McLEARY WINS £1,250 FOR THIRD PLACE FINISH ON ALGARVE

Jamie McLeary won £1,250 for a third place finish today  in the latest Algarve Pro Tour event, over 36 holes at Castro Marim on the eastern border with Spain.
McLeary had rounds of 67 and 68 for 135, a shot behind England's Marcus Armitage (65-69) and Portuguese amateur Joao Ramos (69-65).
As Ramos is an amateur, the first pro prize of £2,000 went to Armitage and the second pro prize of £1,250 went to McLeary
Duncan Stewart produced the best score by anyone - a six-under 66 - in the final round and that enabled him to finish joint fifth on 139 and receive a payslip for £700.
Jay Taylor, the third Scot in the field, shot 70-71 for 141 and a T12 finish which earned him £150.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
134 Marcus Armitage (England) 65 69, Joao Ramos (Portugal) (am) 69 65
135 Jamie McLeary (Scotland) 67 68
138 Aaron Rai (England) 69 69
139 Tyler Hogarty (South Africa) 67 72, Duncan Stewart (Scotland) 73 66, Hughes Joannes (Belgium) 68 71

OTHER SCOT'S SCORE
141 Jay Taylor (Sco) 70 71 (T12)

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Logjam leaderboard at Tshwane Open

CRAIG LEE'S 66 PUTS HIM IN

 SIX-WAY TIE FOR LEAD
Stirling's Craig Lee shot a third-round 66 to figure in an amazing six-way tie for the lead on nine-under-par 201 in the Tshawne Open at Pretoria Country Club, South Africa today.
Lee came to the fore as a junior, winning the Scottish boys' open amateur stroke-play at Arbroath in 1995. Five years later, having turned pro in 1996, Craig won the Scottish Young Professionals' title

Local favourite George Coetzee is also there for  what promises to be an exciting final round on Sunday.
Coetzee, whose interest in golf started when he won a junior event as a ten year old at this week’s venue shot a third round 68 to join fellow South Africans Wallie Coetsee and Trevor Fisher Jnr, England’s David Horsey,  Spain’s overnight leader Adrian Otaegui and Craig 201 with a lead of one shot.

Lee, who will be 38 in May, carded a four under par 66, the joint lowest round of the day, to set the clubhouse target on nine under par and looked on as none of the later starters was able to overhaul him.
“I’m delighted,” said the Scot, who is chasing a maiden European Tour title after twice having been a runner-up. 

“It’s one of those courses where you can go quite low as guys have done, but it doesn’t take much to be offline and then you really get punished around here.

LEADING THIRD-ROUND SCORES
players from S Africa unless stated otherwise 
par 210 (3x70)
201 Adrian Otaegui (Spain) 67 62 72, David Horsey (England) 63 69 69, George Coetsee 67 66 68, Trevor Fisher junior 66 66 69, Craig Lee (Scotland) 67 68 66

OTHER SCOT'S SCORE
209 Scott Jamieson 70 69 70 (T43)

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DAVID LAW SHOOTS 66 TO TIE WITH 

PAUL LAWRIE AT PENINA

Northern Open champion David Law shot the tournament low score of seven-under-par 66 to tie with the host for first place in the final totals at the Paul Lawrie Foundation Pro Series over the Henry Cotton Championship Course at Penina Hotel and Golf Resort, Portimao on the Algarve, writes Colin Farquharson

In warm weather - up in the 20s/70s with little or no wind, Law, pictured, produced a blistering final round with nine birdies - the first, second, third, fifth, seventh, 10th, 15th, 17th and 18th. His only bad hole was the 13th which cost him a three-putt double bogey.
His 54-hole aggregate of eight-under-par 211 matched that of Paul Lawrie who had rounds of 68, 70 and 73.
For the second day in a row, Paul had a 7 on his card. In the third round it came at the 14th after his ball hit a tree and went out of bounds.
With a bus booked to take the party to Faro Airport for the flight home, there was no time to fit in a play-off between David Law and Paul Lawrie.
Braid Hills pro Paul McKechnie shot the final day's second-best round of four-under 69 to finish third on four-under-par 215.
Dunbar's Neil Fenwick, lying second overnight, slumped to a closing 79 to drop to eighth place in the final standings. 
The top 10 received undisclosed prizemoney. Paul Lawrie's son Craig and Kris Nicol finished joint ninth so earned some money.
"The event was a great chance to get together, play in a competitive environment just prior to the season getting undeway and to work on their games with the benefit of advice from  some experienced campaigners," said Michael MacDougall, the former Scottish PGA secretary who is now manager of the Paul Lawrie Foundation.

PAUL LAWRIE FOUNDATION PRO SERIES
Penina Hotel and Golf Resort
Henry Cotton Championship Course
Par 219 (3x73) Yardage: 6,900
FINAL TOTALS
211 P Lawrie 68 70 73, D Law 74 71 66
215 P McKechnie 74 71 69
216 G Hutcheon 70 73 73
218 M Stewart 72 75 71, R Kellett  71 76 71.
219 G McBain 72 73 74
220 N Fenwick 72 69 79
222 C Lawrie 79 71 72, K Nicol  78 71 73
223 J Doherty 76 78 69
224 R Cameron 74 75 75
225 S Henderson 71 77 77
227 P McLean 75 72 79
230 A Forsyth 80 79 71
232 J Findlay 79 75 78
233 C Macaulay 77 82 74

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NE Alliance Handicap Class 2 Order of Merit

BEN LUMSDEN IS ONLY DANGER TO A HAMISH 

McNAUGHTON NUMBER ONE FINISH

CRUDEN BAY MAN HAS 175pt LEAD 

WITH ONE EVENT TO GO


Only Northern's Ben Lumsden can dislodge Hamish McNaughton (Cruden Bay) from the No 1 position at the last counting event in the North-east Alliance Handicap Class 2 Order of Merit, sponsored by WLM Golf, writes Colin Farquharson

Hamish, pictured left, has 1650 points in the bank and Ben is lying second in the table with 1,475pt.
Only the top five (and ties) in the Handicap Class 2 returns at Craibstone next Wednesday will earn points - 1st 250; 2nd 200; 3rd 150; 4th 100; 5th 50.
So Lumsden, to close that 175pt gap, needs go finish first or second on his own in Class 2 on Wednesday with the proviso that McNaughton does not pick up any additional points.
There's a £50 amateur voucher donated by Willie McKenzie's WLM Golf company to the winner. No runner-up prize so it's all or nothing for Lumsden.
Neither made the Class 2 prizelist at the Duff House Royal fixture last Wednesday. If that situation is repeated come Wednesday, then
Hamish McNaughton  will collect the prize. 
Sandy Davidson (Northern) was "Climber of the Week" on the Class 2 table, improving his position by 13 rungs to No 23.
The Order of Merit prizes will be presented at Craibstone Golf Club's Brimmond Bistro within the clubhouse at the end of the championship second round next Wednesday.
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. Freelance teaching pro 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 website.

                                           POINTS      LAST    THIS        
                                      TOTAL     WEEK    WEEK     Change
1 Hamish McNaughton    1650            1            1          0  No change
2 BEN LUMSDEN          1475            2             2         0
3 GRAHAM ALLAN      1325             3             3         0
4 NIGEL PARKER          1050            5             4          1   Up one
5 DEREK CRAIGIE          850            4             5         -1   Down 1
6 STEVEN DILLON         775           11             6          5  Up 5
6 LES ROGER                   775            6              6          0
8 L.DUNCAN                    700             7              8         -1
9 MIKE  SMITH                650             8               9        -1
10 ALAN BENTON          625              9            10         -1
10 GRAHAM MACKIE    625             10           10          0
12 MIKE WINTON           550              12           12          0
13 NEISH CHISHOLM    500               13           13          0
14 GARY HOMER           450               14            14          0
15 Bon SKENE                 425               17            15          2    Up 2
16 PETER WALKER        400               15            16          -1
17 G.LESLIE                     350               16           17           -1
18 JOHN SUNLEY           300               17           18           -1
18 R.BROWN                    300               17           18           -1
20 N.STEWART                 250               20           20            0
20 CHARLIE TAWSE        250               20           20            0
20 DON LAWRIE               250              20           20             0
23 SANDY DAVIDSON    225               36           23         13  Up 13
23 JOHN JESSIMAN         225               23               23         0
23 DEREK TOWNSLEY    225               23               23         0
26 DICK WRIGHT              200               25               26         -1
26 PAUL CORNFIELD       200               25               26         -1
28Manson Merchant            175                27                26        -1
28 STUART MELVIN        175                 27                28       -1
30 GRAHAM MOIR          150                 36                30      6  Up 6
30 MIKE BROWN             150               29                  30       -1
30 I. CAMERON               150                29                 30        -1
30 ROBBIE DUNCAN      150                29                 30        -1
30 J.HOSIE                        150                29                 30        -1
30 J.MURRAY                  150                 29                 30        -1
36 JOHN SMITH              125                 34                  36        -2
36 GRAHAM THOM        125                34                  36         -2
38 ALISTAIR CLARK      100                36                   38         -2
39 PETER LOW                  50                39                   39          0