Scottish Golf Open

[sapper756]

No play at Scottish Open

 

"Freak" weather conditions wipe out third day's play in Inverness

 

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The entire third day's play at the Scottish Open was wiped out on Saturday after more heavy rain in Inverness hampered attempts to get back on schedule.

 

Second-round leaderboard

(GB & Ire unless stated)

-11 S Jamieson

-11 G McDowell

-11 P Whiteford

-10 JM Lara (Spa)

-9 N Colsaerts (Bel)

-9 A Cabrera (Arg)

-9 P Lawrie

 

Attempts to resume round two of the tournament, which had already been cut from 72 holes to 54, ultimately proved fruitless as a result of freak weather conditions at the Castle Stuart Golf Links.

 

One final attempt was made at 7.30pm, but when the players returned to their positions on the course, there was too much water on the course.

 

[JohnQuinn]

Sickener for them, a lot were hoping to get 4 good rounds of links golf before the open too.

[sapper756]

Donald king of the Castle

 

Englishman claims first win of reign as world number one

 

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Luke Donald blitzed the field with a final round of 63 to romp to a four-stroke victory in the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart on Sunday.

 

The win was the first of his reign as world number one and also provided the perfect tune-up for next week's Open Championship at Sandwich.

 

Four shots behind the leaders at the start of the day, the Englishman narrowed that gap to just one as he completed a second round 67.

 

Then, with the tournament cut to 54 holes because of all the rain delays in Inverness, he closed with an error-free 63 to finish four clear of his closest challenger on 19-under-par.