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Cody Gribble storms to four-shot win at Sanderson Farms Championship

By Andy Charles

GOLFWEEK.COM

US PGA Tour rookie Cody Gribble produced a final round far beyond his years to win the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi by four shots on Sunday

Gribble (26) was playing in only his eighth US Tour event, and second as a tour member, and his victory was all the more impressive considering his opening round effort.
He had struggled to a one-over 73 on Thursday but went 21 under across the next 54 holes and closed with a bogey-free round of 65 to turn what had been a tight tournament into a rout.

Gribble was one behind Chris Kirk and Luke List heading into the last 18 holes and took his time to get into top spot, making just a couple of his birdies on the front nine.
List dropped an early shot, but picked up two when he eagled the fifth, while Kirk's front nine was frustrating affair that ended with nine pars.

        Gribble had seven birdies on Sunday to pull away from the rest of the field

And that gave Gribble the chance to blow the tournament wide open on the way home, as he started his back nine with birdies at the 11th and 13th to reach the summit.
List and Kirk both birdied the 11th as well, but they were left trailing by Gribble's birdie blitz at the 15th, 16th and 17th as he stormed clear of the field and closed on 20 under.
Gribble, who was a team-mate of Jordan Spieth in his collegiate days, said: "There's no words right now. It's an unbelievable experience."
Kirk managed one more birdie at the 15th while List parred his way home, with both players finishing four adrift on 16 under alongside England's Greg Owen, finishing runner-up for the third time in his lengthy PGA Tour career.

England's Greg Owen finished in a tie for second

Owen closed with a round of 68 but was left to rue dropped shots at the eighth and 12th holes as he was trying to build momentum to keep tabs on Gribble.
Former US Open champion Lucas Glover finished in a tie for fifth after closing with a 70, where he was joined by Japan's Hiroshi Iwata (68) and another youngster Xander Schauffele

Pernice pips Monty to win first leg of USA Senior Tour's Charles Schwab Cup Play-offs

By Golfweek Staff

Tom Pernice captured his first victory since 2014 with a win at the PowerShares QQQ Championship. (Getty Images)

Tom Pernice junior. earned his first USA Senior  Champions victory since 2014 with a one-shot win in the first leg of the Charles Schwab Cup Play-offs, the PowerShares QQQ Championship.
Pernice Jr. edged Colin Montgomerie by one shot, closing with a 2-under 70 to finish at 13-under 203. Pernice Jr. had a two-shot lead heading to 17, but a bogey dropped his lead to one. He managed to par the last to save himself from a playoff.
Pernice's prizemoney was $305,000. Montomerie earned $180,000 
Scott Dunlap finished third at 10 under after a 5-under 67 Sunday.
The victory vaults Pernice to 17th in the Schwab Cup play-offs. Schwab Cup leader Bernhard Langer withdrew from the event due to a knee injury, but had such a large lead on Miguel Angel Jimenez in second, that he maintained his position in first.
The field now will be cut to 54 for the Dominion Charity Classic

FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)

1	Tom Pernice Jr.	69	64	70			203	$305,000
2	Colin Montgomerie	65	69	70			204	$180,000
3	Scott Dunlap	72	67	67			206	$144,800
4	Olin Browne	68	66	73			207	$119,000
5	Ian Woosnam	74	66	68			208	$95,000
T6	Joe Durant	70	69	70			209	$68,000
T6	Marco Dawson	69	69	71			209	$68,000
T6	Scott McCarron	67	69	73			209	$68,000
T6	Rocco Mediate	69	65	75			209	$68,000
T10	Scott Parel	69	70	71			210	$46,000
T10	Jeff Maggert	68	69	73			210	$46,000
T10	Doug Garwood	69	68	73			210	$46,000
T10	Brandt Jobe	67	66	77			210	$46,000
14	Jay Haas	69	67	75			211	$38,000
T15	Jim Carter	67	76	69			212	$35,000
T15	Joey Sindelar	67	70	75			212	$35,000
T17	Mark O'Meara	69	74	70			213	$25,875
T17	Kenny Perry	73	70	70			213	$25,875
T17	Tommy Armour III	70	72	71			213	$25,875
T17	Esteban Toledo	68	71	74			213	$25,875
T17	Kevin Sutherland	71	68	74			213	$25,875
T17	Fred Funk	67	71	75			213	$25,875
T17	Jeff Hart	69	68	76			213	$25,875
T17	Jerry Smith	67	68	78			213	$25,875
T25	John Riegger	73	72	69			214	$18,240
T25	Lee Janzen	72	71	71			214	$18,240
T25	Michael Allen	72	70	72			214	$18,240
T25	Tom Byrum	72	69	73			214	$18,240
T25	Larry Mize	71	68	75			214	$18,240
T30	Carlos Franco	74	71	70			215	$14,133
T30	Todd Hamilton	75	69	71			215	$14,133
T30	Scott Verplank	72	71	72			215	$14,133
T30	Mike Goodes	72	69	74			215	$14,133
T30	Miguel Angel Jimenez	71	69	75			215	$14,133
T30	Willie Wood	70	68	77			215	$14,133
36	Fran Quinn	71	74	71			216	$12,000
37	Fred Couples	68	72	77			217	$11,400
T38	Roger Chapman	73	76	69			218	$9,800
T38	Rod Spittle	75	74	69			218	$9,800
T38	Billy Andrade	72	75	71			218	$9,800
T38	Greg Kraft	71	73	74			218	$9,800
T38	Jesper Parnevik	73	70	75			218	$9,800
T38	Paul Broadhurst	71	71	76			218	$9,800
T38	Miguel Angel Martin	69	72	77			218	$9,800
T45	Brad Bryant	74	74	71			219	$7,800
T45	Duffy Waldorf	72	73	74			219	$7,800
T45	Billy Mayfair	70	70	79			219	$7,800
T48	Jay Don Blake	69	79	72			220	$6,600
T48	Mark Calcavecchia	77	71	72			220	$6,600
T48	Mark Brooks	73	69	78			220	$6,600
T51	Steve Pate	76	72	73			221	$5,400
T51	Jeff Sluman	76	71	74			221	$5,400
T51	Stephen Ames	68	72	81			221	$5,400
T54	Woody Austin	77	70	75			222	$4,300
T54	Kirk Triplett	71	75	76			222	$4,300
T54	Paul Goydos	74	72	76			222	$4,300
T54	Gary Hallberg	71	74	77			222	$4,300
T54	Jose Coceres	72	72	78			222	$4,300
T54	Wes Short Jr.	71	70	81			222	$4,300
T60	Gene Sauers	74	73	76			223	$3,400
T60	Grant Waite	75	72	76			223	$3,400
T60	David Frost	69	73	81			223	$3,400
T63	Loren Roberts	75	74	75			224	$2,900
T63	Glen Day	74	74	76			224	$2,900
65	Steve Lowery	78	76	71			225	$2,600
66	John Daly	71	76	82			229	$2,400
67	Brian Henninger	76	81	74			231	$2,200

Easton top scores for W Kentucky in Alabama

Stuart Easton from Irvine, Ayrshire top scored for Western Kentucky University with three steady rounds of 73, 74 and 73 for a total of four-over-par 220 on a par-72 course of 7,096yd at the Steelwood Intercollegiate tournament at Steelwood Golf Club, Oxley in Alabama.

Stuart, pictured right, finished T28 in a field of 60 players.
Winner by four shots was Kennesaw State's Connor Coffee with rounds of 66, 70 and 68 for 12-under-par 204.
Kennesaw State also won the team title with a total of 837. Kentucky (862) were runners-up with South Florida (863) third.
Western Kenucky (888) finished ninth of 11.



Oliver Farrell makes top 10 in Price's Give Em Five Invite

Oliver Farrell from Worcestershire, a second-year student at Marquette University, finished the highest of all the Brits competing in the Price's Give Em Five Invitational college tournament at Butterfield Trail Golf Club, El Paso in Texas.
Farrell finished T10 with rounds of 70, 68 and 73 for a total of five-under-par 211 over a long, long course (7,307yd) with a par of 72.

The Western New Mexico pair of Harry Wetton, a senior from Bedford, and Ross White, pictured left, a junior (third year) from Dollar, finished T33 and T44 respectively.
Wetton had three rounds of 73 for 219 while White shot 74, 72 and 77 for 223.
Seton Hall University had two Brits in the field - Alex McAuley, a freshman from Douglas, Isle of Man, and Alex Chalk, pictured below, a freshman from Castle Douglas, on the Scottish borders.

Chalk finished 64th with rounds of 79, 81 and 70 for 230 while McAuley finished T65 on 231 with rounds of 76, 77 and 78.
Texas El Paso (829) won the team honours ahead of Texas-San Antonio (842) and Marquette (851) with Seton Hall (872) seventh and Western New Mexico (891) 10th in the field of 11 teams. 


Walker (73) and Franssen (75) in Hawaii opener

University of Missouri Scots Euan Walker, pictured left, and Rory Franssen shot rounds of one-over-par 73 and 75 respectively in the first round of the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational over a par-72 course of 7,223yd at Makai Golf Club, Princeville, Hawaii on Sunday.
Walker is T29 and Franssen (pictured right) T53 in a field of 111 players.
San Diego's George Gardiner, a 6ft 3in second-year student from Reading, is T16 with a round of 71.
Mateusz Gradecki (East Tennessee State) leads by one shot with a seven-under-par 65. 

 Londoner Lumsden level par but that gets him

only T35 finish in field of 84 at Greenboro

Ryan Lumsden (Northwestern University, Illinois), pictured below, a second-year student from London, finished T35 in a field of 84 players at the Bridgestone Collegiate a Grandover Resort and Conference Centre's West Course (par 72, 6800yd) at Greenboro, North Carolina.

And that's despite a level par tally of 216 (73-70-73), 12 shots behind the winner, Nick Budd (Georgia State) (67-69-66) who had a shot to spare from Ruben Soudjaja (Iowa State) (70-66-69) at the finish of a low-scoring quality tournament.
Duke (834) won the team title ahead of Iowa State (838) and Northwestern (839) with North Carolina State (840), UNCG (847) and Purdue (849) filling places four to six in a field of 13 teams.



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Paul Doherty tied sixth in Mena Tour

Championship at Muscat, Oman

MUSCAT, Oman — Max Williams put himself within striking distance of ensuring a perfect birthday present when he shot back-to-back 68s today to open up a one-shot lead going into final round of the MENA Tour Championship at Muscat Hills Golf and Country Club.

England’s Williams, who celebrates his 26th birthday on Tuesday, rattled off five birdies against a lone bogey to reach eight-under for the tournament as the chasing pack included his compatriots Daniel Owen and Joe Heraty and South Africa’s Tyler Hogarty a further shot adrift.

Jordan Garnish, also of England, was sitting solo fifth on six under as Morocco’s Faycal Serghini moved in a two-way tie for sixth on five under along with Paul Doherty of Scotland.

“I am hitting the ball well, probably the best I have struck for a long time. Feeling quite comfortable out there on the course which in great condition. I would say everything is falling into place,” said Williams, who is seeking his first win on the MENA Golf Tour.

“Going into the final day with a lead is a new situation for me. I really don’t what to expect. Will see things unfold. All I know the sun still will come out tomorrow,” said the Epsom native.

A familiar face on the tour, Hogarty rattled off six birdies against a lone bogey while Heraty spiced up his second round with four birdies, one eagle and two bogeys as the duo reached seven-under for the tournament.

“I was a bit erratic off the tee, but my approaches were good and I managed to hole some good putts,” said Hogarty, who hit his nine-iron approach from 171 yards on the 18th to within three feet for a birdie to end the round on a high.

England’s Heraty, who won the Sahara Kuwait Championship two weeks ago, felt he played just solid golf. “I hit plenty of fairways and created good scoring opportunities. 

“My putting was okay, but I still holed some good putts,” said Heraty, whose second round was highlighted by an eagle on the par-5, 13^th where he drilled a nine iron from 160 yards to within 10 feet.

India’s teenage Rayhan Thomas, holder of the Scottish U18 boys' open stroke-play championship,  carded a 69 to share the lead in the amateur division on four under with England’s Benjamin David, who returned a 70 for the second day in a row.

“I started off really well, making four birdies in a row, but three-putted three times on the back nine and that pretty much sums my up-and-down round,” said Thomas, a 16-year-old Dubai-based prodigy.

  Among the notables, England’s Zane Scotland carded a level-par 72 to move into a tie for 15th while the experienced Andrew Marshall slipped to tied 40th on two over after a second-round 76. 

MENA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Muscat Hills Golf and Country Club, Oman
SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2x72) Players from England unless
stated otherwise
136 Max Williams 68 66
137 Daniel Owen 67 70,Tyler Hogarty (SAf) 70 67, Joe Heraty 69 68


SELECTED SCORES
139 Paul Doherty (Sco) 68 71 (T6)
140 Rayhan Thomas (India) (am) 71 69 (T8)
147 Clarke Lutton (Sco) 75 72 (T42)

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Matthew Southgate and father

 win 2016 European Father and Son Championship after Spain play-off

Cadiz, Andalucia: European Tour professional Matthew Southgate and his dad, Ian, won the 2016 European Father and Son golf championship (www.fatherandsongolf.co.uk) in dramatic style in Spain after a three-way play-off was required to determine the winners in the Scratch category.

Matthew, currently lying 48th in the European Tour Race to Dubai rankings, and five-handicapper Ian from England completed the 54 holes of competition in 13 under par after a storming 6 under par on the final day to catch the overnight leaders amateurs Gareth Bradley and his son Charles from Cheshire,  who let a four-shot lead slip, to go into a three-way tie including defending champions British teaching professional Gary Milliner and his German-born son, Justin.

After halving the first play-off hole, it was back down the 18^th hole again for the three groups where Matthew eventually secured the victory by holing a 15 foot from off the fringe for par in front of a cheering crowd and Sky Sports cameras.

“I cannot believe that me and my dad are European Champions! What a dad! What a legend! What a day! This is such a special event and it means the world to me,” declared an emotional and tearful Matthew, who came fourth in the Irish Open on the European Tour in May and 12^th in The Open Championship at Royal Troon in July.

This win comes just over a year after the 28-year-old overcame testicular cancer which put him out of the game for several months.

Matthew Southgate (right) and his father, Ian, winners of the Sky Sports European Father & Son Golf Championships in the Scratch Category

 

An emotional Matthew Southgate hugs his dad, Ian, after winning the Sky Sports European Father and Son Golf Championships

 

Meanwhile the Handicap category of the Championships was won by defending champions, the Milliners, in 13 under par, scoring 121 points in the two-ball, better-ball Stableford competition which, like the Scratch competition, was played over the championship courses at the Costa Ballena Ocean Golf Club and the Sherry Golf Jerez over three days (October 26 – 28).

Forty seven teams gathered in this picturesque corner of Cadiz, considered one of Spain’s top golfing destinations, to play golf and have some fun with the family. Golfers from America, Australia, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Czech Republic, Ireland and the UK contested the ninth staging of this popular event whilst family and friends also came along for the ride and to cheer on their team.

Several youngsters (a couple under five foot!) played in the event but it was Emily Jolly, a 22 handicapper from Germany, who made the history books when she became the first ever daughter to take part in the Championships. Just 13 years old, Emily played alongside her grandfather, Peter, whilst Emily’s father Andy, a British teaching pro in Germany, teamed up with his son, Miles.

The full leaderboard for the Championships can be found here:

http://www.fatherandsongolf.co.uk/member/leaderboard

 
To sign up for next year’s event, go to www.fatherandsongolf.co.uk  or phone + 44 (0)1702 680180, or email Jackie@fatherandsongolf.co.uk