A go-for-broke style of play left Chris Doak and Lee Harper two clear of the field going into today's final round of the £45,000 Northern Open over the new Spey Valley course.
Glasgow's Janice Moodie was the top Scot after a final round 68 as Annika Sorenstam continued her impressive return to form with a hugely impressive seven shot victory in the Michelob ULTRA Open yesterday at the Kingsmill Resort in Virginia.
Richie Ramsay is making a rare excursion on to the European Tour at this week's Italian Open but assured that otherwise he is planning to stick rigidly to his plan to work his way up the ranks.
Mark Garrod in Seville
Dubliner Peter Lawrie finally became a European Tour winner at the 175th attempt yesterday, and made it three Irish wins in a row.
Along the coast from the new football epicentre of
Dumfries, the Solway Firth has two sporting claims to fame in the shape of golf at the highly rated Southerness course and the rather more eccentric
annual flounder trampling
contest. In a curious way, the Scottish Boys' Championship has become the event at which the two are combined.
Fresh from his rejuvenation as
a rookie on the Champions Tour,
50-year-old Sandy Lyle turned in an inspired performance among the leaders before falling back
to end on level-par 72.