GB and I provisional Curtis Cup squad for match v USA at Quaker Ridge, New York State, next June.

(READ THE FULL STORY ON www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk)

• Emma Allen, 20, England
• Lianna Bailey, 21, England
• India Clyburn, 21, England
• Annabell Fuller, 15, England
• Paula Grant, 24, Ireland
• Alice Hewson, 20, England
• Lily May Humphreys, 15, England
• Connie Jaffrey, 21, Troon Ladies, Scotland
• Sophie Lamb 20, England
• Leona Maguire, 23, Ireland
• Shannon McWilliam, 18, Aboyne, Scotland
• Olivia Mehaffey, 20, Ireland
• Isobel Wardle, 17, England
• Annabel Wilson, 16, Ireland

Captain: Elaine Farquharson-Black (Deeside GC, Aberdeen)

Alps Tour Qualifying School 2017 La Cala Resort - Asia and America Courses (Malaga, Spain) 14-16 December 2017

Aberdonian Lutton joint third after first round 69 in strong wind     Clarke Lutton, wind-taming performance on Costa del Sol

The La Cala Resort at Malaga on Spain's Costa Del Sol is the venue for the 54-hole Alps Tour Qualifying School. This venue offers wonderful facilities, hotel on site, great practice range and three championship golf courses. The Final Stage with a field of 144 players from 21 nationalities has begun in windy conditions.

South Africa’s Albert Venter, pictured above left, shot -6 on the par-71 America course to lead after first day of Q-School Final. The 21 year old player won the first stage a couple days ago and kept his momentum going into the final stage. The wind was strong and fresh on Costa del Sol today but he managed to keep the ball in play as he said. « The course looks alike some in South Africa. It is a bit shorter but it is narrow and you have to keep the ball in play. I am happy to keep on playing well. I have some experience of playing in the wind, in Scotland for example. I played some event on European Tour, (Dunhill Links) but I missed the first stage by one so I am here to play in Europe next year.  Venter just turned pro 2 months back. He was third at the Amateur ranking in South Africa. Spain’s Ivan Cantero Gutierrez signed for best score on the par-72 Asia course with -4. Only one shot back, Italy’s Federico Zucchetti and Aberdeen-born Clarke Lutton, who both played on Asia course (par 72). Fellow Scots Ewen Ferguson and Craig Ross both shot 70s, Ferguson on the par-72 course, Surprisingly, Bathgate's Louis Gaughan, winner of the inaugural Scottish Par-3 3 championship at the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, Banchory Devenick and a player who looked in form at the Alps Tour Q School Stage 1 event, slumped to a 11 over par 83 and  has little chance of figuring among the leading 65 and ties who will progress after Friday's Round 2 to the final 18 holes. Even veteran Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez struggled a little bit to return a 77 but is within the qualifying zone at the moment The top 65 and ties will make the cut after the second round is completed, the current limit is +4.

2017 QUALIFYING SCHOOL - Final Stage (Asia and America courses) La Cala Resort (Asia), Malaga 1 4th - 16th Dec 2017

Scores for Round 1
 -6
Albert VENTER (RSA) 65(A)
 -4
Ivan CANTERO GUTIERREZ (ESP) 68(A)
 -3
Federico ZUCCHETTI (ITA) 69(A) Clarke LUTTON (SCO) 69(A)
 -2
Alex HOLMES (ENG) 70(A) Justin BRINK (IRL) 70(A) Ewen FERGUSON (SCO) 70(A) Paul BARITEAU (FRA) 70(A) Guillaume CAMBIS (FRA) 69(A) Michael DALLAT (IRL) (a) 69(A)
 -1
Sebastian PETERSEN (SWE) 71(A) Stephen GRANT (IRL) 70(A) Hugues Jr JOANNES (BEL) 71(A) Jack SINGH BRAR (ENG) 70(A) Sam CUTTING (ENG) 70(A) Luke GROVES (ENG) 70(A) Craig ROSS (SCO) 70(A)
 Par
Lars KEUNEN (NED) (a) 72(A) Conor O'ROURKE (IRL) 71(A) Ryan FRICKER (ENG) 71(A) Andrea CAVALLARO (ITA) 72(A) Jean-Michel HALL (ENG) 72(A) Jean RODRIGUEZ (FRA) 72(A) Bernard NEUMAYER (AUT) 72(A)
+1 Simon FERNOUX (FRA) 73(A) Mikiel TCHOBANIAN (ENG) (a) 72(A) Bas SLUNGERS (NED) 73(A) Andrew SCRIMSHAW (ENG) 72(A) Daniel BERNA (ESP) 72(A) Mario LOPEZ (ESP) 72(A) Jaime BENITO (ESP) 73(A)
+2
Sean TOWNDROW (ENG) 73(A) Geoffrey MEURICE (FRA) 74(A) Sebastien GANDON (FRA) 73(A) Phillip KELLY (ENG) 73(A) Steve JONES (ENG) 74(A) Piers BERRINGTON (ENG) 74(A) Javier SAINZ (ESP) 74(A) Joel GIRBAU (ESP) (a) 73(A) Teremoana BEAUCOUSIN (FRA) (a) 74(A) Juan Carlos OSORIO (ESP) 73(A) Louis COHEN BOYER (FRA) 73(A) Tom HAYWARD (ENG) 73(A) Mafredi MANICA (Am) (ITA) (a) 74(A) Marc RODRIGUEZ CALASSOU (FRA) 74(A) 46= +3 Mervin ROCCHI (FRA) 75(A) Matyas BALDAUF (HUN) 74(A) Pier Paolo CUOMO (ITA) (a) 74(A) Cesare TURCHI (ITA) 75(A) Alvaro ARIZABALETA (COL) 74(A)
Ruben VAN UDEN (NED) 74(A) Paul ELISSALDE (FRA) 74(A) Martin FARFAL (FRA) (a) 75(A) Christopher LABADIE (FRA) 74(A) Michael LUDWIG (AUT) 74(A) Grant NEAL (ENG) 74(A) Aaron LEITMANNSTETTER (GER) 75(A) Daniel OSORIO (ESP) 74(A) Arthur GABELLA (SWI) 75(A) Inigo LOPEZ PIZARRO (ESP) (a) 74(A) Linus MANNTZ (SWE) 74(A) Ashley MASON (ENG) 74(A)
+4
Tom COULSON (ENG) 76(A) Jeremy VOISARD (FRA) (a) 75(A) Clement HAUCHARD (FRA) 75(A) Alexandre BOIGONTIER (FRA) (a) 76(A) Gregoire LUCK (FRA) (a) 76(A) Michele ORTOLANI (ITA) 76(A) Hari CHANG (USA) 76(A) Jake AYRES (ENG) 76(A) Alex MESSIQUA (SWI) 75(A) David CAREY (IRL) 75(A) Filippo BERGAMASCHI (ITA) 76(A) Davey PORSIUS (NED) 76(A) Pierre Olivier POCHAT (FRA) (a) 76(A) Kevin ESTEVE (AND) 76(A) Carlo CASALEGNO (ITA) 75(A) Harrison WOAN (ENG) 75(A)
+5
Jeremy MAURIO (FRA) 76(A) Henry SIMPSON (FRA) (a) 76(A) Roberto FRANCIONI (SWI) 77(A) Javier PARADA (ESP) 76(A) Sam TESTELIN (FRA) 76(A) Florian REY (SWI) (a) 76(A) Philip GEERTS (ITA) (a) 77(A) Miguel A. JIMENEZ (ESP) 77(A) Arthur AMEIL-PLANCHIN (SWI) 76(A) Richard GAI (ITA) (a) 76(A) Alexander JACOBSSON (SWE) 77(A) James MYNOTT (ENG) 77(A) Alexandre FRECHE (FRA) (a) 76(A) Andreas TANCRED (SWE) 76(A) Felix SCHULZ (AUT) 77(A) Asaf COHEN (ISR) 76(A) Timon BALTL (AUT) 76(A) Romain VALLAEYS (FRA) (a) 77(A) Benjamin DUCROS (FRA) 76(A) Paul BERKHOUT (NED) 77(A) Edoardo VIZZOTTO (ITA) (a) 77(A) Alex ESMATGES (ESP) 77(A)
+6
Matthew RION (FRA) 77(A) Javier HERRANZ DE CRUZ (ESP) 78(A) Marc DOBIAS (SWI) 78(A) Gary BOITOUR-LAUFERON (FRA) (a) 77(A) Victor MARCHISET (FRA) (a) 77(A) Andrea PICCHIO (ITA) (a) 78(A) Jani HIETANEN (FIN) 78(A) Samuel LAMOTTE (FRA) (a) 77(A) 109= +7
 Ben SMITH (ENG) 79(A) Nicolas ROCHE (FRA) 78(A) Oscar SPOLANDER (SWE) 79(A) Paul NESSLING (ENG) 79(A)
Leonardo SBARIGIA (ITA) 78(A) Alberto FISCO (ITA) 79(A) Alistair CAMERON (ENG) 78(A)
 +8
David SALGADO (ESP) 80(A) Paul CORRADO (FRA) 80(A) Corrado DE STEFANI (ITA) 79(A) Baptiste COURTACHON (FRA) 80(A) Benjamin KEDOCHIM (FRA) 80(A) Victor BERTRAN CROUS (ESP) 79(A)
+9
Blane BREHENY (ENG) 81(A) Ryan RAWSON (ENG) 81(A) Kurt MAYR (AUT) 80(A)
+10
Alessandro STUCCHI (ITA) (a) 82(A) Filippo LOTTI (ITA) 82(A) Gabriel NAVEAU (FRA) (a) 81(A) Ollie ROBERTS (ENG) 81(A) Jaime AGUIAR GONZALEZ (ESP) 81(A) Raphael GINOUVES (FRA) 82(A)
+11
Lucas LEVY (FRA) (a) 83(A) Andrea VERCESI (ITA) 82(A) Louis GAUGHAN (SCO) 83(A) Davide GHISALBERTI (ITA) 82(A) Christophe ROCHUS (BEL) 82(A) Emilio PARODI (ARG) 82(A)
+12
Issa NLAREB A AMANG (CMR) 83(A) Sean DENNY (IRL) 84(A) James ASHFIELD (ENG) 84(A) 140 +13 Adrien PINGUET (FRA) 85(A)
+14
Christian KUEHNEL (BEL) 86(A) Guglielmo BRAVETTI (ITA) 85(A)

Henri JOUAN (FRA) retired
Simon BRYAN (Ireland) disqualified
 

Troon International links up with new Donald

 

Steel course at Digana, Sri Lanka

 

 

Troon International Press Release  

Troon International, the leader in upscale golf course management, development and marketing, is pleased to announce its latest appointment; to provide golf club operations and marketing services to Victoria Golf and Country Resort, a Donald Steel-designed 18-hole championship masterpiece in Digana, Sri Lanka. Opened in 1998, the course blends the rolling landscape and undulating hillsides with natural outcrops of rock, epitomising the beauty of Sri Lanka.

 

Image: Aerial view of Victoria Golf and Country Resort with views of Victoria Reservoir

  

Leader in upscale golf course management strikes partnership with Victoria Golf and Country Resort, Sri Lanka

Troon International to provide golf club operations and marketing services at the Donald Steel-designed layout

The company’s team of experts will allow Victoria Golf and Country Resort to provide visitors a consistent quality offering

Rated among the 100 Most Beautiful Golf Courses in the World, Victoria epitomises the beauty of Sri Lanka

Image: Stunning view of Victoria Reservoir with forest and mountainous backdrop

 

	MADDY PEARCE SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE M: +44 (0) 7823 346380 T: +44 (0) 1276 804625 W: Performance54.com