Houdini touch helps Hilleard to Berkhamsted victory  England squad player Josh Hilleard found the touch of Houdini to seal a one-shot win in the Berkhamsted Trophy on four-under par.  He led for most of the 72-hole event at Berkhamsted Golf Club in Hertfordshire, but was closely challenged throughout, notably by Lincolnshire’s Simon Richardson, the eventual runner–up; Norfolk’s Jack Yule and by his fellow England A squad member, Will Enefer of Shropshire and Herefordshire.  But when it counted, Hilleard (Image © Leaderboard Photography) discovered the magic touch which kept him ahead.  “The last round was very eventful, it was my worst ball striking round but I had a few hole-outs from strange positions,” said the 21-year-old from Farrington Park in Somerset.  On the eighth, for example, his tee shot finished in trees and he had to chip out, but a restricted follow through meant his ball ended in a bush. Fortunately the bush was in ground under repair and he received a free drop – and promptly holed his 60-yard shot to the green for an unlikely par. “It was a bit of a surprise!” he said.  He followed up on the 14th when he holed his second shot from about 100 yards for an eagle two. “It makes it easy!” he laughed.  From then on he parred in, knowing that he needed a four on the last to beat Richardson (Spalding). “That tests your pressure game, but that’s good, it what we live and play for,” said Hilleard.  He played his way into the lead with a first round score of three-under 68 which put him one clear. He followed up with 71 which tied him with Jack Yule (Middleton Hall) at the halfway stage; 72 in the third round which left him tied with Will Enefer (Wrekin); and finally 69 to edge in ahead of Simon Richardson.  Kealan Lowe (Wheatley) was third on two under; while Charlie Strickland (Ham Manor) and Enefer shared fourth place on one-under.  Hilleard’s win marked a return to form after he was disappointed by his last outing in the Spanish amateur. “It’s a nice bounce back,” he said. “I’ve had a couple of lessons to get my head clear and we had our squad training at Quinta do Lago, which was a bit of an eye opener and changed how I will approach tournaments from now on.”  This is his first individual win of the 2016 season but he has already helped England to victory in the Costa Ballena Quadrangular Tournament against Spain, Germany and Finland.  Click here for the final scores  Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf

PERTH AND KINROSS BEAT ANGUS AT HOME

Perth and Kinross, who drew their opening Provan Salver tie with Fife 4-4 at Drumoig, scored their first win by beating Angus 5-3 at Blairgowrie Lansdowne today (Sunday).
Mark Cameron, Glenn Campbell,Tom McLevy and David Murray were P and K's winners.
Nick Barr and and Stuart Graham finished all square in their matches.
Mark Rose and Stuart McKendrick were the only home losers.
NOTE
P and K were unable to supply the names of the Angus players
If Angus officials would like their players named, they should Email the info to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Low scoring tournament opens the domestic 72-hole season

MacIntyre wins Scottish champion of 

champions' title by a shot from Johnston 

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Robert MacIntyre from Oban, the left-handed winner of the Scottish amateur championship last year, has made a winning start to the 2016 domestic competitive season by capturing the Scottish champion of champions title at Leven links over the weekend.

The Glencruitten Golf Club member, pictured, who recently returned from college in the United States, shot a 21-under-par total of 263 over the par-71 lay-out to win by a single stroke from halfway leader Liam Johnston (Dumfries and County).

MacIntyre surged into the lead with a third-round 65 to Johnston's par 71 but had to shoot a final round of five-under 66 to hold the fast finishing Johnston, also a former US college student, at bay.

Liam closed with a 64 for 264

Former Scottish amateur kingpin Barry Hume (Haggs Castle) who shot the tournament low of 10-under-par 61 in the first round will not be credited with a new course record as preferred lies were in operation.

Hume finished third on 13-under-par 271, seven shots behind runner-up Johnston.

Hume won the Leven Gold Medal tournament over the course last autumn.

SCOTTISH CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

Leven Golfing Society, Fife

Par 284 (4x71)

1	MACINTYRE, Robert	Glencruitten	-21	65	67	65	66	263
2	JOHNSTON, Liam	Dumfries and County	-20	66	63	71	64	264
3	HUME, Barry	Haggs Castle	-13	61	71	68	71	271
4	WRIGHT, Jeff	Forres	-12	66	68	69	69	272
5	MORRISON, David	Duff House Royal	-10	67	64	70	73	274
6	ROBERTSON, Graeme	Glenbervie	-8	73	66	71	66	276
7	GODSMAN, Kyle	Moray	-8	69	66	71	70	276
8	LAMB, Christopher	Newmachar	-6	71	68	72	67	278
9	DAVREN, Fraser	Williamwood Golf Club	-6	70	69	72	67	278
10	FOTHERINGHAM, Bryan	Forres	-4	71	71	70	68	280
11	CARRICK, Angus	Douglas Park	-2	66	71	73	72	282
12	PORTER, Will	Carnoustie	Par	72	71	72	69	284
13	CLARK, Matthew	Kilmacolm	+1	75	69	75	66	285
14	PIRIE, Craig	Millport	+2	74	75	69	68	286
15	STEWART, Steven	Clydebank and District	+2	66	74	73	73	286
16	GAULT, Paul	Haggs Castle	+2	68	71	75	72	286
17	HAIN, Alister	St Andrews	+4	76	70	71	71	288
18	MORRIS, Jamie	Peebles	+5	74	71	71	73	289
19	SHANKS, John	Irvine	+7	71	71	73	76	291
20	SIMANTS, Stephen	Dunbar	+8	68	70	74	80	292
21	BROWN, Scott	Turnberry	+9	79	71	73	70	293
22	LOW, Christopher	Tantallon	+10	76	74	73	71	294
23	ROSS, Ian	Alloa	+10	72	70	78	74	294
24	REILLY, Paul	Kilmacolm	+14	73	74	76	75	298
25	MORRISON, Craig	Haggs Castle	+15	73	75	78	73	299
26	MARC, Sean	Broomieknowe	+15	73	73	78	75	299
27	GALLACHER, Kenneth	East Kilbride	+15	70	75	80	74	299
28	BOLTON, Graham	Bute	+16	70	77	78	75	300
29	FORRESTER, Greg	Lundin	+16	74	71	78	77	300
30	CURRIE, Jack	Greenock	+17	76	74	75	76	301
31	WEIR, Angus	Dunblane New	+18	73	76	78	75	302
32	WOODHOUSE, John	East Kilbride	+31	83	79	78	75	315
RTD	MOULTRIE, Paul	Royal Troon	+6	77				77