US PGA Tour report and scores

DAVIS TUMBLES, DE JONGE NEW 

LEADER, ADAM SCOTT MISSES CUT

Londoner Brian Davis tumbled out of the lead in the second round of the Valspar Championship at Palm Harbour, Florida .. and Adam Scott missed his first cut since 2012 ... one of five Major winners now on the sidelines at Innisbrook.
Davis followed up his first-round 65 with a 76 for 141 and has dropped to T27, the same mark as Martin Laird who had a second-round 72,
New leader is veteran Zimbabwean Brendon de Jonge on 136 with rounds of 67 and 69.
There are five players in joint second place, a shot behind on 137 and another four on 138, including Ian Poulter.
Russell Knox, who started at the ninth still has to complete his round after a first-day 69.
The big names among those who missed the cut at 143 were
Padraig Harrington, a winner last week, Adam Scott, Justin Rose and Ernie Els - all of them Major winners.

 REPORT FROM JASON CROOK, Golf.com

Low scores didn’t come easy on a windy Friday at Innisbrook, but with 36 holes in the books, Jordan Spieth and Henrik Stenson sit just one shot behind a veteran Zimbabwean, Brendon de Jonge, who is chasing his first US PGA Tour victory at the Valspar:

What it means: In case the pressure of trying to win his first PGA Tour event wasn't enough for de Jonge, thanks to a late Friday push from Spieth and Stenson, he will have to try and hang on to his lead with two guys in the OWGR top 10 breathing down his neck. 
Also in the mix is Ian Poulter, who is certainly eager for a shot at redemption after collapsing at the Honda two weeks ago, and Glover, the 2009 U.S. Open champ. De Jonge also doesn't exactly have history on his side as no 36-hole leader has gone on to win at Innisbrook since 2006.
Round of the day: Spieth put an exclamation point on his 4-under 67 with a 17-foot birdie putt from off the green at 18 and closed the gap between himself and the lead to one in the process. The 21-year-old phenom equaled the low round of the day with seven birdies to three bogeys as heavy wind gusts took really low scores completely out of play.
Best of the rest: De Jonge, who played in the early wave, birdied two of his final three holes to finish his second-round 69, then sat around as no one could successfully wrestle the lead away from him.  Ernst had the best chance, but the 24-year old Californian bogeyed three of his final five holes to fall into the group one behind at 5 under.
Biggest disappointment: After racing out ahead of the pack with a first-round 65, Brian Davis came back to down to Earth on Friday, bogeying five straight holes at one point en route to a 5-over 76. He enters Day 3 six shots off the lead.
World No. 4 Adam Scott also had a Friday to forget, carding a 4-over 75 to miss the cut by three shots, ending the PGA Tour’s longest consecutive made cuts streak at 45. It was Scott’s first missed cut since the 2012 HP Byron Nelson Championship.
Shot of the day: While it didn’t move him inside the cut line, Jonathan Byrd will always have the memory of his hole-in-one on the 211-yard 15^th hole at Innisbrook.
 Byrd’s ace comes on the heels of last week’s two holes-in-one in a half hour at Doral, and was the first at the Copperhead Course since 2004.
Biggest storyline going into Moving Day: He’s been close, most notably at last year’s Masters, but Jordan Spieth hasn’t won an official PGA Tour event since the 2013 John Deere Classic. Sure, the budding American star added Australian Open and World Challenge titles to his resume late in 2014, but it will be interesting to see how he handles the pressure of being part of a weekend mix with Augusta right around the corner, especially with the likes of Stenson, Poulter, Patrick Reed and Matt Kuchar in the mix.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOAD
players from USA unless stated
Par 142 (2x71)
136 Brendon de Jonge (Zimbabweab=n) 67 69
137 Jordan Spieth 70 67, Ryan Moore 69 68, Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 67 70, Derek Ernst 67 70, Kevin Streelman 68 69
138 Ricky Barnes 66 72, Ian Poulter (England) 68 70, Sean O'Hair 66 72, Lucas Glover 69 69.

SELECTED SCORES
140 Luke Donald (England) 72 68 (T15)
141 Brian Davis (England) 65 76, Martin Laird (Scotland) 67 72 (T27).
+Russell Knox still has to complete his second round.

MISSED THE CUT (143 and better qualified)
145 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 72 73, Jamie Donaldson (Wales) 70 75
146 Justin Rose (England) 74 72, Adam  Scott (Australia) 71 75, Ernie Els (S Africa) 69 77
147 Louis Oosthuizen (S Africa) 75 72
148 Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 76 72
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STRONG FINISH BY McLEARY FOR SHARE OF SECOND

PLACE ON ALGARVE PRO TOUR

Jamie McLeary, pictured below, birdied four of the last six holes for a five-under-par 67 and a share of second place at the halfway stage of this weekend's Algarve Pro Tour event at Castro Marim Golf Club near the border with Spain.

McLeary's bogey-free round had birdies at the second, 13th, 15th, 17th and 18th.
He is sharing second spot with South African Tayler Hogarty, two shots behind leader Marcus Armitage from England.
Jay Taylor is joint 10th on 70 but Duncan Stewart, after birdieing the third, fourth, eighth and ninth, dropped shots at the 10th, 12th, 14th and 17th, offset by only one further birdie, at the 13th. He finished the day with a 73 and sharing 20th place.

ALGARVE PRO TOUR
Castro Marim Golf Club
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
65 Marcus Armitage (Eng)
67 T Hogarty (SAf), J McLeary (Sco)
68 M Moseley (Eng), Hugues Joannes (Bel), Antonio Sobrinho (Port)

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
70 Jay Taylor (T10)
73 Duncan Stewart (T20)
Field of 36 players

2010 BRITISH BOYS' CHAMPION AT 

BARASSIE LEADS TSHWANE OPEN
 
FROM EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

Adrian Otaegui reaped the rewards of his mentoring from fellow Spaniard José María Olazábal by seizing the lead at the Tshwane Open and coming close to firing the European Tour's first round of 59.
Winner of the British boys' title at Kilmarnock Barassie in 2010, Otaegui, now 22, who played most of his junior golf at his local club in the northern Spain seaside resort of Fuenterrabia, where 2012 Ryder Cup Captain Olazábal was born and raised, went round in eight-under 62 today at Pretoria Country Club to sit pretty on 11 under par 129.

The youngster made his ninth birdie with an excellent putt at the 16th, meaning he needed to pick up two shots over the last two holes, both par fours, to create history on a sunny morning.
Otaegui came agonisingly close to a birdie at the 17th, chipping just to the right of the hole from the edge of the green, but could not manage the eagle he then required at the 514 yard last.

Indeed, he finished with a bogey, a sole blemish of his round, like on Thursday.
“It’s a tough par four and it's normally a par five,” he reflected.
Five of Otaegui's gains came consecutively from the eighth hole, a sequence he admitted being oblivious to.
“I was focused and didn’t know that I had made five birdies in a row,” he said.
“I was playing well and made a few putts, that’s all I was thinking about. The best golf is when you think as little as possible, and this was one of those days.”

Otaegui, who has moved to Biarritz but stays in touch with Olazábal, leads by two shots from South Africa's Merrick Bremner, who went round in four under 66, thanks to seven birdies.
Joint overnight leader David Horsey of England is one shot further back, after a mixed round of one under, alongside Italy's Edoardo Molinari plus South Africans Keith Horne and Trevor Fisher Jnr.
Thursday's other front runner Morten Ørum Madsen, who hit a hole-in-one at the eighth in his first round, recovered somewhat from two double bogeys in his opening four holes to finish on five under overall

Only two of the five Scots in the starting field made the cut at 140 and better. Craig Lee is T13 on 135 (67-68) and Scott Jamieson T47 on 139 (70-69)

Chris Doak (70-142), Richie Ramsay (72-144) and David Drysdale (76-149) are now on the sidelines

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 140 (2x70)
129 Adrian Otaegui (Spain) 67 62
131 Merrick Bremner (S Africa) 65 66
132 David Horsey (England) 63 69, Keith Horne (S Africa) 65 67, Edoardo Mlinari (Italy) 60 66, Trevor Fisher jun (S Africa) 66 66 

SCOTS' SCORES
135 Craig Lee 67 68 (T13)
139 Scott Jamieson 70 69 (T47)
MISSED THE CUT (140 and better qualified)
142 Chris Doak 72 70
144 Richie Ramsay 72 72
149 David Drysdale 73 76

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PAUL LAWRIE LEADS BY THREE 

DESPITE 7 AT PENINA'S SHORT 16th

Paul Lawrie ran up a quadruple bogey 7 at the par-3 16th (225yd) today but still leads the Paul Lawrie Foundation Pro Series tournament by three strokes with one more round to go over the Henry Cotton Championship course, which is a par 73, at Penina Hotel and Golf Resort, pictured above, near Portimao on the Algarve, writes Colin Farquharson.
In a fairly strong breeze and with a couple of "testing" pin positions, Lawrie birdied the first, fourth, sixth, 10th, 14th, 15th and 17th in a three-under-par 70 for an eight-under tally of 138.
Neil Fenwick, who had a 69 for 141 is Lawrie's nearest challenger displacing Greig Hutcheon from second place. Hutcheon had a 73 for 143.

PAUL LAWRIE FOUNDATION PRO SERIES TOURNAMENT
Penina Golf Resort, Henry Cotton Championship Course
Portimao, Algarve.
SECOND-ROUND SCORES
Par 146 (2x73)
138 P Lawrie 68 70.
141 N Fenwick 72 69
143 G Hutcheon 70 73
145 D Law 74 71, G McBain 72 73
146 P McKechnie 74 72.
147 M Stewart 72 75, R Kellett 71 76.
148 S Henderson 71 77, P McLean 75 73.
149 K Nicol 78 71, C Lawrie 78 71, R Cameron 74 75.
152 J Doherty 76 76
154 J Findlay 79 75
159 C Macaulay 77 82, A Forsyth 80 79, M Isaacs 81 78.

ROSS WINS THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF IN S AFRICA

Craig Ross (Kirkhill) beat South African David Meyers 7 and 5 today  in the third-place play-off at the Northern Open amateur golf championship at Randpark Golf Club.

In the 36-hole final, Teaghan Gauche, who had beaten Ross in the semi-finals, won the title by beating Ryan Dreyer 6 and 4.

NE Alliance Handicap tables sponsored by WLM Golf

 IT'S THE BATTLE OF THE DAVIDS FOR 

CLASS 1 ORDER OF MERIT TITLE

   By COLIN FARQUHARSON
   Colin@scottishgolfview.com
It's table leader David Fleming (Portlethen) versus second-placed David Mackay (Hazlehead), the NE Alliance joint sec, for the £50 amateur voucher donated by teaching pro Willie McKenzie's WLM Golf Company to the winner of the Handicap Class 1 Order of Merit.
The competition closes with the second round of the Alliance championship at Craibstone Golf Club next Wednesday and Fleming's current total of 1100pt gives him a 75pt lead over Mackay.
Only the five (and ties) prizewinners in Class 1 earn weekly points as follows: 1st 250; 2nd 200; 3rd 150; 4th 100; 5th 50.
David Fleming is pictured on right and David Mackay is pictured below.
Plenty of scope there for Mackay to turn the tables in the Battle of the Davids. At the same time, the advantage lies with Fleming who
is in the driving seat.
The £50 amateur voucher will be presented in the Craibstone Golf Club's Brimmond Bistro clubhouse restaurant after all is done and dusted next Wednesday.
The Climber of the Penultimate Week, but too late to affect the top placings, was a 19-place leap by Robert O'Donnell (Oldmeldrum).
Good performance, Robert, but no cigar! 

Many thanks to Willie McKenzie and the WLM Golf Company who also sponsor the £50 voucher for the winner of Class 2. We'll display that table tomorrow.
A lesson or two, maybe three or four, could transform your golf so that YOU could be challenging for the Class 1 or 2 Alliance titles next season. Willie McKenzie is just the man to put you on the right track. He can  be contacted on his mobile phone, 07904 756332 if you want to fix up some lessons. Willie can also be contacted through his website, WLMgolf.com

And thanks as usual to Joel Hopwood, the Royal Aberdeen GC Senior Assistant Professional, for (a) devising the Orders of Merit points schemes and (b) for updating the tables every week and passing them on for you to see on this webstine.
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                                               POINTS       WEEK WEEK Change
1    DAVID FLEMING            1100                   1          1       None
2    DAVID MACKAY             1025                   2          2        0
3    MARTIN FORSTER           825                    3          3        0
4    HARRY ROULSTON         750                    4          4        0
5    PHIL MORRISON              725                    5          5        0
6    FERGUS BISSET                650                    6          6        0
7    DAVID LESLIE                   625                   11         7      Up 4
8    CHARLIE CASSIE              600                     7         8    Down 1
8    JIM EMSLIE                        600                     7         8        -1
10    ALISTAIR GRAHAM        550                     9        10        -1
10    STEVE SHAND                 550                      9       10        -1
12    ALBERT SMITH               500                     15       12        +3
12    JOHN NICOLSON            500                     12       12        0
14    GARY ESSON                   475                     13      14        -1
15    JOHN BORTHWICK         425                     14      15        -1
16    ROBERT O'DONNELL    375                       35     16        19
16    ANDY CAMPBELL         375                       16      16        0
16    STEVE LAWRIE              375                        16     16        0
19    J.SCOTT                           350                        18     19        -1
20    KEITH MCGILLVRAY    325                        19     20        -1
21    DAVE MCKAY  (Caley)   300                         20    21        -1
21    STEWART ALLISON       300                         20    21        -1
23    LES FOWLER                  250                          35    23        12
23    GORDON MILNE            250                          22    23        -1
23    DAVID NELSON             250                           22    23        -1
23    GARY CRAIG                  250                           22    23        -1
23    RYAN MACRAE              250                           22    23        -1
23    WILLIE SHAW                250                            22    23        -1
23    MIKE DUNCAN              250                            22    23        -1
23    BRIAN HARPER             250                            22    23        -1
31    WILLIE SKENE               225                         NEW  31    
  31    ZANDER ROGER          225                           29    31        -2
33    BILLYMAIN                    200                            30    33        -3
33    COLIN DUFFUS              200                            30    33        -3
35    CRAIG CARNEGIE        175                             32    35        -3
35    GATON DILLON            175                             32    35        -3
35    NORMAN DUNCAN     175                             32    35        -3
38    NORMAN FORSTER    150    35    38        -3
38    DREW BUCHAN           150    35    38        -3
40    S.MACKIE                     100    39    40        -1
40    C.ANGUS                      100    39    40        -1
40    J.DOUGLAS                  100    39    40        -1
43    DEREK McDOUGALL   75    42    43        -1
43    JOSH TURNER               75    42    43        -1
43    JIM DUNCAN                 75    42    43        -1
43    RICHIE DAVIDSON       75    42    43        -1
43    IAIN TAYLOR                 75    42    43        -1
48    K.STEWART                    50    47    48        -1
48    JOHN HAMILTON          50    47    48        -1
48    JACKIE FORREST          50    47    48        -1
48    ALAN GALL                   50    47    48        -1