Golf News

GOLFING great Mark O’Meara today teed off in the Grampian Houston Junior Pro-Am at Royal Aberdeen.

OPEN champion Louis Oosthuizen today admitted it could take a week for his amazing victory at St Andrews to sink in.

12.05pm – South African Louis Oosthuizen today set a testing clubhouse target in the second round of the Open Championship.

1.18pm – Rory McIlroy today equalled the lowest ever round in a major championship with a stunning nine-under-par 63 in the first round of the Open Championship at St Andrews.

BARRIE Edmond made it third time lucky in Links Championship finals as he finally got his hands on the coveted trophy.

CALEDONIAN’S Alex Cruickshank is gunning for a fourth Links championship title win tomorrow.

BARRIE Edmond, of Bon Accord, won the Royal Aberdeen medal in the Links Championships.

TURMOIL caused by the Iceland volcanic ash provided an unexpected boost for Aberdeen’s Richie Ramsay ahead of this week’s BMW PGA Championship.

MURRAY BOWMAN will fly the flag for the North-east in the inaugural British Mini Golf Association Scottish Open tomorrow.

SCOTTISH golf legend Colin Montgomerie was in action at Deeside Golf Club today.

TEENAGE golf sensation David Law has been awarded the Chris Anderson gold medal.

PHIL Mickelson powered to his third Masters victory in seven years to leave Englishman Lee Westwood once again in the position as golf’s nearly man.

TIGER Woods has denied he has ever used human growth hormone or performance-enhancing drugs and promised to give his “full co-operation” to the authorities investigating controversial doctor Anthony Galea.

ABOYNE assistant Keil Beveridge and Murcar Links amateur Kyle Nelson won the North-east Alliance pro-am foursomes at Murcar Links.

SCOTTISH TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher has taken legal action over claims she had an affair with Tiger Woods.

TIGER WOODS is focused on winning more Majors as he prepares to make his comeback at The Masters.

FORMER Evening Express Champion of Champions scratch title winner Gregg Walker is aiming for a near perfect 10 this season.

RICHIE Ramsay was battling a neck injury before starting today’s second round of the Dubai Desert Classic as the leading Scot.

ABERDEEN’S Paul Lawrie missed the cut in last week’s Joburg Open, but the former Open champion today admitted just being in the starting line-up had given him an edge for this week’s Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.

SCOTTISH Golf Union coach Ian Rae hopes that Richie Ramsay’s win in the South African Open will prove to be a boost for Scotland’s other young professional golfers.

CHRISTMAS came early for Aberdeen’s Richie Ramsay after a storming blemish-free last round of seven-under-par 65 helped him lift a £141,745 winning cheque at the South African Open.