LYNN KENNY ONE BEHIND LEADERS IN
PORTUGUESE WOMEN'S OPEN

Obviously boosted by her best-ever performance last week - a top-10 finish on the Ladies European Tour, Lynn Kenny has come out of the traps like a greyhound (hopefully she will pardon the comparison), in the Portuguese Women's Open.
Lynn, representing Archerfield Links Golf Club, shot a first-round 69 to be only one shot off the pace.
Kathryn Imrie didn't do too badly either. The Monifieth player had a 71.
Clare Queen (Carrick at Cameron House) had a 73.

SCOREBOARD
Gramacho Pestano Resort on Algarve.

68 Cherie Byrnes (Aus), Lisa Jean (Aus), Jade Schaeffer (Fra)
69 Melodie Bourdy (Fra), Laura Cabanillas (Spa), Lynn Kenny (Sco), Minea Blomqvist (Fin), Mianne Bagger (Den), Johanna Westerberg (Swe), Joanne Mills (Aus)
70 Anja Monke (Ger), RsamanTha Head (Eng), Tania Elosegui (Spa), Titiya PluckRsataporn (Tha), Anna Rossi (Ita), Sophie Giquel (Fra), Louise Stahle (Swe), Frederique Seeholzer (Swi)
71 Cassandra Kirkland (Fra), Paula Marti (Spa), Kaisa Ruuttila (Fin), Libby Smith (USA), Rebecca Coakley (Irl), Kathryn Imrie (Sco), Kirsty Taylor (Eng), Lotta Wahlin (Swe), Lynn Brooky (Nzl)
72 Asa Gottmo (Swe), Martina Gillen (Irl), Eleanor Pilgrim (Wal), Diana Luna (Ita), Laura Terebey (USA)
73 Barbara Paruscio (Ita), Holly Aitchison (Am) (Eng), Christine Hallstrom (Swe), Helena Alterby (Swe), LiRsa Hall (Eng), Natalie ClaIrl Booth (Eng), Clare Queen (Sco), Anna Tybring (Swe), Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra), Cecilie Lundgreen (Nor), Rikke Rasmussen (Den), LiRsa Holm Sorensen (Den), Leah Hart (Aus), Rebecca Hudson (Eng), Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra)
74 Eva Bjarvall (Swe), Patricia Beliard (Fra), Bettina Hauert (Ger), Cecilia Ekelundh (Swe), Sophie Walker (Eng), Ana B Rsanchez (Spa), Antonella CvItan (Swe), Anna Temple (Rsa), Laurette Maritz (Rsa), Karen Lunn (Aus), Marina Arruti (Spa), Danielle Masters (Eng), Jehanne Jail (Fra), Lora Fairclough (Eng), Jenni KuoRsa (Fin), Elizabeth McKinnon (Nzl), Tullia Calzavara (Ita), MargherIta Rigon (Ita), Marta Prieto (Spa), Felicity Johnson (Eng), Marta VaSconcelos (Por) (am).
75 Lee-Anne Pace (Rsa), VanesRsa Bell (Eng), Lara Tadiotto (Bel), Elisabeth Esterl (Ger), Carlie Butler (Aus), Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa), Rsara Beautell (Spa), Anna Rawson (Aus), Stefania Croce (Ita), Shani Waugh (Aus), Amanda Moltke-Leth (Den), Sofia Renell (Swe)
76 Elin Ohlsson (Swe), Shelley McKevitt (Eng), Morgana Robbertze (Rsa), Stephanie Arricau (Fra), Linda Wessberg (Swe), Carmen Alonso (Spa), Ellen Smets (Bel), Rsarah Heath (Eng), Nienke Nijenhuis (NIrl), Eva Steinberger (Aut), Suzanne Dickens (Eng), Louise Friberg (Swe), Ludivine Kreutz (Fra), Kirsty S Taylor (Eng), Hanna-Leena Salonen (Fin), Maria Boden (Swe)
77 Ana Melo (Por) (am), Claire Coughlan (Irl), Isabella Maconi (Ita), Natascha Fink (Aut), Ana Larraneta (Spa), Denise Simon (Ger), Kirsty J Fisher (Eng), Beatriz Recari (Spa), Marianne SkarpNord (Nor), Lill Kristin Rsaether (Nor)
78 Anna Knutsson (Swe), Liza Walters (Eng), Kiran Matharu (Eng), Stefanie Michl (Aut), Fany Schaeffer (Fra)
79 Nina Karlsson (Swe), Maria BeAutell (Spa), Veronica Zorzi (Ita)
80 Nicole Gergely (Aut), Emma Zackrisson (Swe), Julie Tvede (Den)
81 Monia Bernardo (Por), Elisa Serramia (Spa)
82 Sophie Hunter (Eng)
83 Julie Berton (Fra), Carla Cruz (Am) (Por)
84 Nuria Clau (Spa)
85 Fame More (Eng)
87 Nora Angehrn (Swi)

US WOMEN'S OPEN FIRST ROUND COMPLETED

The first round of the US Women's Open was completed early on the morning of the second day of the championship at Pine Needles Lodge & GC in North Carolina.
SCOREBOARD
Par 71. Players from US unless stated.
68 Angela Park
69 Shiho Oyama (Jpn), In-Bee Park (Kor)
70 Joo Mi Kim (Kor), Ji-Yai Shin (Kor), Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor), Amy Hung (Tha), Charlotte Mayorkas, Julieta Granada (Par)
71 Meena Lee (Kor), Morgan Pressel, Brittany Lincicome, Lorena Ochoa (Mex), Cristie Kerr, Karine Icher (Fra), Mi-Hyun Kim (Kor), Jennie Lee (Ae), Janice Moodie (Sco)
72 Kris Tamulis, Leta Lindley, Paula Creamer, Jee Young Lee (Kor), Jennifer Song, Seon Hwa Lee (Kor), Sakura Yokomine (Jpn), Angela Stanford, Laura Davies (Eng), Amanda Blumenherst, Katherine Hull (Aus), Mina Harigae, Jeong Jang (Kor)
73 Jane Park, In Kyung Kim (Kor), Diana D'Alessio, Moo Sattayabanphot (Tha), Katie Futcher, Nicole Melton, Carolina Llano, Jimin Kang (Kor), Moira Dunn, Marcy Hart, Wendy Doolan (Aus), Il Mi Chung (Kor), Esther Choe, Su A Kim, Ai Miyazato (Jpn), Sherri Turner, Birdie Kim (Kor), Sophie Gustafson (Swe)
74 Kelly Cap, Kelli Kuehne, Annika Sorenstam (Swe), Amy Yang, Courtney Ellenbogen, Kelly Cavanaugh, Pat Hurst, Kyeong Eun Bae (Kor), Se Ri Pak (Kor), Jimin Jeong, Giulia Sergas (Ita), Amie Cochran, Dorothy Delasin, Candie Kung (Tai), Ha Na Jang, Natalie Gulbis, Erica Blasberg, Alena Sharp, Laura Diaz, Karin Sjodin (Swe)
75 Stacy Prammanasudh, Young Kim (Kor), Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (Fra), Marci Turner, Joanne Lee, Sung Ah Yim (Kor), Aree Song (Kor), Becky Morgan (Wal), A.J Eathorne (Can), Allison Fouch, Johanna Head (Eng), Catriona Matthew (Sco), Michele Redman, Wendy Ward, Dina Ammaccapane, Ji-Young Oh (Kor), Teresa Lu (Tai), Na Yeon Choi (Kor), Karen-Margreth Juul (Den), Danielle Kang, Sherri Steinhauer, Nicole Castrale
76 Heather Young, Alexis Thompson, Maria Hjorth (Swe), Suzann Pettersen (Nor), Gloria Park (Kor), Katharina Schallenberg, Carin Koch (Swe), Meaghan Francella, Mi-Jeong Jeon (Jpn), Shanshan Feng (Chn)
77 Taylor Leon, Song-Hee Kim (Kor), Kristina Tucker (Swe), Liselotte Neumann (Swe), Grace Park (Kor), Sophia Sheridan (Mex), Audra Burks, Mo Martin, Taryn Durham, Hye Jung Choi (Kor), Nicola Hage
78 Sarah Lynn Sargent, Sydnee Michaels, Juli Inkster, Tiffany Tavee (Af), Vicky Hurst, Rachel Hetherington (Aus), Hee Young Park (Kor), Sun Young Yoo (Kor), Beth Bader, Kimberly Kim, Brandi Jackson, Christina Kim, Jose Maria (Spa), Annie Young, Jana Peterkova, Yoora Kim (Kor), Silvia Cavalleri (Ita), Meg Mallon, Stacy Lewis, Tiffany Lua
79 Jin Joo Hong (Kor), Dana Dormann, Sarah Lee, Brittany Lang, Gwladys Nocera (Fra)
80 Ashley Rollins, Ashley Prange, Irene Cho, Eva Dahllof (Swe)
81 Anna Acker-Macosko, Hilary Lunke, Meghan Bolger, Paola Moreno, Ashley Grier, Tina Barrett
82 Janice Gibson, Michelle null Wie, Young-A Yang (Kor), Salanee Henderson, Leah Marie Wigger
83 Karrie Webb (Aus), Angela Jerman, Erika Wicoff
89 Maria Kostin

Clubgolf at Stirling

30 primary 5 pupils from local schools recently completed their Clubgolf coaching at Stirling Golf Club. Golf Professional Phil Morris said "The youngsters have progressed really well over the 10 week period. Most of them had not played golf before, and now have attained basic skills in putting, chipping and full swing. I would like to thank Clubgolf and the volunteer coaches for their input to the programme".

CARLY BOOTH FINISHES WITH A DOUBLE BOGEY
BUT WINS SCOTTISH U-21 GIRLS' TITLE BY
NINE STROKES FROM LAURA AND KYLIE

Only a few days after her old brother Wallace won the Tennant Cup by five shots, Carly Booth from Comrie spreadeagled the field to win the Scottish Under-21 girls’ open amateur stroke-play championship by nine strokes at Auchterarder Golf Club today.
“Anything he can do, I can do better,” joked Carly, who had her 15th birthday only last week and has a +2 handicap that should soon be +3.
“Seriously, I owe this win to Wallace for sorting out my golf swing after I came home from a few months at the Golf Academy in Florida. My brother took me back to basics, back to the natural swing that I had lost and he has worked hard to put me back on track.”
Carly, a former member of the Auchterarder club, had rounds of 70, 68 and 69 for a three-under-par total of 207 over a course lengthened by the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association to 5,488yd with a par of 70, but a standard scratch score of 72 specially for this event.
Despite dropping three shots late on in her final round, including a double-bogey at the par-3 last where she was plugged in a bunker, Miss Booth won by the runaway margin of nine strokes from Robert Gordon University student Laura Murray (Alford) and Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle).
Carly also won the Menzies Cup for the lowest scored by an Under-18 year old
The record winning margin in this championship was set only 12 months ago by Krystle Caithness who beat the field by 11 shots with a record low total of 202. Krystle was unable to defend the title this week because she was required to practise with the rest of the Great Britain & Ireland squad at Fairmont St Andrews for next month’s Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent.
Carly, who has played for Europe in the Junior Ryder Cup match, has now won two Scottish titles. Last year, she won the Scottish Under-16 girls’ open title.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 210 (3 x 70) CSS 73 72 72
207 C Booth (Comrie) 70 68 69.
216 L Murray (Alford) 76 71 69, K Walker (Buchanan Castle) 75 69 72.
218 M Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 76 74 68.
221 K MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 77 73 71.
222 E Alonso (France) 75 75 72.
224 R Livingstone (Musselburgh Old) 75 78 71.
226 R Niven (Crieff) 81 75 70, K Brotherton (Tulliallan) 79 76 71, E Fairnie (Dunbar) 77 76 73.
228 H Owers-Bradley (Wollaton Park) 79 73 76.
229 P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 78 78 73.
230 E Muirhead (Pitlochry) 78 72 80.
231 R Wilson (Monifieth) 76 80 75, G Webster (Hilton Park) 82 72 77, E Briggs (Kilmacolm) 76 77 78.
232 E Lowrey-Gold (Eaton) 78 78 76.
234 M Briggs (Kilmacolm) 87 72 75, C-M Carlton (Fereneze) 76 75 83.
235 L Hendry (Routenburn) 82 77 76.
237 S Vass (Tain) 81 80 76.
238 J Meldrum (Dullatur) 79 82 77, L MacGregor (Falkirk) 79 80 79, G Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey) 80 80 78.
241 J Sneddon (Alyth) 80 80 81.
243 S Leslie (Westhill) 80 84 79, S Herd (Dunblane New) 79 82 82.
245 R McIntyre (Eden) 84 78 83.
247 R McQueen (Troon Bentinck Ladies) 80 89 78.
248 J Wycherley (Merchants of Edinburgh) 87 83 78, A Niven (Crieff) 85 82 81, L MacCallum (McDonald Ellon) 83 82 83, J Linklater (Largs) 84 81 83.
250 L Whitehead (Droitwich) 86 86 78, I Craigie (Torwoodlee) 81 80 89.
252 L Allan (Kilbirnie Place) 85 82 85.
253 E MacKay (Nairn Dunbar) 83 85 85, L Atkins (Minto) 88 80 85.
255 L McGillivray (Oldmeldrum) 85 87 83.
256 R Watton (Mortonhall) 87 82 87.
258 C Mulholland (Hilton Park) 85 89 84, A Smith (Monifieth) 83 88 87.
259 R Archibald (Merchants of Edinburgh) 83 89 87.
260 A McKechin (Elderslie) 88 85 87, F Blair (Monifieth) 80 92 88, G Arnott (Kilbirnie Place) 85 86 89.
261 K Scott (Windyhill) 86 87 88.
263 A McGarty (Harburn) 88 89 86, L Meldrum (Dullatur) 87 89 87.
265 N Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 87 93 85.
266 H Gaunt (Troon Bentinck Ladies) 89 90 87.
267 G MacDonald (Prestonfield) 92 90 85.
270 J Vass (Tain) 89 85 96.
280 H Goodwin (Glenbervie) 96 96 88.
282 N Taylor (Thornton) 99 88 95.
285 M Aird (Strathmore) 96 100 89.
290 A A Alston (Royal Montrose) 101 96 93.
297 A Goodwin (Glenbervie) 98 93 106.
313 J Smith (Kinross) 105 106 102.
320 A Burnett (Dunkeld) 116 109 95.
357 E Aird (Strathmore) 134 114 109.
Withdrew: R Howie (West Kilbride) 108 103 - , L Smith (Monifieth) 83 80 -.

WEATHER HITS US WOMEN'S OPEN

Play was suspended during the first round of the 2007 U.S. Women's Open on Thursday at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club due to inclement weather in the area.
Players were unable to finish the second round as play was halted at 8:25 p.m. due to darkness. The original suspension of play was at 2:47 p.m. due to a dangerous weather situation and resumed at 6:23 p.m.
The full afternoon portion of the 156-player field (26 groups, 78 players) was still on the golf course when play was suspended and halted for the day. The first-round will resume on Friday at 7:30 a.m local time. The start of the second round will take place once the first round .

Scroll down for news of the leading scores in the clubhouse before play was halted.