Sunday, July 23, 2006

NEWS FROM BIARRITZ CUP

SCOTS CALLUM AND DUNCAN DO WELL

IN S W FRANCE INTERNATIONAL EVENT

West of Scotland Open champion Callum Macaulay (Tulliallan) finished a highly creditable joint eighth in an international field of 154 for the 72-hole Biarritz Cup which ended at Biarritz Le Phare Golf Club in southwest France today.

Macaulay, who plays on the American college golf circuit for the University of Mississippi, had rounds of 70, 65, 70 and 67 over a tight, par-69 course, which is the second oldest on the Continent.

Callum’s aggregate of four-under-par total of 272 saw him finish 11 shots behind the long-time leader Pedro Oriol Sanchez-Blanco (Spain) who scored 64, 65, 67 and 67 for 13-under 263.

Duncan Stewart from Grantown-on-Spey, winner of the Chiberta Grand Priz four-round event the previous weekend – the first Scot since Graham Fox in 1998 to win the prestigious event, finished like a train to fill 21st place on level par 276 in the Biarritz Cup.

Stewart, who had a great season on the 2005-2006 American college circuit with Jacksonville University, Florida, look a bit tired after his Chiberta GP heroics when he opened with rounds of 71 and 73 at Biarritz Le Phare. In fact, he made the halfway cut with nothing to spare.

But after that Duncan came roaring up through the field with a pair of 66s to be six-under-par for the final 36 holes. In fact, if the Highlander had started with two 66s he would have finished only one shot behind the tournament winner!

With hindsight, Stewart would have been an asset to the Scotland team in the European youths' team championship in Spain a couple of weeks ago.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

MEN (Par 69)

263 Pedro Oriol Sanchez-Blanco (Spain) 64 65 67 67.

266 Barberena Legarra (Spain) 66 68 67 65.

268 Jorge Campillo (Spain) 67 68 63 70, Adrien Bernadet (France) 62 70 66 70.

270 Matthieu Bey (France) 66 67 69 68, Ignacio Sanchez-Palencia (Spain) 68 65 67 70.

271 Taco Remkes (Netherlands) 67 69 65 70.

272 Callum Macaulay (Scotland) 70 65 70 67, Li Kang (China) 72 66 65 69, Andrea Perrino (Italy) 66 70 65 71, Eduardo Larranga Eizaguirre (Spain) 68 67 65 72.

Other total:

276 Duncan Stewart (Scotland) 71 73 66 66 (21st).

WOMEN

278 Caroline Afonso (France) 71 65 70 72.

279 Camille Fallay (France) 73 69 71 66.

282 Valentine Derrey (France) 68 71 72 71.

286 Melodie Bourdie (France) 68 71 70 77.

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