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PRIZELIST AT MONTROSE TODAY

MONTROSE LINK SENIORS’ OPEN 

CSS for day: Visitors –71  Locals –73                       

SECTION A (55 – 59 YEARS)

1^st Scratch     Hugh Naysmith (West Linton) 73

1^st Handicap Graeme Watson (Newburgh on Ythan) 79 (9) 70 (bih)

 2^nd Handicap Barry Coull (Montrose Mercantile) 81 (11) 70

 3^rd Handicap  Ian Morton (Glencorse) 83 (12) 71 (bih)

                             

SECTION B (60 – 64 YEARS)

1^st Scratch     David Downie (Kirriemuir) 76

1^st Handicap  David Anderson (Panmure) 91 (22) 69

2^nd Handicap Brian Watt (Camperdown) 84 (14) 70          

3^rd Handicap  John Hope (Campsie) 80 (8) 72 (bih)

                   

SECTION C (65 – 69 YEARS)

1^st Scratch    John Scott (Grange) 72

1^st Handicap Mike Wallace (Kemnay) 82 (15) 67 (bih)         

2^nd Handicap David Bissett (Banchory) 76 (9) 67      

3^rd Handicap  Douglas Cameron (Deeside) 77 (8) 69            

SECTION D (70 YEARS +)

 1^st Scratch       Harry Roulston (Stonehaven) 80

 1^st Handicap    George Nicoll (King James VI) 81 (11) 70         

 2^nd Handicap  Bob Wishart (Montrose Mercantile) 87 (14) 73        

 3^rd Handicap   Donald Wood (Newburgh on Ythan) 88 (14) 74 (bih)

                              

WINNER OF D P GRANT ROSEBOWL
(Best net score by local player)
 Barry Coull (Montrose Mercantile) 81 (11) 7

 WINNER OF ARTHUR GIBSON SHIELD 

(Best net score of visitor)

Mike Wallace (Kemnay) 82 (15) 67 (bih)                                        

PRO ALISTAIR WEBSTER. AMATEUR JIM WATT TOP SCRATCH SCORES

HOME COMFORTS FOR EDZELL MEN

 AT  MIDLAND ALLIANCE
 
Local knowledge paid off for Edzell professional Alistair Webster and amateur Jim Watt in today's (Tuesday) Midland Golfers' Alliance competition over their home course.
Webster and Watt tied for the top scratch prize with par scores of 71.
Another Edzell member, two-handicapper Keith Bruce, also figured prominently in the leading net scores. He shared the handicap prize on net 70 with Colin Myles who plays off six at Monifieth.
Winners of the Ian Cooke Catering team competition by three shots were Fraser Mann (Carnoustie), Paul Brookes (Pitreavie) and Chris Westland (Alloa) with a best ball score of 59.

LEADING SCRATCH
par 71
71 A Webster (Edzell) p, J Watt (Edzell).
72 K Bruce (Edzell), S Rennie (Brechin) p.
73 P Brookes (Pitreavie) p, J Smith (Charleton).
74 G Tough (Edzell)
75 P Jamieson (Dunblane) p, S Robertson (Downfield)
76 C Myles (Monifieth)

 LEADING HANDICAP
70 K Bruce (Edzell) (2), J Watt (Edzell) (1), C Myles (Monifieth).
71 J Smith (Charleton) (2), C Westland (Alloa) (11).
73 P Rhind (Grange) (7),  I Butchart (Strathmore) (6), D Redford (Murrayshall) (10).
74 G Wilkie (Muckhart) (14).

Ian Cooke Catering Team competition
59 F Mann (Carnoustie) p, P Brookes (Pitreavie) p, C Westland (Alloa) (11)
62 (bih) S Hills (Monifieth) (7), A Reid (Monifieth) (12), T Lumsden (Monifieth) (8);  H Salmond (Alloa) (5). T Cooper (19th Hole) (8), G Wilkie (Muckhart) (14).

Next meeting

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

PowaKaddy (A. Duncan)Team Competition

Forfar Golf Club

Tee reserved 9am to 1pm.

Lee Sutherland

PGA IN SCOTLAND NEWS RELEASE

Dear Colin Farquharson: TEE TIMES FOR SCOTTISH SENIOR PROFESSIONAL STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP Round 1: Dalmahoy Golf and Country Club  - West Course 09/09/2014 Tee Time Name 1 8:00 AM Kevin Phillips, Winterfield Golf Course Paul Brookes, Pitreavie Golf Club 1 8:10 AM Alastair McLean, Duddingston Golf Club Craig Everett, Caldwell Golf Club 1 8:20 AM Alastair Webster, Edzell Golf Club Neil Colquhoun, Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Cl Robert Stewart, Newburgh on Ythan Golf Club 1 8:30 AM Stephen Craig, Craig Golf 79 David Thomson, Carnegie Club Stephen McAllister, Stephen McAllister Golf 1 8:40 AM Campbell Elliott, Haggs Castle Golf Club Dean Vannet, Peterculter Golf Club Colin Gillies, Kingsfield Golf Centre 1 8:50 AM Nick Walton, Glasgow Golf Club Duncan Williamson, Kirkhill Golf Club Iain Seath, Liberton Golf Club 1 9:00 AM Ian Taylor, Drumpellier Golf Club Alan Tait, Marriott Dalmahoy Golf & Count Andrew Hutton, World of Golf 1 9:10 AM Alastair Forrow, Whitecraigs Golf Club Kenneth Hutton, Downfield Golf Club Gordon Law, Uphall Golf Club 1 9:20 AM Robert Arnott, Bishopbriggs Golf Range David Gemmell, Aberdour Golf Club Ken Campbell, Machrihanish Golf Club 1 9:30 AM Lindsay Mann Kenneth Kelly, Baberton Golf Club Colin Brooks, Braid Hills Golf Range 1 9:40 AM Stewart Savage, Dalmuir Golf Club John Chillas Andrew Crerar, Panmure Golf Club Complete information is available at Tournament Information Page (TIP)

EUROPEAN SENIOR MEN'S AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP IN POLAND

SCOTS ON COURSE FOR TOP FLIGHT

Scotland are on course to make the championship flight of eight teams after the first qualifying round of the European senior men's amateur team championship at Sierra Golf Club, Poland.
The Scots are in fifth place on 388 - 11 behind leaders England who were spearheaded by an excellent round of two-under-par 70 (three shots better than anyone else in the field) from Alan Mew.
Scotland's best scorer was Tulliallan's Bob Stewart with a 76 which put him in joint 17th place.
Scottish senior stroke-play champion Barry Brooks (Meldrum House) did not have a good day. he scored a nine-over-par 81.
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
INDIVIDUALS
par 70
70 A Mew (Eng)
73 S Lindberg (Swe), R Latham (Eng)
SCOTS' SCORES
76 B Stewart (T17)
77 M Reid (T22)
78 I Brotherston, D Gardner (T25)
79 J Fraser (T33)
81 B Brooks (T54)

LEADING TEAMS
377 England
380 Sweden
387 Switzerland, Spain
388 Scotland
389 Germany
390 Ireland
394 France 

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CARNEGIE INVITATIONAL REPORT AND SCORES

STEPHEN GRAY LEADS BY FOUR AFTER 

RECORD 63 AT SKIBO CASTLE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

SCROLL DOWN PAST THE SCORES FOR
 WEDNESDAY'S TEE TIMES 
Stephen Gray has one hand on the £5,500 first prize after a brilliant opening round of  eight-under-par 63 - one shot inside home pro David Thomson's course record - to lead by four strokes at the halfway stage of the £42,000 Carnegie Invitational at Skibo Castle.
On a great day for golf - warm sunshine and no wind - the Hayston Golf Club, Glasgow professional got off to a flying start by birdieing the first four holes at the Sutherland retreat's Carnegie Links, near Dornoch.
Five straight pars followed to see him out in four-under 31.
Gray's only bogey, at the 10th, was the springboard from which he birdied the 11th, 13th, 14th, 17th and 18h for four-under 32 home. 
He has a commanding advantage over Greig Hutcheon in the race for the £5,500 first prize, one of the biggest on the Tartan Tour.
The Paul Lawrie Golf Centre man had a double-eagle round - a 3 at the par-5 fifth and a 2 at the par 4 17th in halves of 32 and 35. 
Hutch also birdied the long third, seventh, and long 18th but bogeys at the second, 13th and 16th leaves him with an uphill task over the second round in his bid to win for a 10th time this season.
Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) and senior Kenny Hutton (Downfield) are sharing third place on 69.
Fox had four birdies, Hutton five and a double bogey 6 at the 16th.
Stephen Gray and "The Jube Jubes" trio of Greg Fairburn (9), Alan Grant (6) and William Florence (18) lead at halfway in the pro-am team event with a score of 20-unde3r-par 122. 
Craig Ronald and the Barking Mad team are lying second on 127 with Greig Hutcheon and the Rosskeen Rascals third on 128. The teams keep the same pros for the second round.
 PRO SCORES
FIRST ROUND
Par 71
63 S Gray (Hayston)
67 G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC)
69 G Fox (Clydeway Golf), K Hutton (Downfield)
70 C Ronald (Carluke), F Cromarty (Nairn)
71 G Vivers (Inverness)
72 G Law (Uphall), S Henderson (Kings Links)
75 A Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy)
76 M King (Kingsfield)
82 J McCreadie (Buchanan Castle)
83 D Thomson (Carnegie Club), D Lockhart (Queenswood)
92 R Mackenzie-Smith (Carnegie Club).

 Round 2: Carnegie Club

 - Skibo Castle 03/09/2014

 Tee  Time      Name

  1   8:00 AM   David Thomson, Carnegie Club

  1   8:10 AM   Mark King, Kingsfield Golf Centre

  1   8:20 AM   Scott Henderson, Kings Links Golf Centre

  1   8:30 AM   Richard Mackenzie-Smith, Carnegie Club

  1   8:40 AM   Alan Tait, Marriott Dalmahoy Golf & Count

  1   8:50 AM   Dan Lockhart, Queenswood

  1   9:00 AM   Graham Vivers, Inverness Golf Centre Ltd

  1   9:10 AM   Fraser Cromarty, Nairn Golf Club

  1   9:20 AM   Gordon Law, Uphall Golf Club

  1   9:30 AM   Kenneth Hutton, Downfield Golf Club

  1   9:40 AM   Graham Fox, Clydeway Golf

  1   9:50 AM   Jason McCreadie, Buchanan Castle Golf Club

  1   10:00 AM  Greig Hutcheon, Paul Lawrie Golf Centre

  1   10:10 AM  Craig Ronald, Carluke Golf Club

  1   10:20 AM  Stephen Gray, Hayston Golf Club

Complete information is available at Tournament Information Page (TIP)

LOMBARD TROPHY OVER KING'S COURSE

PANMURE PAIR IN THE MIX AT 

GLENEAGLES PRO-AM FINAL

Panmure pro Andrew Crerar and his amateur partner, Craig McKinlay are two shots off the pace in third place after the first round of the Lombard Trophy Grand Final over the King's Course, Gleneagles.
They combined for a seven-under-par 64, which included an inward half of 31, thanks to eagle 3s at the 10th and 18th.
Nigel Pearce, the pro at Sleaford Golf Club, Lincolnshire holed his tee shot at the short third, which helped him and his amateur partner Shaun Clare to take the overnight lead with a nine-under-par 62.
The St Kew, Cornwall pairing of Richard O’Hanlon and Andy Jones finished the opening day in second place, just one shot behind on 63.
Norman Huguet and amateur Kevin Haggart (Musselburgh) are in joint seventh place in the field of 16 pairs who qualified through regional competitions. They had a 67.

LOMBARD TROPHY 
King's Course, Gleneagles
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 71. Pro's name first in each pairin
62 N Pearce and S Clare (Sleaford)
63 R O'Hanlon and A Jones (St Kew)
64 A Crerar and C McKinlay (Panmure).
SELECTED SCORE
67 N Huguet and K Haggart (Musselburgh).


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EUROPE RYDER CUP TEAM FINALISED

GALLACHER, WESTWOOD, POULTER 

ARE  CAPTAIN'S   GLENEAGLES PICKS

FROM THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH WEBSITE

European captain Paul McGinley on Tuesday completed his Ryder Cup team for Gleneagles by naming Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Stephen Gallacher as his three wild cards.

The trio will join Thomas Björn, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson on The PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles from September 26-28, as Europe bid to retain the trophy won in such dramatic fashion in Medinah two years ago.

Poulter and Westwood, of course, were members of that Medinah team, while Gallacher will be making his Ryder Cup debut in his home country.

There is no place for former world number one Luke Donald as Europe look to claim an eighth win in the last 10 stagings of the biennial contest against the United States on September 26-28.
Westwood has made eight consecutive appearances since making his debut in 1997, winning 21 points from 37 matches.
The 41-year-old finished seventh in the Masters in April and won in Malaysia the following week, but suffered a slump in form until a final round of 63 in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in August.
He also shared the lead after the first round of the US PGA Championship before finishing 15th, but failed to advance beyond the first FedEx Cup play-off event.
Gallacher, pictured above, came agonisingly close to securing an automatic place on the team by finishing third in the Italian Open on Sunday, just one shot out of the share of second place he required.
However, McGinley stayed on in Turin after missing the cut and witnessed the Scot card a flawless closing 65 to record his 10th top-10 finish of a qualifying campaign which also saw him retain his Dubai Desert Classic title in February.
Poulter has earned the nickname 'Mr Ryder Cup' and it is hard not to see why. This is the third time he has needed a wild card to make the team, but he has raised his game on every occasion and none more so than at Medinah in 2012.
The 38-year-old won all four of his matches and famously birdied the last five holes alongside Rory McIlroy to beat Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson in the Saturday fourballs. 

He also beat Webb Simpson in the singles to take his record to an amazing 12 wins from 15 matches.
"I'm in a privileged position in that I had a variety of choices and it says a lot about the European Tour and the standards we have now in Europe, the quality of the picks I have and how far we've come over the years for me to have such an abundance of talent to choose from," McGinley said.
"There are some real quality players who have performed incredibly well who are not going to make the team. It was a very difficult call to those guys involved but on the positive side I think we have three players that will add a lot to the nine already qualified who make the European team as strong as it needs to be to take on the might of America."

McGinley likened Gallacher's efforts in Turin to the way he put himself in position to make the Ryder Cup team back in 2004.

"I think his performance last week in Italy, under the spotlight, was huge," McGinley said. "He'll look back at that at the end of his career, whatever he goes on to achieve, as one of the highlights of his career, if not the highlight.

"I know from experience, I look back on my career as I come to the close of it now, at my performance in 2004 on the very last event to get my head in front and into the team. I look back on that as one of my proudest moments as a professional golfer, and Stevey will feel like that this morning. What he did, how he did it, all credit to him."

Asked how he felt now looking at his full line-up for the event, McGinley said: "Excitement is the word. Excitement is what I want the players to feel and there's certainly that. Stevey Gallacher, as you can imagine, I said, 'Stevey, you can go and have a drink and celebrate', and he said, 'Is that okay? Can I have a drink?' so he is taking this seriously no doubt.

"I'm very proud for him being Scottish. Again I'm lucky in that I've played a Ryder Cup in my home country so I know what it's going to feel like for Stevey and how proud he's going to be.

"Lee, despite the fact he's played so many times in the Ryder Cup, there's a real sense of pride on the phone that he made the team. He's very gracious, very humble about that fact he's going to be on this team.
"And well, Ian Poulter is a bundle of energy when you speak to him, you could feel the energy coming down the phone and you could feel the excitement. They were the easy phone calls, I have to say.

"The difficult ones were made too. Francesco Molinari, I just want to mention too. He was a very serious contender. 
"We gave him a lot of thought, a lot of consideration and, just like Luke, he was incredibly humble and incredibly accepting of my decision even though it was a very difficult call to make. I couldn't have asked for two guys to accept the decision in a better way."
American skipper Tom Watson will name his three wild cars for Gleneagles later today (USA time).Watson has never tasted defeat in a Ryder Cup as either a player or skipper, having been involved five times between 1977 and 1993.
Well, there's always a first!

LIVE SCORING FROM EUROPEAN SENIOR MEN'S AMATEUR TEAM CH/SHIP

LINK to live scoring from the first qualifying round of the European senior men's amateur team championship in Poland

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In the European senior women's amateur team championship in Austria, the course is so wet that there will be only one qualifying round instead of two to produce the match-play qualifiers.

WALK-ON DRAW FOR FIRST COMPETITION OF 2014-15 SEASON

TURN UP AT CRAIBSTONE TOMORROW 

IF YOU WANT TO  JOIN NE ALLIANCE

The North-east Golfers' Alliance 2014-2015 season opens at Craibstone Golf Club tomorrow (Wednesday) when the tee will be open from 8.15am to 12.45.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, there is no order-of-play draw.
Just turn up at Craibstone, pay your membership fees, if you have not already done so, and you will be given a tee time.
New members should have the cash to pay £55 tomorrow (which includes the day's competition entry fee.
It's a chance to join the NE Alliance which will not be available so easily in a month or two's time because there is a capacity membership level of around 120 and a waiting list is in operation after that.
The first few competitions of the new season are:
SEPT 
3 Craibstone
10 Kemnay
17 Stonehaven
24 Newmachar
OCT
1 Aboyne
8 Ballater

DEUTSHE BANKS CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT

LATEST WINNER  CHRIS KIRK HOPES 

HE WILL GET US RYDER CUP PLACE

FROM SKY SPORTS.COM 

Chris Kirk is hoping his victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts last night (UK time) may have earned him a place in the US Ryder Cup team.

The American, who was joint third with Rory McIlroy and Jason Day on 10 under going into the final day, carded five birdies in a final-round 66 to beat Australia's Geoff Ogilvy and fellow Americans Russell Henley and Billy Horschel by two shots.
The 29-year-old posted the biggest win of his career and moved into the top spot in the FedEx Cup playoff standings.
"I really felt good with the putter today. My biggest win ever," said Kirk, who reached 15-under 269 at TPC Boston. 
"I am very happy with my win today.
"I may look calmer than some other guys in that situation, but I am still freaking out on the inside."

Sarah Stirk and Claude Harmon III talk us through the final day of the Deutsche Bank Championship

Consideration

"I certainly don't feel entitled, or feel like I'm a shoe-in to get a pick," Kirk said. "I've obviously really put myself into consideration, and it's something that I would love to do.
"The nine guys that made it are automatic. Those are the guys on the team. The other three? If you get in, it's a bonus."
Horschel needed a birdie to tie or an eagle to win heading to the par-five last hole. He put his drive in the middle of the fairway, giving him a shot to make the green in two.
But he fluffed his second shot, which landed well short and in a hazard. Horschel (69) settled for a bogey and fell into a three-way tie for second.
He was joined at 13-under 271 by Geoff Ogilvy (65) and third-round leader Russell Henley (70).
"I was just trying to make sure I hit a good golf shot and I hit it a little too long," Horschel said. "There are a lot of positives to take away from this week.
"It is the first time I've been in contention all year. I handled myself really well, stayed calm and stayed patient. I made one bad swing and it happened to come on the last hole."

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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.

Northern Irish golf legend Darren Clarke has joined Sky Sports for its exclusively live coverage of the 2014 Ryder Cup.

Clarke, who has appeared in seven Ryder Cups, either as player or vice-captain, will provide analysis and commentary on Sky’s dedicated channel, Sky Sports Ryder Cup.
The Ulsterman has played a total of 20 matches over five Ryder Cups, winning 10 and losing just three, with his most memorable performance coming as a wildcard selection in 2006 when he won all three of his matches and helped Europe to an 18 ½ - 9 ½ victory.

"I know from experience just how gripping the Ryder Cup can be, and I hope I can help give viewers a perspective of the event from inside the ropes."

Clarke said: "The Ryder Cup has been a major part of my life, and I'm hugely excited to be working with Sky Sports on this truly special event.
"I know from experience just how gripping it can be and I hope I can help give viewers a perspective of the event from inside the ropes."