Saturday, September 24, 2016

Johnson and Chappell tied for lead in Tour Championship

Dustin Johnston dropped a couple of shots late on in the third round of the Tour Championship at East Lake and fell into a 54-hole tie on eight-under 202 with fellow American Kevin Chappell.
Rory McIlroy is sharing third place with American RyanMoore two shots behind the joint leader.
Paul Casey is tied seventh on 207, five off the pace,while Russell Knox is T11 on 210.

LEADERBOARD
Par 210 (3x70)
202 Dustin Johnston (USA) 66 67 69, Kevin Chappell (USA) 66 68 68
204 Rory McIlroy (N Ireland) 68 70 66, RyanMoore (USA) 70 68 66

SELECTED SCORES
207 Paul Casey (England) 68 70 69 (T7)
210 Russell Knox (Scotland) 73 66 71 (T11)


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Only four Scots make the cut in Germany

Levy four clear in Porsche European Open


FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Frenchman Alexander Levy will take a four-shot lead into the third and final round of the Porsche European Open after the tournament was reduced to 54 holes due to fog delays.
Nearly seven hours were lost on days one and two and when more mist arrived on Saturday morning to claim another three hours, the decision was taken to move the third round to Sunday.
Levy came into day three with a single hole of his second round to complete and duly made par on the ninth to stay at 17 under at Golf Resort Bad Griesbach.
Ross Fisher made a birdie on the seventh in his final three holes to cut the Frenchman's overnight lead to five shots but it was Swede Michael Jonzon who surged through the field, shooting a 63 to get to 13 under.

Jonzon only found out he was playing on Wednesday afternoon after being fourth reserve for the event, but he will now have the chance to win his third European Tour title, 19 years after claiming his first at the Portuguese Masters.
Levy is also looking for victory number three after winning twice in 2014 and should he lift the trophy on Sunday afternoon, it will be the second time he has won a reduced event, with the Portugal Masters being played over 36 holes due to heavy rain.
"I had four good shots and a nice par today but it was no good coming up this morning and seeing the fog again," he said. "But it's okay, I just stayed patient and made two good shots, one from the tee and one from the fairway and that's all I wanted to do.
"I don't watch the leaderboard overnight. I'm just trying to think about my own game and do the best that I can and that's the most important thing."
Home favourite Martin Kaymer parred his remaining hole in the morning to sit at 11 under alongside another German in Florian Fritsch and Austria's Bernd Wiesberger.
Jonzon turned in 32 with four birdies and a bogey but really came to life on the back nine, reeling off four birdies in a row from the 11th. He then saw further birdie chances brush the edge on the 15th and 16th before holing from the fringe on the penultimate hole.
"I always said I function well under these circumstances," he said. "I struggle more just trying to make cuts because I can put a lot of pressure on myself. I know what I can do and sometimes I try too much.

"I've been there before. I'm just going to go out tomorrow and try to shoot as good a score as I can.Whatever happens after that is not in my control. I'm going to be trying as hard as I can and be proud of my effort tomorrow."
Wiesberger turned in 33 and when he put his approach to six feet for an eagle on the tenth and birdied the 11th, he was at 13 under. A lost ball on the 12th brought a bogey, however, and he dropped another on the 14th after coming up short of the green.
Fritsch was bogey-free in his 64 as he made three birdies in his last four holes.
Bradley Dredge fired a 64 to sit alongside early finishers Jean Hugo and Robert Karlsson, a shot clear of Soomin Lee and Matthew Southgate.
"Two rounds of 65 for 12 under - it's decent but I'm five behind so I need to play very well tomorrow," said Fisher. "Obviously Alex is playing great and he's pretty good at reduced holes tournaments.
"There's still a lot to play for and it's nice to know now that we've only got one round to go. It's a tough decision but I think they've made the right call."

LEADERBOARD
Par 142 (2x71)
125 Alexander Levy (France) 62 63
129 Michael Jonzon (Sweden) 66 63
130 Ross Fizher (England) 65 65
131 Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 63 68, Florian Fritsch (Germany) 67 74, Martin Kaymer (Germany_ 67 64.

SCOTS' SCORES
136 Craig Lee 69 67 (T33)
137 David Drysdale 70 67 (T46)
138 Jamie McLeary 68 70, Paul Lawrie 70 68 (T58)

MISSED THE CUT
137 and better qualified
139 S Jamieson 68 71, Andrew McArthur 68 71
140 Stephen Gallacher 66 74

Disqualified Marc Warren, Richie Ramsay

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Beth Allen edges one clear of Muñoz on the 

Costa del Sol 

FROM LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
By Bethan Cutler, LET Media Manager
Edinburgh-based American Beth Allen birdied the 18th to edge local heroine Azahara Muñoz from Spain by one stroke heading into the final round of the Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España Femenino, setting up a fascinating final round duel between two of the Ladies European Tour’s top players.
Allen made seven birdies and two bogeys in a sparkling third round of 67 to reach nine-under-par on a hot and breezy day at the gorgeous but demanding Aloha Golf Club in Marbella.
Muñoz, who led by one stroke at halfway, is in solo second after a bogey-free round of 70 but Italian Diana Luna and Englishwoman Sophie Walker are up to joint third on four-under after rounds of 69 and 71.
Last year’s ISPS HANDA Ladies European Masters champion, Allen is fighting her way back to the top of the LET Order of Merit after losing her place to Shanshan Feng at last week’s Evian Championship. 
The 34-year-old from San Diego began the third round a stroke behind Muñoz but was three back after the Spaniard birdied the first hole. Allen then hit back with three straight birdies from the ninth followed by three more at 14, 15 and 18. Allen caught Muñoz after 14 holes and both players birdied 15, but Allen made a putt of around five feet on the 18th green after Muñoz left hers short of the hole.
Pamela Pretswell is the leading Scot despite a third-round 79 that dropped her to a 54-hole tally of two-over par 218. She is one ahead of Sally Watson (7) with Laura Murray, in her first outing since winning on the LETAS Tour, on 220 after a 77.
Aberdeen-born Gemma Dryburgh was another who struggled in the third round. She had a 79 for 226.

THIRD-ROUND LEADERS
Par 216 (3x72)
207 Beth Allen (USA) 72 68 67
208 Azahara Munoz (Spain) 72 66 70
212 Diana Luna (Italy) 72 71 69, Sophie Walker (England) 70 71 71.

SCOTS' SCORES
218 Pamela Pretswell 72 67 79
219 Sally Watson 73 73 73
220 Laura Murray 74 69 77
226 Gemma Dryburgh 72 75 79

MISSED THE CUT 
(148 and better qualified)
155 Kylie Walker 78 77, Vikki Laing 83 72
156 Heather MacRae 79 77
Withdrew: Kelsey MacDonald 79 wd


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Northern Counties Cup double foursomes at Royal Dornoch

Nairn Dunbar beat Royal Aberdeen by one 

hole in final for their first win since 1900

Nairn Dunbar's winning line-up (left to right): Willie Barron, Freddie Brown, Graham Burnett and Brian Watson. Picture by Robin Wilson.

 Nairn Dunbar, beaten finalists last year, went one better in the Northern Counties Cup final at Royal Dornoch Golf Club this afternoon.
Graeme Burnett, Willie Barron, Freddie Brown and Brian Watson beat Royal Aberdeen's Mark Halliday, Nick Macandrew, Donald Macandrew and Daniel Sim by two holes to win the prestigious double foursomes club match-play tournament which was first played in 1900.
This is Nairn Dunbar's first Northern Counties Cup success in the past 116 years!
After being four down in the first pairing's tie and four up in the second string's contest after 13 holes, the first pairing for Nairn Dunbar, Burnett and Barron, won the 15th and 16th to halve their deficit to two down, while the Royal Aberdeen 2nd pairing of Donald Macandrew and Sim lost a ball at Foxy, Dornoch's  famous 14th , to go five down.
Then the first pairing of Royal Aberdeen, Halliday and Nick Macandrew, won the last two holes to go four up again but team-mates Donald Macandrew and Sim were unable to get one back, resulting in Nairn Dunbar winning overall by one hole.
Next year's Northern Counties Cup will be hosted by Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth.
RESULTS
SEMI-FINALS
Royal Aberdeen 1 bt Moray 1 by 2 holes
M Halliday, N Macandrew 0, M L Macleman, S Tatters 0; D Macandrew, D Sim 2, K Godsman, G Murray 0.
Nairn Dunbar bt Banchory by 2 holes
G Burnett, W Barron 3, A Lindsay, L Smart 0; F Brown, B Watson 0, J Harling, R Black 1.

FINAL
Nairn Dunbar bt Royal Aberdeen 1 by 1 hole
G Burnett, W Barron 0, M Halliday, N Macandrew 4; F Brown, B Watson 5, D Macandrew, D Sim 0.
Beaten finalists Royal Aberdeen (left to right): Nick Macandrew, Mark Halliday, Donald Macandrew and Daniel Sim. Picture by Robin Wilson.

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 Sutherland's T4 finish at Shaker Run, Ohio

James Sutherland, pictured left, a third year Davis and Elkins College student from Glasgow, tied for fourth place in the recent Great Midwest Fall Invitational at Shaker Run golf course, Lebanon in Ohio.
Over a par 72 course of 6,561yd, James had rounds of 72 and 74 for 146 - six shots  behind the winner, Jordan Reese (Cedarville), 71-69.
Almost all of Davis Elkins College men's golf roster have been recruited from the British Isles.
Alistair Kyle, a final year student from Glasgow, tied for 12th place with rounds of 79 and 73 for 152.
Toby Gibbons, a second-year man from Leigh-on-the Sea, finished T19 on 154 (78-76) and Jack Gibson, a sophomore from St Breladescored 79 and 76 for 155 and joint 22nd place.
Cameron Pettigrew from Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, a freshman at Ohio Valley University, has not found his feet yet on the American circuit. He scored 84 and 88 for 172 and finished 38th.
Davis and Elkins (603) finished third in the team event behind Trevecca Nazarene (597) and Cedarville (597). Ohio Valley finished last of the seven competing teams. 


Murray Naysmith T23 after opening 69 in Arizona

Murray Naysmith from Edinburgh, a freshman student at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, shot a two-under-par 69 in the first round of the Maui Jim Intercollegiate at Mirabel Golf Club, Scottsdale, Arizona yesterday (USA time).

Naysmith, pictured, is T23 in a field of 93 players who are led by Josh Whalen (Kent State) with a seven-under 64. Three players are tied for second place on 65.
Team placings: 
264 Kent State
269 Baylor
270 Kansas, Louisiana State
273 South Carolina
279 Alabama-Birmingham 

Sandy Scott sharing 28th place at Albuquerque
 
Sandy Scott, pictured below, a freshman from Nairn at Texas Tech, has had rounds of 75 and 74 over the University of New Mexico Course in the William H Tucker college tournament at Albuquerque.
His 149 tally has him in joint 28th place in a field of 92 players, nine shots behind the triple joint leaders, Rhett Rasmussen (Brigham Young) 69 71, Blake Cannon (Colorado State) 71 69, and P J Samiere (San Diego State) 69 71.
Texax Tech does not appear in the team standings after 36 holes, which are headed by
573 San Diego State
581 Colorado State
583 New Mexico


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Michael Sim's top 20 finish in South Pacific Open

Aberdeen-born Michael Sim finished tied 20th in the South Pacific Open championship at Tina Golf Club, Noumea on New Caledonia.
Sim scored 69, 72, 70 and 72 for a one-under-par total of 283 over the par 71 course.
Australians Adam Blyth (67-69-65-71) and Jake McLeod (63-67-72-70) tied on 12-under-par 272 after the regulation 72 holes.
Blyth won the play-off with a par at the third extra hole (they played the 18th three times).
A third Aussie, Matthew Millar, finished third, one behind Blyth and McLeod with scores of 70, 65, 70 and 68 for 273.

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Scotland in 13th position in Mexico

Australians dominating through three rounds at World Amateur Team Championship

U.S. Amateur champion Curtis Luck’s 8-under 63 in the third round of the World Amateur Team Championship has Australian far ahead of the pack heading into the final round in Mexico.
Luck led the Aussies third-round 131, handing them a 16-shot lead at 32 under par from second-placed Ireland heading into Saturday’s final round.
Cameron Davis backed up Luck’s 63 with a 3-under 68.
Irland’s Jack Hume shot a 5-under 66 to push Ireland into a distant second place at 16 under. They lead the U.S. by one shot after the Americans counted scores of 69 by Scottie Scheffler and 71 by Maverick McNealy.
Three teams are joint fourth at 13 under – England, Austria and Poland.
Scotland are in 13th postion at nine under par after daily aggregates of 134, 144 and 143.
Grant Forrest has scored 68, 73 and 71; Robert MacIntyre 69, 71 and 72; Connor Syme 66, 73 and 78.

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Jason Day retires from Tour Championship 

with back injury

FROM SKYSPORTS.COM
Jason Day is out of the running for the $10m FedExCup windfall. The Australian was forced to withdraw from the Tour Championship during the second round.
Day continued to struggle with a back injury that has affected him on several occasions this season, a problem which also caused him to pull out of the BMW Championship two weeks ago during the final round.
The world No 1 admitted feeling "sharp pain" in his back on the opening day at East Lake in Atlanta, particularly after he hit driver off the tee, although he insisted the pain was not constant.
"When I get to the top of the swing, as soon as my hips start to unfold and then there's that little bit of separation, it just crunches down," Day said on Thursday. "It just hurts."


Day admitted to feeling sharp pain in his back during his first round
Day admitted to feeling sharp pain in his back during his first round
Day defied the problem to fire a three-under 67, but he was in clear discomfort while playing the eighth in his second round and picked his ball up before completing the hole.
The Australian was level par for the round after seven holes, but he pulled his drive at the eighth into the water and blocked his next shot into the thick rough on the right, from where he was unable to find the green.
Day then informed the match official of his withdrawal and shook hands with playing partner Si-woo Kim before walking gingerly back to the clubhouse, and his management company soon released a statement on his condition.
"Jason has a strained ligament in his lower right back with muscle spasm," the statement read. "He withdrew as a precautionary measure. Jason should be fine with some rest after a long break in the off-season."
Day's absence from the remainder of the tournament now means only four players can be crowned FedExCup champion on Sunday, with US Open champion Dustin Johnson the firm favourite ahead of Patrick Reed, Adam Scott and Paul Casey.
Johnson is also now guaranteed to win the PGA Player of the Year points race, while he is the front-runner to be named PGA Tour Player of the Year in the annual vote of all playing members.

Dustin Johnson remained on course to end a memorable season as FedExCup champion as he claimed a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Tour Championship.
Trailing joint-overnight leader Kevin Chappell by one at the turn, Johnson suddenly found himself two clear at the top of the leaderboard when he birdied 10 and 11 before Chappell dropped his first, and only, shot of the day at the 11th.
Johnson did falter twice coming in, but a 67 was enough to give him the outright lead on seven under ahead of Chappell, while Rory McIlroy recovered from a poor front nine to salvage a 70 which left him five off the pace along with Paul Casey as only 10 players completed 36 holes under par.

With Day having withdraw,  Johnson, Patrick Reed, Adam Scott and Casey are the only players who can land the $10m FedExCup bonus on Sunday.
Johnson made a steady start before holing back-to-back six-foot putts for birdies at the fifth and sixth, and he converted two further chances from inside 10 feet immediately after the turn before blocking a routine wedge approach to the 12th into a bunker and failing to get up and down.
The US Open champion got the shot back with a 12-foot putt for his fifth birdie of the round at the 16th, although a poor drive led to another bogey at the next before he found rough again from the tee at the long final hole and had to settle for a closing par-five.
Chappell, an outside contender to earn Davis Love's final captain's pick for next week's Ryder Cup, reeled off three consecutive birdies from the sixth to hit the front on seven under, but he missed the green at the short 11th and ran up a four.
He parred the final seven holes to stay one behind Johnson and three ahead of Kevin Kisner (70) and Hideki Matsuyama (71), with McIlroy, Casey and Ryan Moore one further adrift.
McIlroy admitted he struggled with his swing from the start as he bogeyed the first two holes and erred again at the fifth before he halted the slide with a confident seven-foot putt for birdie at the next.
But he missed another fairway at the eighth and pulled his second into the water, although he did well to limit the damage to a bogey before staging a spirited comeback on the inward half.
The Deutsche Bank Championship winner holed from 12 feet at the 10th and set up another birdie with a delightful 100-yard pitch to two feet at the 12th, and he atoned for a poor approach to the 17th with a morale-boosting 20-foot putt for a welcome three.
McIlroy mis-hit his second to the last after a monster 360-yard drive and walked off with a disappointing par, which could have been worse after he pitched to 15 feet and raced his birdie putt five feet beyond the target.
Casey struggled to make much happen as he offset two birdies with a pair of bogeys in a workmanlike 70 while Moore, another player on Love's radar for Hazeltine, birdied two of the last three holes to return a creditable 68.
Russell Knox is tied eighth on 139 after rounds of 73 and 66

LEADERBOARD
Par 140 (2x70). Players from USA unless stated
133 Dustin Johnson 66 67
134 Kevin Chappell 66 68
137 Kevin Kisner 67 70, Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) 66 71
138 Ryan Moore 70 68, Paul Casey (England) 68 70, Rory McIlroy (N Ireland) 68 70

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139 Russell Knox (Scotland) 73 66 (T8)

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