KRYSTLE WINS BRITISH PLAY-OFF
KRYSTLE WINS PLAY-OFF TO GRAB LAST
PLACE IN BRITISH GIRLS’ MATCH-PLAY
Curtis Cup reserve and Scottish Under-21 girls champion Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) came through a four-hole play-off against Ireland’s Sarah Cunningham to win the last of the 64 places in the match-play stages of the British girls’ open amateur golf championship at Portstewart Golf Club, Northern Ireland.
Krystle shot 84 and 76 for 160 while Sarah had scores of 86 and 74.
They tied for the 64th place and went out in a play-off which went to the fourth extra hole bore the Fife girl prevailed.
South Queensferry’s Sally Watson scored the best of the eight Scottish qualifiers. She followed up an opening 75 with a one-under-par 72 for 147, joint third place behind top seed Belen Mozo, the Spanish girl who won the British women’s open amateur championship at Royal County Down on her last visit to Northern Ireland.
Sally Watson, soon to enrol at a David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Florida, birdied the second, seventh and 14th and had bogeys at the first and third.
Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) dropped back with a 79 for 151.
Other Scottish qualifiers were: Carly Booth (Comrie), Roseanne Niven (Crieff), Laura Murray (Alford), Rachael Livingstone (Musselburgh Old), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle).
BRITISH GIRLS’ OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Portstewart Golf Club, Northern Ireland.
LEADING QUALIFIERS
141 B Mozo (Spa) 68 73.
146 C Masson (Ger) 73 73.
147 S Watson (David Leadbetter GA) 75 72, V Sternebeck (Ger) 74 73.
148 M Causin (Ita) 72 76.
Other scores:
151 M Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 72 79.
152 C Booth (Comrie) 77 75.
153 R Niven (Crieff) 74 79.
156 L Murray (Alford) 79 77.
157 R Livingstone (Mussleburgh Old) 80 77.
159 K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 80 79, P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 80 79.
160 (after play-off) K Caithness (St Regulus) 84 76.
NON-QUALIFIERS
164 E Lowrey-Gold (Eaton) 80 84, E Fairnie (Dunbar) 78 86.
165 R Watson (David Leadbetter GA) 82 83.
166 J Turner (Mortonhall) 87 79.
171 L Macklin (Ranfurly Castle) 88 83.
176 J Sneddon (Alyth) 92 84.
PLACE IN BRITISH GIRLS’ MATCH-PLAY
Curtis Cup reserve and Scottish Under-21 girls champion Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) came through a four-hole play-off against Ireland’s Sarah Cunningham to win the last of the 64 places in the match-play stages of the British girls’ open amateur golf championship at Portstewart Golf Club, Northern Ireland.
Krystle shot 84 and 76 for 160 while Sarah had scores of 86 and 74.
They tied for the 64th place and went out in a play-off which went to the fourth extra hole bore the Fife girl prevailed.
South Queensferry’s Sally Watson scored the best of the eight Scottish qualifiers. She followed up an opening 75 with a one-under-par 72 for 147, joint third place behind top seed Belen Mozo, the Spanish girl who won the British women’s open amateur championship at Royal County Down on her last visit to Northern Ireland.
Sally Watson, soon to enrol at a David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Florida, birdied the second, seventh and 14th and had bogeys at the first and third.
Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) dropped back with a 79 for 151.
Other Scottish qualifiers were: Carly Booth (Comrie), Roseanne Niven (Crieff), Laura Murray (Alford), Rachael Livingstone (Musselburgh Old), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle).
BRITISH GIRLS’ OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Portstewart Golf Club, Northern Ireland.
LEADING QUALIFIERS
141 B Mozo (Spa) 68 73.
146 C Masson (Ger) 73 73.
147 S Watson (David Leadbetter GA) 75 72, V Sternebeck (Ger) 74 73.
148 M Causin (Ita) 72 76.
Other scores:
151 M Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 72 79.
152 C Booth (Comrie) 77 75.
153 R Niven (Crieff) 74 79.
156 L Murray (Alford) 79 77.
157 R Livingstone (Mussleburgh Old) 80 77.
159 K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 80 79, P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 80 79.
160 (after play-off) K Caithness (St Regulus) 84 76.
NON-QUALIFIERS
164 E Lowrey-Gold (Eaton) 80 84, E Fairnie (Dunbar) 78 86.
165 R Watson (David Leadbetter GA) 82 83.
166 J Turner (Mortonhall) 87 79.
171 L Macklin (Ranfurly Castle) 88 83.
176 J Sneddon (Alyth) 92 84.
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