Ladies European Tour Scoreboard
SAS LADIES MASTERS
Fritzoe Gard, Larvik, Norway
FINAL TOTALS
Par 219 (3x73)
207 Diana Luna (Ita) 67 70 70
208 Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 70 68 70
209 Felicity Johnson 69 72 68, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 71 69 69, Beth Allen (USA) 72 68 69, Iben Tinning (Den) 71 71 67, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 62 74 73, Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 66 68 75, Samantha Head 66 73 70, Stephanie Na (Aus) 70 71 68
210 Melissa Reid 67 72 71
211 Virginine Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 73 69 69, Sophie Giquel (Fra) 66 73 72, Becky Brewerton 71 70 70, Trish Johnson (USA) 69 70 72, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 69 72 70, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 67 75 69, Emma Cabrera Bello (Spa) 68 74 69
212 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 75 70 67, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 70 69 73, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 70 71 71, Lee-Anne Pace (USA) 72 69 71, Anna Knutsson (Swe) 72 68 72, Rebecca Hudson 68 71 73
213 Georgina Simpson 72 70 71, Anna-Lise Caudal (Fra) 69 76 68, Gwladys Nocera (Fra) 71 69 73
214 Rebecca Coakley 70 74 70, Breanne Alicia Loucks 73 68 73, Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger) 71 73 70
215 Lotta Maria Wahlin (Swe) 73 72 70, Martina Eberl (Ger) 70 74 71
216 Marta Prieto (Spa) 69 74 73, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 69 70 77
217 Sophie Walker 74 70 73, Hazel Kavanagh 71 73 73, Lynnette Teresa Brooky (Nzl) 72 71 74, Karen-Margrethe Juul (Den) 72 73 72
218 Malene Jorgensen (Den) 71 74 73, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 70 73 75
219 Katharina Schallenberg (Ger) 68 75 76, Nina Reis (Swe) 71 74 74, Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor) 71 72 76, Federica Piovano (Ita) 73 72 74
220 Bing Lim (Mal) 70 73 77, Jessica Ji (Kor) 70 75 75
221 Elizabeth Bennett 71 74 76, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Aus) 72 73 76
224 Mianne Bagger (Den) 69 76 79
225 Julie Tvede (Den) 73 71 81

Nine new caps in Continental team

for Vagliano Trophy match

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE EUROPEAN GOLF ASSOCIATION
The Continent of Europe team to play Great Britain & Ireland in the Vagliano Trophy match at Hamburg Golf Club on July 24 and 25 is:

Laura GONZALES-ESCALLON Belgium
Lucie ANDRE France
Rosanna CREPIAT France
Marion RICORDEAU France
Caroline MASSON Germany
Pia HALBIG Germany
Marieke NIVARD Netherlands
Adriana ZWANK Spain
Caroline HEDWALL Sweden
Reserves:
Ines DIAZ NEGRETE Spain
Thea HOFFMEISTER Germany

Experienced captain Macarena Campomanes will be looking to successfully defend the 2007 victory achieved against the Great Britain and Ireland team over the Torrance Course, Fairmont St Andrews in 2007.
As the biennial Vagliano Trophy Match approaches, held this year in Hamburg, Germany, the Continent of Europe team has nine new names. The first three listed are the current German, Spanish and Portuguese International Ladies’ Amateur champions respectively.
French National Ladies’ Champion, Marion Ricordeau is also World Ladies’ University Champion.
NCAA player Caroline Masson, was International Spanish and German Ladies’ Amateur Champion in 2008 and was recently third in the Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship. Fellow national, Pia Halbig, won the 2009 Slovenian Ladies Amateur Championship.
Marieke Nivard was top individual in the European Nations’ Cup and, in 2008, won the Duke of York Young Champions’ Trophy, the German Girls’ Open and the Dutch National Stroke Play Championship.
A player awarded All-America honours, Adriana Zwanck is a former International Spanish Amateur Champion and European Ladies’ Team Champion team member.
2007 International European Ladies’ Amateur champion, Caroline Hedwall was also a member of the Swedish team winning the Espirito Santo Trophy in Australia late last year.
Nathalie Mansson of Sweden was originally named in the team, but her unavailability has provided the former first reserve, Rosanna Crepiat with her position prior to this press release.
Richard Heath
EGA Championship Manager

Four Aberdeenshire golfing girls who have plenty to smile about - they have all won their home clubs' WOMEN'S championships this season. Left to right: Louise McGillivary (Banchory), Lauren Duncan (Aboyne) Sophie Alexander (Deeside) and Rachel Polson (Peterculter). Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency. Click on it to enlarge.

Hot scoring by Sophie, Kelly

in Oldmeldrum heat-wave

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

The scoring - very hot, indeed - matched the weather at Oldmeldrum Golf Club for today's Aberdeenshire girls' medal competition.

There were two net 66s over the 5,203yd ladies' course which hs a par of 71 (36-35) and a Standard Scratch of 72.

Deeside's Sophie Alexander headed the scratch returns with a fine round of 73 (39-34) which, off a handicap of seven, gave her a net 66. Sophie's handicap has recently gone up from six to seven. Once we get the CSS worked out for today - organiser Ethel Farquharson is basking in the Spanish sunshine at Hacienda del Alamo Golf Resort until next Tuesday - then we can be fairly confident that Sophie's handicap will come back down again.

The other net 66 was returned by 16-year-old Oldmeldrum girl Kelly Guthrie, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency. The remarkable feature about Kelly is that (a) she did not take up golf until last year, (b) she has cut her handicap from 30 to 16 this season, and (c) she was making her debut on the Aberdeenshire girls' competition circuit.

Kelly is almost self-taught apart from "two or three lessons from Hamish Love," the Oldmeldrum club pro.

She almost drove the first green - some 205 yards away, all uphill - and started with a gross birdie 3. Her halves were 40 and 42. Even without knowing what the CSS, we can confidently predict that Kelly Guthrie's handicap is coming down again

But what a prospect for Aberdeenshire girls to "discover" out of the blue.

LEADING SCRATCH SCORES

Par 71 (36-35)

73 Sophie Alexander (Deeside) 39-34.

81 Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 43-38.

82 Kelly Guthrie (Oldmeldrum) 40-42.

84 Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 41-43, Tegan Seivwright (Deeside) 40-44.

85 Lauren Duncan (Aboyne) 40-45.

87 Louise McGillivary (Banchory) 40-47.

88 Kirsten MacCallum (Newburgh-on-Ythan) 44-44.

NET SCORES

66 Kelly Guthrie (Oldmeldrum) (16), Sophie Alexander (Deeside) (7).

71 Tegan Seivwright (Deeside) (13).

73 Sharon McWilliam (Aboyne) (27).

75 Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) (9), Rachel Polson (Peterculter) (6).

78 Lauren Duncan (Aboyne) (7), Kirsten MacCallum (Newburgh on Ythan) (10).

80 Louise McGillivary (Banchory) (7).

81 Vicki Powell (Deeside) (18).

83 Kristina Vannet (Peterculter) (8) 83.

86 Emma Read (Deeside) (15).

Diaz and Kemp shared Corning Classic lead

Laura Diaz tied Sarah Kemp for the second-round lead today in the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.
Diaz holed a 12ft birdie putt at the last for a 67 (four under par) and 11-under-131, the same total as Kemp who had a brilliant second-round 63.
Kemp has never led in her year and a half as a pro, while Diaz is winless since two victories in 2002.
Morgan Pressel (68) was a shot back, and Natalie Gulbis (65), Seon Hwa Lee (63) and Jiyai Shin (67) followed at 9 under.
Michelle Wie, seeking her first professional victory, three-putted the final hole for double bogey and a 69, leaving her three strokes behind along with Suzann Pettersen (69), Lindsey Wright (68), Kyeong Bae (64) and Eunjung Yi (66).
SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 142 (2x71)
131 Sarah Kemp 68 63, Laura Diaz 64 67
132 Morgan Pressel 64 68.
133 Seon Hwa Lee 70 63, Natalie Gulbis 68 65, Jiyai Shin 66 67.
Selected scores:
134 Michelle Wie 65 69, Suzann Pettersen 65 69.
136 Janice Moodie 67 69 (jt 21st).

Janice Moodie Trophy tournament abandoned

Today's Janice Moodie Trophy boys and girls tournament at Windyhill Golf Club, Glasgow had to be abandoned due to a thunder and lightning storm in the area.
Play was started but had to be suspended for an hour but, with no improvement in the weather forecast, the decision was taken to abandon the event.
A new date will be found for it before the end of the season.

Six-team line-up for English counties

championship week at Pleasington

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
The finals of the English Counties Championship will be contested by Hertfordshire, Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Gloucestershire and Surrey.
They all qualified by winning their regional county match weeks and now go forward to the County Finals at Pleasington, Lancashire, from September 14-18.
Hertfordshire will represent the East region of the English Women’s Golf Association. They successfully defended their regional title at Stock Brook Manor where they won all five of their matches.
Their team, captained by Jackie Foster, was: Hannah Burke (Mid Herts), Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall), Charlie Field (Bishops Stortford), Alison Franklin (Harpenden), Lucy Glyn (Porters Park), Tina Jeary (Bishops Stortford), Harriet Key (South Herts), Steph McEvoy (Old Fold Manor), Lucinda Mileham (Aldwickbury Park) and Lucy Williams (Mid Herts).
Warwickshire will represent the Midlands South region, also for the second successive season. They won all five of their matches at Ladbrook Park.
Their team, captained by Bev Belcher, was: Lisa Barton (Coventry), Hannah Coles (Maxstoke Park), Ashley Cramond (The Warwickshire), Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park), Elizabeth Gallands (The Warwickshire), Abbey Gittings (Walmley), Elizabeth Haycock (Moseley, individually affiliated to Warwickshire),Claire Howells (Moor Hall), Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies’), Hannah McLoughlin (Sutton Coldfield Ladies’), Lauren Taylor (Rugby/Woburn).
Lincolnshire won all five of their matches at the Midlands North county match week at Trentham. It’s 20 years since they qualified for County Finals.
Their team, captained by Linda Davey, was: Sophie Beardsall (Greetham Valley), Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), Helen Hewlett (Seacroft), Megan Illingworth (Stoke Rochford), Jessica Schiele (Kenwick Park), Emilee Taylor (Gainsborough), Jessica Wilcox (Blankney), Rachel Woodcock (Blankney).
Lancashire beat all five of their opponents at the North region county match week at Heswall. Their victory ended Yorkshire’s hopes of defending their national title, which they have held for the past five years.
The team, captained by Linda Wilson, was: Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham & St Annes), Emma Clegg (Clitheroe), Rachel Connor (Manchester) , Nikki Foster (Accrington & District), Karen Heywood (Crompton & Royton), Cori Lee (West Lancashire), Catherine Roberts (Pleasington), Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), Brogan Townend (Pleasington), Sarah Walton (Clitheroe).
Gloucestershire represent the South-West region after winning all five of their matches at Bristol & Clifton.
The team, captained by Susan Reeve, was: Linda Carruthers (Broadway), Jamie Lee Casling (Brickhampton), Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton), Joanne Hodge (Knowle), Sian James (Bristol & Clifton), Alison Kelly (Cirencester), Leah Occleshaw (The Players), Bethan Popel (Long Ashton), Karen Rix (Bristol & Clifton), Shelby Smart (Knowle).
Surrey emerged victorious at the South region county match week at Ealing. They tied with Hampshire with three points apiece but were successful on a countback of matches won. Surrey went through with 21½ matches won during the week – one more than their rivals.
The team, captained by Lisa McGowan, was Andrea Downer (Bramley), Ellis Keenan (Sunningdale), Hannah Lovelock (Hindhead), Katie Laud (Worplesdon), Lisa McGowan (Worplesdon), Kirsty Rands (Burhill), Kate Shepherd (Guildford Ladies), Jo Stocks (Worplesdon).
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

No Scots beat 36-hole cut

in SAS Ladies Masters

None of the five Scottish entries survived the 36-hole cut in the three-round SAS Ladies Masters at Larvik Golf Club, Norway. In fact they did not get near the cut figure of 145 (one under par), one of the lowest on the Ladies European Tour this season.
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Italian Veronica Zorzi shot a five-under 68 to take a two stroke lead over Lisa Holm Sorensen heading into the final round.
The two-time French Open winner scored a two-round total of 12-under after a tougher second day at Larvik Golfklubb in Larvik, Norway.
She made short work of the par fives, having eagled one of the seven – the ninth – with three straight birdies on the last three. She had another birdie at the par-four 14th but bogeyed the par-three eighth hole.
Zorzi is 34th on the Ladies European Tour’s Henderson Money List after five events played this year and was thrilled to be in contention for her first title in three years." I just stayed patient and hit the fairways and greens and made some putts," Zorzi said. " The putting was good. I can read the lines pretty well so I am feeling comfortable. You need to have patience because on this course there are so many par fives; you can make birdies if you have one bad hole."
After a parade of 11 birdies for a dazzling 62 on Friday, Denmark’s Lisa Holm Sorensen signed for a 74 to finish on 10-under in second place. Sorensen played her round in the windiest conditions on Friday afternoon but remained in contention for her second LET title." It was tough out there today," said Sorensen." It was very windy and a big difference from yesterday." Last week’s AIB Ladies Irish Open winner Diana Luna carded a 70 after an opening 67 and was placed third at nine-under.
" It was very bizarre because I started very badly," she said." I started with three bogeys in four holes so I wasn’t playing very well at the beginning. This morning at the range I was quite tired but I think I coped pretty well after that. I fought hard and finished with three birdies. I’m very happy because I stayed calm. I told myself that this is a course where you can have lots of birdies so keep it going and do not stress too much because the back nine is better than the first nine."
Laura Cabanillas of Spain (68) was fourth on eight under, with seven-players a stroke back in a tie for fifth position.
They included Norwegian Marianne Skarpnord, who stayed in the reckoning after rounds of 70 and 69, French players Sophie Giquel and Cassandra Kirkland along with the English quartet of Rebecca Hudson, Trish Johnson, Melissa Reid and Samantha Head.
Skarpnord said:" It was a good finish with birdies on each of the final three par fives. The course is playing very short but you still have to hit the shots and make the birdies. I feel like minus seven for two rounds should have been better." However she felt that she could overcome the deficit, adding: " In golf, everything is possible. The good thing about the last three holes here is that you can go eagle, eagle, eagle and be six-under in three holes so you never know."
Elsewhere, Finland’s Riikka Hakkarainen had a hole-in-one at the 131-metre third hole using a gentle six-iron. Hers was the 10th hole-in-one on the Ladies European Tour this season and the second of the tournament following Diana Luna’s ace at the par-three 15th hole on Thursday.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 146 (2x73)
134 Veronica Zorzi (ITA) 66 68
136 Lisa Holm Sorensen (DEN) 62 74
137 Diana Luna (ITA) 67 70
138 Laura Cabanillas (ESP) 70 68
139 Cassandra Kirkland (FRA) 69 70, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 70 69, Rebecca Hudson (ENG) 68 71, Sophie Giquel (FRA) 66 73, Trish Johnson (ENG) 69 70, Samantha Head (ENG) 66 73, Melissa Reid (ENG) 67 72
140 Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 71 69, Tania Elosegui (ESP) 71 69, Beth Allen (USA) 72 68, Anna Knutsson (SWE) 72 68
141 Stephanie Na (AUS) 70 71, Becky Brewerton (WAL) 71 70, Christel Boeljon (NL) 70 71, Lee-Anne Pace (SA) 72 69, Felicity Johnson (ENG) 69 72, Johanna Westerberg (SWE) 69 72, Breanne Alicia Loucks (WAL) 73 68
142 Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (FRA) 73 69, Georgina Simpson (ENG) 72 70, Carmen Alonso (ESP) 67 75, Iben Tinning (DEN) 71 71, Emma Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 68 74
143 Lynnette Brooky (NZ) 72 71, Katharina Schallenberg (GER) 68 75, Marjet van der Graaff (NL) 70 73, Bing Lim (MAL) 70 73, Marta Prieto (ESP) 69 74, Cecilie Lundgreen (NOR) 71 72
144 Sophie Walker (ENG) 74 70, Denise-Charlotte Becker (GER) 71 73, Julie Tvede (DEN) 73 71, Martina Eberl (GER) 70 74, Hazel Kavanagh (IRE) 71 73, Rebecca Coakley (IRE) 70 74
145 Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 69 76, KM Juul (DEN) 72 73, Nina Reis (SWE) 71 74, Federica Piovano (ITA) 73 72, Mianne Bagger (DEN) 69 76, Malene Jorgensen (DEN) 71 74, Jessica Ji (KOR) 70 75, Linda Wessberg (SWE) 75 70, Lotta Wahlin (SWE) 73 72, Elizabeth Bennett (ENG) 71 74, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (AUS) 72 73
MISSED THE CUT
146 Lill Kristin Saether (NOR) 75 71, Lydia Hall (WAL) 75 71, Ana Larraneta (ESP) 74 72, Lena Tornevall (SWE) 75 71, Florentyna Parker (ENG) 71 75, Riikka Hakkarainen (FIN) 72 74, Beatriz Recari (ESP) 72 74, Lisa Hall (ENG) 71 75
147 Christine Hallstrom (SWE) 75 72, Anna Tybring (SWE) 74 73, Laura Terebey (USA) 75 72, Camille Fallay (FRA) 76 71, Claire Coughlan-Ryan (IRE) 74 73, Zuzana Masinova (CR) 73 74, Frances Bondad (AUS) 75 72, Emma Zackrisson (SWE) 70 77
148 Claire Louise Aitken (ENG) 74 74, Jenni Kuosa (FIN) 74 74, Maria Boden (SWE) 71 77, Joanne Morley (ENG) 73 75
149 Barbara Genuini (FRA) 75 74, Martina Gillen (IRE) 74 75, Lynn Kenny (SCO) 74 75, Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) 73 76, Michele Thomson (SCO) 73 76, Joanne Mills (AUS) 73 76, Kiran Matharu (ENG) 77 72
150 Emma Lyons (ENG) 76 74, Melodie Bourdy (FRA) 78 72, Laurette Maritz (SA) 74 76, Kyra van Leeuwen (NL) 73 77
151 Karen Lunn (AUS) 77 74, Dana Lacey (AUS) 71 80, Kirsty S Taylor (ENG) 76 75, Margherita Rigon (ITA) 77 74, Vikki Laing (SCO) 74 77, Tara Delaney (IRE) 73 78, Caroline Rominger (SWI) 74 77
152 Caroline Afonso (FRA) 74 78, Clare Queen (SCO) 74 78
153 Lene Krog (NOR) 79 74, Sarah Heath (ENG) 77 76, Jo Pritchard (WAL) 80 73, Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) 75 78, Stefanie Michl (AUT) 78 75
154 Julie Greciet (FRA) 75 79, Ellen Smets (BEL) 76 78, Lisa Jean (AUS) 78 76
155 Elena Giraud (FRA) 78 77, Anne Norman Hansen (DEN) 78 77, Holly Aitchison (ENG) 75 80, Eva Steinberger (AUT) 80 75
156 Tandi Cuningham (SA) 78 78
157 Marousa Polias (AUS) 80 77, Marit Elisabeth Bjerke (Am) (NOR) 79 78, Cecile Eckbo (NOR) 79 78
159 Pamela Feggans (SCO) 76 83
167 Lene Hafsten Morch (Am) (NOR) 81 86

Birmingham University

women's quartet beat

25 men's team to

take world title

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Four women golfers from Birmingham University are the new world student match-play champions after they dismissed the challenge of 25 men’s teams to take the title.
They are: Lucy Williams, the English mid-amateur champion from Mid-Herts Golf Club, Sian James, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, from Bristol & Clifton in Gloucestershire, Charlotte Hope from Wrotham Heath, Kent, and Lauren Spray from Stanton on the Wolds in Nottinghamshire.
They were the only girls’ team in the event at Inglostadt in Munich which was contested by 26 teams from all around the world, including South Africa, the USA, the Netherlands, Sweden and France.
Lucy commented: “It was a massive achievement for Birmingham University as well as English women’s golf considering we were the only girls’ team playing! The girls led from the start. They were top qualifiers after the first day’s stroke-play, finishing three strokes ahead of the University of Manchester team.
In the semi-finals they beat the Warwick men’s team 3-1 and went on to face a German team, Erlangen-Nurnberg, in the foursomes match-play final. Lucy and Charlotte won their match 2 and 1 while Sian and Lauren finished one up.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

Marilyn Henderson with the trophy and Irish Ladies Golf Union officials (image supplied by Pat Cashman on behalf of the ILGU).

Marilyn Henderson wins Irish senior

women's title at Ardlee's 19th

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Castlerock’s Marilyn Henderson survived a tense play-off to claim victory over Headfort’s Pauline Walsh and her first Irish senior women’s close title at Ardee Golf Club today.
Henderson started brightly and held a one-hole lead from early on through to the turn. After Henderson’s tree trouble on the tenth, Walsh missed from three feet to square the match but made no mistake at the next, comfortably holing out from four feet.
Henderson’s up and down from the sand on the short 13th saved any disadvantage, but Walsh chipped dead on 14 to edge ahead.
The slim lead was maintained through 16, but Henderson’s steady nerve held firm to square the match on the penultimate green. After Walsh failed to hit the target at the 18th, her pitch from the front edge finished four feet short. Henderson’s putt finished just inside, but both failed to hole out, forcing them to go down the 19th.
Walsh failed to find the green in three after her tee shot found water at the first extra hole and Henderson’s regulation par was good enough to claim her first Irish senior women’s close title.
Earlier in the day, Henderson ended Patricia O’Reilly’s (Headfort) hopes of claiming her first victory with a 4 and 2 win, while Walsh dispatched Olivia Conroy (Co. Longford) by the same margin.
Henderson will now lead the Irish team of six, to be announced shortly, at the European senior women's amateur team championship in Ireland - at Dun Laoghaire, from August 31 to September 4.

Today's results:
Semi-finals
Pauline Walsh (Headfort) bt Patricia O'Reilly (Headfort) 4 and 2.
Marilyn Henderson (Castlerock) bt Olivia Conroy (Co Longford) 4 and 2.
Final
Henderson bt Walsh at 19th.

Heather Anderson beats Moira Thomson

in final of Scottish seniors match-play

Alyth's Heather Anderson, a former Downfield player, won the Scottish senior women's close amateur match-play golf championship over the Montgomery course, Kinross today (Friday). She beat former Scottish girls champion Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies) by 5 and 3 in the final with approximately two over par figures.
Moira led only once in the match, with a par at the first hole, but Heather then won four of the next five holes to be two up after six. Anderson took a grip on the outcome when she won four holes in a row from the ninth to improve from two up to five holes ahead.
Anderson, pictured, was the Scottish veteran women's championship at Blairgowrie in 2007 and Thomson is also a previous winner of that over-50s title.
Heather was the last of the 16 qualifiers from the stroke-play championship but she knocked out the No 1 seed, Fiona Hunter (Baberton), by a 7 and 5 margin in her first tie.
Moira had qualified in 10th place and claimed the scalp of the defending champion Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) at the 20th in the quarter-finals.
Today's results
Semi-finals - Heather Anderson (Alyth) bt Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 6 and 4, Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies) bt Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) 3 and 2.
Final - Anderson bt Thomson 5 and 3.

Anderson v Thomson for Scottish seniors' title

This afternoon's 18-hole final of the Scottish senior women's amateur close championship over the Montgomery course, Kinross is being contested by the No 16 qualifier, Heather Anderson (Alyth) and the No 10 qualifier, Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies).
In the morning semi-finals, Heather had a 6 and 4 win over Alex Glenning (Kilmarnock Barassie) while Moira beat the No 3 seed Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) by 3 and 2.

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Janice Moodie sharing 12th place

after opening round of 67

Janice Moodie, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had a four-under-par 67 - one of her best rounds on the LPGA Tour this season - to be sharing 12th place at the end of the first day of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.
Morgan Pressel outscored her two playing partners - Lorena Ochoa and Yani Tseng, Nos 1 and 2 in the world women's rankings - in the opening round.
Pressel, Song-Hee Kim and Laura Diaz each shot a 7-under 64 to share the lead, one shot ahead of Michelle Wie and Suzann Pettersen on Thursday at Highland Meadows, Sylvania in Ohio.
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"It was a great pairing," Pressel said. "They're both good friends and they have a lot of fun. They're great to play with."
Then Pressel, ranked No. 37, laughed and added, "Even though I hit first all day."
Defending champion Paula Creamer, who shot a personal-best and course-record 60 in last year's first round, withdrew because of a thumb injury moments before her morning tee time.
She said she still hopes to play in next week's U.S. Women's Open at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Pressel was second at the Farr two years ago to five-time winner Se Ri Pak. She didn't have a bogey and birdied four holes in a row late in her round.
Her 64 matched her best round since joining the tour in 2006. After bursting on the scene with a runner-up finish at the 2005 U.S. Women's Open, Pressel was considered a budding LPGA star, and became the youngest player to win a major at the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship.
She's won only once since, and is trying to end a victory drought just like her co-leaders.
"This is the best golf I've played in a while," she said.
Kim, who is winless in 56 career LPGA Tour events, twice birdied three consecutive holes during her round. Diaz hasn't won in seven years, but holed a wedge shot for eagle at the par-4 17th hole to move to the top of the leaderboard.
"I've been trying to get my swing going good again," Diaz said. "I just really have spent a lot of time on those things. My putter happily surprised me today and led that ball right into the hole."
Wie also could use a victory. Despite being in the LPGA spotlight since she was 12, and winning the Women's Amateur Publinx a year later, she is winless since earning her tour card last year. She has three top-10 finishes in her seven starts this season.
She used her length off the tee to shoot her lowest competitive round since turning pro, and rebounded from her only bogey to birdie two of her last three holes. Five of Wie's seven birdies came on putts of 10 feet or less.
"The best part of today was just the rhythm and the tempo," said Wie, who won't turn 20 until October. "I was just going along, hitting fairways and greens and making putts. The mental part was the best part. I felt really good out there, and really confident."
Pettersen aced the 154-yard third hole with a 7 iron, the highlight of her round, as 86 players broke par in perfect scoring conditions.
Another shot back of Wie and Pettersen after rounds of 66 were Cristie Kerr, Inbee Park, Jiyai Shin, Lindsey Wright and Jee Young Lee.
The large group at 67 was led by Ochoa, making her first appearance at the Farr since 2004. She offset a double-bogey with birdies on her final two holes.
"I know what I need to do and hopefully tomorrow everything goes well and I can shoot a little bit lower," she said.

Top seed and title-holder Sheena McElroy beaten

DAY OF UPSETS AT SENIOR IRISH WOMENS’

CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP AT ARDEE

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
On a day of upsets that saw the top four qualifiers exit in the first round, the semi-final line up ensures a new name will adorn the Irish senior women’s close championship trophy when play concludes at Ardee Golf Club tomorrow.
On another day of persistent drizzle, Jane Gardner (Malone) beat leading qualifier and defending champion Sheena McElroy (Grange) in the morning on the 15th green, but fell to championship surprise packet Patricia O’Reilly (Headfort) on the home green in the afternoon.
Phil O’Gorman (Laytown/Bettystown) struck the ball beautifully to beat second qualifier Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) earlier in the day but succumbed to senior international Pauline Walsh (Headfort) in the quarter-finals.
Marilyn Henderson (Castlerock) saw off Madeline Brennan (Carlow) in the morning and then ended Mary Gorry’s hopes with a 15th hole victory. Experienced campaigner Valerie Hassett (Ennis) had earlier fallen to Gorry in the last 16.
Whilst Dun Laoghaire’s Niamh Giblin recorded an impressive win over third qualifier Helen Jones (Strabane) in the morning, County Longford’s Olivia Conroy completes the semi-final line up after displaying battling qualities to defeat Catherine Reilly (The Heath) at the third extra hole in the morning and then see off Giblin on the penultimate green to close the afternoon’s play.
New favourite Henderson plays rookie O’Reilly while Conroy meets Walsh in tomorrow morning’s semi-finals with each harbouring high hopes of capturing the title for the very first time tomorrow afternoon.
Results:
FIRST ROUND
Jane Gardner (Malone) bt Sheena McElroy (Grange) 4 and 3.
Patricia O'Reilly (Headfort) bt Gill Rouiller (Mannan Castle) 2 and 1.
Marilyn Henderson (Castlerock) bt Madeline Brennan (Carlow) 4 and 2.
Mary Gorry (Baltinglass) bt Valerie Hassett (Ennis) at 19th.
Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire) bt Helen Jones (Strabane) 2 holes.
Olivia Conroy (Co. Longford) bt Catherine Reilly (The Heath) at 21st.
Pauline Walsh (Headfort) bt Sally Casey (Seapoint) 2 and 1.
Phil O'Gorman (Laytown/Bettystown) bt Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) 2 and 1.

QUARTER-FINALS
O'Reilly bt Gardner 2 holes.
Henderson bt Gorry 2 and 1.
Conroy bt Giblin 2 and 1.
Walsh bt O'Gorman 3 and 2.

Great Dane Lisa equals LET

scoring low with 11-under 62

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

Lisa Holm Sorensen has equalled the LET’s all time lowest rounds with an eleven-under-par 62 on a scorching first day at the SAS Ladies Masters.
The 26-year-old Dane posted eleven birdies at Larvik Golfklubb in Norway. She fired six birdies over the back nine, which she played as her first, before carding a further five over the front nine.
The record of eleven-under-par was previously set by England’s Kirsty Taylor during the first round of the 2005 Wales Ladies Championship and then equalled by Swede Nina Reis at last year’s Goteborg Masters at Lycke Golf Club in Sweden. However both courses were par 72s, unlike Larvik, which is a par 73.
Lisa, who won the 2005 Finnair Masters in Finland when the final round was cancelled due to bad weather, hit 17 greens in regulation and had just 25 putts for her best ever round.
" I’m really pleased because I’ve been working really hard and today it just clicked, "she said.
The next best score was English player Samantha Head’s seven-under 66, which included eight birdies and two bogeys.

Top Scot was Michele Thomson, returning to the LET after having to miss last week's AIB Irish Ladies Open at Portmarnoch because, with the inclusion of GB&I women's amateur team for the Vagliano Trophy, there was no room in the field for Michele and others in her LET category of membership.

Michele, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, matched the par of 73. Fellow Scots Vikki Laing, Clare Queen and Lynn Kenny were on the 74 mark.

FIRST ROUND

Par 73

62 Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den)
66 Sophie Giquel (Fra), Veronica Zorzi (Ita), Samantha Head
67 Melissa Reid, Diana Luna (Ita), Carmen Alonso (Spa)
68 Katharina Schallenberg (Ger), Rebecca Hudson, Emma Cabrera Bello (Spa)
69 Felicity Johnson, Mianne Bagger (Den), Marta Prieto (Spa), Anna-Lise Caudal (Fra), Trish Johnson, Johanna Westerberg (Swe), Cassandra Kirkland (Fra)
70 Marianne Skarpnord (Nor), Rebecca Coakley, Martina Eberl (Ger), Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned), Bing Lim (Mal), Emma Zackrisson (Swe), Christel Boeljon (Ned), Jessica Ji (Kor), Stephanie Na (Aus), Laura Cabanillas (Spa)
71 Hazel Kavanagh, Dana Lacey (Aus), Tania Elosegui (Spa), Maria Boden (Swe), Nina Reis (Swe), Elizabeth Bennett, Lisa Hall, Becky Brewerton, Gwladys Nocera (Fra), Malene Jorgensen (Den), Iben Tinning (Den), Denise-Charlotte Becker (Ger), Florentyna Parker, Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor)
72 Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin), Beatriz Recari (Spa), Beth Allen (USA), Lee-Anne Pace (USA), Karen-Margrethe Juul (Den), Georgina Simpson, Lynnette Teresa Brooky (Nzl), Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Aus), Anna Knutsson (Swe)
73 Zuzana Masinova (Cze), Lotta Maria Wahlin (Swe), Joanne Morley, Tara Delaney, Federica Piovano (Ita), Julie Tvede (Den), Virginine Lagoutte-Clement (Fra), Michele Thomson, Joanne Mills (Aus), Breanne Alicia Loucks, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha), Kyra Van leeuwen (Ned)
74 Jenni Kuosa (Fin), Vikki Laing (USA), Laurette Maritz (Rsa), Claire Coughlan-Ryan, Sophie Walker, Caroline Afonso (Fra), Caroline Rominger (Swi), Martina Gillen, Ana Larraneta (Spa), Lynn Kenny, Claire Aitken, Anna Tybring (Swe), Clare Queen
75 Linda Wessberg (Swe), Frances Bondad (Aus), Laura Terebey (USA), Julie Greciet (Fra), Holly Aitchison, Christine Hallstrom (Swe), Ursula Wikstrom (Fin), Lena Tornevall (Swe), Barbara Genuini (Fra), Lill Saether (Nor), Lydia Hall
76 Kirsty S Taylor, Ellen Smets (Bel), Pamela Feggans, Camille Fallay (Fra), Emma Lyons
77 Karen Lunn (Aus), Kiran Matharu, Sarah Heath, Elena Giraud (Fra), Margherita Rigon (Ita)
78 Lisa Jean (Aus), Tandi Cuningham (Rsa), Anne Hansen (Den), Stefanie Michl (Aut), Melodie Bourdy (Fra)
79 Marit Elisabeth Bjerke (Nor), Cecile Eckbo (Nor), Lene Krog (Nor)
80 Jo Pritchard, Marousa Polias (Aus), Eva Steinberger (Aut)
81 Lene Hafsten-Morch (Nor)

Scottish senior women's amateur championship

Anderson v Glennie, Fenton

v Thomson in semi-finals

Heather Anderson was in blooming good form over the Montgomery course at Kinross today to reach the semi-finals of the Scottish senior women’s closed amateur golf championship.
The former Downfield and now Alyth player squeezed into the match-play stages as the last of the 16 qualifiers but you would never have known from the quality of performances she produced today.
In the first round she toppled the No 1 seed Fiona Hunter (Baberton) with ease, beating her by 7 and 5.
And to show that was no fluke Heather then beat the eighth best qualifier, former Curtis Cup player and one time world junior champion Suzanne Cadden from Cardross by 3 and 2.
Heather now plays the fourth seed Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) for a place in the final. Alex beat former champion Pamela Williamson (Bab erton) by 5 and 3 and then had a 2 and 1 win over Helen Faulds (Douglas Park).
The second semi-final sees Noreen Fenton (Dunbar), the No 3 seed, tackle the 10th qualifier, Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies), the 1968 Scottish girls champion and, more recently, winner of the Scottish veteran women’s title at Blairgowrie.
Noreen, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, was given a run for her money by 14th seed Frances Neish (Moray) before edgining through on the 18th green in the morning and followed that up with another visit to the last green, winning by two holes against Mary Smith (Tain), the Scottish seniors stroke-play champion last year.
Moira Thomson had a good 2 and 1 win over a that capable Royal Montrose player Kathleen Sutherland before beating the defending match-play champion, Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) at the 20th hole in the last quarter-final to finish.
ALL TODAY'S MATCH-PLAY RESULTS
First round
Heather Anderson (Alyth) bt Fiona Hunter (Baberton) 7 and 5.
Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) bt Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) 1 hole.
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) bt Fiona de Vries (St Rule) 6 and 4,
Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) bt Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 5 and 3.
Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) bt Frances Neish (Moray) 1 hole.
Mary Smith (Tain) bt Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 4 and 3.
Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies) bt Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 2 and 1.
Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) bt Margaret Tough (Falkirk) 3 and 2.
Quarter-finals
Anderson bt Cadden 3 and 2.
Glennie bt Faulds 2 and 1.
Fenton bt Smith 2 holes.
Thomson bt Bennett at 20th.

McDermott Trophy prizewinning line-up at Nairn Dunbar GC. Left to right: E Tunn, A Brown, N Britovsek, S Vass, H McCook. Thanks to Northern Counties girls organiser Magi Vass for supply the scores and the picture.

Sammy Vass wins McDermott Trophy at Nairn Dunbar Tain's Sammy Vass won the Northern Counties' girls' golf tournament for the McDermott Trophy at Nairn Dunbar Golf Club this week. Sammy, who enrols at the University of Central Florida at the end of next month, had a round of 79, winning the scratch section by 11 shots from Hannah McCook (Abernethy). Natalie Britovsek (Nairn) had the best net score ofe 72 off a handicap of 24. LEADING RETURNS CSS 75. Scratch Sammy Vass (Tain) 79; Hannah McCook (Abernethy) 90. Handicap Natalie Britovsek (Nairn) (24) 72; Eleanor Tunn (Reay) (15) 76; Anabelle Brown (Nairn Dunbar) (19) 79.

Blooming Heather knocks out No 1 seed

Fiona in first round of senior match-play

Fiona Hunter (Baberton), the new Scottish senior ladies' stroke-play champion and No 1 seed for the over-50s' match-play championship, was surprisingly well beaten by the No 16 qualifier, Heather Anderson (Alyth) in the first round over the Montgomery course, Kinross this morning.

Heather, pictured right with a trophy won at another tournament, won by 7 and 5 to earn an afternoon tie with former Curtis Cup player Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) who beat Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) by one hole.

Helen Faulds (Douglas Park), the No 12 qualifier, ended the title hopes of No 5 seed Fiona de Vries (St Rule). Helen bt the St Andrews hotelier by 6 and 5 and will play the No 4 qualifier, Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie), in the afternoon. Alex beat former seniors champion Pamela Williamson (Baberton) by 5 and 3.

Noreen Fenton (Dunbar), the No 3 qualifier, survived a tight affair with Frances Neish (Moray), the No 14 qualifier, winning on the 18th green to set up a second-round tie with Mary Smith (Tain), winner of the seniors' stroke-play title at Deeside 12 months ago. Mary beat Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 4 and 3 at Kinross today.

Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies) had a good 2 and 1 win over Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) in a battle betwen the Nos 10 and 7 seeds respectively.

Moira now plays the defending champion Lorna Bennett, the No 2 qualifier from Ladybank. Lorna was a 3 and 2 winner over Margaret Tough (Falkirk).

SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN'S MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Montgomery course, Kinross.

First round

Heather Anderson (Alyth) bt Fiona Hunter (Baberton) 7 and 5.

Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) bt Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) 1 hole.

Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) bt Fiona de Vries (St Rule) 6 and 4,

Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) bt Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 5 and 3.

Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) bt Frances Neish (Moray) 1 hole.

Mary Smith (Tain) bt Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 4 and 3.

Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies) bt Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 2 and 1.

Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) bt Margaret Tough (Falkirk) 3 and 2.

Caithness class ... Krystle beginning


to sparkle on Ladies European Tour

From the www.herald.co.uk/sport website
By DOUGLAS LOWE
Anyone wondering about a successor to the hugely successful Scottish trio of Catriona Matthew, Janice Moodie and Mhairi McKay who have shone on the LPGA circuit in the US, might wish to keep an eye on Krystle Caithness, a young woman who is going places fast (pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency).
The 20-year-old Ladies European Tour rookie is hailed as the first woman professional to be produced at St Andrews and her fifth place finish in last week's Irish Open has propelled her to No.16 on the order of merit and straight into this month's Women's British Open at Royal Lytham.
With the added security of an £18,000 prize jingling merrily in her bank account that's not bad going after just five tournaments as a professional on a circuit she views as a stepping stone to her ultimate dream of the lucrative LPGA Tour.
Nothing is certain in the fickle world of tournament golf but there is a gentle air of expectation about this polite, unassuming and hard-working member of the St Regulus club in the town that makes you feel that she will make the grade almost as a matter of inevitability.
Although delighted that her game stood up under the stresses of the closing stages of the Irish Open, there was no sense of being overawed, because she has seen it and done it as an amateur including a Curtis Cup appearance over the Old Course at St Andrews last year.
"It was the best performance I have had all year and it felt good to see my name up there on the leaderboard," she reflected prior to her daily practice routine at the St Andrews Links Trust golf centre and then a game over her favourite Jubilee Course.
"I just treated it as a round of golf even though there were lots of spectators and television cameras.
I have toured on the amateur circuit with the Scotland and then the GB&I squads and there's not a great deal of difference. Then I had a year at the University of Georgia."
She cut that sojourn short, preferring a return to Scotland to prepare for tour school to the alternative of US college golf, but the exercise was beneficial with the year-long season in Georgia accelerating her progress.
"I really enjoyed it," she said.
"The facilities and the competition were amazing and I really feel it brought my game on. It was a hard decision to come back but I wanted to prepare for the European tour. Eventually I would like to be playing in America but I wanted to play in Europe first for experience. It's close to home and I'm learning to do everything on my own before I go back.
"I'm also helped a lot by my coach, Garry Forrester. I've been with him for a year-and-a-half and he's the best coach I've ever had."
She is missing this week's tournament in Norway to enjoy time at home with sister Cherie who played a key role in introducing Krystle to golf and has just had a baby, but returns in a fortnight at the Spanish Open. She is waiting to hear if she has a place in the Evian Masters the following week, but the introduction of Lytham to the schedule has given her a big boost.
"I'm really looking forward to it," she said. "I played at Sunningdale last year as an amateur. It was the first pro tournament I had played in. I missed the cut but it was a good learning experience," she said.
Caithness, who is Kirkcaldy-born and lives in Cupar, has done without a caddie so far to keep costs down, but she did have father Jim helping out in Ireland under strict instructions of "no talking and no advice about clubs".
"He did as I asked him," she laughed, "and there is no doubt that he helped. I took him over as a birthday present and instead of him walking round and watching I asked him to pull my trolley. It's not unusual on the LET to do it yourself but I'd love to have a full-time caddie eventually. It makes a huge difference."


+Reproduced by kind permission of the Herald Sports Editor and Douglas Lowe.

Another LPGA Tour event faces going to the wall

The Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic might be the next LPGA tournament to drop off the schedule during the Credit Crunch..
The Farr, named for the actor who played a reluctant corporal on the classic TV series M*A*S*H, is being played for the 25th time -- and possibly last -- this week at Highland Meadows Golf Club in suburban Toledo, Ohio.
"I don't know what the intricate details are; they'll have to figure those out," Jamie Farr said before hurrying out to play the pro-am. "We have a 50-50 chance of being here next year."
The Farr's $1.4 million purse is among the smallest on the LPGA tour. In tough economic times, tournament officials have pared between $450,000 and $500,000 this year from an already bare-bones budget. The contract with the title sponsor expires after this tournament.
The LPGA had 34 events last year and that number is falling.
Organizers of the two-year-old Kapalua LPGA Classic in Hawaii announced earlier this week that financial problems would cause them to pull out of the last four years of their contract with the tour. LPGA officials threatened to pursue "legal remedies."
The LPGA Corning Classic in Corning, New York State, ended in May after 31 years when its title sponsor called it quits. Along with the Farr, the Michelob Ultra Open's future in Williamsburg, Virginia, is also uncertain.
Farr tournament director Judd Silverman remains upbeat.
"I'm very optimistic. We've been in this position several times before through our 25 years where we've had to negotiate new contracts," he said on the eve of the opening round. "We're going to roll up our sleeves with the LPGA and both parties are going to have to work hard to find a livable business model during some very tough economic times."
He said the Farr tried to spread the sacrifices around. The pro-am gift packages aren't as big, fewer bleachers were set up and past champions were not provided with courtesy vehicles.
Despite that belt-tightening, no one knows if there will be a 26th Farr. The LPGA and Silverman will sit down after the tournament to discuss the event's future.
LPGA officials at the tournament site did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
If the Farr tournament leaves, it'll be another blow to the city that supports it. With its close ties to the auto industry, Toledo's economy is in rough shape with an unemployment rate just under 13 percent.
Over its history, the tournament has donated $6.2 million to about 100 charities.
The primary charity, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Ohio, gets about 8 percent of its annual budget from the tournament.
"They've been very kind to us over the years," said Chad Bringman, executive director.
Losing that money could force the organization, which provides family members of hospitalized children a free place to stay and eat, to cut services, he said.
"We would have to make a stronger pitch to families that use it that we're hurting and could really use a donation," Bringman said. "We're already looking at what we would scale back."
Silverman said if the tournament cannot meet its obligations to local charities, it's not likely to stay afloat.
Toledo mayor Carty Finkbeiner can't fathom the loss of the tournament.
"It would be hurtful to the community's pride, but I don't think that's going to happen," Finkbeiner said. "The LPGA has come to appreciate how much this city pours into the event and its love for Jamie Farr. When it comes to volunteers and love for an event, I think we rank right up there."

We are the champions! Midlothian's winning squad in the East Division tournament at Falkirk Golf Club. Image by courtesy of Midlothian LCGA. Click to enlarge

Back row: Jane Turner, Karen Marshall , Claire Hargan , Wendy Nicholson (holding the team mascot, Michaela), Louise Fraser and Mary Richardson (vice-captain)
Front Row: Kirsten Blackwood , Rachael Watton, Tracy Laughland (captain) and Claire MacDonald.

MIDLOTHIAN COMPLETE COUNTY FINALS

LINE-UP AT BABERTON IN SEPTEMBER

Midlothian completed the list of four qualifiers for the Scottish women's county team championship finals at Baberton Golf Club, Edinburgh from September 18 to 20 when they clinched the East Division team championship at Falkirk Golf Club today.
Having already beaten Scottish champions and divisional title holders Fife as well as East Lothian, Midlothan completed their 100 per cent success record by outclassing Stirling & Clackmannan 8 1/2- 1/2.
In the other closing match Fife beat East Lothian 5 1/2-3 1/2.
So the line-up in the Scottish county finals will be Midlothian, Renfrewshire, Galloway and Northern Counties.

Outstanding individual performer for Midlothian was teenager Rachael Watton. Making her debut at this level, Rachael won the "Most Valuable Player" of the tournament - (There isn't an award but there should be! Editor) - with six wins out of six. ~Well done, Rachael!
Last-day details in the East Division team championship:
MIDLOTHIAN 8 1/2, STIRLING & CLACKMANNAN 1/2
Foursomes: Jane Turner & Rachael Watton bt Vicki Stevenson & Lesley Gibb 2 and 1; Karen Marshall & Louise Fraser bt Louise MacGregor 2 holes; Kirsten Blackwood & Claire MacDonald bt Linda Allan & Jill Harrison 2 holes (3-0).
Singles: Turner bt Elaine Alison 3 and 2, Claire Hargan bt MacGregor 2 and 1, Wendy Nicholson halved with Stevenson, Marshall bt Claire Capocci 3 and 2, Watton bt Mhairi Hall 3 and 2, MacDonald bt Allan 1 hole (5 1/2-1/2).
FIFE 5 1/2, EAST LOTHIAN 3 1/2
Foursomes: Louise Kenney & Linda Dyball lost to Lesley Nicholson & Emma Fairnie 2 and 1; Fiona Hastie & Elaine Moffat halved with Line Mortensen & Fiona Prior; Susan Jackson & Karin Sharp bt Mary Lou Renton & Linda Grieve 5 and 4 (1 1/2-1 1/2).
Singles: Kenney bt Nicholson 5 and 4, Jackson bt Fairnie 4 and 3, Hastie lost to Mortensen 4 and 3, Sharp lost to Ruth Carroll 1 hole, Ashleigh Wilton lost to Renton 4 and 2, Moffat bt Prior 1 hole (4-2).
HOW THEY FINISHED
Midlothian 3 wins, Fife 2 wins, East Lothian 1 win, Stirling & Clackmannan 0 wins.

Defending champion Sheena leads qualifiers

for match-play stages of Irish seniors

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Reigning champion Sheena McElroy (Grange) added a solid round of 79 to her impressive opening round of 75 to lead the qualifiers by four strokes at the Irish senior women’s close championship at Ardee Golf Club today.
On a calm, humid day, McElroy registered two birdies on the front nine and finished with a string of pars to make a comfortable start to the defence of her title. Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) and Valerie Hasset (Ennis) posted the lowest rounds of the day - 77s - to qualify in second and fourth positions respectively.
Strabane’s Helen Jones finished strongly with birdies at the 15th and 17th to claim third spot in tomorrow’s match-play draw.
Other impressive scores on day two included a 78 by Madeline Brennan (Carlow) after a disappointing first qualifying round of 88.
The first round of matcplay is sure to produce some exciting matches with Valerie Hassett taking on Baltinglass’s Mary Gorry and Violet McBride facing a tough test against Phil O’Gorman (Laytown/Bettystown).
QUALIFYING SCORES
154 Sheena McElroy (Grange) 75 79
158 Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) 81 77, Helen Jones (Strabane) 79 79
159 Valerie Hassett (Ennis) 82 77
161 Marilyn Henderson (West Rhine) 79 82
162 Catherine Reilly (The Heath) 77 85
163 Sally Casey (Seapoint) 82 81
164 Gill Rouiller (Mannan Castle) 83 81, Patricia O'Reilly (Headfort) 82 82
165 Pauline Walsh (Headfort) 84 81, Olivia Conroy (Co. Longford) 82 83
166 Madeline Brennan (Carlow) 88 78
170 Mary Gorry (Baltinglass) 85 85, Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire) 85 85, Phil O'Gorman (Laytown/Bettystown) 85 85, Jane Gardner (Malone) 84 86
NON-QUALIFIERS
171 Mary Madden (Ballinasloe) 88 83, Rhona Brennan (Bandon) 85 86, Pamela Morgan (Lahinch) 84 87
173 Mary Geaney (Killarney) 88 85
174 Kay McCartan (Greenore) 89 85
175 Helen O'Donoghue (Clonmel) 89 86
176 Rita McGoldrick (Enniscrone) 87 89
177 Roma English (Larne) 93 84, Mairead MacNamara (Woodbrook) 87 90
178 Catherine Bird (Nenagh) 86 92
179 Valerie James (Bangor) 89 90
180 Val Shannon (Douglas) 88 92
181 Denise O'Sullivan (Hermitage) 94 87, Mary McCabe (Headfort) 94 87, Judy Clarke (Royal Portrush) 92 89, Mary McGoey (Greenore) 91 90
182 Noreen Granard (Portarlington) 93 89
183 Anna Moloney (Clonmel) 94 89
184 Carmel Cahill (Hermitage) 95 89
185 Helen Thornton (Ardee) 92 93
186 Fionnuala McGrady (Dunmurry) 96 90, Kath Stewart-Moore (Royal Portrush) 90 96
187 Finola Duncan (Bangor) 94 93
188 Geraldine Woods (Ardee) 95 93, Sheila Roche (Ardee) 90 98
189 Kathleen Hynes (Ardee) 97 92
191 Julie Barkman (Nenagh) 97 94, Iris Smyth (Bangor) 96 95
193 Mary Kidney (Headfort) 98 95
196 Patsy McCarthy (Grange) 95 101
RTD Gemma Jennings (Navan) 94 RTD

MATCH-PLAY DRAW
(nine-minute intervals)
09.00 Sheena McElroy v Jane Gardner, Patricia O'Reilly v Gill Rouiller, Marilyn Henderson v Madeline Brennan, Mary Gorry v Valerie Hassett.
09:36 Helen Jones v Niamh Giblin, Olivia Conroy v Catherine Reilly, Sally Casey v Pauline Walsh, Phil O'Gorman v Violet McBride.

Prizewinners after the stroke-play section of the Scottish senior ladies' amateur close championship at Kinross. Images by courtesy of Carol Fell.

Fiona Hunter top seed for match-play

of Scottish senior championship

Baberton’s Fiona Hunter has earned the top seed status in the Scottish senior women’s close amateur championship over the Montgomery course at Kinross.
Fiona had rounds of 73 and 80 for a total of 153.
That earned her the title of Scottish senior ladies' stroke-play champion for 2009 - and made her the leading qualifier for the "second half" of the over-50s national championship, the match-play stages.
Second best qualifier for the match-play stages is Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) who won the title at Deeside last year.
The only one of last year’s semi-finals not to figure among the leading 16, who now go on to the match-lay, after two rounds of stroke-play is Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) who was nine strokes outside the limit with rounds of 83 and 90 for 173.

Qualifiers for match-play
153 Fiona Hunter (Baberton) 73 80.
154 Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) 80 74, Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) 75 79, Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 74 80.
157 Fiona de Vries (St Rule) 81 76, Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 78 79
159 Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) 78 81, Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 79 80.
160 Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) 78 82.
161 Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies) 80 81, Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) 76 85, Mary Smith (Tain) 78 83.
162 Pamela Williamson (Baberton) 79 83.
163 Margaret Tough (Falkirk) 81 82, Frances Neish (Forres) 85 78,
164 Heather Anderson (Alyth) 79 85.
MATCH-PLAY DRAW
Hunter v Anderson
Cuthbertson v Cadden
De Vries v Faulds
Williamson v Glennie
Fenton v Neish
Smith v Telfer
Sutherland v Thomson
Tough v Bennett.

NON-QUALIFIERS included:
167 Rita Dee (Kingknowe) 85 82.
169 Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) 91 78.
170 Sue Penman (Gullane Ladies) 82 88.
173 Pat Wilson (Murcazr Links) 89 84, Ann Smart (Banchory) 84 89, Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay) 83 90.
174 Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) 89 85, Winifred MacCallum (Falkirk) 86 88, Shelagh Quinn (Stirling) 86 88, May Hughes (Lanark) 84 90.
175 Patricia Hutton (Lanark) 89 86, Gillian Wallace (Glenisla) 85 90.
177 Morag Wardrop (Niddry Castle) 91 86, Emma Wilson (Elie & Earlsferry Ladies) 88 89, Maureen Neilson (Greenock) 95 92, Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 84 93.
179 Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 92 87.
180 Marion Stewart (Kilmacolm) 90 90.
182 Rena Duncan (Kinross) 90 92.

STROKE-PLAY PRIZEWINNERS

SENIOR LADIES' STROKE-PLAY CHAMPION - Fiona Hunter (Baberton) 73-80=153.
2nd SCRATCH AGGREGATE - Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) 80-74=154 (better last round).
3rd SCRATCH AGGREGATE - Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) 75-79=154 (better last round).
4th SCRATCH AGGREGATE - Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 74-80=154.

OVER-60 SCRATCH AGGREGATE - Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) 78-82=160.
BEST NET AGGREGATE - Anna Felfer (Milngavie) (handicap 5) 73-74=147.
2nd NET AGGREGATE - Rita Dee (Kingsknowe) (8) 77-74=151 (better last round).
3rd NET AGGREGATE - Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) (4) 74-77=151

+A competitor may win only one prize.

England name strong team to defend Girls'

Home Internationals title at Fairhaven

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
England’s team for the Girls’ Home Internationals has been selected and includes four members of last year’s winning side at Panmure, Carnoustie. They are Suffolk’s Heidi Baek, Lincolnshire’s Holly Clyburn, Nottinghamshire’s Alex Peters and Lancashire’s Kelly Tidy.
They will be joined by Dorset’s Hayley Davis, Lancashire’s Nikki Foster, Buckinghamshire’s Lauren Taylor and Wiltshire’s Hannah Turland. The team, captained by Faye Sanderson (Heworth), will defend their title on home ground at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire, from August 4-6.
Heidi Baek, 15, (Felixstowe Ferry) was the 2007 English U15 champion. She is the Suffolk title-holder and reached the quarter-finals of this year’s English championship.
Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa),18, is the French U18 open champion and the winner of the British Colleges Sport Open. She also reached the English championship quarter-finals and got into the matchplay stages of the British amateur.
Hayley Davis (Ferndown), 16, is the Scottish U16 open strokeplay champion and won two U16 titles at the Hacienda Del Alamo women’s winter golf festival. She was the 2008 South West U15 champion.
Nikki Foster (Accrington & District), 17, reached the matchplay stages of both the British and the English championships. She also achieved a top ten finish in the Welsh open strokeplay.
Alex Peters (Notts Ladies), 15, reached the second matchplay round at the recent British amateur. She won the 2008 North of England U16 championship and has scored back-to-back victories in the Fairhaven Trophy.
Lauren Taylor (Woburn), 14, is both the English U18 strokeplay and U15 girls’ champion. She also played successfully in the British amateur, reaching the third matchplay round.
Kelly Tidy, 17, (Royal Birkdale) has represented Europe in the Junior Ryder Cup and twice been runner-up in the British girls’ championship. She reached the third round of this season’s ladies’ British amateur and is a reserve for the GB&I team for the Vagliano Trophy.
Hannah Turland (Tidworth Garrison), 15, is a past winner of the English U13 girls’ title and won the Wiltshire championship this season and last. She was runner-up in the Scottish U16 strokeplay and reached the matchplay stages of the English championship, having led the field on the first day of qualifying.

Susan pips Gillian for "leading lady" award over new Torrance course

Susan Simpson, the LGU's Head of Operations, pipped Gillian Kirkwood, the LGU vice-chairman for the "Leading Lady" award in yesterday's Scottish Golf Writers' championship over the mist-shrouded and revamped Torrance Course at Fairmont St Andrews. Hamish Grey (left), the SGU chief executive, won two of the three main male awards. Malcolm Campbell (right) won the writers' championship for the Alex M Fox Trophy.
Full story and all the leading scores are available on our other website, www.scottishgolfview.com (image by courtesy of Peter Kelly; double click to enlarge).

IRISH SENIOR WOMEN'S CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP

Sheena McElroy opens title defence

with a leading 75 at Ardee

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION
Defending Champion Sheena McElroy (Grange) fired an opening round of 75 to lead a 47 strong field at the halfway stage of qualifying in the ILGU’s Senior Women’s Close Championship at Ardee Golf Club yesterday
In sunny but blustery conditions, McElroy started brightly with a birdie 3 at the first. Bogeys at the 2nd and 5th followed before an impressive second birdie at the long par 6th. Three consecutive bogeys followed around the turn before a string of pars and a birdie at the final hole saw her sign for a 2 over par 75 and hold a 2 shot over night lead.
Other impressive scores on the opening day included a 77 from The Heath’s Catherine Reilly, while a further 2 shots back were Helen Jones (Strabane) and Marilyn Henderson (West Rhine).
Seasoned Internationals Valerie Hassett (Ennis) and Violet McBride (Belvoir Park) are also well placed to progress to the matchplay stages which commence on Thursday after a second 18 holes qualifying round. The top 16 competitors play a further two days with the Champion crowned Friday afternoon.
Round 1 Qualifying
75 Sheena McElroy (Grange)
77 Catherine Reilly (The Heath)
79 Helen Jones (Strabane) Marilyn Henderson (West Rhine)
81 Violet McBride (Belvoir Park)
82 Sally Casey (Seapoint) Olivia Conroy (Co. Longford) Valerie Hassett (Ennis) Patricia O'Reilly (Headfort)
83 Gill Rouiller (Mannan Castle)
84 Pamela Morgan (Lahinch) Pauline Walsh (Headfort) Jane Gardner (Malone)
85 Rhona Brennan (Bandon) Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire) Mary Gorry (Baltinglass) Phil O'Gorman (Laytown/Bettystown)
86 Catherine Bird (Nenagh)
87 Mairead MacNamara (Woodbrook) Rita McGoldrick (Enniscrone)
88 Madeline Brennan (Carlow) Mary Geaney (Killarney) Mary Madden (Ballinasloe) Val Shannon (Douglas)
89 Valerie James (Bangor) Helen O'Donoghue (Clonmel) Kay McCartan (Greenore)
90 Kath Stewart-Moore (Royal Portrush) Sheila Roche (Ardee)
91 Mary McGoey (Greenore)
92 Judy Clarke (Royal Portrush) Helen Thornton (Ardee)
93 Roma English (Larne) Noreen Granard (Portarlington)
94 Finola Duncan (Bangor) Gemma Jennings (Navan) Mary McCabe (Headfort) Anna Moloney (Clonmel) Denise O'Sullivan (Hermitage)
95 Carmel Cahill (Hermitage) Patsy McCarthy (Grange) Geraldine Woods (Ardee)
96 Fionnuala McGrady (Dunmurry) Iris Smyth (Bangor)
97 Julie Barkman (Nenagh) Kathleen Hynes (Ardee)
98 Mary Kidney (Headfort)

MIDLOTHIAN BREAK FIFE GRIP ON EAST DIVISION TITLE Midlothian beat title-holders Fife in what should be the decisive match of the East Division women's inter-county team golf championship at Falkirk Golf Club today. Midlothian took a 2-1 edge over the Scottish champions in the morning foursomes and also claimed the singles by a single point, 3 ½-2 ½ for a 5 ½-3 ½ overall scoreline. Having beaten East Lothian 7-2 on the opening day, Midlothian are the only team in the four-cornered contest with a 100 per cent two wins out of two record going into the final day action. Midlothian should clinch a place in the Scottish county finals at Baberton Golf Club in September with a last-day victory over pointless Stirling & Clackmannan who took the singles 3 ½-2 ½ from East Lothian today but lost the match 5-4. Fife finish off by playing East Lothian but they would need underdogs Stirling & Clackmannan to beat Midlothian while they themselves scored a big margin win over East Lothian. Tuesday details: MIDLOTHIAN 5 ½, FIFE 3 ½ Midlothian names first Foursomes – Jane Turner & Rachel Watton bt Louise Kenney & Linday Dyball 5 and 4; Karen Marshall & Louise Fraser bt Susan Jackson & Karin Sharp 2 and 1; Claire Hargan & Wendy Nicholson lost to Fiona Hastie & Elaine Moffat 2 and 1 (2-1). Singles – Turner lost to Kenney 6 and 4, Watton bt Hastie 2 and 1, Fraser lost to Jackson 1 hole, Kirtsten Blackwood halved with Lorna Fury, Hargan beat Sharp 3 and 1, Claire MacDonald bt Moffat 3 and 2 (3 ½-2 ½). EAST LOTHIAN 5, STIRLING & CLACKMANNAN 4 East Lothian names first Foursomes – Lesley Nicholson & Emma Fairnie bt Linda Allan & Louise Macgregor 4 and 3; Line Mortensen & Fiona Prior halved with Vicki Stevenson & Lesley Gibb; Ruth Carroll & Jane Herd bt Claire Capocci & Jill Harrison 2 holes (2 ½-1/2). Singles – Nicholson bt Macgregor 2 holes, Fairnie halved with Stevenson, Mortensen bt Elaine Allison 2 and 1, Herd lost to Gibb 6 and 4 Carroll lost to Harrison 3 and 1, Linda Grieve lost to Allan 3 and 2 (2 ½-3 1/2).

FIONA HUNTER SETS SENIORS PACE AT KINROSS Baberton's Fiona Hunter led the field with a par round of 73 on the opening day of the Scottish senior women's amateur stroke-play championship over the Montgomery course at Kinross today. She had a one-stroke advantage over Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) with Noreen Fenton (Dunbar) a shot behind in third place on 75. Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) came next with a 76. FIRST ROUND LEADERS Par 73 73 Fiona Hunter (Baberton). 75 Noreen Fenton (Dunbar). 76 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park). 78 Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles), Mary Smith (Tain), Suzanne Cadden (Cardross), Anna Telfer. 79 Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose), Heather Anderson (Alyth), Pamela Wlliamson (Baberton). 80 Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies), Lorna Bennett (Ladybank). 81 Margaret Tough (Falkirk), Fiona de Vries (St Rule). 82 Sue Penman (Gullane Ladies). 83 Jill Harrison (Cruden Bay). 84 Ann Smart (Banchory), May Hughes (Lanark), Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park). 85 Rita Dee (Kingsknowe), Gillian Wallace (Glenisla), Frances Neish (Forres), Maureen Neilson (Greenock). 86 Lyn Murray (Kinross), Shelagh Quinn (Stirling).

Northern Counties' winning squad at Royal Dornoch. Back row (l to r): Jenny Milne (Elgin), Pam Mackay (Royal Dornoch), Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch), Mary Smith (Tain), Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch). Front: Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), Hannah McCook(Abernethy) (reserve), Julie Vass (Tain), Sammy Vass (Tain).

Sammy and the Northern Counties team are

just "ace" ... bound for Baberton as champions

Northern Counties have joined Renfrewshire and Galloway in the line-up for the Scottish women's inter-county team golf championship finals at Baberton Golf Club, Edinburgh from September 18 to 20. Northern Counties wrapped up the North Division title at Royal Dornoch Golf Club today when they beat Aberdeenshire 5 1/2-3 1/2, giving them three wins out of three. Sammy Vass (Tain) had a hole in one at the sixth with a five-iron in her afternoon singles victory by two holes over Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies). In the other tie, Perth & Kinross beat Angus 6-3. Highlight of the afternoon singles was Carly Booth's seven-under-par performance to beat Angus's Mary Summers 7 and 6. Details: NORTHERN COUNTIES 5 1/2, ABERDEENSHIRE 3 1/2 Foursomes (1 1/2-1 1/2) Sammy Vass & Kelsey MacDonald lost to Claire Wilson & Laura Murray 5 and 3. Cara Gruber & Pamela Mackay bt Gill Murray & Sammy Leslie 5 and 3. Alison Bartlett & Mary Smith halved with Laura McLardy & Mhairi Johnstone. Singles (4-2) MacDonald lost to Laura Murray 3 and 2. Gruber bt Wilson 5 and 4. Sammy Vass bt Sheena Wood 2 holes. Julie Vass bt Johnstone 1 hole. Jenny Milne lost to Gil Murray 4 and 3. Mackay bt Donna Pocock 4 and 3. ANGUS 3, PERTH & KINROSS 6 Foursomes (0-3) Ailsa Summers & Rebecca Wilson lost to Carly Booth & Emily Ogilvie 2 holes. Shonagh Raitt & Ann Ramsay lost to Annabel Niven & Alexandra Bushby 1 hole. Fiona Blair & Mary Summers lost to Eve Muirhead and Laura Walker 3 and 1. Singles (3-3) Summers lost to Booth 7 and 6. Wilson lost to Ogilvie 3 and 2. Ann Ramsay bt Fiona Ramsay 1 hole. Katy McNicol bt Jane Yellowlees 4 and 2. Fiona Blair lost to Bushby 5 and 4. Raitt lost to Walker 1 hole.

Fife and Midlothian on collision course for East Division title Scottish champions Fife and Midlothian made a confident start to the three-day East Division women's inter-county team golf championship at Falkirk Golf Club today. Fife beat Stirling & Clackmannan 7-2 while Midlothian also won 7-2 against East Lothian. It looks certain that the Fife v Midlothian clash will be the one that decides who will go to Baberton Golf Club in September as East Division champions for the four-cornered contest of the Scottish county team finals. Monday details: MIDLOTHIAN 7, EAST LOTHIAN 2 Midlothian names first FOURSOMES (2 1/2-1/2) Jane Turner & Rachael Watton bt Lesley Nicholson & Emma Fairnie 5 and 3. Karen Marshall & Wendy Nicholson halved with Line Mortensen & Fiona Pryor. Claire Hargan & Claire MacDonald bt Mary-Lou Renton & Ruth Carroll 4 and 2. SINGLES (4 1/2-1 1/2) Turner bt Mortensen 4 and 3. Hargan lost to Nicholson 1 hole. Kirsten Blackwood bt Fairnie 1 hole. Louise Fraser bt Pryor 3 and 2. Watton bt Carroll 3 and 2. MacDonald halved with Linda Grieve. FIFE 7, STIRLING & CLACKMANNAN 2 Fife names first FOURSOMES (3-0) Fiona Hastie & Elaine Moffat bt Linda Allan & Jill Harrison 2 holes. Louise Kenney & Linda Dyball bt Louise MacGregor & Lesley Gibb 3 and 1. Susan Jackson & Karin Sharp bt Vicki Stevenson & Elaine Allison 5 and 4. SINGLES (4-2) Kenney bt Harrison 3 and 2. Hastie bt Allan 1 hole. Moffat lost to MacGregor 1 hole. Jackson bt Claire Capucci 4 and 2. Ashleigh Wilton bt Mhairi Hall 3 and 2. Sharp lost to Stevenson 2 and 1.

Newburgh-on-Ythan competitors (left to right): Fraser Cowie (Newburgh), Michael Carrell (Peterculter), Kevin Duncan (Keith), Scott and Craig Watson (Cruden Bay), Kelsey Beattie (Newburgh), John Philips, Beth Sinclair (Newburgh).

Newcomers shine at Paul Lawrie

Foundation flag event at Newburgh

FROM MURRAY CARNIE
Paul Lawrie Foundation Organiser
Our Flag event moved onto the links at Newburgh on Sunday with some new competitors competing in the our events for the first time.
Nicole Yeats achieved a personal best by finishing in the hole at the ninth. John Philips, competing for the first time this season, lifted the Boys U10 event with Fraser Cowie and Kevin Duncan close on his heels.
The Boys U12 event provided a real close affair with Scott Watson pipping Michael Carrell by half a metre to win first place. Twin brother Craig made it a memorable day for the Watson family when he finished in 3rd place.
RESULTS

BOYS U10
1 JOHN PHILIPS
2 FRASER COWIE
3 KEVIN DUNCAN
4 CAMPBELL MARR
5 SCOTT MATHIESON

BOYS U12
1 SCOTT WATSON
2 MICHAEL CARRELL
3 CRAIG WATSON
4 CHRIS SOMERS
5 BEN GREEN

GIRLS U12
1 NICOLE YEATS
2 KELSEY BEATTIE
3 BETH SINCLAIR

US Duramed Futures Tour Scoreboard
$100,000 Horseshoe Casino Classic
Lost Marsh golf course, Hammond, Indiana
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) 6212yd
1 Jean Reynolds (Newnan, Ga.) 69-71-73 - 213 $14,000
T2 Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 71-70-73 - 214 $8,562
T2 Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 70-65-79 - 214 $8,562
T4 Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 73-66-77 - 216 $4,635
T4 Mina Harigae (Monterey, Calif.) 65-72-79 - 216 $4,635
T6 Danah Ford (Indianapolis, Ind.) 75-69-73 - 217 $2,960
T6 Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia) 70-71-76 - 217 $2,960
T8 Kristie Smith (Perth, Australia) 74-71-73 - 218 $1,84
T8 Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 71-74-73 - 218 $1,849
T8Seo-Jae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 68-73-77 - 218 $1,849
T8 Song Yi Choi (Seoul, South Korea) 74-67-77 - 218 $1,849
T8 Stephanie Otteson (Wilson, N.C.) 72-67-79 - 218 $1,849
T13 Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 77-70-72 - 219 $1,264
T13 Pernilla Lindberg (Bollnas, Sweden) 73-71-75 - 219 $1,264
T13 Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 73-71-75 - 219 $1,264
T13 Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 74-68-77 - 219 $1,264
T17 Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 72-73-75 - 220 $947
T17 Moon Su (Incheon, South Korea) 75-70-75 - 220 $947
T17 Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 71-73-76 - 220 $947
T17 Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 72-72-76 - 220 $947
T17 Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 72-72-76 - 220 $947
T17 Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 72-68-80 - 220 $947
T17 Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 68-71-81 - 220 $947
T24 Perry Swenson (Charlotte, N.C.) 74-73-74 - 221 $834
T24 Carol Robertson (Virginia Beach, Va.) 75-71-75 - 221 $834
T24 Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 73-73-75 - 221 $834
T24 Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 76-70-75 - 221 $834
T24 Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 69-75-77 - 221 $834
T24 Liz Janangelo (West Hartford, Conn.) 70-72-79 - 221 $834
T24 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 74-65-82 - 221 $834
T31 Chris Brady (Charlotte, N.C.) 70-77-75 - 222 $763
T31 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 71-75-76 - 222 $763
T31 Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 74-72-76 - 222 $763
T31 Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 70-74-78 - 222 $763
T31 Su A Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 72-72-78 - 222 $763
T31 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 72-72-78 - 222 $763
T31 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 72-71-79 - 222 $763
T31 Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 68-74-80 - 222 $763
T31 Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 69-71-82 - 222 $763
T31 Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 69-70-83 - 222 $763
T41 Sin Ah Ham (Seoul, South Korea) 76-71-76 - 223 $719
T41 Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 74-72-77 - 223 $719
T41 Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 76-70-77 - 223 $719
T41 Victoria Kiser (amateur) (Orlando, Fla.) 76-70-77 - 223
T41 Moah Chang (Los Angeles, Calif.) 71-74-78 - 223 $719
T41 Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 72-73-78 - 223 $719
T47 Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 77-70-77 - 224 $689
T47 Rebecka Heinmert (Hassleholm, Sweden) 77-70-77 - 224 $689
T47 Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 74-72-78 - 224 $689
T43 Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 73-73-78 - 224 $689
T43 Jane Chin (Mission Viejo, Calif.) 75-71-78 - 224 $689
T43 Sunny Oh (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) 75-69-80 - 224 $689
T43 Devan Andersen (Guadalajara, Mexico) 73-70-81 - 224 $689
T43 Taylore Karle (amateur) (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72-70-82 - 224
55 Camila Mori (Santiago, Chile) 75-70-80 - 225 $670
T56 Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 74-73-79 - 226 $656
T56 Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 72-74-80 - 226 $656
T56 Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 76-69-81 - 226 $656
T56 Stacey Bieber (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 70-74-82 - 226 $656
T56 Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 72-72-82 - 226 $656
T56 Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 71-72-83 - 226 $656
62 Stephanie Oukeo (Paris, France) 77-70-80 - 227 $642
T63 Tiffany Prats (Williston, Fla.) 73-73-82 - 228 $634
T63 Heather Burgner (Lakeland, Fla.) 76-69-83 - 228 $634
T63 Praewnapa Phol-Uayporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 72-71-85 - 228 $634
66 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 72-73-84 - 229 $627
67 Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 74-72-84 - 230 $624
T68 Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 75-72-84 - 231 $618
T68 Heather Angell (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 75-72-84 - 231 $618
T68 Amanda Mathis (Opelousas, La.) 74-72-85 - 231 $618
71 Mallory Hetzel (Summerville, S.C.) 75-69-91 - 235 $612

Jiyai Shin is the million-dollar woman

British Women's Open champion Jiyai Shin picked up her fifth title in 11 months with a seven-stroke victory at the Wegmans LPGA at Rochester, New York State today.
The 21-year-old South Korean shot a one-under 71 to finish at 17-under 271.
Kristy McPherson and Yani Tseng each shot a 66, the day’s best score, to surge into a second-place tie at 10 under.
One behind were rookie Stacy Lewis, Mika Miyazato and Haeji Kang.
Shin carried a four-stroke lead into the final round at tricky Locust Hill in suburban Rochester. She never looked in danger of being caught, even when she picked up two straight bogeys near the close as an afternoon downpour produced a flurry of errors.
This latest victory earned her $300,000, hoisting her to the top of the LPGA Tour money list with $1 million.

Gary Player takes

a swing at

Muirfield’s men-only policy: 'I don't see the point'


FROM THE HERALD WEBSITE
Golf legend Gary Player has hit out at one of Scotland's most famous courses for having a men-only policy.
Player, who at 23 became the youngest Open Championship winner when he lifted the Claret Jug at Muirfield in 1959, has criticised the club ahead of his return to the East Lothian course to host a charity tournament.
The South African said: "I don't see the point of excluding any member of society." The 73-year-old revealed his disapproval of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers' single-sex policy.
He said: "One thing travel has taught me is to have respect for other people's point of view but I have to tell you, I do not agree with the policy. Golf would not be the game it is without women.
"Winston Churchill said that change is the price of survival. I agree with that. I just don't see the point of excluding any member of society.
"That policy is their business. It's a decision they've made and they've got to live with it. I have designed many golf courses all over the world and I wouldn't like to think any of them would exclude women."
Muirfield is set to host the Open for the 16th time in 2013 and the event could draw more attention to the club's single-sex rule.
Club secretary Alastair Brown said: "I'm interested in Gary's comments. His views haven't stopped him from returning to the club."
First Minister Alex Salmond, a keen golfer, has urged Muirfield and other clubs to change their ways.
Of the possibility of the women's British Open taking place at Muirfield, he said: "It might encourage them to change their views


+Reproduced by kind permission of the Sports Editor of the Herald Newspaper.

Ann Wallace of the Irish Ladies Golf Union presents the Phil Garvey Trophy for the leading amateur performance to Jodi Ewart (Catterick).

Krystle has seven birdies in final

round to finish fifth in Ireland

Rookie pro Krystle Caithness from Fife finished fifth in the weather-hit AIB Irish Ladies Open at Portmarnock links near Dublin today. Yet, with a little bit of luck, the Scot might well have gone close to her first pro win.
Krystle scored 71, 69 and 70 for a total of six-under-par 210 - five shots behind the winner, Italy's Diana Luna who scored 68, 69 and 68 for 11-under 215.
But a close examination of Miss Caithness's final scorecard reveals that she had a double bogey 67 at the 10th and also dropped single shots at the first, second and 17th in halves of 36 and 34.
Krystle also had an amazing bag of seven birdies - at the third, sixth, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th.
Forget about the shots dropped and Krystle could almost have forced a play-off with Luna on 205.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
205 Diana Luna (Italy) 68 69 68.
209 Gwladys Nocera (France) 68 72 69, Florentyna Parker (England) 70 69 70, Sophie Gustafsson (Sweden) 71 67 71.
210 Krystle Caithness (Scotland) 71 69 70.
211 Melissa Reid (England) 68 70 73.
212 Sophie Giquel (France) 70 74 68.
Selected scores:
214 Sophie Walker (England 4 72 68, Jodi Ewart (England) (amateur) 74 69 71, Becky Brewerton (Wales) 68 72 74 (jt 10th).
215 Lydia Hall (Wales0 69 74 72 (jt 15th).
219 Rebecca Hudson (England) 73 74 72, Vikki Laing (Scotland) 68 77 74, Martina Gillen (Ireland) 69 76 74 (jt 26th).
220 Lynn Kenny (Scotland) 75 72 73 (jt 34th).
221 Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wales) (amateur) 74 75 72, Samantha Head (England) 70 78 73, Tara Delaney (Ireland) 70 76 75 (jt 36th).
223 Joanne Morley (England) 75 75 73, Rachel Jennings (England) (amateur) 70 79 74, Rebecca Coakley (Ireland) 75 74 74, Felicity Johnson (England) 75 73 75, Kiran Matharu (England) 09 76 77, Lisa Hall (England) 72 73 78 (jt 52nd).
224 Hazel Kavanagh (Ireland 75 74 75 (jt 59th).
225 Breanne Loucks (Wales) 74 75 756, Daniell McVeigh (Northern Ireland) (amateur) 74 70 81.
227 Georgina Simpson (England) 72 78 77, Henrietta Zuel (England) 76 74 77 (jt 65th).

Northern Counties in the driving

seat after two days at Dornoch

Northern Counties are in the driving seat with two wins out of two as the North Division women’s inter-county team championship enters its third and final day at Royal Dornoch Golf Club on Monday.
Mathematically, they can still be caught if they were to lose their last match to Aberdeenshire while Angus had a big win over Perth & Kinross, but the odds against such a double whammy are long, to say the least.
Northern Counties opened their campaign by beating title-holders Perth & Kinross 5 ½-3 ½ on Saturday and followed that up with an impressive 7-2 win today over Angus who had edged a 5-4 win over Aberdeen on the first day.
Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) who had beaten P&K's Carly Booth in the lead-off singles on Saturday, continued in good form with a 2 and 1 win over Angus youngster Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) who has won both her county's women's and girls' titles this year.
Angus introduced Ailsa's mother Mary Summers into the singles line-up - and she won the No 5 tie. In fact Angus both both the last two singles, thanks to Mary and Ann Ramsay.
But the damage had been done higher up the batting order with Northern Counties winning the top four ties through Kelsey MacDonald, Cara Gruber, Sammy Vass and Pam Mackay.
Perth & Kinross drew 4 1/2-4 ½ with Aberdeenshire in today's other match. The top singles between Scotland team-mates Carly Booth (Comrie) and Laura Murray (Alford) ended in a surprisingly easy win for Carly by 7 and 5.
The winners of the Northern Division title go forward to the four-cornered contest for the Scottish women’s county team championship at Baberton Golf Club, Edinburgh from September 18 to 20.

Today's results:

PERTH & KINROSS 4 ½, ABERDEENSHIRE 4 ½
Foursomes – Emily Ogilvie & Carly Booth bt Laura Murray & Carol Wilson 5 and 4; Annabel Niven & Alex Bushby bt Sammy Leslie & Sheena Wood 2 and 1; Eve Muirhead & Laura Walker lost to Mhairi Johnstone & Laura McLardy 5 and 4 (2-1).
Singles – Booth bt Murray 7 and 5, Ogilvie bt Wood 4 and 2, Bushby halved with Wilson, Niven lost to McLardy 7 and 5, Fiona Ramsay lost to Leslie 4 and 2, Walker lost to Donna Pocock 4 and 3 (2 ½-3 ½)

NORTHERN COUNTIES 7, ANGUS 2
Foursomes – Sammy Vass & Kelsey MacDonald bt Ailsa Summers & Rebecca Wilson 3 and 2; Cara Gruber & Pam Mackay bt Katy McNicoll & Ann Ramsay 3 and 2; Alison Bartlett & Mary Smith bt Fiona Gilbert & Fiona Blair 3 and 2 (3-0).
Singles – MacDonald bt Ailsa Summers 2 and 1; Gruber bt Wilson 4 and 3; Vass bt McNicoll 3 and 1; McKay bt Shonagh Raitt 3 and 1, Bartlett lost to Mary Summers 5 and 4; Smith lost to Ramsay 2 and 1 (4-2).

Weather delays at Ladies Irish Open:

Finish not now expected until 8pm


The third and final round of the AIB Ladies Irish Open is underway after two delays due to a sea fog at Portmarnock Links this morning.
Play resumed at 4.04pm and is due to finish at approximately 8pm this evening.
The final round was suspended for 30 minutes from 9.50am due to a dense sea fog which rolled in from across the Irish Sea with a second, 3hr suspension at 1pm.
The last group had played two holes and were standing on the third tee before the second delay.
Italian Diana Luna heads the field on seven-under-par and is being chased by three other players on six-under. Frenchwoman Gwladys Nocera, who won five LET titles last year, picked up two early birdies in her first four holes to trail the lead by one with Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson and England’s Melissa Reid. Gustafson, Reid and Luna have opened with three straight pars.
Amateur Danielle McVeigh leads the Irish challenge on one-over after six holes with new professional, Tara Delaney, one behind.

Midland Vets Championship - Lorna Bennett wins

The semi finals and final were played in warm sunny but breezy conditions, over a sun-baked Leven Course on Wednesday 24 June

Final:
The Final was closely contested between Lorna and Fiona, the Holder. Scoring was good and steady, the match being all square at the turn.
Lorna then won 10, 11 and 12 to go 3 up. Although Fiona won the 14th, Lorna won 15 and 16 to win by 4/2.

Lorna now goes on to represent the Midland Division in the SVLGA Championship at Blairgowrie in September.

Semi-finals: L. Bennett beat G. Wallace 5/3 F. de Vries beat M. Tough 3/1

[Thanks to Alison Houston for this report]

US Duramed Futures Tour Scoreboard
$100,000 Horseshoe Casino Classic
Lost Marsh Golf Course, Hammond, Indiana
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72) 6212yd
1 Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 70-65 - 135
2 Mina Harigae (Monterey, Calif.) 65-72 - 137
3 Stephanie Otteson (Wilson, N.C.) 72-67 - 139
3 Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 73-66 - 139
3 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 74-65 - 139
3 Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 69-70 - 139
3 Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 68-71 - 139
8 Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 72-68 - 140
8 Jean Reynolds (Newnan, Ga.) 69-71 - 140
8 Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 69-71 - 140
11 Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 71-70 - 141
11 Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia) 70-71 - 141
11 Song Yi Choi (Seoul, South Korea) 74-67 - 141
11 Seo-Jae Lee (Seoul, South Korea) 68-73 - 141
15 Taylore Karle (am) (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 72-70 - 142
15 Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 74-68 - 142
15 Liz Janangelo (West Hartford, Conn.) 70-72 - 142
15 Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 68-74 - 142
19 Devan Andersen (Guadalajara, Mexico) 73-70 - 143
19 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 72-71 - 143
19 Praewnapa Phol-Uayporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 72-71 - 143
19 Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 71-72 - 143
23 Sunny Oh (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) 75-69 - 144
23 Danah Ford (Indianapolis, Ind.) 75-69 - 144
23 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 72-72 - 144
23 Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 72-72 - 144
23 Su A Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 72-72 - 144
23 Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 72-72 - 144
23 Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 72-72 - 144
23 Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 73-71 - 144
23 Pernilla Lindberg (Bollnas, Sweden) 73-71 - 144
23 Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 71-73 - 144
23 Stacey Bieber (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 70-74 - 144
23 Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 70-74 - 144
23 Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 69-75 - 144
23 Mallory Hetzel (Summerville, S.C.) 75-69 - 144
37 Heather Burgner (Lakeland, Fla.) 76-69 - 145
37 Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 76-69 - 145
37 Moon Su (Incheon, South Korea) 75-70 - 145
37 Camila Mori (Santiago, Chile) 75-70 - 145
37 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 72-73 - 145
37 Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 72-73 - 145
37 Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 72-73 - 145
37 Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 71-74 - 145
37 Moah Chang (Los Angeles, Calif.) 71-74 - 145
37 Kristie Smith (Perth, Australia) 74-71 - 145
47 Victoria Kiser (am) (Orlando, Fla.) 76-70 - 146
47 Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 76-70 - 146
47 Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 76-70 - 146
47 Jane Chin (Mission Viejo, Calif.) 75-71 - 146
47 Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 72-74 - 146
47 Tiffany Prats (Williston, Fla.) 73-73 - 146
47 Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 73-73 - 146
47 Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 73-73 - 146
47 Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 74-72 - 146
47 Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 74-72 - 146
47 Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 74-72 - 146
47 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 71-75 - 146
47 Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 74-72 - 146
47 Amanda Mathis (Opelousas, La.) 74-72 - 146
47 Carol Robertson (Virginia Beach, Va.) 75-71 - 146
62 Stephanie Oukeo (Paris, France) 77-70 - 147
62 Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 77-70 - 147
62 Sin Ah Ham (Seoul, South Korea) 76-71 - 147
62 Rebecka Heinmert (Hassleholm, Sweden) 77-70 - 147
62 Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 77-70 - 147
62 Heather Angell (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 75-72 - 147
62 Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 75-72 - 147
62 Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 74-73 - 147
62 Perry Swenson (Charlotte, N.C.) 74-73 - 147
62 Chris Brady (Charlotte, N.C.) 70-77 - 147
MISSED THE CUT
Gina Umeck (Redlands, Calif.) 76-72 - 148
Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Quebec) 80-68 - 148
Stephanie Kim (am) (Orlando, Fla.) 72-76 - 148
Charlotte Campbell (Heathrow, Fla.) 72-76 - 148
Onnarin Sattayabanphot (Bangkok, Thailand) 72-76 - 148
Sunny Park (Sydney, Australia) 73-75 - 148
Jae Oh (Je Ju, South Korea) 74-74 - 148
Carmen Bandea (Atlanta, Ga.) 74-74 - 148
Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 74-74 - 148
Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 75-73 - 148
Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 77-72 - 149
Lee Ann Walker-Cooper (Southport, N.C.) 77-72 - 149
Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 76-73 - 149
Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 76-73 - 149
Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico) 76-73 - 149
Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 79-70 - 149
Elizabeth Stuart (Tampa, Fla.) 76-73 - 149
Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 79-70 - 149
Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 79-70 - 149
Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 76-73 - 149
Easi Acharya (Columbus, Mont.) 75-74 - 149
Kim Welch (Sacramento, Calif.) 76-74 - 150
Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 77-73 - 150
Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 76-74 - 150
Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 77-73 - 150
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 76-74 - 150
Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 78-72 - 150
Blair Lamb (Flat Rock, N.C.) 76-74 - 150
Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 75-75 - 150
Christine Cho (Kent, Wash.) 75-75 - 150
Meghan Little (Sturgis, S.D.) 75-75 - 150
Sammi Sloan (am) (Lansing, Ill.) 75-75 - 150
Renee Skidmore (Everett, Wash.) 73-77 - 150
Ulrika Ljungman-Smith (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 77-74 - 151
Mary Kate Morgan (Longview, Wash.) 76-75 - 151
Missie Berteotti (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 72-79 - 151
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 74-77 - 151
Katie Miller (Jeannette, Pa.) 75-76 - 151
Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.) 77-75 - 152
Noon Huachai (Bangkok, Thailand) 79-73 - 152
Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 80-72 - 152
Kimberly Goedecke (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) 74-78 - 152
Jill Frantz (Iowa City, Iowa) 74-78 - 152
Alejandra Shaw (Vina Del Mar, Chile) 75-77 - 152
Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherlands) 76-77 - 153
Juli Erekson (Chicopee, Mass.) 78-75 - 153
Dana Bates (Thousand Palms, Calif.) 76-77 - 153
Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 75-78 - 153
Mary J. Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 74-79 - 153
Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 70-83 - 153
Ashley Knoll (The Woodlands, Texas) 79-75 - 154
Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.) 80-74 - 154
Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 75-79 - 154
Jenna Pearson (Wheaton, Ill.) 80-74 - 154
Lucy Nunn (Lawton, Okla.) 83-71 - 154
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 77-78 - 155
Lindsey Bergeon (Sarasota, Fla.) 78-77 - 155
Christine Boucher (Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) 76-79 - 155
Kathryn O'Rourke (Holmes, N.Y.) 83-72 - 155
Sookhee Baek (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) 79-77 - 156
Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, Md.) 82-74 - 156
Courtney Mahon (Lee's Summit, Mo.) 76-81 - 157
Molly Birmingham (Cornelius, N.C.) 77-80 - 157
Jessica Yadloczky (am) (Casselberry, Fla.) 84-73 - 157
Lilly Kobayashi (Santa Monica, Calif.) 81-77 - 158
Emma Calderone (Toronto, Ontario) 83-75 - 158
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 80-80 - 160
Katie Fraley (Brandenburg, Ky.) 81-79 - 160
Susannah Aboff (Huntington, N.Y.) 84-76 - 160
Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 82-81 - 163

Sheena Wood uses a putter at the 18th ..... and Carly puts on her shorts when the sun comes out.

Kelsey MacDonald watches a (one-handed?) shot by curling champion Eve Muirhead.

Sammy Vass in action at the sixth, watched by her aunt, Ann Ryan, extreme left, Kelsey MacDonald and Sammy's mother Magi. Images by courtesy of Robin Wilson. Click on them to enlarge.

Northern Counties

loosen P & K

grip on North

Division title

Perth & Kinross's grip on the North Division women's inter-county title was loosened at Royal Dornoch yesterday when they lost their opening match 5 1/2-3 1/2 to Northern Counties.
In the other tie, Angus beat Aberdeenshire 5-4.
Northern Counties had a 2-1 edge over P&K from the morning foursomes and got a vital point from the top singles when Kelsey MacDonald, the Scottish Under-21 champion from Nairn Dunbar, beat Curtis Cup teenager Carly Booth (Comrie) by 4 and 3.
Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) and Laura Walker (Muckhart) won their ties for P&K to level the scoreline at 3-3 but Northern Counties prevailed when Sammy Vass (Tain) and Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) won the fourth and fifth singles and Mary Smith (Tain) halved the last match with P&K's Fiona Ramsay.
Aberdeenshire, lacking the services of their county champion, Sara Mathieson, who is on honeymoon following her wedding to Kings Acre assistant professional Terry Mathieson, trailed Angus 2-1 after the morning foursomes and then split the singles 3-3.
Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), the teenager who holds both the Angus women's and girls county championships, beat Scotland cap Laura Murray (Alford) 5 and 4 in the top singles.

Results on Day 1 at Royal Dornoch:
NORTHERN COUNTIES 5 1/2, PERTH & KINROSS 3 1/2
Foursomes - Sammy Vass & Kelsey MacDonald lost to Emily Ogilvie & Carly Booth 4 and 3; Cara Gruber & Pam Mackay bt Eve Muirhead & Laura Walker 2 and 1; Alison Bartlett & Mary Smith bt Annabel Niven & Alex Bushby 5 and 4 (2-1).
Singles - MacDonald bt Booth 4 and 3, Gruber lost to Ogilvie 1 hole, Mackay lost to Walker 1 hole, Vass bt Bushby 1 hole, Bartlett bt Jane Yellowlees 3 and 2, Smith halved with Fiona Ramsay (3 1/2-2 1/2).
ANGUS 5, ABERDEENSHIRE 4
Foursomes - Ann Ramsay & Katy McNicoll lost to Laura Murray & Carol Wilson 6 and 5; Rebecca Wilson & Ailsa Summers bt Donna Pocock & Sheena Wood 2 holes; Fiona Gilbert & Fiona Blear bt Laura McLardy & Gill Murray 5 and 3 (2-1).
Singles - Summers bt Murray 5 and 4, McNicoll lost to C Wilson 2 and 1, Gilbert lost to Wood 5 and 4, Ramsay bt Mhairi Johnstone 5 and 4, R Wilson bt Sammy Leslie 4 and 3, Shonagh Raitt lost to Pocock 2 and 1 (3-3).

+Action pictures by courtesy of Robin Wilson: Carly Booth (left) and Cara Gruber (right) come out well from bunkers.