http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golfScottish Golf News | Herald ScotlandenCopyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reservedSat, 26 May 2012 15:25:03 PDTCopyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reservednoScottish Golf News | Herald Scotlandhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/booth-update.17702514http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/booth-update.17702514Carly Booth set her sights on a third victory of the season after rounds of 67 and 71 put her into joint second place at the halfway stage of the UniCredit German Ladies' at Hausern Golf Club near Munich.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/missed-cut-set-to-topple-mcilroy.17702529http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/missed-cut-set-to-topple-mcilroy.17702529There was one consolation for Rory McIlroy as he trudged off the West course at Wentworth last night after a thoroughly dispiriting second round at the BMW PGA Championship.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/can-underdog-drysdale-become-the-top-dog.17702536http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/can-underdog-drysdale-become-the-top-dog.17702536Andrew Oldcorn won it in 2001.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/fiddly-rule-leaves-mcdowell-counting-cost-of-moving-ball-reaction.17692657http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/fiddly-rule-leaves-mcdowell-counting-cost-of-moving-ball-reaction.17692657Always look on the bright side, as they say.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/dramatic-conclusion-goes-in-favour-of-drysdale.17694687http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/dramatic-conclusion-goes-in-favour-of-drysdale.17694687It's been a decent few days for David Drysdale.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/booth-maintains-form-with-share-of-lead.17694706http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/booth-maintains-form-with-share-of-lead.17694706Carly Booth, winner of the recent Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open, maintained her fine form by taking a share of the first-round lead in the €350,000 UniCredit Ladies German Open at Gut Hausern, near Munich, with a five-under-par 67 yesterday.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/back-on-familiar-ground.17681285http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/back-on-familiar-ground.17681285He may only be 23 but Rory McIlroy likes nothing better than a chat about the good old days.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/donald-picks-up-more-awards.17681324http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/donald-picks-up-more-awards.17681324The awards just kept on coming for Luke Donald on the eve of the BMW PGA title defence at Wentworth.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/knox-decides-against-return.17682947http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/knox-decides-against-return.17682947Russell Knox, the Inverness exile, has decided he will not be coming home to play in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at Castle Stuart, between Nairn and Inverness, on July 12-15.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/awesome-as-american-english-comes-out-on-top-over-english-and-a-scot-open-chship-qualifying.17670951http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/awesome-as-american-english-comes-out-on-top-over-english-and-a-scot-open-chship-qualifying.17670951Harris English, the American rookie professional, has qualified for his first Open Championship with a round that included six straight birdies in a front-nine 29.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/lawrie-apologises-for-refusing-to-speak-to-media-after-matchplay-defeat.17662891http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/lawrie-apologises-for-refusing-to-speak-to-media-after-matchplay-defeat.17662891The angst-laden cobbling together of letters on Paul Lawrie's personal website summed it up; "Arghhhhh," screamed the former Open champion's blog as he tried to express in words his fury and exasperation that followed his semi-final defeat by Nicolas Colsaerts in the Volvo World Matchplay Championship at the weekend.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/championship-offers-donald-chance-to-regain-no1-spot.17662982http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/championship-offers-donald-chance-to-regain-no1-spot.17662982Luke Donald tees off at Wentworth on Thursday in the knowledge that a successful defence of the BMW PGA Championship would take him back to the world No.1 ranking.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/colsaerts-survives-living-dangerously-to-lift-matchplay-title.17653114http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/colsaerts-survives-living-dangerously-to-lift-matchplay-title.17653114Europe's biggest-hitter now has a big title to his name – Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts is the new Volvo World Match Play champion.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/stage-set-for-underdogs-to-steal-glory.17634357http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/stage-set-for-underdogs-to-steal-glory.17634357He may have lost his playing rights for the European Tour but there is one thing that can't be taken away from Scott Drummond; his status as a PGA champion.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/lawrie-is-on-course.17641003http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/lawrie-is-on-course.17641003Two weeks after a wretched performance in front of Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal, Scotland's Paul Lawrie is poised to make another mighty leap towards adding a second cap in the event to the first he won 13 years ago.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/relaxed-murray-lifts-title.17640942http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/relaxed-murray-lifts-title.17640942Laura Murray, a part-time swimming pool lifeguard, was anything but out of her depth in the final of the 98th Scottish women's amateur golf championship over the Old Tom Morris-designed links at Tain in Ross-shire.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/pretswell-triumphs.17637551http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/pretswell-triumphs.17637551Pamela Pretswell's decision to miss this week's Scottish Ladies Amateur Championship in favour of another outing alongside the professionals was fully justified last night when she won the Ljungbyhed Park PGA Ladies Open, a Ladies European Tour Access Series event, in Sweden.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/storm-defences-in-place-around-castle-stuart.17637555http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/storm-defences-in-place-around-castle-stuart.17637555Castle Stuart was the victim of an unwanted facelift last summer, when a freak storm left the course scarred by landslides.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/turner-and-murray-make-the-final-at-the-third-time-of-asking.17637570http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/turner-and-murray-make-the-final-at-the-third-time-of-asking.17637570It was third time lucky for Alford's Laura Murray and Jane Turner, of Craigielaw, as they swept through quarter-finals and semi-finals to earn places in today's 18-hole final at the 98th Scottish Women's Amateur Championship at Tain GC, Ross-shire, for the first time.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/lawrie-not-at-his-best-but-then-he-doesnt-have-to-be.17637583http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/lawrie-not-at-his-best-but-then-he-doesnt-have-to-be.17637583Paul Lawrie qualified for the last 16 but he will need to raise his game if he is to go any further in the Volvo World Matchplay Championship.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/laird-out-to-end-long-home-wait.17630741http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/laird-out-to-end-long-home-wait.17630741It has been 13 years since a Scot last triumphed in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and Martin Laird is eager to bring that miserable run to an end.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/tiger-tamer-or-jailbird-beem-plays-by-book.17630767http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/tiger-tamer-or-jailbird-beem-plays-by-book.17630767Rich Beem.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/lawrie-draws-first-blood-after-battle-with-swede.17630776http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/lawrie-draws-first-blood-after-battle-with-swede.17630776It wasn't pretty, but Paul Lawrie again showed his fighting qualities in defeating Sweden's Peter Hanson on the opening day's play on the Finca Cortesin course on Spain's Costa del Sol.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/people-dont-realise-the-stress-level-on-a-rookie-on-the-pga-tour-interview-us-pga-course-suits-defending-champion-brahttp://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/people-dont-realise-the-stress-level-on-a-rookie-on-the-pga-tour-interview-us-pga-course-suits-defending-champion-braKeegan Bradley admits he has to pinch himself at times to be sure his meteoric rise has not been a dream.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/wentworth-worth-rescheduling-for.17618674http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/wentworth-worth-rescheduling-for.17618674David Patrick's diary of events for next week was full of the usual day-to-day duties of a PGA professional at this time of the year.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/world-matchplay-losing-vital-star-quality.17605524http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/world-matchplay-losing-vital-star-quality.17605524The cut-and-thrust of matchplay, the purest form of this Royal & Ancient game, has always made for an enticing, exciting, unpredictable spectacle.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/watson-ready-to-rekindle-love-affair-with-turnberry.17596090http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/watson-ready-to-rekindle-love-affair-with-turnberry.17596090Think of Turnberry and you immediately think of Tom Watson.http://www.heraldscotland.com/u/u/1336482967.http://www.heraldscotland.com/u/u/1336482967.Kelsey MacDonald, driven by the disappointment of missing out on a Curtis Cup appearance in her own backyard, will be looking to use that setback as inspiration as she tries to regain the Scottish Ladies' Amateur Championship at Tain this week.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/belly-putter-gives-convert-forsyth-a-new-lease-of-life.17596310http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/belly-putter-gives-convert-forsyth-a-new-lease-of-life.17596310Alastair Forsyth calls the belly putter a "monstrosity" which he thinks should be banned but now intends to have one in his bag on a permanent basis after producing his best putting display in months on his way to seventh place in the Madeira Islands Open.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/stunning-63-earns-santos-first-victory.17581581http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/golf/stunning-63-earns-santos-first-victory.17581581Portugal's Ricardo Santos shot a spectacular closing nine-under-par 63 yesterday to give Portugal their first European Tour win for 20 years.nonadult