Fraser Mann wins Midland Alliance 

Championship by four at Scotscraig

Professional Fraser Mann of Carnoustie has won the Midland Golfers' Alliance championship over 36 holes for the first time.

He had rounds of 67 and 72 at Scotscraig Golf Club, Tayport, Fife for a three-under-par total of 139, four shots ahead of  three assistant pros - Sam McLaren (Blairgowrie) 71 72, Graeme Brown (Montrose Golf Links) 71 72, Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 70 73.

Six-handicapper Graham Milne (Aberdour) won the handicap title with net scores of 73 and 66 for a total of 139.
In the McQueen Shield, played over 18 holes, Scott Arbuthnott (Arbroath) won the scratch prize with a 77 and the handicap winner was Rab Baldie (Crieff) with a net 72 off six.

  LEADING SCRATCH

  Par 142 (2x71)

139 Fraser Mann (Carnoustie) p 67 72.

143 Sam McLaren (Blairgowrie) ap 71 72, Graeme Brown (Montrose Golf Links) ap 71 72, Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) ap
71 72.
144 Paul Jamieson (Dunblane New) p 75 69.
145 Fraser Campbell (Monifieth) 73 72.

148 Norman Dyce (Strathmore) 75 73, Paul Brookes (Pitreavie) p 74 74, Rory Tinker (Piperdam Osprey) ap 74 74, Steve Craig (Archerfield Links) p 72 76.

LEADING HANDICAP

139  Graham Milne (Aberdour) (6) 73 66.

141  Frank Lindin (Muckhart) (10) 74 67.
144  Norman Dyce (Strathmore) (2) 73 71.
145  Fraser Campbell (Monifieth) (scr) 73 72.
147  Roy Sinclair (Muckhart) (4) 75 72.

150  Jeff Strachan (Montrose) (2) 76 74, Grant Jenkins (Crieff) (3) 75 75, Tom McLevy (Blairgowrie) (scr) 71 79.

151 Stuart McKendrick (Dunkeld and Birnam) (scr) 78 73.

152 Marc Foster (Muckhart) (5) 76 76, Bill Taylor (Edzell) (1) 74 78, Stuart Birrell (Leven Thistle) (3) 73 79.

McQueen Shield 

Leading Scratch

77 Scott Arbuthnott (Arbroath).

80 Rab Baldie (Crieff), Jim Roy (Panmure).

81 Kevin Lawlor (Crail GS), Alistair Maxwell (Burntisland), Alistair Maxwell (Burntisland).

Leading handicap

72 Scott Arbuthnott (Arbroath) (5), Rab Baldie (Crieff) (8).

73 Robert White (Burntisland) (9).

74 Jim Roy (Panmure) (6).

75 Alistair Maxwell (Burntisland) (6), Drew Herd (Scotscraig) (12), Dennis Redford (Murrayshall) (11).

Last meeting of the season

SAS Ltd Team Competition

Thursday, April 7

The Duke's Course, St Andrews

Tee reserved: 8.30am - 12.30

 

 

Lee Sutherland

 

Match-play stages hotting up at Scottish Student Championships

By BEN PHILIP

Just four men's teams and two individual women remain in the tournament after an action-packed day of match-play in the Scottish students' golf championships at Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth.

 Thursday's programme:

Men's team semi-finals:

New Course

Stirling 1 v Highlands and Islands (8.30am)

St Andrews v Strathclyde 9.15am

Women's individual final:

Old Course.

Gemma Batty (Stirling) v Chloe Goadby (Stirling) (12.20)

Wednesday's results:

 Men's team quarter-finals:

Stirling (1) 10, Stirling (3) 2.

Highlands and Islands 8, Glasgow 4

St Andrews 9.5, Aberdeen 2.5

Stirling (2) 5, Strathclyde 7. 

Women's individual quarter-finals

Marie Danielsson (St Andrews) bt Alexa Hammer (St Andrews) 1 hole.

Chloe Goadby (Stirling) bt Tara Mactaggar (Stirling) 1 hole.

Byes: Gemma Batty (Stirling), Jen Saxton (Stirling).

Semi-finals

Batty bt Danielsson 3 and 1.

Goadby bt Saxton 3 and 2.

Young Scots beat Wales in opening match at 

Hilton Templepatrick, Northern Ireland

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scotland made a good start to the three-day Under-16 boys' quadrangular international at Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club, Northern Ireland.
They beat Wales 7-5 after sharing the foursomes 2-2 and taking the singles 5-3.
Four of the Scottish team had 100 per cent records on the day, winning their foursomes and singles ties.
They were Jack Broun, Lewis (Irvine), Cameron Dunn and Aidan O'Hagan.
In the other match, Netherlands came back from a 3-1 deficit in the foursomes to beat hosts Ireland 6.5-5.5
The Dutch boys took the singles 5.5 to 2.5.
The match went down to the 18th in the last tie to finish ... and it was halved.

Results:
SCOTLAND 7, WALES 5
Foursomes (2-2)
R Carey and A Simpson lost to A Greville and E Price 1 hole.
J Broun and L Irvine bt H Bartley and S Mayer 1 hole. 
C Black and C Dunn bt J Archibald and T Peet 4 and 2.
C Johnstone and A O'Hagan lost to A Davies and C James 3 and 1.
Singles (5-3)
Simpson bt Greville 3 and 2.
Carey lost to Bartley 3 and 2.
Irvine bt Price 4 and 2.
Broun bt Mayer 2 and 1.
Black lost to Davies 3 and 2.
Dunn bt J Ashfield 2 holes
O'Hagan bt Peet 1 hole.
Johnstone lost to James 5 and 4.

IRELAND 5.5, NETHERLANDS 6.5
Foursomes: 3-1
Singles: 2.5-5.5

Zack Saltman, John Henry keep home fires 

burning at Haggs Castle EuroPro Q School

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Zack Saltman (Archerfield Links), John Henry (Clydebank and District) and two Englishmen, Reeve Whitson (Royal Co Down) and Colin Maroney share the lead on three-under-par 69 at the halfway stage of the PGA EuroPro Tour Q School Stage 1 36-hole event at Haggs Castle GC, Glasgow, one of six venues in use.
Only the leading 23 players at the end of the second round will go forward to Stage 2 at Frilford Heath, Oxfordshire and there will be a play-off if there is a tie for 23rd place.
After the first round, there are 22 players on par 72 or better.

FIRST ROUND
par 72
69 Z Saltman (Archerfield Links), J Henry (Clydebank and Dist), R Whitson (Royal Co Down), C Maroney (Eng)
70 J Hendrick (Pollok), K McAlpine (unatt), M Patterson (Kilmacolm), F Moore (Glenbervie), S Stewart-Cation (Kingsbarns Pro Acad), R Robson-Crosby (Ponteland), J Simpson (Close House), R Campbell (Falkirk) (am), J Stewart (Clydeway Golf).
71 J Mullaney (unatt), J Breen (Kirkistown Castle), A Culverwell (Dunbar)
72 L Gaughan (Bathgate), L Zenere (Monte Carlo), P Cormack (Bay Hill), T Dykes (Penrith), J Lynch (Tapton Park), I Aziz (Eng).
73 J McGhee (unatt), S Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC), G O'Neill (Dullatur), M Stokes (Cawder), J Duff (Newmachar).

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Duncan Stewart's joint third place finish in 

Morocco earns him US $3,497

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Grantown on Spey's Duncan Stewart, now based in Edinburgh and playing out of Turnhouse Golf Club, shot a best of the final day round of three-under-par 69 to tie for third place in this week's MENA Tour event, the El Jadida Championship at Royal Golf El Jadida, Morocco.
Stewart stepped up a great after pedestrian rounds of 73 and 74 to surge up the leaderboard. He had six birdies - at the long first, sixth, eighth, 10th, 11th and 12th in halves of 35-34. He bogeyed the short fourth, fifth and short 13th.
The Highlander, who earned US $3,497 for his performance, finished five shots behind the winner, Englishman Andrew Marshall whose closing 72 was enough to take him past the faltering overnight leader Florian Praegant (Austria).
Marshall shot 70-69-73 for five-under 211, two ahead of Praegant who had scores fo 68, 69 and 76.
Neil Fenwick from Dunbar tied for fifth place on 218 with scores of 72, 74 and 72. Fenwick had three 6s on his final card, at the first, third (a double bogey) and the 18th which diminished his bag of five birdies 

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
211 Andrew Marshall (Eng) 70 69 72.
213 Florian Praegnant (Aut) 68 69 76.
216 Duncan Stewart (Sco) 73 74 69, Luke Joy (Eng) 72 74 70

OTHER SCORE:
218 Neil Fenwick (Sco) 72 74 72 (T5)
MISSED THE CUT
155 Paul Doherty (Sco) 74 81 

OVERALL SUMMARY by VIREN VARMA

Two shots behind going into the final round, Marshall and Praegant were engaged in a nip-and-tuck battle, but the former European Tour star came through with two birdies in his last three holes.

Praegant had his chances to close the deal, but he stumbled coming home, dropping five shots between 13 and 17 holes, including a double-bogey on the 16th, and that made all the difference.

“I'm really happy and ecstatic to win my first event on the MENA Golf Tour. Morocco has been very good to me,” said Marshall after receiving the winner’s trophy and a cheque for $9,000.

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‘Nine is fine’

March 30th, 2016

This is the slogan of ‘Quick Golf,’ to be launched in Scotland at the beginning of May. 

As more and more players face pressures on their time, Quick Golf offers a solution for regular players and those new to the game. Play is open to both men and women (with or without a handicap) and takes place at the beautiful Dunkeld and Birnam Golf Club in Perthshire with a quick nine holes available at the value price of just £5 for non-members.

I am confident that many other venues are thinking along similar lines and would be delighted to have more information to share with our readers.

Geoff Russell, Publisher

Golf Business News

Australian Masters called off as IMG 

reassess the event

Peter Senior poses in his golden jacket with the Australian Masters trophy after winning the event last year

FROM SKYSPORTS.COM

The Australian Masters will not be held this year while tournament organisers IMG reassess the event as they revamp their golf business.

The tournament has been held in November or December since 1979 with a gold jacket awarded to the winner.

Greg Norman became synonymous with the event in its earlier years, winning it six times from 1981 to 1990.
It was won by Tiger Woods in 2009, while Colin Montgomerie (2001), Justin Rose (2006) and Ian Poulter (2011) are also former winners.
Australian veteran Peter Senior claimed the title at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne last year.
"As part of IMG's ongoing evolution of its golf events business, the company is in the process of reimagining its Australian Masters event to ensure the delivery of a world-class experience," IMG said in a statement.
"To best execute a change of this scale, IMG today announced that the Australian Masters will not be played in 2016. IMG will unveil its new plans for the event in the coming months."

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Scotland, Wales share U16 boys' opening 

foursomes in Northern Ireland


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scotland and Wales shared the morning foursomes 2-2 while Ireland gained a 3-1 lunchtime lead over Netherlands in the Under-16 boys' quadrangular international match at Templepatrick Golf Club, Northern Ireland today.

RESULTS 
              SCOTLAND 2, WALES 2
                    8 singles still to play
FOURSOMES 
R Carey and A Simpson lost to A Greville and E Price 1 hole.
J Broun and L Irvine bt H Bartley and S Mayer 1 hole.
C Black and C Dunn bt J Archibald and T Peet 4 and 2.
C Johnstone and A O'Hagan lost to A Davies and C James 3 and 1.              

IRELAND lead Netherlands 3-1 after the morning foursomes in the other match

Kinross student Hill scores first USA win

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Calum Hill from Kinross, in his last month or two as a student at Western New Mexico University, scored his first win on the US men's college circuit with a 10-under-par total of 200 in the St Edwards's Invitational tournament over three rounds at Onion Creek Club, Austin in Texas.

Calum, pictured, had rounds of 66, 65 and 69 over a par-70 course of 6,519yd. He won by eight strokes from the joint runners-up. 
James Bolton (Newman University), a third-year student from Bolton, finished T9 in a field of 80 players. He had scores of 68, 72 and 75 for 215.
Harry Wetton (Western New Mexico), a junior from Bedford, shot 76-75-68 for T22 on 219.
Tom Neve, a Western New Mexico senior from Epsom, and James Hornsby (Newman University), a junior from Liverpool, tied on 221. Neve scored 71, 75 and 75, Hornsby 77, 72 and 72.
Ross White (Western New Mexico), a second-year man from Dollar, finished T55 on 226 with scores of 70, 77 and 73.
Team-mate Dan Young, a senior from Cheshire, shot 76, 79 and 74 for 229 and a T62 finish.


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