McIlroy back on top at HSBC- WGC in Shanghai !!

Rory McIlroy gave the clearest indication yet that he is getting back to his best form with a majestic seven under par opening round of 65 in the WGC-HSBC Champions as he established a two shot lead in Shanghai.

The former World Number One stated prior to the €8.5million tournament that he was in the mood to clinch his first victory of 2013, and he produced a performance to back up those feelings at Sheshan International Golf Club.

McIlroy carded seven birdies and just the single bogey on the 11th hole – his second of the day after starting on the tenth tee – to lead Wales’ Jamie Donaldson and last week’s BMW Masters champion Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño.

It was a timely display by the Northern Irishman, who started the event in 62nd place on The Race to Dubai and in need of a good performance to break into the top 60 in order to secure his spot in the season ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai in a fortnight.

“It felt good to be out there and be in control of my golf ball,” said the World Number Six.  “I gave myself a lot of looks for birdies. It's a great start, but it's only 18 holes.  It's only one round of golf, but it's definitely the way I wanted, and needed, to start this week, keeping in mind that I obviously want to play myself into Dubai and try to pick up my first win of the season, as well. “

Starting from the tenth with a birdie, McIlroy gave the shot straight back at the next but also picked up shots at the 12th, 14th and 16th.

A long birdie putt was left inches short on the par three 17^th hole, but McIlroy made no such mistake from four feet on the par five 18th to reach the turn in 32, before another birdie on the first took the two-time Major Champion into a share of the lead on five under.

McIlroy moved into the outright lead with a birdie on the par five second and added another birdie when he holed from seven feet for a birdie on the par five eighth to move clear at the top of the leaderboard.

“It's one of the best rounds I've played this season,” he said. “I shot 64 at Boston, so that was a good round of golf.  But this is probably better just because it was a little trickier conditions.  There was a bit of breeze and you've got to play good golf to shoot seven under around this place.”

Spaniard Fernandez-Castaño, targeting back-to-back wins in Shanghai, birdied four holes in a row on his back nine to card a five under par 67, while Welshman Donaldson’s round included a 22ft putt for eagle on the 16^th hole.

A shot further back on four under par is US Open Champion Justin Rose, who recovered from a double bogey on his second hole of the day, former Masters Champion Bubba Watson and two players making their debut in a World Golf Championships event, England’s Tommy Fleetwood and American Jordan Spieth.

Open Champion Phil Mickelson briefly accompanied McIlroy at the top of the leaderboard after a flawless opening 16 holes. But the World Number Two dropped five shots in his last two holes, putting it in the water twice on the par five eighth en route to a quadruple bogey nine, then finishing his round with a bogey to sign for a one under par 71 and a share of 28^th position, the same as defending champion Ian Poulter, and Graham DeLaet

 

 

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Bryan Angus (edit, copy europeantour.com)

 

 Poulter.

Rory edges a sick Tiger in China....Chamblee will be told to shut up or apologize

Bernie McGuire.....Rory McIlroy won for the first time this year, even if it was an 18-hole exhibition against Tiger Woods.

McIlroy made four birdies and an eagle over the last seven holes at Mission Hills for a 6-under 67, giving him a one-shot win over Woods. It was the second straight year McIlroy has defeated Woods at the medal match in China.

McIlroy was a major champion, No. 1 in the world and on his way to sweeping all the important awards. He signed a lucrative deal with Nike a short time later, and this season has been a struggle. McIlroy has had only one reasonable chance to win a tournament, and he didn’t even qualify for the Tour Championship on the PGA Tour. He is using a new driver and a softer golf ball, even prompting Woods to say to him after one chip, “How did you do that?”

The banter was free and easy, mostly about equipment. Woods was trying to recover from a virus he picked up from his daughter, and spent most of the afternoon asking his caddie for cough drops.
The golf was spectacular over the final hour on the Blackstone Course, however.

The match turned on the 17th hole. Woods came up short on his approach and after nearly flying his pitch into the cup, he missed a 5-foot par putt. Woods had a 20-foot eagle putt on the 18th for the tie. He missed, and McIlroy knocked in his 3-foot birdie.

Woods could hardly raise his voice after the round.
“I don’t sound all that well now, but it was nice that it was warm out there today,” Woods said. “That certainly helped because I think my fever broke and I can start feeling a bit better. But I tell you what, when you have kids, they bring home some strong bugs, and this one has definitely been kicking my butt for the last couple of days.”

McIlroy was headed back to Shanghai for the HSBC Champions. Woods is skipping the World Golf Championship, and will play next week in the Turkish Open.

Prior to the match Woods issued a veiled challenge to Golf Channel over a column written by analyst Brandel Chamblee in his first public comments since the controversy first surfaced earlier this month.

Chamblee, a longtime critic of the world’s No. 1 player, wrote a column for SI Golf Plus in which he gave Woods an “F” for his season for being “a little cavalier” with the rules.

Chamblee is best known for his work with Golf Channel, though he also is a contributor to SI Golf Plus. He took to Twitter last week to apologize to Woods for “this incited discourse,” though not for the content of his column.

“All I am going to say is that I know I am going forward,” Woods said. “But then, I don’t know what the Golf Channel is going to do or not. But then that’s up to them. The whole issue has been very disappointing as he didn’t really apologize and he sort of reignited the whole situation.
“So the ball really is in the court of the Golf Channel and what they are prepared to do.”

Golf Channel has not commented on the flap. Chamblee has said he was not asked to apologize by anyone. Chamblee saved Woods for last in his report card of 14 players in a column posted Oct. 18 on Golf.com. He told of getting caught cheating on a math test in the fourth grade, and how the teacher crossed a line through his “100” and gave him an “F.”

Chamblee followed that anecdote by writing, “I remember when we only talked about Tiger’s golf. I miss those days. He won five times and contended in majors and won the Vardon Trophy and ... how shall we say this ... was a little cavalier with the rules.” He then gave Woods a “100” with a line through it, followed by the “F.”

In one of his tweets last week, Chamblee said he intended to point out Woods’ rules infractions, “but comparing that to cheating in grade school went too far.”

Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, was so incensed by the column that he issued a statement to ESPN.com that raised the possibility of legal action. Steinberg shared his client’s views.

Chamblee said in an email last week to The Associated Press that he never said outright that he thinks Woods cheated, and that was by design.
“I think ‘cavalier with the rules’ allows for those with a dubious opinion of the BMW video,” Chamblee said. “My teacher in the fourth grade did not have a dubious opinion of how I complete the test. But she was writing to one, and as I was writing to many, I felt it important to allow for the doubt some might have, so I chose my words accordingly.

“What people want to infer about that is up to them,” he said. “I have my opinion, they can form theirs.”

Chamblee has developed a reputation for being critical of Woods, mainly regarding his golf game. His column struck a nerve with many, however, because of the implication that three rules violations and a penalty drop involving Woods amounted to cheating — the strongest accusation possible in golf.

“What brought me here was the realization that my comments inflamed an audience on two sides of an issue,” Chamblee wrote on Twitter when he apologized. “Golf is a gentleman’s game and I’m not proud of this debate. I want to apologize to Tiger for this incited discourse

Comment :  The GC has been a half wedge away from being called the TC as in Tiger Channel throughout it's time on air. They are completely driven like all of us by ratings and Tiger has  provided them with a popularity that has made the staff and station very comfortably well off.

I have been in the camp that has railed against their overwhelmingly one dimensional coverage of every tournament he is in whether he shoots 64 or 84, so while I welcome a voice, in this case Chamblee's, that is even remotely critical, eventually there is too much at stake for the suits to risk, and Chamblee will be told in no uncertain terms to shut up, or issue a formal apology

Tiger can boycott the station, and the word will be clear to all his peers who are beholding to him for the lucrative game they play week in and week out...

The GC simply cannot have that.


Bryan Angus

Moore wins in Malaysia, Petterson wins in Taiwan....Live scoring all tours

Here's what's happening in golf around the world as we head into the weekend..

PGA TOUR:
CIMB Classic
Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club

David Hearn T40  72 70 73 81   Graham DeLaet T7 72 67 68 71 -10

Round 4 Final

Ryan Moore birdied the first playoff hole to beat Gary Woodland and capture the CIMB Classic title on Monday after an overnight wait caused by storms and darkness.

Moore had to fight just to get in the playoff, hitting an awkward 60-yard wedge shot on the 18th hole Sunday that dropped within several feet of the hole and allowed him to salvage par.

Graham DeLaet was tied for the lead before going bogey, double at 15 and 16. He finished T7 at -10





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EUROPEAN TOUR:
BMW Masters
Lake Malaran GC
Shanghai, China

Round 4 Final

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño produced a stunning final round to win the first Final Series event on The Race to Dubai at the BMW Masters presented by SRE Group.

The Spaniard survived a late wobble at the last – he found two bunkers en route to a double bogey six, but 17 holes of flawless ball striking had given him sufficient room to claim a seventh European Tour title with a closing 68 and 11 under par total at Lake Malaren.
That was one shot ahead of Seve Trophy team-mate Francesco Molinari and Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee, the Italian coming from six shots off the pace at the start of the day.

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LPGA TOUR:
Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship

Round 4 Final

Suzann Pettersen fired a final-round 3-under 69 to claim her 14th career LPGA Tour victory and successfully defend her title at the Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship.

It was a head-to-head battle with Spaniard Azahara Munoz throughout the day but Pettersen pulled away late in the round to secure a five-stroke victory and clinch her fourth win of the season

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CHAMPIONS TOUR
AT&T Championship

Rod Spittle T15 -6 69 70 71  Jim Rutledge 73 75 70

Round 3 Final
Kenny Perry made a 10-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with Bernhard Langer on Sunday to win the Champions Tour's AT&T Championship. Perry and Langer each shot 5-under 67 to finish at 13-under 203 on TPC San Antonio's AT&T Canyons Course. Perry saved par on the final hole of regulation with an 18-foot putt

Fred Funk, Colin Montgomerie and Kirk Triplett tied for third, two shots back. Funk shot 67, Triplett had a 68 and Montgomerie a 69.

Rod Spittle shot a final round 71 to finish in a tie for 15th. The result left him 31st on the money list, just under $17,000 behind Steve Elkington, which means he fails to retain his Tour status for next year. Spittle also came up 39 points shy of qualifying for the season ending Schwab Cup Championship.

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WEB.COM TOUR:
First Stage, Q-School

Round 4   Final

Four rounds are in the books as all these players in the first stage are trying to qualify for the Q School final stage where 50 Web.com tour cards are up for grabs..

Click on the leaderboards to see how your favourite player is doing.


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GA Leaderboard »



Bryan Angus  ( files from pgatour.com, europeantour.com lpga.com BBC Reuters, AP,CP )

Wednesday News and Notes....Golf this week..

      

2014 Teams Canada announced

golfcanada   Taylor Pendrith and Brooke Henderson, the top ranked male and female amateur golfers in Canada, headline the list of 20 golfers selected to represent Team Canada as part of the 2014 National Amateur Golf squad and Development Squad program.

Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont. is one of four returning players to the men's team. Garrett Rank from Elmira, Ont., Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., and Chris Hemmerich of Kitchener, Ont., are back for another season. They are joined by Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., who makes the jump to the National Team after four seasons on the Development squad.

On the women's side, 16-year-old Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont. returns to the National Team alongside NC State University teammates Brittany Marchand of Orangeville, Ont., and Augusta James of Bath, Ont. Anne-Catharine Tanguay of Quebec City rejoins the team after a two-year absence with 19-year-old Jennifer Ha of Calgary rounding out the squad.

Kevin Kwon of Maple Ridge, B.C. and Taylor Kim of Surrey, B.C., are among the 10 players named to the 22-and under Development Squad for 2014. Matt Williams of Calgary, Alta., Tony Gil of Vaughan, Ont., Carter Simon of Sutton, Ont. and Étienne Papineau of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. round out the men's team.

Naomi Ko of Victoria, B.C., Valérie Tanguay of St-Hyacinthe, Que., Jaclyn Lee and Sabrine Garrison, both of Calgary, complete the women's squad.

Complete National Squad and Development Squad bio’s can be found here.


Congratulations Dick Grimm

golfcanada  Dick Grimm has been awarded the prestigious President’s Award by Sports Media Canada in recognition of his contributions to the game of golf. The presentation was made during Sport Media Canada’s Annual Awards Luncheon which celebrates the accomplishments of journalists, broadcasters, writers, photographers and executives that have impacted the sports media landscape in Canada.

Grimm was involved with Golf Canada (formerly the Royal Canadian Golf Association) from 1965-1993, serving as the president of the organization in 1974 and Director of Professional Championships for a decade from 1983-1993. Grimm, an Honorary Life Governor with Golf Canada since 1975, also acted as the chairman for the Canadian Open eight times from 1965-1985. In 1993, Grimm shifted his focus to the Canadian Tour (now PGA TOUR Canada) where he acted as the TOUR’s commissioner from 1993-1997.

As a diligent fundraiser and advocate for the sport of golf and the volunteers that drive the game in this country, Grimm is one of only a few members of both the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Ontario Golf Hall of Fame.


Golf this week October 24- 27


PGA TOUR:
CIMB Classic

Leaderboard & Results »

EUROPEAN TOUR:
BMW Masters

Leaderboard & Results »

LPGA TOUR:
Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship

Leaderboard & Results »

CHAMPIONS TOUR
AT&T Championship

Leaderboard & Results »

WEB.COM TOUR:
First Stage, Q-School

NC Leaderboard »
FL Leaderboard »
GA Leaderboard »

Complete National Squad and Development Squad bio’s can be found here.

McIlroy 2nd in bizarre ending , Simpson wins Shriners..final leaderboards

PGA TOUR - SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN OPEN
COURSE: TPC Summerlin (7,243 yards, par 71).
PURSE: $6 million. Winner’s share: $1.08 million.

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CANADIANS  Graham DeLaet MC 72 68, Stephen Ames -11 65 68 71 69, Brad Fritsch WD, David Hearn MC 77 73, Mike Weir MC 72 71

Round 4 Final

Webb Simpson cruised to victory Sunday at TPC Summerlin, pulling away for a six-stroke win in the second event of the PGA Tour's new wraparound season.

Winning for the first time since the 2012 U.S. Open, Simpson closed with a 5-under 66 in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. He finished at 24-under 260 after opening with rounds of 64, 63 and 67 to take a four-stroke lead into the final round.

Ryo Ishikawa and Jason Bohn tied for second. Ishikawa, the Japanese player who had to play the Web.com Tour Finals to regain his PGA Tour card, shot a 65. Bohn had a 66

Calgary's Stephen Ames closed with a 69, leaving him 18 shots back at 278.


Live scoring click here   http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html



LPGA TOUR - HANABANK CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE: Sky 72 Golf Club, Ocean Course (6,364 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $1.9 million. Winner’s share: $285,000.


Round 3  Final

The wait is over for Amy Yang as she outlasted a one-hole playoff with Hee Kyung Seo at the LPGA KEB·HanaBank Championship to become the fourth  first-time winner this season. Both South Koreans fired 9-under three-day totals in regulation but Yang prevailed with a birdie on the first playoff hole at the par-5 18th.

A member of the LPGA Tour since 2009, Yang has knocked on the door of her first-ever LPGA Tour victory several times including the 2011 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G where she lost in a playoff to Yani Tseng and the 2012 U.S. Women’s Open where she finished runner-up



Live scoring click here   http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx.





CHAMPIONS TOUR - GREATER HICKORY CLASSIC
COURSE: Rock Barn Golf and Spa, Jones Course (7,090 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $1.6 million. Winner’s share: $240,000.

CANADIANS: Rod Spittle, Jim Rutledge

Round 3 Final
Micheal Allen closed with a 5-under 65, also birdieing the par-5 18th in regulation to match Olin Browne at 13-under 197. Browne shot a 64, charging to the lead with seven birdies over a nine-hole stretch.

In the playoff, Allen put his second shot within 10 feet, and Browne hooked his second shot badly into the rough off the green. Allen's eagle putt just lipped out, and he tapped in for birdie. Browne missed a 40-foot putt for birdie and settled for par leaving Allen the winner.

Second-round leader Bernhard Langer had a 69 to finish third at 11 under. He cut Kenny Perry's lead in the Charles Schwab Cup standings to 394 points with two events remaining. Perry, who entered the tournament with a 609-point lead, tied for 20th at 4 under after a 69

Jim Rutledge had a bogey-free round of 64 to vault up the leaderboard and finish in a tie for 26th. Rod Spittle shot 69 to finish in a tie for 44th. Spittle now sits 32nd on the money list. With one official event remaining, he needs to get into the top 30 to retain full status for next year and qualify for the season ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.


Live scoring click here   http://www.pgatour.com/champions/leaderboard.html




EUROPEAN TOUR/PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA - PERTH INTERNATIONAL
COURSE: Lake Karrinyup Country Club (7,143 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $2 million. Winner’s share: $333,330.

Round 4 Final

Jin Jeong fought back from a four-putt double bogey on his opening hole to overcome Ross Fisher in a play-off and land his first European Tour victory at the ISPS HANDA Perth International.

The 23 year old Korean started the day one behind home favourite Brody Ninyette, but made a nightmare start to his final round at Lake Karrinyup before recovering to shoot a three under par 69 and match Fisher’s ten under clubhouse target.


Live scoring click   http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2013/tournamentid=2013082/leaderboard/index.html





ASIAN TOUR - MACAU OPEN
COURSE: Macau Golf and Country Club, Macau
PURSE: $800,000 (US)
CANADIANS: Larry Petryk, Matt Johnston (alternate), Jordan Krantz (alternate)

Round 4 Final
With rounds of 74 64 63 67 Australian Scott Hend has won the Venetian Macau Open by 3 shots. Ernie Els finished joint third after a 67. 


Live scoring click   http://www.asiantour.com/tournaments/66/leaderboard/




WEB.COM TOUR - QUALIFYING SCHOOL, FIRST STAGE
COURSE: Dayton Valley GC (Las Vegas), The Woodlands (Texas), The Lakes at Castle Hills (Texas), Pensacola (Florida), Florence CC (North Carolina)

CANADIANS: Aaron Crawford (LV), Darren Wallace (LV), Eugene Wong (LV), Devin Carrey (Woodlands), Andrew Parr (Woodlands), Scott Stiles (Woodlands), Steven Lecuyer (Castle Hills), Mitch Gillis (Castle Hills), Justin Shin (Castle Hills), Mark Hoffman (Pensacola), Matt Hoffman (Pensacola), Yohann Benson (Pensacola), Zak Griffiths (Pensacola), David Lang (Florence), Greg Doherty (Florence), Will Mitchell (Florence)

Live scoring links click here   http://www.pgatour.com/webcom/tournaments/web-com-tour-qualifying-tournament.html



ONEASIAN TOUR
Kolon Korea Open
Woo Jeong Hilss CC
Cheonan, SKorea

Round 4  Final

Kang Sung-hoon won the Kolon Korea Open in stunning circumstances on Sunday after overnight leader Kim Hyung-tae was penalised two shots just as he appeared to be marching to victory.

Kim stood on the 17th tee with an apparent two-shot lead when he was approached by a rules official who informed him and playing partner Hong Soon-sang that they had both grounded a club in an area deemed to be a hazard on the 13th, and what they thought were fours were actually sixes

The pair finished their round, but before signing their scorecards they returned to the 13th and spent nearly two hours in deep discussion with officials, who also repeatedly consulted TV footage of the incident.

Kim argued he had never grounded his club, but was eventually persuaded to sign for a six by the Korean Golf Association rules committee, who had voted 5-3 against him.

The resulting 77 left him at three under for a share of second place, one shot behind champion Kang but alongside two-time Major winner Rory McIlroy (67), Lee Sang-hee (68), Mo Joong-kyung (72) and amateur Lee Chang-woo (69).

Live scoring click here  http://oneasia.asia/?option=com_content&id=224&type=tic&report=tmscores.cgi&jsout=x&tourn=1310&season=2013&xsl=/xsl/tournscores.xsl&




BryanAngus (files from Reuters, AP, CP, BBC, europeantour.com pgatour.com lpga.com )

Final results, all tours this weekend

The PGA Tour season got underway this week at the Frys.com Open, the first time the tour has gone this route.

PGA TOUR - FRYS.COM OPEN

COURSE: CordeValle Golf Club (7,379 yards, par 71).
PURSE: $5 million. Winner’s share: $900,000.

CANADIANS: Stephen Ames MC, Brad Fritsch 73 64 WD, David Hearn T21 -9 73 68 66 68, Mike Weir -1 72 70 69 72

Round 4 Final

In the final round of the Frys.com Open at CordeValle Golf Club, Jimmy Walker shot a 5-under 66 to win his first PGA TOUR event. Tied for the lead with four holes to play Sunday, Walker rolled in a 6-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole to take the lead for good in the Frys.com Open. Three closing pars for a 5-under 66 turned out to be more than enough for the 34-year-old Texan to take home a trophy and plenty of perks t -17

Brooks Koepka had a four-shot lead with 11 holes to play, and looked as poised and confident as he had all week at CordeValle. but Koepka missed a 6-foot putt on the 15th that would have matched birdies with Walker, who was playing in the group ahead of him. Koepka then missed his tee shot wildly to the left on the 16th hole and had to scramble for bogey. Down to his last shot, he hit into the water on the 297-yard, par-4 17th for another bogey he ended up with 72, -14

Vijay Singh closed with a 68 and wound up with the 27th runner-up finish of his Hall of Fame career


Live scoring click here  http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboard.html




LPGA TOUR - LPGA MALAYSIA
COURSE: Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (6,246 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000.

Round 4  Final
Lexi Thompson went on to win her second-career LPGA Tour victory and first as a Tour member at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia. The 18-year old American shot a final-round 69 for a four-day total of 19-under 265 to finish four shots ahead of Shanshan Feng. Feng shot a 67 to pick up her second runner-up this season, a week after she won her second LPGA title in China.

Thompson set a new scoring record for the event with a 19-under 265 total and shot all four rounds in the 60’s for the first time in her career. The four-day total also marks a career low for the Coral Springs, Fla. native. Her previous best was 271 which she shot on three separate occasions, most recently at the 2013 Marathon Classic.


Live scoring click here  http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx




CHAMPIONS TOUR - SAS CHAMPIONSHIP
COURSE: Prestonwood Country Club (7,240 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $2.1 million. Winner’s share: $315,000.

CANADIANS  Jim Rutledge +1 75 71 71, Rod Spittle -3 78 66 69

Round 3  Final
Russ Cochran holed an 8-foot putt on the final hole Sunday for his fourth straight birdie and a one-stroke victory over David Frost in the SAS Championship.

The 54-year-old Cochran, also the 2010 winner at Prestonwood Country Club, closed with a 5-under 67 to finish at 17-under 199. The left-hander won the Principal Charity Classic in June in Iowa. He has five Champions Tour victories after winning once on the PGA TOUR.
Frost finished with a 66. He missed a short birdie putt on No. 17 and also settled for par on 18


Live scoring click here  http://www.pgatour.com/champions/leaderboard.html



EUROPEAN- PORTUGAL MASTERS
COURSE: Oceanico Victoria Golf Club (7,209 yards, par 71).
PURSE: $2.71 million. Winner’s share: $452,375.


Round 4 Final
England’s David Lynn came from six shots back to snatch victory at the Portugal Masters with an inspired final round 63 at Oceânico Victoria Golf Course.

A week after being laid low by a virus at the Seve Trophy by Golf+, where he was swiftly dispatched 6 and 4 by Miguel Angel Jiménez in the Sunday singles as Continental Europe beat Great Britain & Ireland, Lynn had completely contrasting emotions in the Algarve as his 18 under par total saw him finish a shot clear of Justin Walters.

Lynn’s second European Tour title sees him climb back into the Official World Golf Ranking's top 50 a week before his 40th birthday.

The former US PGA Championship runner-up, whose only previous win in almost 400 events came in the KLM Open in 2004, charged into contention with five birdies in a front nine of 30 and, after a bogey at the tenth, picked up further shots at the 11th, 14th, 15th and 17th to set a clubhouse target that was never matched

Live scoring click here http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2013/tournamentid=2013080/leaderboard/index.html


LPGA TOUR - QUALIFYING SCHOOL, SECOND STAGE
COURSE: Panther and Bobcat courses at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Fla.
CANADIANS : Jennifer Kirby, Ashley Sholer, Jessica Wallace, Erica Rivard, Danielle Mills, Kirby Dreher, Natalie Gleadall, Angela Buzminski, Brogan McKinnon (a), Nicole Vandermade


Round 4 Final

Third-round leader Amy Anderson punched her ticket to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament today with a final round 4-under 68 on the Bobcat course at Plantation Golf and Country Club to earn medalist honors at Stage II LPGA Qualifying Tournament. She edged second round co-leader and five-year Symetra Tour member Jenny Suh by six-strokes.

The North Dakota State University standout got off to a steady start with one bogey and one birdie on the front-nine making the turn at even-par. She turned it around on the back-nine, carding a quick birdie on the par-4 11th hole then lit up the greens on Nos. 14, 15 and 16, sinking three-straight 20-foot birdie putts

Live scoring click here   http://rts.symetrascoring.com/QSchool/2013Q2Leaderboard.asp


PGA TOUR LATINOAMERICA - PUERTO RICO CLASSIC
COURSE: Dorado Beach Resort, East Course, San Juan, Puerto Rico
CANADIANS Derek Gillespie, Matt Johnston


Live scoring click here  http://www.pgatourla.com/leaderboard/m2013011/#.UlfhcubD90s



ASIAN TOUR - CJ INVITATIONAL
COURSE: Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club, Jeju Island, South Korea.
CANADIANS  Richard T. Lee, Ryan Yip

Live scoring click here  http://www.asiantour.com/tournaments/65/leaderboard/



EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR - DUTCH SENIOR OPEN
COURSE: The International, Amsterdam.
CANADIANS  Phil Jonas, Rick Gibson, Jean Laforce (alternate), Bill Hardwick (alternate)

Final

The final day of the Dutch Senior Open has been cancelled due to heavy overnight rain and flooding. Simon P Brown has been declared the winner.

Live scoring click here  http://www.europeantour.com/seniortour/season=2013/tournamentid=2013882/leaderboard/index.html




eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR - NORTHSTONE OPEN
COURSE: NorthStone Country Club, Huntersville, N.C.
CANADIANS IN THE FIELD: Sean Bozuk, Cam Burke, Albin Choi, Robbie Greenwell, Mackenzie Hughes, Wil Mitchell


Round 4  Final
With two holes to play in the eGolf Tour’s NorthStone Open, Frank Adams III of Laurinburg, NC was one shot back of the lead, hoping to pull out his second win of the 2013 season. On the watery par-3 17th, Adams secured that win, lacing a 4-iron from 189 yards into the wind to set up what turned out to be a go-ahead birdie en route to a final-round 68 and a 10-under 203 total, good for a one-shot victory and the seventh win of his eGolf Tour career

Canada's Ted Brown, a two-time eGolf Tour winner and full-time caddie at famed Kinloch Golf Club in Virginia, played in the day’s first twosome off of No. 10, surviving bogeys on Nos. 11 and 18 to come from nowhere with a final-round 64 and a 9-under tally for the week. good for T2


Live scoring click here  http://tarheel.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/tarheel13/event/tarheel1315/contest/1/leaderboard.htm



Bryan Angus  (files from pgatour.com europeantour.com, lpga.com AP CP BBC Reuters )

USA wins Presidents Cup.... Europe win Seve Trophy

Rain interrupted the matches all week and made Muirfield Village so soft that it was mere target practice for the best players from every continent but Europe. It was a long, tiring week of leaving the course at darkness and completing matches the next morning when it was just as dark.

The Americans might have won this Presidents Cup on Sunday morning.
Returning to finish off the foursomes session, the Americans picked up a win and a halve in matches they had trailed by three holes to lead 14-8

In the end, despite a 71/2 point effort in the singles, USA walked off with the final score, United States 18.5, International 15.5 and whether the matches would beat the rain was really the only suspense on Sunday.


Here are all the tournaments from around the world this week with live scoring links to them all. 


PGA TOUR - PRESIDENTS CUP
COURSE: Muirfield Village Golf Club (7,354 yards, par 72)

U.S. SQUAD: Fred Couples (captain), Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner, Bill Haas, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Steve Stricker, Tiger Woods.

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD: Nick Price (captain), Angel Cabrera (Argentina), Jason Day (Australia), Brendon de Jonge (Zimbabwe), Graham DeLaet (Canada), Ernie Els (South Africa), Branden Grace (South Africa), Marc Leishman (Australia), Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa), Charl Schwartzel (South Africa), Adam Scott (Australia), Richard Sterne (South Africa).



SERIES RECORD: U.S. leads Internationals, 7-1-1

Thursday Results   US 3 1/2   International  2 1/2

The first tee time is 11:45 a.m. ET.

Match 1: Jason Day and Graham DeLaet, win 1 up over. Hunter Mahan and Brandt Snedeker, 

Match 2: Bill Haas and Webb Simpson, halved their match with. Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama,

Match 3: Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel win 2 & 1 vs. Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley

Match 4: Steve Stricker and Jordan Spieth, win 1up vs. Ernie Els and Brendon de Jonge, 

Match 5: Angel Cabrera and Marc Leishman, lose 5&4 to Matt Kuchar and Tiger Woods.

Match 6: Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson, win 5&3 over. Branden Grace and Richard Sterne, International


Friday Foursomes

MATCH 1: Phil Mickelson-Keegan Bradley win 4&3 vs. Jason Day-Graham DeLaet,

MATCH 2: Bill Haas-Hunter Mahan, lose 4&3 vs. Ernie Els-Brendon de Jonge,

MATCH 3: Steve Stricker-Jordan Spieth wins 2&1. vs. Branden Grace-Richard Sterne,

MATCH 4: Webb-Simpson-Brandt Snedeker lose 2&1 to Angel Cabrera-Marc Leishman,

MATCH 5: Tiger Woods-Matt Kuchar, win 4&3 vs. Louis Oosthuizen-Charl Schwartzel, International

MATCH 6: Jason Dufner-Zach Johnson lose 2&1 vs Adam Scott-Hideki Matsuyama,

After Friday's play    USA 6 1/2    International 5 1/2



Saturday Fourballs

Bradley/Mickelson	WINS  2 & 1 match details	Els/de Jonge
Stricker/Spieth	WINS  2 UP match details	Day/DeLaet
Haas/Simpson	WINS  4 & 3 match details	Cabrera/Grace
Snedeker/Mahan	WINS  2 UP match details	Oosthuizen/Schwartzel
Woods/Kuchar	WINS  1 UP match details	Scott/Matsuyama

Total Score    11 1/2     vs   International 6 1/2


Saturday Foursomes

Mickelson/Bradley	HALVED match details	Day/DeLaet
Dufner/Johnson	WINS  4 & 3 match details	Sterne/Leishman
Haas/Stricker	WINS  4 & 3 match details	Scott/Matsuyama
Woods/Kuchar	WINS  1 UP match details	Els/de Jonge
Simpson/Snedeker	WINS  1 UP match details	Oosthuizen/Schwartzel

Score   USA 14    Internationals 8   Sunday singles MATCH TIME U.S. INTERNATIONAL Scorecard 1 10:03 a.m. ET Steve Stricker Ernie Els wins 1up Click for scorecard 2 9:30 a.m. ET Hunter Mahan 3&2 Hideki Matsuyama Click for scorecard 3 10:14 a.m. ET Jason Dufner 4&2 Brendon de Jonge Click for scorecard 4 9:41 a.m. ET Brandt Snedeker Jason Day 6&4 Click for scorecard 5 9:52 a.m. ET Jordan Spieth Graham DeLaet 1up Click for scorecard 6 10:25 a.m. ET Bill Haas Adam Scott 2&1 Click for scorecard 7 10:36 a.m. ET Zach Johnson 4&2 Branden Grace Click for scorecard 8 10:47 a.m. ET Matt Kuchar Marc Leishman 1up Click for scorecard 9 10:58 a.m. ET Tiger Woods 1up Richard Sterne Click for scorecard 10 11:09 a.m. ET Keegan Bradley Charl Schwartzel 2&1 Click for scorecard 11 11:20 a.m. ET Webb Simpson Louis Oosthuizen halved Click for scorecard 12 11:31 a.m. ET Phil Mickelson Angel Cabrera 1up

Live scoring click  http://www.presidentscup.com/scoring/2013.html




LPGA TOUR - REIGNWOOD LPGA CLASSIC
COURSE: Pine Valley Golf Club (6,596 yards, par 73).
PURSE: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000.

Round 4 final
Shanshan Feng wrote her own storybook ending at the inaugural Reignwood LPGA Classic and clinched her second LPGA Tour victory in front of her home country with an eagle on the 72nd hole. The 24-year old Guangzhou native trailed No. 3 Stacy Lewis by one shot heading to the 18th hole on Sunday and used the two-shot swing to claim her first win of the 2013 season.

With the $270,000 winner’s check, Feng crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings and said the victory this week was just as sweet as her major championship last year at the Wegmans LPGA Championship


Live scoring click here  http://www.lpgascoring.com/public/Leaderboard.aspx?__utma=105709790.1969148339.1380744341.1380744341.1380744341.1&__utmb=105709790.0.10.1380744341&__utmc=105709790&__utmx=-&__utmz=105709790.1380744341.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=%28not%20provided%29&__utmv=-&__utmk=152255929





EUROPEAN TOUR - SEVE TROPHY
COURSE: Saint-Nom-la-Breteche Golf Club (6,983 yards, par 72).
PURSE: $2.37 million. Winners’ shares: $135,430 per player.

FORMAT: Team match play. Thursday, five fourball matches; Friday, five fourball matches; Saturday, eight foursomes matches; Sunday, 10 singles matches.

BRITAIN AND IRELAND: Paul Casey, England; Jamie Donaldson, Wales; Tommy Fleetwood, England; Stephen Gallacher, Scotland; Scott Jamieson, Scotland; Simon Khan, England; Paul Lawrie, Scotland; David Lynn, England; Marc Warren Scotland; Chris Wood, England. Captain: Sam Torrance, Scotland.

CONTINENTAL EUROPE: Thomas Bjorn, Denmark; Gregory Bourdy, France; Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium; Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain; Mikko Ilonen, Finland; Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain; Joost Luiten, Netherlands; Matteo Manassero, Italy; Francesco Molinari, Italy; Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark. Captain: Jose Maria Olazabal.

Day 4 Final
Continental Europe clung on to regain the Seve Trophy by Golf+ for the first time since 2000 as the singles went down to the final match at Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche.

José María Olazábal’s side had lost the last six contests to Great Britain & Ireland, and having led after both of the first two days they entered the final day locked together at 9-9 after a spirited fightback by Sam Torrance’s team in the foursomes.

Just like last year’s Ryder Cup at Medinah, it was Francesco Molinari in the anchor role who completed victory, beating Chris Wood 3 and 2 to secure a 15-13 win.



Live scoreboard click here  http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2013/tournamentid=2013078/leaderboard/index.html






eGOLF PROFESSIONAL TOUR - SALISBURY CLASSIC
COURSE: Country Club of Salisbury, Salisbury, N.C. (6,576 yds - Par 71)
CANADIANS: Cam Burke, Albin Choi, Greg Doherty, Mackenzie Hughes T6 -14, Ryan Terdik

Round 4 final
Will Collins of Salisbury, NC was 10 years old, he used to play games with his friends on the putting green at the Country Club of Salisbury, host of this week’s Salisbury Classic. A few years later he began to compete in tournaments, developing a resume stout enough to provide four years of college golf at the University of Virginia.

This week Collins’ hometown story came full circle, as a final-round 64 on an ever-moving leaderboard provided a spot alongside Dustin Bray of Asheboro, NC in a sudden death playoff, where the gentile kid from just down the street emerged victorious after a birdie on the third extra hole.

Final scores click here http://tarheel.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/tarheel13/event/tarheel1323/contest/1/leaderboard.htm



EUROPEAN SENIOR TOUR - ENGLISH SENIOR OPEN
COURSE: Rockliffe Hall, County Durham, England
PURSE: 200,000 (pounds)

CANADIANS: Phil Jonas 75 75, Rick Gibson 72 71, Jean Laforce 72 74

Round 3 final
Denmark’s Steen Tinning needed every ounce of his renowned endurance in securing a second victory in his rookie season at the English Senior Open, overcoming a tenacious Santiago Luna to move top of the Order of Merit with three events of the season remaining.

Tinning, who started the day with a two shot lead over the Spaniard after a blistering 63 on Saturday, came from two shots down with three holes to play as consecutive birdies from the 16th saw the Copenhagen native sign for a five under par 67 on Sunday, good enough for a 17 under par 199 total and a one shot victory over the determined Luna (66) at Rockliffe Hall in County Durham


Live scoring click here   http://www.europeantour.com/seniortour/season=2013/tournamentid=2013880/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y




ASIAN TOUR - TAIWAN MASTERS
COURSE: Taiwan Golf and Country Club, Taiwan
PURSE: $600,000 (US)
CANADIANS: Richard T. Lee 78 69 81 84

Round 4 final
Australia’s Scott Hend won his fourth Asian Tour win when he carded +4 74 in the final round of the US$600,000 Mercuries Taiwan Masters. He won by 4 shots in trying conditions..

Live scoring click here   http://www.asiantour.com/tournaments/64/leaderboard/




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USGA - U.S. MID-AMATEUR
COURSE: Country Club of Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala (West Course: 7,173 yards, par 71; East Course: 6,471 yards, par 70)

CANADIANS : Garrett Rank, Paul Gortnar, Drew Mayhew, Justin Fluit, Graham Hill, Patrick Forbes

Round 2

Matthew Mattare, 27, of New York, shot a 2-under-par 69 Sunday to earn medalist honors at the 2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, held at the Country Club of Birmingham. Mattare, who carded a first-round 67, finished at 5-under 136.

Mattare, who advanced to the U.S. Mid-Amateur quarterfinals last year, one-putted his last seven greens on the par-71, 7,173-yard West Course, one of two courses used during the championship’s two stroke-play rounds

Kenny Cook, 33, of Noblesville, Ind., turned in the best round of the championship with a 5-under 65 on the par-70, 6,471-yard East Course. Cook, who shot a 73 in the opening round, posted a two-day total of 138

Twelve players who tied for 57th place at 7-over 148 will play off for the final eight match-play berths. The playoff will start this morning at 7 a.m. CDT



Live scores click here http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScoringIndex.aspx?eid=17179869327&year=2013&id=21474852963





USGA - U.S. WOMEN'S MID-AMATEUR
COURSE: Biltmore Forest Country Club, Asheville, N.C. (6,152 yards, par 71)
CANADIANS: Christina Proteau, Patti Hogeboom, Carly McNaughton, Kim Carrington, Jessica Luciuk

Round 2

Julia Potter, 25, of Granger, Ind., returned a 3-over-par 74 in Sunday’s second round of stroke-play qualifying to earn medalist honors at 1-over-par 143 in the 2013 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at the par-71 Biltmore Forest Country Club.

Potter’s 143, the third-lowest 36-hole score in championship history, gave her a five-stroke advantage over four-time and defending Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Meghan Stasi, 35, of Oakland Park, Fla., who finished at 6-over 148. Margaret Shirley, 27, of Roswell, Ga., earned solo third at 7-over 149

Canada's Christine Proteau 74 77 T5




Live scores click here    http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScoringIndex.aspx?eid=17179869349&year=2013&id=21474853497



Bryan Angus  (files from BBC Reuters,europeantour.com pgatour.com, lpga.com AP CP )