Sunday, March 27, 2016

Abertay student's 68 leads the way at Lossie

REPORT FROM BEN PHILLIP
Some excellent golf in mixed weather featured on the opening day  at the 94th Scottish Student Golf Championships at Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth. 
Christopher Low, from University of Abertay, Dundee, led the way with an impressive two-under-par 68 over the New Course, one ahead of Lukas Michel (St Andrews) and Stirling's Craig Howie.

The women started their 72 hole event on Moray's Old Course Level par rounds of 75 by St Andrews duo Alexa Hammer and Marie Danielsson led the way, each one shot ahead of Stirling's Jen Saxton

Luck of the draw played its part as the later rounds were interrupted by heavy hailstorms, delaying completion of day one by almost an hour. 

Peter Hassan from Glasgow battled through the worst of the weather and did well to card a 73, while David Ritchie (RGU) had the lowest nett score of the day with a 74 less 6.

Play continues tomorrow (Monday) with both the men and women completing 18 holes on the New Course. The small women's field will all complete 72 holes, while the top 40 plus ties will advance to the final two rounds of the men's competition, concluding on the Old Course on Tuesday.

For full results from day 1 please visit


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Jason Day v Louis Oosthuisen in final of Dell World Match-play


The Dell World Match-play Final is underway at Austin Country Club, Texas.
It's Jason Day (Australia) - back again as World No 1 - versus Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) in the final.

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In the semi-finals earlier today, Day beat Rory McIlroy by one hole, and Oosthuizen beat Rafa Cabrera Bello (Spain) by 4 and 3.

McIlroy and Cabrera Bello are playing off for third place prize money

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Link to live scoring from the Dell World Match-play semi-finals at Austin CC, Texas


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Aberdeenshire beat Aberdeen City at 

Newburgh in Bennions Memorial Match

The North-east District SGU's Aberdeenshire team retained the Ken Bennions Memorial Trophy at a very windy Newburgh Golf Club today, beating Aberdeen City  by 300 to 305 on a four-man aggregate stroke-play count.

SCOREBOARD
ABERDEENSHIRE 300
72 Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon
73  David Morrison (Duff House Royal) 
75 Chris Lamb ( Newmachar)
80 Stephen Roger (Cruden Bay)

ABERDEEN CITY 305
71 Anthony Bews (Murcar Links).
75 Clark Brechin (Portlethen).
78 Barry Edmond (Bon Accord)
81 Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen)

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 Great Scott! Sandy wins Scottish Junior Tour event at

        Forrester Park

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Nairn teenager Sandy Scott won the weekend's 36-hole Scottish Junior Tour competition at Forrester Park Golf Club, Dunfermline despite bogeys at the 16th and 17th in his final round.
Scott had scores of 72, 70 and 70 over the par-74 course for a level par aggregate of 212.
In his last  round, Scot had an eagle 3 at the long ninth and birdies at the 10th, 11th, 12th and 15th before his late slips.
Runner-up, a shot behind the winner, was James Stewart (Old Ranfurly) who had scores of 75, 71 and 67. In his final round Stewart reached the turn in 32 with the help of an eagle at the long seventh. He also had six birdies.
The pair finished well clear of joint third placed Sam Locke (Banchory) (74-72-74), son of Paul Lawrie's swing coach, Andrew Locke, and Robert Watson (Muckhart) (72-74-74), both on 220.

SCOTTISH JUNIOR TOUR
Forrester Park GC, Dunfermline, Fife
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
 Par 212 (3x74). CSS 75 74. SS 74
212 Sandy Scott (Nairn) 72 70 70
213 James Stewart (Old Ranfurly) 75 71 67
220 Sam Locke (Banchory) 74 72 74, Robert Watson (Muckhart0 72 74 74
222 Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links) 77 71 74, Graeme Greer (Carluke) 71 80 71
224 Greg Dalziel (Airdrie) 76 77 71, Matthew McCulloch (Portpatrick Dunskey) 74 73 77
225 Darren Howie (Peebles) 677 74 74, Marc Watt (Inverallochy) 76 72 77
227 Calvin Duffton (Aboyne) 80 75 72, Craig Leith (Royal Aberdeen) 76 72 79

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Lothians overpower Stirlingshire in singles after 2-2 in foursomes

The Lothians men's team opened their season's account with a strong performance in a friendly match at Longniddry on Saturday, defeating Stirlingshire 7.5 to 4.5.
The morning foursomes were shared 2-2 but an excellent performance in the afternoon singles from the Lothians team, in particular S McLaren (Bruntsfield Links) (beat M Hislop (Glenbervie) 6 and 5) and Benn McLeod (Musselburgh) (bt S Irvine (Falkirk) 9 and 7)  saw the home side run out winners by 3pt.
   
The full Lothians line-up was:

Michael Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 
Anthony Blaney (Liberton)
Stephen Buckley (Royal Burgess)                
Kieran Cantley (Liberton)
Gary Corrigan (Greenburn)                            
Alan Crawford (Deer Park)                
Benn MacLeod (Musselburgh)  
Craig Deerness (Harburn)

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Jason Day (World No 1 again) v Rory McIlroy in semi-final


WGC-Dell Match Play, breakdown and preview of final four at Austin, Texas

Defending champion Rory McIlroy
Defending champion Rory McIlroy ( Getty Images )
AUSTIN, Texas — A glance at the numbers for the final four players left standing in the WGC-Dell Match Play at Austin Country Club:

Jason Day vs. Rory McIlroy

  • World ranking: Day 2nd, McIlroy 3rd (Day will regain the No 1 spot in the next re-ranking because Spieth lost).
  • Career record in MP: Day 18-6, McIlroy 22-6-1
  • Holes played: Day 69, McIlroy 88
  • Holes won: Day 26, McIlroy 28
  • Holes led: Day 48, McIlroy 35
  • Holes trailed: Day 12, McIlroy 24
Day’s road to semi-finals
  • Bt. Graeme McDowell, 3 and 2
  • Bt. Thongchai Jaidee, 5 and 3
  • Bt. Paul Casey (withdrew, illness)
  • Bt. Brandt Snedeker, 3 and 2
  • Bt. Brooks Koepka, 3 and 2
McIlroy’s road to semi-finals
  • Bt. Thorbjorn Olesen, 1 up
  • Bt. Smylie Kaufman, 3 and 1
  • Halved with Kevin Na *
  • Bt. Zach Johnson, 1 up
  • Bt. Chris Kirk, 4 and 3
* Then won playoff over Na for Group 3
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Louis Oosthuizen vs. Rafa Cabrera Bello

  • World ranking: Oosthuizen 18th, Bello 54th
  • Career records in MP: Oosthuizen, 14-6, Bello 5-3-1
  • Holes played: Oosthuizen 83, Bello 75
  • Holes won: Oosthuizen 34, Bello 23
  • Holes led: Oosthuizen 46, Bello 50
  • Holes trailed: Oosthuizen 11, Bello 10
Oosthuizen’s road to semi-finals
  • Bt. Matt Jones, 2 and 1
  • Bt. Bernd Wiesberger, 2 and 1
  • Bt. Andy Sullivan, 4 and 2
  • Bt. Jordan Spieth, 4 and 2
  • Bt. Dustin Johnson, 2 and 1
Bello’s road to semi-finals
  • Bt. Hideki Matsuyama, 1 up
  • Bt. Kevin Kisner, 4 and 3
  • Halved with Soren Kjeldsen
  • Bt. Byeong-Hun An (withdrew, injury)
  • Bt. Ryan Moore, 2 and 1

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Ian Poulter fires confident 68 to claim

 54-hole lead in Puerto Rico


Ian Poulter is in prime position to claim his first victory since 2012 as he goes into the final round of the Puerto Rico Open with a one-shot lead.
Poulter, who stormed into contention with a best-of-the-day 66 on day two at Coco Beach, fired a confident 68 with two late birdies earning him the outright lead ahead of American trio Tony Finau, Jonathan Byrd and Steve Marino.

Leaderboard

The Ryder Cup star decided to make his debut in the tournament after missing out on a place in the WGC-Dell Match Play by just 0.044 world ranking point, and it continued to prove a worthwhile move as he looks for a confidence boost ahead of the Masters.
Poulter opened up with a birdie at the first, and he added further birdies at the fifth and eighth holes before he made his first bogey since Thursday at the 13th after finding water off the tee.
But he responded with back-to-back birdies at 15 and 16, and two closing pars kept him on top of the leaderboard on 11 under par and well placed to end a winless run which stretches back to the WGC-HSBC Champions in 2012.
Poulter did well to get up and down for par at the last, where he bunkered his third shot and holed from 15 feet to salvage a five, and he said: "It was a big save. Obviously it's a par-five, it's pretty much reachable in two off of a decent drive and I kind of left myself in an awkward spot.
"It wasn't lying very well on the right-hand side just short of the green. I guess I got a little bit too cute, hit it in the front trap, splashed it out to 15 feet, but I rolled that par putt in the middle. Each putt like that obviously makes a difference at the end of the week.
"We got here very late, early hours of Wednesday morning, but I felt comfortable. I like the windy conditions, it kind of takes me back to hitting some old-school shots and I feel comfortable on the course.


Poulter insisted he is enjoying the windy conditions at Coco Beach
Poulter insisted he is enjoying the windy conditions at Coco Beach
"The ball was kind of boring through that strong wind, so you're still able to get good distance out there. But I'm happy. I'm happy how I've hung in there nicely."
Finau birdied the final hole to cap a flawless 67 which briefly earned him the clubhouse lead on 10 under, while PGA Tour veterans Byrd (68) and Marino (69) also coped well with the blustery conditions to claim a share of second.


Overnight leader and home favourite Rafael Campos had an adventurous first seven holes, mixing three birdies with three bogeys and a double-bogey at the fourth, but he recovered to come home in 34 with birdies at 12 and 16 to return a level-par 72 which left him two shots adrift of Poulter.
But Luke Donald's hopes of qualifying for the Masters faded as he offset four birdies with as many bogeys in his 72, and he will start the final day out of contention on two under par
Donald is T44 on 214 after rounds of 69, 73 and 72.

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 Poulter's heckler gets fired by employers

A heckler may have won the battle with Ian Poulter at the recent Valspar Championship, but it appears the Englishman has won the war.
The man who heckled Poulter last week in Tampa and then continued to harass him on Twitter has been fired by his employer, Florida newspaper The Ledger reported.
J.J. Downum ribbed Poulter about hitting shots into the water and not making the Ryder Cup team this fall, then put the spotlight on himself when he bragged about his actions on Twitter to @BarstoolTrent of Barstool Sports. The series of tweets caught the eye of Poulter, who brought them to the attention of Florida Southern College in nearby Lakeland, Fla., where Downum worked as an assistant athletic director:
Downum's account - which included a reference to Florida Southern in the handle - was deleted Monday, but that reportedly wasn't enough to save his job after his story gained traction on social media.
"He's no longer employed at the institution," Pete Meyer, Florida Southern's director of athletics, said on Wednesday.

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