'Helen Holm' winner bids for Scottish double

French Female Army returning

to Scotland for St Rule Trophy

over Old Course on May 25

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Sacre bleu! The French are coming back!

Buoyed by their success in the "Helen Holm" - Troon title-winner Barbara Genuini was one of a record number of 22 French entrants, the French Golf Federation are sending 18 players over to St Andrews for the St Rule Trophy tournament over the Old Course, on Sunday, May 25.

They include Mademoiselle Genuini (picture left by courtesy of Cal Carson Golf Agency, all rights reserved) who will be bidding to become the first French player to win the St Rule Trophy, reduced to 36 holes on one day this year because of the Curtis Cup match over the Old Course from Friday to Sunday the following week.
Competitors will tee off in threes at 10min intervals and the pairings on May 25 are:

TEE TIMES FOR ST RULE TROPHY

7.0 & 11.50 A Bushby (Strathmore), Rachel McQueen (Troon Ladies), Lisa Barton (Coventry); Charlotte Wild (Mere), Harriet Owers-Bradley (Wollaton Park), Sam Round (Tadmarton Heath); S Jackson (Ladybank), E Fairnie (Dunbar), R Lewis (Newport).

7.30 & 12.20 R Watson (US), C Stockton (US), R Wyn Thomas (Vale of Glamorgan); C-M Carlton (Fereneze), N Podmore (High Legh Park), S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies); C MacDonald (Gullane Ladies), J Nicolson (Wrexham), S Birks (Wolstanton).

8.0 & 12.50 T Davies (Holyhead), A Ramsay Kirriemuir), K Tidy (Royal Birkdale); E Moffat (St Regulus), C Ellis (Minchinhampton), K McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies); H Jenkins (Cradoc), M Gidall (France), Kelly Brotherton (Forrester Park).

8.30 & 1.20 J Carthew (Ladybank), R Vilatte (Fra), A Storey (Ponteland); C Hargan (Mortonhall), J Dreher (France), S James (Bristol & Clifton); J Dotten (Canada), G O'Leary (Cork), L Charpier (France).

9.0 & 1.50 C Boutier (France), B Dowell (Enmore Park), R Livingstone (Musselburgh); L Walker (Muckhart), K Delaney (Carlow), A Decharne (France); S Derrey (France), L Grillot (France), M Pow (Selkirk).

9.30 & 2.20 M Briggs (Kilmacolm), M Ricordeau (France), C Gruber (Royal Dornoch); J Klatten(France), L Murray (Alford), C Abrahamiam (France); A Laing (Vale of Leven), L Sibille (France), N Kitching (Claremorris).

10.0 & 2.50 K Walker (Buchanan Castle), L Ball (Matfen Hall), E Alonso (France); M Morrin (The Curragh), J Turner (Craigielaw), A Goumard (France); R Niven Crieff), V Derrey (France), B Genuini (France).

10.30 & 3.20 D Smith (Co Louth), L Kenney (Pitreavie), I Boineau (France); K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), L Andre (France), A Davidson (Stirling); M Bazin de Jessey (France), S Hassan(Vale of Glamorgan), E Ogilvy (Auchterarder).