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FIRST PRO WIN FOR DUNCAN STEWART IN ALLIANCE
COMPETITION OVER HIS HOME COURSE

Grantown on Spey's Duncan Stewart, who will be playing in the European Tour Qualifying School Stage 2 eliminator in Spain shortly, scored his first win since turning professional a few weeks ago in the North Alliance tournament over his home course.
Stewart, who is competing this week's Scottish Alliance championship at Monifieth and Arbroath, won with a six-under-par 64, one shot ahead of Kevin Thomson (Moray. Both players were three under par with three holes to play. Thomson birdied the last two but Stewart capped that with a birdie-eagle-par finish.
The handicap Sections were more conclusive with Kevin Taylor recording a net 65 off 2, and Tommy Loynes a net 63 off 13.

LEADING SCRATCH
64 D Stewart (Grantown) p.
65 K Thomson (Moray).
67 K Taylor (Elgin).
68 G Hay (Grantown), B Fotheringham (Forres).
70 R Dennison (Inverness) p.
71 B A Watson(Nairn Dunbar), J A Grant (Grantown), L Reid (Fortrose).
72 S Wilson (Inverness), S G Milne (Elgin), J S D Campbell (Grantown), N D Hampton (Loch Ness), G Morrison (Fortrose) p.
73 A Thomson (Moray) p.
74 H Hughes (Forres), A Cameron (Inverness), R Stewart (Grantown), B Inch (Elgin).
75 J A G Innes (Elgin).
76 I Rodger (Elgin) p, D F Sharp (Boat of Garten), T Loynes (Boat of Garten).
77 G J Abel (Elgin), A Cowie (Moray), J R Ingram (Boat of Garten), M McDonald (Grantown), W Donnelly (Forres).
78 D Stevenson (Forres), W R Duncan (Moray), R McKerron (Forres), R Aitken (Moray).

HANDICAP
Class 1 (8 and under)
K B Taylor (Elgin)(2) 65.
R Stewart (Grantown)(6) , L Reid (Fortrose)(3) 68.
H Hughes (Forres)(5), A Cowie (Moray)(8) 69
Class 2 (9 to 14)
T Loynes (Boat of Garten)(13) 63.
R Barrett (Grantown)(13), P Nairn (Loch Ness)(14) 70.
B Murray (Boat of Garten)(9), R B Urquhart (Inverness)(12) 71.

Oldcorner, Russell and Richie Ramsay in top 10

PETER BAKER WINS IN FRANCE - THAT
MEANS HE WILL RETURN TO
EUROPEAN TOUR NEXT SEASON

By Roddy Williams
Challenge Tour Press Officer

Peter Baker received the perfect 40th birthday present when he defeated fellow Englishman Ross McGowan at the first hole of a sudden-death play-off to win the Open A.G.F Allianz Côtes D’Armor Bretagne today and secure a return to the European Tour.
Baker, who started the final round with a two-stroke lead, shot a final round 71, only for his 13 under par target of 267 to be matched by McGowan, who spectacularly birdied the last two holes at Golf Blue Green de Pléneuf Val André, France, for a closing 69 to make the play-off.
But Baker was not to be denied. He made a 4 at the first play-off hole to McGowan’s bogey 5 to claim the £15,621 first prize.
By way of consolation McGowan moved to the top of the Challenge Tour Rankings after his second place cheque for £10,739 took him past Chile’s Felipe Aquilar with earnings of £85,266.
Baker’s second Challenge Tour title of the season, on the day he celebrated his 40th birthday, will herald a new beginning for the former Ryder Cup player and three-time European Tour champion as he climbed to 10th on the Challenge Tour Rankings.
The top 20 at the end of the season earn automatic promotion to the European Tour. It has been five years since Baker has held a full card on the European Tour and with just three events of the Challenge Tour season left, his place in the top 20 is now assured.
“It is incredible,” said Baker. “This win is huge for me. It was a tough day but I kept going and my experience carried me through. Getting my card back means everything to me. It has been a good few years without a full card. Now I am itching to get out there again. They say life begins at 40 so let’s hope so and things are better than my 30s.”
Baker started the day with a two stroke lead but was soon overtaken by Jamie Donaldson as the Welshman picked up four birdies and an eagle in his first 11 holes. But Baker hit back with an eagle of his own on the 11th after dropping two shots on the previous three holes and then Donaldson’s challenge faltered when he dropped three shots over the last five holes.
McGowan, already twice a winner on the Challenge Tour this season, then came through at the end with his two birdies to tie Baker but a mistake at the first extra hole, where he hooked his drive into the bunker and then hit his second heavy into an almost lie in the greenside bunker on his way to a 5, proved costly. Baker safely found the putting surface in two and two-putted from 15 feet for the title.
“I played really well for the first three days but today I just couldn’t hole any putts,” added Baker. “I must have lipped out four or five times. I finally holed one from ten feet for the eagle on the 11th and just hung in there.
“It is always tough to win any tournament, unless you are Tiger Woods, but for us mere mortals it is tough. This was very, very special.”
It was a good tournament also for Scots Andrew Oldcorn, Raymond Russell and Richie Ramsay. Oldcorn, who is down to play in this coming week's Scottish Alliance championship at Monifieth and Arbroath, finished fifth on 270. Raymond Russell came sixth on 274 and Richie Ramsay finished joint eighth on 275 after covering the final 36 holes in eight-under-par 65 and 67.
It is the Aberdonian's highest finish yet on the Challenge Tour and the way he is playing, he could yet make the top 20 at the end of the season and with it a place on the European Tour next season.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4 x 70)

267 Peter Baker (Eng) 64 67 65 71, Ross McGowan (Eng) 71 62 65 69 (Baker won play-off at the first extra hole)
268 Jamie Donaldson (Wal) 68 66 66 68
269 François Delamontagne (Fra) 69 68 66 66
270 Andrew Oldcorn (Sco) 67 66 70 67
274 Raymond Russell (Sco) 68 68 70 68, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 70 67 70 67
275 Richie Ramsay (Sco) 70 73 65 67
276 Steve Alker (Nzl) 70 68 68 70, Gustavo Rojas (Arg) 67 71 69 69
277 Frédéric Cupillard (Fra) 68 73 65 71, Jamie Little (Eng) 71 66 68 72
278 Nicolas Joakimides (Fra) 70 70 68 70, Daniel Wardrop (Eng) 74 70 66 68, Matthew Cort (Eng) 70 70 68 70, Paul Nilbrink (Nor) 71 70 65 72
279 Stephen Browne (Irl) 69 72 67 71, Richard Kilpatrick (Nir) 67 71 72 69, Shaun P Webster (Eng) 72 70 67 70, Emilien Chamaulte (Fra) 72 69 68 70
280 Ben Mason (Eng) 72 70 69 69, Paul Dwyer (Eng) 69 66 71 74, Eric Moreul (Fra) 71 66 67 76, Martin Maritz (Rsa) 67 71 72 70, Chris Gane (Eng) 68 71 70 71, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 68 70 69 73, Gareth Wright (Wal 68 68 71 73
281 Michael Hill (Fra) 70 67 71 73, Gustavo Acosta (Arg) 71 72 73 65, Pontus Ericsson (Swe) 71 67 72 71, Olivier David (Fra) 68 73 71 69
282 Ally Mellor (Eng) 73 70 68 71, Jerome Theunis (Bel) 73 70 70 69, Leif Westerberg (Swe) 66 69 73 74, Per Barth (Swe) 72 71 75 64
283 Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 68 74 70 71, Gary Clark (Eng) 70 71 67 75, Liam Bond (Wal 75 69 71 68, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 70 64 75 74, David Horsey (Eng) 70 70 73 70
284 Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 73 69 71 71, David Dixon (Eng) 68 71 72 73, Romain Bechu (Am) (Fra) 63 79 76 66, Damien Perrier (Am) (Fra) 69 70 71 74
285 Adam Gee (Eng) 73 71 71 70, Robert Coles (Eng) 73 69 75 68, Sam Osborne (Eng) 66 73 68 78
286 Stuart Manley (Wal 68 71 73 74, Eric Chaudouet (Fra) 72 72 70 72, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 67 71 71 77
287 Julien Xanthopoulos (Fra) 71 73 69 74, Kasper Linnet Jorgensen (Den) 70 72 74 71
288 Simon Lilly (Eng) 69 70 78 71
289 Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 75 68 69 77, Soren Juul (Den) 72 70 74 73, Jacques Chevallier (Fra) 75 69 72 73, Victor Riu (Fra) 68 75 74 72
290 Jean-Charles Thoreux (Fra) 70 73 71 76, Benjamin Miarka (Ger) 76 68 70 76, Nicolas Mourlon (Fra) 76 68 73 73, Matthew Zions (Aus) 72 69 80 69
293 Mickael Dieu (Fra) 74 70 74 75
298 Adrien Mörk (Fra) 73 68 80 77
302 Nicolas Allain (Fra) 71 73 83 75
Disqualified: Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 69 71 77 - .
Retired: Scott Henderson (Sco) 73 70 77 - ,Stuart Davis (Eng) 70 73 - - .

Paul Lawrie finished joint fourth

NICK DOUGHERTY OVERCOMES NERVOUS
START TO WIN ALFRED DUNHILL
LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP

Englishman Nick Dougherty overcame an attack of the nerves to capture his second European Tour title in the £2.5million Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews today.
While Irish teenager Rory McIlroy all but clinched his tour card for next season in only his second event as a professional by finishing third, 25-year-old Dougherty closed with a one-under-par 71 for an 18-under aggregate of 270 and won the £392,368 first prize by two shots from compatriot Justin Rose.
Dougherty, who claimed his maiden title in the 2005 Caltex Masters in Singapore, had led by three strokes heading into the final day's play over the Old Course.
But the Liverpudlian saw that advantage swiftly disintegrate as he three-putted the first for a bogey and put his tee shot at the second into a bunker for another bogey.
Dougherty regained his composure and reeled off a trio of birdies from the fifth to keep his nose in front and, despite the menacing advances of Rose, McIlroy, Ernie Els and Paul Lawrie (who finished joint fourth and earned £108,764), held on to secure the biggest triumph of his career.
"This is a life-changing win for me but I felt very nervous at the start of the day," admitted Dougherty, who jumps to the top of the European Ryder Cup points table.
"I've been in this position before and it's not gone right but I spoke to my fitness coach, Ron Cuthbert, before going out and he told me to use the nerves as a positive thing.
"He said if I wasn't nervous it would be a bad thing and he told me to enjoy these moments. He was a real help.
"I got off to a pretty bad start but I trusted myself and my ability. I had some big players, like Ernie and Justin, chasing me but I got the job done. This is the win I've been after for two years and I'm very proud of myself."

EUROPEAN TOUR SCOREBOARD
ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
Old Course (St Andrews), Carnoustie & Kingsbarns.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72).
270 Nick Dougherty 67 66 66 71 (£392,368).
272 Justin Rose 68 69 66 69 (£261,577).
273 Rory McIlroy 71 67 67 68 (£147,373).
274 Paul Lawrie 66 73 64 71, Barry Lane 69 70 68 67 (£108,764 each).
275 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 73 65 67 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 67 67 70 71 (£76,511 each).
276 Soren Hansen (Den) 66 70 71 69, Padraig Harrington 70 66 67 73 (£55,794 each).
277 Peter Hanson (Swe) 68 68 69 72, Paul Casey 74 68 68 67, Anton Haig (Rsa) 68 66 75 68, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 67 70 67 73, Scott Strange (Aus) 66 70 69 72 (£49,963 each).
278 Brett Rumford (Aus) 70 68 72 68, Steve Webster 65 70 68 75, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 68 68 73 69, Phillip Archer 68 68 71 71, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 67 67 72 72, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 69 68 70 71, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 67 67 73 71, Graeme Storm 74 66 68 70
279 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 67 68 72 72, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 70 71 70 68, Zane Scotland (Gbr) 72 72 67 68, Gary Murphy 71 67 72 69, Gary Orr 70 70 69 70, Luke Donald 67 70 69 73, Paul McGinley 70 71 67 71, John Bickerton 70 70 69 70, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 69 64 69 77
280 Anthony Wall 73 69 65 73, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 71 67 69 73, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 71 69 67 73, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 73 67 70 70
281 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 66 67 74 74, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 71 68 71 71, Graeme McDowell 70 68 70 73, David Lynn 67 76 68 70, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 69 74 67 71, Kenneth Ferrie 69 65 75 72, Rhys Davies 71 70 68 72, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 70 69 72 70, James Hepworth 74 70 67 70
282 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 71 66 69 76, Alexander Noren (Swe) 68 73 67 74, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 69 72 68 73, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 69 69 76
283 Nathan Green (Aus) 68 74 67 74, Ross Fisher 73 66 68 76, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 67 73 71 72, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 70 71 70 72, Scott Drummond 73 69 69 72, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 67 71 73
284 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 70 70 71 73, Matthew Millar (Aus) 69 74 68 73, Simon Dyson 73 70 68 73, Thomas Levet (Fra) 70 65 75 74
285 Richard Finch 70 71 70 74, Steven O'Hara 70 70 69 76

LOTHIANS ARE AREA CHAMPIONS AGAIN
- WITH 5-4 WINS OVER NORTH-EAST
AND PERTH & KINROSS IN FINAL

Lothians, the hot favourites, have won the Scottish Golf Union men's area team championship yet again - but it was much closer than neutral observers expected the weekend semi-finals and final at Powfoot Golf Club to turn out.
In Saturday's semi-finals, Lothians edged a 5-4 win over North-east while Perth & Kinross were winners over South by 5 1/2 to 3 1/2.
So it was title-holders Lothians in Sunday's final against Perth & Kinross whose line-up was packed with Scotland internationals.
It went down to the wire, as they say, with Lothians winning 5-4, by taking a 1pt lead in the foursomes and sharing the singles 3-3.
The last three ties all went to the 18th green with P&K winning two of them.
Next year's area team championship semi-finals and final will be held at Tain Golf Club.
Results:

SEMI-FINALS
PERTH & KINROSS 5 1/2, SOUTH 3 1/2
Foursomes (3-0)
K McAlpine & M Cameron bt D Sutton & I Thomson 3 and 1.
W Booth & G Campbell bt B Scott & M Grunwell 4 and 3.
S Hume & G Dear bt G Sharp & C Riddick at 21st.
Singles (2 1/2-3 1/2)
Booth bt Sutton 1 hole.
McAlpine lost to Thomson 2 and 1.
Cameron lost to Scott at 19th.
D Simpson lost to Gunnwell 1 hole.
Dear halved with Sharp.
Campbell bt Riddick 2 and 1.

LOTHIANS 5, NORTH-EAST 4
Foursomes (2-1)
M Kerr & R Carson bt M Halliday & P McLean 1 hole.
S Armstrong & S McAllister bt L Phillips & G Esson 2 and 1.
M Hillson & S Walker lost to B Innes & T Mathieson 1 hole.
Singles (3-3)
Armstrong bt Esson 3 and 2.
McAllister lost to Phillips 1 hole.
G Turner lost to Halliday 3 and 1.
Carson bt Innes at 19th.
Kerr bt Mathieson 4 and 2.
Hillson lost to McLean 2 and 1

FINAL

PERTH & KINROSS 4, LOTHIANS 5
Foursomes (1-1)
McAlpine & Cameron bt Hillson & Walker 3 and 1.
Booth & Campbell lost to Kerr & Carson at 20th.
Hume & Dear lost to Armstrong & McAllister 5 and 3.
Singles (3-3)
Booth lost to Armstrong 2 and 1.
McAlpine bt McAllister at 20th.
Simpson lost to Turner 3 and 2.
Cameron lost to Carson 1 hole.
Dear bt Kerr 1 hole.
Campbell bt Hillson 1 hole.