Big Johnson's Tour events at The Renaissance, Montrose and Jubilee (St Andrews)

By JOHN HENRY
We have three Big Johnson's Tour events confirmed for our winter series which will be sponsored by Golf a Finance! 

Thursday 12th January - The Renaissance Club
Monday 13th February - Montrose Links
Friday 17th March- Jubilee course, St Andrews
We are still looking to add three more events before end of March.

  Events are open to ALL pros as usual.

Please get in touch for more information @johnhenry92@hotmail.com


  John Henry

Daniel Thompsett from Aboyne needs strong finish to reach Asian Tour Final Q School

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Scots Daniel Thompsett from Aboyne and Dubai-based Daniel Hendry need to produce strong finishes if they are to progress to next week's Asian Tour Final Qualifying School from the current Section B eliminating competitions from which only the leading 25 and ties at both Bangkok, Thailand venues will advance.

Thompsett, a graduate of Rocky Mountain College, USA, is meantime sharing 52nd place in a field of 121 at Suvarnabhumi Golf and Country Club. 

He has had rounds of 73 and 69 for two-under-par 142 to survive the halfway cut to the leading 80 players and ties with 36-hole tallies of par 144 and better.

Another Scot, Dylan Docherty (74-73 for 147) missed the cut.

Hendry, a Scottish amateur international, is joint 43rd in a field of 115 at Windsor Park Golf Club. He has had rounds of 74 and 69 for one-under 143, six shots inside the cut mark.

Swiss amateur Michael Harradine fired an eight-under-par 64 to share the second round lead with Sejun Yoon of the United States and Varanyu Rattanaphiboonkij of Thailand on 14-under 130 at Qualifying School Section B on Thursday at  Suvarnabhumi G&C.

At Windsor Park GC, Japan’s Kento Nakai leads by one shot on nine-under-par 135 from England's Steve Parry..

To view all the scores at both venues, click on

the names of the courses below:

Windsor Park Golf Club

Suvarnabhumi Golf and Country Club

TIGER WOODS CONFIRMED FOR OMEGA DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC

DUBAI, Jan 5 – Tiger Woods has confirmed he will compete in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic where he will be making his eighth appearance when the longest-running European Tour event in the region gets under way at Emirates Golf Club from February 2 to 5, 2017.

Arguably the most remarkable athlete of the modern era, Woods will join world number two Rory McIlroy,  Open winner Henrik Stenson and Masters champion Danny Willett among other leading players in a sizzling starting line-up that underlines the event’s growing reputation as the ‘Major of the Middle East.’

The former world number one, who had been sidelined by back problems for 15 months, enjoys fond memories of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, having won it twice and is an amazing 92-under par for the 28 rounds he has played at the Majlis course since making his debut in 2001.

“I've always enjoyed playing in Dubai and it’s fantastic to see how the city has grown phenomenally from when I first started playing there,” said Woods, whose return to competitive golf at the Hero World Challenge saw him make the most birdies for the week at 24 in a sign that showed glimpses of his return to form.

“It was great winning in Dubai in 2006 and 2008. When you win in Dubai, you know you’ve beaten an outstanding field. The support from the fans is also just wonderful,” said Woods, who boasts 14 Major victories and 79 PGA Tour wins, making him one of the most dominant players in the history of golf.

“I still remember making that long putt on the 18th. That was nice. Also, I remember I shot three straight 64s, but only two of them were counted because one was in the pro am. That was the year (2001) when I finished runner-up to Thomas (Bjorn),” he added.

“It was Mark (O’Meara), who first told me about this tournament in 2000. ‘You would really enjoy it’ he said. I went to Dubai the following year and had a great time,” said Woods, who needs one more win to equal great Ernie Els’ long-standing record of three victories at Emirates Golf Club.

Gemma Clews tied third with a 73 after first 

round of "Harder Hall" in Florida

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Vagliano Trophy GB and I 2017 team candidate Gemma Clews fared best of the players from this side of the Atlantic in the first round of the Orange Blossom women's amateur tour event, the Harder Hall Invitational, at Harder Hall Golf and Country Club, Sebring, Florida yesterday.

Delamere Forest GC member Gemma (22), pictured right by courtesy of Leaderboard Photography, is sharing third place on 73, one shot behind the joint leaders, Emmy Martin and Latanna Stone.
Annabell Fuller (Roehampton), the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters' girls' champion in 2016, is T9 with a 74.
Georgia Price (Bude and North Cornwall), 23,  and British women's stroke play champion Sophie Lamb (Clitheroie),18,  are T12 on the 75 mark.
Louisa Brunt (Royal Birkdale) is T43 with an 80.
Twice Helen Holm Trophy winner Olivia Winning (Rotherham), 21, is T65 after an 83.
Charley Hull won the "Harder Hall" tournament in 2012.


FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD

62nd Harder Hall Womens Invitational

                                                                         Championship Division

                                                      Harder Hall Golf Club

                                                                     Round 1 - January 4, 2017

 RankName                                           Gross

    T1     Emmy Martin                          72               T43    Loren Perez                             80               

              Latanna Stone                        72                          Louisa Brunt                           80                         

    T3     Alanna Campbell                    73                          Maddie Luitwieler                  80              

              Alexandra Austin                   73                          Megan Pollenz                        80                            

              Gemma Clews                          73                          Montgomery Ferreira            80                             

              Jessica Porvasnik                   73                          Olivia Cason                           80               

              Lucia Polo                               73               T51    Alex Wright                            81

              Tara Joy-Connelly                 73                          Allison Woodward                81

    T9     Annabell Fuller                       74                          Cecily Overbey                       81

              Courtney McKim                   74                          Clare Connolly                        81

              Meghan Stasi                         74                          Diane Lang                              81

   T12    Amanda Doherty                   75               T56    Ashley Mangan                     82

              Ariadna Fonseca                    75                          Beatriz Arenas                        82

              Dana Gattone                          75                          Caroline Smith                        82

              Gabriela Coello                       75                          Ju Hee Bae                              82

              Georgia Oboh                         75                          Kathy Glennon                       82

              Georgia Price                           75               T61    Ivy Steinberg                          83

              Micheala Williams                 75                          Olivia Winning                       83

              Nina Lang                                75                          Sarah Harrison                        83

              Serena Hou                             75               T64    Annie Pietila                           84

              Sophie Lamb                           75                          Diane Chancellor                    84

              Sophie Liu                               75                          Killian L. Casson                    84

   T23    Emily Brooks                           76                          Therese Quinn                        84

              Kari Bellville                            76                          Victoria Higgins                     84

              Meghan Nay                           76               T69    Delaney Shah                         85

   T26    Cheerie Tan                             77                          Jessica Hahn                           85

              Emmie Pietila                           77                          Taffy Brower                           85

              Hannah Pietila                        77               T72    Amelia Root                            86

              Lauren Waller                         77                          Megan Crews                         86

              Linda Wang                            77                          Reggie Parker                          86

              Shannon McKew                   77               T75    Alexandra Frazier                   87

   T32    Ally Williams                          78                          Janice Roberts Wilson          87

              Ashley Zagers                        78                          Kenna Hughes                       87

              Caitlin Cotterill                        78                          Shannon Brooks                    87

              Katie Holt                                78               T79    Grace L. Gildner                      88

              Nikolette Schroeder               78                          Kathie Westlund                    88

              Reagan Jahn                           78               T81    Elizabeth Jackson                   89

              Sarah Bae                                78                          Isabella Holpfer                      89

   T39    Alexis Sadeghy                      79                          Sandie St. Onge                      89

              Julia Dean                                79               T84    Britta Bernth                           90

              Laura Carson                          79                          DeAnne Stolarik                     90

              Stephanie Pribonic                 79                86      Ashley Burke                          91

   T43    Ana Maria Rengifo                80               T87    Evelyn Blackmon                   92

              Kendall Griffin                        80                          Madison Wetzel                     92