Carnoustie's Katy top seed in

North of Scotland qualifier

American college circuit player Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies), whose brother Keir won the St Andrews Links Trophy recently, led the qualifiers for the match-play stages of the North of Scotland women's amateur championship with a fine round of one-under-par 71 at Strathmore Golf Centre, Alyth today. Katy is pictured left by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved).
Scratch player Katy, a student at Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida, earned the No 1 seed spot ahead of home-course player and the 2004 North of Scotland champion, Alexandra Bushby, and Jane Grubb (Montrose), both of whom returned 72s, which almost matched the CSS.
A card comparison made Alexandra No 2 and Jane No 3 in the draw. Jane's performance was an excellent one for a seven-handicapper. Her net 65 was easily the lowest of a day of summer showers.

Julie Vass from Tain - whose sister Sammy is playing for Scotland at Murcar Links this week - also had a good net round, 68 off a handicap of nine as she qualified in 15 spot for the scratch match-play.
Defending champion Laura Walker, now playing out of Muckhart since she took up a teaching post in Fife, qualified in No 7 spot with a 75, one behind the player she beat in last year's final at Lossiemouth, Scotland cap Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder).
Emily almost had a hole in one at the short 17th - and missed the putt for a birdie 2. Then she finished with a double-bogey 5 for a 74, which obviously might have been a lot better.

QUALIFIERS
Par 72. CSS 72

71 K McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies).
72 A Bushby (Strathmore), J Grubb (Montrose).
74 J Brown (Monifieth), S Arbuckle (Panmure Barry), E Ogilvy (Auchterarder).
75 L Walker (Muckhart), A Ingram (Fort William), H Anderson (Downfield).
76 A Ryan (Tain),A Hunter (Monifieth), A Ramsay (Kirriemuir), M Smith (Tain).
77 G Dowling (Inverness), J Vass (Tain), G Lambie (Dunkeld).
Championship match-play draw:

Alternating seven and eight-minute intervals
9.0 McNicoll v Lambie, Anderson v Ingram, Arbuckle v Ramsay, Smith v Brown.
9.30 Grubb v Dowling, Hunter v Ogilvy, Walker v Ryan, Vass v Bushby.
Handicap match-play draw:
10.0 J Chalmers v S Leighton, J Griffiths v N Morrison, L Kelly v A Alston, S Irvine v G Wilson.
10.30 S MacKinnon v M Horn, E Anderson v H Gibson, M Aird v S Beltonk, S Bradley v Jennifer Sneddon.
OTHER SCORES:
78 Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth).
79 S Leighton (Alyth), E Muirhead (Pitlochry).
80 J Yellowlees (Murrayshall).
81 A Summers (Panmure Barry), J Griffiths (Strathmore).
82 J Chalmers (Monifieth), H Gibson (Alyth), A Niven (Crieff), G Murray (Cruden Bay), L McGillivary (Banchory), N Morrison (Dunblane), S MacKinnon (McDonald Ellon).
83 M Aird (Strathmore), L Hardie (Aberdeen Ladies), F Millar (Carnoustie Ladies), M Summers (Panmure Barry).
84 S Sneddon (Carnoustie Caledonian), N Fleming (Alyth), F Blair (Carnosutie Ladies).
85 E Fertacz, L McGraw (Auchterarder), A Alston (Royal Montrose), G Wilson (Monifieth).