Thursday, April 02, 2015

GUNN EARNS A FEW DOLLARS MORE 

 Jimmy Gunn from Dornoch, now based at Scottsdale, Arizona, finished in a three-way tie for second place today in the eGolf Gateway Tour's Sprint Tournament No. 4 at Lone Tree Golf Club, Chandler, Arizona. 
 Gunn shot rounds of 65, 65 and 66 for an aggregate of 17-under-par 196 over a par-71 course.
His putt at the 18th in the final round hung on the lip but stayed above ground. Had it gone in he would have finished second on his own and earned almost double the $6,025 he did collect.
Gunn finished three shots behind the winner of the $14,200 first prize, Americal Dino Giacomazzi from Scottsdale with rounds of 61, 68 and 64 for 20 under 193. 

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Oldcorn wins on points at Senior pros' Stableford

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Former PGA championship winner Andrew Oldcorn won the £275 first prize in the PGA in Scotland's Senior pros' Stableford competition at Murcar Links today (Thu)


Oldcorn,  pictured, playing out of Kings Acre Golf Centre, Edinburgh, totalled 39pt, the equivalent of a three-under-par round.

Birdies are worth 3pt each under the Stableford scoring system and Oldcorn scored 3pt at the first, fifth, eighth, ninth, 10th, 12th and 16th. He could even afford to score no points at all at the 11th and still have 1pt to spare at the finish.
Kenny Hutton (Downfield) and Lee Vannet (Craibstone) finished joint second with 38pt apiece, earning £125 apiece.


Former British boys champion and past European Tour player Vannet, pictured left on first tee at Murcar Links, three-putted the last and added only one point to his total. A par 4 would have tied him with Oldcorn.
Former Ryder Cup player Ronan Rafferty (Monte Rei) finished fourth with 37pt, having the best inward haul of 21pt.
PGA IN SCOTLAND SENIOR PROS STABLEFORD
Murcar Links GC

Points totals
39 Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 21-18
38 Lee Vannet (Craibstone) 18-20, Kenny Hutton (Downfield) 20-18.
37 Ronan Rafferty (Monte Rei) 16-21
34 Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle) 17-17, Stephen McAllister (S McAllister Golf) 19-15, Stephen Craig (Craig Golf) 15-19.
33 David Thomson (Carnegie Club) 16-17
32 Fraser Mann (Carnoustie) 17-15, Brian Marchbank (unatt) 16-16
30 Craig Everett (Caldwell) 13-17
28 Craig Ronald (Carluke) 13-15

      Former Ryder Cup stalwart Ronan Rafferty on the first tee at 
                    Murcar Links. Pictures by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

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Local knowledge helps Laura lead by three

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Laura Murray is on course to win the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Ladies Open title for the second year in a row at Murcar Links.
The Paul Lawrie GC player from Alford, pictured, playing in the final group of the day, posted a three-over-par 74 to take a three-shot lead into the final round on Friday.
Kelsey MacDonald (Carrick on Loch Lomond), American Beth Allen (Falkirk) and Sarah Attwood (Gog Magog) had been the long-time joint leaders on 77 on a day when one player had a 10 at the long fourth and there were triple bogeys galore.
Murray made the most of her local knowledge and the fact that the wind dropped when her group were playing the last few holes.
"I've played this course so many times I could probably get round blindfold. I know the places I should be in from tee and, just as important, I know the places that don't want to end up," said Laura who missed the cut on her LET debut in Morocco last week.
"I holed out well and that helped, nothing very long but the 18th was a good example - I sank a four or five-footer for a 3, my only birdie of the day."
But Murray is certainly not counting her chickens as far as the £2,250 first prize is concerned.
"There are a lot of good players in this field and three strokes is not an unassailable lead over a course like this."
Pre-tournament favourite Trish Johnson, the former Solheim Cup player, and a winner last year at Kingsbarns on her only other appearance on the Ladies' Tartan Tour, had a 78.
"I thought the course was playing very long because the fairways are soft and there is little or no run. That's not a criticism of the course. I think it is a cracking lay-out and I would love to play Murcar Links in the summer when it would play like a links," said Trish.

Pre-tournament favourite Trish Johnson, the former Solheim Cup player, and a winner last year at Kingsbarns on her only other appearance on the Ladies' Tartan Tour, had a 78.

"I thought the course was playing very long because the fairways are soft and there is little or no run. That's not a criticism of the course. I think it is a cracking lay-out and I would love to play Murcar Links in the summer when it would play like a links," said Trish (pictured right).
Former Curtis Cup player - one of several in the field - Michele Thomson from Ellon was another who thought the course was "too long" for the lady pros, given the adverse conditions.
But that was another advantage for clear-cut leader Murray. She is arguably the longest hitter in the field and and reduced run on her drives was not a problem for Laura.
SCROLL DOWN PAST THE SCORES FOR
 FRIDAY'S TEE TIMES

FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 71 (36-35)

74 Laura Murray (Paul Lawrie GC) 39-35
77 Beth Allen (Falkirk) 38-39, Sarah Attwood (Gog Magog) 39-38, Kelsey MacDonald (Carrick on Loch Lomond) 41-36
78 Heather MacRae (Gleneagles) 40-38, Kiran Matharu (Cookridge Hall) 37-41, Trish Johnson (Wiltshire) 40-38, Michele Thomson (unatt) 42-36, Gabriella Cowley (Hanbury Manor) 44-34, Annabel Dimmock (Wentworth) 38-40
79 Maria Tulley (Eastbourne Downs) 42-37, Chloe Rogers (Celtic Manor) 40-39
81 Keely Chiericato (Manston) 39-42, Becky Brewerton (Wiltshire) 46-35, Lucy Goddard (Hanbury Manor) 40-41
83 Lisa Shervill (The Shropshire) 43-40
84 Nicola Ferguson (American Golf) 44-40, Jane Turner (West Linton) 46-38, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 42-42, Jess Wilcox (Blankney) 43-41
85 Tracey Boyes (Corhampton) 44-41, Rachel Drummond (Buckinghamshire) 45-40, Emilee Taylor (Holmhall) 42-43
87 Jorden Ferrie (Hilton Park) 43-44.
88 Kirstin Scott (Gleneagles) 46-42, Gillian Paton (Royal Montrose) (am) 47-41
96 Fiona Wait (Bathgate) (am) 48-48
No return - Gemma Webster (Succession Group)

FINAL ROUND (Friday) tee times
09.00 Wait, Paton, Scott
09.10 Ferrie, Taylor, Drummond.
09.20 Boyes, Wilcox, McKechin
09.30 Turner, Ferguson, Shervill.
09.40 Goddard, Brewerton, Chiericato
09.50 Rogers, Tulley, Dimmock 
10.00 Cowley, Thomson, Johnson
10.10 MacRae, Matharu, MacDonald
10.20 Attwood, Allen, Murray.

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Dunnikier Park pro wins Midland Alliance at The Duke's
 
Dunnikier Park professional Alistair McDonald won the top scratch prize with a level par 71 in today's (Thu) Midland Golfers' Alliance SAS Ltd team competition over The Duke's Course, St Andrews.
He won by one shot from Montrose Links assistant pro Graeme Brown.
Tom Watson, who plays off 13 at Blairgowrie, won the handicap prize with net score of 72.
Winners of the team event were Willie Hutton (Pitlochry), Graeme Brown (Montrose) and edzekk assistant Mike MacKenzie with a score of 63.
LEADING SCRATCH
71 A McDonald (Dunnikier Park) p.
72 G Brown (Montrose Links) ap.
73 G Tough (Edzell).
76 B Stewart (Tulliallan), W Hutton (Pitlochry)
77 C Armstrong (Burntisland) ap
78 S McKendrick (Dunkeld & Birnam).
79 T McIntyre (Lundin), R Tinker (PiperDam) ap.
80 M MacKenzie (Edzell) ap,  D Sim (Grange).


LEADING HANDICAP
72 T Watson (Blairgowrie) (13).
74 W Hutton (Pitlochry) (2)
75 B Stewart (Tulliallan) (1), D Sim (Grange) (5), G Tough (Edzell (+2)
76 T McIntyre (Lundin) (3), C Westland (Alloa) (9), J Curley (Lundin) (10)
77 D Redford (Murrayshall) (11), D Wilson (Monifieth) (5),  J Paisley (Lundin) (4)
LEADING TEAM SCORES
63 G Brown (Montrose Links) ap, W Hutton (Pitlochry) (2), M MacKenzie (Edzell) ap.
65 F Robertson (Lundin) ap, A McDonald (Dunnikier Park) p, T Jamieson (Dunnikier Park) (3)
66 J Curley (Lundin) (10), B Main (Lundin) (14), T McIntyre (Lundin) (3).

Next Week's Meeting

JTC Kitchen Express Midland Golfers Alliance Championship & McQueen Shield
Thursday, April 9
 Venue: Lundin Links


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SCOTS TRAIL IN ALPS TOUR EVENT

John Henry (Clydebank and  Dist) and James White (Lundin) had rounds of three-under-par  69 and 71 respectively in the first round of the Alps de las Castillas Open at Golf Valdeluz, Guadalajara in Spain today (Thursday).
Henry is sharing 31st place and White is joint 58th.
Frenchman Jean Pierre Verseln, setting the pace with an eight-under 64, leads by two from a group of four players.


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MyGolfRanking points totals updated




MyGolfRanking, Scotland Men, Week 2015/13
1 *Ross Stewart (Swanston New) 1200 pts
2 Barry Logan (Dunnikier Park) 1197
3 Gary Dunbar (Dollar) 1168
T4 Jamie Lownie (Montrose Mercantile) 1150
T4 *Andy Paddon (Newburgh-on-Ythan) 1150
*new entry                                                                                                                           

MyGolfRanking, Scotland Ladies, 2015/13
1 Lorraine Daw (Blairmore and Strone) 1225 pts
2 Gwen Lambie (Blairgowrie) 1091
3 Lynn McDonald (Strathtay) 1119
4 Karen Marshall (Baberton) 1108
5 Elaine Thom (Port Bannatyne) 1106

MyGolfRanking Scotland Clubs, Week 2015/13
1 Leven GS Ladies 1074
2 Ladybank Ladies 1038
3 Strathtay 1021
4 Taymouth Castle 1000
5 Cupar Ladies 947

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Prostate Cancer UK title sponsor for Scottish 

Senior Open at Archerfield Links (Aug 27-29)

NEWS RELEASE
The European Senior Tour and Prostate Cancer UK have agreed a ground-breaking initiative for the charity to become the new title sponsor of the Scottish Senior Open.
In an innovative move, the charity will put its name to this well-established event on the Senior Tour, with the primary aim of the partnership to raise money for the charity and to increase awareness of prostate cancer amongst golfers at the Prostate Cancer UK Scottish Senior Open, which takes place at Archerfield Links Golf Club, from August 27-29
More than 40,000 men in the UK, including 2,900 in Scotland, are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, making it the most common type of cancer among men.
Men over the age of 50 are more at risk of developing prostate cancer - the same age that players become eligible to join the Senior Tour, making the association a natural one for both parties.

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Tartan Tour better-ball at East Renfrewshire (Apr 6) cancelled

The PGA in Scotland's Winter Series Four-ball, Better-ball 18-hole competition scheduled for East Renfrewshire Golf Club on Monday, April 6 has been cancelled due to lack of entries.
The popular series will resume at The Duke's, St Andrews on April 13 and conclude at Carnoustie Buddon on April 20.

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