David Law has sights set on this being 

his big breakthrough year

                    DAVID LAW ... at home in the North African desert tournaments

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A strong field has assembled for the second event of the 2016 European Challenge Tour season, the Red Sea Egyptian Challenge Presented by Hassan Allam Properties, with Aberdeen's  David Law one of a number of players returning to a happy hunting ground in Sokhna Golf Club.
The 24 year old, twice winner of the Scottish amateur championship, finished a close second in the 2016 Red Sea Ain Sokhna Classic on the Pro Golf Tour in January, where he was pipped to the post by France’s Antoine Schwartz – who is also competing in Egypt this week.  
Law, who first joined the Challenge Tour in 2014 after a run of strong performances on the Pro Golf Tour, is at home in the North African desert having previously played on the Egyptian coast five times.
With four top ten finishes on Europe’s top developmental tour under his belt, the Aberdonian, who plays out of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, is now aiming to go one step better and claim a maiden win on the Road to Oman.
“Without a doubt I am hoping this will be my breakthrough year,” he said. “The top 15 is the big aim. I am not much of a goal-setter but that is the main one.
“We are all here to win the tournament. I am playing well at the moment but there is going to be a lot of stiff competition just like every other week on the Challenge Tour.
“I have now had two full seasons on the Challenge Tour and it is fantastic to come to a place you know well and somewhere where you have played good golf. Fingers crossed we can have a good season.”
Law, who was Scottish U18 boys champion before his two Scottish amateur triumphs and before joining the paid ranks, will once again lock horns with Schwartz along with three other players who have won recently around Sokhna Golf Club. 
Philip Mejow’s win in this tournament last year helped propel him to the top of the Pro Golf Tour Order of Merit for 2015 – and in turn earn Challenge Tour qualification. 
This year, Belgium’s Christopher Mivis recorded a three shot victory on the Pro Golf Tour after a memorable seven under par final round of 65 in January, while France’s Franck Daux also won back-to-back tournaments in Ain Sokhna in February on the Alps Tour. 
Mark Tullo was victorious the last time the Challenge Tour was in Egypt in 2010, when a then-21 year old Rory McIlroy also memorably teed it up.
The Chilean finished fifth in the Challenge Tour Rankings in 2014 and he is happy to be back in the country where he claimed his second Challenge Tour title six years ago.
“I have good memories and I am so excited to be back in Egypt,” said the 38 year old. “When I won before in Cairo It was a great golf course, the hotel was awesome and we got to see the pyramids for the first time so everything was ten out of ten.
“Now we are back in Egypt six years later and the golf course is great, the hotel is amazing so we will see what happens.
“I haven’t played too much for four or five months so I wouldn’t say I have brought my A game but you never know in this sport.”
Making his professional debut in Egypt this week is Frenchman Romain Langasque, who enjoyed a dream week at the Masters tournament in Augusta earlier this month.
The 2015 British amateur champion will tee off on Wednesday alongside fellow former winners of that prestigious title, Garrick Porteous and Alan Dunbar. 

Calum Hill leads with 69 but Western New 

Mexico lose match v Colorado Mesa

Individual Results

Team Scores

GOODYEAR, Arizona – In a new medal/match-play championship format this year for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship, Western New Mexico University men's team came up just short, beaten 3-2, by Colorado Mesa University,  in the first round Monday at the Golf Club of Estrella.
The four winning teams from the first round advanced to play each other later on Monday with the top two teams advancing to Tuesday's championship match. Although the Mustangs are eliminated from winning the RMAC Tournament, they will still play 18 holes Tuesday morning with a chance to still win the overall top score of the tournament.
The team that wins the tournament will get an automatic bid into the NCAA South Central/West Regional that will be hosted by Western New Mexico University May 1-3 at the NMSU Championship Golf Course in Las Cruces. The Mustangs are currently third in the South Central Region, as the top 10 teams from both regions will advance to setup the 20 team regional field.
WNMU is in second overall with a 300, just four-strokes back of UC-Colorado Springs. Senior Calum Hill (Kinross, Scotland/Kinross HS), pictured, continues his career year as the All-American leads on the individual side with a three-under 69, two-ahead of the field. 

Senior All-American Thomas Neve (Epsom, England/Cams Hill School/Merrist College) isn't far behind as he also landed in the top-10 tied for seventh with a two-over 74. Junior All-American Harry Wetton (Bedford, England/The Bedford School) is in the top-20 tied for 19^th with an opening round 77. Senior Daniel Young (Cheshire, England) fired a first round 80 and is tied for 30^th, while sophomore Ross White (Dollar, Scotland/Kinross HS) is tied for 43^rd with an 86.

In the match play, WNMU dominated in matches played by Hill and Wetton. 

 Hill defeated Kyler Smith by nine-strokes, while Wetton rolled to an eight-stroke win against Chris Aiken. 

Colorado Mesa came back to take the other three and win the match. Neve was strong in his match against Trevor McKune, but McKune was able to win by two strokes. Billy Ramsey won by three strokes against White and Jack Mavrakis added a slim two-shot win over Young to give the Mavericks the 3-2 win.

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Allan leading Scot in Southland Conference 

Championship in Texas
By COLIN FARQUHARSON 
Lawrence Allan, pictured, from Alva, a final-year student at Southeastern Louisiana University, heads the three Scots in the field for the Southland Conference Championship college tournament, currently ongoing at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club, McKinney in Texas.
Allan has had rounds of 72 and 73 for a 36-hole tally of 145 and tied sixth place in a field of 55 over a longish course of 7,219yd (par 72).
Duncan McNeill from Annan, a freshman at McNeese State University, is T13 on 148 (76-72) with birdies at the third, sixth and seventh in his second round.
Eamon Bradley from Mt Ellen, a team-mate of Allan, is T24 with rounds of 78 and 74 for 152.
Martin Eriksson (McNeese State) leaves by four shots with a tally of 139 (70-69).
McNeese State (579) also have a clear lead in the team event, ahead of SE Louisiana (590) and Sam Houston State (592) in a field of 11 teams.

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Danny Willett joins US PGA Tour following Masters victory

By PA Sport

Danny Willett has joined the US PGA Tour following his victory at the Masters earlier this month.

The US PGA Tour announced Willett, 28, has received a five-year exemption on the US tour, taking him through to the end of the 2020-21 season.
The move comes a little over a week after Willett won at Augusta by three shots from Jordan Spieth and Lee Westwood for his first career major.

Willett was awarded 600 FedExCup points for his Masters win which, combined with the 44 he took at the Valspar Championship earlier in the year, places him 27th in the standings ahead of the Valero Texas Open.

Danny Willett reflects on his success over the last year with his wife Nicole and son Zachariah

The Yorkshireman has begun the 2015-16 season with three top-five finishes in five US tour events, also winning the Dubai Desert Classic, and has risen to number nine in the world.

Willett will make his first appearance on home soil since winning the Masters when he tees it up in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth next month.

The 28-year-old will join a star-studded field at Wentworth from May 26-29, which already includes Matthew Fitzpatrick, Søren Kjeldsen, Justin Rose and Lee Westwood, all of whom finished in the top 10 at the season's first major.