Sunday, January 10, 2016

Ayrshire Winter Golf Association tee times at Kilmarnock Barassie


 8.37 TUESDAY 12TH JANUARY 2016
1 David-Ross Nicol Dundonald Links
Gerry Smith Royal Troon/Glasgow
8.45
2 Callum Beveridge Gailes Leisure and Golf
John Rushbury Royal Troon K B G C
8.53 John Watt Prestwick St Cuthbert
3 Stuart Kerr Strathaven G C
Peter Thomson Kilmarnock Barassie G C
9.01 Jack Thomas Irvine G C
4 Jonny Mullaney Unattached
Paul Gallagher Prestwick St Nicholas G C
9.09 John Matthewman Kilmarnock Barassie G C
5 Michael Patterson Kilmacolm G C
Johnny O'Neil North Beach
9.17 Alasdair J Malcolm Prestwick St Cuthbert G C
6 Graham Fox Clydeway Golf
Blair Gavin Royal Troon G C
9.25 Kevin McCann Vale of Leven
7 David Fleming Prestwick G C
Paul Jakeman Belleisle G C
9.33 John Freestone Belleisle G C
8 Paul O'Hara Clydeway Golf
Peter J Boyd Fereneze G C
9.41 Jonathan d'Aguilar Glasgow G C
9 Craig Ronald Carluke G C
Leslie Quin Western Gailes
9.49 John Lappin Troon Portland
10 Derek Watters Gourock G C
Bill McMahon Irvine G C
9.57 David Wordsworth Irvine G C
11 Anthony O'Donnell Largs G C
James McPherson Cathkin Braes
10.05 Alan McCaw Irvine G C
12 Scott Garrett Fereneze G C
Gordon Clark Loudoun Gowf
10.13 Alastair Connell Crowwood G C
13 Gary Foley Royal Troon G C
Alistair Nicol Troon Portland
10.21 Eric Ewart Royal Troon G C
14 Stephen Forrest East Kilbride
Joe Devlin West Kilbride
10.29 Steve Banks West Kilbride
15 Campbell Elliott Haggs Castle
John Leitch Haggs Castle
10.37 John Cameron Cathkin Braes
16 Alan Williams Glasgow G C
Colin McLatchie West Kilbride 
10.45 Reg Short Kilmarnock Barassie G C
17 Blair Harvey Glasgow G C
Peter Mackie Ravenspark G C
10.53 Robert Kerr Torrance House
18 Colin Peddie Kirkintilloch
Stewart Shaw Glasgow G C
11.01 Scott Bissett Kirkintilloch
19 Steven Maxwell Eastwood G C
Douglas Zuill Western Gailes
11.09 George Higgins West Kilbride
20 Linzi Allan West Kilbride
Ian McConnochie Western Gailes
11.17 Tom Rogers Caldwell G C
21 Stephen Gray Hayston G C
Fred Hallsworth Western Gailes
11.25 Tom McGill Glasgow G C
22 Jorden Ferrie Hilton Park G C
Blair Anderson  Royal Troon G C
11.33 Ian McLarty Royal Troon G C
23 Stuart Ross Glasgow G C
Mark Lironi Cathkin Braes
11.41 Drew Waddell Glasgow G C
24 David Cooper Cowal G C
Steven Shaw Loch Lomond
11.49 Raymond Christian Royal Troon G C
25 Scott Miller Royal Troon G C
Harry Miller Royal Troon G C
11.57 Frank Craig Hamilton/Larkhall

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 Brandon Stone wins South African Open 

 FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Brandon Stone claimed an emotional first European Tour win after a dramatic final day at The BMW SA Open hosted by City of Ekurhuleni, South Africa.

The home favourite made it 13 South African wins in 20 events since the second oldest national Open Championship in the world joined The European Tour International Schedule in 1997 and he was in tears on the 18th green as he finished his round.
That reaction came after an incredible day's play which had seen the 22 year old establish a two-shot third-round lead in the morning and then move five shots clear before being pegged back and eventually finishing 14 under par 274 to beat Christiaan Bezuidenhout by two shots.
Stone closed with a remarkable 71 which contained seven birdies and six bogeys but was good enough to make him the youngest winner of this event since 1997.
The win completed a stunning few months for Stone who has long been regarded as a major prospect in his homeland.
A sixth-placed finish at the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final in early November saw him finish 14th on The Challenge Tour to secure his playing privileges and just two weeks later he claimed a maiden Sunshine Tour victory at the Lion of Africa Cape Town Open.
He then finished in a share of 18th at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in his first event as a full Member of The European Tour and this win at Glendower Golf Club gives him victory in just his 27th event.
Daniel Brooks had held a two-shot lead around the turn after entering the final round as Stone's nearest challenger but he could not add to his Madeira Islands Open – Portugal – BPI win in 2014.
That event had been reduced to 36 holes due to weather and storms had led to delays on the first three days of this event with Brooks and Stone going out on Sunday morning to finish their third rounds with a share of the lead.
Brooks picked up a birdie on the 13th to get to 11 under but he could not keep pace with Stone who had gains on the 12th, 13th and 16th to take a two-shot 54-hole lead.
There was a turnaround of less than an hour before the start of round four but that proved no problem for Stone who looked on course to ease to victory in the early stages.
He rolled in a six-footer to get up-and-down for birdie on the second before another birdie followed after an excellent tee shot and approach to six feet on the fourth. An errant tee shot then led to a bogey on the fifth as he dropped back to 14 under.
Brooks, playing two groups behind as there was no re-draw, put his tee shot left on the second to drop a shot before making three straight pars with confidence-boosting putts on the third and fifth.
Stone then dropped a shot at the sixth after going in the water off the tee and a missed putt from four feet on the next brought the field closer with Brooks putting his first on the sixth to seven feet and rolling in for birdie.
Stone responded impressively, recovering from a wayward tee shot to find the green and get down in two on the par five eighth to restore a two-shot cushion. But a fourth bogey of the day followed on the ninth after another wild tee shot and Stone turned in 37.
Playing partner Bezuidenhout, meanwhile, was heading in the the opposite direction and, after taking advantage of the second, made further gains on the eighth and ninth to get to ten under.
Brooks got back into a share of the lead on the eighth as he narrowly missed an eagle putt and tapped in to get to 12 under and the lead was his own moments later as Stone missed a slippery downhill putt on the tenth to make it five bogeys in six holes.  
Bezuidenhout moved into share of second as he made a birdie on the same hole after a brilliant approach.
Stone and Bezuidenhout then both dropped shots on the 11th to briefly hand Brooks a two-shot cushion but a bogey from the leader on the tenth kept things tight at the top.
Stone was really battling and a birdie on the 12th had him back in a share before a stunning approach to the next gave him a chance to get his nose back in front. Playing partner Bezuidenhout made a birdie to briefly make it a three-way tie but when Stone followed him in, he was back ahead on his own.
The South African pair both had eagle putts on the 15th but had to settle for birdies and Brooks moved back level with Bezuidenhout as he followed their lead with a gain on the 13th.
Stone's incredible rollercoaster of a round continued as he went from six bogeys in seven holes from the fifth to four birdies in five from the 12th with a gain on the 16th moving him two ahead.
A good two-putt on the par three 17th then brought a fist-pumping celebration of relief from Stone and when Bezuidenhout failed to follow him in, his chance was gone.
The rookie was in tears on the 18th green after putting his third shot close as he watched Bezuidenhout claim a birdie and, when he rolled in his own par, it was only a matter of waiting for Brooks to finish.
The 29 year old bogeyed the 18th to drop to 11 under, two shots clear of the South African quartet of Retief Goosen, Branden Grace, Keith Horne and Justin Walters.
Another South African, Trevor Fisher Jnr, was then at eight under alongside American Daniel Im who fired the round of the day with a 65.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
274 Brandon Stone (S Africa) 71 67 65 71
276 Christian Bezuidenhout (S Africa) 70 69 70 67
277 Daniel Brooks (England) 68 67 79 72

SCOTS' TOTALS
284 Craig Lee 72 70 68 74 (T21)
285 David Drysdale 69 76 71 69 (T27)
287 Jamie McLeary 72 73 69 73 (T38) 

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Jordan Spieth leads by five with a round to go 
in Hawaii

FROM THE AGE WEBSITE
Jordan Spieth closed in on his seventh US PGA Tour victory as he hit an exquisite three-iron to eagle the par-five last and seize a five-stroke lead after the third round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii on Saturday.
The American world no.1 struck a laser-like second shot from 250 yards at the 18th, his ball bouncing from short of the green to narrowly miss the flagstick and end up 10 feet past the hole from where he coolly drained the eagle putt.
That gave Spieth a superb eight-under-par 65 and a 24-under total of 195 after 54 holes at the Kapalua Resort, despite not being at his pinpoint best with his iron play for much of a blustery day on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
 
"I just tried to put a smooth swing on it," Spieth, 22, told Golf Channel about his three-iron approach at the last. "It came across the hole and took a peek, I guess (at dropping in).
"It was really nice to get that putt to go in. I think I deserved it on this hole and it gives me a nice little confidence boost into tomorrow."
Fellow American Brooks Koepka was alone in second after shooting a best-of-the-week 63, with defending champion Patrick Reed a further stroke back at 18 under par after pocketing four birdies in the last five holes for a 67.
Spieth, who would match Tiger Woods with a seventh US PGA Tour win before the age of 23 should he triumph on Sunday, was delighted to rebound from a poor stretch of holes from the short eighth, which he bogeyed after missing the green.
"I'm extremely pleased, especially the way we bounced back after that stretch eight through 11," the Masters and US Open champion said after a round that also included seven birdies.
"It started to look like I was slapping it around a bit. I just needed one thing to go my way there and I got that long putt on 12 (from 50 feet), then all of a sudden we turned things around on the easy holes."
Spieth is also on track to beat the tournament record of 31-under set by Ernie Els in 2003 but he is wary of the final-round challenge posed by compatriots Koepka and Reed, who have both displayed brilliant golf at Kapalua this week.
"Brooks shot 10 under today, and that's insane," said Spieth. "I'm going to have to go out and make some birdies. I've got to expect Brooks and Patrick to shoot eight or nine under tomorrow."

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