Hendry 70 ... but only joint 32nd on America's eGolf Pro Tour

Twice past winner of the Scottish youths champion, Elgin-born Joel Hendry shot a two-under-par round of 70 on the opening day of the eGolf Professional Tour at the Cabarrus Country Club, Concord in North Carolina.
Despite that, the Scot was only tied for 32nd place in a huge field of around 200.
Chris Epperson is setting the pace with a 65, ahead of fellow Americans Chase Carroll, Joe Daley and Dustin Bray on 66.

Oh, brother! Elliot following in Lloyd
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Saltman's footsteps in Spain



FROM THE SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR WEBSITE
Elliot Saltman leads the Hi5 Pro Tour Condado Open after day 2 with the field playing once again in blustery wind conditions.
The Scotsman takes a one-shot lead into the final round over day 1 leader, Ireland's Michael Collins.
Aegon-sponsored Elliot, pictured right, is looking to keep the Condado title in the family following last week's win by one of his younger brothers, Lloyd on the Nicklaus signature course in Murcia.
His lead was cemented with a run of four birdies scored between the 11th and 16th hole today.
Leading the seniors section is England's Stephen Shields after shooting a superb low round of the day 67. Stephen's 67 included two eagles, made on the par-5 fourth and 13th holes. He takes a four-shot lead into the final round over Englands Gary Wolstenholme .
SECOND ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)
145 Elliot Saltman (Scotland) 72 73.
146 Michael Collins (Ireland) 71 75.
147 Fredrik Hammarberg (Sweden) 72 75.
148 Felix Fihn (Sweden) 77 71, Pablo del Grosso (Spain) 77 71, Brad Clapp (Canada) 75 73, James Housby (England) 74 74.
150 Martyn Hamer (England) 74 76.
151 Ignacio Sanchez Palencia (Spain) 79 72.
152 James Johnson (England) 74 78.
Selected score:
156 Zack Saltman (Scotland) 77 81.
SENIORS SECTION
145 Stephen Shields (England) 78 67.
149 Gary Wolstenholme (England) 73 76.

Elliot Saltman one off the pace in Spain

FROM THE SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR WEBSITE
Michael Collins, representing Ireland, was the only player to beat par today in demanding conditions over the signature Nicklaus course situated in Murcia, Spain.
Michael , a last minute entry , played a solid round of 71 consisting of 3 birdies , two bogeys and 13 pars to set the pace in the Hi5 Pro Tour Condado de Alhama open.
Close on his heels, just one shot behind are Scotland's Elliot Saltman, whose younger brother Lloyd won last week's event, and Fredrik Hammarberg of Sweden.
Leading the Seniors section with a score of 73 ( +1 ) is England's Gary Wolstenholme who turned pro late in his career after establishing a stellar amateur CV.
FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
71 Michael Collins (Ireland).
72 Elliot Saltman (Scotland), Fredrik Hammarberg (Sweden).
73 Gary Wolstenholme (England), Patrick O'Neil (Denmark) (amateur).
74 Alex Belt (England), John Green (England), James Housby (England), Martyn Haymer (England), James Johnson (England).
75 Andreas Hogberg (Sweden), Ruaidhri McGee (Ireland), Brad Clapp (Canada).
76 Gary King (England).
77 Felix Fihn (Sweden), Zack Saltman (Scotland), Pablo Del Grosso (Spain), Stefan Mar Stefansson (Iceland), Miguel Angel Martin (Spain).
78 Bjorn Pettersson (Sweden), Lasse Sonne Nielsen (Denmark) (amateur), Richard Carter (England) (amateur), Stephen Shields (England).
79 Dominik Weissar (Germany), Ronan Collins (Ireland), Ignacio Sanchez Palencio (Spain).
80 Ryan Street (Canada), Daniel Sandberg (Sweden).
81 Chris Linstead, Robert Svensson (Sweden).
83 Joacim Hultman (Sweden).
85 Edward Barry-Walsh (England).
86 Stuart Hemming (England).
87 Alex Moron (England).
89 Roy Van der Loop (Netherlands).

US Tour chief calls conference - to make

Tiger comeback announcement?

US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem has called a news conference for this evening, a day after hinting he knows when Tiger Woods will return to golf.
The tour gave no details of what Finchem will talk about in the conference, which is set for 18.30 GMT.
However, on Sunday Finchem said he expected Woods to announce his comeback date "pretty soon."
The world number one is taking an extended break from the game after admitting cheating on his wife, Elin.
In an apology for his conduct which was televised worldwide last month, Woods again said he did not know how long he would be away from the sport.
But the New York Post, citing two unnamed "sources in the golf community", said on Thursday that the 34-year-old was preparing for a possible return at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando on 25 March.
Another suggestion is that Woods will return to action at The Masters at Augusta on 5-11 April.
On Sunday Finchem said: "I'm as excited as everybody else to see him back I hope this spring, but my sense is we'll know pretty soon.
"Everybody's done looking back at the circumstances that resulted in him stepping away from the game and [are] now focused on when he's going to play golf - I think that's good."
Woods has been working with his coach Hank Haney, further fuelling expectations of a return before or for the Masters.
"If he wasn't going to play for six months, why would Hank be there?" said Australian pro Roger Allenby, a Florida neighbour of Woods.
"I look at that as maybe he's getting ready."
The Bay Hill tournament is run by Woods' management company, International Management Group, but tournament director Scott Wellington said he has not heard from the player's agent, Mark Steinberg.
"At this point, we still don't know," he said. "Tiger has until next Friday to commit."
Woods has won at Bay Hill six times, from 2000 to 2003 and again in 2008 and 2009, and it is the only PGA Tour event he has never missed since turning professional.
Meanwhile, Augusta National, the home of the Masters, the first major of the year, is famed for its watertight security, which means it would be next to impossible for the paparazzi to gain access to the course.
Speculation has also centred on the Tavistock Cup, a made-for-TV exhibition team event between PGA talent from rival Florida clubs Isleworth and Lake Nona.
Golfer Mark O'Meara, a friend and neighbour of Woods, fanned that flame this week when he told the Golf Channel that he "wouldn't be surprised" to see Woods play the 22-23 March competition.

World Cup to be held every two years on

Hainan Island, southern China

The Omega Mission Hills World Cup will return to the international golfing calendar in 2011 as a biennial event – staged in every odd year – with a record prize fund of US$7,500,000 at a brand new venue in the Mission Hills Resort on Hainan Island in Southern China from November 24-27 next year.
This was announced today by the International Federation of PGA Tours, the International Golf Association, Omega and Mission Hills.
The re-positioning of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, which has been played at Mission Hills Shenzhen, China, between 2007 and 2009, as a biennial event follows last year’s decision by the International Olympic Committee to re-introduce golf to the Olympic movement from 2016.
By playing the event in alternate years from 2011, the World Cup is aligned with many of the major sports in the Olympic movement, such as the World Athletics Championships, which are contested biennially and are not in any potential conflict with the summer and winter Olympic Games.
However, the Olympic golf tournament will be staged as an individual competition, whereas the Omega Mission Hills World Cup remains the only team event in the men’s professional game where players can proudly represent their own countries, thus maintaining its status as the oldest international team event in professional golf.
In 2011, the Omega Mission Hills World Cup will be among the richest events in world golf, with prize money for the 28 team competition increasing from US$5,500,000 in 2009 to a record US$7,500,000 when the event makes its debut at the newly opened Mission Hills Resort Hainan.
Next year’s winning team will earn US$2,400,000 - US$1,200,000 to each player - which is $350,000 more than last year’s winners. The new prize fund elevates the 2011 Omega Mission Hills World Cup right up alongside the Major Championships and the World Golf Championships.
The format for the contest will remain unchanged, with two series of foursomes and two series of fourballs on alternative days, which has the capacity to create huge swings in fortune and adding to the drama and excitement of the event.
The Omega Mission Hills World Cup will be hosted on the Blackstone course, a spectacular, 350-acre lay-out that weaves through a striking landscape of mature trees, expansive wetlands, ancient town ruins and ever-present lava rock.
The 7,777-yard Blackstone features a myriad of risk / reward opportunities throughout the back nine. The course is set in front of the 525-room 5-star resort complex and the 238,000 square-feet clubhouse, making it ideal for hosting the world’s foremost golf tournaments.
Stephen Urquhart, President of Omega, said: “In addition to finding a coherent strategy in relation to the Olympics, one of the main reasons for making the World Cup of Golf a biennial event is that it should give all the Federations involved a better opportunity to send their best teams to represent their country. We are confident that we can make important inroads in our primary objective which is to re-establish the World Cup of Golf in its rightful position.”

Els ends two years without

a victory -- and it's a South

African 1-2 at Doral

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
Ernie Els showed his South African protege what it takes to win a World Golf Championship. Just as important was that he showed himself how to win again, too.
Ending the longest drought of his 20-year career, Els played the final 23 holes on the Blue Monster at Doral Golf Resort, Miami, without a bogey and closed with a 6-under 66 today to win the CA Championship by four shots over 25-year-old Charl Schwartzel.
It was far closer than the margin suggested.
Schwartzel, in his first time on a world stage, refused to let Els get away from him. Els was clinging to a one-shot lead as he stood over a 25-foot par putt on the 14th hole, and the Big Easy was relieved to see it fall on the final turn.
Schwartzel, a houseguest of Els the last two weeks, caught a bad break on the 15th hole when his ball plugged in a front bunker, and he knocked that into a back bunker on his way to a crucial bogey. He missed short putts on the next two holes and closed with a 70.
That allowed Els a strange sensation, walking up to the 18th green with his cap in hand, waving to the gallery, unable to contain a smile that showed equal parts relief and satisfaction.
"I'm 40 years old. I've had a tough run," Els said. "Whew! The hairs are standing up. It's just great."
Els last won two years ago at the Honda Classic, which he won while warming up on the range for a possible play-off. He became only the fifth player with multiple victories in the World Golf Championships, joining Tiger Woods, Darren Clarke, Geoff Ogilvy and Phil Mickelson.
It was his 61st victory worldwide, and 17th on the PGA Tour, and moved Els to No. 8 in the world ranking.
"My game was in good shape," said Els, who finished at 18-under 270. "I just wanted to prove to myself for once. Charl came at me all day. I had to come up with the goods."
It was a strong effort by Schwartzel, who has considered Els a hero since he first started playing golf. Despite two bogeys on the final four holes, he was the only player to give Els a run. And he was poised to take him down until his tee shot left him little hope in the sand.
"I plugged and that was a killer," Schwartzel said. "For me, it's been the biggest stage I've had. This is a good day for me."
Padraig Harrington fell out of the with three straight bogeys on the back nine, closing with a 72 to tie for third at 11-under 277 along with Matt Kuchar (68) and Martin Kaymer of Germany, who had a 69 and moved up to No. 7 in the world.
Alistair Presnell of Australia matched the best round of the day with a 64 and tied for sixth. Defending champion Phil Mickelson, who was never in the mix, shot a 68 and tied for 14th.
Els could not have imagined being in the final group at Doral with Schwartzel, and to see the two South Africans standing on the first tee under warm sunshine, it was easy to see what the Big Easy meant.
To think that Schwartzel was 2 when his father and Els won a club tournament together, or that he was among the gangly teens who traveled with the Ernie Els & Fancourt Foundation junior team. More recently, Els invited the Schwartzel to stay in his south Florida home while Schwartzel was passing time between two WGC events.
And they stayed together for so much of the final round, trading birdies and keeping their names atop the leaderboard.
Els made birdie from the bunker on the opening hole. Schwartzel answered with a 25-foot birdie on the second. Els followed with two straight birdies, the most impressive on the 223-yard fourth with a shot into 8 feet despite a vicious right-to-left wind. Schwartzel fell three shots behind with a bogey from the bunker on No. 5, only to birdie his next three holes.
No one else joined the chase.
Harrington played bogey-free for 12 holes, but he had only two birdies. Robert Allenby pulled within a shot with an opening birdie, then went 10 holes before making another one. Kaymer went out in 33, then failed to make birdie on the par 5s on the back nine.
It became a South African duel in Miami, and Schwartzel gave Els about all he could handle until the end. After his bogey on the 15th, he left a 10-foot birdie putt short on the 16th, then drove into the palm trees on the 17th and took bogey.
Els suddenly has good vibes as he begins his road to the Masters, the one major that has haunted him throughout his career. His victory was worth $1.4 million, and moved him past Colin Montgomerie and atop the European Tour career money list with about $33.6 million.
SCROLL DOWN TO READ ALL THE FINAL TOTALS

Els and Schwartzel make it a South African 1-2

WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS - CA
FINAL TOTALS IN CLUBHOUSE (before end of play)
Blue Monster at Doral Golf Resort, Miami, Florida
Par 288 (4x72)
270 Ernie Els (South Africa) 68 66 70 66.
274 Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 67 70 67 70.
277 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 70 72 66 69, Matt Kuchar 71 71 67 68, Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 70 68 67 72.
278 Bill Haas 71 66 70 71, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 74 68 70 66, Alistair Presnell (Aus) 72 70 72 64, Paul Casey (Eng) 69 72 68 69, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 69 69 68.
279 Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 71 70 70, John Senden (Aus) 69 70 71 69, Robert Allenby (Australia) 68 67 71 73.
280 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 71 72 68, Phil Mickelson 71 69 72 68
281 Steve Stricker 73 69 71 68, Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 68 70 71
282 J.B. Holmes 69 70 73 70, Sean O'Hair 71 71 74 66, Jason Dufner 73 69 75 65, Soren Hansen (Den) 69 69 71 73
283 Anthony Kim 71 73 71 68, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 71 68 74 70, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 69 74 70, Heath Slocum 74 71 70 68
284 Peter Hanson (Swe) 74 66 74 70, Nick Watney 73 72 71 68, Mike Weir (Can) 73 66 75 70, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 75 69 70
285 Hunter Mahan 72 70 69 74, Brian Gay 74 69 74 68, Scott Verplank 76 72 69 68, Liang Wen Chong (Chn) 72 69 71 73, Lee Westwood (Eng) 74 68 74 69, Ross McGowan (Eng) 76 71 70 68, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 73 72 75 65
286 Ben Crane 74 73 69 70, Jim Furyk 70 76 69 71, Zach Johnson 76 70 71 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 74 72 71 69, Ian Poulter (Eng) 72 78 72 64, Stewart Cink 75 74 72 65, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 72 68 71 75, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 71 72 71 72
287 Kenny Perry 73 74 68 72, Ross Fisher (Eng) 73 72 70 72, Anders Hansen (Den) 76 70 74 67, Ryan Palmer 79 68 72 68, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 71 75 69
288 Jerry Kelly 70 72 73 73, Kevin Na 78 70 70 70, Adam Scott (Aus) 74 69 71 74, David Toms 72 72 72 72, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 74 71 70 73, Simon Dyson (Eng) 72 73 73 70
290 Dustin Johnson 69 72 76 73, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 76 71 73 70, Lucas Glover 72 72 71 75, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 73 72 73 72
291 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 74 78 73 66
292 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 72 74 72 74
293 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 78 70 73 72
294 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 73 75 73 73, Marc Leishman (Aus) 78 73 71 72
295 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 76 73 73 73, Steve Marino 75 71 77 72
296 Oliver Wilson (Eng) 78 74 77 67
300 Michael Sim (Aus) 75 74 77

WGC-CA CHAMPIONSHIP AT DORAL, MIAMI

Harrington in hunt, one off pace

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Padraig Harrington is right in the thick of things with a round to go at the WGC-CA Championship over the Blue Monster course at the Doral Resort in Miami, Florida.
Ireland's three-time major winner, pictured right, whose last Tour title was the US PGA 19 months ago, moved into a tie for the lead before three-putting the last for his only bogey of the day.
A five under par 67 leaves Harrington 11 under par, one behind South Africans Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel in the race for a first prize of over £925,000.
Els, one in front of Australian Robert Allenby at halfway, had a chance to establish a firm grip on the event, but missed from four feet at the 13th and three feet on the 16th.
He returned a 70, while 25-year-old Schwartzel - twice a winner in his home country already this year - matched Harrington's round.
Allenby is in fourth place two back, while German Martin Kaymer (66) and England's Paul Casey (68) are not out of the running at eight under and seven under respectively.
Casey was given extra motivation afterwards when told about television commentator Johnny Miller calling him "the biggest under-achiever in golf."
Second and fourth in his last two events - and three times a winner last season before tearing a rib muscle - Casey could go second in the world with victory.
"I feel I'm coming into the prime of my career," he said. "I've gone through ups and downs and I'm just coming off an injury."
Kaymer, Europe's best putter last season, showed American golf fans what he was capable of, needing only 22 putts in his best-of-the-day effort. Already a winner in Abu Dhabi this season, he is currently eighth in the world, but relatively unknown in the States.
THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Blue Monster, Doral Resort, Miami, Florida
Par 216 (3x72)
Players from United States unless stated otherwise
204 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 67 70 67, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 66 70
205 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 70 68 67
206 Robert Allenby (Aus) 68 67 71
207 Bill Haas 71 66 70
208 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 70 72 66
209 Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 71 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 69 69 71, Paul Casey (Eng) 69 72 68, Matt Kuchar 71 71 67
210 John Senden (Aus) 69 70 71, Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 68 70, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 69 69
211 Hunter Mahan 72 70 69, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 72 68 71
212 Phil Mickelson 71 69 72, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 71 72, J.B. Holmes 69 70 73, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 74 68 70, Liang Wen Chong (Chn) 72 69 71
213 Steve Stricker 73 69 71, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 71 68 74, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 69 74
214 Peter Hanson (Swe) 74 66 74, Adam Scott (Aus) 74 69 71, Mike Weir (Can) 73 66 75, Alistair Presnell (Aus) 72 70 72, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 75 69, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 71 72 71
215 Jerry Kelly 70 72 73, Ross Fisher (Eng) 73 72 70, Lucas Glover 72 72 71, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 74 71 70, Heath Slocum 74 71 70, Kenny Perry 73 74 68, Anthony Kim 71 73 71, Jim Furyk 70 76 69
216 Nick Watney 73 72 71, Ben Crane 74 73 69, Sean O'Hair 71 71 74, David Toms 72 72 72, Lee Westwood (Eng) 74 68 74
217 Dustin Johnson 69 72 76, Jason Dufner 73 69 75, Zach Johnson 76 70 71, Brian Gay 74 69 74, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 74 72 71, Scott Verplank 76 72 69, Ross McGowan (Eng) 76 71 70
218 Kevin Na 78 70 70, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 71 75, Simon Dyson (Eng) 72 73 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 73 72 73, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 72 74 72
219 Ryan Palmer 79 68 72
220 Anders Hansen (Den) 76 70 74, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 76 71 73, Y.E. Yang (South Korea) 73 72 75
221 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 78 70 73, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 73 75 73, Stewart Cink 75 74 72
222 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 76 73 73, Marc Leishman (Aus) 78 73 71, Ian Poulter (Eng) 72 78 72
223 Steve Marino 75 71 77
225 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 74 78 73
226 Michael Sim (Aus) 75 74 77
229 Oliver Wilson (Eng) 78 74 77

Soren Hansen in court next Friday on tax evasion charge

Danish Ryder Cup player Soren Hansen will be in a Danish court next Friday to answer charges of tax evasion.
Hansen, 35, is charged with misreporting earnings from the years 2000 to 2006, stemming from his claim that he resided in Monaco and not Denmark, his country of birth.
In February this year, US Seniors Tour player Jim Thorpe, 61, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and ordered to pay $2million in back taxes for tax evasion.

Ernie Els early clubhouse leader at Miami

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
South African Ernie Els was the clubhouse leader at the second round of the World Golf Championships-CA Championship before play was held up briefly because of an approaching thunderstorm at the Doral Golf Resort, Miami in Florida.
It vindicated the officials, who made a very wise move in bringing forward tee times by nearly three and a half hours.
Els, 40, who last year failed to land a title for the first time since his rookie season in 1990, has been putting in the hours on the practice range recently.
That certainly paid off as he added a 66 to his opening 68 and he shared top spot with Australian Robert Allenby, who still had three holes to complete when the suspension came.
The pair were three clear of closest challenger Bill Haas and overnight leader Charl Schwartzel.
Padraig Harrington finished just before the break, sitting tied for fifth with Søren Hansen on six under.
The Irishman's only 2009 success came in the Irish PGA Championship, but he was making no promises about putting that right this weekend.
The Dubliner has dropped to 13th in the world with nothing better than a 16th place finish in four starts so far this season.
With that in mind he said: "I have a tradition, unfortunately for me, that I don't normally win out of the blue.
"It's very rare. I normally warm up by getting into contention a few times.
"I'm happy with my scoring but I made a few mental errors out there and missed a few putts.
"Obviously, though, I hit enough good shots and I seemed to have a lot of reasonable chances for birdies."
His only dropped shot came after he hooked his drive into the lake on the treacherous 18th, his ninth of the day.
Els said: "I'm just pleased we got it done. The weather is changing a lot.
"I'm in pretty good shape. Halfway there and, you know, just got to keep it up."
Dane Hansen kept alive his hopes of the first prize with a second successive 69 to be alongside Harrington.
“Playing really well. Hitting a lot of greens. Giving myself a lot of chances and I suppose that's what it's all about in this game,” he said afterwards.
SCOREBOARD TO COME

Windy start at Miami to WGC-CA Championship

Casey content to be only two behind Allenby


FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
England's in-form Paul Casey was thrilled to finish the opening round of the WGC-CA Championship only two shots off the lead in windy Miami - after thinking Robert Allenby must have been playing somewhere else.
Australian Allenby defied the conditions with an eagle and six birdies to stand eight under par after 12 holes, but then bogeyed the last four at the Doral Resort & Country Club.
That handed top spot to South African Charl Schwartzel with his five under par 67 - the only bogey-free round of the day - while Casey had four successive birdies late in the day before dropping a shot at the last to be in a tie for fifth spot.
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"I thought Robert was playing a different course," said the world number six, who has a chance this week to become Tiger Woods' closest challenger on the rankings for the first time.
"That was very impressive stuff - there are a lot of tough holes here - and I'm very happy with my 69."
Far from satisfied, though, was Rory McIlroy as he handed in a bitterly disappointing 76 and then sentenced himself to some hard labour on the practice range.
McIlroy had only a few of the 68-strong field behind him after no fewer than six bogeys and so many shots into bunkers that he could not remember the final tally.
"I'm just struggling," said the world number nine, outscored by five by playing partner and defending champion Phil Mickelson.
"I'm not playing well and just can't keep things going. I've been struggling since the weekend in Dubai (now over a month ago)."
ALL THE FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Doral Resort & CC, Miami, Florida
Par 72. Players from United States unless stated
67 Charl Schwartzel (South Africa)
68 Vijay Singh (Fiji), Robert Allenby (Australia), Ernie Els (South Africa)
69 Dustin Johnson, Francesco Molinari (Italy), J.B. Holmes, Soren Hansen (Denmark), John Senden (Australia), Paul Casey (England)
70 Jerry Kelly, Jim Furyk, Luke Donald (England), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Tim Clark (Rsa), Padraig Harrington (Ireland)
71 Phil Mickelson, Anthony Kim, Bill Haas, Sean O'Hair, Yuta Ikeda (Japan), Matt Kuchar, Henrik Stenson (Sweden)
72 Lucas Glover, David Toms, Geoff Ogilvy (Australia), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain), Simon Dyson (England), Liang Wen Chong (China), Alvaro Quiros (Spain), Hunter Mahan, Alistair Presnell (Australia), Ian Poulter (England), Camilo Villegas (Colombia), Edoardo Molinari (Italy)
73 Nick Watney, Steve Stricker, Ross Fisher (England), Jason Dufner, Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand), Kenny Perry, Mike Weir (Can), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain), Y.E. Yang (South Korea)
74 Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark), Graeme McDowell (N Ireland), Adam Scott (Australia), Brian Gay, Sergio Garcia (Spain), Angel Cabrera (Argentina), Heath Slocum, Peter Hanson (Sweden), Ben Crane, Lee Westwood (England)
75 Steve Marino, Michael Sim (Aus), Stewart Cink
76 Rory McIlroy (N Ireland), Zach Johnson, Retief Goosen (South Africa), Anders Hansen (Denmark), Scott Verplank, Ross McGowan (England)
78 Robert Karlsson (Sweden), Kevin Na, Oliver Wilson (England), Marc Leishman (Australia)
79 Ryan Palmer

2,100 Euros cash prize for Lothians man, 7,176 Euros from three events

Lloyd Saltman, lady pro winner Johanna Lundberg (Sweden) and senior award winner Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) pictured after the prizegiving today.

Lloyd Saltman wins by five, Callum Macaulay jt second

FROM THE SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR WEBSITE

Lloyd Saltman from Scotland went wire to wire to capture the 2010 Polaris World Condado Open today with an 11-under-par total of 205 earning him a five-shot margin of victory. The middle brother of the “Saltman brothers” had tremendous composure the entire round today, reported tournament director Wayne Hachey.

“You could see how cool he played his round today, the mark of a real champion. He just got on with it and took care of business, and did not let anyone come from behind with his solid performance of 70 today and a -11 total.”

Another Scotsman, former European Tour player Callum Macaulay, and Challenge Tour player Floris de Vries (Netherlands) were his nearest rivals. Both finished at -6.

De Vries fired a great 65 today on the demanding Nicklaus layout. After a short frost delay, the blue skies and gentle winds provided great scoring conditions to go along with the superb putting surfaces at Condado.
In the ladies section Johanna Lundberg (Sweden) shot a final round 71 to win by one shot over Josefin Leijon also from Sweden.
The senior award was won by European Tour veteran Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) who displayed his usual talents and closed the event with a fine 69 (nine shots better than his opening round.

*Lloyd Saltman's cash reward for victory was 2,100 Euros, giving him a grand total of 7,716 Euros from the three Hi5 Pro Tour events he has played.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
1-205 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland) 68 67 70.
T2-210 Floris De Vries (Netherlands) 73 72 65, Callum Macaulay (Scotland) 71 68 71.
4-211 Andreas Hogberg (Sweden) 71 68 72.
T5-214 Felix Fihn (Sweden) 71 72 71, Gary King (England) 68 76 70.
7-216 Gareth Davies (Wales) 75 70 71.
T8-217 Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) 78 70 69, Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 70 72 75.
10-220 Alex Belt (England) 71 73 76.
T11-221 Elliot Saltman (Scotland) 72 77 72, Patrick O'Neill (amateur) 72 74 75, Lasse Sonne Nielsen (Denmark) (amateur) 70 73 78.
14-222 Tim Sluiter (Netherlands) 70 72 80.
T15-224 Ruaidhri McGee (Ireland) 75 76 73, Richard Kind (Netherlands) 70 76 78, Jan-Philip Neuendorf (amateur) 73 75 76.
18-225 Ryan Street 76 77 72.
19-226 James Housby (England) 72 76 78.
T20-227 Zack Saltman (Scotland) 75 76 76, Martyn Hamer (England) 73 77 77, Emilo Rodriguez Aguilera (Spain) 73 76 78.
T23-228 Richard Carter (England) (amateur) 71 79 78, Adrian Axelsson (Sweden) 73 82 73.
T25-229 Stian Hansen (Norway) 79 75 75, Juhana Pernaa (amateur) 77 74 78.
27-230 Brad Clapp (Canada) 77 78 75.
T28-231 Emilio Rodriguez Senior 77 74 80, Vidar Thorstensen 74 81 76.
30-232 Stephen Shields 83 77 72.
T31-233 Paul O'Hanlon 74 76 83, Fredrik Thorin 80 77 76.
T33-235 Christer Friis 78 79 78, Scott Fitzgerald (England) 80 79 76, Edward Barry-Walsh (England) 82 81 72.
36-237 James Johnson (England) 77 83 77.
37-239 Alvaro Herrero (Spain) 83 76 80.
38-241 Ronan Collins (Ireland) 84 82 75.
39-271 Roy Van der Loop (Netherlands) 86 95 90
40-296 Jan Skoglund Paltto 99 103 94.

LADIES SCOREBOARD ON www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Hi5 TOUR REPORT AND SCORES

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Lloyd Saltman birdie blitz
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to lead by four in Spain
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FROM THE SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR WEBSITE
Scotland's Lloyd Saltman (Aegon) enjoys a four-shot lead going into the final round of the Polaris World Condado Open despite starting his second round with a couple of bogeys.
However, the middle brother, pictured right, of the three Saltman siblings from the Lothians who are playing in Spain this week, answered with eight birdies during the remainder of his round en route to a fine 67 on the 6800 metre Nicklaus signature course.
His nearest rivals are Andreas Hogeberg (Sweden) and fellow-Scot Callum Macaulay (Tulliallan), both at five under par.
Cool temperatures with strong winds faced the players today to go along with the slick greens so scoring was not very easy. made scoring not very easy.
In the ladies' division ladies LET player Josefin Leijon (Sweden) took over the lead after a 75 today and holds a two-shot lead over Mari Suusalu from Estonia and yesterday's leader Johanna Lundberg (Sweden) who slipped back with a 79 today.
LEADING MEN'S SCORES
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland) 68 67.
139 Andreas Hogeberg (Sweden) 71 68, Callum Macaulay (Scotland) 71 68.
142 Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 70 72, Tim Sluiter (Netherlands) 70 72.
143 Lasse Nielsen (Denmark) (amateur) 70 73, Felix Fihn (Sweden) 71 72.
144 Gary King (England) 68 76, Alex Belt (England) 71 73.
Selected scores
149 Elliot Saltman (Scotland) 72 77 (jt 17th).
151 Zack Saltman (Scotland) 75 76 (jt 22nd)
LEADING LADIES' SCORES
151 Josefin Leijon (Sweden) 76 75.
153 Mari Suursalu (Estonia) 78 75, Johanna Lundberg (Sweden) 74 79.
155 Caroline Martens-Larson (Norway) 81 74

Lloyd Saltman, Gary King share lead in Spain

FROM THE SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR WEBSITE
The seventh event of the 2010 Hi5 Pro Tour got underway today at newly opened Condado course, part of the Nicklaus Golf Trail at Polaris in Murcia, south-east Spain.
The cool weather that has plagued most of Europe is currently also in Spain but players were greeted with bright blue skies and calm winds today. The 6800 metre course at Condado showed its strength today as only 14 players managed to shoot par or better.
At the top of the leaderobard at four-under-par is 18-year old Gary King from England and Lloyd Saltmann of Scotland.
In second place at two under pare are four players: Richard Kind (Netherlands), Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark), Tim Sluiter (Netherlands) and current course record holder (with a 61) at Condado, Lasse Sonnie Nielsen, a young amateur from Denmark.
In the ladies division, Johanna Sundberg from Sweden shot a 74 and holds a two-shot lead over compatriot Josefin Leijon.
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
LEADING MEN'S SCORES
Par 72
68 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland), Gary King (England).
70 Richard Kind (Netherlands), Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark), Tim Sluiter (Netherlands), Lasse S Nielsen (Denmark) (amateur).
71 Andreas Hogberg (Sweden), Reichard Carter (England), Alex Belt (England), Felix Finn (Sweden), Callum Macaulay (Scotland).
72 James Housby (England), Elliot Saltman (Scotland), Patrick O'Neill (Denmark).
73 Floris De Vries (Netherlands), Martyn Hamer (England), Jan Neuendorf (Germany), Adrian Axelsson (Sweden), Emilio Rodriguez (Spain).
74 Paul O'Hanlon (Ireland), Vidor Thorstensen (Norway).
75 Gareth Davies (England), Zack Saltman (Scotland), Ruaidhri McGee (Ireland),
76 Ryan Street (Canada).
Selected score:
78 Miguel Angel Martin (Spain).

LEADING LADY PRO SCORES
Par 72
74 Johanna Lundberg (Sweden).
76 Josefin Leijon (Sweden).
78 Antonella Cvitan (Sweden), Mari Suursalu (Finland).
79 Emelie Lind (Sweden).
81 Elin Emanuelson (Sweden), Carolina Martens-Larson (Norway).

Bank of Ireland end sponsorship of Irishman

Padraig Harrington's ranking

slipping but he's still big earner

FROM THE BELFAST TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By Karl MacGinty
After a nondescript start to 2010, Padraig Harrington has tumbled eight places down the world rankings and out of the top-10 — to No 13 to be precise.
A fortnight ago, newspaper headlines suggested he'd been’'dumped' by one of his sponsors, Bank of Ireland.
And Harrington hasn't won in the international arena since clinching his third Major title, the US PGA Championship, at Oakland Hills 19 months ago.
Though a tournament victory is long overdue for the 38-year-old and, clearly, he was disappointed not to pick up a win on Tour in 2009, Harrington remains one of the biggest earners and most powerful players on the world stage.
Indeed, the decision of Bank of Ireland not to take up an option to renew their three-year deal with him when it expires in May illustrates how Harrington has outgrown a shrunken sports sponsorship market in his homeland. The bank effectively hit the jackpot when they struck that three-year deal with Harrington in May 2007 — and more power to them.
Within weeks, he'd win the Irish Open; within a couple of months, he'd become a Major champion at Carnoustie and within a year and a half had carved a place in history as the only European to win the British Open and US PGA in the same season.
Though bonuses reputedly swelled the cost to Bank of Ireland from €250,000 to €400,000 per annum, the deal still represented massively good value. To embroider one's name on the front of a multiple Major champion's sweater and to have him for three corporate outings a year would normally cost several times that amount.
For example, when Harrington entered a three-year ‘partnership' with leading US business consultancy FTI in November 2008, there were no objections when the media guesstimated its worth at $12m.
Yes, that's $4m a year, for which FTI get pride of place on the front of the Irishman's hat; several opportunities each year for staff and clients to play golf with the affable Irishman, and his participation in a range of TV and other media promotions.
Several weeks later, Wilson Golf revealed that they called in their parent company to help drum up the reported $10m it
took to extend their association with Harrington for another 36 months and establish him as an ambassador for the company's sports equipment on a par with Roger Federer.
Harrington banked just €14,006 on Sunday as he finished The Honda Classic tied 40th with Rory McIlroy on four-over, 17 strokes behind hugely impressive winner Camilo Villegas. Yet that modest sum pushed his career prize-money over the €34m mark, and the Irishman has earned at least that much again, if not more, off the course during 12 years as a professional.
Since he's signed contracts worth well in excess of €20m in the 19 months since his US PGA win, it's safe to assume that Harrington's gross income is approaching the €70m mark, with little sign of his corporate value being eroded by recession.
Harrington conceded last summer, during the depths of the world financial slump, that some of his personal investments inevitably had taken a hit.
“I'm like everybody else, looking at investments down 25pc and thinking, hey, that's okay,” he said at that time. “The greatest plus for somebody like me compared to someone on the street is that I have an earnings potential going forward and would be able to sustain ups and downs.
“The fact that I've got positive income streams is always a good way of looking at it.
“As somebody said to me the other day, birdies are recession-proof.”
Harrington certainly hasn't made enough birdies recently but he's a notoriously slow and skittish starter.
With just 10 rounds of stroke play and 17 holes of match play under his belt since his return last month from an eight-week midwinter break, it's too early to judge the Dubliner's form.

Spanish Hi5 Pro Tour event venue change for March 16-18

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR
Due to the cooler than normal weather conditions in Murcia since Christmas, the course at Mosa Trajectum has suffered and is not at the moment up to the high standard expected by the Hi5 Pro Tour.
We have therefore decided to re-schedule the next event until later in the year. Fortunately Polaris World have come to our rescueat very short notice and have offered their new Jack Nicklaus Signature course at Condado-de Alhama for the week, March 16 to 18, to enable us to hold the Tournament.
We will now hold two events back to back at this superb venue, and we hope that your travel arrangements will not be seriously affected as Mosa and Condado are quite close to each other in Murcia.
Looking forward to seeing you at one of the best new courses anywhere in Europe,and sorry for any inconvenience this change of venue may cause you.
This Hi5 Pro Tour event is open to MEN, LADIES, and SENIORS, professionals as well as amateurs.
ENTRY FEES
315 Euro MEN
265 Euro SENIORS
215 Euro LADIES
If you have not already entered and wish to play one of the best new courses in Europe, please go to our registration forms.
Hi5 Pro Tour

O'Hara wins 1,046 Euros for top-10 finish

Rookie pro Paul O'Hara secured his third top-10 finish in a row on the Renault EPD Tour's Amelkis Classic at Marrakesh, Morocco today.
The man from Motherwell had rounds of 69, 72 and 70 for a total of five-under-par 211. He won 1,046 Euros.
The Scot finish eight shots behind the winner of the top 4814 Euros prize, Germany's Marcel Haremza who put together rounds of 65, 70 and 68 for a two-stroke victory with a 13-under-par total of 203.
LEADING TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
203 Marcel Haremza (Geremany) 65 70 68 (4814 Euros).
205 Tiago Cruz (Portugual) 70 72 63 (2784 Euros).
207 Grant Jackson (England) 70 70 67 (1624 Euros).
208 Alessio Bruschi (Italy) 69 71 68 (1444 Euros).
210 Maximilian Tschinkel (Germany) 69 70 71 (1308 Euros).
211 Paul O'Hara (Scotland) 69 72 70, Benjamin Miarka (Germany) 70 68 72, Gary Birch (England) 69 70 72, Brian McElhinney (Ireland) 72 70 69, Jurrian Van der Vaart (Netherlands) 72 71 68 (1046 Euros each).
Selected totals:
212 Stephen Grant (Ireland) 70 72 70, Michael Lowe (England) 71 69 72 (jt 11th) (747 Euros each).
213 Ben Parker (England) 71 70 72 (553 Euros).
215 Simon Boyd (England) 678 72 75 (424 Euros).
219 Lee Corfield (England) 73 71 75 (206 Euros).
221 Cian McNamra (Ireland) 69 75 77 (180 Euros).

French Allianz Golf Tour Qualifying School
Cap d'Agde Golf Club, France.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
218 Nicolas Porteboeuf (France) 79 70 69, Eric Chaudouet (France) 74 73 71, Clement Gallois (France) 71 72 75.
219 Rafael Gallardo Moreno (Spain) 79 68 72, Ivo Giner (Spain) 74 73 72, Kiriano Blais (France) 77 69 73.
220 Keir McNicoll (Scotland) 76 73 71, Jonathan Lomas (England) 76 71 73, Alberto Campanile (Italy) 73 72 75 (jt 7th).
221 Gavin Dear (Scotland) 76 72 73, Scott Hill (France) 73 77 71, Andrea Rota (Italy) 73 74 74, Cedric Menut (France) 72 73 76 (jt 10th)
+52 players gained playing rights on the tour.

Renault EPD Tour Scoreboard
AMELKIS CLASSIC
Marrakesh, Morocco
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Marcel Haremza (Germany) 65 70.
139 Maximilian Tschinkel (Germany) 69 70, Damien Perrier (France) 70 69, Benjamin Miarka (Germany) 70 69, Gary Birch (England) 69 70, Reinier Saxton (Netherlands) 68 71.
140 Simon Boyd (England) 68 72, Michael Lowe (England) 71 69, Niklas Glans (Sweden) 66 74, Grant Jackson England) 70 70, Alessio Bruschi (Italy) 69 71, Christoph Pfau 68 72.
Selected scores:
141 Ben Parker (England) 71 70, Paul O'Hara (Scotland) 69 72, Brian McElhinney (Ireland) 72 70.
142 Stephen Grant (England) 70 72 (jt 18th).
144 Cian McNamara (Ireland) 68 75, Lee Corfield (England) 73 71 (jt 31st).

Swede Sture wins this week's Spanish Tour event

FROM THE SPANISH Hi5 TOUR WEBSITE
Robert Sture from Sweden closed out his first win on the Hi5 Pro Tour on Thursday with a two-shot margin of victory over Morten Hedegaard from Denmark.
Sture shot a last-round 73 but his nearest competitors, Spaniards Miguel Angel Martin and Carlos Aguilar, both shot 75s.
The Swede was only one shot ahead going into the 16th hole but Aguilar made a triple bogey on the par 5 to see his chances slip away. Sture, however, made things interesting going down the 17th.
After a way ward tee shot ended up in the left rough, he had to take a penalty drop from an unplayable which cost him a bogey but he still had a three-shot lead going into the final hole. After a solid tee shot it was a matter of going through the motions for the professional from Gothenburg. He collected a cheque for 4125 Euros.
For Hedegaard it was another solid performance after last week finishing in a play off for first and this week second on his alone. Top amateurs were Joachim B Hansen and Peter Baunsoe from Denmark both finishing at +4.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
206 Robert Sture (Sweden) 67 66 73.
208 Morten Hedegaard (Denmark) 70 68 70.
209 Sam Haywood (England) 74 69 66, Carlos Aguilar (Spain) 66 68 75.
210 Juan Parron (Spain) 69 70 71, Richard Kind (Netherlands) 70 68 72.
211 Matthew Evans (England) 76 67 68, Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) 71 65 75.
212 Barrie Trainor (Northern Irlenad) 783 67 72, Ben Jones (England) 73 67 72, Neil chaudhuri (England) 70 67 75.
213 Ross Cameron (Scotland) 67 77 69.
Selected scores:
215 Matthew Cryer (England) 75 67 73.
216 Neil O'Briain (Ireland) 73 73 780.
219 Gareth Davies (England) 75 70 74, Michael McGeady (Ireland) 79 68 72.
220 Jack Doherty (Scotland) 75 74 71.
221 Ruaidhri McGee (Ireland) 72 74 75, James Johnson (England) 74 73 74, Peter Lockett (England) 69 79 73, Steven Kattenhorn (England) 75 74 72.
223 Jonathan Gidney (England) 70 76 77, Mark Campbell (Ireland) 76 71 76,
224 James Busby (England) 71 76 77.
226 Paul Doherty (Scotland) 76 73 77, James Housby (England) 74 75 77.
228 Lloyd Campbell (England) 77 72 79, Ronan Collins (Ireland) 74 75 79.

Dear and McNicoll set to survive Allianz Q School cut

Gavin Dear from Scone, Perthshire and Carnoustie's Keir McNicoll were on course to survive the 36-hole cut in the French Allianz Golf Tour Qualifying School at Cap d'Agde today.
With several players' scores still to be posted on the Tour website, Dear, with rounds of 76 and 72 for 148, and McNicoll 76 and 73 for 149, were well within the projected cut figure. The projection was for scores of 152 or better to make it through to Friday's third and last round.
McNicoll finished his second round with an eagle 3 at the 17th and a birdie at the 18th in halves of 39 and 34. He also had a double bogey in his first round.
Dear had a double bogey in his first round.

Renault EPD Tour Scoreboard
AMELKIS CLASSIC
Marrakesh, Morocco
FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
65 Marcel Haremza (Germany).
66 Niklas Glans (Sweden).
68 Simon Boyd (England), Reinier Saxton (Netherlands), Benjamin Wuttke (Germany), Christoph Pfau.
69 Alessio Bruschi (Italy), Maximilian Tschinkel (Germany), Paul O'Hara (Scotland), Gary Birch (England), Younes El Hassani (Morocco), Abdelhak Sabi (Morocco), Cian McNamara (Ireland) (jt 8th).
Selected scores:
70 Grant Jackson (England), Stephen Grant (Ireland).
71 Ben Parker (England), Michael Lowe (England).
72 Brian McElhinney (Ireland), Ben Welch (England).
73 Tim Rice (Ireland), Lee Corfield (England), Jay Taylor (Scotland), Rob Harris (England).
77 Adam Sagar (England).
Field of 110 players.
Paul O'Hara birdied the short seventh, the 11th, 14th and 15th. He had one bogey - at the eighth.

Lothians man improves from 77 to brilliant 65

Lloyd Saltman shows his class to

win £1,700 prize at Archerfield

If former Walker Cup and Open amateur ace Lloyd Saltman could put all his talents together more often, he could yet be a star on the European Tour.
The 24-year-old Lothians man, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, showed his class today at the Archerfield Links with a superb second round of seven-under-par 65 - the next best score on the day was a 71 - to win the £1,700 first prize Major Golf Tour's The Master Golf Championship for players aged 26 and under, a tournament organised by former England football international David Platt.
Trailing after a first-round 77, Saltman surged up through the field to win with a two-under-par total of 142 - a shot ahead of Danny Belch whose scores lurched the other way: a first-round 68 followed by a 75. Belch will have been happy to pocket a £1,000 cheque.
Greg McBain from Royal Dornoch earned £600 f0r finishing fourth with a 72 for 146 while former Scottish amateur stroke and match-play champion Kevin McAlpine from Alyth slipped back to fifth place on 147, slumping from a first-day 70 to a 77. Kevin's payslip was for £550.
And yet another Scot, Stephen Clark, who played on the US college circuit and is now a professional, finished sixth on 148 and earned £550.
Liam Jeffrey won the amateur event with a two-round Stableford total of 69 points, with tournament host Platt unable to repeat his first-round fireworks as he finished on 63pt.
+David Platt is a hands-on organiser. He personally supplied Scottishgolfview.com with all the scores and details of the money prizes. Well done, David!
FINAL TOTALS
Total prize fund: £7,000
Par 144 (2x72)
142 Lloyd Saltman 77 65 (£1,700).
143 Danny Belch 68 75 (£1,000).
144 Dale Marmion 73 71 (£700).
146 Greg McBain 74 72 (£600).
147 Kevin McAlpine 70 77 (£550).
148 Stephen Clark 73 75 (£550).
149 James Westwood 72 76, Ryan Riley 74 75, Steven Hume 74 75 (£392 each).
150 James McGhee 75 75, Ben Brierley 78 72, Ian Gregory 72 78 (£167 each).
151 Kenny Monaghan 76 75 (£100)).
152 Adam Taylor 78 74, Ryan Buckley 77 75, Jon Jones 79 73 (£59 each).
153 Thomas Higson 79 74.
154 Graham Neville 79 75, Stuart Hemming 78 76.
157 David Laing 75 82.
159 Zack Saltman 80 79.
160 Ryan O'Neill 81 79.
161 Declan Dixon 82 79.
163 Bobby King 84 79.
165 Scott Wilson 85 80.
170 Steven Mayer 86 84
171 Kyle Denham 86 85
Retired - Adam Partington 79 -, Stuart Burns 84 -.

Improving Paul O'Hara ties for fourth place in Morocco

... despite a double bogey at the short 14th on final day

Rookie pro Paul O'Hara earned 1,376 Euros for a joint fourth place finish today in this week's EPD Tour event, the Samanah Classic at Marrakech, Morocco.
The man from Motherwell is improving. Last week he finished joint ninth and picked up 811 Euros in the Al Maaden Classic.
A par 3 at the short 14th in his last round of 69 instead of a double bogey 5 would have given the Scot third place and a pay-out of 1,624 Euros.
Earlier in the round, O'Hara had birdied the second, the fourth, the long ninth and the long 12th. After his disaster at the 14th, he bounced back by birdieing another par-5 hole, the 16th, for his best round of the tournament following scores of 73 and 70 over the par-72 course.
Portugal's Tiago Cruz won the top prize of 4,818 Euros, beating Germany's Benjamin Miarka in a sudden-death play-off after they had tied on 209. Ireland's Brian McElhinney finished joint fourth alonside O'Hara with idential rounds of 73, 70 and 69..

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
209 Tiago Cruz (Portugal) 74 69 66 (4,818 Euros), Benjamin Miarka (Germany) 73 69 67 (2,784 Euros). Cruz won sudden-death play-off.
211 Constantin Schwierz (Germany) 72 73 66 (1,624 Euros).
212 Paul O'Hara (Scotland) 73 70 69, Brian McElhinney (Ireland) 73 70 69 (1,376 Euros each).
213 Christoph Gunter (Germany) 74 74 65, Grant Jackson (England) 72 70 71, Leo Astl (Austria) 72 73 68 (1,117 Euros each).
Selected totals:
219 Stephen Grant (Ireland) 78 71 70 (jt 18th) (478 Euros).
220 Ben Parker (England) 74 75 71, Michael Lowe (Engl;and) 74 74 72 (jt 21st) (361 Euros each).
221 Tim Rice (Ireland) 74 72 75, Cian McNamara (Ireland) 76 74 71 (jt 30th) (261 Euros each).
222 Lee Corfield (England) 75 72 75 (jt 35th) (214 Euros).

Chris Doak remains upbeat about

his prospects in new season

FROM THE PGA E-BULLETIN
Chris Doak's rookie season on the European Tour last year may not have gone to plan but the Greenock PGA pro is
determined to regain his place at the top table.
The 32-year-old earned a card for the main circuit at the qualifying school in 2008 to set the seal on a glory-laden campaign which also saw him top the Tartan Tour's Order of Merit and win the PGA Play-offs.
Doak illuminated his debut season amid the elite with a share of 11th in the Andalucian Open and a tie for 19th in the Johnnie Walker championship at Gleneagles but he lost his playing rights at the end of year having
finished 168th on the money list.
The Scot is remaining upbeat, however, and with his 2010 schedule set to take in events on both the Challenge Tour and the domestic circuit, the two-time Northern Open champion is feeling positive ahead of the new season.
"There are not many players from qualifying school who keep their cards but I expected to
do it," said Doak. "That didn't happen but playing on the European Tour was a great
experience and a learning year."

FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
Kevin McAlpine, the former double Scottish champion, is handily placed at the halfway stage of The Master Golf Championship at Archerfield Links.
McAlpine, who turned professional towards the end of last year, opened the event for professionals aged 26 and under with a 70 to lie just two shots behind the leader, Dannny Belch.
Ian Gregory is lying third on 72, with Dale Marmion, a former winner on the PGA EuroPro Tour, alongside Stephen Clarke and James Westwood on 73.
Greg McBain, winner of a similar event at the East Lothian venue last October, shot a 74, one better than Turnhouse trainee James McGhee and fellow Scots David Laing and Steven Hume.
Lloyd Saltman, playing over his home course, looked to have left himself with a mountain to climb in today's second round after he could only manage a 77 in his opening round, while younger brother Zack signed for an 80.
In the amateur event, tournament host David Platt was setting the pace, the former England fooball star amassing 35 Stableford points in his first round to lead by a point from Ben Trengove and Liam Jeffrey.

FIRST-ROUND PRO SCORES
Par 72
68 Danny Belch.
70 Kevin McAlpine.
72 Ian Gregory.
73 Stephen Clarke, Dale Marmion, James Westwood.
74 Ryan Riley, Greg McBain.
75 David Laing, James McGhee, Steven Hume.
76 Kenny Monaghan.
77 Lloyd Saltman, Ryan Buckley.
78 Stuart Hemming, Adam Taylor, Ben Brierley.
79 Jon Jones, Adam Partington, Thomas Higson, Graham Neville.
80 Zack Saltman.
81 Ryan O'Neill.
82 Declan Dixon.
84 Stuart Burns, Bobby King.
85 Scott Wilson.
86 Kyle Denham, Steven Mayer.

LEADING AMATEUS
(Stableford format)
35 David Platt
34 Ben Trengrove, Liam Jeffrey.

Manassero to make pro debut in Italian Open in May

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Sixteen year old Italian Matteo Manassero, No 1 in the R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings, has confirmed he will turn professional after becoming the youngest-ever player in the Masters Tournament at Augusta National next month.
The reigning British amateur champion, who finished a brilliant 13th in The Open last July, said at a golf show in his home town Verona that he will make his professional debut at the BMW Italian Open in Turin from May 6-9.
Donato di Ponziano, President of the BMW Italian Open Organising Committee, said: “The fact that Matteo will be playing for the first time as a profesisonal is a huge boost for the BMW Italian Open. We consider Matteo to be one of the most promising young sportsmen in our country and Royal Park I Roveri and the BMW Italian Open will be important examinations for him. We are all looking forward to seeing him in Turin in May.”
Not 17 until April 19, Manassero played with Tom Watson and Sergio Garcia in the first two rounds at Turnberry and his two over par total of 282 was only one outside The Open record by an amateur, set by England's Iain Pyman at Sandwich in 1993 and matched by Tiger Woods at Lytham three years later.
He has made the halfway cut in five out of six appearances on The European Tour so far and will be allowed seven invitations to events in a bid to avoid the Qualifying School at the end of the season.
Manassero is one of four teenagers in The Masters. United States champion An Byeong-hun, the son of two Olympic table tennis medallists, turned 18 last September and is the same age as his compatriot Han Chang-won, winner of the inaugural Asian Amateur crown, and Ryo Ishikawa, already in the world's top 50 and a multiple winner on the Japanese Tour.

Paul O'Hara sharing fourth place in Morocco

Motherwell's rookie pro Paul O'Hara stayed in contention with second-round 70 (two under par) for a 36-hole tally of one-under-par 143 and a share of fourth place with one round to go in the Renault EPD Tour's Samanah Classic at Samanah Country Club, Marrakesh in Morocco today.
O'Hara started badly with bogeys at the first and second but then came a purple patch of birdies at the fourth, long fifth, seventh, long ninth (out in 34) and the long 12th. He then parred the 13th to the 17th inclusive before finishing with a bogey at the 18th for 36 home.
Germany's Maximilian Tschinkel leads after a great second-round 66 for a running total of 140 and a two-shot lead from compatriot Benjamin Miarka (73-69) and England's Grant Jackson (72-70).
LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
140 Maximilian Tschinkel (Germany) 74 66.
142 Benjamin Miarka (Germany) 73 69, Grant Jackson (England) 72 70.
143 Paul O'Hara (Scotland) 73 70, Brian McElhinney (Ireland) 73 70, Tiago Cruz (Portgual) 74 69.
144 Bernd Ritthammer (Germany) 74 70, Dennis Kupper (Germany) 71 73.
145 Benhamin Ludwig (Germany) 71 74, Damien Perrier (France) 75 70, Leo Astl (Austria) 72 73, Constantin Schwierz (Germany) 72 73.
Selected scores:
146 Tim Rice (Ireland) 74 72 (jt 13th).
147 Lee Corfield (England) 75 72 (jt 19th).
148 Michael Lowe (England) 74 74 (jt 23rd).
149 Stephen Grant (Ireland) 78 71, Ben Parker (England) 74 75 (jt 33rd).
150 Cian McNamara (Ireland) 76 74 (jt 41st).
MISSED THE CUT (150 or better qualified).
155 Ben Welch (England) 78 77.
156 Jay Taylor (Scotland) 80 76, Rob Harris (England) 80 76.
157 Simon Boyd (England) 81 765.
158 Adam Sagar (England) 76 82.
159 Mark Rubber (England) 79 80.

Paul O'Hara opens with a 73 in Morocco event

Paul O'Hara had a bag of four birdies but also five bogeys for a one-over-par round of 73 in the EPD Tour's Samanah Classic at the Samanah Country Club, Marrakesh, Morocco.
The rookie pro from Motherwell birdied the second, sixth, 12th and 15th but dropped shots at the short third, the seventh, the 11th, the 13th and the short 17th.
A Tunisian amateur, Saber Barhoumi, led the first-round field with a two-under-par 70.
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 72
70 Saber Barhoumi (Tunisia) (amateur)
71 Benjamin Ludwig (Germany), Dennis Kupper (Germany).
72 Amnine Joudar (Morocco), Leo Astl (Austria), Grant Jackson (England), Constantin Schwierz (Germany).
73 Paul O'Hara (Scotland), Brian McElhinney (Ireland).
Selected scores
74 Michael Low (England), Ben Parker (England), Tim Rice (Ireland).
75 Lee Corfield (England).
76 Adam Sagar (England), Cian McNamara (Ireland).

WALLACE BOOTH MISSES GEORGIA CUT

Rookie pro Wallace Booth from Comrie, Perthshire missed the cut in the eGolf Professional Tour's Savannah Quarters Classic in Georgia on Friday. He had rounds of 72 and 80 for 152 - four shots too many to qualify for the final round.
American Roberto Castro won the first prize of $34,459 with scores of 70, 69 and 70 for seven-under-par 209.
Booth won $1,465 for a down-the-field finish in the satellite circuit's first event, the Palmetto Hall Championship, won by fellow Scot Russell Knox who did not play in the event at Savannah Quarters Country Club.
The next event, the Cabarrus Classic in North Carolina does not start until March 17.

Dear, McNicoll enter French Q School ... but they'll keep their clothes on!

Carnoustie's Keir McNicoll and Gavin Dear from Scone, Perthshire are the only two Scots in the field for the French Allianz Tour Qualifying School tournament at Cap d'Agde from Wednesday to Friday this week.
Dear has already earned playing rights on the Alps Tour.
Cap d'Agde, a few miles from Montpellier, is one of the world's best naturist resorts!
The golf course was opened in 1989. You do not have to take your clothes off to play it.
Dear and McNicoll were exempt from the Allianz Tour Pre-qualifying tournament over 36 holes at Golf de Montpellier this weekend.
Forty-four players qualified for the main event, starting on Wednesday. Only one of four players on 164 qualified.
LEADING QUALIFIERS
Par 144 (2x72)
139 Ivo Giner (Spain) 70 69.
145 Yves Petit Dubousquet (France) 70 75.
147 Scott Hill (France) 74 73.
148 Marcos Juan Tomas (Spain) 74 74, Brendan McCarroll (Ireland) 74 74.

SUNSHINE TOUR'S VODACOM CHAMPIONSHIP

Hennie Otto (28 under par) wins by nine strokes

FROM THE SUNSHINE TOUR WEBSITE
In boxing terms, the referee should have stopped the Vodacom Championship long before the finish because the outcome was not in doubt, but South African Hennie Otto had to keep going to deliver the coup de grace today with a final round of five-under-par 67 at the Pretoria Country Club, South Africa to win by nine strokes.
Otto finished on 28-under-par 260, one shot off the Sunshine Tour tournament record of 29-under-par, set by Mark McNulty in Swaziland in 1987, and equalled by David Frost in the 1994 SA PGA Championship.
Hennie had set a Pretoria Country Club course record of 11-under 61 in the second round to lead by five, and he had to find some way of keeping his motivation levels up for the final half of the tournament.
“I just went out and approached the round as a match-play event,” he said. “Jbe’ Kruger was the only one who could catch me, and, fortunately for me, he and Thomas Aiken were the ones who made the mistakes.”
Kruger’s challenge looked to have petered out on the back of some putts that just wouldn’t drop, continuing a trend which began in the third round.
This time, his woes were exacerbated by some poor work off the fairways and close to the greens. They were perhaps best exemplified on the 444m par-4 10th, where his second was such a poor shot that he ended up a long way from the green. For the umpteenth time, his chip came up short too, and he overshot the green with his fourth.
The resultant double-bogey, while Otto made a good par save, meant Kruger sank back to 10 off the pace at that stage, while Tjaart van der Walt was elevated into second for a while.
But Kruger fought back and birdies on 16 and 18 saw him regain second place, one ahead of Adilson Da Silva and Aiken.
Aiken got his final position thanks to a birdie-eagle finish to edge out Michiel Bothma who finished fifth, with Van der Walt sharing sixth with Grant Veenstra.
But for all the jostling for position, the truth is Otto’s opponents were out on their feet after a display of golf that the winner rated as close to the best he’s ever played.
“Maybe my win in the Italian Open in 2008 was better,” he said, “because Oliver Wilson threw a 63 at me, and I only had a one-shot lead down the stretch.”
But there were elements which made this very sweet indeed: A friend who has lung cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy, and who walked all 18 with him on his way to the triumph. “How inspiring is that,” he said.
And Martin Maritz’s mother, who told Otto that he was her ‘son’ for the week. “It gives me goose bumps just telling that story,” he said.
And it was the support in his reborn Christian faith he got from a group of people called ‘Manne van die Woord’ (Men of the Word). “I had something to say about them, but we ran out of time in the prize-giving,” he laughed.
In truth, the goose bumps came from some of the most consistent golf he has ever played, and in the jaw-dropping margin of victory over some of the best players on the Sunshine Tour.
Two weeks on his new farm in the Northern Cape – “I’m going to be doing some real work,” he laughed – before he spends a brief period again on the European Tour is going to be a rest well-earned.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
Players from South Africa unless stated.
260 Hennie Otto 65 61 67 67 (420,025 Rand).
269 Jbe Kruger 65 66 66 72 (304,750 Rand).
270 Adilson Da Silva (Brazil) 69 66 69 66, Thomas Aiken 65 66 70 69 (156,747 Rand)
271 Michiel Bothma 66 70 69 66 (109,445 Rand).
272 Tjaart Van Der Walt 67 66 69 70, Grant Veenstra 70 65 67 70 (85,992 Rand each)).
273 Alex Haindl 72 66 68 67, Peter Karmis 70 68 67 68 (61,215 Rand each).
274 James Kamte 72 65 70 67, Mark Murless 66 68 70 70 (49,687 Rand each).
275 Dawie Van der Walt 68 66 70 71 (44,255 Rand).
276 Darren Fichardt 71 70 68 67, Andre Bossert (Switzerland) 68 68 68 72, Branden Grace 64 69 70 73 (39,396 Rand each).
277 Keith Horne 72 69 68 68, Jake Roos 69 69 679 70 69, Doug McGui9gan 66 66 75 70 (34,980 Rand each).

Poulter confounding the doubters while Garcia

again fails to live up to great expectations

FROM THE SCOTSMAN.COM WEBSITE
By JOHN HUGGAN
The contrast could hardly have been more marked. There they were, going head-to-head in the semi-final of last week's Accenture Match Play Championship: golf's biggest over-achiever against the current holder of the game's "most lamentable under-achiever" title. Or, put another way: Ian Poulter versus Sergio Garcia.
Just about the only thing this pair has in common is an unfortunate propensity to wear outlandishly bright-coloured clothing of rather questionable taste.
Now the first Englishman to win a World Golf Championship, Poulter, who turned professional when he was supposedly a four-handicapper at best, has forever surprised and confounded those – your correspondent included – who have doubted his ability to compete at the very highest level.
The former market trader and assistant pro at something called the "Family Golf Centre" in his hometown of Leighton Buzzard – where he earned £5.60 an hour – is your original working-class hero.
"I'm not like most guys who turn pro after playing in the Walker Cup and what have you," he points out. "Or those that come through the college system. I didn't even know those things existed. I was oblivious. I come from a very normal upbringing. I played at the local municipal. And I had to earn money. Which is why I worked on a market stall.
"My upbringing only adds to my appreciation of what I have now. It's been a great ride for me, from the pro's shop to the top-five in the world. What comes with that is a lot of money. But that can only buy you stuff. I don't rate people by how much money they make. And I would hope no one would do the same with me."
And Sergio? Well, let's just say that the former teenage prodigy – he was probably playing off four when still wearing shorts to primary school – has generally speaking failed to live up to the admittedly lofty expectations expressed by most "experts" when he left the amateur ranks just over a decade ago.
Yes, he has won a Players Championship, the so-called "fifth major", and a host of other events around the globe, but Grand Slam success has so far eluded the now 30-year-old Spaniard.
The result of last week's match, of course, was a resounding 7&6 victory for the over-achiever, the proverbial "dog licence."
Such a thrashing would normally have been bad enough as far as Garcia was concerned, but even worse was the fact that he did not appear to be trying anything like 100 per cent. Perhaps disturbed by the appalling weather – or the fact that he was being comprehensively outplayed – Garcia behaved like a spoiled and petulant brat denied immediate and unfettered access to his poke of sweeties.
This isn't the first time the former Amateur champion has, in Australian parlance, "spat the dummy" either. The mind goes back to Carnoustie and the 2007 Open when a ten-foot putt for victory kissed the edge of the 72nd cup but failed to drop.
Garcia's whining attitude in the wake of his subsequent play-off defeat by Padraig Harrington, while not as bad as portrayed by certain members of the US media, did him few favours.
Then there was the 2008 USPGA Championship at Oakland Hills, where Harrington again prevailed, this time over the regulation distance. During the closing nine holes, Garcia behaved appallingly, resorting to all kinds of immature gamesmanship in a vain attempt to get inside the likeable Irishman's head.
At one point, Harrington was compelled to ask his caddie to stand between himself and his playing companion so that he could fully focus on the shot in hand. It was a disgraceful display of bad sportsmanship, capped by a lacklustre "limp fish" handshake on the 18th green.
So perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised that Garcia, in the face of heavy and inevitable defeat to Poulter, was unable to behave himself with even a semblance of class.
His huffy attitude towards his opponent's perfectly legitimate investigation of options when in an awkward lie was especially disappointing – or put up an effort worthy of a player of his undoubted class.
Sergio needs to be careful he doesn't run out of friends in low, never mind high, places. While there is little doubt that he remains one of Europe's best 12 golfers, his place in the next Ryder Cup side cannot be regarded as a foregone conclusion.
For one thing, his dodgy putting – always a weakness – continues to offer nothing but encouragement to opponents, especially in head-to-head play. For another, if strong rumour is anything to go by, his deteriorating relationship with Harrington caused two distinct camps to develop within the European side during the last Ryder Cup at Valhalla.
And let's not even get into the hard-to-forget occasion when he expectorated into a cup after holing out. Yuk.
None of those aspects of the Garcia character will, one imagines, be encouraging empathy from European skipper Colin Montgomerie should it come to pass that the five-time Ryder Cup player requires one of the three wild-card picks available come late August and the final qualifying event at Gleneagles.
The irony there, of course, is that Poulter – already a certainty to qualify as of right – would have been in a similar position had his play over the last few months been less stellar. He and Monty have, shall we say, never been close.
"I know people have their own opinions of me," acknowledges Poulter. "They may think I'm wacky or flamboyant or whatever. But they form those opinions without knowing me. Those who do know me know that there is more to me than some flashy trousers. I'm serious about my golf."
And, if last week is anything to go by, that dedication to improvement is paying off in a big way. Let's hope the floundering Garcia takes due note and changes his increasingly errant ways in time to turn round his own career, one that shows disturbing signs of attracting adjectives like "unfulfilled" and "declining."
Come on Sergio, time is a'wasting.
+The full article above appears in the Scotland On Sunday newspaper today.

SUNSHINE TOUR'S VODACOM CHAMPIONSHIP

Hennie Otto leads by four strokes

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
European Tour member Hennie Otto carded a third-round 67 at the Vodacom Championship to keep him four shots clear going into the final round at Pretoria Country Club.
It was cruise-control for the 33-year-old South Africanwho set a course record 11-under-par 61 in the second round and a Sunshine Tour 36-hole record of 18-under 126.
“Normally after one like that, 72 is a good score,” laughed Otto (pictured right). “But the birdies are out there – but you have to hit the fairways.”
He goes into the final round on 23 under par, after a round with three bogeys and none of the brilliance of the second round.
Thomas Aiken and Jbe’ Kruger are Otto’s nearest challengers, but it will take something special to catch him.
Aiken carded five birdies, but three bogeys negated any chance of a charge at the lead.
Kruger was much more consistent, but was unable to convert a number of chances in his round.
Although he made no bogeys, six birdies were not enough to eat more substantially into Otto’s lead.
“Jbe’ played well today,” said Otto. “He didn’t want to let go.”
In the end, Kruger finished on 19 under after a 66, and Aiken fought his way to 15 under for the tournament with his 70.
Otto opened with a birdie, and didn’t seem too phased when he bogeyed the third. Instead, he hit back with three more birdies before the turn.
When two more bogeys cropped up on his card – at the 11th and the 13th – he followed them with birdies, and, for good measure, he found another birdie on the 15th to keep the charge from Kruger at bay.
“After I made the third bogey, my caddie Cliffie Botha told me that it would happen if I just gave it a chance,” he said. And that’s precisely what happened.

THIRD ROUND SCOREBOARD

Par 216 (3x72)

Players from South Africa unless stated

193 Hennie Otto 65 61 67.

197 Jbe Kruger 65 66 66,

201 Thomas Aiken 65 66 70.

202 Grant Veenstra 70 65 67, Tjaart Van der Walt 67 66 69.

203 Branden Grace 64 69 70.

204 Andrew Georgiou 69 70 65, Andre Bossert (Switzerland) 68 68 68, Adilson da Silva (Brazil) 69 66 69, Dawie Van der Walt 68 66 70, Mark Murless 66 68 70.

205 Peter Karmis 70 68 67, Michiel Bothma 66 70 69.

206 George Coetzee 68 70 68, Alex Haindl 72 66 68, Anton Haig 67 66 73.

207 Josh Cunliffe 74 67 66, James Kamte 72 65 70, Warren Abery 70 67 70, Doug McGuigan 66 66 75

208 Justin Walters 72 70 66, Grant Muller 71 70 67, Jake Roos 69 69 70.

Inside Lee Westwood

Lee Westwood has come a long way since he played over the Montrose links in 1991 in the British boys' championship (it was won by Francisco Valera who beat R Walton in the final) and for the winning England team against Scotland in a boys' international at the same venue.
Now for an update on what makes Lee Westwood tick.

FROM THE GOLFDIGEST.COM WEBSITE
By Lee Westwood
Born Worksop, Nottinghamshire. April 24, 1973.
British youths champion but no Walker Cup team honour before turning pro in 1993.

WHAT'S IN MY GOLF BAG
I've played Ping irons since I was 14.

Driver .... Average hit 300yd ... Loft 11 degrees (shaft 45 1/4in, X Flex).
3 wood ... 270yd ... 15.5 degrees.
5 wood ... 245yd ... 17.5 degrees.
3 iron .... 225yd ... 18.5 degrees.
4 iron .... 215yd ... 21 degrees.
5 iron .... 200yd ... 27 degrees.
6 iron ... 185yd ... 30.5 degrees
7 iron ... 175yd ... 34 degrees.
8 iron ... 160yd ... 38 degrees.
9 iron .... 148yd ... 42 degrees.
PWedge. 130yd ... 47.5 degrees.
SWedge. 115yd ... 52.5 degrees.
LWedge. 95yd ... 58 degrees
Putter.... Ping Redwood Anser (35in shaft).

NO SPLURGING
The money I won last season ($6,194,136) provides some security. I've invested most of it, difficult as that is to do in this economy.

MAJOR MISSION
Winning a major is the only thing missing for me. I've never been more disappointed than when I blew the lead on the final day at Turnberry and missed the playoff with Stewart Cink and Tom Watson. But I learned my game was good enough to win. I just need to finish.

FAMILY MATTERS
I've skipped the FedEx Cup playoffs in recent years because that's when I take my two kids on holiday. You have to have priorities.

THE TRICKY TREES
That's the nickname for the Nottingham Forest Football Club that I support. When I'm traveling in the United States, I can sometimes catch the games on ESPN or Slingbox.

GASTRONOME
I'm a massive food and wine lover, though I also work hard on my conditioning. I like Japanese food, and I've always been a glutton for vodka.