NORTH-EAST ALLIANCE – MONTROSE LINKS

TEE TIMES FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY (February 24)

08.20   A CAMPBELL     T BOYLE
           C CASSIE              G ESSON

08.30   P MORRISON     M MERCHANT    R LAMB               

08.40    D MACANDREW   G MUNRO            
            C GOODWIN      S GRIFFITHS

08.50   D MACKAY       T MATHIESON    
           G McBAIN          K NICOL

09.00   S HANSON       A STUART     G CHALMERS

09.10    M RENDALL     H ROULSTON     L ROGER

09.20    M BROWN          R BROWN           
             S ROSS                 N CHISHOLM

09.30    R REID                   D BOOTH          
             R BLACKMORE   W BEATTIE

09.40    K BEVERIDGE     L MURRAY        
             J HOPWOOD      A GRAHAM

09.50    J DUFF                  S FINNIE              
             B RITCHIE             P McLEAN

10.00   L DUNCAN          K McGILLIVARY
            J CRAWFORD     J STEWART

10.10   J SCOTT               B SKENE        G PATTERSON

10.20   J HOSIE                 G MOIR                
            S SCOTT                S MACKIE

10.30   D FLEMING         L FOWLER           
            A GALL                  S SHAND

10.40   D LESLIE               D WRIGHT     P CHEYNE

10.50   G MACKIE           M WINTON          
            R DAVIDSON      S ALLISON

11.00   C NELSON            M DUNCAN
            N STEWART         J FORREST

11.10    G MILNE              M ROGERS          
             N K PARKER        D NELSON

11.20    J MURRAY           S ROGER              
             F BISSET               D BISSET

11.30    P LOW                   J BORTHWICK

11.40    A CLARK              W SKENE              
             G THOM               D LANE

11.50    G RILEY               E RILEY          J MORRIS

12.00   C DUFFUS            D TOWNSLEY      D McKAY

12.10   S LAWRIE             C LAWRIE             
            K DUNCAN          K ZEYNALOV

Hutch makes top 10, Craig Lawrie T16 finish 

in Algarve Pro Tour 54-hole tournament

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Greig Hutcheon had an eagle 3 at the fourth and birdies at the 13th and 18th to finish in the top 10 at this week's Algarve Pro Tour's 54-hole tournament at Palmares, Lagos.
The Tartan Tour No 1 shot rounds of 71, 66 and 69 for a 10-under-par total of 206 and ninth place, six shots behind the Portuguese winner, Ricardo Santos (66-66-68 for 16-under 200).
Craig Lawrie, who also plays out of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, finished joint 16th on 210 with rounds of 72, 71 and 67, capping his third-round performance which had four birdies in halves of 34-33 with an eagle 3 at the par-5 18th.
Jordan McColl (Kingsbarns Pro Academy) had scores of 69, 72 and 71 for a share of 21st place on 212.

ALGARVE PRO TOUR
Palmares Golf Resort, Lagos
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
200 R Santos (Por) 66 66 68
201 D Wright (Eng) 67 67 67, R Samson (Eng) (am) 70 63 68

SCOTS' TOTALS
206 G Hutcheon 71 66 69 (9th)
210  C Lawrie 72 71 67 (T16)
212 J McColl 69 72 71 (T21)

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John Duff scores third win at Spey Bay as NE 

Alliance title defence approaches  

JOEL HOPWOOD REPORTING 
North-east Alliance champion John Duff (Newmachar) will be defending the title next month and he is running into form at just the right time with a third victory of the 2015-16 season on a great winter's day for golf at a Spey Bay Golf Club links in immactulate condition on the Moray Firth coastline today.

Duff, pictured, headed a field of 66 players with a five-under-par round of 65, winning by one stroke from Fraserburgh amateur Gordon Munro.

Duff's bag of seven birdies came at the the third, sixth, seventh, ninth, 14th 16th and 18th in halves of 33 (two under par) and 32 (three under). He bogeyed the first and fourth.

Munro had a bogey-free 66 with birdies at the third, ninth, 15th and 17th.
Kevin Duncan (Paul Lawrie GC), winner of last week's Alliance fixture at Newburgh and lying send behind Duff in the Brimmond Bistro scratch table in the NE Alliance Order of Merit, could do no better than finished T19 today with a seven-over-par 77 which included a 9 and a 7.
Duff, therefore, increased his lead over Duncan with time getting short to win one of the 1-2-3 prizes, sponsored by Craibstone Golf Club's in-house, open-to-the-public restaurant, in the scratch and two handicap tables.
There was a tie for third place on level par 70 between Royal Aberdeen's senior assistant pro Joel Hopwood and Keil Beveridge (Kippie Lodge) 
John Hosie (Kemnay) won Class 2 by virtue of a better inward half than Nigel Parker (Murcar Links). They both had net 70s off their handicaps of 14 apiece.
The decisive blow was struck by Hosie who had a hole in one at the 15th (117yd) using a pitching wedge.
Les Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) won Class 2 with a 67 off seven.

ALL THE SCRATCH SCORES

Par 70 – 66 Players
65 J Duff (Newmachar)

66 G Munro (Fraserburgh) 
70 J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen), K Beveridge (Kippie Lodge)
71 P McLean (Paul Lawrie GC), S Finnie (Royal Aberdeen), B Ritchie (Inverallochy)
73 C Duffus (Kemnay), C Nelson (Mackenzie Club)
74 S Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC), S Rogers (Cruden Bay), L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen, S Mackie (Kemnay), K Nicol (Paul Lawrie GC), G Esson (Portlethen)
75 F Bisset (Banchory)
76 D Leslie (Bon Accord), D Fleming (Portlethen)
77 D Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen), K Duncan (Paul Lawrie GC), S Shand (Kemnay), M Merchant (Newmachar)
78 R Reid (Tarland)
79 G Riley (Craibstone), M Forster (Newburgh), P Morrison (Oldmeldrum)
80 A Campbell (Murcar Links), B Skene (Peterculter)
81 D Wilson (Duff House Royal), G Homer (Bon Accord), M Lawrie (Kemnay)
82 D Booth (Tarland)
83 C Cassie (Nigg Bay), D Mackay (Hazlehead)
84 P Low (Kemnay), M Rogers (Kemnay), D Nelson (Aboyne), G Milne (Newburgh), N K Parker (Murcar Links), J Hosie (Kemnay), J Crawford (Craibstone), J Murray (Banchory) 

85 P Cheyne (Northern), J Forrest (Northern)

86 H Roulston (Stonehaven)

87 R Brown (Kemnay), T Boyle (Portlethen), L Duncan (Craibstone), J Stewart (Banchory)

88 W Skene (Deeside), J Scott (Peterculter)

89 D Bisset (Banchory), L Roger (Royal Aberdeen), N Chisholm (Kemnay) 

90 M Rendall (Stonehaven) 

91 T Collie (Kemnay), M Brown (Kemnay)

92 D Townsley (Peterculter)

No Returns:

R Lamb (Newmachar), D Wright (Northern), N Stewart (Northern), A Clark (Newmachar), G Thom (Murcar Links), E Riley (Craibstone)

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS

Class 1 – Les Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) 74 – 7 = 67; Brian Ritchie (Inverallochy) 71 – 3 = 68; S Shand (Kemnay) 77 – 8 = 69 BIH; Colin Duffus (Kemnay) 73 – 4 = 69 BIH, Scott Mackie (Kemnay) 74 – 5 = 69 BIH

Class 2 -  John Hosie (Kemnay) 84 – 14 = 70 BIH; Nigel Parker (Murcar Links) 84 – 14 = 70; Gary Homer (Bon Accord) 81 – 10 = 71 BIH; Mike Rogers (Kemnay) 84 – 13 = 71; Doug Booth (Tarland) 82 – 10 = 72

BEST SCORECARDS:

SPEY BAY GOLF CLUB 

PAR 70

4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-5 (35)

4-4-4-3-4-3-5-4-4 (35) = 70

JOHN DUFF (NEWMACHAR)

5-4-3-4-4-3-3-3-4 (33)

4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-3 (32) = 65

GORDON MUNRO (FRASERBURGH)

4-4-3-3-4-4-4-3-4 (33)

4-4-4-3-4-2-5-3-4 (33) = 66

JOEL HOPWOOD (ROYAL ABERDEEN)

4-4-6-3-4-4-3-3-5 (36)

3-4-4-3-4-3-4-4-5 (34) = 70

KEIL BEVERIDGE (KIPPIE LODGE)

4-5-4-3-4-4-3-3-4 (34)

3-4-5-3-4-3-6-4-4 (36) = 70

PHILIP MCLEAN (PLGC)

4-3-4-4-4-4-4-3-5 (35)

4-4-4-4-4-3-5-4-4 (36) = 71

BRIAN RITCHIE (INVERALLOCHY)

3-3-4-3-4-6-3-4-5 (35)

4-4-5-3-4-3-5-4-4 (36) = 71

STEWART FINNIE (ROYAL ABERDEEN)

4-4-4-3-5-4-3-3-4 (34)

4-4-4-4-4-3-5-3-6 (37) = 71

KEY:      PAR

                BIRDIE

                BOGEY

                DOUBLE BOGEY

The North-east Alliance's next fixture will be at Montrose Golf Club on Wednesday, February 24.

After that, the schedule reads:
March 2 Duff House Royal
March 9 Portlethen (Round 1, NE Alliance championship)
*March 16 Craibstone (Round 2m NE Alliance championship)
 * Last counting event for Brimond Bistro Order of Merit final tables.
March 17 NE Alliance Fourball Betterball Pro - Am
March 23 McDonald Ellon (does not count for Order of Merit final tables)    

Wallace Booth almost eliminates the negative 

at Alicante with a 69 for T11 position

 By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Perthshire tour professional Wallace Booth improved by seven strokes with a second-round, three-under-par 69 to be in joint 11th place with one round to go in the Spanish Evolve Pro Tour 54-hole event at Lo Romero Golf Club, Alicante.
Booth eliminated most of the costly mistakes of the first day with five birdies - third, ninth, 10th, 11th and long 17th - in halves of 35 and 34. His two bogeys came at the fourth and short 15th.
He is five shots behind the joint leaders, Lasse Sonne Nielsen (Denmark) (70-70) and Germany's Florian Frisch (71-69).
There is a field of 45 players.

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E and EofS Alliance at Craigielaw postponed after heavy rain

Weather has taken its toll again - due to overnight rainfall Craigielaw was closed today so Edinburgh and East of Scotland Alliance postponed.
Next competition at Liberton GC next Wednesday.

Jordan Findlay sets up base in Tennessee to 

play US mini tours

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay - twice a finalist and once a winner in the British boys' championship - has returned to the United States where he spent four years at East Tennessee State University and met his wife-to-be Tara, also a student at ETSU.
They are now based at Johnson City, Tennessee.
"My season starts mid-March. I'm living in the USA now and I will be playing mostly on mini tours over here this year such as the swingthought.com Tour (formerly the Hooters Tour) and also competing in Monday qualifiers for the Web.com Tour," Jordan told www.scottishgolfview.com

"However, I do plan on playing some events in the UK later on in the summer. "

Final word from Paul Lawrie:
 "Jordan is still attached to Paul Lawrie Golf Centre and will continue to be supported by the PLF this year.

"Of course  everyone at PLGC and PLF wish Jordan all the best with his golf in America this year and look forward to seeing him when he comes over to the uk in the summer."

                                               Paul

Matthew Cort cards 66 to lead at La Manga


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NEWS RELEASE
The PGA of Great Britain and Ireland’s Matthew Cort leads the way after a five-under 66 in Round 2 of the 2016 La Manga Club International Pro-Am in Spain, securing a buffer of three shots heading into the final round.
Calmer conditions favoured competitors for Day 2 at La Manga Club and the scores certainly reflected that, with both the Professional Individual and Pro-Am standings being tightly poised, promising an exciting and tense finish to the tournament.
Leading the way in the Individual Professional event is Matthew Cort who continued on from where he left off in Round 1 with five birdies on the front nine of the club’s North Course.
“I’ve not played the North Course for a few years so it was almost like playing blind,” said Cort.  “My team are doing well in the team event so there’s a chance to really compete on both sides so I’ll just try to enjoy it.”
On the back nine one solitary blemish on the card on the 13th hole was promptly cancelled out by a birdie on 17 resulting in the lead at the close of play and a three-shot cushion over fellow 2015 Golfbreaks.com Four-ball Champion, Craig Shave (PGA of GB&I).
Cort is also chasing a PGAs of Europe treble, having already won the Golfbreaks.com Four=ball Championship with Craig Shave in 2015, along with the PGA Professional Championship of Europe in October.
Shave meanwhile remains in touching distance of Cort after two one-under par nines resulted in a 69 (-2) and a 143 (-1) total.
Finishing off the top-three is Ireland's Brendan McGovern, whose round of 70 (-1) took him to even par for the tournament and hot on the heels of Cort and Shave ahead of the final round.
In the Team Pro-Am it was all change at the top and the team led by McGovern closed the three-point deficit, earning a slender lead heading into the final round. 
An excellent team effort saw McGovern’s team sign for a total of 166 (-22) and a one point lead over Cort’s team who signed for an impressive 10 under par and a 165 point total (-21).

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