MARTIN LAIRD FINISHES JOINT THIRD IN US PGA TOUR EVENT

Sang-Moon Bae: Won his second PGA Tour event at the Frys.com Open at Silverado Resort and Spa

FROM SKYSPORTS.COM

Bae Sang-moon won his second PGA Tour event when he wrapped up a two-shot victory at the Frys.com Open in California on Sunday.

Scot Martin Laird tied for third place.

The victory in the season opener breaks a long spell of indifferent form for the South Korean, who failed to register a single top-10 finish between his maiden triumph at the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship last May and Sunday afternoon.
Bae fired over 70 for the first time in the week in his final round with a one-over par 73 but was able to keep Australia's Steven Bowditch at bay after coming into the final round with a four-shot lead.

Frys.com Final Leaderboard

1. Sang-Moon Bae -15
2. Steven Bowditch -13
T3. Bryce Molder -12
T3. Hideki Matsuyama -12
T3. Hunter Mahan -12
T3. Retief Goosen -12
T3. Martin Laird -12

"I was very frustrated," 28-year-old Bae told pgatour.com. "Even though my game was good, the score wasn't. I was very frustrated and I was very anxious and nervous."
Bae looked to be cruising as he reached the turn in 35 after two birdies and a bogey, but a run of three bogeys in four holes from 11 to 14 saw him come under a little pressure.
Bowditch closed with a 67 to be the nearest challenger to Bae, who becomes just the third South Korean to register more than one win on the Tour after K.J. Choi and Y.E. Yang.
Bowditch bogeyed the eighth and picked the shot back up on nine as he looked unlikely to make any sort of tilt at the title on the front half.

Laird frustrated

But birdies on 12 and 14, an eagle on 16 and a closing birdie on the last saw him move into second place, one shot clear of Bryce Molder, Hideki Matsuyama, Retief Goosen, Hunter Mahan and Martin Laird.
A closing 71 meant Scot Laird, who was leading the tournament at halfway, finished the week without an over-par round but he was still disappointed not to be able to turn his returning good form into a win.

"Some weeks you feel really good about finishing third and some weeks you kind of are frustrated, thinking that you could have done better," he said.
"And it was one of those weeks for me. I'm going to take a couple days to get over this one."
Laird had rounds of 67, 67, 71 and 71 for 276.
Lee Westwood shot 73 69 69 67 for 278 and T12 finish. 
Russell Knox finished T68 on 291 with scores of 72, 71, 73 and 75.
Jarrod Lyle enjoyed a successful return to the Tour following his battle with leukemia as he fired a closing 70 to finish the week on five under.
The Australian had not started a tour event since February 2012 as he fought the illness for the second time and had to come through qualifying to secure his place in the field.
Lee Westwood got his PGA Tour season off to a satisfactory start after a disappointing 2013/14, closing with a 67 to tie for 12th place at 10 under par.
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SCOTTISH ALLIANCE CHAMPIONSHIP AT DALMAHOY WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY

LAW, OLDCORN, LLOYD SALTMAN

EXPECTED TO BE FRONT RUNNERS 

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
The odds are that one of the 32 professionals rather than an amateur in the field of 106 will win the 54-hole Scottish Alliance championship over the East and West courses at Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel over the next three days (Wednesday-Thursday-Friday)
It follows that the three biggest names in the field - Challenge Tour player and Northern Open champion David Law (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre), Andrew Oldcorn (King's Acre) and Lloyd Saltman (Archerfield Links) - will be among the front runners for the four-figure first prize in a competition being run by Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance secretary Alan Greenshields.
EDITOR: Apologies for getting the dates wrong!

AYRSHIRE WINTER GOLF ASSOCIATION TEE TIMES FOR TUESDAY

Subject: Ayrshire Winter Golf Association

Tee times for Dundonald on Tuesday









Gerry Smith