Mann and Russell share seniors' four-ball victory with McAllister and Niven at Duddingston

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Fraser Mann (Carnoustie Golf Links) and David Russell (Archerfield Links) shot eight birdies between them but they also had three bogeys which cost them outright victory in today's (Monday) Grant's Foods Seniors Autumn Four-ball tournament at Duddingston Golf Club, Edinburgh.
Mann and Russell's five-under-par 69 was matched by Stephen McAllister (Stephen McAllister Golf) and Gordon Niven (Ping) who had five better-ball birdies and no bogeys.
Both pairings earned £325.
Mann and Russell's birdies came at the first, fifth, seventh, eighth, 10th, 13th, 15th and 17th. Their bogeys at the second, fourth and 11th.
McAllister and Niven notched birdies at the fourth, fifth, seventh, 15th and 17th.
There was a three-way tie for third place on 68 between:
Neil Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh) and Paul Brookes (Pitreavie), David Thomson (Carnegie Club) and Gordon Law (Uphall), and Andrew Marshall (Houston Golf Range) and Ian Taylor (Drumpellier). The three pairings earned £116.67.

SCOREBOARD
par 72
67 F Mann (Carnoustie Golf Links) and D J Russell (Archerfield Links) (£325); S McAllister (S McAllister Golf) and G Niven (Ping (£325).
68 N Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh) and P Brookes (Pitreavie) (£116.67); D Thomson (Carnegie Club) and G Law (Uphall) (£116.67); A Marshall (Houston Golf Range) and I Taylor (Drumpellier (£116.67)
69 S Craig (Craig Golf) and J Montgomery (Dunbar); K Hutton (Downfield) and A Crerar (Panmure); S Savage (Dalmuir) and C Everett; A White (Lanark) and R Rafferty.
71 C Imlah (Craigielaw) and S Dunsmuir (Falkirk Tryst).
72 K Kelly and S Kelly (Buchanan Castle); A McLean (Duddingston) and K Baxter (Buchanan Castle).
73 T Melville and C Dernie (Blairgowrie).
76 R Bowman and C Elliott) (Haggs Castle).

Five English players, two Scots  selected for

Walker Cup team to play at Los Angeles CC

Two Scots, Connor Syme (pictured below) and left-hander Robert McIntyre, and five English players have been selected for the Great Britain and Ireland team to face the United States in the 46th Walker Cup match at Los Angeles Country Club on September 9-10, The R and A has announced today.

England's five are British Amateur champion Harry Ellis, Alfie Plant, the Silver Medal winner at The Open and European amateur champion, Alfie Plant,  Jack Singh Brar, the Lytham Trophy winner, Matthew Jordan , the St Andrews Links Trophy winner, and the 2016 Amateur champion Scott Gregory. 

 

They are in a team of ten-players and two reserves which also features two Welshmen and one player from Ireland. 

 

GB and I will be aiming to defend the trophy after securing a 16½-9½ victory in the 2015 match at Royal Lytham and St Annes; their biggest winning margin since the match was first played in 1922.

 

Scot Craig Watson, who will be captaining the GB and I team for the first time in the match, said, “We have been very impressed with the performances of many of the GB and I players so far this season and it has been a difficult decision to select only ten players. 

 

“The Walker Cup match is one of the highlights of the golfing calendar and a tremendous opportunity for the players to shine on such a big stage. The Americans will be determined not to lose two matches in a row but we have selected a strong team and I’m sure the players will give it their all to try to retain the trophy.”

The GB and I team is:

David Boote, 23, Walton Heath, Wales

Jack Davidson, 20, Llanwern, Wales

Harry Ellis, 21, Meon Valley, England

Scott Gregory, 22, Corhampton, England

Matthew Jordan, 21, Royal Liverpool, England

Paul McBride, 21, The Island, Ireland

Robert McIntyre, 21, Glencruitten, Scotland

Alfie Plant, 25, Sundridge Park, England

Jack Singh Brar, 20, Remedy Oak, England

Connor Syme, 22, Drumoig, Scotland

 

Reserves:

1st Conor O’Rourke, 26, Naas, Ireland

2nd Craig Howie, 22, Peebles, Scotland

 

Captain:

Craig Watson, 51, East Renfrewshire, Scotland

 

Player information:

 

David Boote

Boote played in last year’s GB and I St Andrews Trophy team and achieved top ten finishes at both the St Andrews Links Trophy and the Brabazon Trophy this season. The Stanford graduate lost out in a seven-man play-off at the US Open sectional qualifying event at Walton Heath and then in a play-off in Final Qualifying for The Open at Royal Cinque Ports.

 

Jack Davidson

Davidson won the Welsh Amateur Championship and has notched up two wins on Spanish soil this season, capturing the Spanish Amateur Championship and the individual event at the European Nations Cup. He achieved third place finishes at the South American Amateur Championships in Buenos Aires and the Welsh Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship.

 

Harry Ellis

Ellis, who is studying at Florida State University, bounced back from four holes down with five to play to win The Amateur Championship at Royal St George’s. He was the youngest ever winner of the English Amateur Championship in 2012 at the age of 16 and has gone on to represent England at every level.

 

Scott Gregory

The 2016 Amateur champion is the highest-ranked GB&I player in the World Amateur Golf RankingTM at fifth and played in both the Masters Tournament and the US Open. He represented England in the European Team Championship, winning two of his matches and halving the other.

 

Matthew Jordan

Jordan won this year’s St Andrews Links Trophy, was runner-up at the Scottish Stroke Play Championship, secured top five finishes at the Irish Open Amateur Championship and the Brabazon Trophy and finished sixth in the European Amateur Championship. 

 

Paul McBride

McBride, who is studying at Wake Forest University, was joint runner-up in the individual standings in the European Team Championship and reached the quarter finals of The Amateur Championship. He played all four rounds in last month’s Porsche European Open on the European Tour, finishing on two-under-par.

 

Robert MacIntyre

The left-handed MacIntyre was runner-up in the 2016 Amateur Championship and was part of the Scotland team which retained last year’s European Team Championship title. This season he finished tied fourth at the European Amateur Championship at Walton Heath and reached the round of 32 at the US Amateur Championship.

 

Alfie Plant

Plant won the European Amateur Championship to secure his place in The Open at Royal Birkdale where he went on to win the Silver Medal as the leading amateur. He also finished as joint runner-up in the individual standings at the European Team Championship.

 

Jack Singh Brar

Singh Brar won the Lytham Trophy and finished joint runner-up at the Brabazon Trophy. He also secured a top ten finish at the European Amateur Championship and represented England against Spain.

 

Connor Syme

The 2016 Australian Amateur Champion was part of the winning Scotland team in the European Team Championship. This season he qualified to play in The Open at Royal Birkdale and reached the quarter final of the US Amateur Championship.

 

For more information visit www.walkercup.org

Henrik Stenson wins at Wyndham

        

GREENSBORO, North Carolina -- Henrik Stenson kept making birdies on the back nine Sunday at the Wyndham Championship. They added up to a tournament record -- and the Swede's  first victory of the year.
Stenson closed with a 6-under 64 for a one-stroke victory in the final event of the US PGA Tour regular season.
The 2013 FedExCup champion finished at 22-under 258 at Sedgefield Country Club, breaking the course's 72-hole record set by Carl Pettersson in 2008 and matched last year by Si Woo Kim.
The Swede earned $1,044,000 and 500 FedExCup points for his sixth win on tour and his first since the 2016 Open.
"It's certainly a good time to start firing," Stenson said. "We know the kind of damage you can do in the play-offs. ... If you get hot and keep on playing well, you have a chance to challenge."
Stenson said he left his driver in his locker all week -- "he's a little anxious to get out there and start getting some air time next week," he quipped of the club -- and certainly didn't need it on the par-70 Sedgefield course.
For the second straight day, he had four birdies in a five-hole stretch of the back nine.
Ollie Schniederjans shot a 64 to finish second. Webb Simpson was 18 under after a 67."

     

"I had to keep on making birdies," Stenson said, "because Ollie was surely not backing down.
Stenson had three consecutive birdies on Nos. 15-17 -- leaving a 20-foot eagle putt on the 15th hole about a foot short -- after he and Schniederjans were both at 19 under.
Stenson's 30-foot birdie putt on No. 17 moved him to 22 under.
He needed it, because Schniederjans kept the pressure on him. The 24-year-old former Georgia Tech player made a 40-foot birdie putt on No. 17 and added another birdie on the par-4 18th hole after placing his second shot 2 feet from the pin.

"I thought I had a two-shot cushion ... and as I walked over (to the 18th hole and) looked around, `Oh, OK, (Schniederjans) birdied it as well," Stenson said. "So I better scramble a par here to get the win."
With Schniederjans watching the television broadcast and hoping for a tie, Stenson rolled a 35-foot birdie putt on No. 18 off the right edge of the cup, then made a 3-footer to end it.
"When I stuffed it (on No. 18), I thought that's probably going to be a playoff," Schniederjans said. "And he birdied 17 and got par on 18. Hat's off to him -- he had a great finish, too. Just one short."
Low scores and tight leaderboards once again were the norm at Sedgefield. With seven holes left for the final pairing, four players -- Stenson, Schniederjans, Ryan Armour and Kevin Na -- shared the lead at 18 under.

          

"It was anyone's tournament on the back nine," Stenson said.
Stenson moved to 19 under with a birdie on the 13th and Schniederjans joined him with a remarkable recovery for birdie on the 15th. His second shot careened off a canopy covering the gallery and landed in a greenside bunker, but he chipped to 2 feet of the flagstick and converted the putt.
The other subplot at Sedgefield was the push by the bubble players to qualify for the pla-offs that start next week at The Northern Trust for the top 125 on the points list.
Geoff Ogilvy, who was at No. 125, finished at 11 under and earned enough points to move to No. 116.
And Martin Flores, who started at No. 139, jumped to No. 118 and made the play-offs for the first time since 2014 after a 63 highlighted by a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th. J.J. Henry, Harold Varner III and Rory Sabbatini also played their way into the top 125.
"I was very aware of where I was all day but I knew that I needed to be somewhere inside the top 10, have to," Flores said. "So I was able to get off to a great start and I was able to just keep it going all day."
DIVOTS: Ben Crane was the first player this week to ace the 16th hole, earning 1 million rewards points from the tournament's title sponsor.
"Billy Horschel and I did a lot of choreography work beforehand and nailed it, did the right high fives," Crane said about his post-ace celebration.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70)
players from USA unless stated
258 H Stenson (Sweden) 62 66 66 64
259 O Schneiderjans 66 65 66 64
262 W Simpson 63 64 68 67
263 R Armour 66 61 72 64, R Sabbatini (S Africa) 65 68 66 64, K Na 67 63 65 68

SELECTED TOTALS
265 S Lowry (Ireland) 67 64 676 67 (7th)
271 R Knox (Scotland) 66 66 71 68 (T28)

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SEMI-FINALS

Portlethen bt Cruden Bay by three holes

Brandon Simpson and Finlay Wallace 0, Alister Kinghorn and Ross Connon 6.
William Lloyd and Lewis Sinclair 9, Matthew Clacher and Ross Connon 0.

Deeside bt Kemnay by 12 holes
Nicholas Black and Cameron Imrie 6, Mattheew Dailey and Archie Simons 0
Jason Bruce and Ross Nicholson  6, Rory Gauld and Kyle Brown 0.

FINAL

Portlethen bt Deeside by four holes

Brandon Simpson and Finlay Wallace 4, Nicholas Black and Cameron Imrie 0.

William Lloyd and Lewis Sinclair 0, Jason Bruce and Ross Nicholson 0.

The winning Portlethen GC team

Deeside team beaten in the final 

North-east team for Scottish area championship at Newmachar

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
The North-east District team for the Scottish men's area team championship at Newmachar Golf Club from Friday, September 8 to Sunday, September 10 is:

Barrie Edmond (Bon Accord)
Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon)
Sam Locke (Stonehaven)
Stephen Rogers (Cruden Bay)
Chris Lamb (Newmachar)
Clark Brechin (Portlethen)

The North-east team shows one change from the six who lost to eventual champions Lanarkshire 3-2 in the semi-finals at Dalmahoy last year.  Scottish amateur champion Sam Locke replaces David Morrison.


+Other areas are invited to send their teams for publication on Scottishgolfview.com to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

The Lanarkshire squad to defend the title is:

Craig Ross               Kirkhill

Ed Wood                 Crow  Wood

Steven Rennie        Drumpellier

Dominic Dougan    Drumpellier

Gordon Yates          Colville Park

Graham Rankin       Drumpellier

The Renfrewshire team is:

Matt Clark (Kilmacolm)

Andrew Farmer (Kilmacolm)

Stewart Watt (Old Ranfurly)

Craig Thomson (Earl of Mar)

Derek Anderson (Lochwinnoch)

David Sibbald (Bonnyton)

The Fife team is:
Steve Aitken (Leven Thistle)
Chris Bradley (Dunfermline)
Ryan Brown (Dunfermline)
Fraser Carr (Crail GS)
Andy Davidson (Charleton)
Ally Hain (St Andrews)

The Ayrshire team is:

Jack Broun (Ayr Belleisle)

Craig Hamilton (Ballochmyle)

Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle)

Jim Johnston (Ayr Belleisle)

John Shanks (Irvine)

Steven Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert)

The North District team is:

Allan Cameron (Fortrose and Rosemarkie)

John Forbes (Inverness)

Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn)

Kyle Godsman (Moray)

Stuart Tatters (Moray)

Jeff Wright (Forres)

The Glasgow team is:

Stephen Manning ( Pollok)

Brendan McKenna ( Pollok)

Andrew Fairbairn ( Cawder)

Calum Fyfe ( Cawder)

Graeme Cross ( Cawder)

Gordon Miller ( Cawder)

The Perth and Kinross team is:

David Simpson (Crieff)

Gavin Dear (Murrayshall)

Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie)

Scott Michie (Kinross)

Stuart McKendrick (Dunkeld and Birnam)

Thomas White (Kinross)

Argyll and Bute team is:

GREG WATSON (Dunaverty)

DAVID HUNTER (Cowal)

DAVID LAMONT (Machrihanish Dunes)

GEORGE REYNOLDS (Rothesay)

CRAIG PIRIE (Millport)

CALUM McKIRDY (Rothesay)
 

Lothians squad  is:

• Kieran Cantley (Liberton)  
• Euan McIntosh (Turnhouse) 
• Stuart McLaren (Bruntsfield Links)
• Benn McLeod (Musselburgh)
• Mark Napier (Turnhouse)
• A N Other / Player 6

 The final place will be confirmed following the South-east District  Championship at Musselburgh GC on September 2-3

FLASHBACK TO LAST YEAR'S COMPETITION

Stroke-play Qualifiers
692 Lothians
698 North-east
705 Fife
709 Ayrshire
710 Glasgow
711 Lanarkshire
713 Perth and Kinross, North.

Did not qualify for match-play
715 Angus
725 Renfrewshire
727 Borders
738 South, Argyll and Bute
739 Dunbartonshire
747 Stirlingshire
753 Clackmannan.

MATCH-PLAY
Quarter-finals
Lothians 4.5, North 0.5
North-east 3, P and K 3
Ayrshire 2, Glasgow 3
Fife 1.5, Lanarkshire 3.5
Semi-finals
North-east 2, Lanarkshire 3
Lothians 3.5, Glasgow 1.5
Final
Lanarkshire 5, Lothians 4

M and H SPGA Championship OOM Qualifier 2 tee times Round 1: Crieff Golf Club, Wednesday, August 30. 7 1 7:30 Norman Huguet, Musselburgh Golf Club Gavin Cook, Elie Links 1 7:40 Craig Armstrong, Burntisland Golf Club Stuart Milne, Balbirnie Park Golf Club 1 7:50 David Blackadder, Gleneagles Hotel Golf Courses Neil Cameron, Blairgowrie Golf Club 1 8:00 Fraser Malcolm, Glen Golf Club Andrew Hutchison, Douglas Park Golf Club Rory Tinker, Piperdam Golf & Leisure Resort 1 8:10 Kirstin Scott, Gleneagles Hotel Golf Courses Caimin Condren, Braehead Golf Club Jackson Bell, Lanark Golf Club 1 8:20 Calum Smith, Royal Musselburgh Golf Club Sam Craigon, Balbirnie Park Golf Club Fraser Rummins, Canmore Golf Club 1 8:30 Vincent Brown, Logos Golf Ministries Craig Imlah, Craigielaw Golf Club Neil Colquhoun, Merchants of Edinburgh Golf Cl 1 8:40 Calum Nairn, Kilmarnock (Barassie)Golf Club Alan Hogg, Kingsbarns Golf Links Paul Robinson, Largs Golf Club 1 8:50 Alastair Forrow, Whitecraigs Golf Club Murray Urquhart, Nairn Golf Club Daniel Wood, Hirsel Golf Club 1 9:00 Scott Rose, Kingsbarns Golf Links Stuart Morrison, Tain Golf Club Iain Colquhoun, Loch Lomond Golf Club 1 9:10 Scott Gillies, North Berwick Golf Club Iain Stoddart, Deer Park Golf & Country Club Graham Forbes, Mar Hall Hotel & Resort 1 9:20 James Erskine, Dumfries & County Golf Club Garry Forrester, Kingsbarns Golf Links Stewart Savage, Dalmuir Golf Club 1 9:30 Craig Haugh, Fereneze Golf Club Scott Catlin, Affordable Golf Mark O'Donnell, Linlithgow Golf Club 1 9:40 Gordon Niven, PING Ross Neill, Drumpellier GC Mark Kerr, Lane Golf Tours  1 9:50 Peter Kerr, Hayston GC Andrew Pillans, Banchory GC Ogilvie Robertson, Panmure GC 1 10:00 Kamran Zeynalov, Portlethen GC Cameron West, Scotscraig GC Stuart Houlden, East Kilbride GC 1 10:10 Andrew Cooper, Newburgh on Ythan GC Robert Menzies, Trump Turnberry Resort Reece Mitchell, Paul Lawrie GC 1 10:20 Iain Lowdean, Murrayfield GC Michael Patterson, Kilmacolm GC Ross Harrower, Boat of Garten GC Complete information is available at Tournament Information Page (TIP) iOS | Android

M and H SPGA Championship OOM Qualifier 1 tee times Round 1: Crieff Golf Club, Tuesday, August 29 1 7:30 Steven Dunsmore, Falkirk Tryst GC Paul Brookes, Pitreavie GC 1 7:40 Ewan Macpherson, Auchenharvie G Complex Shaun McAllister, Bruntsfield Links GS 1 7:50 Alan McCandlish, Loch Lomond GC Michael Bradfield, Elie Links 1 8:00 Paul Jamieson, Dunblane New GC Stephen Craig, Craig Golf 79 1 8:10 Kenny Hutton, Downfield GC Ian Taylor, Drumpellier GC Adam David Wills, Lanark GC 1 8:20 Alasdair McDonald, Dunnikier Park GC Chris McQueen, Greaves Sports Ltd Russell McIntyre, Gullane GC 1 8:30 Cameron Donaldson, Craigielaw GC Fraser Malcolm, Glen GC Andrew Burns, Bothwell Castle GC 1 8:40 Euan MacDonald, Musselburgh GC Euan Campbell, Paisley GC Christopher McMaster, Downfield GC 1 8:50 Myles Cunningham, Kings Acre GC Jamie Allan, Peebles GC David Knapp, American Golf 1 9:00 Kenny Monaghan, Linlithgow GC Paul Malone, Braid Hills GR Craig Sutherland, Cherry Lodge GC 1 9:10 Kenneth McLean, Whitecraigs GC Jorden Ferrie, Royal Dornoch GC Harry Burness, Paul Lawrie GC 1 9:20 Alan Reid, West Lothian GC Ross Munro, Duddingston GC Ross Leeds, Archerfield Links 1 9:30 Scott Ross, Turnhouse GC Iain Deacon, Loch Lomond GC Lee Vannet, Craibstone GC 1 9:40 Malcolm Murray, Brora GC Ciar Porciani, Trump Turnberry Resort Jamie Fraser, Renaissance Club 1 9:50 David Stein, Ranfurly Castle GC Greg Paxton, Ralston GC Ian Anderson, Colville Park GC 1 10:00 Jordan James Fraser, Prestwick GC Ross McConnachie, Peterculter GC Katy McNicoll, Gullane GC 1 10:10 Craig Goodwin, Strathlene GC Scott Grant, Scotscraig GC Martin Pottinger, American Golf 1 10:20 Jennifer Potter, Loch Lomond GC Hannah Robb, Elie Links Fraser McKenna, Caldwell GC 1 10:30 Graeme McDougall, Elie Links David-Ross Nicol, Dundonald Links Rodger Clarke, Golf Dedication Centre 1 10:40 Gareth Hardy, Prestwick St Nicholas GC Daniel Flannery, Renaissance Club Cameron Farrell, Cardross GC 1 10:50 Derek Ramsay, Moray GC Sean Fay, Carnoustie GL Fraser Thomson, Trump Turnberry Resort 1 11:00 Stuart Fisher, Portpatrick Dunskey GC Craig Matheson, Falkirk Tryst GC Ian Brown, Newent GC 1 11:10 Campbell Steven, Strathclyde Park GC Stephen Wilson James Dick, Duddingston GC Complete information is available at Tournament Information Page (TIP)