Carmen (14) leads Aberdeenshire qualifiers at Banchory

Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne), only 14 years old, is the leading qualifier for the match-play stages of the Aberdeenshire women's county golf championship at Banchory Golf Club this weekend.

With birdies at the second, 10th and 13th in halves of 36, Carmen headed the 16 qualifiers today with a one-over-par 72, which matched the CSS. She will play Lynne Tough (Auchmill) in the first tie off the tee at 9.30am on Saturday morning. The scratch quarter-finals will be contested in the afternoon from 2.30 at 10min intervals.
Last year's county champion, Molly Stewart (Murcar Links), now a student at St Andrews University, was unable to play in the qualifying round because of her studies.

SCRATCH QUALIFIERS
72 C Griffiths (Aboyne)
76 J Lees (Westhill), G Christie (Banchory), C Prouse (Hazlehead).
77 V Thom (Kemnay)
78 S Leslie (Murcar Links).
79 K Guthrie (Inverurie).
80 G Mackenzie (Banchory), S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies).
81 R Polson (Kemnay), C Wilson (Murcar Links).
82 F Pennie (Kemnay), K Stalker (Cruden Bay).
83 F Campbell (McDonald Ellon), S Macleod (Deeside), L Tough (Auchmill).

+Picture of Carmen Griffiths at Banchory by Laura McLardy.

SCRATCH MATCH-PLAY DRAW
FIRST ROUND
(Saturday, 10min intervals)                                                                       
9.30  Griffiths v Tough, Wood v Mackenzie, Thom v Pennie.
10.0 Stalker v Prouse, Christie v Campbell, Wilson v Leslie.
10.30 Guthrie v Polson, Macleod v Lees.

QUARTER-FINALS at 2.30, 2.40, 2.50, 3.0.

HANDICAP QUALIFIERS
72 C Eakin (Aboyne) (16)
73 L Mutch (Meldrum House) (26), S Davies (Aboyne) (16), V Neish (Murcar Links) (16).
75 M Adam (Hazlehead) (10).
76 M Finnie (Aberdeen Ladies) (11)
77 E Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) (6), P Fraser (Peterculter) (14).

MATCH-PLAY DRAW
QUARTER-FINALS
10min intervals
10.50 Eakin v Fraser, Adam v Neish, Davies v Finnie, Whyte v Mutch.

SEMI-FINALS at 3.10 and 3.20

PGA LAUNCH NEW PRO-AM WITH SENIOR AMATEUR PARTNERS PGA NEWS RELEASE

A new pro-am competition sponsored by Staysure, the insurance specialists for over 50s, is offering PGA professionals and an amateur partner the chance to play at some of Great Britain and Ireland’s finest courses. Known as the Staysure PGA Trophy, the competition carries a £30,000 prize fund and will be contested by PGA pros and a male or female amateur partner aged 50 or over. Seven regional qualifiers, played across Great Britain and Ireland, will determine the pairs taking part in the Grand Final from July 31 to August 1 at the London Golf Club near Sevenoaks, Kent. Maxstoke Park, on the fringe of Birmingham, will host the first qualifier on Tuesday May 22 and the final place will be decided at Kings Hill, Kent on July 16. There will also be qualifiers staged in Scotland and Ireland. The final will be contested before the Staysure Seniors Championship at the London Golf Club and the winning pro will earn £7,500. Dozens of prizes will also be up for grabs for amateurs.

Brun burns it up to lead   Spanish Challenge   EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS A blistering run of five birdies in six holes which produced a six-under-par score of 66 catapulted Julien Brun into the Challenge de España lead on Day Two at Izki Golf. Much like the opening day, the conditions were cold and windy in Urturi with all players being forced to battle the elements from dawn until dusk. But, for Frenchman Brun, a red-hot run of birdies in the middle of his round propelled him up the leaderboard and secured top spot at the halfway stage on nine under par 135. Overnight leader Cormac Sharvin teed it up in the first group of the day but after pulling away from the rest of the field in his opening round, the Northern Irishman found it trickier on Day Two. He posted a three over par 75 but still sits well within the mix going into the weekend, such was the pattern of scoring on a challenging day in northern Spain. Nicolai Von Dellingshausen, Oscar Lengden and Matt Ford all sit one shot behind second-placed Meronk on six under par, whilst Dutchman Wil Besseling is sixth on five under par. A group of five players – Cormac Sharvin, Niklas Lemke, Joel Sjöholm, Jack Senior and Gary Stal – share seventh position on four under par going into the weekend. Scores after round two: par 144 (2x72) 135 J Brun (Fra) 69 66 137 A Meronk (Pol) 67 70 138 N Von Dellingshausen (Ger) 67 71, M Ford (Eng) 71 67, O Lengden (Swe) 69 69 139 W Besseling (Ned) 69 70 140 J Sjöholm (Swe) 70 70, N Lemke (Swe) 71 69, C Sharvin (NIr) 65 75, G Stal (Fra) 71 69, J Senior (Eng) 70 70 141 L Nemecz (Aust)ria 73 68, N Johansson (Swe) 71 70, P Barjon (Fra) 70 71, C Braeunig (Ger) 69 72, R Sciot-Siegrist (Fra) 72 69, J Pastor (Spn) 68 73, R Enoch (Wales) 69 72, J Doherty (Sco) 73 68, R Langasque (Fra) 72 69, C Feldborg Nielsen (Swe) 71 70 142 J Quesne (Fra) 69 73, S Khan (Eng) 72 70, M Hoey (Nir) 71 71, J Maw (Eng) 74 68, J Huldahl (Denmark) 72 70, A Rozner (Fra) 70 72, E Goya (Arg) 69 73, N Geyger (Chile) 70 72, R McGee (Ire) 72 70, C Mivis (Belgium) 71 71, A Knappe (Ger) 73 69 143 P Mejow (Ger) 72 71, D Berna Manzanares (Spn) 72 71, P Angles (Spn 70 73, R Santos (Portugal) 71 72, R McGowan (Eng) 72 71, R Van West (Netherlands) 70 73, M Kim (Kor) 70 73, H Joannes (Bel) 75 68, B Parker (Eng) 75 68, R McEvoy (Eng) 73 70 144 B Virto (Spn) 71 73, V Perez (Fra) 72 72, P Maddy (Eng) 72 72, J Hansen (Denmark) 72 72, T Linard (Fra) 71 73, F Bergamaschi (Ita) 71 73, A Tadini (Ita) 74 70, D Boote (Wales) 71 73, A Chapman (Eng) 78 66, D Borda (Spn) 70 74, J Van Der Vaart (Netherlands) 75 69, M Galiano Aguilar (Spn) 71 73 145 M Haastrup (Denmark) 74 71, J Adams (Eng) 73 72, F Aguilar (Chile) 74 71, A Arnaus (Spn) 73 72, P Erofejeff (Finland) 70 75, M Gradecki (Poland) 70 75, B Hellgren (Swe) 73 72, E De La Riva (Spn) 76 69, R De Sousa (Switz) 72 73, S Tarrio Ben (Spn) 73 72, T Santos Silva (Portugal) 74 71, H Leon (Chile) 74 71, M Lundberg (Swe) 73 72, P Figueiredo (Portugal) 76 69, X Gorospe (Spn) (am) 73 72 146 E España (Fra) 74 72, B Eccles (Aus) 72 74, S Manley (Wales) 74 72, P Howard (Eng) 71 75, J Singh Brar (Eng) 71 75, M Fenasse (Fra) 74 72, J Sainz (Spn) 76 70, K Samooja (Finland) 72 74, N Møller (Den) 72 74, I Cantero Gutierrez (Spn) 76 70, Å Nilsson (Swe) 74 72, V Østerby (Denmark) 75 71, J Caldwell (NIre) 74 72, J Rutherford (Eng) 73 73, Ó Serna (Mexico) 76 70, J McDonald (Sco) 74 72, M Trappel (Austria) 72 74, J Girrbach (Switz) 71 75, A Garcia-Heredia (Spn) 73 73 147 T Tree (Eng) 72 75, J Sarasti (Spn) 74 73, S Gregory (Eng) 75 72, K Koivu (Finland) 76 71, B Stow (Eng) 71 76, V Riu (Fra) 75 72, C O'Rourke (Ire) 73 74, J Lando Casanova (Fra) 75 72, B Evans (Eng) 76 71, R Davies (Wales) 73 74 148 E Di Nitto (Ita) 69 79, A Wennstam (Swe) 76 72, J Davidson (Wales) 74 74, M Lampert (Ger) 72 76, S Henry (Sco) 72 76, R Roussel (Fra) 72 76, K Johannessen (Nor) 73 75 149 S Garcia Rodriguez (Spn) 73 76, A Velasco (Spn) 77 72, S Matus (Czech) 77 72, E Cuartero Blanco (Spn) 71 78, D Foos (Ger) 76 73, B Ritthammer (Ger) 77 72, S Einhaus (Ger) 79 70, J Segurola (Spn) 76 73, A Plant (Eng) 75 74, M Ovesen (Denmark) 78 71, K Hesbois (Belgium) 73 76, C Koerbler (Austria) 76 73, R Hjelm (Denmarl) 76 73 150 P Valasek (Slovakia) 75 75, E Ferguson (Sco) 77 73, T Murray (Eng) 77 73, D Perrier (Fra) 77 73, F Laporta (Ita) 71 79, D Stewart (Sco) 76 74, C Doak (Sco) 76 74, 151 L Van Meijel (Netherlands) 77 74, M Iten (Switz) 73 78, G Migliozzi (Ita) 76 75, A Boasson (Iceland) 75 76 152 U Coussaud (Fra) 78 74, C Del Moral (Spn) 76 76, N Marsh (Eng) 75 77, J Munro (Australia) 78 74, J Arnoy (Norway) 79 73 153 D Van Driel (Netherlands) 79 74, K McClatchie (SAf 78 75, J Hilleard (Eng) 76 77, M Ludwig (Austria) 76 77, J Marin (Spn7 76, O Stark (Swe) 78 75  154 J Galbraith (NIre) 76 78, J Carlota (Portugal) 73 81, D Huizing (Netherlands) 75 79, B Hafthorsson (Iceland) 75 79, F Maccario (Ita) 77 77, G King (Eng) 76 78 155 M Søgaard (Denmark) 77 78, B Karatas (Turkey) 75 80 157 A Altuntas (Turkey) 77 80 158 L Robinson (Eng) 79 79 160 J Carlsson (Swe) 78 82  161 L Ruuska (Fin) 84 77 162 J Cafourek (Czech) 80 82 ** S Dyson (Eng) 75 RT, M Schmitt (Ger) 80 WD, D Law (Sco) 73 retired

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Paul Lawrie v Thomas Bjorn in Farmfoods
nine-hole challenge match

Paul Lawrie's opponent in this year's Farmfoods sponsored challenge match will be Europe's Ryder Cup captain, Thomas Bjorn.
The nine-hole match at the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre on the South Deeside Road, Aberdeen will be played on Monday, July 16, teeing off at 1pm.
Entry is free for spectators and there will be no charge for car parking.

Fairhaven Trophies tournament Day 1 scores

Individual Round 1 scores
BOYS
67 (leads) T Mayer (Germany)
68 B Brown (England)
69 C Gough (England)

SCOTS' SCORES
73 A O'Hagan (Old Ranfurly)
74 C Scott (Nairn), G Dalziel (Airdrie)
76 J Broun (Ayr Belleisle)
78 H Austin (Loretto)
79 L Irvine (Kirkhill), J Roberts (Muckhart)  
80 L Gillies (Nairn)
86 L Bryce-Maynard (Moray)

GIRLS
72 (leads) K Junkkari (Finlan)

SCOTS' GIRLS SCORES
73 L Duncan (West Kilbride)
76 A McKay (Crail)
77 M Ashley (Strathmore)

Kemnay's Kirsty wins Silver Division by six shots at Edzell

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Kirsty Livingstone (Kemnay) won the Silver Division of the Revive Active Scottish Women's Regional Medal North Final at Edzell by six shots with a splendid gross round of 67, seven under and eight below the CSS.
Joint runners-up on 73 were Katherine Emeleus (Hazlehead), Jane Tough (Brechin) and Angela Joss (Alford).
In the Bronze Division, the No 1 position was shared on the 72 mark by Annie Cameron (Craibstone) and Moria Whyte (Forfar).
LEADING SCORES
Par 74. SSS 72. CSS 75
SILVER DIVISION
67 K Livinstone (Kemnay).
73 K Emeleus (Hazlehead), J Tough (Brechin), A Joss (Alford).
75 R Campbell (Taymouth Castle).
76 A Bartlett (Royal Dornoch), S Low (McDonald Ellon), L Vincent (Insch).
77 K Birnie (Cruden Bay)
78 V Henderson (Downfield), J Yellowlees (Murrayshall), S Ramsay (Edzell), A Jackson (Panmure).
79 S Fisken (Broomieknowe), A J Graham (Deeside), V Buchan (Inverallochy), D Watson (Ladybank).
BRONZE DIVISION
72 A Cameron (Craibstone), M Whyte (Forfar)
74 L Lorimer (Duff House Royal), L Galloway (Canmore)
76 R Muschamp (Royal Dornoch).
77 J Guthriew (Inverurie), R Adam (Cullen).'
78 T Yule (Kirriemuir), S Joss (Alford), J Fraser (Dunning), P Kirkpatrick (Arbroath Artisan).
79 K Halliday (Ladybank).

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Kelsey and Laura in top 20 in Switzerland with 69s

Kelsey Macdonald from Nairn and Alford's Laura Murray (Kippie Lodge) were sharing 16th place in a field of 132 players at the end of the first day of the LET Access Series' tournament, the VP Bank Ladies Open, at Gams-Werdenberg Golf Club, Switzerland.
They both shot three-under-par 69s to be seven behind the French leader, Arian Provot.

LEADERBOARD
par 72
62 A Provot (Fra)
63 C Alonso (Spn)
66 C Leurquin (Ger)

SCOTS' SCORES
69 K Macdonald, L Murray (T16)
71 J Turner (T35)
75 H MacRae (T88)

Ian Morrison wins Super Seniors' Spring Meeting

by two shots at Ballater

Royal Aberdeen's Ian Morrison overtook the first-round joint leaders, Alistair Fiddes (Murcar Links) and Billy Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox), with a fine second-round score of 71 at Ballater for a 36-hole aggregate of 144 to win the Scottish Senior Golf Society's Super Seniors (over 65 years) spring meeting by two strokes today .

Ian had been a shot off the pace overnight with a first-round 73 at Aboyne. Jim Kinloch (Cardross) and Erskine were joint runners-up on 146,

In the handicap section there were joint winners. David Millar (St Andrews New) (6)  and David Nelson (Aboyne) (8) both returned net totals of 135. Millar had the lowest gross (71) and net (65) scores on the  second day, beating the CSS by two shots.

Next Super Seniors event is at Stirling Golf Club on June 28 and 29.

 

SCOTTISH SENIOR GOLF SOCIETY SUPER SENIORS' SPRING MEETING

Aboyne and Ballater Golf Clubs.

TOTALS

Par 68, CSS 69 (Round 1), Par 67, CSS 67 (Round 2)

Aboyne scores first

SCRATCH

144 I Morrison (Royal Aberdeen) 73 71

146 J Kinloch (Cardross) 73 73, W Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox) 72 74

147 D Millar (St Andrews New) 76 71.

148 I Dickson (Lundin) 73 75, A Laird (Deeside), 75 73, G Doig (Southerness) 75 73.

149 A Fiddes (Murcar Links) 72 77, R Stewart (Tulliallian) 74 75

150 P Tomisson (Nairn) 74 76

151 D Nelson (Aboyne) 76 75

152 D Wilson (St Andrews New) 79 73

153 J Watt (Edzell) 76 77

154 R Lawson (R and A) 78 76

155 P Hardwick (Newbattle) 80 75

156 D Smith (Stirling) 78 79, N Forster (Royal Aberdeen) 77 79 , B Grieve (King James VI) 82 74

157 A W Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 78 79, W Morton (Dunbar) 81 76

162 F Sharp (Boat of Garten) 81 81.

163 A K Pirie (Hazlehead) 82 81.

166 D Greenhalgh (Newmachar) 85 81, F G Gray (Newmachar) 85 81, J Russell (Goose Creek) 89 77.

168 A Hogg (Stirling) 85 83, G Wilson (Kemnay) 83 85

174 N Chisholm (Kemnay) 83 91.

Withdrew: P Kinloch (Cardross) 76, D McQuade (Glenbervie) 83

LEADING HANDICAP

135 D Millar (St Andrews New) (6) 70 65, D Nelson (Aboyne) (8) 68 67

136 I Morrison (Royal Aberdeen) (4) 69 67, J Kinloch (Cardross) 68 68, I Dickson (Lundin) (6) 67 69, A Laird (Deeside) (6) 69 66.

138 G Doig (Southerness) (5) 70 68

139 A Fiddes (Murcar Links) (5) 67 72
140 D Wilson (St Andrews New) (6) 73 67
142 R Lawson (R and A) (6) 72 70, P Tomisson (Nairn) (4) 70 72, W Erskine (Kilsyth Lennox) (2) 70 72
144 D Smith (Stirling) (6) 72 72, N Fraser (Royal Aberdeen) (6) 71 73, D Greenhalgh (St Andrews New) (11) 75 69, A Hogg (Stirling) (12) 73 71
145 A W Wallace (Prestwick St Cuthbert) (6) 72 73, R Stewart (Tulliallan) (2) 72 73
146 G Wilson (Kemnay) (11) 72 74
147 P Hardwick (Newbattle) (4) 76 71, J Watt (Edzell) (3) 73 74
148 B Grieve (King James VI) (4) 78 70, F Sharp (Boat of Garten) (7) 74 74
149 W Morton (Dunbar) (4) 77 72
150 N Chisholm (Kemnay) (12) 71 79, F Gordon Gray (Newmachar) (7) 77 73
151 A K Pirie (Hazlehead) (6) 76 75

 

 

Ronnie MacAskill set to bow out at Royal

Aberdeen after Amateur ch/ship in June


FROM TODAY'S PRESS AND JOURNAL
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club's director of golf, Ronnie MacAskill, is stepping down after 43 years at the Balgownie Links club.

The Alness-born 64-year-old will continue in his position until after the British amateur championship which is behind held at Royal Aberdeen and Murcar Links from June 18 to 23.
MacAskill said: "I will still be here for the Amateur championship and thern moving on sometime after that.
"I am not retiring but I have been at Royal Aberdeen for 43 years as professional, secretary and then director of golf.
"I started at Royal Aberdeen as a professional at 21. I have covered all the posts and it feels like the right time for a change.
"I have been here since 1975 so I have seen a lot of changes at the club. I believe I am the longest serving member of staff in the club's history.
"We hosted the Walker Cup in 2011 and the Scottish Open in 2014 and now we have the Amateur championship coming up next month.
"It has been an exciting time and great to see the club riding high in the top bracket of world golf."

Paul O'Hara wins again on Tartan Tour with a 66 

at Turnberry Ailsa

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Paul O'Hara scored yet another win on the Tartan Tour with a score of five-under-par 66 to lead the individual pro returns in the Ayrshire Hospice pro-am over the Ailsa Course at Trump Turnberry.
He won by one stroke from Gareth Wright (West Linton) with Grantown-on-Spey's Gavin Hay, now playing out of Mearns Castle Golf Academy, posting a late 68 to take third place. 
Hay birdied the first, fifth, seventh, ninth and 10th but dropped shots at ther 13th and 16th in halves of 31-37.
Greig Hutcheon (Paul Lawrie Golf Centre) finished fourth with a 71.
The teams led by professionals Ross Leeds and David Fleming headed the pro-am returns with scores of 61 apiece

ALL THE PRO SCORES

1	Paul O'Hara  North Lanarkshire Leisure Ltd	-5	66	66
2	Gareth Wright  West Linton Golf Club	-4	67	67
3	Gavin Hay  Mearns Castle Golf Academy	-3	68	68
4	Mark Hillson  St Andrews for Golf	-1	70	70
5	Greig Hutcheon  Paul Lawrie Golf Centre	E	71	71
T6	Ross Leeds  Archerfield Links	+1	72	72
T6	Iain McNab  Trump Turnberry Resort	+1	72	72
8	Alastair Forsyth  Mearns Castle Golf Academy	+3	74	74
T9	David Fleming  Prestwick Golf Club	+5	76	76
T9	Grant Gilmour  Kilwinning Sports Club	+5	76	76
11	Robert Arnott  Bishopbriggs Golf Range	+6	77	77

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Shannon McWilliam disappoints in Welsh stroke-play

Curtis Cup selection Sophie Lamb leads the quality field at the end of the first round of the Welsh women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Aberdovey Golf Club.
She shot a four-under-par 69 to lead by one from Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) and Emily Toy (Carlyon Bay).
Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) is joint fourth overnight with a 71 while Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) is also in the top 10 with a par-matching 73.
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne), also a member of the GB and I team for the Curtis Cup match in New York State next month, had a disappointing round of 74. She was going well with only 34 shots to the turn but then had a double bogey 6 at the 14th and another 6 at the 15th to come home in 40 and share 15th place

WELSH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
ABERDOVEY GOLF CLUB.
LEADERBOARD
par 73. SSS 77. CSS 76
69 S Lamb (Clitheroe)
70 C Goadby (St Regulus), E Toy (Carlyon Bay)
71 H McCook (Grantown on Spey), C McGinty (Knowle)
72 A Collis (Letchworth), L E Jones (Wrexham)
73 E Briggs (Kilmacolm), P Grant (Lisburn), H Llewellyn (The Valey), L Hillier (Newport, Gwent), D Harrey (The Vale), M Lewis (St George's Hill).
OTHER SCOTS:
74 J Saxton (Muckhart), S McWilliam (Aboyne).
76 J Mackintosh (Hazlehead) (T29)
84 K Beveridge (Aboyne) (T60)
Field of 64 players
 
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