McLeary, Stewart tie for 3rd place on Algarve

Jamie McLeary and Duncan Stewart tied for third place on one-under 143 in the Algarve Pro Tour 36-hole event which ended today at Quinta do Vale Golf Club, Tavira near the Spanish birder.
Both men had double bogeys in their closing rounds. McLeary shot 70-73 and Stewart 68-75.
They earned £800 apiece for finishing eight shots behind the winner of the £2,000 first prize, Belgian Hugues Joannes (67-68 for nine-under 135). 
Second was Irishman Ruaidhri McGee (Ireland) with scores of 70 and 67 for 137, collecting a cheque for £1,250.
The third and fourth Scots in the field, Jay Taylor and Jordan McColl finished T6 and T9 respectively in a field of 40 players.
Taylor shot 73-71 for 144 and earned £400. McColl scored 74-71 for 145 and earned £225.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 H Joannes (Bel) 67 68 (£2,000)
137 R McGee (Ire) 70 67 (£1,250)
142 J McLeary (Sco) 70 73, D Stewart (Sco) 68 75, Tiago Cruz (Por) 70 73 (£800 each)
OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
144 J Taylor 73 71 (£400)
145 J McColl 74 71 (£225)




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SIX SCOTS QUALIFY FOR NORTHERN 

OPEN MATCH-PLAY IN SOUTH AFRICA
 
Six of the te Scots in the South African Northern Open amateur golf championship field are among the leading 32 qualifiers for the match-play stages at Randpark Golf Club, writes Colin Farquharson
Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) is the second seed with rounds of 71, 69, 72 and 67 for a nine-under par aggregate of 279, despite a double bogey 7 at the long third in his final round
He finished two shots behind the leading qualifier, South African Herman Loubser (70-71-69-67 for 277).
Jamie Savage (Cawder) is the No 3 match-play seed with an aggregate of 280 (74-69-67-70).
Other Scottish qualifiers were Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) 284, Scott Gibson (Southerness) 286, Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 289 and Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 289.
The Scots who did not make it after playing four rounds were Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) 293, Calum Fyfe (Cawder) 293 and Murray Naysmith (Marriott Dalmahoy) 300.
Connor Syme (Dumfries and Co) was eliminated after first and second rounds of 78-72 for 151

SOUTH AFRICAN NORTHERN OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Randpark Golf Club.
LEADING MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
Par 288 (4x72)
277 H Loubser (SAf) 70 71 69 67
279 E Ferguson (Sco) 71 69  72 67
280 J Savage (Sco) 74 69 67 70

OTHER SCOTTISH QUALIFIERS
284 G Marchbank (Thornhill) 70 74 69 71 (T10)
286 S Gibson (Southerness) 71 71 70 74 (T13)
289 Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 74 73 70 72, Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 73 72 73 71 (T22)

SCOTTISH NON-QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY
293 Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) 75 71 70 77, Calum Fyfe (Cawder) 75 73 74 71
300 Murray Naysmith (Marritot Dalmahoy) 74 74 75 77.
MISSED EARLIER CUT
151 Connor Syme (Dumfries and Co) 78 73.

North-east Alliance Championship Round 1 Wednesday

ORDER OF PLAY AT DUFF HOUSE ROYAL
 Field of 103 - so get a move on!

8-15 A. Smith G. Esson A. Campbell
8-23 C. Cassie B. Harper G. Leslie
8-31
8-39 P. Morrison R. O'Donnell, R. Ord
8-47 M. Rendall H. Roulston L. Roger
8-55 D. Lawrie B. Robson B. Mason

9-03 S. Davidson £5 M. Brown M. Forster
9-11 A. Benton R. Brown S. Thompson
9-19 D. Townsley N. Chisholm M. Winton
9-27 J. Duff M. Smith S. Melvin
9-35 D Mackay L. Duncan W. Beattie
9-43 J. Scott B. Skene R. McConnachie
9-51 J. Forrest N. Stewart C. Nelson
9-59 A. Gall L. Vannet I. Clark

10-07 S. Lawrie D. Cragie P. Walker
10-15 C. Grant B. Fyfe S. Dillon
10-23 D. Fleming J. Emslie L. Fowler
10-31 C. Angus K. Stewart S. Shand
10-39 Keil Beveridge, Kimberley Beveridge, Laura Murray
10-47 D. Wright B. Lumsden T. Robertson
10-55 D. Leslie W. Shaw G. Homer

11-03 H. McNaughton M. Duncan J. Hopwood
11-11 D. Bisset F. Bisset J. Murray
11-19 S. Allison G. Mackie S. Finnie
11-27 G. Milne J. Duncan I. D. Smith
11-35 D. Nelson N. Parker A. Graham
11-43 J. Jessiman I. Grant S. Murray
11-51 W. Skene D. Lain M. Rogers
11-59 C. Duffus R. Duncan G. Thom

12-07 £5. S. Mackie B. Nicolson J. Nicolson
12-15 J. Borthwick P. Low G. Moir
12-23 I. Taylor, N Macandrew, K Shanks
12-31 K. Duncan M. Patterson A. Dunton. Guest
12-39
12-47 B. Murray
12-55 P McKenna, S Kiloh, S. MacNeil

13-03 S. Lawrie C. Goodwin S. Griffiths

St Andrews highlight on Wednesday, July 15

GOLFING GREATS TO GATHER FOR CHAMPION 

 CHALLENGE AHEAD OF 144th OPEN
 
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE RandA
St Andrews:  Two of golf’s greatest players, Peter Thomson and Tom Watson, will celebrate historic milestones in their remarkable careers at the Champion Golfers’ Challenge ahead of the 144th Open at St Andrews this July.
Rory McIlroy, who will be defending the Claret Jug after his victory at Royal Liverpool last year, will join the five-time champions in a pantheon of greats who will play in the four-hole challenge on the Old Course on Wednesday 15 July.
Thomson will mark the 60th anniversary of his win in The Open at St Andrews in 1955 while Watson will be playing on the 40th anniversary of his debut in The Open in 1975 when he became Champion Golfer of the Year at Carnoustie.
Fans will be delighted to see three-time Champions Gary Player, Sir Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods playing in the event alongside the 1963 and 1969 Champions, Bob Charles and Tony Jacklin, and more recent winners such as Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington.
Among the other Champions confirmed so far are Louis Oosthuizen, who won The Open in 2010, the last time it was played in St Andrews, Stewart Cink, David Duval, Paul Lawrie, Mark O’ Meara, Justin Leonard, John Daly and Sandy Lyle.
The occasion will also be used to pay tribute to Australia’s Kel Nagle, who won the Centenary Open in 1960 at St Andrews and sadly passed away in January at the age of 94.
Peter Dawson, Chief Executive of The RandA, said, “We are looking forward to a wonderful celebration of the rich heritage of The Open at the Champion Golfers’ Challenge in St Andrews. As golf fans, we all have cherished memories of watching these great players competing over the years and the excitement of seeing such inspirational competitors winning The Open. It will also be a fitting occasion to recognise the wonderful career of Kel Nagle, one of the sport’s great gentlemen, who is sadly no longer with us.”
The four-hole challenge will see groups of three or four play the 1st, 2nd, 17th and 18th holes of the Old Course, competing for a prize of £50,000 which will go to a charity of the winning team’s choice. The best individual score per team on each hole will count as the team score.
The Champion Golfers’ Challenge will begin at 3.30pm on Wednesday, July 15 with a musical performance in the centre of the 1st and 18th fairway. The first tee time will be at 4pm.
The challenge will be available to view worldwide on TheOpen.com and through the official Open App. The BBC will televise the event live in the UK and ESPN in the US.

For more information visit TheOpen.com

17 PLAYERS IN FIELD AT PENINA

 

FOR PLF INVITATIONAL MARK II

 

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Calcarsongolf@scottishgolfview.com

Four days at the exclusive Algarve golf resort of Penina - nice work if you can get it ... and 16 Scots pros will get it this week, courtesy of Paul Lawrie and his Foundation funding.

The field for the second Paul Lawrie Foundation Algarve Invitational, teeing  off on Thursday with the first of three rounds at Penina, is a bit  bigger than the first - 17 players  in all: Paul Lawrie, Craig Lawrie, David Law, Ross Kellett, Kris Nicol, Jordan Findlay, Philip McLean, Malcolm Isaacs, Ross Cameron, Greg McBain, Greig, Hutcheon, Scott Henderson, Alastair Forsyth, Callum Macaulay, Michael Stewart, Paul McKechnie and Neil Fenwick.

Paul's caddie David Kenny and PLF manager Michael MacDougall are also in the party who fly out today to Faro, the Algarve's airport. Wednesday is practice round day.

"Idea again has been for a mix of experienced campaigners to impart knowledge, etc whilst playing in a competitive environment, this time just prior to the start of the season," said MacDougall.
All the rounds will be over the Cotton Championship Course (par 73). The late Sir Henry Cotton designed the course and lived in retirement in a penthouse at the Penina Hotel which overlooks the course and doubles up as its clubhouse.
Cotton is buried not far from Penina.