Elliot Saltman seven shots off the
-
pace on Hi5 Pro Tour last day
-
FROM THE SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR WEBSITE
Local Spaniard Ignacio Sanchez Palencia is the co leader on five-under-par 139 alongside Swedens Bjorn Pettersson after day two of the Hi5 Pro Tour's Altorreal Open.
Ignacio played a two-under-par 70 to close the gap on Round 1 leader, Bjorn Pettersson in almost perfect scoring conditions.
Close on their heels going into the final round in joint third position are England's Alex Belt , Sweden's Fredrick Hammarberg , Iceland's Stefan Mar Stefansson and Spain's Dani Alonso.
Just one shot further back are current order of merit leader Matt Evans (66 low round of the day), last week's Senior winner Gary Wolstenholme (pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency), this week playing off the back tees against the field, and Spain's Carlos Aguilar Quesada.
An exciting final round is expected with no fewer than 13 players lying within four shots of the leaders in the chase for the Hi5 Pro Tour's Altorreal title.
The odds are against a Saltman winning for the third event in a row. Last week's winner Elliot Saltman, who followed in the footsteps of his younger brother, Lloyd, is seven strokes off the pace with 18 holes to go. Stranger things have happened!
Second lowest round of the day was produced by the much improving English amateur Richard Carter.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
139 PETTERSSON, Bjorn (Sweden) 68 71, SANCHEZ PALENCIA, Ignacio (Spain) 69 70.
140 BELT, Alex (England) 71 69, HAMMARBERG, Fredrik (Sweden) 70 70, STEFANSSON, Stefan Mar (Iceland) 70 70, ALONSO JANSSEN, Dani (Spain) 70 70.
141 EVANS, Matthew (England) 75 66, AQUILAR QUESADA, Carlos (Spain) 70 71, WOLSTENHOLME, Gary (England) 73 68.
143 SVENSSON, Robert (Sweden) 73 70, JOHNSON, James (England) 70 73, DE LOPE, Javier 74 69, O'HANLON, Paul (Ireland) 73 70.
146 CLAPP, Brad (Canada) 72 74, SALTMAN, Elliot (Scotland) 74 72.
147 HEMMING, Stuart (England) 74 73, COLLINS, Michael (Ireland) 73 74, CARTER, Richard (England) (am) 80 67, FIHN, Felix (Sweden) 69 78.
148 SANDBERG, Daniel 78 70, WEISSER, Dominik 78 70.
149 MCGEE, Ruaidhri (Ireland) 76 73.
150 HANSEN, Stian 77 73.
151 STREET, Ryan (England) 75 76.
152 SHIELDS, Stephen (England) 73 79, BARRY-WALSH, Edward (England) 78 74.
153 KING, Gary (England) 75 78, SALTMAN, Zack (Scotland) 77 76.
154 HOUSBY, James (England) 75 79, THORSTENSEN, Vidar 74 80, BARBA MORENO, Sergio 78 76.
155 HAMER, Martyn (England) 76 79.
156 BLANCO GARCIA, Pedro (Spain) 79 77.
157 MORTON, Alex (England) 79 78, MARTENS, Caroline 79 78.
159 LUND, Stian 78 81.
162 COLLINS, Ronan (Ireland) 79 83, STAAL, Tjeerd 84 78.
164 FRIIS, Christer 87 77, SOENDBERG, Casper 82 82.
165 HULTMAN, Joacim 83 82.
170 CAPAUL, Marcel 85 85.
176 VERA RUIZ, Borja (am) 89 87.
188 DON, Jaly (am) 96 92.
206 PALTTO, Jan Skoglund 106 100

Elliot Saltman has ground

to make up in Spain


FROM THE Hi5 PRO TOUR WEBSITE
Bjorn Pettersson, representing Sweden, played a near faultless round of 68 to take a slender one-shot lead into the second round of the Murcia-based Hi5 Pro Tour's Altorreal Open in Spain.
With a one-hour suspension of play due to fog, the field found scoring conditions difficult on the Dave Thomas-designed parkland course.
Tied in second place, one shot behind, are Sweden's Felix Fihn and local Spaniard Ignacio Sanchez Palencia.
A special mention must also go this week to Caroline Martins, representing Norway, who is competing against the men from the back tees. She had a round of 79.
SCOTSWATCH: Last week's winner, Elliot Saltman (pictured above) from Scotland, is in joint 16th place after a 74. Elliot had birdies at the long sixth and the 15th but bogeys at the third, short eighth, long 12th and 14th.He has a lot of ground to make up to repeat his success and make it three in a row for the Saltman family from the Lothians. Youngest of the three brothers, all supported by Aegon, Zack Saltman, is sharing 26th place on the 77 mark.
FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72
68 Bjorn Petterson (Sweden).
69 Ignacio Sanchez Palencia (Spain), Felix Fihn (Sweden).
70 Stefan Mar Stefanson (Sweden), Carlos Aquilar (Spain), Dani Alonso (Spain), James Johnson (England), Fredric Hammarberg (Sweden).
71 Alex Bett (England).
72 Brad Clapp (Canada).
73 Gary Wolstenholme (England), Paul O'Hanlon (Ireland), Michael Collins (Ireland), Robert Svensson (Sweden), Stephen Shields (England).
Selected scores:
74 Elliot Saltman (Scotland), Stuart Hemming (England) (jt 16th).
75 Gary King (England), Matthew Evans (England), James Housby (England) (jt 20th).
76 Martyn Hamer (England), Ruairdhri McGee (Ireland) (jt 24th).
77 Zack Saltman (Scotland) (jt 26th).
78 Edward Barry-Walsh (England) (jt 28th).
79 Ronan Collins (Ireland), Alex Morton (England), Caroline Martens (Norway) (jt 33rd).
80 Richard Carter (England) (amateur).
45 players in field.

Late entries being accepted
-
for launch of new tour at
-
Whitekirk on Thursday

Late entries are being accepted from male and female professionals for the inaugural event on the Xltec Pro Golf Tour.
The first event, over 36 holes at Whitekirk Golf Club, near North Berwick, tees off on Thursday.
Contacts:
Alan Tait - 07734 207119
Nigel Scott-Smith - 07939 015556
Chris Turner (110sport) - 07889 355856

FIRST ROUND TEE TIMES
7.50am: Kenneth Glen (Royal Musselburgh), Eric Walker (Burntisland).
8.00am: Stuart Kerr (Strathaven), Norman Huguet (Musselburgh), Jonnie Cliff (Murrayfield).
8.10am: John Gallagher (Swanston Golf), Michael Rae (Alyth), Graeme Brown (Montrose Links).
8.20am: Alastair Thomson (Douglas Park), Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Mark Kerr (Dalmahoy).
8.30am: Craig Everett (Caldwell), Stewart Savage (Dalmuir), Craig Matheson (Falkirk Tryst).
8.40am: Graham Rankin (Drumpellier), Shaun McAllister (Craigielaw), Danny Wardrop (Didsbury).
8.50am: Chris Russell (RAW Golf Course Design), Craig Ronald (Carluke), Jason McCreadie(Buchanan Castle).
9.00am: Steven Hume (Murrayshall), Stephen Clark (Carrick on Loch Lomond), Graeme Stewart (Gleddoch).
9.10am: Chris Kelly (Cawder), Stephen Gray (Hayston), Greig Hutcheon (Banchory).
9.20am: Reserved for late entries.
9.30am: Steven Duncan (Carnoustie), Craig Gordon (unatt), Steven Brown (Carnoustie Golf Links).
9.40am: Lee Harper (Archerfield Links), Wallace Booth (Comrie), David Roger (Windyhill).
9.50am: Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park), Tom Buchanan (Duddingston), Owen Leslie (Edinburgh Leisure).
10.00am: Scott Henderson (Kings Links Golf Centre), Graeme Lornie (Paul Lawrie Foundation), Paul Cormack (Inchmarlo Golf Centre).
10.10am: Ben Irving (Kirkcudbright), Neil Cooper (unatt), Malcolm Isaacs (Nairn Dunbar).
10.20am: Scott Henry (unatt), Paul Wardell (Whitekirk), Scott Catlin (Greenburn).
10.30am: Iain Hanna (Strathclyde Park), James McGhee (Turnhouse), Chris Currie (Caldwell).
10.40am: Craig Lee (Aspire Golf Centre), Ross Cameron (McDonald Ellon), Euan Cameron(Hamilton).
10.50am & later: Late entries

+SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE ORGANISATIONAL DETAILS FOR THE TOURNAMENT AND HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING A COMPETITOR'S DISCOUNTED RATE FOR ACCOMMODATION AT THE MARINE HOTEL, NORTH BERWICK.

Lady professionals' Scottish events looking for your help

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
If you don't switch over regularly to our sister website, http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/, you might not know that the new XLtec Pro Tour, founded by Alan Tait, the director of golf at Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel, starts next Thursday and Friday (March 25-26) at Whitekirk Golf Club near North Berwick.
You might not know either that each of the six, two-day 36-hole events will have a section for women/girl professionals. They will be playing for the sum of their own £50 competition entry fees ... unless you or your company would like to donate £200 to one of the prize pots.
You can E-mail Colin@scottishgolfview.com to find out how to go about it.
The six XLtec Pro Tour events are:
March 25-26: Whitekirk.
April 28-29: Hilton Park.
May 25-26: Dalmahoy.
July 28-29: Westerwood.
September 28-29: Spey Valley, Aviemore.
October 6-7: Dundonald Links.

2,100 Euros cash prize for Lothians man, 7,176 Euros from three events

Lloyd Saltman, lady pro winner Johanna Lundberg (Sweden) and senior award winner Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) pictured after the prizegiving today.

Lloyd Saltman wins by five, Callum Macaulay jt second

FROM THE SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR WEBSITE

Lloyd Saltman from Scotland went wire to wire to capture the 2010 Polaris World Condado Open today with an 11-under-par total of 205 earning him a five-shot margin of victory. The middle brother of the “Saltman brothers” had tremendous composure the entire round today, reported tournament director Wayne Hachey.

“You could see how cool he played his round today, the mark of a real champion. He just got on with it and took care of business, and did not let anyone come from behind with his solid performance of 70 today and a -11 total.”

Another Scotsman, former European Tour player Callum Macaulay, and Challenge Tour player Floris de Vries (Netherlands) were his nearest rivals. Both finished at -6.

De Vries fired a great 65 today on the demanding Nicklaus layout. After a short frost delay, the blue skies and gentle winds provided great scoring conditions to go along with the superb putting surfaces at Condado.
In the ladies section Johanna Lundberg (Sweden) shot a final round 71 to win by one shot over Josefin Leijon also from Sweden.
The senior award was won by European Tour veteran Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) who displayed his usual talents and closed the event with a fine 69 (nine shots better than his opening round.

*Lloyd Saltman's cash reward for victory was 2,100 Euros, giving him a grand total of 7,716 Euros from the three Hi5 Pro Tour events he has played.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
1-205 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland) 68 67 70.
T2-210 Floris De Vries (Netherlands) 73 72 65, Callum Macaulay (Scotland) 71 68 71.
4-211 Andreas Hogberg (Sweden) 71 68 72.
T5-214 Felix Fihn (Sweden) 71 72 71, Gary King (England) 68 76 70.
7-216 Gareth Davies (Wales) 75 70 71.
T8-217 Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) 78 70 69, Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 70 72 75.
10-220 Alex Belt (England) 71 73 76.
T11-221 Elliot Saltman (Scotland) 72 77 72, Patrick O'Neill (amateur) 72 74 75, Lasse Sonne Nielsen (Denmark) (amateur) 70 73 78.
14-222 Tim Sluiter (Netherlands) 70 72 80.
T15-224 Ruaidhri McGee (Ireland) 75 76 73, Richard Kind (Netherlands) 70 76 78, Jan-Philip Neuendorf (amateur) 73 75 76.
18-225 Ryan Street 76 77 72.
19-226 James Housby (England) 72 76 78.
T20-227 Zack Saltman (Scotland) 75 76 76, Martyn Hamer (England) 73 77 77, Emilo Rodriguez Aguilera (Spain) 73 76 78.
T23-228 Richard Carter (England) (amateur) 71 79 78, Adrian Axelsson (Sweden) 73 82 73.
T25-229 Stian Hansen (Norway) 79 75 75, Juhana Pernaa (amateur) 77 74 78.
27-230 Brad Clapp (Canada) 77 78 75.
T28-231 Emilio Rodriguez Senior 77 74 80, Vidar Thorstensen 74 81 76.
30-232 Stephen Shields 83 77 72.
T31-233 Paul O'Hanlon 74 76 83, Fredrik Thorin 80 77 76.
T33-235 Christer Friis 78 79 78, Scott Fitzgerald (England) 80 79 76, Edward Barry-Walsh (England) 82 81 72.
36-237 James Johnson (England) 77 83 77.
37-239 Alvaro Herrero (Spain) 83 76 80.
38-241 Ronan Collins (Ireland) 84 82 75.
39-271 Roy Van der Loop (Netherlands) 86 95 90
40-296 Jan Skoglund Paltto 99 103 94.

LADIES SCOREBOARD ON www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Hi5 TOUR REPORT AND SCORES

-
Lloyd Saltman birdie blitz
-
to lead by four in Spain
-
FROM THE SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR WEBSITE
Scotland's Lloyd Saltman (Aegon) enjoys a four-shot lead going into the final round of the Polaris World Condado Open despite starting his second round with a couple of bogeys.
However, the middle brother, pictured right, of the three Saltman siblings from the Lothians who are playing in Spain this week, answered with eight birdies during the remainder of his round en route to a fine 67 on the 6800 metre Nicklaus signature course.
His nearest rivals are Andreas Hogeberg (Sweden) and fellow-Scot Callum Macaulay (Tulliallan), both at five under par.
Cool temperatures with strong winds faced the players today to go along with the slick greens so scoring was not very easy. made scoring not very easy.
In the ladies' division ladies LET player Josefin Leijon (Sweden) took over the lead after a 75 today and holds a two-shot lead over Mari Suusalu from Estonia and yesterday's leader Johanna Lundberg (Sweden) who slipped back with a 79 today.
LEADING MEN'S SCORES
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland) 68 67.
139 Andreas Hogeberg (Sweden) 71 68, Callum Macaulay (Scotland) 71 68.
142 Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 70 72, Tim Sluiter (Netherlands) 70 72.
143 Lasse Nielsen (Denmark) (amateur) 70 73, Felix Fihn (Sweden) 71 72.
144 Gary King (England) 68 76, Alex Belt (England) 71 73.
Selected scores
149 Elliot Saltman (Scotland) 72 77 (jt 17th).
151 Zack Saltman (Scotland) 75 76 (jt 22nd)
LEADING LADIES' SCORES
151 Josefin Leijon (Sweden) 76 75.
153 Mari Suursalu (Estonia) 78 75, Johanna Lundberg (Sweden) 74 79.
155 Caroline Martens-Larson (Norway) 81 74

Lloyd Saltman, Gary King share lead in Spain

FROM THE SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR WEBSITE
The seventh event of the 2010 Hi5 Pro Tour got underway today at newly opened Condado course, part of the Nicklaus Golf Trail at Polaris in Murcia, south-east Spain.
The cool weather that has plagued most of Europe is currently also in Spain but players were greeted with bright blue skies and calm winds today. The 6800 metre course at Condado showed its strength today as only 14 players managed to shoot par or better.
At the top of the leaderobard at four-under-par is 18-year old Gary King from England and Lloyd Saltmann of Scotland.
In second place at two under pare are four players: Richard Kind (Netherlands), Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark), Tim Sluiter (Netherlands) and current course record holder (with a 61) at Condado, Lasse Sonnie Nielsen, a young amateur from Denmark.
In the ladies division, Johanna Sundberg from Sweden shot a 74 and holds a two-shot lead over compatriot Josefin Leijon.
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
LEADING MEN'S SCORES
Par 72
68 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland), Gary King (England).
70 Richard Kind (Netherlands), Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark), Tim Sluiter (Netherlands), Lasse S Nielsen (Denmark) (amateur).
71 Andreas Hogberg (Sweden), Reichard Carter (England), Alex Belt (England), Felix Finn (Sweden), Callum Macaulay (Scotland).
72 James Housby (England), Elliot Saltman (Scotland), Patrick O'Neill (Denmark).
73 Floris De Vries (Netherlands), Martyn Hamer (England), Jan Neuendorf (Germany), Adrian Axelsson (Sweden), Emilio Rodriguez (Spain).
74 Paul O'Hanlon (Ireland), Vidor Thorstensen (Norway).
75 Gareth Davies (England), Zack Saltman (Scotland), Ruaidhri McGee (Ireland),
76 Ryan Street (Canada).
Selected score:
78 Miguel Angel Martin (Spain).

LEADING LADY PRO SCORES
Par 72
74 Johanna Lundberg (Sweden).
76 Josefin Leijon (Sweden).
78 Antonella Cvitan (Sweden), Mari Suursalu (Finland).
79 Emelie Lind (Sweden).
81 Elin Emanuelson (Sweden), Carolina Martens-Larson (Norway).

Spanish Hi5 Pro Tour event venue change for March 16-18

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY SPANISH Hi5 PRO TOUR
Due to the cooler than normal weather conditions in Murcia since Christmas, the course at Mosa Trajectum has suffered and is not at the moment up to the high standard expected by the Hi5 Pro Tour.
We have therefore decided to re-schedule the next event until later in the year. Fortunately Polaris World have come to our rescueat very short notice and have offered their new Jack Nicklaus Signature course at Condado-de Alhama for the week, March 16 to 18, to enable us to hold the Tournament.
We will now hold two events back to back at this superb venue, and we hope that your travel arrangements will not be seriously affected as Mosa and Condado are quite close to each other in Murcia.
Looking forward to seeing you at one of the best new courses anywhere in Europe,and sorry for any inconvenience this change of venue may cause you.
This Hi5 Pro Tour event is open to MEN, LADIES, and SENIORS, professionals as well as amateurs.
ENTRY FEES
315 Euro MEN
265 Euro SENIORS
215 Euro LADIES
If you have not already entered and wish to play one of the best new courses in Europe, please go to our registration forms.
Hi5 Pro Tour

GOLF TOURNAMENT WITH A DIFFERENCE

£1million jackpot on offer at Archerfield

Links from August 3 to 6

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ED HODGE, CAPITAL CITY PRESS
A unique high-stakes golf event, where the winner will walk off with a mouthwatering £1m jackpot, has been announced.
The eagerly-awaited tournament will be held/hosted at Archerfield Links, the private members' club in East Lothian.
Organisers hope to attract a star-studded worldwide field to the exclusive venue for the lavish 'Cool Million Challenge' which will combine golf and gambling for a prize fund in excess of £2m.
It is hoped former Ryder Cup captains Sam Torrance and Ian Woosnam will take part in pursuit of the largest first prize in an unsanctioned event in the world this year.
Big-name US-based seniors have also been earmarked to compete over the Dirleton Links from August 3-6, along with leading ladies such as Laura Davies.
Promoter David Copeland, an entrepreneur in the online gambling industry and a keen golfer, is behind the concept to mix a high-stakes wager with an exciting pro tournament, two weeks after The Open at St Andrews.
Restricted to 60 talented golfers around the world meeting a strict criteria, commercial or individual sponsors - the gamblers - face the ultimate challenge to place their bet on a chosen player to win the £1m.
The professionals will compete over two rounds of stroke play, with the top 16 playing straight match play to establish the champion. The entry fee for the competition - poised to be televised - is set at £50,000 per golfer, representing the sponsor's bet.
Copeland said: "I'm a gambler so I wanted to launch a golf competition with a high level of entry fee for a relatively small field. That gives everyone a chance of a top prize, namely the £1 million figure.
"I had to find a venue that was really exclusive, really private and there are not many clubs like Archerfield. I'm using my contacts globally in the gambling industry and commercial world, in terms of sponsorship, to drive together 60 teams.
"We didn't just want a Tour event. We're not looking for golfers in the top 500 of the world rankings, or those with a current European or US PGA Tour card. We're looking for guys off the Nationwide Tour, the Challenge Tour and the Seniors.
"There are also people around the world gambling extremely high stakes whom you have never even heard of, professionals in Las Vegas who don't need to play on Tour but can win big money in gambling games.
"Over a course that is not overly long, we have also decided to include female golfers of any ranking and standard. We are hoping to have some of the world's top 10 playing in it.
"Could they beat a guy off the Challenge Tour over Archerfield, or a leading Senior? So you start to have a dilemma and peak the interest of the gambler of where they think the value lies."
Archerfield Links, designed by David J Russell, continues to grow in stature, having already hosted Gary Player's European Invitational, as well as Sir Ian Botham and Ronan Keating's Celebrity Challenge.
The Ladies Scottish Open will also make a welcome return to the calendar at Archerfield from August 18 to 20 this year.
For more information, contact David Copeland on 01355 588 970 or go to www.coolmillionchallenge.

Robert McKnight scores first win on Florida's Minor League Tour


Russell Knox is not the only Scot to have won in the United States this month.
Robert McKnight, pictured right, from Kilmarnock has scored his first win on the Minor League Tour, which operates a circuit of one-day, 18-hole events, several a week.
McKnight won the Hammock Classic at Hammock Creek Golf Club, Palm City by one shot with a four-under-par effort of 68. That earned him $970 for his first win on this tour, although his total winnings are between $2,000 and $3,000 since he joined the satellite circuit in 2009.
He had five top-10 finishes before his breakthrough victory.
+Russell Knox won on the eTour on Sunday. Scroll down for details.

Hi5 Pro Tour in Spain

England 1-2 with Lloyd Saltman joint third

The Spanish Hi5 Pro Tour's Valle del Este Open this week provided an England 1-2 with Lloyd Saltman tieing for third place with Spain's Miguel Angel Martin.
Alex Bett shot rounds of 67, 66 and 70 over the par-71 course for a 10-under-par total of 203.
He won 2,000 Euros and a Thomas Sabo watch by finishing five shots ahead of another Englishman, Matthew Cryer, who scored 67, 68 and 73.
Former Walker Cup player and Open leading amateur, Saltman, who finished with a four-under-par total of 209, will be cursing his second-round 77 which was the not so tasty "meat" in the sandwich of a first round of seven-under 64 and a third and last round of three-under-par 68.
Even a par-matching round of 71 on the second day would have seen him tie with winner Bett on 203.
Elliot Saltman shared fifth place on three-under-par 210 with scores of 70, 71 and 69.
Zack, the youngest of the three Saltman brothers finished on 27-over-par 240 with scores of 87, 75 and 78. That put him in a tie for 33rd place.
The ladies' pro event was won by Rhian Wyn Thomas, who, as a Vale of Glamorgan player, was a member of the Wales team who made a successful defence of the Women's Home Internationals crown at Irvine Golf Club, Ayrshire last September.
Rhian is now a rookie pro and she had three impressive scores of 73, 71 and 74 for a five-over-par total of 218, winning by eight shots from Norway's Caroline Martens (75-80-71) with Switzerland's Sabina Imboden last of three on 253 with scores of 84, 84 and 85.
FINAL TOTALS
MEN (par 213: 3x71)
203 Alex Bett (England) 67 66 70.
208 Matthew Cryer (England) 67 68 73.
209 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland) 64 77 68, Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) 71 69 69.
210 Elliot Saltman (Scotland) 70 71 69, Roberto Lantsoght (Spain) 70 66 74.
212 Stain Hanson (Norway) 73 73 68, Manuel Quiros (Spain) 67 75 70.
213 Christian Aronsen (Norway) 70 71 72.
214 Jose Manuel Garzon (Spain) 73 70 71.
215 James Busby (England) 74 70 71, Simon Fernoux (France) 73 68 74.
218 Pecout Thomas (France) 81 68 69, Matthew Evans (England) 71 73 74.
219 Kevin Harper (England) 75 71 73.
220 Ropbert Svensson (Sweden) 70 74 76.
221 Gary Kiong (England) 73 76 72.
222 Edouard Penin (France) 81 70 71, Sam Haywood (England) 73 71 78.
223 Brad Clapp (Canada) 75 75 73, James Housby (England) 77 69 77.
224 Rob Harris (England) 75 73 76.
Selected scores:
228 Stephen Shields (England) 77 76 75, John Green (England) 79 75 74, Richard Cartner (England (amateur) 74 75 79.
232 Jonathan Smart (England) 79 74 79 (jt 29th).
240 Zack Saltman (Scotland) 87 75 78 (jt 33rd).
243 Edward Barry-Walsh (England) 83 83 79.
245 Trevor Wissen (England) 83 78 84.
WOMEN (Par 213: 3x71)
218 Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wales) 73 71 74.
226 Caroline Martens (Norway) 75 80 71.
253 Sabina Imboden (Switzerland) 84 84 85.

The Oxfordshire to stage Glenmuir PGA Professional

and WPGA Championships in August

FROM THIS WEEK'S PGA E-MAIL BULLETIN
The flagship event of this year’s PGA tournament programme – the Glenmuir PGA Professional Championship – will be staged at The Oxfordshire Golf Club for the first time.
The Thame club, which is having a 50-bedroom, four-star hotel built on site, will play host to the UK and Ireland’s best PGA professionals as they contest the coveted title in August (10-13).
The defending Glenmuir champion will be Caerphilly’s James Lee and more than 650 pros will be striving to join him in the £78,000 final, via eight regional qualifiers along the way.
The Oxfordshire will also double up for the PGA South Region qualifier with the other qualifying
venues at Abridge (East), The Heritage (Ireland), Hesketh (North West), Scotscraig (Scotland),
Moortown (North East), Little Aston (Midlands) and Saunton’s East Course (West).
As usual the WPGA final will also take place at the same time (August 12-13) over 36 holes with
a qualifier at Dunham Forest. Tracy Loveys (Bigbury) will be chasing a third successive title.
Colin Mee, managing director of Glenmuir, who are sponsoring the event for a record 18th year,
said:
“The Oxfordshire is a fabulous venue for the final and we’re looking forward to working closely
with the PGA to make this year’s championship the best ever.
“With an equally impressive list of qualifying
venues I’m confident the professionals will
respond by taking part and creating a truly
memorable championship.”
PGA chief executive Sandy Jones added: “The
Glenmuir PGA Professional Championship is one
of the highlights of the year for our members and
it has been our policy in this event for many
years now to play on genuine championship golf
courses and The Oxfordshire will without doubt
provide a superb test to determine the champion
golfer for 2010.”
The Oxfordshire, which is owned by Leaderboard
Golf, enjoys the distinction of being the first UK
design of renowned architect Rees Jones who has
carved out a challenging and testing 7,200-long
course, with more than 100 bunkers and four
man-made lakes.
The course has proved a popular tournament
venue and some of golf’s biggest names have
tasted success there including Ryder Cup
captains past and present, Bernhard Langer
and Colin Montgomerie.
Tim Pettifer, general manager of The
Oxfordshire, is looking forward to staging the
Glenmuir final which he said caps an exciting
year for the club.
“Leaderboard Golf is synonymous with only
the best names in golf and so we are delighted
to now be able to add Glenmuir to the list by
staging the Glenmuir PGA Professional
Championship,” he said.
“In particular with The Oxfordshire being
chosen for August 2010, shortly after the
opening of its new 50-bedroom four star hotel
and spa, the timing could not be better.”
Qualifying venues
ENGLAND REGIONS
East - Friday, April 30 Abridge
Irish - Tuesday, May 4 The Heritage
North-West - Friday, May 7 Hesketh
North-East - Monday, May 10 Moortown
South - Wednesday, May 19 The Oxfordshire
Midland - Friday, May 21 Little Aston
West - Thursday, May 27 Saunton (East Course).
SCOTLAND
Monday, May 24 Scotscraig, Fife.

WPGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Qualifier - Thursday May 13 Dunham Forest
36-hole championship - August 12-13 The Oxfordshire.

E-mail from Steven Carmichael

(a Scotland international player from 1998 to 2004)

Reference Martin Dempster's "Fusion Scotland support scheme can light fuse for young Scots pros"

(scroll down to read it)

Hi Colin,

This seems like great news. Is there any help people can give regarding raising funds or is it coming from public bodies?

I don't mean we all give a fiver but I'm sure a lot of the people who read your site will have contacts who would be interested in helping. I know I certainly have.

Best Wishes

Steven Carmichael

Saltman outclassed by Danish amateur but

wins top cash prize of 1,650 Euros in Spain

Lloyd Saltman finished nine shots behind a Danish amateur Lasse Sonne Nielsen but won the top cash prize of 1650 Euros in this week's 54-hole Hi5 Spanish Tour event at the newly-opened Condado de Alhama golf course in south-east Spain.
Nielsen spreadeagled the field with a brilliant first round of 11-under-par 61 and followed that up with 71 and 70 for a 14-under-par total of 202. His prize was a Thomas Sabo watch.
Saltman scored 71, 68 and 72 for 211 finished three shots ahead of two players in joint third place, Englishman Ben Welch and Dutchman Tim Sluiter.
Zack Saltman, the youngest of the three Lothians golfing brothers, was well down the field on 224 with scores of 70, 78 and 76. On 226 was Shaun McAllister with 74, 77 and 75 for 226.
A Scotland international from yesteryear, David James, reappeared out of the blue to win the seniors' section and a first prize of 1,000 Euros and a Thomas Sabo watch by seven shots with a total of 207. James, like Nielsen, started with a brilliant first round - in his case a 63 - and a couple of par 72s after that were good enough to consolidate his victory from Englishman Kevin Dickens.
In the ladies division Sweden´s Elin Emanualsson eased her way to a 10 shot victory with another solid performance on the Nicklaus signature course ahead of Josefin Leijon also of Sweden. The ladies were using the Hi5 Pro Tour to prepare for the upcoming European Ladies Qualifying School at La Manga next week and also the week after.

HOW THEY FINISHED

LADIES (5 players)
Par 216 (3x72)
221 Elin Emanuelsson (Sweden) 69 76 76 (500 Euros + Thomas Sabo watch).
231 Josefin Leijon (Sweden) 78 78 75 (250 Euros).
237 Eva Bjarvall (Sweden) 80 79 78.
239 Tilly Magill (England) (amateur) 78 80 81.
242 Maria Ringdahl (Sweden) 81 83 78.

SENIORS
Par 216 (3x72)
207 David James (Scotland) 63 72 72 (1000 Euros + Thomas Sabo watch).
214 Kevin Dickens (England) 78 76 70 (750 Euros).
218 Stephen Shields (England) 71 74 72 (600 Euros).
219 Mus Deboub (Algeria) 73 73 73 (400 Euros)
229 John Green (England) 74 80 75, Paddy O'Boyle (Ireland) 75 77 77 (125 Euros each).
234 Willie Hickson (US) 82 76 786.
235 Dr Volker Bernhardt (Germany) 82 77 76.
237 Gilbert Durand (Switzerland) (amateur) 76 82 78.
238 Daniel Imhof (Switzerland) 80 76 82.
240 Peter Hickey (Ireland) 81 79 80.
243 Jean Christopher Godeau (France) 79 82 82.
247 Peter Schmidtner (Switzerland) 82 81 81, Fredric Hoffman (France) 81 84 82.
251 Rolf Grefe (Germany) (amateur) 88 76 87.
252 Roy Van Der Loopo (Netherlands) 86 83 83.
258 Mike Best (England) 83 87 88.
266 Capaul Marcel (Switzerland) 91 87 88.

MEN
Par 216 (3x72)
202 Lasse Sonne-Nielsen (Denmark) (amateur) 61 71 70 (Thomas Sabo watch).
211 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland) 71 68 72 (1,650 Euros).
214 Ben Welsh (England) 71 72 71, Tim Sluiter (Netherlands) 74 68 72 (857.50 Euros each).
215 Stephen Grant (Ireland) 68 73 74 (525 Euros).
217 Fredrik Widmark (Sweden) 72 71 74 (375 Euros).
219 Robert Svenson (Sweden) 77 71 71 (310 Euros).
221 Jason Levermore (England) 71 72 78 (300 Euros).
222 Thomas De Kesel (Germany) 69 76 77 (275 Euros).
223 Steven Kattenhorn (England) 69 79 75 (250 Euros).
224 Harrison Proos (England) 75 76 73, Gary King (England) 74 77 73, Zack Saltman (Scotland) 70 78 76.
226 Shaun McAllister (Scotland) 74 77 75, Adam Scallon (England) 78 71 77, Ben Mason (England) 70 77 79.
229 James Housby (England) 70 80 79.
231 Lewis Atkinson (England) 76 78 77, Ruaidri McGee (Ireland) 76 77 78.
232 Richard Carter (England) (amateur) 73 82 77.
236 Cahit Kaya (Turkey) 72 84 80.
243 Stephen Redford (Spain) 78 82 83.
244 Scott Clarkson (England) (amateur) 83 83 78.
247 Liam Murray (England) 77 85 85.
249 Denis Strnad (Austria) 83 84 82.
Withdrawn: Bradley Kerr (Scotland) 83 83 -.

No Moodie Blues in LPGA Tour event

Janice Moodie, with a flawless, eight-under-par 64, leads this week's LPGA Tour event. Switch over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk, to read all about it.

Stepping back in time with hickory-shafted

clubs can be good for your golf ....

FROM THE SCOTSMAN NEWSPAPER WEBSITE
By MARTIN DEMPSTER
The men were very dapper, the women extremely elegant. The golf bags they carried were neither multi-coloured nor big enough to accommodate half the stock from the local club professional's shop.
The scene was the opening round of the PGA World Hickory Open at Gullane and, according to those competing, both young and old, the chance to take a step back in time had certainly proved enjoyable.
"This is the first time I have ever played with hickory clubs and it was good fun," said Maximilian Walz, a 17-year-old from Germany, playing in one of two teams entered in the pro-am by the Loretto Golf Academy.
Like many taking part, Walz, an amateur who plays off +2, found it difficult at first to get used to sets that, basically, consisted of a brassie, long iron, mashie, mashie niblick, niblick and putter. However, once he'd discovered that he shouldn't be trying to hit the ball as hard as he normally would, the new recruit to the Musselburgh school's blossoming golf programme savoured the experience.
"I'm aware that players like Bobby Jones played with these type of clubs and know how well they were capable of scoring with them," added Walz. "When I go back to Germany, I'll be telling my national coach how much I enjoyed this experience."
According to Alasdair Good, the head professional at Gullane, his first round with a set of hickory clubs – he shot a two-over 73 over the No 2 course to share the lead with Steven Taylor and Andrew Oldcorn at the halfway stage – had definitely proved an enlightening experience.
"The first trick you have to learn is to feel how the club performs and adapt your swing accordingly," he said. "You have to be 100 per cent committed with every shot and the one thing it would certainly teach every golfer is that they would have to improve their timing.
"I also think it opens your eyes to playing the game more imaginatively because you can't play that shot through the air over bunkers that we see in the game today with the modern equipment."
Former British women's open amateur stroke-play champion and trainee pro Heather MacRae, who works for Good in the shop at Gullane, enjoyed both the challenge and also the opportunity to dress up for the day.
"I love the whole idea of taking a step back in time," she said.This week's event is the fifth World Hickory Open. It started as a nine-hole tournament at Musselburgh Old Links before moving to Craigielaw.
Now it's part of a Festival of Hickory Golf and Lionel Freedman, the driving force behind the event, is hoping it can continue going from strength to strength.
"It is growing in terms of enjoyment, in terms of numbers and also in terms of venues," said the 75-year-old current club captain at Craigielaw. "I'd like to see it continue being played on historic golf courses, perhaps even some of the really important venues, the likes of a St Andrews.
"We also get tremendous support, in particular, from Sweden and I would also like to take it there one year."
SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL THE PROFESSIONAL SCORES AND THE AMATEUR TEAM FIRST-DAY WINNERS

WORLD PRO HICKORY CHAMPIONSHIP

WOOD YOU BELIEVE IT? IT'S STILL

ANYBODY'S WORLD HICKORY TITLE

The world professional hickory championship, and a prize fund of £12,500, is up for grabs by any one of at least a dozen players at the halfway stage of the 36-hole event of the Gullane 2 course.
The pros played the first round in conjunction with a pro-am in which their individual scores are carried over to Friday's round which is played as a straight stroke-play.
Well, with hickory shafts in their hands, can even the pros guarantee all the shots will be straight?
Only four strokes cover the leading 12 players after a day when high winds made conditions even more difficult for the use of old-fashioned clubs.
Gullane pro Alasdair Good - better known for being the "founding father" of the Wee Wonders children's championship - shares the lead on two-over-par 73 with Tartan Tour regulars Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle) and former PGA championship winner Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre).
They are only one stroke ahead of Fraser Mann (Musselburgh), whose brother Lindsay won the title last year, and Paul Wardell (Whitekirk).
Sharing sixth place on 75 are Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Mark King (Kingsifled) and past Scottish boys match-play champion Lee Harper (Archerfield Links).
Defending champion Lindsay Mann is one of four players ninth place on 76. He is not out of it yet.
Oldcorn led the amateur trio, rejoicing in the quaint name of "Baggies Bruisers," of Colin Binnie (handicap 6), Robert Skinner (18) and David Wishart (18) to victory in the team event with a net score of 10-under-par 61.
FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 71
73 Alasdair Good (Gullane), Steven Taylor (Bothwell Castle), Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Acre).
74 Fraser Mann (Musselburgh), Paul Wardell (Whitekirk).
75 Alan Lockhart (Ladybank), Mark King (Kingsfield), Lee Harper (Archerfield Links).
76 Sean O'Donnell (Balbirnie Park), Jacky Montgomery (Dunbar), Lindsay Mann (Carnoustie), David Orr (East Renfrewshire).
77 Klas Ohlsson (Sweden).
78 Neil Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh), Alastair MacKenzie (Duddingston), Thomas Buchanan (Duddingston), David Thomson (Carnegie Club), Perry Somers (unatt).
79 Norman Huguet (Musselburgh), Graeme Brown (Montrose), Andrew Marshall (Houston GR), Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs GR).
80 Paul McKechnie (Braid Hills), Derek Watters (Gourock), Marc Amort (Germany).
81 Stefan Bjaliruth (Sweden).
82 Christopher Russell (RAW Golf Course Design), Nigel Scott-Smith (Palacerigg), Iain Forrester (Holland).
83 Mark Pirie (Pitlochry).
84 Heather MacRae (Gullane), Owe Werner (Sweden).
85 Richard Valentine (Craigielaw).
86 James Mooney (Kingscliff Golf Solutions).
87 Jody Rostock (Carnegie Club), John McTear (Mar Hall Hotel).

Skipper Dalgleish looking for big things from

his "Black Watch" pair in Walker Cup

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By Mark Reason
Seven Englishmen, two Scots and an Irishman, with an average age of 21, are being sent over the top against America's best young guns when the Walker Cup match begins at historic Merion, in Pennsylvannia, on Saturday morning (US time)
It is the sort of tactic that usually ends in a bloodbath, but GB&I captain Colin Dalgleish does not agree. He thinks the result will be close – three previous Walker Cups have been decided by a point – and he is relying on his 'Black Watch' to spearhead the team.
Scots Gavin Dear, 25, and Wallace Booth, 24, are the two oldest members of the GB&I team and they are used to winning. Both men played in the Scotland team that won last year's Eisenhower (the world cup of amateur golf) and this year's European Championships.
Booth has been brought up to be a fighter. His father Wallace, a former bouncer for the Beatles, represented Great Britain at heavyweight wrestling and won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. He still thinks he was robbed. Sister Carly became the youngest player to represent GB&I at last year's Curtis Cup.
The performance of Booth and Dear may just decide the match. If they can intimidate the Americans, then GB&I have a chance. But if the Americans get on top early, then the perma-tanned flag waving will turn even the most stoical stomach.
Whatever the outcome, there is always much entertainment to be had from playing 'Shooting Stars.' This year is the golden anniversary of the great American team of 1959 that included a 19 year-old Jack Nicklaus. Since then Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington and Rory McIlroy have all played in the Walker Cup.
In the American team Morgan Hoffman, 19, looks as though he might be the next mighty golfer. But even if Hoffman turns out to be more of a Lucas Glover – a member of the 2001 American team – than a Golden Bear, he would still have a wonderful career ahead of him. Glover is now the US Open champion.
The pick of the GB&I team in future years may be Tommy Fleetwood, 18. He won this year's Scottish open amateur stroke-play championship at Murcar Links with a record score and was runner-up in the Amateur Championship when just 17. Is Fleetwood Britain's next Open champion?
Meanwhile, a closing double bogey from Dane Soren Hansen left England's Chris Wood and Australian Scott Strange sharing the halfway lead at the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Cologne on Friday.
Wood, the 21 year-old from Bristol who was third in The Open in July, continued his bid for a first European Tour title with a 69.
Strange, winner of last year's Wales Open and this season's China Open, scored a 68, while Hansen's 71 dropped him into a tie for third with South African James Kingston and England's Ross Fisher.
Laura Davies remains on course to retain her title at the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open at Wiener Neustadt in Austria as she maintained a share of the lead after two rounds.
The 45 year-old from England is level with Germany's Bettina Hauert and Marjet van der Graaff from Holland, with the trio finishing at eight-under-par 136 before play was suspended due to darkness with just one group left to finish.

AUGUST 21 IS DATE TO REMEMBER

£495 to enter team of three lady

amateurs for all-women pro-am

at Archerfield Links'

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
PGA professional Karyn Burns, pictured right, is organising an all-women pro-am on August 21 at the exclusive venue of the Fidra Course at Archerfield Links Golf Club.
There will be 10 teams consisting of 10 Scottish lady professionals, including the seven who are currently members of the Ladies European Tour, and 30 lady amateurs
"There are still a few team spots available," says Karyn. "I believe this is this first event of its kind in Scotland although I believe that Jane Connachan held a ladies' pro-am at some point.
"The 10 professionals are likely to Karyn Dallas, Heather MacRae and myself, who are PGA professionals, and from the Ladies European Tour: Krystle Caithness, Pamela Feggans, Lynn Kenny, Vikki Laing, Clare Queen, Michele Thomson and Jenna Wilson.
"Kathryn Imrie may get involved if home from USA."
The price per team of three amateurs is £495 which is inclusive of morning rolls/tea on arrival, a Short Clinic/Q&A session, 18 holes competition followed by a three-course dinner and viewing of the Solheim Cup match which starts that day.
If you break that down to a cost per individual, it works out at £165 a head.
Are there any husbands/partners/boy friends of lady amateur golfers out there who might like to give their loved ones a treat by buying them a place on a team for what is certainly going to be a day to remember?
Overnight stays can be arranged at an additional cost. More information is available from and entries can be made to Karyn Burns, PGA (AA) Professional by emailing http://uk.mc870.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=karynburns@yahoo.com or Mobile: 07720442492.

Michele Thomson chalks up first win in first pro event

LATE NEWS FROM FLORIDA

Michele Thomson from Ellon has scored her first win as a professional. Read the exclusive story by switching over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Climax to North-east Alliance season at Murcar Links

It's Cameron & Robb v Bratton

& Paterson in foursomes final

McDonald Ellon golf professionals Ross Cameron and Michele Thomson set long-standing friendship aside as they met in opposing partnerships in the semi-finals of the North-east Alliance foursomes at windswept Murcar Links today.

Ross, pictured right, and his young, big-hitting partner, Scottish schoolboys champion Chris Robb, who plays off +2 at Inchmarlo, beat Michele and her partner, golf magazine writer two-handicapper Fergus Bisset (Banchory), by 4 and 3.
In Friday morning's final (9.30), with the Evening Express Shield at stake, Cameron and Robb will play Newburgh club pro Ian Bratton and George Paterson, a Northern senior member who plays off scratch.
Bratton and Paterson won their semi-final by 5 and 4 against Inchmarlo assistant pro Craig Dempster and Murcar Links +3 member Anthony Bews.
The handicap foursomes final for the Press & Journal Shield will tee off at 9.40 and will pit two unrelated Scotts - Jim, who plays off 11 at Peterculter, and Steven, a four-handicapper at Auchmill) - against Chris Carnegie, who plays off four at Kemnay, and Gary Homer, a nine-handicapper at Lumphanan.
Steven and Jim Scott came back from four down in their opening tie and then were last-green winners in the first semi-final against John Hamilton (Murcar Links) and Steven Kennedy (Craibstone).
The other semi-final saw Carnegie and Homer win by 7 and 6 over Colin Duffus (Kemnay) and Nigel Parker (Murcar Links). Carnegie and Homer have yet to play the last three holes of the course.
Today's results:
EVENING EXPRESS SHIELD
First round
R Cameron (McDonald Ellon) & C Robb (Inchmarlo) bt R Hyland (Craibstone) & D H Clark (Duff House Royal 6 and 5.
Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) & F Bisset (Banchory) bt J Mooney (unatt) & C Stephen (Meldrum House) 5 and 4.
I Bratton (Newburgh) & G H Paterson (Northern) bt D Naylor (Banchory) & P McLean (Peterhead) 2 and 1.
C Dempster (Inchmarlo) & A Bews (Murcar Links) bt R Fitzpatrick (Inchmarlo) & A K Pirie (Hazlehead) 4 and 2.
Semi-finals
Cameron & Robb bt Thomson & Bisset 4 and 3.
Bratton & Paterson bt Dempster & Bews 5 and 4.

Final (9.30am Friday)
R Cameron (McDonald Ellon) & C Robb (Inchmarlo) v I Bratton (Newburgh) & G H Paterson (Northern).

PRESS & JOURNAL SHIELD
First round
J M Hamilton (Murcar Links) (5) & S Kennedy (Craibstone) (12) bt G Gray (Newmachar) (6) & B Lumsden (Northern) (14) 4 and 3.
S Scott (Auchmill) (4) & J Scott (Peterculter) (11) bt R Milne (Aboyne) (5) & S Higgins (Royal Aberdeen) (10) at 19th.
C Duffus (Kemnay) (6) & N Parker (Murcar Links) (9) bt C Alexander (Murcar Links) (5) & M Booth (Kemnay) (10) 2 and 1.
G Homer (Lumphanan) (9) & C Carnegie (Kemnay) (4) bt J Roberts (Cruden Bay) (6) & D Wood (Newburgh) (12) 4 and 3.
Semi-finals
Scott & Scott bt Hamilton & Kennedy 1 hole.
Homer & Carnegie bt Duffus & Parker 7 and 6.
Final (9.40am Friday)
S Scott (Auchmill) (4) & J Scott (Peterculter) (11) v C Carnegie (Kemnay) (4) & G Homer (Lumphanan) (9).

HSBC Women’s Champions boasts greatest

field ever assembled in Asia

PRESS RELEASE
The HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore next month will attract the strongest field of golfers ever seen at an Asian tournament. The 78 player line-up is missing only three of the active players in the world’s top 40, and will include every available winner from the 2008 LPGA season and every Major winner over the past three years currently playing.
The 2009 LPGA season teed-off last week in Hawaii but already the star players are setting their sights on ‘Asia’s Major’ from 5th – 8th March at Tanah Merah Country Club (TMCC).
Tournament organisers today announced that in total 35 of the world’s top 40 players will compete for the US$2million prize purse, much to the delight of the title sponsors.
“Our goal when we created the HSBC Champions “brand” was to bring world-class golf to Asia. No one can doubt that we have achieved that now,” declared HSBC’s Group Head of Sponsorship Giles Morgan.
“Padraig Harrington has described the creation of our Shanghai tournament as the turning point for men’s golf in Asia and I think Sergio Garcia winning the HSBC Champions last year to become world number two proved the world-class pedigree. Now we have virtually every great female player in the world today coming to Singapore for the HSBC Women’s Champions, and of course the world number one is defending her title. It’s a credit to Singapore and to everyone involved that the tournament has been embraced so quickly by the stars.”
This list of entrants includes America's Angela Stanford and Australian Katherine Hull who are among the hottest players on the planet at the moment.
The 31-year-old Stanford won last weekend's LPGA season-opener - the SBS Open - to record her third win in seven LPGA events.. Stanford burst into form last September, winning the Bell Micro LPGA Classic, winning again at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational and finishing no worse than sixth in her other four events at the back end of the season.
“I’m coming off a fantastic year and I’m hopeful my momentum continues to place me in contention to win. I look forward to competing in Singapore in early March. The HSBC Women’s Champions attracts the best players in the world and a victory at this prestigious event would be treasured...….it’s on everyone’s priority list!” said Angela Stanford
Hull, who won the CN Canadian Open and had another six top-ten finishes last year, leaped five places up to 21st in the World Rankings after her victory two weekends ago in the European and Australian Tours' co-sanctioned ANZ Masters.
“The HSBC is an awesome tournament, it’s a great golf course and it’s one of the strongest fields in golf. I’m looking forward to contending there. This is a huge confidence booster because in the past I haven’t always started the year so well,” the 26-year-old Hull said.
The Korean stars continue to have a strong presence amongst the golfing elite with Seon Hwa Lee (10th), Eun-Hee Ji (14th), Jee Young Lee (15th) and Hee-Won Han (16th) all joining 2008 Major winners and leaders of the “Dragon Ladies” age group Inbee Park and Jiyai Shin in next month’s battle for the champion’s crown.
Seon Hwa Lee tied with Stanford for 12th position last year and went on to take victories at the Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA and the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons.
She said, "I always enjoy coming back to Asia to compete and I especially enjoy playing in Singapore. I have fond memories from winning the 2007 HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship and I would dearly love to add the HSBC Women's Champions title to those memories."
Joining the elite field at Asia’s richest female golfing event will be local amateur Joey Poh. Poh came out on top of 13 other hopefuls in a two-day qualifying tournament last week at TMCC and she will now represent Singapore in the main event next month. Joey is also currently a student of the HSBC Youth Golfers Excellence Programme.
“Having the world’s top players showing their support and commitment to the second edition of the HSBC Women’s Champions is testament to its success last year in Singapore. We are delighted to be hosting an array of talent from across the globe in what has quickly established itself as Asia’s most prestigious event for our female golfers,” commented Robbie Henchman, Senior Vice President, IMG.
The qualification criteria mirrors that of the men’s HSBC Champions, with winners from around the world invited to compete for the coveted “Champion of Champions” title. Winners on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour, leading money winners from the Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association (JLPGA), Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) Tour, Ladies European Tour (LET), Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG), Duramed FUTURES Tour, Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT) and the top player from the continent of Africa all qualify, making this the most international and impressive women’s field ever assembled in Asia.
The HSBC Women’s Champions 2009 will boast a prize money of US$2 million (US$300,000 to the winner), the largest purse for a women’s event in Asia. The HSBC Women’s Champions, sanctioned by the LPGA, will be played over 72 holes of individual stroke play with a field of 78 golfers.

Lindsay's the Mann for Hickory

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Carnoustie's Lindsay Mann, a Scotland amateur international and GB&I Walker Cup player of the early 1980s, won the World Hickory Open golf championship with a two-over-par round of 73 at Craigielaw Golf Club today (Friday).
The combination of being restricted to only six hickory-shafted clubs of pre-1935 vintage and a swirling wind meant that sub-par scores were simply not on.
"Even the pros cannot get nearly as much distance with a hickory club as they are used to. We cut the course down to 6,250yd but that didn't help them much with the wind getting up," said PGA Scottish Region tournament director Michael McDougall.
It's treated as a fun day but one that makes the players appreciate just how skilful the top players were in the days of hickory shafts - and old-fashioned golf balls. Perhaps a return to hickory shafts instead of ever-longer courses is the way forward.
Mann won the £1,700 top prize with a card that included three birdies - most players struggled to get one - at the long second, 14th and long 18th. He bogeyed the short eighth, 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th in halves of 35 and 38.
Defending champion and Walker Cup player of 2005 and 2007 before he turned pro, Lloyd Saltman, playing over his home course, was runner-up with a 74, two more than his winning score of 12 months ago, to earn a £1,369 cheque.
Lloyd could birdie only the long second and short eighth in halves of 36 and 38. Hhe bogeyed the third, fifth, sixth, 12th and 13th - and did well to finish with five straight pars.
Bishopbriggs' Robert Arnott managed only one birdie but matching the inward par of 36, helped him collect the third-place prize of £1,027 for a 75.
Lee Harper (Archerfield Links), Scottish boys match-play champion in 1999 when Musselburgh was his home club, had a 76 which included double bogey 7s at the second and the fourth in halves of 40 and 36. After his early misfortunes, Lee got the hickory hang of it before the turn and parred the last 11 holes.
Also on 76 was the third past Walker Cup player in the field, Andrew Oldcorn (Kings Links). He played in the same 1983 team captained by Charlie Green at Hoylake. Oldcorn's card included a triple bogey 6 at the short third as well as birdies at two long holes, the second and the 18th.
The only female player in the field, Gullane assistant professional Heather MacRae from Dunblane had an 89. Winner of the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Nairn in 2005 and the Welsh open stroke-play in 2007, Heather had four double bogeys - but no doubt enjoyed herself immensely as everybody in the field of 80 did.
One of the cluster of Swedes, pros and amateurs, who came over for event had a three-figure score but he is going home happy because he got his first and only par at the 18th.
Scoreboard
WORLD HICKORY OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Craigielaw Golf Club.
Par 71 (35-36). 6,250yd
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
73 L Mann (Carnoustie) 35-38 (£1,712).
74 L Saltman (Craigielaw) 36-38 (£1,370).
75 R Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 39-36 (£1,027).
76 C Kelly (Cawder) 37-39, L Harper (Archerfield Links) 40-36, E Cameron (Hamilton) 39-37, G Fox (East Kilbride) 36-40, R Buckley (Craigielaw) 35-41, A Oldcorn (King's Acre) 40-36 (£506 each).
77 Z Saltman (Craigielaw) (am) 38-39.
78 N Scott-Smith (Palacerigg), A MacKenzie (Duddingston), C Russell (RAW Golf Course Design), P Wardell (Whitekirk), K Monaghan (Bothwell Castle) (£243 each).
79 M King (Kingsfield), F McLaughlan (Bothwell Castle), A Lockhart (Ladybank), F Mann (Musselburgh), J Rostock (Carnegie Club), J McTear (Mar Hall Hotel), L Vannet (Carnoustie Golf Links) (£140 each).
80 I Forrester (Netherlands), S Taylor (Bothwell Castle), R Valentine (Craigielaw) (£85 each).
81 N Holligan (Royal Burgess), J Montgomery (Dunbar) (£74 each).
82 K Hutton (Downfield), A McCloskey (Bothwell Castle), M Stevens (Bay Palma), G McInnes (Murcar Links) (£67 each), M Cunningham (Craigielaw) (am), S McAllister (Craigielaw) (am).
83 A Tait (Spey Valley), S Duncan (Balbirnie Park), K Ohlsson (Swe), A Caira (Kirkcaldy).
84 C Ronald (Carluke), J Ronnberg (Swe), O Werner (Swe), J Quensel (Swe) (am).
85 C White (The Carrick at Cameron House), D Laing (Craigielaw), P Gilbert (Temple), N Colquhoun (Merchants of Edinburgh) A Glen (ACP Golfe) (am).
86 C Smith (Royal Musselburgh), K Stevenson (Royal Troon).
87 P Hoberg (Swe) (am), C Nicoll (Prestwick), C Todd (Antrobus) (am), M Gustafsson (Swe) (am), D Kirk (St Andrews).
88 P G Andersson (Swe) (am), P Malone (Braid Hills), D Thomson(Carnegie Club), B Mason (Drumoig).
89 Heather MacRae (Gullane).
90 G Sneddon (Greaves Sports), I Hislop (Dunbar)(am), A Lindstrom (Swe) (am), S Wallin (Swe).
91 M Bruce (Gullane), P Fylking (Swe) (am), S Gray (Hayston), P Farrance (Antrobus), W Stephens (St Andrews New) (am), A Werneman (Swe) (am).
93 P Mitchelll (Hermitage).
96 P Anderson (Swe) (am), S Patrick (Braids United) (am).
97 M Kuemmelie (Ger) (am).
191 S Akerwall (Swe) (am), S Mossberg (Swe) (am).
104 S Berg (Swe) (am).
109 R Moberg (Swe) (am).
114 T Ganter (Ger) (am).
116 B Pettersson (Swe) (am).
125 A Gustafsson (Swe) (am).

Midas Tour announces new link-up,
new sponsor - and plans for ladies tour
Britain’s new professional golf tour, the Midas Tour, has announced an "Association of Tours" with a new tour based in the North of England, The Players Tour.
The link-up will give members of each tour automatic associate membership of the other, and there are also plans for co-sanctioned events in addition to the tours’ separate tournaments.
“This is another major benefit for our members,” said Midas Tour director Paul Seymour, himself a professional player. “I know that pros are looking for high quality competition without spending a fortune, and this association gives our members even better value with a tremendous new benefit, which is probably unique among development tours in the UK.”
The Midas Tour is also encouraging women professionals, and category 1 amateurs, to join its planned Ladies Pro Golf Tour.
“Many women professionals have made the point that there are not enough events for them, so if there is sufficient demand, we will run the new ladies tour as separate events through 2008,” said Seymour.
The Midas Tour will consist of 18 events throughout 2008, including an end-of-season pro-am competition.
New golf clothing label Lateral Hazard is sponsoring the order of merit with a £1,000 clothing deal for the winner, and will also kit out the tour’s staff.
The tour gets under way at Orchardleigh Golf Club, Frome, Somerset, on April 8 and 9, and will include events across the South of England and the Midlands, with two-day 36-hole tournaments at some of the country’s most attractive courses.
The expected first prize at each event will be around £2,000, with a minimum of £1,000 if the entry is low.
The Midas Tour has already attracted players with top-level experience on the European Tour, Sunshine Tour and European Seniors Tour.
Paul Eales won the 1994 Extremadura Open on the European Tour and has earned more than £1 million in prize money. He is now increasingly well-known as a commentator for the BBC and Setanta Sports.
Australian Daniel Gaunt played on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour and finished third in the 2004 EuroPro order of merit and runner-up the following year, when he also won the £10,000 Peugeot International.
Along with others who have played on the Seniors Tour, the two bring a wealth of experience to the Midas Tour, which is designed mainly as a stepping stone for budding professionals, keen to progress to the Challenge Tour and European Tour.
Players and potential sponsors wanting information should contact Paul Seymour on 01769 560611 or email themidastour@hotmail.co.uk Further details are available at www.themidastour.com
The 2008 Midas Tour schedule is as follows:

8-9 April Orchardleigh, Frome, Somerset
21-22 April The Menzies Cambridge Hotel and Golf Club, Cambridge
12-13 May The Players’ Club, Codrington, Bristol
20-21 May Farrington Golf and Country Club, Farrington Gurney, Bristol
4-5 June Paultons Golf Centre, near Romsey, Hampshire
17-18 June Cumberwell Park, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
1-2 July Rye Hill Golf Club, Banbury, Oxfordshire
17-18 July South Essex Golf Club, Brentwood, Essex
21-22 July Oake Manor Golf Club, near Taunton, Somerset
7-8 Aug The South Staffordshire Golf Club, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton
19-20 Aug Blue Mountain Golf Club, Binfield, Berks
26-27 Aug Sherfield Oaks Golf Club, near Basingstoke, Hampshire
8-9 Sept Chelsfield Lakes Golf Club, Orpington, Kent
23-24 Sept Traditions Golf Club, Pyrford Woking, Surrey
7-8 Oct Cumberwell Park, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
13-14 Oct The Players’ Club, Codrington, Bristol
20-21 Oct Bowood Golf and Country Club, Calne, Wiltshire
22 Oct Pro-Am – Bowood Golf and Country Club.

STEWART SPENCE CHIPS IN TO
HELP LADIES-ONLY FESTIVAL
IN SPAIN NEXT MONTH

Aberdeen hotel owner Stewart Spence, pictured right, is chipping in 2,000 Euros to the prize fund for a Spanish golf festival for women professionals and amateurs next month.
It's the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Golf Festival from February 10 to 23 at the five-star golf resort in Murcia, south-east Spain where the mid-February temperatures are reputed to be the warmest in Spain.
There will be six competitions, two of them 36-holers, over the two weeks. Competitors can go for one week or two.
The 1999 Open champion and former Ryder Cup player Paul Lawrie, his coach Neil Marr and Scotland youth cap Philip McLean (Peterhead) recently spent a week at Hacienda del Alamo and came home raving about the Dave Thomas-designed course and the excellent practice facilities.
North-east man Billy Sim is the director of golf at the five-star resort.
"I am always delighted to help out a new golfing venture and this sounds a great idea for the lady professionals and amateurs to get in some serious practice for the new season with the bonus of some low-key competition to help sharpen them up," said Stewart Spence, a former Royal Aberdeen Golf Club champion and owner of The Marcliffe at Pitfodels Hotel & Spa, Aberdeen.
The deadline for entries is January 15 and should be E-mailed to the Tournament Controller, Colin Farquharson, at colin@scottishgolfview.com
"Stewart Spence has been helping people in golf for as long as I can remember. Muriel Thomson and Paul Lawrie are just two who were given a leg-up by him in their early careers," said Colin.
"What his donation of 2,000 Euros will enable us to do for the Hacienda del Alamo Festival is to guarantee a minimum first prize of 500 Euros for the professionals in each of the four individual events.
"Billy Sim and I devised this warm-weather, mid-winter festival to give both lady professionals and amateurs alike the chance to really get down to serious golf practice at the best facilities in Spain at a time of year when it will probably be too cold to get out and about if they stay at home in Britain & Ireland or anywhere else in northern Europe.
"The amateurs have responded well but I have to admit I am disappointed by the professionals' very limited response. Stewart Spence's gesture may help us boost the professional numbers before the entry deadline next Tuesday."
Billy Sim is convinced that the Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival is going to take off in popularity and numbers - both professional and amateur - in years to come. Preferential treatment will be given to those who take part in the inaugural tournament.

ANDY MURRAY AND CLARE QUEEN, BOTH SCOTS
BUT NOTHING IN COMMON FINANCIALLY

Britain's No 1 tennis player Andy Murray from Dunblane wants to have two coaches, two trainers and two physios on Team Murray.
Golfer Clare Queen, Scotland's highest placed player on the 2007 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, has never had a full-time caddie. Now she thinks she can afford one at last in 2008.
Read Colin Farquharson's article on the subject by switching over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

MONDAY, JANUARY 15 IS CLOSING
DATE FOR HACIENDA DEL ALAMO
WOMEN'S FESTIVAL ENTRIES

Director of Golf Billy Sim - a son of the North-east of Scotland - has fixed the closing date for entries to the inaugural Hacienda del Alamo Women's Winter Festival at the five-star golf resort in the Murcia region of southern Spain from February 10 to 23.
The deadline is Monday, January 15. Any entries received by Tournament Controller Colin Farquharson - another son of the North-east - after that date will be too late to get into the two-week, six-competition programme for Lady Professionals and Lady Amateurs (maximum handicap 20).
There is no minimum or maximum age. Ladies/girls do not necessarily need to go for two weeks. One-week entries are acceptable and if cheaper flights are available to you in midweek, you can book in at Hacienda del Alamo during the first midweek and book out the following midweek.
E-mail your entries to colin@scottishgolfview.com, stating whether an amateur or a professional, home club and handicap if an amateur.
Full dates available on http://www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk/

Go on. If you are male and reading this, take the golf-playing lady of your life on this unique golfing holiday to a golf resort with excellent practice facilities and the bonus of some low-key, fun competitions.

LORENA IS THE MILLON-DOLLAR LADY!

Lorena Ochoa - the Mexican girl who is fast becoming the Tiger Woods of women's pro golf - ended the LPGA 2007 season by winning a one-million dollar prize.
It was the eighth win of the season for the Women's British Open champion.
Read all about it by switching over to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

R&A PRESS RELEASE

R&A ANNOUNCES GRANTS TOTALLING £1.3 MILLION

The R&A is pleased to announce a series of grants totalling £1.3 million aimed at developing golf around the world.
The R&A has long had a policy of encouraging the development of golf globally and these latest awards reflect that, with support being provided across men’s, women’s, boys’ and girls’ golf, and to both amateur and professional areas of the game.
Duncan Weir, The R&A’s Director of Golf Development, said; “In addition to financial support, The R&A will send referees and other officials to many of the championships and events listed here. Meetings were held with 22 different countries at this year’s Open Championship at Carnoustie and this has led to an increase in the number of nations now in receipt of R&A support or being considered for assistance in the future.”
First time recipients of income generated by The Open are Burundi, Pakistan and Samoa.

GRANTS
Arab Golf Federation
£5,000 towards 2007 junior championship in Egypt and £20,000 towards men's equivalent in Saudi Arabia.
Bolivian Golf Federation
£28,000 towards 2007 South American men's and women's international amateur team championships.
British Amputee Golf Association
£2,000 towards 2008 championship.
Caribbean Golf Association
£15,000 annually towards championships for three years.
China Golf Association
£50,000 towards referees' training programme covering 2007 and 2008.
Czech Golf Federation
£42,000 spread over three years towards national junior centre programme.
East Africa Golf Challenge
£5,000 towards 2007 men's international amateur team event in Burundi.
Egyptian Golf Federation
£28,000 towards 2008 African women's international amateur team event.
European Golf Association
£20,000 towards 2008 Bonallack Trophy at Valderrama in Spain – men's amateur match between Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Faldo Series
£25,000 towards European programme and £85,000 towards Asian activities in 2008.
German Golf Association
£50,000 towards national academy project near Wiesbaden
Golf Foundation
£620,000 towards junior development activities in England, Scotland and Wales in 2008
Jamaica Golf Association
£24,000 spread over three years for ongoing junior programme.
Japeri, Brazil
£24,000 spread over next three years for ongoing junior programme.
Ladies' Asian Tour
£8,000 towards refereeing costs
National Association of Public Golf Courses
£3,000 towards 2007 junior programme in UK.
Pakistan Golf Federation
£36,000 spread over three years for coaching and development work.
PGA European Tour
£70,000 towards the Challenge Tour for 2007.
PGAs of Europe
£50,000 in support of ongoing core activities
Polish Golf Union
£2,000 towards international qualifying event for 2008 European boys' team championship.
Putra Cup
£5,000 towards 2007 event in the Philippines involving men's amateur teams from countries in South-east Asia
Scottish Blind Golf Society
£3,000 towards 2007 golf programme.
Scottish Deaf Golf Association
£1,200 towards 2007 championship
Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association
£15,000 towards 2008 European girls' team championship at Murcar Links.
Slovak Golf Association
£10,000 over two years for coaching work.
South Pacific Games
£5,000 towards 2007 golf competition in Samoa.
Sri Lanka Golf Union
£15,000 towards 2008 Queen Sirikit Cup – women's international amateur team event for Asia-Pacific nations.

AMERICANS LEAD BY ONE POINT IN SOLHEIM CUP

FOR NEWS OF THE FIRST DAY RESULTS IN THE SOLHEIM CUP (United States lead by one point), LOG ON TO OUR SISTER WEBSITE, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

VICKI JUST OUTSIDE TOP 20 WITH ONE
ROUND TO GO IN CIGNA CLASSIC

Vikki Laing goes into the final round of the Cigna Classic on the US Futures Tour at Gillette Ridge Golf Club, Bloomfield, Connecticut in joint 21st place.
The Musselburgh exile had second-round 75 for a 36-hole tally of four-over-par 148 on a 6,402yd course in testing conditions of a 12mph breeze that gusted up to 21mph. Firm greens would not hold a full approach shot. The temperature was up in the low 80s most of the day.

Vikki is 11 shots behind the three-stroke leader Mollie Fankhauser from Columbus, Ohio. Millie has scored 67 and 70 for 137 to lead from Taylor Leon (Texas) (70-70) and Stephanie Otteson (North Carolina) on 142 (71-71).
Seventy players made the cut on 155 or better.
South Wales amateur Natasha Morgan, spending her summer holidays from Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida, on the No 2 women's pro circuit in the States, missed out with 78 and 79 for 157.
So too did Brenda McLarnon from Belfast with 83 and 81 for 164.
Polly Willett from London withdrew after an opening round of 79.
Lisa D Mickey (Futures Tour staff writer) writes:
In the second day’s oddest incident, rookie Kailin Downs of Bend, Oregon, was disqualified when she ran out of golf balls.
Downs says she started the round with “seven or eight” Callaway HX Tour balls in her bag, but it was a day in which she “put a whole bunch in the hazards.”
She finally ran out on the seventh hole, which was her 16th, when her errant shot sailed into the woods.
The one-ball rule states that a contestant may borrow a ball from fellow contestants if all are using like brands, but the other two players in Downs’ group were both using Titleist balls.“It’s not the goal to play bad and need more golf balls,” said Downs, who opted to remain with her group as a scorekeeper for the last three holes of the round.
“This was a first.”She had been joint 47th after a first-round 76.

LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72)
137 Mollie Fankhauser (Ohio) 67 70.
140 Taylor Leon (Texas) 70 70.
142 Stephanie Otteson (North Carolina) 71 71.
Other scores:
148 Vikki Laing (Musselburgh) 73 75.
MISSED THE CUT
(Qualifiers 155 or better)
157 Natasha Morgan (South Wales) (am) 78 79.
164 Brenda McLarnon (Belfast) 83 81.
Withdrew:
Polly Willett (London) 79 - .

MICHELE WIE 82 IN US WOMEN'S OPEN

Michele Wie had an 82 in the first round of the US Women's Open today.

Read the sad story by switching to our sister website, www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

THREE SCOTS SHARE FOURTH PLACE IN PGA
EUROPRO TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Aberdonian Graham Gordon, Callum Nicoll from Prestwick and Welsh-based Scot Jack Doherty were lying joint fourth on one-under-par 71 at the end of the first round of the Stoke by Nayland PGA EuroPro Tour championship today.
Damian Mooney (Northern Ireland and Francis McGuirk (Princes) set the pace on 69, one ahead of Lloyd Kennedy (Chelmsford).
Gordon bogeyed the first, 10th and 14th but had birdies at the ninth, 13th, 15th and 16th in halves of 36 and 35.
Callum was out in 35 and home in 36 with birdies at the fifth and 16th and a solitary bogey at the 12th.
Jack Doherty had halves of 37 and 34, made up of a bogey at the first and birdies at the 125th and 16th.
SCOREBOARD
Par 72
69 Damian Mooney (NIr), F McGuirk (Princes).
70 Lloyd Kennedy (Chelmsford).
Other scores:
71 Graham Gordon (Aberdeen) 36-35, Callum Nicoll (Prestwick) 35-36, Jack Doherty (South Wales) 37-34 (jt 4th).
75 Lee Harper (Archerfield Links) 36-39, Alasdair Hay (Royal Winchester) 38-37, Chris Campbell (Carnegie Skibo) 38-37 (jt 56th).
79 Paul Doherty (South Wales0 36-43 (jt 107th)

VIKKI LAING JOINT 15TH IN CINCINNATI

Musselburgh's Vikki Laing finished joint 15th in the US Futures Tour's Duramed Championship at Stonelick Hills Golf Club near Cincinnati. She had rounds of 77, 63 and 72 for a four-under-par total of 212. Her second round of nine-under-par 63 was a career low.
Vikki earned $1,032 for finishing 11 shots behind South Korean winner Seo-Jae Lee who shot 66, 66 and 69 for 15-under-par 201 to take the $14,000 first prize.
Eunjung Yi from California and Violeta Remoza (Mexico) finished joint runners-up on 204 over the 6,349yd, par-72 course. Yi had rounds of 65, 70 and 679; Remoza 66, 66 and 72. They each won $8,562.

US PRO TOURNAMENTS SCOREBOARD

TRAVELERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
The TPC at River Highlands.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4 x 70)
265 Hunter Mahan 62 71 67 65, Jay Williamson 66 66 67 66
269 Nick O'Hern (Aus) 67 70 66 66
270 Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 71 66 65
271 Fred Funk 70 65 67 69
272 David Toms 67 65 69 71, Bo Van Pelt 73 68 67 64, Tom Lehman 67 68 70 67
273 Kevin Na (Kor) 70 67 69 67, Justin Rose (Eng) 69 68 68 68, B.J Staten 67 71 69 66, Billy Mayfair 67 72 66 68
274 Stephen Marino 68 67 71 68, J J Henry 68 73 69 64
275 Jerry Kelly 69 68 68 70, Kenny Perry 65 71 70 69, Chad Campbell 69 70 70 66, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 69 71 67 68, Steve Allan (Aus) 66 75 67 67, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 67 69 73 66, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 65 72 72 66
276 Charles Warren 67 67 73 69, Billy Andrade 66 71 71 68, Eric Axley 67 70 69 70, Joe Ogilvie 71 68 69 68, Olin Browne 67 67 72 70, Tom Pernice Jnr. 68 70 68 70, Heath Slocum 68 68 70 70
277 Bill Haas 72 68 68 69, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 68 71 74 64, Kevin Sutherland 68 71 73 65, Peter Lonard (Aus) 68 69 73 67
278 Brad Faxon 65 74 70 69, Tim Petrovic 71 68 68 71, Ryan Moore 66 71 69 72
279 Pat Perez 69 68 66 76, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 66 71 72 70, Michael Sim (Aus) 65 70 78 66, Joey Sindelar 66 70 72 71, Craig Bowden 71 69 71 68, Corey Pavin 70 66 77 66, Bob Tway 71 70 69 69
280 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 69 74 66, Woody Austin 66 73 71 70, Douglas Labelle 68 73 71 68
281 Michael Allen 66 69 76 70, J.B. Holmes 72 69 71 69, Andrew Buckle (Aus) 71 70 72 68, Chris DiMarco 64 70 74 73, Cliff Kresge 71 70 69 71, Brent Geiberger 73 68 70 70, Steve Wheatcroft 68 71 74 68, Jason Gore 68 70 72 71
282 Kevin Stadler 68 70 75 69, Mark Calcavecchia 71 70 71 70, Jeff Overton 69 71 72 70, Tim Herron 71 70 74 67, Ryan Armour 67 74 68 73, Ben Curtis 69 71 73 69, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 71 68 74 69
283 Cameron Beckman 75 65 74 69, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) 68 72 75 68, Bob Heintz 65 72 76 70, Frank Lickliter II 69 71 75 68
284 David Branshaw 70 71 69 74, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 72 69 78 65
285 Robert Gamez 70 69 73 73, Jason Dufner 71 70 70 74, Steve Flesch 71 69 72 73, Brett Wetterich 70 70 80 65
286 Alex Cejka (Ger) 68 71 77 70
288 Will MacKenzie 67 74 75 72, Glen Day 69 70 76 73, John Mallinger 71 69 75 73
289 Stewart Cink 68 70 75 76, Craig Kanada 68 71 75 75
290 Tripp Isenhour 72 68 73 77
291 Mark Brooks 70 70 78 73
296 Scott Gutschewski 72 69 77 78.

WEGMANS LPGA
Locust Hill Country Club.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
280 In Kyung Kim (Kor) 70 67 71 72, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 69 71 67 73 (Ochoa won play-off at second hole).
281 Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 69 68 75 69
282 Cristie Kerr 66 75 70 71
283 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 70 70 72 71, Jeong Jang (Kor) 71 73 71 68
284 Angela Stanford 70 69 73 72
285 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 71 77 69 68, Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 70 71 73 71, Morgan Pressel 70 72 73 70, Brittany Lincicome 69 75 73 68, Wendy Ward 74 70 69 72, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 70 71 73 71
286 Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 71 73 69 73, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 70 74 75 67, A.J Eathorne (Can) 72 71 69 74, Pat Hurst 74 69 70 73
287 Giulia Sergas (Ita) 76 68 75 68, Mhairi McKay (Sco) 72 72 74 69, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 68 75 72 72
288 Young-A Yang (Kor) 76 72 69 71, Beth Bader 73 72 70 73, Meena Lee (Kor) 71 71 73 73, Lorie Kane (Can) 71 74 72 71, Angela Park 76 71 72 69, Leta Lindley 72 71 72 73, Paula Creamer 70 76 70 72, Seon Hwa Lee (Kor) 71 71 71 75, Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 73 71 73 71, Jimin Kang (Kor) 70 75 73 70, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 74 74 71 69
289 Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 72 73 75 69, Nina Reis (Swe) 76 70 70 73, Diana D'Alessio 71 74 74 70
290 Joo Mi Kim (Kor) 74 73 70 73, Brandie Burton 74 73 76 67, Reilley Rankin 73 71 73 73, Michele Redman 73 72 74 71, Karine Icher (Fra) 74 70 70 76, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 73 74 71 72, Amy Hung (Tha) 70 75 73 72, Moira Dunn 73 71 71 75, Katherine Hull (Aus) 71 73 75 71
291 Beth Daniel 75 71 76 69, Becky Morgan (Wal) 70 72 76 73, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 71 75 75 70, Janice Moodie (Sco) 74 70 72 75, Soo Young Moon (Kor) 72 73 72 74
292 Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 71 74 73 74, Kate Golden 71 77 71 73, Karrie Webb (Aus) 72 73 76 71, Jamie Hullett 74 74 74 70, Erica Blasberg 75 68 74 75, Eva Dahllof (Swe) 70 77 77 68, Sherri Steinhauer 74 74 73 71
293 Gloria Park (Kor) 72 76 69 76, Young Kim (Kor) 70 76 76 71, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita) 76 70 76 71, Nancy Scranton 76 71 74 72
294 Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 71 76 74 73, Sherri Turner 71 76 76 71, Charlotta Sorenstam (Swe) 70 77 70 77, Katie Futcher 71 76 74 73
295 Alena Sharp 67 74 77 77, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 73 75 71 76, Candie Kung (Tai) 72 74 78 71
296 Yu Ping Lin (Tai) 73 74 78 71, Na Ri Kim (Kor) 74 72 76 74, Christina Kim 70 75 76 75
298 Il Mi Chung (Kor) 72 73 77 76, Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (Fra) 72 75 75 76
305 Karin Sjodin (Swe) 72 75 81 77