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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Shannon McWilliam, Paul Lawrie and Sam Locke.

SAM AND SHANNON WIN PAUL LAWRIE

JUNIOR MATCH-PLAY TITLES

Sam Locke (Banchory) and Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) won the Paul Lawrie Foundation junior scratch match-play golf events at Newmachar Golf Club at the weekend.

In the boys' final over Hawkshill, Locke, a Foundation- supported player, beat defending Champion, Marc Watt (Inverallochy) 2 and 1.

Sam had earlier beaten Kiran Nolan (Kemnay) 8 and 7 in the semi-final and Marc had finished one up on Craig Leith in the other.

In the girls' event, Shannon defeated clubmate Carmen Griffiths 5 and 3.

Shannon had beaten Sarah Black (Deeside) 5 and 4 and Carmen beat Chloe Henderson (Deeside) by one hole in the semi-finals.

Labels: boys and girls

Perth and Kinross Under-15s win Frank Thomson Trophy at Crieff

Perth and Kinross Under-15s golf team today won the Frank Thomson Trophy at Crieff Golf Club against their Fife and Clackmannan counterparts.

With the best four scores per team counting, P and K were tied with Fife. The tie-breaker was a comparison of the fifth player's score in both teams. This gave P and K victory by one point.

P and K were represented by Andrew Thornton, Alex Simpson, Rowan Carey, Finlay Hamilton and Jamie Roberts. ends

Labels: Boys

HAGGS CASTLE TRIO GO TO CYPRUS AS

SCOTTISH CLUB CHAMPIONS

The Haggs Castle Golf Club, Glasgow trio of Paul Gault, Barry Hume and Craig Morrison won themselves a trip to Cyprus for the European final when they won the Scottish club championship final at Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club today.

Gault had the best 36-hole aggregate of 139 with rounds of 69 and 70.

Hume, pictured on his way to winning the Leven Gold Medal tournament earlier this summer, finished fifth individually on 142 (72-70) and Morrison was only a shot behind Barry in a tie for sixth place on 143 with rounds of 69 and 74.

So that excellent grouping gave Haggs Castle a team total fo 278 - five shots ahead of runners-up Hamilton (283) with Nairn third on 287, three shots ahead of Angus qualifiers, Royal Montrose..

North-east qualifiers Hazlehead finished ninth

The European Final will be played from October 22 to 24 at Minthis Hills Golf Club, Cyprus.

TEAM TOTALS

278 Haggs Clastle

283 Hamilton

287 Nairn

290 Royal Montrose

291 Dumfries and Co

292 Stirling, Bonnyton

293 Largs

294 Hazlehead

295 Thornton

299 Kelso

302 Crieff

303 Millport

324 Braehead (Alloa).

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS

139 P Gault (Haggs Castle) 69 70

140 D Macdonald (Largs) 70 70, S Henderson (Hamilton) 68 72

141 L Johnston (Dumfries and Co) 69 72

142 B Hume (Haggs Castle) 72 70

143 W MacMillan (Bonnyton) 73 70, M Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 73 70, R Coull (Royal Montrose) 70 73, R Smith (Nairn) 69 74,C Morrison (Haggs Castle) 69 74, A Moir (Thornton) 68 75.
144 S Scott (Nairn) 74 70
145 S Robertson (Hazlehead) 71 74, D Caldwell (Hamilton) 70 75.

SELECTED SCORES
149 G Kennedy (Hazlehead) 71 78
153 F Fotheringham (Nairn) 78 75
172 I Taylor (Hazlehead) 86 86

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Labels: COUNTY NEWS

Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)
Karlberg takes down Kaymer to win in Italy

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Sweden's Rikard Karlberg won the 72° OPEN D'ITALIA presented by DAMIANI following a play-off with Germany's Martin Kaymer on a dramatic afternoon at Golf Club Milano.
Kaymer had led by three shots on 21 under at one point but a disappointing back nine saw him finish alongside Karlberg, who had crept through the field with a 67, at 19 under.
Both men had parred the 18th all week and they did so again on the first play-off hole but Karlberg made birdie at the second attempt following a terrific approach over the trees to claim his first European Tour title.
Seven players finished in a tie for third with David Lipsky and Lucas Bjerregaard joining Lagergren, Fitzpatrick, Willett, Fahrbring and Zanotti on 18 under.
Romain Wattel was then a shot further back after a disappointing closing 72 with Miguel Angel Jiménez and Roope Kakko alongside Italian amateur Lorenzo Scalise who finished as the top home player, two shots clear of Francesco Molinari
But the day belonged to Swede Karlberg as he secured a career-changing victory which moves him to 47th in The Race to Dubai and secures his playing rights on The European Tour until at least the end of 2017.
Player Quotes
Rikard Karlberg: “I thought I had a good chance this week because I have been playing very well lately but then when we were getting near to the end of the round I didn’t think I had done enough. But then I managed the birdies at 16 and 17 which was good enough to get into the play-off. Then to go on and win against a player as good as Martin Kaymer in sudden-death makes it very special.
“I had a perfect yardage for my second shot in the second play-off hole and I hit a lovely draw in there. Then I kind of new the line from my previous putt and I hit a brilliant putt to make the birdie.
“It feels amazing to get my first win and it has been a pretty crazy year for me. I got married and now my wife is expecting twins in December! So to get my first win on Tour and to give myself such a huge boost in my career is pretty special.”
Martin Kaymer: “It was a disappointing finish to be honest. We made too many mistakes on the back nine. There were two or three tactical and clubbing mistakes. That happens sometimes but it shouldn’t have happened in that situation today because you need all the help you can get. We should have been more focused. I played well all week but not on the back nine today and that has cost me the tournament today.
“You have to say well done to Rikard. He made a great birdie to win after I had my chance in the first play-off hole. I had a good yardage to the flag but I didn’t really release the club and give myself a good chance for birdie. But I don’t want to take anything away from his win – he played a great final round then made a birdie to win the play-off so he deserved it today.”

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
269 R Karlberg (Swe) 67 67 68 67, M Kaymer (Ger) 68 66 65 70 (Karlberg won sudden death play-off at second extra hole)
270 L Bjerregaard (Den) 66 65 70 69, M Fitzpatrick (Eng) 70 68 67 65, D Lipsky (USA) 67 67 68 68, J Fahrbring (Swe) 67 64 68 71, J Lagergren (Swe) 72 66 69 63, D Willett (Eng) 68 67 69 66, F Zanotti (Par) 66 67 68 69,
271 R Wattel (Fra) 67 66 66 72,
272 R Kakko (Fin) 67 72 67 66, M Jiménez (Esp) 69 66 72 65, L Scalise (am) (Ita) 71 66 69 66,
273 M Bremner (RSA) 71 68 70 64, P Lawrie (Irl) 68 67 70 68, J Van Zyl (RSA) 71 65 66 71, J Scrivener (Aus) 68 68 67 70, J Barnes (Eng) 69 68 69 67, B Wiesberger (Aut) 66 68 67 72,
274 F Molinari (Ita) 65 72 68 69, N Colsaerts (Bel) 63 70 70 71, T Lewis (Eng) 72 67 67 68, D Fichardt (RSA) 69 70 69 66, R Santos (Por) 69 68 68 69,
275 K Broberg (Swe) 65 72 67 71, Y Yang (Kor) 68 71 69 67, A Cañizares (Esp) 68 69 69 69, M Lundberg (Swe) 68 68 67 72, B Hebert (Fra) 69 69 69 68, D Howell (Eng) 70 69 70 66, F Fritsch (Ger) 68 72 70 65, M Korhonen (Fin) 66 70 70 69,
276 P Harrington (Irl) 70 70 69 67, T Fleetwood (Eng) 70 67 71 68, J Singh (Ind) 68 69 68 71, A Perrino (Ita) 67 67 74 68, P Maddy (Eng) 68 69 70 69, D Brooks (Eng) 71 65 67 73, W Ormsby (Aus) 69 67 74 66, S Kapur (Ind) 65 72 70 69,
277 R Gonzalez (Arg) 68 72 67 70, S Cink (USA) 69 68 70 70, P Oriol (Esp) 68 65 74 70,
278 M Ford (Eng) 69 68 70 71, J Lando Casanova (Fra) 71 67 67 73, S Fallon (Eng) 67 70 72 69, R Karlsson (Swe) 69 71 70 68, E De La Riva (Esp) 69 70 70 69, M Crespi (Ita) 70 70 67 71, S Chawrasia (Ind) 69 69 71 69, G Storm (Eng) 71 66 70 71,
279 J Lara (Esp) 68 72 70 69, W Homan (USA) 73 66 68 72, V Riu (Fra) 71 68 70 70, S Fernandez (am) (Esp) 69 67 69 74,
280 J Parry (Eng) 71 69 70 70, C Lee (Sco) 67 67 75 71, S Manley (Wal) 72 68 70 70, M Foster (Eng) 66 71 72 71, O Fisher (Eng) 70 68 71 71, H Otto (RSA) 69 71 71 69, E Goya (Arg) 71 68 69 72,
281 M Nixon (Eng) 67 69 72 73, P McGinley (Irl) 68 72 68 73,
282 E Molinari (Ita) 72 67 71 72, S Mazzoli (am) (Ita) 66 70 74 72
283 T Fisher Jnr (RSA) 71 69 72 71, M Tullo (Chi) 69 71 70 73, J Roos (RSA) 70 70 73 70, T Olesen (Den) 72 68 72 71,
284 L Gagli (Ita) 67 70 73 74,
285 G Mulroy (RSA) 72 67 73 73, A Levy (Fra) 70 70 70 75,
287 R Rock (Eng) 72 67 69 79, R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 70 69 72 76,
** D Clarke (Nir) 70 70 76 WD, E Kofstad (Nor) 69 69 70 RT, D Drysdale (Sco) 70 69 RT 0,

Labels: EUROPEAN TOUR

Hutcheon and Currie tie on 66 at Edzell

Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) and Christopher Currie (Caldwell) tied for first place in today's Edzell Golf Club pro-am.
Both shot five-under-par 66 to earn £600 apiece.
Three players - Christopehr McMaster (Wellsgreen), Graeme Brown (Montgrose Links) and Paul Robinson (Largs) shared third place on 67 and received £313 each.
PRO SCORES
par 71
66 G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC), C Currie (Caldwell) (£600 each).
67 C McMaster (Wellsgreen), G Brown (Montrose Links), P Robinson (Largs) (£313 each)
68 M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy) (£200)
70 S Gray (Hayston), G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC) (£160 each).
71 S McAllister (McAllister Golf), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), J McGhee (Bishopbriggs) (£113 each)
74 L Vannet (Craibstone GC) (£93)
75 R McConnachie (Drumoig) (£86).
76 A Oldcorn (Kings Acre) (£80)
77 A Stuart (Paul Lawrie GC) (£73)
78 L Neeson (Great Western Golf), B Mason (Callaway Golf) (£63 each)
79 M Isaacs (Gamola Golf) (£53)
80 I Donaldson (Meldrum House) (£40).

Labels: Tartan Tour

Sandy Pipey Young Masters 36-hole tournament

Brilliant 63 puts Paul O'Hara 6 clear at Royal

Dornoch

Scottish young professioals' champion Paul O'Hara has made an impressive start in his bid to win the Sandy Pipey Young Masters Championship for the third year in a row at Royal Dornoch Golf Club.

Coming off a runner-up finish in the Paul Lawrie Invitational, the Clydeway Golf man, pictured, surged five shots clear of the field at the halfway stage with a brilliant round of seven-under-par 63 over a classic links, rated in the world's top 100 by many pundits.
O'Hara, who birdied the first three holes and three of the last four, had a total bag of nine birdies in halves of 32 (three under par) and 31 (four under).
His only bogey came at the fifth.
Greg Patterson (St Andrews Links Golf Academy) is Paul's nearest rival, five shots adrift on 68, around which included seven birdies but also five bogeys in halves of 34.
O'Hara and Patterson were the only players in the big field to beat the par of 70,

SANDY PIPEY YOUNG MASTERS
Royal Dornoch GC
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 70
63 P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf)
68 G Paterson (St Andrews Links GA)
70 C Goodwind (Duff House Royal), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes)
71 R Munro (Duddingston), J Fraser (Renaissance)
72 S Fay (Royal Dornoch), S Speirs (Swanston New), J Treasurer (Loch Ness), C Farrell (Cardross), F Robertson (Lundin), S McLaren (Blairgowrie)
73 J Bell (unatt), M Mackenzie (Edzell).
74 C Armstrong (Burntisland), C Robinson (Elie Links), C Marr (Musselburgh).
75 T Dingwall (Kemnay), C Adam (Linlithgow), D Stein (Ranfurly Castle), N Cameron (Blairgowrie).
76 S Costello (Strathaven), C Porciani (TrumpTurnberry), G M Walker (Golfing Links Org), K McNicoll (Gullane), G Forbes (Mar Hall).
77 S Clark (Golfing Links Org), F Thoson (Trump Turnberry), J Gallagher (Douglas Park), R Clarke (unatt)
78 R Black (Inverness), S Maxwell (Eastwood)
79 D Lee (American Golf), P Mitchell (Stirling).
80 P McKenna (Paul Lawrie GC), S Ross (Loudoun Castle), A Todd (Downfield), S Watters (Balbirnie Park)
81 O Robertson (Dunblane New), J Ferrie (Hilton Park), K Moran (Balbirnie Park), M Patterson (Cruden Bay), C Dick (Royal Burgess)
82 R Mackenzie-Smith (Carnegie Club), C Nisbet (Duke's), R Delaney (Loudoun Castle), B Harvey (Glasgow)
83 K Zeynalov (Portlethen)
84 A Hutchison (Douglas Park), S Milne (Balbirnie Park), G Wright (Ladybank), R Tinker (Piperdam)
86 R McKen (Trump International), D Ramsay (Moray), M Penny (Montrose).

Labels: Tartan Tour

SCOTTISH JUNIOR GOLF TOUR

Connor McKinney stars with a 66 at Dalmahoy

By WALTER BURNS

Here are the results from the Scottish Junior Golf Tour event at Dalmahoy yesterday on the West course. Nice weather and excellent greens helped the juniors with some great scoring. Scottish Open U14 Champion, Connor McKinney, continued his great form with two under par 66. This is the lowest round ever on the West course in nine seasons in an SJGT event. Ewan Wheat won the U14 section with 70 and Aamar Saleem won the U12 section with 76. Connor, Ewan and Aamar first played together as a group at Dalmahoy four years ago.

Thanks to our resident pro Scott Dixon for setting up some fantastic skill challenges.

LEADING SCORES

Under 14 years

70 Ewan Wheat (Royal Montrose)

72 Liam Currid (Gogarburn)

76 Liam Kirkham (Troon Welbeck), Jonathan Murphy (Erskine)

Under 13 years

66 Connor McKinney (Pitreavie)

74 Kyle Murphy (Clydebank)

75 Roddy McCauley (Fereneze)

Under 12 years

76 Aamar Saleem (Ladybank)

77 George Cannon (Falkirk)

91 Rory McKinney (Pitreavie), Callum Waugh (Cambuslang)

The handicap prize was won by Liam Kirkham with a nett 65.

George Cannon won the skills challenges.

Walter Burns

Scottish Junior Golf Tour

Mob: 07951 103 827

Email: walter@scottishjuniorgolftour.co.uk

Web: www.scottishjuniorgolftour.co.uk

Labels: Boys

Jason Day struggles on Saturday but leads BMW Championship by six

FROM SKYSPORTS.COM

Jason Day dropped more shots on Saturday but still leads the BMW Championship by six

Jason Day found scoring much more difficult in the third round of the BMW Championship but still extended his lead to six shots with 18 holes left.

The US PGA champion started the Conway Farms, Illinois event with rounds of 61 and 63, but a series of sloppy mistakes in windier conditions meant Saturday's round was a less impressive two under 69 for a 20-under-par tally of 193.
Day continued to make birdies - six in total on the day - but unlike the first two rounds saw errors creep into his game with bogeys coming at the sixth and ninth in his outward 34.
The Australian birdied the 12th and 14th, and gave strokes back straight away at 13 and 15, but he made a long putt on the 18th for the second successive day, this time for a birdie, to add a further stroke to his lead.
Day's nearest challengers are Americans Scott Piercy and Daniel Berger, with Barbasol Championship winner Piercy enjoying the better third round.
Piercy was one over for the day after back-to-back bogeys at the fifth and sixth, but he made five birdies over the remainder of his round and goes into the final 18 on 14 under.
Berger was also forced to rally, making a double bogey six at the 10th to drop way out of contention, but he made birdies at the 14th, 15th and 16th and was inches away from another at the last.
Fourth place is held by current world No 1 Rory McIlroy, who again admitted to being a little frustrated by his round of 67.
McIlroy missed a series of makeable putts over the first two days and that pattern continued on Saturday despite still making five birdies.
The Northern Irishman, who is being challenged by Day and Jordan Spieth for top spot in the world, missed a short putt to drop a shot at the 16th but battled back to birdie the last two holes and finish on 13 under.
One of the biggest moves of the day came from Rickie Fowler, who put himself in contention for a Sunday flourish with a five under 66, tied with Daniel Summerhays for the best score of the day.
Fowler had six birdies, with just one dropped shot coming at the 12th, but even that leaves him eight shots adrift of Day, who is looking for a fourth tournament win in his last six outings.
It was a day to forget for Spieth, who would have hoped to make ground on Day, and stay in touch with McIlroy, but could only stumble round in one over 72.
Spieth dropped shots at the second and ninth in his outward half of 36 and he could only make it home in level par 35, with two more bogeys blotting his card to go with a pair of birdies. The Masters and US Open champion is 10 shots behind Day.
Russell Knox had a third-round 68 but his running tally of 210 still leaves him well down the field, such is the high standard of scoring

THIRD=ROUND SCOREBOARD