Scottish Golf View

2008-07-23T19:44:00.002Z

Five times Open champion Tom Watson coaches Maybole's Stephen Maxwell in the tented Village at the Seniors Open at Royal Troon Golf Club (Rob Eyton image).

Tom Watson gives Troon clinic for 116 youngsters

American golfing legend Tom Watson thrilled 116 local youngsters by giving them a golf coaching clinic at Royal Troon Golf Club today.
The 58-year old, winner of five Open Championships, hosted the session for young players aged nine to 14 ahead of The Senior Open Championship, which takes place this week (July 24 – 27).
As well as meeting one of golf’s greatest champions, and picking up invaluable tips on how to improve their games, the young golfers were given a tour of the famous Royal Troon links, as well as the tented village and Media Centre.
Sixty of the children invited are participating in Scottish golf’s junior golf programme, clubgolf, which recently announced spectacular figures for the numbers of children it has introduced to the game this year.
This year clubgolf has introduced 33,466 Primary 5 children to the sport in school and South Ayrshire is well ahead of the game. Ninety six percent of the area’s Primary 5s – 1,246 children – have been introduced to the programme this year through firstclubgolf.
One local youngster who was inspired by the Tom Watson experience was Maybole 13 year old Stephen Maxwell, who is part of the clubgolf programme at Maybole Golf Club.
“Today was great,” he said. “I learnt how to handle the grip and hit the ball straighter. I hit the ball a lot further than I can normally.
“I only started playing golf this year but I’m really enjoying it. I’ve started playing every day, now I just want to get better.”
Meanwhile the clubgolf coaching area at this week’s Championship is set to provide 250 short lessons for juniors.
clubgolf will run two bays specifically for children aged between nine and 14. A further two will be available for members of the public to book.
Said clubgolf Project Manager, Torquil McInroy, “The Senior Open Championship has made Scotland its home for a few years now, and I’m naturally delighted that clubgolf continues to work closely with this major event to promote junior golf in Scotland.
“Today was a great opportunity for children on local clubgolf programmes to meet and learn from a true golfing legend and I’m sure the experience will encourage all of them to keep playing, inspiring some to higher levels of achievement in their own golf.
“clubgolf has seen spectacular growth over the past year, and I’m grateful to the European Tour for their support in helping to make that happen.”

Rob Eyton-Jones
clubgolf Media Manager
Official clubgolf wesbite:

http://www.clubgolfscotland.com/

2008-07-23T19:19:00.001Z

BOOKLESS LEADS BY FOUR SHOTS AT
HALFWAY AT BLAIRGOWRIE

Overnight leader Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) has stretched his lead to four shots at the halfway stage of the firstpointusa.com Scottish boys' open stroke-play golf championship over the Lansdowne course at Blairgowrie Golf Club.
Bookless couldn't match his opening 67 but a two-under-par 72 for a seven-under-par tally of 137 leaves Scottish boys' match-play champion Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) with a six-shot gap to close over the final 36 holes.
Bookless turned his Tuesday form on its head. This time he mastered the outward half with birdies at the first, second and eighth to turn in 33, an improvement of four shots. But a double bogey 6 at the 10th kind of knocked the wind out of him and though he birdied the 13th and 16th he would drop another shot, at the 18th, for 37 home, which was seven shots more than he required in the first round.
Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) moved into second place on 141 with a 68, one of half a dozen boys to break 70 on the day. Highlight of his card was an eagle at the eighth and he also had birdies at the first, ninth, 13th, 15th and 16tth in halves of 33 and 35.
Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire County) is in third place on 142 after a 69.
Stewart's task on the final day is not a mission impossible by any means but his task could have been a shade easier because he bogeyed the 17th and 18th in a 73 for 143.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
137 M Bookless (Sandyhills) 67 70.
141 C Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 73 68.
142 K McClung (Wigtownshire Co) 73 69.
143 M Stewart (Troon Welbeck) 70 73, S Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 68 75.
144 P Shields (Kirkhill) 71 73.
145 D Law (Hazlehead) 75 70, A Dalgliesh (Haywards Heath) 71 74, T Sharkey (Helensburgh) 73 72.
146 J Hendrick (Pollok) 73 73, K Smith (Kilmarnock Barassie) 71 75, T Blennerhassett (Marriott Dalmahoy) 77 69, L Johnston (Dumfries & Co) 77 69, T Weworski (US) 74 72, C Robb (Inchmarlo) 73 73.
147 C Baird (Bothwell Castle) 77 70, R Storrier (Downfield) 74 73.
148 D Young (Craigie Hill) 79 69, C Corbett (Dumfries & Galloway) 75 73, S Connell (Inverness) 76 72, J Robertson (Turriff) 71 77.
149 D Ramsay (Elgin) 78 71, J Treasurer (Inverness) 74 75, D Ryan (Ealing).
150 D MacAndrew (Royal Aberdeen) 75 75, O Huish (North Berwick) 81 69, A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 77 73, F McKenna (Balmore) 71 79, C O’Neil (Pollok) 76 74.
151 G MacDougall (Bishopbriggs) 76 75, S Bolton (Magnolia Park) 78 73, I Allan (Hopeman) 77 74, F Clarke (Westhill) 77 74, A Graham (Crow Wood) 73 78, I Redford (King James VI) 79 72, S Clarkson (Ilkley) 76 75, S McLaren (King James VI) 76 75, E Markley (US) 76 75, A Reid (Paisley) 79 72, F Moore (Glenbervie) 75 76, G Stirling (Caldwell) 76 75.
MISSED THE CUT
152 M Dickson (Gullane) 78 74, J Rhind (Uphall) 80 72, L Bickerton (Spain) 74 78, S Ballingall (Dunston Hall) 77 75, C Trahan (Royal Aberdeen) 76 76, G Wright (St Andrews) 76 76, P McPhee (King James VI) 77 75, P Scanlan (Hamilton) 73 79, D Kay (Dunbar) 80 72.
153 A Lauder (Paisley) 77 76, M Reid (Downfield) 77 76, P Ramsay (Elgin) 78 75. R Clarke (Moray) 81 72, S Boyle (Harburn) 78 75, J Thorburn (Forrester Park) 78 75.
154 P Loughlin (Cawder) 77 77, N MacAndrew (Cullen) 81 73, R Forgie (Muckhart) 76 78, K Godsman (Hopeman) 80 74, C Gaittens (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) 76 78, F Lawrie (West Kilbride) 80 74, J Henry (Clydebank & Dist) 79 75, L Reid (Fortrose & Rosemarkie) 77 77, M Bell (King James VI) 80 74, J Lampkin (Ilkley ) 79 75, D Smith (US) 74 80, J Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 79 75, N Beattie (St Andrews) 76 78, A Welsh (Torrance House) 79 75, E Wilson (Berwick upon Tweed) 81 73, A Abercrombie (Douglas Park) 76 78, D Grant (Renfrew) 76 78
155 J McColl (Scotscraig) 79 76, J White (St Andrews New) 83 72, S Thompson (St Andrews) 81 74, L McAlpine (Invergordon) 78 77, P Gordon (Paisley) 77 78, M Lindsay (Pitreavie) 78 77, S Gibson (Southerness) 77 78.
156 S Brown (Turnberry) 75 81, L Jackson (West Hove) 78 68, K Nelson (Murcar Links) 79 77, J Arthur (Milnathort) 80 76, F Ogston (St Andrews) 80 76.
157 J McWilliam (Portpatrick Dunskey) 78 79, M Eyton (Dumbarton) 80 77, C Shaw (Australia), W Russell (The Dukes) 77 80, J Bradley (Paisley), M Thomson (Grange) 77 80.
158 P O’Neil (Pollok 78 80, J Anderson (Glenrothes) 81 77, B Jamieson (St Andrews New) 72 76, P Renwick (Invergordon) 79 79, G Anderson (Flaxby Park) 79 79, L Haldane (Stirling) 83 75, F O’Connor (Inchmarlo) 79 79, K Kilroy (Cawder) 84 74.
159 O Hayes (East Sussex National) 77 82, J Lynch (Falkirk Carmuirs) 77 82, B Pelling (Prestonfield) 78 81, S Gall (Carnoustie) 82 76, S Clark (Ayr Belleisle) 82 77, B Sloan (Hamilton) 80 79, A Forsythe (Caldwell) 78 81, A Murray (Buchanan Castle) 83 76, T Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar) 82 77.
160 A Mann (Kilmacolm) 83 77, C Hay (Marriott Dalmahoy) 76 84, T Dagwell (Crowborough Beacon) 79 81, T Waldron (Camberley Heath) 78 82, A Todd (Grange) 82 78, R Barry (US) 81 79, D Gallagher (Glasgow) 84 76
161 G Meechan (Dullatur) 78 83, S Brown (Murcar Links) 76 85.
162 C Robinson (Largs) 82 80, D Fitzpatrick (Greenock) 80 82, C Stewart (Brora ) 80 82, M Fraser (Glencruitten) 82 80.
163 S Johnstone (Linden Hall) 81 82, D Millar (Oldmeldrum) 84 79, M Kelly (Kirkhill) 77 86, A Wright (Kilmarnock Barassie) 83 80.
164 M Murphy (Cawder) 81 83, R Beattie (Hawick) 82 82, R Milne (Aboyn) 80 84, C Finlay (Scotscraig) 79 85.
166 B Nichols (US) 78 88, H Russell (US) 80 86.
167 S Fairburn (Galashiels) 87 80, G Reilly (Lochwinnoch) 86 81, A Begg (Muir of Ord) 81 86, G Hay (Grantown on Spey) 82 85.
168 S McGraddie (Cathcart Castle) 83 85.
169 T Cone (US) 90 79, G Reid (Newbattle) 86 83.
170 A Tulleth (St Andrews) 89 81.
172 A Weiss (US) 89 84.
Withdrew: Tom Spencer 83 -.
No Returns: E Paterson (Brunstsfield Links) 82 -, A Foley (Ayr Belleisle) 85 NR.

2008-07-23T18:10:00.001Z

Ritson Smith Aberdeen Pennant League Results

TUESDAY, JULY 22

Nigg Bay 6,Hazlehead 0.
Deeside 4 1/2, Auchmill 1 1/2.
Bon Accord 2 1/2, Stonehaven 3 1/2.
Portlethen 6, Peterculter 0.
Royal Aberdeen 3 1/2, Newmachar 2 1/2.

2008-07-23T17:58:00.002Z

Fox is off and running at Vilamoura

Order of Merit leader Noel Fox enjoyed a fine start to the Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour’s Oceanico Algarve Championship in Vilamoura, trailing by a stroke from leaders Richard Kilpatrick and Mark Laskey after the opening round in Portugal.
Kilpatrick (Banbridge) shot 65 on the Millennium course (par 71) on a scorching day in the Algarve while Mark Laskey (The Shire) shot 66 on the Victoria course (par 72), missing a short putt on the 18th after a fantastic approach that would have moved him to seven under.
Fox (Team Ireland – MMI) is a shot behind the leading pair after a 66 on the Millennium. Also sitting at five under are Andrew Crux and Robert Steele (Kenilworth Golf Club) who both shot 67 round the Victoria course and Hugo Santos (Oceanico Developments) who shot 66 on the Millennium.
Alan Murray (Greystones GC) is one place behind Fox in the Order of Merit, and one shot behind his fellow countryman at Vilamoura after shooting 67 on the Millennium course – with Freddy Valenti (Rednet Golf Holidays) and Ian Ridgeway (The High Legh GC) both going round the Victoria course at four under.
The players swap courses on Thursday where the top 50 plus ties will make it to the final round.
End of Wednesday play scoreboard
MILLENNIUM
65 R Kilpatrick.
66 N Fox, R Santos, A Sobrinho.
Scots' scores:
69 J Doherty, C Nicoll (jt 9th).
71 S Taylor, L Kelly, L Harper (jt 24th).
NR C McCalman.
VICTORIA
66 M Laskey.
67 A Crix, R Steele.
68 F Valenti (Sco), I Ridgeway.
Other Scots' scores:
70 B Hume (jt 7th).
71 D Stewart (jt 13th).
73 G Brown, N Mitchell (jt 26th).
74 G Gordon (jt 35th).
75 M Kerr (jt 41st).
77 J Taylor (jt 56th).

To view the completed list of scores for the opening round of the Oceanico Algarve Championship, visit http://www.europrotour.com/ and click on the Score Updates link.

2008-07-23T17:38:00.003Z

David Orr motors

clear of field to

claim Lanark prize

David Orr, East Renfrewshire Golf Club’s tour professional-cum-taxi driver, put is foot down to zoom away from the field with a second-round, seven-under-par 63 to win the Callaway/Audi 36-hole Tartan Tour event at Lanark Golf Club today by four shots.
Orr, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had started the day two shots behind leader Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) and one adrift of second-placed Jonathan Lomas (unattached)
Mann self-destructed with a triple bogey 7 at the 11th and other shots shed willy nilly at the ninth, 15th, 16th and 18th for a 74 – a slump of 10 shots - and a joint 12th place finish which had a pay-out of only £193 instead of the four-figure cheque he was chasing.
Englishman Lomas dropped out of the title hunt with three shots dropped over the first four holes, including a double-bogey 6 at the fourth.
And so when Orr started motoring with an eagle 2 at the 312yd par-4 fifth, he simply left his rivals for dead.
Orr went on to birdie the eighth, ninth, 11, 13th and 15th in a bogey-free round of some quality, by two strokes the best by anyone over the two days. He finished on 11-under-par 129 to win the £1,147 top prize from Euan Little (Co Tipperary) and Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) on 133. Both earned £975.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 140 (2 x 70)
129 D Orr (East Renfrewshire) 66 63 (£1,147).
133 R Arnott (Bishopbriggs ) 67 66, E Little (Co Tipperary) 66 67 (£975 each.
134 J Lomas (unatt) 65 69 (£803).
135 C Doak (unatt) 68 67, C Kelly (Cawder) 68 67 (£631 each).
136 G Wright (West Linton) 70 66, M King (Kingsfield) 70 66, A J Webster (Edzell) 69 67.
137 K Walker (Castle Park) 70 67, P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 68 69.
138 G McFarlane (Clober) 72 66, J McGhee (Turnhouse) 69 69, Billy Marchbank (Crieff) 69 69, L Mann (Carnoustie) 64 74.
139 S Taylor (Bothwell Castle) 72 67, S Cairns (Colville Park) 70 69, C Gillies (Perry Golf) 70 68, N Reid (Deeside) 69 70, S Catlin (Greenburn) 68 71, A Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 67 72.
140 C Campbell (Carnegie Club) 71 69.
141 P Wardell (Whitekirk) 73 69, A Lockhart (Ladybank)_ 73 69, K Campbell (Machrihanish) 72 69, G Dingwall (Royal Dornoch) 72 69, N Scott-Smith (Palacerigg) 69 72, A Hunter (Mearns Castle) 69 72, D Broadfoot (Dumfries& Co) 66 75.
142 E Cameron (Hamilton) 74 69, S McNally (Scottish Inst of Sport) 73 69, C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst) 72 70.
143 S Lamb (Broomieknowe) 74 69, G Fox (East Kilbride) 70 73, S Gray (Hayston) 70 73, J Erskine (Portpatrick Dunskey) 70 73, S Duncan (Balbirnie Park) 69 74, G Niven (Stirling Univ) 68 75.
144 B Mason (Drumoig) 74 70, S Rettie (All Golf Swing Centre) 73 71, C Gordon (Edinubrgh Golf Centre) 73 71, J McKinnon (Irvine) 72 72, S Morrison (Tain) 70 74.
145 A Mackrell (East Kilbride) 77 68, A Love (Charleton ) 73 72, R Cameron (McDonald Ellon) 73 72, G Law (Uphall) 73 72, M Urquhart (Inverness) 73 72, C Boyle (Lanark) 72 73, N Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh) 70 75, G McInnes (Murcar Links) 69 76.
146 J Ruth (Gary Mitchell Golf) 778 68, D Patrick (Elie) 76 70, C Ronald (Carluke) 76 70, Greg Rankin (Stirling) 75 71, T Buchanan (Duddingston) 75 71, I Graham (Crow Wood) 74 72, N Huguet (Musselburgh) 73 73, A Crerar (Panmure) 73 73.
147 A Purdie (Kingsbarns Links) 75 72, J Porteous (Craigielaw) 75 72, S Savage (Dalmuir) 74 73, C Everett (Caldwell) 72 75.
148 P Malone (Braid Hills) 78 70, P Jamieson (Dunblane New) 76 72, G Hardy (Dundonald Links) 72 76.

149 S Pithie (Carluke) 77 72, E Davie (Dunblane New) 77 72, M Bruce (Gullane) 73 76.

150 S Robin (Kilmarnock Barassie) 78 72, B Wallace (Buchanan Castle) 78 72, J Robertson (Glasgow) 73 77.

151 M Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar), A MacKenzie (Duddingston) 73 78, D Williamson (Kirkhill) 73 78.

152 R Valentine (Craigielaw) 81 71, Henry Wong (Wellsgreen) 78 74, G McSporran (Kinross) 75 77, L Mackie (unatt) 73 79.

153 D Stirling (unatt) 77 76, M Barnard (Inchmarlo) 76 77.

154 O Morton (Gullane) 77 77, G Lornie (Kings Links) 73 81.

155 G Robertson (Lanark) 80 75, C Imlah (Peebles) 80 75, C Donnelly (Balbirnie Park) 78 77.

156 S Gillespie (Burnntisland) 80 767.

157 S Marttin (Glenbervie) 81 76, G Paxton (Ralson) 78 79, J Mooney (Turriff) 78 79.

160 G Fisher (Mearns Castle) 83 77.

162 S Findlater (Brechin) 84 78.

163 D Knapp (unatt) 79 84.

165 F Murray (Andratx) 82 83.

NRs P Brookes NR 69, A Logan 78 NR, R Rafferty 75 NR, J Kielly (Kames CC NR.

2008-07-22T19:41:00.002Z

Lindsay's the Mann at
Lanark halfway

Former Walker Cup player Lindsay Mann continued his recent improved form with a six-under-par 64 today to lead the field at the halfway stage of the Callaway/Audi 36-hole Scottish PGA Order of Merit tournament at Lanark Golf Club.
Mann, from the well-known Carnoustie golfing family, had a purple patch straddling the turn of five birdies in seven successive holes.
In all he birdied the sixth, seventh, eighth, 11th, 12th, 16th and 17th in halves of 33 and 31. Mann had only one bogey, at the 13th.
But even golf of that class did not give him more than a one-shot overnight lead from unattached Englishman Jonathan Lomas who made it through to the last day of the Open on Sunday.
Lomas birdied the fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, 11th and 16th in halves of 32 and 33. Like the leader, he had one bogey, at the 10th.
Of the three players sharing third place on 66, David Orr (East Renfrewshire) deserves a mention. His 66 included a double bogey 6 at the 14th so he had to shoot seven birdies in all to compensate for that blunder. He also dropped a shot at the 15th but finished up with a bag of seven birdies.
Also on 66 are David Broadfoot (Dumfries & County) and Euan Little (County Tipperary).
FIRST ROUND
Par 70
64 L Mann (Carnoustie).
65 J Lomas (unatt).
66 D Broadfoot (Dumfries & Co), E Little (Co Tipperary), D Orr (East Renfrewshire).
67 R Arnott (Bishopbriggs), A Oldcorn (Kings Acre).
68 C Kelly (Cawder), G Niven (Stirling Univ), C Doak (unatt), S Catlin (Greenburn), P McKechnie (Braid Hills).
69 N Reid (Deeside), Billy Marchbank (Crieff), A Hunter (Mearns Castle), N Scott-Smith (Palacerigg), J McGhee (Turnhouse), G McInnes (Murcar Links), S Duncan (Balbirnie Park), A J Webster (Edzell).
70 C Gillies (Perry Golf), J Erskine (Portpatrick Dunskey), M King (Kingsfield), S Morrison (Tain), N Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh), S Gray (Hayston), K Walker (Castle Park), G Wright (West Linton), S Cairns (Colville Park), G Fox (East Kilbride).
71 C Campbell (Carnegie Club).
72 C Boyle (Lanark), C Everett (Caldwell), S Taylor (Bothwell Castle), G McFarlane (Clober), J McKinnon (Irvine), M Urquhart (Inverness), G Dingwall (Royal Dornoch), G Law (Uphall), G Hardy (Dundonald Links), K Campbell (Machrihanish), C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst).
73 A Crerar (Panmure), S McNally (Scottish Inst of Sport), D Williamnson (Kirkhill), C Gordon (Edinburgh Golf Centre), G Lornie (Kings Links), A Lockhart (Ladybank), R Cameron (McDonald Ellon), P Wardell (Whitekirk), L Mackie (unatt), A MacKenzie (Duddingston), S Rettie (All Golf Swing Centre), J Robertson (Glasgow), A Love (Charleton), N Huguet (Musselburgh).
74 I Graham (Crow Wood), S Lamb (Broomieknowe), S Savage (Dalmuir), B Mason (Drumoig), E Cameron (Hamilton).
75 T Buchanan (Duddingston), G McSporran (Kinross), M Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar), R Rafferty (unatt), J Porteous (Craigielaw), A Purdie (Kingsbarns Links), Greg Rankin (Stirling).
76 C Ronald (Carluke), M Barnard (Inchmarlo), P Jamieson (Dunblane New), D Patrick (Elie).
77 E Davie (Dunblane New), A Mackrell (East Kilbride), D Stirling (unatt), O Morton (Gullane), S Pithie (Carluke).
78 A Logan (Cochrane Castle), C Donnelly (Balbornie Park), H Wong (Wellsgreen), B Wallace (Buchanan Castle), P Malone (Braid Hills), J Mooney (Turriff), J Ruth (Gary Mitchell Golf), S Robin (Kilmarnock Barassie), G Paxton (Ralston).
79 D Knapp (unatt).
80 S Gillespie (Burntisland), C Imlah (Peebles), G Robertson (Lanark).
81 R Valentine (Craigielaw), S Martin (Glenbervie).
82 F Murray (Andratx).
83 G Fisher (Mearns Castle).
84 S Findlater (Brechin).
Retired - C Russell (RAW Golf Course Desing).
No returns - P Brookes (Pitreavie), J Kelly (Kames CC).
Disqualified - B Dunbar (unatt), S Brown (Carnoustie Links), S Reekie (Blairgowrie), E Walker (Butntisland), G Duncan (Westin Turnberry).

Scottish boys' open stroke-play championship

2008-07-22T19:34:00.002Z

Bookless makes his Mark with
30 for Lansdowne back nine

Blairgowrie Golf Club members could hardly believe when they heard that Sandyhills teenager Mark Bookless had reduced the tough inward half on the Lansdowne course to a mere 30 strokes from the back tees today.
Bookless, playing in the first round of the firstpointusa.com Scottish boys' open amateur stroke-play championship, shot six birdies after the turn - at the 11th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th.
Mark had gone out in a fairly average one-over-par 37 with a birdie at the first and bogeys at the third and seventh. But that inspired run gave him a five-under-par round of 67 to lead the field.
Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) tucked in behind Bookless with a 68, spreading his five birdies more evenly - at the first, third, sixth, 12th and 17th in halves of 34. He had only one bogey as well, at the fourth.
Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck), bidding to pull off the rarely achieved Scottish boys' match-play and stroke-play doube, could feel well satisfied with a two-under 70 which gives him a platform from which to launch a challenge over the next three rounds.
Stewart had birdies at the first, 12th, 15tgh and 1`7th in halves of 36 and 34. He had bogeyed the third and 13th.
ALL THE FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
67 M Bookless (Sandyhills).
68 S Binning (Ranfurly Castle).
70 M Stewart (Troon Welbeck).
71 A Dalgliesh (Haywards Heath), J Robertson (Turriff), K Smith (Kilmarnock Barassie), F McKenna (Balmore), P Shields (Kirkhill).
72 D Ryan (Ealing), J Ross (Royal Burgess).
73 C Thomson (East Renfrewshire), P Scanlan (Hamilton), K McClung (Wigtownshire Co), T Sharkey (Helensburgh), C Robb (Inchmarlo), J Hendrick (Pollok), A Graham (Crow Wood).
74 D Smith (US), R Storrier (Downfield), T Weworski (US), L Bickerton (Spain), J Treasurer (Inverness),
75 F Moore (Glenbervie), D MacAndrew (Royal Aberdeen), C Corbett (Dumfries & Galloway), D Law (Hazlehead), C Shaw (Australia), S Brown (Turnberry).
76 S Clarkson (Ilkley), N Beattie (St Andrews), S McLaren (King James VI), S Connell (Inverness), E Markley (US), C O'Neil (Pollok), A Abercrombie (Douglas Park), D Grant (Renfrew), G Stirling (Caldwell), S Brown (Murcar Links), C Hay (Marriott Dalmahoy), C Gaittens (Fortrose & Rosemarkie), G McDougall (Bishopbriggs), C Trahan (Royal Aberdeen), G Wright (St Andrews), R Forgie (Muckhart).
77 L Johnston (Pines), M Kelly (Kirkhill), M Thomson (Grange), P Gordon (Paisley), P McPhee (King James VI), S Gibson (Southerness), C Baird (Bothwell Castle), P Loughlin (Cawder), A Dunton (McDonald Ellon), O Hayes (East Sussex National), S Ballingall (Dunston Hall), J Lynch (Falkirk Carmuirs), A Lauder (Paisley), W Russell (The Duke's), T Blennerhassett (Marriott Dalmahoy), M Reid (Downfield), I Allan (Hopeman), F Clarke (Westhill), L Reid (Fortrose & Rosemarkie).
78 B Nichols (US), S Boyle (Harburn), L McAlpine (Invergordon), M Lindsay (Pitreavie), J Thorburn (Forrester Park), J McWilliam (Portpatrick Dunskey), P Ramsay (Elgin), L Jackson (West Hove), P O'Neil (Pollok), S Bolton (Magonolia Park), D Ramsay (Elgin), M Dickson (Gullane), A Forsythe (Caldwell), B Pelling (Prestonfield), G Meechan (Dullatur), T Waldron (Camberley Heath).
79 J Lampkin (Ilkley), J Bradley (Paisley), J Binning (Ranfurly Castle), A Welsh (Torrance House), P Renwick (Invergordon), G Anderson (Flaxby Park), C Finley (Scotscraig), A Reid (Paisley), F O'Connor (Inchmarlo), D Young (Craigie Hill), J McColl (Scotscraig), J Henry (Clydebank & Dist), T Dagwell (Crowborough Beacon), K Nelson (Murcar Links), I Redford (King James VI).
80 M Bell (King James VI), C Stewart (Brora), R Milne (Aboyne), H Russell (US), D Kay (Dunbar), J Arthur (Milnathort), F Ogston (St Andrews), B Sloan (Hamilton), M Eyton (Dumbarton), K Godsman (Hopeman), F Lawrie (West Kilbride), J Rhynd (Uphall), D Fitzpatrick (Greenock).
81 A Begg (Muir of Ord), R Barry (US), E Wilson (Berwick upon Tweed), S Johnstone (Linden Hall), N MacAndrew (Cullen), O Huish (North Berwick), R Clarke (Moray), J Anderson (Glenrothes), M Murphy (Cawder), S Thompson (St Andrews).
82 R Beattie (Hawick), S Clark (Ayr Belleisle), T Dingwall (Nairn Dunbar), M Fraser (Glencruitten), G Hay (Grantown on Spey), E Paterson (Bruntsfield Links), C Robinson (Largs), B Jamieson (St Andrews New), A Todd (Grange).
83 S McGraddie (Cathcart Castle), A Murray (Buchanan Castle), A Wright (Kilmarnock Barassie), L Haldane (Stirling), A Mann (Kilmacolm), T Spencer (Inchmarlo), J White (St Andrews New), S Gall (Carnoustie).
84 D Millar (Oldmeldrum), D Gallagher (Glasgow), K Kilroy (Cawder).
85 A Foley (Ayr Belleisle).
86 G Reid (Newbattle), G Reilly (Lochwinnoch).
87 S Fairburn (Galashiels).
88 A Weiss (US).
89 A Tulleth (St Andrews).
80 T Cone (US).

2008-07-22T15:48:00.002Z

Forgan of St Andrews announces signing

international legend Ian Woosnam
PRESS RELEASE
Forgan of St Andrews announced today the signing of international golfing legend Ian Woosnam, OBE, to represent them on tour. Ian has signed an initial contract of 3½ years from the 1st July and got off to a winning start first time out at the recent Russian Seniors in Moscow.
“When I began our search for a player, I wanted to get somebody iconic who had the respect of the golfing public around the world. As soon as I heard Ian was available I knew he was exactly what we were looking for," said Simon Millington, Forgan's chief executive officer.
"Ian will work closely with us on product development to help keep us at the cutting edge of golf club technology and has been instrumental in making sure the online custom fitting system gives golfers of all standards clubs built to their exact specifications.
Ian Woosnam said:
“I’m delighted to be associated with such a respected and innovative brand as Forgan. I’m a strong supporter of using custom-fitted clubs to improve your game. The online custom fit service from Forgan is remarkable. It’s definitely a step in the right direction for the industry and will allow more golfers to realise their true potential.”
His highly distinguished professional career has seen Woosnam win more tournaments worldwide than any other contemporary British player – 46 to date. The Welshman was the first golfer in the world to win more than £1million in prize money in a single year and was world No 1 for 50 weeks.
In 1991 he claimed his most famous victory in winning the Masters at Augusta, beating Jose Maria Olazábal by a single shot.
Woosie was also the first player to win the World Match-Play Championship in three different decades and has proudly represented Wales in 14 World Cups, winning in 1987.
Having played in eight Ryder Cups, the pinnacle came when winning as captain in 2006 when Team Europe claimed victory in the competition by a record-equalling score of 18½ to 9½ points. This was also the first time Europe had achieved three successive victories.
About Forgan of St. Andrews
Forgan of St. Andrews, the world’s oldest golf brand, established in 1860, very quickly earned itself a reputation for quality and innovation. The next few years saw the company go from strength to strength and it was granted a Royal Seal of Approval when Robert Forgan was appointed official club maker to the Prince of Wales. Forgan clubs from that era are still some of the most collectable clubs in golf.
Now owned by Sports PLC, one of Europe’s leading online retailers, Forgan has continued its pioneering approach in the golf industry to become the first manufacturer to offer an online customised golf clubs service from its websites - www.forgan.co.uk in the UK and www.forgangolf.com in the USA.
All golf clubs from Forgan are manufactured to the highest quality and specifications, featuring state-of-the-art technology and materials applied throughout the new 2008 line-up. Forgan provides a complete custom fitting service allowing players of all sizes and gender to customise their clubs in a simple to use system to their own exacting standards.

2008-07-22T14:51:00.002Z

Donald SLICER, the pro with
the famous name, calls it a day

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
A professional with one of the most famous surnames in golf - Donald Slicer - has retired as club pro at Kippie Lodge Sports & Country Club, formerly the Aberdeen Petroleum Club, at Milltimber on the western outskirts of the city.
"Donald had a bad fall in January, resulting in a broken shoulder and although the shoulder was reset and healed well, Donald also suffered nerve damage which meant he has limited use of one hand," said Kippie Lodge club director Robin Caldwell.
"He has been received physiotherapy and making progress but Donald decided to retired as he felt that the recuperation period was too long and that it may be 12 to 18 months before he would have full use of his hand again.
"I would like to wish Donald a long and happy retirement and thank him for his seven years of loyal service to the club."
Slicer, who is 59, has been a member of the PGA since 1965 when he began his training as an assistant pro at Cawder Golf Club. As an amateur he had been runner-up twice in the Scottish assistants championship and third in the British assistants championship and Glasgow youths champion.
After completing his PGA training, Slicer played on the European Tour from 1969 for a few years before becoming club pro at Falkirk Tryst. He won seven pro-ams on the Tartan Tour but had to give up the playing side of the game due to an injury.
Later he set up a retail outlet for men's and women's leisurewear and sold it on as a going concern.
He became a specialist teaching professional and moved to the North-east of Scotland in the 1990s and joined the coaching staff at the Kings Links Golf Centre before moving on to similar posts with Newmachar, the North-east District of the SGU, Peterhead and finally Kippie Lodge.
There is a nine-hole course and a driving range and short-game practice facilities at the Kippie Lodge Sports and Country Club which has 1,300 members.
Slicer's successor as club professional is 23-year-old Craig Stewart who has spent the past six years on the staff of Inchmarlo Golf Centre.

2008-07-22T12:55:00.002Z

Chris, James and Adam are
Czech-mates for EGU

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH GOLF UNION
Chris Paisley, home from college in America, teenager James Robinson, and Adam Wainwright from Lincolnshire, will represent the English Golf Union in the Czech amateur championship at the Golf Club Austerlitz near Brno from August 8 to 11.
Paisley, 22, from Northumberland, a member of the England Elite Squad, is studying at the University of Tennessee and has claimed success at individual and team level over there. In the UK last year he finished high in the English Amateur and South of England Stroke Play, while so far this summer he has reached the last 32 of the Amateur Championship before losing to England international Chris Wood and finished runner-up in the Tillman Trophy.
Robinson, 19, was a semi-finalist in last year’s English Amateur at Royal St George’s. This year he has met with considerable success, winning the Formby Hare and the Pines Trophy while finishing runner-up in the Southport & Ainsdale Bowl and the Scottish Youths Open Championship. The England Under-21 Squad member has also been fourth in the Bernard Darwin Salver and fifth in the Lancashire Championship.
Wainwright, 22, is also enjoying a fine 2008 after being named in the England ‘A’ Squad. Having been top scorer for England in the Costa Ballena Tournament in Spain in January, he finished runner-up in the individual rankings in the Midland Qualifying and third in the Selborne Salver, Hampshire Hog and the Hampshire Salver.
In 2007, the Gainsborough player reached the last 16 of the English Amateur, was third in the Lagonda Trophy and fourth in the Selborne Salver.
The Czech Amateur is a 72-hole stroke play event with a halfway cut to the leading 70 players and ties with a further cut after the third round to the leading 40 players and ties. There will also be a Nations Cup decided over the opening two rounds with the best two scores from three to count.

2008-07-22T11:54:00.003Z

Open amateur hero Chris Wood
bids for English championship

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH GOLF UNION
Fresh from his joint fifth place in the Open Championship, Chris Wood, along with several other key contenders for the title, will make early starts when the English amateur championship returns to Woodhall Spa from July 28 to August 2.
Wood and fellow internationals Ed Richardson and Dale Whitnell are out in the first four groups over the Hotchkin Course on the Monday and will be quickly followed by fellow caps Charlie Ford and Gary Wolstenholme and young talents Jonathan Bell and Tommy Fleetwood.
Wood, 20, from Bristol, who collected the silver medal as leading amateur at Royal Birkdale, is out first at 7.00am in the company of Richardson and James Martin from Spain.
Whitnell, winner of the Lagonda and Tillman Trophies in recent weeks, has a 7.30am start, Ford at 7.40am, Wolstenholme, yet to win the title, and Bell, the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters winner, at 7.50am and Fleetwood, the England Boys Captain, at 8.10am.
Simultaneously on the neighbouring Bracken Course, the 7.00am starters are Max Williams from Cuddington, Walsall’s Joe Bland, and Nick Davis from The Hertfordshire. England Schools champion and Somerset boy champion Matt Kippen has a 7.10am start along with Andrew Terry from Manchester and Sussex-based Daniel Casey.
A total of 288 leading players will descend on the EGU headquarters in rural Lincolnshire seeking to join a long and exclusive list of English champions.
The English Amateur adopted a change of format last year at Royal St George’s which proved a winner with players and officials alike. Instead of straight match play from the start, as had been the practise for many years, two rounds of stroke play qualifying, one over the Hotchkin Course and the other over the Bracken, will be staged over the opening two days.
From that, the leading 64 players and ties will go forward to the knockout stages over 18 holes on the Hotchkin. Six days of quality golf is guaranteed with every member of the Elite and A Squads and most of the Under 21 and Under 18 Squads competing, thereby producing a line-up of internationals.
A total of 398 players filed entries with the cut-off coming at scratch, just 16 players off that handicap getting in, the rest being balloted out to a reserve list. This will be the sixth time the Championship has been staged at Woodhall Spa.
In 1967 Michael Bonallack was crowned champion followed by Mark James in 1974. The 1984 winner was David Gilford, Ian Garbutt took the title there in 1990, while another Bristolian, Mark Sanders triumphed on the last occasion in 1999.
The Championship starts at 7am on Monday, July 28 and culminates with the 36-hole final on Saturday, August 2.
Latest scores and news updates can be found on the EGU website http://www.englishgolfunion.org/-

2008-07-22T11:44:00.006Z

Tommy Fleetwood to captain
England in Boys' Home
Internationals at Royal Co Down

PRESS RELEASED ISSUED BY ENGLISH GOLF UNION
Lancashire’s Tommy Fleetwood, winner of all his matches in last year‘s tournament, has been selected to captain England in the Boys' Home Internationals at Royal County Down, Northern Ireland from August 5 to 7.
A year ago, at Machynys Peninsula in Wales, Fleetwood completed a clean sweep of his six matches as England regained the title they lost to Scotland in 2006. Fleetwood, 17, from the Formby Hall club, has enjoyed a highly-successful career over the past four years.
After finishing runner-up in the English Under-16 championship for the McGregor Trophy in 2005, he was capped at Under-16 level against Scotland while in the following two years he again faced the Scots and was also capped at that level against Spain.
He made his debut at boys' level in last year’s European boys' team championship in Denmark and also represented GB&I against Europe in the Jacques Leglise Trophy.
Last year, Fleetwood also won the Southport & Ainsdale Bowl, finished runner-up in the Lancashire championship and third in the North of England Under-16 championship. He was also a member of the four-man England team that won the Honda International Junior Championship in Japan.
He went one better in the Lancashire championship this year, winning the title at Formby, while he finished runner-up in the British Amateur championship at Turnberry and was a member of the England team that finished third in the recent European boys' team championship in Slovenia.
Over the past decade, England have won the Boys' Home Internationals title nine times. In last year's championship at Machynys Peninsula, England won 34 of their 45 matches in the round robin series to win the R&A Trophy ahead of Ireland.

2008-07-22T11:05:00.002Z

The Pride of Peterhead - that's the Junior

Pennant League winning squad

NEWS FROM RAB DUNCAN
Peterhead Golf Club Junior Convener.

Pictured above are the victorious Peterhead Golf Club junior golf squad, winners of the Aberdeen and District Junior Pennant League.
They defeated Hazlehead in the final at Kings Links, Aberdeen. The contest could not have been any closer and ended when Peterhead secured a 1/2 point on the 17th green of the final match to seal a 3 1/2 - 2 1/2 victory.

The result was all the sweeter after losing last year's final to Deeside on a count back. Had this year's final ended 3-3, Peterhead would again have lost on the count back so the last pairings from both clubs played out their last four holes in front of a crowd in excess of 100 spectators, knowing the overall result of the final rested on their shoulders. That's pressure!
Peterhead Golf Club only joined the Aberdeen & District Pennant League in 2006 and the whole club is extremely proud that the team bounced back from last year's heartbreak to win against a really strong Hazlehead team.

The caption for the picture is (you can enlarge the image by clicking on it):
Back Row: Mark Lawson, Jamie Reid, Matthew Wiseman, Lewis Cruikshanks, Paul Young, Lewis Davidson, Philip Lemon, Sean Skinner.Front Row: Mark Stainton, Ross Gordon,Christopher Thomson (capt), Kevin Park, Charles Cross, Alexander Innes, Scott Porter.

Missing : Adam Duncan, Glen McNiven, Jaime Cook.

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2008-07-22T07:56:00.000Z

Hundreds expected for clubgolf
junior coaching at Senior Open

clubgolf, Scottish golf’s junior golf programme which recently announced spectacular figures for the numbers of children it introduced to the game this year, will provide up to 250 short lessons for juniors at this week’s Senior British Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club (July 24-27).
So far this year clubgolf has introduced 33,466 Primary 5 children to the game in school. Thirty one out of 32 local authorities now offer its introductory game, firstclubgolf.
Schools in South Ayrshire are ahead of the game. Ninety six percent of the area’s Primary 5s – 1,246 children – have been introduced to the programme this year through firstclubgolf.
Judging from these statistics, junior coaching at the Championships – taking place in the players’ practice area - will be hugely popular. clubgolf will run two bays specifically for children aged between nine and 14. A further two will be available for members of the public to book.
The icing on the cake for juniors at the Championships this week will be a clinic hosted by the legendary Tom Watson on Wednesday (between 11.30am-12.30pm), which will be attended by 116 local children, 60 of whom are participating in clubgolf programmes.
Said clubgolf Project Manager, Torquil McInroy, “The Senior Open Championship has made Scotland its home for a few years now, and I’m naturally delighted that clubgolf continues to work closely with this major event to promote junior golf in Scotland.
“clubgolf has seen some spectacular growth over the past year, and I’m grateful to the European Tour for their support in helping to make that happen.
“Last year at Muirfield our coaching clinics proved very popular, and I’m sure they will be in high demand once again at Troon.
“The Seniors provides a chance for any young golfer to see some first class golf up close. The opportunity for these kids to rub shoulders with the top players is something that will live in their memories for many years to come, and I’m sure will be the reason for many of them to keep their own golfing progress on track.”

2008-07-22T07:15:00.004Z

201,000 attended 'really great'
Open at Royal Birkdale

FROM THE R&A WEBSITE
Despite the appalling weather that prevailed for much of the week, 201,000 people attended the 137th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. This puts the attendance in the top three of all time for an Open held away from St Andrews.
"I think getting over 200,000 people in this week was a fantastic achievement, given the weather, the commercial environment and the Tiger Woods situation," said Peter Dawson, Chief Executive of The R&A.
"All credit to golf fans in this part of the country."
Dawson also paid tribute to Padraig Harrington's willingness to put something back into the game, and added that the Championship had run very smoothly with very few problems coming his way during the week.
David Hill, Director of Championships at The R&A, also praised the golf fans of north-west England not only for their hardy attendance, but also for their impeccable behaviour and their purchasing of fish and chips in record numbers: an estimated 30,000 people enjoyed fish and chips at Birkdale this week.
For all that, it was the excitement of the golf tournament itself that will be most remembered, with all talk of the absence of Tiger Woods being forgotten long before the drama came to a conclusion on Sunday.
Michael Brown, Chairman of The R&A Championship Committee, summed it up perfectly. "I think it will come to be seen as one of the really great Opens," he said. "It was thrilling and compelling golf in exceptionally challenging conditions."

2008-07-22T07:04:00.002Z

Harrington pays tribute to
Torrance the 'genius'

FROM THE SPORT.SCOTSMAN.COM WEBSITE
By Mike Aitken
Padraig Harrington, the two-time Open champion, yesterday hailed Bob Torrance, his swing coach, as "a genius" and the best teacher of the game to be found anywhere in the world of golf.
Ten years after the men first met on the range at Loch Lomond, the partnership between the tireless Irishman and the shrewd Scot has helped to mould the first European golfer to win more than one major title since Jose Maria Olazabal.
Long renowned in his amateur days as an outstanding chipper and putter, Harrington was smart enough to work out after turning pro that he needed to overhaul his swing if he wanted to improve.
In perhaps the most successful swing re-design on this side of the Atlantic since Nick Faldo had his action taken apart by David Leadbetter, Harrington paid tribute to the 75-year-old Scot for turning him into one of the game's best ball strikers of the past decade.
"Bob is the best swing coach in the world," Harrington, 36, insisted at Birkdale the morning after he'd become the first European player in 102 years to successfully defend the Open title.
"You can see his genius in the way he can analyse any swing. He's spent his whole life examining the golf swing and his knowledge of cause and effect is just incredible."
Harrington also works with Dr Paul Hurrion, the biomechanics expert, who confirmed that everything Torrance sees naturally "with his own eye and his genius" is backed up by computer analysis and scientific evidence.

2008-07-21T21:54:00.002Z

Things you might not know ...

Chris Wood (Long Ashton), winner of the Silver Medal as leading amateur in the Open on Sunday, won the St Andrews Links boys' tournament only three years ago.

2008-07-21T21:18:00.003Z

Scots come through Senior

British Open Qualifying

to play at Royal Troon

South African Bertus Smit was one of 45 players to secure a place in The 2008 Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard through final qualifying.
Smit, who finished tied second behind winner Tony Johnstone at the Jersey Seniors Classic, finished four shots behind Irish amateur Adrian Morrow (70) at Western Gailes, one of three courses to host the qualifiers for the Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club.
Scot Craig Maltman was one of six players to finish tied on 74 at Dundonald Links, along with former Murcar Links amateur John A Fraser (Royal Burgess), pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, Mike Gallagher, Jim Lapsley, David A Russell and Steve Stull.
Leading the way at Glasgow Gailes on 73 was the English trio of Andrew Hall, Phil Hinton and Andrew Reynolds.
Fifteen players qualified from each of the three venues and will go into Thursday’s first round draw alongside Greg Norman and defending champion Tom Watson, as well as Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam.
Qualifiers from today's three venues were:

DUNDONALD LINKS

74 C Maltman (Sco), S Stull (US), M Gallagher (Eng), J Lapsley (NZ), D Russell (Eng), J A Fraser (Sco) (am).
75 B Lockie (Sco), J Chaffee (US), M Williams (Zim).
77 T Conley (US),T Price (Wal), J Hoskison (Eng), J P Morgan (Eng), I Brotherston (Sco) (am).
78 T Giles (Eng).
GLASGOW GAILES
73 A Hall (Eng), P Hinton (Eng), A Reynolds (Eng).

74 J Heggarty (Nir)
75 P McKellar (Sco) (am).
76 B McColl (Sco), B Harston (US), J McTear (Sco), B Exber (US), D Downie (Sco) (am), R Clark (Eng).
77 J Chancey (US), S Graham (Eng), M Aoki (Jpn), K Hanefield (US).
WESTERN GAILES
70 A Morrow (Ire) (am).
71 J Blair (US), S Martin (Sco), T Giedeon (Sco).
73 S Prendergast (Ire)
74 B Smit (RSA), P Teravainen (US).
75 G Townhill (Eng), R Carrasco (US), P Dahlberg (Swe), A Murray (Eng), R Fox (Eng), N Lavin (Ire).
76 A Adams (US), J S Hirsch (US) (am).

2008-07-21T19:46:00.006Z

Tartan Tour Scoreboard
AUDI PRO-AM
Lanark Golf Club
TEAM EVENT ONLY
+Every pro received £200.
Par 140
125 David Orr (East Renfrewshire) & team.
126 David Patrick (Elie) & team.
127 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills) & team.
129 Colin Gillies (Perry Golf) & team.
129 Dean Robertson (Mearns Castle) & team.
129 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs Golf Range) & team.
130 Chris Campbell (Carnegie Club) & team.
131 Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre) & team.
131 Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie) & team.
132 Gordon Law (Uphall) & team.
132 Stuart Morrison (Tain) & team.
133 Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Course Design) & team.
133 Craig Ronald (Carluke) & team.
134 Alan Lockhart (Ladybank) & team.
134 Tom Buchanan (Duddingston) & team.
134 Mark Banard (Inchmarlo) & team.
135 Graeme McInnes (Murcar Links) & team.
140 Mark Loftus (Cowglen) & team.
140 Chris Doak (unatt) & team.
147 Scott Catlin (Greenburn) & team.
149 Steven Duncan (Balbirnie Park) & team.
151 Nicholas Reid (Deeside) & team.

2008-07-21T19:40:00.001Z

NEW GOLF PRO AT KIPPIE LODGE

Kippie Lodge Sports & Country Club - formerly Aberdeen Petroleum Golf Club - has appointed Craig Stewart as its new golf professional. Stewart, 23, has been on the Inchmarlo Golf Centre staff for six years.
Kippie Lodge has a nine-hole course and a driving range.

2008-07-21T19:03:00.001Z

North of Scotland Junior Open tee times

LOCH NESS GOLF CLUB
Late entries will be accepted on 01463 713334 for the North of Scotland Junior Open to be played on Loch Ness New Golf Course on Sunday, July 27.
Competitors will tee of in threes at 10 minute intervals and are from the host club unless otherwise stated.
Abbreviations: B, Brora; C, Carrbridge; CL, Caldwell; FR, Fortrose & Rosemarkie; FW, Fort William; G, Garmouth; I, Inverness; IS, Isle of Skye; K, Kingussie; KH, Keith; M, Muir of Ord; MT, Milnathort; N, Nairn; ND, Nairn Dunbar; P, Pumpherston; S, Stonehaven; SA, St Andrews; SM, Strathmore; TH, Thurso.

9.00 R Hunter (MT), R Black (I), C. Reid (I); L. Hunter (MT), S. MacLeod, A. Fraser.
9.30 C. Nelson (N), J. Brown (SA), A. Ross (FW); C. Neil, G. Bennett, K. MacKay; C. MacLean (I), L. Leighmedde (M), C. Black.
10.10 E. Chancellor (I), J. Shaw (K) S. Chalmers; F. Brown (ND), S. Goodman (I), D. MacDonald; M. Kennedy (C), M. MacPherson, J. Groom (P).
11.00 R. Rapson, R. Fyfe (I), Miss A. Brown (ND); M. Parsonage (TH), E. MacLachlan (I), S. Tammie (FR); A. Kenyon (I), C. MacMillan (I), M. Bramley.
11.50 R. Benson (I), R. Carpenter, R. Carson (I).
12.00 C. McIntosh (I), S. Murray, S. Pieraccini (I); S. Wright (S), M. McGrory (CL), I MacLeod (I).
12.40 C. Stewart (B), I. McCallum (FW), E. Donaldson (IS); A. Young (G), R. Innes (KH), A. Cameron (FW).
1.00 Miss J. Innes (KH), I. Stewart (B), G. Martin (SM).

2008-07-21T17:52:00.007Z

Robert McKnight, Jason

Palmer tied 2nd in

Chiberta Grand Prix

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Whatever happened to the leading final totals from the Chiberta Grand Prix at Biarritz in Southwest France?
That's a good question, one I've been asking myself over the past week. Because I had to break off in the middle of the tournament - reporting on it from the tournament website - and go down to Southport for the R&A Junior Open last week, I lost track of it ... and, worse than that, although I found the tournament website again, quite unbelievably it did not have a recap on the final totals!
But, thanks to the R&A's David Moir, the man who organises the World Amateur Golf Rankings and, to that end, gathers in open tournament scores literally from around the world, I can now plug the gap in our service of reports and scores.
So, here we are:
Frenchman Cambis won by nine strokes
Robert McKnight from the Caprington club, Ayrshire, finished joint second with Englishman Jason Palmer on 269 - nine shots behind the all-the-way-leader, presumably a Frenchman, Guillaume Cambis.
Cambis shot 63, 65, 65 and 67 for 260. Not quite sure what the par was. I know it is a shortish course but that is still very good golf indeed.
McKnight (picture above by Cal Carson Golf Agency), scored 65, 68, 67 and 69 for 269, the same total as Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire), the 23-year-old Midland open amateur champion, who scored 68, 68, 66 and 67. Farren Keenan (Sunningdale), who played four years on the American college circuit as a student at the University of Texas, finished fifth on 272 with scores of 68, 70, 66 and 68.
In sixth place was another representative of the English Golf Union, Billy Hemstock from the Teignmouth club in Devon. Billy scored 68, 66, 72 and 67.
James White (Lundin), the 2006 Scottish boys' match-play champion and Stirling University student, slipped over the last couple of rounds to finish joint 25th on 283 with scorfes of 67, 70, 75 and 71.
Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm), the third Scot in the international field, tied for 32nd place with scores of 67, 71, 72 and 75 for 285.
Cambis won the men's title by nine shots and Linn Gustafsson from Sweden did even better in the women's championship. She won that by ELEVEN shots!
Linn completed her freshman year in May at Texas State University. She comes from Ekero in Sweden.
Her scores in the Chiberta Grand Prix women's championship - once won by Kirsty Fisher, I recall, were 78, 73, 68 and 66 for 275.
Runner-up on 286 was one of the Derrey sisters from France - Stephanie, with 70, 73, 72 and 71 for 286.
Joint third on 288 were the halfway leader Marion Ricordeau, who had a disastrous last round of 81 (for 288) which undid all her good earlier work of 68, 68 and 71, and Fanny Bernard.
LEADING TOTALS
MEN
260 Guillaume Cambis (France) 63 65 65 67.
269 Jason Palmer (Kirby Muxloe) 68 68 66 67, Robert McKight (Caprington) 65 68 67 69.
270 Ignacio Elvira 687 71 66 65.
272 Farren Keenan (Sunningdale) 68 70 66 68.
273 Billy Hemstock (Teignmouth) 68 66 72 67.
Other totals:
283 James White (Lundin) 67 70 75 71 (jt 25th).
285 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 67 71 72 75 (jt 32nd).
WOMEN
275 Linn Gustafsson (Sweden) 68 73 68 66.
286 Stephanie Derrey (France) 70 73 72 71.
288 Fanny Bernard 71 72 73 72, Marion Ricordeau 68 68 71 81.

2008-07-21T15:24:00.000Z

DOUGLAS PHILIP TROPHY EVENT
WILL NOT BE PLAYED THIS YEAR

Plans to revamp the Douglas Philip Trophy golf tournament and stage it this Sunday at Deeside Golf Club have been abandoned by Cults Hotel proprietor, Alastair Hutcheon, nephew of the late Douglas Philip, the Aberdeen FC director who started the event in 1947 at Hazlehead.
"The response from golf clubs has been so poor, the number of entries so small that I have decided not to hold the tournament this year," said Alastair, brother in law of Deeside Golf Club professional Frank Coutts.
"It's not the end of it, by any means, but it's back to the drawing board to see if we can come up with a format that has more appeal."

2008-07-21T13:51:00.004Z

Twelve months ago at Cardrona Hotel, James Byrne (Banchory) and Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) after they had tied at the end of 72 holes and Byrne had won a play-off for the title and trophy. James is too old to play this week in the Scottish boys' stroke-play at Blairgowrie, so Michael Stewart looks set to go one better. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved. Click on the image if you wish to enlarge it.

Michael Stewart hot favourite
to complete boys' title double

Michael Stewart is a hot favourite to add the Scottish boys' open stroke-play golf championship at Blairgowrie's Lansdowne course over the next three days (Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday) to the Scottish boys' match-play title he won at Southerness in April.
Only four teenagers have done the double since the stroke-play was introduced to the Under-18s' calendar - TV commentator Ewan Murray (1971), Steven Young (1994), Scott Henry (2004) and golf writer John Huggan who won the boys' stroke-play first in 1977 and then became the Scottish boys' match-play champion in 1978.
Troon Welbeck member Stewart lost to James Byrne (Banchory) in a play-off last year when the stroke-play was staged at Cardrona. Since then Stewart has graduated to top men's events like the St Andrews Links Trophy, finishing runner-up to Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie), and competing with distinction for Scotland in the recent European men's amateur team championship.
That does not mean it's a one-horse race over the four rounds at Blairgowrie. One could make out a case for at least half-a-dozen challengers, such as David Law (Hazlehead) who won the North-east District boys' championship a few days ago, Paul Shields (Kirkhill), Oliver Huish (North Berwick) and the King James VI trio of Paul McPhee, Sam McLaren and Ian Redford.
The championship is sponsored by firstpointusa.com, a leading sports scholarship consultancy, providing assistance to boys and girls seeking to pursue playing and academic careers and United States colleges and universities.
Michael Stewart enrols at East Tennessee State University in the autumn.

2008-07-21T11:44:00.002Z

Hi Ho Silver! Chris Wood is riding
high as leading amateur in Open

PRESS RELEASE FROM ENGLISH GOLF UNION
England international Chris Wood produced the performance of his life to secure the silver medal as the leading amateur in the Open championship at Royal Birkdale.
A closing round of 72 for 290, 10 over par, saw the 20-year-old from Bristol finish in joint fifth place overall with American Jim Furyk, seven strokes behind the champion, Padraig Harrington, but ahead of many leading professionals after a tough week over the Southport links.
“I don’t know what to say, I‘m lost for words,” was Wood’s comment on his outstanding performance. “It’s been a great week and an unbelievable experience. The support I had from the fans was brilliant and playing with Ian Poulter in the final round was superb as he played so well.
“I didn’t feel under any pressure but it was another tough day in the wind,” added the 6ft 5in man from Long Ashton who won the admiration of the fans.
Starting the final round on eight over par after rounds of 75, 70 and 73, and with his father Richard as caddie, Wood kept his game under control in the blustery conditions and managed to find three birdies.
With Poulter in with a great chance of picking up the Claret Jug, the pair seemed to inspire each other but although Poulter matched Harrington’s 69, he had to settle for second place four strokes behind the Irishman.
With only two amateurs making the cut, the silver medal was a straight fight between Wood and Tom Sherreard, former boy cap and an England ’A’ Squad member, from Kent. But Sherreard also closed with 72 thanks to an eagle-birdie finish for 294, 14 over par.