Mike Weir giving up golf until further notice

Former Masters champion Mike Weir has announced he will take an indefinite leave of absence from golf for personal reasons related to a desire to spent more time with his family.

The Canadian, who became the first left-hander to win the Masters at Augusta National in 2003, has struggled with his form and fitness over the last year.
The 45-year-old has missed 12 cuts in 15 starts in 2015, and has withdrawn from the other three events including last week's John Deere Classic shortly after teeing off in the second round.

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Welshman Rhys Davies maintained his four-stroke lead at the Fred Olsen Open de España after adding a four under par second round 67 to his incredible opening 60 at the picturesque Tecina Golf.
The 30 year old, who won this tournament six years ago, moved to 15 under par at the halfway stage, picking up four shots on the same front nine he cleared in 28 shots on day one to move well clear of the field early on.
Bogeys at the tenth and 11th holes halted his progress, but he bounced back with birdies at the 13th and 17th to ensure he will take a considerable advantage into the weekend.
Dutchman Taco Remkes and Lancashire's Jack Senior posted brilliant rounds of 63 and 65 respectively to share second place on 11 under, while Frenchman Charles-Edouard Russo is another shot back thanks to a superb 64.
Davies said: “I knew it would be difficult today following up that round. I wasn’t expecting everything to go my way like it did in the first round and that was the case.
“I’m really happy with it though and I putted extremely well. I got off to a flyer and was three under through four, then I just played well for the most part, hitting most fairways and most greens even if everything wasn’t going for me like it was yesterday.
“I had three bad holes at nine, ten and 11 where I just hit a few poor shots and had a couple of misreads on the green, but I was prepared for that and for things to go a little wrong at some point because that’s just golf. I could have tried to chase it but I didn’t and I’m happy with my day’s work.”
Davies, who won the Trophée Hassan II on The European Tour in 2010 having led after two rounds, added: “Having a big lead can carry its own pressures but the way I see it, things will always creep into your head – some good thoughts, some bad thoughts – not matter what position you’re in. It’s not humanly possible to block out those thoughts because we’re not robots.
“It’s about how you deal with those thoughts when they come along, and I’m only halfway through the tournament. Somebody’s bound to get close to me or even join me up there so I just have to keep playing good golf and see what happens.
“I think it’s only by Sunday that you start getting that adrenaline rush. It only really kicks in with nine holes to go, so in that sense I’ve still got 27 holes left to shoot the best scores that I can.”
Davies claimed the title here in 2009, thanks to weekend rounds of 65 and 67, but he played down the significance of being a former winner.
“I do think that it’s just a case of your game building towards a tournament and just playing well at the time,” he said. “I believe I can play well on any course, but it’s more about how my game is progressing.
“I had been showing signs that my game was progressing and that obviously showed on the first day this week, so I think it’s just coincidence that it’s at a place where I’ve won before.”

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
par 141 (2x71)
127 R Davies (Wal) 60 67,
131 T Remkes (Ned) 68 63, J Senior (Eng) 66 65,
132 C Russo (Fra) 68 64,
133 S Henry  (Sco) 66 67, A Hortal  (Esp) 64 69,
134 J Sarasti  (Esp) 69 65, D Coupland (Eng) 67 67, R McGowan  (Eng) 66 68, B Neil (Sco) 66 68, B Hafthorsson (Isl) 68 66,
135 A Garcia-Heredia (Esp) 66 69, J Robinson (Eng) 73 62, M McGeady (Irl) 68 67, B Paolini (USA) 65 70, J White (Eng) 70 65, A Björk (Swe) 69 66,
136 B Virto Astudillo (Esp) 70 66, S Brown (Eng) 69 67, B Hemstock (Eng) 66 70, S Del Val (Esp) 71 65, W Harrold (Eng) 72 64, T Gornik (Slo) 67 69, M Wiegele  (Aut) 69 67, C Sordet  (Fra) 70 66, C Hanson (Eng) 65 71, T Tree (Eng) 67 69,
137 R Evans  (Eng) 67 70, J Ballesteros (Esp) 69 68, H Joannes  (Bel) 69 68, J Kunzenbacher (Ger) 70 67, G Houston (Wal) 72 65, A McArthur  (Sco) 68 69, G Watremez (Bel) 68 69, M Delpodio  (Ita) 68 69, Z Scotland  (Eng) 69 68, C Berardo (Fra) 69 68, F Becker (Ger) 69 68, A Velasco (Esp) 66 71,
138 J Ross (Sco) 71 67, P Howard  (Eng) 76 62, L Claverie (Esp) 67 71, C Balmaseda  (Esp) 68 70, K Subregis  (Fra) 70 68, L Nemecz (Aut) 69 69, B Parker  (Eng) 71 67, A Domingo (Esp) 69 69, E Saltman  (Sco) 68 70, G Drakeford (Aus) 67 71, S Manley (Wal) 68 70, C Selfridge  (Nir) 72 66, J Winther (Den) 70 68, C Brazillier  (Fra) 67 71,
139 L Corfield  (Eng) 68 71, A Saddier (Fra) 72 67, M Quiros (Esp) 68 71, J Hansen  (Den) 67 72, K Benz (Sui) 68 71, D Law (Sco) 73 66, C Aguilar  (Esp) 70 69, A Kaleka  (Fra) 69 70, A Bernadet  (Fra) 70 69, V Riu  (Fra) 68 71, E Cuartero Blanco  (Esp) 70 69, J Colomo  (Esp) 72 67, N Quintarelli (Ita) 68 71, A Rota (Ita) 68 71, D Foos (Ger) 70 69, J Doherty  (Sco) 68 71, N Bertasio (Ita) 70 69,
140 E Larrañaga (Esp) 69 71, G Shaw (Nir) 69 71, N Kimsey (Eng) 72 68, N Turner (Irl) 67 73, R Enoch  (Wal) 73 67, G Murray  (Sco) 72 68, M Röhrig (Ger) 71 69, W Besseling  (Ned) 69 71, J Girrbach (Sui) 69 71, Z Lombard  (RSA) 71 69, J Kaske (Fin) 73 67, S Einhaus (Ger) 75 65,
141 D Kemmer (USA) 70 71, N Lemke (Swe) 68 73, J Legarrea (Esp) 70 71, S Tiley (Eng) 70 71, D Borda (Esp) 69 72, J Gallegos  (Esp) 71 70, J Lara (Esp) 70 71, D Ulrich (Sui) 71 70, J Sjöholm (Swe) 69 72, C Sutherland (Sco) 74 67, N Dahlgren (Fin) 71 70, M Trappel  (Aut) 71 70, X Puig (Esp) 70 71, S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) 72 69, N Ravano (Ita) 73 68, F Calmels  (Fra) 73 68, P Angles (am) (Esp) 69 72,
142 A Hartø  (Den) 73 69, G Woolgar (Eng) 74 68, N Elvira  (Esp) 70 72, L Astl (Aut) 72 70, J Smith (Eng) 70 72, O Stark (Swe) 73 69, D Vancsik (Arg) 71 71, A Bruschi  (Ita) 70 72, S Wakefield (Eng) 70 72,
143 M Fenasse (Fra) 71 72, D Stewart (Sco) 73 70, J Ferraby (Eng) 73 70, D Suazo Gonzalez (Esp) 70 73, T Elissalde  (Fra) 69 74, C Mivis  (Bel) 76 67, S Santana (Esp) 71 72, F Praegant (Aut) 73 70, N Geyger (Chi) 72 71, A Hernandez Cabezuela (am) (Esp) 68 75,
144 F Cea (Esp) 71 73, C Ford (Eng) 75 69, S Fallon (Eng) 73 71, L Vaisanen (Fin) 71 73, F Andersson Hed (Swe) 76 68, J Poladura (am) (Esp) 70 74,
145 J Harrison (Eng) 76 69,
146 R Kellett (Sco) 74 72, J Bragulat  (Esp) 71 75, M Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 72 74, J Garcia Del Moral (Esp) 71 75, K Hesbois  (Bel) 76 70, J Friesz (am) (Svk) 72 74,
147 J Simon De Miguel  (Esp) 73 74, R Harris (Eng) 77 70, B Chapellan (Fra) 74 73,
149 M Galiano Aguilar (am) (Esp) 75 74,
151 F Laporta (Ita) 77 74, N Floren (Swe) 76 75,
152 G Snow  (Ken) 75 77,

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Marc Warren makes most of good luck

By TOM ENGLISH
 BBC Scotland
It was in the depths of the deluge at St Andrews that sport, in all its unpredictability, was revealed anew.

Marc Warren was standing on the putting green, soaked, cold but steeled for the challenge ahead.
It was 06:46 BST when the klaxon sounded on the Old Course to signal a delay in play in the second round of The Open Championship.
Warren, pictured, was on the putting green at the time, hoping against hope that the suspension would come but sure in his own mind that it wouldn't.
The reprieve, like the rain, was a God-send. "It was going to be a tough morning if you had to go out and play in those conditions," he said, after posting a 69 to go with Thursday's 68 for a seven-under-par total that put him in a heady position on the 36-hole leaderboard.
"The wind was up, which is kind of unusual at that time of the morning," he explained. "I was trying to stay as dry for as long as I could.
" To be honest, I didn't really think it (the rain) was going to stop play. I'd just started my warm-up and I got to take shelter for a couple of hours. I was delighted we didn't have to go out in it."

Instead of going into battle, Warren retreated to the warmth of the players' lounge and then went to the car, watched the American television programme Everybody Loves Raymond on his computer and fell asleep.
By the time he was back on the tee, three hours had passed and so had the biblical conditions. Now, the Old Course was wearing a different face, a kindly demeanour with the wind at the players' back on the outward nine and then, hey presto, switching to a crosswind on the inward nine instead of blowing into their face, as they had anticipated.
Coping with a crosswind is far from easy, but it's easier than blasting a three-wood off the deck and not making it as far as he would with a six-iron when the weather was calm, as happened to Zach Johnson on the Road Hole on Thursday.
"We got lucky," said Warren, later. "We got very lucky," chimed his playing partner, Padraig Harrington, soon after.
Good fortune is one thing, but capitalising on it is quite another. And this is where Warren excelled. Five birdies and two bogeys for that 69 was a fine score, especially since the last of the birdies came on 18, a feel-good 3 that put a smile on his face and a spring in his step.
Warren's karma is excellent. He rubs along with a patience and a coolness that has helped him to such a lofty height.

Warren shot a four-under-par 68 on day one

"I'm pretty relaxed," he said. "I know it's early days as far as the tournament goes. There's only two rounds gone.
"I'm really just relishing the opportunity ahead of me this weekend, enjoying the situation I've put myself into. This is a situation that everyone who has played golf as a kid dreams about. To live out at least part of that dream is pretty cool."
His back story is well known and is pockmarked by near misses, particularly in the Scottish Open, an event that has promised much for him and yet has been cruel in the endgame.
He looks a different animal to the one who fell so dramatically when within sight of victory at Castle Stuart in 2012 - Devon Loch in a sponsor's hat.
Warren's form has been solid for quite a while now. Good finish has followed good finish - at Gullane last week, at Chambers Bay in the US Open where he was tied for 27th, at Wentworth where he was top-20, in Malaysia where he was ninth and Qatar where he was second.

Warren's last European Tour win was in August 2014 in Denmark

The Old Course, once a place that tormented him, has now, over the past couple of rounds, given him his two most memorable days in his major championship career. The first time he played a competitive round at St Andrews he shot 94 in a gale and left a broken man. Distant days.
The place put on its benign face once the storm blew over, but even still, he had things to deal with out there. Much of it involved him driving well, hitting good irons and displaying a subtle touch around the greens, but there were times when he had to scrap.
"On the back nine, it was gusting a lot," he said. "I had two or three putts where I was starting my backswing and I kind of got nudged over. I got pretty frustrated on 11, the par-3. Eight-iron should have been plenty of club, but I got a massive gust and it almost came back to me and I ended up making bogey.
"I'd got it to seven under and felt like I gave it straight back. I had to get myself in check a bit before my tee shot on 12 and I kept telling myself that it wasn't anything I'd done [wrong], it was literally just the elements."
It's that kind of psychological strength that he will need over the coming days. A supreme golf game is only one of the tools he's going to require on the weekend. A strong mind is needed, too, as the pressure mounts.

Willett clubhouse leader at rain-hit Open 
 

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Danny Willett, pictured by courtesy of Getty Images(c),  admitted it was "pretty cool" to be the clubhouse leader of

leading The Open Championship after carding a round of 69 to establish a two-shot lead midway through the weather-affected second round at St Andrews.
Torrential early rain meant the first group had not completed the opening hole before play was suspended due to waterlogged greens and fairways on the Old Course, leading to a delay of three hours and 14 minutes.
When play resumed at 10am, Willett - who carded an opening 66 to lie one behind overnight leader Dustin Johnson - took full advantage of the relatively benign conditions with five birdies and two bogeys, both of which came on the tricky back nine.
The 27 year old birdied the second and fifth to move into the lead, and after briefly being caught by Zach Johnson he holed from 25 feet for another gain on the ninth and just five feet on the tenth, as former Masters Tournament winner Johnson three-putted the 11th and dropped another shot on the 12th.
As the wind strengthened, that gave Willett – who started the season with a second European Tour win at the Nedbank Golf Challenge - a three-stroke  lead over Dustin Johnson, who did not go out for his second round not until 5:48pm alongside Masters and US Open champion Jordan Spieth due to the earlier delay.
Willett made his first mistake of the day by three-putting from just off the 15th green and his lead was down to two when Scotland's Marc Warren, who carded a closing 64 in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open on Sunday, birdied the 18th to complete an excellent 69.
Johnson had stopped the rot with a birdie on the 13th but also bogeyed the 15th and was joined on six under by fellow former Masters Tournament champion Adam Scott.
Scott, who persuaded former caddie Steve Williams to come out of retirement at the start of June, had gone to the turn in 34 and picked up shots on the 11th and 12th.
Another three-putt bogey on the 17th cut Willett's lead to a single shot, but the World Number 39 took advantage of the downwind 18th to drive to the edge of the green and pitch to eight feet for a closing birdie.

That gave Willett a second round of 69 and halfway total of nine under par, two ahead of Warren and Johnson, who had also picked up a shot on the last.
“It was a tricky back nine,” said Willett. “At 15 I got a bit of a flier and went long and at 17 just got on it a little bit instead of holding it up the right. From 50-70 feet they are not gimme two putts.
“It was nice to birdie the last, we hit some good golf shots today and it’s a good score.
“You throw wind and rain in there and it becomes a bit of a lottery. If it’s just wind it’s playable. That strength wind out there it’s playable – you’ve got to hit good shots and you can make birdies.
“Hopefully it’s the same strength tomorrow and I think we’re in for a great weekend.
“You can’t put it out of your mind – leading The Open – it’s pretty cool isn’t it?”
With the last group scheduled to tee off at 7:27pm, many players will have to return on Saturday to complete their second rounds.
But R and A chief executive Peter Dawson insisted that significant changes would not be made to the order of play, unlike last year at Royal Liverpool when a two-tee start was used for the first time in Open history due to a bad weather forecast for Saturday's third round.
"[We've] only done it once, at Hoylake," Dawson told the BBC. "The prospect of changing it during competition and doing a two-tee start is not something we are going to do. The order you play the holes in on a links course is very important.
"The forecast is for very strong winds so it is a very tough course today and tomorrow, but because we have had so much rain it's nowhere near as fiery as it can be so I'm very hopeful that (wind) won't affect play.
"Our target is to finish on Sunday. We do have the ability to go into Monday (the last time that happened was at Lytham in 1988), but we certainly hope not to."

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 SuperMac wins Scottish Seniors Match-play

 By GORDON THOMSON

Gordon MacDonald (Glenbervie) added to his impressive collection of titles with a fine win in the Scottish senior amateur match-play championship at Stirling Golf Club, beating

Muir Townsley (Dumfries and County) by one hole in a close and absorbing final.

In the morning’s semi-final, MacDonald, pictured left, beat the formidable John Fraser (Royal Burgess) by 4 and 3 with an impressive 3 under par performance. Townsley started impressively against Laurie Chancellor (Inverness) ,who unfortunately had to retire after seven holes due to a back injury, at which point Townsley  was three up.

After a long and gruelling week neither finalist played quite as well in the final. Townsley won the sixth and seventh holes to go two up before MacDonald won the ninth to turn one down. MacDonald then had to hole a tricky 8 foot putt on the tenth to avoid going two down, which gave him some encouragement and he then levelled the match by winning the 12th hole. 
Townsley went one up again by winning the15th but, immediately and perhaps fatally, surrendered his advantage with a poor tee shot at the next hole.

Sensing his chance on a course of which he was at one time a member, MacDonald then hit two fine shots just short of the last green and made birdie to go ahead for the first time in the match. 

This was one title which had previously eluded him although he was runner-up to Townsley’s clubmate, Ian Brotherston in 2011.

In the Super Seniors final, Jim Kinloch (Cardross), pictured right by Steve Ellis, drew on his superb short game skills to beat David Millar (St Andrews New) by 4 and 3.
Millar was the losing finalist for the second year in successio by 4 and 3. Jim had qualified in last place but gradually eased his way into contention to become a worthy winner.

RESULTS
SCOTTISH SENIOR AMATEUR MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Stirling Golf Club

 Semi-finals 

Gordon Macdonald (Glenbervie) bt John Fraser (Royal Burgess) 4 and 3.

Muir Townsley (Dumfries and Co) bt Laurie Chancellor (Inverness),  retired due to injury

 Final 

 Macdonald bt Townsley 1 hole

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Final

Jim Kinloch (Cardross ) bt David Millar (St Andrews New) 4 and 3.

North-east beat North at U18s, U16s and

 U14s levels at Maverston

North-east beat North at all three age-group levels in inter-district matches at Maverston Golf Club, near Elgin today.
North-east won the Under-18s and also the Under-16s contests by 7-2 margins,
In the Under-14s, North-east prevailed by 5.5 to 3.5.
Because of the bad weather in the morning, the foursomes were played over only nine holes. 
DETAILS:
NORTH U18s 2, NORTH-EAST U18s 7
 Foursomes: 0-3
R Franssen (Inverness), F Asher (Nairn) lost to M Watt (Inverallochy), H Charles (Deeside) 3 and 2; G Munro (Reay), M Schinkel (Orkney) lost to S Locke (Banchory), F Milne (Banchory) 1 hole; J Paterson (Grantown), A Bain (Shetland) lost to M Lawrie, B Henderson (Deeside) 3 and 2.  
Singles: 2-4
Franssen bt Watt 3 and 1, Bain lost to Charles 8 and 6, Asher lost to Locke 3 and 1, Paterson lost to Milne 5 and 4, Munro lost to Lawrie 4 and 3, Schinkel bt Henderson 4 and 3.

NORTH U16s 2, NORTH-EAST U16s 7
Foursomes: 0-3
J Carpenter (Forres), H McColm (Nairn) lost to J Bell (Royal Aberdeen), J Seatter (McDonald Ellon) 2 and 1; T Bell (Forres), E Munro (Reay) lost to C Duffton (Aboyne), K Duncan (Keith) 3 and 1; J MacKintosh (Nairn), L Ross (Fort William) lost to C McArthur (Insch), K Nolan (Kemnay) 2 holes.
Singles: 2-4
Carpenter lost to J Bell 2 and 1, McColm bt Seatter 2 holes, Munro bt Duffton 1 hole, T Bell lost to Duncan 3 and 1, MacKintosh lost to McArthur 3 and 2, Ross lost to Nolan 6 and 4. 

NORTH U14s 3.5, NORTH-EAST U14s 5.5
Foursomes: 1-2
S Pears (Nairn Dunbar), C Scott (Nairn) lost to C B;ack, O Walker (Royal Aberdeen) 2 and 1; L Gillies (Nairn), S Lawrie (Fort William) lost to L Waldron (Kintore), R Mair (Buckpool) 2 holes; B Patience, F Owenson (GFortrose and Rosemarkie) bt J Mitchell (Fraserburgh), B Smith (Caledonian) 2 and 1.
Singles: 2.5-3.5
Pears lost to Black 3 and 2, Scott halved with Walker, Gillies bt Waldron 4 and 2, Lawrie bt Mair 3 and 2, Patience lost to Mitchell 5 and 3, Owenson lost to Smith 5 and 4.

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Fenwick and Currie win £1,475 each

Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) and Chris Currie (Caldwell) were the top Scottish earners with £1,475 apiece at the end of the final round of this week's PGA EuroPro Tour's Glenfarclas Open at Mar Hall, Bishopton near Glasgow.
They tied for fourth place on four-under-par 206, four behind the winner of the £10,000 first prize, Wolverhampton's Aaron Rai who beat Craig Hinton in a play-off after they had tied on eight-under 202.
Fenwick shot rounds of 68, 70 and 68 while Currie signed for 69, 65 and 72. Also on the 206 mark were Tartan Tour campaigner Gareth Wright (West Linton) (66-70-70) and former Scottish youths champion and Stirling University graduate David Booth from Rotherham (70-71-65).
Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) and Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) made finished joint 10th on 208 and earned £950 each. Binning scored 70-67-71 and McKechnie 66, 68 and 74.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 210 (3x70)
202 A Rai (Eng) 64 68 70, C  Hinton (Eng) 65 70 67 (Rai, £10,000, bt Hinton, £6,000, in play-off.
205 J Adams (Eng) 70 67 68 (£3,000)
206 N Fenwick (Dunbar) 68 70 68, C Currie (Caldwell) 69, 65 73, D Booth (Eng) 70 71 65, G Wright (West Linton) 66 70 70, D Gavins (Eng) 71 64 71 (£1,475 each).
OTHER SCOTS' TOTALS
208 S Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 70 67 71, P McKenna (Braid Hills) 66 68 74 (T10) (£950 each).
210 Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw) 709 68 72 (T17) (£503_
211 J McColl (Kingsbarns) 69 71 71, G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC) 68 75 68 (T24) (£430 each)
212 S Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC) 73 68 71 (T31) (£382)
213 M Stewart (Troon Welbeck) 69 70 74, R Cameron (Saltire Eneergy) 70 72 71 (T37) (£355 each).
214 S Crichton (Aberdour) 70 73 71, L Saltman (Archerfield) 68 75 71 (T42) (£327 each)
215 P Shields (Kirkhill) 71 69 75, D Kay (Renaissance) 70 71 74 (T48) (£300 each).
218 Z Saltman (Archerfield) 69 72 77 (T57) £282
221 F McKenna (Balmore) 74 69 78 (T61) (£242). 

Rai Wins Glenfarclas Open In Play-Off

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Aaron Rai beat Craig Hinton on the second play-off hole to win the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour’s Glenfarclas Open at Mar Hall.
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Rai and Hinton finished the 54-hole tournament eight-under-par, three ahead of James Adams (Druids Heath Golf Club), who came third.
Both players parred the first additional hole, the par-four 18^th, so moved to the par-three 10^th tee, where Rai (DCD Group) holed his first putt for the win.
The 20-year-old held a two-stroke lead heading into the final round, the start of which was delayed by 90 minutes after torrential overnight rain left standing water on the course.
The Wolverhampton golfer carded a level-par 70 for his final round, while Hinton made four birdies on the back nine to sign for a 67 and earn his place in the play-off.
“I feel amazing,” said Rai of his maiden EuroPro Tour win, for which he earns £10,000, a brand new Motocaddy trolley, a Bushnell Tour X Range Finder, Bolle sunglasses and £500 to spend with HotelPlanner.com.
“I felt pretty confident during the week. The main difference this week was my short game, which felt good and I had a few good putts which is always nice.

“I played pretty consistently in round one and two without having a bogey. It was a little bit of a struggle today until the end part of the round when I finished off well, and it was very nice to make a two on 10 to win.

“The win is a big confidence boost. I have played okay so far this season and it is nice that I have built on that and got a win. Hopefully I can kick on now for the latter part of the season.
“It is my third year on your and I have learnt so much. I turned pro in 2012 as a 17 year old and had a lot to learn. This tour has helped me learn those things and it has played a big part in making me the player that I am and hopefully I can kick on from here.”
Adams shot a final-round 68 to claim third on five-under-par, one ahead of the six golfers who shared fourth.
Highlights of the Glenfarclas Open will air on Sky Sports on Tuesday, July 28. The next HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour event is the Wealth Design Invitational at Hawkstone Park Golf Club in Shropshire, commencing on Wednesday, July 22.

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Stewart-Cation finishes T30 in Italy

Scott Stewart-Cation (Kingsbarns) earned 480 euros for a joint 30th finish in this week's Alps Tour event, the Servizitalia Open at Lignano Golf Club, Italy.

He had rounds of 72, 69 and 70 for a five-under-par total of 211 - 12 shots behind the winner of the 5,800 euros first prize, Matthieu Pavon (France) (65-71-63) who beat Gerard Piris (Spain) (65-71-63) in a play-off after they had tied on 199.

Andrea Maestroni (Italy) finished third on 204 with rounds of 65, 71 and 68.

John Henry (Clydebank and District) missed the cut.

Scotland's four for the European Young       Masters in Switzerland 
 are:
Jamie Stewart (Old Ranfurly)
Darren Howie (Peebles)
Jillian Farrell (Cardross)
Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle)

Talented England quartet target European Young Masters Four talented players will head to Switzerland next week to represent England in the European Young Masters. Sammy Fuller of Surrey, Hollie Muse of Lancashire, Toby Briggs of Norfolk (Image © Leaderboard Photography) and Charlie Strickland of Sussex will tee up in the 54-hole event at Golf Club Domaine Imperial from July 23-25. England’s most successful year was in 2013, when Bradley Moore (Kedleston Park) won the boys’ title and also led the mixed team to victory. This will be the second time both Fuller and Muse have played in the championship and they will seek England’s first win in the girls’ event. Both players have just represented England in the European girls’ team championship. The players Sammy Fuller, 16, (Roehampton) returned from injury this season to tie for the Irish U18 stroke play, but lost a title play-off. She has just finished 16th in the English women's amateur at Hunstanton where she scored six-under 66 in the first round. She has represented England in the girls’ Home Internationals and GB&I in the junior Vagliano. Hollie Muse, 15, (West Lancashire) helped England beat Spain in the 2015 mixed international and this season has won the Scottish U16 championship and The Leveret and was third in the St Rule Trophy. She was in the winning teams at last year’s girls’ and women’s Home Internationals. Toby Briggs, 15, (Dunston Hall) was runner-up at the Fairhaven Trophies and helped England to win the Nations Cup. He was also in the teams which came second at the German boys’ open and third at the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters. He was unbeaten in the recent U16 international against Spain. Charlie Strickland, 16, (Ham Manor) was third in the South Eastern junior championship, fifth in the Peter McEvoy Trophy and sixth in the 2014 Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters. He also played in this year’s U16 international against Spain, winning both his matches on the second day. Briggs and Strickland were yesterday involved in a three-way tie at the McGregor Trophy, the English U16 boys' open strokeplay at Wallasey, but were beaten in a play-off by Ignacio Puente of Spain who birdied the first extra hole. They were both members of the England team which won the Nations Cup at the championship.    Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193

Junior European Open qualifier at Newburgh
 
An important tournament for juniors will be held at Newburgh-on-Ythan Golf Club on Sunday, August 16. 

It is a qualifier for the 23^rd Junior European Open.  The Final is being played at Finca Cortesin and Alcaidesa Links Resort, Spain. 

More details of the event can be found at www.golforganiser.com under the section Junior Events or alternatively call the Competition Organiser, Fred Moghadam, on 07432 432007.

 

Shona Reid

Club Manager 

Newburgh-on-Ythan GC

Open Championship Day 2 start delayed until 10am

Three hours' play lost because of heavy rain, Round 2 will not be completed until Saturday morning
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FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

The second round of The 144th Open Championship will resume at 10am after heavy rain forced play to be suspended just after its scheduled start time.
Persistent showers throughout the early hours got worse just as Jaco van Zyl, Mark Calcavecchia and Marcel Siem teed off at 6.32am, and they had only reached the first green when they were called off at 6.46.
Greens, fairways and bunkers were flooded and an army of greenkeepers set to work on clearing the standing water, but could not prevent a delay of more than three hours.
"It has been a very tough morning. It started raining just before 5am and we've had 20mm since then, 12mm of those in a very short time period and the course started to puddle and flood in certain areas," R and A chief executive Peter Dawson told the BBC.
"The worst rain has passed. We will have a showery spell which we are assured will be over by 10.
"This a very sandy golf course and once it starts to drain you will find it dries very quickly.
"If there is any course which can take this (amount of rain) it is the Old Course at St Andrews."
Weather forecasters had predicted outbreaks of heavy rain in the morning with winds gusting up to 30mph, with speeds increasing to 35-40mph in the drier afternoon conditions.
Dawson said the plan was "to finish round two tomorrow" with a strategy of catching everything up by scheduled finish on Sunday.
"The forecast is for very strong winds so it is a very tough course today and tomorrow but because we have had so much rain it's nowhere near as fiery as it can be so I'm very hopeful that (wind) won't affect play," he said.
"Our target is to finish on Sunday. We do have the ability to go into Monday (last time that happened was at Lytham in 1988) but we certainly hope not to."

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Bad weather arrives at St Andrews, heavy rain 

delays start of Open Round 2

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Heavy rain forced the suspension of play at St Andrews

Heavy rain forced the suspension of play before the first group had even managed to finish the first hole on the second day of the 144th Open Championship at St Andrews.

Persistent rain throughout the early hours got worse just as Jaco van Zyl, Mark Calcavecchia and Marcel Siem teed off at 6.32am.

The downpour saw a torrent of water gushing down Golf Place, the road leading to the R and A clubhouse, and with the greens quickly flooding organisers were left with no option but to suspend proceedings at 6.46am.
Weather forecasters predicted outbreaks of heavy rain in the morning with winds gusting up to 30mph and speeds increasing to 35-40mph in the afternoon but drier conditions.
Jordan Spieth, at five-under-par two off compatriot Dustin Johnson's lead chasing the third leg of an unprecedented calendar year grand slam and teeing off at 2.34pm, said he was expecting tough conditions.
"It's definitely going to be a brutal day. We just don't know when the rain is going to start, when it's going to stop, if it's going to come back," he said.
"I think it will be a true Scottish day that we all should enjoy the challenge ahead."

Arnold grandson leads US PGA Tour event 

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Sam Saunders rolled in seven birdies to grab the early lead at the US PGA Tour's inaugural Barbasol Championship in Alabama.

The 27-year-old grandson of seven-time major winner Arnold Palmer, kept a bogey off his card as he posted an opening 64 at the Grand National Course at RTJ Trail in Auburn.
The Florida resident is in desperate need for a high finish in his bid to qualify for the FedEx Cup Play-Offs in August and September – as well as secure his Tour card for next season.

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Lanarkshire county final at East Kilbride GC

Darkness halts Woodhouse-Wood final after 21 

holes - to be replayed next month

The David and Goliath Lanarkshire men's county match-play final featuring 18 year old junior John Woodhouse, handicap 3, of the home club, and Ed Wood , +3 handicap player of Crow Wood and the holder and Lanarkshire six-man team regular, finished in stalemate when darkness stopped play after 21 holes last night atfter East Kilbride Golf Club.

John came out the traps flying and was five under par through 11 holes to be three up on favourite Ed Wood.  However a couple of loose tee shots let Ed back in and he looked to have won at the 18^th when he had a 20 foot putt for eagle. 

He lagged up but young John holed a great putt from a distance, after a bunker escape,  to make birdie to keep the game going to extra holes. 

Ed looked favourite at 19^th but another brilliant bunker escape by his opponent kept the match going and finally, after 21 holes, darkness prevailed. 

The final  will be replayed over 18 holes in August.

Willie Sharpe 

Lanarkshire Golf Association

 Press Officer