Andrew Coltart News

CALLUM Macaulay notched a hole-in-one as he moved up to tenth during the second round of the South African Open at Pearl Valley yesterday.

ALAN McLean bounced back from his European Tour Qualifying School misery to lead the Scots on day one of the Alfred Dunhill Championship at the Leopard Creek resort in South Africa.

By NICK RODGER LOTHIANS ace Stephen Gallacher has admitted he's revelling being back at the sharp end of competitive golf after moving into third spot at the European Tour's qualifying school final at PGA Catalunya in Spain.

Former PGA champion Scott Drummond fired a birdie at the very last hole to regain a European Tour card at the qualifying school in Spain on Thursday.

The opening day of the first ever Australian Open held at the New South Wales Golf Club provided perfect early scoring conditions and a player out in the first group of the day, Scott Hend, took full advantage with a round of six under par 66.

SCOTT Drummond produced a late rally at PGA Catalunya near Girona yesterday to keep his bid for an instant return to the European Tour on track in the third round of the qualifying school final.

Aberdeen's Greig Hutcheon will today make his eighth appearance in the European Tour's qualifying school final at the PGA Golf de Catalunya, near Girona, in Spain.

Scottish golfer Scott Drummond is remaining upbeat despite losing his European Tour card.

David Drysdale has targeted winning a tournament after sealing his Tour card and cementing his place as the leading Scottish golfer on the European Tour.

ANDREW Coltart missed the cut in Melbourne, but the former Ryder Cup player could still earn a reprieve in his bid to retain a European Tour card.

SCOTS star Andrew Coltart must do battle with Tiger Woods as he makes his final bid to retain his Tour card at next week's Australian Masters.

ANDREW COLTART'S chances of keeping hold of his Tour card could rest on just one hole.

Playing in the same group, Germany's Martin Kaymer missed a putt which would have forced a play-off with the Swede.

DAVID DRYSDALE will have to wait and see what damage has been caused by his failure to qualify for today's final round in the weather-delayed Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

SOME golfers get one chance at making the grade in the big time. They work hard, wait patiently for an opportunity and, when it comes along, hope to get the odd break here and there.

STRUGGLING Scott Drummond produced his best round in almost a year yesterday as he fights to retain his place on the European Tour.

PAUL LAWRIE, the halfway leader in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, is determined to return to winning ways this weekend by completing a hat-trick of Scottish successes.

PAUL LAWRIE gets out of bed at the crack of dawn and spends more than six hours in his car on a gruelling round-trip to have Bob Torrance tell him what he's doing wrong.

LOTHIANS star Andrew Oldcorn reckons Tom Doak, the top American golf course designer, has come up with a winner in his layout at The Renaissance, near Gullane.

DALMAHOY'S Jamie McLeary yesterday embraced the prospect of impending fatherhood with much greater financial confidence after becoming A 27,500 richer by dint of winning his first professional golf event.