Stuart McGaulley is MGR Fife male golfer of week

The MGR Fife Golfers of the Week are Anne Gordon of Dunfermline Ladies Golf Club and Stuart McGaulley (Balbirnie Park GC) who have entered their respective MGR Fife Ladies' and Men's Ranking for the first time at No 9.

www.mygolfranking.net, Fife Men, Week 2015/43

1 Steven McLelland (Leven GS) 1298 points,                                                                                         

2= Blaine McGowan (Thornton) 1144, Gary Wishart (Charleton) 1144,                                                           

4 Clive Dresner (Elmwood) 1113,

5 Roddy Malcolm (Dunfermline) 1097,

6 Ryan MacKie (Balbirnie Park) 1085,

7 Graham Brown (Lundin) 1078,

8 Michael Riddell (Cupar) 1067,

9 *Stuart McGaulley (Balbirnie Park) 1066,                                                                                              

10 George Robertson (Pitreavie) 1047.

www.mygolfranking.net, Fife Clubs Men, Week 2015/43

1 Dunnikier Park 742 points,

2 Ladybank 738,

3 Dunfermline 715,

4 Thornton 706,

5 Kirkcaldy 701,

6 Charleton 676,

7 Lochore Meadows 675,

8 Cupar 670,

9 Balbirnie Park 662,

10= *Earlsferry Thistle 655, Lundin 655.

                            

*Entry this week

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Bradley Neil shares lead at Quinta do Lago

Blairgowrie's Bradley Neil is in a three-way tie for the lead with one round to go in the individual section of the PGAs of Europe Invitational pro-am at the Laranjal course at Quinta do Lago on Portugal's Algarve coastline.

Neil, pictured, has had rounds of 70 and 67 for seven-under-par 137, a total matched by England's David Griffiths (70-67) and Spain's Victor Garcia (68-69).
Neil looked set for a clear lead after 36 holes when he was five under par after 11 holes in the second round but he could manage only level for his last seven holes with a bogey at the 12th and a birdie at the 16th.
There are four other Scots in the field.
John Henry (Clydebank and Dist) is tied ninth on 140 (69-71).
James McGhee (Bishopbriggs) has had rounds of 69 and 75 for 144 and 15th place.
Downfield senior Ken Hutton has score d75 and 70 for a share of 16th place on 145 - a shot better than another senior, Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) with roundes of 71 and 75.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERS
Par 144 (2x72)
137 D Griffiths (Eng) 70 67, B Neil (Sco) 70 67, V Garcia (Spa) 68 69.

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
140 J Henry 69 81 (T9)
144 J McGhee 69 75 (15th)
145 K Hutton 75 70 (T16)
146 A Oldcorn 71 75 (T18)

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Turkish Airlines Open and all the scores

Van Zyl leads by two but big names lurking EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS South African Jaco Van Zyl maintained his lead in the second round of the Turkish Airlines Open, but several world-class names – including four-time Major winner Rory McIlroy – are lurking ominously behind him. Van Zyl followed his first-round 61 with a steady three under par 69 at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal in Antalya, Turkey to reach 14 under overall, two strokes ahead of Englishmen Richard Bland (65) and Chris Wood (66). All three will be wary of the presence of current Race to Dubai leader McIlroy, who ensured it was another bogey-free round by brilliantly saving par at the last after a wayward drive cost him a penalty drop.  A 67 moved the Northern Irishman up to ten under par in joint sixth, one ahead of his compatriot Graeme McDowell, who had seven birdies in a superb 65. McDowell’s Ryder Cup team-mate Victor Dubuisson, who won here in 2013, signed for a 64 to move up to 11 under, while young Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick, who won the British Masters three weeks ago, went one better, a 63 propelling him into a share of 11th place on eight under. The Turkish Airlines Open is the first of four lucrative events comprising the Race to Dubai’s Final Series. With eight million points on offer at each, it heads to the WGC-HSBC Champions and the BMW Masters, both in Shanghai, before the season finale, the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. Quotes Jaco Van Zyl “I felt really comfortable out there and played nicely. Unfortunately a couple of loose shots on the back nine cost me a couple of shots. The fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth are four good holes, playing into the breeze, and I was hitting a lot of long irons into slopey greens. I didn’t make as many putts as I did yesterday but overall I’m happy and enjoying it. We practise for hours and hours to be in this position so it’s nice to be able to enjoy it.” Chris Wood “I’ve come back from quite a serious injury. I broke my scaphoid bone in my wrist and it was quite a long road back, so it’s a relief more than anything to be playing such nice golf. Today the goal was to cut into Jaco’s lead. It’s not often you shoot 66 and are five shots behind. Hopefully I can catch him tomorrow, maybe pass him, but I want to give myself a chance on Sunday.” Victor Dubuisson “This is definitely one of my favourite courses. My season hasn't been great and I haven’t played as many tournaments, so I was counting on the Final Series to maybe improve my ranking. I changed my putter a few months ago. I was a little bit in trouble the first few weeks, but now I can see on the green that I hole more putts from ten feet and that makes a difference.” Rory McIlroy “I felt like it was a round that could have been a bit better, especially the way I played in the middle of the round. Not taking advantage of some of the holes coming in is a little disappointing, but any time you can go the first 36 holes of a tournament without a bogey it’s not too bad. When I looked at the leaderboard on the fourth hole, I was ten shots back at that point, so to go from ten shots back to only four back going into the weekend, it’s really not that much.” SECOND-ROUND SCORES Par 144 (2x72) 130 J Van Zyl (RSA) 61 69 132 R Bland (Eng) 67 65, C Wood  (Eng) 66 66, 133 F Zanotti (Par) 67 66, V Dubuisson  (Fra) 69 64, 134 A Levy (Fra) 69 65, R McIlroy  (Nir) 67 67, 135 L Westwood (Eng) 64 71, G McDowell  (Nir) 70 65, K Aphibarnrat (Tha) 67 68, 136 M Fitzpatrick  (Eng) 73 63, A Johnston (Eng) 70 66, L Slattery (Eng) 68 68, R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 67 69, 137 P Uihlein  (USA) 68 69, J Quesne  (Fra) 67 70, L Bjerregaard  (Den) 68 69, R Jacquelin (Fra) 68 69, 138 B An (SKor) 70 68, J Lagergren (Swe) 70 68, S Lowry  (Irl) 68 70, J Morrison  (Eng) 70 68, T Jaidee (Tha) 69 69, T Pieters  (Bel) 72 66, 139 S Gallacher (Sco) 71 68, D Lipsky (USA) 70 69, D Willett  (Eng) 69 70, D Howell (Eng) 70 69, T Hatton (Eng) 69 70, G Bourdy (Fra) 69 70, I Poulter (Eng) 69 70, J Donaldson (Wal) 71 68, J Campillo (Esp) 69 70, 140 M Kieffer (Ger) 71 69, L Haotong (Chn) 72 68, M Madsen  (Den) 70 70, B Hebert  (Fra) 70 70, T Aiken (RSA) 68 72, K Broberg (Swe) 71 69, A Cañizares  (Esp) 69 71, S Kjeldsen (Den) 72 68, 141 D Drysdale (Sco) 69 72, R Wattel  (Fra) 70 71, B Wiesberger  (Aut) 67 74, R Green (Aus) 71 70, M Ilonen  (Fin) 72 69, T Fleetwood  (Eng) 71 70, A Noren  (Swe) 70 71, T Bjørn (Den) 72 69, 142 T Olesen (Den) 71 71, C Schwartzel  (RSA) 71 71, G Stal  (Fra) 74 68, P Larrazábal (Esp) 71 71, A Wall (Eng) 73 69, T Fisher Jnr (RSA) 70 72, M Fraser (Aus) 69 73, 143 J Luiten (Ned) 72 71, A Sullivan (Eng) 76 67, R Karlberg  (Swe) 70 73, 144 M Carlsson  (Swe) 70 74, P Edberg (Swe) 73 71, 145 G Havret  (Fra) 73 72, R Fisher (Eng) 76 69, G Storm  (Eng) 71 74, E De La Riva  (Esp) 72 73, R Rock (Eng) 72 73, R Ramsay  (Sco) 73 72, 146 D Horsey (Eng) 73 73, D Clarke (Nir) 75 71, 147 M Siem  (Ger) 74 73, M Hoey  (Nir) 72 75, A Altuntas (am) (Tur) 73 74, 148 J Daly (USA) 77 71, M Warren (Sco) 79 69, 149 M Jiménez (Esp) 78 71, 152 M Lorenzo-Vera  (Fra) 71 81, S Akarsu (am) (Tur) 74 78, 157 E Kemaloglu (am) (Tur) 77 80,

PGA EuroPro Tour Championship report, final totals

Ross Cameron leading Scot finish in share of 25th place in Spain

Ellon's Ross Cameron slipped up with a triple bogey 7 at the 15th and a bogey at the eighth in a final round of four-over-par 76 to finish joint 25th in the PGA EuroPro Tour Championship at Desert Springs Golf Club, Almeria in Spain.
Cameron's earlier rounds of 72 and 66 had him in the running for a top 10 place but he finished 11 shots behind Englishman Jordan Smith who collected the £20,000 first prize by winning a three-man play-off against compatriots Aaron Rai and David Givens who also finished on 13-under 203.
Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck), Paul Shields (Kirkhill), JOrdan McColl (Kingsbarns) and Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) tied for 37th place on 217 and earned £700 each.
Lloyd Saltman (Archerfield) finished 43rd on 279 and earned £5--/

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
203 J Smith (Eng) 71 68, 64 (£20,000), A Rai (Eng) 68 68 67 (£7,500), D Givens (Eng) 67 65 71 (£7,500). Smith won play-off.
SCOTS' TOTALS
214 R Cameron 72 66 76 (T25) (£1,000)
217 M Stewart 74 73 70, P Shields 75 70 72, J McColl 70 74 73, . N Fenwick 79 65 73 (T37) (£700 each)
219 L Saltman 69 75 75 (44th) (£500).

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 Smith wins play-off for £20,000 title
By NICK TEALE

Jordan Smith won a four-hole play-off to claim the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour’s £20,000 Matchroom Sport Tour Championship title at Desert Springs Resort in Spain, and with it the Order of Merit crown.

The victory sees Rookie of the Year Smith land inside the top five and earn a Challenge Tour card for 2016 alongside Darren Wright, Sam Connor, Marcus Armitage and Aaron Rai.

Smith won the Tour Championship on the fourth extra hole having carded a final-round 64, eight-under-par, to set the -13 pace which was matched by Rai (68, 68, 67; DCD Group) and Daniel Gavins (67, 65, 71; Walton Driving Range).

For Rai a place in the play-off assured him a top-five finish but for Smith and Gavins they would need to claim victory to edge Gary King out of the Challenge Tour positions.

Yorkshireman Gavins, who had been unwell during his last two rounds, dropped out of the play-off on the third extra hole when he bogeyed the par-four 18^th.

Rai exited on the following additional hole when his approach found greenside water and he was forced to take a penalty drop while Smith held his nerve to make par and land himself promotion to the Challenge Tour in his first season as a professional.

“I am over the moon,” said Smith, who takes home a new Motocaddy Trolley, Bushnell Tour X Range Finder, Bolle Sunglasses and £500 to spend with HotelPlanner.com as well as the £20,000 winner’s cheque. 

“It was tough, I am mentally and physically drained but I am delighted.

“Winning the Order of Merit is the icing on the cake and I am looking forward to playing the Challenge Tour now. My target for the season was to get a win so to get another is above and beyond what I was expecting.”

Rai had sat fifth on the Order of Merit ahead of this event with only a narrow margin between himself and the chasing pack. With the entire field at Desert Springs feasibly able to catch him, the pressure had been on to cement his place in the top five and earn the Challenge Tour card which comes with it.

“I feel great to have earnt my Challenge Tour card,” he said. “That was the aim at the start of the week. It is disappointing to lose the play off but Jordan deserves it – he had a great round today and has played well all week. I am very much looking forward to next year now.”

Highlights of the Matchroom Sport Tour Championship air on Sky Sports on Tuesday, November 10 with a HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour season review show to be broadcast seven days later.

David Law wins Spanish play-off to collect 

£1,500 prize
 
David Law (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) won a play-off to collect the first professional prize of £1,500 in this week's Spanish Gecko Tour event at Torrequebrada Golf Club.
The 54-hole event was won by the talented Swedish amateur Marcus Kinhult who won the Lytham Trophy, among other things, earlier this season.
He shot rounds of 71, 65 and 66 for a 14-under-par totral of 202.
David Law tied for second place with another professional, returning scores of 73, 70 and a brilliant final round of 10-under 62 for a total of 206.
He won the play-off for the first pro prize with a par at the first hole to a bogey by his opponent.
Ross Kellett, another Paul Lawrie Golf Centre player, finished T6 on 213 with scores of 69, 74 and 70.

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CIMB CLASSIC report and scores

There's no doubting Thomas - 61 to take halfway lead  

ASIAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE

Kuala Lumpur: American Justin Thomas shot a stunning career low 11-under-par 61 to snatch the halfway lead at the US$7 million CIMB Classic on Friday with a tournament record of 15-under-par 129.

The 22-year-old Thomas produced a master class performances in rewriting a new low score at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club’s West course, sinking one eagle and nine birdies to lead by one from countryman Brendan Steele, who came home in 63. 

Overnight leader Scott Piercy settled for a 69 to lie two off the pace alongside Spencer Levin (64) and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama (66) in the tournament sanctioned by the Asian Tour and PGA TOUR.

Current Asian Tour number one Anirban Lahiri of India, who is also now a US PGA Tour member, carded a 67 for tied 21^st place with amongst others, second-ranked Australian Scott Hend of Australia, who shot a 70. 

Thomas, seeking a maiden victory on the PGA TOUR in his first visit to Asia, was delighted to walk away with the halfway lead. “It was obviously a great day. It was one of those days when you kind of get unconscious and get rolling out there. They don't happen too often,” said Thomas, whose two-day total is the lowest in CIMB Classic history in relation to par although the preferred lie ruling has been in effect in the opening two rounds.

“I just got off to a good start. Being five-under through five, that got me in it and kind of got me in that attack mind frame. I gave myself a lot of really close, easy birdie putts. If I missed the green, I missed it in a good spot where I could get it up-and-down. So it was a fun day.”

Thomas arrived in Malaysia on the back of some good form following his best outing on Tour with a third place finish at the Frys.com Open two weeks ago. He went out in 30, which included a six-foot eagle conversion on three after rifling a five iron into the green. 

When the world number 64 reached 11-under through 15, the magical score of 59 seemed a possibility but Thomas could not snare the two more birdies required in his last three holes.

“It (59) first came up in my mind after I birdied 11 and 12, when I got to eight-under through 11, I felt like that I had a chance. You don't think about it too much really, so I tried not to. After I birdied 14 and 15, I knew I just needed to get two of my last three. And I mean, they're all pretty easy holes. So it was obviously unfortunate not to get that number but I'm sure I'll have many more chances in my career,” said Thomas, who has needed only 25 putts per round so far this week.

A close friend of newly installed US PGA Tour Player of the Year, Jordan Spieth, Thomas is hoping to break into the winner’s circle by bagging the CIMB Classic.  “Obviously, it's a great position to be in, but there's a lot of golf left. I just need to keep firing. You need to make a lot of birdies just to kind of keep pace or get ahead of pace. So I just need to stay patient and play well and have some fun out there,” said Thomas. 

Steele, chasing a second PGA TOUR win, was also bogey-free as he stayed hot on the new leader’s heels with seven birdies and one eagle on the third hole. “I'm doing a lot of things well right now,” said the 32-year-old, whose best finish in the event was tied 25^th two years ago.

“I'm putting the ball in some pretty good spots. I've got a little more length than I had the last time I was here in 2013, so I can cover a few more bunkers.” 

World number 15 Matsuyama, sank three birdies in his opening five holes and just as many in his closing five holes for a bogey-free day to stay in contention for a second title on the PGA TOUR. He knows he must convert more birdie chances where he is tied first in greens hit in regulation.

“I played well again. I didn't quite hit the ball or putt it as well as I did yesterday, but I'm happy the way I got it around and into the hole,” said the 23-year-old, who is also five-time winner in Japan. 

The Japanese star believes the heat and humidity can be a factor this weekend. “When it's so hot, we all sweat a lot and it's important to make sure I've got a towel handy and don't let my grips get wet at all. Also, the concentration level that you need is much more difficult in the heat and you really need to be careful,” said Matsuyama.

Defending champion Ryan Moore, bidding a three-peat at the CIMB Classic, carded a 69 to lie in tied 15^th place on 136, some seven shots back of the lead.

 

Scores after round 2 of the CIMB Classic being played at the par 72, 6,985 Yards Kuala Lumpur GcC course (am - denotes amateur):

129 - Justin Thomas (USA) 68-61.

130 - Brendan Steele (USA) 67-63.

131 - Spencer Levin (USA) 67-64, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 65-66, Scott Piercy (USA) 62-69.

132 - Stewart Cink (USA) 68-64.

133 - Brian Harman (USA) 70-63, Kevin Na (USA) 67-66.

134 - Troy Merritt (USA) 68-66, Jason Gore (USA) 66-68, Adam Scott (AUS) 68-66.

135 - James Hahn (USA) 70-65, Morgan Hoffmann (USA) 67-68, David Hearn (CAN) 70-65.

136 - Kyle Reifers (USA) 70-66, Ryan Moore (USA) 67-69, Keegan Bradley (USA) 66-70, Jim Herman (USA) 70-66, Kevin Kisner (USA) 71-65, Patrick Reed (USA) 68-68.

137 - Scott Hend (AUS) 67-70, Branden Grace (RSA) 67-70, Daniel Summerhays (USA) 71-66, Paul Peterson (USA) 70-67, Alex Cejka (GER) 66-71, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 70-67, Anirban Lahiri (IND) 70-67.

 

Brimmond Bistro-sponsored North-east Alliance points tallies

Chalmers and Stewart lead Classes 1 and 2 

Order of Merit tables

Gavin Chalmers (Alford) and Jim Stewart (Banchory) lead Handicap Classes 1 and 2 respectively in the North-east Alliance Order of Merit tables, sponsored by the "Brimmond Bistro," the Craibstone Golf Clubhouse restaurant.

Chalmers leads Class 1 with 1525 points, leading by close on 400pt from Scott Mackie (Kemnay).

Stewart has a smaller lead in Class 2 with 1235pts, only 101 ahead of second-placed Stephen Ross (Hazlehead).

CLASS 1 HANDICAP ORDER OF MERIT 

1             GAVIN CHALMERS  (Alford)     1525

2             SCOTT MACKIE (Kemnay)      1165

3             BRIAN RITCHIE (Inverallochy)   1132
4              SCOTT MELVIN       (Newmachar)  1127

5             LES FOWLER  (Royal Aberdeen)     983

6             DONNY ADAM  (Oldmeldrum)         941

7             DAVID LANE  (Deeside)                    935

8             DAVID LESLIE (Northern)                897

9             GRAEME RILEY (Craibstone)          890

10           WILLIE SKENE (Deeside)                 794

11           BLAIR McPHERSON  (Portlethen)      786

12           STEVE SHAND    (Kemnay)                775

13           KEITH McGILLIVARY    (Craibstone)       713

14           FERGUS BISSET (Banchory)              676

15           CHARLIE CASSIE   (Nigg Bay)        637

16           DEREK CRAIGIE (Portlethen)                617

17           RAYMOND REID   (Tarland)             593

18           BRUCE McHATTIE  (Westhill)        568

19           MANSON MERCHANT (Newmachar)    567

20           JIM DUNCAN   (Oldmeldrum)                  493

CLASS 2 HANDICAP ORDER OF MERIT

1     JIM STEWART      (Banchory)            1238

2     STEPHEN ROSS  (Hazlehead)            1134

3     WILLIE BEATTIE    (Craibstone)         859

4     LENNY DUNCAN (Northern)              719

5     RAYMOND BROWN  (Kemnay)         658

6     LESLIE ROGER  (Royal Aberdeen)     653

7     HAMISH McNAUGHTON   (Cruden Bay)  616

8     ROBBIE DUNCAN  (Deeside)                      551

9     GRAHAM ALLAN  (Newmachar)                 522

10   DONALD LAWRIE (Kemnay)                       508

11    PETER LOW    (Craibstone)                          466

12    GARY HOMER    (Northern)                        462

13     PETER CHEYNE (Northern)                       458

14     NEISH CHISHOLM  (Kemnay)                   448

15     PETER WALKER  (Cruden Bay)                 435

16     DAVID BISSET    (Banchory)                      397

17     JIM MURRAY    (Banchory)                       390

18     DAVID McKAY  (Caledonian)                     362

19     JIM CRAWFORD  (Craibstone)                    337

20     RICHARD RUDDIMAN (Royal Aberdeen)  318


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