Gunn shoots out the lights in Gateway Tour 

event, 24 under par for 54 holes

Dornoch exile Jimmy Gunn this week won the Gateway Tour's Q School Prep Classic at Southern Dunes Golf Club near Phoenix, Arizona.
Gunn produced some of the lowest scoring of his career, finishing 24 under par for the 54-hole event with rounds of 68, 63 and 61 for 192 to win by $6,000 first prize by five strokes.
Gunn's third round was a course record with halves of 29-32. On the outward half he birdied seven holes in succession, from the second to the eighth.  After the turn he had further birdies at the 10th and 13th and an eagle 2 at the 14th.
In that round he had only 26 putts.
The Highlander also reduced the Southern Dunes inward half to 29 shots in his second round.
Over the 54 holes he had one bogey,  the 16th in his first round.

Delpodio delights home fans at Challenge Open

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS Italy’s Matteo Delpodio refused to be blown off course as he opened up a commanding four shot lead at his home event, the EMC Challenge Open, with the second round still to be completed following rain delays on the first day. The 30 year old was the only player to break 70 in the first round at Rome’s Olgiata Golf Club as waterlogged greens postponed its completion until day two, and he followed it up with an outstanding three under par round of 68, finishing birdie-birdie, to sit on five under par. Turin-born Delpodio spent the 2013 season on The European Tour but has struggled on the Challenge Tour this season, his best result a tied 22nd place in the Kӓrnten Golf Open presented by Mazda, but he believes his game is good enough to contend this week. “I had a very good day,” he said. “The weather out there is tough and the course is tough, so everything had to be right in your game to play well. “I’m very happy. I haven’t had a great season until now, even though I’ve felt I was playing well in the last few months, so I’m happy about this score and I just want to keep this freedom and concentration going. “I managed to keep my focus going through this afternoon because I was playing well and I didn’t have to go looking for balls in the forest or anything, so I had a bit more mental energy to attack some pins. “On the one hand it helped playing both rounds back-to-back in staying in the same form, on the other you get more tired playing this much in one day. “The finish I had comes from the quality of my round. When you play well you find more energy, and on the 17th I hit two great golf shots into the green, two putts for birdie, then on 18 I was in the rough but was lucky, and put a wedge to about one metre for birdie. “I knew I was up there on the leaderboard but I didn’t check the numbers because I never check the numbers – we are not playing numbers, we are playing our best golf - that is my philosophy. “To win in Italy would be a dream. I’ve never won here, even when I was on the Alps Tour, so that would be really special, but we’ll see on Sunday.” After the delayed first round was completed, Finland’s Antti Ahokas, Spaniard Borja Virto Astudillo and England’s William Harrold were the only players other than Delpodio under par as scoring proved difficult on a long and testing course. The delays meant that the completion of round two was also postponed until the third morning, though of those already in the clubhouse there were notable rounds from Stuart Manley, whose 68 left him on one under par, and Ricardo Gouveia. The Portuguese, who lost his number one spot in the Road to Oman Rankings after Sebastien Gros’ victory at the Kazakhstan Open, is also on one under par after a second round of 69. With half the field still out on the course as light faded, the second round will resume at 7.50am on Saturday.

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Mullen and Wall lead at halfway in Dunhill


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ST ANDREWS – England’s Jimmy Mullen, one of the great future hopes of European golf, resolutely clung to the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St Andrews today.
If anyone was expecting 21-year-old Mullen to fold, after his excellent first round 64 at Kingsbarns, they did not understand the fighting spirit and maturity of the young man.
Mullen, playing in his first European Tour event as a professional, shot an impressive 69 on the Old Course, though he was joined on 11-under-par, late in the day, by fellow Englishman Anthony Wall.
One shot further back is another brilliant young prospect, Ireland’s Paul Dunne, experienced Ryder Cup star Jamie Donaldson, Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen and American Chris Stroud.
Mullen, who won all four of his matches during Great Britain and Ireland’s Walker Cup victory over the United States, said: “I watched these players when I was a junior, and then you realise you are playing against them now. That’s the hardest part. I'm still a bit like ‘there’s  Kaymer’ and other people like him.
“I’m just trying to let them do what they do and concentrate on what I do. I think I managed to stick to that quite well over the first two rounds. I got a little bit twitchy and tried lagging a few putts up on the back nine, but I'm happy with my day's work.
“It's unbelievable, really, in my first event as a pro. It’s the stuff dreams are made of. I’m trying not to get too far ahead of myself. We're only halfway, but let’s see what we can do over the next couple days.”
Anthony Wall, who had four birdies on the front nine at St Andrews, his back nine having started at the 10th, in his 68, is looking forward to playing Carnoustie in the third round. “I love Carnoustie. I think it's one of the best links ever made, if not the best. I've always played well around there and I look forward to another good day.”
Mullen’s superb performance has also lifted him and his amateur partner Miguel Duenas into third place in the Team Championship on 18-under, one shot behind leaders Rafael Cabrera Bello and Dermot Desmond, and Jared Harvey and Michael Zamkow.
The tournament, conceived as a celebration of links golf, is played over three of the world’s best known and respected links courses - the Old Course at St Andrews, the Championship Course at Carnoustie and the highly regarded Kingsbarns Golf Links. 
With a prize fund of US$5 million, the championship incorporates two separate competitions - an individual professional tournament for the world's leading golfers and a team event in which the professionals are paired with some of the most celebrated amateur golfers which creates a unique atmosphere.

SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD

T1	Jimmy Mullen	64	69	.					133
T1	Anthony Wall*	65	68						133
T3	Jamie Donaldson	69	65						134
T3	Paul Dunne	64	70						134
T3	Chris Stroud*	68	66						134
T3	Thorbjorn Olesen*	68	66						134
7	Garth Mulroy	67	68						135
T8	Bradley Dredge	73	63						136
T8	Alejandro Canizares	69	67						136
T8	Nathan Holman	68	68						136
T8	Martin Kaymer*	68	68						136
T8	Benjamin Hebert*	69	67						136
T13	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	72	65						137
T13	Graeme Storm	69	68						137
T13	Soren Kjeldsen	65	72						137
T13	Branden Grace*	73	64						137
T13	Morten Madsen*	70	67						137
T13	Graeme McDowell*	68	69						137
T13	David Lingmerth*	71	66						137
T13	Marc Warren*	68	69						137
T13	James Morrison*	67	70						137
T22	Florian Fritsch	68	70						138
T22	Mikko Ilonen	71	67						138
T22	Richard Bland	65	73						138
T22	Stewart Cink*	73	65						138
T22	Adrian Otaegui*	68	70						138
T22	Moritz Lampert*	67	71						138
T22	Kiradech Aphibarnrat*	75	63						138
T22	Scott Piercy*	69	69						138
T22	Alexander Levy*	67	71						138
T22	Kristoffer Broberg*	64	74						138
T22	Bernd Wiesberger*	70	68						138
T33	Stephen Gallacher	67	72						139
T33	Danie Van Tonder	69	70						139
T33	Nick Dougherty	72	67						139
T33	Jyoti Randhawa	70	69						139
T33	Ernie Els*	72	67						139
T33	Darren Clarke*	71	68						139
T39	Soren Hansen	71	69						140
T39	David Drysdale	68	72						140
T39	Marcus Fraser	66	74						140
T39	Darren Fichardt	69	71						140
T39	Peter Lawrie	67	73						140
T39	Scott Jamieson	72	68						140
T39	Mark Foster*	68	72						140
T39	Romain Wattel*	70	70						140
T39	John Parry*	70	70						140
T39	Raphael Jacquelin*	68	72						140
T39	Y.E. Yang*	72	68						140
T39	Felipe Aguilar*	67	73						140
T39	Robert Dinwiddie*	71	69						140
T52	Merrick Bremner	70	71						141
T52	Damien McGrane	70	71						141
T52	Justin Walters	72	69						141
T52	Peter Uihlein	69	72						141
T52	Tjaart Van der Walt	75	66						141
T52	Tommy Fleetwood	70	71						141
T52	Gregory Bourdy*	71	70						141
T52	Brooks Koepka*	72	69						141
T52	Julien Quesne*	71	70						141
T52	Tom Lewis*	75	66						141
T52	Hennie Otto*	70	71						141
T52	Jbe' Kruger*	73	68						141
T52	Luke Donald*	71	70						141
T52	Edouard Espana*	73	68						141
T66	Peter Hanson	70	72						142
T66	Joost Luiten	70	72						142
T66	Jacques Blaauw	76	66						142
T66	Andrew Dodt	72	70						142
T66	Alvaro Quiros	70	72						142
T66	Magnus A. Carlsson	70	72						142
T66	Richard Finch	69	73						142
T66	Richard Green	69	73						142
T66	Ben Evans	70	72						142
T66	David Horsey	72	70						142
T66	Fabrizio Zanotti	67	75						142
T66	Joakim Lagergren	71	71						142
T66	Pablo Larrazabal	72	70						142
T66	Erik Compton*	74	68						142
T66	Oliver Farr*	71	71						142
T66	Gary Stal*	69	73						142
T66	Charl Schwartzel*	72	70						142
T66	Rafael Cabrera-Bello*	74	68						142
T66	Oliver Fisher*	70	72						142
T66	Maximilian Kieffer*	71	71						142
T66	Victor Dubuisson*	74	68						142
T66	Danny Willett*	74	68						142
T88	Seve Benson	70	73						143
T88	Nicolas Colsaerts	73	70						143
T88	Sam Hutsby	68	75						143
T88	Mark Tullo	69	74						143
T88	Steven Jeffress	73	70						143
T88	Chris Wood	71	72						143
T88	Thomas Pieters	72	71						143
T88	Nick Cullen*	70	73						143
T88	Lee Westwood*	71	72						143
T88	Shane Lowry*	74	69						143
T88	Kevin Phelan*	71	72						143
T88	Mikael Lundberg*	71	72						143
T88	Niclas Fasth*	74	69						143
T88	Thomas Bjorn*	71	72						143
T102	Josh Younger	73	71						144
T102	Jaco Ahlers	71	73						144
T102	Pelle Edberg	71	73						144
T102	Roope Kakko	73	71						144
T102	Richard T. Lee	76	68						144
T102	Steve Lewton	70	74						144
T102	Mark Brown	75	69						144
T102	Jorge Campillo*	77	67						144
T102	Byeong-Hun An*	73	71						144
T102	Ashley Chesters*	73	71						144
T102	Michael Hoey*	71	73						144
T102	Rikard Karlberg*	73	71						144
T102	Matthew Nixon*	72	72						144
T102	Tyrrell Hatton*	69	75						144
T102	Padraig Harrington*	75	69						144
T102	Jason Barnes*	71	73						144
T102	Matthew Fitzpatrick*	69	75						144
T119	Matteo Manassero	70	75						145
T119	Wade Ormsby	73	72						145
T119	Jared Harvey	72	73						145
T119	Shiv Kapur	75	70						145
T119	Paul Lawrie	70	75						145
T119	Gary Hurley	73	72						145
T119	Jake Higginbottom	75	70						145
T119	Nacho Elvira*	70	75						145
T119	Andy Sullivan*	74	71						145
T119	Johan Carlsson*	70	75						145
T129	Ross Fisher	68	78						146
T129	Jake Roos*	72	74						146
T129	Ollie Schniederjans*	75	71						146
T129	Pablo Martin Benavide*	71	75						146
T129	Gregory Havret*	71	75						146
T134	Paul Peterson	68	79						147
T134	David Howell	75	72						147
T134	Pat Perez*	78	69						147
T134	Robert Rock*	72	75						147
T134	Daniel Brooks*	75	72						147
T134	David Lipsky*	72	75						147
T134	Bradley Neil*	75	72						147
T141	Keith Horne	73	75						148
T141	Oliver Wilson	74	74						148
T141	Paul McGinley	75	73						148
T141	Lee Slattery	71	77						148
T141	Steve Dartnall	71	77						148
T141	Justin Harding*	76	72						148
T141	Jerome Lando Casanova*	74	74						148
148	Sean O'Hair*	76	73						149
T149	Terry Pilkadaris	74	76						150
T149	Renato Paratore	74	76						150
T149	Andrew Johnston	74	76						150
T149	Dimitrios Papadatos*	74	76						150
T149	Matt Ford*	75	75						150
T149	Rhys Pugh*	73	77						150
T155	Lucas Bjerregaard	76	75						151
T155	Michael Lorenzo-Vera*	75	76						151
T157	Scott Hend	77	75						152
T157	S.S.P. Chowrasia	77	75						152
T157	Ryan Fox	75	77						152
T157	Jordi Garcia Pinto	81	71						152
T161	Thomas Levet	75	78						153
T161	Jeev Milkha Singh	77	76						153
T161	Marco Crespi*	78	75						153
T164	Robert Karlsson*	77	77						154
T164	Craig Lee*	79	75						154
T166	Eddie Pepperell	74	81						155
T166	John Daly	74	81						155
168	Chris Doak	73	46	WD	WD	-	-
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-					-	-	-	-	-
* player started on back nine.