Bradley Neil in the Prague mix with a 66

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Rourke van der Spuy’s sparkling 64 in the opening round of the Prague Golf Challenge earned him a one-shot lead on eight under par in the Czech capital.

In perfect scoring conditions at Prague City Golf, the South African did not drop a shot all round, picking up his eighth birdie on his final hole to move ahead of Steven Brown, Bryce Easton, Rhys Enoch and Julien Guerrier, all of whom are tied for second place.

Van der Spuy has not made a cut on the Challenge Tour in his three appearances on this year’s Road to Oman, but some good results on his native Sunshine Tour suggest that the Durbanite has the game to contend at this level.

“It was a good day,” said the 27 year old. “It started off pretty strong, I made a few good putts throughout the round which helped keep the momentum going, but all in all it was good ball striking and luckily the putts went in as well.

“It’s a course that I’ve been waiting for all season really, it suits my eye and it’s pretty forgiving off the tee, though the back nine is a bit tighter – I managed to play that in five under par, which was nice.

“The approach today was actually fairly mellow – I just wanted to hit fairways, hit greens and wait for the putts to drop, and I only had 26 putts out there today so that certainly helped.

“A good result would really help my season. It’s a case of waiting for your chance, because one good week can really turn the tide, get the momentum going and really change your season, so hopefully I can get myself back in the mix of things.

“Tomorrow will be the same approach, just fairways and greens – I know we’re expecting a bit of rain but I’ll just get a good night’s sleep and see how the course is playing in the morning.”

Englishman Brown’s bogey-free 65 was a continuation of his fine recent form, with two top fives in his past three events, with France’s Guerrier chasing a second win of the season following his victory in last month’s Hauts de France Golf Open.

South African Easton was another not to drop a shot, while Wales’ Enoch continued the good form that earlier this week saw him narrowly miss out at Final Qualifying for The Open Championship.

A large group of players are one shot further back in a share of sixth place, including Robin Sciot-Siegrist, who made an albatross when he holed his three wood approach to the 13th hole from 223 metres.

Alongside the Frenchman on six under par are Joachim B Hansen, Bradley Neil, Pedro Oriol, Garrick Porteous, Ricardo Santos, Steven Tiley and Peter Valasek.

Scores after Round 1:
Par 72

64 R Van Der Spuy (RSA)
65 R Enoch (Wal) , J Guerrier (Fra) , B Easton (RSA) , S Brown (Eng) 
66 P Valasek (Svk) , J Hansen (Den) , P Oriol (Esp) , R Santos (Por) , G Porteous (Eng) , B Neil (Sco) , S Tiley (Eng) , R Sciot-Siegrist (Fra) 
67 T Linard (Fra) , S Hutsby (Eng) , J Harrison (Eng) , S Soderberg (Swe) ,
68 J Edfors (Swe) , J Senior (Eng) , L Galliano (Sui) , O Lindell (Fin) , D Fox (Aus) , J Lando Casanova (Fra) , O Rozner (Fra) , L Gagli (Ita) , M Wiegele (Aut) , J Dantorp (Swe) , T Tree (Eng) , N Lindstrom (Swe) , N Cullen (Aus) , J Sarasti (Esp)
69 D Law (Sco) , H Joannes (Bel) , R Hjelm (Den) , C Bezuidenhout (RSA) , D Papadatos (Aus) , R Saxton (Ned) , M Schwab (Aut) , J McLeary (Sco) , C Aronsen (Nor) , B Hafthorsson (Isl) , J Arnoy (Nor) , J Pastor (Esp) , C Mivis (Bel) , M Delpodio (Ita) , R Evans (Eng) , C Griffiths (Eng) , C Del Moral (Esp) , M Schneider (Ger) , E España (Fra) , M Trappel (Aut) , T Pulkkanen (Fin) , P Howard (Eng) , L Johnson (Eng) , B Hellgren (Swe) , G Kocken (Swe)
70 D Gaunt (Aus) , S Surry (Eng) , B Paolini (USA) , S Benson (Eng) , K Johannessen (Nor) , T Ferrer (Esp) , K Phelan (Irl) , S Fernandez (Esp) , B Rusch (Sui) , A Rai (Eng) , P Mejow (Ger) , D Berna Manzanares (Esp) , J Cafourek (Cze) , G Boyd (Eng) , J Parry (Eng) , V Østerby (Den)
71 M Frost (Eng) , A Saddier (Fra) , C Koepka (USA) , R James (Wal) , M Iten (Sui) , E Dubois (Fra) , C Ford (Eng) , D Huizing (Ned) , R Dinwiddie (Eng) , F Bergamaschi (Ita) , A Maestroni (Ita) , M Eggenberger (Sui) , S Einhaus (Ger) , D Suchan (Cze) , T Cruz (Por) , O Lieser (Cze) , R Davies (Wal) , S Connor (Eng) , A Turner (Eng) , S Jeppesen (Swe) , D Van Driel (Ned) , J Thomson (Eng) , W Harrold (Eng) , J Suri (USA) , G King (Eng) , C Sordet (Fra) , B Åkesson (Swe) , L Tintera (Cze) , A Tadini (Ita) 
72 H Casey (Eng) , D Foos (Ger) , J Vecchi Fossa (Ita) , S Piaget (Mon) , R Kellett (Sco) , A Schwartz (Fra) , H Rönneblad (Swe) , F Mruzek (Cze) , J Maurer (Aut) , N Ravano (Ita) , M Kramer (Ger) , E Van Rooyen (RSA) , C Sharvin (Nir) , A Altuntas (Tur) , J Makitalo (Fin) , J Heath (Eng) 
73 C Blomstrand (Swe) , A Meronk (Pol) , M Simonsen (Den) , A Wennstam (Swe) , C Lutton (Sco) , P Nic (Cze) , K Kulokorpi (Fin) , K Eriksson (Swe) , F Maccario (Ita) , R McCarthy (Aus) , L Acikalin (am) (Tur) , M Brezovsky (am) (Svk) 
74 C Suk (Cze) , P Gal (Cze) , C Braeunig (Ger) , P Tarver-Jones (Eng) , S Hodgson (Eng) , J Kunzenbacher (Ger) , F Raza (am) (Cze) 
75 M Lampert (Ger) , N Geyger (Chi) , M Baldwin (Eng) , V Riu (Fra) , L Robinson (Eng) , S Grant (Irl) , T Yamac (am) (Tur) 
76 M Laskey (Wal) , A Pavan (Ita) , J Carlota (Por) , A Korinek (Cze) , T Shadbolt (Eng) 
77 J Girrbach (Sui) , P Dedek (Cze) , R Charania (Ken) , H Lipsanen (Fin) 
79 E Kemaloglu (Tur) , J Friesz (Svk) 
80 R Kumpost (am) (Cze) ,
** C Berardo (Fra)

Rahm roars into contention at Portstewart with a 65

Round One Report Jon Rahm continued his impressive start to life on the European Tour at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation as the rising Spanish star carded a seven under par 65 to finish the opening day one shot off the lead set by Benjamin Hebert and Daniel Im. Portstewart Golf Club provided the awe-inspiring backdrop for the first time as a plethora of world golf's biggest stars – including Rahm (65), Matt Fitzpatrick (66), Hideki Matsuyama and Justin Rose (both 67) – made solid starts to the third Rolex Series event of the season. American Im, whose best result thus far this season is a tie for 14th at China’s Shenzhen International in April, produced a superlative round of golf as an eight under 64 rocketed him to the top of the leaderboard, where he was joined by Frenchman Hebert late in the day. Meanwhile, a host of home hopes also moved into position, with Paul Dunne, Graeme McDowell and Gavin Moynihan all signing for rounds of 67 to sit three shots off the pace. It was a disappointing day for Rory McIlroy, however, as the defending champion and tournament host struggled to build any momentum with two birdies and two bogeys contributing to a level par 72. Player quotes: Daniel Im: “I started really well. I made six birdies on my front nine, and then just kind of kept it going. I made a couple of birdies on the back and then made some good up-and-downs. So I ended up with 64. I've been in Europe now for about five years, including on the Challenge Tour and European Tour. "I experienced links golf a little bit last year, playing St. Andrews, Kingsbarns and Carnoustie for the Dunhill Links and it was great. That's the only links experience I can think of right now – I’ve played Walton Heath for qualifying and stuff so I'm getting there.” Benjamin Hebert: “The last round that I played wasn't very good so it was a little surprising today. But I practised a bit last week in France, and I found some keys with my coach. "It worked quite well today, so I'm very happy. I holed some very important putts as well. I played very well. Only missed one green, no bogeys, so it’s all good. We've been a bit lucky I think also with the conditions, with less wind at the end. So it was just perfect today and we'll see tomorrow.” Jon Rahm: “It's a beautiful golf course. I was telling Rory, I think it's probably the most beautiful opening tee shot I've ever seen and one of the most beautiful front nines I've ever seen. The back nine is also amazing. Each hole you can say, this is really special. "I just love the feeling I get around here, and with the crowd that we had today, it's an unbeatable feeling. I just like that so much that I think I just kind of forced myself to play good with that attitude. “I know Seve has won this tournament in the past. I think I've seen the images of him making the 40-footer on the last hole a thousand times. I know Sergio won this tournament in his first start as a pro. There's some Spanish history and hopefully I can contribute to that.” Justin Rose: “God knows how I was bogey-free, some of the places that I hit it today. Obviously delighted with that start. I think it was more a good score than good golf. I didn't drive the ball particularly well. Early on in my round, I was losing shots to the right and kind of figured it out a little bit. "Then I think the key was hitting some good tee shots on the early par fives and made birdie, eagle to get three under par through five holes, having played most of the holes quite poorly, so that was kind of a nice momentum booster.” Graeme McDowell:  “I was happy with the way I rolled it on the greens generally and hit a lot of nice quality shots. A few tee shots could have been a little bit better position but overall, I'm happy enough with the start. It was low scoring, you had to go and do something. “I played quite a lot here in my teens. We used to play our school matches here but I've never played anything of any massive kind of consequence here. No doubt, I have good memories here, and I have played it probably a hell of a lot more than most guys. "There's a certain comfort level. There are a few new tee boxes and things out there, and the golf course is in great shape and really enjoying it and great crowds out there this morning cheering us all on. It was a lot of fun.” Rory McIlroy: “I don't think we're going to get this course much easier. There were so many scoring opportunities out there with loads of wedges into the par fours, four par fives that were all very reachable. I felt I gave myself a few chances away but I just didn't quite get anything going. "I just couldn't get any momentum. Was trying my hardest out there and yeah, just one of those days where I just couldn't quite get it going. Tee-to-green, it's okay - it's right there. It's where it needs to be. I just need to focus on what I need to do on the greens and I feel like I'm on the right track. It's just a matter of being patient with it. “The tournament is incredible. It's so nice to be a part of. To have guys like Jon Rahm and Hideki here to play with; it was good to see them get off to good starts. As tournament host, I want to see these guys up around the top of the leaderboard and it's great to see them there. "Hopefully I can join them there tomorrow with a good round. It's such a great tournament. It always has been and the atmosphere always has been good. We just needed to get the stature of the tournament to match the stature it always has, and I think we've done a good job of that.” FIRST-ROUND SCORES par 72 64 D Im (USA) , B Hebert (Fra) , 65 O Fisher (Eng) , J Rahm (Spn) , M Southgate (Eng) , 66 M Fitzpatrick (Eng) , D Drysdale (Sco) , J Donaldson (Wal) , 67 H Matsuyama (Jpn) , D Horsey (Eng) , G Moynihan (Irl) , P Dunne (Irl) , A Wall (Eng) , F Aguilar (Chi) , F Zanotti (Par) , P Peterson (USA) , D Stewart (Sco) , J Rose (Eng) , G McDowell (Nir) , W Ormsby (Aus) , S Gallacher (Sco) , R Fox (Nzl) , 68 P Waring (Eng) , R Bland (Eng) , A Otaegui (Spn) , S Kjeldsen (Den) , P Larrazábal (Esp) , H Li (Chn) , I Poulter (Eng) , C Shinkwin (Eng) , P Harrington (Irl) , P Hanson (Swe) , G Stal (Fra) , R Karlberg (Swe) , S Dyson (Eng) , S Lowry (Irl) , B Dredge (Wal) , M Hoey (Nir) , A Romero (Arg) , R Ramsay (Sco) , S Lee (SKor) , 69 P Uihlein (USA) , J Fahrbring (Swe) , M Ilonen (Fin) , R Karlsson (Swe) , L Bjerregaard (Den) , J Smith (Eng) , M Jiménez (Spn) , J Lagergren (Swe) , R Cabrera Bello (Spn) , R Langasque (Fra) , V Dubuisson (Fra) , N Bertasio (Ita) , D Higgins (Irl) , M Warren (Sco) , S Manley (Wal) , R Gouveia (Por) , G Hurley (Irl) , P Lawrie (Sco) , R Jacquelin (Fra) , L Slattery (Eng) , S Walker (Eng) , 70 D McElroy (Nir) , G Bourdy (Fra) , E De La Riva (Esp) , M Siem (Ger) , T Fleetwood (Eng) , R Rock (Eng) , D Burmester (RSA) , H Otto (RSA) , J Scrivener (Australia) , E Molinari (Ita) , R Paratore (Ita) , S Brazel (Aus) , M Kieffer (Ger) , J Carlsson (Swe) , J Quesne (Fra) , C Hanson (Eng) , T Detry (Bel) , A Cañizares (Spn) , D Brooks (Eng) , H Tanihara (Jpn) , S Jamieson (Sco) , A Chesters (Eng) , 71 D Frittelli (RSA) , T Olesen (Den) , T Aiken (RSA) , H Porteous (RSA) , S Hend (Aus) , D Lipsky (USA) , B Ritthammer (Ger) , J Van Zyl (RSA) , A Dodt (Australia) , M Wallace (Eng) , D Willett (Eng) , R Wattel (Fra) , C Moriarty (Irl) , T Jaidee (Tha) , M Pavon (Fra) , J Luiten (Ned) , J Morrison (Eng) , M Fraser (Aus) , A Johnston (Eng) , S Chan (Tpe) , M Armitage (Eng) , 72 R Finch (Eng) , K Broberg (Swe) , A Wu (Chn) , R McIlroy (Nir) , N O'Briain (Irl) , N Elvira (Spn) , G Coetzee (RSA) , N Kimsey (Eng) , A Sullivan (Eng) , M Manassero (Ita) , S Khan (Eng) , A Knappe (Ger) , D Perrier (Fra) , J Stalter (Fra) , J Olazábal (Esp) , M Carlsson (Swe) , N Colsaerts (Bel) , 73 S Heisele (Ger) , T Immelman (RSA) , G Storm (Eng) , B Stone (RSA) , R Sterne (RSA) , T Pieters (Bel) , M Foster (Eng) , L Jensen (Den) , A Levy (Fra) , J Campillo (Spn) , T Bjørn (Den) , S Thornton (Irl) , N Fasth (Swe) , 74 R Kilpatrick (Nir) , K Aphibarnrat (Tha) , D Clarke (Nir) , A Björk (Swe) , J Walters (RSA) , D Howell (Eng) , G Havret (Fra) , B Rumford (Aus) , 75 A Quiros (Esp) , F Fritsch (Ger) , T Hatton (Eng) , S Chawrasia (Ind) , C Paisley (Eng) , D Fichardt (RSA) , 76 P McGinley (Irl) , J Lima (Por) , J Wang (SKor) , D McGrane (Irl) , P Angles (Spn) , L Westwood (Eng) , 82 S Gros (Fra) ,

Draw for Aberdeen Pennant League semi-finals

By DEREK JOHNSTONE
The four qualifiers for the semi-finals of the Aberdeen and District Pennant League are confirmed as:
Royal Aberdeen (Winners of League A)
Newmachar (Winners of League B)
Bon Accord (Winners of League C)
 and
Hazlehead (best of the rest).  
Hazlehead beat Banchory by the finest of margins on a match difference of two (Hazlehead 12½-7½; Banchory 11½-8½).

The draw for the semi-finals, to be held on Sunday, August 6 (with a noon first tee time in both matches) is:

Newmachar v Bon Accord at Nigg Bay

Royal Aberdeen v Hazlehead at Peterculter

ABERDEEN PENNANT LEAGUE TABLES
 
LEAGUE A
                             P W D L F  A Pts
Royal Aberdeen 3 3 0 0 13 2 9
Northern             4 2 1 1 11 9 7
Stonehaven        4 1 1 2 7½ 12½ 4
Caledonian         3 1 0 2 6½ 8½ 3
Nigg Bay             4 1 0 3 7 13 3

LEAGUE B
                 P W D L F  A Pts
Newmachar 4 4 0 0 16½ 3½ 12
Hazlehead 4 3 0 1 12½ 7½ 9
Portlethen 4 2 0 2 11½ 8½ 6
Peterculter 4 1 0 3 5½ 14½ 3
Auchmill 4 0 0 4 4 16 0

LEAGUE C
                  P W D L F  A Pts
Bon Accord 4 3 0 1 12½ 7½ 9
Banchory 4 3 0 1 11½ 8½ 9
Murcar Links 4 2 0 2 12½ 7½ 6
Deeside 4 2 0 2 9 11 6
Craibstone 4 0 0 4 4½ 15½ 0

Outstanding Fixture
Thursday 13 July
A  Caledonian v  Royal Aberdeen

The Aberdeen and District Pennant League is sponsored by Molly's Bistro and Malones Irish Bar, both in the Douglas Hotel, Market Street, Aberdeen

Bon Accord whitewash Deeside in Kings


Links Pennant League match.


Bon Accord beat Deeside 5-0 at the Kings Links this evening in an Aberdeen and District Pennant League match,
DETAILS (Bon Accord names first)
Matthew Greig and Allan Strath bt S Smith and C Black 3 and 1.
Chris Somers and Graham Somers bt T Rennie and D Macklin 4 and 3.
Matthew Smith and Justin Thomas bt J Hall and A Ross 4 and 3.
Barrie Edmond and David Leslie bt J Pryde and K Truscott 5 and 4.
Neil Mitchell and Matthew Dunn bt C Howe and B Henderson 7 and 5.


Still waiting for the result and details of the other Pennant League match this evening - Murcar Links versus Craibstone.




The Aberdeen and District Pennant League is sponsored by the Douglas Hotel's Malones Irish Bar and Molly's Bistro.

Henderson leads Central Scotland Senior


Open with a 69 at Glenbervie


By ALASDAIR MACGREGOR
Hamilton's +2 handicapper Stewart Henderson leads the field with a two-under-par round of 69 at the Scottish Senior Golfing Society's Central Scotland Open at Glenbervie Golf Club today (Thursday).
Henderson was three under the card after 17 holes but bogeyed the very tricky 18th.  He also had bogeys at the first and 12th, but birdied the fifth, eighth, 11th, 13th and 17th.
One shot behind on the 70 mark are Robert Craw (Glenbervie) and Jim Devaney (Clydebank and District).
Craw bogeyed the third but birdied the
16th and 17th, while Devaney dropped strokes at the 14th and 15th, but  birdied the seventh, 11th and 16th. 
There are five players on 71, including Gary Tough (Edzell)
who was runner-up in last week's event at West Kilbride.
Robert Craw (Glenbervie) (2) and Jim Devaney (Clydebank and District) (2)  lead the handicap section with net 68s. They are one shot ahead of Bob Stewart (Tulliallan) (2) and Drew Weddell (Glasgow GC) (2).
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 71; SSS 71; CSS 72.
69 S Henderson (Hamilton).
70 R Craw (Glenbervie), J Devaney (Clydebank and Dist)
71 R Stewart (Tulliallan), G Tough (Edzell), A Ferguson (Dunfermline), D Waddell (Glasgow), J A Fraser (Royal Burgess).
72 N Robson (Meldrum House), L Blair (Grangemouth).
73 D Hamilton (Mortonhall), M Lindsay (Broughty), O Chancellor (Inverness), J Woods (St Andrews New(
74 C Wilson (Ladybank), P Moultrie (Royal Troon), R W Smith (Nairn), I Angus (Duff House Royal), N Lamond (Balmore)

Gillies, McCreadie and Patterson head


qualifiers for Deer Park Masters


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Scott Gillies (Craigielaw), Jason McCreadie (Largs) and Michael Patterson (Kilmacolm) each returned a three-under-par 69 to head the 29 competitors who advanced from today's Deer Park Masters qualifier at the Livingston venue to the tournament proper at Deer Park Golf and Country Club on August 1 and 2.
The leading trio split the £100 prizemoney three ways.


DEER PARK MASTERS QUALIFIER
Deer Park Golf and Country Club, Livingston
QUALIFIERS (29)
par 71
69 S Gillies (Craigielaw), J McCreadie (Largs), M Patterson (Kilmacolm).
70 G Hardy (Prestwick St Nicholas).
71 R Leeds (Archerfield Links), C Marr (Musselburgh), A Waugh (Clydebank and Dist).
72 I Graham (Crow Wood), I Colquhoun (Loch Lomond), C Porciani (Trump Turnberry), F Thomson (Trump Turnberry).
73 V Brown (Logos Golf Ministries), S Milne (Balbirnie Park), R Munro (Duddingston), A Welsh (Cathkin Braes), A D Wills (Lanark).
74 C Adam (Harburn), Shaun McAllister (Bruntsfield Links), C Nairn (Kilmarnock Barassie), D Wood (Hirsel), H Burness (Paul Lawrie GC)
75 G Paxton (Ralston).
76 C McMaster (Downfield), P Brookes (Pitreavie), K McLean (Whitecraigs), M Mackenzie (Edzell), F Robertson (Kingsbarns)
D Stein (Ranfurly Castle), P McKenna (Paul Lawrie GC)

Cameron Black masters Newburgh wind to win


Paul Lawrie NE U18 boys' title by six shots

 

 David Fleming (Portlethen), president of the NE District SGU, presents the PLF North-east Under-18 boys' championship trophy to Cameron Black (Royal Aberdeen). Pictures by Cal
                                             Carson Golf Agency


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Cameron Black, 16-year-old Royal Aberdeen Golf Club junior member, won the Paul Lawrie North-east U18s boys championship by a resounding six strokes over two rounds at Newburgh on Ythan Golf Club today (Thursday).
Black made light of the windy conditions to return scores of 75 and 73 for a four-over-par total of 148. His one-over-par 73 in the afternoon was the lowest score of the day when he had birdies at the fourth, fifth, ninth, 10th and 17th in halves of 35 and 38.
Two players, Liam Strath (Hazlehead) and Jonathan Bell (Royal Aberdeen) finished joint second on 154. Strath, who recently helped Hazlehead to win the Maitland Shield, had the better second round of 77 to win the second scratch prize.
Bell, the long-time clubhouse leader with rounds of 74 and 80,  finished third with Brad Murray (Inverallochy) fourth on 155 (77-78.
The four players with the leading 36-hole aggregates normally go forward to contest the Bill Brown Trophy NE U18 boys' match-play tournament but Bell and fourth-placed Cameron Fraser (Peterculter) were unavailable to play again on Friday. Their places were taken by Murray and Ruari Mair (Buboys'ckpool). 
The semi-finals, Black v Mair and Strath v Murray, wlll tee off at 9am and 9.10 on Friday. The final will start at 1pm.
Mair won the Under-16 years boys' title with a pair of 78s for 156.
Finlay Wallace (Portlethen) won the handicap aggregate award. Playing off 11 he had a net total of 136 (64-72).
Second handicap prize went to Fergus Hutcheson (Inverallochy) and third place was gained by Cameron Fraser (Peterculter).

PAUL LAWRIE NORTH-EAST U18 BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP
Newburgh Golf Club
FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 72 72
148 C Black (Royal Aberdeen) 75 73
154 J Bell (Royal Aberdeen) 74 80, L Strath (Hazlehead) 77.
155 B Murray (Inverallochy) 77 78
156 R Mair (Buckpool) 78 78, C Fraser (Peterculter) 79 77
158 F Wallace (Portlethen) 75 83, R Connon (Cruden Bay) 79 79.
159 O Walker (Murcar Links) 79 80, S Wilson (Hazlehead) 80 79.
162 R Stewart (Inverurie) 81 81, F Smith (McDonald Ellon) 76 86
163 C Carnegie (Kemnay) 80 83
164 B Simpson (Portlethen) 76 88
165 C Gray (Cruden Bay) 79 86
166 J Bruce ( Deeside) 78 88, L Waldron (Royal Aberdeen) 82 84
168 W Lloyd (Portlethen) 87 81.
170 L Ross (Royal Aberdeen) 81 89, S Allan (Deeside) 86 84
171 F Hutcheson (Inverallochy) 87 84
172 L Watt (McDonald Ellon) 89 83, E Main (Murcar Links) 86 86
176 J Mitchell (Fraserburgh) 86 90
180 A Ritchie (Fraserburgh) 86 94, C Strachan (Peterculter) 87 93.
184 P McPherson (Deeside) 96 88
185 K Steel (Kemnay) 95 90.
186 M Sinclair (Portlethen) 93 93, M Lynas (Deeside) 96 88.
187 J Cowe (Inverallochy) 88 99.
189 R Bothwell (Royal Aberdeen) 93 96.
191 L Sinclair (Portlethen) 97 94
192 J Smith (McDonald Ellon) 95 97
NR N Black (Deeside) 82 NR.

Fourteen Scots miss the EuroPro Tour cut at

Morpeth, only eight make it to Round 3

By NICK TEALE

Eight Scots qualified for the final round of this week's EuroPro Tour event at Longhirst Hall Golf Club, Morpeth.

Fourteen compatriots failed Saltman brothers, Lloyd and Zack, and the Lawrie cousins, Craig and Sean.

Nick Watson and Nick Marsh share a one-shot lead on eight-under-par after 36 holes of  the Dawson & Sanderson Classic at Longhirst Hall Golf Club. 

Paul Kinnear (Formby Golf Club 66, 71) is third while five players, including 16-year-old South Korean sensation Min Kyu Kim (67, 72), are two off the lead on six under.

Watson (Stock Rochford Golf Club) and Marsh (Huddersfield Golf Club) have both shot 66, 70 to reach eight under on the Dawson Course.

Marsh made four birdies in his second round but dropped shots at 11 and 13, while Watson would have had an outright lead had he not bogeyed the last, his only blemish of the day. Watson is on course for his first top ten of the season while Marsh could leap to second on the Race To Amendoira with victory – he is yet to miss a cut this season.

Kinnear had also started the day at six under and was one shot better off at the turn with two birdies and a bogey on his front nine. He came home in 35 with two birdies and two bogeys to sign for a 71 and take up third.

Irish duo Tim Rice and Brendan McCarroll  join Kim in a tie for fourth on 139.

A cut to the leading 50 players and ties has now been made with all those at one over par of better after two rounds advancing to play Friday’s final 18, after which the winner will take home £10,000 from a £50,000 prize fund.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD

Par 144 (2x72)

136 N Watson (Stoke Rochford) 66 70, N Marsh (Huddersfield) 66 70.

137 P Kinnear (Formby) 66 71

SCOTS' SCORES

140 M Stewart (Troon Welbeck) 71 69 (T9)

141 D Hendry (Blackstar) 72 69, J Gallagher (Duddingston) 71 70 (T13)

142 W Booth (Pitlochry) 71 71 (T20)

143 N Henderson (Renaissance) 69 74 (T27)

144 J Henry (Clydebank and Dist) 75 69 (T40)

145 R Campbell (Golf in Scotland) 69 76, E Saltman (Proformer Management) 74 71 (T49)

MISSED THE CUT

146 L Saltman (Calum Smith Pro Shop) 74 72, C O'Neil (Mearns Castle) 74 72, L Allan (Alva) 73 73, L Gaughan (Bathgate) 74 72, D Kay (Renaissance) 70 76.
147 J Ross (Royal Burgess) 75 72
148 S Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC) 71 77, J Mullaney (unatt) 75 73
150 J Hendrick (Pollok) 73 77
151 F Moore (Glenbervie) 74 77, C Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC) 75 76
153 Z Saltman (Craigielaw) 74 79
154 J Duff (Newmachar) 77 77
164 J Booth (Cathkin Braes) 86 78

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Aberdeen student Fisher finishes runner-up in

Boyd Quaich behind Irish runaway winner

 

Adam Fisher (right) with his trophy. One of the organising officials is on the left.


By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Adam Fisher from Aberdeen, a student at the University of Missouri, finished second with a 12-under-par total of 274 in the Boyd Quaich international students' golf tournament over the Old and New courses at St Andrews.

Fisher had rounds of 68, 70, 68 and 68. His final round, over the Old Course, saw him cover the last 14 holes in five under par. He had only two bogeys over the last 36 holes.

Fisher finished nine strokes behind the runaway winner, Irish international Eoin Leonard, a student at Yale University. His total of 21-under-par 265 (67-67-66-65) is a record for the tournament.
Scots filled the second, third and fourth places.

Fisher finished four strokes ahead of the third-placed James Wilson (Stirling) 278 with Duncan McNeill from Annan, a student a McNeese State, in fourth place on 279, after birdieing the 17th and 18th holes on the Old Course for a six-under 66 closing round.
In any other year but this one, Fisher's total would have been good enough to win the Boyd Quaich!

Defending champion George Burns (St Andrews) finished ninth on 283 with scores of 70, 68, 75 and 70.

Jack Harling from Banchory, a student at the Highlands and Islands University, finished 17th despite a triple bogey 7 at the Road Hole 17th in his final round of 73 for 289.


BOYD QUAICH MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Old and New Courses, St Andrews
FINAL TOTALS
Par 286 (Old Course 2x72, New Course 2x71)
265 E Leonard (Yale) 67 67 66 65
274 A Fisher (Missouri St) 68 70 68 68
278 J Wilson (Stirling) 72 70 68 68
279 D McNeill (McNeese St) 71 71 71 66
282 J Stancer (Northumbria) 74 70 70 68, M Hirsch (Frankfurt) 71 71 73 67, L Michel (Melbourne) 71 71 70 69, O White (Tyler Texas) 74 67 68 73
283 G Burns (St Andrews) 70 68 75 70.
284 D Lloyd (Central Lancs) 71 67 75 71, B Robinson (N Carolina) 69 71 74 70
285 A Thurlow (Florida Tech) 69 73 73 70, F Mason (Nova SE) 71 70 72 72, T Hein (St Andrews) 74 70 73 72
289 J Harling (Highlands) 72 72 72 73, L Brauer (Darmstadt) 74 69 75 71
290 N Young (RGU) 74 72 74 70, R McCullough (Ulster) 73 73 71 73.
292 B Bannerman (Glasgow) 75 71 74 72, C Low (Abertay) 71 72 71 78
293 R Thompson (Bournemouth) 70 76 75 72
294 G Greer (Elmwood) 72 75 75 72, L Spooner (ClaytonSt) 73 70 73 78, L West (RGU) 72 70 76 76
295 T Butterworth (Warwick) 75 68 77 75.
296 M Paterson (Heriot Watt) 75 70 79 72
300 C Graham (S Arkansas) 73 69 81 77.
301 J Butterworth (Nottingham) 73 72 80 76






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