IRELAND 2, SCOTLAND 2 AT END OF

FIRST DAY IN DUBLIN

The Mary McKenna Perpetual Trophy senior women's amateur golf match is finely poised after the first day's play at St Margaret's Golf & Country Club, Dublin.

Ireland and Scotland shared the honours in the four four-ball ties to be tied at 2-2 with eight singles to decide the outcome on Monday.

Sunday's conditions were difficult for the players - cold, wind and rain.

FIRST DAY RESULTS

IRELAND 2, SCOTLAND 2

Irish names first:

FOUR-BALLS

Mary Madden & Carmel Cahill lost to Heather Anderson & Margaret Tough 4 and 2.

Valerie Hassett & Pamela Morgan lost to Lorna Bennett & Fiona de Vries 3 and 2.

Marilyn Henderson & Nano Brennan bt Helen Faulds & Fiona Hunter 2 and 1.

Sheena O'Brien-Kenney & Violet McBride bt Pamela Williamson & Kathleen Sutherland 1 hole.

MONDAY'S SINGLES:

Mary McKenna v Kathleen Sutherland.

Mary Madden v Margaret Tough.

Eileen MacMullen v Pamela Williamson.

Sheena O'Brien-Kenney v Helen Faulds.

Pam Morgan v Fiona De Vries.

Violet McBride v Lorna Bennett.

Marlyn Henderson v Fiona Hunter.

Valerie Hassett v Heather Anderson.

HARRIET MAKES TOP 20 IN IVY LEAGUE
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Harriet Owers-Bradley (Yale) finished 18th on 20-over-par 236 in the Ivy League Women's Championship at Atlantic City Country Club's par-72, 6,143yd course.
Harriet, from Nottingham, scored 74, 82 and 80, to finish 29 shots behind Susannah Abott (Princeton). Susannah outclassed the field to win by 11 shots with an 11-under-par total of 65, 70 and 72 for 207.
Harvard (890) won the team title from Columbia (900) with Princeton (901) third and Yale (928) fourth in the seven-cornered contest.

TRIPLE BOGEY COSTS GEMMA TOP FIVE
FINISH IN LADY BUCKEYE EVENT

A triple bogey 7 at the 16th hole cost Glasgow's Gemma Webster, a student at Ohio State University, a top-five finish in the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational over the par-72, 6228yd Ohio State Scarlet course at Columbus, Ohio.
Gemma finished with rounds of 76, 73 and 78 for seventh place on 227 in a field of 72 players. She had two double bogeys in her first round. In her final round Miss Webster birdied the long fourth but dropped shots at the second, sixth, seventh and 11th as well as the very costly 16th.
But she was the second-highest Ohio State University finisher in their own tournament.
Sara Brown (Michigan State) was the individual winner with scores of 70, 73 and 73 for 216.
Ireland international Tara Delaney, a student at Kent State, finished sixth on 225 with scores of 80, 75 and 70.
Ohio State (913) finished second to Kent State (885) in the team event contested by 12 teams.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Individuals
Par 216 (3 x 72) 6228yd
216 Sara Brown (Michigan State) 70 73 73.
218 Carling Coffing (Ohio State) 67 77 74.
219 Kira Meixner (Kent State) 72 75 72.
Other scores:
225 Tara Delaney (Kent State) 80 75 70 (6th).
227 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 76 73 78 (7th).
Teams
885 Kent State. 913 Ohio State. 917 Michigan State. 12 teams took part.

KRYSTLE'S JOINT SEVENTH FINISH

IN TENNESSEE AS US CURTIS CUP

PLAYER WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

Krystle Caithness, one of the four Scots in the GB&I Curtis Cup team to play the United States over the Old Course, St Andrews, at the end of next month, finished joint seventh in a field of 58 playeres for the South-eastern Conference Championship at Tennessee National Golf Club, Loudoun in Tennessee today (Sunday).
The 19-year-old from Cellardyke, Fife, a first-year student at Georgia University, had rounds of 71, 75 and 75 for a total of five-over-par 221.
She finished seven shots behind one of the United States team for St Andrews - Stacy Lewis (Arkansas), winner by one shot with scores of 69, 73 and 72 for two-under 214.
Krystle, Cal Carson Golf Agency image above, all rights reserved, had birdies at the third and 14th in her final round but had too many bogeys - at the fourth, ninth, 10th, 15th and 18th - to mount a last-day challenge.
Fellow Scot Rebecca Watson (Tennessee), whose younger sister Sally is the GB&I Curtis Cup line-up, finished joint 49th with scores of 78, 83 and 80 for 242.

Belgium's Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) finished third on 216 behind Stacy Lewis and runner-up Hannah Yun (Florida) (215).
Georgia (903) finished third of 12 in the team event won by Florida (874) with Arkansas (891) third.
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
214 Stacy Lewis (Arkansas) 69 73 72.
215 Hannah Yun (Florida) 73 70 72.
216 Benedicte Toumpsin (South Carolina) 72 72 72.
219 Dori Carter (Mississippi) 71 74 74, Margaret Shirley (Auburn) 74 75 70.
220 Tiffany Chudy (Florida) 72 72 76.
Other scores:
221 Krystle Caithness (Georgia) 71 75 75 (jt 7th).
242 Rebecca Watson (Tennessee) 69 83 80.
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
874 Florida. 891 Arkansas. 903 Georgia. 910 Auburn. 915 South Carolina. 12 teams took part.

FIONA WINS FIFE TITLE FOR

THIRD TIME AFTER

MARATHON FINAL

Former Scottish champion Fiona Hastie (St Regulus) won the Fife women's county championship for the third time in four years after a nail-biting finish to the final against Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) over the Jubilee Course, St Andrews today (Sunday).
Fiona won the county title in 2005 and 2007 and the Scottish championship at Cruden Bay in 2005 in her maiden name of Lockhart.
In the match-play stages on Saturday, Mrs Hastie, the ninth qualifier, claimed the scalp of top seed Susan Jackson (Ladybank) in the quarter-final, winning by 5 and 4.
Fiona had only to play 10 holes in her morning semi-final today against Katrina Milne (Cochrane Castle) who retired injured after 10 holes.
In the other semi-final Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), the No 3 seed, won by 2 and 1 against former Scottish champion Elaine Moffat (St Regulus).
It was a classic match-play final. There was never more than a hole in it either way. A marathon match came to an end at the short 23rd which Mrs Hastie birdied.

In the above picture by courtesy of Dorothy Ford, Fiona Hastie is on the left.
Today's results (scroll down to read Saturday's results):
Semi-finals
Hastie bt Milne (retired after 10 holes), Kenney bt Moffat 2 and 1.
Final
Hastie bt Kenney at 23rd.

Lorena Ochoa makes if four wins
in a row - and six this season

More Mexican magic from Lorena Ochoa as she wins for the fourth tournament in a row and the sixth time in all this season.
Lorena is not only winning, she is shooting very low figures into the bargain. To win the Ginn Open today by three strokes at the Ginn Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida, she totalled 19-under-par 269, scoring 68, 67, 65 and 69.
Even by Tiger Woods' standards that is phenomenal golf.
Janice Moodie finished joint 24th on 284 with four rounds of 71.
Mhairi McKay came joint 75th on 294 with 68, 75, 76 and 75.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
269 Lorena Ochoa 68 67 65 69.
272 Yani Tseng 68 64 69 71.
277 Suzann Pettersen 68 66 72 71, Teresa Lu 67 69 69 72.
Other scores:
280 Karen Stupples 70 69 71 70 (jt 8th).
284 Janice Moodie 71 71 71 71 (jt 24th).
287 Annika Sorenstam 70 73 72 72, Laura Davies 70 74 73 70 (jt 44th).
288 Becky Morgan 71 72 72 73 (jt 51st).
294 Mhairi McKay 68 75 76 75 (jt 75th).

Swede Emma scores first
win on Ladies Euro Tour

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
By BETHAN CUTLER
Sweden’s Emma Zackrisson secured her first win on the Ladies European Tour today in her first LET event of the year at the Open de Espana Femenino in Castellon.
Zackrisson, who led after the second and third rounds, posted a final round of 71 to finish on a four-round total of seven-under-par 281.
After three days of strong winds at Panoramica Golf and Country Club, the 29-year-old Swede began the day with a four-stroke cushion and finished four ahead of three players. The defending champion Nikki Garrett (69) and Joanne Mills (71) from Australia tied for second with Italian Diana Luna (69), on three-under-par 285.
Zackrisson’s victory was unexpected as she had never previously led an LET event but she played like an unfazed veteran in the final round, through rain, sunshine and weather delays. After a heavy downpour in the morning, the sun shone on the Swede for the first nine holes as she posted nine steady pars. She remained on six-under-par with a two-stroke lead over Mills when play was suspended for an hour and 19 minutes due to inclement weather at 1.56pm.
After thunder, lightning and more heavy downpours, affording her a half-time lunch break, Zackrisson approached the back nine.
A bogey at the par-4 13thwas her only mistake all day, but she compensated with a sensational birdie at the par-4 15th, where she holed a 12 metres putt from off the front of the green.
After a heart-stopping moment at the 17th, when her approach shot to the green almost found the water hazard, Zackrisson signed off with a final hole birdie to take the €41,250 first prize.
“This win means everything to me,” said Zackrisson, who returned to LET Qualifying School in October after five years on Tour. “I was thinking about quitting after this year because I’ve been having a really hard time out there for the last three years. This has changed that I think!” Zackrisson finished last year ranked 101st on the New Star Money List and after only one event played in 2008, she is now ranked second in Europe.
“I did not expect this coming in. This was so unexpected and I’m so, so happy,” she said. “I played so well and it felt so easy for me, really. Everything just worked. I’d been struggling for so long and finally it all came together. It’s unbelievable.
“I couldn’t relax until after the tee shot on 18. That’s when I finally thought maybe I could make this. You never know what is going to happen.”
Colin Farquharson writes: Clare Queen's late bogeys at the 16th and 17th in a final round of 74 for 293 cost her the best part of 1,000 Euros. She finished in joint 30th place instead of the joint 18th place a couple of pars at the holes in question would have given her.
Earlier Miss Queen (The Carrick at Cameron House) had birdied the ninth, 11th, 13th and 15th. She earned 2,763 Euros.
Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links) also bogeyed the 16th and 17th but birdied the 18th for a closing 72 - her best round of the four - to finished joint 38th on 2985 and earn 1,932 Euros.
Inverness-based New Zealander Liz McKinnon found her form too late, scoring a one-under-par 71 in the final round. Had Liz scored 71 in each of the four rounds she would have finished second instead of her actual joint 55th on 299.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
281 Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 72 67 71 71 (Euros 41,250).
285 Nikki Garrett (Aus) 75 70 71 69, Diana Luna (Ita) 75 72 69 69, Joan Mills (Aus) 74 73 67 71 (Euros 20,670 each).
286 Veronica Zorzi Ita) 72 68 74 72 (Euros 11,660).
287 Katharina Schallenberg (Ger) 71 74 73 69, Martina Eerl (Ger) 70 77 70 70, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 68 73 75 71, Lill Kristin Saether (Nor) 75 72 67 73 (Euros 7,727 each).
Other scores:
291 Georgina Simpson (Eng) 76 71 73 71, Lora Faitclough Eng) 74 68 77 72, Samantha Head (Eng) 71 71 76 73 (Euros 3,427 each) (jt 18th)
292 Felicity Johnson (Eng) 74 75 68 75 (Euros 2,970) (jt 26th).
293 Clare Queen (The Carrick at Cameron House) 74 72 73 74 (Euros 2,763) (jt 30th).
294 Danielle Masters (Eng) 75 74 72 73, Natalie Claire Booth (Eng0 73 73 74 74 (Euros 2,475) (jt 32nd).
295 Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links) 76 74 73 72, Fame More (Eng) 79 69 74 73 (Euros 1,932 each) (jt 38th).
296 Kirsty Taylor (Eng) 74 76 74 72 (Euros 1,485) (jt 46th).
297 Trish Johnson (Eng) 70 77 75 75 (Euros 1,292) (jt 51st).
298 Rebecca Coakley (Ire)( 74 75 76 73 (Euros 1,182) (jt 55th).
299 Liz McKinnon (NZ) 74 74 80 71 (jt 55th).
Retired - Eleanor Pilgrim (Wal) 73 76 75 -.

Dani Montgomery wins Roehampton Gold Cup
by four strokes

By CAROLINE SCALLON
The 82nd Roehampton Gold Cup took place in south-west London on Saturday when a field of 61 players took to the golf course on a very cold, overcast day. A crisp north-easterly wind made the going tough.
The rain just about held off, but winter clothing was the order of the day. The competition standard scratch score rose to 75 for both rounds (par 72).
The Gold Cup was won by Danielle Montgomery, picture right by courtesy of Caroline Scallon, all rights reserved, a professional attached to The Lambourne Club in Buckinghamshire, with a two-round total of 146 (71-75).
She won the £1,000 first prize by four shots from fellow professionals Laura Eastwood (Tavistock) (77-73) and Sarah Heath (Telford Golf & Spa Hotel) (73-77).
The leading amateur was fourth-placed Emilee Taylor from Gainsborough with a total of 151, made up of rounds of 78 and 72. Her reward was a trophy and £400 of John Lewis vouchers.
Dani Montgomery, 23, was born at Southampton and at the age of 12 she and her family moved to Perth, Western Australia.
Returning to England in 2006, she based herself at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, and became a member of the ELGA squad, representing England in the Home Internationals. In 2007 she came seventh in the ELGA order of merit.
Dani currently plays on the Australian and Asian Tours. She hopes to qualify for the Ladies European Tour and in the meantime is off to America to try to qualify for the US Women's Open. But not before heading to Australia for a fashion shoot!
This was Dani’s second visit to Roehampton and she said that she found the course in great shape and the greens the best since playing in Australia.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72). CSS for amateurs 75 75.
146 D Montgomery (Lambourne) (p) 71 75.
150 L Eastwood (Tavistock) (p) 77 73, S Heath (Telford) (p) 73 77.
151 E Taylor (Gainsborough) (am) 79 71.
153 S Dickens (Thorpe Wood) (p) 73 75, T Holder (Oxford Ladies) (am) 77 76, H Jenkins (Cradoc) (am) 76 77.
154 H Ralph (Cowdray Park) (am) 79 75.
155 K Hutcherson (Porters Park) (p) 76 79.
156 S James (Brstol & Clifton) (am) 83 73, T Boyes (Meon Valley) am) 83 74, T Lovey (p) 78 78. 157 L Diggle (Celtic Manor) (p) 81 76, C Panton-Lewis (Sunningdale Ladies) 80 77, K Rands (Burhill) (am) 79 78, K Fisher (Pinheiros Altos) (p) 77 80, S Attwood (Gog Magog) (am) 77 80, K Knowles (Wentworth) (p) 75 82.
158 Samantha Lovell (Stock Brook Manor) am) 78 80.
159 Sarah-Jane Eaves (The Belfry) (am) 85 74, Kim Morris (Sundridge Park) (am) 81 78, Emma Weeks (Bramshaw) (p) 80 79.
160 Caroline Grady (Dunston Hall) (p) 81 79, Charlotte Hope (Wrotham Heath) (am) 76 84.
161 Vanessa Bell (Clevedon) p) 84 77, Alison Johns (Woodhall Spa) (p) 83 78, Rhian Wyn-Thomas (Vale of Glamorgan) (am) 83 78, Alexandra Keighley (Huddersfield) (p) 81 80.
162 Georgina Hunt (Lewes) (am) 85 77, Joanne Oliver (Langley Park) (p) 82 80.
163 Susan Moon (unatt) (p) 84 79, Jenny Ellis (Notts Ladies) (am) 78 85.
164 Laura Collin (John O'Gaunt) (am) 81 83, Jo Pritchard (Pontypool) (p) 81 83, Harriet Key (South Herts) (am) 80 84.
165 Samantha Round (Tadmarton Heath) (am) 85 80, Lauren Blease (Coombe Hill) (am) 80 85.
166 Jo Hodge (Knowle) (am) 87 79, Rachel Drummond (Beaconsfield) (am) 85 81, Leah Occleshaw (Lansdown) (am) 85 81.
167 Anna Carling (Vale of Glamorgan) (am) 86 81, Elizabeth Over (Forest Pines) (am) 85 82, Tana Churchill (am) 83 84, Melanie Buxton (Canford Magna) (am) 81 86.
169 Lucy Goddard (Mid Herts) (am) 87 82, Gemma Hardie (Forest Pines) am) 85 84, Charlotte Field (Harpenden) (am) 84 85, Fiona Howard (Muswell Hill) (am) 84 85.
170 Georgia Hall (am) 82 88.
171 Hannah Moul (Chelmsford) (am) 88 83, Lucinda Mileham (Aldwickbury Park) (am) 86 85.
172 Esther Strous (Brockett Hall) (p) 86 86.
176 Rachel Ray (am) 87 81.
177 Anne Koychev (Ealing) (am) 90 87.
181 Kenzie McLaren (Wentworth) (am) 92 81.
182 Jenna Kinnear (Belvoir Park) am) 97 81.
180 Emma Carberry (Highwoods) am) 87 93.

2008 Greenless Trophy matches start next week

By CAROL FELL
Next week sees the start of the 2008 West of Scotland Greenlees matches when Largs have a home game against Haggs Castle in the first of the Division 3 matches.
Fiona Roger (Ranfurly Castle) has taken over the running of the Greenlees League from Willeen McCallum (Whitecraigs).
Willeen has run the League for a considerable number of years, and a huge debt of gratitude is due to her, from all participating clubs, for the efficient and friendly way she has carried out the task.
We wish her a happy, stress-free golfing season.
In previous seasons you saw a link on the Renfrewshire Website for the Divisional Totals. However, from now on the main links will be found on the The West of Scotland Ladies Golf News website
In addition to the results you will also find a link to the match dates for all three divisions, a full list of results as they are played and also the full divisional totals.

Lorena Ochoa heading for
another LPGA Tour win

Lorena Ochoa is on schedule for yet another win on the LPGA Tour. The Mexican female equivalent of Tiger Woods has scored 68, 67 and 65 for a 16-under-par tally of 200 and leads the Ginn Open by one shot with one round to go at the Ginn Union Resort, Orlando in Florida.
LEADING SCORES
Par 216 (3 x 72) 6505yd
200 L Ochoa 68 67 65.
201 Yani Tseng 68 64 69.
205 T Lu 67 69 69.
206 C Koch 67 69 70, S Pettersen 68 66 72.
Other scores:
210 K Stupples 70 69 71 (jt 9th).
213 J Moodie 71 71 71 (jt 28th).
215 B Morgan 71 72 72, A Sorenstam 70 73 72 (jt 41st).
217 L Davies 70 74 73 (jt 56th).
219 M McKay 68 75 76.

ANNA SCOTT DROPS AFTER BAD
START AND FINISH IN VIRGINIA

Anna Scott (Georgia State) from Co Durham dropped down to a quadruple tie for fourth place on 149 with a second-round 77 in the Colonial Athletic Association Women's Championship over the par-72, 6150yd Golden Horseshoe course at Williamsburg, Virginia.
Anna, out in 41, had a dreadful start with bogeys at the first three holes followed by a double bogey at the fourth. She rallied with birdies at the fifth, 10th and 14th - bogey at the eighth - but subsided again to a double bogey 7 at the long 18th for 36 home.
Team-mate Claire Starkie from Skipton, West Yorkshire is sharing 10th place on 153 in a field of 50 players with scores of 76 and 77 for 153.
A third Georgia State player, Cathrine Madsen, leads at five-under-par 139 with 70 and 69 and Georgia State also enjoy a one-stroke lead from North Carolina-Wilmington in the teame vent.
LEADING SECOND-ROUND SCORES
Par 144 (2 x 72) 6180yd.
139 Cathrine Madsen (Georgia State) 70 69.
142 Ashley Tait (North Carolina-Wilmington) 69 73.
149 four players tied, including Anna Scott (Georgia State) 72 77.
Other score:
153 Claire Starkie (Georgia State) 76 77.

GEMMA SHARING FIFTH PLACE
IN LADY BUCKEYE TOURNAMENT

Gemma Webster (Ohio State) was sharing fifth place in a field of 72 with one round to go in the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational college tournament over the Ohio State Scarlett Course (par-72, 6228yd) at Columbus, Ohio.
The Glasgow player has had rounds of 76 and 73 for a 149 tally. Her opening round including double bogey 6s at the 11th and 18th but she avoided them in a more consistent second round.
Gemma birdied the long fourth and nine and dropped shots at the first, eighth and 123th.
Tara Delaney (Kent State) is sharing 14th place on 155 with scores of 80 and 75.
Sara Brown (Michigan State) is leading with 70 and 73 for 143.

LEADING SCORES
Par 144 (2 x 72)
143 Sara Brown (Michigan State) 70 73.
144 Carling Coffing (Ohio State) 67 77.
147 Kira Meixner (Kent State) 72 75.
148 Sara Lester (Penn State) 73 75.
149 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 76 73, Kirby Dreher (Kent State) 75 74.
Other score:
155 Tara Delaney (Kent State) 80 75 (jt 14th).
LEADING TEAMS
593 Kent State.
603 Ohio State.
607 Northwestern.
613 Michigan State.
12 Teams are taking part.

PAMELA FEGGANS SHARING SECOND
PLACE ON US FUTURES TOUR

Pamela Feggans from Patna, Ayrshire dropped down to a share of second place after the second round of the US Futures Tour's $85,000 Louisiana Pelican Classic at The Wetlands Golf Club, Lafayette, Louisiana.
The Scot, joint first-round leader with a five-under-par 67 over the 6,421yd course, again broke par with a 71 for 138 but that was not good enough to hold at bay the in-form rookie pro teenager from Florida, Vicky Hurst.
Vicky has shot rounds of 70 and 64 for 134. Her eight-under-par second round was a tournament record.
Vikki Laing from Musselburgh survived the 36-hole on 149 cut with ease on 146 with rounds of 75 and 71 to share 40th place.
Londoner Polly Willett missed out with 78 and 77 for 155.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
Players from US unless stated
134 Vicky Hurst 70 64.
138 Pamela Feggans (Sco) 67 71, M J Hur (SKor) 67 71.
140 Kristina Tucker (Swe) 73 67, Onnarin Sattayabanphot (Thai) 69 71, Jin Young Pak (SKor) 69 71.
Other scores:
146 Vikki Laing (Sco) 75 71 (jt 40th).
Missed cut
155 Polly Willett (Eng) 78 77.