Saturday, February 28, 2015

PADRAIG HARRINGTON LEADER AT HALFWAY
 
The second round has now been completed in the weather-delayed Honda Classic on the US PGA Tour - and Padraig Harrington is the halfway leader!
The Irisman is on 133 with rounds of 67-66 going into the third round later today.
He leads by one from Patrick Reed (67-67) and by two from Ian Poulter (71-64) and Brendan Steele (66-69).
Luke Donald is next on 136 after rounds of 69-67.
Russell Knox is T6 on 137 (69-68) and Paul Casey T10 on 139 (69-70).
Players with two-round totals of 144 and better qualified to play the last two rounds.
Confirmed that Rory McIlroy mssed the cut by three shots with 73-74 for 147
Compatriot Graeme McDowell missed by one with 74-71 for 145,. the same aggregate as Justin Rose (73-72).
Ernie Els bowed out on 146 (77-69).

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KYLE GODSMAN SCORES FIFTH NORTH ALLIANCE 

WIN OF THE SEASON AT MUIR OF ORD
 
Moray Golf Club amateur Kyle Godsman won for the third time in February and the fifth for the North Scottish Alliance 2014-15 season with a two-under-par 66 at Muir of Ord Golf club on Saturday.
Godsman, pictured, from Hopeman, has also finished second on three occasions.

His birdies came at the sixth, eighth, 15th and 18th, dropping shots at the seventh and 17th in halves of 34-32.
Godsman won by three strokes from joint runner-ups Jeff Wright (Forres) and Torvean's Robert Stewart.
Wright did, however, managed improve his best aggregate total by one shot in what was the penultimate counter. He now trails Godsman by four (398-402).
Alliance secretary Alan Cowie (Lossiemouth) won Class 2 Handicap with a net 66 off eight. Handicap cut obviously called for!


NORTH SCOTTISH ALLIANCE
Muir of Ord Golf Club
Par 68
LEADING SCRATCH
66 K Godsman (Moray)
69 J Wright (Forres), R H Stewart (Torvean)
71 A Cameron (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), B Fotheringham (Inverness), R McKerron (Forres), G H Hay (Grantown on Spey).
72 N McWilliam (Elgin), K Thomson (Moray), S Johnson (Muir of Ord)
73 A W Mair (Moray), J S D Campbell (Grantown), B J Thomson (Torvean), I Murray (Boat of Garten)
74 J Simpson (Forres), J Shaw (Boat of Garten), A Cowie (Moray);
75 B Cruickshank (Spey Bay), S Wilson (Inverness), R Harrower (Boat of Garten) p, L Reid (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), D F Sharp (Boat of Garten), G Mellis (Muir of Ord)
76 J K England (Moray), P Mathieson (Grantown)
77 J A Grant (Grantown), D Johnston (Moray), J R Ingram (Boat of Garten), W Hutchison (Inverness), E Barron (Torvean)
78 R Kinnaird (Grantown), A J England (Moray), W Donnelly (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), D Joel (Inverness), I Hamilton (Elgin), W Weatherall (Muir of Ord)
79 C Small (Nairn), G Allan (Moray), I Laing (Grantown);
80 G Mackenzie (Moray), W B Johnston (Moray), A Waterson (Grantown), A Boxx (Boat of Garten), P Masson (Rothes), K Barnett (Torvean), R J Innes (Torvean), A Imrie (Inverness)


LEADING HANDICAP
Class 1 (7 and under)
67 R H Stewart (Torvean) (2)
68 I Murray (Boat of Garten) (5)
69 D F Sharp (Boat of Garten) (6), R McKerron (Forres) (2)
70 W Hutchison (Inverness) (7)
Class 2 (8 to 18)

66 A Cowie (Moray) (8)
67 C Small (Nairn) (12)
68 J Macdonald (Inverness) (15), A McWilliam (Moray) (16)
69 I Hamilton (Elgin) (9), A Boxx (Boat of Garten) (11);

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Irishman Hurley plays Dutchman in Spanish final

Ireland's Gary Hurley (West Waterford) beat repeating European champion Ashley Chesters from Hawkstone Park  by 3 and 2 in the semi-finals of the Spanish men's open amateur match-play championship at Jerez Golf Club, writes Colin Farquharson.

Hurley, pictured, the 16th of 32 qualifiers, beat Chesters, the 12th qualifier, by 3 and 2 to earn a place in Sunday's 36-hole final. Hurley was a student at Maynooth University. Whether he has completed his education there, I am not too sure.
The other finalist is Dutchman Jeroen Krietenmeijer who scored an upset win over the tournament favourite, Spain's No 3 seed Ivan Cantero.
Jeroen won at the 19th.

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HURLEY v CHESTERS IN SPANISH SEMI-FINAL
 
Ireland's Gary Hurley will meet European champion Ashley Chesters in this afternoon's semi-finals of the Spanish men's open amateur match-play championship at Jerez Golf Club.
In this morning's quarter-finals, Hurley beat Marcus Maukner from Austria by 2 and 1, while Chesters was a 2 and 1 winner of Ireland's Jack Hume.
In the other semi-final it will be the No 3 seed, Spain's Ivan Cantero against Jeroen Krietenmeijer (Netherlands) who KO'd England's Ashton Turner by one hole in the quarters.



QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
Qualifying number in brackets
Gary Hurley (Ireland) (16) bt Marcus Maukner (Austria) (25) 3 and 2.
Ashley Chesters (England) (12) bt Jack Hume (Ireland) (13) 2 and 1.
Ivan Cantero (Spain) (3) bt Sean Towndrow (England) (22) 2 and 1.
Jeroen Krietenmeijer (Netherlands) (23) bt Ashton Turner (England) (31)  1 hole.

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RORY McILROY - SEVEN OVER PAR - WILL MISS CUT 

IN RAIN-HIT HONDA CLASSIC

FROM SKYSPORTS.COM
Brendan Steele fired four early birdies to top the leaderboard after a weather-affected second day at the Honda Classic.
On a day where play was interrupted twice due to bad weather, less than half of the field were able to finish their second round before play was suspended early due to bad light.
But pre-tournament favourite and World No 1 Rory McIlroy is going to miss the cut at seven-over-par for the tournament.
Steele only completed four holes before darkness fell at PGA National, but birdied all four to move to eight-under and pull two-strokes clear of early pacesetter Patrick Reed. 
Reed recovered from an early double-bogey at the 11th to card five birdies in tricky conditions and post a second round 67, with overnight leader Jim Herman a further stroke back following pars from his three completed holes.

Patrick Reed goes into the third day six-under.

Second Round latest

*-8 Brendan Steele (USA)
-6 Patrick Reed (USA)
*-5 Jim Herman (USA)
-4 Luke Donald (Eng)
*-4 Ian Poulter (Eng)
*-4 Padraig Harrington (Irl)
Selected Others
-3 Russell Knox (Sco)
*Level Sergio Garcia (Esp)
*Level Phil Mickelson (USA)
*+5 Lee Westwood (Eng)
+7 Rory McIlroy (Nir)
+12 Dustin Johnson (USA)

* - Yet to complete second round
“It was tough out there today, especially with the early rain this morning,” the American told Sky Sports 4. “I was glad once I made my double-bogey to pull it together and not make any more bogeys or any slip ups and played pretty faultless from there.”
Luke Donald posted a second round 67, with compatriot Ian Poulter joining him on four-under after binning his second shot from 116 yards for an eagle at the fourth and making two further gains from his first eight holes. 

Last year’s runner-up Russell Knox, still looking for a maiden win on the PGA Tour, posted a two-under 70 to join the group five strokes back.
"It was never going to be pretty today,” the world No 98 told Sky Sports 4. “It was very windy and rainy and my short game saved my bacon quite a few times!
"I think one of the things I like about this course is that you’re never comfortable. Every hole is so demanding and keeps my focus.
“I’ve got so many great memories here but that doesn’t mean anything for the next couple of days; I’ve got to hang in there.”
Phoenix Open winner Brooks Koepka was the biggest mover of the day, bouncing back from an eight-over first round by carding seven birdies in a second round 64 to make the cut. 
With the cut-off point for the weekend set to be four-over, world No 1 Rory McIlroy will be a high profile casualty after a bogey-filled second round moved him to seven-over for the tournament. The Northern Irishman hasn't missed a cut since last summer's Irish Open, but won't feature this weekend after carding five bogeys in a round disrupted by storms. 
Joining McIlroy below the expected cut-off point was Dustin Johnson, who reached the turn one-under for the day before carding three double-bogeys in a second round 75. 

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