LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR SCOREBOARD
NYKREDIT EUROPEAN MASTERS
Par 213 (3 x 71)
207 Kirsty Taylor (Eng) 69 68 70, Kiran Matharu (Eng) 68 66 73.
208 Lisa Hall (Eng) 68 71 69.
209 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 70 67 72, Lotta Wahlin (Swe) 67 68 74.
210 Hanna Leena Salonen (Fin) 72 73 65, Lynn Brooky (Nzl) 72 66 72, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 67 68 75.
211 Paula Marti (Spa) 73 70 68, Virginie Lagoutte Clement (Fra) 67 73 71, Anna Temple (US) 69 71 71, Sophie Walker (Eng) 70 70 71, Diana Luna (Ita) 74 65 72, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 69 70 72, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 69 68 74
212 Anja Monke (Ger) 74 69 69, Nathalie David Mila (Fra) 71 70 71, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 70 70 72, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 69 71 72, Laura Terebey (US) 70 70 72, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 66 72 74, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 71 67 74
213 Martina Eberl (Ger) 70 72 71, Marta Prieto (Spa) 69 71 73, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 72 68 73, Jehanne Jail (Fra) 69 68 76
214 Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 74 70 70, Elizabeth McKinnon (Nzl) 72 71 71, Karen Lunn (Aus) 73 70 71, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 69 73 72, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 67 73 74, Anna Rossi (Ita) 68 71 75
215 Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 74 71 70, Joanne Mills (Aus) 71 74 70, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 74 70 71, Kris Lindstrom (USA) 71 73 71, Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 72 71 72, Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 72 71 72, Louise Friberg (Swe) 69 73 73, Anna Tybring (Swe) 72 69 74
216 Samantha Head (Eng) 70 74 72
217 Marina Arruti (Spa) 74 70 73, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 72 72 73, Federica Piovano (Ita) 72 72 73, Bree Turnbull (Aus) 69 74 74, Karin Borjeskog (Swe) 72 71 74, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 74 68 75, Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 70 71 76
218 Suzanne Dickens (Eng) 73 72 73, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 69 76 73, Claire Coughlan (Ire) 71 74 73, Leah Hart (Aus) 75 70 73, Sara Beautell (Spa) 69 75 74, Jo Clingan (Eng) 71 72 75, Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 72 71 75, Mette Buus (Den) 73 69 76, Shani Waugh (Aus) 69 71 78, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 68 70 80
219 Lora Fairclough (Eng) 71 73 75, Maria Boden (Swe) 70 73 76, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 74 69 76, Nienke Nijenhuis (Net) 70 72 77, Sarah Heath (Eng) 72 68 79
220 Tullia Calzavara (Ita) 72 73 75, Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin) 70 74 76, Mianne Bagger (Den) 70 73 77, Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 70 72 78
221 Monica Christiansen (Am) (Den) 67 78 76, Isabella Maconi (Ita) 70 75 76, Carlie Butler (Aus) 76 69 76
222 Libby Smith (USA) 74 71 77

GIANT-KILLER AILEEN CUT DOWN TO SIZE
IN QUARTER-FINALS AT GLENBERVIE

Top seed Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose), the new Scottish senior women’s amateur stroke-play champion, fell at the first hurdle in the senior women’s match-play championship at Glenbervie Golf Club today.
Kathleen lost by one hole to the last of the 16 qualifiers for the match-play stages, Aileen Kennedy (Harburn).
But giant-killer Kennedy was herself cut down to size in the afternoon quarter-finals. She lost by 3 and 2 to Margaret Tough (Falkirk) who had knocked out a former champion, Pamela Williamson (Baberton) by 3 and 2 in the morning.
Sunday morning’s semi-finals will see Tough play Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) and Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) play May Hughes (Lanark).

First round – A Kennedy (Harburn) bt K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 1 hole, M Tough (Falkirk) bt P Williamson (Baberton) 3 and 2, R Brown (Lothianburn) bt B Biggart (Kilmacolm) 3 and 2, A Telfer (Milngavie) bt H Faulds (Douglas Park) 2 and 1, L Bennett (Ladybank) bt J Mack (Haggs Castle) 4 and 3, N Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) bt E Campbell (Torwoodlee) 4 and 3, M Thomson (North Berwick) bt H Anderson (Downfield) 3 and 2, M Hughes (Lanark) bt F Hunter (Baberton) 4 and 2.
Quarter-finals – Tough bt Kennedy 3 and 2, Brown bt Telfer 5 and 3, Bennett bt Fenton 7 and 6, Hughes bt Thomson 1 hole.

SUNDAY MORNING SEMI-FINALS
Tough v Brown at 8am.
Bennett v Hughes at 8.10am.
FINAL AT 12.45.

*******Carol Fell, the wonderful Renfrewshire webmaster, has posted this series of photos of the Seniors supper and stroke play stages on the web. Enjoy!

VIKKI'S DISAPPOINTING START IN FINAL
US FUTURES TOUR EVENT OF SEASON

Vikki Laing from Musselburgh did not get the flying start she was seeking in the first round of the final US Futures Tour event of the season, the $100,000 Iloveny Championship at Capital Hills golf course, Albany in New York State.
Vikki, who rose to eighth place in the tour's money table after scoring her first ever win as a professional in the last event, needs to finish the season in the top five to gain automatic promotion to the LPGA Tour next season. To do that she needs to win or go very close to winning at Albany.
Instead the Scot had a modest two-over-par 74 (38-36) over the 6,210yd, par-71 (36-35) course.
She trails American leader Danah Ford by eight strokes and starts the second round of the 54-hole tournament in joint 38th place.
Brenda McLarnon from Belfast had a 72 to be in joint 17th place while Polly Willett from London is in joint 64th place after a 76.
LEADERBOARD
(Players from US unless stated)
Par 71. 6,120yd.
66 D Ford 33-33.
67 J Min Jeong (SKo) 34-33.
69 A Fouch 36-33, M Fankhauser 34-35, Anastasia Kostina (Rus) 34-35.
Other scores:
72 B McLarnon (NIr) 38-34 (jt 17th).
74 V Laing (Sco) 38-36 (jt 38th).
76 P Willett (Eng) 38-38 (jt 64th).

Kiran Matharu leads Nykredit Masters

McKINNON, KENNY BEAT CUT BUT IMRIE
AND QUEEN ELIMINATED IN DENMARK

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

England’s Kiran Matharu continued her impressive recent form to snatch the outright lead following the second round of the Nykredit Masters in Denmark.
The 18-year-old from Leeds carded just one bogey and six birdies – including one on her final hole - on her way to a five-under-par 66 and a 36-hole tally of eight-under-par 134.
Matharu finished joint fourth at the Finnair Masters last week, and is in the driving seat at the Helsingør Golf Club after equalling her lowest ever professional round in her first year on the Ladies European Tour.
She previously shot 66 last week in Finland - and said that all of the elements of her game were coming together.“I am putting really well at the moment and hit a few good shots,” said Matharu.
“I only had one bogey, so that helps. I am hitting the ball well, putting well and chipping quite well this week.”
She said: “I played really solidly today and didn’t do anything stupid. I holed some really good putts, just did the same as yesterday.”
Australia’s Sarah Kemp and Sweden’s Lotta Wahlin share second on seven-under 135, one stroke behind the leader. Kemp carded four birdies and a single bogey to build on her first round score of 68. The 21-year-old made a solid start to her front nine, picking up one stroke with a birdie on the par-five fifth.A brace of birdies on the 13th and 14th followed, but she dropped a shot at the 15th. However, she cancelled out her solitary bogey with her final birdie – and fourth of the round – on the 16th, before completing the final two holes in regulation.
Wahlin also flirted with the lead during her three-under-par round – which included five birdies and two bogeys.
The 23-year-old got off to a poor start by bogeying her first hole. But she made up for it immediately, birdieing the second and adding a further two birdies to pick up two shots on her opening nine.
Two more birdies and a bogey followed on the back nine, and she was close to a hole-in-one at the par-three 17th. “I am really happy with the play today,” she said. “I made a few mistakes on a few holes, but I was so close to a hole in one. I’m pleased.”
Four players - French duo Gwladys Nocera, Jehanne Jail, England’s Kirsty Taylor and Denmark’s Lisa Holm Sorensen - are tied for fourth on five-under-par 137.
Nocera, who will represent Europe in the Solheim Cup for the second time next week, said the Nykredit Masters was the perfect warm-up for the biennial match-play competition.“The goal of being here is to get ready for next week, so I think it is working pretty well,” the 32-year-old said.
Her European team-mates Trish Johnson (five-over-par), Becky Brewerton and Iben Tinning (both eight-over) missed the cut, but Nocera said it was the practice – not the result – that was important.
“It doesn’t mean anything,” she said. “Next week is just another week, a completely different tournament.
Inverness-based Liz McKinnon beat the 145 deadline by ease with scores of 72 and 71. She is joint 37th going into the third round.
Lynn Kenny slumped to a 76, seven shots worse than her first round and is now joint 60th. On 145, she made the cut with nothing to spare.
Kathryn Imrie (151) and Clare Queen (152) missed the cut by a big margin. Kathyrn had scores of 74 and 77, Clare 79 and 73.
SCOREBOARD
Par 142 (2 x 71)
134 Kiran Matharu (Eng) 68 66
135 Sarah Kemp (Aus) 67 68, Lotta Wahlin (Swe) 67 68
137 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 70 67, Jehanne Jail (Fra) 69 68, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 69 68, Kirsty Taylor (Eng) 69 68
138 Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 71 67, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 68 70, Lynn Brooky (Nzl) 72 66, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 66 72
139 Tania Elosegui (Spa) 69 70, Diana Luna (Ita) 74 65, Anna Rossi (Ita) 68 71, Lisa Hall (Eng) 68 71
140 Sarah Heath (Eng) 72 68, Laura Terebey (USA) 70 70, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 69 71, Sophie Walker (Eng) 70 70, Shani Waugh (Aus) 69 71, Anna Temple (USA) 69 71, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 70 70, Virginie LagoutteClement (Fra) 67 73, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 72 68, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 67 73, Marta Prieto (Spa) 69 71
141 Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 70 71, Anna Tybring (Swe) 72 69, Nathalie DavidMila (Fra) 71 70
142 Mette Buus (Den) 73 69, Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 70 72, Nienke Nijenhuis (Nzl) 70 72, Louise Friberg (Swe) 69 73, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 69 73, Martina Eberl (Ger) 70 72, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 74 68
143 Karin Borjeskog (Swe) 72 71, Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 72 71, Mianne Bagger (Den) 70 73, Anja Monke (Ger) 74 69, Karen Lunn (Aus) 73 70, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 74 69, Bree Turnbull (Aus) 69 74, Maria Boden (Swe) 70 73, Paula Marti (Spa) 73 70, Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 72 71, Jo Clingan (Eng) 71 72, Elizabeth McKinnon (Nzl) 72 71, Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 72 71
144 Sara Beautell (Spa) 69 75, Kris Lindstrom (USA) 71 73, Federica Piovano (Ita) 72 72, Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin) 70 74, Lora Fairclough (Eng) 71 73, Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 74 70, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 74 70, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 72 72, Samantha Head (Eng) 70 74, Marina Arruti (Spa) 74 70
145 Carlie Butler (Aus) 76 69, Joanne Mills (Aus) 71 74, Isabella Maconi (Ita) 70 75, HannaLeena Salonen (Fin) 72 73, Leah Hart (Aus) 75 70, Libby Smith (USA) 74 71, Monica Christiansen (Am) (Den) 67 78, Claire Coughlan (Irl) 71 74, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 74 71, Tullia Calzavara (Ita) 72 73, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 69 76, Suzanne Dickens (Eng) 73 72
MISSED THE CUT
146 Eva Steinberger (Aut) 76 70, Ana B Sanchez (Spa) 71 75, Asa Gottmo (Swe) 73 73, Cherie Byrnes (Aus) 73 73, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 74 72, Nuria Clau (Spa) 73 73, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 72 74, Marjet van der Graaf (Am) (Nzl) 73 73
147 Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 76 71, LeeAnne Pace (Rsa) 74 73, Sofia Renell (Swe) 78 69, Fame More (Eng) 72 75, Trish Johnson (Eng) 77 70, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 74 73
148 Cecilia Ekelundh (Swe) 75 73, Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 73 75, Elin Ohlsson (Swe) 74 74, Julie Berton (Fra) 76 72, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 75 73
149 Zuzana Masinova (Cro) 75 74, Maria Beautell (Spa) 74 75, Antonella Cvitan (Swe) 75 74, Carina Vagner (Den) 76 73, Martina Gillen (Irl) 74 75, Anne Norman Hansen (Den) 74 75, Amanda Moltke Leth (Den) 75 74, Stephanie Arricau (Fra) 77 72
150 Iben Tinning (Den) 76 74, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 75 75, Natalie Claire Booth (Eng) 78 72, Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor) 76 74
151 Nora Angehrn (Swi) 78 73, Kathryn Imrie (Sco) 74 77, Elisa Serramia (Spa) 75 76
152 Maja Nielsen (Den) (am) 72 80, Clare Queen (Sco) 79 73, Patricia Beliard (Fra) 75 77, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 78 74, Natascha Fink (Aut) 77 75
153 Lill Kristin Saether (Nor) 77 76, Helena Alterby (Swe) 78 75, Rikke Rasmussen (Den) 77 76, Anna Knutsson (Swe) 75 78
154 Liselotte Berth (Am) (Den) 77 77, KarenMargrethe Juul (Den) 77 77
155 Katy Jarochowicz (Aus) 77 78, Mia Schodt (Am) (Den) 75 80, Victoria Stefansen (Am) (Den) 75 80
156 Daisy Nielsen (Am) (Den) 77 79, Tamara Hyett (Aus) 77 79
159 Nina Karlsson (Swe) 80 79, Malene Jorgensen (Am) (Den) 78 81
166 Sarah Abercromby (Den) 81 85
Retired: Maria Verchenova (Rus) 80, Lisa Jean (Aus) 79.

Back row (left to right): Fiona Hunter, Esme Hill, Barbara Biggart, Liz Campbell, Helen Faulds. Front row: Ruth Brown, Lorna Bennett, Toni Moffat, Kathleen Sutherland and Glenbervie GC ladies' captain.

KATHLEEN SUTHERLAND WINS SENIORS' STROKE-PLAY TITLE

BY FOUR SHOTS FROM FIONA

HUNTER

Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) led from start to finish to win the Scottish senior women’s amateur stroke-play golf championship at Glenbervie Golf Club today.
It was her second win in the event which she also won in 2004. Miss Sutherland is also holder of the Scottish veteran women’s match-play championship.
With rounds of 76 and 77 for a total of 153, she had four shots to spare at the finish from Fiona Hunter (Baberton) with rounds of 79 and 78.
Defending champion Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) tied with Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) and Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) for third place on 158.
The players with the 16 best 36-hole aggregates now go forward to contest the seniors’ match-play title at the same venue over the weekend.
+Gillian Kirkwood's image shows Kathleen received the trophy from its donor, Toni Moffat.
FINAL TOTALS (and qualifiers for match-play championship)
Par 144 (2 x 72)
153 K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 76 77.
157 F Hunter (Baberton) 79 78.
158 L Bennett (Ladybank) 82 76, H Faulds (Douglas Park) 81 77, R Brown (Lothianburn) 79 79.
160 E Campbell (Torwoodlee) 82 78, M Thomson (North Berwick) 80 80.
161 P Williamson (Baberton) 82 79.
162 M Tough (Falkirk) 78 84.
163 H Anderson (Downfield) 79 84.
164 B Biggart (Kilmacolm) 80 84, N Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) 80 84, A Telfer (Milngavie) 79 85.
165 J Mack (Haggs Castle) 84 81, M Hughes (Lanark) 81 84.
166 A Kennedy (Harburn) 82 84.

Automatic match-play draw:
8.0 Sutherland v Kennedy.

8.08 Tough v Williamson.

8.16 Brown v Biggart.

8.24 Telfer v Faulds.

8.32 Bennett v Mack.

8.40 Fenton v Campbell.

8.48 Thomson v H Anderson.

8.56 Hughes v Hunter.

Saturday quarter-finals at: 1pm, 1.10, 1.20 & 1.30.

Sunday morning semi-finals at: 8am and 8.30. Final at 12.45.

Other scores:
167 R Anderson (Huntly) 86 81, P Hutton (Lanark) 80 87.
168 L Terry (Cruden Bay) 86 82.
169 A Brownie (Lothianburn) 86 83.
170 A Bowman (McDonald Ellon) 87 83, S Quinn (Stirling) 87 83, J Paterson (Drumpellier) 84 86, S Bushby (Strathmore) 83 87.
171 I Harvey (St Rule) 87 84, A Smart (Banchory) 84 87.
173 R Dee (Kingsknowe) 85 88.
174 E Hill (Dumfries & Co) 89 85.
175 N Smith (Downfield) 90 85.
176 K Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 90 86, E Wilson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies) 90 86, S Copland (Falkirk Tryst) 87 89, M Clapperton (Banchory) 83 93.
177 I McIntosh (Inverness) 89 88, A Moffat (St Regulus) 92 85, D MacKinnon (McDonald Ellon) 90 87, C Whicher (Aberdeen Ladies) 85 92.
178 M Joss (Alford) 91 87, J French (Alyth) 91 87, D Gray (Lanark) 88 90, W MacCallum (Falkirk) 88 90, F Roger (Ranfurly Castle) 88 90, N Duncan (Brechin) 87 91.
179 E Fisken (Nairn) 86 93, S Hodge (Aberdeen Ladies) 87 92.
180 P Wilson (Murcar Links) 90 90, P Gordon (Inverness) 99 81, H Kelly (Ladies Panmure Barry) 88 92, M Neilson (Greenock) 87 93.
181 E Grant (Douglas Park) 92 89, A Freeman (Ladies Pamure Barry) 91 90, C Fell (Ranfurly Castle) 92 89, G Kirkwood (Broomieknowe) 92 89.
182 S Bain (Aberdeen Ladies) 89 93.
183 J Slater (Aboyne) 93 90.
184 J Wheeler (Aberdeen Ladies) 95 89.
185 A Stalker (Aberdeen Ladies) 89 96, C Bryce (Ballater) 94 91, M Clark (Banchory) 92 93, D Dunn (Dunblane New) 91 94.
186 A Ellen (Nairn) 92 94, M Donald (Aberdeen Ladies) 94 92.
187 S Hartley (Braehead) 95 92, F Johnston (Alyth) 89 98.
189 E Thomson (Aberdeen Ladies) 91 98.
190 S Reid (Aberdeen Ladies) 95 95.
194 G Haines (St Regulus) 95 99.
195 M Laycock (Lees Hall) 94 101.
196 H Edon (Banchory) 100 96.
198 E Munro (Moray) 99 99, P Twinn (Aberdeen Ladies) 98 100.
202 E Barrack (Aberdeen Ladies) 107 95, E Webster (Aberdeen Ladies) 102 100.

ANNA SCHULTZ LOSES FOUR-HOLE LEAD BUT RALLIES
TO WIN U S SENIOR AMATEUR TITLE AT THE 20th

FROM THE USGA WEBSITE

Sunriver, Ore. – Anna Schultz, 52, of Rockwall, Texas, withstood a furious comeback by Robyn Puckett, 60, of Irvine, Calif., to win the 2007 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship in 20 holes, at Sunriver Resort’s 5,975-yard Meadows Course.
It was the third extra-hole final since the championship went to a match-play format in 1997.
"It’s overwhelming,” said Schultz, who was playing in her third USGA final. “I am so thrilled. I’ve wanted this for so long. This is what we work for and what we dream of. It’s something everybody wants so badly.”
Schultz opened the match strongly, winning the first three holes. She extended her lead to four up through nine holes. That included a winning chip-in for par on the fifth.
"I was a little tired,” said Puckett, who will represent California in the USGA Women’s State Team Championship later this month. “I don’t play this much competitive golf. That’s no excuse. I wasn’t into it early on and I was trying to find myself. I was hacking away and all these nice people are out here and they want to see a good game. I just knuckled down. Those things happen. You don’t know what gets you going.”
With a four-hole lead on the 12th, Schultz, the 2006 runner-up, sank a 25-foot birdie. Australian-born Puckett then holed her 21-foot birdie putt.
That hole-halving birdie putt fueled a run for the former LPGA Tour player who came to the USA in 1970 after playing for Australia in the Women’s world amateur team championship.
In the course of the next five holes, she won four and turned Schultz’s four-up advantage into an all square match.
"I knew she was going to relax and she was going to start making putts and start chipping,” Schultz said. “As soon as she calmed down a little bit, I knew I would have my hands full. She started playing great on the back nine.”
Puckett’s turnaround began when she won the par-3 13th with a 19-foot birdie. The players halved the 14th with par and Puckett won the 14th when Schultz could not recover from an iron shot that ran through the green. Puckett’s 35-foot birdie putt won the 16th to close the gap to 1 up.
On the par-5 17th, Schultz erred with a fairway-wood second shot that found a bunker. She then hit the lip with her third and finally found the green with her fourth shot. Puckett, meanwhile, calmly made par and the match was square when Schultz could not convert her par putt.
"The mistake was 17,” said Schultz, a self-employed CPA. “I didn’t put a very good swing on the second shot. I should have bailed more left or taken the bunker out of play and then I got too greedy coming out of the bunker. That was the turning point.”
Pars by both players halved the 18th and the 19th.
With the honour on the par-5 20th tee, Puckett nearly hit her drive into the water on the left side of the hole, her ball crossing the hazard line but she was able to hit it. She punched out and then hit a fairway wood into the water hazard fronting the green. Her fifth shot found the green. Schultz played the hole in regulation and was conceded her par putt for the championship.
The champion receives a gold medal and custody of the Senior Women’s Amateur Championship Trophy for the ensuing year as well as an exemption to the next 10 Senior Women’s Amateurs. The runner-up receives a silver medal. The other semi-finalists and medalist receive bronze medals.
Both finalists receive an exemption from qualifying for the 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur and all quarterfinalists are exempt from qualifying for the 2008 championship at Tulsa Country Club.
USGA, visit www.usga.org.
Story written by Pete Kowalski, USGA Media Relations. E-mail him with questions or comments at pkowalski@usga.org.

LYNN KENNY KEEPS IT UP WITH A 69
IN NYKREDIT MASTERS' FIRST ROUND

Lynn Kenny maintained her recent upsurge in form by returning a two-under par 69 in the first round of the Nykredit Masters at Helsingor Golf Club, Denmark.
That put the Archerfield Links player into joint 11th place behind leader Jade Schaeffer (France) with a five-under 66.
Inverness-based Kiwi Liz McKinnon had a 72 to be sharing 45th place, an indication of the high standard of scoring.
Kathryn Imrie was back in a share of 70th place with a 74 while Clare Queen had a 79 which left her in a share of 122nd place and needing something brilliant second time round to beat the cut.
FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE:
France’s Jade Schaeffer fired a five-under-par 66 to take the first round lead at the Nykredit Masters in Denmark. The 21-year-old Ladies European Tour rookie carded seven birdies and two bogeys at Helsingør Golf Club to take a one-stroke lead over five players on four-under-par.
Since its inception in 2005, the tournament has only ever been won by Danish players. However, there was a distinctly French feel at the top of the leader board following the first day’s play.
Schaeffer’s compatriots, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement and Cassandra Kirkland, were among the quintet just one shot off the pace. They are joined by Sweden’s Lotta Wahlin, Australian Sarah Kemp and 20-year-old Danish amateur Monica Christiansen, who all finished with rounds of 67.
Schaeffer made a great start to her round, with a birdie on her second hole. But two bogeys in three holes took her back to one-over before a trio of birdies saw her finish her front nine in style.
Her bogey-free back nine sent her one clear of the rest of the field and she was one of just a handful of players to beat par on the treacherous tree-lined par-4 18th.“My putting was really good today,” said Schaeffer, whose older sister Fany also plays on the Tour.
“The 18th is very difficult, so I was very pleased to make a birdie with a ten-foot putt.“I was hoping to make par there, but the putt went in and I was happy.“I didn’t play very well to start, so I told myself to slow down and concentrate – then I had birdie, birdie, birdie.”
Lagoutte-Clement, winner of the Finnair Masters in 2006, carded four birdies and a solitary bogey on the front nine, adding another birdie on the back nine.
Despite her solid performance, the 28-year-old is not getting carried away.“I played very good golf today and I hit 11 fairways and 16 greens,” said the two-time Tour winner.
“I am very happy but we’ll see what happens tomorrow.
“Last week in Finland I made five-under on the first round, but then had five-over and four-over, so we will see.”
Kirkland had a bogey-free round including four birdies, while Kemp’s round included six birdies and two bogeys.
The 21-year-old from Sydney said the narrow course suited her game.“I think that one of my strengths is driving the ball,” she said. “When someone told me that it was pretty narrow this week, I was quite happy.”
Meanwhile, Wahlin, who finished a season’s-best third at last week’s Finnair Masters, continued her recent run of form to tie second thanks to a birdie on her final hole.
Christiansen – a local girl from nearby Gilleleje - was one of the first to tee off and took a surprise early lead after birdieing her last three holes. Three English players are a shot further behind on three-under.
Kiran Matharu, Felicity Johnson and Tour veteran Lisa Hall finished the day tied with Italian Anna Rossi. France’s Gwladys Nocera is one of four members of next week’s European Solheim Cup Team to take part in the Nykredit Masters and she finished the day on one-under-par, ahead of England’s Trish Johnson (77), Wales’ Becky Brewerton (75), and 2005 Nykredit Masters winner Iben Tinning (76).The second round begins on Friday at 8am local time.

FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Par 71
66 Jade Schaeffer (Fra)
67 Monica Christiansen (Am) (Den), Virginie Lagoutte Clement (Fra), Cassandra Kirkland (Fra), Lotta Wahlin (Swe), Sarah Kemp (Aus)
68 Lisa Hall (Eng), Kiran MaTharu (Eng), Felicity Johnson (Eng), Anna Rossi (Ita)
69 Bree Turnbull (Aus), Jehanne Jail (Fra), Anna Temple (USA), Lynn Kenny (Sco), Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den), Kirsty Taylor (Eng), Louise Friberg (Swe), Sophie Sandolo (Ita), Marta Prieto (Spa), Sara Beautell (Spa), Johanna Westerberg (Swe), Tania Elosegui (Spa), Shani Waugh (Aus)
70 Ana Larraneta (Spa), Maria Boden (Swe), Martina Eberl (Ger), Samantha Head (Eng), Laura Terebey (USA), Kirsty S Taylor (Eng), Mianne Bagger (Den), Gwladys Nocera (Fra), Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin), Elisabeth Esterl (Ger), Sophie Walker (Eng), Isabella Maconi (Ita), Nienke Nijenhuis (Nzl)
71 Claire Coughlan (Irl), Jo Clingan (Eng), Christine Hallstrom (Swe), Kris Lindstrom (USA), Nathalie DavidMila (Fra), Ana B Sanchez (Spa), Joanne Mills (Aus), Lora Fairclough (Eng)
72 Carmen Alonso (Spa), Fame More (Eng), Tullia Calzavara (Ita), Georgina Simpson (Eng), Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin), Ludivine Kreutz (Fra), Elizabeth McKinnon (Nzl), Jenni Kuosa (Fin), Emma Zackrisson (Swe), Maja Nielsen (Am) (Den), Karin Borjeskog (Swe), Sarah Heath (Eng), Anna Tybring (Swe), Federica Piovano (Ita), Lynn Brooky (Nzl), HannaLeena Salonen (Fin)
73 Nuria Clau (Spa), Marjet van der Graaf (Nzl) (am), Paula Marti (Spa), Suzanne Dickens (Eng), Asa Gottmo (Swe), Mette Buus (Den), Cherie Byrnes (Aus), Lara Tadiotto (Bel), Karen Lunn (Aus)
74 LeeAnne Pace (Rsa), Kathryn Imrie (Sco), Frederique Seeholzer (Swi), Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa), Laura Cabanillas (Spa), Melodie Bourdy (Fra), Laurette Maritz (Rsa), Marina Arruti (Spa), Nicole Gergely (Aut), Maria Beautell (Spa), Diana Luna (Ita), Anja Monke (Ger), Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha), Elin Ohlsson (Swe), Anne Norman Hansen (Den), Libby Smith (US), Martina Gillen (Irl)
75 Mia Schodt (Am) (Den), Stefanie Michl (Aut), Amanda Moltke Leth (Den), Anna Knutsson (Swe), Elisa Serramia (Spa), Victoria Stefansen (Am) (Den), Zuzana Masinova (Cro), Cecilia Ekelundh (Swe), Becky Brewerton (Wal), Patricia Beliard (Fra), Antonella Cvitan (Swe), Leah Hart (Aus)
76 Julie Berton (Fra), Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor), Carlie Butler (Aus), Eva Steinberger (Aut), Rebecca Coakley (Irl), Iben Tinning (Den), Carina Vagner (Den)
77 Rikke Rasmussen (Den), Trish Johnson (Eng), Stephanie Arricau (Fra), Natascha Fink (Aut), Tamara Hyett (Aus), Liselotte Berth (Am) (Den), Lill Kristin Saether (Nor), KarenMargrethe Juul (Den), Katy Jarochowicz (Aus), Daisy Nielsen (Am) (Den)
78 Sofia Renell (Swe), Natalie ClaIre Booth (Eng), Margherita Rigon (Ita), Malene Jorgensen (am) (Den), Helena Alterby (Swe), Nora Angehrn (Swi)
79 Lisa Jean (Aus), Clare Queen (Sco).
80 Nina Karlsson (Swe), Maria Verchenova (Rus)
81 Sarah Abercromby (Den)

ANNA v ROBYN FOR US SENIOR WOMEN'S
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

FROM THE USGA WEBSITE

Anna Schultz, of Rockwall, Texas, the 2006 runner-up, and Robyn Puckett, of Irvine, Calif., each won two matches Wednesday to advance to the 18-hole final of the 2007 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship at Sunriver Resort’s 5,975-yard Meadows Course.
Schultz, who is playing in her third USGA final, birdied the sixth and seventh holes to take a two-hole lead, which she never lost, in defeating Tanna Lee Richard, of Fort Smith, Ark., in the semi-finals 3 and 2.
Schultz, who lost by one hole to Diane Lang in the 2006 final, was also the runner-up at the 2000 Women’s Mid-Amateur
Two-time defending champion Diane Lang's run was ended in the semi-finals by Robyn Puckett. Lang, who won the championship in 2005 and 2006, was undefeated in Senior Women's Amateur match play until losing to Puckett.
In her semi-final, Puckett, 60, who was born in Australia, grabbed a three-hole lead after nine holes against Lang, of Weston, Fla., and held on for a 1-up victory. The Jamaican-born Lang was vying to become the sixth player to win the Senior Women’s Amateur three times after winning in 2005 and 2006.
"This is what we live for right here – to try and win a USGA championship,” said Schultz, a 52-year-old self employed CPA. “You don’t get in the finals very often. This is my third time in a USGA event. When you get the opportunity you have to seize it because you might never get there again.”
Schultz, determined to make sure she had another chance, abandoned her usual conservative play on Wednesday.
"I fired at pins today,” she said. “I was on a mission. I wanted to get to the final. I’m thrilled to be here. I want to finish it. I want to bring a trophy home.”
Puckett, who represented Australia in the 1970 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and came to the USA full-time that year to play on the LPGA Tour, was more focused on her match with a daunting foe in Lang.
"I am just ecstatic,” Puckett said who is playing in her third Senior Women’s Amateur and made the round of 16 in 2006. “Diane is an amazing player. At no point did I think I had the match, even when I was three up. She is such a champion. You have to keep plodding along and that’s what I did.”
Puckett, who will represent California in the 2007 USGA Women’s State Team Championship later this month but retains dual citizenship in Australia, said: “I’ve been working hard since the California Amateur, especially on my short game which was pitiful. I really don’t play a lot of competitive golf.”
In the quarterfinals, Schultz, who eliminated medalist Patty Moore, defeated Madelaine Campbell, of Newport Beach, Calif., 4 and 3, and Puckett edged Lisa Smego, of Olympia, Wash., 1 up.
The champion receives a gold medal and custody of the Senior Women’s Amateur Championship Trophy for the ensuing year as well as an exemption to the next 10 Senior Women’s Amateurs. The runner-up receives a silver medal. The other semi-finalists and medalist receive bronze medals.
Both finalists receive an exemption from qualifying for the 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur and all quarter-finalists are exempt from qualifying for the 2008 championship at Tulsa Country Club.
France's Cecilia Mourgue d'Algue lost to Tanna Lee Richard by two holes in the round of the last 16.
Story written by Pete Kowalski, USGA Media Relations. E-mail him with questions or comments at pkowalski@usga.org.

KATHLEEN SUTHERLAND LEADS

SCOTTISH SENIORS FIELD WITH

76 AT TESTING GLENBERVIE

Royal Montrose’s Kathleen Sutherland coped best with the stiff test of a Glenbervie course and its punishing rough in the first round of the Scottish senior women’s stroke-play golf championship today.
Kathleen, pictured right, got round in 76 strokes on a day when the CSS went up by three strokes to 75, three over the par for the women’s course.
She led by two shots from Margaret Tough (Falkirk) with four players sharing third place on 79 – defending champion Ruth Brown (Lothianburn), Fiona Hunter (Baberton), Heather Anderson (Downfield) and Anna Telfer (Milngavie).
The leading 16 players at the end of Friday’s second and final stroke-play round will go forward to the match-play championship. The holder of the match-play title, Fiona De Vries (St Rule), withdrew from the stroke-play championship.

ALL THE FIRST ROUND SCORES
76 K Sutherland (Royal Montrose).
78 M Tough (Falkirk).
79 F Hunter (Baberton), H Anderson (Downfield), A Telfer (Milngavie), R Brown (Lothianburn).
80 B Biggart (Kilmacolm), N Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh), M Thomson (North Berwick), P Hutton (Lanark).
81 H Faulds (Douglas Park).
82 E Campbell (Torwoodlee), P Williamson (Baberton), L Bennett (Ladybank), A Kennedy (Harburn).
83 S Bushby (Strathmore), M Clapperton (Banchory).
84 A Smart (Banchory), J Paterson (Drumpellier), J Mack (Haggs Castle)..
85 R Dee (Kingsknowe), C Whicher (Aberdeen Ladies).
86 E Fisken (Nairn), L Terry (Cruden Bay), R Anderson (Huntly), A Brownie (Lothianburn).
87 I Harvey (St Rule), N Duncan (Brechin), M Neilson (Greenock), S Quinn (Stirling), M Hughes (Lanark), A Bowman (McDonald Ellon), S Hodge (Aberdeen Ladies)..
88 W MacCallum (Falkirk), H Kelly (Ladies Panmure Barry), D Gray (Lanark), F Roger (Ranfurly Castle).
89 I McIntosh (Inverness), A Stalker (Aberdeen Ladies), E Hill (Dumfries & Co, S Bain (Aberdeen Ladies), F Johnston (Alyth).
90 P Wilson (Murcar Links), K Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park), E Wilson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies), D MacKinnon (McDonald Ellon), N Smith (Downfield).
91 J French (Alyth), M Joss (Alford), A Freeman (Ladies Panmure Barry), D Dunn (Dunblane New), E Thomson (Aberdeen Ladies).
92 G Kirkwood (Broomieknowe), A Moffat (St Regulus), E Grant (Douglas Park), C Fell (Ranfurly Castle), A Ellen (Nairn).
93 J Slater (Aboyne).
94 M Laycock (Lees Hall), M Donald (Aberdeen Ladies), C Bryce (Ballater).
95 S Hartley (Braehead), S Reid (Aberdeen Ladies), J Wheeler (Aberdeen Ladies), G Haines (St Regulus).
98 P Twinn (Aberdeen Ladies).
99 E Munro (Moray), P Gordon (Inverness).
100 H Edon (Banchory).
101 H MacGregor (Hilton Park).
102 E Webster (Aberdeen Ladies), M Macrae (Dunblane New).
105 H Nesbitt (Stranraer).
107 E Barrack (Aberdeen Ladies).
Disq – S McGregor (Edzell).
Withdrew – L Johnston (Gullane Ladies), F De Vries (St Rule), P McGunnigle (Banchory).
ends

SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN’S STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Glenbervie Golf Club.
FIRST ROUND SCORES
76 K Sutherland (Royal Montrose).
78 M Tough (Falkirk).
79 F Hunter (Baberton), H Anderson (Downfield), A Telfer (Milngavie), R Brown (Lothianburn).
80 B Biggart (Kilmacolm), N Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh), M Thomson (North Berwick), P Hutton (Lanark).
81 H Faulds (Douglas Park).
82 E Campbell (Torwoodlee), P Williamso (Baberton), L Bennett (Ladybank), A Kennedy (Harburn).
83 S Bushby (Strathmore), M Clapperton (Banchory).
84 A Smart (Banchory), J Paterson (Drumpellier), J Mack (Haggs Castle)..
85 R Dee (Kingsknowe), C Whicher (Aberdeen Ladies).
86 E Fisken (Nairn), L Terry (Cruden Bay), R Anderson (Huntly), A Brownie (Lothianburn).
87 I Harvey (St Rule), N Duncan (Brechin), M Neilson (Greenock), S Quinn (Stirling), M Hughes (Lanark), A Bowman (McDonald Ellon), S Hodge (Aberdeen Ladies).
88 W MacCallum (Falkirk), H Kelly (Ladies Panmure Barry), D Gray (Lanark), F Roger (Ranfurly Castle).
89 I McIntosh (Inverness), A Stalker (Aberdeen Ladies), E Hill (Dumfries & Co, S Bain (Aberdeen Ladies).
90 P Wilson (Murcar Links), K Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park), E Wilson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies), D MacKinnon (McDonald Ellon), N Smith (Downfield)..
91 J French (Alyth), M Joss (Alford)., A Freeman (Ladies Panmure Barry).
92 G Kirkwood (Broomieknowe), A Moffat (St Regulus), E Grant (Douglas Park), C Fell (Ranfurly Castle), A Ellen (Nairn).
93 J Slater (Aboyne).
94 M Laycock (Lees Hall), M Donald (Aberdeen Ladies).
95 S Hartley (Braehead), S Reid (Aberdeen Ladies), J Wheeler (Aberdeen Ladies).
99 E Munro (Moray).
100 H Edon (Banchory).
102 E Webster (Aberdeen Ladies).
105 H Nesbitt (Stranraer).
Disq – S McGregor (Edzell).
Withdrew – L Johnston (Gullane Ladies), F De Vries (St Rule), P McGunnigle (Banchory).

Irish Ladies Golf Union Press Release

SEAPOINT UNDER-19 GIRLS SCRATCH TROPHY

AT SEAPOINT GOLF CLUB

Local girl Carla Reynolds (Seapoint) will defend her Under-19 Girls Scratch Trophy at Seapoint Golf Club on Saturday, September 15.
The 18 hole tournament, kindly sponsored by Anne and Peter Kelly, is open to all girls under 19 years of age on 1st January 2007. An ample number of gross prizes will be awarded and also a best Under-15 prize.
Last year’s Under-15 title holder Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint) is once again lining out in a field that boasts an abundance of current Under-18 Internationals.
The field is restricted to the first 50 entries and to enter simply contact Seapoint Golf Club directly at 041-9822333 or download an entry form at www.ilgu.ie

England's winning team at the back; Scotland's five at the front.

SCOTLAND WIN MEN’S

UNIVERSITY TITLE BUT

WOMEN BEATEN BY

ENGLAND

Scotland won the British Universities Sports Association men’s home golf internationals title at Fairmont St Andrews but lost the three-day women’s match against England.
Men’s results:
DAY ONE
SCOTLAND 8, WALES 4
Foursomes
Gavin Dear & Scott Borrowman bt Iwan Griffiths & David Allen 7 and 6.
Greg McBain & David Booth bt Ben Hepburn & Chris Orr 4 and 3.
Paul Betty & Gordon Yates bt Adam Stockwell Price & David Thomas 6 and 4.
Colin Colraine & Steven Hume lost to Jonathan Williams & Richards Williams 2 holes (3-1).
Singles
Dear lost to Griffiths 1 hole.
Borrowman bt Allen 7 and 6.
McBain bt Orr 5 and 4.
Booth bt Stockwell Price 3 and 1.
Yates halved with Richard Williams.
White bt Thomas 4 and 3.
Hume lost to Jonathan Willimas 2 and 1.
Colraine halved with Hepburn (5-3).

ENGLAND 7 1/2, NORTHERN IRELAND 4 1/2

DAY TWO
SCOTLAND 11, NORTHERN IRELAND 1
Foursomes
Dear & Borrowman bt Ross Oliver & Jonathan Rodgers 7 and 6.
McBain & Booth bt Neil Brennan & Malachy Whylie 4 and 3.
Yates & Betty halved with Paul Doherty & Liam O'Hagan.
White & Colraine halved with Andrew Shaw & Aaron Taylor (3-1).
Singles
Dear bt Brennan 7 and 6.
Borrowman bt Oliver 3 and 2.
McBain bt Rodgers 5 and 4.
Booth bt Whylie 5 and 4.
Yates bt Shaw 3 and 2.
White bt O'Hagan 6 and 5.
Hume bt Doherty 1 hole.
Betty bt Taylor 5 and 4 (8-0).

ENGLAND 7, WALES 5

DAY THREE
SCOTLAND 8, ENGLAND 4
Foursomes
Dear & Borrowman bt Jarred McKnight & Sam Foster 3 and 2.
Hume & Betty bt Ed Parker & Richard Raye 4 and 2.
Yates & White bt Roberto Laino & Kevin Garwood 5 and 4.
Colraine & Booth bt Chris O'Hagan & Andy Hale 3 and 2 (4-0).
Singles
McBain bt Parker 1 hole.
Dear lost to McKnight 2 and 1.
Borrowman lost to Raye 1 hole.
Booth lost to Foster 2 and 1.
Betty bt Garwood 1 hole.
Hume lost to Hale 5 and 3.
Yates bt Laino 2 and 1.
White bt O'Hagan 4 and 3 (4-4).

NORTHERN IRELAND 6 1/2, WALES 4 1/2

Greg McBain, Scott Borrowman and Gordon Yates were Scotland’s top performers with five points each out of a possible six over the three days.
As Wales and Northern Ireland were not able to field women’s team, Scotland played England in a three-day match of foursomes and singles. England won by 15 1/2-1 1/2 overall.
Details:
DAY ONE
SCOTLAND 0, ENGLAND 4
Singles
Rachel Cassidy lost to Samantha Birks 9 and 8.
Morag MacPherson lost to Rebecca Wood 4 and 3.
Kerri Harper lost to Lucinda Davies 1 hole.
Jennifer Linklater lost to Chloe Rogers 5 and 4.

DAY TWO
SCOTLAND 1/2, ENGLAND 7 1/2
Foursomes
Harper & Laura Jane Enrulu lost to Birks & Wood 5 and 4.
MacPherson & Linklater lost to Mel Temple & Davies 5 and 4 (0-2)
Morning singles
Cassidy lost to Rogers 1 hole (0-1)
Afternoon singles
Harper lost to Birks 3 and 2.
Macpherson lost to Wood 7 and 6.
Linklater lost to Temple 4 and 2.
Enrulu lost to Rogers 4 and 3.
Cassidy halved with Davies (1/2-4 1/2).

DAY THREE
SCOTLAND 1, ENGLAND 4
Singles
Harper lost to Wood 1 hole.
Macpherson lost to Rogers 3 and 1.
Linklater lost to Davies 6 and 4.
Enrulu lost to Temple 8 and 7.
Cassidy bt Birks 2 holes.

+Pictured above are the England (back row) and Scotland teams and also Alison White of the R&A Golf Development staff, with the England skipper and the women's match trophy (images and results by courtesy of the British Universities Sports Association).

Irish Ladies Golf Union Press Release

ILGU LADIES SENIORS OPEN STROKE-PLAY
ENNIS GOLF CLUB
10-12 September 2007

VIKKI THOMAS TO DEFEND TITLE

Curtis Cup legend Vicki Thomas will once again travel from Wales to defend her Irish title at the ILGU Seniors Open Stroke-play Championship, Ennis Golf Club in Co. Clare, from September 10 to 12.
Last year, Thomas pipped Ireland’s Marliyn Henderson and England’s Susan Pickles by just one stroke to claim the title.
Canadian Alison Murdoch, in search of her hat-trick, was a further two shots behind and is once again travelling to compete in this year’s event.
This year’s tournament is as competitive as ever with the majority of the field availing of the extra practice in advance of the following week’s Senior British Open at Copt Heath. With the full Irish squad from the Seniors European Team Championships in action, other notable entrants are local lady Valerie Hassett, fresh from Ennis’s Suzuki Senior Cup victory, and Germany’s Chris Utermarck and Canadian Diane Williams who lead the challenge of 30 overseas competitors.
In a change from the 36 hole format, the 90 strong field will play two 18 hole stroke-play rounds over two consecutive days from Monday with the top 30 (plus ties) qualifying for the final 18 holes on Wednesday.
Following the Championship, the Ireland team to play at the Seniors Home Internationals at Royal Tara in Co. Meath, from October 2 to 4, will be announced. Positions in the side will be determined by ranking in the Order of Merit and a wild-card pick selected by team captain Rhona Fanagan (Milltown).

Draw for first two rounds.

08:30 & 11:10 Carmel Cahill (Hermitage), Eily Duigenan (Edenderry), Pamela Morgan (Lahinch).
08:40 & 11:20 Kay McCartan (Greenore), Rhona Fanagan (Milltown).
08:50 & 11:30 Catharina Thott (SWE), Andrea Stockdale (ENG), Mary Gorry (Baltinglass).
09:00 & 11:40 Judy Collins (CAN), Valerie Hassett (Ennis), Catherine Carty (Tullamore).
09:10 & 11:50 Elaine Lange (GER) Maj-Britt Laempe (SWE) Olivia Conroy (Co. Longford).
09:20 & 12:10 Angela Colm (CAN) Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) Anna Moloney (Clonmel).

09:30 & 12:20 Carmel Verling (Ennis) Anne Stewart (Belvoir Park) Patricia Farrell (Co Longford),
09:40 & 12:30 Gita Patel (ENG) Ann Freeman (Co. Longford) Margaret Lonergan (Thurles).
09:50 & 12:40 Clodagh Tayler (Kinsale) Anna Somers (Cill Dara) Mary Keegan (Co Longford)10:00 & 12:50 Emi Yokoyama (ENG) Ann Conway (New Ross) Kitty McNicholas (Ennis).
10:20 & 13:00 Ingrid Haak (GER) Helen O'Donoghue (Clonmel) Claire Ruane (Ennis).

10:30 & 13:10 Linda Ward (CAN) Mary Mather (Cill Dara) Judy Clarke (Royal Portrush).
10:40 & 13:20 Alison Murdoch (CAN) Chris Utermarck (GER) Sheena O'Brien-Kenney (Grange)10:50 & 13:30 Jean O'Connor (WAL) Marilyn Henderson (Germany) Eileen MacMullen (Donegal)11:00 & 13:40 Irene Stenlundh (SWE) Ann Hayes (Co. Longford) Julie Barkman (Nenagh).
11:10 & 08:30 Marianne Copp (ENG) Roma English (Larne) Kath Stewart-Moore (Royal Portrush).
11:20 & 08:40 Iet Hagels de Boer (NED) Mary McGoey (Greenore) Mary Kavanagh (New Ross).

11:30 & 08:50 Vicki Thomas (WAL) Diane Williams (CAN) Mary Madden (Ballinasloe).
11:40 & 09:00 Sheila Bodmer (SWI) Marcella Ridgers (ENG) Sue Joy-Sobota (USA).
11:50 & 09:10 Maria Sandstrom (SWE) Christine Deeds (USA) Della Burns (Ennis).
12:10 & 09:20 Evelyn Blackmon (USA) Kitty McEvoy (ENG) Mary Geaney (Killarney).
12:20 & 09:30 Breege Horkan (ENG) Mary McMahon (Ennis) Joan Buckley (Ballybunion).

12:30 & 09:40 Sally Breen (ENG) Mary Colton (Ennis) Anne Vaughan (Lahinch).
12:40 09:50 Bridget O'Brien (Tipperary) Ann O'Brien (Cahir Park).
12:50 & 10:00 Margot Trembath (CAN) Mary Powell (Nenagh) Marie Moran (Monkstown).
13:00 10:20 Marie Conlon (The Heath) Linda Adair (Callan).
13:10 & 10:30 Dinah Campion (The Heath) Josephine Kilmartin (Tipperary) Máire McMahon (Dromoland Castle).
13:20 & 10:40 Rita McNamara (The Heath) Angela Treacy (New Ross) Trudy Brosnan (Kanturk).

13:30 & 10:50 Jean Quigley Parsons (ENG) Patricia Moloughney (Skibbereen) Anne Crotty (Tipperary).
13:40 & 11:00 Maura Ryan (Ennis) Marie McGrattan (Ardminnan) Phil O'Carroll (Cahir Park).

Stirling through to final of Mail on Sunday Golf Classic (Again!)

Stirling Ladies reached the final of the UK finals of the Mail on Sunday Golf Classic for the third time in 6 years. Having previously won 6 matches against opposition from all over Scotland, Stirling played host to Glenbervie for the Scottish Final. It was a very tense and nervy evening and the final score of 3 ½ to 1 ½ did not really reflect how close the match was.

Individual Results:

Shelagh Quinn lost to Elizabeth Goodwin 3/2
Vicki Stevenson beat Lynn Fleming 2/1
Tricia Chillas beat Hannah Dalrymple 4/3
Elaine Allison halved with Claire Anderson
Alison Davidson beat Helen Goodwin 6/5

The Stirling team along with team member Fiona Campbell now go to Worsley Park Manchester on 1st October for the UK finals. Both teams would like to thank all of the members from both clubs who came out to support. There was some consolation for Glenbervie in that their men’s team also reached Worsley Park defeating Kinross 4-1 away in the Scottish Final.

UNITED STATES SENIOR WOMEN'S AMATEUR
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-PLAY RESULTS

Results from the match-play stages of the United States Senior Women's Amateur Championship over the par-71, 5,974yd Meadow Course at Sunriver Resort, Oregon:

THIRD ROUND
Anna Schultz bt Patty Moore 1 hole.
Madelaine Campbell bt Angela Stewart 2 and 1.
Tanna Lee Richard bt Cecilia Mourgue d'Algue (Fra) 2 holes.
Beatriz Arenas bt. Ann Laughlin at 21st.
Robyn Puckett bt Toni Wiesner 3 and 2.
Lisa Smego bt Carol Semple Thompson 1 hole.
Diane Lang bt Carolyn Creekmore 1 hole.
Noreen Mohler def. Natalie Easterly 1 hole.

SECOND ROUND
Patty Moore bt Reggie Parker 3 and 2.
Anna Schultz bt Holly Horwood 5 and 4.
Madelaine Campbell bt Terry Mayes 4 and 3.
Angela Stewart bt Lynda Palahniuk 2 and 1.
Cecilia Mourgue d'Algue (Fra) bt Patricia French 6 and 4.
Tanna Lee Richard bt Anne Zahn 4 and 2.
Ann Laughlin bt Gail Burden 7 and 6.
Beatriz Arenas bt Christine Giza 5 and 4.
Toni Wiesner bt Deborah Anderson 3 and 2.
Robyn Puckett bt Mary Budke 1 hole.
Lisa Smego bt Lou Hart 5 and 3.
Carol Semple Thompson bt Connie Shorb 1 hole.
Carolyn Creekmore bt Joan Garety 2 and 1.
Diane Lang bt Joan Higgins 4 and 3.
Natalie Easterly bt Sandy Woodruff 1 hole.
Noreen Mohler bt Nancy Smith 4 and 3.

FIRST ROUND
Patty Moore bt Frances Gacos 6 and 5.
Reggie Parker bt Mimi Hoffman 1 hole.
Anna Schultz bt Judy Miller 5 and 4.
Holly Horwood bt Rachel Whittington 2 and 1.

Terry Mayes bt Kim Cure 5 and 3.
Madelaine Campbell bt Jo-Ann Lindsay 3 and 1.
Angela Stewart bt Claudia Pilot 3 and 1.
Lynda Palahniuk bt Georgia Hutchinson 1 hole.

Cecilia Mourgue d'Algue (Fra) bt Martha Lang 2 and 1.
Patricia French bt Deborah Jamgochian 3 and 2.
Tanna Lee Richard bt Jan Phillips 2 and 1.
Anne Zahn bt Rebecca Davis 1 hole.

Ann Laughlin bt Lisa Stanley 4 and 3.
Gail Burden bt Georgia McCravey 2 holes.
Beatriz Arenas bt Marsha Butler 5 and 3.
Christine Giza bt Marianne Towersey 2 holes.

Toni Wiesner bt Patricia Robinson 6 and 5.
Deborah Anderson bt Taffy Brower 4 and 2.
Robyn Puckett bt Kristine Berger 3 and 1.
Mary Budke bt Mitsue Lewis 4 and 2.

Lou Hart bt Nancy Fitzgerald 2 and 1.
Lisa Smego bt Linda Pearson 7 and 5.
Carol S Thompson bt Kathleen Hunt 3 and 2.
Connie Shorb bt Loree McKay 2 and 1.

Carolyn Creekmore bt Kate Johnson 2 and 1.
Joan Garety bt Robin W Donnelley 2 and 1.
Diane Lang bt Linda Maynard 4 and 2.
Joan Higgins bt Alison Murdoch 5 and 4.

Sandy Woodruff bt Lindsay Wortham 8 and 6.
Natalie Easterly bt Ann Lahey 2 and 1.
Noreen Mohler bt Louise Davis 6 and 5.
Nancy Smith bt Marlene Streit (Can) 2 and 1.

EAST TENNESSEE STATE SIGN TWO FROM NORTHERN
IRELAND AND A WELSHMAN FROM CORNWALL

East Tennessee State University, having lost Rhys Davies, their star player for the past four US college golf seasons, have continued their men's squad policy of recruiting new players solely from Great Britain & Ireland.
New faces on the 2007-2008 rosteer are Simon Doherty from Belfast, Rhys Enoch from Cornwall (he's a Welshman) and Paul O'Kane from Castledawson, Northern Ireland.
The East Tennessee State suqd of seven players is made up of one Scot (Jordan Findlay), one Welshman (Rhys Enoch) and five Irishmen, either North or South.

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JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY RECRUIT FIVE FROM
SCOTLAND, ENGLAND AND IRELAND

FROM THE JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY WEBSITE

After being represented in the NCAA Regional championship for the third straight year, the Jacksonville University, Florida men's golf team has signed four players for the new 2007-2008 season college season with the women's golf team adding two.
The women's team gains the talents of Danielle Gibb and Jessica Williams. Both players are expected to push for a spot on the travel squad when the join the team in the fall.
On the men's side, Gavin St. John Frost, Stephen Healy, Michael Maine and Timothy Adams will join the program and will compete immediately for a spot in the starting five.
The group sports an international flair as all four of the men's signees are from Great Britain or Ireland with Gibb being from England on the women's side.
"This is a very impressive group of student-athletes and I am pleased that they are joining our program," said JU head coach Jim Taketa. "We have some big shoes to fill on both teams and the addition of these young men and women will help with that greatly."
IMPRESSIVE JUNIOR
Gibb comes to JU from Kent, England after an impressive junior career. The Kent County girls champion, Gibb was a semi-finalist at the Kent Ladies Championship and was a finalist in the Faldo Series in England. She holds the course record with a 73 at Rochester & Corbham.
The trip overseas is a family affair for Gibb as her brother, Jordan, is a sophomore student on the men's team at the University of North Florida.
Willliams, a former rodeo star, is making the move to collegiate golf after playing throughout Florida on the junior circuit. She has improved quickly under the watchful eye of former JU golf standout, Tom McClurg.
"Jessica and Danielle are both very talented players," Taketa said. "Danielle's competitive experience gives her an edge in making the transition to the collegiate level. Jessica has come a long way in a short period of time and her work ethic will allow her to improve more as the season progresses."
Frost, a native of Berkshire in the United Kingdom, captained the South of England team at the national championship and qualified for the English Schools team. A two-time captain of the Berkshire Schools Title, he has won all of his singles matches for the under-21 team. He sports a handicap of +1.2 and a stroke average of 70.2.
Healy joins the Dolphins from Clougher, Ireland, where he is a member of the Ireland International team. He captured the prestigious Nissan Irish Boys Championship last year and was recently selected to the six-man Irish European Team that has been competing around Europe this summer. Healy also has the ability to go low, with his lowest competitive round being a seven-under par, 65.
SCOTTISH TRADITION
Michael Main will be keeping the Scottish tradition alive at JU, coming across the pond from Fife. A member of Scotland's under-16 team, Main is one of the most decorated junior golfers in Scotland. In the Scottish Boys Championship, Main defeated European legend Sam Torrance's son Daniel en route to an appearance in the finals.
Rounding out the newcomers is Timothy Adams from Dorset, England. He captured three tournaments recently, including the McNaughton Salver with a round of 65. A member of the West of England Public School Championship team, Adams captured third place at the South West of England Youths Championships with round of 67 and 70.
The newcomers look to replace a record setting group that set the bar high for years to come. The Dolphins lost four players to graduation on the two teams - Duncan Stewart, Jamie Kennedy and Russell Knox on the men's side with Camilla Loeveid being the only departee on the women's team.

$2,000 PUTTER WINDFALL FOR VIKKI LAING

Musselburgh exile Vikki Laihg, eighth on the US Futures Tour money list with earnings of $34,151 after her first win as professional, has received a four-figure windfall as the winner of the final YES! Golf "Gimme" Series player performance programme.
The 26-year-old Scot Laing earned $2,000 for being the player using a YES! Golf C-Groove putter who posted the highest finishes in a designated number of Futures Tour events.
With one event to go on America's No 2 women's pro circuit, Laing is eighth in the money list. If she can make the top five at the end of it, she will automatically gain an LPGA Tour player's card for next season.
If she doesn't finish in the top five money-winners but keeps her place in the leading 15, then she will go straight to the LPGA Final Qualifying School at Daytona Beach, Florida from November 28 to December 2, rather than have to compete in any regional eliminating contests.

NORTHERN DIVISION SVLGA
Stableford competition
Held at Inverurie Golf Club today.

CSS 73
Silver Division - S Bain (Aberdeen Ladies) (16) 35pt; W Jones (Peterculter) (15), J Duguid (Inverurie) (16) 34; K Esslemont (Cruden Bay) (9) 33. Senior prize - S Hodge (Aberdeen Ladies) (12) 31.
Bronze Division - P Forrest (Deeside) (28), S Russell (Banchory) (28) 33; A Gerrard (Inverurie) (12) 31. Senior prize - M Walker (29) 30.

Aberdeen Grammar's winning line-up: Donald Macandrew, Mhairi Johnstone and Nick Macandrew. To enlarge this Cal Carson Golf Agency image (c), click on it.

GRAMMAR SCHOOL WIN PAUL LAWRIE SCHOOLS
TEAM CHALLENGE TROPHY AT PETERCULTER

Aberdeen Grammar School completed a notable golfing double when they won the Paul Lawrie Schools Team Challenge Scratch Trophy at Peterculter Golf Club today.
In a cold, blustery wind, 17-year-old Mhairi Johnstone and the Macandrew brothers, Donald (17) and Nick (16) won with a very gross team score of 226. Donald had a two-over-par 73 against the CSS of 72, Mhairi a 76 and Nick a 77.
In June, Grammar won the Aberdeen schools championship final at Hazlehead. This was the first time, in the fifth year of the competition, that they had won the Paul Lawrie Team Challenge Scratch Trophy.
They had eight shots to spare at the finish from Westhill Academy’s Matthew Smith (77), Steven Smith (78) and Fraser Clarke (79).
Robert Gordon’s College were third on 237 with a 71 from Jack Scott, an 81 from Ali MacDonald and an 85 from Steven Smith.
Scott’s 71 was the lowest round of the day.
Ellon Academy, who had been bidding to complete a hat-trick, finished on 251.
The A T Personnel Schools Team Challenge Handicap Trophy was won by Bridge of Don Academy’s Luke Sandison, Murray Kinnaird (Murray and Luke are pictured above) and Matthew Mitchell. They had a net total of 224 which was not as low as Aberdeen Grammar School’s net total of 214 but the rules of the competition debar a school from figuring in both the scratch and handicap prize lists.
Title-holders Dyce Academy (Cameron Murray, Cameron Smith and Scott Keith) finished second with a net total of 225. Monifieth High (Andrew Cowieson, Michael McNally and Rebecca Wilson) finished third on 226.

Totals:
SCRATCH
226 Aberdeen Grammar School (Donald Macandrew 73, Mhairi Johnstone 76, Nick Macandrew 77).
234 Westhill Academy (Matthew Smith 77, Steven Smith 78, Fraser Clarke 79).
237 Robert Gordon’s College (Jack Scott 71, Ali MacDonald 81, Steven Smith 85).
238 Banchory Academy.
240 Monifieth High.
250 Peterhead Academy.
251 Ellon Academy.
255 Meldrum Academy, Oldmachar Academy.
258 Grove Academy.
265 Aboyne Academy, Kemnay academy.
267 The Gordon Schools, Hazlehead Academy..
268 Alford Academy, Cults Academy, Mintlaw Academy.
269 Dyce Academy.
281 Bridge of Don Academy, Kincorth Academy.
326 Torry Academy.
LEADING HANDICAP
224 Bridge of Don Academy: Luke Sandison (14) 70, Murray Kinnaird (17) 74, Matthew Mitchell (26) 80.
225 Dyce Academy: Cameron Murray (17) 71, Cameron Smith (14) 75, Scott Keith (13) 79.
226 Monifieth High: Andrew Cowieson (5) 71, Michael McNally (4) 75, Rebecca Wilson (5) 80.
227 Banchory Academy.
229 Meldrum Academy.
230 The Gordon Schools.
233 Kemnay Academy, Cults Academy.
234 Oldmachar Academy.
235 Peterhead Academy.

Winning Midlothian Line-up
L to R: Sue Caton (President), Kate Rorke (Selector) Karen Marshall, Belinda Murphy,
Claire Hargan, Ellice Cackett (Captain), Jane Turner, Tracy Laughland (Vice-Captain),
Wendy Nicholson (hidden by Tracy Laughland), Rachael Livingstone, Fiona de Vries
NB The eighth team member, Claire MacDonald, is missing from the photograph.

Midlothian Captain, Ellice Cackett, receiving the County Shield
from Lindsey Scott, Tulliallan's Lady Captain

Carol Fell, the amazing Renfrewshire webmaster,
has posted photos of the last day on the West of Scotland website

JANICE AND CATRIONA IN THE MONEY
AT THE STATE FARM CLASSIC

Janice Moodie and Catriona Matthew were both in the money at the end of the State Farm Classic at Panther Creek Country Club, Springfield, Illinois on Sunday.
Sherri Steinhauer (US) won the tournament with a five-under-par total of 271.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72). 6,608yd.
271 S Stenhauer 67 66 71 67 ($195,000).
272 C Kim 69 66 71 66 ($119,296).
274 A Sorenstam 71 65 71 67, R Hetherington 69 69 67 79 76 ($76,744 each).
Other totals:
279 J Moodie 69 69 74 67 (jt 9th) ($25,718).
280 C Matthew 71 69 70 70 jt 13th) (£19,072)

PATTY MOORE LEADING QUALIFIER IN
U S SENIOR WOMEN'S AMATEUR

FROM GOLFWEEK
Patty Moore, winner of last week’s North & South Senior Women’s Amateur, shot 1-under 70 Sunday to earn medalist (leading qualifier) honours at the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur championship.
Moore finished at 3-over 145, one shot ahead of Toni Wiesner, whose second-round 69 was the tournament’s only sub-70 round.
Two-time defending champion Diane Lang finished 14th at 11 over par.
Four-time champion Carol Semple Thompson finished in ninth place at 9 over.
Leading qualfiers at the par-71, 5,974-yard Meadow Course at Sunriver (Ore.) Resort:
1 Patty Moore 75-70--145
2. Toni Wiesner 77-69--146
3. Carolyn Creekmore 75-72--147
3. Cecilia Mourgue D'Algue (Fra) 74-73--147
5. Ann Laughlin 76-73--149
5. Sandy Woodruff 77-72--149
7. Lou Hart 73-77--150
7. Terry Mayes 75-75--150
9. Claudia Pilot 78-73--151
9. Carol Semple Thompson 77-74--151
11. Noreen Mohler 75-77--152
11. Beatriz Arenas 70-82--152
11. Jan Phillips 79-73--152
14. Diane Lang 77-76--153
15. Robyn Puckett 77-77--154
15. Anna Schultz 76-78--154
15. Rachel Whittington 76-78--154
18. Mary Budke 77-78--155
18. Joan Higgins 75-80--155
18. Anne Zahn 76-79--155
18. Marianne Towersey 77-78--155
18. Marlene Streit (Can) 77-78--155
18. Loree McKay 77-78--155
18. Lynda Palahniuk 77-78--155
25. Madelaine Campbell 73-83--156
25. Lisa Smego 81-75--156
27. Ann Lahey 82-75--157
27. Georgia McCravey 77-80--157
27. Patricia French 79-78--157
27. Joan Garety 79-78--157
31. Deborah Anderson 81-77--158
31. Reggie Parker 82-76--158
31. Mimi Hoffman 78-80--158
31. Taffy Brower 80-78--158
31. Robin W. Donnelley 81-77--158
31. Deborah Jamgochian 81-77--158

East of Scotland Girls Autumn Meeting

Jennifer Sinclair (Elie and Earlsferry) won the top scratch prize in the East of Scotland Girls Autumn Meeting today at Falkirk Carmuirs in blustery conditions with an 84. Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) won the first handicap prize with 89 less 19 net 70 from her older sister Helen who had 91 less 13 net 78. The CSS and SSS were 73. 11 girls took part.

L to R in the photo above: Helen Goodwin (Glenbervie), Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie), Jennifer Sinclair (Elie and Earlsferry) and Irene Collins.

This was the last event for Irene as she is retiring as Secretary / Treasurer of the East of Scotland Girls Golf Association. I'm sure all the girls (and old girls!) will join with me in thanking Irene for all the hard work she has put into the Association over the last four years. Mandy Easton (Dalmahoy) will be taking over Irene's post and Margaret McPherson (Baberton) will be taking over from me as Chairman. We have a great group of girls in the East Division and I am sure the Association will grow from strength to strength. Good luck to everyone involved!

Gill

MIDLOTHIAN ARE NEW SCOTTISH CHAMPIONS

Midlothian are the new Scottish women's county champions - by the narrowest of margins over Aberdeenshire.
On the third and final day at Tulliallan Golf Club, Midlothian beat Dumfries-shire while Aberdeenshire beat Dunbartonshire & Argyll 6 1/2-2 1/2.
That meant that Midlothian and Aberdeenshire, both with two wins and one draw to their credit, tied on 2 1/2pt each.
The tie-break was a countback of individual games won and Midlothian secured the title by having won one more game than Aberdeenshire.
Midlothian last won the title in 2005. Aberdeenshire still have not been champions since Powfoot in 1986.
Third day results:
DUMFRIES-SHIRE 1, MIDLOTHIAN 8
Foursomes; L Kirkwood & F Macgregor lost to C MacDonald & J Turner 3 and 2; T Lilly & J Graham lost to K Marshall & R Livingstone 3 and 2; D Macdonald & M McGregor lost to C Hargan & W Nicholson 3 and 2 (0-3).
Singles: Kirkwood lost to Livingstone 6 and 4, D Macdonald bt Turner 1 hole, Graham lost to Hargan 9 and 8; F Macgregor lost to Marshall 3 and 2; Lilly lost to Nicholson 3 and 1; M McGregor lost to B Murphy 7 and 4 (1-5).
DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL 2 ½, ABERDEENSHIRE 6 ½
Foursomes: A Laing & J Meldrum bt L Murray & M Thomson 5 and 3; S Cadden & H Faulds lost to D Pocock & S Wood 5 and 4; J Galbraith & L Ruane lost to J Harrison & C Wilson 1 hole (1-2).
Singles: Laing bt Thomson 6 and 5, Meldrum lost to Murray 1 hole, J Foggo lost to Pocock 3 and 2, Galbraith halved with L McLardy, Ruane lost to S Thomson 2 and 1, Cadden lost to Wood 6 and 5 (1 1/2-4 ½).

Final placings: 1 Midlothian 2 1/2pt (champions on countback of individual games won), 2 Aberdeenshire 2 1/2pt, 3 Dunbartonshire & Argyll 1pt, 4 Dumfries-shire 0pt.

Most successful players:
Midlothian: C Hargan 4 1/2pt, C Macdonald 4pt, J Turner 4pt, W Nicholson 4pt, R Livingstone 4pt.
Aberdeenshire: S Wood 5 1/2pt, D Pocock 5pt, L Murray 4pt.
Dunbartonshire & Argyll: A Laing 5pt, J Galbraith 3 1/2pt.
Dumfries-shire: L Kirkwood 2 1/2, F Macgregor 2pt.

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR SCOREBOARD
FINNAIR MASTERS
Helsinki Golf Club, Finland
FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3 x 71)
207 Bettina Hauert (Ger) 68 67 72
210 Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 68 72 70
211 Lotta Wahlin (Swe) 70 71 70
212 Kiran Matharu (Eng) 67 73 72, Asa Gottmo (Swe) 66 74 72
213 Nathalie David Mila (Fra) 71 73 69, Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin) 70 69 74
214 Joanne Mills (Aus) 71 72 71, Amanda MoltkeLeth (Den) 71 70 73, Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 73 67 74
215 Danielle Masters (Eng) 74 73 68
216 Anna Rawson (Aus) 72 74 70, Martina Eberl (Ger) 66 77 73, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 70 72 74, Anja Monke (Ger) 73 75 68, Kris Lindstrom (USA) 65 75 76
217 Stephanie Arricau (Fra) 71 72 74, Virginie Lagoutte Clement (Fra) 66 76 75, Helena Alterby (Swe) 77 71 69, Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 72 69 76, Lora Fairclough (Eng) 71 70 76
218 Sophie Walker (Eng) 74 72 72, Isabella Maconi (Ita) 71 74 73, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 70 74 74, Samantha Head (Eng) 72 75 71, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 71 72 75, Eva Steinberger (Aut) 71 71 76, Louise Friberg (Swe) 72 76 70
219 Dottie Ardina (Phi) 69 77 73, Beatriz Recari (Spa) 73 73 73, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 75 72 72, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 68 74 77
220 Leah Hart (Aus) 72 73 75, Marina Arruti (Spa) 73 72 75, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 72 73 75, Marta Prieto (Spa) 75 69 76, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 70 74 76, Kirsty Taylor (Eng) 75 72 73, Fame More (Eng) 70 72 78, Sophie Sandolo (Ita) 68 72 80
221 Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 71 75 75, KarenMargrethe Juul (Den) 74 70 77, Lisa Jean (Aus) 71 73 77, Lynn Brooky (Nzl) 68 75 78, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 73 70 78, Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 70 77 74, Bree Turnbull (Aus) 71 71 79, Iben Tinning (Den) 71 77 73, Elizabeth McKinnon (Nzl) 71 77 73
222 Sarah Kemp (Aus) 73 73 76, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 72 71 79
223 Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 74 72 77, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 72 73 78, Anna Knutsson (Swe) 73 73 77, Karen Lunn (Aus) 71 77 75, Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 71 77 75
224 Sofia Renell (Swe) 72 75 77, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 74 73 77, Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) 72 75 77, Hazel Kavanagh (Irl) 74 74 76, Federica Piovano (Ita) 74 74 76
225 Clare Queen (Sco) 74 73 78, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 77 70 78, Rosa Svahn (Fin) 75 73 77, Nienke Nijenhuis (Nzl) 73 75 77
226 Anna Tybring (Swe) 74 73 79, Antonella Cvitan (Swe) 75 72 79
227 Claire Coughlan (Irl) 75 73 79
228 Laura Terebey (USA) 74 72 82, Natascha Fink (Aut) 77 70 81, Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 70 77 81, Rikke Rasmussen (Den) 72 76 80
231 Libby Smith (USA) 70 78 83

Four Deeside Golf Club members who figured among the leading prizewinners at the Aberdeenshire Lady-Girl greensomes at Oldmeldrum. Left to right: Jane Leith and Vicki Powell, first in the Class 2 handicap section, and Sophie Alexander and Elaine Farquharson-Black, winners of the scratch category. You can enlarge the Cal Carson Golf Agency image (c) by clicking on it.

DEESIDE PAIR WIN SHIRE LADY-GIRL GREENSOMES
AT OLDMELDRUM AFTER COUNTBACK

The Deeside pairing of former Curtis Cup player Elaine Farquharson-Black and 13-year-old Sophie Alexander won the top scratch prize - after a countback - in the Aberdeenshire Ladies County Golf Association Lady-girl greensomes competition in windy conditions at Oldmeldrum Golf Club today.
Despite bogeying the 17th and 18th holes, Elaine and Sophie finished with a round of 80 (42-38), the same total as their playing partners, the Aberdeen Ladies pair of Scottish indoor bowls international Kim Watt and Lauren Whyte, who lost out with an inward half of 40.
Westhill junior Samantha Leslie and Evelyn Cruickshank (Cruden Bay) were third with an 81.
The best overall net score was 68 1/2 by youngster Nikita Lamond and E.M. MacIntyre of the McDonald Club Ellon, played off a handicap of 14 1/2.
Twenty-eight pairs took part.

LEADING SCRATCH SCORES
(Lady name first)
80 E Farquharson-Black & S Alexander (Deeside) 42-38, K Watt & L Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) 40-40).
81 E Cruickshank (Cruden Bay) & S Leslie (Westhill).
83 E M MacIntyre & N Lamond (McDonald Ellon).
85 S Shepherd & M Clyne (Deeside), H Edon & L McGillivray (Banchory).
89 E Cook (Banchory) & K Seam (Torphins), F Prouse & C Prouse (Hazlehead), N Fraser & K MacCallum (McDonald Ellon).
91 H Innes (Peterculter) & M Johnstone (Northern).
96 F Duglas & R Polson (Peterculter).
97 A Robertson & K Robertson (Longside).
BEST OVERALL NET
68 1/2 E MacIntyre & N Lamond (McDonald Ellon) (14 1/2).
72 A Robertson & K Robertson (Longside) (25).
73 H Edon & L McGillivray (Banchory) (12).

OTHER NET PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 (0-25)
74 1/2 E Cook (Banchory) & K Seam (Torphins) (14 1/2) (better last hole).
74 1/2 N Fraser & K MacCallum (McDonald Ellon) (14 1/2).
75 S Shepherd & M Clyne (Deeside) (10).
Class 2 (25 1/2-36)
75 J Leith & V Powell (Deeside) (26) (better inward half).
75 M Bain & M Macleod (Longside) (28).
76 N Buchan & V Buchan (Longside) (36).

LPGA SCOREBOARD
State Farm Classic
Panther Creek CC, Springfield, Illinois
Par 216 (3 x 72)
204 Sherri Steinhauer 67 66 71
205 Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 69 69 67
206 Michele Redman 73 69 64, Christina Kim 69 66 71
207 Annika Sorenstam (Swe) 71 65 71, Becky Morgan (Wal) 71 67 69
208 Angela Park 69 70 69, Marcy Hart 68 69 71
209 Joo Mi Kim (Kor) 70 70 69
210 Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor) 70 67 73, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 71 68 71, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 71 69 70, Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 70 70 70, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 70 69 71, Diana D'Alessio 73 69 68, Pat Hurst 72 71 67
211 Jane Park 73 66 72, Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 68 70 73, Gloria Park (Kor) 70 71 70, Stacy Lewis 71 71 69
212 Sung Ah Yim (Kor) 73 70 69, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 73 66 73, Janice Moodie (Sco) 69 69 74, LeAnna Wicks 73 67 72, Lee Ann Walker-Cooper 70 71 71, Jeong Jang (Kor) 72 69 71
213 Kelli Kuehne 73 71 69, Lisa Fernandes 70 72 71, Il Mi Chung (Kor) 71 71 71, Morgan Pressel 69 73 71, Beth Bader 70 72 71, Reilley Rankin 77 67 69, Yu Ping Lin (Tai) 70 73 70, Angela Stanford 72 71 70, Moira Dunn 70 70 73, Yeon Joo Lee (Kor) 72 69 72
214 Johanna Head (Eng) 72 72 70, Virada Nirapathpongporn (Tha) 72 69 73, Na On Min (Jpn) 72 70 72, Clarissa Childs 74 68 72, Kate Golden 69 71 74, Karrie Webb (Aus) 72 70 72, Carri Wood 72 70 72, Hwa seon Lee (Kor) 70 73 71, Dina Ammaccapane 72 71 71
215 Jeanne Cho-Hunicke 72 72 71, Kim Saiki-Maloney 72 69 74, Karen Stupples (Eng) 71 69 75, Sophie Giquel (Fra) 73 71 71, Young Kim (Kor) 74 70 71, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 71 71 73, Kim Hall 71 71 73
216 Meena Lee (Kor) 71 73 72, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 74 70 72, Beth Allen 70 71 75, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe) 71 70 75, Jin young Pak (Kor) 71 67 78, Alena Sharp 72 70 74, Allison Hanna-Williams 72 69 75, Soo Young Moon (Kor) 71 71 74
217 Jill McGill 72 72 73, Kris Tamulis 73 70 74, Leta Lindley 69 71 77
218 Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 73 69 76, Meaghan Francella 73 71 74, Amy Hung (Tha) 72 70 76, Kristy McPherson 73 71 74, Aram Cho 74 70 74
219 Sarah Huarte 73 70 76
220 Silvia Cavalleri (Ita) 73 69 78, Kristina Tucker (Swe) 72 72 76, Heather Daly-Donofrio 73 70 77, Karine Icher (Fra) 72 70 78
221 Erica Blasberg 73 71 77
224 Sarah Lynn Sargent 70 73 81