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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Following Mills and Hearn at Nationwide finale..

David Hearn birdied his 1st hole and is in 4th place at -8 playing the Nationwide Tour Championship at the Ralston Creek Course in Daniel Island, Charleston.

Jon Mills started his day at 9am T47 at +4 so he had a lot to do to get into the T25..

He started well with 2 birdies on the front nine out in -2, 34

He then birdied 10 to get to -3 and I thought here we go !!

However he took a double bogey 7 on the par 5 11th, then bogeyed 16..

He has fought back with a birdie on 17, but has just bogeyed 18..

34 out, 38 in E 72 .. Jon stands T38..

David is now at E through 7 holes  -7 total and T4... birdies at 1 and 5 framing bogey's at 3 and 4..

2pm  Birdie 2 at the par 3 9th   -8 total   -1 35 out and in 4th place alone..

David is 9 holes away from getting his tour card..

UPDATE 5.30pm

David made bogey at 10 then was steady as a rock with pars til he made birdie at 17 to get in at -1 71

Knost and Steele have just completed a 4 hole playoff which Brenden Steele just won so the results are final

David Hearn will finish at #21 and as a result re-joins the PGA Tour next year..

I will get his reaction when he picks up his cell

Bryan Angus

Bryan Angus

McDowell wins at Valderrama, Shanghai is next...

The man from Portrush Northern Ireland, Graeme McDowell has just shot 74 for a -3 281 total to win the Andalucia Vaderrama Masters, his 3rd win of his magical year, and he did it in very difficult windy conditions that make this Ryder Cup course so tough..

In fact another Irishman Damien McGrane was leading at -5 after holing out from a bunker on 15, but then the wind and his nerves got the better of him and he finished 6,6,5 to end up at -1 283 for 2nd place along with Soren Kjeldsen (69) and Gareth Maybin (76)

McDowell won 500,000 euros to cut Martin Kaymer's Race to Dubai lead almost in half, and next week is a biggie, the last WGC event of the year in Shanghai, and Tiger and Phil etal will be making the trip as well as Mr Kaymer who finished well down the field.

So next week is the  WGC HSBC Champions worth $7m in China followed by the Barclays Singapore Open worth $6m, then the UBS Hong Kong Open worth a mere $2.5m before the season finale the Dubai World Championship worth $7.5m and of course a share of the $10 Race to Dubai jackpot !!

Graeme McDowell is playing in them all !!! Stay tuned !!

Bryan Angus  bryanangus4@gmail.com

More Canucks move on to Stage 2.. Mills and Hearn go for their "cards"

Following this weeks Stage 1 play at Q school, 7 more Canucks have moved on to Stage 2..

They are Yohann Benson (Montreal), Adam Speirs (Winnipeg), James Love ( Calgary), Peter Laws (Mississauga), Brennan Webb ( Bracebridge), Mitch Gillis ( Williams Lake,BC), Richard T Lee (Vancouver)

Pinehurst NC ( 23 qualify)


T19 Yohann Benson +1, 75,68,70,76
T27 Derek Gillespie +4, 70,75,72,75
T57 Will Mitchell +13, 77,77,75,72
T36 Brad Fritsch +6 77 73 69, 75


Latanta, Texas (23 qualify)

7th Adam Speirs -8 70,72,70,65
T18 James Love -2 70,70,75,69
T60 James Allenby +3 72,72,75,76
T56 Roger Sloan +6 74 71,75,74
T60 Craig Matthews +4 75 73,72,75
T34 Jaimie Kureluk +3 75 67,77,69


Kingwood Texas (22 qualify)

T40 Devin Carrey +7 76 70 77 70


Kahaku, Oahu (10 qualify) -3 hours

T17 Bryn Parry +4 74,71, 76,71



Pine Mountain,GA ( 21 qualify)

T20 Brennan Webb -7  68 68 71 74
T31 Richard Scott -5 70 71 72 70


Port St Lucie, Florida (23 qualify)

14  Peter Laws -9 72,65,70,72
30  Matt Hill -3 70,72,71,71


Beaumont, California (22 qualify) -3 hours

T3 Mitch Gillis -4 75,69,68,72
T6 Richard T Lee -3 76,72,67,70
T32 Brett Bingham +5 79,73,72,69
T52 Barrett Jarosche +12 82,72,74,72
47   Darren Wallace +10 81,74,71,72
T58 Ryan Williams +14 80 79 71 72


Auburn, Alabama (23 qualify)

T25 Adam Short -2 71 71 72.72
T37 David Morland +1 69 76 72 72


NATIONWIDE TOUR

Now to David (27th) and Jon (28th) on today's final round.. Jon is just off at 9am and has made par at the 1st.

He starts in a T42  +4, 73,76,71.. The par 3 12th has been his nemesis this week. He is +5 over the first 3 rounds including a triple on Friday when he hit it into the water... I asked him what he needed to do better and he texted " a lot "
David is in much better shape. He is off at 1155am and starts the day T4 -7 69,69,71  209

The leader is Brendan Steele, an American who is running away with it at -14, 66 71 65  202

Of course the T25 get their PGA tour cards, so come on guys !!


EUROPEAN TOUR

I am watching the European Tour from Valderrama right now and Graeme McDowell  -5 continues his incredible year as he is leading fellow Irishman Gareth Maybin -4 by a shot heading into the back 9

More to follow

Bryan Angus

Friday, October 29, 2010

Friday scores for Canucks at Q school and Nationwide Tour

Its 520pm on Friday and the golf day has long since wrapped up in Spain and the far east and is winding down at Q school and on the Nationwide Tour..

I have all the results..

First Jon and David as they continue their search for their PGA Tour card..

David Hearn has shot another -3 69 and is at -6 138 T4 in great shape to win his card

Jon Mills continues to battle... He is T51 after today's +4 76  +5 149  He was out in +1 37 then... He made birdie at 10, bogey 6 on 11, triple 6 on 12 but fought back with birdies on 13 and 15 only to bogey 16 and 18

Here are all the Canucks at Q schools..
Pinehurst NC ( 23 qualify

T21 Derek Gillespie +1, 70,75,72
T67 Will Mitchell +10, 77,77
T33 Brad Fritsch +3 77 73 69

Latanta, Texas (23 qualify)

T29 Adam Speirs -4 70,72,70
T20 James Love -1 70,70,75
T46 James Allenby +3 72,72,75
T52 Roger Sloan +4 74 71,75
T52 Craig Matthews +4 75 73,72
T46 Jaimie Kureluk +3 75 67,77

Kingwood Texas (22 qualify)

T54 Devin Carrey +7 76 70 77

Kahaku, Oahu (10 qualify)  -3 hours

T25 Bryn Parry +5 74,71, 76


Pine Mountain,GA ( 21 qualify)

T35 Richard Scott -3 70 71 72


Port St Lucie, Florida (23 qualify)

T8 Peter Laws -9 72,65,70
T27 Matt Hill -2 70,72,71

Beaumont, California (22 qualify) -3 hours

T4 Mitch Gillis E 75,69
T25 Richard Lee +4 76,72
T42 Brett Bingham +8 79,73
T54 Barrett Jarosche +10 82,72
59 Darren Wallace +11 81,74
T70 Ryan Williams +15 80 79


Auburn, Alabama (23 qualify)

T23 Adam Short -2 71 71 72
T35 David Morland +1 69 76 72

Wrap to follow

Bryan Angus

More Canadian scores from Stage 1 at Q school..

Another wave of Stage 1 at Q school is underway at 4 more locations in the US and 2 rounds are complete. Here are the Canadian results..

Pine Mountain,GA ( 21 qualify)

T3 Richard Scott  -3 70 71


Port St Lucie, Florida (23 qualify)

12    Peter Laws  -7  72,65
T27  Matt Hill  -2  70,72


Beaumont, California  (22 qualify)

T4 Mitch Gillis  E  75,69
T25 Richard Lee +4  76,72
T42 Brett Bingham  +8  79,73
T54 Barrett Jarosche  +10  82,72
59   Darren Wallace  +11  81,74
T70 Ryan Williams  +15  80 79


Auburn, Alabama  (23 qualify)

T20 Adam Short  -2  71 71
T36 David Morland  +1  69 76

Bryan Angus

Wong leads in Argentina..Canada second after round one..

Our Canadian men's amateur team of Eugene Wong, Vancouver (67), Albin Choi, Toronto (70) and Cam Burke, Kitchener (75) are competing in the Men's World Amateur Team Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina..

Wong shares the individual lead at -4 and our team score of -5 137 is good for second, 2 shots behind France after round 1.

For full details click on  http://www.golfcanada.ca/.

Bryan Angus   bryanangus4@gmail.com

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Q School round 3 results... Hearn and Mills round 1 results

David Hearn and Jon Mills have just finished their opening rounds at the Tour Championship
Here are their scores...

David is T8 at -3,69.. no bogey's 34 out 35 in...
Jon is T46 at +1 73 ..36 out and 4 bogey's 12-16 but a strong finish with birdies at 17 and 18
Pinehurst NC ( 23 qualify)

T21 Derek Gillespie +1, 70,75,72
T67 Will Mitchell +10, 77,77
T33 Brad Fritsch +3 77 73 69

Latanta, Texas (23 qualify)

T29 Adam Speirs -4 70,72,70
T20 James Love -1 70,70,75
T46 James Allenby +3 72,72,75
T52 Roger Sloan +4 74 71,75
T52 Craig Matthews +4 75 73,72
T46 Jaimie Kureluk +3 75 67,77


Kingwood Texas (22 qualify)

T54 Devin Carrey +7 76 70 77

Kahaku, Oahu (10 qualify)

T12 Bryn Parry +1 74,71


Bryan Angus  bryanangus4@gmail.com

Nationwide Tour.. our "other" Canucks

While  I watch Hearn and Mills in this critical weekend at the Tour Championship, I have been taking a look at our other Canucks who play on this tour and how they finished their years..

We often have 7 or 8 guys playing most week's and I must admit without interviewing them all individually that it has been a disappointing season for all but the above duo..


Baryla, Chris  ( Calgary)

I spoke with Chris via text and he has been recovering gradually from a back operation this year.
He got his tour card in 2009 by finishing 19th on the Nationwide money list.

I assume he will request a medical exemption for next year on the PGA Tour.

He had only 7 starts, making 2 cuts on tour this year.. His world ranking is 424 and he is 237th on the PGA money list..
He made 4 starts on the NW tour as well with 1 cut made and is 207th on that money list


Brown, Ted (Calgary )

Ted played in 24 events this year, made 10 cuts had a T10 and 2 T25's. He only made 35,000 and is 121 on the money list. His only PGAtour event was our Canadian Open where he MC..
It was his first full year on this tour despite the fact he is now 31..


DeCorso, Bryan ( Guelph)

I remember the excitement in 2008 when he was in contention for a T25 finish and possible tour card before a late season swoon ended his year at 40th.

This year he has never contended   24 events, only 8 cuts and just over 18,000 He has lost his world ranking and is at 153 on this money list


Fortin-Simard Keven (Roberval, Que.)

Played the CanTour in 2008 and on the E-Tour in 2009.. Only made 8 starts on the NW tour this year with 3 cuts made and is a lowly 202 on the money list as a result


Jarosch, Barrett (Edmonton)

Barrett played a full sked of 25 events, made 11 cuts and had 5 T25's and made just over 48,000 and is at 100 on the money list.. I just don't remember him contending for a win this year, but he will be back to try again next season...


Morland IV, David  ( North Bay)

The man from North Bay is on the wrong side of 40 now and only played in 12 events this year with 5 cuts made.. His schedule has been diminishing since his full status on tour days in 2008
As a result he has slipped to 175 on the money list.  I will say he is one of the nicest guys we have interviewed on Fairways, he has a young family and is still a long time away from any dreams of the Champions Tour...
Do you remember when he did this ??? At the Nationwide Tour Championship in 2003 and 2005, changed into Austin Powers and Elvis Presley costumes on Halloween during last hole of play in the final round


Risdon, Dustin (Calgary)

He had a solid rookie year in 2009 but fell off this year with 16 starts and only 6 cuts made.. He did manage a T3 at the Rex Hospital Open a tourney reduced to 54 holes.. He is 115 on this money list and 464 in the world.


Trudeau, Julian (Montreal)

Not much to say about his year  18 events only 2 cuts made and 192 on the money list.

So Risdon ,Jarosch, and Brown will all be back next year on this tour and we shall see what happens with Baryla, Hearn and Mills, all hopefully will not be back because they will be on the PGA tour

Plus we will hopefully have some new blood from the CanTour !!!

Bryan Angus   bryanangus4@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Round 2 Canadian Scores at Q school

Here are the latest scores for Canucks in round 2 of Q school

Pinehurst NC ( 23 qualify)

T26  Derek Gillespie +1, 70,75
T67 Will Mitchell +10, 77,77
T53 Brad Fritsch +6  77 73

Latanta, Texas (23 qualify)
T29 Adam Speirs -2 70,72
T14 James Love -2 70,70
T44 James Allenby E 72,72
T52 Roger Sloan +1 74 71
T67 Craig Matthews +4 75 73
T29 Jaimie Kureluk +3 75 67

Kingwood Texas (22 qualify)

T41 Devin Carrey +2 76 70

Kahaku, Oahu (10 qualify)

T20 Bryn Parry +2 74

Latest scores

Bryan Angus

Who are these Canucks ??

 I have had some inquiries about who some of our guys at Q school are, so here is a little background for the guys at this stage..

Derek Gillespie.. Height: 5'9 Weight: 175

Birthdate: June, 1978 Resides: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
University: University of Arizona (Communications)

Played 9 events on the CanTour this year..
Played his best game of 2010 at the ATB Financial Classic where he finished T-3... Finished T-6 at the 2009 Players Cup, his best result that year... Finished 3 times in the Top 10 in 2008: Seaforth (5th), Vancouver (T-9), and Saskatchewan (T-10)... Finished one stroke behind the winner at the 2007 Iberostar Riviera Maya Open, the 2007 Free Press Manitoba Classic, and the 2007 Roxul Jane Rogers Championship... Led the Tour in both birdies (225) and eagles (13) in 2007... Played in the Canadian Open from 2000 to 2005 and 2007... Won the 2003 Corona Ixtapa Classic by eight shots... Finished 4th at the Nationwide Tour's Samsung Canadian PGA Championship in 2003... Won the Agnico Eagle Award for Most Improved Canadian in 2002, one year after taking home Canadian Rookie of the Year honours... Tied course-record 64 at the 2002 Michelin Ixtapa Classic... 2-time Ontario Junior Amateur Champion (1993 and 1995)... Won the 1994 Ontario Juvenile... Voted to the University of Arizona Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.


Will Mitchell  Height: 6'0 Weight: 205

Birthdate: October, 1985 Resides: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
University: Durham College, George Brown College

Only played 2 events on the Canadian Tour this year...
Won Pepsi Tour event in early 2009...Lost his card in 2008 but regained non-exempt status for 2009 at Fall Q-School...Fired 75-71-70-75-291 at 2007 Fall Q-School to earn Exempt status in 2008...2007 Canadian Colleges Athletic Association champion...2007 Ontario Colleges Athletic Association champion...Finished 8th at World University Championship...Willie Park Champion...Finished 6th on the Great Lakes Tour Order of Merit in 2007...Turned professional in 2007...Enjoys fishing, judo and working out.

Adam Speirs..Height: 6'2 Weight: 175

Birthdate: November, 1978 Resides: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
University: University of Miami

Played 9 events on the CanTour this year..
Player Director on the Canadian Tour Board... Finished T-30 at the 2010 Times Colonist Open... His best finish of the 2009 season was a T-23 at the 2008 Argentine Masters... In a very popular victory, he won his first Canadian Tour title at the 2008 Greater Vancouver Charity Classic by one stroke over Wes Heffernan and Byron Smith... Had three Top 10s in 2007: a T-2 at the Riviera Nayarit Classic, a T-4 at the Northern California Classic, and a T-9 at the Jane Rogers Championship... Played in the 2007 U.S. Open... Opened the 2007 season with a 79 at the San Jose International Open and then never shot worse than a lone 74 the rest of the season... Won the 2007 Pepsi Tour event… His only Top 10 of 2006 was a T-7 at the Northern California Classic... His 2003 rookie season saw him finish T-27 in his first Canadian Tour event at the TravelTex.com Canadian Tour Classic... Gained exempt status on the Canadian Tour at the 2002 Fall Qualifying School... Used a sponsor's exemption to finish T-19 at the 2002 MTS Classic in his hometown of Winnipeg, just after qualifying for the 2002 U.S. Open... Won the Johnny Owens Collegiate in 2001... Won the Manitoba Amateur in 1999 and 2001.

James Love   Height: 6'3 Weight: 185

Birthdate: July, 1983 Resides: Denver, Colorado, United States
University: University of Denver

Played 8 events on the CanTour this year
Struggled early in the 2009 season and considered quitting competitive golf before beginning his turnaround with a 4th place finish at the Roxul Jane Rogers Championship and capping it off with an emotional victory at the Tour Championship where he defeated Lucas Lee on the first playoff hole... Ended up 9th on the 2009 Order of Merit... Finished 3rd at the 2008 Saskatchewan Open and had a T-8 at the Nationwide Tour’s Price Cutter Championship as well as a T-12 at the Livermore Valley Championship... As a rookie in 2007, he made 8 of 14 cuts with a T-11 at the Northern California Classic his best finish... Won the Barona Collegiate Cup Individual title and Pioneer Classic while at the University of Denver.

James Allenby  Height: 6'2 Weight: 180
Birthdate: - Resides: Langley, British Columbia, Canada
University: Oregon State University

Played in 9 events on the CanTour this year
Started the 2010 season with 3 Top-10 results: T-4 at the Times Colonist Open, T-9 at Riviera Nayarit Classic, and 7th at the Corona Mazatlan Mexican PGA Championship... Missed the cut at four of his first six events in 2009 before making five of his next seven... Low round of the year was an opening round 65 at 2009 Desjardins Montreal Open where he finished T-27... Earned exempt status at the 2008 Fall Qualifying School... First Team All Pac-10 at Oregon State in 2007/2008... Honourable Mention All-American in 2007/2008... Finished 5th at BC Amateur and 4th at Canadian Amateur in 2008.

Roger Sloan  Height: 6'1 Weight: 190

Birthdate: May, 1987 Resides: Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
University: University of Texas - El Paso

Played in 9 events on the Cantour this year
Came in T-4 at the 2010 Times Colonist Open, shot a course-record 61 in the final round... Earned non-exempt status for 2010 at the 2009 Fall Qualifying School... Was unable to make the cut in 2 events in 2009... Earned a Finance degree from University of Texas-El Paso where he was a Second Team All Conference and NCAA Regional Selection in 2009.

Craig Matthew Height: 5'11 Weight: 172

Birthdate: September, 1975 Resides: Ile Bizard, Quebec, Canada
University: Ohio State

Only played in 5 events on the Cantour this year, made 0 cuts
Played in 7 events in 2009 making the cut twice... Made 1 of 14 cuts in 2008... Veteran member played four events in 2007 but did not make a cut... Top finish of 2006 was a T-12 at the Barton Creek Classic... Had season-best T-4 in 2005 at the Barton Creek Challenge... Won first pro title at the 2001 Ontario Open Heritage Classic, defeating Bob Conrad in a playoff... Won the Most Improved Canadian Award in 2001... Had consecutive top-ten finishes on the Nationwide Tour in 2001.

Jaimie Kureluk   Jaimie splits his time between his duties at the Cottonwood G&CC as Asst Pro in Calgary and his time on the Gateway Tour..

Devin Carrey Height: 5'11 Weight: 175

Birthdate: June, 1987 Resides: South Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
University: Louisiana

Played 9 events on the Cantour this year
Collected a T-7 at the 2010 Tour Championship to go along with 3 other Top-25 results in his first year on the Canadian Tour... Fired rounds of 74-69-70-68-281 to finish T-10 at the 2009 Fall Qualifying School and earned exempt status for 2010... Attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he earned a BS in marketing... Interested in sports and travel... 2009 Individual selection for NCAA Division One Regionals... Winner of three collegiate tournaments... Finished inside the Top 10 a total of 20 times... Finished T-19 at the 2008 Canadian Amateur and made it to the round of 32 in 2007... Finished T-21 at the 2007 BC Amateur, 18th in 2008 and 8th in 2005 BC Amateur... Winner of seven Maple Leaf Junior Tour events in three seasons... Three-time member of Team Canada for the Maple Leaf Junior Tour.

Bryn Parry Bryn lives in North vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

He is enjoying his first year on the Nationwide Tour where a second place finish at the Henrico Open demonstrated that he belonged.

He teaches out of the Seymour Creek Golf Centre when he is in town and takes great pride in the progress of his juniors.

Thanks to CanTour.com for bios on all these guys

Follow all their scores here at  fairwaysplus.blogspot.com

Bryan Angus  bryanangus4@gmail.com






















Q School results...Hearn and Mills paired together at Tour Championship

The second wave of the first stage of Q school is underway at 4 locations across the US for players trying to get their tour cards and David Hearn and Jon Mills will try and do the same at the Nationwide tours finale, the Tour Championship, starting tomorrow.

Here are the Canadian scores from Q school..

Pinehurst NC ( 23 qualify)

T8   Derek Gillespie  -2, 70
T63 Will Mitchell      +5, 77

Latanta, Texas  (23 qualify)

T16 Adam Speirs  -2 70
T16 James Love -2 70
T35 James Allenby E 72
T58 Roger Sloan  +2  74
T64 Craig Matthews  +3 75
T64 Jaimie Kureluk  +3 75

Kingwood Texas (22 qualify)

T58 Devin Carrey  +4 76

Kahaku, Oahu  (10 qualify)

T20 Bryn Parry  +2 74


Nationwide Tour

The Ralston Creek course on Daniel Island in Charleston NC is the site for tomorrow's season ending Tour Championship. The top 60 on the money list have qualified and suffice to say there is a lot at stake including tour cards for the T25..

Our Canucks, David Hearn( 27) and Jon Mills (28) are paired together at 10.23am

I have been in touch with both.. David " I'm looking forward to the week and 4 good rounds ".... Jon " a decent week and I'll have my tour card "

David narrowly MC last week at the Winn-Dixie in Jacksonville while Jon was tied for the lead at one point, had 3 bad holes at 8,9,10 but still ended up T5..

Mike Weir, Graham DeLaet and Stephen Ames all have their cards.

I will be following all this all weekend and your comments as always are welcome..

Bryan Angus

Monday, October 25, 2010

Mills and Hearn just outside the T25..Mannasero makes history

Jon Mills slipped to a +4 today and ended up T5. Still here is the T25 as of tonight followed by the Nationwide Leaderboard.. He is now 28th and Hearns is 27th..

Both will play at the Daniel Island Club in Charleston SC next week at the Tour Championship

Here are the top 25..

1 1 Jamie Lovemark 21 $421,784 1

2 2 Chris Kirk 21 $411,206 2
3 3 Tommy Gainey 26 $396,557 2
4 4 Daniel Summerhays 25 $376,742
5 5 Hunter Haas 22 $370,047 2
6 6 Martin Piller 23 $327,127 2
7 7 Jhonattan Vegas 22 $321,334 1
8 8 Kevin Chappell 23 $320,707 1
9 9 Fabian Gomez 25 $261,357 1
10 11 Keegan Bradley 27 $259,960
11 10 Kevin Kisner 25 $258,092 1
12 35 David Mathis 22 $254,185 1
13 12 Steven Bowditch 21 $253,583 1
14 15 Tag Ridings 26 $251,450
15 13 Bobby Gates 22 $244,401 1
16 14 D.J. Brigman 24 $235,569 1
17 18 Scott Gutschewski 25 $221,082
18 16 Peter Tomasulo 19 $220,712 1
19 17 Michael Putnam 21 $215,477 1
20 19 Jim Herman 24 $207,680 1
21 23 Justin Hicks 27 $201,859 1
22 20 Scott Gardiner 27 $198,049 1
23 22 B.J. Staten 23 $193,976
24 21 Nate Smith 27 $193,412 1
25 25 Chris Nallen 25 $187,993
26 24 Brandt Jobe 22 $186,776
27 26 David Hearn 24 $182,440
28 31 Jon Mills 24 $176,283

Tournament Results..

1  David Mathis SC P -1 F -8 68 63 72 69 272
T2 T21 Won Joon Lee SC P -4 F -7 66 73 68 66 273
T2 T8 Jeff Curl SC P -1 F -7 70 64 70 69 273
T2 T8 Kyle Reifers SC P -1 F -7 67 66 71 69 273
T5T26 Tag Ridings SC P -4 F -6 69 68 71 66 274
T5 T19 Scott Sterling SC P -2 F -6 69 67 70 68 274
T5 T21 Geoffrey Sisk SC P -3 F -6 70 68 69 67 274
T5 1 Jon Mills SC P 4 F -6 68 66 66 74 274
T5 T2 Rob Oppenheim SC P 2 F -6 65 70 67 72 274
T5 T2 Shane Bertsch SC P 2 F -6 64 71 67 72 274

Jon's undoing came at 9,10,11 where he went bogey, double, bogey +4 and in a text here is what he told me.  Nine was a 3 putt, 10 he was 3 off the tee after driving in the water and on 11 he missed the green and didn't get up and down..

His words " If I have a decent week next week I get my card "

EUROPEAN TOUR

Meanwhile in Spain, Italian star Matteo Manassero was making golf history. Here is a report from Europeantour.com

Italian sensation Matteo Manassero rewrote The European Tour record books as he stormed to victory at the CASTELLÓ MASTERS Costa Azahar.


At 17 years and 188 days, Manassero became the youngest winner in European Tour history, beating the previous record set by New Zealand's Danny Lee, who was 18 years and 213 days old when he won the 2008 Johnnie Walker Classic.

And he breaks the legendary Seve Ballesteros' record as the youngest full European Tour Member by 12 days.

The former British Amateur Champion, who shot to prominence when he won the Silver Medal by finishing 13th at The Open Championship in 2009, carded a four under par final round to finish 16 under, four clear of Ignacio Garrido.


PGA TOUR

I've been watching Graham's scores all weekend and he finished T18.. Here is a report from PGAtour.com

In a swift and shocking finish, Jonathan Byrd won a three-man playoff Sunday with a hole-in-one on the fourth extra hole in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Moments earlier, Byrd stood on the 18th green with Martin Laird and Cameron Percy as they discussed whether there was enough light to continue. They agreed to play one more hole -- the 204-yard 17th at the TPC Summerlin.

And the playoff essentially ended with one swing.

Graham DeLaet ended up T18, 269 ( 69 63 70 67)  and is projected to move up to 98 on the money list


LPGA

SIME DARBY LPGA MALAYSIA 2010

Purse: $ 1,800,000
KUALA LUMPUR GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
PAR: 35 36 YARDS: 6208

Alena Sharp slipped to 74 on Sunday but still managed a T25 finish in Malaysia

Here is the final leaderboard

1 Jimin Kang 70-69-65 204 -9 $270,000

2 Juli Inkster 71-67-67 205 -8 $174,239
T3 Mika Miyazato 66-72-69 207 -6 $112,089
T3 Maria Hjorth 68-68-71 207 -6 $112,089
5 Meena Lee 69-70-69 208 -5 $78,701
T6 Christina Kim 70-70-69 209 -4 $59,145
T6 Jiyai Shin 69-70-70 209 -4 $59,145
8 Cristie Kerr 72-71-67 210 -3 $47,221
T9 Beatriz Recari 71-70-70 211 -2 $38,953
T9 Song-Hee Kim 69-68-74 211 -2 $38,953
T9 Jee Young Lee 66-70-75 211 -2 $38,953
T12 Shanshan Feng 71-75-66 212 -1 $30,430
T12 Stacy Lewis 71-70-71 212 -1 $30,430
T12 Sun Young Yoo 75-65-72 212 -1 $30,430
T12 Natalie Gulbis 70-68-74 212 -1 $30,430
T16 Na Yeon Choi 74-69-70 213 E $22,976
T16 Azahara Munoz 72-71-70 213 E $22,976
T16 Suzann Pettersen 69-74-70 213 E $22,976
T16 Pat Hurst 72-70-71 213 E $22,976
T16 Amanda Blumenherst 69-72-72 213 E $22,976
T16 Seon Hwa Lee 70-70-73 213 E $22,976
T16 Candie Kung 69-70-74 213 E $22,976
T23 In-Kyung Kim 75-71-68 214 +1 $18,240
T23 Gwladys Nocera 73-73-68 214 +1 $18,240
T23 Katherine Hull 70-74-70 214 +1 $18,240
T23 Amy Yang 71-69-74 214 +1 $18,240
T23 Alena Sharp 68-72-74 214 +1 $18,240

Bryan Angus  bryanangus4@gmail.com

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Mills tied for the lead at the Winn-Dixie..

While David Hearn failed to make the cut at this Winn Dixie Jacksonville Open at the TPC Sawgrass, Oshawa's Jon Mills who started the day at 31 on the money list is tied for the lead as they play round 4 at 2pm Sunday..

This of course is the last full field event of the year and both Mills and Hearn will be in the field of 60 for next weekends Tour Championship and of course the T25 get their cards on the PGA tour next year..


T1  David Mathis SC P -3 10 -10 68 63 72 -- 203
T1 1 Jon Mills SC P E 8 -10 68 66 66 -- 200
T2 Craig Barlow SC P E 9 -8 66 67 69 -- 202
T4 T26 Tag Ridings SC P -5 16 -7 69 68 71 -- 208
T4 T8 Justin Hicks SC P -1 10 -7 70 66 68 -- 204
T4 T2 Kevin Chappell SC P 1 9 -7 67 68 67 -- 202
T4 T2 Rob Oppenheim SC P 1 8 -7 65 70 67 -- 202
T8 T19 Scott Sterling SC P -2 14 -6 69 67 70 -- 206
T8 T8 Kyle Reifers SC P E 11 -6 67 66 71 -- 204
T8 T6 Kyle Stanley SC P 1 9 -6 71 67 65 -- 203
T8 T2 Shane Bertsch SC P 2 9 -6 64 71 67 -- 202

I will post full results later this Sunday afternoon, and I will say that Graham DeLaet who has retained his card and shot a fun filled 63 on Friday, started play 8 shots off the lead in Vegas and Alena Sharp continues her fine form starting play in Malaysia just 4 off the lead on the LPGA tour.

Bryan Angus

Saturday, October 23, 2010

John Daly threatened by a 'hacker'....

John Daly has had his twitter and facebook accounts compromised by a hacker, who has threatened both him and his wife and kids..

Daly says his twitter/ facebook accounts were hacked when his email password was stolen by someone who then went on twitter and facebook and made posts pretending to be Daly..

His wife then went on twitter and confronted the hacker who then according to Daly said " if you want your account back you know what to do', and threatened to get Daly and members of his family..

Daly has been in touch with the FBI who are investigating.

Bryan Angus

Final scores from Stage 1..Q School... Yip wins in Nevada

The first wave of the first stage at Q school is complete and several of our Canucks have qualified to move onto stage 2, including Ryan Yip who won his event in Dayton, Nevada with a brilliant -17, 271 (69,65,70,67) score. Ryan played on the Canadian Tour this year, he is out of Calgary and went to Kent State University for his college career..

There are 13 first-stage events with fields of approximately 78 players at each one. First stage events are being held in seven different states from Oct. 19-22, 26-29 and 27-30, so we will have more Canucks to follow for the next 2 weeks..

Here are all the Canadian scores...

Kannapolis NC (23 qualify)

T33 Chris Ross +2 72,72,71,71 286
T42 Alan McLean +3 71,73,72,71 287
T66 Robbie Greenwell +10 71,76,74,73 294
67   Ryan Kings +12 78,72,72,74 296
68   Jerome Blais +13 76,70,80,71 297


McKinney Texas (18 qualify)

Congratulations to Calgary's Ted Brown, Matt McQuillan of Kingston and Kitchener's Cam Burke all of whom move on to Stage 2. McQuillan closed with a -6 66 to move from T25 to T11..

T2 Ted Brown -18  65,68,67,70 270
T8 Cam Burke -13  70,65,70,70 27
T11 Matt McQuillan -12 68,73,69,66

T26 Stuart Anderson -5 67,70,72,74 283
T21 Kevin Fortin Simard -7, 68,72,69,72  281
T56 David Markle +9 73,78,74,72  297


Dayton, Nevada (23 qualify)

1 Ryan Yip -17 69,65,70,67,271
T37 Nick Taylor -5  74,71,71,67  283
T68 Darren Griff +8 71,75,79,71  296
T68 Jeff Puska +8 74,73,76,73  296


Santee, California ( 23 qualify)

Both Adam Hadwin of Abbotsford BC and Kent Eger of Regina move on. Hadwin you may remember was the low Canuck at our RBC Canadian Open . Eger won in Seaforth on the Canadian Tour and Monday qualified for the US Open..

T8 Adam Hadwin -5, 69,72,72,70  283
T13 Kent Eger -3 74, 70,70,71 285
T30 Andrew Parr E, 74,73,73,68  288
T41 Wes Heffernan +3 74,73,72,72  291
T68 Matt Johnston +13 74,75,77,75  301
73 Greg McAuley +19, 77,77,75,78  307

Bryan Angus bryanangus4@gmail.com

Friday, October 22, 2010

Canadian Graham Gunn leads European Senior Tour event in Sicily

Graham Gunn the 2006 Canadian Senior PGA champion is leading the Sicilian Senior Open, an event on the European Senior Tour. He is the golf academy instructor at White Sands GC in Orleans/Ottawa these days.

Here is the report just in from Paul Symes of the European Tour..

A superb putting display helped unheralded Canadian Graham Gunn grab the lead on the opening day of the inaugural Sicilian Senior Open on the European Senior Tour.

On only his fifth appearance of the season, Gunn outshone some of the Senior Tour’s leading lights – including home hero Costantino Rocca and all-time leading career money winner Carl Mason of England – with a four under par round of 68 to lead by two strokes from Argentina’s Horacio Carbonetti and Spaniard Domingo Hospital.

Astonishingly, Gunn needed just 24 putts at Il Picciolo Golf Club, on the holiday island of Sicily, where driving rain rendered low scoring doubly difficult. His lead would have been even more commanding were it not for a double bogey at the par three eighth, where he lost his ball after overclubbing. The only other blemish in a round which included seven birdies came at the fiendishly tough 11th hole, which at 472 yards in length did not see a birdie all day.

Gunn, who is in need of a big week in order to upgrade his conditional card for next season, said: “It was tough going in the conditions, but in some ways the rain actually helped at times, because the ball isn’t running too far off the fairways. If the fairways were hard, you could end up way into the trees. Luckily I drove the ball really well today, and then when I did get in trouble off the tee, more often than not my putter rescued me. So it was a good day.”

I will follow his progress here over the weekend..

BryanAngus

Canadian Womens Team 9th in Argentina...Wong tied for 2nd

On my site you will see golf links down the right hand side and one of them is for http://www.golfcanada.ca/ and you can follow the progress of our women in Argentina as they play in the World Amateur Team Play Championship and later this month our men as they compete for the Eisenhower Trophy...

This report from Dan Pino at Golf Canada is what you will find at that link..

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Golf Canada)_Korea shot a sizzling team score of 16-under par Thursday to vault atop the leaderboard at the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Korea (-15), who began the day with a share of 13th position at 1-over, nine shots off the lead, counted impressive rounds by Ji-Hee Kim (63) and Jung-Eun Han (65) for a team score of 16-under on the day. The Koreans now take a single-stroke lead over the opening-round leaders from the United States (-14) heading into Friday’s third round.

Following Korea (-15) and the United States (-14) are Germany (-11) and the Philippines (-9) while Sweden, Mexico, South Africa and the host team from Argentina are tied for 5th position at 7-under.

The Team Canada trio of Christine Wong of Richmond., B.C. (70-67), Sara-Maude Juneau of Fossambault, Que., (74-75) Jennifer Kirby of Paris, Ont., (82-71) began the day with a share of 9th and carded a second-round team score of 6-under to now stand alone in 9th position (-6) heading into Friday’s third round.

Wong continued her stellar play in Buenos Aires and sits as the low Canadian at 7-under for the tournament and a share of 2nd in the individual standings. Juneau is tied for 74th at 5-over while Kirby rebounded from a disappointing opening round 82 with her second round 71 to move into a tie for 97th position at 9-over through 36 holes.

The individual leader is Jessica Korda of the United States who shot a second-round 66 to sit at 10-under for the tournament. Canada’s Christine Wong is tied for 2nd with Jung-Eun Han of Korean and Manuela Carbaja Re of Argentina at 7-under while three others are tied for 5th at 6-under.

A complete list of team and individual scores from the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship can be found at www.worldamateur2010.org.

Team Canada is one of 54 nations competing for the coveted Espirito Santo Trophy.

The event is being conducted at both the Olivos Golf Club and the Buenos Aires Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Canada finished runner-up in 1966 and 1978 and also tied for 2nd in 2004, but has yet to take home top spot honours. In 2008, Canada finished 4th in the biennial championship, while Sweden took home the title.

Conducted by the International Golf Federation, which is comprised of the national governing bodies of golf in more than 110 countries, the biennial World Amateur Golf Team Championships will be contested over four rounds of stroke play with the top two scores from each team counting towards the team total. The event, first contested in 1964, features both a team and individual component.

The competition is rotated among three geographic zones of the world: Asia-Pacific, North America and Europe-Africa. The 2012 championship will be contested in Turkey.

Team Canada’s men’s squad heads to Argentina October 28-31 to compete for the Eisenhower Trophy at the Men’s World Amateur Team Championship.

Bryan Angus

Round 3 Canucks at Q School

Please note how many qualifying spots each site offers so you can see who needs to do what in today's 4th rounds...


Kannapolis NC (23 qualify)


T30 Chris Ross +2 72,72,71

T42 Alan McLean +3 71,73,72
T64 Robbie Greenwell +8 71,76,74
67 Ryan Kings +9 78,72,72
T73 Jerome Blais +13 76,70,80



McKinney Texas (18 qualify)

T2 Ted Brown -16  65,68,67
T9 Cam Burke -11 70,65,70
T19 Stuart Anderson -7 67,70,72
T19 Kevin Fortin Simard -7, 68,72,69
T25 Matt McQuillan -6 68,73,69
58 David Markle +9 73,78,74

Dayton, Nevada (23 qualify)

T5 Ryan Yip -12 69,65,70
T50 Nick Taylor E 74,71,71
T73 Darren Griff +9 71,75,79
T68 Jeff Puska +7 74,73,76


Santee, California ( 23 qualify)

T12 Adam Hadwin -3, 69,72,72
T19 Kent Eger -2 74, 70,70

T43 Andrew Parr +4, 74,73,73
42 Wes Heffernan +3 74,73,72
T71 Matt Johnston +10 74,75,77
75 Greg McAuley +13, 77,77,75

Bryan Angus

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Canadian scores, round 2 at Q School..

Here are the scores for our Canucks after round 2 at Stage 1 of Q school. Ted Brown of Calgary is T5 and Kitchener's Cam Burke is T7 at McKinney in Texas,  and Calgary's Ryan Yip is T4 in Nevada

Kannapolis NC


T44 Alan McLean +2 71,73
T44 Chris Ross +2 72,72
T56 Jerome Blais +4  76,70
T61 Robbie Greenwell +5 71,76

70 Ryan Kings +8 78,72


McKinney Texas

T5 Ted Brown -11 65,68
T7 Cam Burke -9 70,65

T13 Stuart Anderson -7 67,70
T22 Kevin Fortin Simard -4, 68,72

T31 Matt McQuillan -3 68,73

T58 David Markle +7  73,78

Dayton, Nevada

T4 Ryan Yip -10 69,65
T50 Nick Taylor +1 74,71

T54 Darren Griff  +2 71,75
T58 Jeff Puska +3 74,73

Santee, California
( *partial scores)

T7 Adam Hadwin -3, 69 *
T41 Andrew Parr +2, 74 *
T68 Greg McAuley +5, 77 *
T57 Wes Heffernan +3 74,73
T68 Matt Johnston +5  74,75
T41 Kent Eger +2 74 *

Bryan Angus

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Els wins Grand Slam TV Event

Folks, I am not a big fan of this event since it is just a TV ratings grab, so I didn't see much of it  but  here is the published report from european.your.com in Barbados..

SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda -- Ernie Els ran off three straight birdies on the back nine Wednesday and turned a three-shot deficit into a one-shot victory over David Toms in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.


Els, an alternate who was filling in for Masters champion Phil Mickelson, closed with a 2-under 69 and earned US$600,000. It was his second victory in the 36-hole event for the year's four major champions. Els also won in 1997 when it was at Poipu Bay.


This time, he figured he was playing for second place.


Toms, another alternate who replaced British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen, chipped in for birdie on No. 12 and stretched his lead to three shots when Els bogeyed the 13th. Els made the first of his successive birdies on the 14th at Port Royal Golf Course, but his hopes for a two-shot swing ended when Toms again chipped in, this time for par.

"When a guy does it once, you're thinking, 'Good shot.' When he does it twice in three holes, you're thinking maybe he's destined to win this thing," Els said. "It took a bit of the pressure off me in a way, where I freewheeled it, tried to see how close I could get to him."


The turning point came on the 15th, when Els made birdie and Toms bogeyed for a share of the lead. Els pulled ahead with his third straight birdie on the 15th, and he holed a 10-foot par putt on the 17th to keep his one-shot advantage.


"Made a very big putt there," said Els, who finished at 5-under 137. "I was missing those putts. Maybe I was owed one, and that was it."


Toms shot 71 in his first appearance in the PGA Grand Slam since 2001, when he won the PGA Championship. He earned US$300,000. U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell (73) and PGA champion Martin Kaymer (71) tied for third, eight shots behind, and each earned $225,000
.
"I felt like I didn't necessarily lose this thing," Toms said, pointing out Els' three straight birdies. "I'd say he won the tournament. For me to go through those holes, play them under par, would have been a pretty good feat in itself. He played them 3 under."


Kaymer birdied the 15th and 17th to catch McDowell, and they each made par on the last hole.


"There's an element of pride kicks in," McDowell said. "No one wants to finish last."


From the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Els was headed to the Far East for tournaments next week in Malaysia and the week after in Shanghai for the HSBC Champions.


He said he might skip the Dubai World Championship, however, because Kaymer has such a large lead on the money list. Els is about $1.84 million behind Kaymer, although the HSBC features a $7 million purse.

Bryan Angus  bryanangus4@gmail.com









SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda -- Ernie Els ran off three straight birdies on the back nine Wednesday and turned a three-shot deficit into a one-shot victory over David Toms in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.



Els, an alternate who was filling in for Masters champion Phil Mickelson, closed with a 2-under 69 and earned US$600,000. It was his second victory in the 36-hole event for the year's four major champions. Els also won in 1997 when it was at Poipu Bay.



This time, he figured he was playing for second place.



Toms, another alternate who replaced British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen, chipped in for birdie on No. 12 and stretched his lead to three shots when Els bogeyed the 13th. Els made the first of his successive birdies on the 14th at Port Royal Golf Course, but his hopes for a two-shot swing ended when Toms again chipped in, this time for par.



"When a guy does it once, you're thinking, 'Good shot.' When he does it twice in three holes, you're thinking maybe he's destined to win this thing," Els said. "It took a bit of the pressure off me in a way, where I freewheeled it, tried to see how close I could get to him."



The turning point came on the 15th, when Els made birdie and Toms bogeyed for a share of the lead. Els pulled ahead with his third straight birdie on the 15th, and he holed a 10-foot par putt on the 17th to keep his one-shot advantage.



"Made a very big putt there," said Els, who finished at 5-under 137. "I was missing those putts. Maybe I was owed one, and that was it."



Toms shot 71 in his first appearance in the PGA Grand Slam since 2001, when he won the PGA Championship. He earned US$300,000. U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell (73) and PGA champion Martin Kaymer (71) tied for third, eight shots behind, and each earned $225,000.



"I felt like I didn't necessarily lose this thing," Toms said, pointing out Els' three straight birdies. "I'd say he won the tournament. For me to go through those holes, play them under par, would have been a pretty good feat in itself. He played them 3 under."



Kaymer birdied the 15th and 17th to catch McDowell, and they each made par on the last hole.



"There's an element of pride kicks in," McDowell said. "No one wants to finish last."



From the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Els was headed to the Far East for tournaments next week in Malaysia and the week after in Shanghai for the HSBC Champions.



He said he might skip the Dubai World Championship, however, because Kaymer has such a large lead on the money list. Els is about $1.84 million behind Kaymer, although the HSBC features a $7 million purse.

Golf this week.. October 21... Canucks at Q school

The PGA tour makes it's annual stop in Vegas where Justin Timberlake who is a golf fanatic brings in all his celebrity pals to raise money for the Childrens Hospital. Delaet and Ames are there, Alena Sharp has made the long trip to the new event in Malaysia, but my focus will be on our guys on the Nationwide tour, especially Hearn and Mills down at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Verde as they play in the last full field event of the year with so much on the line for so many. Sergio also returns to host his tournament on his home course in Spain on the Euro tour and we have Canucks at Q school..


PGA TOUR

Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
Las Vegas.
TPC Summerlin (7,224 yards, par 71).
$4.3 million. Winner's share: $774,500.
Defending Champion: Scotland's Martin Laird won his first PGA Tour title.

Canucks  Stephen Ames, Graham DeLaet


LPGA TOUR

Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (6,182 yards, par 71).
$1.8 million. Winner's share: $270,000.
New event
Canucks. Alena Sharp


CHAMPIONS TOUR

Administaff SmallBusiness Classic
The Woodlands, Texas.
The Woodlands Country Club (7,018 yards, par 72).
$1.7 million. Winner's share: $225,000
Defending Champion : John Cook


PGA EUROPEAN TOUR

Castello MastersCosta Azahar
Castellon, Spain.
Club de Campo del Mediterraneo (7,111 yards, par 71).
$2.78 million. Winner's share: $463,600.
Defending Champion: Sweden's Michael Jonzon

Sergio Garcia returns to golf and hosts at his home course


NATIONWIDE TOUR

Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
TPC Sawgrass, Dye's Valley Course (6,864 yards, par 70).
$600,000. Winner's share: $108,000.
New Event

Canucks;  Hearn (26th), Mills ( 30th), Jarosch, Morland, Baryla

This is a strong field as the top 60 go on to qualify for the season ending Tour Championship. David and Jon are already in that, so have 2 chances left to get into the T25 to join Weir, Ames and DeLaet in the PGA Tour next year.


Q SCHOOL

The first stage of Q school is underway at 6 locations across the US.. I have listed all the Canucks 1st round scores and locations, hope you will tell me if I miss any..

Kannapolis NC
T27 Alan McLean, Robbie Greenwell
T40 Chris Ross
T71 Jerome Blais
T75 Ryan Kings

McKinney Texas
3 Ted Brown
T5 Stuart Anderson
T9 Matt McQuillan, Kevin Fortin Simard
T26 Cam Burke
T46 David Markle

Dayton, Nevada
T9 Ryan Yip
T30 Darren Griff
T56 Jeff Puska, Nick Taylor

Santee, California
T2 Adam Hadwin
T14 Andrew Parr
T23 Greg McAuley
Wes Heffernan, Matt Johnston also playing


Bryan Angus   bryanangus4@gmail.com

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

DeLaet secures tour card, Hearn slips with a 74..Golf wrap

It was quite a weekend around the globe in golf with Paddy winning in Malaysia, Graham DeLaet virtually securing his PGA card in California, David Hearn moving to 26th on the money list in Miami

NATIONWIDE TOUR

David sent me a text Sunday morning saying he was "looking forward to today's play"  I'm sure he was until he made a triple bogey on the 14th hole, leading to a 74 his highest score of the week. He finished 5 shots back at -11 to Jason Gore at the Miccosukee Open in Miami.... Here's the good news. He has moved up to 26th on the Money with his $23625 list with 1 to go..

Here's the Scoreboard

1 1 Jason Gore SC P E F -16 65 67 65 71 268  ( his 7th Nationwide Tour career win, a record)

T2 T13 Kevin Kisner SC P -4 F -12 71 67 67 67 272
T2 T5 Scott Gutschewski SC P -2 F -12 66 70 67 69 272
T4 T18 John Kimbell SC P -4 F -11 71 68 67 67 273
T4 T5 Won Joon Lee SC P -1 F -11 70 66 67 70 273
T4 2 David Hearn SC P 3 F -11 64 68 67 74 273 
T4 3 Keegan Bradley SC P 1 F -11 64 67 70 72 273
T8 T25 Kent Jones SC P -4 F -10 68 67 72 67 274
T8 T25 J.J. Killeen SC P -4 F -10 69 69 69 67 274
T8 T18 Adam Meyer SC P -3 F -10 66 68 72 68 274
T8 T13 Andrew Svoboda SC P -2 F -10 63 70 72 69 274
T8 T5 Paul Claxton SC P E F -10 69 67 67 71 274

Now the T25 plus

TOP 25

1 1 Jamie Lovemark 20 $419,969 1
2 2 Chris Kirk 21 $411,206 2
3 3 Tommy Gainey 25 $388,157 2
4 4 Daniel Summerhays 24 $376,742
5 5 Hunter Haas 21 $365,247 2
6 6 Martin Piller 22 $324,427 2
7 7 Jhonattan Vegas 21 $321,334 1
8 8 Kevin Chappell 22 $308,793 1
9 9 Fabian Gomez 24 $261,357 1
10 17 Kevin Kisner 24 $258,092 1
11 12 Keegan Bradley 26 $256,360
12 11 Steven Bowditch 20 $247,343 1
13 10 Bobby Gates 21 $244,401 1
14 13 D.J. Brigman 23 $231,969 1
15 14 Tag Ridings 25 $231,800
16 15 Peter Tomasulo 19 $220,712 1
17 16 Michael Putnam 21 $215,477 1
18 27 Scott Gutschewski 24 $214,842
19 18 Jim Herman 23 $203,560 1
20 24 Scott Gardiner 26 $194,449 1
21 22 Nate Smith 26 $193,412 1
22 19 B.J. Staten 22 $191,276
23 20 Justin Hicks 26 $189,945 1
24 23 Brandt Jobe 21 $186,776
25 21 Chris Nallen 24 $185,293
26 30 David Hearn 23 $182,440
27 25 James Hahn 26 $173,400
28 26 Brendan Steele 24 $164,032
29 28 Joe Affrunti 24 $161,433
30 29 Alistair Presnell 25 $159,347
31 31 Jon Mills 23 $156,633


PGA Tour

Rocco as predicted held on to win but it was close !!
He holed out 4 times this week !! Remember he was ahead by 3 shots at the start of play at the Frys.com in California, then was caught by the pack on his back nine before making birdie at 16, then holing a wedge for eagle on 17 to get to -15, 269 to edge Bo Van Pelt and Alex Prugh by a shot.. He moves from 182 to 72nd on the money list

Great day for Graham Delaet who's -4 67 was the low score of the day and it will almost certainly secure his card for next year.His -10, 274 total was good for T6 and he moves from 114 to 102 on the money list with 2 events to play,

1 Rocco Mediate -15 F  64 65 67 73 269

T2Bo Van Pelt -14 F  65 69 65 71 270
T2 Alex Prugh -14 F  69 66 66 69 270
4 Rickie Fowler -13 F 69 65 68 69 271
5 Chris Tidland -12 F 70 65 68 69 272
T6 Graham DeLaet -10 F  68 68 71 67 274
T6 Will MacKenzie -10 F  66 68 71 69 274
T6 Kevin Stadler -10 F  71 67 67 69 274
T6David Duval -10 F 68 65 71 70 274
T6 Charles Warren -10 F 71 65 67 71 274
T6 Ryuji Imada -10 F 65 67 69 73 274
T6 Tim Clark -10 F  68 69 66 71 274

Cancks position on the Money List

Stephen Ames 97
Graham DeLaet 102
Mike Weir 145  ( Exempt til 2013)


LPGA

Ai Miyazato is still #1 but this week belonged to Spanish rookie Beatriz Recari who won for the first time on this tour beating a French girl Gwladys Nocera by a shot. Cristie Kerr needed a 3rd place finish to become #1 but she finished T5 at this CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in California.

I have listed our Canucks after the leader board.

1 Beatriz Recari -2 F -14 68 66 70 70 274 $165,000

2 Gwladys Nocera -2 F -13 68 66 71 70 275 $101,836
T3 Karine Icher -2 F -12 70 70 66 70 276 $65,512
T3 Michele Redman E F -12 67 69 68 72 276 $65,512
T5 Cristie Kerr -2 F -11 73 68 66 70 277 $41,816
T5 Wendy Ward E F -11 65 71 69 72 277 $41,816
7 Shanshan Feng -5 F -10 74 69 68 67 278 $31,502
T8 Angela Stanford -4 F -9 73 70 68 68 279 $26,205
T8 Brittany Lincicome -1 F -9 61 76 71 71 279 $26,205
T10 Sarah Kemp -6 F -8 71 73 70 66 280 $20,322
T10 Karrie Webb -4 F -8 69 70 73 68 280 $20,322
T10 Mikaela Parmlid -1 F -8 71 69 69 71 280 $20,322
T10 Katherine Hull +1 F -8 67 71 69 73 280 $20,322
T40 Smantha Richdale 70,74,70,73 287
T61 Lorie Kane 70,74,73,74
71  Lisa Meldrum 73,71,74,78

Note  Paddy Harrington  won the Iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia, his first tournament title in two years. He shot -3 69 in the final round for an overall 20-under-par 268


He started the day 5 shots clear and won it by 3 at the Horizon Hills G & CC on the Asian Tour.

His last win came in 2008 at the US PGA Championship.
The Race to Dubai continues in Spain the next 2 weeks, at the Castello Masters then the Andalucia Valderrama Masters before heading to the far east for 3, the WGC HSBC in China worth $7m, then the Barclays Singapore Open worth $6m followed by the UBS Hong Kong Open.

Then it all wraps up in mid November at the Dubai World Championship worth $7.5m and of course the $10 in bonus prizes.

Just in case you thought the year was over for these guys !!!

Bryan Angus   bryanangus4@gmail.com

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Martin crumbles, Green wins Portugal Masters

 Earlier I posted that Pablo Martin was leading the Portugal Masters but I did say things would change...

Richard Green the veteran Aussie lefty with a love of classic cars started the day 7 shots back, shot a 65 to get to -18 and watched from the clubhouse as Pablo Martin played the last 6 holes in 4 over par including a bogey, double bogey finish 75 to drop to 6th place..

Francesco Molinari's 62 got him a share of 2nd place at -16..

The win is worth 500,000 euros or $712,058 cdn

1 GREEN, Richard -18 18 -7 70 66 69 65 270

T2 MOLINARI, Francesco -16 18 -10 74 62 74 62 272
T2 KARLSSON, Robert -16 18 -5 64 71 70 67 272
T2 FDEZ-CASTAÑO, Gonzalo -16 18 -4 69 67 68 68 272
T2 LUITEN, Joost -16 18 -3 70 68 65 69 272
T6 DIXON, David -15 18 -5 68 67 71 67 273
T6 LAWRIE, Peter -15 18 -3 68 68 68 69 273
T6 MARTIN, Pablo -15 18 +3 67 68 63 75 273
T9 ANDERSSON HED, Fredrik -14 18 -5 71 66 70 67 274
T9 BOYD, Gary -14 18 -3 68 68 69 69 274
T9 O'HARA, Steven -14 18 -3 68 71 66 69 274
T9 GARRIDO, Ignacio -14 18 -3 71 68 66 69 274
T9 JAIDEE, Thongchai -14 18 -2 70 66 68 70 274
T9 SCHWARTZEL, Charl -14 18 -2 67 71 66 70 274
T9 ILONEN, Mikko -14 18 Par 65 68 69 72 274
T9 WILSON, Oliver -14 18 +1 70 66 65 73 274

Bryan Angus

Hearn can win PGA card today...

Going into this weekend's play David Hearn was 30th on the Nationwide money list with $158,815.
First prize at this Miccosukee Championship is $108,000, therefore a win would give him $266,815 which as they stand now would be good for 9th place, without adjusting the players money totals ahead of him. The top 25 get their cards and there is only one week remaining after this, but a solid day will almost certainly secure his place on the big tour next year.

He will be in the final pairing today,in 2nd place, trailing Jason Gore by 2 shots

Whether he wins or not his 64,68,67, 199 -14 scoring is brilliant and couldn't have come at a better time.

1.  Gore, Jason -16 -6 18 65 67 65 - 197

2.  Hearn, David -14 -4 18 64 68 67 - 199
3.  Bradley, Keegan -12 -1 18 64 67 70 - 201
4.  Smith, Nate -11 -5 18 66 70 66 - 202
5.  Claxton, Paul -10 -4 18 69 67 67 - 203
5.  Coles, Gavin -10 -7 18* 71 68 64 - 203
5.  Dunlap, Scott -10 -5 18 66 71 66 - 203
5.  Gutschewski, Scott -10 -4 18 66 70 67 - 203
5.  Joon Lee, Won -10 -4 18 70 66 67 - 203
10.Gardiner, Scott -9 -4 18 68 69 67 - 204
10.Hahn, James -9 -3 18 70 66 68 - 204
10 Ridings, Tag -9 -4 18 70 67 67 - 204

T51 Jon Mills  -1 70,67,73  212 needs a good day. He is currently 31st on the money list.


PGA Tour

The question is 'can anyone catch Rocco ??" as he continues to lead the Fry's.com by 3 shots at -17. Apart from Van Pelt he is at least 5 shots clear and playing beautifully. I expect his vast experience and new found putting confidence following Trevino's tip will see him through.

1. Mediate, Rocco -17 -4 18 64 65 67 - 196

2. Van Pelt, Bo -14 -6 18 65 69 65 - 199
3. Imada, Ryuji -12 -2 18 65 67 69 - 201
3. Prugh, Alex -12 -5 18 69 66 66 - 201
5. Fowler, Rickie -11 -3 18 69 65 68 - 202
6. Clark, Tim -10 -5 18 68 69 66 - 203
6. Mallinger, John -10 -3 18 66 69 68 - 203
6. Tidland, Chris -10 -3 18 70 65 68 - 203
6. Warren, Charles -10 -4 18 71 65 67 - 203
6. Wilson, Dean -10 -1 18 69 64 70 - 203


LPGA Tour

This is a packed leaderboard with 3 players sharing the lead at -12, and only 4 shots between 1st and 10th place at the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in California

I have listed our 3 Canadians at the end.

1. 1 Lee, Ilhee -12 -4 18 69 67 68 - 204

1. 1 Recari, Beatriz -12 -2 18 68 66 70 - 204
1. 1 Redman, Michele -12 -4 18 67 69 68 - 204
4. 4 Nocera, Gwladys -11 -1 18 68 66 71 - 205
4. 4 Ward, Wendy -11 -3 18 65 71 69 - 205
6. 6 Icher, Karine -10 -6 18 70 70 66 - 206
7. 7 Hull, Katherine -9 -3 18 67 71 69 - 207
7. 7 Kerr, Cristie -9 -6 18 73 68 66 - 207
9. 9 Lincicome, Brittany -8 -1 18 61 76 71 - 208
9. 9 Smith, Libby -8 -6 18 71 71 66 - 208


36. 38 Richdale, Samantha -2 -2 18* 70 74 70 - 214
64. 69 Kane, Lorie +1 +1 18* 70 74 73 - 217

66. 71 Meldrum, Lisa +2 +2 18* 73 71 74 - 218


EUROPEAN Tour

Francesco Molinari has fired another brilliant -10 62 to get into the top 3, as play is well underway at the Portugal Masters, but Spain's Pablo Martin has a 3 shot lead at -20 over Aussie veteran Richard Green, at the moment, but that will all change..

1. 1 Martin, Pablo -20 -2 5 67 68 63 - 198

2. 15 Green, Richard -17 -6 12 70 66 69 - 205
3. 54 Molinari, Francesco -16 -10 18 74 62 74 62 272
3. 10 Lawrie, Peter -16 -4 10 68 68 68 - 204
3. 4 Ilonen, Mikko -16 -2 6 65 68 69 - 202
3. 2 Wilson, Oliver -16 -1 6 70 66 65 - 201
3. 2 Huldahl, Jeppe -16 -1 5 72 68 61 - 201
8. 15 Karlsson, Robert -15 -4 14 64 71 70 - 205
8. 10 Fdez-Castaño, Gonzalo -15 -3 9 69 67 68 - 204
10. 30 Andersson Hed, Fredrik -14 -5 18 71 66 70 67 274
10. 24 Dixon, David -14 -4 16 68 67 71 - 206
10. 10 Jaidee, Thongchai -14 -2 9 70 66 68 - 204
10. 10 Schwartzel, Charl -14 -2 9 67 71 66 - 204
10. 6 Parry, John -14 -1 6 69 70 64 - 203

UPDATE
Martin has just made a 20 footer to double bogey the 7th and is a shot behind new leader Richard Green who is now at -19 playing the 15th up ahead   Stay tuned !!


LIVERPOOL

Liverpool has just been soundly beaten 2-0 at Goodison Park by Everton in the day's biggest derby match and they did it under the watchful eye of their new owner John Henry of New England Sports Ventures' who acquired the club on Friday afternoon.

Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta got the goals.

I have come to know George Gillett through Steven Brunt at the Globe and Mail who befriended George through his appearances with us on Primetime Sports and while over at Anfield covering the team.

Gillett I can assure you has been dragged through the mud unfairly by the Liverpool faithful and it's because of his partnership with the egomaniac Tom Hicks. George may be fabulously wealthy but anyone who has met or listened to him knows that he has his feet firmly on the ground and has nothing but care and respect and admiration for Liverpool FC and their supporters, despite what you have seen and heard recently from the Anfield faithful..

A combination of the worldwide recession and a Liverpool squad that is now an unheard of  bottom of the Premier League have hardly been within his control, and I don't have all the final numbers yet but rest assured he has taken a huge financial bath.

BryanAngus














 

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Hearn bidding for PGA Tour card...2nd in Miami

David  Hearn has had a great year on the Nationwide Tour. For a while, as I wrote earlier in the year, he was the best player on tour . As is so often the case he has cooled recently but great news he is a shot off the lead after round 2 at the Miccosukee in Miami.. He stands 30th on the money list.

Jon Mills T41 70,69 -3 ( he is 31 on the money list).. Ted Brown, Bryan DeCorso and Barrett Jarosche all MC

1 Keegan Bradley SC P -4 F * -11 64 67 -- -- 131

T2 David Hearn SC P -3 F -10 64 68 -- -- 132
T2 Jason Gore SC P -4 F -10 65 67 -- -- 132
4 Andrew Svoboda SC P -1 F * -9 63 70 -- -- 133
T5 Michael Putnam SC P -2 F * -8 65 69 -- -- 134
T5 Brandt Jobe SC P E F -8 63 71 -- -- 134
T5 Adam Meyer SC P -3 F -8 66 68 -- -- 134
T5 Scott Stallings SC P -5 F * -8 68 66 -- -- 134
T9  David Mathis SC P -5 F -7 69 66 -- -- 135
T9  Dave Schultz SC P -3 F * -7 67 68 -- -- 135
T9 Kent Jones SC P -4 F -7 68 67 -- -- 135
T9 Robert Damron SC P -3 F -7 67 68 -- -- 135
T9  Casey Wittenberg SC P -4 F * -7 68 67 -- -- 135
T9  Jeff Curl SC P -5 F -7 69 66 -- -- 135

( for Nationwide T25 standings coming in to this week check previous blogs.)

PGA Tour

Graham Delaet T16, 68 68 -6 continues his fine play as he continues his quest to keep his card. He is projected to finish 110.
Stephen Ames 73,74 MC

Some familiar faces at the Frys.com in California. Rocco ( just watched him flogging something called the V Harness), has gone 64,65 after a putting tip from Lee Trevino and has a 3 shot lead.
David Duval is T3 68,65 and I saw a special on him 2 weeks ago from his home in Denver and he is confident it is just a matter of time before he regains the form he had as world number1. He hates the grind of the world tour, loves his wife and her kids and says he wants them to see for themselves how good he used to be.
Rickie Fowler has continued putting as well as he did in Wales and is T5,69,65

1  Rocco Mediate -13 F* -6  64 65 129

2  Ryuji Imada -10 F* -4 65 67 132
T3 Dean Wilson -9 F -7  69 64 133
T3 David Duval -9 F* -6  68 65 133
T5 Tim Herron -8 F -4  67 67 134
T5 Will MacKenzie -8 F -3  66 68 134
T5 Henrik Stenson -8 F* -4  67 67 134
T5 Rickie Fowler -8 F -6  69 65 134
T5 Bo Van Pelt -8 F -2  65 69 134
T10 Alex Prugh -7 F -5  69 66 135
T10 Charlie Wi -7 F -6  70 65 135
T10 John Mallinger -7 F* -2  66 69 135
T10 Aaron Baddeley -7 F* -6  70 65 135
T10 Chris Tidland -7 F -6  70 65 135



LPGA Tour

Lorie Kane had it going for a while in round 1 and was at -5 and finished with a fine -2 70. She added +2 74 yesterday and is T51.. Also T51 Lisa Meldrum 73,71 and Sam Richdale 70,74..  Alena Sharp 76,74 MC..

Look at Brittany Lincicome who was 15 shots worse yesterday than her opening 61. Her 76 still leaves her T8 as the women play in Danville California at the CVS/pharmacyLPGA Challenge

T1 Gwladys Nocera -6 F -10 68 66 134

T1 Beatriz Recari -6 F -10 68 66 134
3 Amy Hung -4 F -9 67 68 135
T4 Ilhee Lee -5 F -8 69 67 136
T4 Stacy Lewis -5 F -8 69 67 136
T4 Wendy Ward -1 F -8 65 71 136
T4 Michele Redman -3 F -8 67 69 136
T8 Hee-Won Han -3 F -7 68 69 137
T8 Brittany Lincicome +4 F -7 61 76 137
10 Katherine Hull -1 F -6 67 71 138

The Champions Tour is off this week


EUROPEAN Tour

Play in under way as I write at the Portugal Masters. The Oceânico Victoria Golf Course is bidding to become the home of the Ryder Cup in 2018.


1 LAFEBER, Maarten -13 13:48 - 64 67 - - 131

2 HULDAHL, Jeppe -12 14 -8 72 68 -8 - 140
T3 DYSON, Simon -11 16 -7 70 70 -7 - 140
T3 ILONEN, Mikko -11 13:48 - 65 68 - - 133
T5 BROWN, Mark -10 11 -6 69 71 -6 - 140
T5 PARRY, John -10 8 -5 69 70 -5 - 139
T5 GARRIDO, Ignacio -10 8 -5 71 68 -5 - 139
T5 LIMA, José-Filipe -10 13:39 - 70 64 - - 134
T5 JACQUELIN, Raphaël -10 13:39 - 67 67 - - 134
T10 O'HARA, Steven -9 9 -4 68 71 -4 - 139
T10 HOWELL, David -9 13:12 - 67 68 - - 135
T10 HORSEY, David -9 13:12 - 66 69 - - 135
T10 DIXON, David -9 13:21 - 68 67 - - 135
T10 KARLSSON, Robert -9 13:21 - 64 71 - - 135
T10 FINCH, Richard -9 13:30 - 70 65 - - 135
T10 MARTIN, Pablo -9 13:30 - 67 68 - - 135

Bryan Angus  bryanangus4@gmail.com

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Bubba Watson loses his father

This has just come across the wire and I have copied this from the Golf Channel website. Knowing Bubba he will be devastated so I thought I'd post this..


Bubba Watson’s father died today.

Gerry Watson, who taught his son to play golf growing up in their hometown of Bagdad, Fla., had been battling throat cancer. A former Green Beret, he was a giant influence on his son’s life. He died in Pensacola, Fla., where he had made his new home.

“I'm playing this for him and representing the United States," Bubba said of his father on the eve of the Ryder Cup in Wales two weeks ago. “More than likely I am never going to be in the military, so this is the chance to be like my dad.”
Watson first let his fans know of his father’s death through his Twitter account.

“Everyone, it’s a sad day for my family!!” Watson tweeted. “My dad passed.”

Bubba was named after his father, but he’s never gone by the name Gerry.

"I’d say 10 seconds after I was born, my daddy took a good look at me,” Bubba once said. “He said I was so fat and ugly, `Let's call him Bubba.'”

Bubba attributed his success to his father, the only swing coach he ever knew.

“My dad taught me everything I know,” said Watson, who broke through in June to win his first PGA Tour event, The Travelers. “I've never had a lesson. My dad, he took me to the golf course when I was 6 years old and just told me he was going to be in the woods looking for his ball. He just told me to take this 9-iron and beat it down the fairway. And now look at me, after beating a 9-iron on the fairway, coming from Bagdad, Fla., I never dreamed.”

Watson and his wife, Angie, are headed to Pensacola to be with family, according to Watson's management team. Bubba has asked that anyone who wants to honor his father's memory can do so by making a donation in Gerry Watson Sr.'s name to the Green Beret Foundation at http://www.greenberetfoundation.org/.

Bryan Angus

Golf this week.. October 14

PGA Tour

The Frys.com has moved from Arizona to California. Mike Weir won it when it was the Frys Electronics Open in 2007.. He is off for the rest of the year rehabbing his elbow.

Canucks in the field are Graham DeLaet and Stephen Ames, who returns after a month off. This event is the 3rd of 5 in the Fall Series..
Frys.com OpenSan Martin, Calif.
CordeValle Golf Club (7,169 yards, par 72).
$5 million. Winner's share: $900,000.
Defending Champion: Troy Matteson beat Rickie Fowler and Jamie Lovemark with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff.

LPGA TOUR

CVS/PHARMACY LPGA Challenge
Danville, Calif.
Blackhawk Country Club (6,185 yards, par 72).
$1.1 million. Winner's share: $165,000.
Defending Champion: Sweden's Sophie GustafsonThis tour will be in Asia the next three weeks, in Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.

Canucks : Lorie Kane, Alena Sharp, Samantha Richdale, Lisa Meldrum


EUROPEAN Tour

Portugal Masters
Vilamoura, Portugal.

Oceanico Victoria Golf Course (7,231 yards, par 72).
$4.19 million. Winner's share: $699,010.
Defending Champion; England's Lee Westwood  ( won't defend, ankle injury)
4 European Ryder Cup players, Ross Fisher, Miguel Angel Jimenez and the Molinari's are in the field.
There are 7 events left in the Race To Dubai.


NATIONWIDE Tour

This is the second last week before the Tour Championship, so a huge week for our Canucks, especially David Hearns and Jon Mills who are right in contention for the T25. ( see last post for standings)

Canucks  David Hearn, Ted Brown, Jon Mills, Barrett Jarosche, Bryan DeCorso

Miccosukee Open
Miami.
Miccosukee Golf & Country Club (7,200 yards, par 71).
$600,000. Winner's share: $108,000.
Defending Champion: Chad Collins.

The top 60 on the money list will qualify for the season finale and the final top 25 will earn 2011 PGA Tour cards.


CHAMPIONS Tour
(off this week)

Next week Administaff Small Business Classic
Oct 22.24, The Woodlands Country Club, The Woodlands, Texas.

( thanks to AP, PGATour.com and Europeantour.com for research material)

Bryan Angus  bryanangus4@gmail.com




Monday, October 11, 2010

Weekend Golf Wrap.. Standings, Canucks....

Last posting I wrote about the hottest golfer in the world right now Martin Kaymer who has moved from 6th to 4th in the World rankings.. Lee Westwood moves to #2 but apparently will move up to #1 by the end of October as the points get re shuffled... He won't play now until November, Tiger is off til early November.

Here are the top 20 from the World rankings as of this morning

1 Tiger Woods, USA 8.68

2 Lee Westwood, Eng 8.36
3 Phil Mickelson, USA 8.28 
4 Martin Kaymer, Deu 8.04
5 Steve Stricker, USA 7.58
6 Jim Furyk, USA 7.39 .
7 Paul Casey, Eng 6.18
8 Luke Donald, Eng 5.77
9 Rory McIlroy, Nir 5.50
10 Ernie Els, Zaf 5.36
11 Matt Kuchar, USA 5.27
12 Dustin Johnson, USA 5.06
13 Graeme McDowell, Nir 4.80
14 Edoardo Molinari, Ita 4.73
15 Ian Poulter, Eng 4.65
16 Hunter Mahan, USA 4.65
17 Retief Goosen, Zaf 4.47
18 Zach Johnson, USA 4.10
19 Louis Oosthuizen, Zaf 4.09
20 Anthony Kim, USA 4.03

PGA Tour

Heath Slocum was in a three-way tie for the coming down the stretch at this McGladrey Classic in Sea Island, Georgia.  Robert Allenby pushed his tee shot  on the 18th hole and took double bogey. Then, David Toms three-putted from just inside 15 feet on the 16th where Slocum holed a 50 footer for birdie.

Now he was 2 shots clear of Bill Haas. He made bogey on the final hole but still finished at 14-under 266 a shot clear.
Haas won last week at the Viking Classic and his 2nd place finish was worth $432,000, which moved him to No. 18 on the money list.

Slocum earned $720,000, which moved him to No. 29 on the  money list. The top 30 earn invitations to the Masters.
Graham DeLaet had a solid week with a T25 finish.. He is at 114 on the Money list
Joe Durant by the way moved up to 115 on the Money List with his T6..

I told you there is a lot at stake at this time of year !!

Leaderboard

Heath Slocum 1 66 66 66 68 266 $ 720,000.00

Bill Haas 2 67 69 65 66 267 $ 432,000.00
Robert Allenby T3 68 68 66 66 268 $ 208,000.00
Arjun Atwal T3 70 65 67 66 268 $ 208,000.00
David Toms T3 64 66 70 68 268 $ 208,000.00
Joe Durant T6 65 66 68 70 269 $ 134,000.00
Charles Howell III T6 70 65 72 62 269 $ 134,000.00
Bo Van Pelt T6 68 69 66 66 269 $ 134,000.00
Aron Price T9 66 69 66 69 270 $ 108,000.00
Jeff Quinney T9 67 67 68 68 270 $ 108,000.00
John Senden T9 69 65 67 69 270 $ 108,000.00

Graham DeLaetT25 68716569273$ 29,250.00
Graham DeLaetT25 68716569

PGA Tour Money List

1 1 Matt Kuchar 26 $4,910,477 1

2 2 Jim Furyk 21 $4,809,622 3
3 3 Ernie Els 20 $4,558,861 2
4 4 Dustin Johnson 23 $4,473,122 2
5 5 Steve Stricker 19 $4,190,235 2
6 6 Phil Mickelson 20 $3,821,733 1
7 7 Luke Donald 20 $3,665,234
8 8 Paul Casey 17 $3,613,194
9 9 Justin Rose 22 $3,603,331 2
10 10 Hunter Mahan 24 $3,564,391 2

LPGA

In the end Christie Kerr could not hold on to win or become the world's #1. She ended up T3. The win went to Aussie Katherine Hull... Congratulations to Alena Sharp who had a fine tournament and finished in the top 20

1 Katherine Hull -5 F -19 68 67 67 67 269 $195,000

2 Brittany Lincicome -7 F -18 67 66 72 65 270 $119,198
T3 Na Yeon Choi -3 F -17 68 64 70 69 271 $76,680
T3 Cristie Kerr E F -17 65 67 67 72 271 $76,680
T5 Lindsey Wright -9 F -16 72 70 67 63 272 $44,920
T5 Amy Yang -6 F -16 68 66 72 66 272 $44,920
T5 Se Ri Pak -3 F -16 69 67 67 69 272 $44,920
T8 Anna Nordqvist -3 F -15 66 70 68 69 273 $29,258
T8 Mika Miyazato -2 F -15 69 63 71 70 273 $29,258
T8 Hee Young Park -2 F -15 69 67 67 70 273 $29,258
T20 Alena Sharp -3 F -10 69 68 72 69 278 $13,471

LPGA Money list

1 Jiyai Shin $1,463,833.00 15

2 Na Yeon Choi $1,449,052.00 18
3 Yani Tseng $1,427,064.00 15
4 Ai Miyazato $1,388,922.00 17
5 Cristie Kerr $1,338,677.00 16
6 Suzann Pettersen $1,319,400.00 15
7 Song-Hee Kim $992,687.00 17
8 Michelle Wie $848,485.00 16
9 In-Kyung Kim $843,910.00 17
10 Inbee Park $740,180.00 16
11 Paula Creamer $730,463.00 10
12 Morgan Pressel $685,003.00 18
13 Katherine Hull $674,448.00 18
59 Alena Sharp $126,811.00 15


CHAMPIONS Tour

It wasn't easy, he blew a 3 shot lead, but Mark O'Meara has won his first major, the Senior Players Championship in Potomac Maryland, on this senior circuit. Micheal Allen caught him with a birdie on 17 and forced a playoff, which O'Meara won with a par 4.
Also congratulations to Jim Rutledge with a great T10 finish (8th)

Leaderboard

Mark O'Meara 1 68 68 69 68 273 $ 405,000.00

Michael Allen 2 68 67 72 66 273 $ 237,600.00
Loren Roberts 3 70 69 68 68 275 $ 194,400.00
Jeff Sluman 4 70 67 73 66 276 $ 162,000.00
Russ Cochran T5 70 64 73 70 277 $ 118,800.00
Joe Ozaki T5 68 72 68 69 277 $ 118,800.00
Mike Reid 7 73 68 68 70 279 $ 97,200.00
Jim Rutledge 8 71 72 70 67 280 $ 86,400.00
Bernhard Langer T9 71 73 70 67 281 $ 72,900.00
Joey Sindelar T9 76 67 69 69 281 $ 72,900.00

Charles Schwab Points Race

Week Player Events Points Pts. Behind Leader Wins Top 10s
1 1 Bernhard Langer 20 3,160 5 13
2 2 Fred Couples 15 2,370 790 3 11
3 7 Russ Cochran 22 1,590 1,570 2 10
4 3 Fred Funk 20 1,555 1,605 1 7
5 4 Tom Lehman 11 1,420 1,740 1 7
6 18 Mark O'Meara 17 1,410 1,750 2 5
7 5 John Cook 22 1,391 1,769 10
8 6 Nick Price 16 1,376 1,784 2 12
9 11 Michael Allen 13 1,338 1,822 6
10 8 Tommy Armour III 20 1,003 2,157 10

NATIONWIDE Tour

Now there are 2 events left to the Tour Championship as these guys strive to get into the T25 on the money list so they can get their PGA Tour card automatically..

Playing the Chattanooga Classic in Tennessee they went to a 3 man playoff which Scott Gardiner won on the 4th playoff hole

Leaderboard

Scott Gardiner 1 69 66 68 66 269 $ 90,000.00

Joe Affrunti T2 64 66 68 71 269 $ 44,000.00
David Branshaw T2 67 67 65 70 269 $ 44,000.00
Brendan Steele 4 67 68 70 66 271 $ 24,000.00
Keegan Bradley T5 67 68 69 68 272 $ 16,375.00
Jeff Brehaut T5 71 68 67 66 272 $ 16,375.00
Jeff Curl T5 68 70 67 67 272 $ 16,375.00
Scott Dunlap T5 68 67 71 66 272 $ 16,375.00
David Mathis T5 69 67 72 64 272 $ 16,375.00
Patrick Sheehan T5 70 71 65 66 272 $ 16,375.00

The 25 
(our David Hearn and Jon Mills are very close with 2 events left before the Tour Championship)

1 1 Jamie Lovemark 20 $419,969 1
2 2 Chris Kirk 21 $411,206 2
3 3 Tommy Gainey 24 $385,960 2
4 4 Daniel Summerhays 23 $376,742
5 5 Hunter Haas 21 $365,247 2
6 6 Martin Piller 22 $324,427 2
7 7 Jhonattan Vegas 20 $321,334 1
8 8 Kevin Chappell 22 $308,793 1
9 9 Fabian Gomez 23 $257,397 1
10 10 Bobby Gates 21 $244,401 1
11 11 Steven Bowditch 19 $244,283 1
12 15 Keegan Bradley 25 $232,735
13 12 D.J. Brigman 22 $231,969 1
14 14 Tag Ridings 24 $223,085
15 13 Peter Tomasulo 19 $220,712 1
16 16 Michael Putnam 20 $212,417 1
17 18 Kevin Kisner 23 $205,292 1
18 17 Jim Herman 22 $203,560 1
19 19 B.J. Staten 21 $191,276
20 23 Justin Hicks 25 $185,385 1
21 20 Chris Nallen 23 $185,293
22 21 Nate Smith 25 $184,697 1
23 22 Brandt Jobe 20 $184,356
24 62 Scott Gardiner 25 $182,449 1
25 24 James Hahn 25 $167,820

30 26 David Hearn 22 $158,815  he is $9005 out of the 25 !!

31 27 Jon Mills 22 $154,743   he is $13,077 out of the 25

Bryan Angus  bryanangus4@gmail.com

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Brilliant Kaymer wins at St Andrews, his 4th in a row !!

Watching the 10th Alfred Dunhill Links championship's final round from St Andrew's brings you great pictures of the holes that even for those of you who have never played the Old Course, are familiar.

What the telly doesn't bring you is the smell. My mother who spent much of her adult life going back and forth between here and her beloved Scotland used to say " Son, I miss the smell of the salt sea air". She now lives right on the Firth of Forth and enjoys that special fresh, bracing breeze everyday.

Martin Kaymer has just birdied the road hole (17) and then 18 from off the path dissecting the fairway to win by 3 shots at -17, it's his 4th win in a row including the PGA championship and the Ryder Cup, and although there is still a way to go, he has a stranglehold on the Race to Dubai as well, nearly 1m euros ahead of Graeme McDowell.

Kaymer, winner of the US PGA Championship in August and the KLM Open in the Netherlands last month, shot a brilliant 66 in cold and windy conditions to beat England's Danny Willett

Lee Westwood, needed a top two finish to replace Woods as World Number One,just finished  T11th with a 73.

I have been writing and broadcasting about this kid for years and as Dougie Donnelly has just said on the TV coverage ' 4 wins in a row including a major and he's only 25, the world is his oyster'

To think he could have won it last year if he hadn't needed 6 weeks off due to a foot injury he suffered in a go-cart accident..

He said afterward that Lee Westwood was the number 1 player in the world right now, although at -7 Westwood has not taken over that spot this week, but you can bet that Kaymer, currently 6th in the world will own that #1 spot himself, sooner rather than later.

1 KAYMER, Martin -17 18 -6 68 69 68 66 271

 2 WILLETT, Danny -14 18 -5 67 73 67 67 274
 3 PARRY, John -13 18 Par 67 65 71 72 275
 4 BOYD, Gary -12 18 -4 69 72 67 68 276
 T5 DYSON, Simon -11 18 -6 69 70 72 66 277
 T5 LAIRD, Martin -11 18 -5 66 75 69 67 277
 T5 QUIROS, Alvaro -11 18 Par 68 69 68 72 277
 T8 HOWELL, David -8 18 -5 69 73 71 67 280
 T8 MCEVOY, Richard -8 18 -4 72 71 69 68 280
 T8 PRICE, Phillip -8 18 Par 70 70 68 72 280
 T11 FISHER, Ross -7 18 -2 69 68 74 70 281
 T11 EDFORS, Johan -7 18 -2 70 72 69 70 281
 T11 MCLEAN, Alan -7 18 -1 68 73 69 71 281
 T11 LEVET, Thomas -7 18 -1 70 72 68 71 281
 T11 BJÖRN, Thomas -7 18 -1 66 73 71 71 281
 T11 WESTWOOD, Lee -7 18 +1 70 72 66 73 281


PGA Tour

Heath Slocum, vying to be the first winner of this new McGladrey Classic at Sea Island in Georgia has a 1 shot lead over Joe Durant and Troy Merritt, with lots at stake going into today's final round which is underway right now

1  Heath Slocum -12 2:10pm  66 66 66 198
T2  Troy Merritt -11 2:10pm  64 71 64 199
T2  Joe Durant -11 2:00pm  65 66 68 199
T4  Charles Howell III -10 15 -7  70 65 72 207   (-7 on today's round)
T4  David Toms -10 2:00pm  64 66 70 200
T6  Bill Haas -9 1:50pm  67 69 65 201
T6  Aron Price -9 1:50pm  66 69 66 201
T6 Brian Stuard -9 1:40pm  67 67 67 201
T6 John Senden -9 1:40pm  69 65 67 201
T10 John Rollins -8 11 -4 63 71 72 206
T10  Zach Johnson -8 2 -2  70 66 68 204
T10  Tom Pernice, Jr. -8 1:30pm  70 67 65 202
T10  Davis Love III -8 1:30pm  70 67 65 202
T10 Robert Allenby -8 1:20pm 68 68 66 202
T10 Arjun Atwal -8 1:20pm  70 65 67 202
T10  James Nitties -8 1:10pm  68 66 68 202
T10 Jeff Quinney -8 1:10pm  67 67 68 202

T17 Graham DeLaet 68,71,65 and today is at -1 thru 2  -7 total..


CHAMPIONS Tour

Mark O'Meara who has 9 second place finishes on this tour is looking to win his 1st major to go along with the two he owns from the PGA Tour. He hasn't won in 12 years..

He has a 2 shot lead as they play the Senior Players Champioonship down in Potomac Maryland and he is at the turn.

Our own Jimmy Rutledge is in great shape at -4 thru 13 in 7th place...

1  Mark O'Meara SC P -1 9 -6 68 68 69 -- 205

 T2  Michael Allen SC P -1 10 -4 68 67 72 -- 207
 T2 Joe Ozaki SC P -2 10 -4 68 72 68 -- 208
 T4  Jeff Sluman SC P -2 10 -2 70 67 73 -- 210
 T4  Russ Cochran SC P 1 10 -2 70 64 73 -- 207
 T4 Loren Roberts SC P 1 9 -2 70 69 68 -- 207
 7  Jim Rutledge SC P -4 13 -1 71 72 70 -- 213
 T8 Denis Watson SC P -1 12 1 74 70 68 -- 212
T8 Tim Simpson SC P 2 10 1 72 69 68 -- 209
 T10  Mark James SC P E 12 2 73 71 68 -- 212
 T10  Mike Reid SC P 3 10 2 73 68 68 -- 209
 T10  David Peoples SC P 3 10 2 70 71 68 -- 209


NATIONWIDE Tour

1  Joe Affrunti SC P 1:00 pm -18 64 66 68 -- 198
 2 David Branshaw SC P 1:00 pm -17 67 67 65 -- 199

Joe and David have the field chasing them under ideal scoring conditions as they play the final round of this Chattanooga Classic in Tennessee.. Guys are going low already, example David Mathis is -6 thru 10 to sit at -14, so it will be a shootout !

As I mentioned yesterday all our Canucks missed the cut.


LPGA

Christie Kerr has a 3 shot lead at this Navistar Classic in Prattville Alabama and we have 3 Canucks still playing including Alena Sharp who is -5 thru 10 today, -12 good for T8

If Kerr holds on to win she will take over the #1 spot in women's golf..

1 Cristie Kerr 12:35 -17 65 67 67 199
T2 Na Yeon Choi 12:27 -14 68 64 70 202
T2 Katherine Hull 12:35 -14 68 67 67 202
T4 Mika Miyazato 12:11 -13 69 63 71 203
T4 Se Ri Pak 12:19 -13 69 67 67 203
T4 Haeji Kang 12:19 -13 68 68 67 203
T4 Hee Young Park 12:27 -13 69 67 67 203
T8 Alena Sharp -5 10 -12 69 68 72 209
T8 Lindsey Wright -5 8 -12 72 70 67 209
T8 Brittany Lincicome -1 1 -12 67 66 72 205
T8 Anna Nordqvist 12:03 -12 66 70 68 204
T8 Wendy Ward 12:11 -12 70 67 67 204

T48 Samantha Richdale 72,69,70 and is -1 thru 13 today -6
T62 Jessica Shepley 73,69,72,71  -3

Bryan Angus   bryanangus4@gmail.com

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Tour wrap ups for Day 2..

Here is a quick wrap and leader boards for day 2 in all the pro tours.

PGA Tour

Two older guys are on top at Sea Island in the second of the Fall Series..

They are,David Toms 43, and Joe Durant, 46 neither of whom have won since 2006. Toms is secure for 2011 (58th in the money list) while Durant is not at 131st.

Toms, 64,66 had a 10-under 130 total .  He has won 12 times on tour, nine in warm climates
"Here we are again, in the South and on Bermuda grass, and it's going pretty well," he told the press afterwards..

Durant followed his opening 65 with a 66,  followed by Heath Slocum (66) and Rich Barcelo (67) who are at -8 then Brian Gay (65) and Mathias Gronberg (67)  at -7

Leaderboard ( position and projected finish on money list)

1  34 David Toms -10 F -4  64 66 130

2  78 Joe Durant -9 F* -4  65 66 131
T3  40 Heath Slocum -8 F -4  66 66 132
T3  163 Rich Barcelo -8 F -3  65 67 132
T5  51 Brian Gay -7 F -5  68 65 133
T5  150 Mathias Gronberg -7 F -3  66 67 133
T7  139 Jeff Quinney -6 F* -3  67 67 134
T7 74 John Senden -6 F -5  69 65 134
T7  136 James Nitties -6 F -4  68 66 134
T7  142 Brian Stuard -6 F -3  67 67 134
T7  107 Kevin Sutherland -6 F -6  70 64 134
T7  69 John Rollins -6 F* 1  63 71 134

T60 Graham DeLaet 68,71 139 is projected to finish at 117


Nationwide Tour

There is a tight leader board at the Chattanooga Classic in Tennessee.

1 T2 Joe Affrunti SC P -6 F * -14 64 66 -- -- 130

 T2 T17 Ryan Armour SC P -7 F * -11 68 65 -- -- 133
 T2 T2 Ted Potter, Jr. SC P -3 F * -11 64 69 -- -- 133
 T4 T11 David Branshaw SC P -5 F -10 67 67 -- -- 134
 T4 T2 William McGirt SC P -2 F -10 64 70 -- -- 134
 T6 T30 Scott Gardiner SC P -6 F -9 69 66 -- -- 135
 T5 Jeff Klauk SC P -3 F -9 66 69 -- -- 135
 T6 T17 Scott Parel SC P -5 F -9 68 67 -- -- 135
 T6 T11 Keegan Bradley SC P -4 F -9 67 68 -- -- 135
 T6 T11 Brendan Steele SC P -4 F * -9 67 68 -- -- 135
 T6 T17 Scott Dunlap SC P -5 F * -9 68 67 -- -- 135
 T6 T30 Travis Bertoni SC P -6 F -9 69 66 -- -- 135

Canucks Morland, DeCorso, Brown, Jarosch and Trudeau all missed the cut which fell at -3


CHAMPIONS Tour

Russ Cochrane continues his red hot streak ( he has won the last 2 events after not winning in 19 years) at the Senior Players Championship at TPC Potomac in MD..

Leader board ( position and where they started the day)

 1 T5 Russ Cochran SC P -6 F * -6 70 64 -- -- 134
 2 T2 Michael Allen SC P -3 F * -5 68 67 -- -- 135
 3 T2 Mark O'Meara SC P -2 F * -4 68 68 -- -- 136
 T4 T5 Jeff Sluman SC P -3 F * -3 70 67 -- -- 137
 T4 1 Tom Kite SC P E F * -3 67 70 -- -- 137
 T6 T5 Loren Roberts SC P -1 F * -1 70 69 -- -- 139
 T6 T11 Jay Don Blake SC P -2 F * -1 71 68 -- -- 139
 T8 T19 Mike Goodes SC P -2 F E 72 68 -- -- 140
 T8 T2 Joe Ozaki SC P 2 F * E 68 72 -- -- 140
 T10 T31 Mike Reid SC P -2 F 1 73 68 -- -- 141
 T10 T11 James Mason SC P E F * 1 71 70 -- -- 141
 T10 T5 David Peoples SC P 1 F 1 70 71 -- -- 141
 T10 T19 Tim Simpson SC P -1 F * 1 72 69 -- -- 141
 T10 T19 Bob Gilder SC P -1 F * 1 72 69 -- -- 141


EUROPEAN Tour

Round 3 is well under way at the Dunhill Links Championship with Englishman John Parry holding a 4 shot lead as they play in the wind and rain at St Andrews, Carnoustie, and Kingsbarn..

There are 5 Ryder Cuppers in contention, 6 if you count Bjorn and it was nice to see the reception they all received including the one Monty got at the 18th in St Andrews..


1 PARRY, John -12 10:39 - 67 65 - - 132
 2 ERLANDSSON, Martin* -8 11:23 - 68 68 - - 136
 T3 HARRINGTON, Padraig* -7 4 -2 71 68 -2 - 139
 T3 QUIROS, Alvaro* -7 10:50 - 68 69 - - 137
 T3 KAYMER, Martin* -7 11:12 - 68 69 - - 137
 T6 PRICE, Phillip -6 4 -2 70 70 -2 - 140
 T6 MCDOWELL, Graeme* -6 3 Par 70 68 Par - 138
 T8 FISHER, Ross* -5 5 +2 69 68 2 - 137
T8 ZANOTTI, Fabrizio -5 4 Par 67 72 Par - 139
 T8 DYSON, Simon* -5 11:01 - 69 70 - - 139
 T11 WESTWOOD, Lee* -4 6 -2 70 72 -2 - 142
 T11 WILLETT, Danny* -4 3 Par 67 73 Par - 140
 T11 BJÖRN, Thomas -4 2 +1 66 73 1 - 139
 T11 SIEM, Marcel* -4 2 Par 69 71 Par - 140
 T11 COLTART, Andrew -4 2 Par 69 71 Par - 140

LPGA Tour

There is a 3 way tie atop this leader board as the women play the Navistar Classic in Prattville, Alabama.

Alena Sharp is having a good tournament T15 69,68 -7 137

T1 Cristie Kerr -5 F -12 65 67 132

T1 Na Yeon Choi -8 F -12 68 64 132
T1 Mika Miyazato -9 F -12 69 63 132
4 Brittany Lincicome -6 F -11 67 66 133
5 Amy Yang -6 F -10 68 66 134
T6 Eun-Hee Ji -5 F -9 68 67 135
T6 Vicky Hurst -4 F -9 67 68 135
T6 Katherine Hull -5 F -9 68 67 135
T6 Giulia Sergas -4 F -9 67 68 135
T10 Irene Cho -4 F -8 68 68 136
T10 Haeji Kang -4 F -8 68 68 136
T10 Anna Nordqvist -2 F -8 66 70 136
T10 Hee Young Park -5 F -8 69 67 136
T10 Se Ri Pak -5 F -8 69 67 136

T62 Jessica Shepley 73,69 -2 142

Kane, White and Meldrum missed the cut.

Bryan Angus  bryanangus4@gmail.com