Golf

David Law is on course to celebrate his 100th Challenge Tour appearance with a Highland Fling after staying out in front at the halfway stage in the SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge in Aviemore.

For the third day running, the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open has been handed a major boost after 2013 winner Phil Mickelson confirmed he’s heading to Gullane next month.

It was one of the best efforts in the history of the SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge. Just as impressive, in fact, as the 62 carded by Brooks Koepka when winning at Macdonald Spey Valley in 2013 and Andrew “Beef” Johnston’s 65 as he was crowned champion the following year.

Frenchman Sebastien Gros coped best with testing windy conditions to take the lead after the first day of the BMW International Open in Germany.

Masters champion Patrick Reed is the latest big name to be added to the line up for next month’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at Gullane.

Tributes to Peter Thomson, the five-time Open champion who passed away at home in Melbourne at the age of 88, included warm praise for the Australian legend from the reigning Champion Golfer of the Year.

Five of the world’s current top 20 have now been confirmed for next month’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open after Tommy Fleetwood added his name to a star-studded cast for Gullane.

Grant Forrest is aiming to overcome the shock of arriving in Aviemore this week to see himself plastered on giant billboard as he tries to win the event that Brooks Koepka used as a springboard to becoming a back-to-back US Open champion.

Peter Thomson, the five-time Open champion, has died aged 88.

Seven Scots, including Australia-based Robbie Morrison, progressed in the 123rd Amateur Championship as South African Wilco Nienaber and Norwegian Viktor Vovland shone in the stroke-play qualifying in Aberdeen.

Next month’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open is shaping up to be one of the biggest giveaways in Scottish sporting history, with this year’s two major winners having been added to a star-studded field for an event offering free admission at Gullane.

Euan McIntosh, the 2016 Scottish Order of Merit winner, fared best among the home players on the opening day of the 123rd Amateur Championship in Aberdeen.

It has already been labelled the “Pebble Treble”, but Brooks Koepka has his sights on more than just a remarkable third straight victory in the 
US Open.

Calum Hill is hoping to secure a spot in next month’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at Gullane after feeling at home despite facing one of the toughest tests in major history in the US Open.

June 16, 2018. Mark it down as one of golf’s darkest days. The day the United
States Golf Association (USGA) mucked up again. The day Phil Mickelson also lost all respect. Really, why does golf have this dreadful habit of shooting itself in the foot every now and again?

Former SSE Scottish Challenge winner Brooks Koepka is a double US Open champion after holding off a record-equalling last-day charge from Tommy Fleetwood at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island.

A day after telling his critics to “toughen up”, Phil Mickelson was far less forthcoming about the controversy surrounding his two-shot penalty in the third round of the US Open.

Grant Forrest is heading into this week’s SSE Scottish Challenge in Aviemore on a high after moving into the top ten in the Road to Ras Al Khaimah rankings following a strong finish in the Hauts de France Open.