Ayrshire Winter Golf Association tee times at Western Gailes on Wednesday

    Alistair Brown    Archerfield Links
8.30 Johnny O'Neil    North Beach
    Graham Fox    Clydeway Golf

    Alan Welsh    Cathkin Braes G C
8.37 Peter Thomson    Kilmarnock (Barassie) G C
    Martin Pottinger    American Golf Gailes

    John Henry    Clydebank & District G C
8.44 Kevin McCann    Vale of Leven G C
    Raymond Christian    Glasgow G C

    Derek Watters    Gourock G C
8.51    John Freestone    Belleisle G C
    Paul Jakeman    Belleisle G C
    Mark Loftus    Mearns Castle Golf
8.58    John Matthewman    Kilmarnock (Barassie) G C
    Paul Gallagher    Prestwick St Nicholas G C
    Jonny Mullaney    Unattached
9.05    John Watt    Prestwick St Cuthbert G C
    John Rushbury    Royal Troon / KBGC
    David Fleming    Prestwick G C
9.12    Jim McEwan    Elderslie G C
    Alistair Nicol    Portland Royal Troon G C

    Michael Patterson    Kilmacolm G C
9.19 Alasdair J Malcolm    Prestwick St Cuthbert G C
    Blair Gavin    Royal Troon G C

    Craig Ronald    Carluke G C
9.26 Eric Ewart    Royal Troon G C
    Reg Short    Kilmarnock (Barassie) G C

    David-Ross Nicol    Dundonald Links
9.33 Alan McCaw    Irvine G C
    John Lappin    Portland Royal Troon G C

    Paul McKechnie    Braid Hills Golf
9.40 Steve Forrest    East Kilbride G C
    Keith Ross    Glasgow G C

    Allan Todd    Prestwick G C
9.47 Ian McLarty    Royal Troon G C
    Jack Thomas    Irvine G C

    Steven Maxwell    Eastwood G C
9.54 Scott Miller    Royal Troon G C
    Frank Craig    Hamilton / Larkhall

    Jason McCreadie    Largs G C
10.01 Blair Anderson    Royal Troon G C
    Harry Miller    Royal Troon G C

    Scott Garrett    Fereneze G C
10.08 Peter J Boyd    Glasgow G C
    Colin McLatchie    West Kilbride G C

    Anthony O'Donnell    Largs G C
10.15    Gordon Clark    Loudon Gowf G C
    Alastair Connell    Crowwood / Cawder

    Linzi Allan    West Kilbride G C
10.22    Drew Waddell    Glasgow G C
    Peter Mackie    Ravenspark G C

    Paul O'Hara    Clydeway Golf
10.30    Joe Devlin    West Kilbride G C
    Steve Banks    West Kilbride G C

    Stephen Gray    Hayston G C
10.38    Fred Hallsworth    Western Gailes G C
    Douglas Zuill    Western Gailes G C

    Stephen McAllister    The Renaissance
10.46    Gerry Smith    Royal Troon / Glasgow G C
    Stuart Ross    Glasgow G C

    Alastair Forrow    Whitecraigs G C
10.54    Ian McConnochie    Western Gailes G C
    Tom Rogers    Caldwell G C

    Jorden Ferrie    Hilton Park G C
11.02    Tom McGill    Glasgow G C
    Bill McMahon    Irvine G C

    Callum Beveridge    North Gailes
11.10    David Robertson    Cochrane Castle G C
    Leslie Quin    Western Gailes G C

    Campbell Elliott    Haggs Castle G C
11.18    John Leitch    Haggs Castle G C
    John Cameron    Cathkin Braes G C

    George Higgins    West Kilbride G C
11.26    Colin Peddie    Kirkintilloch G C
    Stewart Shaw    Kirkintilloch G C

    Gary Foley    Royal Troon G C
11.34    Brian Lamb    Irvine G C
    Peter Miller    Dundonald Links

    Alex Fallis    Cowglen G C
11.42    Steven Shaw    Loch Lomond
    J d'Aquilar    Glasgow G C

    Kenneth McLean    Cowglen G C
11.50    David Cooper    Cowal G C
    Mark Lironi    Cathkin Braes G C
       

PLF mini pro series competition low scoring

David Law pips Paul Lawrie with a 64 at Montrose 

David Law shot a seven-under-par 64 to beat Paul Lawrie by a shot at Montrose Links in a Paul Lawrie Foundation mini pro series 18-hole competition.

 Craig Lawrie, Greig Hutcheon, Greg McBain and Kevin Duncan all shot 67  to tie for third place.

Michael MacDougall of the PLF writes:
David Law, hot on the heels of his final round 62 at last week's Gecko Tour event in Spain, carded a seven-under par 64 over the Championship Links at Montrose to pip Paul Lawrie by a shot.
The Challenge Tour player, who now heads to Stage 2 of the European Tour's 'Tour School', carded a flawless outward nine of 31 with back-to-back birdies at holes three and four, and again at the sixth and seventh before birdieing the ninth.
His only dropped shot of the day came at the par 4 tenth hole but he immediately followed this by carding his sixth birdie at the next.  Two further birdies at the Par 5 15th and tough Par 4 17th added up to a back nine of 33 (-2).
Paul's halves of 33 and 32 consisted of birdies at 1, 3 and 4 (front) and 10, 13, 15 & 18 (back) with just the single dropped shot at the par 4 14th.
There was a four-way tie for 3rd place as Greig Hutcheon, Craig Lawrie, Kevin Duncan and Greg McBain all shot rounds of 67 (-4).
Weather conditions were pretty much ideal, with just a little breeze that strengthened during the course of the day of beautiful autumnal sunshine.
David Law and Craig Lawrie now head to Spain (on Tuesday) for the Second Stage of the European Tour School which starts on Friday.
Michael MacDougall

Darren Clarke has 71 in MENA Tour outing in 

United Arab Emirates

MENA TOUR REPORT
from Viren Varma

RAS AL KHAIMAH – Faycal Serghini and Per Barth shot matching six-under 66s to share the first round lead as 2016 European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke returned a 71 at the MENA Golf Tour’s Ras Al Khaimah Classic in the United Arab Emirates today

Morocco’s Serghini went bogey free while Sweden’s Barth lit up the back nine with five birdies after making the turn at one under to take a one-shot lead over the English duo of James Allan (amateur) and Michael Downes.

A five-man group, headed by Welsh ace Stephen Dodd and Scotland’s Ted Innes-Ker, led the chasing pack, moving into a tie for fifth on four under.

Serghini felt he was in control of the proceedings most of the time after early hiccups. 

“With a wayward drive on the first and a terrible approach on the second, I did not get off to a very good start, but just managed to save pars. Played steady golf thereafter,” said Serghini, who played the back nine at four under.

“I felt like I was in the zone most of the day. Can’t complain after opening with a 66,” said the experienced Moroccan, who is a three-time runner-up on the tour. 

Sweden’s Barth was equally pleased with his day’s efforts. “I was quite patient out there. Hit almost every green which meant I was putting for birdie most of the time.

“I was very good off the tee, okay with approaches and a little better with the putter, which held the round together,” said the 29-year-old Swede, who recently won the Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open for his maiden success on the MENA Golf Tour.

“I could have birdied a couple of more holes on the front nine, but never mind. I got into the groove coming home and holed many putts from 13 to 14 feet which was good,”

“I was never in serious trouble out there. Whenever I missed a shot, I missed in the right place and that kind of kept the momentum going,” said Barth. 

One of the early starters, James Allan attributed his round to his sharp short game. “I created a lot of scoring opportunities with my wedges and short irons. I think this is one of my best rounds on the tour this season as every part of my game fell into place,” said the 21-year-old amateur from Chelmsford.

Clarke, who is the patron of the MENA Golf Tour, enjoyed his first round on the tour. “I may have struggled a bit with the speed of the greens, but overall I had good fun on this course,” said the 42-year-old Ulsterman whose opening round consisted of two birdies and a bogey 

Defending champion Ahmed Marjan settled for a 75, but won a word of praise from Clarke, his partner. “He may have left some shots out there, but he played some good golf,” he said. 

Meanwhile, Dodd, a three-time winner on the European Tour, flew out of the gate with birdies on his first two holes and kept the momentum rolling all the way through to stay in contention for his third title on the MENA Golf Tour.

Miles Tunnicliff, a two-time winner on the European Tour, recorded an early bogey on the third, but bounced back in style, playing the last 15 holes at four under for a tidy 69. 

“I hit a lot of fairways and greens in regulation, which was good. Overall, it was quite a steady round,” said Tunnicliff, who managed to save par after a wayward drive at the last with a 25-foot putt.

 SCOTSWATCH: 

Ted Innes-Ker, the Duke of Roxburghe's son, leads the Scots with a 68 for a share of fifth place.

Next come Aberdeen's Clarke Lutton and Paul Doherty, joint 31st on the 71 mark.

Daniel Kay and Lothians amateur Ben Alexander are joint 37th on 74

FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD

Par 72

66 F Serghini (Mor), P Barth (Swe)

67 J Allan (Eng) (am), M Downes (Eng).

SCOTS' SCORES

68 T Innes-Ker (T5)

73 C Lutton, P Doherty (T31)

74 D Kay, B Alexander (am) (T37)

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Duffy Waldorf wins Toshiba Classic for first  

Champions' Tour title

Duffy Waldorf ( Associated Press )

FROM GOLFWEEK.COM

By Brentley Romine

Duffy Waldorf earned his first Champions Tour victory Sunday at the Toshiba Classic.
Waldorf, 53, shot a tournament-record, 20-under 193 to win by two shots at Newport Beach Country Club, California.
Waldorf's final-round, 5-under 66 included 10 birdies and five bogeys, and followed his course-record 60 that he shot in Saturday's second round.
With his victory, Waldorf earned $270,000 to qualify for next week's 30-man Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Joe Durant, who closed with a 62, finished second at 18 under. Kevin Sutherland was third at 17 under.

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS
par 213 (3x71)

1	Duffy Waldorf	67	60	66	.		193	$270,000
2	Joe Durant	67	66	62			195	$158,400
3	Kevin Sutherland	65	66	65			196	$129,600
4	Paul Goydos	65	67	66			198	$107,100
T5	Kenny Perry	66	65	68			199	$78,750
T5	Fred Couples	65	65	69			199	$78,750
T7	Lee Janzen	66	69	65			200	$61,200
T7	Peter Senior	65	68	67			200	$61,200
T9	Doug Garwood	70	65	66			201	$41,700
T9	Tom Byrum	67	67	67			201	$41,700
T9	Stephen Ames	68	66	67			201	$41,700
T9	Rod Spittle	64	69	68			201	$41,700
T9	Scott McCarron	63	68	70			201	$41,700
T9	Woody Austin	68	63	70			201	$41,700
T15	Mark Brooks	67	67	68			202	$30,600
T15	Jeff Maggert	68	66	68			202	$30,600
T15	Michael Allen	69	64	69			202	$30,600
T18	Carlos Franco	71	67	65			203	$20,898
T18	Bernhard Langer	70	67	66			203	$20,898
T18	Fred Funk	70	66	67			203	$20,898
T18	Brian Henninger	67	69	67			203	$20,898
T18	Scott Verplank	68	68	67			203	$20,898
T18	Olin Browne	65	70	68			203	$20,898
T18	Wes Short Jr.	68	67	68			203	$20,898
T18	Todd Hamilton	66	68	69			203	$20,898
T18	Bart Bryant	68	65	70			203	$20,898
T18	Billy Andrade	64	68	71			203	$20,898
T28	Gene Sauers	68	68	68			204	$14,580
T28	John Huston	69	67	68			204	$14,580
T28	Mark O'Meara	67	67	70	.		204	$14,580
T28	Tom Lehman	68	65	71			204	$14,580
T32	Jerry Smith	70	68	67			205	$11,366
T32	Jay Don Blake	65	71	69			205	$11,366
T32	Marco Dawson	69	71	65			205	$11,366
T32	Larry Mize	70	66	69			205	$11,366
T32	Scott Dunlap	65	69	71			205	$11,366
T32	Steve Lowery	70	71	64			205	$11,366
T32	John Cook	67	67	71			205	$11,366
T39	Jeff Sluman	67	70	69			206	$8,640
T39	Esteban Toledo	71	66	69			206	$8,640
T39	Scott Hoch	70	66	70			206	$8,640
T39	Colin Montgomerie	71	69	66			206	$8,640
T39	Jesper Parnevik	70	71	65			206	$8,640
T39	Vijay Singh	72	68	66			206	$8,640
T45	Corey Pavin	68	70	69			207	$6,480
T45	Tom Pernice Jr.	67	71	69			207	$6,480
T45	Joey Sindelar	69	70	68			207	$6,480
T45	Jeff Brehaut	71	68	68			207	$6,480
T45	Grant Waite	67	68	72			207	$6,480
T45	Steve Pate	63	68	76			207	$6,480
T51	Roger Chapman	72	66	70			208	$4,500
T51	Steve Jones	72	67	69			208	$4,500
T51	Mark Wiebe	68	71	69			208	$4,500
T51	Jeff Hart	72	67	69			208	$4,500
T51	Hale Irwin	72	68	68			208	$4,500
T51	Bob Friend	72	71	65			208	$4,500
T57	Skip Kendall	68	70	71			209	$3,690
T57	Rocco Mediate	72	68	69			209	$3,690
T59	Loren Roberts	69	67	74			210	$3,240
T59	Tom Jenkins	73	69	68			210	$3,240
T59	Tommy Armour III	71	73	66			210	$3,240
T62	Gil Morgan	70	69	72			211	$2,610
T62	Bob Tway	71	68	72			211	$2,610
T62	Russ Cochran	69	71	71			211	$2,610
T62	Mike Goodes	74	68	69			211	$2,610
T66	Jay Haas	72	70	70			212	$2,070
T66	Kirk Triplett	74	68	70			212	$2,070
T68	Bob Gilder	70	70	73			213	$1,692
T68	Mark Calcavecchia	73	69	71			213	$1,692
T68	Guy Boros	75	68	70			213	$1,692
71	Jim Rutledge	75	68	72			215	$1,476
T72	David Frost	69	70	77			216	$1,314
T72	Dan Pohl	74	72	70			216	$1,314
T74	Craig Stadler	70	69	78			217	$1,080
T74	Brad Faxon	72	72	73			217	$1,080
T74	Peter Jacobsen	76	72	69			217	$1,080
T74	Tom Kite	73	75	69			217	$1,080
78	Mark Pfeil	72	77	70			219	$900
79	Wayne Levi	73	73	75			221	$828
80	Ben Crenshaw	75	79	72			226	$774
81	Tom Purtzer	80	77	72			229	$738

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