme McDowell
+ THREE Captain's Pick

That left McDowell to join world No 1 Rory McIlroy, European No 1 Henrik Stenson, Thomas Bjorn, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Justin Rose and rookies Jamie Donaldson and Victor Dubuisson as automatic qualifiers.
Gallacher is now left to sweat on a place in the team for the Gleneagles spectacular from September 26-28, the event being played a matter of 35 miles from his home on a course he has fond memories of.
He has recorded seven top-10 finishes in 12 appearances and lost a play-off to Tommy Fleetwood in last year's Johnnie Walker Championship
But the competition for places is strong, something McGinley is delighted with, as experienced campaigners Luke Donald, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood all failed to make the team, as did Francesco Molinari.
McGinley's picks are expected to come from that quintet, with Gallacher the only rookie among them.
Speaking to Sky Sports about Gallacher at the conclusion of the Italian Open, McGinley said: "The gun was to his head but he performed very strongly. All credit to him. It's unfortunate he's come up one shot short of being an automatic in the team.

"This has been the toughest ever Ryder Cup team to make from a European point of view, in terms of points you need to amass to make the team, so he has been up against it. And for a rank and file guy from the European Tour, who doesn’t play in America and misses out on a lot of the world ranking points as a result, to perform as well as he does all credit to him.
"His performance this week will very strongly be in his favour when it comes to making the picks but there is a lot of emotion around here at the moment, let’s put a little bit of cold water on it."
Donald and Poulter are still competing in the FedEx Cup play-off events, but Westwood missed out on qualifying for the second of them, the Deutsche Bank Championship.
McGinley played alongside Westwood in 2002, 2004 and 2006, with Donald in 2004 and 2006 and just once with Poulter (2004) but he was also vice-captain in 2010 and 2012 when all three players helped Europe claim narrow wins at Celtic Manor and Medinah, Poulter playing the starring role in the latter victory.
"There will be some very difficult decisions to be made," McGinley said. "I have been on Tour now for 21 years, I know everyone.
"I've spoke about the bonding I felt with players I have played with, they would walk in the door and we have a sixth sense.
"You can imagine how difficult it's going to be for me if I have to call one of them up and say 'I'm sorry, you're not one of my picks,' I am maybe going with a rookie I don't have any bonding with.
"That's going to be very difficult for me but I am prepared for that. Olly (2012 captain Jose Maria Olazabal) made a wonderful point when people were talking about is he going to pick a player because you like or don't like them, and he said this is the Ryder Cup. I'm here to win the Ryder Cup.
"Personal things go out of the window and that's what it will be for me. I am prepared for the tough decisions, I am not afraid to make those."
Watch confirmation of Paul McGinley's Ryder Cup team from 12:30pm on Tuesday on Sky Sports News HQ and coverage of the event proper starts on September 26 on channel 405, our dedicated Sky Sports Ryder Cup channel.

INVERNESS EXILE POSTED SIX-UNDER 278 FINAL TOTAL

 KNOX EARNS $61,600 FOR JOINT 26th

PLACE FINISH ON US PGA TOUR

Russell posted a final round of one-under-par 70 for an aggregate of six-under 278. His earlier rounds were 67, 70 and 71.
The Inverness exile finished T26 and earned $61,600 (roughly £30,000) - nice work if you can get it!
Russell finished ahead of a host of big names:
279 Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar, Jordan Spieth
282 Phil Mickelson
283 Ernie Els
284 Luke Donald
285 Hunter Mahan

At the sharp end of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts, with only a few holes to play
the position is:
Chris Kirk 15 under par
Billy Horschell 14 under par
Geoff Ogilvy 13 under par

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PAUL LAWRIE FOUNDATION SCHOOLS TEAM CHALLENGE

Scratch winners ROBERT GORDON'S COLLEGE. Left to right: Michael Lawrie, Curtis Stephen (with trophy) and Dylan Smith. Peterculter picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency

GORDON'S COLLEGE AND HAZLEHEAD 
ACADEMY WIN SCRATCH, HANDICAP

Robert Gordon's College won the scratch trophy and Hazlehead Academy claimed the handicap trophy in today's Paul Lawrie Foundation Schools Team Challenge tournament at Peterculter Golf Club.
Michael Lawrie (71), Dylan Smith (74)  and Curtis Stephen (81) compiled an aggregate of 226 to win by six strokes from Cults Academy (232) with Aboyne Academy (248) in third place in a field of 19 school teams.
It was a third win in the tournament by Gordon's College. They also won in 2009 and 2011.
Cults Academy were the defending champions. In fact they were bidding to complete a hat-trick, having won the scratch title in 2012 and 2013.
Hazlehead Academy's  Craig Leith (3) 69, Jasmine Mackintosh (5) 69 and Connor Brown (12) 73 had a net team total of 211 to score a nine-stroke victory in the handicap section. Ellon Academy (220) were second and Albyn (222) were third.
Hazlehead Academy also won the handicap title last year. 
The lowest score of the day was a one-under-par 70, returned by Cameron Fraser (Meldrum Academy) and also by Adam Fisher (Cults Academy). 
Fraser had halves of 38-32; Fisher 35-35 so Fraser was the winner with the better inward half. 
Fraser birdied the 10th, 11th, 14th and 15th. He had bogeys at the first, sixth and 13th.

Handicap winners: HAZLEHEAD ACADEMY. Left to right: Connor Brown, Craig Leith and Jasmine Mackintosh. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency 

ALL THE TEAM TOTALS
CSS 71 for boys and girls
+The competition rules debar a team from winning prizes in both the scratch AND handicap.
SCRATCH
1st - 226 Robert Gordon's College (M Lawrie 71, D Smith 74, C Stephen 81)
(231 Hazlehead Acad)
2nd - 232 Cults Acad (A Fisher 70, B Henderson 71, D Craig 91)
(242 Ellon Acad)
3rd - 248 Aboyne Acad (K Harker 80, Shannon McWilliam 83, C Dufftown 85).
249 Peterhead Acad
251 Banff Acad
253 Aberdeen Grammar School
255 Albyn School, Banchory Acad, Meldrum Acad
256 Alford Acad
262 The Gordon Schools (Huntly)
263 Inverurie Acad
268 Speyside High
270 Turriff Acad
272 Torry Acad
280 Oldmachar Acad
297 Westhill Acad

HANDICAP
1st - 211 Hazlehead Acad: C Leith (3) 69, J Mackintosh (5) 69, C Brown (12) 73.
(216 Robert Gordon's College)
2nd - 220 Ellon Acad: A Imray (9) 72, G Pirie (5) 74, K Moran (8) 74.
3rd - 222 Albyn School: A Kinghorn (10) 70, F McKenna (5) 71, H Webster (18) 81.
225 Cults Acad, The Gordon Schools (Huntly)
226 Speyside High
229 Alford Acad
231 Banchory Acad
232 Aberdeen Grammar School, Peterhead Acad
233 Torry Acad
234 Oldmachar Acadk
235 Meldrum Acad
237 Aboyne Acad, Inverurie Acad, Turriff Acad
244 Banff Acad, Westhill Acad

BEST INDIVIDUAL SCRATCH ROUNDS
BOYS par 71 CSS 71
70 C Fraser (Meldrum Acad) 38-32, A Fisher (Cults Acad) 35-35. Fraser won with better inward half.
71 M Lawrie (Gordon's College), B Henderson (Cults Acade)
72 C Leith (Hazlehead Acad)
74 D Smith (Gordon's College)
76 F McKenna (Albyn School), G Elrick (Alford Acad). 

GIRLS par 72 CSS 71
74 Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead Acad)
83 Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne Acad) 

ASSISTANTS CHAMPIONSHIP HEADED BY MATCHING 72s

WELSH AND O'HARA SHARE THE

HONOURS AT RANFURLY CASTLE

Alan Welsh (Cathkin Brages) and Clydeway Golf's Paul O'Hara shared the honours in the Ranfurly Castle 18-hole assistants' championship today.
They both returned two-over-par 72s to earn £450 each on a tricky course with fast greens.
Welsh should have won because he had two double bogeys, one at the short seventh and the other at the 14th.
He needed birdies at the third, 13th, 15th and 18th to offset that.
O'Hara had only two birdies, at the third and 15th, dropping shots at the first, fourth, sixth and 17th.
Home course player David Stein was third on 75 to earn £350.
SCORES
Par 70
72 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes), P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf) (£450 each).
75 D Stein (Ranfurly Castle) (£350)
76 J Gallagher (Douglas Park), L Gaughan (Bathgate), C Goodwin (Duff House Royal), C Farrell (Cardross) (£236 each).
77 C Porciani (Turnberry Hotel), I McNab (Dundonald Links), K Zeynalov (Paul Lawrie GC), R Millar (unatt), R McConnachie (Peterculter), C Armstrong (Burntisland), R Rushford (Glenbervie), G Hay (Nairn Dunbar) (£125 each)
78 C Brown (Carrick on Loch Lomond), S Fay (Royal Dornoch), K McNicoll (Gullane), F Robertson (Lundin), A Munro (Elie SC), J Fraser (Renaissance) (£50 each)
79 M Shaw (Whitecraigs), T Poyser (Renaissance)
80 G Smith (Gleneagles), R Clarke (Gamola Golf), C McManus (Kilmarnock Barassie), C Robinson (Elie SC)
81 S Costello (Strathaven)
82 L Burnett (Mearns Castle), A Todd (Prestwick), P Mitchell (Stirling), C Beveridge (West Kilbride)
83 S Milne (Balbirnie Park), M Mackenzie (Edzell), K Moran (Balbirnie Park).
85 J Mackay (Turnberry Hotel)
86 B Harvey (Loudon Castle GR), A Hutchison (Douglas Park)
87 F Thomson (Turnberry Hotel)
88 S Craigon (Balbirnie Park), M Penny (Montrose Links)
91 S Smith (Scotscraig)
Disqualified - D Fleming (Caldwell)
Retired - T Dingwall (Kemnay), K McNiven (Gleneagles).

 

US PGA TOUR REPORT AND LINK TO SCORES

PAR ROUND DROPS RUSSELL KNOX OUT 

OF TOP 20 - SEVEN BEHIND LEADER

So high is the standard of competition on the US PGA Tour that Russell Knox sank out of the top 10 to T21 with one round to go - after shooting a third-round PAR 71 in the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston, Norton in Massachussets.
The man from Inverness and Jacksonville Beach had earlier scores of 67 and 70. But at five-under-par 208 he is seven shots behind leader Russell Henlry (70-66-65).
Rory McIlroy is joint third on 203 alongside Jason Day and Chris Kirk.
The tournament finishes today, not Sunday as normal.
LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
par 213 (3x71) players from USA unless stated
201 Russell Henley 70 66 65
202 Billy Horschel 69 66 67
203 Jason Day (Australia) 66 68 69, Chris Kirk 73 66 64, Rory McIlroy (N Ireland) 70 69 64.

SELECTED SCORE
208 Russell Knox (Scotland) 67 70 71 (T21)

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NORTH-EAST DISTRICT TOURNAMENT AT CRUDEN BAY

HAZLEHEAD PAIR WIN SIMMERS 

TROPHY FOURSOMES

Hazlehead's Scott Robertson and Greg Kennedy, pictured right, won the North-east District's foursomes tournament for the Simmers Trophy at Cruden Bay on Sunday.
They had a score of 69 (35-34) to win by two shots from three teams - Kemnay 2 (Marc Coull and Dave Andrew), Banchory 1 (Lindsay Smart and Jack Harling) and Cruden Bay 2 (Stephen Roger and Michael Buchan).
Royal Aberdeen's Mark Halliday and Donald Macandrew would have finished second with a 70 but were disqualified for playing a hole out of turn and not going to replay it in the correct order).

SCOREBOARD
69 Hazlehead (Scott Robertson and Greg Kennedy) 35-34   
71 Kemnay 2 (Marc Coull and Dave Andrew) 36-35, Banchory 1 (Lindsay Smart and Jack Harling) 36-35, Cruden Bay 2 (Stephen Roger and Michael Buchan) 34-37.
74 Nigg Bay 1 (Ryan Forbes and Gordon Grimmer), Kemnay 1 (Ritchie Manson and Phil Don), Bon Accord 1 (Matthew Greig and Barrie Edmond).
75 Cruden Bay 1 (Dominic King and Mark Christie), Nigg Bay 2 (Ian Welsh and Stephen Jamieson), Duff House Royal 2 (Lewis West and Ellis Gray), Portlethen 2 (Graham Innes and Keith Horne).
76 Northern 1 (George Paterson and Cameron Johnstone), Craibstone 1 (Craig Wilkinson and John Tanser), Deeside 2 (Sam Fraser and Jamie Hall).
77 Banchory 2 (Roy Black and Adam Lindsay), Deeside 1 (Kevin Willox and Tom Rennie), Peterculter 2 (John Kennedy and Gary Watson).
78 Royal Tarlair (Neil Smith and Gavin Still), Portlethen 1 (Clark Brechin and Ken Dalgleish).
79 Kintore (S Carmichael and    Ian J Campbell), Bon Accord 2 (Matty Dunn and Davie Grieve), Murcar Links 2 (Alan Holbrook and Gregor Stewart).
81 Murcar Links 1 (Corin Stewart and Anthony Bews), Peterculter 1 (Paul Forbes and Martin Aitken).
83 Duff House Royal 1 (David Morrison    and Jordan Sleigh)   
87 Craibstone 2 (Stuart Milne and Matt Smith).   
88 Northern 2 (Scott Kennedy and Liam Minty).     
93 Longside (Martin Fraser and Roy Lyon)       
Disqualified - Royal Aberdeen (Mark Halliday and Donald Macandrew).