Local hero Lewis Bain in last four of Lothians 

championship, plays Sean Marc

FROM THE LOTHIANS GOLF ASSOCIATION WEBSITE

Host club hope Lewis Bain eased into the semi-finals of the Lothians Championship at Musselburgh this evening..

Helped by an eagle-3 at the 12th on the Monktonhall course, the 19-year-old beat Newbattle's Stuart Thorburn 4 and 3.

The win set up a semi-final against Sean Marc after the Broomieknowe 25-year-old holed a testing downhill par putt at the last to beat Dunbar's Stephen Simants.

Earlier, West Linton's Stephen Smith had done likewise from much closer to come out on top in a ding-dong battle with Derek Thomson from Glencorse.

Thomson's clubmate, Sean McGarvey, is Smith's last-four opponent after he never looked back after a fast start in beating Richard Moffat (Turnhouse) 3 and 2.

Results

QUARTER-FINALS

Stephen Smith (West Linton) bt Derek Thomson (Glencorse) 1 hole

Sean McGarvey (Glencorse) bt Ricky Moffat (Turnhouse) 3 and 2

Sean Marc (Broomieknowe) bt Stephen Simants (Dunbar) l hole

Lewis Bain (Musselburgh) bt Stuart Thorburn (Newbattle) 4 and 3.

Jerry Kelly and Kevin Na share Players 

Championship lead at Sawgrass

 FROM SKYSPORTS.COM
Veteran Jerry Kelly carded the lowest round of the tournament to earn a share of the lead with Kevin Na at the halfway stage of the Players Championship in Florida.
The 48-year-old, who won the last of his three US PGA Tour titles in 2009, blitzed the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass for eight birdies and dropped just one shot in a sparkling 65 that lifted him alongside early clubhouse leader Na on eight under par.
Rory McIlroy is just four off the pace, despite enduring a frustrating afternoon as he battled to a 71, while Tiger Woods scraped into the weekend with a birdie at his last hole which preserved his proud record of never missing the cut at Sawgrass.
But Masters champion and world No 2 Jordan Spieth looked a forlorn figure as he crashed out on three over after an erratic 72, while Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose and Lee Westwood were other high-profile players who failed to make the halfway cut.
Kevin Na continued his good start to the Players Championship by carding a second- round score of 69 which leaves him on eight under going into the weekend.
Na got off to a rollercoaster start as he mixed three birdies with two bogeys over the first five holes. He steadied himself with five straight pars before picking up further shots at 11 and 12.
He gave one back after hacking his way from rough to rough at the 14th, but he drained a 15ft putt for a rare birdie at the 17th and safely parred the last to cap a three-under 69.
"I wasn't very comfortable after I made bogey on the first hole, but I made a nice birdie putt on two and followed right after on three," Na said. "My putter was definitely there today. I made a lot of good putts, key par saves, and some good birdie putts.
Jonas Blixt threw his club into the water after he shanked his tee shot on the 18th hole.
Na held the lead for the majority of the day until Kelly, playing in the final group of the second day, carded three birdies in a flawless back-nine 33 before adding four in five holes from the second.
Kelly three-putted the eighth green, but he pitched to 10 feet at the ninth and rattled in the putt to ensure his place in the final group out on Saturday afternoon.
The leading pair have a two-shot advantage over Branden Grace (67), David Hearn (71) and Chris Kirk (68), while Rickie Fowler continued his return to form with four birdies in a second straight 69.
McIlroy was at odds with his swing early on but managed to scramble five pars before making one mistake too many at the sixth, although he responded with three birdies in four holes around the turn to get within three of the lead.
But after a blocked drive into the pine straw at the long 16th, he compounded the error by taking a bold line into the green and his ball failed to carry the water.
The resulting 6 at the easiest hole on the course was a huge disappointment, but he safely negotiated the 17th before failing to convert a sublime approach to eight feet at the final hole.
The world No 1 is one of 14 players on four under par including his Ryder Cup team-mate Ian Poulter, who kept a bogey off his card and rolled in three birdie putts to return a commendable 69.
Defending champion Martin Kaymer and former winners Henrik Stenson and Sergio Garcia are a further shot adrift, although Garcia was left to rue a sloppy finish after dropping three shots over his last seven holes.
Woods looked to be heading for his first missed cut in 17 appearances at Sawgrass as he again struggled for any kind of consistency, offsetting five birdies with as many bogeys until coming to the ninth - his last - needing a birdie at make the cut.
But the Woods of old shone through as he holed a clutch birdie putt from nine feet that salvaged a battling 71, which he celebrated with a determined, trademark fist-pump rarely witnessed over the last 18 months.
However, Spieth looked like fatigue caught up with him as he again struggled with his swing and laboured to a 72 which left him on three over, while Rose bogeyed two of his last three holes to miss the cut by a single stroke.

Live coverage of the third round at Sawgrass begins on Saturday at 7pm on Sky Sports 4

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
136 Kevin Na 67 69, Jerry Kelly 71 65
138 Branden Grace 71 67, David Hearn 67 71, Chris Kirk 70 68, Rickie Fowler 69 69
139 Chris Stroud 70 69, Scott Brown 72 67, Bill Haas 72 67, Zach Johnson 71 68, Troy Merritt 68 71, Ben Martin 68 71

SELECTED SCORES
140 Rory McIlroy 69 71, Ian Poulter 71 69 (T13)
141 Henrik Stenson 72 69 A Scott 72 69, Sergio Garcia 69 72, Martin Kaymer 69 72 (T27)
142 Stephen Gallacher 72 70, Russell Knox 72 70 (T38)
143 Graeme McDowell 73 70 (T46)
144 Tiger Woods 73 71, Padraig Harrington 71 73(T61)

MISSED THE CUT
145 Justin Rose 71 74, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 74 71
146 Danny Willett 72 74, Lee Westwood 76 70, Bernard Langer 73 73.
149 Phil Mickelson 73 76
150 Jason Day 69 81
153 Luke Donald 77 76
Withdrew: Paul Casey  79 wd


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Craig Ross takes over as leading Scot at Royal 

Dublin, four behind leader Jack Hume

By the end of a chilling second day at the Irish Amateur Open
Championship, the leading group had been reduced from nine to one as  Jack Hume looked down on the rest of the field.

The Naas player, with rounds of 69 and 70 for five-uneer 139 has a two-stroke lead over Welshman Evan Griffin (69-72) with young Kevin LeBlanc (The Island) in third place with a pair of 71s for 142.

Kirkhill's Craig Ross, pictured, has taken over the mantle of leading Scot from Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) who had been one of the nine co-leaders on 69 after Round 1
Ross shot a second-round 72 for one-under 143 and is sharing fourth place alongside Cormac Sharvin, the former Irish amateur champion and a Stirling University student.
Culverwell is tied 14th after a 76  for 145
He is one shot ahead of Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) who made a six-stroke improvement with a 70 for 146 and a share of 20th place.
Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) had a 75 for 147 and joint 29th place.
Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) slipped back with a 77 for joint 44th place on 149. 
The remaining Scots have to pull their socks up over the third round if they are to make the cut the the leading 50 and ties on Saturday evening. The projected cut mark is six over par.

Royal Aberdeen's Nick Macandrew is joint 55th on 151 (77-74) and Connor Syme (Drumoig) is T59 on 151 (71-81).
On nine-over 153 there are two Scots, Scott Gibson (73-80) and  Colin Baird (77-76) in joint 65th position.
Defending champion Jamie Savage had a nightmare second-round  
 
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 75 76
139 Jack Hume (Naas) 69 70
141 Evan Griffith (Wales) 69 72
142 Kevin LeBlanc (The Island) 71 71
143 Cormac Sharvin (Ardglass) 72 71, Jonathan Yates (Naas) 72 71, Craig Ross (Scotland) 71 72 , Tom Gandy (Isle of Man) 71 72 , Lukas Lipold (Austria) 70 73 , Richard James (Wales) 69 74
144 Marc Nolan (Delgany) 72 72 , Tomas Bessa (Portugal) 72 72 , Marco Penge (England) 71 73 , Thomas Mulligan (Co. Louth) 69 75
145 Rowan Lester (Hermitage) 72 73 , Tim Harry (Wales) 71 74 , Seamus Cullen (Slieve Russell) 71 74 , Gavin Moynihan (The Island) 69 76 , Alexander Culverwell (Scotland) 69 76 , Colin Fairweather (Knock) 69 76
146 Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene) 78 68 , Sean Ryan (The Royal Dublin) 76 70 , Ewen Ferguson (Scotland) 76 70 , James Allan (England) 74 72 , Barry Anderson (Royal Dublin) 74 72 , Stuart Grehan (Tullamore) 72 74 , Dermot McElroy (Ballymena) 70 76 , Jeff Hopkins (Royal Dublin) 70 76 , Colm Campbell Jnr (Warrenpoint) 69 77
147 Axel Boasson (Iceland) 77 70 , Sean Flanagan (Co. Sligo) 76 71 , Damon Coulson (England) 75 72 , Aaron Grant (Dundalk) 75 72 , John Hickey (Cork) 72 75 , Christian Braeunig (Germany) 72 75 , Jack McDonald (Scotland) 72 75 , Gary Hurley (West Waterford) 71 76 , Gary Collins (Rosslare) 70 77
148 Jake Whelan (Newlands) 76 72 , Jack Pierse (Portmarnock) 74 74 , Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park) 74 74 , Conor O'Rourke (Naas) 73 75 , Marco Iten (Switzerland) 72 76 , Luke Trocado (South Africa) 69 79
149 Nicholas Poppleton (England) 77 72 , Declan Loftus (Castlebar) 77 72 , Ben Best (Rathmore) 77 72 , Alex Gleeson (Castle) 76 73 , Matthew Jordan (England) 74 75 , Greig Marchbank (Scotland) 72 77
150 Kevin Reints (Netherlands) 74 76 , Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk) 74 76 , Marcel Zillekens (Germany) 74 76 , Richard Bridges (Stackstown) 73 77 , Shaun Carter (Royal Dublin) 73 77
151 Eugene Smith (Ardee) 77 74 , Mathias Eggenberger (Switzerland) 77 74 , Nick Macandrew (Scotland) 77 74 , Ollie Roberts (Hong Kong) 71 80
152 Seve Prins (Netherlands) 83 69 , Eoin Arthurs (Forrest Little.) 75 77 , Jarand Ekeland Arnoy (Norway) 75 77 , Ryan Symington (Lisburn) 74 78 , Connor Syme (Scotland) 71 81 , John Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) 70 82
153 Stephen Healy (Carton House) 77 76 , Colin Baird (Scotland) 77 76 , Michael Sinclair (Knock) 74 79 , Scott Gibson (Scotland) 73 80 , William Enefer (England) 70 83
154 Murray Naysmith (Scotland) 82 72 , James Fox (Portmarnock) 79 75 , Michele Cea (Italy) 78 76, Eanna Griffin (Waterford) 74 80 , Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little.) 73 81 , Markus Habeler (Austria) 72 82
155 Gordon Stevenson (Scotland) 78 77 , Michael Reid (Galgorm Castle) 78 77 , Andy Borg (Malta) 75 80 , Claudio Consul (Germany) 75 80 , Stephen Coulter (Warrenpoint) 75 80 , Anthony Blaney (Scotland) 75 80 , Jamie Savage (Scotland) 73 82 , Robin Dawson (Faithlegg) 70 85
156 Ashley Mason (England) 82 74 , Ronan Mullarney (Galway) 76 80 , Adam Wilson (Wales) 75 81 , Vitor Lopes (Portugal) 72 84 , Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 72 84
157 Cedomir Ilic (Serbia) 80 77 , Michael Hegemann (Germany) 78 79 , Declan O'Neill (Carton House) 77 80 , Robert Cannon (Balbriggan) 76 81 , Edward Richardson (England) 76 81
158 Paul Coughlan (Moate) 83 75 , Jack Bush (Wales) 79 79 , James Smedley (England) 78 80 , Richard Knightly (Royal Dublin) 78 80 , Eoin Leonard (Wentworth) 77 81 , Gary McDermott (Carton House) 76 82, Michael Ludwig (Austria) 74 84, Kyle McCarron (North West) 72 86
159 Sigot Lopez (Spain) 77 82 , Ian O'Rourke (Royal Dublin) 76 83 , Simon Bryan (Delgany) 75 84
160 John McGinn (Laytown and Bettystown) 82 78 , Petr Dedek (Czech Republic) 81 79 , Roy Connolly (Palmerstown Stud) 80 80 , Christopher MacLean (Scotland) 75 85 , Shaun O'Connor (Carton House) 75 85
161 Gavin Fitzmaurice (Balcarrick) 79 82 , Gianmaria Rean Trinchero (Italy) 77 84 , Michael Hirmer (Germany) 73 88
163 Shane McGlynn (Carton House) 81 82
165 Casper Simberg (Finland) 85 80
167 Jan Szmidt (Poland) 76 91
168 Johannes Lube (Germany) 79 89
171 Mel Loetscher (Switzerland) 81 90
174 Thomas Hackett (USA) 84 90
WD John Morris (Rosslare) 76 WD , Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr) 79 WD

England men beaten narrowly in Spain

England’s men suffered only their second ever defeat to Spain in the biannual international when they lost narrowly 12½ – 11½ at El Prat over the weekend.
Although they closed the opening day a point behind, a repeat of the 2005 loss at Puerta de Hierro looked unlikely after the second day foursomes which England won 3-1.
With the top four second series of singles shared, England required to win two of the remaining four to continue their winning run against the Spanish.
But only Nathan Kimsey emerged victorious as Spain collected three more successes to edge over the line.
Jordan Smith from Wiltshire was England’s most successful player, winning all four of his games, while Surrey’s Josh White gained three points, losing only his final day single.
Results
Day One
Foursomes: Spain 2 England 2. 
Singles: Spain 4½ England 3½.
Day 1 score: Spain 6½ England 5½

Day Two
Foursomes: Spain 1 England 3. 
Singles: Spain 5 England 3. 
Day 2 score: Spain 6, England 6
 
Overall Result: Spain 12½ England 11½
 

Paul Manderson is MGR Fife Golfer of Week

The MyGolfRanking Fife Golfer of the Week is Paul Manderson of Forrester Park Resort, who has climbed to No 2 on the Fife Men's MGRankings.

www.mygolfranking.net, Fife Men, Week 2015/18

1 Ryan Brown (Dunfermline) 1150pts

2 Paul Manderson (Forrester Park Resort) 1043

3 Ryan Walsh (Kirkcaldy) 1030

4 Steve Merrett (Dunfermline) 1023

5 Colin Campbell (Aberdour) 1013

 

www.mygolfranking.net, Fife Clubs Men, Week 2015/18

1 Scoonie 767 pts

2 Kinghorn 750

3 Dunnikier Park 745

4 St Michaels 730

5 Glenrothes 729

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David Moir

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Olesen continues to shine on return

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Thorbjørn Olesen continued to shine on his return from injury as he opened up a one-shot lead at the halfway mark of the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, on a day when Javier Colomo sealed his place in European Tour history.
Dane Olesen, playing in his first tournament back after three months out following corrective surgery to tendons in his left hand, followed an opening round of 65 with a second round of 68 to move to nine under par at the Heritage Golf Club, with Sweden’s Pelle Edberg his closest rival on eight under par following a round of 66.
Joint overnight leader Olesen recovered well from a difficult start to his round, posting five birdies in six holes before the turn, after opening with bogeys on the first and third holes.
He dropped another shot on the 13th hole but picked up his sixth birdie of the day on the 16th to edge clear of Edberg at the top of the leaderboard.
South African pair Thomas Aiken and Dean Burmester are a further shot back on seven under par, after rounds of 66 and 68 respectively, sharing third place with Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick, who battled back from a double bogey on his eighth hole to sign for a round of 67.
Meanwhile, the first tri-sanctioned event between the European, Asian and Sunshine Tours will go down in the record books for another reason after Spaniard Colomo became the first player in the history of The European Tour to record a hole in one on a par four, courtesy of a dramatic albatross on his closing hole, the 322 yard ninth.
Remarkably, after dropping a shot on the previous hole, Colomo had needed a birdie to make the weekend, and his boldness with the driver off the tee paid off in the most spectacular way, as he finished two shots inside the cut after signing for a round of 69 and a one under par total.

Key player quotes

Thorbjørn Olesen – 68 (-9 total)
“I have read the greens very nicely this week, today and yesterday. I missed a couple of putts in the beginning today but then I holed some really nice putts and I feel like I have the pace of the greens.
“I’m really looking forward to the weekend. It’s been a long break and then all of a sudden I’m up there in the lead, so it will be a lot of fun. Mauritius is a beautiful country, so no matter what happens, I will still like it.
“I didn’t have the biggest expectations this week but I knew I was swinging the club well and I’ve been practising hard the last couple of weeks. I was obviously hoping for something good, but I’ve been surprised at home good my short game has been this week. I thought it would be the part that would be rusty, but it has actually been really good. I’m pleased at that and it’s brilliant to be leading. It’s fun to be out there and be at the front again.”

Pelle Edberg – 66 (-8 total)
“I’ve taken advantage of the par fives and the driveable par fours. I’ve been up there on pretty much every hole, putting for eagle, and those holes are the key this week.
“I’ve been hitting driver on every hole because I’ve been hitting it so good. Maybe I should take three wood on some holes, but not this week because I’m going for it.
We have a re-rank coming up in a month or so, so a few more Euros would be good. It’s a good start towards that.”

Thomas Aiken – 66 (-7 total)
“It was a grind out there yesterday and I did pretty well like that for two-under-par. That was a good score, and then I came out today with very few expectations. I just tried to keep the ball in play and play the golf course. I played better on my first nine and scored worse than I did on the back. That’s golf.”

Matthew Fitzpatrick – 67 (-7 total)
“To fight back after the double bogey and still finish four under is very pleasing. It was steady and solid after that. I’m not too far off the lead. A two-shot swing can happen in a round or even on a hole here. We’ve only played two rounds and anything can happen. It’s great being in Mauritius. I came here at the end of last year and it is great place. It’s been a great week so far, not only because I’m playing nicely, but we are looked after so well.

Javier Colomo – on his hole in one albatross on par four ninth hole
“For the first time in my life I hit an unbelievable driver, very high with a little cut. I tried to stop the ball on the green and the ball found the hole. I needed a birdie to make the cut, so a double eagle is just fantastic. (Note: Pin was 329 yards from the tee). I made three putt bogey on eight and I was two over and I needed birdie to make the cut. That’s why I hit driver as I needed a birdie.
“We couldn’t see (it go in). We heard some guys shouting but we couldn’t believe that. We thought the ball was very close but when we were on the fairway, we couldn’t see the ball on the green. And then one guy told me that the ball was in the hole. It was a perfect shot.”

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
133 T Olesen (Den) 65 68,
134 P Edberg (Swe) 68 66,
135 T Aiken (RSA) 69 66, D Burmester (RSA) 67 68, M Fitzpatrick  (Eng) 68 67
137 J Parry (Eng) 67 70, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 66 71, O Bekker (RSA) 66 71, R Gangjee (Ind) 67 70, J Wang (Kor) 65 72, G Coetzee (RSA) 70 67, C Pigem (Esp) 65 72, M Kawamura (Jpn) 68 69
138 M Mamat (Sin) 69 69, P Martin Benavides (Esp) 72 66, S Hend (Aus) 72 66, C Nel (RSA) 69 69, D Chopra (Swe) 70 68, A McArthur  (Sco) 68 70
139 K Richardson (Aus) 73 66, M Lundberg (Swe) 68 71, J Janewattananond (Tha) 69 70, S Brazel (Aus) 69 70, P Peterson (USA) 69 70, K Horne (RSA) 70 69, S Lewton (Eng) 70 69, T Van Der Walt (RSA) 73 66
140 R Lee (Can) 72 68, N Holman  (Aus) 67 73, B Evans  (Eng) 70 70, J Palmer (Eng) 71 69, A Tadini (Ita) 71 69, J Walters (RSA) 67 73, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 71 69, B Virto Astudillo (Esp) 68 72
141 B Ritthammer (Ger) 71 70, M Muthiya  (Zam) 67 74, J Roos (RSA) 70 71, E Goya (Arg) 70 71, A Dodt (Aus) 72 69, V Riu  (Fra) 71 70, T Khrongpha (Tha) 69 72, J Lagergren (Swe) 70 71, J Colomo  (Esp) 72 69, D Woltman (USA) 67 74, M Bremner (RSA) 71 70, P Pittayarat (Tha) 67 74, K Phelan (Irl) 68 73, A Da Silva (Bra) 72 69, C Paisley  (Eng) 72 69, C Bouniol (Fra) 71 70, C Hung (Tpe) 70 71
142 A Groom (Aus) 71 71, T Wiratchant (Tha) 71 71, C Del Moral (Esp) 68 74, R McGowan  (Eng) 70 72, E De La Riva  (Esp) 71 71, A Pavan (Ita) 73 69, J Hugo  (RSA) 73 69, S Barr (Aus) 69 73, J Hahn (USA) 70 72, U Park (Aus) 72 70
143 R Wannasrichan (Tha) 74 69, C Phadungsil  (Tha) 72 71, R Cairns (Zim) 69 74, S Supupramai (Tha) 70 73, D Van Tonder  (RSA) 73 70, D Van Den Heever (RSA) 73 70, J Scrivener (Aus) 71 72, M Perera (Sri) 72 71, C Lloyd (Eng) 73 70, G Bhullar (Ind) 72 71, P Oriol (Esp) 70 73, R Karlberg  (Swe) 68 75

   MISSED THE CUT
 144 W Coetsee (RSA) 71 73, J Higginbottom (Aus) 74 70, L Weber (Fra) 75 69, R Khan  (Ind) 73 71, B Easton (RSA) 74 70, N Schietekat (RSA) 70 74, R McEvoy  (Eng) 72 72, R Santos  (Por) 74 70, S Rahman (Ban) 71 73
 145 S Kapur (Ind) 71 74, J Blaauw  (RSA) 74 71, U Van Den Berg  (RSA) 73 72, J Knutzon (USA) 71 74, J Ahlers (RSA) 72 73, T Moore (RSA) 75 70
 146 S Norris  (RSA) 74 72, J Kruger (RSA) 72 74, T Bjørn (Den) 74 72, P Maddy (Eng) 78 68, S Hansen (Den) 72 74, R Van Der Spuy (RSA) 75 71,
 147 P Junhasavasdikul (Tha) 78 69, N Dougherty  (Eng) 75 72, A Marshall (Eng) 73 74, A Velasco (Esp) 73 74, C Basson (RSA) 71 76, H Porteous (RSA) 76 71, T Ryan (RSA) 74 73
 148 B Henson (USA) 72 76, J Edfors (Swe) 74 74, D Frittelli (RSA) 76 72, M Orrin (Eng) 72 76, M Both (Aus) 72 76, E Taylor (RSA) 73 75, G Tian-Lang (Chn) 77 71,
 149 J Harding  (RSA) 73 76, E Van Rooyen (RSA) 75 74, D Petersen  (RSA) 76 73, V Groenewald (RSA) 75 74, T Thimba Jnr (RSA) 75 74, J Carlsson (Swe) 71 78
 150 L Jensen (Den) 73 77, A Atwal (Ind) 73 77, L De Jager  (RSA) 74 76
 151 B Stow (Eng) 79 72, P Meesawat  (Tha) 75 76, D Basson (RSA) 72 79, H Otto (RSA) 80 71, L Bax (am) (Mus) 72 79
 152 A Vongvanij (Tha) 81 71, R Lupini (RSA) 73 79 
153 A Curlewis (RSA) 82 71, L Rowe  (RSA) 77 76, T Levet (Fra) 72 81 
154 M Rominger  (Sui) 76 78 
156 N Tantipokhakul (Tha) 76 80
160 S Smith (Bot) 81 79

 ** K Aphibarnrat (Tha) 77 WD,

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Lothians' line-up for Ratho Park friendly v Fife

 

Lothians will warm up for the Scottish men's area team championship at Blairgowrie the following weekend with a friendly, eight-a-side match at Ratho Park Golf Club on Sunday (May 10), starting at 11am.

Lothians line-up is: 

Micheal Bacigalupo (Longniddry)

Alan Crawford (Deer Park)

Chris Curran (Harburn)

Allyn Dick (Kingsfield)           

Jordyn Rhind (Kingsfield)      

Benn McLeod (Musselburgh)

Mark Napier (Turnhouse)

Ross Thomson (Gullane)

Five-birdie White leads Scots in Austria

James White had a five-birdie round of two-under-par 70 to lead the Scots in the first round of this week's Alps Tour event - the Gosser Open at Golf Club Erzherzog in Austria.
The Fifer from Lundin birdied the fifth, eighth, ninth, 15th and 17th but bogeyed the sixth, 11th and 12th.
White is tied 21st, four shots behind the joint leaders, Damien Perrier from France and Spain's Javier Gallegos.
John Henry, sharing 62nd positiin, had a 73 and Scott Stewart-Cation a 74for joint 75th in a field of 137 players.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 72
66 Damien Perrier (Fra), Javier Gallegos (Spa)
67 Aron Zemmer (Ita), Andrew Cooley (Eng).

SELECTED SCORES
68 Jake Ayres (Eng) (T5)
69 Harry Casey (Eng) (T11)
70 James White (Sco) (T21)
73 John Henry (Sco) (T62)
74 Scott Stewart-Cation (Sco) (T75)
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