Perth's North Inch flooded - Headache for 

Glenn Campbell and volunteers

FROM HUGH HUNTER

Scottishgolfview.com viewers might be interested in the flooding on the North Inch in Perth.

The following pictures give an idea of the headache for the Head Greenkeeper Glenn Campbell and his team of volunteers.  There is more information on the North Inch web site

 Picture 1 shows the water build-up behind the flood defences---- more suited to water sports!!

  Pictures 2 and 3  show the 16th green on the North Inch

Fox, O'Hara and Gray tie with 68s in Ayrshire 

Winter GA fixture at a wet Barassie

Three professionals - Graham Fox and Paul O'Hara, both of Clydeway Golf, and Hayston's Stephen Gray - tied with three-under-par 68s  at a wet Barassie in the first Ayrshire Winter Golf Association fixture of the New Year.
Fox had halves of 34, O'Hara 35-33 and Gray 36-31

Gray leads the Pro Order of Merit with 22pts followed by O'Hara on 18 pts.

In the amateurs' section, home player Peter Thomason won the Ne'erday Trophy by one shot with a net 68 off nine of a handicap. New member this season, Stuart Ross (Glasgow Gailes) finished one behind with a net 69 off four.
Thomason now leads the amateur Order of Merit with 18 pts . Todays win  gives him a 6pt lead from Stuart Ross and Harry Miller

LEADING SCORES (par 71)
                                 
    PRO/TRAINEES    CLUB            SCORE       
GRAHAM    FOX      Clydeway Golf    68       
PAUL    O'HARA      Clydeway Golf    68       
STEPHEN    GRAY      Hayston           68       
STEVEN    MAXWELL   Eastwood     71       
STUART    KERR      Strathaven          72       
IAN    REDFORD      St Andrews New 72       
DEREK    WATTERS      Gourock         73       
SCOTT    GARRETT      Fereneze         74       
JONNY    MULLANEY  Unattached    75       
CALLUM    BEVERIDGE Gailes Golf     76       
JAMES    HAMILTON  Whitecraigs     77       
MICHAEL    PATTERSON Kilmacolm     77       
CAMPBELL ELLIOTt  Haggs Castle     77       
ANTHONY    O'DONNELL Largs     79       
David-Ross NICOL  Dundonald     82       
BLAIR    HARVEY      Glasgow     85       
JORDEN    FERRIE      Hilton Park     88       
DAVID     FLEMING   Prestwick     NR       
                   
        NE'ERDAY TROPHY           
             AMATEURS       CLUB     GROSS   HCAP  NET
PETER    THOMSON      Barassie    77             9       68
STUART    ROSS           Glasgow     73             4      69
TOM    ROGERS           Caldwell     84            14     70
JOHN    LEITCH          Haggs Castle 78             5      73
COLIN    McLATCHIE West Kilbride 82           9      73
STEVE    BANKS      West Kilbride 81              7      74
PETER J    BOYD      Glasgow     79    5   74
RAYNOND    CHRISTIAN Glasgow     89    15  74
JONATHAN d'AGUILAR Glasgow     80    6   74
JOE    DEVLIN      West Kilbride 78    4   74
ALISTAIR NICOL     Troon Portland 79      5   74
JOHN    RUSHBURY Royal Troon     78    4   74
DREW    WADDELL     Glasgow     76    2   74
                   
    FULL RESULTS ON WEBSITE               
    ayrshirewintergolfassociation.webs.com   

Craig Lawrie tied fifth at halfway in Penina

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Craig Lawrie is tied for fifth place with a three-under-par 70  in after the first round of a 36-hole pro-am event on the Algarve Pro Tour at Penina, the course constructed originally by Sir Henry Cotton.
Lawrie is three shots behind the leader, Sweden's Jarmo Sandelin, who was a team-mate of Craig's father Paul in the 1999 Ryder Cup match at Brookline, USA where the Americans won by a single point.
Jay Taylor (Drumpellier), another of the s seven Scots in the field of 66 oplayters, is in joint seventh place on two-under 7
Craig Lawrie's cousin Sean Lawrie, also playing out of the Paul Lawrite Golf Centre, had a 78.
Deeside amateur Benjamin Henderson returned an 83 


FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 73
67 J Sandelin (Swe)
68 J Smith (Eng)
69 A Kirstein (Ger), J L Adarraga (Spa)
70 C Lawrie (Sco), M Armitage (Eng) (T5).
SELECTD SCIRES
71 J Taylor (Sco) (T7)
76 C O'Neil (Sco)
78 M Stokes (Sco) (am), S Lawrie (Sco).
83 B Henderson (Sco) (am), L Reid (Sco) (am)
Field of 66  players.

Farrell and Stewart tie for Troon Darley 

victory with three-under-par 68s

By COLIN FARQUHARSON 
Cameron Farrell (Cardross) and former Scottish amateur champion and Walker Cup player Michael Stewart(Troon Welbeck) ) tied for first place on three-under-par 68 in today's CT Sports Academy Pro Winter series 18-hole tournament at Troon Darley, Ayrshire.
They finished two shots ahead of third-placed Craig Ross, the Kirkhill amateur.

LEADERBOARD
Par 71
68 C Farrell (Cardross), M Stewart (Troon Welbeck)
70 C Ross (Kirkhill) (am)
71 G O'Neill (Dullatur)
72 G Wright (West Linton)
74 S Borrowman (Dollar)
75 P Shields (Kirkhill), J Henry (Clydebank and Dist), P McKechnie (Braid Hills)
76 Chris Kelly (unatt), S Gibson (Southerness) (am]77 C Marr (Musselburgh)(, b Kinsley (St Andrews\) (am)
77 F Moore (Glenbervie) (am)
79 N Huguet (Musselburgh)
81 J Hendricks (Pollok), P McGhee (East Renfrewshire)
89 F Robertson (Elie SC)

Europe will do well to get a draw against Asia 

in humid heat of Kuala Lumpur


EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Captains Darren Clarke and Jeev Milkha Singh are predicting another close contest when the cream of Europe goes up against the might of Asia in the second edition of the EURASIA CUP 
The inaugural tournament in 2014 ended 10-10 after a thrilling final day fightback by the Asian team and, given how closely the sides are again matched this week, neither man would be surprised if it were to end in another draw at Glenmarie Golf and Country Club, in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.
Clarke, who can call on the might of Ryder Cup veterans Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood in his 12-strong team, believes that whilst Europe may boast a marginally stronger line-up on paper, home advantage could prove pivotal for Singh’s side.   
He said: “We are playing in the Asian team’s backyard, so they are a bit more used to the heat and humidity than we are, which may give them a bit of an advantage. When the humidity comes with this sort of heat, it is quite oppressive. And it probably feels even hotter than the last time we were here. But with the co-sanctioned events we have in Asia, the Europeans do have experience playing here.
“So it’s too close to call, and I think there’s a pretty good chance it could end in another draw. You have two very strong teams, and because it’s match play anything could happen. Hopefully it will be every bit as exciting as last time. Although I don’t know how our nerves will be at the end of the week!”
Those sentiments were echoed by Singh, who revealed it was an honour to be asked to follow Thongchai Jaidee as captain of the Asian team.
Much like his predecessor, the genial Indian has vowed to adopt a relaxed approach to the role and will allow his charges to express themselves.  
“I believe in our players,” Singh said. “I know that all of them have the experience. They are used to the weather. They have played in Asia many times, and they play these kind of courses all the time.
“So I just basically have to make sure they are comfortable, happy, and relaxed. When all of these things are given to him, that’s when a player plays his best. And I don’t even have to tell them to try their best, because I know they are all going to give 100 per cent.”
The action gets underway on Friday with six four-ball matches, followed by the foursomes on Saturday and concluding with Sunday’s 12 singles matches.


EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS

More rain, more misery at Aberdeenshire 

courses

Another deluge of rain overnight Monday-Tuesday means Aberdeenshire golf courses are not getting the chance to dry out.
Here's today's (January 12) picture of the 13th fairway at Deeside Golf Club.

  It's enough to make you weep ... but that would mean even more excess water!

Things must be bad with news today that Murcar Links is flooded in parts after the overnight rain and tomorrow's NE Alliance meeting has had to be switched to Buckpool on the "warmer and drier" Moray Firth coastline.

+You may not be able to play golf meantime at Deeside GC but director of golf Frank Coutts would like to remind you that his Pro Shop Sale is going on at the moment.

You do not have to be a member to take advantage of the bargains.

PRO SHOP SALE

LAST REMAINING DAYS

£10 BARGAIN RAIL

40% OFF SELECTED GARMENTS

NEW LINES ADDED

40% OFF OAKLEY SUNGLASSES

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NE Alliance switch from Murcar Links to 

Buckpool tomorrow

Tomorrow's North-east Golfers' Alliance competition has been switched from Murcar Links to Buckpool because of water on the Murcar course following sustained heavy rain on Monday night.

Tee times for the new venue:

8-20 A Campbell G Esson B Harper C Cassie

8-29 P Morrison G Riley J Morris

8-38 S Davidson D Lawrie M Brown R Brown

8-47 M Rendall L Roger H Roulston

8-56 D Mackay K Nicol G Chalmers

9-05

9-14 R Reid D Booth S Ross

9-23

9-32 S Finnie J Duff P McLean H McNaughton

9-41 W Beattie K McGillivary L Duncan

9-50 J Crawford J Stewart S Mackie S Kiloh

9-59 S Shand P Walker C Duffus M Forster

10-08

10-17

10-26 D Fleming L Fowler M Duncan D Nelson

10-35 A Gall R Davidson S Allison

10-44 D Leslie G Homer D Wright P Cheyne

10-53 J Forrest J Sunley B Lumsden

11-02 N K Parker K Beveridge L Murray

11-11 J Murray D Bisset T Collie

11-20 D Brown M Lawrie W Skene R Duncan

11-29 G Thom D Lane M Rogers

11-38 P Low J Borthwick W Middler N Chisholm

11-47 M Merchant R Lamb J Duncan G Milne

11-56 K Duncan R McKen

Forrest and Ferguson sitting pretty in Aussie 

amateur championship match-play qualifying

Walker Cup players Grant Forrest (Craigelaw) and Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) are well within the match-play qualifying sone after the first round of the Australian men's amateur championship at Metropolitan and Peninsula Kingswood golf clubs, Victoria.
But fellow Scots Jack McDonald (Barassie) and Connor Syme (Drumoig) are tied 57th with only the leading 64 advancing to the match-play stages.7
Forrest and Ferguson both shot one-under-par 71s to be T18 in a field of 234. They are seven strokes behind the leader, Kevin Yuan (Australia).
Forrest had birdies at the long fifth, 10th, 14th and 17th in halves of 37-34. He bogeyed the third sixth, 13th.
Ferguson had halves of 34 and 37, birdieing the first, second, seventh, 16th and 18th. He had two 6s on his card, at the par-4 11th and the par-5 12th. He also bogeyted the short sixth.
McDonald had a double bogey 6 at the 11th and also dropped a shot at the short 13th, cancelled out by birdies at the long 12th and 17th in halves of 36-37.
Syme shot 35-38 with a double bogey 7 at the long 16th. He birdied the long fifth, 10th and 17th.
Ashton Turner from Eng;land was the best placed British player at the end of the first day. He shot a fourt-under-68 to be T6.


Australian Amateur Championship
First Qualifying Round
Metropolitan and Peninsula Kingswood CC, Victoria
 par 72
64 Kevin Yuan (Australia) 
SELECTED SCORES
68 Ashton Turner (England) (T6)
71 Grant Forrest (Sco), Ewen Ferguson (Sco), Bradley Moore (Eng) (T18)
73 Jack McDonald (Sco), Connor Syme (Sco), Jack Davidson (Wal) (T57).
74 Adam Chapman (Eng), Callum Farr (Eng) (T78).
75 Jack Singh Brar (Eng) (T95)
76 Oscar Granstrom Livesey (Eng) (T112)
79 Tom Bayliss (Eng) (T170)
80 Michael Farr (Eng) (T184)
Field of 234 players