Tiger Woods wins US Open
play-off at the 19th

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
On the very day he reached 500 weeks as world number one, Tiger Woods took his total of major victories to 14 - just four short of Jack Nicklaus's record - after a marathon duel with fellow American Rocco Mediate.
After staying alive with a 15-foot putt on the 18th green on Sunday, Woods again birdied the last to stop 45-year-old qualifier Mediate becoming the championship's oldest winner and Mediate then bogeyed the 19th to hand Woods the title.
They were both round in level par 71s, Mediate having come from three down after 10 to lead by one on the final tee.
In his first event since surgery on his left knee straight after the Masters in April, Woods made it a remarkable five straight victories at the San Diego venue and took his on-course career earnings through the 100 million US dollars mark.
If not the greatest victory of all the 87 he has now had as a professional, it was certainly the most unlikely when he started with a double bogey and appeared miles short of full fitness.
His play-off record now, though, is a stunning 16-3 - and, of course, he has maintained his record of winning every single major he has led after 54 holes. All 14 of them, that is.

Hugh Hunter's Clackmannan County News

Tillicoultry Junior team (six team membes and two reserves) who held the Alva junior team to a draw. Left to right (back row): Jonathan Imrie, Scott Baird, Scott Hunter, Calum Carberry, Grant Carmichael. Front row: Steven Watson, Kevin Ross, Calum Reid. Image by Hugh Hunter.

LYONS TAKES COUNTY MATCH-PLAY TITLE

There was a thrilling climax to the 2008 Clackmannan County match-play championship with Gordon Lyons snatching his first county title on the last green at Alloa Golf Club in his match against fellow club golfer Steven Horne.
The final between the Tulliallan players was close most of the way with Steven gaining a one- hole advantage early on. Pulled back to square, the destination of the title was to be decided on the 200yd par-3 18th at Alloa.
Both players missed the green. Gordon pitched from the right side of the green over the bunker to 4 t and holed; Steven came from a difficult lie in the left bunker to 8ft and just missed.
In the semi-finals, Gordon had an easy win over Alloa’s Phil Dempsey, while Steven had a much tougher match, scraping through by one hole against Alloa’s David Milloy.
Holder Jamie Aitken (Alloa) fell in the first round to Alloa junior Grant Dowie by 4 and 3 over Alva.
RESULTS
QUARTER FINALS
David Milloy (Alloa) bt Graeme Rennie (Alloa) at 19th
Steven Horne (Tulliallan) bt John McPherson (Braehead) 3 and 2.
Phil Dempsey (Alloa) bt Steve McIvor (Alva) 3 and 2.
Gordon Lyons (Tulliallan) bt Grant Dowie (Alloa) 2 and 1.
SEMI-FINALS
Horne bt Milloy 1 hole
Lyons bt Dempsey 6 and 5.
FINAL
Lyons bt Horne 1 hole.

COUNTY BOYS LEAGUE
Just short of the halfway point in the 2008 league, holders Alva Golf Club are leading the five teams by a narrow margin with Tillicoultry and Dollar close behind.
In the match last weekend between Alva and Tillicoultry, reputations were at stake with both teams undefeated in the 2008 event. In the end, the result over Tillicoultry Golf Course was an honourable half.
This weekend both these teams have home games, and they will be eyeing each other's performance carefully.

MATCH RESULTS

TILLYCOULTRY 3, ALVA 3
(Tillicoultry names first)
1. Callum Carberry lost to Lawrence Allan 7 and 5.
2. Scott Baird beat Scott Thomson 2 and 1.
3. Scott Hunter beat Gary Elliot 6 and 4.
4. Jonathan Imrie lost to Reyner Kennedy 3 and 2.
5. Kevin Ross lost to Darren Young 3 and 2.
6. Steven Watson beat Craig Comrie 3 and 2.

2008 SCOTTISH YOUTHS CHAMPIONSHIP
Scott Borrowman’s reign as Scottish youths champion finishes this weekend, when the 2008 title-winner takes over. 144 low handicap players will contest the title and almost half have plus handicaps, showing the very high standard of youths golf these days.
Unfortunately, no Clackmannanshire player can meet the handicap requirement of 1.4 or better……maybe next year.

TENNANT CUP
The Tennant Cup is one of the oldest golf competitions in existence, with the 2008 event taking place this weekend. Run by the Glasgow Golf Club over Glasgow Gailes (36 holes) and Killermont (36 holes), it has attracted the usual high quality entry, including three Wee County players, Callum Macaulay(Tulliallan), Scott Borrowman (Dollar) and Phil Dempsey (Alloa).
It is a national ranking amateur event, and earns points towards the Scottish Order of Merit and Scottish Golfer of the Year titles.

SMITH v CRUICKSHANK ABERDEEN LINKS FINAL

Donald Smith (Bon Accord) will play two-time previous champion Alex Cruickshank (Caledonian) in the final of the Aberdeen Links championship on Friday evening.
In tonight's semi-finals, Smith beat Alan Doig (Caledonian) at the 22nd while Cruickshank beat Bon Accord's Matt Greig by one hole

SCOTTISH SCHOOLS GOLF TOTALS

Dumfries & Galloway's winning team in the Paul Lawrie Scottish schoolboys championship at Inchmarlo Golf Centre. With sponsor Paul are (left to right) Chris Corbett, Kyle McClung and Scott Gibson.
Click on the image to enlarge it (Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved).

Images of the leading girls' trophy winners can be seen on www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Paul Lawrie Scottish schools championships

SCOREBOARD

BOYS

The Laird's Course, Inchmarlo Golf Centre.

CSS 71 70

137 C Robb (S Aberdeenshire) 67 70, S Strachan (N Aberdeenshire) 68 69 (Robb won sudden death play-off at first hole).

139 A Cappi (E Lothian) 70 69.

141 A Tester (Clackmannan) 69 72.

142 D Law (Aberdeen City) 71 71.

143 K McClung (Dumfries & Galloway) 70 73, O Huish (E Lothian) 70 73.

144 T Sharkey (W Dunbartonshire) 74 70.

146 P Shields (S Lanarkshire) 79 67, M Kelly (S Lanarkshire) 73 73, C Corbett (Dumfries & Galloway) 73 73.

147 S Gibson (Dumfries & Galloway) 78 69, R Pert (Angus) 73 74.

148 I Redford (Fife) 74 74, J Henry (W Dunbartonshire) 77 71.

149 C Bremner (S Aberdeenshire) 77 72, A Dunton (N Aberdeenshire) 78 71.

150 N Beattie (Fife) 73 77, J Arthur (Perth & Kinross) 70 80, D Gallagher (W Dunbartonshire) 76 74.

151 N McAndrew (Aberdeen City) 76 75, M Thomson (Dundee City) 72 79, L Reid (Highland) 75 76, C Stewart (Highland) 76 75.

152 S Fairbairn (Scottish Borders) 80 72, A Wiseman (N Aberdeenshire) 74 78, J Barrett (Stirling) 80 72.

153 K Howie (N Ayrshire) 79 74, M Bell (Perth & Kinross) 74 79, C Anderson (Glasgow) 81 72.

154 N Clenaghan (N Lanarkshire) 73 81, R Gillan (S Lanarkshire) 74 80.

155 C Trahan (S Aberdeenshire) 82 73, T White (Perth & Kinross) 80 75.

156 F Lawrie (N Ayrshire) 78 78, P Timmons (S Ayrshire) 77 79.

157 J White (Fife) 77 80, D Aitken (Glasgow) 79 78, L Allan (Clackmannan) 84 73.

158 R Forgie (Clackmannan) 80 78, C Bisset (Falkirk) 80 78.

159 C Maclean (N Ayrshire) 78 81, A Todd (Dundee City) 81 78, A Blaney (City of Edinburgh) 78 81.

160 J Treasurer (Highland) 79 81, M Murphy (Glasgow) 80 80, J Auchinvole (Falkirk) 80 80.

161 B Herriot (Scottish Borders) 80 81.

162 M Smith (S Ayrshire) 86 76.

164 R Beattie (Scottish Borders) 81 83, S Smith (Aberdeen City) 80 84, E Douglas (Stirling) 83 81.

165 J Westwell (E Lothian) 92 73, D Don (Stirling) 84 81.

166 S McGregor (Angus) 85 81.

167 C Norman (N Lanarkshire) 89 78.

168 S Campbell (N Lanarkshire) 86 82.

182 J Aird (City of Edinburgh) 92 90.

BOYS' TEAM

436 Dumfries & Galloway.

438 North Aberdeenshire.

441 South Aberdeenshire.

442 West Dunbartonshire.

446 South Lanarkshire.

447 East Lothian.

455 Fife.

456 Clackmannan.

457 Aberdeen City.

458 Perth & Kinross.

462 Highland.

468 North Ayrshire.

470 Glasgow.

477 Scottish Borders.

489 North Lanarkshire.

NRs Dundee City, Angus, City of Edinburgh, South Ayrshire.

GIRLS

143 K MacDonald (Highland) 71 72.

148 E Briggs (Renfrewshire) 73 75, J Meldrum (E Dunbartonshire) 73 75.

149 L Atkins (Scottish Borders) 77 72.

152 R Watton (City of Edinburgh) 75 77.

154 S Leslie (S Aberdeenshire) 76 78.

155 S Vass (Highland) 82 73, R Wilson (Angus) 79 76.

156 G Scanlan (S Lanarkshire) 77 79.

157 A Smth (Dundee City) 80 77.

158 R McQueen (S Ayrshire) 78 80, J Graham (Dumfries & Galloway) 80 78.

160 A Niven (Perth & Kinross) 81 79.

161 C Easton (City of Edinburgh) 78 83, A McKechin (Renfrewshire) 77 84.

162 L Allan (N Ayrshire) 80 82, L McGillivary (S Aberdeenshire) 84 78, R Polson (Aberdeen City) 80 82.

163 G Simpson (City of Edinburgh) 82 81.

164 I Craigie (Scottish Borders) 81 83, T MacTaggart (Scottish Borders) 80 84.

165 S Cameron (E Lothian) 82 83.

166 Z Differ (N Lanarkshire) 80 86, G Arnott (N Ayrshire) 82 84, K McIntosh (Midlothian) 82 84, K Scott (E Dunbartonshire) 83 83.

167 J Vass (Highland) 87 80, L Duncan (S Aberdeenshire) 76 91, N Wilson (Glasgow) 81 86, J Meek (Angus) 83 84.

168 A Summers (Dundee City) 88 90.

169 L Meldrum (E Dunbartonshire) 82 87, H McCook (Highland) 85 84, L Cosh (Glasgow) 83 86.

170 N McLuckie (N Lanarkshire) 89 81.

171 L Smith (Dundee City) 86 85, K Vannet (S Aberdeenshire) 86 85.

173 N Taylor (Fife) 89 84, E Bisset (Glasgow) 86 87.

174 C Prouse (Aberdeen City) 92 82, A Alston (Angus) 87 87.

175 F Fullerton (N Aberdeenshire) 89 86.

176 C Tait (Fife) 92 84, N Qayum (Renfrewshire) 85 91.

177 K Seam (S Aberdeenshire) 91 86.

179 S Munro (Fife) 89 90.

180 M McKay (N Ayrshire) 93 87, L Stevenson (Glasgow) 96 84.

181 H Peebles (Dundee City) 92 89, H Scott (City of Edinburgh) 83 98.

182 A King (Dumfries & Galloway) 91 91, K Reid (Dundee City) 92 90.

185 A Mitchell (Scottish Borders) 97 88.

187 C Freeburn (N Lanarkshire) 94 93.

188 K MacCallum (N Aberdeenshire) 90 98.

190 A Tait (Fife) 95 95.

192 E Aird (Perth & Kinross) 100 92.

210 M Aird (Perth & Kinross) 107 103.

GIRLS TEAM

298 Highland.

313 Scottish Borders.

315 City of Edinburgh.

316 South Aberdeenshire.

317 East Dunbartonshire.

324 Renfrewshire.

328 North Ayrshire.

329 Angus.

336 Aberdeen City.

338 Dundee City.

340 Dumfries & Galloway.

347 Glasgow.

349 Fife.

353 North Lanarkshire.

363 North Aberdeenshire.

370 Perth & Kinross.

NR East Lothian.

Chris Robb (South Aberdeenshire & Inchmarlo Golf Centre) receives the Paul Lawrie Scottish schoolboys' championship trophy from sponsor Paul Lawrie after beating (left) Sam Strachan (North Aberdeenshire) in a play-off for the title. You can enlarge the image by clicking on it (Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved).

CHRIS ROBB AND KELSEY MACDONALD

WIN PAUL LAWRIE SCHOOLS' TITLES

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

North and North-east players dominated the Paul Lawrie Scottish schools golf championships played over the Banchory and Inchmarlo courses today (Monday).

Chris Robb (South Aberdeenshire), playing over his home Inchmarlo course, claimed the national schoolboys title after a play-off with Sam Strachan (North Aberdeenshire).

They tied for the top spot on 137, Robb with rounds of 67 and 70, Strachan with 68 and 69.

In the first hole of the sudden-death play-off, Strachan, first off the tee, found a bunker with his driver.

Robb, using his local knowledge, played safe with a five-iron off the tee, hit the middle of the green with his second and holed a 5ft putt for a winning birdie 3.

Full Scotland international Kelsey MacDonald, and member at Nairn Dunbar Golf Club and representing Highland Schools, won the girls' title with steady scores of 71 and 72 for a 143 total over the Banchory Golf Club course.

Kelsey completed her first 18 holes in little over 2hr 30min. She went on to win the girls' championship by five strokes from Eilidh Briggs (Renfrewshire) and Jill Meldrum (East Dunbartonshire) who both totalled 148

Eilidh was officially placed second on a countback that went to the last six holes of the second round.

Thanks to Kelsey MacDonald and Sammy Vass's efforts, Highland won the girls' team trophy by 15 shots from Scottish Borders (Lesley Atkins and Isla Craigie) with City of Edinburgh (Gillian Simpson and Rachael Watton) third on 315.

Dumfries and Galloway (Scott Gibson, Kyle McClung and Chris Corbett) won the boys' team championship with a total of 436.

North Aberdeenshire (Adam Dunton, Alexander Wiseman and Sam Strachan) were runners-up on 438 with South Aberdeenshire (Chris Robb, Chris Bremner and Callum Trahan) third on 441.

STUART ROBIN WINS AT PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

 

Stuart Robin (Kilmarnock Barassie) won the £340 first prize in today's (MON) Linksland Series Young Professionals' tournament at Prestwick St Nicholas when his opponent in a sudden-death play-off had to retire injured after only one shot.

Steven Duncan from Balbirnie Park had tied with Robin on three-under-par 66 for the top spot but damaged his left wrist in driving at the first extra hole and was in too much pain to attempt to play his second shot.

Duncan's consolation prize was a cheque for £306.

In the regulation holes, Robin birdied the third, 10^th, 11^th, 14^th and 17^th and had bogeys at the 13^th and 16^th in halves of 34 and 32.

Duncan had an eagle 3 at the long 13^th and birdies at the third, fourth, ninth and 16^th with bogeys at the eighth, 10^th and 16^th in halves of 33.

They finished one stroke clear of Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links), Graham Fox (East Kilbride) and Peter Mitchell (Hermitage).

The Linksland Series Young Professionals' Grand Final will be held at the Renaissance Club, Archerfield over 36 holes on October 20.

 

LEADING SCORES

Prestwick St Nicholas

Par 69

66 S Robin (Kilmarnock Barassie), S Duncan (Balbirnie Park) (Duncan retired at first hole of sudden death play-off).

67 I Colquhoun (Dundonald Links), G Fox (East Kilbride), P Mitchell (Hermitage).

68 G McBain (Royal Dornoch), O Morton (Gullane).

69 D Orr (East Renfrewshire), M Finlayson (Edzell), C Matheson (Falkirk Tryst), P McKechnie (Braid Hills).

70 J Cliff (Murrayfield).

71 S Taylor (Bothwell Castle), E Walker (Burntisland), M Rae (Alyth), G Wright (West Linton), G Lornie (Kings Links), M Barnard (Inchmarlo), B Gibson (Carrick at Cameron House), C Dempster (Inchmarlo).

 

John Mitchell can't recover from bad start

Ross Coull (Edzell) with the D M Hall Scottish mid-amateur championship trophy.

ROSS COULL WINS SCOTTISH

MID-AMATEUR TITLE

Angus county team player Ross Coull is the new D M Hall Scottish men's mid-amateur golf champion.

The 32-year-old from Edzell, the eighth seed, beat pharmacist John Mitchell from Fraserburgh, last of the 16 match-play qualifiers, by two holes in the 18-hole final over Dundonald Links, Ayrshire today.

Mitchell had upset the top seed and leading qualifier, Terry Mathieson (Kings Acre) in the morning semi-finals. He beat his Aberdeen opponent, who moved to Edinburgh within the past year, by one hole after going two up in the eagly stages.

In the final, Mitchell never recovered from a bad run of four successive bogeys between the second and the fifth. Coull won them all and went five up when Mitchell also bogeyed the seventh.

Mitchell finally settled down to start a revival with a birdie 3 at the eighth and the reduced his deficit to one by winning the 10th with a par, the short 13th with a 2 and the long 14th with a birdie 4.

Coull gained some breathing space when Mitchell bogeyed the short 15th to allow his opponent to go two up again with three to play.

The Fraserburgh man kept his dwindling hopes alive with a birdie 3 at the 17th to be one down but he bogeyed the last and lost by two holes.

Coull was round in an approximate 73 (36-37) to Mitchell's 75 (40-35).

Results

Semi-finals - J Mitchell (Fraserburgh) bt T Mathieson (Kings Acre) 1 hole, R Coull (Edzell) bt S Robertson (Sandyhills) 1 hole.

Final - Coull bt Mitchell 2 holes.

++Images of Ross Coull and John Mitchell are by Rob Eyton-Jones (all rights reserved).

Aberdeen Links semi-finals this evening

Donald Smith (Bon Accord) plays Alan Doig (Caledonian) in the first semi-final of the Aberdeen Links championship, teeing-off at 5.15.
It's also Bon Accord v Caley in the second semi-final with Matt Greig of Bon Accord opposing two time champion Alex Cruickshank.

++We will endeavour to bring you the results of these ties this evening but if anybody knows them before we do, please E-mail them to Colin@Scottishgolfview.com

Mitchell v Coull for Scottish
Mid-Amateur title

John Mitchell from Fraserburgh is playing Ross Coull (Edzell) in the final of the Scottish men's mid-amateur championship over the Dundonald Links in Ayrshire.
Mitchell, last of the 16 qualifiers, scored an upset win over fellow North-east player Terry Mathieson (Kings Acre), the top seed and beaten finalist in 2006.
Mitchell won by one hole, thanks to a par 5 at the last. Mathieson was top seed. He moved from Aberdeen to Edinburgh within the past year and got a job at Kings Acre Golf Centre, having had a similar post at Aberdeen's Kings Links Golf Centre.
In the second semi-final, Coull, the No 8 seed, beate Steven Robertson (Sandyhills), the fifth qualifier, by one hole. Coull, two down after seven, led for the first time at the 13th.

Lee Westwood just misses out on play-off

It's Tiger v Rocco over 18
holes for US Open title

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Tiger Woods forced an 18-hole play-off with fellow American Rocco Mediate for the US Open title on the final hole of the fourth round at Torrey Pines.
High drama on the 18th saw both Woods and England's Lee Westwood with tricky putts to join Mediate on one under but after Westwood missed the first, the world number one sank his with his customary coolness.
Both men will return in the morning to battle it out over a full round, though Woods will go into the day's play as heavy favourite.
With Mediate holding a one-stroke lead and watching from a scoring booth, Woods holed a 15-foot birdie putt on 18 to take the championship into an extra day.
"Unbelievable, I knew he would make it," Mediate said after Woods' putt rattled around the cup before dropping.
Mediate shot an level-par 71 to finish at a one-under-par 283, while Woods, a little off colour for much of the fourth round as he clearly struggled with an injury, played his first two holes in three over and signed for a 73.
Woods entered Sunday at three under and with a one-stroke lead over Westwood, but he never got in a consistent rhythm, carding his worst round of the week.
Westwood finished a stroke out of the play-off alone in third at level par overall.
LEE WESTWOOD JUST MISSES PLAY-OFF
Lee Westwood was one shot and a matter of inches away from taking his bid to become the first English major winner since 1996 into Monday's 18-hole play-off.
Westwood finished third on even par after missing with a tricky 20-foot putt which would have seen him join Rocco Mediate and Tiger Woods in the extra round.
"While I'm disappointed, I'm pleased with myself and I think that I've proved to myself and a few others that there is a major championship in me," said the 35-year-old after carding an even-par 71 at Torrey Pines.
"It's sickening not the be in the play-off but all in all I played pretty well all week and if somebody had said 'you're going to have a chance from 20 feet for a play-off' I would probably have taken that at the start of the week."
Westwood, who started the day one stroke behind Woods, bogeyed the first hole but was rock solid for the rest of the front nine, gathering seven straight pars before making birdie at the par-five ninth.
He started the back nine in front, but the next hour prove costly at he ran up three bogeys in four holes due to some ragged shots, before stemming the flow with a tap-in birdie at the 14th, where he almost drove onto the green. He needed one more birdie down the stretch, to join the Mediate on one under par but it was not to be.
He left himself a tough putt at the last and explained that he intentionally hit his third shot long because he did not want to take any chances of his ball sucking back into the pond guarding the putting surface.
But the real problem was that his second shot, a lay-up from the fairway bunker, ended a little too close to the hole.
"I was looking for something like 96 or 97 yards to the front (of the green) and I got 100," said Westwood. "I was caught between sand iron and lob wedge (for the third shot) and I don't really want to hit lob wedge hard, because anything coming back fast down that green and it's in the drink."
Westwood, who carded 73 to finish at even-par 284, recorded his best major result, but Nick Faldo remains the last Englishman to win a major, having triumphed in the 1996 Masters.

US Open Scoreboard
Torrey Pines Golf Club, San Diego, California
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4 x 71)
283 Rocco Mediate 69 71 72 71, Tiger Woods 72 68 70 73 (to play Monday over 18 holes).
284 Lee Westwood (Eng) 70 71 70 73
286 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 70 70 75 71, D.J. Trahan 72 69 73 72
287 John Merrick 73 72 71 71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 75 66 74 72, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 71 71 77 68
288 Eric Axley 69 79 71 69, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 73 72 74, Camilo Villegas (Col) 73 71 71 73, Brandt Snedeker 76 73 68 71, Heath Slocum 75 74 74 65
289 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 74 70 75 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 70 72 74 73, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 76 69 77 67, Stewart Cink 72 73 77 67
290 Phil Mickelson 71 75 76 68, Hunter Mahan 72 74 69 75, Chad Campbell 77 72 71 70, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 76 70 70 74, Robert Allenby (Aus) 70 72 73 75, Mike Weir (Can) 73 74 69 74, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 74 75 70 71, Brandt Jobe 73 75 69 73
291 Anthony Kim 74 75 70 72, Adam Scott (Aus) 73 73 75 70, Boo Weekley 73 76 70 72
292 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 74 73 71 74, Patrick Sheehan 71 74 74 73, Steve Stricker 73 76 71 72, Michael Thompson 74 73 73 72, Bart Bryant 75 70 78 69, Jeff Quinney 79 70 70 73, Scott Verplank 72 72 74 74
293 Pat Perez 75 73 75 70, Oliver Wilson (Eng) 72 71 74 76, Robert Dinwiddie (Eng) 73 71 75 74, Joe Ogilvie 71 76 73 73, Andres Romero (Arg) 71 73 77 72, Todd Hamilton 74 74 73 72, Jon Mills (Can) 72 75 75 71, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 73 75 75 70, Justin Leonard 75 72 75 71, Jim Furyk 74 71 73 75, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 70 79 75, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 78 67 77 71
294 Dustin Johnson 74 72 75 73, John Rollins 75 68 79 72, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 75 74 74 71, Matt Kuchar 73 73 76 72, Tim Clark (Rsa) 73 72 74 75
295 Ben Crane 75 72 77 71, Davis Love III 72 69 76 78, Soren Hansen (Den) 78 70 76 71, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 75 70 73 77, Kevin Streelman 68 77 78 72
296 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 73 72 75 76, Stephen Ames (Can) 74 74 77 71
297 Nick Watney 73 75 77 72, Brett Quigley 73 72 77 75, David Toms 76 72 72 77, Alastair Forsyth (Sco) 76 73 74 74, Rickie Fowler 70 79 76 72
298 Paul Casey (Eng) 79 70 76 73, Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 78 76 73, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 75 73 72 78, John Mallinger 73 75 78 72
299 D.A. Points 74 71 77 77, Derek Fathauer 73 73 78 75
300 Woody Austin 72 72 77 79, Andrew Dresser 76 73 79 72, Andrew Svoboda 77 71 74 78
301 Justin Hicks 68 80 75 78, Ian Leggatt (Can) 72 76 76 77, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 77 72 77 75
303 Ross McGowan (Eng) 76 72 78 77
304 Chris Kirk 75 74 78 77, Rich Beem 74 74 80 76

Birdies and eagles galore in Texas

Scramble at Fortrose & Rosemarkie

Reader David McIntosh writes:

First I would like to say that the website is fantastic. No need to buy a paper now, all the golf news is here!
Just a wee story about our score on Sunday (June 16) at a Texas Scramble at Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club.
After a slow start ( two under after five holes) we hit a hot streak. We ended up being 14 under par for the last 13 holes with a back nine of 25!
Our handicap was 1.5 (10% of 15) and we had a gross 55, net 53.5. As we won the tournament by 0.2 of a shot, every single putt and holed sand iron on the eighth by Mike McDonald counted. Our figures from the sixth onwards were :

Birdie 4.
Birdie 3.
Eagle 2.

Par 3.
Birdie 3.
Birdie 3.

Par 4.
Birdie 3
Eagle 2.

Eagle 2
Birdie 3.
Birdie 3.
Birdie 2.

The members of the team were:
Mike MacDonald(+1) , Chris Cummings (11), both Fortrose & Rosemarkie, Neil MacDonald (5) and myself David McIntosh (scratch), both Nairn Golf Club.

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