Friday, January 08, 2016

Summers is Angus male Golfer of the Week

The MyGolfRanking.net Angus Golfers of Week 16/01 are Jan Ord of Forfar Ladies, who climbs from No 9 to No 5 on the MGR Angus Ladies Ranking, and Graham Summers of
Panmure who has jumped from No 6 place to No 2 on the Angus Men's equivalent


ANGUS MEN

1 Aidan Smith (Edzell) 1097 pts

2 G Summers (Panmure) 1094
3 Shaun McGowan (Arbroath) 1065
4 Walter Speirs (Edzell) 1027

5 Graeme Fulton (Brechin) 1002
                       
ANGUS CLUBS – MEN

1 Edzell 666 pts

2 Kirriemuir 623

3 Montrose Caledonia 619

4 Arbroath 573
5 Logie 563


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Patrick Reed (65) leads from Jordan Spieth 

(66) after strong finish in Hawaii

 FROM SKYSPORTS.COM
American Patrick Reed struck four birdies and an eagle in the final six holes to fire an eight-under 65 and take his place at the top of the first-round leaderboard at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.
The four-time winner on the US PGA Tour winner and defending champion was well down the leaderboard after turning on two under, but his scintillating form on the back nine at The Plantation Course in Kapalua saw him reel off birdies at the 13th, 14th and 15th.
After making par at the 16th, he was back in the red with another birdie before bringing his round to a close with an eagle on the par-five 18th to come home in just 31 shots. 
Reed's playing partner and world No 1 Jordan Spieth finished one shot behind on seven-under after carding seven birdies in another blemish-free round.
"It's just a day to get into a rhythm, kind of see where everything's at," said Spieth. "Everything feels pretty good. I just need to tighten the gap a little, maybe have a couple better looks at birdie. But I can't complain.
"If I do what I did today each day, we're in good business,"
Brandt Snedeker, J.B Holmes and Danny Lee are all placed on six under, while two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson is a further two behind after shooting 69.
World No 2 Jason Day did not enjoy as productive a day as Reed and Spieth, but is still well-placed thanks to a bogey-free three-under.
Scotland's Russell Knox is the best-placed Briton on two under, while Graeme McDowell stumbled to two double bogeys in his two-over-par 75.
Watch second-round action from the Tournament of Champions in Hawaii live on Sky Sports 4 from 11pm on Friday night, or watch without a contract on NOW TV.



LEADERBOARD
Par 73
Players from USA unless stated
65 Patrick Reed
66 Jordan Spieth
67 Brandt  Snedeker, J B Holmes, Danny Lee (NZ)
68 Fabian Gomez (S America)
69 Brooks Koepka, Kevin Kisner, Steven Bowditch, Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler.

SELECTED SCORES
70 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Jason Day (Aus) (T12)
71 Russell Knox (Sco) (T19) 
75  Graeme McDowell (NIr) (T27)
Field of 32 players

Grace and Horne share SA Open lead as Day 2 

play ends early

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Branden Grace surged to the top of the leaderboard during round two of the BMW SA Open hosted by City of Ekurhuleni before play was called off for the day due to storms.
Three of Grace's six European Tour wins have come in his native South Africa, along with three other Sunshine Tour titles, but he has yet to win his home Open and spoke of his dream to do so before play got under way at Glendower Golf Club.
He opened with a 69 on Thursday and followed that with six birdies in his first 11 holes on Friday to share the lead with countryman Keith Horne at eight under before the players were brought off at 15.03 local time.
The second round will resume at 0630 on Saturday morning.
The event has produced 12 home winners in the 19 stagings since it joined The European Tour International Schedule in 1997 and Grace and Horne led an 11-strong group of South Africans among the top 13 players.
Horne shot a flawless 69 earlier to go to the top of the leaderboard on a day when scoring was more difficult, courtesy of a gusting wind. Jbe Kruger was also in the clubhouse a shot behind the leaders after a 70 with Justin Walters, Brandon Stone and Englishman Ross McGowan all having completed their rounds a further shot back.
While Kruger has already tasted European Tour success with his win at the 2012 Avantha Masters, Horne, despite having eight Sunshine Tour victories to his name, has yet to enter the winner's circle.
With play ended early on Thursday due to a similar weather threat, 33 players had to return to complete their first rounds but none of them could make a dent in the upper echelons and Jaco Van Zyl kept hold of his one stroke lead at seven under as the second round got under way.
Horne was the first player to seize the initiative after starting at five under and picked up shots on the 12th and 14th to join the leader after ten holes.
Kruger also shot a 67 in his first round and he was a shot behind the leaders after two birdies and a bogey on his front nine but he made another gain on the 11th and holed from 12 feet on the par five 13th to move ahead.
Horne was finding range with his irons, though, and made no mistake from eight feet on the seventh to join the leader before a bogey on the 17th from Kruger gave him the lead on his own.
"Whether they go past me or way past me, there are still two days to go so we’ll concentrate on that and I’m very happy with eight under after two days.
"I just hung in there and managed to make three birdies, no bogeys, and I think that was the key, keeping the bogeys off my card. I didn’t make a lot of birdies, but as long as you keep the bogeys off the card you feel like the momentum is still with you.
"The one disappointing thing I had today was that I played all the par fives - I parred all of them. They were all reachable except for 13. They were all reachable in two so that was a little disappointing, but other than that I’m pretty chuffed with my game."
It did not take Van Zyl long to find his rhythm and, after a par on the first, he birdied the second, where he had picked up an eagle on Thursday, to join Horne at the top.
But he could not match the start of playing partner Grace, who rattled off four birdies from the second to get within one of the lead. He bogeyed the sixth but an eight-foot putt after a fine approach on the tenth got him back to seven under.
Van Zyl, meanwhile, was heading in the other direction as his mid-range putting let him down and he bogeyed the fourth, seventh and ninth.
 He missed a putt from around eight feet on the ninth for his par and another of similar length on the tenth, but that was for bogey after he had gone in the water as he fell to three under.
The 36 year old managed to stop the rot at the 11th but he could not match Grace who made another birdie to move to the top of the leaderboard with Horne.
The horn then sounded to bring the players off as the on-course leader was playing the 12th and they would not return.
Stone carded a dramatic 67 which contained just seven pars and was the joint low round of the day so far along with Hennie Otto who was one under. Walters was also at six under after a 70, alongside McGowan who recorded the same score.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout brilliantly chipped-in from a bunker on the fifth on his way to a 69 that was good enough to get him to five under alongside Jacques Kruyswijk, who was two under for the day through five holes.

Two-time champion Retief Goosen was a shot behind after a frustrating 72 which saw him record a third double bogey of the week thanks to a three-putt from 15 feet on the fifth.
Dean Burmester was also at four under after a 70 that was highlighted by a brilliant long-range chip-in on the sixth along with amateur Cameron Moralee who carded a 71.
Chris Swanepoel and Italian rookie Nino Bertasio completed the group at four under having played 11 and 13 holes respectively.
Defending champion Andy Sullivan shot a disappointing 75 on Thursday and followed that with a level par 72 as he was on course to miss the cut in his first European Tour title defence.
Richard McEvoy was level par for the week after a 69 but he had reason to smile as he holed out from 159 yards with a nine iron on the 14th to register a hole in one, a trick that was repeated by Le Roux Ferreira with his final blow before the weather delay.

Scots' scores:
142 Craig Lee 72 70
145 Jamie McLeary 72 73. David Drysdale 69 76

PROJECTED CUT: 146 and better to qualify
155 Daniel Young (am) 79 76

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Deeside greens team start flood repair work

 The Deesode GC clubhouse will be open tomorrow (Saturday 9th) as usual.
The greens team have started the slow process of removing by hand all the silt, clay, sand and soil from the 1st green and the 18th approach but they have a long road ahead and desperately need a break in the weather. The floodwater has again risen up to the front edge of the 18th green.

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Lothians Squad Selected for 2016

FROM THE LOTHIANS GOLF ASSOCIATION WEBSITE
The following players have been selected in an initial pool of 22 players to represent the Lothians in team matches during the season in the build-up to the Scottish Golf Men's Area Team Championship to be held at Marriott Dalmahoy in September.
The performances of the players and their commitment to the squad will be closely monitored by the selectors throughout the year through their participation in National and Regional championships, the Order of Merit programme and in team matches and there remains the opportunity for players not in the squad to catch the eye of the selectors and to be admitted to the squad as the season evolves.
The first get - together for the squad is on Saturday, January 16 at Gullane Golf Club, which it is hoped will be the first step in supporting our elite players achieve greater success while representing the Lothians in 2016.
Our thanks to Gullane Golf Club for agreeing to host this gathering.
Squad Players:
Micheal Bacigalupo (Longniddry)
Anthony Blaney (Liberton)
Stephen Buckley(Royal Burgess)
Kieran Cantley (Liberton)
Callum Cochrane (Marriott Dalmahoy)
Gary Corrigan (Greenburn)
Alan Crawford (Deer Park)
Chris Curran (Harburn)
Craig Deerness (Harburn)
Allyn Dick (Kingsfield)
Grant Forrest (Craigielaw)
Callum Hill (Tantallon)
Chris Low (Tantallon)
Sean Marc (Broomieknowe)
Stuart McLaren (Bruntsfield Links)
Ben McLeod (Musselburgh)
David Millar (Duddingston)
Mark Napier (Turnhouse)
Jordyn Rhind (Kingsfield)
George Thomson(Gullane)
Ross Thomson (Gullane)
Keith Reilly (Silverknowes)

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Scot Lutton well placed at Asian Tour Q School Stage 1

Aberdeen-born Clarke Lutton is on course to progress to the Final Stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School after a third-round 68 for 213 saw him improved to joint eighth place at the Stage 1 eliminator at Springfield Royal Golf Club, Hua Hin in Thailand.
Banchory's James Byrne missed the cut at the halfway stage.

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Forrest now  8 shots off the pace in Australia

Former Scottish amateur champion Grant Forrest has dropped to a share of 17th place with one round to go in the Australian Master of the Amateurs tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
Forrest has had rounds of 72, 73 and 75 for a four-over-par tally of 220, eight shots behind the leader, American Aaron Wise (67-77-68 for 212).
Englishman Jonathan Thomson is in second place, one shot off the pace with rounds of 69, 76 and 68.
Connor Syme is T24 with scores of 73, 75 and 73 for 221.
Ewen Ferguson is T44 on 225 after rounds of 75, 76 and 74.

AUSTRALIAN MASTER OF THE AMATEURS TOURNAMENT
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
212 A Wise (USA) 67 77 68
213 J Thomson (Eng) 69 76 68
214 A Schoneville (Aus) 71 73 70, T Horan (Aus) 73 70 71

BRITISH SCORES
220 J Davidson (Eng) 73 75 72, G Forrest (Sco) 72 73 75 (T17)
221 C Syme (Sco) 73 75 73 (T24)
222 E Griffith (Wal) 76 76 70 (T29_
223 J McDonald (Sco) 74 76 73 (T35)
224 A Turner (Eng) 71 80 73, O Edwards (Wal) 74 74 76 (T39)
225 E Ferguson (Sco) 75 76 74 (T44)
228 A Chapman (Eng) 80 75 73 (T54)
Field of 78 players

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Deeside misery goes on ... access roads closed

Access roads to Deeside GC clubhouse and car park CLOSED due to severe overnight flooding/snow.


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