Saturday, October 04, 2014

LAST ROUND COMING UP AT OLD COURSE, ST ANDREWS

     OLIVER WILSON LEADS BY THREE

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Oliver Wilson will bid to secure a belated maiden European Tour title when he takes a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday.
The 34 year old from Mansfield is a nine times runner-up – including at this pro-am event in 2009 – but shot a flawless round of 65 on the Old Course at St Andrews to ensure he is in prime position to finally break his duck on Sunday.
He will, however, face considerable pressure from the chasing back, highlighted by Rory McIlroy.
With hardly a breath of wind in the air the conditions were set fair for the World No. 1 to rip into the Old Course and he did not disappoint as he carded a 64 – after going out in 30 - to be level with Tommy Fleetwood and French duo Alexander Levy and Raphaël Jacquelin three shots off the pace on 12 under.
“I’m pretty happy with that,” said Wilson. “I played well today. Left a lot out there, as well, which is a bit frustrating but obviously I'm pleased with how I played, especially coming down the stretch, hit a lot of good shots.
“The way I've driven the ball the last couple of years, to stand up and hit some tee shots like I did on the back nine, I was very pleased - it was a good day.

“I expect Rory to shoot lights out every time he tees it up. The other names that are on the board don't really affect me. I'm just doing my thing, trying to shoot as good a score as I can, get it in play, one shot at a time, all the boring stuff, but it's true. I managed to do that really well.

“I got ahead of myself a couple times today but managed to just bring the head back in gear and focus on the shots.

“There's 18 holes, long holes, and it’s going to be a long day tomorrow, but it would mean a lot. I love this tournament and I’ve done well here before. I love coming to the Old Course, all the courses, but that walk up 18 is pretty cool.

“I'll be nervous. It's a big day for me. Last year I got off to a great start and kind of fizzled out in a similar kind of position really.”

McIlroy admitted some frustration at not going even lower, despite putting himself in prime position to make a charge on the final day.
His only dropped shot came at the 16th when he found the fairway bunker from the tee and took two shots to escape – ending hopes of beating his course best of 63.

“I got off to a really fast start and was trying to keep it going, and I sort of did through the turn,” he said.

“But the last four holes weren't really what I wanted. But any time you shoot a score like that around St Andrews, you have to be happy.”

McIlroy had added reason for cheer after he and his father confirmed their partnership this week would continue on into the final round.

Gerry McIlroy ensured that when he birdied the 18th and will now spend his 55th birthday tomorrow playing the Old Course with his son.

“Dad and I are going to get to play St Andrews on his birthday tomorrow which will be a huge treat for both of us,” McIlroy said.

Fleetwood went even better as he went around in 62, which was level with the Old Course record but not enough to earn him a share of the honour after the overnight and early-morning rain – which delayed play by an hour this morning – meant preferred lies were in play.
It was nonetheless Fleetwood’s best round on the European Tour and was matched by 2010 Open Championship winner Louis Oosthuizen, to leave the South African 10 under for the tournament.
Overnight leader Jacquelin kept in touch at the top with a 69 while Levy carded a 68.
It was a day for low scoring across all three courses with Dutchman Robert Jan-Derksen firing a nine under 63 at Carnoustie while at Kingsbarns Chris Wood’s 66 placed him on 11 under.
A tight packed leaderboard will, however, start the day in pursuit of Wilson who will have the added incentive of attempting to win back his Tour card, which he lost in 2012.
The former Ryder Cup players has since slipped to a world ranking of 792 as he has cut his teeth on the European Challenge Tour, but has been in control this week since beginning with a 64 at Carnoustie

THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
201 O Wilson (England) 64 72 65
204 T Fleetwood (England) 69 73 62, R McIlroy (N Ireland) 73 67 64, A Levy (France) 68 68 68, R Jacquelin (France) 65 70 69
205 C Wood (England) 70 69 66, R Palmer (USA) 69 68 68, R Ramsay (Scotland) 69 68 68

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
207 C Doak 70 67 70, S Gallacher 68 70 69 (T 12)
209 P Lawrie 69 72 68, J McLeary 67 72 70 (T23)
211 M Warren 73 70 68, C Lee 71 71 69 (T46)

MISSED THE CUT (212 and better qualified)
213  S Jamieson 70 72 71
214 C Montgomerie 72 71 71, P Whiteford 74 71 69
216 D Drysdale 71 72 73
218 S Lyle 71 77 70 

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SENIORS TOUR EVENT IN PROVENCE

PHIL GOLDING LEADS BY FOUR AT 

FRENCH RIVIERA MASTERS
FROM THE EUROPEAN SENIORS TOUR WEBSITE
Phil Golding carded a five under par 67 to consolidate his lead after the second round of the French Riviera Masters at the Terre Blanche Hotel Spa Golf Resort in Provence.
The Englishman started the day one shot in front of compatriot Gary Emerson after an opening with an eight under par 64 and will now go into the final round four shots ahead of Argentina’s Cesar Monasterio on 13 under par 131.
Monasterio carded a three under par 69 for a 36-hole aggregate of nine under par 135 while Canada’s Rick Gibson birdied the last hole for a four under par 68 to finish alone in third place on eight under par 136. 
Golding started his second round with four birdies and a bogey in his first six holes and never looked likely to relinquish the lead after that.
“I got the start I wanted and then played steadily after that,” he said. “I probably didn’t hit it quite as well as yesterday. I made a couple of mistakes but I also putted well and that’s what you have got to do round here.
“If you had said at the start of the week that I could have a four shot lead headlining into the last round I would have bitten your hand off. It’s a good position to be in but it’s not going to be easy because Cesar and Rick are both very good players and have both won this season already.
“The key will be to keep to my game plan and avoid making mistakes. It’s the sort of course that gives you birdie opportunities but also punishes you if you hit a shot into the wrong place.”
Monasterio won this year’s English Senior Open and he is in excellent shape to add a second title to his name after two opening rounds of 66 and 69. The big hitting Argentinian started his second round with a birdie and went onto fire four more on the seventh, ninth, tenth and 14th to see him start the final round as Golding’s nearest challenger in the race for the €60,000 first prize.
“It was another good round. I played well and did well to keep close to Phil. I’m told the weather is not to be good tomorrow so maybe that will give me a chance to catch him.”
Gibson arrived in France having amassed four top ten finishes this season including a win in the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open and he has a great chance to consolidate third place on the Order of Merit after firing his second consecutive 68 of the week.
The Canadian was six under par for his round standing on the 15th tee but then dropped three shots to par on the next two holes before ending the round on a high with a birdie on the last.
“I hit a pretty good shot into the 15th but then hit the putt about six feet past and missed the return. On 16 I was between clubs and got aggressive with an eight iron and hit it over the green. It would have been fine if it had stayed on line but it drifted a bit and dropped into the hazard.
“That was a bad mistake but I played a lot of good golf and my putter seems to have come to life again on these fast greens. I heard during my practice round that Peter Fowler won last year at 12 under so I wanted to get to eight or nine under today to give myself a chance to reach that total.
“Phil is obviously a bit ahead but the good news is that there are only two players between me and the lead. It’s a good position to be in with 18 holes to go.
Further down the leaderboard French-based Englishman John Gould equalled Golding’s best-of the-day 67 to move up to a share of fourth place alongside Simon P Brown and Gary Emerson on seven under par 137. 
 Des Smyth and Barry Lane both recorded two under par rounds of 70 to move into a tie for seventh place on 138 while defending champion Fowler posted a one under par 71 to head into the final day on five under par 139 alongside Gary Wolstenholme and Miguel Angel Martin.  
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
131 P Golding (England) 64 67
135 C Monasterio (Argentina) 66 69
136 R Gibson (Canada) 68 68 
137 S Brown (Eng) 68 69, G Emerson (Eng) 65 72, J Gould (Eng) 70 67
138 D Smyth (Irl) 68 70, B Lane (Eng) 68 70
139 P Fowler (Aus) 68 71, G Wolstenholme (Eng) 68 71, M Martin (Esp) 67 72
140 T Thelen (USA) 70 70, G Turner (Nzl) 71 69,
141 S Tinning (Den) 72 69, J Quiros (Esp) 67 74, R Rafferty (Nir) 70 71, D Hospital (Esp) 70 71, P Linhart (Esp) 70 71, B Conser (USA) 69 72, M Mackenzie (Eng) 72 69
142 A Oldcorn (Sco) 72 70, R Drummond (Sco) 69 73, T Price (Aus) 68 74, G Joyner (Aus) 74 68,
143 P Wesselingh (Eng) 71 72, C Mason (Eng) 71 72, J Remesy (Fra) 71 72, M Davis (Eng) 75 68, B Cameron (Eng) 71 72, J Smith (USA) 72 71, G Rusnak (USA) 75 68, J Carriles (Esp) 71 72, W Grant (Eng) 69 74
144 M Mouland (Wal) 74 70, G Manson (Aut) 70 74, I Woosnam (Wal) 74 70, P Eales (Eng) 72 72,
145 D O'Sullivan (Irl) 73 72, M Harwood (Aus) 71 74, D Russell (Eng) 72 73, S McAllister (Sco) 70 75, L Carbonetti (Arg) 74 71
146 J Sallat (Fra) 72 74, P Jonas (Can) 75 71, B Longmuir (Sco) 70 76, G Brand Jnr (Sco) 75 71, J Berendt (Arg) 74 72, J Bruner (USA) 76 70, J Rivero (Esp) 75 71, A Franco (Par) 68 78
147 M Cunning (USA) 73 74, R Sabarros (Fra) 71 76, F Illouz (Fra) 72 75, A Bossert (Sui) 76 71, M Farry (Fra) 74 73, A Sherborne (Eng) 75 72, M Bianco (Ita) 72 75
148 S Cipa (Eng) 72 76, N Job (Eng) 73 75, S Luna (Esp) 72 76, N Ratcliffe (Aus) 77 71
151 G Brand (Eng) 73 78, P Walton (Irl) 75 76, G Ryall (Eng) 78 73
 152 K Spurgeon (Eng) 71 81,
 154 A Garrido (Esp) 76 78, M McLean (Eng) 78 76, G Cali (Ita) 76 78,
 157 D Durnian (Eng) 77 80,
 159 G Banister (Aus) 78 81,
 160 C Williams (RSA) 81 79,
 ** M James (Eng) WD  0,


SCOTS' SCORES
142 A Oldcorn 72 70, R Drummond 69 73 (T21)
145 S McAllister 70 75 (T38)
146 G Brand junior 75 71, B Longmuir 70 76 (T43)

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CHALLENGE TOUR REPORT AND SCORES

GERMAN FRITSCH IS ON VERGE OF 

RECLAIMING EUROPEAN TOUR PLACE

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Florian Fritsch is 18 holes away from securing a return to the European Tour as the German takes a two-shot lead into the final round of the EMC Golf Challenge Open, his final tournament of the European Challenge Tour season.
While there are still four lucrative events to go after this week’s event at the beautiful Olgiata Golf Club in Rome, Fritsch will not travel to the Challenge Tour's ‘Final Swing’ in China, Oman and Dubai due to his fear of flying so it is his last shot at earning enough money to graduate to the 2015 Race to Dubai.
The 28 year old, currently ninth in the Rankings, has shown nerves of steel thus far and he finished in style with a birdie at the tough par four 18th following another huge stroke of luck.
After gaining a lucky free drop beside a flower bed on day two in Italy, Fritsch hit a skewed drive at the final hole on the third day but his ball ricocheted off a tree and rolled out onto the tenth fairway with a perfect line into the pin.
He duly took advantage though, and hit a stunning four iron shot from 221 yards to just four feet before tapping home for a finishing birdie, a two under par 69, a second successive bogey-free round and a two-shot lead on seven under par.
“That was a real hard-working two under par round out there,” said Fritsch, who played on The European Tour in 2011 after earning his card through Qualifying School.
“It may look like an easier round than the second day but it definitely was not. It was a grind and I had a lot of par saves, especially with some difficult putts which were close but the wrong side of the holes."
Certainly, there is no room for error with young Portuguese hotshot Ricardo Gouveia and experienced Frenchman Julien Guerrier just two shots back on five under after they both replicated the leader’s two under par third round.
Benjamin Hebert is still within touching distance of a third victory of the Challenge Tour season, which would earn automatic graduation to The European Tour, despite a one over par 72 which left the Frenchman in a share of third place alongside compatriot Alexandre Kaleka (71) and Italian Alessandro Tadini (69) on three under par.

THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD

Par 213 (3x71)
206 F Fritsch  (Ger) 70 67 69
208 R Gouveia (Por) 68 71 69, J Guerrier  (Fra) 68 71 69
210 B Hebert  (Fra) 71 67 72, A Kaleka  (Fra) 67 72 71, A Tadini (Ita) 70 71 69
212 M Fitzpatrick  (Eng) 75 67 70, J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 70 71 71, M Delpodio  (Ita) 70 71 71, O Farr (Wal) 70 74 68, A Hortal  (Esp) 68 72 72

213 P Edberg (Swe) 71 71 71, M Jonzon (Swe) 69 73 71, A Snobeck  (Fra) 75 71 67, E Espana (Fra) 68 73 72
214 M Tullo (Chi) 70 73 71, R McEvoy  (Eng) 73 69 72, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 74 70 70, P Price (Wal) 72 70 72, L Jensen (Den) 71 70 73, N Ravano (Ita) 70 76 68,
215 R Coles (Eng) 72 73 70, A Bruschi  (Ita) 74 67 74, D Ulrich (Sui) 73 74 68, C Ford (Eng) 72 73 70, P Widegren  (Swe) 74 70 71,
216 O Floren  (Swe) 73 70 73, A Marshall (Eng) 72 74 70, P Oriol (Esp) 74 72 70, D Coupland (Eng) 70 73 73, J Stalter (Fra) 72 75 69, C Brazillier  (Fra) 70 72 74, P Maddy (Eng) 71 71 74
217 D Gaunt (Eng) 72 72 73, H Joannes  (Bel) 73 73 71, L Kennedy  (Eng) 72 74 71, T Sluiter  (Ned) 71 72 74, N Quintarelli (Ita) 71 72 74, J Huldahl (Den) 69 73 75, J Palmer (Eng) 68 77 72, M Ford (Eng) 73 73 71, T Linard (Fra) 69 76 72, J Sjöholm (Swe) 72 72 73
218 J Fahrbring (Swe) 75 72 71, D Kemmer (USA) 75 72 71, J Edfors (Swe) 74 71 73, C Hanson (Eng) 74 71 73
219 M Lafeber (Ned) 72 71 76, P Erofejeff (Fin) 75 70 74, M Wiegele  (Aut) 80 66 73, A Velasco (Esp) 72 75 72, A Rota (Ita) 74 71 74
220 J Elson  (Eng) 71 74 75, P Relecom  (Bel) 73 74 73
221 R Russell (Sco) 73 72 76, T Pulkkanen  (Fin) 74 70 77, S Henry  (Sco) 75 68 78, K Benz (Sui) 75 70 76
222 S Little (Eng) 68 79 75, M Cea (am) (Ita) 77 68 77
223 M Dobias  (Sui) 70 74 79
224 J Barnes (Eng) 74 72 78, W Besseling  (Ned) 75 72 77, B Åkesson (Swe) 76 70 78

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EDZELL AMATEUR FINISHES TWO AHEAD OF PROS MANN, SMITH


GARY TOUGH WINS MIDLAND ALIANCE 

AT LADYBANK WITH PAR 71

Edzell +2 amateur Gary Tough won the Midland Golfers' Alliance individual scratch prize with a level par round of 71 at the Fraser Bros (Tyres) pro-am competition at  Ladybank Golf Club.
Tough finished three shots ahead of Carnoustie professional Fraser Mann and  home course pro Sandy Smith.
Edzell also provided the winners of the team prize - club pro Alastair Webster and amateurs Ron Brownhill, Alex Smith, and Jim Watt with a score of 131.

LEADING SCRATCH
Par 71
71 G Tough (Edzell).
74 F Mann (Carnoustie), S Smith (Ladybank).
75 P Wytrazek (Burntisland), C McMaster (Panmure), A Webster (Edzell).
76 C Donnelly (Balbirnie Park), C Armstrong (Burntisland), M Pirie (Pitlochry);
77 B Stewart (Tulliallan), A Martin (The Duke's).
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
131 A. Webster (Edzell), R Brownhill (Edzell) (7), A Smith (Edzell) (9), A Watt (Edzell) (1).
133 (better inward half) P Brookes (Pitreavie), C Westland (Alloa) (9), K Thomson (Alloa) (14), N Dyce (Strathmore) (1)
133 A Martin (The Duke's), S Mitchell (St Andrews) (12), A Mason (Thornton) (9), G. Crighton (St Andrews) (8)


 
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THE MIGHTY MEN OF MURCAR LINKS: PENNANT, MAITLAND SHIELD WINNERS

It's been a great season for Murcar Links as far as team events are concerned. They won the Maitland Shield foursomes tournament at Stonehaven and beat Newmachar on a countback after the final of the Aberdeen Pennant League, sponsored by the Cults Hotel.
At the Pennant League Dinner at the Douglas Hotel, Market Street, Aberdeen last night, tribute was paid to the Murcar Links' "double whammy" and trophies were presented to the players.
Fourteen clubs had their own tables at the Dinner - Craibstone, Northern, Bon Accord, Stonehaven, Murcar Links, Nigg Bay, Newmachar, Banchory, Peterculter, Hazlehead, Caledonian, Auchmill, Deeside and Portlethen.
For the second/third year in a row Royal Aberdeen did not take a table and therefore had no representatives at the Dinner. A Royal Aberdeen team does play in the Pennant League.

If you want to "repay" Cults Hotel for their ongoing sponsorship, why not make that your destination if you have decided to go out somewhere for a meal.
Call  the Cults Hotel, 328 North Deeside Road, on
 01224 867632

Footnote: Murcar Links also won the Paul Lawrie Foundation Aberdeen Junior Pennant League championship.

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BEHIND-CLOSED-DOORS TIRADE AT GLENEAGLES HOTEL

Report: Tom Watson ripped Into USA

players at Ryder Cup Team Meeting

Tom Watson, Ryder Cup
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U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson 
The drama surrounding the dysfunctional 2014 U.S. Ryder Cup team just took a turn for the worse.
According to a report by Bob Harig on ESPN.com, Phil Mickelson's thinly-veiled public swipe at captain Tom Watson did not occur in a vacuum, but was provoked by a tirade the 65-year-old Watson put on in front of the American squad during a team meeting Saturday night at the Ryder Cup.
"Four sources who witnessed the proceedings in the U.S. team room at the Gleneagles Hotel said that Watson took no responsibility for any shortcomings, scoffed at a gift that the U.S. team members gave him, ridiculed several European team players and started the proceedings by denigrating the Americans' play that afternoon."
"'You could have heard a pin drop in that room,' one of those in attendance said. 'He was pissed. It all went from there.'"


TOM WATSON KILLED USA TEAM SPIRIT

FROM THE GOLF CHANNEL WEBSITE

By Rex Hoggard

By now it is no secret that Tom Watson was not a players' captain. He didn’t communicate well. He didn’t rally the U.S. team around a central theme. And, according to an ESPN.com story published Friday, he utterly failed to motivate the American side.
According to the report, Watson mocked some players on the European team, dismissed a gift that his players had given him and criticized many of the U.S. team’s members for their poor performance during a team meeting on Saturday.
That criticism came in front of a room filled with players, caddies, wives and PGA of America officials. More than 40 people, according to story, were in the room when Watson dismissed a replica of the Ryder Cup that was signed by his players and presented to him as a gift.
Watson told the players that the gift meant nothing to him if the U.S. team didn’t rally and win the actual trophy.
“It was fairly shocking that he treated this thoughtful gift with such disdain,” said one of four sources that witnessed the event.
Watson began the proceedings by saying, “You stink at foursomes,” a source said following another alternate-shot session where the American side failed to earn a full point.
But the most telling part of the report involved Phil Mickelson, who a night later would cause a stir during the post-Ryder Cup press conference when he said the U.S. had “strayed from a winning formula.

Hoggard: Watson killed team spirit on Saturday

Mickelson has been largely criticized for seemingly speaking out against Watson and his techniques. Some have said Lefty should not have aired the team’s dirty laundry on Sunday night with his reference to the “winning formula” employed by Paul Azinger in 2008.
He also not-so-subtly confirmed that Watson’s leadership style didn’t exactly include an open-door policy. When asked on Sunday if any member of the U.S. team had been involved in Watson’s decision-making process, Mickelson said, “No, nobody here was in any decision.”
But according to the report and various sources interviewed by GolfChannel.com, it was Mickelson who attempted to fuel a Sunday singles rally.
After Watson had alienated much of the team with his old-school approach, Mickelson did what leaders do.
“Phil called every single person out by name and gave them all the reason why he loves them and why they should be part of the team,” a source who was in the team room told GolfChannel.com. 
“It was a difference between leading with a carrot and stick.”
The U.S. rally on Sunday was stymied before it could even start following victories by Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell at the top of the European order, a blow that was followed hours later by Mickelson’s assessment of the current American Ryder Cup process.
Yet for all the vitriol Mickelson - who is nothing if not calculating when it comes to sending a message - has endured, the revelations from Saturday’s meeting seem to suggest he was not alone in his disenchantment with Watson's captaincy.
Watson had already lost the team room, and Lefty was looking ahead to 2016 and hoping the United States doesn’t lose another Ryder Cup.
“He was definitely the leader on that team. He said what needed to be said in the most diplomatic way,” a source told your scribe.
Maybe you didn’t like the way Mickelson delivered the message, but there is no questioning his intentions.


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ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP

 LOWRY MOVES UP AFTER RAIN DELAY
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Raphaël Jacquelin’s slender halfway lead had been erased before he had the chance to tee off during the rain-delayed third round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Heavy rain overnight and into Saturday morning forced a delay of one hour at all three courses - Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and the Old Course at St Andrews - used for the pro-am event.

At nine under par, France's Jacquelin had led by one over Irish pair Shane Lowry and Padraig Harrington, England's Oliver Wilson and compatriot Alexander Levy.

But Lowry made a birdie on the 12th - his third hole - at Carnoustie to move to nine under par.

World Number One Rory McIlroy had also birdied the third hole at St Andrews to improve to five under as he seeks his fifth win of the season at the venue where he will defend his Open Championship title next July.
 

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ENGLISHMAN HAS ONE-SHOT ADVANTAGE WITH A ROUND TO GO

 LEWTON LEADS TAIWAN MASTERS


 ASIAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE
Taipei: England’s Steve Lewton continued his consistent form by carding a two-under-par 70 to lead by one shot in the third round of the US$650,000 Mercuries Taiwan Masters
Lewton got off to a great start when he fired three straight birdies starting from the fifth hole before dropping a shot to turn in 34. He then traded one birdie and one bogey on his way home for a three-day total of four-under-par 212 at the challenging Taiwan Golf and Country Club’s Tamsui course.
Filipino veteran Antonio Lascuna signed for a second straight 69 to move into a share of second place alongside overnight leader Adilson Da Silva of Brazil, who posted a 72, in the long-running Mercuries Taiwan Masters, which is celebrating its 28th edition.
Tour rookie Cameron Smith of Australia, ranked 11th on the Order of Merit, and countryman Unho Park are in prime position to win their first Asian Tour title after shooting identical 70s to share fourth place on 214.
Lewton was surprised with his lead as he had previously failed to make the cut in 2012 and 2013. However, his past experiences on this course have spurred him on to contend for a first Asian Tour title.
“I got off to a really good start. The three consecutive birdies from the fifth hole kind of got my round going. I think I’ve learned to play the golf course a little bit better after missing the cuts in the last two years. 
"The grass here in Taiwan is very different from what I grew up playing on back home in England. It has taken me a few rounds to get used to it,” said Lewton.
Lewton has enjoyed a great start to the season with two top-10s and he hopes to translate that good form into a win.
“It had been good for me so far. I enjoyed the course, the weather and being in Taiwan. I am just going to stick to the same game plan tomorrow and continue to do what I’ve been doing,” added the 31-year-old.


LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) Yardage: 6,923
212 – Steve LEWTON (ENG) 70-72-70.
213 – Antonio LASCUNA (PHI) 75-69-69, Adilson DA SILVA (BRA) 75-66-72.
214 – Unho PARK (AUS) 72-72-70, Cameron SMITH (AUS) 72-72-70.
215 – Javi COLOMO (ESP) 72-74-69, Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) 72-73-70, Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 74-71-70.
216 – LU Wen-teh (TPE) 74-72-70, Sam CYR (USA) 71-74-71.
217 – Andrew DODT (AUS) 74-70-73, Marcus BOTH (AUS) 71-73-73.
218 – Chapchai NIRAT (THA) 75-71-72, WANG Jeung-hun (SKOR) 73-72-73, Prom MEESAWAT (THA) 71-73-74.
219 – S.S.P CHOWRASIA (IND) 72-77-70, Angelo QUE (PHI) 75-73-71.
220 – Jyoti RANDHAWA (IND) 75-72-73, ZHANG Lian-wei (CHN) 74-73-73, LU Wei-chih (TPE) 73-74-73, HSU Mong-nan (TPE) 77-70-73, Jazz JANEWATTANANOND (THA) 73-73-74, Sam BRAZEL (AUS) 72-74-74, Elmer SALVADOR (PHI) 74-71-75, Gunn CHAROENKUL (THA) 72-73-75, Namchok TANTIPOKHAKUL (THA) 71-73-76, Paul PETERSON (USA) 72-71-77.
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AMATEUR GARY TOUGH WINS SCRATCH AWARD BY THREE SHOTS

EDZELL MEN SCOOP MAIN PRIZES AT 

LADYBANK ALLIANCE

Edzell +2 amateur Gary Tough won the Midland Golfers' Alliance individual scratch prize with a level par round of 71 at the Fraser Bros (Tyres) pro-am at Ladybank Golf Club.
Tough finished three shots ahead of Carnoustie professional Fraser Mann and  home course pro Sandy Smith.
Edzell also provided the winners of the team prize - club pro Alastair Webster and amateurs Ron Brownhill, Alex Smith, and Jim Watt with a score of 131.

LEADING SCRATCH
Par 71
71 G Tough (Edzell).
74 F Mann (Carnoustie), S Smith (Ladybank).
75 P Wytrazek (Burntisland), C McMaster (Panmure), A Webster (Edzell).
76 C Donnelly (Balbirnie Park), C Armstrong (Burntisland), M Pirie (Pitlochry);
77 B Stewart (Tulliallan), A Martin (The Duke's).
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
131 A. Webster (Edzell), R Brownhill (Edzell) (7), A Smith (Edzell) (9), A Watt (Edzell) (1).
133 (better inward half) P Brookes (Pitreavie), C Westland (Alloa) (9), K Thomson (Alloa) (14), N Dyce (Strathmore) (1)
133 A Martin (The Duke's), S Mitchell (St Andrews) (12), A Mason (Thornton) (9), G. Crighton (St Andrews) (8)



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