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.

Scottish boys' open stroke-play championship

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).

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.

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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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).

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.

Hugh Hunter's Clackmannan County News

Clackmannan county championship line up. Front row (left to right): Sam Kinnaird (county president), Scott Borrowman (2008 Clackmannan county champion), Stuart Morrison (captain of Dollar Golf Club). Back row (left to right): Steven Horne, George Kay, Charlie Murray, Jamie Aitken (image by Hugh Hunter).

IT'S DOLLAR'S DAY AS SCOTT BORROWMAN
WINS CLACKMANNAN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
The Clackmannan county championship was a total triumph for the home club (Dollar) players when they lifted all the major prizes at the 36 hole event, played in good conditions.
With Callum Macaulay not defending his title, there was speculation that home-based player +5 handicapper Darren Hulston might do something special in view of his experience of producing sub-60 rounds.
However, on the day his magic touch did not appear and it was Scott Borrowman who took the title by three shots form Tulliallan’s Steven Horne. Scott’s win was founded on his outward nine on his first round, when he raced to the turn in 28 with individual figures of 3-3-3-3-4-4-2-3-3 against 32 par.
The inward nine of 36 (345 443 463) was a bit more ordinary, but it gave him a two-shot lead at lunchtime over Steven Horne and seven-handicap Charlie Murray from the home club who did an astonishing 30 for the first nine.
No fireworks appeared in the afternoon from anyone. The best scores of 66 came from Alloa’s Ian Guthrie and Jamie Aitken. Scott Borrowman was one shot behind, but took the title with a two-round aggregate of 131, incidentally one shot worse than Callum Macaulay’s aggregate of 130 (70-60) at the longer Braehead course in 2007.
Top handicap prize went to Charlie Murray with 126 (59-67) with Alva’s George Kay only two shots behind, thus striking a blow for the more mature golfers in the field. Perhaps he took some inspiration from Greg Norman’s performance in the Open at Birkdale.
In the team event for a place at the Scottish Club final ,to be played at Windyhill in September, the Dollar team took the honours from Alloa by two shots.

LEADING SCORES
CSS 66 for both rounds)
131 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 64 67.
134 Steven Horne (Tulliallan) 66 68.
Other aggregates:
135 Jamie Aitken (Alloa), Ian Ross (Alloa). 137 D Hulston. 138 I Guthrie. 140 C Murray. 141 G Kay. 142 D Milloy, S McPherson. 143 J Gullen. 144 S McIvor, M Robertson. 145 M Graham. 148 S Wilson. 149 A Stark, L Allan, D Ashe. 150 A Flannigan, P Davidson, K McFarlane. 152 M Smith. 153 K Watson. 155 G Chalmers. 156 H Hunter. 158 K Christie. 165 I Hood. NR M Duncan, R Lyons, M Walker, M Quinn, M Hall, G Rennie.

HANDICAP PRIZE AGGREGATES
1 C Murray (Dollar) 126 (59 67).
2 G Kay (Alva) 129 (62 67)

TEAM EVENT
(best two scores in each round to count)
1 DOLLAR 268: D Hulston 67 70, Scott Borrowman 64 67, G Chalmers 77 78.
2. ALLOA 270: J Aitken 69 66, I Ross 68 67, D Milloy 73 69.
3 ALVA 288: S McIvor 70 74, K McFarlane 75,75 M Robertson 70 74.
4 TILLICOULTRY 295: J Gullen 73 70, K Watson 77 75.
5 TULLIALLAN No Return.

GRANT MAKES IT THROUGH
It is always pleasing to report local players (especially junior golfers) making their mark in national events by just participating or even better achieving some success. At the recent Junior Masters qualifying event held at Dunblane it was Tillicoultry’s Grant Carmichael who produced the goods in a field of almost 80 to win one of the qualifying places for the final to be held over the Queen’s Course, Gleneagles on October 12.
With 35 Stableford points, Grant finished in 12th position and took one of the 13 places available to the boys.

COUNTY POSITIONS AND SCORES
12 Grant Carmichael (Tillicoultry) 35 points
20 Ryan Millar (Alloa) 33 points
38 Richard Brown (Tillicoultry) 28 point
43 Ben Smith (Dollar) 27 points
48 Myles Beaton (Alloa) 24 points

SCOTTISH BOYS' STROKE PLAY -- BLAIRGOWRIE.
The top boy players will all be heading to Blairgowrie this week to contest the 72-hole stroke play event, sadly without any entrants from Clackmannashire. Easily explained this year---- no county boys reached the handicap limit of 3.7 needed for entry. Well. maybe next year!

North-east District Under-16 and Under-18 squads at Turriff Golf Club for matches against their opposite numbers in the North District. The boys were kitted out by Paul Lawrie Junior Foundation. Left to right: Alexander Wiseman, Sam McNeil, Richie Manson, Steven Smith, Jamie Lees, Ryan Gordon, Sam Strachaqn, Jack Scott, Donald MacAndrew, Adam Dunton, Nick MacAndrew, Chris Robb. You can enlarge the image by clicking on it.

Dunton wins North-east
District boys' match-play
championship

North-east youths champion Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) added another title to his collection when he won the North-east District boys' match-play golf championship for the Bill Brown Trophy at Duff House Royal Golf Club today.
Dunton, pictured right, runner-up to David Law (Hazlehead) in the North-east boys' stroke-play championship, also at the Banff venue, on Thursday, beat David Millar (Oldmeldrum) by 4 and 3 in the final. In the semi-finals, Dunton beat Calum Trahan (Royal Aberdeen) 2 and 1 while Millar beat Tom Spencer (Inchmarlo) by the same margin.
Dunton was one under par for the 15 holes of the final in which he trailed for the first seven holes to a Miller birdie at the first.
Dunton squared the match at the eighth and took control by winning the 10th, 11th and 12th to go three holes ahead. After halves at the 13th and 14th, Dunton won the 15th for a 4 and 3 victory.
RESULTS
Semi-finals - D Miller (Oldmeldrum) bt T Spencer (Inchmarlo) 2 and 1, A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) bt C Trahan (Royal Aberdeen) 2 and 1.
Final - Dunton bt Miller 4 and 3.

Leading prizewinners in the North-east District Under-14 boys' championship. You can enlarge the image by clicking on it. Names are listed below.

LAMB WINS PAUL LAWRIE GOLD
MEDAL BY FOUR AT PETERHEAD

Newmachar's Chris Lamb won the Paul Lawrie Gold Medal and North-east District Under-14 boys' golf championship at Peterhead Golf Club today.
Chris had a score of 64 for two circuits of the nine-hole course for which the par is 62 but the CSS today was 61.
Lamb won by four shots from Jack Moir (Newburgh) who won the silver medal with a better inward half than Ben Murray (Portlethen) who also returned a 68. Ben won the bronze medal donated by Paul Lawrie.

LEADING SCORES
Par 62. CSS 61
64 Chris Lamb (Newmachar).
68 Jack Moir (Newburgh), Ben Murray (Portlethen).
70 Charles Cross (Peterhead0.
72 Scott Phillips (Peterhead), Blair Fraser (McDonald Ellon).
73 Grant Joss (Royal Aberdeen), Liam Minty (Northern).
74 Euan Robertson (Inchmarlo), Ryan Gordon (Alford).
75 Ray Gordon (Alford).

The handicap prizes when to Scott Philips (Peterhead) with a net 57 off 15.
Ryan McKinnon (Peterculter) was runner-up with a net 59 off 17. Third was Bradley Fraser (McDonald Ellon) with a net 61 off 17 (better inward half) and fourth was Grant Joss (Royal Aberdeen) with a net 61 off 12.

Trophy winners pictured above:

Left to right: Charles Cross (Peterhead), Jack Moir (Newburgh), Scott Philips (Peterhead), Chris Lamb (Newmachar) and Ben Murray (Portlethen).U

Players were not allowed to win prizes in both the scratch and handicap sections.

DAVID LAYS DOWN THE LAW IN
N-EAST BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP

... but he misses out on match-play

Scotland team player David Law (Hazlehead) showed his interenational class by winning the North-east boys' golf championship with two shots to spare at Duff House Royal Golf Club today. Law, who is 17, had rounds of 66 and 68 for a total of two-under-par 134. The CSS was 69 for both rounds, one more than the Banff course's par.
Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) was runner-up on 136 with scores of 71 and 65.
First-round leader Jamie Robertson (Turriff) slumped from a 64 to a second-round of 78 to finish joint eighth.
David Law's commitments have ruled him out of the North-east boys' match-play championship at the same venue tomorrow. The Bill Brown Trophy will be contested by the next four highest finishers: Adam Dunton, Tom Spencer (Inchmarlo), David Miller (Oldmeldrum) and Calum Trahan (Royal Aberdeen).
The draw is: 9.30am Dunton v Trahan, 9.38 Spencer v Miller.
The two winners of the semi-finals will meet in the final in the afternoon.
Alexander Wiseman (Fraserburgh) won the Under-16s Scratch Cup with an aggregate f 142 (73-69), the same total as R Manson (Braemar) who lost out in the tie-breaking comparison of the boys' second rounds.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 136 (2 x 68). CSS 69 69
134 D Law (Hazlehead) 66 68.
136 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 71 65.
137 T Spencer (Inchmarlo) 70 67, D Miller (Oldmeldrum) 69 68.
138 C Trahan (Royal Aberdeen) 70 68.
140 N McAndrew (Cullen) 70 70.
141 C Robb (Inchmarlo) 71 70.
142 A Wiseman (Fraserbugh) 73 69, R Manson (Braemar) 72 70, G Kennedy (Hazlehead) 71 71, J Robertson (Turriff) 64 78.
144 M Patterson (McDonald Ellon) 72 72, R Bain (Strathlene) 71 73.

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STEVEN LAM THREE SHOTS AHEAD WITH NINE

HOLES TO PLAY IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS

The strongest wind of the week was making life very difficult for the Gold Category competitors in the final round of the R&A Junior Open at Hesketh Golf Club.
Hong Kong’s Steven Lam, who started the day at two-over-par with a pair of 73s for the first two rounds, dropped three shots to be five over par for the tournament at the turn.
But he had still managed to extend his lead over American 14-year-old Jordan Spieth to three shots. Jordan was eight over par overall at the end of the wind-tossed outward half today.
Miss Moriya Jutanugarn, a 13-year-old from Thailand, was sharing third place on 10 over par with Scotland’s Paul McPhee from Perth and Frederik Hammer (Denmark).

Later positions after 11 holes:
Lam +6.
Spieth +9
Hammer +10
Jutanugarn +10

COMPLETED SCORES

GOLD CATEGORY
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72). CSS 73 74 ??
246 Miss Katja Pogacar (Slovenia) 83 81 82.
249 Miss Hannah Marie Turland (England) 85 81 83.
250 Shehzad Hafiz (Cayman Islands) 81 86 83, Asaf Cohen (Israel) 82 84 84..
251 Sebastian Schwind (Germany) 80 85 86.
253 M iuel Meyer (South Africa) 80 90 83.
255 Daniel Zuluago Ocampo (Colombia) 85 80 90.
256 Juan Miguel Heredia (Ecuador) 83 91 82, Filippo Zucchetti (Italy) 82 89 95.
259 Thomas Boffejon (Switzerland) 86 83 90, Dayne moor (Zambia) 87 81 91.
260 Miss Daniela Ortiz (Mesico) 76 80 84, Glen De Waal (Namibia) 80 93 87.
266 Thomas Mantovanini (Brazil) 85 91 90, Miss Stephanie Ho (Hong Kong) 81 97 88.
269 Jabulane Mabaso (Swaziland) 97 95 77.
279 Subhy Hakin (Lebanon) 82 105 92.

Paul McPhee from Perth (left) with Mami Fukuda (Japan) and Meen-Whee Kim from Korea just before they teed off as the second last group in the final round of the R&A Junior Open at very windy Hesketh. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved).

The three leaders in the R&A Junior Open at Hesketh pictured on the first tee this morning. Left to right: Jordan Spieth (United States), Moriya Jutanugarn (Thailand) and Steven Lam (Hong Kong) (Cal Carson Golf Agency image, all rights reserved).

North-east v North boys' matches at Turriff

Results from the inter-district boys' matches at Turriff yesterday:

The North-east boys looked very smart in the clothing supplied by the Paul Lawrie Junior Golf Foundation and we will be displaying the images on this website (when Colin Farquharson gets back to base from the R&A Junior Open).
Details:
NORTH-EAST UNDER-18s 6, NORTH UNDER-18s 3
Foursomes (1/2 - 2 1/2)
Adam Dunton & Jack Scott lost to Stuart Connell & Ian Allan 7 and 5.
Chris Robb & Donald MacAndrew lost to Lewis Reid & Kyle Godsman 2 and 1.
Sam Strachan & Nick MacAndrew halved with Rodger Clarke & Jamie Treasurer.
Singles (5 1/2 - 1/2)
Dunton halved with Allan
Robb bt Stuart Connell 4 and 3.
Scott bt Reid 5 and 4.
Strachan bt Clarke 1 hole
Nick MacAndrew bt Treasurer 1 hole
Donald MacAndrew bt Godsman 2 and 1.

NORTH-EAST UNDER-16s 4, NORTH UNDER-16s 5.
Foursomes (2 - 1)
Sam McNeil & Alexander Wiseman lost to Calum Stewart & Michael Manson 4 and 2.
Steven Smith & Jamie Lees bt Tom Dingwall & Jeff Wright 1 hole
Ryan Gordon & Richie Manson bt Dale Wright & Lyle McAlpine 3 and 2.
Singles (2 - 4)
Wiseman lost to Dingwall 3 and 2.
McNeil lost to Wright 2 and 1.
Smith beat Stewart 3 and 2.
Manson lost to Manson 2 and 1.
Gordon bt McAlpine 2 and 1
Lees lost to Wright 3 and 2.

R&A Junior Open Tuesday end of play

Hesketh Golf Club, Southport, Lancashire

GOLD DIVISION
(handicaps of 3 and under)
Second round totals
Par 144 (2 x 72)
Boys
146 Steven Lam (Hong Kong) 73 73.
148 Jordan Spieth (USA) 72 76.
149 Paul McPhee (Scotland) 76 73.
150 Meen-Whee Kim (Korea) 72 78.
151 Harry Whittle (England) 76 75, Robert De Biase (Venezuela) 73 78.
152 Matias Dominguez (Chile) 73 79.
153 Scott Vincent (Zimbabwe) 74 79, Frederik Hammer (Denmark) 76 77.
155 Kentaro Toyota (Japan) 78 77, D Murphy (Ireland) 78 77.
156 Sam Dix (Wales) 75 81.
157 Joaquin Lolas (Peru) 83 74.
159 Tanapol Vattanapisit (Thailand) 78 81, Peter Valasek (Slovakia) 76 83.
160 Cyril Suk (Czech Rep) 81 79.
163 Andy Yang (Canada) 79 84.
165 Daniel Ocampo (Colombia) 85 80, Sebastian Schwind (Germany) 80 85.
166 Asaf Cohen (Israel) 82 84.
167 Shehzad Hafiz (Cayman Islands) 81 86.
168 Dayne Moore (Zambia) 87 81.
169 Thomas Boffejon (Switzerland) 86 83.
170 Miguel Meyer (South Africa) 80 90.
171 Filippo Zucchetti (Italy) 82 89.
173 Glen De Waal (Namibia) 80 93.
174 Juan Miguel Heredia (Ecuador) 83 91.
176 Carlos Solis (Mexico) 86 90, Thomas Mantovanini (Brazil) 85 91.
187 Subhy Hakim (Lebananon) 82 105.

Girls
147 Moriya Jutanugarn (Thailand) 72 75.
150 Mami Fukuda (Japan) 70 80.
154 Laetitia Beck (Israel) 75 79.
156 Daniela Ortiz (Mexico) 76 80.
157 Kristen Park (USA) 75 82.
158 Federica Maria Costantini (Italy) 76 82, Jisoo Keel (Canada) 79 79, Katharina Soehnlein (Germany) 76 82.
159 Laverry Kumar (India) 80 79.
160 Connie Chen (South Africa) 85 75.
162 Johanne Svendsen (Denmark) 78 84.
163 Manuela Carbajo Re (Argentina) 80 83.
164 Katja Pogacar (Slovenia) 83 81.
166 Hannah Marie Tujrland (England) 85 81.
175 Maria Yacaman (Colombia) 73 82.
178 Stephanie Ho (Hong Kong) 81 97.


SILVER DIVISION
(handicaps 4 to 9)
Final totals
Boys
157 Mando Iwanaga (Guam) 75 82.
160 Manfred Reiche (Costa Rica) 74 86, Chung-Hsin Wang (Taipei) 78 82.
163 Raphael Higuet (Belgium) 81 82, Bjarki Petursson (Iceland) 81 82.
164 Adrian Rios (Panama) 79 85.
168 Ivan Butler (Bahamas) 82 86.
169 Grzegorz Zielinski (Poland) 83 86.
170 John Vereist-Micallef (Malta) 92 78, Khaled Attieh(Saudi Arabia) 83 87.
172 Jonathon Newn ham (Jamaica) 83 89, Jay Kumar Patel (Kenya) 84 88.
174 Hussein Mahfouz (Egypt) 87 87.
175 Amaury Castro (Flanders) 83 90.
177 Aljaz Brumen (Slovenia) 89 88.
179 Liang Zheng (China) 84 95.
182 Jeham Al Kuwari (Qatar) 92 90.
185 Thomas Lolas (Peru) 96 89.
186 Morris Ntege (Uganda) 94 92.
192 Jabulane Mabasco (Swaziland) 97 95.
Girls
152 Laura Christiaens (Belgium) 73 79.
153 Annabel Niven (Scotland) 78 75.
163 Amanda Chin (Malaysia) 80 83, Katerina Krasova (Czech Rep) 77 86.
166 Gudrun Bjorgvinsdottir (Iceland) 81 85.
167 Eliza Vilde (Latvia) 84 83, Lil Kuuli (Estonia) 82 85.
172 Emma Davies (Wales) 82 90.
175 Carina Cuculiza (Nicaragua) 87 88.
177 Camille Richelle (Flanders) 87 90.
179 Maryke Short (Namibia) 86 93.
200 Christina Laoludikou (Greece) 101 99.

BRONZE DIVISION
(handicaps 10 to 21)
Final totals
Boys
160 Ignacio Rodriquez (Spain) 80 80.
180 Jeremy Abel (Luxembourg) 96 84, Ali Hichri (Tunisia) 91 89.
182 Egeti Liiv (Estonia) 92 90.
184 Roberto Vassalli (Nicaragua) 100 84, Ahmed Elmodi (Libya) 95 89, Mark Saunders (Malawi) 84 100.
190 Miguel Angel Jimenez junior (Spain) 95 95.
191 Enrique Walsh (El Salvador) 99 92.
192 Matthew Smith (Botswana) 89 103.
200 Roberts Vanags (Latvia) 96 104.
Girls
166 Huang Zhiying (China) 85 81.
167 Hwa-Sing Wang (Taipei) 88 79.
175 Daryl Conroy (Ireland) 84 91.
176 Rachel Chebukati (Kenya) 87 89.
178 Vittoria Marley (Jamaica) 87 91.
179 Andrea Novoa (El Salvador) 91 88.
180 Kayela Mulenga (Zambia) 89 91.
182 Maleena Awn (Sri Lanka) 82 100.
183 Tajbin Sarker (Bangladesh) 93 90.
184 Ana Paula Costa (Brazil) 90 94.
190 Ouname Mhotsha (Botswana) 95 95.

Note:
Gold Division play three rounds; Silver and Bronze Divisions play only two rounds.

Perth players doing well in


windy R&A Junior Open


Perth’s Paul McPhee, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, has moved into a challenging position with one round to go in the R&A Junior Open at Hesketh Golf Club, Southport.
And Scotland’s girl representative, Annabel Niven, who lives in the village of Tibbermore, near Perth, had another good day to be leading the Silver Division with some players still to finish.
On a day when a wild west wind off the sea blew away many unaccustomed to such conditions, including Japanese overnight leader Mami Fukuda, Paul McPhee showed the right spirit in grinding out a one-over-par 73, the joint best score of the day.
“I’m not playing well but you could say I’m ‘battling well,” said the 16-year-old member at the King James VI island club on the River Tay.
“I bogeyed the fifth, sixth and the 13th but I tried to keep my head up, a kind of damage limitation exercise. Then my luck changed when I holed a 30ft putt to birdie the 14th and got another birdie, an ‘ugly’ one, at the 17th where I finished up wedging my third to this par-5 hole and sinking a 10ft putt.
“The funny thing is, that after struggling for so long, I had a chance to match the par of 72 in the end, which would have been good going in that wind. I missed a birdie chance from about 12ft at the last.”
The only players ahead of Paul going into the Gold Division’s final round are Hong Kong’s Steven Lam, who has shot a pair of 73s for 146 and the American 14-year-old Jordan Spieth who slipped from 72 to 76 but is still in the hunt on 148.
Annabel Niven’s five handicap means she is in the Silver Division girls’ category which means she doesn’t get to play a third round. But with a 78 and 75 for 153 she would have been high up the girls’ Gold Division scores.
Consistency has been Annabel’s strong point over the past two days. On Monday she had halves of 39 and yesterday (Tuesday) she was out in 38 and back in 37. The Crieff player birdied the eighth and bogeyed only only the first, fifth, sixth and 15th in testing conditions.

Mami! Mami! Japanese girl's
hopes go west on the wind

A wild west wind blew Japan's Mami Fukuda out of the overall lead on the second day of the R&A Junior Open at Hesketh Golf Club, Southport today.
Mami, bidding to become the first girl ever to beat the boys and win the R&A Junior Open championship trophy over 54 holes in this biennial event, came to grief in the second round. A first-day two-under-par 70, achieved late on Monday evening, had hoisted her two shots clear of the boy leaders but it was a different story today.
Mami, who plays off +2, had an 80 for a 36-hole tally of 150, which even cost her the lead in the girls' category. Miss Fukuda speaks virtually no English but through sign language she got the message across that she did not like playing in the wind whipping in from the sea.
Given that almost all the scores were rising, Mami was not doing too badly at one over par after five holes, having birdied the third and bogeyed the first and fifth, but in an eight-hole stretch from the seventh to the 14th she had a double bogey (at the eighth) and five bogeys. She was able to par the tough finishing stretch, but the damage had been done in halves of 40.
Even American Jordan Spieth from Dallas, well used to playing in high winds in Texas, did not feel in command as he returned a four-over-par 76 - four more than on Monday - for 148 "I'm not blaming the wind," said 14-year-old Jordan, who plays off +4. "It was the putting that killed me today. I just can't read the greens over here in England."
Steven Lam, a 15-year-old scratch golfer from Hong Kong, took up the running with his second 73 for 146.
"I don't mind a wind like this. I play over two courses back home. One is by the sea and the other is on the top of a mountain so you can imagine how windy that can be," said Steven who was four over par after six holes but retrieved the situation with birdies at the eighth, 11th, 16th and 17th.
England's Harry Whittle (Woburn) had a 75 for a creditable 36-hole tally of 151. Harry made life difficult for himself with bogeys at four of the first five holes but he settled to birdie the long seventh and he covered the remaining holes in par with a bogey at the 10th being cancelled out by a birdie at the 12th.

Sebastian goes for big double in

Carris Trophy at Wallasey

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH GOLF UNION
Having already secured the Under 16 title, Sebastian Crookall-Nixon will seek a notable double when he competes in the English Boys Under 18 Open Stroke Play Championship for the Carris Trophy at Wallasey Golf Club from July 22 to 24.
But he faces strong opposition, not least from a string of boy internationals from England and Europe as well as most of the English Under 18 and Under 16 Squads.
Crookall-Nixon, only 14, from Cumbria, won the Under 16 title for the McGregor Trophy earlier this month at High Post in Wiltshire, winning by two strokes from Jamie Carney from Birmingham in a quality field of home and overseas players.
A year ago, when the Carris Trophy was held at Saunton in Devon, Matt Haines from Kent was crowned champion but he is too old to defend the title. However, his nearest challengers on that occasion will be among the favourites this time.
Chris Lloyd, 16, from Bristol, who finished two strokes behind Haines, is in the field as is Garrick Porteous, 18, from Northumberland, third last year. Four members of the England team that won the bronze medal in the recent European Boys Team Championships in Slovenia, Stiggy Hodgson, Tom Lewis, Gary King and Darren Renwick, are also competing, as is Adam Myers, runner-up to Crookall-Nixon at High Post.
Local interest is likely to centre on Tom Boys from Royal Liverpool, while the entries also includes Edward Peters, the Nottinghamshire Boy Champion.
The field also includes players from many countries in Europe while there are also entries from South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
There will also be a Nations Cup, kindly donated by Moor Park Golf Club, competed for over the opening two rounds with the best two scores from three in each round to count.
England will field two teams, the A Team comprising Stiggy Hodgson, Tom Lewis and Jake Shepherd while the B Team will be made up of Tom Boys, Gary King and Darren Renwick.
The other teams likely to be taking part are Finland, Germany, Italy, South Africa and Spain. The field of 132, which will be reduced to the leading 45 and ties after 36 holes, possess a handicap of one or better. Previous winners of the Carris include Sandy Lyle, Peter Baker, Ken Brown and Justin Rose.

Angus county boys' stroke-play championship

Leading 36-hole totals from the Angus county boy's stroke-play championship at Edzell:

UNDER-14s
Scratch
Connar Cook (Caird Park) 159
Calum McKay (Grange) 167.
Ally Bremner (Edzell) 173
Handicap
Harry Clark (Kirriemuir) 154
UNDER-16s
Scratch
Chris Bremner (Edzell) 146
Reece Mitchell (Downfield) 152
UNDER-18s
Scratch
Ross Storrier (Downfield) 141 (overall winner).
Andy Simpson (Montrose) 148

Match-play Draw
R Storrier v I Douglas, R Munro v D Mellon, R Mitchell v D Hart, S Nicol v L McKelvie, C Bremner v R Pert, S MacGregor v C Cook, A Simpson v C Campbell, N Conroy v D Lawrence

Hugh Hunter's Clackmannan County New

The Boyd brothers, Calum and Angus, at North Berwick. See "Clackmannanshire Boys Score in the East." Image by Hugh Hunter.

EUROPEAN TOUR DEBUT FOR CALLUM

“On the tee… CALLUM MACAULAY…SCOTLAND” The words of famous starter Ivor Robson resonated around the first tee at Loch Lomond, followed by loud applause and marked the start of Callum’s first round in a European tour event.
His first drive flew straight, some 25 yards ahead of his professional playing partners, Peter Baker and Andrew Oldcorn, and gave the Tulliallan supporters great hope. A few holes later he stood one below par, but Scotland’s No 1 amateur could not recover from a run of four bogeys from the ninth to the 12th, and had to settle for a three over par score of 74.
In his second round, and needing a sub par score, he carded a level par first nine, but could not make the required number of birdies to beat the cut at two under par. His 36 hole total of five-over-par was a good opening in the Barclay’s Scottish Open, finishing ahead of several well known names and Callum proved he has the game and golfing skills to compete at that level.

SCOTTISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
The flagship event of the Scottish Amateur golf scene heads to Carnoustie at the end of July, and will undoubtedly be in Callum Macaulay’s sights. A record entry has been obtained with a handicap limit of 0.6.
Maybe part of the reason is that the entry fee is around half the round ticket at Carnoustie ( this year set at £125), and competitors are guaranteed a practice round, and a match play game. Callum naturally is seeded no 1, and plays at 7.25 on the first Monday.
Other wee County players in the field are Scott Borrowman (Dollar) who has to wait till the Tuesday to tee off, and Braehead’s Scott Moffat who has a tough game against Scottish international Jonathan King. Scott tees off at 12.13 on Monday 28th.

SCOTTISH GOLF RANKINGS
Callum Macaulay (Tulliallan) continues to lead the Scottish rankings, and in the World rankings he moves up 13 places to 34th place, and widens the gap with Wallace Booth who has moved up only two places.
Scott Borrowman (Dollar), with a third place finish in a recent Order of Merit event at Haggs Castle, will also see his ranking improve.

BOB KEEPS UP THE GOOD FORM
Tulliallan’s Bob Stewart is still producing good golf on the Seniors circuit, and in the recent South Seniors Championship, he finished near the top of the field with rounds of 71 and 72, only four shots behind the winner.
With more Senior events at Nairn and Hamilton, he has a good chance of staying near the top of the Seniors Order of Merit. At present he is in third place

CLACKMANNANSHIRE BOYS SCORE IN THE EAST
At the Glen course in North Berwick, it was the turn of the Under-14 and Under-16 boys to show their golfing skills, and it is pleasing to report that local boys made the 70 mile trip.
In the Under-16s it was the Dollar duo of county champion Gary Chalmers and Tom Hogarth who competed in a field of around 120 for the national title. In the three-round event, with a cut after two rounds, the two boys opened with rounds of 76 and 77.
Needing an improvement, only Tom managed to score three shots better to give him an aggregate of 151 which missed the cut by one shot. Gary fell back with a 78. In a way it was a blessing for Tom as the final round was abandoned due to flooding so he didn’t have to make a wasted journey.
Three locals were in the field of 112 for the Under-14s event, played over 18 holes. Best local performance came from Lawrence Allan (Alva) with a score of 75 putting him in 11th place, six shots behind the leaders.
Also in the field were the Boyd brothers, flying the flag for Alloa Golf Club. With much higher handicaps, they were never going to threaten the leaders, but they both turned in respectable performances.
Calum, with an 81, finished in the top half of the field at 41st place, and 11 year old Angus, with a 90, finished a bit further down. Altogether good performances considering the boys could not have a practice round due to the weather.
Calum had a couple of 2s in his inward nine, while Angus finished with a flourish, hitting his approach shot to the last hole to a few feet and holing the putt for a birdie.

JUNIOR MASTERS REGIONAL FINAL
The local final for the Junior Masters event for 2008 takes place this week at Dunblane. Local boys entered for the event are Ryan Millar and Myles Beaton (both Alloa); Grant Carmichael, Richard Brown (both Tillicoultry) and Ben Smith (Dollar). The leading scores will go to the National final, to be held over the Queen’s Course, Gleneagles at the end of the season.

Paul McPhee (right) in the ring of competitors around the 16th green for the opening ceremony of the R&A Junior Open at Hesketh Golf Club, Lancashire. Paul, like all the 108 competitors from 68 countries, received his competitor's badge personally from Padraig Harrington, the defending Open champion this week. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved.

McPhee a leading contender for

R&A Junior Open at Hesketh

Winning the R&A Junior Open, held over the next three days (Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday) at Hesketh Golf Club, would be a considerable compensation to Paul McPhee for letting the English Under-16s’ tit