Mike Smith (Banks of Ury Hotel, Inverurie) 

sponsors next week's Alliance by £150



Mike Smith, proprietor of the "Banks of Ury" Hotel, 20 High Street, Inverurie AB51 3XQ (telephone 01467 620409) is sponsoring next Wednesday's North-east Alliance at the Newmachar Hawkshill Course to the tune of £150, which breaks down to an extra tenner for each of the 15 prizewinners (five scratch, five Class 1 handicap and five Class 2 handicap).

The provisional tee times for Newmachar will be on display tomorrow morning.

Anyone can follow Mike Smith's example with a £150 sponsorship of a particular NE Alliance meeting.
Contact Joel Hopwood, the new NE Alliance secretary and senior assistant professional at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club.

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Yorkshire and Gloucestershire pull away at English county finals Yorkshire and Gloucestershire pulled away from the field today after both won their third day matches in hot sunshine at English Women’s County Finals at Waterlooville Golf Club, Hampshire.  The Northern champions scored their third straight win, beating Buckinghamshire 7-2 and have amassed 6pts in the championship race. Gloucestershire are chasing them hard and after beating Surrey today, also by 7-2, have 5pts from two wins and a draw. In the day’s other match Norfolk and Staffordshire halved. They both have 2pt, as do Surrey, while Buckinghamshire have one.  Yorkshire won two foursomes and five singles and their play today was notable for a string of big wins. Afterwards the team revealed their secret. It’s chocolate!  Each day the biggest win, morning and afternoon, is rewarded with a bar of chocolate and competition within the team is intense. So far Alison Knowles is leading the sweet stakes with four bars. She and Olivia Winning have picked up three from their foursomes wins - scoring 7/6, 6/4 and 5/4 - and this afternoon she collected a fourth from her 7/6 singles win.  Hannah Holden and Rochelle Morris have also claimed their rewards, while county champion Megan Garland (image © Leaderboard Photography) is pushing hard for a bar. Team captain Dawn Clegg confirmed: “Chocolate is the incentive and it works extremely well!” She went on: “They have been tremendous today, focussed and very intent on the job in hand. They are just amazing.”  Gloucestershire’s captain Andra Knight was equally pleased with her team’s performance which keeps them right in the hunt. "We were absolutely delighted,” she said. “To win is great but to win 7-2 is a fantastic result. It was wonderful to watch such excellent golf, particularly from Alex Giles who played a very tough opponent.”  Gloucestershire won all three foursomes games and their international player, Bethan Popel, quickly added her singles point with a 5/3 win. Giles (pictured left) followed up with a gritty win on the 18th secure the team’s victory.  “I had no idea that I would win the match but it’s pretty cool to have got the point for everyone,” she said. Further wins by Becky Gibbs and Ebonie Lewis extended the scoreline. Norfolk and Staffordshire repeated their result of yesterday with another halved match – with a definite touch of déjà vu as Debbie Warren again decided the overall result for her team. Staffordshire held the early advantage after winning the foursomes 2-1, but Norfolk were hot off the blocks in the afternoon. Amelia Williamson and Ellie Brown won the first two games 5/4, Tracey Williamson added her point on the 16th and Amy Taylor won the last to halve her game.  But once again, Norfolk were thwarted in their efforts for an overall win. Staffordshire’s Morgan Thomas stopped a fightback from her opponent to win 2/1, then, and in the decider, Debbie Warren won the 16th, 17th and 18th to finish two-up.  “It was almost exactly the same finish as yesterday, I was one down with three to play both days. Those last few holes are quite tight and it’s easy to have a shot leak away into the trees and that’s kind of what happened to my opponents.”  Staffordshire captain Julia Gaunt added: “A half is a good result, it’s not a loss and we’ll take it.” For Norfolk captain Tracey Williamson it was a case of: “Nearly but not quite. It was looking promising at one time and it’s a little bit disappointing when you think it’s all going to come together, but that’s golf.”  Tomorrow Buckinghamshire play Surrey, Gloucestershire play Staffordshire; and Yorkshire play Norfolk.  Click here for full scores   Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193

Hazel and Jamie surge into top 10 of Duke of 

York tournament with two-under-par 70s

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) and Jamie Stewart (Old Ranfurly) returned two of the best scores of the day - two-under-par 70s - to surge out of the pack into a share of eighth place in The Duke of York Young Champions' Trophy tournament at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Lancashire.

Both improved by eight strokes on their first-round scores in this 54-hole event at an Open championship venue and are only six shots behind the leader, Markus Braadlie (Norway) who has scored 69-73 for two-under 142 and a one shot lead from Sami Valimaki (Finland) (72-71)
MacGarvie, pictured right, had halves of 35 studded with an eagle 3 at the 433yd 13th and birdies at the long sixth, short 14th and 15th. But for a double bogey 7 at the par-5 17th, the Ayrshire girl would have been within striking distance of the lead.
Stewart, pictured below, started with a double bogey 6 but bounced back with birdies at the fourth, fifth and seventh to turn in 34. He dropped one more shot, at the 10th, before finishing strongly with birdies at two-par 5 holes, the 13th and 17th.

The two other Scots in the field of 49 players did not enjoy such a revival in their fortunes.
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) is tied 32nd after scores of 81 and 78 for 159. Shannon's inward half of 42 included a quadruple bogey 7 at the short 14th.
Scottish U18 boys' champion Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links) ran up a triple bogey 8 at the long 17th on his way to an 81, two worse than his first round. Eric is on 160, sharing 34th place.

THE DUKE OF YORK YOUNG CHAMPIONS TROPHY TOURNAMENT
Royal Birkdale GC, Lancashire
SECOND-ROUND SCORES
Par 144 (2x72)
142 Markus Braadlie (Nor) 69 73
143 Sami Valimaki (Fin) 72 71
145 Rasmus Hojgaard (Den) 71 74
146 Chloe Currie (Can) 74 72, Chiara Tamburlini (Swi) 74 75.

SELECTED SCORES
148 Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) 78 70, Jamie Stewart (Old Ranfurly) 78 70, Julie McCarthy (Ire) 71 77 (T8)
150 Oliver Brown (Wales) 76 74 (T13)
152 Angus Flanagan (Eng) 74 78 (T18)
159 Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) 81 78 (T32)
160 Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links) 79 81 (T34)

Field of 49 players


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CALDY AND DROPS TO TIE FOR 12th

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) was in a challenging position at the Senior British women's open amateur championship today (WED) until she dropped four shots over the closing holes for a first-round score of three-over-par 76 and a share of 12th place at Caldy Golf Club, Lancashire.

Joint leaders on two-under-par 71 are Ireland's Laura Webb (East Berkshire) and Minna Kaarnalahti (Finland), a shot ahead of past champion Ann Lewis (Royal St David's).

Wood, pictured, bogeyed the second but birdies at the fourth and fifth got her out in one-under 35.

She was still one under par with five to play but then bogeyed the 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th for 41 home.

Royal Dornoch's Alison Bartlett had a similar sad story from the back nine. She was two under par for the first six holes but eight over the card for the last 12, finishing with a 79 (36-43) for a share of 34th place.

Fiona De Vries (St Rule) had an 80 to be joint 39th; Margaret Sievwright (Buckpool) an 82 for T52 position; Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) an 83 (T65) and Dawn Yog (North Berwick) an 87 for joint 85th place in a field of 94 players.

The start of play is this 54-hole tournament was delayed until 8.30am because of fog coming in off the Irish Sea but once it cleared it was a "roaster" of a day. 

SENIOR BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Caldy Golf Club, Lancashire

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES

Par 73. SSS 75. CSS 75

71 L Webb (East Berkshire), M Kaarnalahti (Finland)

72 A Lewis (Royal St David's)

73 J Wheeldon (Wakefield), J Brown (Trentham)

74 J Melville (Royal Birkdale), N Croockewit (Netherlands), C Moller (Sweden).

75 S Van Molle (Belgium), M Liberg (Sweden), J Rees (Minchinhampton).

SCOTS' SCORES

76 S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) (T12)

79 A Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) (T34)

80 F DeVries (St Rule) (T39)

82 M Sievwright (Buckpool) (T52)

83 A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) (T65)

87 D Young (North Berwick) (T85)

Field of 94 players

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Hutcheon wins Carnegie Invitational for third 

time - by three shots at Skibo Castle


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Greig Hutcheon  (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Inchmarlo) scored his third win in the £59,000 Carnegie Invitational at the Skibo Castle course today, a five-under-par total of 137 winning him the £6,000 first prize by three strokes.
Alastair Forsyth (Mearns Castle), Graham Fox (Clydeway Golf) and Stephen Gray (Lanark) tied for second place on 140 and earned £4,000 each.
Hutcheon's previous wins in the lucrative tournament were achieved in 2007 and 2010.
Greig's final round started inauspiciously with bogeys at the first two holes but he snapped into title-winning gear with birdies at the long third, short fourth, long fifth and seventh to turn in 33 (two under par). 
More birdies followed, at the short 13th, long 15th and 17th, and bogeys at the 16th and long 18th only reduced his winning margin.
Fox (72-68) had six birdies, including the 17th and 18th, in halves of 34 while Forsyth (67-73) ran up a double bogey 7 at the closing hole for 38 home.
Gray, the 2014 winner, had rounds of 71 and 69.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
137 G Hutcheon (PLGC Inchmarlo) 69 68
140 A Forsyth (Mearns Castle) 67 73, G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 72 69, S Gray (Lanark) 71 69.
141 N Fenwick (Dunbar) 69 72.
142 P O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure) 72 70, P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 70 72
144 A Tait (Dalmahoy) 72 72
145 K Hutton (Downfield) 71 74, G McBain (Newmachar) 71 74
147 S Henderson (Kings Links) 74 73, C Ronald (Carluke) 71 76, J McCreadie (Largs) 74 73
148 G Law (Uphall) 73 75
154 S McAllister (McAllister Golf) 75 79
156 D Reasoner (unatt) 77 79
162 D Thomson (Carnegie Club) 80 82

Marshall law! Andrew beats Sagar in Dubai 

Open play-off

Andrew Marshall beat fellow English tour professional Adam Sagar with a birdie at the first play-off hole to win the Dubai Open after they had tied with eight-under-par 54-hole totals of 208. 
Sagar shot a final-round 68 to make up ground on Marshall who closed with a 73 but Marshall prevailed in "extra time).
Scottish boys stroke play champion Rayhan Thomas, Dubai-based India-born teenager, slumped with a third-round 76 to finish tied ninth on 213.
Daniel Kay (Dunbar) and Aberdeen-born amateur Daniel Hendry tied for 17th place on 218.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
208 A Marshall (Eng) 68 67 73, A Sagar (Eng) 68 72 68 (Marshall won sudden-death play-off)
210 Y El Hassani (Mor) 68 71 71, S Casabona-Navarro (Spa) 71 69 70, F Lindblom (Swe) 67 73 70, A Costa (Chile) 70 70 70 

SELECTED TOTALS
213 R Thomas (India) (am) 69 68 76 (T9)
218 D Kay (Sco) 72 71 75, D Hendry (Sco) (am) 71 76 71 (T17)
228 Z Scotland (Eng) 73 75 80 (T48)

Anybody seen Nick Robson's missing putter? Reward
if you can help find it

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Aberdeen businessman Nick Robson has had a great season as an over-50 golfer. He made his international debut in the Scotland team that won the European senior amateur team title in Slovernia, finished third in the Scottish Senior Golf Society Order of Merit, was leading amateur in the Aberdeen Masters at Meldrum House ... and lots more besides!
Despite all that Nick is not a happy man.

"I have had a putter gone missing. It's a unique one, a Scotty Cameron which is easily recognisable by the custom paint infill on the back and on the neck , unlike any other putter," says Meldrum House Golf Club member Nick, pictured below.

"It has a value of about £400 but that's irrelevant. It is one of the most important clubs in my bag
"I have a picture of this putter and wondered if it would be possible to display it on www.scottishgolfview.com and offer a reward for information leading to the recovery of the putter." 

+If you can help reunite Nick with his putter, Email the info to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

John Duff chalks up another N E Alliance 

win with a 68 at Kemnay

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
John Duff left his EuroPro Tour form well behind him as he returned to his happy hunting ground - the North-east Golfers' Alliance, where he is a prolific winner.

At Kemnay today, Duff, pictured at a previous winning venue,  a professional attached to the club of which he was an amateur member, Newmachar Golf Club,  headed a field of 94 with a three-under-par 68 to win the top pro prize of £150 by two shots from Sean Lawrie (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre), nephew of Paul Lawrie, who earned the £120 runner-up prize.
David Law (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) and Ross Cameron (Saltire Energy) tied for third place with pars 71s, earning £80 each.
Duff was three over par with bogeys at the third, fifth and seventh - and then covered his last 11 holes in six under par with birdies at the eighth and ninth, an eagle 3 at the 11th and further birdies at the 15th and 18th for contrasting halves of 37 and 31.
"I really took advantage of the par 5s - having three good eagle chances, and then I finished the round by almost holing my tee shot at the last which set up a nice 2 at the 18th!" said John.
Sean Lawrie had an eagle 3 at the eighth and birdies at the first and 15th in halves of 35. Bogeys at the second, sixth and 17th prevented him from challenging Duff for first place.

SCRATCH SCORES
Par 71
68 J Duff (Newmachar) 37-31 (£150)
70 Sean Lawrie (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) 35-35 (£120)
71 D Law (PLGC) 39-32, R Cameron (Saltire Energy) 35-36 (£80 each)
72 C Lawrie (PLGC) 35-37 (£50), I Still (Craibstone) 36-36
73 K Daglish (Portlethen) 37-36, J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen) 37-36, K Duncan (PLGC) 34-39
74 G Munro (Fraserburgh) 38-36, A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 36-38, K Beveridge (Kippie Lodge) 39-35
75 A Smith (Turriff) 37-38, F Milne (Banchory) 38-37, C Dempster (PLGC) 39-36, R Mitchell (PLGC) 40-35
76 S Mackie (Kemnay) 40-36, R Tulloch (Kemnay) 37-39.
77 N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 40-37, S Hanson (PLGC) 40-37, B Nicholson (Hazlehead) 36-41, C Law (Kings Links) 40-37, S Griffiths (Duff House Royal) 39-38, J Borthwick (Craibstone) 39-38
78 M Allan (Hazlehead) 42-36, C Nelson (Mackenzie Shop) 41-37, B Fyfe (PLGC) 39-39, G Paterson (Northern) 38-40, J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen) 41-37, I Bratton (Bratton Golf) 37-41, P Craig (Kintore) 38-40, M Lawrie (PLGC) 43-35, P Morrison (Oldmeldrum) 39-39, D Brown (Kemnay) 41-37
79 P McKenna (PLGC) 38-41, D Adam (Oldmeldrum) 40-39
80 L Smart (Banchory) 41-39, C Duffus (Kemnay)40-40
81 W Skene (Deeside) 43-38
82 M Downie (Portlethen) 42-40, S Davidson (Northern) 40-42, D Leslie (Bon Accord) 41-41, A Graham (Aboyne) 41-41, M Lawrie (Kemnay) 42-40
83 M Donaldson (Inverurie) 40-43, G Riley (Craibstone) 41-42, S Finnie (Royal Aberdeen) 42-41, M Merchant (Newmachar) 46-37
84 J Scott (Peterculter) 40-44
85 H Roulston (Stonehaven) 45-40
86 R Reid (Tarland) 47-39, G Chalmers (Alford) 45-41, D Wright (Portlethen) 44-42, D Lane (Deeside), G Cochrane (Kemnay) 42-44, R Lamb (Newmachar) 41-45
87 T Boyle (Portlethen) 43-44, G McLaggan (Bon Accord) 46-41, R Denning (Inverurie) 43-44.
88 P Cheyne (Northern) 39-49, R Davidson (Caledonian) 45-43, W Beattie (Craibstone) 47-41, J Scott (Peterculter) 40-44
89 R Brown (Kemnay) 44-45, M Smith (Inverurie) 51-38, R Duncan (Deeside) 44-45, S Allison (Caledonian) 42-47, D Cassie (Nigg Bay) 46-43, P Low (Craibstone) 45-44
90 H Macnaughtan (Cruden Bay) 43-47, J Hosie (Kemnay) 45-45
91 N Chisholm (Kemnay) 47-44, L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen) 47-44, A Clark (Newmachar) 52-39, J Stewart (Banchory) 48-43, D McKay (Caledonian) 46-45, J Barclay (Hazlehead) 43-48
92 D Booth (Tarland) 45-47.
93 R Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen) 49-44
95 M Rendall (Stonehaven) 48-47
96 D Townsley (Peterculter) 46-50
99 M Brown (Kemnay) 51-48, J Forrest (Northern) 50-49
101 W Clarke (Tarland) 47-54 , L Roger (Royal Aberdeen) 49-52, B Lumsden (Northern) 52-49
NRs G Adamson (Stonehaven), C Grant (Portlethen), R Macrae (Newmachar), G Homer (Bon Accord), D Craigie (Portlethen), G Mackie (Caledonian), J  Crawford (Craibstone), G Allan (Newmachar).
DQ G Esson (Portlethen)

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - I Still (Craibstone) (3) 69; R Tulloch (Kemnay) (5) bih, P Craig (Kintore) (7) 71; A Smith (Turriff) (3) 72; S Mackie (Kemnay) (3) 73.
Class 2 - M Allan (Hazlehead) (10) bih, S Davidson (Northern) (14) 68; R Brown (Kemnay) (17) 72; R Denning (Inverurie) (13) 74; D Wright (Northern) (11) 75.

BEST SCORECARDS

JOHN DUFF 68 (-3)
OUT: 4-5-4 4-5-3 5-4-3  37
   IN:  3-3-4 4-3-4 4-4-2  31

SEAN LAWRIE 70 (-1)
OUT: 3-6-3 4-4-4 4-3-4  35
    IN: 3-5-4 4-3-4 4-5-3  35

 Heather top Brit at Caledonia Golf and Fish Club

Heather Munro from Monifieth, a third-year student at Elon University, North Carolina, finished the top British player in a field of 80 players at the Golfweek Program Challenge at the quaintly-named Caledonia Golf and Fish Club, Pawley's Island, South Carolina.

Over a par 71 course of 6,042yd, Scotland international Heather, pictured, had rounds of 73, 75 and 77 for 225 and a share of 24th place,15 shots behind the winner by three, Anna Magnusson (Morehead State) 71-67-72 for three-under 210).
Anglo-Scot Paige Kemp (Stetson University) from Essex - her mother is Scottish - shot 84, 78 and 78 for 240 and a T56 finish.
Stetson team-mate Eilidh Watson from Dollar finished 67th on 243 with three rounds of 81.
Olivia Jay (Radford University) from York came 77th on 257 with rounds of 82, 86 and 89.
Boston College (865) pipped Campbell University (866) for the team title.
Stetson (927) finished 11th and Elon (944) 13th.

Fiona Liddell T11 on debut for Baylor University

Former Scottish girls champion Fiona Liddell finished tied 11th on her debut for Baylor University, Texas at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire women's college tournament at the University of New Mexico championship course (par 72; 6,317yd) at Albuquerque.

Fiona (pictured) had rounds of 71, 72 and 69 for a four-under-par total of 212 - 16 shots behind the winner, Esther Lee (Colorado) who had a record-equalling score of 61 in the first round and following it up with rounds of 69 and 68 for an 18-under-par aggregate of 196.
Jessica Carty (Denver), a final year student from Holywood, Belfast, shot 77, 68 and 72 for 217 and a share of 25th place.
Elizabeth Prior (UNLV) from Surrey tied 65th with Sophie Newlove (Denver) from Nottingham on 226. Elizabeth had rounds of 76, 74 and 76; Sophie 79, 75 and 72.
Lauren Whyte (Denver) from St Andrews tied for 70th place in a field of 93. She scored 78, 74 and 75 for 227.
GB and I Curtis Cup player Olivia Mehaffey from Northern Ireland was unable to make her debut for Arizona State as she is in Mexico for the Espirito Santo Trophy women's world amateur team championship tournament this week.
Oklahoma State (844) won the team title at Albuquerque with Arizona State (853) second and Baylor (854) third. Denver (881) fiished 13th of 16 and UNLV (897) 15th