Ladies European Tour Scoreboard
LADIES GERMAN OPEN
Golfpark Gut Hausen, nr Munich
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
202 Paula Marti (Spa) 67 69 66
203 Martina Eberl (Ger) 71 65 67
206 Melissa Reid 68 67 71, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 65 67 74
207 Trish Johnson (USA) 71 69 67
208 Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 66 72 70
209 Anna-Lise Caudal (Fra) 70 70 69, Emma Cabrera Bello (Spa) 66 72 71
210 Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 71 71 68, Lydia Hall 74 70 66, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 71 70 69, Katharina Schallenberg (Ger) 71 70 69
211 Anja Monke (Ger) 71 70 70, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 70 71 70
212 Sophie Walker 70 70 72
213 Iben Tinning (Den) 72 73 68, Georgina Simpson 75 70 68, Joanne Morley 72 72 69, Anna Knutsson (Swe) 72 71 70, Lucie Andre (Fra) 71 74 68
214 Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 71 73 70, Lee-Anne Pace (USA) 74 72 68, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 72 72 70
215 Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 71 74 70, Beatriz Recari (Spa) 71 71 73, Jessica Ji (Kor) 68 74 73, Isabella Maconi (Ita) 72 70 73
216 Bettina Hauert (Ger) 72 70 74, Lynn Kenny 68 77 71, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 74 70 72, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 71 74 71, Stefania Croce (Ita) 67 75 74, Krystle Caithness 72 73 71, Diana Luna (Ita) 74 72 70
217 Felicity Johnson 72 74 71, Vikki Laing 73 71 73, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 69 76 72, Julie Greciet (Fra) 75 70 72, Breanne Loucks 73 72 72, Maria Boden (Swe) 72 70 75, Amanda Moltke-Leth (Den) 74 70 73, Anna Tybring (Swe) 71 70 76
218 Karen Lunn (Aus) 67 79 72, Lotta Maria Wahlin (Swe) 73 70 75, Becky Brewerton 71 74 73, Federica Piovano (Ita) 72 72 74, Rebecca Hudson 71 74 73, Joanne Mills (Aus) 75 71 72, Martina Gillen 73 71 74, Henrietta Zuel 74 70 74, Samantha Head 72 71 75, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 72 74 72
219 Beth Allen (USA) 71 72 76, Elena Giraud (Fra) 72 69 78
220 Lisa Hall 73 72 75, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 73 71 76, Laura Gonzales Escallon (Bel) 76 70 74, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 73 73 74, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 69 74 77, Claire Aitken 71 73 76, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 73 72 75, Clare Queen 69 75 76
221 Zuzana Masinova (Cze) 72 72 77, Laura Terebey (USA) 72 74 75
222 Kiran Matharu 73 73 76, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 73 72 77

There's more to Amanda Blumenherst

than golfing skills ....

United States Curtis Cup player Amanda Blumenherst, in her final weeks as a senior student at Duke University, has been awarded the Dinah Shore Trophy Award by the LPGA Foundation. The Dinah Shore Trophy Award recognises a female US collegiate golfer who excels in both academics and athletics. The nominees must also demonstrate outstanding leadership skills and community service.

Blumenherst, who also received the 2008 Dinah Shore Trophy Award, will earn her degree at Duke in history, with minors in English and theatre studies.

Blumenherst, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency in action in last year's Curtis Cup match over the Old Course, St Andrews, has maintained an impressive 3.81 GPA and 72.86 scoring average this season.

As part of the Dinah Shore Trophy Award, Duke University’s women’s golf program will receive a $10,000 grant. The award and the grant are both funded through The LPGA Foundation’s Dinah Shore Scholarship Fund and the Friends of Golf (FOG) organization.

During her four years at Duke, Blumenherst has been an active member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), serving on the executive board three of those years. She was also the lead organiser of Project Share, a Duke student-athlete-run program in which athletes ‘adopt’ families at Christmas time and provide them with presents for the holidays.

This past year, Blumenherst has played an active role in many initiatives, including Habitat for Humanity, Blue Devil Days – a panel of Duke student-athletes who help promote Duke athletics to prospective student-athletes – and an event called MLK “Million Meals.” This event allowed members of the women’s golf team to help package meals to be sent world-wide for populations in need of hunger relief.

Maria Hernandez and Arizona

University win NCAA titles

Arizona University won the NCAA Division 1 women's team championship for the first time since 1998 and Maria Hernandez (Purdue University) followed in the footsteps of another Spanish player, Azahara Munoz (Arizona University) as winner of the individual title at Caves Valley, Maryland.

With her victory, Hernandez, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, from the Spanish "bull run city" of Pampolona, may have sealed her national player of the year title. She won six times this season including her second Big Ten title. In the final round at Caves Valley, she birdied two of her last three holes to shoot 71 and finish at one-over 289, one shot ahead of Jennifer Song (Souothern California) and two clear of Sweden's Pernila Lindberg (Oklahoma State).

“I don’t think I believe it right now,” Hernandez said. “I knew today that I had to go all out.”

Maria, who has completed her four years at Purdue University, is ranked No 7 on the women's college circuit. She is in the field - as are Pernilla Lindberg, Azahara Munoz, Carlota Ciganda and most of the leading Europeans - for next month's British women's open amateur championship at Royal St David's Golf Club, Harlech in North Wales.

Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart, after another very good season for New Mexico University, never touched that kind of form in the end-of-season championship.

Jodi, from Catterick, finished joint 39th in the field of 126 with scores of 78, 73, 78 and 75 for 16-over-par 304.

The other English player in the field, the 2007 English girls champion Ellie Givens (Denver University) from Darlington finished joint 63rd on 21-over-par 309 with scores of 73, 80, 80 and 76.

Scotland's Gemma Webster (Ohio State) scored 87, 87, 77 and then an excellent last round of 71 - a fitting way to end her US college golf career - for a total of 322 and 109th place.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS

Par 288 (4 x 72)

289 Maria Hernandez (Purdue) 74 72 72 71.

290 Jennifer Song (Southern California) 72 73 71 74.

291 Pernilla Lindberg (Oklahoma State) 74 72 76 69.

293 Amanda Blumenherst (Duke) 75 73 74 71, Azahara Munoz (Arizona State) 78 71 72 72.

294 Nannette Hill (Wake Forest) 72 71 79 782, Calle Nielson (Virginia) 75 76 71 72.

295 Alice Kim (UC Davis) 74 75 70 76, Maria Jose Uribe (UCLA) 75 66 77 77.

296 Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine) 74 69 78 75.

297 Carlota Ciganda (Arizona State) 74 76 75 72, Stephanie Connelly (UCF) 72 74 75 76, Cindy LaCrosse (Louisville) 76 786 75 70, Stephanie Sherlock (Denver) 70 73 79 75, Jaclyn Sweeney (Arizona State) 76 77 69 75.

Selected totals:

304 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 78 73 78 75 (jt 39th).

309 Ellie Givens (Denvere) 73 80 80 76 (jt 63rd).

322 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 87 87 77 71 (109th).

LEADING TEAM TOTALS

1181 Arizona State.

1190 UCLA.

1191 Southern California.

1199 Oklahoma State.

1206 Denver.

1207 Duke.

1210 North Carolina.

1212 Virginia.

1213 Pepperdine.

24 Teams took part.

95th Scottish women's amateur closed championship final

Scotland's new women's amateur golf champion - Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm Golf Club). Image by Gillian Kirkwood. Click on it to enlarge.

Clark Rosebowl winner Sammy Vass (Tain), left, Southerness GC captain Ian Wilson, and new Scottish champion Megan Briggs (image by Gillian Kirkwood).

The four players who contested the semi-finals. Left to right: Jane Turner (Mortonhall), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) and Elaine Moffat (St Regulus). Image by Gillian Kirkwood.

Photos taken last week of the Scottish Championship trophy winners,
finalists and semifinalists can be found on the Kirkwoodgolf Picasa site

Megan Briggs is new Scottish champion-

4&3 win in final over Louise Kenney

Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) is the 95th Scottish women's closed amateur champion.
She beat Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) by 4 and 3 in the 18-hole final at Southerness Golf Club on the north shore of the Solway Firth this morning.
Megan, one down after two holes, took a grip on the final by winning four holes in a row from the fifth with par figures.
At the turn, the 19-year-old Renfrewshire county champion for the past four years and a Strathclyde University student, was three up on her Scotland international team-mate, Louise Kenney, a 26 year old schoolteacher
Megan has a handicap of one, Louse has a +1 rating.
Image of finalists on right (Louise, left, Megan, right) by courtesy of Fiona Farquharson, SLGA Tournament Officer. Click on it to enlarge.

FIGURES FOR FIRST NINE HOLES
Par ..........4-4-4-3-5-4-3-4-5--OUT 36
BRIGGS: 4-5-5-3-5-4-3-4-4--OUT 37 (one over par) Three up KENNEY:4-4-5-3-6-5-4-5-4--OUT 40 (three over par)

Kenney scored her first success since the second hole with a par at the short 10th. Briggs was bunkered off the tee and came out to 8ft but missed the putt. Kenney but fell back to three down again by bogeying the par-4 11th.

Kenney drove into the heather from the 11th tee, and mishit her second which just carried the ditch in front of the green. She played a good pitch but missed the putt. Briggs was on in two and, with two putts, went three up once more.
The 12th was halved in bogey 5s. Kenney drove into the bunker on the right and Megan just carried it. All Kenny could do was get it out. Megan put her second shot left of the green. Kenny hit a very good fairway wood on to the green. Megan chipped On. Kenney left her putt short but two-putted. Holed halved. Briggs still three up.

The long 13th was halved in birdie 4s and both drove well. Briggs three up with five to play.
Briggs made it back-to-back birdies with a 4 at the long 14th to go four up.

Kenney drove into the heather on the right. Briggs hit middle of the fairway with her drive. Kenney came up short of the green in two but two putted Briggs also two putts.

Both hit the green at the short 15th. Two putts head for a half in threes left Briggs the champion by 4 and 3. She holed a two-footer for the championship.

Megan, with three birdies to her credit, was one over par approximately for the holes play. Louise, who had two birdies. was roughly five over par at the finish.

The final was played in a very friendly spit. The captain of the Southerness club, Ian Wilson, remarked on it in his closing speech. Both players were very generous with their concessions.

It was quite windy - is Southerness every wind-less? - although not as bad as the qualifying days. A steady light drizzle for the first swix holes but it dried up. Not a warm day.

The scoring was disappointing with Louise Kenney probably disappointed with her driving. She had some great up and downs in the first half.

The Southerness fairways are wide but if you miss then you are often in heather and the resulting shot is unpredictable.

There is a match-play saying that you play your good golf getting to the final, not usually in it. That is almost certainly true as far as Louise Kenney is concerned. She peaked in her quarter-final win over the No 2 seed, Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle), in which she had back-to-back eagles on the inward half and was four under par in winning by 3 and 2.

FIGURES FOR SECOND NINE HOLES
Par-------3-4-4-5-5-3
BRIGGS: 4-4-5-4-4-3
KENNEY 3-5-5-4-5-3

WHOM THEY BEAT

MEGAN BRIGGS

Qualified as No 4 seed

Round 1: Beat Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) (29th qualifier) 8 and 7.

Round 2: Beat Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies) (No 3 seed) 1 hole.

Quarter-final: Beat Laura Murray (Alford) (No 5 seed) 4 and 3.

Semi-final: Beat Jane Turner (Mortonhall) (No 8 seed) at 19th.

Final: Beat Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) (No 10 seed) 4 and 3.

LOUISE KENNEY

Qualifying in 10th position of 32

Round 1: Beat Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) (2rd qualifier) 5 and 3.

Round 2: Beat Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) (15th qualifier) 2 and 1.

Quarter-final: Bt Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) (No 2 seed) 3 and 2.

Semi-final: Bt Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) (22nd qualifier) 5 and 4.

Final: Lost to Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) (No 4 seed) 4 and 3.

US LPGA Tour Scoreboard
CORNING CLASSIC
Corning Country Club, Corning, New York State
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72) 6,223yd
1. Karine Icher (France) 64-66--130
2. Hee-Won Han 65-67--132
3. Sandra Gal (Germany) 65-69--134
3. Mikaela Parmlid (Sweden) 67-67--134
3. Seon Hwa Lee 67-67--134
3. Na Yeon Choi 66-68--134
3. Sarah Kemp 66-68--134
3. Soo-Yun Kang 65-69--134
9. Song-Hee Kim 67-68--135
9. Suzann Pettersen 67-68--135
9. Minea Blomqvist 65-70--135
9. Jimin Jeong 66-69--135
9. Reilley Rankin 67-68--135
14. Meredith Duncan 69-67--136
14. Mi Hyun Kim 69-67--136
14. Lorie Kane 70-66--136
14. Helen Alfredsson 67-69--136
14. Lindsey Wright 67-69--136
14. Beth Bader 70-66--136
20. Mika Miyazato 70-67--137
20. Nicole Castrale 66-71--137
20. Katherine Hull 68-69--137
20. Ji Young Oh 70-67--137
20. Hee Young Park 64-73--137
20. Wendy Doolan 70-67--137
26. Marcy Hart 69-69--138
26. Becky Morgan 69-69--138
26. Il Mi Chung 67-71--138
26. Natalie Gulbis 68-70--138
26. Michele Redman 72-66--138
26. Angela Stanford 69-69--138
26. Yani Tseng 68-70--138
26. Brittany Lang 70-68--138
26. In-Kyung Kim 69-69--138
26. Pat Hurst 69-69--138
26. Morgan Pressel 66-72--138
26. Paula Creamer 66-72--138
26. Sarah Lee 65-73--138
39. Janice Moodie 69-70--139
39. Amy Hung 68-71--139
39. Jamie Hullett 69-70--139
39. Stacy Prammanasudh 69-70--139
39. Vicky Hurst 70-69--139
39. Cristie Kerr 68-71--139
39. Momoko Ueda 72-67--139
39. Meena Lee 67-72--139
39. Ai Miyazato 69-70--139
39. Jiyai Shin 68-71--139
39. Jee Young Lee 72-67--139
39. Se Ri Pak 73-66--139
39. Kris Tamulis 69-70--139
52. Russy Gulyanamitta 70-70--140
52. Eunjung Yi 71-69--140
52. Na On Min 67-73--140
52. Jimin Kang 69-71--140
52. Rachel Hetherington 69-71--140
52. Alena Sharp 69-71--140
52. Sun Young Yoo 72-68--140
52. Michelle Wie 73-67--140
52. Mollie Fankhauser 70-70--140
52. Amy Yang 68-72--140
52. Stacy Lewis 71-69--140
63. Allison Hanna-Williams 70-71--141
63. Eva Dahllof 72-69--141
63. Shanshan Feng 69-72--141
63. Teresa Lu 71-70--141
63. Wendy Ward 72-69--141
63. Maria Hjorth 73-68--141
63. Brittany Lincicome 70-71--141
63. Anna Grzebien 70-71--141
63. Karen Stupples 73-68--141
63. Haeji Kang 68-73--141
63. Sung Ah Yim 70-71--141=
63. Anna Nordqvist 69-72--141
MISSED THE CUT
75. Carri Wood 69-73--142
75. Paige Mackenzie 71-71--142
75. Mindy Kim 69-73--142
75. Leah Wigger 75-67--142
75. Jill McGill 72-70--142
75. Brandie Burton 71-71--142
75. Angela Park 71-71--142
75. Louise Stahle 72-70--142
75. Shiho Oyama 69-73--142
75. Meaghan Francella 72-70--142
75. Carin Koch 71-71--142
75. Karin Sjodin 70-72--142
75. Shi Hyun Ahn 74-68--142
75. Moira Dunn 70-72--142
89. Kim Hall 71-72--143
89. Jin Joo Hong 71-72--143
89. Chella Choi 71-72--143
89. Laura Davies 72-71--143
89. Eun-Hee Ji 74-69--143
89. Sophie Gustafson 72-71--143
89. Christina Kim 71-72--143
89. Louise Friberg 72-71--143
89. Kris Tschetter 69-74--143
89. Stephanie Louden 72-71--143
89. Joo Mi Kim 72-71--143
100. Heather Bowie Young 75-69--144
100. Ashleigh Simon 70-74--144
100. Johanna Mundy 74-70--144
100. Kristy McPherson 73-71--144
100. Diana D'Alessio 71-73--144
100. Maggie Will 74-70--144
106. Erica Blasberg 72-73--145
106. Jennifer Rosales 70-75--145
106. Anna Rawson 75-70--145
106. Liselotte Neumann 74-71--145
106. Young Jo 74-71--145
106. Jeanne Cho-Hunicke 77-68--145
112. Irene Cho 71-75--146
112. Charlotte Mayorkas 75-71--146
112. M J Hur 73-73--146
112. Jeehae Lee 73-73--146
112. Becky Lucidi 77-69--146
112. Linda Wessberg 75-71--146
112. Jackie Gallagher-Smith 69-77--146
112. Marisa Baena 72-74--146
120. Katie Futcher 76-71--147
120. Inbee Park 70-77--147
120. Sophie Giquel 73-74--147
123. Brandi Jackson 76-72--148
123. Laura Diaz 76-72--148
123. Dorothy Delasin 72-76--148
123. Jin Young Pak 75-73--148
123. Sarah Jane Smith 73-75--148
128. Lisa Strom 73-76--149
128. Michelle Ellis 74-75--149
128. Tracy Hanson 71-78--149
128. Taylor Leon 73-76--149
128. Na Ri Kim 76-73--149
128. Candie Kung 75-74--149
128. Allison Fouch 74-75--149
128. Kyeong Bae 74-75--149
128. Laurie Rinker 75-74--149
137. Perry Swenson 78-72--150
137. Silvia Cavalleri 73-77--150
139. Carolina Llano 75-76--151
139. Julieta Granada 75-76--151
141. Jan Stephenson 77-75--152
141. Audra Burks 79-73--152
143. Birdie Kim 75-78--153
144. Nicole Jeray 79-75--154

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - AGAIN! Nicola Race (centre) and her Redlands Community College team-mates who have retained the National Junior College women's team title (as well as Nicola's repeat individual championship victory). Image by courtesty of Larry Clements.

England’s Nicola Race wins second national US title

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
English student golfer Nicola Race has won her second national title on the US women’s college circuit.
Nicola, from Witham in Essex, successfully defended her title in the National Junior College Championship. The 20-year-old also led Redlands Community College, Oklahoma, to a repeat victory in the national team championship.
Nicola’s double victory came at the end of a weather-disrupted tournament as severe storms lashed Florida.The championship should have been played at the LPGA International Golf Course in Daytona Beach but heavy rains meant it was unfit for play. Instead the event was moved to Providence Golf Club and, due to time constraints, reduced to an 18-hole winner-takes-all round.
Nicola made the most of her opportunity. She was four shots off the pace after nine holes but stormed home in 31 for a two-under par 70 and a four-stroke win.
Meanwhile, the team score of 297 put Redlands 15 strokes ahead of their closest challengers. Nicola will transfer to the University of Missouri in August. Before starting her college career she was in the English Women’s Golf Association Select South East Squad.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL SCORES

Par 72

70 Nicola Race (Redlands CC)

74 Kristen Boettcher (Daytona State).

75 Andrea Kaelin (Redlands CC), Suzanne Ervin (Seminole CC).

Selected score:

85 Lizi Sweetnam (Seminole CC) (jt 39th).

LEADING TEAM SCORES

297 Redlands CC.

312 Daytona State.

313 Seminole CC.

322 McLennan CC.

15 Teams took part
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Press & PR Officer

Ladies European Tour Scoreboard
LADIES GERMAN OPEN
Near Munich
SECOND-ROUND LEADERS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
132 Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 65 67.
135 Melissa Reid (Eng) 68 67.
136 Paula Marti (Spa) 67 68, Martina Eberl (Ger) 71 65.
138 Emma Cabrera-Bello 66 72, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 66 72.
140 Anna-Lisa Caudal (Fra) 70 70, Trish Johnson (Eng) 71 69, Sophie Walker (Eng) 70 70.
Selected scores:
141 Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 70 71 (jt 10th).
143 Samantha Head (Eng) 72 71 (jt 24th)
144 Clare Queen (The Carrick at Cameron House) 69 75, Lydia Hall (Wal) 74 70, Joanne Morley (Eng) 72 72, Henrietta Zuel (Eng) 74 70, Vikki Laing (Sco) 73 71 (jt 28th).
145 Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links) 68 77, Krystle Caithness (Sco) 72 73, Lisa Hall (Eng) 73 72, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 71 74, Georgina Simpson (Eng) 75 70, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 71 74, Breanne Loucks (Wal) 73 75.
146 Kiran Matharu (Eng) 73 72, Felicity Johnson (Eng) 72 74.
MISSED THE CUT
147 Florentyna Parker (Eng) 71 76, Emma Weeks (Eng) 72 75, Rebecca Coakley (Ire) 74 73.
148 Holly Aitchison (Eg) 74 74.
149 Lora Fairclough (Eng) 72 77.
150 Emma Lyons (Eng) 76 74, Hazel Kavanagh (Ire) 78 72.
151 Tara Delaney (Ire) 74 77.
153 Cl;aire Coughlan-Ryan (Ire) 76 77, Elizabeth Bennett (Eng) 74 79.
154 Jo Pritchard (Wal) 77 77.
156 Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) (Sco) 77 79, Kirsty Taylor 77 79, Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 75 81.

Clark Rosebowl finalists, Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe), left, and Sammy Vass (Tain), right, with Anne Athol, lady captain of Southerness Club. Image by Gillian Kirkwood.

Scottish championship semi-finalists at Southerness

Left: Megan Briggs and Jane Turner before the start of the first semi-final and (right) Elaine Moffat and Louise Kenney, participants in the second semi-final at the 95th Scottish women's closed amateur championship at Southerness Golf Club. Images by courtesy of Gillian Kirkwood. Click to enlarge.

It's Megan Briggs v Louise Kenney

for the Scottish championship

Two first-time finalists, 19-year-old Megan Briggs from Kilmacolm, and 26-year-old Louise Kenney from the Pitreavie club, Dunfermline will contest the 18-hole climax to the 95th Scottish women's closed amateur golf championship over the Southerness links on the north shore of the Solway Firth tomorrow morning.
Strathclyde University student Briggs, the No 4 seed, won her semi-final at the 19th against Jane Turner (Mortonhall), the 19-year-old British Universities champion and No 8 qualifier.
Primary schoolteacher Kenney, the No 10 qualifier, beat her Fife county team-mate, Elaine Moffat (St Regulus), the No 22 qualifier, by 5 and 4 in the second semi-final.
Both Briggs, who has a handicap of one, and Kenney, who has a +1 rating, played for Scotland in last year's women's home internationals at Wrexham. But neither is a member of the Great Britain & Ireland short leet for the Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe at Hamburg in July. Still a good performance by either at next month's British women's open amateur championship at Harlech could still gain them admission to skipper Mary McKenna's squad of nine.
It will not be a first time in a national match-play final for either player. Briggs lost to Carly Booth in the final of the Scottish Under-18 girls championship at Peterhead in 2007.
Kenney won the same title in 2000, beating Carnoustie's Fiona Gilbert in the final.
Louise, who spent four years on the US college circuit and was rated one of the best golfers ever to have played for Iowa State University, was roughly level par in her victory over Moffat, who won the Scottish women's championship at North Berwick in 1998 and is now in her 40s. A good effort by Elaine to get as far as the last four.
A double bogey 6 at Moffat at the sixth opened the door for Kenney to go one up, a lead she doubled at the next when her opponent, in trouble, conceded. Moffat had more bogey trouble to lose the 12th, 13th and 14th and the match.
Kenney was roughly level par for the holes played. She had played the best golf by anyone in the morning quarter-finals, being four under par in knocking out the No 2 seed, Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) by 3 and 2.
Louise had been one down after 11 holes. She then transformed the situation with a grandstand finish, winning the next four holes in a row with a par-eagle-eagle-par run which propelled her three holes ahead after 15. A half in 5 at the next ended the match, with Kylie wondering what had hit her!
Briggs has been Renfrewshire women's champion for the past four years, even though she is still only 20. Her match-play experience from events like that pulled her through against Turner who was two up at the turn.
Briggs won the 11th, 12th and 13th with a birdie-par-birdie run to take a one-hole lead but she bogeyed the 15th to be pulled back to all square. From there in, it was a case of who would have the strongest nerve. The 16th, 17th and 18th holes were halved in par before Megan was conceded the 19th and a place in the final.
Briggs, who had been two under par in beating fellow international Laura Murray in the morning, was roughly one over par in the semi-final.
The final will tee off at 9am on Saturday morning.
The Clark Rosebowl final was won by 18-year-old Scotland girl international Sammy Vass, the North of Scotland girls champion from Tain. She beat Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) by 4 and 3, having been three up after 10.
Sammy, the daughter of a former Scotland junior international, Margaret (Magi) Russell, will enrol at the University of Central Florida in the autumn for four years. So, the likelihood, this will be her last Scottish women's championshipuntil 2014.

England name team of three for St Rule Trophy

England has named three players for its Nations Cup team for the St Rule Trophy 54-hole tournament at St Andrews on May 30 and 31.
They are:
Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton), who will captain the team; Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) and Charlotte Wild (Mere).

LATEST NEWS FROM SOUTHERNESS

95th SCOTTISH WOMEN'S CLOSED AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

SEMI-FINALS

Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) bt Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) 5 and 4.

Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt Jane Turner (Mortonhall) at 19th.

Kenney v Briggs final will tee off at 9am on Saturday.

CLARK ROSEBOWL FINAL

Sammy Vass (Tain) bt Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 4 and 3.

E12,000 + clothing sponsorship

for Krystle, Anna, Christel

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
Henderson Global Investors today announced the three players who will be this year’s Ladies European Tour Henderson Rookies.

Anna Nordqvist (Sweden), Christel Boeljon (Holland) and Krystle Caithness (Scotland), pictured in that order on the right, will be collectively referred to as the ‘2009 Henderson Rookies.’ Each will wear Henderson-branded clothing when they compete throughout the 2009 season in more than 20 countries.
Henderson Global Investors recently acquired the former LET sponsor New Star Asset Management. As a result, Henderson now sponsors the LET Official Money List, known as the Henderson Money List, the 2009 Rookies, known as The 2009 Henderson Rookies and the LET Headquarters at the Buckinghamshire Golf Club, renamed as Henderson House.
As part of its sponsorship of the Ladies European Tour, Henderson contributes €56,000 to the annual player bonus pool. From this the Henderson Rookies receive €12,000 each to help them in their first year as professional golfers while the remaining €20,000 is awarded to the winner of the Henderson Money List.

Commenting on the 2009 Henderson Rookies, Richard Wilson, Marketing Director at Henderson Global Investors said “We are delighted to be able to help support the three Henderson Rookies in their first year on tour. The LET sponsorship is a great fit for our business. We are a global business and are looking forward to utilising the sponsorship in a number of our key target markets across Europe and further afield. I wish the three players every success for the 2009 season.”

Commenting on this year's Henderson Rookies, Alexandra Armas, Executive Director of the Ladies European Tour said “We are delighted that Henderson is able to support the Ladies European Tour and these talented young players. The Henderson Rookies have already achieved success during their first season on the LET.

"Just a fortnight ago, Christel Boeljon helped to steer the Netherlands to a four-stroke victory at the Comunitat Valenciana European Nations Cup in Spain. The standard of golf on the LET continues to improve every year and this sponsorship will give the rookies the best possible start to life on the LET. We wish them every success and thank Henderson for their continued commitment to women’s golf.”

Henderson Global Investors is a fund management company managing over £43bn of assets for pension funds, institutions and retail investors around the world. Headquartered in London, the company has a presence in most major markets with seven offices across Europe and regional headquarters in Singapore and Hartford , USA .
*Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) is going to miss her first cut on the Ladies European Tour later today. She has had rounds of 77 and 79 for a 36-hole tally of 156 in the Ladies German Open near Munich. In her 79, Michele had double bogeys at two early long holes, the third and the fifth.

The projected cut figure is that players will need to total 146 or better to make the last two rounds. Krystle Caithness (72-73) and Lynn Kenny (68-77) are both safe on 145 and so too is Clare Queen who has scored 69 and 75 for 144.

Semi-finalists in 95th Scottish women's amateur championship

Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), left), and her semi-final opponent this afternoon in the 95th Scottish women's closed amateur championship at Southerness - Fife county team-mate Elaine Moffat (St Regulus).

Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), left, and her semi-final opponent, Jane Turner (Craigielaw).

In the semi-finals spotlight: Jane Turner v Megan Briggs and Elaine Moffat v Louise Kenney

This afternoon's semi-finals in the 95th Scottish women's closed amateur championship over the Southerness links at the Solway Firth will feature 19-year-old Jane Turner (Mortonhall) against 20-year-old Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) and "fortysomething" Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) versus 26-year-old Louise Kenney Pitreavie)
Aberdeenshire's surviving players, Carol Wilson (Murcar Links) and Laura Murray (Alford) were both beaten in this morning's quarter-finals.
Carol, the 16th qualifier for the match-play stages, toppled the No 1 seed Pamela Pretswell in the second round but she could not raise her game a second time and went down by 4 and 3 to Robert Gordon University student Jane Turner (Mortonhall), the British universities championship and the No 8 qualifier.
Turner won three holes in a row with par figures from the eighth in the decisive swing of the match. Three up on the 11th tee, Jane double bogeyed the 12th to keep Wilson's hopes alive.
Then Turner birdied the 14th and won the 15th with a par to finish the match. Jane had only one birdie in the match, at the long 14th, and was several over par for the 15 holes played.
In the battle of the fourth and fifth seeds, Megan Briggs beat Laura Murray (Alford) by 3 and 1.
Briggs had been two up after nine but Murray won back the 12th and there was little in it until Briggs suddenly produced scoring fireworks. She birdied the long 13th, the long 14th and another par-5 hole, the 16th.
Murray was able to halve the 13th and 14th but could not match her opponent's 4 at the 16th. Briggs finished the tie off in the grand style with a 2 at the short 17th, her fourth birdie in the last five holes for a victory that put her in against Jane Turner in the first semi-final.

Megan was two under par for the match.
The other semi-final will feature the 1998 Scottish champion at North Berwick, Elaine Moffat (St Regulus), and Fife county team-mate Louise Kenney (Pitreavie).
Moffat, the oldest of the quarter-finalists, beat the youngest - 14-year-old Lesley Atkins (Minto) by 4 and 3 with level par figures.

Atkins won the second with a par but bogeyed the fourth to be pulled back to all square. After four halved holes, young Lesley boged the ninth and the 11th to fall two down.

Moffat was able to go three up even with a bogey 5 at the 12th. After a half in birdie 4s at the par-5 13th, Elaine also got a birdie 4 at the lonth 14th to go four up. A half in 3 at the short 15th finished the tie.
Kenney, the 10th qualifier, was four under par in beating the No 2 seed Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) by 3 and 2.

Louise won the first hole with a birdie but bogeyed the second and third to go one down. The next eight holes were halved in one under par figures - both birdied the ninth and the rest were halved in regulation.

Kylie bogeyed the 12th to be pulled back to all square. Kenney produced eagle 3s at the long 13th and long 14th to win them both and then took her fourth hole in a row for a three-hole lead with a par 3 at the 15th.
A half in par at the 16th ended the contest in Kenney's favour.
The afternoon Clark Rosebowl final will be contested by Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) and young Sammy Vass (Tain).
Louise beat Jenny Jenkins (Ralston) by 5 and 3 while Sammy beat Linda Urquhart (Banchory) 4 and 2 in the other semi-final.
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95th Scottish women's closed amateur championship

Today's results at Southerness


CHAMPIONSHIP
QUARTER-FINALS
+Qualifying position in brackets
Jane Turner (Craigielaw) (8) bt Carol Wilson (Murcar Links) (16) 4 and 3.
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) (4) bt Laura Murray (Alford) (5) 3 and 1.
Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) (22) bt Lesley Atkins (Minto) (14) 4 and 3.
Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) ((10) bt Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) (2) 3 and 2.
SEMI-FINALS
1.30 Jane Turner v Megan Briggs.
1.50 Elaine Moffat v Louise Kenney.

CLARK ROSEBOWL
SEMI-FINALS
Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) bt Jennifer Jenkins (Ralston) 5 and 3.
Sammy Vass (Tain) bt Linda Urquhart (Banchory) 4 and 2.
FINAL
2.10 Louise Fraser v Sammy Vass.

SATURDAY'S 18-HOLE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL WILL TEE OFF AT 9am.

+ The SLGA's "live scoring" service will resume today on www.slga.co.uk

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Jennifer on Song in NCAA Division 1

Women's College Championship

Jennifer Song, coming up to the end of her freshman (first) year at Southern California University has taken a two-shot lead with a third-round 71 in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship and help the Trojans top the team standings.
Song, one of three Southern Cal players in the leading 20, has an even-par total of 216 over the Caves Valley course in Maryland.
Purdue's Maria Hernandez (72) from Spain and UCLA's Maria Jose Uribe (77) from Colombia are tied for second place at 2-over-par.
"We are mentally and physically prepared," Song said. "We've been preparing for this event for one year and all of my team-mates are really ready and pumped up. We've been having a lot of second places and I think this is our chance to win."
Southern Cal had a 26-over 890 total for a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Arizona State in the team event. No. 2 UCLA was three strokes back at 29 over.
"Our overall goal was to improve each day and I know we moved up and are now in first," Southern California coach Andrea Gaston said. "You just have to go out there and play this golf course. If the opportunity for birdies is out there, you have to go get them. We're still going to have to play really great golf tomorrow to win this. We can't just go out and protect this."
England's two representatives in the major event of the women's college golf season are not doing well.
Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) from Catterick has scored 78, 73 and 78 for a tally of 229 over a par-72 course of 6,443yd. She is lying joint 41st in a field of 125. Ellie Givens (Denver), English girls champion in 2007, from Darlington has shot 73, 80 and 80 for 233 and a share of 64th place.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Par 216 (3 x 72) 6443yd
216 Jennifer Song (Southern California) 72 73 71.
218 Maria Hernandez (Purdue) 74 72 72, Maria Jose Uribe (UCLA) 75 66 77.
219 Alice Kim (UC Davis) 74 75 70.
221 Stephanie Connelly (UCF) 72 74 75, Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine) 74 69 78, Azahara Munoz (Arizona State) 78 71 72.
222 Amanda Blumenherst (Duke) 75 73 74, Sydney Crane (North Carolina) 75 72 75, Nannette Hill (Wake Forest) 72 71 79, Pernilla LIndberg (Oklahoma State) 74 72 76, Callie Nielsen (Virginia) 75 76 71, Stephanie Sherlock (Denver) 7 73 79, Jaclyn Sweeney (Arizona State) 76 77 69.
Selected scores:
223 Belen Mozo (Southern California) 78 72 73(jt 15th).
225 Carlota Ciganda (Arizona State) 74 76 75 (jt 24th).
229 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 78 73 78 (jt 41st).
230 Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) 76 78 76 (jt 47th).
233 Ellie Givens (Denver) 73 80 80 (jt 64th).
251 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 87 87 77 (jt 118th).
LEADING TEAMS
890 Southern California. 891 Arizona State. 893 UCLA. 906 North Carolina. 907 Denver. 908 Virginia. 909 Oklahoma State. 911 Duke.

LEEDS AND MADDISON DROP BACK IN NJCAA EVENT

Scot Ross Leeds (Odessa College) and England's Nicky Maddison (Hutchinson CC) have fallen back over the third round of the NJCAA Division 1 men's championship at Hampton Cove, Alabama.
Leeds from Glenfarg has scored 72 74 and 79 for a share of 16th place on 225. Newcastle's
Maddison has had rounds of 74, 77 and 78 for 229.
LEADING INDIVIDUALS
Par 216 (3x72)
216 Jason Hamilton (Lon Morris College 74 71 71, Tommy Sikes (Midland) 69 75 72.
Selected scores:
225 Ross Leeds (Odessa College) 72 74 79 (jt 16th).
229 Nicky Maddison (Hutchinson CC) 74 77 78.
LEADING TEAMS
888 McLennan CC. 896 New Mexico JC. 902 Lon Morris College. Selected score: 913 Odessa College.

Tara Davies beats Lucy Gould

in Welsh women's final


Tara Davies (Holyhead) has won the Welsh women's closed amateur championship for the first time. She beat Lucy Gould (Bargoed) by 3 and 2 in the final at Aberdovey.
Tara won the Welsh girls' title in 2006. Lucy won the Welsh girls title in 2002 and 2003 and returned from America, where she is a student at East Tennessee State University, to see if she could win her national women's title for the first time.
Rhian Wyn Thomas (Vale of Glamorgan), winner of the Welsh women's open amateur stroke-play championship, was the leading qualifier with rounds of 74 and a super 69 for 143, five under the combined par of 2 x 74 (the CSS was 76 and 75).
Rhian was the No 1 seed by the margin of seven strokes, ahead of Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park) and Amy Boulden (Maesdu) who both totalled 150. Gemma scored 76 and 74, Amy a pair of 75s.
Tara Davies was the fourth best qualifier on 153 (79-74) and Lucy Gould No 5 with scores of 79 and 76 for 155.
Defending champion Kirsty O'Connor (Nelson) flew home from Ball State University in America for the tournament but lost in the first round of the match-play stages to Hannah Jenkins (Cradoc) at the 19th.
In the semi-finals, Tara beat Gemma by one hole while Lucy beat Rhian, also by one hole.
LATER MATCH-PLAY RESULTS
Quarter-finals
Rhian Wyn Thomas (Vale of Glamorgan) bt Katherine O'Connor (Tadmorton Heath) 4 and 3.
Lucy Gould (Bargoed) bt Stephanie Evans (Vale of Glamorgan) 1 hole.
Tara Davies (Holyhead) bt Natasha Gobey (Rhonnda) 8 and 6.
Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park) bt Hannah Jenkins (Cradoc) 2 and 1.
Semi-finals
Davies bt Bradbury 1 hole.
Gould bt Wyn Thomas 1 hole.
Final
Davies bt Gould 3 and 2.
+Image of Tara Davies with the championship trophy by courtesy of the Welsh Golf Union website.

Krystle, Michele have to get up

early to finish first rounds

Krystle Caithness and Michele Thomson were among the last five groups to start in the first round of the Ladies German Open at Golfpark Gut Hausern near Munich ... and they were unable to complete their rounds.Play was suspended for the day at 6.30pm local time due to torrential rain and thunderstorms. They had to book early calls at their hotels so that they can be back on the course ready to resume where they left off at 7.50am.Other than that it was a good day for the Scots with Lynn Kenny showing her best form for ages.

The Dunblane player, a former Scottish women's amateur champion returned a four-under-par 68 to be joint seventh over night. Lynn bogeyed the second but then had a purple patch with birdies at the third, sixth, ninth, 11th and 12th in halves of 34.

Clare Queen had a 69, coming home in 35 with birdies at the 10th and 11th.Vikki Laing had a 73 (37-36).

Sweden’s Johanna Westerberg fired a career low round of seven-under 65 to lead by a stroke.
The seventh year tour player recorded seven birdies with five on the front nine and two on the back.
Westerberg, yet to win on the Ladies European Tour, credited the help of her fiancé, tennis star Joachim Johansson, who is acting as her caddie this week. The two became engaged last month and are planning to marry in summer next year.
She explained: “I missed the cut last week and I felt I didn’t play that bad but I couldn’t hole a putt for my life. Today I’ve been practising putting a bit and it feels a lot better. My fiancé is here caddying for me and he’s helping me to line up. I trust my aim a lot better. Last week was my first tournament in a while. I just feel more ready this week.”
Westerberg’s previous best finish on the LET was second, most recently last year in Turkey.
Spain’s Emma Cabrera-Bello and Jade Schaeffer of France are a shot back on six-under-par, with Australian Karen Lunn, Italy’s Stefania Croce and Spain’s Paula Marti on five-under-par. England’s Melissa Reid started the day with a hole-in-one at the fourth hole and finished on 68 alongside South Korean rookie Jessica Ji and Lynn Kenny.
Reid used a six-iron to ace the 160-yard par-three fourth hole and she explained: “It was my third one. I got one at age 11 and then I had one last year as an amateur. It was nice. I didn’t quite pure it as much as I wanted to but it wasn’t too bad and it was in the right direction.” According to her caddie, professional golfer Paul Vincent-Fernie, the ball pitched at 157 yards and rolled right into the hole, before Reid leapt into his arms, thinking that she had won a car. The 2008 Ryder Cup Wales Rookie of the Year had her eye on the Audi A5 cabriolet, on offer for a hole-in-one at the 15th, despite the fact that she currently drives an Audi Q5. “There was no car. I was gutted. I hugged my caddie and was like, “Yeah!” but then no car so just some champagne I think. “I was pretty close on the next par-three as well so I was going to try to get a hole-in-one on every hole so that they would have to give me a car. I must be saving it again for 15, where the car is.”
After a second place finish in Switzerland last week, she remains in the hunt for her first career title. “Four-under is not too bad. I shot four-under and didn’t feel 100 percent this morning. No complaints shooting in the 60s in the first round. You can’t win it on the first day, so not a bad start,” she said. “This week I feel my chances are good.”

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
65 J Westerberg (Swe).
66 J Schaeffer (Fra), E Cabrera-Bello (Spa).
67 K Lunn (Aus), S Croce (Ita), P Marti (Spa).
68 M Reid (Eng), J Ji K (SKor), L Kenny (Sco).
69 V Zorzi (Ita), M Verchenova (Rus), C Queen (Sco).
Selected score:
73 V Laing (Sco).

Afternoon of upset results in "Scottish" at Southerness

Carol Wilson KOs top seed

Pamela Pretswell in Round 2

Top seed Pamela Pretswell was knocked out of the 95th Scottish women's closed amateur championship in the second round of the match-play stages at Southerness Golf Club this afternoon.
The reigning Swiss women's open amateur champion, Pamela was beaten 3 and 2 by the 16th qualifier, Carol Wilson (Murcar Links).
Pamela, one of the backmarkers in the championship with +2 of a handicap, had scored the lowest round in each of the qualifying rounds (76-72), for which she collected a lot of silverware at Tuesday night's presentation of prizes in the Southerness clubhouse.
Aberdeenshire county player Carol, pictured above, is in her early 30s and the daughter of last year's SLGA chairman, Pat Wilson, has a handicap of three and had a qualifying total of 161 (79-82) compared to Pretswell's 148.
But match-play golf is a great leveller.
Pamela, a 20-year-old Glasgow University student, was apparently nursing a sore shoulder today but the West of Scotland champion from Bothwell Castle would be the last to put that forward as an excuse for this major form upset.
There must be a jinx on leading qualifiers in this championship in recent years.
Last year's top seed at Lossiemouth, Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), was beaten by the 32nd qualifier, Sammy Vass (Tain) in the first round of the match-play.
Later, on an afternoon of shock results, 14-year-old Lesley Atkins (Minto) beat the No 3 qualifier, Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies) by two holes ... and former Scottish champion Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) - 1998 at North Berwick - beat Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), the Scottish Under-21 champion, by 4 and 3.
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Ross Leeds well up in NJCAA championship

Ross Leeds (Odessa College) from Glenfarg and a member at Muckhart GC, was lying joint 11th in a field of 120 players at two rounds of the NJCAA Men's National Championship Division 1 at Hampton Cove, Alabama.
Newcastle's Nicky Maddison (Hutchinson CC), who has done so well in his first season in Kansas college golfing circles, is back in a tie for 36th place.
LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72) 7192yd.
142 Jens Johansson (New Mexico JC) 71 71.
143 Curt McCormac (McLennan CC) 73 70.
Selected scores:
146 Ross Leeds (Odessa CC) 72 74 (jt 11th).
151 Nicky Maddison (Hutchinson CC) 74 77 (jt 36th.

Today's match-play results from Southerness

95th Scottish women's closed amateur championship Scoreboard

CHAMPIONSHIP
FIRST ROUND
+Qualifying number in brackets.
Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) (1) bt Diane Macdonald (Dumfries & Co) (32) 5 and 4.
Carol Wilson (Murcar Links) (16) bt Samantha Leslie (Westhill) (17) 3 and 2.

Sara Bishop (Windyhill) (24) bt Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) (9) 5 and 4.
Jane Turner (Craigielaw) (8) bt Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) (25) 3 and 2.

Laura Murray (Alford) (5) bt Susan Jackson (Ladybank) (28) 4 and 3.
Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) (21) bt Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) (12) 2 and 1.

Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) (13) bt Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) (20) 2 and 1.
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) (4) bt Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) (29) 8 and 7.

Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie) (3) bt Fiona de Vries (St Rule) (30) 5 and 4.
Lesley Atkins (Minto) (14) bt Susan Wood (Drumpellier) (19) 2 and 1.

Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) (22) bt Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) (11) 2 and 1.
Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) (6) bt Karen Marshall (Baberton) (27) 4 and 2.

Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) (7) bt Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) (26) 6 and 4.
Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) (10) bt Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) (23) 5 and 3.

Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) (15) bt Claire MacDonald (Gullane) (18) 3 and 1.
Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) (2) bt Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) (31) 3 and 2.

SECOND ROUND
Upper half
Carol Wilson (Murcar Links) (16) bt Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) (1) 3 and 2.
Jane Turner (Craigielaw) (8) bt Sara Bishop (Windyhill) (24) 2 and 1.
Laura Murray (Alford) (5) bt Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) (21) 5 and 4.
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) (4) bt Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) (13) 1 hole.
Lower half
Lesley Atkins (Minto) (14) bt Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies) (3) 2 holes.
Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) (22) bt Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) (6) 4 and 3.
Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) (10) bt Ann F Ramsay (Kirriemuir) (7) 2 and 1.
Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) (2) bt Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 1 hole.

CLARK ROSEBOWL
FIRST ROUND
Jennifer Jenkins (Ralston) bt Fiona Hay (Deeside) 7 and 5.
Laura McLardy (Murcar Links) bt Heather Anderson (Alyth) 3 and 1.
Kirsten Blackwood (Craigmillar Park) w.o. Ashleigh Wilton (Ladybank) scr.
Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) bt Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) 4 and 3.
Carol Whyte (Windyhill) bt Linda Caine (Dunbar) 1 hole.
Sammy Vass (Tain) bt Linda Bain (Lochend) 5 and 4.
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) bt Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) 3 and 1.
Linda Urquhart (Banchory) bt Aileen Hunter (Monifieth) 3 and 2.
QUARTER-FINALS
Jennifer Jenkins bt Laura McLardy 2 holes.
Louise Fraser bt Kirsten Blackwood at 19th.
Sammy Vass bt Carol Whyte 3 and 2.
Linda Urquhart bt Helen Faulds 2 and 1.

Lanarkshire trio first winners of Kathleen McNeil Trophy

Lanarkshire's team of, left to right, Elaine Cuthill, Pamela Pretswell and Susan Wood, first winners of the Kathleen McNeil Trophy for the best aggregate score by a county team in the qualifying rounds at Southerness (team of three, best two scratch scores counted over two days).
LEADING TOTALS
308 Lanarkshire (Elaine Cuthill 80 80, Pamela Pretswell 76 72, Susan Wood 82 80).
313 Dunbartonshire & Argyll (Kylie Walker 77 74, Anne Laing 84 87, Sara Bishop 89 75.
316 Aberdeenshire (Laura Murray 82 74, Sheena Wood 80 80, Jill Harrison 89 84), Midlothian (Jane Turner 80 78, Louise Fraser 92 79, Rachael Watton 80 78).
317 Renfrewshire (Megan Briggs 83 73, Clare-Marie Carlton 80 81, Eilidh Briggs 85 85).
Other totals:
321 Fife.
324 Angus.
325 Borders.
327 Perth & Kinross.
329 Northern Counties.
332 Ayrshire.
338 Dumfries-shire.
355 Stirling & Clackmannan
(Image and reporting by Gillian Kirkwood)

Trophy winners from Southerness Qualifying Rounds

95th Scottish women's amateur closed championship group of prizewinners at Southerness.

Back Row (left to right): Linda Caine (Dunbar), joint winner with Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) of the Grainger Cup (lowest aggregate net score - team 1st round), Susan Wood and Elaine Cuthill (Lanarkshire), joint winners along with Pamela Pretswell of the McNeill Trophy for lowest scratch aggregate - team over two rounds), Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), McInnes Shaw Cup for lowest nett aggregate), Susan Jackson (Ladybank), joint winner with Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) of the Eglinton Quaich (lowest scratch aggregate - team first round).

Front Row (left to right): Noreen Fenton (Dunbar), joint winner with Linda Caine of the Grainger Cup (lowest aggregate net score - team first round) ) and also winner of the Baby Quaich for the lowest gross score in the Eglinton Quaich, Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), Glover 21st Anniversary Cup for lowest gross score in the second round, Margaret Scouler Buchanan Cup for best aggregate gross, St Rule Salver for best gross score by an Under-21, Beddows Memorial Trophy for lowest gross score in the second qualifying round, and joint winner of the McNeil Trophy, Martine Pow (Selkirk), Dunlop Hill Trophy for best score second round by a past champion, Lorna Bennett (Ladybank), joint winner with Susan Jackson (Ladybank) of the Eglinton Quaich (lowest scratch aggregate - team first round).

Image by Gillian Kirkwood. Click on it to enlarge.

Jodi Ewart improves but Ellie Givens

falls back in NCAA Div 1 championship

Yorkshire Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) improved to a share of 28th place with a 73 for 151 but another English player, Ellie Givens (Denver), girls champion in 2007, from Darlington fell back for joint seventh place to joint 48th place after an 80 for 153 in the NCAA Division 1 women's championship at Caves Valley Golf Club, Maryland.
South American Maria Jose Uribe (UCLA) leads the field by two shots at the halfway stage after a brilliant six-under-par second round of 66 over the 6,443yd, par-72 course.
She is on 141 - two shots ahead of Nannette Hill (Wake Forest), Stephanie Sherlock (Denver) and Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine).
UCLA also lead the team event by seven shots from Southern California.
SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72) 6443yd
141 Maria Jose Uribe (UCLA) 75 66,
143 Nannette Hill (Wake Forest) 72 71, Stephanie Sherlock (Denver) 70 73, Lisa McCloskey (Pepperdine) 74 69.
145 Jennifer Song (Southern California) 72 73.
Selected scores:
148 Amanda Blumenherst (Duke) 75 73 (jt 14th).
149 Azahara Munoz (Arizona State) 78 71 (jt 16th).
150 Carlota Ciganda (Arizona State) 74 76, Belen Mozo (Southern California) 78 72 (jt 20th).
151 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico 78 73 (jt 28th).
153 Ellie Givens (Denver) 73 80 (jt 48th).
154 Caroline Hedwall (Oklahoma State) 76 78, Jacqueline Hedwall (Louisiana State) 74 80 (jt 65th).
161 Sarah Faller (Denver) 80 81 (jt 101st).
174 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 87 87 (jt 125th).
LEADING TEAMS
589 UCLA. 596 Southern California. 598 Denver. 600 Arizona State, Oklahoma State, North Carolina.

REPORT IN US MEDIA

UCLA's Maria Jose Uribe shot a 6-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships and help the Bruins open a stroke-shot advantage in the team competition.
Uribe, the Colombian star who won the 2007 US Women's Amateur, had a 3-under 141 total on the Caves Valley course. Wake Forest's Nanette Hill (71), Denver's Stephanie Sherlock (73) and Pepperdine's Lisa McCloskey (69) were 1 under with two rounds left.
``It's a pretty tough course,'' Uribe said. ``If you're not in the fairway, it's going to be tough. If you have a good round, numbers like 66 and 67 are very reachable. I love to play courses like this.''
UCLA topped the team standing at 13 over. Southern California was second at 20 over, followed by Denver (22 over), and Arizona State, Oklahoma State and North Carolina at 24 over.

Stacey Keating from Victoria, Australia. Winner of the Royal Canadian women's open amateur title and beaten in the final of the Australian women's open amateur championship in 2008.

Strong field for St Rule Trophy

includes Down Under aces

Former world universities champion Danielle McVeigh (Royal County Down), fifth in the "Helen Holm" and then winner of the Welsh open stroke-play championship, is in a strong field for the St Rule Trophy at St Andrews on Saturday-Sunday, May 30-31.
The overseas challenge is headed by Caroline Bon from Northland, New Zealand and Stacey Keating, Victoria, Australia, two of the leading players from Down Under.
Stacey was beaten in the final of the Australian women's open amateur championship last year but went on to score her biggest international win - the Royal Canadian women's open amateur title at Winnipeg.

Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) is defending the title.
The draw for the first round over the New Course a week on Saturday is:
9.40 Tara Watters (Muswell Hill), Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), Elaine Cuthill (Lanark).,
9.50 Elaine Moffat (St Regulus), Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies), Laura Harvey (Richmond).
10.0 Niamh Kitching (Claremorris), Tilly Holder (Woburn), Ellis Keenan (Sunningdale).
10.10 Anne Laing (Vale of Leven), Jane Turner (Craigielaw), Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall).
10.20 Claire MacDonald (Gullane), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Rhian Wyn thomas (Vale of Glamorgan).
10.30 Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies), Susan Wood (Drumpellier), Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa).
10.40 Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) Caroline Bon (NZ), Gillian O'Leary (Cork).
10.50 Rebecca Watson (US), Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton), Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle).
11.0 Rozalyn Adams (Addington Court Ladies), Susan Jackson (Ladybank), Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze).
11.10 Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), Charlotte Wild (Mere), Emma Fairnie (Dunbar).
11.20 Rachel Connor (The Manchester0, Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), Martine Pow (Selkirk).
11.30 Melke Fleck (St Leon Rot), Cara Gruber (Royal Doroch), Nikki Foster (Pleasington).
11.40 Laura Murray (Alford), Tara Davies (Holyhead Bay), Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton)
11.50 Roseanne Niven (Crieff) Lauren Taylor (Woburn), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar).
12.00 Kimberley Crooks (Saltburn), Julie Boland (Australia), Carmen Simpson (US).
12.10 Samantha Birks (Wolstanton), Karen Delaney (Carlow), Sian James (Bristol & Cligton).
12.20 Joelle Van Baarle (Belgium), Danielle McVeigh (Royal Co Down), Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore).
12.30 Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies), Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies), Whitney Hillier (Australia).
12.40 Natalie Lowe (Prestbury), Claire Hargan (Mortonhall), Rebecca Flood (Australia).
12.50 Manon de Roey (Belgium), Deirdre Smith (Co Louth), Stacey Keating (Australia).

Lanarkshire win Kathleen McNeil Trophy

Lanarkshire are the first winners of the new Kathleen McNeil Trophy county team competition, staged in conjunction with the stroke-play qualifying rounds of the 95th Scottish women's amateur championship at Southerness.
Susan Wood (Drumpellier), Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) and Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) topped the county team returns with a total of 306.

95th Scottish women's amateur championship Day 3

Leading qualifier Pamela Pretswell's haul of silverware from the qualifying rounds (image by Gillian Kirkwood).

Who plays whom on Thursday at Southerness

Thursday morning's ties in the 95th Scottish women's amateur golf championship at Southerness links off the Solway Firth are:
CHAMPIONSHIP - FIRST ROUND
8.30am start. 8min intervals
+Figure shown is position among qualifiers
Upper half
1 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) v 32 Diane Macdonald (Dumfries & Co).
17 Samantha Leslie (Westhill) v 16 Carol Wilson (Murcar Links).
9 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) v 24 Sara Bishop (Windyhill).
25 Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) v 8 Jane Turner (Craigielaw).
5 Laura Murray (Alford) v Susan Jackson (Ladybank).
21 Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) v 12 Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies).
13 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) v 20 Lorna Bennett (Ladybank).
29 Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) v 4 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm).
Lower half
3 Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies) v 30 Fiona de Vries (St Rule).
19 Susan Wood (Drumpellier) v 14 Lesley Atkins (Minto).
11 Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) v 22 Elaine Moffat (St Regulus).
27 Karen Marshall (Baberton) v 6 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar).
7 Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) v 26 Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles).
23 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) v 10 Louise Kenney (Pitreavie).
15 Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) v 18 Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies).
31 Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) v 2 Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle).

CLARK ROSEBOWL - FIRST ROUND
10.46am start. 8min intervals
33 Jennifer Jenkins (Ralston) v 48 Fiona Hay (Deeside).
41 Laura McLardy (Murcar Links) v 40 Heather Anderson (Alyth).
37 Kirsten Blackwood (Craigmillar Park) v 44 Ashleigh Wilton (Ladybank).
45 Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) v 36 Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe).
35 Carol Whyte (Windyhill) v 46 Linda Caine (Dunbar).
43 Linda Bain (Lochend) v 38 Sammy Vass (Tain).
38 Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) v 42 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park).
47 Aileen Hunter (Monifieth) v 34 Linda Urquhart (Banchory).

THURSDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAMME

CHAMPIONSHIP - SECOND ROUND
1.40 pm start. 10min intervals.

CLARK ROSEBOWL - QUARTER-FINALS
3.10 pm start. 10min intervals

Pictured (l to r): Marrita Coyne (Lancome), Rose Beamish (Lady Captain, Fota Resort), Lisa Maguire (2009 Champion), Trevor Tighe (Lancome), Anne Wallace (ILGU President), Leta Sue Brady (Lady President Fota Resort). Image by courtesy of the Irish Ladies Golf Union. Click to enlarge.

Lisa Maguire wins Irish title with

brilliant five-under-par display

Beaten in the final by her twin sister Leona 12 months ago, Lisa today won the Lancome Irish women's closed amateur championship at Fota Island Golf Resort, Cork.

The No 1 qualifier - for the second year in a row, 14-year-old Lisa from the Slieve Russell club in Co Cavan, beat the No 2 qualifier Mary Dowling (New Ross) by 5 and 4 in the 18-hole final. Lisa was five under par for the holes played, having been six under at one stage.

Maguire played quality golf, birdieing the second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth in covering the first eight holes in a phenomenal six under par!

Lisa had only 11 putts over the first nine holes.

Dowling matched Lisa's birdie at the eighth and produce another one at the ninth but found herself four down at the turn, despite having covered the first nine holes herself in two under par.

Lisa’s only bogey of the day came at the 11th hole where she missed a 6 ft putt for par. Solid pars for the remaining holes saw her win the title for the first time on the 14th green.

95th Scottish women's amateur closed championship

Pamela Pretswell leading

qualifier with 72 for 148

Improved weather brought improved scoring but no change at the top of the qualifying leaderboard in the 95th Scottish women’s amateur golf championship at Southerness links on the shores of the Solway Firth today..
Overnight leader Pamela Pretswell, a Glasgow University student and member of the Bothwell Castle club, duly claimed the No 1 seed position among the 32 who advance to the match-play stages. And she underlined her claims to be the favourite with a second-round, one-under-par 72, the best round of the two days, compared with her opening score of 76 in the windblown first day, which was also the best of that day.
Hamilton-based Pretswell, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, has never been able to enter this championship before due to first school and later university examinations clashing with it. She is obviously playing well, having won the West of Scotland title recently and last summer’s victory in the Swiss women’s open amateur title put her on the short leet for the Great Britain & Ireland team to play the Continent of Europe in Hamburg in July.
Big-hitting Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle), another member of the GB&I squad, again birdied four par-5 holes in returning a 74 for the No 2 qualifying spot on 151.
Carnoustie’s Katy McNicoll, brother of Keir who won the St Andrews Links Trophy and Leven Gold Medal last season, did very well to be the third best qualifier on 155.
She flew back to Scotland last week after graduating at Lynn University, Boca Raton and has had little or no time to acclimatise after the heat and comparatively calm weather of Florida.
But she put together rounds of 79 and 76 to qualifying for the match-play stages with ease.Two former Scottish champions, Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) on 163 and Martine Pow (Selkirk) on 164, qualified but the third former title-holder in the field of 80, Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) did not with a total of 171.
Martine Pow was one of three players whose 36-hole totals were good enough to qualify them for the match-play stages but they withdrew due to unavailability.
Martine is a Scotland selector and will be kept busy over the remainder of the championship running her eye over prospect international candidates.
Students Rachael Watton (Mortonhall), 80-78 for 158, and Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), 84-80 for 164, pulled out because of examinations later in the week.
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) was the first player over the two days to equal the par of 73 for the 6010yd course and her Scotland international team-mate, Laura Murray (Alford) posted a 74, which put them both on the 156 mark at the head of the mid-afternoon finishers.
They were knocked off the top spot just after 5pm by Katy McNicoll who birdied the ninth, 13th and 14th in adding a 76 to her opening 79 for a 155 total.
At the end of the day, Megan appeared as No 4 seed and Laura as No 5.
Scottish Under-21 champion, Kelsey Macdonald (Nairn Dunbar), the third GB&I squad member in the championship, had a frustrating day which saw her drop down to the No 6 seed berth with a repeat of her first-round 78 despite the improvent in the conditions.
The Stirling University student, who began the qualifying process with a 9 at the par-4 first hole on Tuesday, today had a double bogey 6 at the third and a triple bogey 7 at the 12th.
As No 1 qualifier at Lossiemouth 12 months ago, Kelsey was beaten in the first round by Tain's Sammy Vass. Maybe she will prosper in a lower place among the qualifiers..
The withdrawal of Pow, McKechin and Watton meant that the play-off was not on 166 but instead involved the four players who totalled 168 - Claire Hargan (Mortonhall), Gillian Lockhart (Kilmarnock Barassie), Fiona Gilbert (Carnoustie Ladies) and Diane Macdonald (Dumfries & County).
They set off on a four-way play-off for the last two places. The play-off started at the 16th which Diane "won" with a 4 and Gillian was eliminated with a 6. Fiona and Claire both had 5s so they carried on halved the 17th in 4 before Claire claimed the last place (she is actually No 31 in the draw - too complicated to explain) by holing an eagle putt for a 3.
One of the pleasing features of the composition of the 32 qualifiers is the number of teenagers who are still in the championship.
Youngest of all is 14-year-old Lesley Atkins (Minto) who recently became the youngest ever Borders county champion. She qualified in the No 14 position. A great achievement for one so young.
Then there's 15-year-old Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) who qualified even higher than Lesley - in the No 9 spot to be precise. Again a performance that augurs well for the future.
Aberdeenshire teenager Samantha Leslie (Westhill), who reached the final of her women's county championship two or three weeks back, qualified in 17th place. Ironically for Aberdeenshire, Samantha plays Murcar Links' Carol Wilson in the first round.

MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
Par 146 (2 x 73). 6010yd. CSS for Round 1: 78.
148 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 76 72.
151 Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) 77 74.
155 Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies) 79 76.
156 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 83 73, Laura Murray (Alford) 82 74, Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 78 78.
157 Ann F Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 82 75.
158 Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 80 78.
159 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 78 81.
160 Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) 81 79, Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) 80 80, Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 80 80, Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 79 81.
161 Lesley Atkins (Minto) 86 75, Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 80 81, Carol Wilson (Murcar Links) 79 82.
162 Samantha Leslie (Westhill) 85 77, Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies) 83 79, Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 82 80, Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) 79 83.
163 Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) 84 79, Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) 84 79, Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 80 83.
164 Sara Bishop (Windyhill) 89 75, Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 85 79, Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) 84 80, Karen Marshall (Baberton) 82 82, Susan Jackson (Ladybank) 80 84.
166 Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 89 77, Fiona de Vries (St Rule) 85 81.
168 (after four-way play-off) Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) 89 79, Diane MacDonald (Dumfries & Co) 81 87.
+WITHDREW FROM QUALIFYING
(unavailable for match-play stages):
158 Rachel Watton (Mortonhall) 80 78.
164 Martine Pow (Selkirk) 86 78, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 84 80.

FIRST-ROUND CHAMPIONSHIP TIES
1 Pretswell v 32 D Macdonald.
17 Leslie v 16 Wilson.
9 A Summers v 24 Bishop.
25 Sneddon v 8 Turner.

5 Murray v 28 Jackson.
21 Ogilvy v 12 Sheena Wood.
13 Monteith v 20 Bennett.
29 Nicholson v 4 M Briggs.

3 McNicoll v 30 De Vries.
19 Susan Wood v 14 Atkins.
11 Cuthill v 22 Moffat.
27 Marshall v 6 K MacDonald.

7 Ramsay v 26 Cuthbertson.
23 McQueen v 10 Kenney.
15 Carlton v 18 C MacDonald.
31 Hargan v 2 Walker.

NON-QUALIFIERS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-PLAY
168 (beaten in four-way play-off) Gillian Lockhart (Kilmarnock Barassie) 85 83, Fiona Gilbert (Carnoustie Ladies) 84 84.
169 Jennifer Jenkins (Ralston) 86 83, Rebecca Wilson (Monifieth) 86 83, Linda Urquhart (Banchory) 85 84, Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) 82 87.
170 Carol Whyte (Windyhill) 87 83, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 85 85, Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) 85 85, Jordana Graham (Southerness) 81 89.
171 Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 92 79, Kirsten Blackwood (Craigmillar Park) 90 81, Margaret Tough (Falkirk) 86 85, Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) 84 87.
172 Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) 79 93.
173 Sammy Vass (Tain) 92 81, Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) 89 84, Heather Anderson (Alyth) 87 86.
174 Laura McLardy (Murcar Links) 90 84, Mary Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 87 87, Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) 87 87.
175 Addi Shamash (Kirkcudbright) 92 83, Linda Bain (Lochend) 82 93.
176 Ashleigh Wilton (Ladytbank) 87 89.
177 Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) 88 89.
178 Linda Caine (Dunbar) 87 91, Aileen Hunter (Monifieth) 86 92.
179 Fiona Hay (Deeside) 94 85.
180 Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 90 90, Gail Wilson (Monifieth) 85 95.
182 Fiona Blair (Carnoustie Ladies) 92 90, Wendy Wells (Peebles) 91 91.
183 Kirsten MacCallum (Newburgh on Ythan) 91 92.
184 Winifred MacCallum (Falkirk) 90 94.
185 Suzanne Ireland (Prestonfield) 88 97.
186 Elaine Whyte (Windyhill) 92 94.
190 Bobby Waugh (Moorhall) 97 93.
191 Fiona Fullerton (Meldrum House) 94 97.
192 Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 97 95.
194 Fiona Macgregor (Thornhill) 96 98.
205 Lindsay Mathie (Windyhll) 108 97.
206 Ann MacDonald (Windyhill) 102 104.
213 Ruth McIntyre (Windyhill) 102 111.
219 Tracy Masterton (Windyhill) 119 100.
No Return: Diane Moncrieff (Lochend) 93 NR.

NCAA Division 1 women's championship

Ellie Givens has a 73 but Jodi Ewart runs

short of birdies in a first-round 78

Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart, a student at New Mexico University, has been playing sweetly all season on the US college circuit ... until this week's NCAA Division 1 women's championship at Caves Valley Golf Club - where they've played the Palmer Cup men's students' match in the past - Owing Mills in Maryland.

Jodi, from Yorkshire, had a six-over-par 78 in the opening round of the 72-hole tournament to be eight shots behind joint leaders Catherine O'Donnell (North Carolina) and Stephanie Sherlock (Denver).

Ewart is tied 60th alongside Denver's Sarah Faller from Ireland and Southern California's Spanish ace, Belen Mozo.

Jodi had a double bogey 6 at the 10th in halves of 39. She had only two birdies all day, which is well below her normal capacity to shoot sub-par figures.

US Curtis Cup player and favourite for the title, Amanda Blumenherst, the US women's amateur champion, could not have been all that pleased with herself for returning a75 over the 6,443yd, par-72 course.

Former English girls champion Ellie Givens (Denver), pictured above, from Darlington had a 73 to be a creditable joint seventh.

Former Scotland international Gemma Webster (Ohio State) had an 87 (43-44) to be tied for 121st place in a field of 126.

LEADERBOARD

Par 72, 6443yd

70 Catherine O'Donnell (North Carolina), Stephanie Sherlock (Denver).

72 Ginny Brown (Tennessee), Stephanie Connelly (Central Florida), Nannette Hill (Wake Forest), Jennifer Song (Southern California).

73 Allie Bodemann (Wake Forest), Britney Choy (New Mexico), Ellie Givens (Denver), Stephanie Kono (UCLA), Lindsey Solberg (Michigant State.

Selected scores:

75 Amanda Blumenherst (Duke) (jt 25th).

78 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico), Sarah Faller (Denver), Belen Mozo (Southern California) (jt 60th).

87 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) (jt 121st).

Champion Charlie leads EWGA order of merit

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
New English champion Charlie Douglass has shot to the top of the English Women’s Golf Association order of merit, sponsored by golf holiday company Lorrin Golf.
The 20-year-old from Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire won the championship when she beat Tara Watters of Middlesex by 3 and 2 in the final at Lindrick, Yorkshire last weekend.
Charlie’s victory earned her 300 order of merit points and moved her up from sixth place to the head of the leaderboard.
Tara Watters (Muswell Hill) made the biggest jump of the week, thanks to her performance at Lindrick. She soared up from 137th place to fifth.
Semi-finalist Tracey Boyes (Meon Valley) also made a significant move from 48th place to ninth. Meanwhile, Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) leads the girls’ table from Heidi Baek (Felixstowe Ferry) and Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison).
Lorrin Golf is a golf tour operator arranging golf holidays to premier resorts throughout Europe, USA, Caribbean, Dubai and Thailand. The company also runs a leading golf academy in St Andrews, Scotland. www.lorringolf.com
Order of merit leading placings following the English amateur championship (previous placings in brackets):
1 Charlie Douglass, Brocket Hall (6).
2 Emma Brown, Malton & Norton (2).
3 Holly Clyburn, Woodhall Spa (1).
4 Rachel Connor, Manchester (3).
5 Tara Waters, Muswell Hill (137).
6 Cori Lee, West Lancashire (5).
7 Naomi Edwards, Ganton (7).
8 Charlotte Wild, Mere (9).
9 Tracey Boyes, Meon Valley (48).
10 Rachel Jennings, Izaak Walton (4)
Full championship and order of merit details available on:
www.englishwomensgolf.org
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

Move to allow more US college students to enter

European women's individual championship

& Vagliano Trophy dates to change from 2010

NEWS RELEASE ISSUE BY LADIES GOLF UNION AND EUROPEAN GOLF ASSOCIATION

The Ladies’ Golf Union (LGU) and European Golf Association (EGA) have agreed on a change of dates for the 2011 Vagliano Trophy. The historic match, traditionally played one week following The Open Championship in late July, will be moved to late June, four weeks earlier. The new dates will become the permanent match fixture for the foreseeable future.
In 2011, the match will be played at Royal Porthcawl, Wales, on June 24th and 25th.The move has been motivated by a rearrangement of the EGA calendar to allow more US college-based Europeans to attend one of the year’s premier fixtures: the International European Ladies’ Amateur Championship.
In 2010, the event will be held on the 20th to 24th of July instead of in late August and will remain scheduled in this week, vacated by the Vagliano Trophy, for future editions.
Moving the Vagliano Trophy and European Ladies’ Amateur to their new dates will ease a hectic fixture list for the elite players and assist the LGU while it prepares for the Ricoh Women’s British Open.
The field of the British Ladies’ Amateur Stroke Play Championship, held in late August, will also benefit from the change.
From 2011, Vagliano Trophy team selections will be held earlier in the year.
The Vagliano Trophy was presented to the Comité des Dames de la Fédération Française de Golf and the Ladies’ Golf Union by Monsieur A. A. Vagliano, originally for an annual competition between France and Great Britain and Ireland.
Since 1959, by mutual agreement, the Continent of Europe competes against Great Britain and Ireland biennially.
The LGU and EGA look forward to the Vagliano Trophy’s successful continuity on the new dates.

Miss MacRae first woman in field since Meg Farquhar in 1933

Well done, Heather! She's one of the

boys for Scottish PGA Championship

Winner of the British women's open amateur stroke-play championship at Nairn in 2005 and unlucky to be named only a Curtis Cup reserve, Heather MacRae from Dunblane is now settling down to life in the professional side of the game. which, in her case, means being PGA-trained as an assistant at Gullane.

That does not leave a lot of time for much else but she has been appearing in the odd pro-am on the Tartan Tour and, a week or two, she did well in a WPGA event in England. Now, she has done even better, a lot better in fact.

At Downfield Golf Club, Dundee on Tuesday, 25-year-old Heather, picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency, was one of 47 players to come through the 18-hole qualifying test and earn a place in the £55,000 Gleneagles Scottish PGA championship from June 25 to 28.

Her older brother Andrew is also an assistant pro - at Gleneagles - and he is already in the field.

"I'm absolutely delighted. This was the goal at the start of the year and to make it is a great feeling. It will be great for the two of us to be playing," said Heather.

"I would've liked to have shot a low score (at Downfield) but the conditions made it a battle but I came through it and that's all that matters."

She did have two birdies, at the long seventh and short 12th but she dropped shots at the sixth, ninth, 14th and 16th in halves of 37 and 38 for a two-over-par 75 in thoroughly unpleasant conditions of wind and rain.

Gordon Dewar, the Scottish PGA secretary, said: "It's fantastic news that we will have Heather at our national championship. It will be something different and will add a new dimension to the event."

Peter McLachlan (West Kilbride), the Scottish youths champion of 2005, Inchmarlo's Mark Barnard and James Smallwood (Fereneze) headed the field of 81 at Downfield on Tuesday - 77 played at the same venue on Monday in another 18-hole eliminator.

Gordon Sherry, former British amateur champion, who is gradually putting a competitive edge back on his game, qualified on the same mark as Heather MacRae, sharing 11th place on 75.

Aberdour's Antonia Ffinch, the other female hopeful in the field, failed in her qualifying quest after an 89.

The qualifying cut-off point on Tuesday was 78 or better compared with 79 or better on Monday when 46 players qualified for the main event.

LEADING QUALIFIERS

MONDAY

Downfield, Dundee - Par 73

71 Hamish Kemp (Bishopbriggs GR), Tom Buchanan (Duddingston), Mark Kerr (Bathgate).

72 Ian Graham (Crow Wood), Chris Campbell (Grantown-on-Spey, Peter Mitchell (Hermitage), Mark Bruce (Gullane).

73 Scott Herald (Mearns Castle), Alastair MacKenzie (Duddingston), David Park (Wishaw), Neil Murray (Cruden Bay), Fraser McLaughlan (Bothwell Castle), Campbell Donaldson (Campbell Donaldson Golf Academy).

74 Robert Irvine (Douglas Park), Gary Dingwall (Royal Dornoch), Scott Spence (unatt).

75 Brian Mason (Callaway Golf), Mark Finlayson (Edzell), Graeme McInnes (Murcar Links).

TUESDAY

Downfield, Dundee - Par 73

72 James Smallwood (Fereneze), Mark Barnard (Inchmarlo), Peter McLachlan (West Kilbride).

73 Iain Colquhoun (Dundonald Links), Campbell Elliott (Haggs Castle), Iain Hanna (Strathclyde Park).

74 Scott Gillespie (Burntisland), Robbie Stewart (Cruden Bay), Jonny Sharp (The Carrick At Cameron House), Andrew Fullen (Largs).

75 Kenneth Monaghan (Bothwell Castle), Christopher Boyle (Lanark), Paul Brookes (Pitreavie) Craig MacDonald (Peterculter), David Broadfoot (Dumfries & Co), Garry Forrester (St Andrews Golf School), Heather MacRae (Gullane), Paul Wardell (Whitekirk), Christopher Robinson (Dumfries & Galloway), Gordon Sherry (Kilmarnock Barassie).

MEG FARQUHAR FOOTNOTE

Newspaper reports that Heather MacRae will be the first female professional to play in the Scottish PGA championship have got it wrong.

The late Meg Farquhar, who was an assistant professional at her home town Moray Golf Club in Lossiemouth, played in the 1933 Scottish professional championship over her home course.

We will recall Meg in a future article soon on Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk

Lest we forget

Perth & Kinross leading prizewinners at the recent county championship at Strathmore Golf Centre. Left to right; Jane Yellowlees (beaten finalist), Carol Muir (championship winner), Dawn Butchart (county captain), Sandra Service (handicap championship winner), Barbara Lyburn (beaten handicap championship finalist). Image by courtesy of Dawn Butchart. Click on it to enlarge.

Carol Muir, P&K's

new champion

Carol Muir (Craigie Hill), winner of the Perth & Kinross championship for the first time, receives the trophy from county president Liz Miskimmin.

Image by courtesy of P&K captain Dawn Butchart (who lost to Carol in the semi-finals).

Lisa Maguire v Mary Dowling for

the Lancome Irish women's title

It's the No 1 seed, 14-year-old Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) against the No 3 qualifier, Mary Dowling (New Ross) for the Lancome Irish women's close championship won last year by Lisa's 14-year-old sister Leona.
Incidentally, Leona's second-round conqueror yesterday, Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor), suffered a reaction to that high, as is often the case, and she did not do herself justic in a 3 and 2 defeat by Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) in the round of the last eight.
Today's quarter and semi-finals provided a fantastic day of entertainment for the spectators who braved the blustery and showery conditions at Fota Island Golf Resort, Cork.
Lisa need three birdies in the last five holes to see off the quarter-final challenge of Limerick's Catherine Tucker by 3 and 1 and then she tackled Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) to see if she could reach the final two years in a row.
Early birdies were exchanged but Niamh could do little to stop Lisa who birdied three holes in a row around the turn to be four holes up after 13. Halves at the next two holes put Lisa through as a 4 and 3 winner.
In the second semi-final, Mary Dowling played virtually flawless golf in the testing conditions. Mary finished off her talented young opponent, Laura McCarthy (Muskerry), on the 16th for a 4 and 2 victory.
Tomorrow’s final is sure to a tightly fought affair with both players in top form and looking to win the championship for the first time in their careers.
The final of the Ita Wallace (Plate) Championship, was won by Ailish Thompson (Douglas) who fought back from three down after only three holes against Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) to square the match after the 12th and win the day with a par on the 18th.
Tuesday's results:
CHAMPIONSHIP
Quarter-finals
Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) bt Catherine Tucker (Limerick) 3 and 1.
Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) bt Caoimhe Quinn (Dungannon) 4 and 3.
Mary Dowling (New Ross) bt Karen O'Neill (Douglas) 3 and 2.
Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) bt Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) 3 and 2.
Semi-finals
Lisa Maguire bt Niamh Kitching 4 and 3.
Mary Dowling bt Laura McCarthy 4 and 2.

ITA WALLACE (Plate) CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-finals
Ailish Thompson (Douglas) bt Doireann Carney (Galway) 2 and 1.
Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) bt Julie Coyne (Youghal) 5 and 4.
Final
Ailish Thompson bt Violet McBride 1 hole.

Wind produces some extraordinary scoring at Southernes

Out in 45, Home in 31 ... it's a game




of two halves for Pamela Pretswell!


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
The southwesterly half-gale - or maybe it was a full-gale - whipping in off the Solway Firth wreaked havoc in the first qualifying round of the Scottish women's amateur championship over the Southerness links this morning.
But where's there a will, there's a way and Pamela Pretswell, prevented until now from making her debut in the championship by first school and then Glasgow University exams, went to the top of the class with a remarkable scorecard which added up to 76, three over but, in the very windy conditions, a brilliant effort.
Pamela, recent winner of the West of Scotland title and, last year, the Swiss women's open amateur championship, took a while to get to terms with the wind. She had a triple bogey 7 at the first and then four bogeys before she had a double bogey at the sixth. Her first par figure amd at the seventh - and then she promptly bogeyed the next.
But, it was at the long ninth that the Pretswell rags-to-riches golfing transformation took pace.
She covered her last 10 holes in one eagle (at the long 16th), six birdies (at the long ninth, short 10th, 12th, long 13th, 14th and long 18th). Only one blemish, a bogey at the 17th.
All that added up to nine over par for the first nine holes and six under par for the second nine.
And that just about summed up a day of tribulations for every single player in the field of 80, whether they finished the day in the pole position or at the other end of the piile.
Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) used her strength to birdie four of the par-5 holes to salvage a second-placed 77 after being four over par after only five holes. She had double bogeys at the second and the 11th in halves of 39 and 38.
Kelsey ran up a quintuple bogey 9 at the first hole but managed to finish in 78, which represents a great comeback from a start which reminds me of the competitor in one Scottish men's amateur championship a few years back. He played only one hole and had such an astronomical score at it, that he quit and walked back to the clubhouse instead of on to the second tee.
But the Scottish Under-21 champion from Nairn Dunbar is made of sterner stuff than that, even though she dropped more shots at the short fourth and short seventh on her way to six-over-par 42 to the turn. But she came home with a wet sail as they say in nautical terms, birdieing the 13th and 16th and having only one bogey, at the 17th, in one-under-36 for the second half.
But if the strength and direction of the wind is reflected in Pretswell's 45-31 and MacDonald's 42-36 halves, what are we to make of British universities champion Jane Turner (Craigielaw) turned the equation on its head and reducing the more difficult outward half to 37 shots - equalled only by last year's Clark Rosebowl winner Susan Jackson (Ladybank) - but requiring 43 blows to come home. Mind you, nine of those 43 shots were taken at one hole, the 12th!
There are 33 players with scores of 84 or better going into the second round, after which the top 32 will qualify for the match-play stages.
There is always a play-off to determine the precise number of 32 and using the old golfing lore of doubling 84 and adding 1, that suggests that 169 will be the total of those involved in the play-off.
The weather forecast is not much better than it was today, perhaps the wind dropping by several knots but still blowing.


FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 73 (36-37). CSS 78
76 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 45-31.
77 Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) 39-38.
78 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 42-36, Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 41-37.
79 Carol Wilson (Murcar Links) 38-41, Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 41-38, Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) 41-38, Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie Ladies) 40-39, Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) 42-37.
80 Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) 42-38, Susan Jackson (Ladybank) 37-43, Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 41-39, Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 41-39, Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 44-36, Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 37-43, Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 40-40.
81 Diane MacDonald (Dumfries & Co) 40-41, Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) 38-43, Jordana Graham (Southerness) 43-38.
82 Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) 42-40, Rebecca Wilson (Monifieth) 46-40, Karen Marshall (Baberton) 43-39, Laura Murray (Alford) 39-43, Ann F Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 40-42, Linda Bain (Lochend) 42-40.
83 Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies) 41-42.
84 Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) 42-42, Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 41-43, Emily Ogilvy (Aucherarder) 41-43, Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) 48-36, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 42-42, Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) 42-42, Fiona Gilbert (Carnoustie Ladies) 44-40.
PROJECTED CUT-OFF POINT FOR MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS AFTER ROUND 2
85 Fiona de Vries (St Rule) 42-43, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 44-41, Alexandra Bushby (Strathmore) 45-40, Linda Urquhart (Banchory) 42-43, Samantha Leslie (Westhill) 44-41, Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 40-45, Gail Wilson (Monifieth) 45-40, Gillian Lockhart (Kilmarnock Barassie) 45-40.
86 Lesley Atkins (Minto) 45-41, Margaret Tough (Falkirk) 46-40, Martine Pow (Selkirk) 43-43, Aileen Hunter (Monifieth) 45-41, Jennifer Jenkins (Ralston) 43-43.
87 Mary Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 41-46, Ashleigh Wilton (Ladybank) 42-45, Linda Caine (Dunbar) 46-41, Carol Whyte (Windyhill) 45-42, Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) 43-44, Heather Anderson (Alyth) 42-45.
88 Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) 45-43, Susan Ireland (Prestonfield) 45-43.
89 Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 44-45, Sara Bishop (Windyhill) 45-44, Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) 46-43, Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) 44-45, Kirsten MacCallum (Newburgh-on-Ythan) 46-45.
90 Laura McLardy (Murcar Links) 49-41, Kirsten Blackwood (Craigmillar Park) 43-47, Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 45-45, Winifred MacCallum (Falkirk) 47-43.
91 Wendy Wells (Peebles) 47-44.
92 Addi Shamash (Kirkcudbright) 46-46, Sammy Vass (Tain) 49-43, Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 48-44, Fiona Blair (Carnoustie Ladies) 48-44, Elaine Whyte (Windyhill) 47-45.
93 Diane Moncrieff (Lochend) 51-42.
94 Fiona Hay (Deeside) 49-45, Fiona Fullerton (Huntly) 48-46.
96 Fiona Macgregor (Thornhill) 44-52.
97 Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 46-51, Bobbi Waugh (Moorhall) 50-47.
102 Ruth McIntyre (Windyhill) 50-52, Ann McDonald (Windyhill) 51-51.
108 Lindsay Mathie (Windyhill) 51-57.
119 Tracey Masterton (Windyhill) 60-59.

Irish women's close amateur championship

Apologies from the Editor for being unable to give you this report until I got back to Aberdeen from Southerness where the mobile telephone signal was too weak to get on the Internet.

Victoria Bradshaw topples champion

Leona Maguire in second round

Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell), pictured right, the reigning champion and winner in recent weeks of the French Under-21 and Scottish women’s open titles, was sensationally beaten in the second round of the match-play stages of the Lancome Irish close women’s championship at Fota Island Golf Resort near Cork today.
Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor), herself only 19, claimed the most notable “scalp”of her golfing career, beating the 14-year-old from Cavan with a birdie at the 20th in a classic match-play tie.
But the other half of the talented twins, leading qualifier Lisa Maguire, is through to the last eight in which she will play Catherine Tucker (Limerick).
Lisa beat past champion Karen Delaney (Carlow) 5 and 4 while Catherine had a tighter affair against Patrict Delaney (Birr) but held her nerve to win by one hole.
Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) was one down after nine holes against youngster Sarah Helly from Enniscrone but capped a very good comeback by birdieing the 15th and won on the next green.
Niamh will now play Caoimhe Quinn (Dungannon) who beat local favourite Gillian O'Leary at the 19th. Gillian, one up playing 18, ran into a spot of bother and lost the hole and also the match at the 19th.
Karen O'Neill (Douglas) knocked out 2004 champion Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) with an impressive 4 and 3 win.
No 3 seed Mary Dowling (New Ross) survived a scare after being two up with three to play against Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint), Mary lost the 16th and 17th but got a fine up and down to get a winning par at the 18th.
Long-hitter Laura McCarthy defeated Sue Phillips to earn herself a crack at the giant-killing Victoria Bradshaw.

Monday's Championship results:

FIRST ROUND
Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) bt Mary Crowley (Castletroy) 9 and 7.
Karen Delaney (Carlow) bt Vicki Power (Corrstown) 3 and 1.
Patrice Delaney (Birr) bt Anne McCormack (Roscommon) 4 and 3.
Catherine Tucker(Limerick) bt Catherine Kavanagh (Mitchelstown) 7 and 6.
Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) bt Lynda Maher (Charleville) 4 and 3.
Sarah Helly (Enniscrone) bt Pat Doran (Donabate) 5 and 3.
Caoimhe Quinn (Dungannon) bt Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) 2 holes.
Gillian O'Leary (Cork) btCarla Reynolds (Seapoint) 4 and 3.

Mary Dowling (New Ross) bt Eileen MacMullen (Donegal) 6 and 5.
Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint) bt Orla Barry (Galway) 4 and 2.
Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) bt Claire Keating (Charleville) 5 and 3.
Karen O'Neill (Douglas) bt Aoife Lowry (Tipperary) 2 and 1.
Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) bt Helen Jones (Strabane) 3 and 2.
Sue Phillips (Woodbrook) bt Maria Dunne (Skerries) 2 holes.
Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) bt Linda Toomey (Limerick) 4 and 2.
Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) bt Emma Gilmore (Mountbellew) 8 and 7.
SECOND ROUND
Lisa Maguire bt Karen Delaney 5 and 4.
Tucker bt Patrice Delaney 1 hole.
Kitching bt Helly 3 and 2.
Quinn bt O'Leary at 19th.
Dowling bt Gribben 1 hole.
O'Neill bt Smith 4 and 3.
McCarthy bt Phillips 6 and 4.
Bradshaw bt Leona Maguire at 20th
TUESDAY’S QUARTER-FINALS
09:00 Lisa Maguire v Catherine Tucker.
09:09 Niamh Kitching v Caoimhe Quinn.
09:18 Mary Dowling v Karen O'Neill.
09:27 Laura McCarthy v Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor)
ITA WALLACE TROPHY PLATE
FIRST ROUND
Shauna O'Brien (Clonmel) bt Noreen Granard (Portarlington) 7 and 6.
Ailish Thompson (Douglas) bt Carmel Kearney (Mallow) 1 hole.
Olivia Conroy (Co. Longford) bt Amanda Welch (Cork) at 19th.
Doireann Carney (Galway) bt Mary Geaney (Killarney) 4 and 3.
Mary Kavanagh (New Ross) bt Mary Mackey (Mallow) 3 and 2.
Julie Coyne (Youghal) bt Ruth Maguire (Corrstown) 9 and 8.
Rhona Brennan (Bandon) bt Marian Finn (Thurles) 1 hole.
Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) bt Edel Coyne (Youghal) 6 and 5.
SECOND ROUND
Thompson bt O'Brien 1 hole.
Carney bt Conroy 4 and 3.
Coyne bt Kavanagh 3 and 1.
McBride bt Brennan 7 and 5.

Scottish women's amateur championship preview

SOUTHERNESS – WHERE THE WINDS BLOW,

LIKELY TO BE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Competitors in this week’s 95th Scottish women’s amateur golf championship at Southerness would not have learned much from practice rounds today in periodic lashing rain and a howling southwesterly wind blowing off the Solway Firth.
Except that links golf in these conditions – which are forecast to stay around at least for for the Tuesday-Wednesday stroke-play qualifying rounds – is about the survival of the fittest and scorecard damage limitation … and remembering that everyone else will be struggling to get pars.
The absence of Curtis Cup 16-year-old Carly Booth, last year’s Scottish Under-18 girls champion, is a blow if only in terms of focusing public interest in the championship.
To many “outsiders,” Carly is the only Scottish female amateur golf name and face they recognise from the newspaper and magazine coverage she has received from an early age.
Which is most unfair on the likes of Stirling University Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), the Scottish Under-21 champion, St Rule Trophy winner last year Kyle Walker (Buchanan Castle), Glasgow University student Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), who won the Swiss women’s open amateur title against a very strong Continental field last summer, Fife champion Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), British universities title-winner Jane Turner (Craigielaw) to name just a handful.
Unlike the “old days,” when Belle Robertson (Dunaverty) was able to win this title five times over a 21-year span (1965 to 1986), championship winners are liable to turn pro before they can defend as last year’s Lossiemouth winner, Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon), Jenna Wilson (Strathaven), Heather Stirling (Bridge of Allan), Linzi Morton (Tulliallan), Lynn Kenny (Dunblane) have done in recent years.
Anne Laing (Vale of Leven), champion in 1996, 2001 and 2004 and four times a beaten finalist, Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) (1998), Martine Pow (Selkirk) are the only former title-holders in the field reduced to 82 with the withdrawal of local player Susan Dickie (Lochmaben) who is ill.
So who’s going to win? Not even the qualifying rounds are guaranteed to give a strong pointer in that direction. Kelsey MacDonald earned the No 1 status in the 32 match-play qualifiers 12 months ago – and then was toppled in the first round by her good friend, Sammy Vass from Tain.
Kelsey, if she plays as well as she did in finishing second to the Irish wonder twin Leona Maguire in the “Helen Holm” at Troon, is the one they all have to beat.
Failing that, keep an eye on the two beaten semi-finalists from last year – Kylie Walker and Laura Murray (Alford).
Kylie, if she can keep her long drives out of the heather, has a definite chance while Laura, beaten at the 20th, gave champion-to-be Michele Thomson her toughest test in last year’s championship.
+Handicaps don’t come into play in the Scottish women’s championship but worth pointing out there seven players with +ratings in this week’s field: Kelsey MacDonald +3, Kylie Walker +3, Pamela Pretswell +2, Martine Pow +2, Katy McNicoll (Carnousitie) +1, Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) +1, Louise Kenney +1.

NAME THE SOUTHERNESS HOLES ... THAT'S
ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR PLAYERS

Southerness Golf Club must be one of the few golf clubs of their standing not to have names given to their holes.
The SLGA are about to change all that! They are running a competition among the players to come up with "appropriate" names for the holes and there will be some kind of prize or prizes at the end of the week.
That is not to say Southerness Golf Club will act upon the suggestions.
If they have not this far with 18 nameless holes, they are unlikely to change now!

LIVE SCORING SERVICE FROM SLGA

The SLGA are to run a live scoring service from Southerness, starting with the Tuesday-Wednesday qualifying rounds. Log on to http://www.slga.co.uk/ for updates every three holes on how the players are progressing.
It was a service that went down very well at the "Helen Holm," so much so that on the Sunday afternoon so many "hits" were received that the computer system could not cope and "crashed" for a spell.

SECOND DAUGHTER FOR CATRIONA MATTHEW

Another scoop for Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk and another girl for Catriona Matthew!

Sophie Lauren Matthew weighed in at 6lb 4oz on May 16.

LPGA Tour & Futures Tour final totals

Oh wins $300,000 first prize in Sybase Classic

Ji Young Oh shot 2-under 70 and benefited from a couple of mistakes by Suzann Pettersen on the back nine to capture the $2 million Sybase Classic on Sunday by four shots.The 20-year-old South Korean finished with a 14-under total on the Upper Montclair Country Club in winning her second LPGA title and earning $300,000.
Pettersen was tied for the lead after 11 holes but bogeyed the 12th hole after a bad drive and then handed Oh the title with bogeys on the final two holes.
Oh put an exclamation point on the win with a 7-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole.
Michelle Wie and Paula Creamer finished tied for third at 8-under after failing to mount a charge on a cold, raw day.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72) 6413yd.
1. Ji Young Oh $300,000 66-69-69-70--274
2. Suzann Pettersen 184,708 65-70-69-74--278
3. Michelle Wie 118,824 70-69-68-73--280
3. Paula Creamer 118,824 70-69-68-73--280
5. In-Kyung Kim 83,430 68-73-70-70--281
6. Hee Young Park 62,699 67-74-67-74--282
6. Brittany Lincicome 62,699 64-69-72-77--282
8. Louise Stahle 45,339 73-68-72-70--283
8. Amy Hung 45,339 70-72-70-71--283
8. Candie Kung 45,339 71-69-69-74--283
11. Momoko Ueda 36,658 71-71-71-71--284
11. Helen Alfredsson 36,658 62-76-72-74--284
13. M.J. Hur 29,529 74-71-72-68--285
13. Karin Sjodin 29,529 73-72-69-71--285
13. Natalie Gulbis 29,529 70-72-70-73--285
13. Jiyai Shin 29,529 69-71-71-74--285
13. Moira Dunn 29,529 71-69-70-75--285
18. Ai Miyazato 25,079 73-68-69-76--286
19. Lorena Ochoa 22,855 71-71-72-73--287
19. Sandra Gal 22,855 70-69-75-73--287
19. Song-Hee Kim 22,855 72-67-74-74--287
19. Russy Gulyanamitta 22,855 73-69-69-76--287
Selected totals:
32. Becky Morgan 13,510 71-69-77-72--289
37. Janice Moodie 9,971 71-72-72-75--290
55. Laura Davies 5,865 74-71-73-75--293

US Duramed Futures Tour Scoreboard
$100,000 Mercedes-Benz of Kansas City Championship
Leawood South Country Club, Leawood, Kansas
FINAL TOTALS
1 Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 71-77-70 - 218 $14,000
T2 Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 73-76-70 - 219 $7,405
T2 Jean Reynolds (Newnan, Ga.) 72-72-75 - 219 $7,405
T2 Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 73-69-77 - 219 $7,4055
4 Seo-Jae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 68-76-76 - 220 $4,090
T6 Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 76-75-70 - 221 $2,915
T6 Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 73-71-77 - 221 $2,915
T8 Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 74-80-68 - 222 $2,115
T8 Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 73-76-73 - 222 $2,115
10 Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 77-70-76 - 223 $1,740
T11 Stella Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 76-77-71 - 224 $1,322
T11 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 72-79-73 - 224 $1,322
T11 Charlotte Campbell (Heathrow, Fla.) 75-75-74 - 224 $1,322
T11 Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 72-78-74 - 224 $1,322
T11 Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 76-73-75 - 224 $1,322
T11 Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 72-76-76 - 224 $1,322
T17 Cindy Lee-Pridgen (Sabah, Malaysia) 74-77-74 - 225 $946
T17 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 78-73-74 - 225 $946
T17 Sin Ah Ham (Seoul, South Korea) 78-75-72 - 225 $946
T17 Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 75-74-76 - 225 $946
T21 Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 75-77-74 - 226 $807
T21 Katie Allison (Little River, S.C.) 76-76-74 - 226 $807
T21 Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherland75-77-74 - 226 $807
T21 Mina Harigae (Monterey, Calif.) 75-76-75 - 226 $807
T21 Taya Battistella (Bend, Ore.) 79-72-75 - 226 $807
T21 Su A Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 75-75-76 - 226 $807
T21 Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Quebec) 74-76-76 - 226 $807
T21 Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 75-74-77 - 226 $807
T21 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 73-75-78 - 226 $807
T21 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 74-73-79 - 226 $80
T31 Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico) 79-73-75 - 227 $717
T31 Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 77-74-76 - 227 $717
T31 Haeji Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 75-76-76 - 227 $717
T31 Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 77-76-74 - 227 $717
T31 Song Yi Choi (Seoul, South Korea) 78-75-74 - 227 $717
T31 Molly Birmingham (Cornelius, N.C.) 73-78-76 - 227 $717
T31 Danah Ford (Indianapolis, Ind.) 78-75-74 - 227 $717
T31 Janice Olivencia (Caguas, Puerto Rico) 78-76-73 - 227 $717
T31 Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 78-76-73 - 227 $717
T31 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 78-76-73 - 227 $717
T31 Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 77-78-72 - 227 $717
T42 Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 79-73-76 - 228 $664
T42 Courtney Mahon (Lee's Summit, Mo.) 78-75-75 - 228 $664
Gina Umeck (Redlands, Calif.) 77-76-75 - 228 $664
Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 78-75-75 - 228 $664
Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 76-75-77 - 228 $664
Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 77-74-77 - 228 $664
Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 74-79-75 - 228 $664
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 76-75-77 - 228 $664
T50 Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 76-76-77 - 229 $632
Noon Huachai (Bangkok, Thailand) 73-79-77 - 229 $632
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 76-77-76 - 229 $632
Christine Cho (Kent, Wash.) 79-75-75 - 229 $632
Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 78-77-74 - 229 $632
T55 Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 78-75-77 - 230 $612
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 73-80-77 - 230 $612
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 75-79-76 - 230 $612
Moon Su (Incheon, South Korea) 78-77-75 - 230 $612
Onnarin Sattayabanphot (Bangkok, Thailand) 78-77-75 - 230 $612
T60 Stephanie Otteson (Wilson, N.C.) 77-74-80 - 231 $595
Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 74-77-80 - 231 $595
Katie Miller (Jeannette, Pa.) 75-74-82 - 231 $595
Perry Swenson (Charlotte, N.C.) 78-77-76 - 231 $595
T64 Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 73-79-80 - 232 $583
Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia)80-74-78 - 232 $583
Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 80-75-77 - 232 $583
T67 Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 74-78-81 - 233 $574
Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 76-78-79 - 233 $574
Carol Robertson (Virginia Beach, Va.) 78-76-79 - 233 $574
T70 Amanda Mathis (Opelousas, La.) 74-79-82 - 235 $567
Seema Sadekar (Toronto, Ontario) 76-79-80 - 235 $567
T72 Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 79-75-82 - 236 $563
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 79-76-81 - 236 $56374
Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.) 78-77-85 - 240 $560

Tegan wins Stableford at Dunecht House

PAUL LAWRIE FOUNDATION

DUNECHT HOUSE STABLEFORD

Report by Murray Carnie
Twenty six competitors took part on Sunday, under blue skies and strong breeze, which did not prevent a lot of players scoring well. It was the girls who stole the show with three of them finishing in the top five.

Winner was Tegan Seivwright ( Deeside), pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, a graduate out of our flag tour, with an excellent 49 points. Close behind was nine year old Shannon Mc William (Aboyne) who racked up 47 points. Darren Smith( Inverurie) came in 3rd place with 44 points to pip Connor Prudence (Turriff) on a better inward half.

Zoe Marr rounded off an excellent day for the girls when she finished in fifth place with 40 points.
Many thanks to all the members at Dunecht House, especially Brian Elrick,who turned out in large numbers to assist in the running of this event. The course and in particular the greens were in fantastic condition for this time of year.
RESULTS
Tegan Seivwright (16) (Deeside) - 47 + (2) = 49 points
Shannon Mc William (31) (Aboyne)– 45 + (2) = 47 points
Darren Smith (23) (Inverurie) - 44 points (BIH)
Connor Prudence (35) (Turriff) – 44 points
Zoe Marr (27) (Inverurie) – 38 + (2) = 40 points.

Girls
sss = 74
css = 74
Course par = 74

Boys
sss = 70
css = 69
Course par 72

Other Scores
Craig Lawrie 38, Lewis Paterson 39, Ryan Grieve 37, Ryan McKinnon 39, Gavin Elrick 38,Kirsten Pryde 30, Ben Henderson 35, Lewis McWilliam 39, Calum Morrison 37, Kieran Spence 32, Greg Carrell 34,Christopher Ogg 34, Liam Allan 39, Rory Turner 33, Ryan Dey 37,Paul Morgan 38,Kiran Nolan 31 , Scott Harkeness 26, Michael Lawrie 36 points.

Longest Drive
Ryan Dey (Torphins)

Closest to the Hole
Tegan Sievwright

It's Norway's Day! Marianne Skarpnord's

first win as a pro in Ladies Swiss Open

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Norway’s Marianne Skarpnord, a former British girls' open champion, claimed her first professional career victory in the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open with a final round of 70 at Golf Gerre Losone today.
The 23-year-old, starting her fifth season on the Ladies European Tour, collected a €78,750 winner's cheque when her 16-under-par total of 276 left her one stroke clear of England’s Melissa Reid, who also shot 70.
Australian Karen Lunn (69) finished in third place on 278, 14-under-par, after she chipped in for eagle at the 18th hole.
A third round of 66 on Saturday had given Skarpnord a one-stroke lead entering the final round however it was a day of fluctuating fortunes which came down to the last putt on the final hole.
Melissa Reid, who started the day in second on 12-under, grabbed a one shot lead with an eagle at the 469-yard par-three third hole.
Skarpnord birdied the fifth to draw level on 14-under before both players birdied the par-five sixth. With her third birdie in a row at the seventh the Norwegian regained the outright lead. However, she fell one behind after a three-putt bogey at the ninth, where Reid struck an iron to within two feet for a birdie three.
When Reid reached the turn in 32 she was a stroke ahead of the Norwegian, but suddenly her game unraveled as she dropped three shots in as many holes from the 11th. After a birdie at the 16th, Skarpnord was three ahead, but Reid was back in the hunt after a birdie at the 17th hole.
Marianne and her boyfriend/caddie, Petter
Both players hit superb second shots to the green on the par-five 18th but it took three putts for Skarpnord to secure the victory. Reid was forced to settle for her fourth runner-up spot in two seasons but is determined to make her breakthrough soon.
Skarpnord celebrated her win – and Norway’s national day - after friends stormed the 18th green and sprayed her with champagne.
“To get a win this early in the season is just great and now I can play Evian,” she said. “Melissa and I both played well. We were even or one shot up, one shot down the whole round. She just missed a few putts around 13, 14, or something. I made a birdie on 16.
"It was hard work at the end, three-putting there. The first putt I didn’t think was so fast but it was. I thought it didn’t matter if I make it or not, I can just put it close.”
With season’s earnings of €88,414.68, Skarpnord now leads the LET’s official 2009 Henderson Money List and earned 30 Solheim Cup points, taking her to eighth position on the European standings.
The Ladies European Tour now moves to Munich for the HypoVereinsbank Ladies German Open, presented by Audi, at Golfpark Gut Hausern. Courtesy of the sponsor, Skarpnord was one of the lucky players to be whisked straight to Germany in an Audi Q7.
COLIN FARQUHARSON'S SCOTSWATCH
A top 20 finish in her debut on the Ladies European Tour - what a start for Krystle Caithness who, like Michele Thomson, another LET rookie, was playing at Curtis Cup amateur level just about 12 months ago. Michele tied for 35th place on her first pro appearance on the Continent, another confidence-boosting performance.
Krystle had rounds of 71, 75, 69 and 71 for a six-under-par total of 286 over the par-73 track to earn 6864 Euros.
Michele shot 73, 73, 73 and 72 for 291 to collect 4016 Euros.
Pamela Feggans from Ayrshire, another LET rookie, tied for 44th place on 293 and earned 2940 Euros.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 292 (4 x 73)
Totals in Euros
276 M Skarpnord (Nor) 69 71 66 70 (78,750).
277 M Reid (Eng) 71 68 68 70 (53,287).
278 K Lunn (Aus) 73 67 69 69 (36,750).
280 E Zackrisson (Swe) 67 74 70 69 (28,350).
282 G Simpson (Eng0 69 72 71 70, N Gergely (Aut) 70 69 71 72 (20,317 each).
283 U Wikstrom (Fin) 69 74 70 70 (15,750).
284 G Nocera (Fra) 72 70 72 70, Lisa Hall (Eng) 68 73 72 71 (124,440 each).
Selected scores:
286 K Caithness (Sco) 71 75 69 71 (jt 18th) (6864).
287 H Kavanagh (Ire) 74 71 71 71, F Johnson (Eng) 70 71 73 73 (jt 22nd) (6142).
288 S Head (Eng) 69 74 75 70 (jt 27th) (5433).
289 S Walker (Eng) 70 73 71 75 (jt 31st) (4882).
291 M Thomson (Sco) 73 73 73 72, Lydia Hall (Wal) 73 74 72 72 (jt 35th) (4016 each).
292 L Fairclough (Eng) 77 69 74 72 (jt 41st) (3272)
293 P Feggans (Sco) 76 72 70 75, R Coakley (Ire) 72 72 73 76 (jt 44th) (2940 each).
294 R Hudson (Eng) 73 72 79 70, M Gillen (Ire) 72 74 75 73, B Loucks (Wal) 73 75 70 76 (2257 each).
295 E Lyons (Eng) 72 75 76 72, T Delaney (Ire) 69 73 73 80 (jt 57th) (1653 each).
298 K S Taylor (Eng) 71 74 79 74 (jt 62nd) (1443).

It's the Maguire twins again! Nos 1 and

2 seeds for Irish closed championship

It's on the cards that the 14-year-old Maguire twins, Lisa and Leona, will meet in Wednesday's final of the Lancome Irish women's closed championship at Fota Island Golf Resort, near Cork ... just as they did in last year's final.
For the second year in a row, Lisa has won the Leitrim Cup as the leading qualifier. She lost to Leona in last year's final.
In recent weeks, the spotlight has been on Leona who won the French Under-21 title, the Helen Holm Scottish women's open stroke-play at Troon and the Woodenbridge Scratch Cup.
But these highly competitive siblings spark off each other and Lisa raised her game to push Leona into second place by the end of the 36-hole qualifying test over the weekend.
Lisa had a 72 today for a two-under-par total of 146 over the par-74 track. Leona had a 73 for 147. They were the only two players to return 36-hole sub-par totals and as Nos 1 and 2 seeds they automatically go into opposite halves of the match-play draw.
Mary Dowling (New Ross) did extremely well to match Lisa's 72 and shared the honour of producing the Sunday best.
Mary, who had a first-round 76, is third seed on 148 and is seeded to meet Leona in the semi-finals.
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
QUALIFIERS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH-PLAY
Par 148 (2 x 74)
146 Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) 74 72.
147 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) 74 73.
148 Mary Dowling (New Ross) 76 72.
153 Niamh Kitching (Claremorris) 77 76, Gillian O'Leary (Cork) 77 76.
159 Sarah Crowe (Tipperary) 77 82.
160 Karen O'Neill (Douglas) 82 78, Catherine Tucker (Limerick) 82 78, Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) 82 78.
161 Patrice Delaney (Birr) 79 82.
162 Maria Dunne (Skerries) 85 77.
163 Deirdre Smith (Co. Louth) 83 80, Pat Doran (Donabate) 81 82, Mary Sheehy (Tralee) 80 83.
164 Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) 87 77, Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint) 85 79, Victoria Bradshaw (Bangor) 84 80.
165 Vicki Power (Corrstown) 89 76, Karen Delaney (Carlow) 87 78.
166 Linda Toomey (Limerick) 86 80, Orla Barry (Galway) 82 84, Lillian Harrington (East Cork) 84 82.
167 Caoimhe Quinn (Dungannon) 88 79.
168 Sarah Helly (Enniscrone) Claire Keating (Charleville) 84, 84 Sue Phillips (Woodbrook) 83, 85
169 Anne McCormack (Roscommon) 90 79.
170 Catherine Kavanagh (Mitchelstown) 88 82, Helen Jones (Strabane) 86 84.
171 Aoife Lowry (Tipperary) 89 82, Lynda Maher (Charleville) 86 85.
173 Carla Reynolds (Seapoint) 89 84, Eileen MacMullen (Donegal) 89 84, Deirdre Cahalan (Nenagh) 87 86, Mary Scully (Tralee) 87 86.
174 Emma Gilmore (Mountbellew) 90 84, Marie Carr (Athenry) 85 89, Mary Crowley (Castletroy) 85 89.

OTHER SCORES:
175 Shauna O'Brien (Clonmel) 91 84, Yvonne Daly Ryan (Tipperary) 91 84, Sinead Keane (The Curragh) 87 88.
177 Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) 95 82.
178 Mary Kavanagh (New Ross) 92 86.
179 Doireann Carney (Galway) 96 83, Olivia Conroy (Co Longford) 92 87.
180 Ruth Maguire (Corrstown) 94 86, Rhona Brennan (Bandon) 92 88, Carmel Kearney (Mallow) 91 89, Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) 86 94.
181 Ailish Thompson (Douglas) 96 85, Siobhan O'Herlihy (Muskerry) 94 87, Marian Finn (Thurles) 94 87.
182 Julie Coyne (Youghal) 92 90, Adrienne Crowley (Woodbrook) 88 94.
183 Amanda Welch (Cork) 91 92, Mary Geaney (Killarney) 90 93.
185 Mary Mackey (Mallow) 95 90, Muiriosa Connolly (Lahinch) 90 95.
187 Edel Coyne (Youghal) 96 91.
190 Val Shannon (Douglas) 95 95 Noreen Granard (Portarlington) 94 96, Anne O'Rahily (Monkstown) 90 100.
192 Maria Cahill (Abbeyleix) 99 93.
193 Maura Breathnach (Monkstown) 96 97.
195 Olivia O'Meara (Mitchelstown) 98 97.
203 Mary Lowney (Dunmore) 106 97.
209 Kathleen O'Keeffe (Muskerry) 103 106.

CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST-ROUND DRAW
Upper half
08:00 Lisa Maguire v Mary Crowley.
08:09 Karen Delaney v Vicki Power.
08:18 Patrice Delaney v Anne McCormack.
08:27 Catherine Kavanagh v Catherine Tucker.
08:36 Niamh Kitching v Lynda Maher.
08:45 Sarah Helly v Pat Doran.
08:54 Emma O'Driscoll v Caoimhe Quinn.
09:03 Carla Reynolds v Gillian O'Leary.
Lower half
09:12 Mary Dowling v Eileen MacMullen.
09:21 Orla Barry v Tara Gribben.
09:30 Deirdre Smith v Claire Keating.
09:39 Aoife Lowry v Karen O'Neill.
09:48 Laura McCarthy v Helen Jones.
09:57 Sue Phillips v Maria Dunne.
10:06 Victoria Bradshaw v Linda Toomey.
10:15 Emma Gilmore v Leona Maguire.

DRAW FOR ITA WALLACE PLATE
FIRST ROUND
10:24 Shauna O'Brien v Noreen Granard.
10:33 Ailish Thompson v Carmel Kearney.
10:42 Olivia Conroy v Amanda Welch.
10:51 Mary Mackey v Doireann Carney.
11:00 Mary Kavanagh v Muiriosa Connolly.
11:09 Julie Coyne v Ruth Maguire.
11:18 Rhona Brennan v Marian Finn.
11:27 Edel Coyne v Violet McBride.

Carol Muir beats Jane Yellowlees

in Perth & Kinross final

Craigie Hill player Carol Muir, the No 4 seed, won the Perth & Kinross women's county golf championship for the first time at Strathmore Golf Centre today.

Carole beat twice former champion Jane Yellowlees (Murrayshall) by one hole after being two down on the 15th tee. She won the 16th, 17th and 18th for victory.

In the morning semi-finals, Yellowlees beat the defending champion, Laura Walker (Muckhart) by 3 and 2 while Muir beat the county captain, Dawn Butchart (Strathmore) by 5 and 4.

The handicap championship was won by Sandra Service (Alyth) who beat Barbara Lyburn (Blairgowrie) 3 and 2 in the final.

Weekend results

First round

Fiona Ramsay (Crieff) bt Lenore Kyle (Milnathort) 3 and 2.
Dawn Butchart (Strathmore) bt Mary Hope (Blairgowrie) 2 and 1.
Jillian Milne (Craigie Hill) bt Gwen Lambie (Dunkeld) at 19th.
Carole Muir (Craigie Hill) bt Sandy Bushby (Strathmore) 1 hole.
Alex Bushby (Strathmore) bt Ailie Burnett (Dunkeld) 4 and 2.
Laura Walker (Muckhart) bt Megan Aird (Strathmore) 4 and 2.
Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) bt Janet Griffiths (Strathmore) 1 hole.
JaneYellowlees (Murrayshall) bt Emily Aird (Strathmore) 2 holes.

Quarter-finals

Butchart bt Ramsay 3 and 1.
Muir bt Milne 4 and 2.
Walker bt Alex Bushby 4 and 2.

Yellowlees bt Wallace 1 hole.

Semi-finals

Muir bt Butchart 5 and 4
Yellowlees bt Walker 3 and 2.

Final

Muir bt Yellowlees 1 hole.

HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP
Quarter-finals

Hannah Robb (Strathmore) (18) bt Sheila MacDougall (Dunblane) (17) 3 and 2.
Sandra Service (Alyth) (17) bt Alison Stockley (Craigie Hill) (11) 2 and 1.
Barbara Lyburn (Blairgowrie) (15) bt Sally Crystall (Taymouth Castle) (20) 3 and 2.
Elizabeth Milligan (Dunblane) (17) bt Jenny Groom (Strathmore) (27) 10 and 8.

Semi-finals

Service bt Robb 6 and 4.

Lyburn bt Milligan at 19th.

Final

Service bt Lyburn 3 and 2.

US Duramed Futures Tour Scoreboard
MERCEDES-BENZ OF KANSAS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
Leawood South Country Club, Leawood, Kansas
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71) 6274yd
1 Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 73-69 - 142
2 Seo-Jae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 68-76 - 144
2 Jean Reynolds (Newnan, Ga.) 72-72 - 144
2 Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 73-71 - 144
5 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 74-73 - 147
5 Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 77-70 - 147
7 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 73-75 - 148
7 Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 71-77 - 148
7 Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 72-76 - 148
10 Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 76-73 - 149
10 Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 73-76 - 149
10 Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 75-74 - 149
10 Katie Miller (Jeannette, Pa.) 75-74 - 149
10 Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 75-74 - 149
10 Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 73-76 - 149
16 Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Quebec) 74-76 - 150
16 Su A Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 75-75 - 150
16 Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 72-78 - 150
16 Charlotte Campbell (Heathrow, Fla.) 75-75 - 150
20 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 72-79 - 151
20 Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 76-75 - 151
20 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 78-73 - 151
20 Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 74-77 - 151
20 Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 76-75 - 151
20 Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 77-74 - 151
20 Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 76-75 - 151
20 Molly Birmingham (Cornelius, N.C.) 73-78 - 151
20 Cindy Lee-Pridgen (Sabah, Malaysia) 74-77 - 151
20 Stephanie Otteson (Wilson, N.C.) 77-74 - 151
20 Haeji Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 75-76 - 151
20 Taya Battistella (Bend, Ore.) 79-72 - 151
20 Mina Harigae (Monterey, Calif.) 75-76 - 151
20 Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 77-74 - 151
34 Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 79-73 - 152
34 Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 73-79 - 152
34 Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherlands) 75-77 - 152
34 Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 74-78 - 152
34 Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico) 79-73 - 152
34 Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 76-76 - 152
34 Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 75-77 - 152
34 Dana Bates (Thousand Palms, Calif.) 78-74 - 152
34 Katie Allison (Little River, S.C.) 76-76 - 152
34 Noon Huachai (Bangkok, Thailand) 73-79 - 152
44 Stella Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 76-77 - 153
Amanda Mathis (Opelousas, La.) 74-79 - 153
Courtney Mahon (Lee's Summit, Mo.) 78-75 - 153
Gina Umeck (Redlands, Calif.) 77-76 - 153
Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 78-75 - 153
Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 77-76 - 153
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 76-77 - 153
Song Yi Choi (Seoul, South Korea) 78-75 - 153
Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 74-79 - 153
Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 78-75 - 153
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 73-80 - 153
Sin Ah Ham (Seoul, South Korea) 78-75 - 153
Danah Ford (Indianapolis, Ind.) 78-75 - 15357
Janice Olivencia (Caguas, Puerto Rico) 78-76 - 154
Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 79-75 - 154
Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 76-78 - 154
Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 78-76 - 154
Christine Cho (Kent, Wash.) 79-75 - 154
Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia) 80-74 - 154
Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 74-80 - 154
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 75-79 - 154
Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 78-76 - 154
Carol Robertson (Virginia Beach, Va.) 78-76 - 15467
Moon Su (Incheon, South Korea) 78-77 - 155
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 79-76 - 155
Onnarin Sattayabanphot (Bangkok, Thailand) 78-77 - 155
Perry Swenson (Charlotte, N.C.) 78-77 - 155
Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 77-78 - 155
Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.) 78-77 - 155
Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 78-77 - 155
Seema Sadekar (Toronto, Ontario) 76-79 - 155
Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 80-75 - 155
MISSED THE CUT
Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 77-79 - 156
Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 77-79 - 156
Lindsey Bergeon (Sarasota, Fla.) 76-80 - 156
Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 73-83 - 156
Whitney Myers (York. Pa.) 77-79 - 156
Sarah Lynn Sargent (Williamston, S.C.) 79-77 - 156
Rak Kyung Oh (Seoul, South Korea) 77-79 - 156
Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 80-76 - 156
Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 79-77 - 156
Dana Je (Orlando, Fla.) 79-77 - 156
Rebecka Heinmert (Hassleholm, Sweden) 79-77 - 156
Marci Turner (Tompkinsville, Ky.) 78-79 - 157
Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 74-83 - 157
Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 79-78 - 157
Stephanie George (Myerstown, Pa.) 81-76 - 157
Brandi Jackson (Greenville, S.C.) 80-77 - 157
Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 83-74 - 157
Amber Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 82-75 - 157
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 78-79 - 157
Nicole Hage (Coral Springs, Fla.) 81-76 - 157
Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 81-77 - 158
Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 81-77 - 158
Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 82-76 - 158
Susan Choi (Natick, Mass.) 78-80 - 158
Praewnapa Phol-Uayporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 79-79 - 158
Juli Erekson (Mapleton, Utah) 83-76 - 159
Mary J. Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 80-79 - 159
Kimberly Goedecke (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) 76-83 - 159
Katie Fraley (Brandenburg, Ky.) 80-79 - 159
Alejandra Shaw (Vina Del Mar, Chile) 75-84 - 159
Malinda Johnson (Eau Claire, Wis.) 79-80 - 159
Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 82-77 - 159
Stacey Bieber (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 77-82 - 159
Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 78-82 - 160
Brenda McLarnon (Belfast, Ireland) 78-82 - 160
Kim Welch (Sacramento, Calif.) 86-74 - 160
Patricia Beliard (Pontarlier, France) 78-82 - 160
Sookhee Baek (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) 81-80 - 161
Emily Powers (a) (Quincy, Ill.) 81-80 - 161
Priscilla Duffield (Gold Coast, Australia) 81-80 - 161
Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 78-83 - 161
Sunny Park (Sydney, Australia) 78-83 - 161
Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 82-80 - 162
Christine Boucher (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) 80-82 - 162
Caroline Park (Seoul, South Korea) 79-83 - 16
2Catherine Matranga (Fort Worth, Texas) 82-81 - 163
Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, Md.) 83-80 - 163
Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 81-82 - 163
Tiffany Prats (Williston, Fla.) 82-81 - 163
Maggie Simons (Raleigh, N.C.) 79-85 - 164
Meghan Little (Sturgis, S.D.) 81-83 - 164
Ulrika Ljungman-Smith (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 86-78 - 164
Alexandra Braga (Los Angeles, Calif.) 81-83 - 164
ris Brady (Charlotte, N.C.) 81-83 - 164
Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 79-85 - 164
Georgette Rolle (Nassau, Bahamas) 84-81 - 165
Jenna Pearson (Wheaton, Ill.) 83-82 - 165
Emma Calderone (Toronto, Ontario) 82-83 - 165
Sohi Moon (Seoul, South Korea) 85-80 - 165
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 79-87 - 166
Santie Koch (Potgietersrus, South Africa) 85-81 - 166
Jill Frantz (Iowa City, Iowa) 85-83 - 168
Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 85-83 - 168
Mary Kate Morgan (Longview, Wash.) 84-87 - 171
Jackie Gonzalez (Valencia, Venezuela) 86-90 - 176

Andrew Cooley claims place at the

NCAA Championships in Ohio

Andrew Cooley from Surrey, a freshman student at San Diego State University, finished joint 24th in a field of 75 players at the NCAA Division 1 men's West Regional championship at Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City in California.

Cooley, pictured right, scored 72, 72 and 70 for a total of two-under-par 214 and will be playing at the NCAA championships at Inverness Golf Club, Toledo, Ohio from May 26 to 30 as San Diego State finished fourth in the team event from which the leading five teams qualified.

Arizona State had three students in the top four. Swedish player Jesper Kennegard scored 66, 68 and 70 over the par-72, 6849yd course for a 12-under-par total of 204. He won by one shot from Bronson Burgoon (Texas A&M) with 69, 72 and 74 for 205.

Knut Borsheim and Chan Kim, both Arizona State, tied for third place on 207. Borsheim scored 69, 70 and 68, Kim 71, 67 and 69.

Arizona State (828) won the team title ahead of Oregon (837), Texas A&M (840), San Diego State (849) and Southern California (853).]

It was the seventh straight West Regional championship victory by Arizona State.

LPGA Tour Scoreboard
SYBASE CLASSIC
Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, New Jersey
THIRD ROUND
Par 216 (3x72)
204 Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 66 69 69, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 65 70 69
205 Brittany Lincicome 64 69 72
207 Paula Creamer 70 69 68, Michelle Wie 70 69 68
208 Hee Young Park (Kor) 67 74 67
209 Candie Kung (Tai) 71 69 69
210 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 73 68 69, Moira Dunn 71 69 70, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 62 76 72
211 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 69 71 71, Karrie Webb (Aus) 70 69 72, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 68 73 70, Russy Gulyanamitta (Tha) 73 69 69, Brittany Lang 68 74 69
212 Wendy Doolan (Aus) 70 68 74, Chella Choi (Kor) 71 70 71, Natalie Gulbis 70 72 70, Amy Hung (Tha) 70 72 70
213 Young Kim (Kor) 71 70 72, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 71 71 71, Meg Mallon 70 73 70, Alena Sharp (Can) 70 71 72, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 72 67 74, Louise Stahle (Swe) 73 68 72, Katherine Hull (Aus) 67 73 73
214 Becky Lucidi 72 70 72, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 71 71 72, Karin Sjodin (Swe) 73 72 69, Sandra Gal (Ger) 70 69 75
215 Juli Inkster 75 68 72, Janice Moodie (Sco) 71 72 72, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 69 72 74
216 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 73 68 75, Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 72 72 72, Cristie Kerr 72 72 72, Anna Grzebien 72 72 72, Kim Hall 72 72 72, Jee Young Lee (Kor) 69 71 76, Ya-Ni Tseng (Kor) 71 71 74, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 72 71 73, Lisa Strom (Gbr) 72 69 75
217 Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 72 73 72, Wendy Ward 73 72 72, Vicky Hurst 73 71 73, Mollie Fankhauser 70 72 75, Soo-Yun Kang (Kor) 73 70 74, Becky Morgan (Wal) 71 69 77, Meaghan Francella 73 71 73, M J Hur (Kor) 74 71 72, Stacy Lewis 70 74 73
218 Marisa Baena 72 72 74, Minea Blomqvist (Fin) 74 70 74, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 73 71 74, Paige Mackenzie 72 71 75, Mikaela Parmlid (Swe) 75 69 74, Angela Park (Bra) 73 70 75, Laura Davies (Eng) 74 71 73
219 Stephanie Louden 72 72 75, Giulia Sergas (Ita) 73 71 75, Ashleigh Simon (Rsa) 71 72 76, Christina Kim 74 70 75, Katie Futcher 71 72 76
220 Jill McGill 74 70 76, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 73 71 76, Kris Tschetter 73 71 76, Meredith Duncan 76 69 75
221 Irene Cho 73 71 77, Marcy Hart 69 76 76
222 Sophie Giquel (Fra) 70 74 78, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 71 72 79
223 Angela Stanford 73 70 80
225 Karine Icher (Fra) 73 72 80