Tracy wins Glenmuir WPGA title

by 13 strokes in Dundonald gale

RON MARSHALL REPORTS
What can safely be described as the most comprehensive win in the short history of the Glenmuir WPGA Championship unfolded at Dundonald Links.
On yet another day of fierce winds, the defending champion, Tracy Loveys, added her second battling 77 for a 154 aggregate, leaving the South Devon pro all of 13 strokes ahead of twice previous winner, Alison Gray from Ormskirk.
Tracy, whose busy life at Bigbury, a picturesque coastal course near Plymouth, includes running the pro’s shop, organising competitions and teaching, buckled down to take on the Ayrshire elements.
A front nine of 36, level par, was outstanding, comprising two birdies and two bogeys. A five-iron second shot at the par-4 second hole ended two feet from the hole, and downwind at the dogleg seventh, she need only a sand wedge for her second, holing from 15 feet.
“I feel great, and certainly didn’t expect to win by so much”, admitted Loveys, whose victory was worth £1,000.
Runner-up, and winner of £800, was Alison Gray (Ormskirk) with scores of 83 and 84.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
154 Tracyu Loveys (Bigbury) 77 77 (£1,000).
167 Alison Gray (Ormskirk) 83 84 (£800).
168 Lysa Jones (The Oaks) 87 81, Rebecca Wright (Walmley) 85 83 (£625 each).
172 Maria Tulley (West Cornwall) 87 85 (£525).
174 Alexandra Keighley (Huddersfield) 87 87 (£500).
176 Gillian Stewart (Gillian Stewart Golf) 86 90, Emma Prentice (Gog Magog) 82 94 (£462 each).