Lancashire's Emily Taylor wins Scottish U16

girls' open stroke-play title at Strathmore

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England squad players, led by Emily Taylor of Lancashire and Georgia Hall of Dorset, swept the board of honours at the Scottish U16 open strokeplay championship at Strathmore Golf Centre in Scotland.
Emily, 15, won the championship, helped by a new course record of six-under par 66. She added it to her opening 74 for a four-under total for 36 holes. Georgia, 13, shot a bogey-free 68 in the second round to finish on two-under par for the tournament. She won the U14 trophy and was third overall, behind Ashley Cramond of Warwickshire. The English Women’s Golf Association sent a squad of six to the championship and the two teams took first and second place in the Nations Cup event. Team B, represented by Emily, Georgia and Brogan Townend, won with a two-day score of 279. Team A, represented by Elizabeth Mallett, Bronte Law and Lauren Taylor, were runners-up on 285. The best two scores counted on each day. Scoring at the championship was excellent with five players finishing under par and three more returning level par totals. Pat Smillie, EWGA’s national junior coach, was delighted with performance of her squad.
“They were fantastic and it was great to get some scores in the 60s. They got so many birdies between them, which is a sign of good, attacking golf, and it all bodes very well for the future.” Between them, the six players had 40 birdies and two eagles.
Emily Taylor, from Royal Lytham & St Annes, notched up five birdies and an eagle three in her 66, which was not only a course record but her personal best score - and the first time she’s broken 70.
“I didn’t play my best in the first round but I knew it was all to play for and I just went out to do my best. My second round was really special,” she said. Emily, who is the Lancashire champion, has made a quick start to the season.
In February she won the U18 title in the Hacienda Del Alamo Ladies Open and the Murcia U16 Open in Spain.Georgia Hall, from Ferndown, is the English girls’ U13 champion and she was playing in this event for the first time. She was cruising towards a sub-par in her first round when she dropped five shots in the last three holes for a two-over 74.
However, she put the setback behind her and returned to the course to produce a bogey-free second round. She got off to a good start with a birdie on the difficult second hole and was two-under for both nines.This was the second time she’s scored in the 60s, following a 67 course record at Ferndown.
“I played really well in the first round and I was disappointed with my finish, I think I lost a bit of concentration. Today on those last few holes I didn’t think about the score but played it hole-by-hole, shot-by-shot – and it was great that I came back to finish well.”
Leading final scores
Par 144 (2x 72)
140 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 74 66
141 Ashley Cramond (The Warwickshire) 73 68
142 Georgia Hall (Ferndown) 74 68; Bronte Law (Bramhall) 70 72
144 Chloe Williams (Wal) 73 70; Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) 75 69; Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 71 73; Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies) 70 74
145 Jessica Carty (Sco) 72 73
146 Charlotte Hindmoor (Cleveland) 74 72; Olivia Winning (Rotherham) 73 73; Lauren Taylor (Woburn) 73 73
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The top Scot was Ailsa Summers of Carnoustie Ladies on 149 (75, 74), two shots ahead of Lesley Atkins (Gullane) and Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) on 151.

FINAL TOTALS
CSS: Round 1 - 71. Round 2 - 7

1 TAYLOR, Emily 74 66 F (1) -4
2 CRAMOND, Ashley 73 68 F (1) -3
3 HALL, Georgia 74 68 F (1) -2
4 LAW, Bronte 70 72 F (1) -2
5 WILLIAMS, Chloe 73 70 F (1) -1
6 RATCLIFFE, Amber 75 69 F (1) Par
7 TOWNEND, Brogan 71 73 F (1) Par
8 MALLETT, Elizabeth 70 74 F (1) Par
9 CARTY, Jessica 72 73 F (1) +1
10 HINDMOOR, Charlotte 74 72 F (1) +2
11 WINNING, Olivia 73 73 F (1) +2
12 TAYLOR, Lauren 73 73 F (1) +2
13 HORLOCK, Kyra 77 70 F (1) +3
14 CLEWS, Gemma 76 71 F (1) +3
15 HORNER, Rebecca 77 71 F (1) +4
16 SUMMERS, Ailsa 75 74 F (1) +5
17 GOODALL, Ellie 78 72 F (1) +6
18 BAILEY, Lianna 76 74 F (1) +6
19 DIMMOCK, Annabel 78 73 F (10) +7
20 COVELL, Amelia 76 75 F (10) +7
21 ATKINS, Lesley 75 76 F (1) +7
22 MEEK, Jessica 73 78 F (10) +7
23 VIZARD, Hollie 78 74 F (1) +8
24 DOWNES, Jade 80 73 F (1) +9

25 31
STEVENSON, Linsey 78 75 F (10) +9

26 24
MACLAREN, Meghan 78 75 F (1) +9

27 21
HAYNES, Nicola 77 76 F (1) +9

28 35
CHAN, Emily 79 75 F (1) +10

29 32
MCGARVA, Katie 79 75 F (1) +10

30 20
EVANS, Lucy 76 79 F (10) +11

31 57
MACTAGGART, Tara 83 73 F (10) +12

32 30
SCOTT, Hannah 78 78 F (1) +12

33 49
MUNDY, Georgina 82 75 F (1) +13

34 47
LAKER, Abi 81 76 F (1) +13

35 36
KEMP, Paige 79 78 F (10) +13

36 27
WHYTE, Lauren 78 79 F (1) +13

37 16
WARD, Keren 75 82 F (10) +13

38 77
JONES, Jessica 86 72 F (10) +14

39 44
YOUNG, Clara 81 77 F (10) +14

40 39
TAYLOR, Nicola 80 78 F (1) +14

41 42
FEKKES, Laura 81 78 F (10) +15

42 33
PLACHETKA, Lara 79 80 F (10) +15

43 46
BAILEY, Annabel 81 79 F (1) +16

44 45
FINLAY, Poppy 81 79 F (1) +16

45 37
CALLANDER, Nicola 80 80 F (1) +16

46 38
O'DRISCOLL, Jean 80 80 F (10) +16

47 28
HARRIS, Emma 78 82 F (1) +16

48 81
JAFFREY, Connie 87 74 F (10) +17

49 70
HALL, Emily Mae 85 76 F (10) +17

50 56
CLYBURN, India 83 78 F (1) +17

51 54
MCNULTY, Kelly 83 78 F (1) +17

52 63
MCGUIRE, Shannen 85 77 F (10) +18

53 52
BARROW, Laura Jane 82 80 F (10) +18

54 34
THOMAS, Georgia 79 83 F (10) +18

55 67
SEIVWRIGHT, Tegan 85 78 F (1) +19

56 69
MALLETT, Victoria 85 78 F (10) +19

57 53
MUNRO, Heather 83 80 F (1) +19

58 48
TAYLOR, Samantha Jayne 82 81 F (1) +19

59 43
MURPHY, Emma 81 82 F (10) +19

60 75
TUNN, Eleanor 86 78 F (10) +20

61 61
TAYLOR, Amelia 85 79 F (1) +20

62 58
HILLIER, Sophie 84 80 F (10) +20

63 55
REES-EVANS, Sara 83 81 F (1) +20

64 50
COYLE DIEZ, Ariana 82 82 F (10) +20

65 51
BEVERIDGE, Kimberley 82 82 F (10) +20

66 73
BOYMAN, Emily 86 79 F (10) +21

67 59
FERRIE, Jorden 84 81 F (10) +21

68 82
MCNICHOLL, Collette 87 79 F (10) +22

69 74
HEALEY, Eloise 86 81 F (10) +23

70 66
BRUCE, Rachel 85 82 F (10) +23

71 65
AIRD, Emily 85 82 F (1) +23

72 89
TOMLINSON, Jade 90 78 F (10) +24

73 76
MILBURN, Courtney 86 82 F (1) +24

74 87
LOCKETT, Megan 89 80 F (10) +25

75 64
HALE, Emma 85 84 F (10) +25

76 68
WATSON, Eilidh 85 84 F (1) +25

77 85
ROBERTSON, Holly 88 82 F (10) +26

78 62
HAMILTON, Charlotte 85 85 F (1) +26

79 95
BARROW, Charlotte Ann 94 78 F (1) +28

80 94
IRVINE, Rachel 93 79 F (10) +28

81 83
LINACRE, Rhiannon 88 84 F (10) +28

82 80
HAMILTON, Olivia 87 85 F (10) +28

83 86
O'SHEA, Lisa 89 84 F (10) +29

84 79
MAGUIRE, Sophie 87 86 F (10) +29

85 90
TAIT, Alexandra 90 84 F (10) +30

86 72
WILSON, Gail 86 88 F (1) +30

87 92
SMALL, Catherine 91 84 F (10) +31

88 84
WRIGHT, Katie 88 88 F (10) +32

89 88
GOODALL, Hannah 90 90 F (1) +36

90 93
GOADBY, Chloe 92 89 F (10) +37

91 91
BROWN, Megan 90 93 F (10) +39

92 98
CLARKE, Megan 96 88 F (10) +40

93 96
MACKIE, Grace 95 92 F (10) +43

94 97
DUFF, Megan 96 92 F (1) +44

95 99
BORWICK, Olivia 97 92 F (10) +45

96 101
TOMLINSON, Amy 101 96 F (10) +53

97 100
SPENCE, Abbie 100 103 F (10) +59

98 102
KER, Danielle 107 99 F (10) +62

DQ 41
ROBB, Hannah 80 +7 15 (1) DQ

DQ 60
WALKER, Rachel 84 +4 15 (1) DQ

DQ 71
GREENLEES, Emma 85 +10 15 (1) DQ
The number in brackets, is showing the players starting hole.


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