Aussie Percy holds off the field...Canadians MC..ISBC Senior Open 36 hole results

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Cameron Percy will take a three-shot lead into the weekend at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open after a brilliant back nine of 33 in tough conditions at The Gleneagles Hotel.

The Australian entered day two with a one-shot advantage but with wind adding to the firm and fast conditions, the King's Course was a much tougher proposition than it had been on Thursday.

On a day when nobody went bogey-free, Percy looked like he too could fall victim to the layout with bogeys on the fifth and eighth before a birdie on the ninth steadied the ship.

A chip-in on the 13th then sparked an excellent closing run and further gains on the 14th and last saw the 52-year-old card a 68 and get to -9

American Jerry Kelly matched Percy's lowest round of the day with a 68 to sit at -6 two shots clear of a pair of Open Champions in Ernie Els and Henrik Stenson and Austria's Markus Brier -4

Percy has yet to claim a senior win since turning 50 in May 2024 but he has made all 81 of his cuts on the Champions Tour and in 2025 finished in the top ten at this event, the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open.

He now heads into the final 36 holes with a chance to break his duck and he revealed the difficult nature of the course and the conditions may be the key to his success.

"Obviously very happy," he said. "It's such a hard golf course. You've got to concentrate on every single shot. There's no easy holes or anything. You can lose your ball on every shot.

"That's what I like. It keeps me tuned in, if that makes sense. "Yesterday I hit it everywhere I was looking, so it was pretty easy. 

Today was way harder trying to judge how much the wind would hit stuff. I got it around okay. That was the difference, I think."

Stenson turned in level par with the help of a miraculous recovery on the ninth but made a gain on the 15th before taking advantage of an enormous drive down the last in a 68 of his own.

Els was not at his brilliant best in a 71 but a drive to ten feet on the 14th dragged him back into a share of third, while Brier carded a roller coaster 69 with an eagle, three birdies and four bogeys.

Frenchman Lionel Alexandre and American Matt Gogel were at -3 one ahead of 2023 Senior Open champion Alex Cejka, 1993 Ryder Cupper Peter Baker, South Africa's Darren Fichardt, Australian Michael Wright and American duo Taggart Ridings and Tom Penrice Jr all at -2 with just 16 players under par.

EDIT >>>> Stephen Ames 70 78 MC,  Gordon Burns T107 73 76 MC

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Svensson leads 9 Canadians this week 3M Open in Minnesota..18 hole results..

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For the big boys returning from the wilds of Royal Birkdale to the friendly confines of TPC Twin Cities was a welcome respite ("easier ") from the world reknown Open Championship links with all it's humps and hollow and waves of seaside fescue

Corey Conners T14 at the Open with a closing 67, he is the only one of the 9 Canadians in this field who have returned from England.

Canadians

T26 Adam Svensson  -3 68

T43 Adam Hadwin -2 69

T43 AJ Ewart -2 69

T43 Ben Silverman -2 69

T67 Taylor Pendrith -1 70

T67 Corey Conners -1 70

T86 Mac Hughes E 71

T86 Sudarshan Yellamaraju E 71

T86 Jeevan Sihota E 71  (22yr old, Victoria BC, turned pro 18, PGA Tour America's)

The leaders

1st  Ben Kohles -9 62

T2  Gary Woodland -7 64

T2  Emilio Grillo -7 64

T2  Jackson Koivun -7 64

T5  Jesper Svensson -6 65

T5  Kevin Roy -6 65

T5  Lucas Glover -6 65

T5  Michael Brennan -6 65

T5  Scott Scheffler -6 65

Kohles made a pretty eagle 3 at the last for his career best 62 for the two shot lead. He splits his schedule between the Korn Ferry and PGA Tour.

He T3 at the John Deere a week before the Open Championship and may have won if not for a double bogey at the 72nd hole.

Kurt Kitayama shot 68 as he defends his title.

TPC Twin Cities is one of the PGA Tour's easiest with the average winning score at -19.

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Aussie Cameron Percy leads, Ames T37, windy ISPS Senior Open...18 hole results

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Cameron Percy produced a brilliant birdie blitz around the turn to take a one-shot lead after day one of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open.

The Australian teed off in the favourable early conditions at The Gleneagles Hotel and made the most of the calm winds, recording four birdies in a row from the ninth in a 63 that got him to -7.

Frenchman Lionel Alexandre was his nearest rival after a bogey-free 64 -6, one shot ahead of four-time Major champion Ernie Els, 2018 winner of this event Miguel Ángel Jiménez and American duo Tom Penrice Jr and Pat Perez all at -5 65.

Percy has yet to claim a senior win since turning 50 in May 2024 but he has made all 81 of his cuts on the Champions Tour and in 2025 finished in the top ten at this event, the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open.

That suggests a win may not be far away and he was happy with his performance on the King's Course after enjoying some success with his preparations.

"Seemed to have really good numbers, and I stopped pretty close to the hole and made a couple of putts. The par fives, I drove on in two and the short par four I drove, and that helped.

"Sunningdale was incredible last year. Any time I can come over here and play golf, I'm very happy.

"I've never been here before. But I found something late yesterday. The last four holes I hit it really nicely, and did it again today. Hopefully I'll keep doing that and I'll be okay."

Alexandre made his first birdie of the day on the seventh and they came at regular intervals after that as he added gains on the ninth, tenth, 12th, 14th and 18th.

"Today it was really, really cool," he said. "My caddie is a really good friend. We joke a lot on the course.  I just take it as a regular tournament on the Tour. I see the same guys. Maybe some, a few more names that are playing in the States but no, it's a normal tournament.

"I'm going to try to manage for three more rounds and then we'll see at the end."

Perez was also bogey-free in his first Senior Open since turning 50 in March, while Jiménez and Els both dropped single shots in their rounds.

American duo Jerry Kelly and Taggart Ridings, Italian Emanuele Canonica, Swede Johan Edfors and Australian Michael Wright were at -4 66, one clear of a group containing two-time Major champion Zach Johnson and fellow Ryder Cuppers Boo Weekley and David Howell -3 67's.

WEATHER :  The cut is projected at +1, and the wind 27km/h W will be a factor on Friday.

edit>>>> Canadians Stephen Ames TEven 70, Gordon Burns T87 +3 73

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Steven Alker aims to keep the Kiwi flag flying, The Senior Open..

Steven Alker is bidding to follow the lead of Ryan Fox and make it a New Zealand double when he tees it up this week at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open.

Fox became just the third Kiwi men's Major Champion on Sunday, birdieing the last at Royal Birkdale in sensational style to win the Claret Jug and follow in the footsteps of the great Sir Bob Charles.

Michael Campbell's 2005 win at the U.S. Open represents the other Major victory for New Zealand men – Lydia Ko has three Majors in the women's game - with Charles and Alker having both tasted success in the senior ranks.

Alker finished third on his debut when the Senior Open was last held at The Gleneagles Hotel in 2022 and with wind in Kiwi sails, he would love to add to his Senior PGA Championship title which he won the same year.

"It would be fantastic," he said. "My wife is English. I'm kind of going after this one. This is one I'd really like to win.

"I love this place. Just the countryside and the golf course itself, the shape. It's in great shape. And you know, I was here, four years ago and it was my first Senior Open and I played well.

My boy goes to university up in Stirling, just up the road, so it feels like home a little bit."

While Fox is the flagbearer for New Zealanders in the under-50s game, there are also the likes of DP World Tour winner Daniel Hillier and rising star Kazuma Kobori making big strides, with Alker hopeful Fox's win can prompt more talent to emerge.

"In a way, not surprised," he said of Fox's win. "I mean, he's a very big player. He's won some big events. He's been playing well of late.

"But to see him finish that way and finish it off, the three shots down 18 was spectacular. In New Zealand, it was probably five in the morning back home or something. I think everybody was probably rooting for him.

"Just to see that, we've only had like three Major Champions, so to have another one is very special. I'm so proud of him. The way he finished was fantastic."

He added: "Obviously it's far New Zealand, so you have to travel and you're either playing US Tour or DP World Tour. We need a little more support to those guys out playing and competing more.

"I think the players are there. With what Ryan's done, I think the profile is just going to lift it, and we are going to get more guys coming through, and girls, too."

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The Senior Open : Thursday TEE TIMES at Gleneagles, Scotland

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Pádraig Harrington will get the defence of his ISPS HANDA Senior Open title under way alongside fellow reigning Senior Major champion Stewart Cink at The Gleneagles Hotel on Thursday.

Cink lifted the trophy at the US Senior PGA Championship in April before finishing second at the U.S. Senior Open as Harrington won that title for a third time earlier this month.

Now the duo will be joined by 2023 Senior Open champion Alex Cejka as they go head to head once again, starting at 09.19 on Thursday, when all groups will tee off the first on the King's Course.

Darren Clarke was the winner the last time this event was held here in 2022 and he plays alongside another man with fond memories of Gleneagles in Jamie Donaldson.

The Welshman hit the winning shot for Europe at the 2014 Ryder Cup over on the PGA Centenary Course, and he and Clarke will play with two-time U.S. Open winner Retief Goosen at 09.08.

Another South African great in Ernie Els tees off at 09.30 in the company of two Major-winning debutants, with Henrik Stenson and Zach Johnson making their first appearances in this event since turning 50 earlier this year.

There will be plenty for the local fans to cheer in the afternoon with a trio of Scots getting their rounds started.

At 13.36 Colin Montgomerie tees off in the company of Dane Søren Kjeldsen  and American Jerry Kelly, 11 minutes before 2014 Ryder Cupper Stephen Gallacher gets started with Australia's Scott Hend and Kiwi Steven Alker.

Two former Senior Open champions in KJ Choi and Miguel Ángel Jiménez then play alongside last year's runner-up Justin Leonard at 13.58, with fellow Open champions Paul Lawrie and David Duval teeing up alongside Swede Robert Karlsson at 14.09.

Canadians:  Stephen Ames tees off at 8.46 with David Howell and Thongchai Jaidee. Gordon Burns then plays with American Todd Sapere and Dane Knud Storgaard.

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The Senior Open returns to Gleneagles...all you need to know..

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Senior Major golf returns to Scotland this week as The Gleneagles Hotel plays host to the ISPS HANDA Senior Open. 

It has been a tremendous 3 weeks in the UK, with the Ryan Fox's thrilling win at the Open down in Southgate, England with record breaking crowds, framed by Tom Kim's Scottish Open win near North Berwick in Scotland, and now just up the east coast to Perth, Auchterarder to be precise, to the world class Gleneagles Resort for the Senior Open Championship.

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Harrington defends

Pádraig Harrington became the fifth player in history to win both The Open Championship and the ISPS HANDA Senior Open as he cruised to a three-shot victory at Sunningdale 12 months ago.

Harrington joined Bob Charles, Gary Player, Tom Watson and Darren Clarke as a winner of the Claret Jug and the Senior Open trophy. 

"There are some great names on the trophy," he said. "I was looking at the board inside with all the winners and it's a deep sense of satisfaction knowing that I've done both." The 54-year-old arrives full of confidence having recently won the U.S. Senior Open for the third time for a fourth Senior Major win.

Back at Gleneagles

The Senior Open returns to Gleneagles for just second time this week, with the world's best set to take on the King's Course. 

The Scottish venue will always be associated with what happened over on the PGA Centenary Course in 2014, when Paul McGinley's Europe beat the United States to win a third consecutive Ryder Cup but the hotel has also hosted the Solheim Cup, Scottish Open and Johnnie Walker Championship among other events. 

The Senior Open was first staged here in 2022, also over the King's Course, with former Open champion and Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke lifting the trophy.

Happy returns

While everybody in the field will be delighted to be taking on the King's Course in the spectacular setting of Gleneagles, two players will be particularly happy to be back in Perthshire. 

Darren Clarke returns to the scene of his first, and so far only, Senior Major victory, which was claimed in dramatic style four years ago. Clarke shared the lead heading into the final day and was still on top when a torrential downpour caused a near two-hour delay. 

Upon the resumption, Harrington birdied the 17th and 18th to set the clubhouse target but two putts from just off the green at the par-five last handed Clarke a birdie and a one-shot win.

Jamie Donaldson also returns to the venue where 12 years ago he hit the shot of his life to seal the winning point for Europe at the Ryder Cup. That was on the PGA Centenary Course but being back on the grounds of Gleneagles is sure to bring back happy memories.

Inside the field

We may have already mentioned a plethora of heavyweight names but there are plenty more in a field that contains 15 Major Champions, Ten Open Champions and 29 Ryder Cup players.

 Former World #1,  Ernie Els and David Duval are on display alongside winners of this event KJ Choi, Alex Cejka, Stephen Dodd, Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Mark Calcavecchia. Leading the home charge will be Colin Montgomerie, Paul Lawrie and Stephen Gallacher, with Montgomerie's fellow former Europe captain Paul McGinley teeing up where he lifted the Ryder Cup as skipper. YE Yang, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem, Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen, Stewart Cink and Justin Leonard complete the line up of Major Champions.

One of the unique things about senior events is that every year a fresh cohort of players tee it up who have turned 50 since the last edition. Alongside Donaldson, who has already claimed two wins since his birthday in October, is fellow 2014 Ryder Cupper and former Open champion Henrik Stenson. Two-time Major Champion, former US Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson is making his debut flying in from his recent win on the PGA Tour Champions.

edit >>>> Canada will be represented by Stephen Ames and qualifier Gordon Burns of Meadowbrook GC, Stouffville. Ontario

Add in six-time PGA TOUR winner Rory Sabbatini and three-time DP World Tour winner Hennie Otto and we could have youthful senior winner this week.

Stefano Mazzoli wins first DP World Tour Championship, Hughes/Ewart T20...Results

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Stefano Mazzoli became the DP World Tour's newest first-time winner as he made a final-hole birdie to win the Corales Puntacana Championship and gain access to the PGA TOUR.

The Italian rookie, who earned promotion from the HotelPlanner Tour last year, trailed Todd Clements by four shots ahead of the final round but shot a -6 66 to finish one shot ahead of the Englishman and Gordon Sargent of the United States.

With the victory in the Dominican Republic, 29-year-old Mazzoli earns PGA TOUR playing privileges through to the end of 2028.

He mixed birdies at the third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth with a bogey at the fifth on his front nine to reach -17 at the turn, but at this stage he was still four shots back of Clements.

But after two birdies in the opening three holes of the back nine for Clements, the 54-hole leader gave them back with a double bogey at the 13th to drop back to 20 under.

Playing in the group ahead, Mazzoli closed the gap to one with a birdie at the 14th, something later matched by Sargent at the 16th.

Moments later, the trio were then level at -19 when Clements bogeyed the 16th, before Mazzoli produced his decisive birdie to claim an emotional victory.

“It’s been a rollercoaster, this past year,” said Mazzoli.

"You doubt yourself quite a lot, but I’ve always been really determined on working, sacrifice and everything since when I was a kid.

“I knew since 15, 16 that this is what I wanted to do so I was really happy to do it even if maybe other people outside from school and everybody else was looking at me like kind of weirdly, ‘Why is this guy not coming to the cinema with us?’

"Like I knew this is what I wanted to do and I was really happy to do it and wake up early or go to bed early at night.”

The victory sees Mazzoli rise to 39th in the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World and to the top of the Closing Swing Rankings, while he is set to make a big leap up the Official World Golf Ranking from 424th

EDIT >>>> Canadians : Mac Hughes 66 72 69 68 -13, AJ Ewart 69 69 68 69 -13, (Hadwin, Pendrith, Svensson, Silverman missed cut)

DP World Tour now takes a 3 week break, returning for the Danish Open August 13th.

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