Scots vets lead Irish seniors

by one point at Cruden Bay

The Scottish Veteran Ladies Golf Association select will start the second and last day of their annual Mary McKenna Salver match with a 2 1/2-1 1/2 lead over the Irish Seniors team at Cruden Bay Golf Club.

The match finishes with eight singles, the first of which tees off at 11am on Sunday.

The Scots' winners today were Lorna Bennett and Fiona De Vries who beat Sheena McElroy and Marilyn Henderson 3 and 2, and Jill Harrison, pictured left by Cal Carson Golf Agency, and Fiona Hunter who beat Helen Jones and Mary McKenna by one hole in a match of rare quality - the better ball was an amazing 10 under par.

Ireland's win came from Valerie Hassett and Violet McBride who beat May Hughes and Kathleen Sutherland by 2 and 1.
The halved match featured Scotland's Heather Anderson and Mary Smith against Ireland's Mary Madden and Pauline Walsh.

RESULTS

Scots names first

FOURSOMES (2 1/2-1 1/2)

Lorna Bennett & Fiona De Vries bt Sheena McElroy & Marilyn Henderson 3 and 2.

Heather Anderson & Mary Smith halved with Mary Madden & Pauline Walsh.

May Hughes & Kathleen Sutherland lost to valerie Hassett & Violet McBride 2 and 1.

Jill Harrison & Fiona Hunter bt Helen Jones & Mary McKenna 1 hole.

Some of the prizewinners at Stonehaven today: (left to right) Kirsten MacCallum, Olivia Borwick, Kristina Vannet and Tegan Seivwright. Zoe Marr was unable to stay for the prizegiving (Cal Carson Golf Agency image).

Olivia (age 13) wins Aberdeenshire girls' opening

Stableford with fine total of 45 points

Olivia Borwick, a 13-year-old, 29-handicap junior member of McDonald Ellon Golf Club, had an excellent Stableford points round of 45 to win the Aberdeenshire girls' first competition of the new season at an overcast, quite cold Stonehaven Golf Club today.

Runner-up with 42pt, laying off 34, was Zoe Marr (Inverurie), daughter of the Meldrum House professional, Neil Marr, who coaches Paul Lawrie & Scottish Golf Union boys.

POINTS SCORES

CSS 68 (+1)

45 Olivia Borwick (McDonald Ellon) (29).

42 Zoe Marr (Inverurie) (34).

37 Kirsten MacCallum (McDonald Ellon) (10), Kristina Vannet (Peterculter) (13).

33 Tegan Seivwright (Deeside) (16).

32 Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) (13), Rachel Polson (Peterculter) (9).

30 Claire Prouse (Hazlehead) (7), Hannah Bycroft (Alford) (26).

29 Emma Read (Deeside) (19), Kirstin Seam (Torphins) (11).

28 Sophie Alexander (Deeside) (7).

24 Louise McGillivray (Banchory) (6).

23 Vicki Powell (Deeside) (20), Caitlin Geddes (Northern) (11).

Eileen Manson heads Northern

Counties qualifiers at Nairn

Thurso's Eileen Manson, pictured right, headed the 16 match-play qualifiers on the first day of the Northern Counties women's golf championship at Nairn Golf Club today.
In windy conditions, Eileen's round of 79 - four over par and two over the CSS - was good enough to give her the No 1 seed position ahead of Pam MacKay (Royal Dornoch) and Christine McAndrew (Nairn Dunbar) who both returned 80s.
Pam gained the No 2 seed berth after a card countback.
Defending champion Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch had an 81.
Match-play qualifiers
Par 75. CSS 77
79 E Manson (Thurso).
80 P Mackay (Royal Dornoch), C McAndrew (Nairn Dunbar).
81 J Vass (Tain), C Gruber (Royal Dornoch).
84 J Louden (Nairn).
85 A Bartlett (Royal Dornoch), L Coghill (Royal Dornoch).
87 M Vass (Tain), S Vass (Tain), J Milne (Elgin).
88 S McVicar (Gairloch).
89 J Nicol (Inverness), G Dowling (Inverness), M Howieson (Inverness).
90 S MacDonnell (Inverness).
Sunday's match-play ties
First round

8.45 Manson v MacDonnell.

8.53 M Vass v Coghill.

9.01 Gruber v McVicar.

9.09 Nicol v J Vass.

9.17 McAndrew v Dowling.

9.25 Milne v Louden.

9.33 Bartlett v S Vass.

9.41 Howieson v Mackay.
Quarter-finals at 2.02, 2.12, 2.22 and 2.32

DURAMED FUTURES TOUR REPORT

Liz Janangelo takes early

lead in Lafayette

Wind-blown players from the morning tee times came off the course in the first round of the Duramed Futures Tour's $90,000 Louisiana Pelican Classic wanting to know only one thing.
“What golf course was Liz playing today?” asked Jessica Shepley of Oakville, Ontario.
Indeed, Liz Janangelo of West Hartford, Conn., navigated her way around The Wetlands Golf Course with ease to post an opening-round score of seven-under-par 65 to take the early lead. It was a day that featured six birdies, one bogey and one eagle on her scorecard.
It also was a round that included a front-nine score of 29 (-7), which was a career-best nine-hole number for the former Duke University four-time All-American. Janangelo became the 10th member of the Tour to break 30 for nine holes. Only two other players have broken 30 on a par-36 course, including Peggy Kirsch in 1989, and Lorena Ochoa in 2002.
But setting new milestones wasn’t what was on Janangelo’s mind today. After a tie for 29th at the season-opening tournament in Winter Haven, Fla., and a missed cut two weeks ago in Daytona Beach, Fla., the 2008 LPGA Tour member was hoping only to settle her mind and get back to the kind of golf that helped her win twice on the 2007 Duramed FUTURES Tour.
“This was the first time I’ve played golf that I haven’t really cared,” she said. “I’ve put a lot of pressure on myself and today, I carried my own bag and it was just me out there – kind of like my college days. That’s what I thought about.”
The former U.S. Curtis Cup Team member played her first nine holes (the course’s back nine) at even-par 36, but the front nine was a different story. She rolled in a birdie from five feet on No. 3, holed out a pitching wedge from 120 yards for eagle on the par-4 fifth hole, and then birdied her last four holes – all from eight feet or less. She needed only 25 putts.
“I haven’t done this in a long time,” said Janangelo, who has been working with sports psychologist Bob Rotella. “I have to just believe in myself and know that I’ve been here before and that I play with some of the best players in the world every week. This is a breakthrough.”
Her round also was the number every player in the full field of 144 chased all day. Rookie Christine Song of Fullerton, Calif., and veteran Nicole Jeray of Berwyn, Ill., each carded rounds of three-under-par 69 in the morning, while Haeji Kang of Seoul, South Korea was the only player who cracked 70 in the afternoon, joining Song and Jeray in a tie for second.
Sae Hee Son of Seoul, South Korea, Samantha Richdale of Kelowna, British Columbia and Lisa Ferrero of Lodi, Calif., are tied for fifth at two-under-par 70.
“I feel like I’m confident – like everything is going to go in,” said Song, 17, whose last win was three years ago on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA). “If I can just do the same thing tomorrow, I’ll be happy.”
Jeray, 38, used her veteran experience while playing in today’s windy conditions. The LPGA Tour member said she stayed patient, even when she hit errant shots. At least three times, she saved par from five feet or more and had two sand saves.
“It’s playing tough enough that I could have shot an 80 or a 69, just depending on what happened in the crosswinds,” said Jeray, a three-time Tour winner. “The last two holes are playing so hard into the wind that I feel like I gained two shots on the field with pars there.”
A weather watcher, Jeray said her performance benefited by knowing the location of the prevailing winds on the course and the direction of the “grain” (how the grass grows) on most of the greens.
“I know where north, south, east and west is at all times and on days like these, that matters when you’re hitting your shots,” she said.
Sometimes luck counts, too. Or, lack of luck.
Irish-born US Curtis Cup player at St Andrews last year, Alison Walshe of Westford, Mass., was at four-under par after 14 holes – only one shot off the lead -- but her tee shot on No. 15 hit the cart path at an odd angle and kicked 100 yards left. The rookie took bogey, and then bogeyed the 16th after what she called “a stupid chip.” She finished at bogey-bogey on the 17th and 18th to card an even-par 72.
“The shot on 15 was just a bad break, but half the game is luck,” she said. “And those last three holes are tough in the wind. Sometimes, it’s just a guessing game.”
There was no guesswork, however, when it came to the difficulty of the 390-yard 18th hole today. Playing dead into the wind, the par-4 hole, which is bordered down the right side and in front of the green by a water hazard, doused more than a few hopes. The 18th played as the toughest hole with a scoring average of 4.8 strokes, rendering only two birdies all day. Three of the last four holes registered as the most difficult of the first round.
A total of 12 players finished under par and a total of 26 players are at even-par 72 or better.
“It’s good to get a low score early before we have bad weather,” said Kang of the expected weekend forecast, which calls for rain and high wind on Saturday.
Weather: Mostly cloudy with temperatures in the high 70s and wind between 12-15 mph.
SCROLL DOWN FOR ALL THE FIRST-ROUND SCORES

Jodi Ewart lying second with one

round to go in California

Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart (New Mexico University) from Yorkshire is two shots off the pace in second place with one round to go in the Mountain West Women's Conference Championship at Bayonet-Black Horse Golf Club, Seaside in California.
Catterick Golf Club member Jodi, the defending champion, has had rounds of 74 and 73 for a three-over-par tally of 147 over the par-72, 6027yd course.
She had birdies at the third, seventh and 12th but bogeys at the first, 10th, 15th and 17th in her second round.
In her opening round, Jodi , pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had a double bogey 6 at the ninth to set against birdies at the seventh and 13th and bogeys at the eighth and 17th.
Jonelle Martinez (Wyoming University) leads with 70 and 75 for 145.
Brooke Beeler (Texas Christian), Rebecca Helblom (New Mexico) and Therese Koelbaek (UNLV) are sharing third place on 148.

Duramed Futures Tour Scoreboard
$90,000 Louisiana Pelican Classic
The Wetlands, Lafayette, Louisiana
FIRST ROUND
Par 72 (36-36) 6421yd
1 Liz Janangelo (West Hartford, Conn.) 29-36 - 65
2 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 35-34 - 69
2 Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 35-34 - 69
2 Haeji Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 36-33 - 69
5 Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 34-36 - 70
5 Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia) 35-35 - 70
5 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 36-34 - 70
8 Allison Hanna-Williams (Portland, Ore.) 37-34 - 71
8 Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 34-37 - 71
8 Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 34-37 - 71
8 Stephanie Otteson (Wilson, N.C.) 37-34 - 71
8 Seema Sadekar (Toronto, Ontario) 35-36 - 71
13 Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 36-36 - 72
13 Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 36-36 - 72
13 Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, Md.) 35-37 - 72
13 Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 35-37 - 72
13 Nicola Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 33-39 - 72
13 Danah Ford (Indianapolis, Ind.) 36-36 - 72
13 Andrea VanderLende (Longwood, Fla.) 33-39 - 72
13 Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 35-37 - 72
13 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 36-36 - 72
13 Jean Reynolds (Newnan, Ga.) 35-37 - 72
13 Nicole Hage (Coral Springs, Fla.) 37-35 - 72
13 Seo-Jae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 36-36 - 72
13 Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 36-36 - 72
13 Perry Swenson (Charlotte, N.C.) 35-37 - 72
27 Camila Mori (Santiago, Chile) 35-38 - 73
27 Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 36-37 - 73
27 Stacey Bieber (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 39-34 - 73
27 Ulrika Ljungman-Smith (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 35-38 - 73
27 Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 35-38 - 73
27 Juli Erekson (Mapleton, Utah) 36-37 - 73
27 Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 37-36 - 73
27 Meghan Little (Sturgis, S.D.) 36-37 - 73
27 Mary J. Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 34-39 - 73
27 Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 35-38 - 73
27 Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 38-35 - 73
27 Song Yi Choi (Seoul, South Korea) 35-38 - 73
27 Charlotte Campbell (Heathrow, Fla.) 38-35 - 73
27 Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 38-35 - 73
27 Stella Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 35-38 - 73
42 Jimin Jeong (Kyungki, South Korea) 36-38 - 74
42 Catherine Matranga (Fort Worth, Texas) 36-38 - 74
42 Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 37-37 - 74
42 Rak Kyung Oh (Seoul, South Korea) 36-38 - 74
42 Su A Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 35-39 - 74
42 Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 37-37 - 74
42 Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 38-36 - 74
42 Alexandra Braga (Los Angeles, Calif.) 38-36 - 74
42 Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 37-37 - 74
42 Amanda Mathis (Opelousas, La.) 38-36 - 74
42 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 38-36 - 74
42 Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 38-36 - 74
42 Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 36-38 - 74
42 Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 36-38 - 74
42 Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 37-37 - 74
42 Onnarin Sattayabanphot (Bangkok, Thailand) 36-38 - 74
42 Mina Harigae (Monterey, Calif.) 37-37 - 74
42 Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 40-34 - 74
42 Chris Brady (Charlotte, N.C.) 35-39 - 74
42 Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 37-37 - 74
42 Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 39-35 - 74
42 Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 36-38 - 74
64 Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 38-37 - 75
64 Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 39-36 - 75
64 Alejandra Shaw (Vina Del Mar, Chile) 37-38 - 75
64 Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 36-39 - 75
64 Christine Cho (Kent, Wash.) 37-38 - 75
64 Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 35-40 - 75
64 Sohi Moon (Seoul, South Korea) 37-38 - 75
64 Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 36-39 - 75
64 Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 36-39 - 75
64 Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 36-39 - 75
64 Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 37-38 - 75
64 Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.) 38-37 - 75
64 Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 37-38 - 75
64 Dewi Claire Schreefel (Netherlands) 36-39 - 75
64 Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 39-36 - 75
64 Jenna Pearson (Wheaton, Ill.) 35-40 - 75
64 Pornanong Phatlum (Thailand) 36-39 - 75
81 Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 38-38 - 76
81 Stephanie George (Myerstown, Pa.) 38-38 - 76
81 Becky Lucidi (Poway, Calif.) 40-36 - 76
81 Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 40-36 - 76
81 Whitney Myers (York. Pa.) 40-36 - 76
81 Lee Ann Walker-Cooper (Southport, N.C.) 37-39 - 76
81 Janice Olivencia (Caguas, Puerto Rico) 37-39 - 76
81 Susan Choi (Natick, Mass.) 38-38 - 76
81 Brandi Jackson (Greenville, S.C.) 40-36 - 76
81 Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 39-37 - 76
81 Stephanie Oukeo (Paris, France) 36-40 - 76
81 Malinda Johnson (Eau Claire, Wis.) 36-40 - 76
81 Heather Angell (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 38-38 - 76
81 Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 40-36 - 76
81 Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico) 38-38 - 76
81 Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 38-38 - 76
81 Erina Yamato (Japan) 40-36 - 76
81 Dana Je (Orlando, Fla.) 35-41 - 76
81 Stacey Tate (Auckland, New Zealand) 40-36 - 76
100 Kimberly Goedecke (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) 40-37 - 77
100 Sookhee Baek (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) 39-38 - 77
100 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 39-38 - 77
100 Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 36-41 - 77
100 Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Quebec) 37-40 - 77
100 Maggie Simons (Raleigh, N.C.) 36-41 - 77
100 Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 40-37 - 77
100 Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 40-37 - 77
100 Y J Jin (Seoul, South Korea) 42-35 - 77
100 Katie Miller (Jeannette, Pa.) 39-38 - 77
100 Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 40-37 - 77
111 Santie Koch (Potgietersrus, South Africa) 41-37 - 78
111 Moon Su (Incheon, South Korea) 41-37 - 78
111 Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 39-39 - 78
111 Noon Huachai (Bangkok, Thailand) 40-38 - 78
111 Bridget Dwyer (Kailua, Hawaii) 38-40 - 78
111 Lorraine Ballerano (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) 39-39 - 78
111 Moah Chang (Los Angeles, Calif.) 41-37 - 78
111 Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 39-39 - 78
111 Jieun Oh (Je Ju, South Korea) 40-38 - 78
111 Cindy Lee-Pridgen (Sabah, Malaysia) 36-42 - 78
121 Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 40-39 - 79
121 Tiffany Prats (Williston, Fla.) 37-42 - 79
121 Lindsey Bergeon (Sarasota, Fla.) 39-40 - 79
121 Katie Fraley (Brandenburg, Ky.) 42-37 - 79
121 Stephanie Kim (a) (Orlando, Fla.) 40-39 - 79
121 Carol Robertson (Virginia Beach, Va.) 36-43 - 79
127 Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 39-41 - 80
127 Devan Andersen (Guadalajara, Mexico) 39-41 - 80
127 Gina Umeck (Redlands, Calif.) 39-41 - 80
127 Marci Turner (Tompkinsville, Ky.) 44-36 - 80
127 Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 42-38 - 80
127 Dana Bates (Thousand Palms, Calif.) 41-39 - 80
133 Georgette Rolle (Nassau, Bahamas) 39-42 - 81
133 Renee Skidmore (Everett, Wash.) 41-40 - 81
133 Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 42-39 - 81
133 Jill Frantz (Iowa City, Iowa) 42-39 - 81
133 Sin Ah Ham (Seoul, South Korea) 43-38 - 81
133 Taya Battistella (Bend, Ore.) 39-42 - 81
133 Kim Welch (Sacramento, Calif.) 38-43 - 81
140 Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 42-41 - 83
141 Eva Yoe (Hong Kong, China) 42-42 - 84
141 Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 40-44 - 84
Withdrew: Kristie Smith (Perth, Australia), Lilly Kobayashi (Santa Monica, Calif.)

Olivia Jordan-Higgins finishes 2nd

in Big South Championship

Channel Islander Olivia Jordan-Higgins finished runner-up in the Big South Women's Championship at The Patriot Golf Club, at the quaintly-named historic town of Ninety Six, South Carolina this week.
Olivia, pictured right, from Jersey, a student at Charleston Southern University, had scores of 75, 70 and 75 for a total of 220 over a par-72 course of 5,956yd.
She finished two shots behind the title winner, Spain's Aruka Felgueroso (Coastal Carolin) with scores of 73, 69 and 76 for 218.
The pair finished well clear of a field of 45 players. The third placed player, Sara Hester (Winthrop) was eight shots behind Olivia on 228.
Hannah Coles (Radford University, Virgina), a member at Maxstoke Park Golf Club, Warwickshire, finished 12th in a field of 45 players with scores of 85, 76 and 76 for 237.
Coastal Carolina (911) won the team event ahead of Charleston Southern (929) and Winthrop (935) in a field of nine teams.

SINEAD O'SULLIVAN SEVENTH IN ATLANTIC SUN CHAMPIONSHIP

Ireland's Sinead O'Sullivan and Lucy Gould from Wales, both students at East Tennessee State University, came seventh and joint 23rd respectively in a field of 58 players for the Atlantic Sun Championship at Victoria Hills Golf Club, Deland in Florida.
Sinead had scores of 72, 76 and 76 for a total of 224 over a par-72 course of 6,056yd.
Former Welsh girls champion Ludy shot 77, 78 and 78 for 233.
Individual winner was Danielle Jackson (Stetson) with 71, 73 and 69 for 213, finishing two shots ahead of Stetson team-mate Lauren Cafe (73-71-71).
Not surprisingly with a 1-2 individual finish, Stetson also won the team title, but only by two shots from Campbell University (883) with East Tennessee State (904) third of 10 teams.

2009 Elie Sports Club Tournament for Boys & Girls

Front row Heather Munro, Sophie Maguire, Rory Giddins,
Back row James White, Andrew Whyte, Bradley Neil and Annabel Niven.

The 57th Tournament for Boys and Girls under 18 was held at Elie on April 14th, 15th and 16th The course was in excellent condition and despite a bitterly cold wind, the standard of golf was extremely high. James White (New Club) and Annabel Niven (Crieff) retained their under 18 titles but the holder of the Under 16 title, Iain Watson (St Andrews) lost to Ross Munro (Monifieth) by one hole in the semi- finals.
We are very grateful to Members of the Golf House Club and Elie & Earlsferry Ladies Club for their help in acting as referees, marshals and also for acting as scorers for the younger competitors.

Winners:
Andrew Burns Cup (Boys Under 18) James White (New Club) beat Matthew Reid (Downfield) 1 up.

Marine Rose Bowl (Boys under 16 Andrew Whyte (New Club) beat Ross Munro (Monifieth) 4/3.

Sports Club Cup (Boys under 14) Bradley Neil (Rosemount) beat David Paterson (Leven) 5/3

Malta Cup (Boys under 12) 1st Rory Giddins (Elie Sports Club) 2nd George Geddes (Elie Sports Club) 3rd Conor MacCallum (Elie Sports Club)

Todd Cup (Girls Under 18) 1st Annabel Niven (Crieff) 2nd Gillian Simpson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies) 3rd Katie Reid (Monifieth).

Lochburn Quaich (Girls Under 14) 1st Heather Munro (Monifieth ) 2nd Rachel Lorimer (Monifieth) 3rd Jessica McCleary (Monifieth).

Crummey Cup (Girls Under 12) 1st Sophie Maguire (St Leonards) 2nd Kirsty Graham (St Leonards) 3rd Emily Thain (Elie Sports Club.)

Holly Clyburn with the Cartier Trophy at St Cloud

It's taken us a few days but we got there in the end, thanks to Holly Clyburn's mother who E-mailed Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk with this mobile telephone image of Holly with the Roger Cartier Trophy which she won at the French Lady Junior championships at St Cloud, Paris on Monday. We would love to display a picture of Leona Maguire with the Esmond Trophy as the overall champion ... but the French Federation has not even acknowledged several messages we have sent them, asking if they could help us out. Vive La France?

Ulster win girls' inter-provincial title for

fifth year in a row at Woodenbridge

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Ulster have won their fifth successive girls' inter-provincial title after comfortably beating all three other sides in the round-robin series of matches at Woodenbridge Golf Club, Co. Wicklow, Due to persistent and heavy overnight rain, the morning session of foursomes matches were cancelled on day three.
The final day's play was contested over eight singles matches, with all team members playing and each game being decided over 13 holes (1-11 and 17 & 18) due to holes 12-16 remaining unplayable.
FINAL STANDINGS
3 pt Ulster
1½ pt Munster
1½ pt Leinster
0 pts Connacht

Today's results:
(Foursomes matches cancelled due to rain resulting in poor course conditions)

MUNSTER 1½, ULSTER 6½
Singles (13-hole matches)
Laura McCarthy lost to Leona Maguire 3&2
Emma O'Driscoll halved with Lisa Maguire
Michelle McCarthy lost to Sarah Louise Winter 6&5
Julie Coyne halved with Tara Gribben
Edel Coyne halved with Megan Thompson
Eadaoin Cronin lost to Kelsey Coey by 2 holes
Sinead Sexton lost to Paula Grant 3&2
Jenny Hennessy lost to Erin Connolly 2&1

LEINSTER 4½ CONNACHT 3½
Singles (13-hole matches)
Patrice Delaney bt Sarah Helly 5&4
Carla Reynolds lost to Daryl Conroy by 1 hole
Niamh O'Connor bt Julie O'Gara 2&1
Sarah Murray bt Aoife McHale 2&1
Anna Courtney lost to Amy Gaynor 5&4
Lauren Murray halved with Aishling Hil
lTerri Byrne lost to Holly Robinson 3&2
Amy Farrell bt Shauna Brady 3&2

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Megan Briggs with the Renfrewshire county championship trophy once again (image by courtesy of Carol Fell).

Megan Briggs wins Renfrewshire title

for fourth year in a row

Kilmacolm's 19-year-old Scotland international player Megan Briggs won the Renfrewshire women's county golf championship for the fourth year in a row at Whitecraigs Golf Club today.
The No 1 seed, Megan beat second best qualifier Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze), the 2003 title-winner and beaten finalist in 2007, by 3 and 2 in the final.
In difficult conditions, putting was the key factor. One down at the turn Carlton squared the match with a birdie 4 at the 10th. Briggs regained a one-hole lead at the 12th where her opponent three-putted and doubled it with a birdie at the 14th.
Another Briggs birdie at the 15th put her three up and virtually sealed Carlton's fate. A half at the short 16th made Briggs the Renfrewshire centenary county champion.
Both players were out in 38 and Briggs was two under par for her inward holes.
Carlton had been in sparkling three-under-par form in the morning semi-finals in which she swept aside the challenge of 10 times champion Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle), beating her 8 and 7.
The Briggs sisters had a real tussle in the other semi-final before Megan won by two holes over 15-year-old Eilidh. Last year they met in the final.The last player to win the Renfrewshire title four years in a row was Donna Jackson from 1989 to 1992. Before that it was Shirley Lawson, before she became Mrs Huggan, from 1985 to 1988.
Megan Briggs' target must now be to equal the five successive county title achieved by Wilma Aitken (later Mrs Leburn) from 1978 to 1982.
Today's results:
Semi-finals
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 2 holes.
Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) bt Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) 8 and 7.
Final
Megan Briggs bt Carlton 3 and 2.
ends

Midlothian girls seek four-timer in Cuthbertson Cup

Midlothian girls are out to make it four wins in a row when they defend the Cuthbertson Cup at Burntisland this weekend.
Rachael Archibald (Merchants), Cara Easton (Dalmahoy), Rachael Livingstone (Musselburgh) and Jane Turner (now Craigielaw, then Mortonhall) won it in 2006 before Turner, Easton, Gillian Simpson (Murrayfield) and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) retained the trophy 12 months later.
Easton, Simpson and Watton joined forces with Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) to win it again last year and now Simpson, Watton, MacDonald and Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) will be flying the flag against Stirling and Clackmannanshire in the first round on Sunday.

England’s Katie Mundy wins

marathon US play-off

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
English student golfer Katie Mundy continued her love affair with US college golf when she won a marathon seven-hole sudden-death play-off to claim her fourth title from five events.
Katie, 18, from Dunwood Manor in Hampshire, has won tournament after tournament since joining Western Texas College earlier this term. Her latest victory was in the Tarleton State University Coca Cola Spring Invitational at Harbour Lakes Golf Club in Granbury, Texas.
She shot rounds of 81, in strong winds, and four-under-par 68 to tie first place – and take her place in a play-off.
“I eventually won after seven holes of sudden death where we parred five holes and bogeyed one before I managed to win the seventh hole with a par,” said Katie, pictured by courtesy of Leaderboardphotography.com
She also had the added bonus of a hole in one in the practice round!
Katie was in England’s winning team at the 2008 girls’ home internationals and was a member of the English Women’s Golf Association Under-18 Squad before starting university.

Annual match for Mary McKenna Salver

Senior Scots and Irish stars

at Cruden Bay this weekend

The leading senior women golfers in Scotland and Ireland will be in action at Cruden Bay this weekend in the annual match for the Mary McKenna Salver.
Mary, eight times Irish champion who played in nine successive Curtis Cup matches and is the current Great Britain & Ireland team captain, is just one member of a very strong Irish team of over-50 year olds.
Valerie Hassett (Ennis) and Mary, a Donabate GC member, won the British senior women's championship in 1996 and 2001 respectively.

Mary McKenna, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, won the Hacienda del Alamo Senior Ladies Open at the Spanish golf resort in February this year.
The Scots, captained by home-course player Lynne Terry, are bidding for a hat-trick of victories having won the match in 2007 and 2008. The Irish have not won the trophy since the first three years of the competition - 2000, 2001 and 2002 - but with the players who have made the trip to the classic Cruden Bay links - where Ireland won the women's home internationals title in 1980 and 2003, they will start slight favourites to take the salver back to the Emerald Isle.
Play starts at 11am on Saturday (four-balls) and Sunday (singles).
Teams:
SCOTLAND

Heather Anderson (Northern), Lorna Bennett (Midlands), Fiona De Vries (Midlands), Jill Harrison (Northern), May Hughes (West), Fiona Hunter (East), Mary Smith (Highland), Kathleen Sutherland (Northern). Captain: Lynne Terry (Northern).
IRELAND

Valerie Hassett (Ennis), Marilyn Henderson (West Rhine), Helen Jones (Strabane), Mary Madden (Ballinasloe), Violet McBride (Belvoir Park), Sheena McElroy (Grange), Mary McKenna (Donabate), Pauline Walsh (Headford). Captain: Roma English (Larne).

More pictures from Ayrshire county championship

Glasgow Golf Club vice-captain Ian Lockhart, who made the presentations at the Ayrshire women's county championship, is flanked by Lesley Hendry (left) and Hannah Gaunt.

On the right is Rachael McQueen with the trophy she won as the leading qualifier for the match-play stages. Images by courtesy of Alasdair Malcolm.

Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) with the Ayrshire championship trophy in the Glasgow Gailes clubhouse.

Lesley Hendry beats surprise

packet Hannah Gaunt to win

fourth Ayrshire title

Lesley Hendry (Routenburn), the No 2 seed, won the Ayrshire women's county golf championship for the fourth time in the past five years at Glasgow Gailes Golf Club today
In the final, Lesley beat the surprise packet of the championship, 18-year-old Hannah Gaunt (Troon Ladies), who has a handicap of nine, by 4 and 3.
The finalists, Hannah on the left, are pictured above by courtesy of Rosemary Donaldson.

After a closely-fought first nine holes, the more experienced Hendry took a grip on the match to win on the 15th green.
In the morning semi-finals, No 4 qualifier Gaunt, who is bound for Stirling University on a law degree course, won by 4 and 3 against Liz Keohone (Loudoun Gowf), the No 8 qualifier but conqueror of top seed Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) in Thursday's second round. Hendry beat another former champion Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie), the No 3 seed, by one hole.
Today's results:
Semi-finals - H Gaunt (Troon Ladies) bt L Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) 4 and 3, L Hendry (Routenburn) bt A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barasse) 1 hole.
Final - Hendry bt Gaunt 4 and 3.

Ulster girls head for fifth win in a row

Ulster, with two wins out of two under their belts, are set to win the Irish Under-18 girls' inter-provincial title for the fifth year in a row at Woodenbridge Golf Club tomorrow.
After a 7-2 win over Leinster today, they wind up their programme against Munster.
Thursday details:
CONNACHT 3½, MUNSTER 5½
Foursomes (1 1/2-1 1/2)
Sarah Helly & Amy Gaynor halved with Emma O'Driscoll & Laura McCarthy.
Daryl Conroy & Aoife McHale bt Julie Coyne & Edel Coyne 3&2.
Julie O'Gara & Aishling Hill lost to Eadoiin Cronin & Sinead Sexton 2 hole.
Singles (2-4)
Sarah Helly lost to Laura McCarthy 2&1.
Daryl Conroy lost to Emma O'Driscoll 2 holes.
Julie O'Gara bt Michelle McCarthy 1 hole.
Aoife McHale bt Julie Coyne 1 hole.
Amy Gaynor lost to Sinead Sexton 2 holes.
Holly Robinson lost to Jenny Hennessy 3&2

ULSTER 7 LEINSTER 2
Foursomes (3-0)
Leona Maguire & Lisa Maguire bt Patrice Delaney & Carla Reynolds 1 hole.
Sarah Louise Winter & Tara Gribben bt Sarah Murray & Anna Courtney 4&3.
Paula Grant & Erin Connolly bt Lauren Murray & Amy Farrell 4&3.
Singles (4-2)
Leona Maguire bt Patrice Delaney 5&4.
Lisa Maguire bt Carla Reynolds 7&5.
Sarah Louise Winter lost to Niamh O'Connor 4&3.
Tara Gribben bt Sarah Murray 3&2.
Paula Grant bt Anna Courtney 3&2.
Erin Connolly lost to Lauren Murray 4&2.

Champion again Kylie Walker with county president Lesley Mackiggan. Above right: Jorden Ferrie, 13-year-old winner of the Bronze championship, on left, with past county captain Enid Young, the match referee, in the middle and Morag Dunan, the beaten finalist, on the right. Images by courtesy of Jean Campbell.

Kylie comes from behind

to retain D&A title

Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) won the Dunbartonshire & Argyll women's county golf championship for the third time in the past four years at Hayston Golf Club today.
Kylie, the No 1 seed, beat the sixth qualifier, Kirstin Scott (Milngavie) by 3 and 1 in an entertaining final.

Kylie (left) and Kirstin are pictured above (image by courtesy of Jean Campbell).
Kirstin chipped in from well of the green at the fourth for a par 4 and was two up at the eighth before losing her momentum.
Kylie won three holes in a row and was two up at the 14th before clinching the title at the 17th.
Jorden Ferrie, a 13-year-old, 24 handicap junior member at Kirkintilloch Golf Club, won the Bronze championship. She beat Morag Dunan (Milngavie) 9 and 7 in the final to win the Marion Anderson Trophy.
Results:
Semi-finals

K Walker (Buchanan Castle) bt H Faulds (Douglas Park) 5 and 4.

K Scott (Milngavie) bt F McLean (Hilton Park) 2 and 1.
Final

Walker bt Scott 3 and 1
BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIP
Final

J Ferrie Kirkintilloch) bt M Dunan (Milngavie) 9 and 7.

Briggs sisters meet in Renfrewshire

semi-finals as four seeds prevail

The Briggs sisters from Kilmacolm, 19-year-old Megan and 15-year-old Eilidh, will meet in tomorrow morning's first semi-final of the Renfrewshire women's county golf championship at Whitecraigs Golf Club.
Last year they met in the final with Megan winning 4 and 3 to become champion for the third year in a row. This week Megan is top seed and Eilidh fourth best qualifier for the match-play stages.
The top four seeds all made it through to the last four.Megan Briggs did not have to play the last three holes either in the first round of the afternoon quarter-finals. She Eva Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 5 and 3 followed by a 4 and 3 win over Carol Whyte (Windyhill).
Eilidh Briggs, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, won by 4 and 2 against Linda McDougall (Greenock) and then by
5 and 3 over Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire).
Clare-Marie Carlton displayed powerful golf to beat young Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 6 and 5 in the quarter-finals. She now plays 10 times past champion Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) for a place in the final.Donna was one down with four holes to play against another up and coming youngster, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie). Donna then won the short 16th to square the match and won by onehole with a great up and down from a bunker at the 18th.
RESULTS
First round

M Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt E Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 5 and 3.

C Whyte (Windyhill) bt G McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) 3 and 2.

G Kyle (East Renfrewshire) bt Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry) 3 and 2.

E Briggs (Kilmacolm) beat L McDougall (Greenock) 4 and 2.

D Jackson (Cochrane Castle) beat J Mack (Haggs Castle) 6 and 5.

A McKechin (Elderslie) bt B Paterson (Eastwood) 6 and 4.

N Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) bt Linda Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 2 and 1.

C-M Carlton (Fereneze) beat L Stewart (Greenburn) 5 and 3.
Quarter-finals

M Briggs bt Whyte 4 and 3.

E Briggs bt Kyle 5 and 3.

Jackson bt McKechin 1 hole.

Carlton bt Qayum 6 and 5.

Leona Maguire leads Ping Junior

Solheim Cup points table

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Fourteen-year-old Leona Maguire from Ireland, having won the French International Lady Juniors Under-21 amateur championship at St Cloud Golf Club on Monday, now leads the European Ping Junior Solheim Cup rankings and is a virtual shoe-in for selection to the team event to be played at Aurora Country Club, Aurora, Illinois, USA, on August 18-19.
The Cavan youngster defeated Klara Spilkova from the Czech Republic at the 36th hole in the final and was equal fourth in the stroke play event.
"I played really well in both the stroke play and the match play. The final match against Klara was really tight. I made four birdies in a row and won at the 36th hole. I love to play match-play,” she said.
“My twin sister Lisa and I practise together and we help each other to develop and to raise our game. I am only 14 years old but my goal is to qualify for the Ping Junior Solheim Cup and to play against great junior golfers. That way my game will raise even more."
Leona’s identical twin sister Lisa, whom she beat in the final of the Irish women's closed amateur championship last year, tied for fourth with Leona in the stroke-play qualifying stages of the French Under-21 championship but lost to Germany’s Sophia Popov in the match play. There is now a possibility that both twins could play at this year’s prestigious junior biennial transatlantic team match play event.
With The 2011 Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle, there is also an increased chance that the twins will represent Europe at the 2011 Ping Junior Solheim Cup on home soil in Ireland.
The French international title was the second of four qualifying events for the European Ping Junior Solheim Cup team. The next qualifying events are the European Ladies’ Team Championship in Slovenia and the European girls’ team championship in Finland, which both take place from July 7-11.
The leading six players on the points table on July 13 will qualify for the team automatically while six players will receive a wild card selection from the European team captain Carin Koch of Sweden.
Leona currently leads the ranking over Klara Spilkova from the Czech Republic, followed by Spaniard Ana Fernandez de Mesa, France’s Rosanna Crepiat, Germany’s Sophia Popov and Emma Nilsson of Sweden. Lisa currently sits in ninth place.
To qualify for the European Ping Junior Solheim Cup Team, players must be European citizens born no later than 1991 and amateurs who are not members of a collegiate golf programme.
PING Junior Solheim Cup Qualifying Points Table
(as of April 14, 2009)
1. Leona Maguire, Ireland - 125 points
2. Klara Spilkova, Czech Republic - 68.33 points
3. Ana Fernandez de Mesa, Spain - 67.50 points
4. Rosanna Crepiat, France - 50.00
5. Sophia Popov, Germany - 41.67 points
6. Emma Nilsson, Sweden - 40.00 points
7. Johanna Tillström, Sweden - 38.33 points
8. Emilie Alonso, France - 31.67 points
9. Lisa Maguire, Ireland - 25.00
10. Daisy Nielsen, Denmark - 20.00
11. Mandy Goyos Ball, Spain - 10 points
12. Elia Folch, Spain - 8.33 points

Hannah Grant wins Whittington Ladies

Trophy after record second round of 68

Hannah Grant from Enmore Park Golf Club, Bridgwater in Somerset, won the Whittington Ladies Trophy Tournament this week at Whittington Heath Golf Club near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
Hannah returned scores of 71 and 68 for 139 to win by two strokes from Abbey Gittings of Walmley Golf Club, Sutton Coldfield in Warwickshire, who shot 72 and 69 for 141.
Hannah's second round shaved a shot off the ladies' course record, Abbey and joint third-placed Corisande Lee (West Lancs) (142) equalling the old one in their second rounds.
FINAL TOTALS
Hannah Grant Enmore Park 71 68 139
Abbey Gittings Walmley 72 69 141
Corisande Lee West Lancs 73 69 142
Bronwyn Davis Wolstanton 71 71 142
Tilly Holder Woburn 73 70 143
Sarah Attwood Gog Magog 74 70 144
Charlie Douglas Brocket Hall 72 72 144
Lisa Ball Maften Hall 74 71 145
Charlotte Dalton Ladbrook Park 76 70 146
Hannah Jenkins Cradoc 75 73 148
Bronte Law Bramhall 76 73 149
Natalie Lowe Prestbury 75 74 149
Elisabeth Mallett Sutton Coldfield 75 74 149
Debbie Warren Whittington Heath 74 75 149
Laura Collin John O'Gaunt 73 76 149
Charley Hull Kettering 72 77 149
Claire Howells Whittington Heath 76 74 150
Nikki Dunn Harrogate 77 75 152
Emma Davies Eaton 76 76 152
Kate Whitmore Sandiway 79 74 153
Sam Birks Wolstanton 79 74 153
Emma Clegg Clitheroe 77 76 153
Jenna Birch Royal Lytham 77 76 153
Caroline Marron Bromborough 79 75 154
Stephanie Evans Vale of Llangollen 77 77 154
Fiona Briggs Lakeside 84 71 155
Lisa Barton Coventry 79 76 155
Julie Brown Brockton Hall 79 76 155
Emma Harris Peel 77 78 155
Anna Rock Kidderminster 77 80 157
Elisabeth Haycock Moseley 83 75 158
Charlotte Austwick Pike Hills 78 80 158
Shelby Smart Knowle 82 77 159
Danielle Anderson Rochford Hundred 82 77 159
Sophie Stubbs Market Drayton 80 79 159
Jane Binning Frilford Heath 84 76 160
Nicola Rawlinson Leyland 83 77 160
Alison Smith Whittington Heath 82 79 161
Alice Barnes West Chiltington 81 80 161
Karen Clayton Manchester 81 80 161
Mary Maclaren Wellingborough 83 79 162
Jamie Lee Casling Brickhampton Court 82 83 165
Megan Perry Kidderminster 81 84 185
Meghan Maclaren Wellingborough 87 79 166
Charlotte Leathem Styal 83 84 167
Emily Munford Oxley Park 80 87 167
Charlotte Stanton Oxley Park 84 85 169
Tracey Higgins Beau Desert 87 84 171
Anne Fern Willesley Park 86 88 174
Sue Westall Copt Heath 89 88 177
Nicole Shaw West Essex 94 85 179
Mary Upson Moor Hall 87 93 180
Helen Biggs Burton on Trent 89 93 182

Ulster's easy win in opening U-18 match

Ulster, seeking to win the title for the first time, had a convincing 7 1/2-1 1/2 win over Connacht win on the opening day of the Under-18 girls' inter-provincial matches at Woodenbridge Golf Club, Co Wicklow today.
Meanwhile, Leinster and Munster drew 4 1/2-4 1/2.
Details:
LEINSTER 4½, MUNSTER 4½
Foursomes
Patrice Delaney & Carla Reynolds lost to Emma O’Driscoll & Laura McCarthy 2&1.
Sarah Murray & Anna Courtney halved with Eadaoin Cronin & Sinead Sexton.
Lauren Murray & Amy Farrell bt Julie Coyne & Jenny Hennessy 4&3.
Singles
Patrice Delaney bt Emma O’Driscoll 1 hole.
Carla Reynolds lost to Laura McCarthy 5&4.
Niamh O’Connor bt Michelle McCarthy 2&1.
Sarah Murray lost to Julie Coyne 2 holes.
Anna Courtney bt Edel Coyne 4 and 3.
Terri Byrne lost to Sinead Sexton 5&4.

ULSTER 7½, CONNACHT 1½
Foursomes
Sarah Louise Winter & Tara Gribben bt Sarah Helly & Daryl Conroy 3&2.
Megan Thompson & Kelsey Coey lost to Julie O’Gara & Aisling Hill 2&1.
Paula Grant & Erin Connolly bt Aoife McHale & Amy Gaynor 3&1.
Singles
Lisa Maguire bt Sarah Helly 2&1.
Sarah Louise Winter bt Daryl Conroy 3&2.
Tara Gribben bt Julie O’Gara 3&2.
Kelsey Coey halved Aoife McHale.
Paula Grant bt Amy Gaynor 4&3.
Erin Connolly bt Aishling Hill 5&3.
THURSDAY'S PROGRAMME
CONNACHT v MUNSTER 0
Foursomes
Sarah Helly & Amy Gaynor v Emma O'Driscoll & Laura McCarthy.
Daryl Conroy & Aoife McHale v Julie Coyne & Edel Coyne.
Julie O'Gara & Aishling Hill v Eadoiin Cronin & Sinead Sexton.
ULSTER v LEINSTER
Foursomes
Leona Maguire & Lisa Maguire v Patrice Delaney & Carla Reynolds.
Sarah Louise Winter & Tara Gribben v Sarah Murray & Anna Courtney.
Paula Grant & Erin Connolly v Lauren Murray & Amy Farrel.
FRIDAY'S PROGRAMME
MUNSTER v ULSTER
LEINSTER v CONNACHT

Liz Keohone topples Ayrshire

top seed Rachael McQueen

Top seed Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) was toppled in the quarter-finals of the Ayrshire women's county golf championship at Glasgow Gailes today.
She went down by 4 and 3 to the No 8 qualifier Liz Keohone (Loudoun) who will play 18-year-old nine-handicapper Hannah Gaunt (Troon) in the first semi-final.
Hannah, the No 4 seed, had a very good 19th hole win over fifth qualifier Ros Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas) in the quarter-finals.
The other semi-final is Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie), the 2004 county champion, and Lesley Hendry (Routenburn), title-winner in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Alex is the No 3 seed and Lesley the No 2 seed.
Results:
First round
R McQueen (Troon Ladies) bt G Arnott (Kilbirnie) 3 and 2.
L Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) bt L Parry (Irvine) 5 and 4.
R Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas) bt L Williamson (Kilmarnock Barassie) 3 and 2.
H Gaunt (Troon Ladies) bt B Beckett (Caprington) 3 and 2.
A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) bt E Taylor (Troon Ladies) 3 and 2.
A Thompson (Loudoun Gowf) bt R Donaldson (Troon Ladies) 6 and 5.
G Smith (Ardeer) bt J West (Irvine) 5 and 4.
L Hendry (Routenburn) bt L Allan (West Kilbride) 2 holes.
Quarter-finals
Keohone bt McQueen 4 and 3.
Gaunt bt Purdom at 19th.
Glennie bt Thompson at 20th.
Hendry bt Smith 2 and 1.

Helen squeezes through at 19th

to earn semi-final against Kylie

The second, third and fourth seeds - Anna Telfer, Laura McGeachy and Nichola Ferguson - failed to make it through to the last four in the Dunbartonshire & Argyll women's county golf championship at Hayston Golf Club today (Wed).
One up on the 18th tee against Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) in the quarter-finals, Clober's Nichola Ferguson drove out of bounds and with her second shot found a bunker. At the 19th, Nichola had to chip out from behind a tree and Helen, pictured right, sank a 28ft putt for a place in this morning's semi-finals (9am and 9.10) against top seed and defending champion Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle).
The other semi-final features No 6 qualifier Kirstin Scott (Milngavie), conqueror by 2 and 1 of Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) against No 10 Fiona McLean (Hilton Park), who was a 2 and 1 winner over Anna Telfer (Milngavie).
The Bronze champion final between Morag Dunan (Milngavie) Kirkintilloch junior Jorden Ferrie will tee off at 9.20am.
Results:
First round - K Walker (Buchanan Castle) bt P Cawley (Cardross) 4 and 3, L McColl (Bearsden) bt S Tryon (Gleddoch) 5 and 4, H Faulds (Douglas Park) bt S Hay (Kirkintilloch) 5 and 4, N Ferguson (Clober) bt I Harvie (St Rule) 6 and 5, L McGeachy (Windyhill) bt L Moffat (Helensburgh) 1 hole, K Scott (Milngavie) bt B Robertson (Helensburgh) 7 and 6, F McLean (Hilton Park) bt L Campbell (Cardross) 2 holes, A Telfer (Milngavie) bt E Young (Balmore) 1 hole.

Quarter-finals - Walker bt McColl 6 and 5, Faulds bt Ferguson at 19th, Scott bt McGeachy 2 and 1, McLean bt Telfer 4 and 2.
BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-finals - M Dunan (Milngavie) bt M Charters (Hayston) 1 hole, J Ferrie (Kirkintilloch) bt A Byiers (Milngavie) 7 and 6.

Megan Briggs top seed as she bids

for Renfrewshire title four-timer

Scotland international Megan Briggs is bidding to win the Renfrewshire women's county golf championship for a fourth year in a row at Whitecraigs Golf Club this week.
The 19-year-old Kilmacolm player, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency at last September's Women's Home Internationals at Wrexham, made a good start by leading the 16 match-play qualifiers today in cold, raw and windy conditions with a round of 74, one more than the CSS.
Megan is seeded to meet the No 2 qualifier, Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze), the 2003 champion, in Friday's final. Clare-Marie had a 75.
Third best qualifier was Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) with a 76. Donna, a record 10 times county champion between 1989 and 2005, was the last player to win the Renfrewshire title four years in a row. She did it from 1989 to 1992.
Megan Briggs' 15-year-old sister Eilidh, whom she beat 4 and 3 in last year's final, qualified in fourth place with a 78. That puts the Briggs girls in the same half of the draw so a repeat of last year is impossible.
MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
SSS 72. CSS 73 (field of 55 players)

74 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm).

75 Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze).

76 Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle).

78 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm).

80 Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle).

81 Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle), Carol White (Windyhill), Linda Stevenson (Whitecraigs).

82 Beth Paterson (Eastwood).

84 Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry).

85 Linda McDougall (Greenock).

86 Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle), Liz Stewart (Greenburn).

87 Eva Thomson (East Renfrewshire).

DRAW

Top half
9.15 M Briggs v E Thomson.

9.22 C Whyte v G McGinlay.

9.30 G Kyle v Linsey Stevenson.

9.37 L McDougall v E Briggs.

Lower half
9.45 D Jackson v J Mack.

9.52 B Paterson v A McKechin.

10.0 N Qayum v Linda Stevenson.

10.07 L Stewart v C-M Carlton.

Quarter-finals at 1.30, 1.37, 1.45 and 1.52.

Joy day for Meigle student in Colorado

Jacqueline Sneddon scores

first win in United States

Jacqueline Sneddon, a second-year student at Grand Canyon University, Arizona, has scored her first victory in the United States.
Jacqueline, from Meigle, Perthshire, kept her head after a triple bogey at the final hole in the 36-hole Maverick Invite women's college tournament at Redlands Mesa Golf Club at Grand Junction, Colorado cost her victory within the regulation distance.
That late, late slip meant Jacqueline had to go into a sudden-death play-off with Sadie Peavler (Mesa State College) who had led the Scot by eight shots with a first-round 69 over the par-72, 6452. They tied on 155 at the head of a field of 31 players, Jacqueline, pictured right, scoring 77 and 78 to Sadie's 69 and 86.
And the first hole of the play-off was the 18th hole which Miss Sneddon had messed up a few minutes earlier.
But Jacqeline made no mistake this time. She actually had a chance of a birdie but could not hole the putt although a par figure was good enough to beat her opponent and win the title.
Her previous best performance in a US women's college tournament was a joint second finish.
"It was really exciting to get a chance to play the last hole again and play it like I knew I could," said Jacqueline whose outstanding display enabled Grand Canyon to win the team title by three shots from Mesa State College in a field of six teams.
"We all played solid. It's great for our team to get a win under our belt going into our last tournament."
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72) 6452yd
155 Jacqueline Sneddon (Grand Canyon University) 77 78, Sadie Peavler (Mesa State College) 69 86.
157 Jennifer Lutz (Grand Canyon University) 77 78.
Field of 31 players.
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
648 Grand Canyon University.
651 Mesa State College.
696 Regis University.
Field of six teams.

Natasha Podmore off form for

West Conference championship

Natasha Podmore (San Francisco University) from Warrington finished joint 13th in a small field of 25 for the West Coast Conference women's college championship at Hiddenbrooke Golf Club, Vallejo in California.

Two courses were used, both par 72. The first two rounds were played over a 5974yd lay-out, the final round over a 6003 course.

For whatever reason, Natasha, pictured right, played well below her best. She had rounds of 76, 82 and 80 for 238. She had no birdies at all in her second and third rounds. The first hole cost her a double bogey 6 in both the first and second rounds.

Jayvie Agojo (Pepperdine) won by seven shots with a total of 221, made up of rounds of 72, 74 and 75.

Her nearest rivals were team-mate Kaitlin Droison with 77, 76 and 75, and Gonzaga University's Rachel Sibbit with 76, 77 and 75.

Pepperdine (905) won the team title ahead of San Francisco (923) in a field of only five teams.

Harper, Leeds make top 30 at Roswell

Odessa College, Texas team-mates Kris Harper from Carnoustie and Ross Leeds from Glenfarg finished joint 20th and joint 27th respectively in a field of 60 players for the NJCAA Region V Championship at Roswell, New Mexico (April 13-14).
Harper had scores of 73, 75 and 72 for a total of four-over-par 220 and Leeds scored 72, 77 and 72 for 221 over a par-72, 6652yd course.
Henrich Frylinck (Midland College) won by a shot with scores of 67, 71 and70 for 208.
Midland (847) won the team title by 13 shots from McLennan CC and Frank Phillips College. Odessa (881) came sixth in a field of nine.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) 6652yd
208 Henrich Frylinck (Midland) 67 71 70.
209 Zach Fullerton (NMJC) 71 68 70.
Selected scores:
220 Kris Harper (Odessa) 73 75 72 (jt 20th).
221 Ross Leeds (Odessa) 72 77 72(jt 27th).
Field of 60 players.
LEADING TEAMS
847 Midland.
860 McLennan, Frank Phillips College.
Selected score:
881 Odessa (6th of 9).

Adam Lindsay makes top 10

at Brickyard Crossing

Banchory's Adam Lindsay, a student at Iowa Wesleyan College, followed up the sixth win on the US college golf circuit by finished joint ninth in a field of 75 players for the NAIA Classic at Brickyard Crossing Golf Club, Indianapolis (April 14).

Lindsay, coming up to the end of his four years in America, had scores of 72 and 74 for a total of 146 over the par-72, 6994yd course. Graeme Molloy from Glasgow, a student at Grand View College, Des Moines, came joint 32nd with 77 and 74 for 151.

Dusty Drenth (St Ambrose University) won with 72 and 68 for six-under-par 140.

Editor's note: If you have ever heard of a golf club with a worse sounding name than "Brickyard Crossing," please E-mail it to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Grant Carnie joint second at

Etowah Valley Country Club

Newburgh on Ythan GC member Grant Carnie from Ellon, Aberdeenshire - a student at Brevard College, North Carolina, finished joint second in the Independent Collegiate Invite one-round men's golf tournament at Etowah Valley Country Club, Etowah in North Carolina (on April 13).

Carnie returned a two-under-par 70 over the 6,796yd course to tie with team-mate Brett McGaughey, one shot behind the winner, Rylan Lanham (West Carolina) in a field of 86 players.

Carnie, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, is one of four Scots on the Brevard College golf roster.

Craig Galloway from Calder, West Lothian finished joint 34th on 77; Myles Johnston from Bo'ness shared 44th place on 78 and Aberdonian Tom Rennie, a member at Deeside GC, tied for 53rd place on 79.

Brevard College headed a field of 14 squads in the team event with a total of 291, three ahead of Barton College.

Neil Henderson best of Scots in

Palisades Classic at Charlotte

North Berwick's Neil Henderson, a student at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, finished joint 33rd in a field of 86 for the Palisades Collegiate Classic at Palisades Country Club, Charlotte in North Carolina (April 13-14).
Former Scottish boys cap Lewis Kirton (Louisville) from Oldmeldrum) tied for 45th place.
Baberton GC member Paul Ferrier, the 2007 Scottish boys champion and a student at Charlotte University, shared 53rd place.
Henderson, a former Scottish schoolboys title-holder and past Scottish junior champion of champions, had rounds of 72, 73 and 76 for an aggregate of 221 over the par-72, 6,797yd course.
Kirton scored 76, 70 and 80 for 226 while Ferrier had rounds of 79, 73 and 75 for 227.
Stephen Keane from Glasgow,a student at Belmont Abbey College, finished 83rd with scores of 80, 78 and 81 for 239.
Mike Van Sickle (Marquette University) won by two shots with scores of 69, 65 and 66 for 16-under-par 200.
LEADING TOTALS
Individuals
Par 216 (3 x 72). 6797yd
200 Mike Van Sickle (Marquette) 69 65 66.
202 Vincent Nadeau (VCU) 67 66 70.
Selected British & Irish scores:
216 Chris Carvill (Belmont Abbey College) 70 67 77 (jt 18th).
221 Neil Henderson (Old Dominion) 72 73 76 (jt 33rd).
226 Lewis Kirton(Louisville) 76 70 80 (jt 45th).
227 Paul Ferrier (Charlotte) 79 73 75 (jt 53rd).
239 Stephen Keane (Belmont Abbey College) 80 78 81 (83rd).
Field of 86 players.
Teams
836 VCU. 843 Louisville. 858 Marquette. 8968 Old Dominion. Field of 15 teams.

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Classy Kylie leads D&A county

qualifiers by five strokes

Defending champion Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) looked different class when she headed the 16 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the Dunbartonshire & Argyll women's county golf championship by five strokes at Hayston Golf Club today.
Kylie, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, shot a 71, which matched par, the standard scratch and the CSS, on a dry and cold, occasionally breezy day.
Anna Telfer (Milngavie), Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) and Nichola (Clober) all had the next best score of 76. Anna's inward half earned her the No 2 seeding in the opposite half of the draw from Kylie Walker, while the card countback made Laura the third best qualifier and Nichola the fourth.
MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
Par 71. SSS 71. CSS 71
71 Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle).
76 Anna Telfer (Milngavie) bih, Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) bih, Nichola Ferguson (Clober).
77 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park).
83 Kirstin Scott (Milngavie).
84 Lorraine Campbell (Cardross).
85 Sarah Tryon (Gleddoch).
86 Lynn McColl (Bearsden).
88 Fiona McLean (Hilton Park).
89 Babs Robertson (Helensburgh).
90 Sandra Hay (Kirkintilloch), Isabel Harvey (St Rule).
92 Linda Moffat (Helensburgh) bih, Enid Young (Balmore).
96 Penny Cawley (Cardross).
DRAW
Walker v Cawley, McColl v Tryon, Faulds v Hay, Harvey v Ferguson, McGeachy v Moffat, Roberts v Scott, Campbell v McLean, Young v Telfer.
BRONZE QUALIFIERS
92 Margaret Charters (Hayston).
95 Jorden Ferrie (Kirkintilloch).
101 Anne Byiers (Milngavie).
103 Morag Dunan (Milngavie).

Rachel McQueen top seed for

Ayrshire county championship

Rachel McQueen (Troon Ladies), who has never won the title, headed the 16 qualifiers for the match-play stages of the Ayrshire women's county golf championship at Glasgow Gailes Golf Club today.
Playing off the blue tees, scratch player Rachel returned a six-over-par 77 on a relatively wind-free day over a course in excellent condition, particularly the greens.
Hard on Rachel's heels were two former county champions, Lesley Hendry (Routenburn), who has a handicap of 2, with a 78 and six-handicapper Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) a 79.
Morag McPherson was unable to defend the title due to examinations.
MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
Blue tees: Par 71
77 R McQueen (Troon Ladies).
78 L Hendry (Routenburn).
79 A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie).
80 H Gaunt (Troon Ladies), R Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas).
83 A Thompson (Loudoun Gowf).
84 G Smith (Ardeer).
85 L Keohone (Loudoun Gowf).
86 L Parry (Irvine), J West (Irvine).
87 R Donaldson (Troon Ladies).
88 L Williamson (Kilmarnock Barassie).
89 B Beckett (Caprington), E Taylor (Troon Ladies), L Allan (West Kilbride), G Arnott (Kilbirnie).
DRAW (9am) (Yellow tees)
McQueen v Arnott, Parry v Keohone, Purdom v Williamson, Beckett v Gaunt, Glennie v Taylor, Donaldson v Thompson, Smith v West, Allan v Hendry.

Scottish Golf Awareness Week

Get a Scottish Golf Card and save

50% of green fee at over 70 clubs

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY SCOTTISH GOLF UNION
To kick-start the Scottish Golf Awareness Week, the SGU and SLGA have launched the Scottish Golf Card exclusively for golf club members as an added incentive, enabling them to take advantage of a 50% reduction off standard green fees at golf clubs participating in the programme.
The new initiative has hit the ground running with over 70 clubs now accepting the Scottish Golf Card across the country, with that total increasing daily.
For just £10, the card - the first of its type launched by the SGU and SLGA - will enable club members to take advantage of great savings as well as help clubs to increase capacity on their fairways.
Scottish Golf Development Manager Andy Salmon commented: “I am delighted with the initial response to the Scottish Golf Card by both clubs and members alike. The number of clubs taking the Golf Card is increasing all the time which gives greater choice and value to golf club members.
"The benefits are twofold, in addition to this reward for membership, clubs can increase volume on their courses, so this really is a win, win situation.
“I would urge any club which is concerned about decreasing memberships and revenues to promote the card to their members and accept card holders at their course.”
He concluded: “In the current climate golf club members like everyone else are looking for added value and ways of cutting costs and the Scottish Golf Card can reap great benefits for those wanting to take a short golfing break or golfing holiday in Scotland, or for those who just like to play other courses.”
Among the fantastic courses already signed up to the initiative are:
*Marriot Dalmahoy in Edinburgh.
*The ancient links of Royal Montrose.
*The superb Murcar Links
to name but a few, with more clubs indicating they will come on board shortly.
The card can make a great gift to a friend or colleague or yourself with the whole season ahead of you.
To purchase simply phone 01334 466 477 or visit the Scottish Golf Union website to download an application form www.scottishgolf.org.
Memberships are verified with your club before the card is issued.
Kate Weldon
Communications Manager
Scottish Golf Union

Hannah named Big 12 Golfer of Month, then
comes 3rd in Oklahoma

Hannah Burke, a student at Baylor University, Texas, had very good week on the American college golf circuit.
She was named as the Big 12 Conference Golfer of the Month of March for a number of high-placed finishes.
AND Hannah finished joint third in a field of 89 players for the Berning Classic women's college event at the Jimmie Austin Golf Club in Norman, Oklahoma.
Miss Burke, picture by courtesy of the English Women's Golf Association, scored 78, 79 and 74 for a total of 231, six shots behind the winner, Kendall Dye (Oklahoma) with 77-75-73.
Although Oklahoma players finished 1-2 in the event - Ellon Mueller was second on 229 - it was Baylor who won the team title, thanks to Hannah Burke's stout effort and the fact that Baylor managed to have four players finish in the top 20.
Baylor (941) won by three shots from Oklahoma in a field of 15 teams
Incidentally, another English player, Laura Jones, a student at Oklahoma City University, finished tied 56th on 253 with disappointing scores of 82, 89 and 82.

Leona Maguire, Holly

Clyburn win French

junior finals

Leona Maguire, one of the Irish talented twins, won the French lady junior championship at St Cloud Golf Club, Paris today.
The 14-year-old member of the Slieve Russell club near the town of Cavan in Co Cavan, Northern Ireland won a cut-and-thrust 36-hole final against Karla Spilkova (Czech Republic) that went all the way, by one hole.
Leona, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, who was the sixth qualifier for the match-play stages, thus won the Esmond Trophy. Spilkova was the No 9 qualifier.
Last year Leona won the Cartier Trophy for girls Under-18 who fail to qualify for the main championship.
Today that was won by 18-year-old Holly Clyburn from Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. Holly beat Spain's Noemi Jimenez Martin by 4 and 3 in the final.
Leona Maguire is the reigning Irish women's amateur champion. She beat sister Lisa in the final last year.

James Byrne 67th in Thunderbird Invitational

Banchory's James Byrne finished joint 67th in a field of 96 players for the Arizona State University Thunderbird Invitational over its Karsten course at Tempe, Arizona.
Byrne, an Arizona State student, had rounds of 72, 78 and 72 for a total of six-over-par 222.
The tournament finished in a tie between Byrne's Arizona State team-mate, Germany's Stephan Gross with 69, 70 and 71 for six-under 210, the same total of Steve Saunders (New Mexico) with 69, 73 and 68.
English student Andrew Cooley (San Diego State) scored 72, 72 and 72 for a share of 55th place on 220.
Arizona State (838) won the team title ahead of Denver and San Diego State, both on 856 and Texas Christian (857) in a field of 10 teams.

MICHAEL STEWART JUST MAKES TOP 30 AT COLUMBUS

Michael Stewart (East Tennessee State), last year's Scottish boys' match-play champion, finished joint 29th in a field of 74 players at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate, played over the Ohio State University's Scarlet course at Colombus, Ohio.
Michael had rounds of 74, 83 and 74 for a total of 223 over the par-71, 7,455yd course - and that's quite a long one!
Brad Wright (Ohio State) won the title with scores of 71, 71 and76 for 218 - two shots ahead of Josh Dupont (Northwestern) with 75, 75 and 70.
Michael's team-mate Seamus Power scored 72, 73 and 76 for a shared of third place with Ben Pisani (Minnesota) (78-71-72).
Two other East Tennessee State students, Rhys Enoch and Paul Kane shared sixth place on 223. Enoch scored 74, 76 and 73, O'Kane 72 75 73.
Northwestern (892) pipped East Tennessee State by two strokes for the team title in a field of 13 teams.

TOM OLIVER MAKES TOP TEN IN INDIANA

Nottingham's Tom Oliver, a student at Purdue University, Ohio, had rounds of 74, 72 and 70 for a total of 216 and joint 10th place over a par-71, 6813yd course for the Hoosier Invitational men's college tournament at IU Golf Course, Bloomington, Indiana.
Spaniard Jorge Campillo (Indiania) won the individual honours with scores of 68, 67 and68 for a 10-under-par tally of 203. He had five shots to spare over runner-up and team-mate David Erdy who had rounds of 70, 68 and 70 for 208.
Indiana (839) won the team title ahead of Eastern Kentucky (866) in a field of 15 teams.

KIRSTY JT 20th IN LADIES' MID WEST SHOOTOUT

Welsh women's amateur champion Kirsty O'Connor, a student at Ball State University, tied for 20th place in a field of 64 at the Ladies Mid West Shootout college tournament at Kampen Golf club, West Lafayette.
Kristy scored 82 and 79 in the 36-hole one-day event. Her total of 161was 14 shots behind the winner, Canadian Maude Aimee Leblanc (Purdue) who had rounds of 76 and 71 for 147 and a two-shot win from Mercedes Germino (Kent State) (74-75).
Kent State (610) won the team event from Vanderbilt (615) with Ball State (624) third of the ll competing teams.

GEMMA JT EIGHTH IN KENTUCKY SPRING INVITATIONAL

Gemma Hardie (Central Arkansas) finished joint eighth in a field of 102 playeres for the EKU Spring Invitational women's college tournament at Arlington Golf Club, Richmond, Kentucky at the weekend. She had scores of 76, 78 and 77 for a total of 231 over the par-72, 5817yd course.
Andrea Downer (Murray State) from Bramley, Surrey finished in a tie for 23rd place on 236 with scores of 77, 76 and 83.
Georgina Hunt (Toledo) (75-74-74) and Stephany Fleet (Eastern Michigan) 75 73-75) tied for victory on seven-over-par 223, finished seven shots ahead of the third-place competitor.
Toledo (912) won the team title ahead of Central Arkansas (919) with Eastern Michian (923) third of 18 teams.

Leona Maguire and Holly Clyburn in the two

finals at French lady junior championship

Irish twin Leona Maguire is through to the 36-hole final of the French lady junior championship for the Esmond Trophy at Paris St Cloud on Monday.
Leona's opponent will be the Czech Republic player, Klara Spilkova.
Leona was the sixth qualifier and Sophia the No 9 seed.
England girl international Holly Clyburn has birdied her way into the final of the Cartier Trophy which is for Under-18s who failed to qualify for the Esmond Trophy.
The 18-year-old produced three consecutive birdies to close out her semi-final opponent and now plays Noemi Jiminez Martin of Spain to decide the destination of the trophy.
Holly, from Woodhall Spa, is playing in this event for the first time and she’s produced superb golf throughout the match-play stages – in which every one of her opponents has been Spanish.
In today's quarter-finals, Holly beat Mandy Goyos whose mother comes from Lancashire by 4 and 3 and then, in the semi-final, the Lincolnshire lass beat Joana Yanes 4 and 2.

Full details: www.ffgolf.org

Louise Kenney regains Fife title

Scotland international Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) regained the Fife women’s county championship at Kirkcaldy Golf Club today (Sunday). Schoolteacher Louise, the top seed, beat Scottish seniors match-play champion Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) 4 and 3 in the final which was a tight match until the closing holes when Kenney stretched her lead.
Kenney, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency at last year's women's home internationals at Wrexham, was beaten at the 23rd in last year's final by Fiona Hastie (St Regulus), who had also been champion in 2007. Mrs Hastie's bid for a title hat-trick foundered at the 19th in Saturday's quarter-finals. The No 2 qualifier, Fiona was beaten by Diane Watson (Lundin Ladies) after being two up on the 17th tee. Fiona then lost the 17th and 18th to be pulled back to square and Watson won at the 19th.

Results:
QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY
Par 72. SSS 74. CSS 77.
76 L Kenney (Pitreavie).
79 F Hastie (St Regulus).
80 K Sharp (Kirkcaldy).
81 E Moffat (St Regulus).
82 A Wilton (Ladybank), D Ford (Scotscraig), L Rolland (Dunfermline).
85 K Webster (Ladybank), L Dyball (Pitreavie), D Watson (Lundin Ladies), L Bennett (Ladybank).
86 J Peden (Dunfermline), E Wilson (Elie & Earlsferry).
87 C Steedman (Pitreavie), R Hanlon (St Regulus).
88 K Honeyman (Thornton).
MATCH-PLAY
First round – Kenney bt Honeyman 8 and 7, Dyball bt Webster at 19th, Wilton bt Peden 5 and 4, Moffat bt Wilson 3 and 1, Sharp bt Steedman 4 and 2, Bennett bt Ford 4 and 3, Watson bt Rolland 2 and 1, Hastie bt Hanlon 1 hole.
Quarter-finals – Kenney bt Dyball 7 and 6, Wilton bt Moffat at 19th, Bennett bt Sharp 4 and 3, Watson bt Hastie 1 hole.
Semi-finals – Kenney bt Wilton 4 and 3, Bennett bt Watson 5 and 3.
Final – Kenney bt Bennett 4 and 3.