John Daly makes top 20 in debut on United States Seniors' Tour

John Daly finished T17 in his debut on the United States Champions (Seniors Tour).
He shot 70-73-71 for two-under-par 214 and earned $27,900.
Jesper Parnevik won the event, the Insperity Invitational, by four shots with a total of 12-under-par 204 and earned himself $315,000.
Colin Montgomerie had, by his standards, a poorish tournament, finishing only T32 ith a total of one-over-par 217 but he still had a payslip for $13,260.


US CHAMPIONS TOUR

Insperity Invitational (May 6 - 8)

• Course: The Woodlands CC - Tournament Course
• Par: 72
• Yardage: 7,018

		Round
Pos	Name	1	2	3	Today	Total	Strokes	Purse
1	Jesper Parnevik	69	68	67	-5	-12	204	$315,000
T2	David Frost	69	70	69	-3	-8	208	$153,650
T2	Mike Goodes	66	72	70	-2	-8	208	$153,650
T2	Jeff Maggert	68	69	71	-1	-8	208	$153,650
T5	Billy Andrade	73	70	66	-6	-7	209	$91,875
T5	Olin Browne	71	69	69	-3	-7	209	$91,875
T7	Kirk Triplett	75	69	66	-6	-6	210	$64,050
T7	Duffy Waldorf	68	73	69	-3	-6	210	$64,050
T7	Kevin Sutherland	71	69	70	-2	-6	210	$64,050
T7	Tommy Armour III	72	68	70	-2	-6	210	$64,050
11	Joe Durant	70	72	70	-2	-4	212	$50,400
T12	Gene Sauers	73	73	67	-5	-3	213	$40,320
T12	Tom Lehman	70	72	71	-1	-3	213	$40,320
T12	Stephen Ames	67	73	73	+1	-3	213	$40,320
T12	Scott McCarron	71	69	73	+1	-3	213	$40,320
T12	Michael Allen	70	69	74	+2	-3	213	$40,320
T17	John Huston	72	76	66	-6	-2	214	$27,900
T17	Rod Spittle	73	72	69	-3	-2	214	$27,900
T17	John Cook	72	72	70	-2	-2	214	$27,900
T17	Loren Roberts	69	74	71	-1	-2	214	$27,900
T17	Peter Senior	75	69	70	-2	-2	214	$27,900
T17	John Daly	70	73	71	-1	-2	214	$27,900
T17	Grant Waite	70	69	75	+3	-2	214	$27,900
T24	Jerry Smith	73	73	69	-3	-1	215	$20,076
T24	Paul Goydos	72	72	71	-1	-1	215	$20,076
T24	Kenny Perry	74	69	72	E	-1	215	$20,076
T24	Todd Hamilton	72	70	73	+1	-1	215	$20,076
T24	Glen Day	71	68	76	+4	-1	215	$20,076
T29	Jay Haas	74	71	71	-1	E	216	$16,590
T29	Brad Faxon	74	71	71	-1	E	216	$16,590
T29	Tom Byrum	74	70	72	E	E	216	$16,590
T32	Colin Montgomerie	72	75	70	-2	+1	217	$13,260
T32	Guy Boros	75	70	72	E	+1	217	$13,260
T32	Scott Dunlap	74	70	73	+1	+1	217	$13,260
T32	Larry Nelson	75	69	73	+1	+1	217	$13,260
T32	Mark O'Meara	73	70	74	+2	+1	217	$13,260
T32	Larry Mize	69	72	76	+4	+1	217	$13,260
T32	Craig Stadler	73	69	75	+3	+1	217	$13,260
T39	Rocco Mediate	75	73	70	-2	+2	218	$10,920
T39	Fred Funk	70	74	74	+2	+2	218	$10,920
41	Gary Hallberg	75	70	74	+2	+3	219	$10,290
42	Marco Dawson	73	76	71	-1	+4	220	$9,870
T43	Joey Sindelar	76	72	73	+1	+5	221	$8,610
T43	Bob Tway	73	74	74	+2	+5	221	$8,610
T43	Mark Brooks	75	71	75	+3	+5	221	$8,610
T43	Roger Chapman	70	74	77	+5	+5	221	$8,610
T43	Dan Forsman	69	73	79	+7	+5	221	$8,610
T48	Guna Periasamy	72	75	75	+3	+6	222	$7,140
T48	Jay Don Blake	74	73	75	+3	+6	222	$7,140
T50	Sandy Lyle	77	76	70	-2	+7	223	$5,565
T50	Jeff Hart	79	71	73	+1	+7	223	$5,565
T50	Steve Lowery	72	77	74	+2	+7	223	$5,565
T50	Ian Woosnam	73	75	75	+3	+7	223	$5,565
T50	Mark Wiebe	77	71	75	+3	+7	223	$5,565
T50	Brad Bryant	70	77	76	+4	+7	223	$5,565
T56	Willie Wood	72	76	76	+4	+8	224	$4,410
T56	Brandt Jobe	74	73	77	+5	+8	224	$4,410
T56	Wes Short Jr.	69	75	80	+8	+8	224	$4,410
T59	Jim Rutledge	77	76	72	E	+9	225	$3,675
T59	Tom Kite	71	81	73	+1	+9	225	$3,675
T59	Esteban Toledo	70	78	77	+5	+9	225	$3,675
T59	Bob Gilder	71	74	80	+8	+9	225	$3,675
63	Blaine McCallister	76	75	75	+3	+10	226	$3,150
64	Gil Morgan	75	79	73	+1	+11	227	$2,940
65	Woody Austin	84	72	72	E	+12	228	$2,730
T66	Scott Hoch	78	77	74	+2	+13	229	$2,226
T66	Joe Daley	81	73	75	+3	+13	229	$2,226
T66	Jim Carter	78	75	76	+4	+13	229	$2,226
T66	Steve Pate	76	75	78	+6	+13	229	$2,226
70	Tom Purtzer	78	74	78	+6	+14	230	$1,848
71	Jim Thorpe	82	73	76	+4	+15	231	$1,722
72	John Harris	78	76	78	+6	+16	232	$1,596
73	Fuzzy Zoeller	76	76	81	+9	+17	233	$1,470
74	Mike Harwood	81	78	75	+3	+18	234	$1,386
75	Scott Simpson	76	87	79	+7	+26	242	$1,302
76	Bart Bryant	71	71	WD	-	-	142	-
77	Corey Pavin	69	75	WD	-	-	144	-
78	Brian Henninger	75	36	CUT	-	-	111	-
79	Peter Jacobsen	76	WD	WD	-	-	76	-
-	Jeff Sluman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	D.A. Weibring	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Curtis Strange	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

First-round tee times at Players' Championship, TPC Sawgrass on Thursday

Tee times and pairings for Round 1 of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass’ Players Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (all times Eastern):
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Thursday

OFF TEE NO. 1

• 7:15 a.m.: Ricky Barnes, Jason Kokrak, Patton Kizzire
• 7:26 a.m.: Cameron Tringale, Daniel Summerhays, Will Wilcox
• 7:37 a.m.: Freddie Jacobson, Chad Campbell, Matthew Fitzpatrick
• 7:48 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Troy Merritt, Paul Casey
• 7:59 a.m.: J.B. Holmes, Brian Harman, Chesson Hadley
• 8:10 a.m.: Jim Herman, Emiliano Grillo, Brooks Koepka
• 8:21 a.m.: James Hahn, Bill Haas, Ryan Moore
• 8:32 a.m.: Charley Hoffman, Danny Lee, Chris Kirk
• 8:43 a.m.: J.J. Henry, Steven Bowditch, Nick Taylor
• 8:54 a.m.: Jason Dufner, Kevin Kisner, Luke Donald
• 9:05 a.m.: Martin Laird, Jhonattan Vegas, Si Woo Kim
• 9:16 a.m.: Chez Reavie, Kyle Reifers, Zac Blair
• 12:30 p.m.: Kevin Na, Morgan Hoffmann, Chad Collins
• 12:41 p.m.: Jonas Blixt, Sean O’Hair, Adam Hadwin
• 12:52 p.m.: Carl Pettersson, George McNeill, Jason Bohn
• 1:03 p.m.: Robert Streb, Kevin Streelman, Brendon Todd
• 1:14 p.m.: Fabian Gomez, Padraig Harrington, Retief Goosen
• 1:25 p.m.: Zach Johnson, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia
• 1:36 p.m.: Adam Scott, Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar
• 1:47 p.m.: Hideki Matsuyama, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen
• 1:58 p.m.: Bubba Watson, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson
• 2:09 p.m.: Scott Brown, Harold Varner III, Byeong-Hun An
• 2:20 p.m.: Ken Duke, Steve Wheatcroft, Andy Sullivan
• 2:31 p.m.: Mark Wilson, Charles Howell III, Jon Curran

OFF TEE  10

• 7:15 a.m.: Jason Gore, Graham DeLaet, Francesco Molinari
• 7:26 a.m.: Johnson Wagner, Jerry Kelly, Kevin Chappell
• 7:37 a.m.: Gary Woodland, David Hearn, Hudson Swafford
• 7:48 a.m.: Matt Every, Webb Simpson, Ernie Els
• 7:59 a.m.: Tony Finau, Peter Malnati, K.J. Choi
• 8:10 a.m.: Danny Willett, Brandt Snedeker, Justin Rose
• 8:21 a.m.: Martin Kaymer, Henrik Stenson, Phil Mickelson
• 8:32 a.m.: Russell Knox, Jim Furyk, Billy Horschel
• 8:43 a.m.: Branden Grace, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth
• 8:54 a.m.: Chris Stroud, Daniel Berger, Bernd Wiesberger
• 9:05 a.m.: Ian Poulter, Marc Leishman, Bernhard Langer
• 9:16 a.m.: Brendan Steele, Jamie Lovemark, Jeff Overton
• 12:30 p.m.: Boo Weekley, Shawn Stefani, Andres Gonzales
• 12:41 p.m.: Ryan Palmer, Patrick Rodgers, Carlos Ortiz
• 12:52 p.m.: Bryce Molder, William McGirt, Colt Knost
• 1:03 p.m.: Scott Piercy, Ben Martin, Hunter Mahan
• 1:14 p.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Matt Jones, Vijay Singh
• 1:25 p.m.: Brian Stuard, David Lingmerth, John Senden
• 1:36 p.m.: Justin Thomas, Davis Love III, Alex Cejka
• 1:47 p.m.: Smylie Kaufman, Jimmy Walker, Russell Henley
• 1:58 p.m.: Camilo Villegas, Harris English, Keegan Bradley
• 2:09 p.m.: Brendon de Jonge, Erik Compton, Soren Kjeldsen
• 2:20 p.m.: John Huh, Spencer Levin, Rafa Cabrera Bello
• 2:31 p.m.: Greg Owen, Scott Pinckney, Kiradech Aphibarnrat

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More success for the Merchiston Golf Acad

teams after long trip to West Berkshire

        Left to right: Luis Masaveu-Roncal, Cameron Adam, Papon Sawatyanon, Lyle Murdoch.

NEWS RELEASE
On Friday afternoon, the U13 Merchiston Golf Academy team f four boys set out on their 900 mile round trip to London.
Staying in Slough on Friday night, then on to a practice round at Sunningdales Ladies course on Saturday morning for the Junior Open there in June, the boys were  fully prepared for their big ISGA tournament, the inaugural Wellington Salver, on Sunday morning over the picturesque nine-hole Wellington College course in West Berkshire.
With some of the nation's top junior golfers competing individually and, for their school, in the coveted Wellington Salver TeamTrophy, this was always going to be a great test for the young but talented Merchiston boys.
Playing the course "blind", they were somewhat already behind the "black ball" before they even started the round.
However, a little prior intelligence was given to Alan Murdoch, the Merchiston Director of Golf,  by  a "local" Scot (Dave Rennie- past club professional at Wentworth) who told him some background information on the very tricky lay-out.
"Both Merchiston teams really showed their golfing know how and wonderful discipline skills were put to the highest test in such a tantalising golf course and sweltering weather conditions!" said Alan.
"Something too, our boys had not experienced in such along time."
The Merchiston A team of Papon Sawatyanon and Cameron Adam won the Wellington Salver with a total of 159 and the Merchiston B team - Lyle Murdoch and Luis Masaveu-Roncal - were runners up with a total of 165 in the inaugural team school event.
"This was a major win for the Merchiston Golf Academy and the biggest win to date for the U13 team," said Mr Murdoch.
This team has now won its last four events played:
The ISGA U13 Scottish Open
The Loretto Junior Championship and Simmers Cup
The ISGA Scottish National Junior League
and now
 The ISGA  Wellington Salver
Alan Murdoch is naturally delighted with the progress the boys have made since joining the school. 
"All four boys are in their first year at the school, and the progress they have made since their start has been incredible," he said.
"These boys are in a school that allows them to golf potentially every day of the week and still have a full academic programme too.
"It really is a quality environment that these boys are learning in, and that's how progress is made."

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Golf education at forefront of Montrose Links'

agenda: RandA £3,000 help for Jason Boyd 
NEWS RELEASE

Montrose Links, the fifth oldest course in the world conveniently located only 45min from Dundee in the south and 45min from Aberdeen to the north, is a golf haven for locals and tourists alike, creating their own legacyon one of Scotland’s finest links courses.Montrose Links understands the importance of junior golf development and has embarked on a strategy to develop interest and participation from the next generation of our clubs. 
This year Montrose embarks on the beginning of a three-year educational programme to help the little ones create their legacy from an early age, learning about all areas of the game of golf in a fun yet educational format.In order to carry this out, the R and A has awarded Jason Boyd (pictured above), Montrose Links' PGA head professional £3,000 over the next three years, to encourage and create a youthful interest and growth to the the area. 
Boyd says:
 “This funding will help us focus on the children who are interested in sport but not sure about golf, we can take time to teach them all areas from the green keeping to the coaching and everything in between to make them part of the sport and understand it as well as enjoy it and gain the lifeskills the game can offer”Working alongside the primary schools there are a series of educational classes as well as seasonal programmes to allow children to experience the sport inside and out of school time.Jill Smith, a teacher involved in the programme says:
“Children are able to develop their literacy, numeracyand social skills through engaging in a range of carefully planned, stimulating educational experiences which stemmed from the experiences and outcomes contained within a curriculum for excellence. 
"It was super to see Jason actively engaging the children in the evaluation of their experience and using their voice to planfuture lessons”Overall Jason Boyd’s vision is to create a development plan that is progressing full circle from the classroom to the golf course, bringing through the next generation of golfers who will carry on a legacy in their modern and fun way.For more junior development programmes and information contact the team on 01674 672634, professional@montroselinks.com , www.montroselinks.com

Places still available at inaugural West of

Places still available at inaugural West of 

Scotland stroke-play championship

There are still spaces available for the inaugural West Of Scotland Strokeplay Championship, to be played at Loudoun Gowf Club on Sunday 22nd May.

THE WEST OF SCOTLAND

AREA ASSOCIATIONS

PRESENT

THE 2016 WEST OF SCOTLAND

STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

SPONSORED BY

www.thelegalpartnership.net

AT

LOUDOUN GOWF CLUB

BY KIND PERMISSION

ON

SUNDAY 22^nd MAY 2016

(OVER 36 HOLES STROKEPLAY)

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ENTRY FEE £ 15.00

HANDICAP LIMIT: 5

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ENTRY MAY BE LIMITED TO 81 PLAYERS - TO BE BALLOTED BY HANDICAP AFTER THE CLOSING DATE

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SIX PRIZE VOUCHERS WILL BE AWARDED

ON SCRATCH BASIS

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ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE FROM CLUB SECRETARIES

ON THE WEB AT www.ayrshiregolf.blogspot.com

OR THE AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION SECRETARY

ALASDAIR MALCOLM

17 AUCHINCRUIVE AVENUE, PRESTWICK, KA9 2DT

(PLEASE ENCLOSE A STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE)

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PLEASE NOTE : COMPETITORS ARE REQUIRED TO OBEY CLUB RULES REGARDING DRESS

BOTH ON THE COURSE AND IN THE CLUBHOUSE

All players who submitted entires by the closing date of 7th May are included in the field but there are still some places available, which will be filled on a first come first served basis.

The event, sponsored by The Legal partnership, is open to any male member of a club affiliated to the Area Associations of Ayrshire, Dumbartonshire, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and Stitrlingshire, with a handicap of 5 or less.

Entry for the 36 hole event is £15 and entry forms should be available through any Club Secretary, or can be downloaded from the Ayrshire Golf Association web page at www.ayrshiregolf.blogspot.com via the appropriate link under the 'Entry Forms' heading on the left of the page.