Molinari holds off Willett to win Italian Open

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Francesco Molinari held his nerve in a final-day battle with Danny Willett to claim a historic victory at the Italian Open.
The home hero recorded a closing 65 to get to 22 under and beat Willett by one shot, becoming the first Italian to win his national Open twice since the event became part of the European Tour in 1972.
The 2006 champion also became the first Italian to win any European Tour event twice as he claimed his fourth win and his first since the 2012 Reale Seguros Open de España
Followed by an enormous gallery, Molinaro turned in 31 and held a four-shot lead with six holes to play but Masters Tournament winner Willett is made of stern stuff and went birdie-eagle on the 13th and 14th to cut the gap to one.

There were nervy moments from both players in the closing stretch but Molinari held on to become the second home player to win their national Open in as many weeks after Joost Luiten's victory at the KLM Open.
"It's been a rollercoaster," he said. "It's amazing to see this amount of people out here supporting me.
"I had the ideal start, I couldn't start any better. When I birdied 12 I got four shots [clear] and thought maybe I could relax a bit and I got punished straight away. Coming in I had nothing left, I was just playing with my soul.
"I was hitting horrible shots but somehow I managed to bring it in."
Spaniard Nacho Elvira and England's Chris Paisley shared third at 18 under, two shots clear of English pair Richard Bland and David Horsey.
Molinari put his approach on the first to 15 feet and holed a curling right-to lefter for an eagle and a two-shot lead.
Willett responded with a birdie on the second but Molinari followed him in from five feet and sent the home crowd into raptures once more.
An approach to tap-in range on the fourth from Willett cut the gap to one but Molinari holed a 15-footer on the sixth and then chipped to two feet on the ninth to turn with a three-shot lead.
Willett missed a golden chance to apply the pressure after putting his approach to three feet on the 11th and Molinari punished him on the next, putting his tee-shot to six feet and moving four ahead.
There was a two-shot swing on the next, though, as Molinari left his second shot short of the green and missed from three feet with Willett making a birdie.

Molinari picked a shot back up on the 14th but Willett hit a stunning second shot to 12ft for an eagle and all of a sudden, the gap was cut to one.

Both men were ragged off the tee on the last but Molinari produced a sensational approach and Willett a brilliant clutch putt for a pair of pars that sparked emotional celebrations.

Elvira finished with a 65 while Paisley recorded a 68, with countrymen Bland and Horsey signing for rounds of 69 and 65 respectively.
Spanish duo Jorge Campillo and Alejandro Cañizares were then at 15 under alongside England's Tommy Fleetwood, Scot Scott Jamieson and Frenchman Alexander Levy.

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Defending champion Sheena through to last four at Blairgowrie



Defending champion Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies and North) is through to the semi-finals of the Scottish Veteran Ladies Golf Association match-play championship.
Over the Blairgowrie Lansdownie course today, Sheena beat Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch and Highland) 1 hole.
In the other ties,  Gillian Kyle (West) beat Lorna McKinlay (Midland 6 and 5, while Fiona Hunter (Galloway) beat Venetia Scott (Borders) 5 and 4.
In Monday morning's semi-finals, Sheena will play Gillian Kyle (West) while Jennifer Bryans (East), who received a bye in the quarter-finals, will play Fiona Hunter (Galloway).

 

Dunbartonshire double win over Lanarkshire

                        Lanarkshire youths team today at Carnwath 

Dunbartonshire started the West of Scotland Inter County A and Youth leagues with a double victory over newly crowned Scottish champions Lanarkshire. 

The A Team won 6.5-1.5 at Hilton Park and the Youth team triumphed 4.5-3.5 at Carnwath.

Results A Team

Steven Stewart (Clydebank) bt Gordon Yates (Colville Park) 1 hole.

David Lindsay (Lenzie) halved with Kenny Gallacher (East Kilbride).

Andy Campbell (Dumbarton) halved with Ross Hinshelwood    (East Kilbride)

Ian Mclellan (Clober) halved with Graham Rankin (Drumpellier)

Scott Moore (Clydebank) bt Keith Turnbull (Larkhall) 2 and 1.

Chris Prior (Bearsden) bt W S O Sharpe (Hamilton) 5 and 3.

Craig Bisset (Dumbarton) bt Dylan Burt (Bellshill) 2 holes.

Richard Bridges (Dumbarton) bt Fraser Kane (Kirkhill) 2 and 1.
  

Youth Team results

John Woodhead (East Kilbride) bt Rhys  Thomson (Palacerigg) 3 and 1.

Callum Connacher (Wishaw) halved with Gavin Roger (Clober)

David  Fair (Hamilton) halved with Kieran Hughes (Hilton Park)

Kieran McVicar (East Kilbride) lost to Donel Hair (Hayston) 1 hole

Jonathan Torrance (Drumpellier) halved with Stewart Boyd   (Hayston)

Jack McMorris (East Kilbride) bt Calum Smith (Dumbarton) 4 and 3.

Scott MacPherson (Bothwell Castle) lost to Daniel Finnigan   (Dumbarton) 6 and 4.
Scott Thomson (Mount Ellen) lost to Neil Stewart (Clober) 4 and 3.

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WRIGHT ON! JEFF IS NORTH CHAMPION 

OF CHAMPIONS AT BRORA

Picture line up at Brora left to right: Bryan Fotheringham Forres, Donald Sutherland (Captain ,Brora Golf Club) and  Jeff Wright (Forres). Picture by Robin Wilson.

Jeff Wright (Forres) won the North District champion of champions' 36-hole tournament at Brora Golf Club today (Sunday).

Wright had two rounds of four-under-par 66 for an impressive total of eight-under 132 to head a field of 19 players.

He won by eight shots from his clubmate Bryan Fotheringham who scored 71 and 69.
Two other players, Jamie MacKintosh (Nairn) and John Forbes (Inverness) also totalled 140. Fotheringham had a better second round than both while MacKintosh had a better last six than Forbes.
MacKintosh and Forbes both scored 69-71.

ALL THE TOTALS
par 140 (2x70) Yardage: 6,211. CSS 70 70
132 Jeff Wright (Forres)  66 66

140 Bryan Fotheringham (Forres) 71 69 (better second round), Jamie Mackintosh (Nairn) 69 71 (better last 6),  John Forbes (Inverness) 69 71
142 Jonathon Keith (Inverness) 72 70
143 Darren Hexley (Golspie) 72 71
146 Chris Gaittens (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 76 70, Jordan Milne (Elgin) 75 71 
147 Keven Bartlett (Strathpeffer) 73 74
149 Kieran MacKay (Tain) 78 71 
150 Douglas YThorburn (Thurso) 74 76, Steven Rendal (Kirkwall) 73 77
152 Alan Larnach (Wick) 77 75
155 Calum Scott 81 74. 
157 Jake Williamson 79 78
158 David Pearson (Royal Dornoch) 79 79, Andrew Moir 82 76.
167 John Dingwall (Kinloss) 85 82
No show: David Borthwick (Kingussie)

 Wright missed chance of new Brora record

By ROBIN WILSON

Jeff Wright (Forres) ticked off another successful season when he won the inaugural North District Champions of Champions tournament played over James Braid's classic links at Broraon Sunday.

Most of the district's champions were in attendance and also entitled to take part were individual club champions although the representation of these was disappointing, just 13 champions accepting the invitation from a possible 61 – Jonathon Keith (Inverness), Kieran MacKay (Tain), Darren Hexley (Golspie), Alan Larnoch (Wick), John Dingwall (Kinloss), David Borthwick (Kingussie), David Pearson (Royal Dornoch), Bryan Fotheringham (Forres) Douglas Thorburn (Thurso) Kevin Bartlet (Strathpeffer Spa), Jordan Milne (Elgin) Steven Rendal (Kirkwall)  and Chris Gaittens (Fortrose and aRosemarkie) were those who played. 

The North executive will continue with the competition in the hope it will rise in stature as it will entitle the winner qualification into the prestigious annual Scottish Champion of Champions' event.

Earning his place into next season's Scottish event is the Brora winner from Sunday, Jeff Wright (Forres). His participation at Brora was the reward for winning the North's 72 Hole David Blair Championship last month at Inverness. 

At Inverness Wright broke par in three of his four rounds and at Brora, playing the course for  the first time, he broke par twice, two 66s for an eight-shot win over his club mate and Forres club champion, Bryan Fotheringham.

Fotheringham is a joint course record holder at Brora, his 65 set earlier in the season in the James Braid tournament with Chris Mailley (Royal Dornoch). Wright just missed matching the record in the first round with his five birdie and one bogey card of 66 (34-32) but in round two he had a new record in his grasp at seven under par with just two holes to play.

Wright was one under par through six holes and two under after nine before staring his inward half by almost holing his second shot from the rough at the 10^th hole. His eagle did come at the par five 11^th hole after holing from twenty feet and he proceeded to seven under par with successive birdies on the 14^th and 15th holes. 

Parring the 16th, he missed the green with his second to the 17^th to take a bogey 5 but still only required a final hole par three to set a new record of 64.

Unfortunately Wright's  tee shot came up short and ended up in the deep hollow below the green. Like so many other before him his half-hit wedge rolled back to his feet for him to result in the inevitable double bogey 5 for his second 66 in two halves of 33.

Forres champion, Fotheringham, bogeyed the last three holes in his opening 71 (33-38) but broke par in round two with a 69 ((34-35). His improved second round claimed second place on 140 aggregate count back over the North's Under-18 Order of Merit winner Jamie MacKintosh (The Nairn) (69-71). He pipped the North Order of Merit winner John Forbes (Inverness), also 69 and 71, the separation going down to their final six holes, MacKintosh 21 to Forbes' 23.       

Jack Pirie beats Michael Lawrie in final

Hazlehead's Jack Pirie beat the favourite, Michael Lawrie (Deeside), by 2 and 1 at Newmachar Golf Club today (Sunday) in the final of the Paul Lawrie Foundation scratch match-play tournament.

Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne), pictured below receiving her trophy from Paul Lawrie, defeated Emma Logie by 7 and 6 in the 36-hole girls' scratch final.

RESULTS:

First round - Jack Pirie bt Ryan Bruce 5 and 4, Nicholas Black bt Cameron Carnegie 3 and 2, Matthew Long bt Cameron gRay 1 hole, Brad Murray bt Kevin Duncan 3 and 2, Craig Leith bt Liam Strath 5 and 3.

Quarter-finals - Pirie bt Sam Locke 1 hole, Ethan Ross bt Blsack 2 and 1, Michael Lawrie bt Long 4 and 3, Leith bt Murray 5 and 3.

Semi-finals - Pirie bt Ross 6 and 5, Lawrie bt Leith 2 and 1.

Final - Pirie bt Lawrie 2 and 1

South Korean sets Major scoring record in winning the Evian

In Gee Chun made history today en route to claiming her second major championship title in a wire-to-wire victory at The Evian Championship in France. 
The LPGA Tour rookie set a new major championship scoring record – male or female – with a four-day total of 21-under par 262 with rounds of 63-65-65-69. She finished four shots clear of compatriots So Yeon Ryu and Sung Hyun Kim.
Jodi Ewart Shadoff from England finished T12 on 279 with rounds of 73 71 64 and 71.
Catriona Matthew finished T36 on 284 with scores of 73, 70, 72 and 69.
Charley Hull has rounds of 71, 70, 73 and 74 for 288 and a share of 52nd position.

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Sandy Pypey Young Masters at Royal Dornoch

Ross Munro goes four shots clear with a 65 

Ross Munro (Duddingston) has opened up a commanding four-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Sandy Pipey Young Masters 36-hole tournament at Royal Dornoch Golf Club.
Munro shot a five-under-par 65 with birdies at the first, ninth, 11th, 13th, 16th and 17th in halves of 33 and 32. He also bogeyed the 18th.
His nearest challenger is Eastwood's Steven Maxwell with halves of 33 and 36 for a 69. He birdied the second, seventh and 17th but bogeyed the 12th and 15th.

FIRST ROUND
par 70
65 R Munro (Duddingston)
69 S Maxwell (Eastwood)
70 C Marr (Musselburgh)
71 A Welsh (Cathkin Braes), G Forbes (Mar Hall), S Speirs (Swanston New), P O'Hara (North Lanark Leisure).
72 J Bell (Lanark), R Tinker (Piperdam), C Adam (unatt), C Billows (Gleneagles).
73 S Ross (Aberdour), E MacDonald (Musselburgh)
74 J Gallagher (Westerwood), R Clarke (Golf Dedication Centre), S Binning (Mearns Castle), K Zeynalov (Portlethen), R Black (Inverness), S O'Hara (North Lanark Leisure), J Treasurer (Loch Ness).
75 G Hay (Grantown on Spey), D Stein (Ranfurly Castle), C Goodwin (Duff House Royal), M Owenson (Gullane), T Ogilvie (Dukes), O Robertson (Panmure), M O'Donnell (unatt)
76 S Gillies (Craigielaw), E Bowden (North Berwick), P Mitchell (Stirling), R McKen (Trump International).
77 N Gardiner (Kilmacolm), S Milne (Balbirnie Park), C Farrell (Cradross), C Robinson (Elderslie), C Porciani (Trump Turnberry), D Ramsay (Moray), G Foley (Royal Troon), A Hutchison (Douglas Park).

(no 78s)

79 J J Fraser (unatt), I Anderson (Colville Park), G McDougall (Elie Links), D Grindell (Inverness), A Pillans (unatt)
80 K Moran (Balbirnie Park), J Ferrie (Hilton Park), S Watters (Balbirnie Park).
81 C Nairn (unatt), S Smith (Loretto).
82 C Beveridge (Gailes), A Todd (Downfield), K McNiven (Gleneagles), P McKenna (Paul Lawrie GC)
83 S Wilson (Carrick on Loch Lomond), S Rose (Aberdour), D Lee (unatt)
84 R Delaney (Ladybank)
88 Linzi Adam (West Kilbride)
92 D Flannery (Caldwell)
96 Jennifer Potter (Cawder).

STEVEN O'HARA WINS YOUNG MASTERS PRO-AM AT DORNOCH WITH A 68

Steven O'Hara earned the bragging rights over his younger brother Paul in the Sandy Pipey Young Masters pro-am at Royal Dornoch on Saturday.

Steven shot a two-under-par 68 to have the best individual score - by two shots - in a big field while Paul shot a seven-over 77.

Steven had birdies at the first, eighth, 12th, 13th and 17th in halves of 34. He bogeyed the second, 10th and 11th.

Three players shared second place on the par 70 mark - Sam Binning (Mearns Castle), Greg McBain (Newmachar), Alan Welsh (Cathkin Braes).

Graham Forbes (Mar Hall), one of the last men to finish, led the winning pro-am team with a net score of 15-under 125 The amateurs were Trevor Mackay (handicap 5), Craig Mackay (scratch) and Donald McKenzie (12).

 

Clubgolf winners for the junior section with a 17-under-par total of 123 were the Tain Juniors: Sean Kennedy (handicap 10), Scott MacDougal (10) and Padraig Murray (15) with pro Ryan Delaney)   

 

SANDY PIPEY YOUNG MASTERS PRO-AM

Royal Dornoch Golf Club

PRO SCORES

par 70

68 S O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure).

70 S Binning (Mearns Castle), G McBain (Newmachar), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes)

71 K Zeynalov (Portlethen), S Speirs (Swanston New), C Marr (Musselburgh).

72 G Dingwall (Royal Dornoch), M Owenson (Gullane), G Forbes (Mar Hall).

(no 73s)

74 P McKenna (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre), S Morrison (Tain), C Goodwin (Duff House Royal).

75 R Black (Inverness), A Hutchison (Douglas Park), C Porciani (Trump Turnberry), S Fay (Royal Dornoch), D STein (Ranfurly Castle), R Clarke (Golf Dedication Centre).

76 C Billows (Gleneagles), A Fleming (Univ of Highlands & Islands).

77 P O'Hara (North Lanarkshire Leisure)

78 A Rodd (Downfield), R Munro (Duddingston)

79 D Ramsay (Moray).

80 J Treasurer (Loch Ness), S Ross (Aberdour), J Gallagher (Westerwood)

81 C Farrell (Cardross)

83 S Maxwell (Eastwood), C Beveridge (Gailes)

84 K McNiven (Gleneagles)

86 J Ferrie (Hilton Park).

Scottish Club Championship Grand Final

Balmore's double whammy at Stranraer

Balmore Golf Club scored a double whammy at today's TSG Scottish men's club championship over 36 holes at Stranraer Golf Club.
Balmore won the team title, finising two shots ahead of runners-up Cawder and a Balmore member, Chris Maclean, won the individual title by three shots.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70). SSS 72. CSS 74 
INDIVIDUAL
137 C Maclean (Balmore) 70 67
140 A Fairbairn (Cawder) 70 70
142 D Dougan (Airdrie) 68 74
144 G Miller (Cawder) 73 71
145 J Wilson (Balmore) 72 73
148 D Sommerville (St Andrews) 78 70, A Birdsall (Dumfries and Co) 74 74, J Stewart (Old Ranfurly) 73 75
149 S M Wilson (Forfar) 75 74, G Bolton (Rothesay) 73 76
150 C Fyfe (Cawder) 79 71.

TEAMS
282 Balmore
284 Cawder
294 Airdrie
300 St Andrews, Old Ranfurly, Forfar

 

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Dumfriesshire beat the odds - and Aberdeenshire 

- to win Scottish title for first time

            Jim Burns of "Scottish Golf" and the happy Dumfriesshire team and officials. 

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Dumfriesshire unexpectedly beat Aberdeenshire 5-4 in the title decider between the two 100% winning sides on the third and final day at Aboyne Golf Club today.
And so a county with only 10 golf clubs from whom to choose their team were crowned Scottish women's county champions for the first time since the champions of the South Division were admitted to the finals in the 1972.
The Doonhamers gained what proved to be the decisive edge by taking the morning foursomes 2-1 when Sammy Leslie and Shannon McWilliam were the only home winners.
Aberdeenshire needed to take the afternoon's six singles by a two-point margin to overturn the deficit and win the title for the first time since 1986.
With three singles to finish, the overall score was level at 3-3 with Aberdeenshire ahead in two of the ties still to be settled. 
Shire county champion Sammy Leslie, one up after 14 on Jordana Graham, could not hold her opponent at bay over the closing holes and Graham's one-hole victory tipped the sales in Dumfriesshire's favour.
Mirren Fraser, only 17, got the winning fifth point by beating Carol Wilson 4 and 2, and Dumfriesshire could afford to lose the last singles tie to finish, Donna Pocock beating Katie Malcolm  by one hole.
The joint MVPs of the tournament with six wins out of six apiece were the Dumfriesshire pair of Gemma Batty and her foursomes partner Jordana Graham. Mirren Fraser, only 17, was not far behind with 5.5pt out of six.
All in all a splendid performance by the South of Scotland champions.
Midlothian finished third, thanks to a 5.5-3.5 win over Dunbartonshire and Argyll today.
D and A did not win a match over the three days.

 Day 3 results

ABERDEENSHIRE 4, DUMFRIESSHIRE 5
FOURSOMES  (1-2)
S Leslie and S McWilliam bt E Greenlees and K McCracken 3 and 2
C Wilson and R Polson lost to G Batty and J Graham 4 and 3
D Pocock and J Mackintosh lost to  D Macdonald and M Fraser 2 and 1

SINGLES (3-3)
Polson bt Greenlees 4 and 2.
L Anderson lost to Batty 4 and 2.
McWilliam bt Macdonald 3 and 2.
Leslie lost to Graham 1 hole.
Wilson lost to Fraser 4 and 2
Pocock bt K Malcolm 1 hole.

DUNBARTONSHIRE and ARGYLL 3.5, MIDLOTHIAN 5.5

FOURSOMES (1.5-1.5)
A Laing and L McClymont lost to K McIntosh and K Marshall 6 and 5
F Rattray and L Macdonald halved with A McBride and C Steedman
C Hargan and J Farrell bt W Nicholson and H Scott 2 holes

SINGLES  (2-4)
Farrell lost to McIntosh 2 and 1.
Rattray bt Marshall 2 holes
Hargan lost to  K Ferguson-Snedden 1 hole
L Campbell lost to Nicholson 7 and 6
L McGeachy lost to McBride 6 and 5
Laing bt Fraser 4 and 3.

HOW THEY FINISHED
Dumfriesshire   P3 W3 D0 L0 18-9           3pt
Aberdeenshire  P3 W2 D0 L1  16.5-10.5  2pt
Midlothian        P3 W1 D0 L2  12-15        1pt
D and Argyll     P3 W0 D0 L3  7.5-19.5    0pt

MOST SUCCESSFUL PLAYERS
Dumfriesshire: 6 wins: Gemma Batty and Jordana Graham; 5.5pt Mirren Fraser; 4.5pt Diane Macdonald.
Aberdeenshire: 4 wins out of 4 games: Shannon McWilliam; 4 wins from 6 games: Sammy Leslie.
Midlothian: 4 wins Karen Ferguson-Snedden; 3.5pt Katie McIntosh.
Dunbartonshire and Argyll: 2.5pt Fiona Rattray.

Next year's Scottish county finals will be played at an East Division venue.

Runners-up Aberdeenshire won the E J Morrison Trophy. They were also runners-up in 2013 after tieing with Midlothian and then losing a countback of individual games won.

    Picture by Karen Stalker, the Aberdeenshire sec.

"Beef" Johnston now two off pace in Web.com 

Tour's Finals event

FROM ESPN.COM
After scorching the Hillcrest Country Club course with opening rounds of 63 and 66, Andrew "Beef" Johnston could manage only a 70 on Saturday, falling from a two-shot 36-hole lead to being two shots off the pace after 54 holes of the second Web.com Tour's Finals event.
With 18 holes to play in Boise, Idaho, the jovial, burly, bearded Englishman is alone in fourth place, two shots behind co-leaders Michael Thompson and Scott Stallings and one shot behind Miguel Angel Carballo.
“It was slightly frustrating for me today," Johnston told PGATour.com. "I just felt like I did everything very average.”
After the conclusion of the four-event Web.com Tour Finals, 25 PGA Tour cards will be awarded. Johnston tied for 28th in the first event, and stands to move up significantly if he remains high on the leaderboard.
Johnston, who burst into the golf world's consciousness by winning this year's Spanish Open and placing eighth in The Open, made as many bogeys - four, including one on the 18th hole - as he did in the first two rounds. He was even par for the day when he went to the 15th hole. He drove just over the back of the 293-yard par-4, left his eagle chip just short and tapped in for birdie, smiling and giving the crowd a thumb's up.
At the par-5 16th he hit his drive a mammoth 386 yards, but missed the green from 174. Still, he was able to get up and down for birdie and close within one shot of the lead.
After parring the par-3 17th, he pulled his drive into the left rough on the closing par-4. He was able to muscle an iron onto the fringe, but he needed three more strokes to finish.
Johnston was asked about the possibility of making the 2018 European Ryder Cup team. “Chaos!" he exclaimed. "I’d love it, man. I’d have loved to play in this one in the States. I think it would have been really difficult for you guys,” he joked. “That’s what you want to do. You grow up watching it and you want to be a part of things like that.”

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Paul Broadhurst in second place at Pebble 

Beach behind Kevin Sutherland

PEBBLE BEACH, California. -- Kevin Sutherland birdied four of his last six holes at Pebble Beach for a 4-under 68 and the second-round lead in the US PGA Tour Champions' Nature Valley First Tee Open.
The 52-year-old Sutherland had an 8-under 135 total for a one-stroke lead over Paul Broadhurst, the Englishman who won the Senior British Open at Carnoustie in July.
From Sacramento, Sutherland is winless on the 50-and-over tour after winning once on the PGA Tour. In 2014, he set the senior tour record with a 13-under 59 in the Dick's Sporting Goods Open.
"This is always a special place to me," Sutherland said. "Being a northern California guy, Pebble is the mecca of golf for northern California golfers. The whole Carmel/Monterey area is always a special place, so to win any tournament here is quite an accomplishment and will definitely feel great."
Broadhurst followed his opening 66 with a 70 at Poppy Hills.
"Really enjoy the course," Broadhurst said. "Played it on Wednesday with Bernhard Langer in practice and really, really enjoy the course. Played a lot harder today. It was pretty calm on Wednesday. Today, it's quite a bit of wind out there, so makes it tricky."
Some players were unable to finish before dark. France's Jean Van de Velde was the top player still on the course at 3 under with two holes left.
Playing in the morning, Sutherland began his run on the par-4 fourth and also birdied the par-5 sixth, par-3 seventh and par-4 ninth. He played his opening nine in even par with two birdies and two bogeys.
"If you can get Pebble early, it's always great," Sutherland said. "Even on a good day, it's always nice to get Pebble early because the greens are a little softer and a little bit fresher as far as not as many spike marks and stuff. Any time you can get out there early at Pebble, it's great."
Woody Austin and Greg Kraft were tied for third at 5 under. Austin had a 69 at Poppy Hills, and Kraft shot 68 at Pebble Beach.
Langer was 4 under after a 69 at Pebble Beach. The 59-year-old German star leads the over-50s tour with four victories this season.
Vijay Singh was even par after a 68 at Poppy Hills.
John Daly was 5 over after his second 74, this one at Poppy Hills. Colin Montgomerie is not playing in this event.

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Scotland finish T27 at Women's World Amateur Team Championship

Maguire and Mehaffey's strong finish  helps 

Ireland win bronze in Mexico


RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico – In a spectacular finish on Saturday, Duke University third-year student Leona Maguire and Arizona State freshman Olivia Mehaffey helped lead Ireland to a bronze medal at the World Amateur Team Championship as she carded a three-under-par, 69, in the final round.
Maguire, the No. 1 ranked female amateur golfer in the world from of Cavan, Ireland, registered three birdies and no bogeys in the final round to finish tied sixth overall with a six-under-par, 282.  Her birdies came on holes No. 3, No. 5 and No. 13.  Over the four days, Maguire collected rounds of 72, 70, 71 and 69.
Mehaffey, ranked No 5 in the world, shot 74, 71, 75 and 68. Young Annabel Wilson, the third member of the Irish team, shot 80, 79, 74 and 72.
South Korea's Hye jin Choi captured the individual title with a 14-under-par 274 and South Korea won the team title with a 29-under-par 547, 21 shots ahead of the field.
Switzerland finished  second with 568, and Ireland came in third with a seven-under-par 569.  Ireland finished one stroke ahead of Denmark (570).


HOME COUNTRY FINAL TOTALS
569 IRELAND (Leona Maguire 72, 70, 71 69; Olivia Mehaffey 74 71 75 68, Annabel Wilson 80 79 74 72) (Third).
590 ENGLAND (Meghan MacLaren 73 73 74 74, Alice Hewson 74 78 73 72, Gemma Clews 78 77 76 74) (Tied 17th).
600 SCOTLAND (Jess Meek 76 75 74 73, Rachael Taylor 80 74 78 76, Connie Jaffrey 81 81 72 78) (Tied 27th)
618 WALES (Chloe Williams 78 79 70 77, Kath O'Connor 83 76 77 82, Megan Lockett 79 86 79 86) (40th).