GREG DALZIEL TOPS AT CARNOUSTIE'S BUDDON COURSE

AIRDRIE BOY HAS BEST SCORE ON

 JUNIOR GOLF TOUR DEBUT

Airdrie's Greg Dalziel, competing in the Under-14 years section and making his debut on the Scottish Junior Golf Tour at today's (Sunday) Level 3, 4 and 5 event on the Buddon Course, Carnoustie, had the best overall score of one-over-par 69.

This was the first event of the SJGT's eighth season.

It was a nice sunny day to start with but some heavy rain set in towards the end.
LEADING SCORES
Par 69

Under 18 years

71 Will Porter (Carnoustie)

73 Ellis Hart (Dullatur)

74 Aidan Smith (Edzell)

75 Andrew Gibson (Blairgowrie)

Under 14 years

69 Greg Dalziel (Airdrie)

80 Craig Jackman (Dunblane)

82 Cameron Dunn (Sandyhills)

84 Jonathan Murphy (Erskine)

Under 12 years

82 George Cannon (Falkirk)

85 Sebastian Sandin (Dunblane)

86 Connor McKinney (Pitreavie)

89 Aamar Saleem (Ladybank)

 

Aidan Smith  won the handicap prize.

The Skill Challenges were won by Andrew McColl (Erskine).

Walter Burns

 

 

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INTER-CLUB TEAM FOURSOMES AT DEESIDE GOLF CLUB

ROYAL ABERDEEN WIN DALSWINTON 

TROPHY BY NINE SHOTS FROM HOSTS

Royal Aberdeen won the  Dalswinton Trophy inter-club foursomes stroke-play tournament at Deeside Golf Club today (Sunday).

Mark Halliday, Donald and Nick Macandrew and Grant Joss totalled 304 over 36 holes.

They finished nine strokes ahead of joint runners-up Deeside.

SCOREBOARD

304 ROYAL ABERDEEN 149 155 (M Halliday and D Macandrew 77 and 72, N Macandrew and G Joss 72 83).

313 DEESIDE 156 157 (K Willox and T Rennie 78 80, J Hall and B Henderson 78 77).

314 NIGG BAY 157 157 (G Grimmer and R Forbes 81 83, S Jamieson and I Welsh 76 74).

320 MURCAR LINKS 157 163 (C Stewart and A Holbrook 83 80, A Bews and A Styles 74 83).

328 CRAIBSTONE  168 160 (J Borthwick and L Richards 86 85, A Bloise and M Cushnie 82 75); BANCHORY 167 161 ( R Black and S Larkin 81 77, F Milne, D Read 86 84).

339 HAZLEHEAD 170 169 (S Robertson and G Kennedy 81 82, I Taylor and M Winton 89 87).

341 PORTLETHEN 169 172 (lL Shand and R Murdoch 86 84, k Daglish and R Donaldson 83 and 88).

343 NEWMACHAR 148 165 (M McKechnie and  C Simpson 73 81, J Duff and R Barr 75 84)

345 CRUDEN BAY 171 174 (J Godward and J Booth 83 88, N Metcalf and S Roger 88 86). 

349 NORTHERN 177 172 (D Mair and S Muir 88 88, S Kennedy and W West 89 84).

354 BON ACCORD 179 175 (M Dunn and M Edmond 91 83, R Allerton and J Annand 88 92)

No Returns: Peterculter, Meldrum House.

EUROPEAN C HALLENGE TOUR REPORT AND SCORES

ANDREW McARTHUR FINISHES

 SECOND IN BRITTANY

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An incredible start to his final round effectively sealed Benjamin Hebert’s second challenge Tour title of the year and a return to The European Tour at the Open Blue Green Cotes d`Armor Bretagne.
The Frenchman exploded out of the blocks with four birdies in his opening five holes as many of his fellow-contenders faltered at the same time to hand the 27 year old an early five stroke lead that he never looked likely to relinquish as he strolled to a three-stroke victory stroll at the Golf Blue Green de Pléneuf Val André.
Given the intense level of competition on the Challenge Tour, Hebert’s win was a rare victory march which the man himself enjoyed very much in front of a delighted home crowd as he carded a final round 66 for a 15 under total and a three shot win over Andrew McArthur.
Hebert’s victory, and first prize of €32,000 propelled him to third in the Challenge Tour Rankings with total earnings of €104,869, guaranteeing him a return to The European Tour next year as one of this season’s top 15 Challenge Tour stars.
“It’s very exciting to be back on The European Tour,” said Hebert. “It feels great but for the moment I want to enjoy the victory here today because to win in France, in front of a great crowd was a very special moment for me.
“I played very well today and could not have made a better start to the final round with three birdies in the first three holes – it was a perfect way to begin the day.
“I wasn’t being really aggressive or anything like that, I just hit a lot of good shots and took the chances when they came. I am very happy with how the day went obviously – it feels great.”
McArthur’s secured second spot at Golf Blue Green de Pléneuf Val André did the Scot’s own bid for a return to The European Tour no harm as he moves up to 13th in the Rankings with his €22,000 cheque for second spot.
“Obviously it’s not the result I was looking for at the start of the day but Benjamin played very well today and thoroughly deserved his victory,” said McArthur. “If you can’t win then second on your own isn’t bad and it’s a nice bonus to move up the Rankings a bit before the big tournaments at the end of the season.”

FINAL TOTALS
265 B Hebert  (Fra) 66 66 67 66,
268 A McArthur  (Sco) 67 69 63 69,
270 P Dwyer (Eng) 67 65 70 68,
271 N Quintarelli (Ita) 66 69 67 69, B Evans  (Eng) 63 73 68 67, H Joannes  (Bel) 64 70 69 68, O Farr (Wal) 66 69 69 67, A Tadini (Ita) 68 69 62 72,
272 J Edfors (Swe) 67 69 69 67, R Coles (Eng) 68 66 69 69, R McEvoy  (Eng) 70 66 70 66, J Fahrbring (Swe) 72 67 67 66, A Velasco (Esp) 69 69 66 68, M Lorenzo-Vera  (Fra) 68 65 67 72, M Tullo (Chi) 66 70 72 64, D Coupland (Eng) 64 67 71 70,
273 J Sjöholm (Swe) 67 69 69 68, P Maddy (Eng) 68 67 73 65, P Figueiredo  (Por) 70 67 64 72, J Winther (Den) 67 67 70 69, L Jensen (Den) 74 64 66 69, C Aguilar  (Esp) 68 69 67 69, E Espana (Fra) 68 68 68 69,
274 L Kennedy  (Eng) 71 69 69 65, L Nemecz (Aut) 66 71 66 71, D Vancsik (Arg) 70 66 70 68, R Russell (Sco) 70 68 71 65, M Ford (Eng) 69 66 69 70, B Stone (RSA) 65 73 70 66, C Brazillier  (Fra) 69 71 65 69, A Hortal  (Esp) 67 69 73 65, D Law (Sco) 66 68 74 66,
275 A Bernadet  (Fra) 70 69 69 67, J Doherty  (Sco) 64 73 71 67, J Elson  (Eng) 68 70 74 63, J Roos (RSA) 66 70 69 70, G Shaw (Nir) 67 71 70 67, D Perrier (Fra) 66 68 74 67, J Palmer (Eng) 68 71 67 69, M Haines  (Eng) 68 69 69 69,
276 N Joakimides (Fra) 69 67 71 69, R McGowan  (Eng) 67 62 70 77, D Kemmer (USA) 66 71 72 67,
277 E Johansen  (Nor) 67 67 73 70, R Gouveia (Por) 64 74 69 70,
278 M Trappel  (Aut) 71 67 69 71, C Ford (Eng) 68 65 74 71, R Davies (Wal) 69 71 72 66,
279 J Rask (Swe) 69 70 69 71, J Stalter (Fra) 66 72 73 68, A Marshall (Eng) 69 70 70 70, M Rocchi  (Fra) 71 68 67 73, C Hanson (Eng) 68 68 68 75,
280 D Antonelli (Fra) 69 69 72 70, P Relecom  (Bel) 68 72 71 69,
281 J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 69 65 68 79, G Woolgar (Eng) 67 73 73 68, D Gavins (Eng) 72 68 72 69, N Johansson (Swe) 70 69 71 71,
282 C Arendell (USA) 71 69 72 70, S Gros (Fra) 70 69 71 72,
283 J Senior (Eng) 68 68 74 73,
284 P Couvert (Fra) 69 71 73 71, T Lawrence (RSA) 70 70 70 74, M Delpodio  (Ita) 70 69 75 70, D Bobrowski (Fra) 69 71 72 72, R Langasque (am) (Fra) 71 68 77 68,
285 S Arnold  (Aus) 68 71 69 77, A Dunbar (Nir) 68 70 75 72,
286 K Subregis (am) (Fra) 74 66 74 72,-
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ANOTHER HOLE IN ONE AT EUROPEAN MASTERS

 AMERICAN LIPSKY BEATS STORM IN 

SWITZERLAND PLAY-OFF
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
David Lipsky earned his first European Tour win by beating Graeme Storm in the first hole of a play-off at the Omega European Masters.
Playing the last again, the 26-year-old from Los Angeles stayed safe for a par four while overnight leader Storm was unable to recover from a wayward tee shot that missed the fairway and came to rest against a wall.
Storm, 36, whose sole European Tour triumph was in 2007 at Open de France ALSTOM, had no option but to chip out on to the fairway.
However, Lipsky, who had just 86 yards to the hole with his second shot, took no risks by laying up short of the green.
His decision proved justified when he chipped close to the hole and, after Storm had made a five, was left with a simple putt for victory on another stunning day at the scenic Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club.
Englishman Storm, on 16 under overnight, had already overcome pressure by parring the last to stay level on 18 under with Lipsky, who went round in a five under 65.
Lipsky, playing in the penultimate group, birdied the 18th with an approach to within inches of the hole.
That left Storm, who aced the par three 11th on Saturday, needing a three for victory but he played safe to set up the play-off.
Storm and Lipsky completed their 72 regular holes one shot ahead Brooks Koepka, who was tied for lh a 65.
The round of the day was Danny Willett’s 63, which left him on 16 under alongside Tommy Fleetwood.
Remarkably, there was a second hole in one of the weekend at the 11th as France’s Romain Wattel found the hole with his tee shot. 
Storm had already won the prize of a BMW sports car but the manufacturer generously allowed Wattel to choose one of its cars from the tented village at the course to drive for a year.
Wattel, who went round in 65 to finish 13 under, said: “I saw the crowd were celebrating but I didn’t know if that was because it was close, or in the hole. Then I realised, but I didn’t know if there was a prize.
“Unfortunately it was one day too late! But I’m obviously still really pleased with it, and with my performance today.
“I played very well over the weekend, it was just a shame I took too long to get started on the first two days. But I’m still delighted.”
Lipsky nearly outdid Wattel at the 331yd par four seventh but his three-wood from the tee came up just short of the pin.
Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay finished eighth on 266 with a closing round of 68.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
262 David Lipsky (USA) 67 64 66 65, Graeme Storm (England) 64 66 64 68 (Lipsky won play-off at first extra hole).
263 Tyrrell Hatton (England) 67 66 65 65, Brooks Koepka (USA) 65 65 66 67

SCOTS' TOTALS
266 Richie Ramsay 62 66 70 68 (8th)
269 Marc Warren 69 63 71 66 (T13)
271 Peter Whiteford 68 65 70 68 (T25)
273 Scott Jamieson 70 69 66 68 (T36)
276 Craig Lee 66 70 69 71, Jamie McLeary 66 70 69 71 (T54)
278 David Drysdale 66 73 68 71 (T61)
279 Paul Lawrie 70 68 69 72 (T66)

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"GREATEST MODERN LINKS IN SCOTLAND"

GREIG HUTCHEON  SINGS PRAISES OF 

CARNEGIE LINKS AT SKIBO CASTLE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Nobody mentions Skibo Castle's Carnegie Links near Dornoch in the same breath as Castle Stuart, Kingsbarns and Archerfield.
That's because it is a very exclusive, very private members' club and course.
But the top man on the Tartan Tour, Greig Hutcheon, has been there several times - and he thinks it deserves to be ranked up there with best links courses in Scotland.
After playing in the recent Carnegie Invitational, in which he finished second to Stephen Gray, Hutcheon told Scottishgolfview.com:

"The 2 days at Skibo were just awesome for me. It's the greatest modern links in Scotland. And absolutely one of if not the finest venue in the world."

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SCOT'S FOURTH WIN IN FIVE STARTS THIS SEASON

MOSCOW IS MONTY'S LATEST VICTORY 

VENUE AS SENIOR

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Colin Montgomerie added a new chapter to a record-breaking season when he closed with a flawless seven under par 65 to win the Russian Open Golf Championship (Senior) at Moscow Country Club today.
The Scot started the day two shots behind Tim Thelen but he overhauled his former Houston Baptist University team-mate with four consecutive birdies from the second and then bagged three more birdies coming home to finish the Championship three shots ahead of Canada’s Rick Gibson on 14 under par 202.
Gibson birdied the last to post a 67 and that was enough to see him finish a single shot ahead of Thelen, Barry Lane, Miguel Angel Martin and Andrew Oldcorn while Phil Golding closed with a five under par 67 to climb into a tie for seventh place alongside Steen Tinning on eight under par 208.
Montgomerie arrived in Moscow on a high, having led from start-to-finish at last week’s Travis Perkins Masters and he went on to claim his fourth victory in five starts on this year’s European Senior Tour with a fabulous performance that was reminiscent of the way he used to play when he was winning seven European Tour Order of Merit titles in the 1990s.
The win was worth €102,591 and it extending his record earnings to €607,476 for the season.
“I have had a lot of good runs of form over the years but I think this is right up there with the best of them.
“I think I’m playing as well as I have ever done right now. A year ago I said I wasn’t driving as well as I did when I was winning my Order of Merit titles but that’s not the case anymore.
“I hit 28 fairways out of 28 the last two days and you can’t do any better than that. I’m shorter now than I used to be but that’s the only difference. I’m playing as well through the green as I have ever done and I’m also holing out just like I did when I was younger.
“It was a lot of fun out there today. It was a dream start to my year with three wins in my first four starts on the European Senior Tour and now it has just got better.
“I have played well all week but the difference today was that I got off to a much better start. I was two behind Tim overnight but I put a bit of pressure on him with four birdies in the first five holes and then played solid golf after that.
“I finished fourth here last year so I was determined to do better than that,” he added. “It has been a great week. It’s a fantastic course and I’m already looking forward to coming back next year to defend.
“It was also great to play in the last group with Tim. We were room-mates at Houston Baptist University but I don’t think we have played golf together like that for about 28 years. It was super to compete with him again like we used to do at college.”

FOURTH ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
202 C Montgomerie  (Sco) 69 68 65
205 R Gibson (Can) 73 65 67
206 A Oldcorn (Sco) 72 66 68, T Thelen (USA) 70 65 71, M Martin (Esp) 67 70 69, B Lane (Eng) 73 65 68
208 S Tinning (Den) 68 71 69, P Golding (Eng) 68 73 67
209 P Eales (Eng) 72 68 69, M Farry (Fra) 65 73 71
210 A Bossert (Sui) 73 68 69, C Monasterio (Arg) 72 67 71
211 J Remesy (Fra) 70 72 69, E Romero (Arg) 74 72 65, A Franco (Par) 69 70 72, S Luna (Esp) 71 73 67
212 R Drummond (Sco) 73 68 71
213 B Ruangkit (Tha) 71 73 69, M Harwood (Aus) 74 72 67, B Cameron (Eng) 71 72 70, A Sherborne (Eng) 70 73 70
214 C Williams (RSA) 70 70 74, W Grant (Eng) 71 72 71, M Cunning (USA) 72 72 70, G Brand Jnr (Sco) 71 68 75, B Longmuir (Sco) 74 70 70, J Berendt (Arg) 73 71 70, J Smith (USA) 76 69 69,
215 M Davis (Eng) 72 73 70, B Conser (USA) 72 73 70, G Rusnak (USA) 71 72 72, C Mason (Eng) 72 71 72, L Carbonetti (Arg) 73 73 69
216 P Wesselingh (Eng) 71 74 71, P Fowler (Aus) 75 70 71
217 J Gould (Eng) 76 72 69, S Brown (Eng) 76 71 70, S McAllister (Sco) 76 69 72, J Quiros (Esp) 73 75 69, A Murray (Eng) 75 70 72
218 N Job (Eng) 74 69 75, P Linhart (Esp) 74 71 73, R Rafferty (Nir) 73 72 73
219 D Hospital (Esp) 77 72 70, S Van Vuuren (RSA) 73 73 73, G Manson (Aut) 71 72 76, H Buhrmann (RSA) 76 72 71
220 J Carriles (Esp) 76 76 68, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 71 77 72, T Price (Aus) 73 74 73,
221 G Wolstenholme (Eng) 74 72 75, M McLean (Eng) 73 72 76, R Thompson (USA) 74 73 74, G Ryall (Eng) 74 73 74,
222 B Lincoln (RSA) 74 76 72, G Joyner (Aus) 80 74 68, J Bruner (USA) 73 78 71
223 N Ratcliffe (Aus) 73 73 77
225 S Cipa (Eng) 74 76 75, P Jonas (Can) 78 76 71, B Marchbank (Sco) 74 77 74, G Emerson (Eng) 78 72 75, M Mackenzie (Eng) 79 74 72
226 J King (Eng) 77 76 73
228 P Walton (Irl) 75 77 76, K Spurgeon (Eng) 76 75 77
229 H Carbonetti (Arg) 74 77 78
231 G Brand (Eng) 74 80 77, M Belsham (Eng) 80 73 78
233 M Bianco (Ita) 79 77 77
238 J Sallat (Fra) 82 78 78
241 A Garrido (Esp) 81 76 84

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JANE WHITEFORD IS FIFE GOLFER OF THE WEEK

By DAVID MOIR

The MyGolfRanking Fife Golfer of the Week for a second consecutive week is Jane Whiteford of Leven Golfing Society Ladies, who, last week was No 3 in the MGR Fife Ladies Ranking, and now tops the MyGolfRanking International, Scotland, Fife and LGS Ladies’ Rankings. 

The Fife Club of the Week is Glenrothes Golf Club, with new players in both the MGR Fife Ladies’ and Men’s Top 20.

MyGolfRanking, Fife Ladies, 2014/35

1 Jane Whiteford (Leven GS) 1138pts

2 Lorna Bennett (Leven GS) 1066

3 Pam Turner (Canmore) 1025

4 Margaret Armstrong (Balbirnie Park) 983

5 Frances McIntosh (Lundin Ladies) 977

6 Megan Brown (Dunfermline) 958

7 Elizabeth Smith (Canmore) 950

8 L Simpson (Burntisland) 942

9 Hilary Brown (Scotscraig) 936

10 Shona Gatherum (Cupar) 933

11 Lia Maxwell (Aberdour) 918

12 Karin Sharp (Kirkcaldy) 913

13 Dianne Watson (Leven GS) 911

14 Monica Boyle (Crail) 900

15 Laura Mason (St Michaels) 888

16 Mary Donaldson (Canmore) 883

17 Jackie Wallace (Glenrothes) 871

18 Lesley Mitchell (Kirkcaldy) 863

19 Anne Bremner (Lundin Ladies) 861

20 Susan Baldwin (Scotscraig) 855

MyGolfRanking, Fife Men, Week 2014/35

1 Colin Campbell (Aberdour) 1317pts

2 Jordan Lamb (Dunfermline) 1162

3 Barry Logan (Dunnikier Park) 1156

4 Thomas Cuthbert (Dunfermline) 1121

5 Gary Sharp (St Andrews GC) 1110

6 John Murray (Balbirnie Park) 1100

7 M Henderson (St Andrews GC) 1058

8 Cameron Lindsay (Crail) 1050

9 I K Smollett (Glenrothes) 1046

10 Ryan Brown (Dunfermline) 1030

11 Lawrie Clark (Kinghorn) 1025

12 Brian Manderson (Pitreavie) 1000

13 Keith Bowman (New Club, St Andrews) 985

14 Robbie MacMillan (Elmwood) 981

15 Alex Muir (Dunfermline) 977

16 John Douglas (Leven Thistle) 971

T17 Kenny Kelly (Kirkcaldy) 968

T17 Marcus Rickard (Cupar) 968

19 Alan Anderson (Dunfermline) 963

20 Robert Watson (Balbirnie Park) 957.

MyGolfRanking Fife Clubs, Week 2014/35

1 Dunfermline 961pts

2 St Andrews GC 887

3 Balbirnie Park 871

4 Aberdour 865

5 Pitreavie 853

6 Dunnikier Park 849

7 Crail 846

8 Burntisland GH 819

9 Kirkcaldy 810

T10 Canmore 806

T10 Kinghorn 806

12 St Andrews New  803

13 Thornton 801

14 Glenrothes 798

15 Ladybank 794

16 Cupar 772

17 Lundin 768

18 Forrester Park 763

19 Scotscraig 749

20 Leven Thistle 748

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RUSSELL KNOX IS JT 53rd AFTER THIRD-ROUND 72

HORSCHEL GOES THREE CLEAR AS 

RORY McILROY FOUR-PUTTS
FROM THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH
Billy Horschel will take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the BMW Championship after firing a flawless 63 on Saturday at the Denver, Colorado venue.
The American came into the day two shots behind leader Sergio Garcia and alongside world number one Rory McIlroy but the European duo endured disappointing third rounds.
Both men shot two-over par 72s with McIlroy incredibly four-putting from four feet on the 12th to record a triple-bogey 6 as he slipped nine shots behind the leader.
Horschel made things look much easier as he recorded seven birdies to move to 13 under, three shots ahead of fellow American Ryan Palmer who recorded a 67.
That left Palmer on course for the high finish he needs to move into the top 30 in the FedEx Cup rankings and play in next week's Tour Championship.
The top 30 in the FedEx Cup rankings after this weekend will go to Atlanta next week where the points will be reset so every player has a chance of claiming the 10million US dollar (£6.1million) bonus.
"It's going to be a fun day tomorrow," Horschel told Sky Sports 4. "Obviously having a chance to win a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, e specially during the FedEx Cup play-offs, can go a long way.
"We'll see what happens. If I can just keep doing what I'm doing and maybe I'll be holding a trophy on Sunday."
To do that, the 27-year-old will have to hold off a host of big names as he seeks his second PGA Tour win.
Masters champion Martin Kaymer and US Open champion Bubba Watson are both on eight under with Rickie Fowler a further shot back followed by Garcia.
Horschel birdied the first and the eighth in what was an unspectacular front nine but came to life after the turn picking up further shots on 10, 14, 15, 17 and 18.
McIlroy was still very much in the mix as he began his back nine just a shot adrift of Horschel but the triple on 12 saw him tumble down the leaderboard as he came home in 39.
Palmer recorded six birdies and three bogeys in an up and down 67 while Kaymer registered eight birdies and two dropped shots.
Watson was flawless in carding a 66 and Fowler dropped a single shot on his way to the same score.
United States Ryder Cup duo Jordan Spieth and Jim Furyk were on five under alongside Canadian Graham DeLaet with McIlroy in the group a further shot back.

Also in that group was Morgan Hoffmann who recorded the round of the week so far with a 62.

Starting on the 10th, Hoffman birdied his first three holes and picked up further strokes on 16, 17 and 18. Birdies on one and three raised hopes of a 59 but a bogey on the sixth ended those hopes, although another shot was picked up on seven.

Keegan Bradley will be watching Sunday's action closely after withdrawing from the tournament due to a possible rules violation on the opening day.

Depending on how others in the field play, Bradley could drop out of the top 30 and miss next week's tournament in Georgia.

One man who definitely will not be there is Phil Mickelson who also withdrew from the BMW Championship to focus his attentions on the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.
Justin Rose in T29 on 210 after scores of 69, 71 and 70. 
Graeme McDowell in T49 on 214 (73-72-69)
Russell Knox is T53 on 215 (74-69-72)

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TOLEDO, FAXON SHARE QUEBEC LEAD

CBSSports.com wire reports

QUEBEC CITY -- Defending champion Esteban Toledo shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday for a share of the second-round lead with Brad Faxon in the Champions Tour's Quebec Championship.
The 51-year-old Toledo, the only Mexican winner in the history of the 50s-and-over tour, matched Faxon at 10-under 134 at La Tempete in the first US PGA Tour-sanctioned event in the area since 1956. Toledo won the then-Montreal Championship last year at La Vallee du Richelieu for his second Champions Tour victory.


''I went out there on the golf course today and enjoyed myself,'' Toledo said. ''That's pretty much what I did. ... I hit it great. Hit a lot of fairways, hit a lot of greens, I putted well and it seems like when I putt well, I get a lot of confidence.''
Faxon, also a two-time senior winner, had a 67.
''It was a good solid round of golf today,'' said Faxon, an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour. ''I laughed at myself because I started thinking about how my rounds are usually miss the fairway, miss the green, chip it up, make a par, and this was on the fairway, on the green, make a putt and it was a nice round.
''Then when I started thinking about that, I hit a bad shot on 16 and made a bogey and then three-putted 17. But the birdie on 18 was a great birdie to make finishing in the dark, in the cold.''
Loren Roberts was third at 8 under after a 69. Jay Haas, Scott Simpson, Wes Short Jr. and Duffy Waldorf were 7 under. Simpson and Short shot 68, Haas had a 69, and Waldorf a 71.
Two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen, making his Champions Tour debut, was tied for seventh at 6 under after a 67. He turned 50 last week.
First-round leader Chip Beck followed his opening 65 with a 75 to drop into a tie for 23rd at 4 under. 
 SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
 Par 144 (2x72) Players from USA unless stated
134 Esteban Toledo (Mexico) 68 66, Brad Faxon 67 67
136 Loren Roberts 67 69
137 Wes Short 69 68, Jay Haas 68 69, Scott Simpson 69 68, Duffy Waldorf 66 71

SELECTED SCORES
139 Mark Mouland (Wales) 69 70 (T15)
143 Roger Chapman (England) 72 71, Sandy Lyle (Scotland) 73 70 (T48)

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