Liam Johnston and Fern Clark lead after Day 2 of Stirling Students' International at St Andrews

 

By BEN PHILIP
High winds swept across the Torrance course at Fairmont St Andrews for the second round of the 7^th Stirling International as Fern Clark (St Andrews) and Liam Johnston (Scottish Golf) rose to the top of the leaderboards.

 

The women’s competition saw Clark establish a four stroke lead after the shooting a birdie-laden 71 for a two-under-par tally.

Overnight leader Cassie Kneen (St Andrews) is Clark’s nearest challenger, an 80 leaving her two over for the tournament. Stirling’s Mirren Fraser rounds out the top three, an 81 giving her a two-round total of 153, +5 for the tournament. The performances of Clark and Kneen have seen St. Andrew’s second team continue to lead the team competition with Thursday’s final round seeing the top nine compete for the titles.

 

The men’s competition saw a number of strong performances at the top of the leaderboard with Robert Foley (Stirling) shooting a round of the day 69, to move up to second at one under for the tournament.

Early in the day, Craig Howie (Scottish Golf) had extended his lead at the top of the standings during the front nine, but five dropped shots coming home leave him at one under, three shots off the lead. The pole position is held by Liam Johnston, pictured, who followed up his steady opening level par 72 with a two-under 70, which included an outward 33 and a rare eagle at the seventh hole.

Johnston and Howie underpin a very strong performance from the Scottish Golf team who lead the team competition by seven strokes from the Stirling first team, who are a further 24 shots ahead of St. Andrews. With the leading groups going off from 10.20am, it is set to be an exciting finish to the competition.

 

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SCOTS LEAD EUROPEAN SENIOR MEN'S QUALIFYING IN SWEDEN

Ronnie Clark (Erskine) topped the individual scoreboard by four strokes with an eight-under-par total of 136 (66-70) and Scotland, the defending champions, shaded Ireland for the top team qualifying spot, both totalling 716 from the 36-hole stroke-play opener at the PGA Sweden course.

Scotland will play the last of the championship flight qualifiers, Norway, in the quarter-finals of the match-play.

Graham Bell (Downfield) was the second-best Scot in the stroke-play, finishing tied 6th on 142 with Robert Smith (Nairn) T11 on 145 (71-74).

The only Scot not in the leading 20 was Aberdeen's Nick Robson (Meldrum House) who had a pair of 75s.

 

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Par 144 (2x72)

136 R Clark (Sco) 66 70.

140 A Mew (Eng) 68 72, J Carvill (Ire) 66 74, H P Jacobsen (Den) 69 71.

Other Scots' scores:

142 G Bell 71 71 (T6)

145 R Smith 71 74 (T11)

147 I Brotherston 73 74, S Henderson 71 76 (T19)

150 N Robson 75 75 (T45)

 

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS

716 Scotland, Ireland.

725 England.

734 Denmark.

738 Spain

743 Germany

744 Sweden.

746 Norway

Quarter-finals:

Scotland v Norway, Denmark v Spain, England v Germany, Ireland v Sweden.




Senior Scots women fail to make championship flight in Slovakia

In the European senior women's amateur team championship in Slovakia, the Scots failed to make the championship flight, finishing 10th in the qualifying.
They play Iceland in the quarter-finals of Flight B in which the other ties are Czech Republic v Switzerland and Austria v Finland.

England are in the Championship Flight in which the quarter-finals are:
England v Spain
Belgium v Ireland
France v Netherlands
Germany v Sweden.

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Shannon McWilliam and Hannah McCook in top 10 at North Berwick

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Aboyne's Shannon McWilliam is in joint sixth place in a field of 90 players at the end of the first day of the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship at North Berwick.

Shannon, pictured, shot a one-over-par 74 on a day when the course was playing long, the CSS was 78 and only one player, Hannah Screen (Berkhamsted), broke par. The English player leads by two with a 71, the group of four on the 73 mark including defending champion Sophie Lamb (Clitheroe).
Even the player who had a hole in one, Germany's Yvonne Schrumpf, found it very difficult to salvage pars. She had her ace at the par-3 sixth but she ended the day with a 97, occupying last place overnight. Her scorecard had two 10s and one 9 in halves of 50-47.
McWilliam managed only one birdie, at the long eighth, but she limited "the damage" to bogeys at two short holes, the fourth and 15th.
Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) also made the top ten overnight with a 75 for a share of ninth place. Highlight of her card was an eagle 2 at the 16th in halves of 40 and 35.
Chloe Goadby (St Regulus_ had double bogeys at the 15th and 17th which wiped out her four birdies as she returned a 79 for a share of 29th place.
Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) have five double bogeys in halves of 44 and 40 for an 84 and a share of 62nd place.

BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
North Berwick Golf Club
FIRST ROUND LEADERS
Par 73. SSS 77. CSS 78.
71 H Screen (Berkhamsted)
73 S Lamb (Clitheroe), P Grant (Lisburn), G Clews (Delamere Forest), C Gainer (Castle Royle).
74 J Bailey (Kirby Muxloe), S McWilliam (Aboyne), I Wardle (Prestbury).

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
75 H McCook (Grantown on Spey) (T9)
79 C Goadby (St Regulus) (T27)
80 G MacDonald (Craigielaw) (T30)
81 L McClymont (Milngavie) (T42)
82 H MacGarvie (Troon Ladies), M Ashley (Strathmore), G Batty (Moffat) (T48).
83 K Brodie (Strathmore), E Docherty (Moray), J Saxton (Muckhart) (T54)
84 K Beveridge (Aboyne) (T62)
86 J Mackintosh (Hazlehead) (T68)
89 M Stewart (Murcar Links) (T79)
90 E Kennedy (Paisley) (T83)
92 D Young (North Berwick) (T86).
Field of 90 players

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North-east Alliance: No new members' applications accepted before end of September

FROM MICHAEL MacDOUGALL
Secretary of North-east Alliance 

Owing to the high intake of new members, no further new members' applications shall be accepted for the remainder of September.  

This is to allow those who were NE Alliance members in 2016/17 the opportunity to re-join.  Thereafter, if there are any membership places remaining, these shall be opened-up again to new members from the start of October.

 

Competition Start Sheet - NE Alliance @ Kemnay Golf Club 

Wednesday, September 13

  All starting at first tee

 

08:00  Charlie Cassie,  Grant Leslie,  Denny Thomson

08:08  Ritchie Davidson,  Stewart Allison,  Stewart Finnie

08:16  Raymond Reid,  Doug Booth,  Richard Blackmore

08:24  David Templeton,  Peter Robertson,  Graham Burnett

08:32  Willie Beattie,  Lenny Duncan,  Alan Gall

08:40  Sandy Davidson,  Mike Brown,  Raymond Brown

08:48  Manson Merchant,  John Duff,  Brian Ritchie

08:56  Mike Smith,  Peter Walker,  Hamish McNaughton

09:04  Gary Homer,  Graham McLaggan,  David Leslie

09:12  Mike MacKay, Colin Nelson,  Kevin Thain

09:20  Simon Hanson,  Craig Dempster,  Gavin Chalmers

09:28  D Robertson,  Steve Scott,  Colin Duffus

09:36  Scott Mackie,  Justin Barclay,  David Brown

09:44  Ross McConnachie,  Ross McNeill,  Jim Scott

09:52  Benny Lumsden,  Jackie Forrest,  David Nelson

10:00  Jack Chalmers,  Kris Nicol,  Sammy Leslie

10:08  Derek Craigie,  Donny Adam,  Graeme Riley

10:16  Jim Stewart,  Jim Crawford,  Richard Denning

10:24  Gary Leslie,  Alistair  Graham,  Steve Christie

10:32  Joel Hopwood,  Keil Beveridge 

10:40  Ian Birnie,  Kevin Bedborough,  Stewart Kidd

10:48  Jim Emslie,  David Fleming,  Les Fowler

10:56  Peter Cheyne,  Richard Wright,  Phil Craig

11:04  Fergus Bisset,  Derek Townsley,  Nigel Parker

11:12  Sam Locke,  Billy Fyfe,  Andrew Locke

11:20  Richard Ruddiman,  David Lane,  David Wilson

11:28  Willie Skene  Robbie Duncan 

11:36  Kamran Zeynalov,  Patrick McKenna,  Ferghus Mil
11:44  Kevin Duncan  Chris Gilbert 

11:52   
  

12:00  Mark Lawrie,  Tommy Collie 

12:08  Drew Buchan  Barry Elsby  Jake Scott

12:16  John Hosie,  John Nicolson,  Graham Allan

12:24  Peter Low,  John Borthwick,  Ian Still

12:32  Ross Sinclair  Iain Taylor  

  

LAWRIE 1-2 AT FIRST NE ALLIANCE OF SEASON AT CRAIBSTONE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Paul Lawrie and his elder son Craig figured in a 1-2 finish at the head of a field of 101 at the first North-east Golfers' Alliance fixture of the season at Craibstone Golf Club today (Wednesday).
Paul shot a five-under-par 64, despite a double bogey 7 to win the £160 top scratch prize and Craig finished only one shot behind his father in second place on 65.
Paul  drove the green at the 306yd 16th and holed the putt for an eagle 2. He also had six birdies, at the first, third, fourth, ninth, 12th and 15th. Apart from the 7 at the par-5 fifth, where he lost a ball, Paul had a bogey at the eighth in halves of 34 (one under par) and 30 (four under).
Craig Lawrie had six birdies and two bogeys in halves of 33 and 32 to earn £130.
Kevin Duncan finished third with a 66, which included double bogeys at the seventh and 11th in halves of 33.
Scottish amateur champion Sam Locke (Stonehaven), had a 68, earning the £50 voucher for the lowest amateur outwith the main scratch prize list.

NORTH-EAST GOLFERS' ALLIANCE
Craibstone Golf Club
SCRATCH SCORES
par 69
64 P Lawrie (Carnegie Club)
65 C Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC)
66 K Duncan (Paul Lawrie GC)
67 S Kiloh (Paul Lawrie GC)
68 A Locke (Paul Lawrie GC), S Locke (Stonehaven), J Duff (Newmachar)
69 C Nelson (Mackenzie Shop), K Zeynalov (Portlethen).
70 K Nicol (Dunes), C Gilbert (Cruden Bay).
71 J Duff (Fraserburgh), C Dempster (Paul Lawrie GC), J Hopwood (Royal Aberdeen).
72 M Merchant (Newmachar), D Leslie (Bon Accord), I Birnie (Deeside), S Lawrie (Paul Lawrie GC), D Buchan (Peterhead), J Nicolson (Hazlehead), B Nicolson (Hazlehead)
73 D Craigie (Portlethen).
74 S Mackie (Kemnay), W Skene (Deeside), L Murray (Kippie Lodge), P McKenna (Paul Lawrie GC)
75 R Blackmore (Tarland), R McConnachie (Peterculter), S Finnie (Caledonian), B Fyfe (Paul Lawrie GC).
76 C Cassie (Nigg Bay), D Templeton (Murcar Links), G Riley (Craibstone)
77 F Bisset (Banchory), S Hanson (Paul Lawrie GC), J Borthwick (Craibstone), D McLean (Kemnay).
78 D Fleming (Portlethen), L Fowler (Royal Aberdeen), I Still (Craibstone)
79 G Chalmers (Alford), S Leslie (Aberdeen Ladies), M Duncan (Murcar Links).
80 M Smith (Inverurie), D Brown (Kemnay), A Graham (Aboyne), P Craig (Kintore).
81 R Reid (Tarland), S Davidson (Norhern), S Scott (Hazlehead), P Low (Craibstone)
82 D Adam (Oldmeldrum), K Bedborough (Deeside), J Hosie (Kemnay).
83 J Barclay (Hazlehead), S Shand (Kemnay), C Duffus (Royal Aberdeen), R Ruddiman (Royal Aberdeen), W Beattie (Craibstone), J Crawford (Craibstone), M Lawrie (Kemnay).
84 T Boyle (Portlethen), P Robertson (Westhill), P Cheyne (Northern).
85 D Robertson (Hazlehead), J Stewart (Banchory), B Elsby (Peterculter)
86 S Allison (Caledonian), D Townsley (Peterculter), N K Parker (Murcar Links), G Thom (Murcar Links).
87 R Davidson (Caledonian), R Sinclair (Kintore), N Stewart (Northern), D Lawrie (Aboyne)
88 D Booth (Tarland), G Leslie (Deeside), L Duncan (Craibstone)
89 G Burnett (Westhill), G Homer (Aboyne), S Kidd (Longside).
91 R Denning (Inverurie)
96 J Forrest (Northern), D Mackay (Hazlehead)
97 R Brown (Kemnay)
99 S Ross (Hazlehead).
100 S Christie (Aboyne).

NRs G Leslie (Newburgh), M Brown (Kemnay), L Vannet (Craibstone), G McLaggan (Bon Accord), M MacKay (Kemnay), J Emslie (Royal Aberdeen), A Gall (Deeside), P Cornfield (Hazlehead), T Collie (Kemnay).

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 - D Craigie (7), W Skene (8), M Merchant (6) 66; J Nicolson (5) 68; C Cassie (7) 69.
Class 2 - I Birnie (11) 61; M Smith (14) 66; D Robertson (17), P Low (13) 68; L Fowler (9) 69.
Low amateur outwith prizelist - S Locke 68 (£50).

Scotland schools golf team named to play 

England at Troon

The Scottish Schools Golf Association has selected the following 12 boys and six girls to play England in a schools golf international at Troon Darley (boys' match) and Troon Lochgreen (girls' match) on Monday, September 11.

There will be foursomes in the morning and singles in the afternoon at both matches.

BOYS

Cameron Adam (Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh).

Christian Barbour (Bell Baxter High, Cupar).

Ben Caton (St Leonards School, St Andrews).

Logan Gillies (Culloden Academy, Inverness).

Cameron Johnstone (Marr College, Troon).

Aidan O'Hagan (Johnstone High, Renfrewshire).

Jamie Roberts (Kinross High, Perth and Kinross).

Sebastian Sandin (Dunblane High. Stirling).

Alex Simpson (Perth High).

Aidan Smith (Mearns Academy, Laurencekirk).

Ewan Wheat (Mearns Academy, Laurencekirk)

Connor Wilson (Knox Academy, Haddington).

GIRLS

Megan Ashley (Blairgowrie High).

Kirsty Brodie (Webster's High, Kirriemuir).

Carmen Griffi.ths (Aboyne Academy).

Evanna Hynd (Glenrothes High, Fife).

Lorna McClymont (Dumbarton Academy).

Anna McKay (Waid Academy, Anstruther)

 

Stirling International students' tournament
 

The 7^th Stirling International teed off the new student golf season at Fairmont St Andrews with early rain giving way to sunshine on the Fife coast. As the first event of the SSS/BUCS Tour, this was a chance to lay down a marker for the season, a chance that Cassie Kneen (St Andrews) and Craig Howie (Scottish Golf) certainly took.

 

In the women’s competition, there were a number of new faces in the draw making their presence felt. These women were led by American Kneen, who, after a bogey at the first, had four birdies on the front nine to reach the turn at three under, a further two birdies on the back helping her to a first round score of 70, four under par.

Leading the chasers was another first-year student , Mirren Fraser (Stirling), her solid two under par featuring three birdies. Rounding out the first round podium is second year Fern Clark (St. Andrews), who reached the turn sharing the lead with Kneen, before dropping back to +1 for the tournament.

 

The men’s side of the draw sees a more experienced line-up at the top of the leaderboard where the round of the day saw Howie, a former Stirling student, shoot a very impressive 3 under par 69, to lead by two strokes.

He is being chased by his Scottish Golf team-mate, Greg Dalziel, who mixed five birdies with a few dropped shots to sit at one under par. They are followed by six golfers who all shot level par, representing four different institutions, showcasing the growing depth at the top end of the student golfing programme.

 

Round two commenced at 8am Wednesday with a cut at the end of the day to the top 45 men and nine women.

FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
MEN
par 72
69 Craig Howie (Scottish Golf)
71 Greg Dalziel (Scottish Golf)
72 Peter Kerr (St Andrews), Jack Malone (Stirling), Jordan Sundborg (Stirling), Liam Johnston (Scottish Golf), Graeme Greer (SRUC), Colin Edgar (Stirling)
73 Jack Cope (Stirling).

WOMEN
par 74
70 Cassie Kineen (St Andrews)
72 Mirren Fraser (Stirling)
75 Fern Clark (St Andrews)
76 Lieve Van Veggel (St Andrews)

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