Wednesday, December 16, 2015

An attempt by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to stop the building of a wind farm near his luxury Scottish golf course has been shot down by the British Supreme Court.
In a statement after the decision, The Trump Organization called the Scottish "foolish, small-minded and parochial."
The statement read:
"History will judge those involved unfavourably and the outcome demonstrates the foolish, small minded and parochial mentality which dominates the current Scottish Government’s dangerous experiment with wind energy"
The Trump Organisation's words drew the ire of the Scottish National Party's foreign affairs spokesman Alex Salmond, and Prime Minister David Cameron.
"If he came to visit our country, I think he'd unite us all against him," Cameron told Parliament after calling Trump's remarks "stupid."
Trump believes the plan to build a wind farm off Blackdog in Aberdeenshire two miles away from his golf course would spoil the view of his course, which was a $1.13 billion project.
The Trump Organisation said it will continue to fight the proposal, despite the court's decision.
tTrump International Links, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire with the clubhouse set among the dunes (Cal Carson Golf Agency picture).

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YOUNG'S ALPS TOUR Q SCHOOL FINISH 

COULD PERSUADE HIM TO TURN PRO

Perth's Daniel Young could be set to relinquish his amateur status after finishing joint 14th in the Alps Tour Final Qualifying School at La Cala, Spain today (WED).
Young had rounds of 70, 73 and 70 for a two-under-par total of 215 over the resort's Par 72 and 71 courses.
He finished eight shots behind the winner, Spain's Javier Gallegos but will gain access to all the 2016 Alps Tour events which start on February 9 with the Red Sea El Ein Bay Open at Sokhana Golf Club, Egypt.

ALPS TOUR FINAL Q SCHOOL
La Cala Resort, Spain
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 215 (1x72, 1x71)
205 J Gallegos (Spa) 66 71 68
206 V Perez (Fra) 66  69 71
208 N Tacher (Fra) 70 72 66, S Tarriu (Spa) 70 69 69, A Daydou (Fra) (am) 68 65 75

SELECTED TOTALS
209 B Wheeler (Eng) 66 72 71 (T6)
213 D Young (Sco) 70 73 70 (T14)
214 J Ayres (Eng) 73 73 68(17th)
215 Tommy O'Driscoll (Ire) (am) 69 72 74 (T18)
216 Andrew Jones (Eng) 70 71 75, J Hamblett (Eng) 67 72 77 (T20).
217 J-M Hall (Eng) 73 74 70, L Groves (Eng) 74 70 73 (T24)
218 D Carey (Ire) 72 73 73, G Twyman (Eng) 65 75 78, O Roberts (Eng) 67 75 76 (T30).

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Chris Kelly, winner of the Gleneagles Scottish professional championship and the PGA in Scotland Order of Merit in 2015 with his trophy at the PGA Awards Lunch in Glasgow's Hilton Hotel today. Picture by courtesy of Andy Forman


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Another (Peter) Senior moment in Queensland

Peter Senior continues to have successful Australian summer with a win at the Noosa Legends Pro-Am which starts a week of Sunshine Coast Legends events in Queensland.

Carding a five-under 67, Senior finished two shots clear of his nearest rivals Mike Zilko and Michael Barry.
A stellar field of over 70 senior rofessionals competed, including Ian Baker-Finch, who enjoys playing on the E-Z-GO Legends Tour when back in Australia, along with many other high calibre professionals such as Mike Harwood, Terry Price and David Merriman.
The Sunshine Coast lived up to its name, the players enjoying favourable weather all day with only mild easterly breezes

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Philippine Open start delayed until Friday and cut to three rounds

ASIAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE
Tarlac, Philippines: Officials of the Philippine Open  have postponed the opening round of the Asian Tour event to Friday due to inclement weather. 
The US$300,000 Asian Tour event, which was scheduled to start on Thursday, has also been reduced to 54 holes due to persistent rain caused by Typhoon Melor which hit central Philippines on Tuesday.
Asian Tour Tournament Director Wanchai Meechai said: “Typhoon Melor did not make landfall at the Luisita Golf and Country Club which is located about a two-hour drive from Manila but heavy rainfall has forced us to postpone the start of the event and reduce it to three rounds.” 
Officials announced the decision at 3pm local time today  as continuous rainfall is expected until Thursday. 
The Philippine Open is the final event on the 2015 Asian Tour season.

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