Tiger Woods' wife "expecting in late winter"

Tiger Woods' wife is pregnant with their second child.
Woods said on his website that Elin is expecting in late winter without being more specific on a due date.
He has not played golf since his US Open victory in June, and two weeks later had reconstructive surgery on his left knee that put him out for the year.
Woods’ first child, daughter Sam, was born on the Monday after the 2007 US Open.
“Elin is feeling great, and we are both thrilled,” Woods said. “While my injury has been disappointing and frustrating, it has allowed me to spend a lot of time watching Sam grow. I can't begin to tell you how rewarding it is being a dad and spending time with her and Elin.
“The injury has been a blessing and a disappointment.”
The world No. 1 player has begun rehabilitation and has traveled recently to Dubai and New York for business projects.
Woods had said after he married in 2004 that he wanted more than one child. Woods is an only child, and Elin has a twin sister.

Scots Booth, Murray to fore
in world universities'
championships at Sun City

Stirling student David Booth, competing for Great Britain, was only one shot off the lead in the men's event while team-mate Laura Murray (Robert Gordon University) from Alford was in joint ninth place in the women's competition at the end of the first day of the world universities golf championships at Sun City, South Africa.
Booth shot a three-under-par 69 to be one behind pacemaker Leonard Motta (Italy).
Englishman Andy Shakespear was sharing third place on 72.
Paul Betty, also from Stirling University, was in joint 17th position on 77.
Katie Tewell (United States) led the women's event with a par 72 - seven shots ahead of Laura Murray (pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved) who had a double bogey at the fourth and one birdie, at the 11th.
Great Britain led the men's team event and were in fourth place in the women's team competition.

SUN CITY SCOREBOARD
MEN
Leading individuals
68 L Motta (Ita).
69 D Booth (GB).
72 A Shakespear (GB), P Oriol (Spa), S Kodaira (Jap).
73 H Landman (SAf).
74 P Svajlen (Slo), S Sonoda (Jap).s
75 I Garcia (Spa), P Erice (Spa), B Walton (Ire).
76 N Quintarelli (Ita), P Forbes (Can), F Bonaga (Ita), P Lilly (Can), G Perne (Slo).
77 Y Usami (Jap), L Boezaart (SAf), P Betty (GB), L Tintera (Cze), S Cyr (US), M-C Chen (Tai), A Hortala (Spa).
Other scores:
80 A Best (GB).
83 K McDonagh (Ire).
84 J Patterson (Ire), K Stack (Ire).
Leading teams
218 Great Britain.
220 Italy.
222 Spain.
223 Japan.
229 South Africa.
230 Canada.
235 United States, France.
WOMEN
Leading individuals
72 K Tewell (US).
73 N Tanno (Swi).
74 C Rominger (Swi).
76 K Elliott (US), M Bazin de Jessey (Fra).
77 L Crawford (US), N Kitching (Ire).
78 A Scott (GB).
79 L Murray (GB), K Azuma (Jap), T Vavruskova (Cze), M Cavener (US), L Mar (Spa).
80 L Boughan (SAf), M Ricordeau (Fra), N Shinzato (Jap), I Diaz-Negrete (Spa).
Other scores:
83 G O'Leary (Ire).
85 L Williams (GB).
90 D McVeigh (Ire).
Leading teams
147 Switzerland.
149 United States.
156 France.
157 Great Britain.
159 Japan.
160 Ireland, Spain.

Borders name team for county finals
at Inchmarlo, September 19 to 21

Borders team for the Scottish county finals at Inchmarlo Golf Centre & Resort, Banchory from September 19 to 21 is:

JUDITH ANDERSON (Hawick).
ISLA CRAIGIE (Torwoodlee).
ELIZABETH CAMPBELL (Torwoodlee).
ANNE DODS (Torwoodlee).
KIRSTY INKPEN (Duns).
SHARON LEES (Kelso).
ALISON MELVIN (Hirsel).
GILLIAN OLIVER (St Boswells).

Only Fife and Perth & Kinross have still to name their teams publicly.

Senior Scots need major

improvement in Holland

Scotland will need to make a major improvement from 10th place overnight if they are to qualify for the championship match-play flight of the European senior women's amateur team golf championship at Wouwse Plantage Golf Club in Holland.
None of the Scots broke 80 in the first qualifying round.

Lorna Bennett (Ladybank), pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved), came closest with an 81, one ahead of Fiona Hunter (Baberton) with Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) and Fiona De Vries (St Rule), both on 84, Margaret Tough (Falkirk) on 87 and Mary Smith (Tain) 88.
Discarding one score, the Scots had a first-round total of 418 compared with Italy (397), Sweden (397), England (398) and Spain (398) who occupy the top four positions after the first round.
Only the leading four teams after the second qualifying round will make up the championship match-play flight. The other teams will go into lower match-play flights.

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND

(best five from six scores to count)
397 Italy, Sweden.
398 England (77 C Quinn. 79 C Stirling, C Watson. 80 S Dye. 83 B Laird. 84 J Collingham), Spain.
399 France.
403 Ireland (78 H Jones. 80 M Madden. 81 S O'Brien Kenney, M Henderson. 83 V Hassett. 88 V McBride).
409 Belgium.
413 Netherlands.
414 Germany.
418 Scotland (81 L Bennett. 82 F Hunter, 84 J Harrison, F De Vries. 87 M Tough. 88 M Smith).
422 Switzerland.
423 Denmark.
427 Austria.
432 Finland.

Caledonian Ladies members dressed up for the occasion at the Banchory Ladies Open.

Caledonian Ladies dress up to raise
money for Anchor Unit at ARI

Caledonian Ladies Golf Club, who play at the Kings Links, Aberdeen, have rasied a total of £228 50p for the Anchor Unit at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
"All the Caledonian Ladies members who played in the recent Banchory Ladies Open dressed up for the occasion to raise money," said Flo Freeland, the club captain.
"Banchory Ladies committee gave us a donation of £20 and the clubhouse kitchen staff gave us £26. The Caledonian Ladies raised another £182 50p."

A sparkling field for Duke of York
Young Champions' Trophy

PRESS RELEASE
From Junior Open champions to Carris Trophy winners via +3 handicappers, The 2008 Duke of York Young Champions' Trophy field at Dundonald Links has it all.
Stiggy Hodgson, the English boys’ champion and reigning British Junior Open champion Moriya Jutanugarn will be looking to follow in the footsteps of Tour sensation and former champion Oli Fisher, as they head up one of the strongest junior fields ever gathered for the 2008 Duke of York Young Champions' Trophy.
With 55 competitors from 30 different countries worldwide, the eighth staging of junior golf’s pre-eminent international tournament is set to be the most exhilarating so far. The action tees off at Dundonald Links, Ayrshire from September 16-18.
Hodgson, who plays out of Sunningdale, will be looking to cap off a remarkable year in which he’s been compared to the great Tiger Woods, after he defied the pain of a ruptured knee ligament to claim both the Peter McEvoy and Carris trophies.
However, the chances of a first female tournament winner look strong with Thailand’s Jutanugarn joined by 2007 leading lady Giulia Molinaro from Italy, current British and Belgian girls champion Laura Gonzalez-Escallon and Scotland’s very own Under-21 girls' stroke-play champion Kelsey McDonald, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved).
When you add Russia’s Anna Verchenova, whose sister Maria is currently lighting up the Ladies European Tour, to the mix you get an idea of just what the boys are up against.
The 13-year-old Jutanugarn has already broken one barrier this summer by becoming the first girl to win the R&A’s Junior Open. Despite having never seen a links course before, the Thai Girls’ champion took to the gales of Hesketh like a seasoned veteran and is relishing a return to seaside golf.
With Japan, Israel and Thailand all participating for the very first time, the 54-hole stroke play event has once again managed to extend its global appeal. The Duke of York Young Champions Trophy, which was created by HRH The Duke of York and former Nick Faldo manager, John Simpson, is a unique, international tournament open to both boys and girls who hold their Under-18 national title or have won another major golfing title in the preceding 12 months.
“I am excited by the prospect of watching such a talented group of junior golfers face up to the challenges presented by a links course of Dundonald’s stature,” comments the Duke of York. “It is a real testament to the tournament’s ever-increasing reputation around the world.”
HRH Prince Andrew will attend the tournament and host the official dinner.
Blue could once again be the colour to watch out for as Italy returns with defending champion Claudio Vigano, leading 2007 lady Giulia Molinaro, who finished just two shots adrift of her compatriot, and the field’s back marker Cristano Terragni, off a handicap of +3.2.
Vigano who played flawless golf for two rounds in 2007, managed to keep his nerve during a windswept final day with a birdie at the last securing his triumph.
Walker Cup hopeful Matt Haines was the highest-placed Briton with a final round 76 placing him ninth.
Kyle Phillips’ devilishly difficult Dundonald Links is the venue for the third year in a row, just a week after it hosts the European Tour Qualifying School First stage. Lyle Anderson Company Inc, owners of Loch Lomond, purchased the course in 2003 and Phillips, designer of Kingsbarns, made a number of alterations in 2003.
With Oli Fisher, Pablo Martin, Carly Booth, Sam Hutsby and Zac Gould among the former winners and combatants The Duke of York Young Champions' Trophy tournament has a truly impressive history of highlighting the stars of the future.

For Media enquiries please contact Luke Norman on 0203 1484529 or email luke_norman@ipcmedia.com

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FIELD OF CHAMPIONS
56 from 28 countries
31 boys & 25 girls

Austria
Christoph Weninger

Ireland
Paul Dunne

Belgium
Cédric van Wassenhove
Laura Gonzalez Escallon

Italy
Claudio Viganò
Cristiano Terragni
Giulia Molinaro

Canada
Mitch Sutton
Soo Bin Kim

Japan
Shingo Ito
Miki Sakai

Czech Rep.
David Prochazka

Latvia
Karlis Broders
Krista Puisite

Denmark
Max Melby
Julie Finne-Ipsen

Norway
Elias Bertheussen
Tonje Daffinrud

England
Stiggy Hodgson
Gary King
Hannah Barwood
Sarah Tyson

Russia
Anna Verchenova

Finland
Tapio Pulkkanen
NooraTamminen

Scotland
Mark Bookless
Kelsey MacDonald

France
Arnaud Abbas
Clémence Abrahamian

South Africa
Conway Kunneke
Michelle Leigh

Germany
Max Kraemer
Sebastian Schwind
Marcel Scheinder - tbc
Nicola Rössler - tbc

Spain
Carlos Pigem Xammar - tbc

Greece
Violetta Siozou

Sweden
Eric Blom
Robin Kokocinski
Emelie Lunström

Holland
Teemu Bakker
Caroline Karsten
Marieke Nivard

Switzerland
Victor Honauer
Anäis Maggetti

Hungary
Daniel Kovare

Thailand
Vasin Sripattranusorn
Moriya Jutanugarn

Iceland
Haraldur Magnus
Signy Arnorsdottir

Turkey
Güray Yazici
Elçin Ulu

Israel
Asaf Cohen
Laetitia Beck

Wales
Ross McLister
Amy Boulden