EuroPro Tour Championship winner will earn £20,000 at Desert Springs, Spain
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The PGA EuroPro Tour has announced details of the prize fund for the Matchroom Sport Tour Championship, with the winner at Desert Springs set to take home £20,000.
Full Prize Fund Breakdown
That means it remains possible that any one of the 60 players able to enter the Matchroom Sport Tour Championship could catapult themselves into the top five on the Race To Desert Springs with victory, and in doing so claim a card on the 2016 Challenge Tour.
Only the top 60 golfers on the tour’s Race To Desert Springs after the final event of the regular season at Prince’s Golf Club have qualified to play the Tour Championship, which carries an increased prize fund of almost £90,000 with every golfer guaranteed a pay-out.
The purse for the Tour Championship began the season at £60,000, but with any surplus from each regular-season event prize fund added, this figure has risen to £88,750.
Inspired by the famous desert courses of Arizona and California, the Indiana Course at Desert Springs Resort is Europe’s only award-winning desert course and presents unforgettable views, and golf of such a dramatic nature that it has taken golf in south-eastern Spain to a new level of excellence.
The course is framed within a panorama of landmark mountain ranges. The contrast between the beautifully prepared and manicured course and the arid yet vividly coloured desert captures the very essence of the Indiana Course.
The event will be filmed for a two-hour highlights package to air on Sky Sports in the UK in November, and on networks worldwide.

                                  Paul Dunne turns professional 

                                                               NEWS RELEASE

Irish golfer Paul Dunne has announced he has signed a long term, exclusive representation contract with 4SPORTS and ENTERTAINMENT, the leading Swiss sports management agency.

Paul's decision to turn professional follows an impressive amateur career recently highlighted by reaching the quarter-finals at the US Amateur, and being a member of the triumphant GB and I Walker Cup team. 

Paul played an instrumental role in the team’s memorable 7-point victory over the USA by securing a half point in his singles match on the final green, clinching victory for the home team.

Paul from Greystones, in the Republic of Ireland, is widely viewed as one of the most exciting young golfers of the modern generation. In recent months, the 22 year old has captured the hearts and imagination of the golfing world, most notably by his performance at the 144th Open Championship. Paul won the final qualifying at Woburn for a second consecutive year, and went on to St Andrews and produced two opening rounds of 69. After a 3rd round 66, he became the youngest amateur in 88 years to hold the 54 hole lead, and played in the final group on Sunday in front of a global audience.

Paul spent the last four years competing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

It's that man McKechnie again! Halfway 

leader as he bids for five wins in a row

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Paul McKechnie, winner of his last four events on the Tartan Tour, the most recent the lucrative Paul Lawrie Invitataional, is again the leading the field at the halfway stage of the 36-hole Musselburgh Challenge, the tour's last Order of Merit event of the season.
The 38-year-old Braid Hills Golf Range pro, pictured above,who was born and lives in Glasgow, shot a six-under-par 65 but leads by only one from James McGhee (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) and Sam Binning (Mearns Casle Golf Academy).
McKechnie had a seven-birdie round with halves of 32 (four under par) and 33 (two under), chalking up gains at the first, fifth, sixth, seventh, 14th, 15th and 16th. He had one bogey - at the 13th.
McGhee came home in 31, thanks to an eagle 3 at the long 12th.
Binning had halves of 33.
Paul O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), winner of the Sandy Pipey Young Masters at Royal Dornoch on Monday for the third year in a row, is sharing fourth place with Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) and Kenny Hutton (Downfield).
Chris Kelly has already won the Order of Merit, being too far ahead in the points table to be caught, but there are rewards for finishing  high up the order, so plenty to play for over Wednesday's final 18 holes.
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 71. Yardage 6
65 P McKechnie (Braid Hills)
66 J McGhee (Bishopbriggs), S Binning (Mearns Castle)
67 P O'Hara (Clydeway Golf), G Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie GC), R Arnott (Bishopbriggs).
68 N Fenwick (Dunbar), S Henderson (Kings Links), C Currie (Caldwell), K Hutton (Downfield)
69 Heather MacRae (Gleneagles), M Kerr (Marriott Dalmahoy), I Brown (Newent)
70 N Gardiner (Kilmacolm), J Cliff (Murrayfield), K McNicoll (Gullane), R Munro (Duddingston), S Morrison (Tain), C Ronald (Carluke).
71  C Marr (Musselburgh), C Gordon (Edinburgh GC), S Gray (Hayston), L Gaughan (Bathgate), J Lomas (Caprington), G Brown (Montrose Links), G McBain (Paul Lawrie GC).
72 S Grieve (Turnhouse), G Paterson (St Andrews LGA), A Oldcorn (Kings Acre), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes).
73 M Hillson (Tandridge Park), J McCreadie (Largs), M Isaacs (Gamola Golf), J Brown (Dumfries and Co), C McMaster (Wellsgreen), K Monaghan (Linlithgow).
74 R Buckley (unatt), A McDonald (Dunnikier Park), S Taylor (Bothwell Castle), P Robinson (Largs), P Wardell (North Berwick).
75 C Billows (Gleneagles), D Laing (Craigielaw), D Wood (Hirsel), C Matheson (FalkirkTryst), A Todd (Prestwick)
76 N Huguet (Musselburgh), I Lowdean (Murrayfeld), G  Miller (Gleneagles) 
77 O Huish (North Berwick), O Leslie (Piperdam)
78 A Burns (Bothwell Castle)
79 J Johnston  (Lanark), V Brown (Logos Golf)
88 J Dick (Duddingston)
DQ  C Adam (Linlithgow)

North-east Alliance tee times for Newmachar Hawkshill tomorrow

8-00 A Campbell G Esson R O'Donnell
8-08 C Cassie B Harper G Craig
8-16 J Crawford W Beattie A Stuart
8-24 D Mackay H McNaughton T Boyle
8-32 S Hanson G Chalmers C Dempster
8-40 B Ritchie J Duff P McLean
8-48 M Brown R Brown S Davidson
8-56 M Rendall L Roger J Hamilton

9-04 S Ross D Lawrie S Dillon
9-12 M Smith S Melvin S Faskin
9-20 P Cheyne J Sunley D Wright
9-28 N Chisholm W Skene R Ruddiman
9-36 D Lane A Clark R Duncan
9-44 J Scott P Walker S Shand
9-52 B Lumsden N Stewart J Forrest

10-00 K McGillivary L Duncan J Stewart
10-08 L Fowler D Fleming G Cochrane
10-16 D Leslie G Homer C Nelson
10-24 D Cragie D Adam J Morrice
10-32 D Brown  M Lawrie T Collie
10-40 R Tulloch Sean Lawrie C Lawrie
10-48 B Fyfe S Lawrie C Grant
10-56 R Reid R Blackmore J Hopwood

11-04 G Milne J Duncan M Forster
11-12 S Allison R Davidson G Mackie
11-20 A Graham S Mackie D Nelson
11-28 N K Parker J Murray M Rogers
11-36 K Zeynalov M Patterson Free B Henderson
11-44 A Dunton R Mcken K Duncan
11-52 A Gall L Vannet I Clark

12-00 D Law C Law K Shanks
12-08 P McKenna R Mitchell F McKenna
12-16 J Borthwick D Buchan J Hosie
12-24 B Nicolson G Allan S Scott
12-32 N Young C Irvine C Lamb
12-40 S Finnie D McKay

Glasgow Youths Open Championship

FROM THE GLASGOW GOLF UNION WEBSITE

The Glasgow Golf Union's Youths' Area Team Championship and Glasgow Open Amateur Youths' Championship were held at Ralston GC at the weekend.

The start was delayed till 08:45 due to mist but thereafter the weather was benign and the course in excellent condition. This produced good scoring. 

The Area Team Trophy was won by Glasgow A (Blair Dalgleish, Calum Fyfe and Alan Waugh) with a four-round total of 278. Second on 280 (better inward half) were Lanarkshire (Dominic Dougan, Andrew Thomson and Fraser Kane). 

Renfrewshire A (Jamie Stewart, Lewis Breslin and Matthew Dalrymple) also scored 280 but finished third on the countback.

The new Glasgow Open Youths' Champion is Dominic Dougan (Airdrie) with 66 and 67 for a total of 133.

Runners-up were Shaun Hedger with 135 and Calum Fyfe (Cawder) also with 135.

 Martin McNae wins South Order of Merit 

 

title for first time

 

 

By CLARK RIDDICK

Martin McNae (Lochmaben) finally clinched the James Erskine PGA Professional-sponsored South of Scotland Order of Merit after his second place finish in the Shamash Trophy saw him claim his first South Order of Merit title. 

This now guarantees Martin a pick for next year's Scottish Area Team Championship.

 David Brodie (Wigtown and Bladnoch) put up a good defence of his title but couldn't ever close the gap on long time leader Martin. Chris Corbett (Dumfries and Galloway) finished 3rd and is one who could certainly claim the Order of Merit title in the future.

2015 South of Scotland Order of Merit
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Final Positions
Position	Player/Club	Points Total
1	Martin McNae (Lochmaben)	762.5
2	David Brodie (Wigtown & Bladnoch)	560.8
3	Chris Corbett (Dumfries & Galloway)	460
4	Ross Murray (Southerness)	300
5	Liam Carruthers (Powfoot)	296.7
6	Michael Grunwell (Powfoot)	270
7	Iain Thomson (Powfoot)	265
8	Clark Riddick (Southerness)	241.7
9	Alan Birdsall (Dumfries & County)	235
10	Danny McConnachie (Dumfries & County)	220
11	Ian Reid (Dumfries & Galloway)	175
12	Andrew Kerr (Crichton)	152.5
13	Craig Scobie (Lochmaben)	150
14	James Caldwell (Portpatrick)	140
15	Craig Smith (Dalbeattie)	135
16=	Rory Brunton (Dumfries & County)	130
16=	Kevin Adams (Dalbeattie)	130
18	George Corbett (Dumfries & Galloway)	120
19	Stuart Fisher (Portpatrick)	113.3
20	Leslie Irvine (Lochmaben)	110
21=	Connor Bennewith (Newton Stewart)	105
21=	Jimmy Lennox (Lochmaben)	105
23	Colin Hamilton (Stranraer)	100
24	Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire County)	83.3
25=	Jay McWilliam (Portpatrick)	80
25=	William Squires (Kirkcudbright)	80
27	Sean McCulloch (Stranraer)	77.5
28=	Stevie Thompson (Gatehouse)	75
28=	Garry Marshall (Stranraer)	75
30=	Wes Blayney (Southerness)	70
30=	Ian Johnstone (Wigtownshire County)	70
30=	Ainsley Bagnall (Dumfries & Galloway)	70
30=	Neil Hamilton (Powfoot)	70
34	Malcolm Kirkwood (Kirkcudbright)	65
35	Steven Foote (Powfoot)	60
36=	Scott Henderson (Lochmaben)	55
36=	Jamie Parker (Southerness)	55
38=	Roy Kerr (Southerness)	50
38=	Alan White (Newton Stewart)	50
38=	Steven Hislop (Lochmaben)	50
41	Jamie Telfer (Wigtown & Bladnoch)	45
42=	Jim Graham (Lochmaben)	40
42=	Graeme Hoodless (Newton Stewart)	40
42=	Graham Finlay (Castle Douglas)	40
45=	Dean Armstrong (Lochmaben)	31.7
45=	Lee McMichael (Thornhill)	31.7
47=	Davie King (Southerness)	30
47=	David Willacy (Powfoot)	30
49=	David McCreadie (Newton Stewart)	20
49=	Keith Munn (Kirkcudbright)	20
51=	William Sloan (Stranraer)	15
51=	Callan Harkness (Lochmaben)	15
51=	Les Harkness (Dumfries & County)	15
51=	Nathan Watson (Kirkcudbright)	15
51=	Duncan Samson (Lochmaben)	15
56=	Derek Douglas (Southerness)	11.7
56=	Angus Bendall (Castle Douglas)	11.7
58=	John McCulloch (Stranraer)	10
58=	Connor Harkness (Southerness)	10
60=	Eddie Adamson (Portpatrick)	7.5
60=	Robin Shaw (Wigtownshire County)	7.5
62=	Stuart Gourlay (Kirkcudbright)	5
62=	Craig Rudd (Kirkcudbright)	5
To view the table on line go to: http://www.sosga.uk/orderofmerit