Senior Golf Circuit moves on from Meldrum House to Germany

Steisslingen 36-hole Showdown 

2nd Round Draw and 1st Round Scores

9:00	Burkhart, Bruno	Entfelden	91
	Rothermel, Klaus	Bensheim, GC	94
	Ruoff-Marty, Anne	Kyburg	89
9:09	Bikindou, Gaetan	Ausland-Frankreich	86
	Burkhart, Gabriele	Steisslingen, GC	85
	Capaul, Marcel	Ausland-Switzerland	82
9:18	Rathnayake, Yapa	Ausland-Sri Lanka	82
	Geary, David	Konstanz, GC	82
	Mink, Bernd	Bensheim, GC	81
9:27	Puisset, Pierre	Ausland-France	79
	Waite, Richard	Ausland-Germany	79
	Mitchell, Nick	Ausland-England	79
9:36	Price, Tony	Ausland-England	78
	Mc Bride, John	Ausland-England	78
	Limb, Andrew	Ausland-England	77
9:45	Young, Doug	Ausland-England	77
	Kami, Kumar	Ausland-England	75
	Davidson, Scott	Ausland-England	75
9:54	Ramsden, Stephen	Pforzheim, GC	75
	Sturm, Joachim	Ausland-Germany	75
	Kraljic, Daniel	Gast	75
10:03	Pugh, David	Steisslingen, GC	74
	Roper, Roger	Ausland-England	74
	Pyatt, Martin	Ausland-England	73
10:12	Rodriguez, Emilio	Ausland-Spain	73
	McDonald, Colin	Glashofen-Neusaß, GC	73
	Buendia, Jose Maria	Ausland-Spain	72
10:21	Blakeman, David	Ausland-England	71
	Li Puma, Franco	Ausland-Switzerland	71
	Ray, David	Ausland-England	70
10:30	James, David	Ausland-England	69
	Briggs, Matt	Ausland-England	69
	MacDonald, Andrew	Sonnenalp- Oberallgä	68

+The Senior Golf Circuit, of which a Scot, David James (pictured below) is the Chief Exec, is open to any professional age 48 and over. Also open to amateurs aged 40 and over with a single figure handicap.

And also open to any lady professionals. Tournaments are held all over Europe.


To find out more, log on to the Senior Golf Circuit website

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Rory Henderson wins Lothians Boys' 

Order of Merit

FROM THE LOTHIANS GA WEBSITE
Turnhouse's Rory Henderson held off the fast-finishing Connor Wilson from Dunbar to top the 2015 Lothians Boys' Order of Merit.

Henderson was a worthy winner, having picked up points in ten of the 13 counting events over the summer.

He shared top spot in the first of those at Pumpherston and also produced strong performances at Harburn, Bruntsfield Links, Uphall and Swanston New.

Henderson's final tally was 447 points, giving him victory by 32 points over Wilson, who sparked his title challenge with a win at Gifford before getting in the points again in the final two events.

Long-time leader Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links) finished third on 348 points while two of Henderson's Turnhouse clubmates, Leigh Lawson and Craig Docherty, ended up fourth and fifth respectively.

Leading final placings

1 R Henderson (Tunhouse) 447pts

2 C Wilson (Dunbar) 415pts

3 E McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links) 348pts

4 L Lawson (Turnhouse) 347pts

5 C Docherty (Turnhouse) 307pts

6 C Gallagher (Longniddry) 245pts

7 L Currid (Gogarburn) 173pts

8 C O'Toole (Craigmillar Park) 170pts

9 N Saldarov (Craigielaw) 150pts

10 J Pryde (Longniddry) 130pts

Harry Goddard powers to North of  England U16 title Hertfordshire’s Harry Goddard powered away from the field to win the North of England U16 championship by four shots at Heswall Golf Club.  He scored four-under 68 in the final round to make up a three-shot deficit and to streak away from his rivals.  “I’m still under-15, so this was a good win for me, I was chuffed,” said Goddard, from Hanbury Manor, who was one-under par for 72 holes (Image © Leaderboard Photography).  The joint runners-up were Charlie Wilkinson (Cheshunt Park) and Archie Palmer (Bramhall). Goddard had to make up ground throughout the championship, having opened with three-over 75, while the early leader, Yorkshire’s Barclay Brown, had scored 69.  “I didn’t get off to a great start, I went par, par, quadruple. But I didn’t let it get to me, I just knuckled down to see what I could do and finished the round three-over,” said Goddard. The 15-year-old scored one-under 71 in the second round, but was still six shots behind Brown.  “Going into the last 36 holes I just decided to see how many I could pull back. The weather wasn’t great in the morning so one-over was a good score and then I played really well in the last round.”  Goddard, who trains with an England Golf U16 squad, has been closing in on his season’s ambition of a good win.  Earlier this month he was third in the RB German Junior Masters, when he also scored 68 in the last round of the tournament. He remarked: “It gave me a bit more confidence to know that I could shoot that much under.” His next date is representing England in this week’s U16 international against Wales and then he’ll play in the Italian U16 boys’ championship.  Barclay Brown, aged 14, (Hallamshire) won the U14 boys’ title at Heswall and tied fifth in the U16 event. The girls’ U16 championship was won by Esme Hamilton (Notts Ladies’).  Click here for full scores Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193

Gouveia becomes highest-ranked Portuguese 

golfer of all-time

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Ricardo Gouveia, the Road to Oman Rankings leader, made history last weekend after a runner-up finish at the ROLEX Trophy moved him to 119 in the Official World Golf Ranking, making him the highest-ranked Portuguese player in the history of the game.
The 24 year old has been in imperious form this year, adding his third runner-up finish of the season in Switzerland to a run of form which includes a win at July’s AEGEAN Airlines Challenge Tour by Hartl Resort and five additional top tens, while he has failed to miss a single cut in 14 starts in 2015.
It is a purple patch which has elevated the University of Central Florida alumnus to within the top 120 in the world, beating his compatriot and friend Ricardo Santos’ highest career ranking of 137.
It is an achievement of which the Lisbon-born player is immensely proud, but – true to form – he is not resting on his laurels and just counts these milestones as stepping stones towards his ultimate goals.
“It feels great (to be the highest-ranked Portuguese in history)”, said Gouveia, who plays out of Guardian Bom Sucesso outside the Portuguese capital. “Of course, like I have said before, it was never my goal just to be highest-ranked player in Portugal, it has always been my goal to be the Number One ranked player in the world.
“By playing well and performing well, I will get to my goals so I just have to make sure I keep doing that.
“I am very proud to be Portuguese, I love this country and I do everything I can to represent it well. It would be a great honour to represent Portugal in the Olympics and I think I am currently inside the qualification places for it."

Tartan Tour's 36-hole Order of Merit Challenge

Graham Fox leads charge past early leader 

Heather MacRae at Dundonald
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Heather MacRae (Gleneagles) was the early leader with a two-under-par 70 in the first round of the 36-hole Dundonald OOM Challenge but by the end of the day she had been demoted to a share of sixth place in a field of 71.
Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) took over the pole position with a 66, but Heather, who had birdies at three par-5 holes, the third, fifth and 18th, as well as the par-4 12, could still boast that she had the same score as Tartan Tour No 1 Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre).

"It was a fairly stress-free day," said Heather. "I'm just trying to enjoy my golf again.  I thought the course was in great condition and I birdied all the par-5s so that helped."

Fox had seven birdies and one bogey in halves of 31 (five under) and 35 (one under). His only dropped shot came at the 18th hole, a par 5 which cost him a 6.
Earlier he had a run of  five birdies in six holes between the third and the eighth.
Stablemate Paul O'Haara and Pauil McKechnie (Braid Hills) will start the final round one off the pace. McKechnie's 67 was made up of halves of 35 and 32, while O'Hara got rid of his bogeys second and fourth) early in halves of 34-33.
 The two players sharing fifth place on 69, Sam Binning (Mearns Castle) and Greg McBain (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) both had double bogeys. Binning ran up a 5 at the short 15th in halves of 34-35 while McBain had a 7 at the long fifth in halves of 37-32.
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72 
66 G Fox (Clydeway Golf)
67 P McKechnie (Braid Hills), P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf)
69 S Binning (Mearns Castle), G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC).
70 H MacRae (Gleneagles), C Ronald (Carluke), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC)
71 S Taylor (Bothwell Castle)
72 C Sutherland (Cherry Lodge), K Hutton (Downfield), G Dingwall (Royal Dornoch), G Wright (West Linton), S Henderson (Kings Links), C Currie (Caldwell). 
73 J Lomas (Caprington), G Paxton (Ralston), C McMaster (Wellsgreen), C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), G Hay (Nairn Dunbar), S Kerr (Strathaven). 
74 R Dixon (Renaissance), D SWatters (Gourock), N Huguet (Musselburgh), P Walker (Ballumbie Castle).
75 R Rushford (Glenbervie), S McLaren (Blairgowrie), J Fraser (Renaissance), C Gordon (Edinbugh GC), P Malone (Braid Hills), I Brown (Newent), C Kelly (unatt), K Zeynalov (Portlethen)
76 J McCreadie (Largs), G Abson (Carrick on Loch Lomond), A Macdonald (Dunnikier Park), S Costello (Strathaven), L Gaughan (Bathgate), S Gray (Hayston), J McGhee (Bishopbriggs), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), F Mann (Carnoustie GC), M Hillson (Tandridge), J Porteous (Carrick on Loch Lomond).
77 S Maxwell (Eastwood), M Isaacs (Gamola Golf), L Harper (Flow Golf).
78 G  Brown (Montrose Links), V Brown (LOM), P Robinson (Largs), C Robinson (Portpatrick)
79 C Haugh (Cawder), K McNicoll (Gullane)
80 A Burns (Bothwell Castle), D Orr (Eastwood), R Neill (Drumpellier), J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen), C Elliott (Haggs Castle)
81 I Graham (Crow Wood)
82 D Laing (Craigielaw), S Craig (Craig Golf)
83 A Todd (Prestwick)
84 D-R Nicol (Dundonald), E Grimes (Carrick on Loch Lomond). R Buckley (Royal Musselburgh)
86 R Tinker (Piperdam), M Pottinger (American Golf)
87 M Mackenzie (Edzell)
89 T Mitchell (Bridge of Allan)
91 P McKenna (Paul Lawrie GC)

South East District Championship 2015 at Turnhouse GC

Saturday-Sunday, August 29-30
TEE TIMES FOR FIRST TWO ROUNDS
07.30 and 12.30
KEITH REILLY Silverknowes G.C. KYLE GODSMAN Moray ALEXANDERCULVERWELL Dunbar G.C.
07:38 - 12:38
CRAIG CHALMERS Cawder SEAN MCGARVEY Glencorse G.C. SEAN HEADS Hexham 
07:46 - 12:46 
BENN MCLEOD Musselburgh G.C. STEPHEN SMITH West Linton LEWIS BAIN Turnhouse G.C. 
07:54 - 12:54
ROB PATERSON Kilspindie G.C. MARK NAPIER Turnhouse G.C. KENNY ALEXANDER Silverknowes G.C. 
08:02 - 13:02 
MATTHEW CLARK Kilmacolm JAMIE SAVAGE Cawder ALAN CRAWFORD Deer Park G.C. 
08:10 - 13:10 
SCOTT GIBSON Southerness DAVID MITCHELL Leven Thistle GRAEMESTEVENSON Uphall G.C. 
08:18 - 13:18 
MIKE HOWARD Royal Birkdale JORDYN RHIND Kingsfield G C WILL PORTER Carnoustie 
08:26 - 13:26
COLIN BAIRD Bothwell Castle SHAUN HEDGER West Kilbride MARTIN STEIN Craigielaw G.C. 
08:34 - 13:34
NEIL SNEDDON Turnhouse G.C. STUART MCLAREN Bruntsfield Links
STEPHEN SIMANTS Dunbar G.C. 
08:42 - 13:42
MARK WATT Craigielaw G.C. RYAN CAMPBELL Falkirk ALAN SUTHERLAND Cupar
08:50 - 13:50
BRYAN FOTHERINGHAM Inverness FRASER DAVREN Williamwood COLIN DAVIDSON Turnhouse G.C
08:58 - 13:58
ANGUS CARRICK Douglas Park OLIVER MCCRONE Turnhouse G.C. MICHAEL
BACIGALUPO Longniddry G.C. 
09:06 -14:06
ROSS THOMSON Gullane G.C. RICHARD GILL Tantallon G.C. LEWIS BAIN Musselburgh G.C. 
09:14 - 14:14
GEORGE THOMSON Gullane G.C. STEVEN RENNIE Drumpellier JACK ROGAN Longniddry G.C. 
09:22 -14:22
DUNCAN MARTIN Longniddry G.C. RICHARD MOFFAT Turnhouse G.C. CAMERON HAY Bruntsfield Links
09:30 -14:30
MYLES JOHNSTON Kingsfield G C MALCOLM PENNYCOTT Whiting Bay LEE FLANNIGAN Bathgate G.C. 
09:38 - 14:38
STEVEN ARMSTRONG Turnhouse G.C. LUKE ROBINSON Bundoran MURRAY PATERSON Bruntsfield Links 
09:46 - 14:46
ANTHONY BLANEY Liberton G.C. LIAM JOHNSTON Dumfries and Co JEFF WRIGHT Forres 
10:00 - 15:00
BENJAMIN KINSLEY St Andrews JAMES JOHNSTON Ayr Belleisle STEPHEN ROGER Cruden Bay 
10:08 - 15:08
JACK MCVEY Turnhouse G.C. EUAN BOWDEN Tantallon G.C. LEWIS REID Longniddry G.C. 
10:16 - 15:16
JORDAN SHAW Boat-of-Garten GLEN JW BURRETT Haggs Castle ANDREW BENSON West Lothian G.C. 
10:24 - 15:24
SIMON LOCKHART Bathgate G.C. ALISTER HAIN St Andrews ANDREW YOUNG Turnhouse G.C. 
10:32 - 15:32
STEVEN STEWART Clydebank and District KIERAN CANTLEY Liberton G.C. A. JAMES WILSON Balmore 
10:40 - 15:40
SANDY SCOTT Nairn CHRISTOPHER MACLEAN Balmore RYAN BOYLE Bathgate
10:48 - 15:48
CHRISTOPHER LOW Tantallon CONNOR FARRELL Longniddry G.C. STEVEN STAMPER Turnberry Hotel 
10:56 - 15:56
DANIEL EARDLEY Liberton RORY FRANSSEN Inverness CALLUM COCHRANE Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club 
11:04 - 16:04
CONNOR SYME Drumoig EUAN MCINTOSH Turnhouse G.C. STEVEN AITKEN Leven Golfing Society