Berkshire’s Fran Wilson wins LGU Gold Medal Final

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Berkshire golfer Fran Wilson scored her biggest-ever success when she won the Midlands LGU Gold Medal Final at Wellingborough with an excellent net 69.
Fran, a member at Wexham Park Golf Club, said: “It was a marvellous day – but when I came in I couldn’t believe I had the lowest score!”
In fact, she won by three shots and had the added satisfaction of cutting her 13 handicap to 12. Fran first played golf in her teens, when she and her three siblings enjoyed a pitch-and-putt course built by their father in their large garden. “It was great, really good fun, but I wasn’t addicted – I was a gymnast at the time, then I played squash.”
She returned to golf a couple of years ago and is keen to reduce her handicap. “I’d like to get down to 10 and then into single figures so I play in every single medal,” she said.
LGU Gold Medal Finals are contested by the silver division players who returned the four best net medal scores at their club last season. Bronze division players compete in the LGU Silver Medal Finals.
In the Midlands event at Kettering, Kim Morley of Bourn Golf Club in Cambs & Hunts scored a four-shot win. She was playing off 24 and returned a net 65.
Results
Gold Medal Final at Wellingborough
Par 74 CSS 76:
1 Fran Wilson (Wexham Park) 82 – 13 = 69
2 Julia Brook (Croham Hurst) 76 – 4 = 72
3 Gemma Glenister (Ombersley) 80 – 8 = 72
4 Helen Audaer (Harewood Downs) 91 – 17 = 74
5 Jan Smith (South Essex) 93 – 19 = 74
6 Justine Voss (Henley) 78 – 4 = 74
Silver Medal Final at Kettering
Par 73 CSS 72
1 Kim Morley (Bourn) 89 – 24 = 65
2 Maureen Foote (Hinckley) 95 – 26 = 69
3 Rhoda Andrews (Lingdale) 93 – 24 = 69
4 Sue Flavin (Merrist Wood) 92 – 23 = 69
5 Emily Wingrove (South Herts) 96 – 25 = 71
6 Philippa Collier (Harpenden) 99 – 28 = 71
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