Thursday, September 25, 2014

MIDLAND ALLIANCE COMPETITION IN PERTHSHIRE

WEBSTER WINS in EDZELL 1-2 AT ALYTH 

Edzell Golf Club professional Alastair Webster maintained his recent good form to win the Midland Golfers' Alliance first scratch prize with a two-under-par 68 at Alyth Golf Club today (Thursday).

Webster (pictured) won by one shot from Edzell amateur Gary Tough with Carnousite pro Fraser Mann third on the 71 mark.
Alister Duncan, who plays off three at Murrayshall, won the leading handicap award with a net 70.

LEADING SCRATCH
Par 70
68 A Webster (Edzell).
69 G Tough (Edzell).
71 F Mann (Carnoustie).
73 B Stewart (Tulliallan),  A Duncan (Murrayshall)
74 A Moir (Thornton), N Dyce (Strathmore), J Smith (Charleton)
75 J Strachan (Montrose),  H Wong (Wellsgreen), T Anderson (Downfield), S Craig (Craig Golf)


LEADING HANDICAP
70 A Duncan (Murrayshall) (3)
71 G Tough (Edzell) (+2).
72 D Wilson (Monifieth) (6), G Wilkie (Muckhart) (14), J Strachan (Montrose) (3), S Paterson (Lundin) (4), B Stewart (Tulliallan) (1), T Anderson (Downfield) (3), J Smith (Charleton) (2).
73 B Redpath (Scotscraig) (5), B Crosbie (Blairgowrie) (5), D Vicary (Craigie Hill) (14), N Dyce (Strathmore) (1), R Farquhar (Carnoustie).


Qualifiers for the JTC Kitchens Express Championship

B Stewart (Tulliallan)
A Duncan (Murrayshall)
N Dyce (Strathmore).


Qualifiers for the McQueen Shield

A Duncan (Murrayshall)

 

Next Meeting

Thursday, October 2

Fraser Brother (Tyres)

Ladybank Pro-Am

Tee reserved: 8.30 - 12.30
Lee Sutherland
 

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THREE BIRDIES BUT A DOUBLE BOGEY FROM PETERHEAD PLAYER

PHILIP McLEAN IN POLISH TOP 30

Peterhead's Philip McLean (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre), the only Scot in a field of 65 players, shot a three-over-par 74 to be in joint 26th position at the end of the first round of the Deutschebank Polish Masters at Sobienie Krolewski Golf and Country Club.
McLean birdied the first, eighth and 15th but had a double bogey 5 at the short 12th and also dropped shots at the fifth, seventh, ninth and 18th.
Frenchmen Kenny Le Sager leads by one with a 67 from Stephan Gross (Germany) and Filip Mruzek (Czech Republic) with Dutchman Floris De Vries in fourth place on 69.

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KINROSS STUDENT MAKES TOP TEN IN USA COLLEGE EVENT

Calum Hill from Kinross, a student at Western New Mexico University, finished joint sixth in his latest US college tournament this week.
Switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk, to read the details of this and other American college golf tournaments.

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RYDER CUP BUILD-UP: WHAT FLEET ST WRITERS ARE PENNING

MICKELSON LIGHTS RYDER CUP FUSE


FROM THE GOLF DIGEST WEBSITE
By Geoff Shackelford


Almost as if to show they are above such nonsense, Fleet Street golf writers at Gleneagles enjoyed but did not overplay Phil Mickelson's playful jab at the not-so-funny legal mess involving Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell. Of course, this is online. What happens in the print edition headlines may be entirely different.
Mike Dickston at the Daily Mail (where the headline was appropriately large), said Mickelson's remark "signalled the end of bland pleasantries in the build-up."
Neil McLeman in the Daily Mirror note that "the answer was no slip of the tongue. The articulate left-hander knew exactly what he was doing."
And James Corrigan analysed things much more in-depth, noting that Mickelson had "lit the fuse of the 40th Ryder Cup."
Fleet Street seemed much more intrigued by Sir Alex Ferguson's speech to the team, with McLeman playing up the apparently (somewhat) good natured jabs that took place between players and caddies passionate about rival football teams of Manchester United. 
Lee Westwood's caddie reportedly told Sir Alex that he didn't pay Leeds enough for Eric Cantona. Which means not a thing to this American.
And oddly The Independent stayed clear of Mickelson's remark and instead James Cusick focused on The PGA Century course at Gleneagles. Zzzzz….

Phil Mickelson just delivered a major burn to the European Ryder Cup team


FROM GOLFDIGEST.COM
By Ryan Herrington

GLENEAGLES -- The Americans and the Europeans had been playing nicely thus far during the interminable run-up to the start of the 40th Ryder Cup, offering little in the way of bulletin-board material since both sides arrived at Gleneagles. And then Phil Mickelson paid a visit to the Media Centre on Wednesday.
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The most experienced player on Tom Watson's U.S. team was asked whether part of the Americans' struggles in the matches of late was due to players not being as close as their rivals. Instead of biting his tongue, Mickelson took a sarcastic bite out of the European team.
"Well, not only are we able to play together, we also don't litigate against each other," Mickelson said, "and that's a real plus, I feel, heading into this week."
Lefty was referencing the legal issues playing out between Rory McIlroy and his former management company, Horizon Sports, in which McIlroy alleges that McDowell received more favourable contract terms from Horizon.
Mickelson's quip drew laughter and a few wry smiles from the press in attendance. 
Moderator Michael Gibbons even offered a playful "ouch" in response.
"I might get roasted but I couldn't resist," Mickelson told GolfDigest.com. "I can handle it. We all need to laugh at ourselves. I think it's funny."
And suddenly, it's starting to feel like a Ryder Cup.

Photo: Getty Images

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ASIA-PACIFIC OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT

 AUSSIE ROOKIE LEADS IN JAPAN

NEWS RELEASE
 
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan: Australian rookie Cameron Smith outshone his more illustrious rivals by taking the first round lead with a flawless five-under-par 66 at the 150 million Yen (approximately US$1.5 million)  Asia-Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup today.
The Australian, who earned his Tour card by finishing tied-18th at Qualifying School this year, has been on form of late and it continued to show with him taking prime position atop the leaderboard and holding a two-shot lead over five players bunched in tied second place.
Japan’s Hiroyuki Fujita, Kiyoshi Murota and Keiichiro signed for matching 68s to share second place with Thailand’s Namchok Tantipokhakul and South Korea’s S K Ho at the Japanese showpiece which is sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
  LEADING SCORES
  Par 71. YardaGE 7,117
66 Cameron SMITH (AUS).
68 S K HO (SKOR), Hiroyuki FUJITA (JPN), Kiyoshi MUROTA (JPN), Keiichiro FUKABORI (JPN), Namchok TANTIPOKHAKUL (THA).
69 Scott HEND (AUS), David LIPSKY (USA), Adam BLAND (AUS), Arjun ATWAL (IND), Shinji TOMIMURA (JPN), Juvic PAGUNSAN (PHI), Prayad MARKSAENG (THA), Marcus BOTH (AUS), Akio SADAKATA (JPN).
70 I.J. JANG (SKOR), Anirban LAHIRI (IND), Hiroshi IWATA (JPN), Katsumasa MIYAMOTO (JPN), Satoshi TOMIYAMA (JPN), Brendan JONES (AUS), BAEK Seuk-hyun (SKOR), Berry HENSON (USA), Scott STRANGE (AUS), Tetsuji HIRATSUKA (JPN), Mardan MAMAT (SIN), Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA), LIANG Wen-chong (CHN), Javi COLOMO (ESP).
 

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