HALL GOES INTO SECOND DAY WITH ONE -SHOT LEAD

Ben Hall, TSR Recruitment, holds a one-shot lead going into the second round of The World Snooker Jessie May golf championship at Donnington Grove after day one. 

Hall had an unblemished round of 65 with seven birdies to stand one clear of Dongwon Kim (Team R&E) who posted a card of 66, six under in a round that also included seven birdies.

Luke Cornford, Cooden Beach Golf Club sits one back from Kim on five under after five birdies and an eagle. 

Leaderboard | Round 2 times

Michael Saunders (Dartford Golf Club), Thomas Curtis (Pannal Golf Club), Mikael Lundberg (Lumine Golf Club), Dan Brown (Romanby Golf Club) and Scott Fallon (North Middlesex Golf Club) all went four deep through their opening rounds. 

 Eleven players all recorded scores of three under, tied for fifth going into their second rounds. Notable rounds came from Harry Konig, Tiverton Golf Club Snug Earphones, with a clean card and three birdies. Tim Rice from Limerick Golf Club recovered from back to back bogies on the front nine to finish on three under. 

Mike Bedford, Bramhall Park Golf Club, hit a hole in one on the seventeenth par 3 to finish his day one on under. Bedford spoke to the PGA EuroPro Tour after where he explained it was only his second ever hole in one in his career and the first one in ten years. 

 

Title-holder Attoe makes flying start to

 

senior men's open title defence

 

Defending champion Ian Attoe launched his defence of the English Senior Men’s Open with a superb six-under 65 at Holme Hall Golf Club, Lincolnshire.

He leads by two from Mark Stones of Boyce Hill, Essex, with another six players also beating par on the opening day of the championship.

“It was a perfect round of golf, I’ve never had one like it,” said Attoe, from Worplesdon Golf Club in Surrey.

His bogey free round started with a pair of birdies and he played the more difficult back nine in four-under 30, signing off with his sixth birdie of the day on the 18^th.

His score is just one shot off the course record of 64, held by England Golf Championship Director, James Crampton.

“I holed a couple of crucial five-footers for par,” said Attoe, who won this championship in 2015, as well as last year. “I only hit one poor shot all day, my second into the par five 9^th, and I putted well, which I haven’t been doing.

“I was a bit apprehensive coming into today, but under the pressure it all went beautifully and I am really pleased.”

Attoe was one of eight players to beat par in the first round of the championship, which is being contested by 288 competitors at both Holme Hall and Elsham Golf Clubs.

Closest to him is Mark Boyce on 67 while Adrian Firman, from Peterborough Milton, returned three-under 68, both playing at Holme Hall.

On 69 is Paul Wharton (Woodhall Spa), who had an eagle two on the first hole at Elsham; and Tim Whittaker (Beaconsfield) who played in the most blustery of the conditions at Holme Hall.

“Both the clubs have been incredible,” said Whittaker. “They’re so welcoming. They’ve both been brilliant in the way they’ve prepared the courses and they are playing very nicely.”

Also under par, on 70, are Lancashire’s Bryan Hughes (Hesketh) – a past British Senior Champion – and Ian Crowther (Royal Lytham & St Annes); and John Coupe (Canterbury, Kent).

A group of four players shot level par, including last year’s runner-up. Rich Jones, from Rotherham, Yorkshire, who lost to Attoe in a play-off.

The day produced two holes in one. Glynn Catterall (Rowlands Castle, Hampshire) used a six-iron for his shot to the 160-yard 13^th at Holme Hall. Steve Toyne, a past winner of the Australian Senior Match Play Championship, had his ace on the 162-yard sixth at Elsham.

After tomorrow’s second round the field will be cut to the leading 80 players and ties who qualify for the final day’s play at Holme Hall.

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Elaine Moffat secures another Scottish Senior Women's Open title

Defending champion Elaine Moffat picked up where she left off on Day 1 as she secured the 36-hole stroke-play title at this year’s Scottish Senior Women’s Open Championship at Edzell.
A solid round of 76 in reasonable conditions saw her finish +2 overall and record a two-shot victory over Aileen Baker of Crail.    Baker posted the best round of the day, 75, to finish on +4 overall. 
Despite finishing strongly, playing her last seven holes in -1, she couldn’t quite close the gap on Moffat and had to settle for a runner-up finish.   Speaking to Scottish Golf about her strokeplay victory, Moffat said,
“It’s amazing, it’s still sinking in but it’s a really nice feeling.  It was a hard game of golf and I was really aware that I needed to stay focussed.  There was definitely added pressure starting the day with the lead, but in a good way; it made me stay on my toes. 
"I didn’t play my best, but I made good decisions and I’m pleased to have got through it. It’s something I’ve not won before so it’s lovely to have that under my belt.  I’m going to enjoy the moment. I have to thank my coach Mike Rae who has been key in helping me to achieve this.”
 On regrouping for the start of the match-play tomorrow, Moffat continued, “I’ll go home, get all the gear sorted out and once I’ve done that I’ll just try and rest up and get my brain back in the right mode for another day on the golf course.”
 Moffat’s nearest challengers at the start of the day, Sandra Jackson of Royal Dornoch and Alison Davidson of Stirling, fell away on day 2, both shooting +8.  Both players will now look to regroup going into the knock-out stages.
 Last year’s beaten finalist, Sheena Wood, recovered from an opening round of 84 to make the matchplay with a solid second round of 78, keeping her hopes of going one better than last year alive. The biggest leaderboard climb of the day belonged to Murrayfield’s Caroline Steedman, who bounced back from a first round 85 to shoot 76 today and finish in the top 16, having started the day in a tie for 34th. 
The tournament will now move to the knock-out stages where the top 16 scratch scores will progress to the match-play, starting tomorrow morning with the cut falling at +14 after the stroke-play.  The top 16 net scores from the rest of the field will also now compete in the net match-play.

SCOREBOARD
par 148 (2x74) SSS 72 CSS 74 75
150 E Moffat (St Regulus) 74 76
152 A Baker (Crail GS) 77 75
156 M Smith (Tain) 79 77
157 S Jackson (Royal Dornoch) 75 82, A Davidson (Stirling) 75 82.
158 D Jackson (Troon Ladies) 82 76, E Stewart (Greenburn) 80 78, I McKean (Cottesmore) 80 78.
160 S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 82 78, L McKinlay (Dunnikier Park) 81 79
161 C W Steedman (Murrayfield) 85 76, F Miller (Carnoustie Caledonia) 84 77. J Bryans (Harburn) 82 79 K Knight (Pitlochry) 80 81, E Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) 79 82.
162 A Hay (Edzell) 85 77, G Kyle (East Renfrewshire) 81 81, L Lloyd (Hayston) 80 82, F Hay (Grange and Broughty) 78 84
163 M Hughes (Lanark) 86 77
164 M Wardrop (Turnhouse) 86 78, H Anderson (Blairgowrie) 85 79, A Ryan (Tain) 83 81, S MacLeod (Deeside) 83 81.
165 B S Biggart (North Berwick) 86 79, W Nicholson (Baberton) 84 81, J Brown (Monifieth) 83 82
166 C Capocci (Bridge of Allan) 74 72, D Watson (Leven GS) 83 83, F Scott (Bothwell Castle) 82 84, K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 80 86
168 A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 87 81, L Graham (Carnoustie Ladies) 85 83
170 K Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 90 80, L Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) 88 82.
Other scores included:
178 L Urquhart (Banchory) 88 90.
180 M Finnie (Aberdeen Ladies) 92 88
184 S MacVicar (Nairn) 94 90.
185 S Chillas (Panmure) 95 90
186 M Adam (Hazlehead) 97 89
189 C Dingwall (Muir of Ord) 92 97
190 L Terry (Cruden Bay) 92 98
191 M Barr (Nairn) 98 93
192 J Petrie (Panmure) 92 100
193 S Campbell (Muir of Ord) 98 85
197 A Freeman (Panmure) 97 100
201 J Clark (Edzell) 101 100
204 P Morrison (Muir of Ord) 102 102, I Chapman (Forfar) 101 103
221 C Mackay (Muir of Ord) 110 111
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FORSYTH WINS NORTHERN OPEN BY THREE

 Northern Open OOM at Newmachar GC

FINAL TOTALS AND PRIZEMONEY

PAR 144   (2x72)     Alastair Forsyth, title-winner in 1999, scored his second success in the Northern  Open at Newmachar GC today. In a Tartan Tour event reduced to 36 holes, he won the £1,000 first prize with an 11-under-par total of 133                                 My Leaderboard

Pos	Nat	Player	Total							Prize Fund
Full Leaderboard
1		Alastair Forsyth   Mearns Castle Golf Academy	-11			65	68	133		£1,000
2		Graham Fox   Clydeway Golf	-8			67	69	136		£800
3		Paul O'Hara   North Lanarkshire Leisure	-7			70	67	137		£680
4		Greig Hutcheon   Torphins Golf Club	-6			67	71	138		£560
T5		Cameron Marr   Musselburgh Golf Club	-5			68	71	139		£400
T5		Chris Kelly   Scotland for Golf	-5	F		64	75	139		£400
T7		Will Porter (amateur)   Carnoustie Club	-4	F		72	68	140		£0
T7		Christopher Currie   Erskine Golf Club	-4	F	-1	69	71	140		£275
T7		Ross Cameron   Saltire Energy	-4	F	-1	69	71	140		£275
T10		Craig Lee   Craig Lee Golf Studio	-3	F	-3	72	69	141		£200
T10		Jason McCreadie   Largs Golf Club	-3	F	E	69	72	141		£200
T12		Patrick McKenna   Peterculter Golf Club	-2	F	-3	73	69	142		£165
T12		Ian Graham   Crow Wood Golf Club	-2	F	+1	69	73	142		£165
T14		James McGhee   Swanston Golf Club	-1	F	-2	73	70	143		£139
T14		Marc Owenson   Gullane Golf Club	-1	F	-2	73	70	143		£139
T14		Christopher Curran   Bathgate Golf Club	-1	F	-1	72	71	143		£139
T14		Kris Nicol   Dunes Golf Centre	-1	F	+1	70	73	143		£139
T18		Scott Henderson   Kings Links Golf Centre	E	F	+1	71	73	144		£122
T18		Graham Forbes   Mearns Castle Golf Academy	E	F	+3	69	75	144		£122
T20		Greg Dalziel   Scott Clelland Golf Technology	+1	F	-2	75	70	145		£75
T20		Christopher Lamb (amateur)   Newmachar	+1	F	-1	74	71	145		£0
T20		Steven O'Hara   North Lanarkshire Leisure	+1	F	+2	71	74	145		£75
T20		Keir McNicoll   Carnoustie Golf Links	+1	F	+2	71	74	145		£75
T24		Michael Patterson   Williamwood Golf Club	+2	F	-2	76	70	146		£0
T24		Christopher McMaster   Downfield Golf Club	+2	F	+1	73	73	146		£0
T24		Greg McBain   Newmachar Golf Club	+2	F	+3	71	75	146		£0
T24		Robert Arnott   Bishopbriggs Golf Range	+2	F	+4	70	76	146		£0
T24		Mark Rae (amateur)   Newmachar	+2	F	+4	70	76	146		£0
T24		Alasdair McDonald   Dunnikier Park Golf Club	+2	F	+5	69	77	146		£0
T30		Fraser Johnston   Longniddry Golf Club	+3	F	-1	76	71	147		£0
T30		Thomas Higson Gleneagles Hotel	+3	F	+3	72	75	147		£0
T30		Stephen Gray   Lanark Golf Club	+3	F	+3	72	75	147		£0
T30		Graeme McDougall   Bishopbriggs Golf Club	+3	F	+3	72	75	147		£0
T30		Kamran Zeynalov   Portlethen Golf Club	+3	F	+5	70	77	147		£0
T35		Ross Munro   Golfclubs4cash	+5	F	-1	78	71	149		£0
T35		James Dick   Duddingston Golf Club	+5	F	+5	72	77	149		£0
T37		Scott Gillies   North Berwick Golf Club	+6	F	-1	79	71	150		£0
T37		Stewart Savage   Dalmuir Golf Club	+6	F	+2	76	74	150		£0
T37		Fraser McKenna   Caldwell Golf Club	+6	F	+2	76	74	150		£0
T37		Andrew Thomson   Airdrie Golf Club	+6	F	+5	73	77	150		£0
41		Calum Nairn   Prestwick St Nicholas G.C.	+7	F	+5	74	77	151		£0
42		Norman Huguet   Musselburgh Golf Club	+8	F	+6	74	78	152		£0
43		Murray Urquhart   Nairn Golf Club	+9	F	+6	75	78	153		£0
T44		Jordan Brown   Drumoig Golf Centre	+10	F	+6	76	78	154		£0
T44		Fraser Clarke   Kings Links Golf Centre	+10	F	+6	76	78	154		£0
T44		Craig Goodwin   Affordable Golf	+10	F	+7	75	79	154		£0
T47		Heather MacRae   Stirling Golf Club	+11	F	+2	81	74	155		£0
T47		Neil Cameron   Blairgowrie Golf Club	+11	F	+2	81	74	155		£0
T47		Anthony O'Donnell   Largs Golf Club	+11	F	+6	77	78	155		£0
T47		Paul McGhee   Royal Burgess Golfing Society	+11	F	+7	76	79	155		£0
T47		Thomas Ogilvie   Dukes Course St Andrews	+11	F	+7	76	79	155		£0
T52		Ross McConnachie   Peterculter Golf Club	+12	F	+6	78	78	156		£0
T52		Sean Burgess   Nairn Golf Club	+12	F	+7	77	79	156		£0
T54		Graeme Greer   Lanark Golf Club	+13	F	+4	81	76	157		£0
T54		Andrew Hutchison   Douglas Park Golf Club	+13	F	+5	80	77	157		£0
T54		Keith Grant   Royal Aberdeen Golf Club	+13	F	+6	79	78	157		£0
T54		Cameron Grant   Kings Links Golf Centre	+13	F	+7	78	79	157		£0
58		Alan Stuart   Paul Lawrie Golf Centre	+14	F	+8	78	80	158		£0
59		Alan Duncan   AD Golf Promotions	+15	F	+15	72	87	159		£0
60		Paul Doherty   No1 JGA Ltd	+16	F	+7	81	79	160		£0
61		Fraser Kane   Eastwood Golf Club	+19	F	+14	77	86	163		£0
62		Craig Gordon   Braid Hills Golf Range	+21	F	+7	86	79	165		£0
63		Scott Rose   Wellsgreen Golf Range	+23	F	+11	84	83	167		£0
64		Andrew Pillans   Banchory Golf Club	+26	F	+12	86	84	170		£0
65		Euan MacDonald   Gullane Golf Club	+29	F	+16	85	88	173		£0