Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Tartan Wednesday on eve of AAM Scottish Open at Gullane

Colourfully clad golf fans turned Gullane into a sea of tartan today when the official Pro-Am ahead of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open was transformed into the inaugural ‘Tartan Wednesday’.
The world’s leading professionals, amateurs, celebrities from stage, screen and TV, officials and spectators entered into the spirit of the campaign to turn Tartan Wednesday into a massive multi-coloured success in support of the tournament’s official charity, Mindroom.
Hundreds of spectators, bedecked in tartan hats, kilts, skirts, trousers and jackets, packed into the grandstand guarding the 18th green at Gullane’s Championship Course to add a splash of tartan to proceedings during the traditional tournament curtain-raiser.

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Wilson, Watt and Robinson win trips to USA 

for Faldo Series Grand European Final

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
James Wilson (Balmore) and Marc Watt (Inverallochy) won the Under-21 and Under-16 age categories respectively at The Duke's Course, St Andrews today - and are bound for the United States and the Nick Faldo Junior Series' Grand Final in the autumn.
The third qualifer, Brad Robinson from the Westerhope club near Newcastle, won the Under-18s group and he will join Wilson, Watt and the two girl category winners, Alison Muirhead (Dubai) (Under-21s) and Natasha Slater (Furness) (Under-16s) on the trip to America.
Robinson and Slater took advantage of the rules which, for some reason, permit English players to come over the Border and gain places in the SCOTTISH championship.   
Wilson had the lowest boys' aggregate of one-under-par 212 with scores of 73, 71 and 68, finished a shot ahead of last year's winner, Andrew Davidson (Charleton) and Marc Watt.
Watt had rounds of 73, 70 and 73 for 216 and birdies at the seventh and ninth helped him to overake group runner-up Darren Howie (Peebles), the PLF Scottish boys champion, who had a quadruple bogey 8 at the second and a double bogey 6 at the fourth in his second-round 76.
The leading age-placings were:
Under-21s - 1 James A Wilson, 2 Andrew Davidson.
Under-18s - 1 Brad Robinson, 2 Lewis Breslin
Under-16s - 1 Marc Watt, 2 Darren Howie.

LEADING OVERALL FINAL BOYS' TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
212 J A Wilson (Balmore) 73 71 68
216 A Davidson (Charleton) 73 73 70, M Watt (Inverallochy) 73 70 73
218 C Maclean (Balmor 72 72 74, D Howie (Peebles) 71 71 76
219 B Robinson (Westerhope) 76 71 72
220 G Duncan (Windyhill) 69 79 72, F Davren (Williamwood) 72 73 75, M Brodie (Blairgowrie) 73 71 76
222 K Harman (Radyr) 76 75 71, G Forrester (Lundin) 73 72 77.
 
 

All the final totals in Faldo Series' Scottish boys championship at The Dke's

Pos. Score -Par+ Name Home Club R1 R2 R3 Card
1 212 -1 James A Wilson (SCO) Balmore G.c. 73 71 68 »»
2= 216 +3 Andrew Davidson (SCO) Charleton G & C.C. 73 73 70 »»
Marc Watt (SCO) Inverallochy G.c. 73 70 73 »»
4= 218 +5 Chris Maclean (SCO) Balmore G.c. 72 72 74 »»
Darren Howie (SCO) Peebles G.c. 71 71 76 »»
6 219 +6 Brad Robinson (ENG) Westerhope Gc 76 71 72 »»
7= 220 +7 George Duncan (SCO) Windyhill G.C. 69 79 72 »»
Fraser Davren (SCO) Williamwood 72 73 75 »»
Michael Brodie (SCO) Blairhowrie Golf Club1 73 71 76 »»
10= 222 +9 Kyle Harman (WAL) Radyr 76 75 71 »»
Greg Forrester (SCO) Lundin G.c. 73 72 77 »»
12 223 +10 Lewis Breslin (SCO) Fereneze G.c. 81 71 71 »»
13= 223 +10 Scott Grant (SCO) Downfield G.C. 76 72 75 »»
Alex Chalk (SCO) Castle Douglas G.c. 76 72 75 »»
Laird Shepherd (ENG) Crowborough Beacon G.c. 74 73 76 »»
Mark Napier (SCO) Turnhouse G.c. 73 71 79 »»
17= 224 +11 Oliver White (ENG) Pannal G.C. 73 79 72 »»
Ryan Thompson (SCO) Dukes, St Andrews 74 76 74 »»
Callum Alastair Cochrane (SCO) Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel & C.C. 75 74 75 »»
Kieran Cantley (SCO) Liberton G.c. 72 75 77 »»
21= 225 +12 Craig Stephen (SCO) Aboyne G.c. 75 78 72 »»
Glen Jw Burrett (SCO) Haggs Castle G.C. 75 76 74 »»
Lewis Reid (SCO) Longniddry G.c. 75 75 75 »»
Jack Rogan (SCO) Longniddry G.C. 74 75 76 »»
Robert Watson (SCO) Muckhart G.c. 74 74 77 »»
26= 226 +13 Jamie Stewart (SCO) Old Course Ranfurly G.c. 75 76 75 »»
Matthew Dalrymple (SCO) Old Course Ranfurly G.c. 75 74 77 »»
28= 227 +14 Robert Shaw (ENG) Brocket Hall G.c. 78 75 74 »»
Rayhan Thomas (IND) Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club 73 76 78 »»
30= 228 +15 Ross Brydon (SCO) Bruntsfield Links 79 75 74 »»
Brad Bannerman (SCO) Strathmore G.C. 77 76 75 »»
Angus Carrick (SCO) Douglas Park G.c. 79 73 76 »»
33= 229 +16 Ross Callan (SCO) Bathgate G.c. 76 82 71 »»
Duncan Mcneill (SCO) Powfoot G.c. 74 78 77 »»
Charles Petrie (ENG) Luffenham Heath G.c. 74 75 80 »»
36= 230 +17 Niall Young (SCO) Insch G.c. 75 81 74 »»
Sam Donald (ENG) Eaglescliffe G.C. 78 77 75 »»
Andrew Benson (SCO) West Lothian G.C. 77 77 76 »»
Alasdair Mcdougall (SCO) New G.c. St Andrews 75 73 82 »»
40= 231 +18 Niall Mcmullen (SCO) Lundin G.c. 82 76 73 »»
Andrew Moir (SCO) Elgin Golf Club 84 73 74 »»
Willem Kerr (SCO) Craigielaw G.c. 76 78 77 »»
Ellis Hart (SCO) Dullatur G.c. 78 75 78 »»
Ryan Mckinnon (SCO) Peterculter G.c. 75 77 79 »»
Aidan Luke Smith (SCO) Edzell G.C. 71 81 79 »»
46= 232 +19 Euan Bowden (SCO) Tantallon G.c. 74 82 76 »»
Aran Sinclair (SCO) Haggs Castle G.c. 79 77 76 »»
Jack Currie (SCO) Greenock G.c. 79 76 77 »»
Hamish Gorn (SCO) Aberdour G.C. 73 82 77 »»
Angus Barclay Frood (SCO) Ranfurly Castle G.C. 77 76 79 »»
Rob J Paterson (SCO) Kilspindie G.c. 76 74 82 »»
52= 233 +20 Matthew Roberts (ENG) Fulford G.c. 80 78 75 »»
Callum Burns (SCO) Balmore G.C. 83 73 77 »»
Eric Mcintosh (SCO) Bruntsfield Links G.s. 78 76 79 »»
Graeme Greer (SCO) Carluke G.c. 73 79 81 »»
56= 234 +21 Lewis George Black (SCO) Bruntsfield Links Golfing Soci 78 80 76 »»
Andrew Mckenzie (SCO) Dunbar G.c. 80 78 76 »»
Thomas Simmonds (SCO) Gullane G.c. 80 77 77 »»
59= 235 +22 Stewart Boyd (SCO) Hayston G.c. 77 81 77 »»
David Rudd (SCO) Longniddry G.C. 75 78 82 »»
61= 236 +23 Joshua Taylor (ENG) Mill Green G.c. 84 77 75 »»
Craig Leith (SCO) Royal Aberdeen G.c. 79 79 78 »»
63= 237 +24 Tiago Lobo (BRA) Abu Dhabi Golf Club 86 78 73 »»
Calvin Cheyne (SCO) Newmachar 77 82 78 »»
Ross White (SCO) Muckhart G.c. 80 79 78 »»
James Rogers (ENG) Rockliffe Hall G.C. 76 80 81 »»
67= 238 +25 Matthew Rogers (ENG) Gaudet Luce G.c. 83 78 77 »»
John Paterson (SCO) New G.C. St Andrews 76 82 80 »»
Ray Gordon (SCO) Alford G.C. 77 79 82 »»
Keith Bowman (SCO) New Club, St Andrews 79 76 83 »»
71= 239 +26 Calum Giffen (SCO) Dunfermline G.c. 84 77 78 »»
Dylan William Smith (SCO) Deeside G.C. 83 78 78 »»
Callum Bruce (SCO) Duff House Royal Golf Club 78 76 85 »»
74= 240 +27 Thomas Foster (SCO) Merchants Of Edinburgh G.c. 78 85 77 »»
Jack Broun (SCO) Belleisle 78 80 82 »»
Greg Brown (SCO) Cathkin Braes G.C. 78 79 83 »»
Lewis Fenn (SCO) Dunbar G.c. 80 76 84 »»
78 241 +28 Connor Mckinney (SCO) Pitreavie (dunfermline) G.c. 83 77 81 »»
79= 242 +29 Pranav Mardikar (IND) Poona Golf Club 78 85 79 »»
Daniel Alexande Sim (SCO) Royal Aberdeen G.C. 84 77 81 »»
Matthew Baxter (ENG) Emirates Golf Club 78 78 86 »»
Sam Nicholson (SCO) Ladybank G.c. 79 77 86 »»
83 243 +30 Craig Jackman (SCO) Dunblane New G.c. 84 76 83 »»
84 244 +31 Daniel Cosgrove (IRL) Kilcock golf club 83 84 77 »»
85 245 +32 Ben Mckay (SCO) Crail G.s. 86 77 82 »»
86= 246 +33 Calvin Duffton (SCO) Aboyne G.C. 77 88 81 »»
Lawrence Courtney (ENG) West Hill Gc 77 86 83 »»
Cameron Mcarthur (SCO) Insch G.c. 77 86 83 »»
Ryan Steele Johnston (SCO) Dumfries & County G.C. 79 81 86 »»
90= 247 +34 George Petrie (ENG) Luffenham Heath G.c. 81 82 84 »»
Kiran Nolan (SCO) Kemnay G.C. 86 76 85 »»
92 248 +35 Kyle Reid (SCO) Balmore G.c. 88 81 79 »»
93 252 +39 Benjamin Alexander Henderson (SCO) Deeside G.C. 83 85 84 »»
94 253 +40 Scott C Simpson (SCO) Murrayfield G.c. 82 87 84 »»
95= 255 +42 Gregor Munro (SCO) Reay G.c. 84 88 83 »»
Zack Bedford (SCO) New G.c. St Andrews 90 79 86 »»
97 256 +43 Euan English (SCO) Erskine G.c. 86 83 87 »»
98 261 +48 Euan Munro (SCO) Reay G.c. 86 88 87 »»
99 263 +50 Cameron James Campbell (SCO) St. Andrews Golf Club 82 90 91 »»
100 264 +51 Sandy Shackles (SCO) Murrayshall G.c. 91 91 82 »»
101 273 +60 Ewan James Milligan (SCO) Kilmarnock Barassie 89 91 93 »»
102= WDN Callum Paterson (SCO) Strathaven G.c. 84 79 * »»
Andrew Thomson (SCO) Lanark G.c. 82 81 * »»
104 RTD Ben Kinsley (SCO) St Andrews G.c. 75 78 * »»
105= DSQ Fraser Kane Jnr (SCO) Kirkhill G.c. 91 75 * »»
James Martin (SCO) Bearsden Golf Club 79 81 * »»
Calum Hill (SCO) Muckhart G.c. 74 85 * »»
108 RTD Calum Mcandrew (SCO) Leven Thistle G.c. *     »»

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Fyfe and Scott lift Scots boys into top flight 

Scotland qualified in sixth place for the match-play stages of the European boys team championship at Pickala Golf Club, Finland.
On the borderline of making the top eight quualifiers at the start of the day, two sub-70 scores - 69s by Calum Fyfe and Nairn;s Sandy Scott (who improved by 11 shots on his first-day score) - lifted Scotland to a 725 total.
England (709) were the top qualifiers by a 12-shot margin.
Scotland now play Netherlands who qualified in third place with a total of 720.
Calum Fyfe's total of 137 (68-69) was the third lowest in the individual table and Murray Naysmith was joint 16th on 144 (72-72)
Scotland's scoreboard:
137 Calum Fyfe 68 69  
144 Murray Naysmith 72 72
146 Chris Curran 73 73
149 Sandy Scott 80 69
151 Will Porter 75 76
154 Rory Franssen 79 75.
TEAM QUALIFIERS
709 England
717 Denmark
720 Netherlands, Sweden
722 Italy
725 Scotland
727 Germany
728 Norway
ALSO
738 Wales (11th)
* Ireland did not enter a team

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Scots men's team qualify sixth, play Spain

Scotland slashed 10 shots off their first-round total to qualify in sixth place for the match-play of the European men's amateur team championship at Halmstad Golf Club, Sweden.
Only top qualifiers Germany had a lower second-round team total than the Scots for whom Jack McDonald, Grant Forrest, Ewen Ferguson and Connor Syme also shot one-under-par 71s.
Graeme Robertson had a 73 and Greig Marchbank the non-counting 76.
Teams who qualified for the championship flight:
709 Germany
714 Ireland
720 Spain
722 France, Denmark
724 Scotland
730 England, Sweden.
Other score:
743 Wales (12th)
DRAW
Germany v Sweden
Ireland v England
Spain v Scotland
France v Denmark.

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Injured McIlroy decides not to play in Open

The 2015 Open will be without its reigning champion.
Rory McIlroy has announced that he will miss next week’s tournament at St. Andrews after suffering an ankle injury playing football with some friends last weekend.
“After much consideration, I have decided not to play in the Open Championship at St. Andrews,” McIlroy said in a statement.
“I’m taking a long term view of this injury and, although rehab is progressing well, I want to come back to tournament play when I feel 100 percent healthy and 100 percent competitive. “
A four-time major winner, McIlroy bested Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler at Royal Liverpool to win the 2014 Open. With a T-3 finish at the Old Course when it hosted the 2010 Open, many had circled McIlroy as the favourite at St. Andrews.

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Peter Oosterhuis: Ex-Ryder Cup golfer reveals 

early onset of Alzheimer's illness

FROM BBC SPORT.COM
Former British Ryder Cup player Peter Oosterhuis says he has early onset Alzheimer's disease.

The 67-year-old became a broadcaster for CBS Sports after retiring from playing, but said that memory loss forced him to step away from TV work.
"Maybe in the course of my commentary, I wasn't giving a lot of information like I used to," he told Golf World. 
Oosterhuis never played on a winning Ryder Cup team, but won 15½ points - equal 10th best European.
The 6ft 5in former golfer said he was diagnosed last July.
"As human beings, it took a while to come back to ourselves," said his wife Roothie.
"But now, even though we don't like the cards we were dealt, we are ready to play them. Because we are basically happy people, and we can still have happiness.''

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Apologies for the delay in bringing them to you

Leading final totals from the Cameron 

Corbett Vase at Haggs Castle

By COLIN FARQUHARSON 
Better late than never! Due to circumstances outwith our control we have not been able to bring you the final leading totals from the Cameron Corbett Vase tournament which ended with a seven-hole play-off late Sunday evening at Haggs Castle.
So here we go at last:
Par 216  (3x72) CSS 72 72 73
 +The tournament was reduced to 54 holes because only one round was possible on the Saturday due to the torrential overnight and early morning rain. There was no cut for Sunday's last two rounds.
203 R Campbell (Falkirk) 68 68 67, J Jamieson (St Andrews) 68 65 70 (Campbell won sudden-death play-off at seventh extra hole).
204 M Clark (Kilmacolm) 67 69 68
207 B J Hume (Haggs Castle) 71 69 67
208 D Mitchell (Leven Thistle) 69 70 69
210 E Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 69 70 71
211 C Howie (Peebles) 68 70 73, F Davren (Williamwood) 70 70 71, J Wright (Forrres) 67 73 71. 
212 A Moir (Thornton) 67 72 73,  L Johnston (Dumfries and Co) 69 67 76
213 S Robin (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 69 69 75, G Burns (Williamwood) 71 73 69, A Carrick (Douglas Park) 72 69 72
214 R McIntyre (Glencruitten) 75 67 72, C Maclean (Balmore) 68 71 75
215 J Johnston (Ayr Belleisle) 71 73 71, K A Wright (Norway) 69 69 77
216 A Fisher (Newmachar) 74 73 69, F Moore (Glenbervie) 70 69 77, C Baird (Bothwell Castle) 71 71 74, JWilson (Balmore) 70 73 73 
217 J Mathers (Haggs Castle) 70 72 75, K Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle) 70 75 72
218 C Morrison (Haggs Castle) 74 72 72
219 A Sutherland (Cupar) 71 73 75, A McDougall (Elderslie) 73 72 74, O Roberts (Hong Kong) 73 72 74, S Stewart (Clydebank Overtoun) 70 78 71, C Cochrane (Marriott Dalmahoy) 73 72 74, J Brown (Haggs Castle) 72 75 72
220 K Godsman (Moray) 73 72 75, G Duncan (Windyhill) 73 73 74, L Reid (Longniddry) 73 73 74
221 B Kinsley (St Andrews) 73 74 74, A Cunningham (Ranfurly Castle) 76 74 71, S Wearing (Bishopbriggs)  72 73 76, G Yates (Colville Park) 78 72 71, A Grant (Dunblane New) 79 74 68, S MacCandless (Bathgate) 77 73 71
222 K Harman (Radyr) 79 70 73, S Easton (Irvine) 75 71 76, D S Murray (Musselburgh) 77  70 75
223 A Blaney (Liberton) 74 73 76
224 L Chambers (Cardross) 77 73 74, A Thurlow (Murrayfield) 75 75 74
225 J Shaw (Boat of Garten) 72 75 78, G Burrett (Haggs Castle) 71 73 81, M Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 75 77 73

226 Lewis Bain (Musselburgh) 73 74 79, M Daily (Erskine) 78 69 79, Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) 75 73 78, F Grant (Ralston) 75 72 79 
227 S Grant (Downfield) 76 79 72, P Gault (Haggs Castle) 80 72 75
228 A Culverwell (Dunbar) 69 80 79, S Walter (West Linton) 79 74 75, R Johnston (Helensburgh) 76 76 76

229 N Gold (Bonnyton) 77 77 75 
230 J Barrett (Muckhart) 79 76 75, G Perry (S Arabia) 79 78 73, C Finnie (Lockerbie) 81 73 76, N McConnochie (Balmore) 76 75 79, C Edgar (Cochrane Castle) 80 72 78

231 N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 73 84 74, A Davidson (Charleton) 77 77 77
232 D Wilson (Kilmarnock Barassie) 80 73 79, C Hughes (Airdrie) 77 77 78
235 G Wright (Bonnybridge) 78 78 79
236 P Reilly (Kilmacolm) 76 81 79
237 R Brydon (Bruntsfield) 76 82 79, B Dalgleish (Ralston) 73 81 83

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Former Open winners team up for Champion 

Challenge at Old Course next Wednesday

NEWS RELEASE FROM R and A
The Champion Golfers’ Challenge, a teams of four event contested by former winners of the Open championship, will commence at the Old Course, St Andrews next Wednesday (July 15) at 3.30pm with a performance from the Royal Marines Band Scotland. BBC Sport presenter Hazel Irvine will act as the Master of Ceremonies on the first tee.

The teams will compete on the 1st, 2nd, 17th and 18th holes of the Old Course for a prize of £100,000 which will be donated to a charity of their choice. 
The best individual score per team on each hole will count as the team score.

Seating in the grandstands around the 1st, 2nd, 17th and 18th holes is available to spectators on a first come, first served basis.

The challenge will be available to view around the world on TheOpen.com and through the official Open App and will be televised by the BBC and ESPN.

The full draw for the Champion Golfers’ Challenge – Wednesday 15 July


4.10pm Tom Weiskopf (Captain)
Mark O’Meara
Nick Price
Tiger Woods
4.21pm Sir Bob Charles (Captain)
David Duval
Justin Leonard
Sandy Lyle
4.32pm Tom Watson (Captain)
Ian Baker-Finch
Todd Hamilton
Louis Oosthuizen
4.43pm Peter Thomson (Captain)
Ben Curtis
Ernie Els
Phil Mickelson
4.54pm Gary Player (Captain)
Stewart Cink
Mark Calcavecchia
Padraig Harrington
5.05pm Tony Jacklin (Captain)
John Daly
Sir Nick Faldo
Tom Lehman
5.16pm Arnold Palmer (Captain)
Darren Clarke
Paul Lawrie
Bill Rogers



For more information visit TheOpen.com.

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John Williams to be England Golf 

President in 2017 
 
John Williams, who has played a key role in running national amateur golf championships, has accepted the nomination to become President Elect of England Golf for 2016 with a view to becoming President in 2017.
“To read the list of past Presidents is a humbling experience,” he said. “I am deeply honoured and delighted at this invitation and I’ll do my very best to match the standards set by my predecessors in representing and promoting England Golf, also in supporting Marian Rae, our President in 2016.” 
John took up golf in the late 1970s and joined Barnham Broom in Norfolk.  He relocated to Cambridge and has been a member of The Gog Magog Golf Club for 30 years and was captain in 2007. He lives in Royston and is an active member of the Cambridgeshire Area Golf Union. He says he’s struggling to maintain his five handicap, but still occasionally plays for CAGU Seniors: “If they’re scraping the barrel!”
John has been a referee for the English Golf Union (EGU) and England Golf for the last 10 years and is a past Chairman of the Championship Committee.  He’s looking forward to renewing the contact and relationships with counties and clubs which host England Golf championships. 
“These were aspects of my role as Chairman of Championships which I so much enjoyed.  I’ll be able to express my own and England Golf’s appreciation to all of those who devote so much time, effort and expertise to the amateur game we love,” he said.
John was also a member of the steering group which guided the merger of the EGU and the English Women’s Golf Association to create England Golf. 
He’s an active supporter of England Golf’s strategy to create a brighter future for the game and says, that as President: “I will relish the opportunity to support the many exciting initiatives being taken to address a number of well-known problems facing our game.”
John spent his business life as an industrial relations and management specialist, after studying at Cambridge University and being called to the Bar. He joined the conciliation service, ACAS, soon after its launch in the mid-1970s, when the country faced many industrial relations issues. After 11 years he formed his own consultancy and training business, from which he retired five years ago.
John is 64 and has been married to Ali for over 40 years. They have a daughter, Emily, and a son, Tom, who plays off plus-one, and they delight in twin grandchildren.  Ali is a non-golfer who enjoys attending championships and the social side of game – and, says John, shows great tolerance of the male family members’ addiction. 
John enjoys a number of other sporting interests. He is a member of the MCC and loves watching Test match cricket. He has supported Norwich City for most of his life and is delighted with the club’s promotion back to the Premier League. When time permits, John and Ali enjoy cruising in their boat, “African Queen”.


Lyndsey Hewison
Press Officer
England Golf
pr@englandgolf.org
07825 752 193

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Howard's 68 has him in the mix at Student 

Games in South Korea
 
FROM Dr ROB MACPHERSON
On a warm, muggy day at Gold Lake Country Club, Naju, Gwangju, South Korea, the British golf teams had  mixed fortunes on the opening day of the 26th Summer Universiade (World University Games). 
 With nearly 20,000 athletes competing and a worldwide television audience running into the billions, the Universiade is second only to the Olympics in terms of scale and profile of multi-sport events. Golf takes part in the Student Games for only the second time, having previously been showcased at Mission Hills, China in 2011.
In the men's event, Mike Howard (Edinburgh and Royal Birkdale), a golf course architecture student who studied his undergraduate degree at the University of Stirling, produced brilliant golf in the taxing conditions to post a four under par round of 68. 
Playing quality golf throughout the round, Mike birdied the first, sixth, 10th, 12th and 14th holes, his only blemish being a three-putt bogey at the fourth. 
Howard lies one shot off the overnight lead, held by Natipong Srithong (Thailand). 
Craig Chalmers (Strathclyde and Cawder) also had a very strong opening to the tournament, securing a birdie at the last for a one-under par 71 to lie eighth overnight.
The third member of Team GB, Henry Tomlinson (Stirling and  Royal Lytham) started well, and was two under par through six holes.
However, double bogeys at the eighth and 10th and a couple of three putts on the back nine saw him post a 76 (+4) to lie just outside the top 30. 
In the men's team event, Great Britain (-5) trail leaders Thailand (-8) by three shots, but are currently ahead of pre-event favourites South Korea (-4) as well as well fancied Japan (-2) and Ireland (-2).
In the women's event, held at the same venue, first year student Gemma Batty (Stirling and Powfoot) had 15 pars and three bogyes for a three-over 75 to lie inside the top 20 and seven off the lead of Shina Kanazawa of Japan.
Team-mates Hannah McCook (Stirling and Grantown-on-Spey) and Katie Bradbury (Exeter and Cottrell Park) shot rounds of 78 and 79 respectively. 
The GB women's team lie 11th overnight, behind early pacesetters Chinese Taipei.
The Universiade concludes on Saturday after 72 holes.

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Scott Stallings handed three-month doping  

suspension by US PGA Tour

Scott Stallings is sidelined for three months by suspension
Scott Stallings is sidelined for three months by suspension

FROM SKYSPORTS.COM
Scott Stallings has been handed a three-month doping suspension by the US PGA Tour after he told officials he had inadvertently taken a supplement that was on the banned list.
The 30-year-old American is only the third player punished since the Tour adopted the anti-doping policy in 2008.
Stallings, who is the first US PGA Tour winner to be banned, immediately reported the violation when he learned of it in February, but the US PGA has only just imposed the punishment.
"I regret my inadvertent mistake in not doing my homework to know for sure what was on the list of permitted and non-permitted substances," Stallings said.
"I take responsibility and accept the penalty imposed by the PGA Tour.
"I discovered in February 2015 that I had inadvertently taken a supplement for the prior two months that was not permitted by the PGA Tour.
"I did so on the recommendation of my physician due to chronic fatigue I had felt over a period of time, not in any way for performance enhancement.
"I immediately self-reported this fact to the PGA Tour, consistent with my values and with the long tradition of self-reporting all rules violations on or off the golf course."
Neither the PGA Tour nor Stallings revealed what the banned substance was as Tour policy only requires it to confirm a ban and its length.
"Mr Stallings self-reported this information after discovering that a supplement that he was taking was on the prohibited list," the US PGA Tour said in a statement.
"He will be eligible to return on October 7, 2015. The Tour will have no further comment on the suspension at this time."
Stallings, ranked 154th in the world, has missed the cut in seven of 12 events and finished outside the top 60 in four others since losing in a play-off at Torrey Pines in February while defending his most recent career title.
He also won the 2011 Greenbrier Classic as a PGA rookie and took the 2012 True South Classic. His best showing in nine major starts was a share of 27th at the 2012 Masters but he will miss all four majors this year.
Stallings played no more than five events during the time frame in which he said he was on the banned substance, sharing 14th at the Tournament of Champions and 64th at the Humana Challenge in January. He missed the cut at Phoenix and was 66th at Riviera around his Torrey Pines title defence.
Stallings won $579,927 from six events starting in February at Torrey Pines, at least some of it after having told the PGA of his violation.
Doug Barron, who had not had a full PGA Tour card in three years, was suspended for one year in October 2009 for taking a substance to cope with low testosterone. His lawsuit against the tour was settled and he was granted a therapeutic use exemption the following year.
In January, Bhavik Patel on the Web.com Tour was suspended for taking a banned substance. Patel said he had a lapse in judgment.
                 

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Trump's defiant response to ESPN, NASCAR: 

Donald is laughing all the way to the bank

FROM GOLF DIGEST
By John Strege

The Donald Trump fall-out from comments he made recently about issues with illegal immigration and immigrants from Mexico in particular continued on Tuesday, to which Trump responded in a manner consistent with how he has always countered critics: Head on and without apology.
Trump issued the following statement regarding ESPN electing to relocate its Celebrity Golf Classic from Trump National Los Angeles to Pelican Hill on the Orange County coast, south of Los Angeles, on top of NASCAR’s recent announcement that it was pulling its post-season award banquet from Trump National Doral in Miami:
trump.jpg
In another announcement on Tuesday, the PGA of America said it would relocate its PGA Grand Slam of Golf from Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles.
The LPGA, meanwhile, announced that it was too late to consider a change of venue for its Ricoh Women’s British Open at Trump Turnberry in Scotland.

 ... AND THERE'S MORE!
Real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in his campaign kickoff speech that some Mexican immigrants to the U.S. bring drugs and crime, and some are rapists. He has been widely criticized for his June 16 statement, but he has refused to apologize and instead repeated his views.
 A host of organizations and countries are re-examining or severing their relationships with Trump and businesses connected to him, and their ranks are growing.
July 7
In the wake of Macy’s decision to stop carrying Trump menswear, clothing company PVH Corp. says it’s winding down its licensing deal with Trump, which was scheduled to run through 2018.
The PGA of America says it is moving its Grand Slam of Golf from Trump’s Los Angeles course. The PGA of America says the move was made by mutual agreement with Trump.
July 6
ESPN, a unit of Walt Disney Co., says it won’t hold its ESPN Celebrity Golf Classic at Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles.
July 4
Panama joins several other Latin American countries in dropping out of the Miss Universe pageant.
July 3
NASCAR says it won’t hold its season-ending awards ceremony at the Trump National Doral Miami.
July 2
New York City officials say they are reviewing the city’s contracts with Trump in light of his comments.
Reelz says it will air the Miss USA pageant but says Trump won’t make any money from the telecast.
July 1
Macy’s says it will stop carrying an exclusive line of Trump menswear, including shirts and neckties.

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