PETER WHITEFORD WINS TAMSEL TOUR
EVENT BY FIVE STROKES

Fifer Peter Whiteford (Wellsgreen) was an impressive five-shot winner of the £2,000 first prize in the Tamsel Tour 36-hole event at Withington Golf Club, Didsbury near Manchester today.
Whiteford had rounds of 66 and 67 for an 11-under-par total of 133.
Whiteford, whose older brother Stewart won the 1996 Scottish boys' match-play title, has made some appearances on the European Challenge Tour this year.
Runner-up to Peter was PGA Cup player Paul Wesselingh who was bidding to become the first man to win three Tamsel Tour events in a row. Paul had 68 and 70 for 138.
The only other entries from Scotland, apart from Whiteford, in the field of 80 were Danny Kirk and David Pyott, both entered from St Andrews.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
133 P Whiteford (Wellsgreen) 66 67.
138 P Wesselingh (Kedleston Park) 68 70.
139 M Hancock (Stand) 68 71.
140 A Bradley (Doncaster) 70 70.
141 D Walker (The Chase) 70 71, G Donnison (Stocksfield) 72 69, S Davis (Kedleston Park) 74 67, S Parry (Bolton) 68 73.
143 D Smith (Swinton Park) 69 74, G Cox (Warrington) 75 68, A Wainwright (Wakefield) 75 68.
144 G Hamerton (Pike Fold) 698 75, J Ashworth (Fulford) 71 73, Joe Senior (Heysham) 72 72, J Farmer (Wychwood Park) 73 71.]
145 D James (Bridgnorth) 73 72, M Morris (Forest of Arden) 73 72.
146 D McKinnon (Didsbury) 71 75, S Dixon (Maltacourt) 75 71.
147 M Ellis (Golf Psychology Services) 71 76, Michael Kanski (Hesketh) 73 74, A Lambert (Bellmont Lodge) 75 72.
148 J Harper (Seaton Carew) 74 74, M Longshaw (Haigh Hall) 77 71.
149 H Proos (Dunscar) 72 77, A Shaw (Withington) 73 76, S Eaton (Nelson) 73 776, J Salt (Nefyn) 75 74, N Harris (Whitefield) 75 74, S Andrew (Clitheroe) 77 72.
150 D Mansell (Silkstone) 71 79, D Wilcock (Dean Wood) 74 76, I Simpson (Fulford) 75 75.
151 L Corcoran (Moreton Hills) 77 74, J Fox (Portmarnock) 77 74, D Berry (hazzardgolf. net) 77 74, M Hempstock (Doncaster) 78 73.

Other scores:
152 D Kirk (St Andrews) 77 75.
162 D Pyott (St Andrfews) 84 78.

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WEDNESDAY WOE FOR SCOTS ON PGA
EUROPRO TOUR EVENT AT NORWICH

Irish eyes might have been smiling - Colm Moriarty shot a 70 to extend his overnight lead to five strokes - but Wednesday was a day of woe for the majority of the Scots in the field for this week's PGA EuroPro Tour event, the Wensum Valley International Open at Wensum Valley Golf Club, Norwich.
Moriarty is the only competitor that has not struggled during the opening two rounds as many players have found the windy conditions and hard, dry course tough to handle.
.Only three Scots had scores of 149 or better to qualify for the third and final round.
They were Jay Taylor in joint sixth place on 145 with scores of 73 and 72 despite a double bogey 6 at the ninth, Elliot Saltman from Dalkeith in a share of 11th place on 146 with a pair of 73s, in which he had a great four under par run from the 13th, having been five over par for the round after nine holes.
Stephen Lamb from Broomieknowe is the only other Scot still playing after scores of 72 and 76 for 148.
Paul Doherty (151), Graham Gordon (152), Jack Doherty (154), Paul Cormack (154), Alasdair Hay (156), Christopher Farr (159), Graeme Brown (159) and Neil Mitchell (160) all failed to make it.
First prize is £10,000 but it looks a question of "Who's going to be second?" to Irishman Moriarity.
SCOREBOARD
144 (2 X 72)
138 C Moriarty (Glasson Golf Hotel, Ire) 68 70.
143 N Walker (Eng) 74 69.
144 D Ley (Eng) 71` 73, C Hanson (Crosland Heath) 70 74, GV Clark (Eng0 70 74.
Other qualifiers:
145 J Taylor (Sco) 73 71 (jt 6th).
146 E Saltman (Sco) 73 73 (jt 11th).
148 S Lamb (Broomieknowe) 72 76.
DID NOT QUALIFY
151 P Doherty (Vale of Glamorgan) 77 74.
152 G Gordon (Aberdeen) 73 79.
154 J Doherty (Vale of Glamorgan) 78 76, P Cormack (Inchmarlo) 79 75.
156 A Hay (Royal Winchester) 78 78.
159 C Farr 79 80, G Brown (Montrose) 81 78.
160 N Mitchell (Murcar Links) 81 79.
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OLDCORN TURNS CLOCK BACK WITH A 64 IN FIRST ROUND

AT CRAIGIELAW

Andrew Oldcorn, pictured right, almost spreadeagled the field with a splendid round of seven-under-par 64 at Craigielaw in the first round of the 36-hole Callaway Challenge in bright and latterly breezy conditions today.
Winner of the PGA championship at Wentworth in 2001, Oldcorn finished 198th in the European Tour Order of Merit last year when he missed 16 cuts in 24 competitions.
But at Craigielaw, it was the “old” Oldcorn with a bag of eight birdies – at the second, fourth, fifth, ninth, 11th, 15th, 16th and 18th in halves of 31 (four under par) and 33 (three under). The Kings Acre man’s only bogey came at the 10th.
Had it not been for a very good 66 by young Steven Clydesdale (Brucefields), Oldcorn would have left the field trailing by four shots in the £13,000 event.
But Clydesdale was able to hang on to Andrew’s bootlaces with a 66, which also included an outward half of 31 but “only” six birdies, at the fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth, 10th and 13th. Steven was only one behind Oldcorn until he bogeyed the 16th.

First-round leaders
Par 72
64 A Oldcorn (Kings Acre).]
66 S Clydesdale (Brucefields).
68 D Patrick (Mortonhall), C Russell (Dunb ar0, A Mackenzie (Liberton), M King (Kingsfield), C Nicoll (Prestwick).
69 J McGhee (Turnhouse), C Campbell (Carnegie Club Skibo), D Robertson (Czech Design), A Lockhart (Ladybank).
70 P Malone (Braid Hills), R Cameron (McDonald Ellon), M Loftus (Cowglen), M Urquhart (Inverness), D Orr (East Rendfrewshire), J Sharp (Pro Golf Experience).

JILL (14) YOUNGEST EVER WINNER OF
DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL TITLE

Dullatur Golf Club 14-year-old junior member Jill Meldrum today (Wed) became the youngest ever winner of the county title in the 98-year-history of the Dunbartonshire & Argyll women’s county golf association.
In the final at Milngavie Golf Club, Jill, winner of the Scottish Under-14 girls’ title at Deeside last summer, beat Scotland senior international Anna Telfer, the host club's ladies' captain, by 4 and 3.
Jill, pictured right, had been the No 1 seed while Anna was the third-best qualifier.
In the morning semi-finals, Jill won by 6 and 5 over Babs Robertson (Helensburgh) while Anna beat the No 2 seed, Helen Faulds (Douglas Park), another over-50s Scotland team player, with a birdie at the 18th.
Eleanor Starling (Balmore), the No 1 seed, beat No 2 qualifier Denise Harrow (Hilton Park) by 5 and 4 in the final of the Bronze Division championship.
Results:
SCRATCH – Semi-finals – J Meldrum (Dullatur) bt B Robertson (Helensburgh) 6 and 5, A Telfer (Milngavie) bt H Faulds (Douglas Park) 1 hole. Final – Meldrum bt Telfer 4 and 3.
BRONZE DIVISION – Final – E Starling (Balmore) bt D Harrow (Hilton Park) 5 and 4.

RONNIE AND ROBERT TOP SCOTS

IN PGA SENIOR CLUB PROS’

CHAMPIONSHIP

Kemnay Golf Club professional Ronnie McDonald and Robert Webster, now retired, headed the Scottish challenge in the first round of the 54-hole PGA Senior Club professional championship at Northamptonshire County Golf Club today.
Both hit the five-over-par 75 mark to be sharing 10th place, six shots behind leader Donald Stirling.
Ronnie, pictured right, had no birdies on his scorecard which had a double-bogey 6 at the fifth and single shots dropped at the 11th, 12th and 18th.
Robert did have a birdie, at the eighth, and was only one over par with six holes to play but tired a little and bogeyed the 13th, 14th, 16th and 18th.
Former British boys champion Garry Harvey from Perth had a 76 which included a little bit of everything. He finished in grand style with an eagle 3 at the 507yd 18th and had a birdie 2 at the short 15th. But he also had a triple bogey 7 at the 17th, and a pair of double bogey 6s at the first and 11th
The field will be cut to the leading 40 players and ties after the second round. The winner will receive £4,750 from a total prizefund of £35,000 and also be exempt from qualifying for the Scottish Seniors Open at Dalmahoy. The top 20 finishers will be exempt from qualifying for September's PGA seniors championship at Stoke by Nayland.

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 70
69 D Stirling (Wien-Sussenbrunn).
70 J Hudson (Rivenhall Oaks).
72 A Roach (West Midlands), R Masters (Baildon), A Hall (Radlett).
73 S Parker (Peinerhof).
74 A Reynolds (FRoyal Cinque Ports), John Lower (Wollaton Park), Andrew Bownes (North Warwickshire).
Scottish scores:
75 R McDonald (Kemnay), R Webster (retired) (jt 10th)).
76 G Harvey (Bearsden), R Watkins (Solent Meads), W McColl (Thorpe Hall) (jt 14th).
77 B Lockie (North Gailes), M White (Penfold Park) (jt 18th).
78 H Arnott (Chesfield Downs), G Laing (North Wilts) (jt 23rd).
80 D Craik sen (Frilford Heath), K Revie (Ballymena), S Wilson (Trentham), I Collins (Stirling) (jt 34th).
81 J McTear (Mar Hall) (jt 40th).
82 B Jenkins (Westhampton), R Bowman (Elderslie), I Clark (Hagley), K Stevely (3D Golf) (jt 44th).
84 G Cant (Longhirst Hall) (jt 56th).
90 D MacDonald (Hazelwood) 66th).
Retired – R Tattersall (Bedford & Co).

JAMIESON’S STEADY START TO

PRO CAREER ON US

SATELLITE CIRCUIT

Glasgow’s Scott Jamieson has earned close on $5,000 from his first three outings on the NGA Hooters Tour in the United States.
Scott, 23, pictured right, turned professional late last year after topping the Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit in his final season as an amateur.
He missed the cut in his second competition but finished joint 22nd on his debut and again in the weekend event, the Savannah Lakes Resort Classic at Monticello Golf Club, McCormick in South Carolina.
His pay check after rounds of 67, 75, 69 and 71 for a seven-under-par total of 281 was $2,065.
American Mike Connell won the top prize of £33,566 with scorfes of 70, 67, 70 and 64 for 17-under 271.
Ulsterman Gareth Maybin from Ballyclare collected $6,790 for joint fifth place on 276 (72-33-70-68).
Edinburgh exile David Kirkpatrick, based at Lakeland, Florida for several years, tied for 35th place on 285 (70-74-71-70) and earned $1,449.

LYNN UNIVERSITY TEAM STRUGGLING WITHOUT
KATY McNICOLL IN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP


Lynn University golf team at Boca Raton, Florida is missing Katy McNicoll, the Carnoustie girl who had to have a knee operation earlier this year and won't play again until late summer at the earliest.
Lynn University are lying last of six with a team total of 625 behind joint leaders Florida Southern and Rollins College (both 611).
One of Katy's team-mates, Natash Morgan from South Wales, is not doing so badly, however. She is in fifth place on 149 with scores of 74 and 75 and is five shots off the pace being set by Maria Garcia Austt (Nova Southerastern) (71-73) with one round to go in the NCAA Division Women's South Regional Championship at The Club at Eaglebrooke, Lakeland in Florida.
The course is a par-72 measuring 6,260yd.
Get well soon, Katy!

STEPHEN LAMB LEADING SCOT IN PGA
EUROPRO TOUR EVENT AT NORWICH

Stephen Lamb from Broomieknowe was the best placed Scot in joint ninth place at the end of the first round in the PGA EuroPro Tour 54-hole event, the Wensum Valley International Open, at Wensum Valley Golf Club, Norwich.
Stephen had a par-matching round of 72 to be four shots behind leader, Irishman Colm Moriarty, playing out of Glasson Golf Hotel.
Elliot Saltman (Craigielaw), Graham Gordon (Newmachar) and Jay Taylor (unattached) were the next best Scots on 73.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERS
Par 72
68 Colm Moriarty (Ire).
70 Christopher Hanson (Crosland Heath), Graeme Clark (Eng), Patrick Devine (The Island, Ire)).
71 Tim Butler (Donnington), Daryl Ley (Eng), James Ruebotham (Welwyn Garden City), Simon Robinson (The Wynyard).
Scots' scores:
72 Stephen Lamb (Broomieknowe) (jt 9th).
73 Elliot Saltman (Craigielaw), Graham Gordon (Newmachar), Jay Taylor (jt 16th).
77 Paul Doherty (Vale of Glamorgan) (jt 79th).
78 Alasdair Hay (Royal Winchester), Jack Doherty (Vale of Glamorgan).
79 Paul Cormack (Inchmarlo), Christopher Farr (jt 121st).
81 Neil Mitchell (Murcar Links), Graeme Brown (Montrose) (jt 139th).
Retired: Graham Rankin (Drumpellier).