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Birdie blitz by Monty before fading light stops 

play in Senior Open at Sunningdale

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Colin Montgomerie produced a birdie blitz at the start of his third round to move into a share of the lead with Marco Dawson in The Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex before fading light stopped play at Sunningdale Golf Club.
After completing his weather-affected second round by birdieing the 14th hole on Saturday morning for a second consecutive round of 67, a well-rested Montgomerie was quick out of the blocks when he began his third round nine hours later. 
Starting two shots behind pacesetter Dawson, Montgomerie immediately rattled off three birdies in a row to join the Americanat the top of the leaderboard, with Dawson also birdieing the opening hole.
The pair then both birdied the ninth hole before play was abandoned for the day at 8.56pm, meaning they will have to complete the back nine when the third round resumes at 8am, with the final round scheduled to begin at 11.30am.
Montgomerie is bidding to add the Senior Open crown to the three Senior Major Championships he has already won since turning 50 - two US Senior PGA Championships and the 2014 US Senior Open.
“I was four under for the front nine and I started off well, birdie, birdie, birdie and kept it going, so I  look forward to tomorrow,” said Montgomerie. “It was exactly what I wanted.”
Dawson claimed his first win on the US Champions Tour in March, and after playing 27 holes on Saturday, carding a second round of 67 in the morning, he was satisfied with his day’s work.
“I was just trying to stay energised,” said Dawson. “It was a long day. And now it's going to be even longer because we are going to have to go for a quick dinner and have to get up early, finish our second nine and go back out and play another 18. This is just a survival test now. It's been fun.
“It was a nice to finish on the birdie there, so that makes you feel a lot better going into the next nine holes, so the strategy may be a little bit different.”
The biggest mover of the day was Ireland’s Philip Walton, who followed a second round of 67 with seven birdies and a bogey in the 17 holes he completed in round three to move to eight under par. He is just two shots back with one hole to complete, while Fred Couples, the 2012 Senior Open Champion, is also on that mark through 11 holes following birdies on the first and ninth holes.
Spaniard Miguel Angel Jiménez began his third round with an eagle on the first hole, but gave one shot back with a bogey on the seventh hole, and is a three strokes behind on seven under par through 10 holes.
 He is joined in a share of fifth place by defending champion Bernhard Langer, who was level par for his round through nine holes after a birdie on the first and a bogey on the fourth hole. American Bart Bryant and Australian Peter Fowler are also seven under par for the Championship through 11 and ten holes respectively.
One player to complete all 18 holes was American Tom Watson, who made his sixth birdie of the day on the last hole to sign for a round of 66, just one shot more than his age. The three-time Senior Open Champion is just outside the top ten on five under par. 

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Scots boys and girls finish well down the field 

at European Young Masters

Jamie Stewart (Old Ranfurly) and Peebles' Darren Howie finished 30th and tied 39th respectively in the European Young Masters tournament for Under-16 year olds at Domaine Imperial Golf Club, near Geneva, Switzerland.
Both boys had their worst rounds on the third day.
Stewart shot 74, 77 and 79 for a 14-over-par total of 230 while Howie had scores of 73, 77 and 86 for 236.
The boys' winner was Marcus Braadlie (Norway) with a fine aggregate of five-under-211.
Jillian Farrell (Cardross) and Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle) finished joint 29th and 47th respectively in the girls event.
Jillian scored 82, 74 and 78 for 234
Jennifer's rounds were 84, 86 and 81 for 251.
French girls finished first and second with Pauline Roussin-Bouchard totalling 214 - five ahead of runner-up Charlotte Lafourcade.
Hollie Muse, the Scottish U16 girls' open stroke-play champion, finished joint sixth on 223,
Not surprisingly France won the team event which combined the boys and the girls' scores.
France won with a total of 645 with Belgium (653) second and Finland third on 658.
England (670) were seventh, Wales 687) 18th, Ireland (689)  19th and Scotland (695) 20th in a field of 27 teams.
FINAL INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
BOYS
par 216 (3x72)
211 M Braadlie (Nor) 73 69 69
212 A Auboin (Fra) 64 74 74
SELECTED TOTALS
222 T Froom (Wal) 75 75 72, T Briggs (England) 74 75 73, A Greville (Wal) 76 72 74 (T11).
230 J Stewart (Sco) 74 77 79 (30th)
231 T Mulligan (Ire) 77 77 77, M Power (Ire) 77 74 80 ( T31)
236 D Howie (Sco) 73 77 86 (T39)
Retired: C Strickland (Eng) 69 80 ret.
GIRLS
214 P Roussin-Bouchard (Fra) 69 71 74
219 C Lafourcade (Fra) 70 74 75

SELECTED TOTALS
223 H Muse (Eng) 75 70 78 (T6)
230 A Wilson (Ire) 75 78 77 (T21)
233 S Fuller (Eng) 77 79 77 (T25)
234 J Farrell (Sco) 82 74 78 (T29)
237 M Martin (Ire) 75 83 79 (36th)
248 R Barton (Wal) 84 85 79 (45th)
249 L Jones (Wal) 79 85 85 (46th)
251 J Rankine (Sco) 84 86 81 (47th).

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Fitzpatrick, Willett share Omega Masters lead

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English pair Matt Fitzpatrick and Danny Willett go into the final round of the Omega European Masters neck and neck on 12 under par after a rollercoaster third day at Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre.
The two former amateur stars – Willett was the top amateur in Europe, while Fitzpatrick was World Number One in the unpaid ranks – had fluctuating fortunes as the wind got up in the third round, but both find themselves two shots ahead of Raphaël Jacquelin, who signed for a 68 despite a triple bogey seven at the fourth.
Willett started the day with a one shot lead, but struggled on the front nine and had two bogeys and a double bogey in his first four holes, the latter coming when he hit his approach out of bounds on the fourth.
Two further bogeys after the turn were eradicated with a 30 foot eagle on the 15th, but a one over par 71 saw the 27 year old, currently riding high at third on The Race to Dubai, leave the door ajar for the chasing pack.
It was former US Amateur Champion Fitzpatrick who took advantage, the 20 year old coming home in 30 for a sparkling 64.
A 20 footer on the 13th was followed by gains from closer range on the 14th and 15th, before another effort from 20 feet at the 17th completed Fitzpatrick’s scoring as he chases a maiden European Tour title.
Defending champion David Lipsky is in with a chance of emulating the achievements of the late, great Seve Ballesteros, the last man to win the tournament in back-to-back seasons.
Despite a closing bogey, Lipsky sits just three shots off the lead on nine under par.
Matt Fitzpatrick
“I didn’t get off to the best of starts, with a bogey at the first. At that point, 74 was looking much more likely than 64. But I feel like I’ve been playing well for a while now, so it’s been coming but 65-64 yesterday and today is still good going.
“I made a couple of good up and downs to save par at the start of the round, which just helps keep the momentum going. Then I got going with the birdie on four, and carried it on from there. After that, the round just built and built.”
Danny Willett
“It wasn’t the best of days, and the round could’ve got away from me early doors. So it was good to hang tough and finish off the round quite nicely. Hopefully that’s my one bad round out the way.
“Tomorrow, it really depends on the weather. If we get another day like today, not too many people are going to go low out there. So we’ll just have to wait and see. Hopefully I can commit to a few more shots than I did today.”

Round Three Scorespar 210 (3x70)
198 D Willett  (Eng) 65 62 71, M Fitzpatrick  (Eng) 69 65 64,
200 R Jacquelin (Fra) 68 64 68,  
201 D Lipsky (USA) 66 66 69, 
202 Y Yang (Kor) 65 63 74, S Baek (SKor) 65 63 74,
 203 R Green (Aus) 65 67 71, T Hatton (Eng) 65 68 70, P Edberg (Swe) 65 72 66, G Havret  (Fra) 63 69 71,
 204 A Lahiri (Ind) 67 67 70, R Ramsay  (Sco) 70 66 68, J Carlsson (Swe) 66 68 70, R McEvoy  (Eng) 70 66 68, M Kinhult (am) (Swe) 65 66 73,
 205 A Cañizares  (Esp) 67 68 70, J Janewattananond (Tha) 65 70 70, P Reed (USA) 67 69 69, M Kieffer (Ger) 71 67 67, R Paratore (Ita) 71 67 67, M Crespi  (Ita) 68 65 72, S Garcia  (Esp) 69 70 66, L Westwood (Eng) 68 69 68,
 206 M Korhonen (Fin) 70 65 71, F Fritsch  (Ger) 70 66 70, J Quesne  (Fra) 67 70 69, J Randhawa (Ind) 68 70 68, E Molinari  (Ita) 67 68 71, R Karlberg  (Swe) 65 67 74, S Chawrasia (Ind) 70 66 70,
 207 R Finch  (Eng) 70 68 69, D Drysdale (Sco) 68 68 71, K Broberg (Swe) 68 69 70, L Jensen (Den) 64 70 73, M Nixon (Eng) 70 65 72, G Storm  (Eng) 69 70 68, J Parry (Eng) 67 70 70, T Jaidee (Tha) 71 68 68, M Kawamura (Jpn) 68 68 71, A Hansen (Den) 67 69 71, M Schwab (am) (Aut) 71 66 70,
 208 N Holman  (Aus) 67 71 70, J Donaldson (Wal) 67 70 71, P Uihlein  (USA) 68 66 74, C Doak (Sco) 71 66 71, S Kapur (Ind) 68 71 69, A Tadini (Ita) 66 70 72, B Wiesberger  (Aut) 67 68 73,
 209 T Pieters  (Bel) 70 69 70, A Dodt (Aus) 68 71 70, A Otaegui  (Esp) 67 70 72, P Lawrie (Irl) 67 68 74, J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 68 69 72, R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 70 68 71, S Jamieson  (Sco) 71 68 70,
 210 B Dredge (Wal) 66 67 77, M Fraser (Aus) 67 65 78, M Foster (Eng) 70 69 71, S Benson (Eng) 65 69 76, M Hoey  (Nir) 65 73 72, C Paisley  (Eng) 69 69 72,
 211 A Que (Phi) 66 71 74, M Carlsson  (Swe) 66 73 72, D Howell (Eng) 70 68 73, R Bland (Eng) 65 68 78,
 212 J Kruger (RSA) 71 68 73, M Siem  (Ger) 68 70 74,
 213 R Khan  (Ind) 67 72 74, D Horsey (Eng) 71 67 75,
 216 A Da Silva (Bra) 68 71 77, J Knutzon (USA) 68 70 78,
 
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Fox's sixth win at Montrose puts him over the 

£20,000 mark this season

Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) scored his sixth individual win of the season in today's £6,750 Montrose pro-am
The leading Tartan Tour money-winner this year, Fox's one-stroke win with a six-under-par 65 earned him £1,250 and pushed him over the £20,000 mark.
Fox birdied the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, 10th, 13th and 18th in halves of 32 (four under par) and 33 (two under). His only bogey came at the 17th.
Five players tied for second place on 66 and earned £627 each - Graeme Brown (Montrose Links), Chris Currie (Caldwell), Greig Hutheon (Psul Lawrie Golf Centre), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) and Craig Ronald (Carluke). 
Greg McBain (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre), who finishedf ninth with a 69,  led the Montrose Caledonian C team to victory with a 21-under-par net total of 121.
LEADING PRO SCORES
Par 71
65 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) (£1,250)
66 G Brown (Montrose Links), C Currie (Caldwell), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), C Ronald (Carluke) £627 each.
67  S Henderson (Kings Links) £325
68 F Mann (Carnoustie GC) £275
69 G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC) £237 £1
70 M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) £212
71 G Hay (Nairn Dunbar), A Tait (Marriott Dalmahoy) £181 each
72 R Buckleyu (Royal Musselburgh) £162
 73 P McKechnie (Braid Hills), P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), C Kelly (unatt), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes), M Isaacs (Gamola Golf), R McConnachie (Drumoig) £118 each
74 C McMaster (Wellsgreen), S Gray (Hayston) £37 each
76 S Gillespie (Burntisland), C Matheson (FalkirkTryst), J McCreadie (Largs), N Cameron (Blairgowrie),L Vannet (Craibstone), K Hutton (Downfield)
79 S McEwing (Paul Lawrie GC), K McNicoll (Gullane)
80 N Murray (Cruden Bay)
82 M Penny (Montrose Links), N Christie (Montrose Links)
83 C Campbell (Trump International Links).

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 Flying Fox furthers French form

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New Zealand’s Ryan Fox birdied the closing hole to take a three- shot lead into the final round of the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in France, as he maintained his impressive bid for a maiden European Challenge Tour title in just his fourth appearance.
The 28 year old has led for the duration of the tournament at Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil, following a course record 62 on Thursday and second round of 67 with a three under par third round of 68, for a 16 under par total.
An eventful front nine of 33 included two birdies, two bogeys and an eagle on the par five eighth hole, before a further birdie on the 13th hole was followed by a bogey on the 14th. He finished his round on a high, however, with a closing birdie to extend his one shot overnight advantage to three, with Frenchman Thomas Linard his nearest rival on 13 under par following a round of 69.
Fox, who is the son of former All Blacks rugby union legend Grant Fox, started his Challenge Tour career with two top ten finishes before qualifying for The Open Championship and making the cut at St Andrews last week. 
He is now in pole position to become the first Kiwi to win on the Challenge Tour since Gareth Paddison back in 2007, a victory which also came on French soil.
“Today the breeze was a lot stronger than it has been on the last couple days, so I’m very happy to shoot three under,” said Fox. “I probably played better than I did yesterday, but I just made a couple of mistakes in club selections and made some bogeys, but the rest of the day was really, really good.
“There was a big crowd in front following Thomas, so I imagine that tomorrow they will be there and pulling for him over me. But anyway, France is treating me very well and I’m looking forward to tomorrow.”
Linard, a winner last year on the Challenge Tour, finished runner up on home soil last month in the Najeti Open Presented by Neuflize OBC, and he will be hoping to go one better by reeling in Fox after three birdies – including one on the last hole – and one bogey in his round of 69.
“I made a beginner’s mistake on the 17th - I raised my head while putting,” said Linard. “My ball slid on the right side and I bogeyed the hole. But I’m happy because I birdied right after on the 18th. I could even have done better because I had a really nice shot with my iron but the slope made my ball roll to the rough on the side.
“I have three shots to recover tomorrow and it is something that I can manage. The last time I won in the Czech Republic, I was two shots behind and I was eight under to win by two.”
American Connor Arendell, who is attempting to follow in the footsteps of his compatriot, 2013 champion Brinson Paolini, is a further shot back on 12 under par after a round of 72, alongside Sweden’s Stephen Jeppesen, who signed for a round of 68.
Complete third round scores (par 71)
197 R Fox (Nzl) 62 67 68,
 200 T Linard (Fra) 67 64 69,
 202 C Arendell (USA) 65 65 72, S Jeppesen  (Swe) 71 63 68,
 203 H Porteous (RSA) 68 65 70,
 204 P Widegren  (Swe) 69 66 69,
 205 A Knappe (Ger) 67 67 71,
 206 J Fahrbring (Swe) 67 67 72, D Perrier (Fra) 70 69 67,
 207 R Evans  (Eng) 67 68 72, D Stewart (Sco) 68 70 69, R Coles (Eng) 63 71 73, P Archer (Eng) 70 71 66,
 208 G Porteous (Eng) 72 67 69, P Whiteford (Sco) 69 69 70, O Bekker (RSA) 72 66 70,
 209 D Huizing (Ned) 68 68 73, S Brown (Eng) 72 69 68, A Hartø  (Den) 66 70 73, J Rask (Swe) 68 69 72,
 210 J McLeary  (Sco) 67 67 76, B Åkesson (Swe) 70 70 70, A Snobeck  (Fra) 70 69 71, J Lima  (Por) 69 69 72, S Arnold  (Aus) 68 71 71, C Gloet  (Den) 67 70 73, B Virto Astudillo (Esp) 69 69 72, S Hodgson (Eng) 70 71 69, A Bernadet  (Fra) 66 71 73, R McGee (Irl) 67 70 73, R Kakko  (Fin) 71 67 72,
 211 C Bouniol (Fra) 69 67 75, J Hansen  (Den) 71 69 71, M Schneider (Ger) 70 69 72, N Kearney (Irl) 67 67 77, M Lafeber (Ned) 70 71 70, N Bertasio (Ita) 67 67 77, D Bobrowski (Fra) 66 71 74, J Huldahl (Den) 68 71 72, M Decottignies-Lafon (Fra) 71 70 70, S Tiley (Eng) 71 67 73,
 212 S Thornton (Irl) 68 70 74, B Stone (RSA) 71 70 71, M Bremner (RSA) 70 69 73, J Grillon  (Fra) 70 68 74, B Chapellan (Fra) 68 73 71, J Walters (RSA) 68 69 75, B Evans  (Eng) 69 69 74,
 213 F Andersson Hed (Swe) 72 67 74, D Woltman (USA) 71 70 72, H Joannes  (Bel) 67 70 76, J Heath  (Eng) 69 67 77, E Saltman  (Sco) 67 71 75, N Kimsey (Eng) 70 68 75, S Walker (Eng) 72 69 72, B Paolini (USA) 72 68 73, A Pavan (Ita) 67 73 73, T Perrot (am) (Fra) 72 67 74,
 214 N Geyger (Chi) 70 69 75, C Selfridge  (Nir) 69 69 76, J Doherty  (Sco) 70 71 73, J Makitalo  (Fin) 69 72 73, A Widemann (Fra) 71 67 76,
 215 S Wakefield (Eng) 71 67 77, L Vaisanen (Fin) 72 67 76, A Grenier  (Fra) 68 69 78, X Poncelet  (Fra) 72 69 74,
 216 S Kim (USA) 68 73 75,
 218 C Mivis  (Bel) 72 66 80, E Dubois (Fra) 71 70 77,


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Craig Leith wins Royal Aberdeen Junior Open scratch on a countback

Home links player Craig Leith won the top scratch prize at the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club Junior Open this week.
Craig and another Royal Aberdeen member,  Gavin Elrick, both had rounds of 73. Craig, who is 16 years of age and plays off three of a handicap, won with a better inward half. They finished four shots clear of the field in the scratch returns.

SCOREBOARD
Owen Kerrigan (v)77 - 10c = 67AWAY
Joe Black (v)79 - 11c = 68AWAY
Gavin Elrick73 - 4c = 693.9Lowest Gross
Ross Gray (v)84 - 14c = 70AWAY
Craig Leith73 - 3c = 702.3Lowest Gross
Ryan Kerrigan (v)80 - 9c = 71AWAY
Cameron A Black78 - 7c = 715.9
Sam Black (v)85 - 12c = 73AWAY
Jordan Sleigh (v)77 - 4c = 73AWAY
Adam Crum (v)79 - 6c = 73AWAY
Aidan Smith (v)77 - 3c = 74AWAY
Hamish McColm (v)82 - 6c = 76AWAY
Jamie Seatter (v)79 - 3c = 76AWAY
Rory Bain (v)92 - 15c = 77AWAY
Jack Pirie (v)82 - 4c = 78AWAY
Alasdair Dickson (v)90 - 12c = 78AWAY
Scott D'Agostino (v)88 - 10c = 78AWAY
Liam Waldron86 - 8c = 78AWAY
Calum Sheal (v)85 - 7c = 78AWAY
Matthew Long (v)91 - 13c = 78AWAY
Ethan Ross (jnr) (v)83 - 4c = 79AWAY
Adam Clark (v)96 - 16c = 80AWAY
Michael Walker (v)87 - 7c = 80AWAY
Shaun Wilson (v)86 - 6c = 80AWAY
Kris Herd (v)87 - 6c = 81AWAY
Joe Hay (v)95 - 14c = 81AWAY
Cameron Gray (v)86 - 4c = 82AWAY
Charlie MacDonald (v)99 - 17c = 82AWAY
Lewis Bryce-Maynard (v)91 - 8c = 83AWAY
Clark Moore95 - 12c = 8311.9
Callum Wood (v)86 - 3c = 83AWAY
Lee Cowie (v)93 - 10c = 83AWAY
Curtis Stephen (v)89 - 5c = 84AWAY
Reece Brown (v)96 - 12c = 84AWAY
Calum Mckay (v)89 - 5c = 84AWAY
Dominic Bradburn (v)92 - 8c = 84AWAY
Tiago Lobo (v)84 - 0c = 84AWAY
Greg Pirie (v)94 - 9c = 85AWAY
Reece Haspell (v)96 - 11c = 85AWAY
Calvin Duffton (v)88 - 3c = 85AWAY
Christopher Welsh (v)97 - 11c = 86AWAY
Fraser Emslie (v)104 - 18c = 86AWAY
Euan Mack (v)95 - 8c = 87AWAY
Gregor Dakers (v)105 - 18c = 87AWAY
Findlay Smith101 - 10c = 91AWAY
Sam Craig (v)107 - 16c = 91AWAY
Ross Kennedy (v)116 - 18c = 98AWAY
Eoin Greene (v)N/R - 18c = N/RAWAY
Fraser Dickson (v)N/R - 17c = N/RAWAY
Lewis RossN/R - 16c = N/R15.6
Evan Smith (v)N/R - 13c = N/RAWAY
Brandon Simpson (v)N/R - 12c = N/RAWAY
Liam Strath (v)N/R - 10c = N/RAWAY
Andrew Yule (v)N/R - 10c = N/RAWAY
Gabriel Beagrie (v)N/R - 9c = N/RAWAY
Jonathan BellN/R - 6c = N/R

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