American Peter Uihlein shot a third-round 67 at Celtic Manor to take control of the ISPS Handa Wales Open.
Saturday, 31 August 2013
SOUTH-EAST DISTRICT OPEN - WEST LINTON - FIRST ROUND LEADERBOARD
| KEVIN DUNCAN | Cruden Bay | 66 |
| GRAHAM BELL | BATHGATE | 70 |
| JAMES WHITE | Lundin | 70 |
| CRAIG ROSS | Kirkhill | 70 |
| SEAN McGARVEY | Dunbar | 70 |
| STEVEN RENNIE | Drumpellier | 71 |
| ALAN CRAWFORD | Deer Park | 73 |
| FRASER MOORE | Glenbervie | 73 |
| MATTHEW CLARK | Kilmacolm | 73 |
| LIAM BALNEAVES | Greenacres NZ | 74 |
| KEITH REILLY | Silverknowes | 75 |
| PAUL DESOISA | ROYAL BURGESS | 75 |
| BEN McLEOD | Musselburgh | 76 |
| MICHAEL DAILY | Erskine | 77 |
| LEE FLANNIGAN | Bathgate | 77 |
| GORDON YATES | COLVILLE PARK | 77 |
| JORDAN MILNE | Elgin | 77 |
| KENNY GUNYEON | Murcar Links | 78 |
| GARY THOMSON | Duddingston | 79 |
| STEVEN AITKEN | Falkirk Tryst | 83 |
| JORDYN RHIND | Kingsfield | 84 |
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KRIS NICOL FINISHES IN TOP TEN ON ALPS TOUR
In a low-scoring 54-hole tournament over a par-68 course, Nicol had rounds of 66, 65 and 67 for a six-under-par total of 198. He earned 925 Euros.
Winner of the 5,000 Euros first prize was England's Jason Palmer with scores of 64, 63 and 65 for 12-under-par 192.
He won by two shots from another Englishman, Michael Bush, who joined the "59 Club" with his third round in scores of 66, 69 and 59 for 194. He earned 3,940 Euros.
James Henry from Clydebank and District finished joint 40th on 205 with scores of 70, 65 and 70. He earned 408 Euros.
The third Scot in the starting field, Ross Cameron from Ellon, did not survive the 36-hole cut with scores of 69 and 68 for 137.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 204 (3x68)
192 Jason Palmer (Eng) 64 63 65 (5,800 Euros)
194 Michael Bush (Eng) 66 69 59 (3,940 Euros)
195 Lukas Nemecz (Aut) 68 66 61, Uli Weinhandl (Aut) 68 63 64, Johann Lopez Lazara (Spa) 64 65 66 (2,080 Euros each).
SELECTED OTHER SCORES
198 Kris Nicol (Sco) 66 65 67 (T8) (925 Euros)
199 Ben Evans (Eng) 66 69 68 (T16) (670 Euros)
200 Jack Clarke (Eng) 70 62 68 (T19) (603 Euros)
205 James Henry (Sco) 70 65 70 (T40) (408 Euros)
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Lefty eyes Player of the Year gong
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MICKELSON AND DAVIS TIED FOR LEAD AT DEUTSCHE BANK TOURNAMENT
FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
In the opening round of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston, Brian Davis and Phil Mickelson are tied for the lead at 8-under par.
In a feature grouping of the top three players in the FedExCup standings, Mickelson turned in the star performance Friday morning with a 28 that allowed him to consider -- but only briefly -- another shot at 59.
By the end of the day, when he played a risky shot from deep in the trees on his final hole to salvage bogey, he was happy to have a share of the lead. Mickelson was tied with Brian Davis, who made a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole to join him at 8-under 63. He's now projected to move from No. 3 to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings here at the second leg of the Playoffs.
"What Phil did today was pretty impressive," Woods said after a 68 that only seemed worse considering the company he kept.
Masters champion Adam Scott, rounding out the 1-2-3 pairing, struggled to a 73 and joked later that he rolled out of the wrong side of the bed. "I wish could have gotten in their jet stream," Scott said.
Mickelson did everything right.
He started his round on the TPC Boston by making birdie putts of 20 feet on No. 10 and 30 feet on No. 11. He ended the front nine with five straight birdies, only the second nine-hole score of 28 on the PGA TOUR this year.
And even after a bogey from the bunker on No. 1, he hit a 6-iron from 213 yards that settled just more than a foot away for eagle on the next hole. That put him at 8 under for his round with seven holes to play.
"It was a good start," Mickelson said. "I got off to a great front nine and somewhat stalled on the back. But after shooting 7 under the first nine, it was going to be a good round as long as I didn't mess it up."
He tried. Mickelson ended his brilliant round with two words: "Oh, no." He hit a snap-hook off the ninth tee, so far right that it missed the fairway by some 40 yards and went so deep in the woods that fans could barely see Mickelson ducking and weaving through the branches to find his ball.
He decided against a one-shot penalty drop out of the lateral hazard, fearing the slope would roll the ball too close to the branches and restrict his swing.
"Just give me an 8- or a 9-iron," he told his caddie, Jim "Bones" Mackay. He was ready to hack away when his caddie reminded him the gallery was still in the way. Choking well up the grip, flattening the swing to avoid limbs, Mickelson chopped it out to the rough and still had 210 yards left. He knocked that one on the green and two-putted for his bogey and a 63.
Kevin Stadler birdied his last four holes for a 64.
Sergio Garcia, Hunter Mahan and Roberto Castro were in the group at 65. Garcia tends to skip the Deutsche Bank, but he is No. 55 in the FedExCup with no guarantee of being among the top 70 who advance to the third playoff event -- the BMW Championship -- outside Chicago in two weeks. Instead, the Spaniard is playing his fifth straight week.
By the end of the day, when he played a risky shot from deep in the trees on his final hole to salvage bogey, he was happy to have a share of the lead. Mickelson was tied with Brian Davis, who made a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole to join him at 8-under 63. He's now projected to move from No. 3 to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings here at the second leg of the Playoffs.
"What Phil did today was pretty impressive," Woods said after a 68 that only seemed worse considering the company he kept.
Masters champion Adam Scott, rounding out the 1-2-3 pairing, struggled to a 73 and joked later that he rolled out of the wrong side of the bed. "I wish could have gotten in their jet stream," Scott said.
Mickelson did everything right.
He started his round on the TPC Boston by making birdie putts of 20 feet on No. 10 and 30 feet on No. 11. He ended the front nine with five straight birdies, only the second nine-hole score of 28 on the PGA TOUR this year.
And even after a bogey from the bunker on No. 1, he hit a 6-iron from 213 yards that settled just more than a foot away for eagle on the next hole. That put him at 8 under for his round with seven holes to play.
"It was a good start," Mickelson said. "I got off to a great front nine and somewhat stalled on the back. But after shooting 7 under the first nine, it was going to be a good round as long as I didn't mess it up."
He tried. Mickelson ended his brilliant round with two words: "Oh, no." He hit a snap-hook off the ninth tee, so far right that it missed the fairway by some 40 yards and went so deep in the woods that fans could barely see Mickelson ducking and weaving through the branches to find his ball.
He decided against a one-shot penalty drop out of the lateral hazard, fearing the slope would roll the ball too close to the branches and restrict his swing.
"Just give me an 8- or a 9-iron," he told his caddie, Jim "Bones" Mackay. He was ready to hack away when his caddie reminded him the gallery was still in the way. Choking well up the grip, flattening the swing to avoid limbs, Mickelson chopped it out to the rough and still had 210 yards left. He knocked that one on the green and two-putted for his bogey and a 63.
Kevin Stadler birdied his last four holes for a 64.
Sergio Garcia, Hunter Mahan and Roberto Castro were in the group at 65. Garcia tends to skip the Deutsche Bank, but he is No. 55 in the FedExCup with no guarantee of being among the top 70 who advance to the third playoff event -- the BMW Championship -- outside Chicago in two weeks. Instead, the Spaniard is playing his fifth straight week.
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It was at the Deutsche Bank Championship in 2007 when Mickelson first got over the mental hurdle of playing with Woods, his longtime nemesis. He said swing coach Butch Harmon, who formerly worked with Woods, gave him a few tips about playing with the world's No. 1 player that relaxed Mickelson.
In the 15 rounds they have played together since, Mickelson has a 9-5-1 advantage in posting the lower score. He has shot the better score all five times in the final round, three of those leading to wins.
Mickelson had said Woods "brings out the best in me" on Thursday after his pro-am round. When asked about that again after his 63, Lefty smiled and said, "After today, it's hard to think any differently."
Woods referred to the course as "gettable," the same description he gave of Muirfield when Mickelson shot 66 on the final day to win the British Open, considered one of the great closing rounds in a major. That was the case, though. The TPC Boston was soft enough -- and the fairways wide enough -- to allow some low numbers.
Woods said his back felt fine, and there were no outward indications he was in any pain. The only thing that hurt was not hitting enough shots close for birdie chances, and missing a few at the end. Woods had a 6-foot birdie putt on the seventh and a downhill birdie putt from about 12 feet on his last hole, missing both of them.
"The back is good," Woods said. "Unfortunately, I didn't give myself a whole lot of looks."
Even though the majors are over, and Mickelson added a big one at the British Open, the next month is a great chance for him. For all his greatness over the last two decades -- 42 career wins on the PGA TOUR, five majors and a spot in the Hall of Fame -- he came along at the wrong time. Mickelson has never won the FedExCup (now in its seventh year), been named Player of the Year or topped the Official World Golf Ranking.
This might be his best chance. Mickelson feels great, though at 43 he was reminded he wasn't getting any younger when he went home to San Diego last week to take his oldest daughter to high school.
With two wins -- one a major -- and a runner-up in the U.S. Open, another win at a FedExCup Playoffs event might be enough to get voted PGA TOUR Player of the Year. Woods has five wins, all of them strong, but failed to win a major.
"If I finish off with one or two wins this year, and win the FedExCup, I think that would be enough to get the player of the year," he said.
"My game clicked again last week, and I feel like these next three weeks I'm going to play very well. I can just feel it. You can just tell sometimes. The game feels sharp. And mentally, I have a lot of energy and I'm able to focus clearly. And that's usually when you play well."
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