Ailsa Summers (15) completes

Angus county title double

Ailsa Summers, 15-year-old Carnoustie Ladies Golf Club member, followed up her victory in the recent Angus junior girls championship, by winning the Angus women's county title over the Montrose Links today.
Ailsa, the No 5 qualifier, beat the top seed and past champion, Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose), playing over her home course, at the 19th in the morning semi-final and then triumphed by 3 and 2 in the final over the No 2 seed, Heather Anderson (Alyth).
At the first hole of a quality final, Ailsa holed her five-iron second shot for an eagle 2. Heather had a birdie at the 12th. Ailsa birdied the 13th and 14th and was level par when she won on the 16th green.
Ailsa's mother Mary has won the Angus women's title six times.
Sue Baxby won the handicap championship by beating Fiona Sinclair at the 19th in the final.
Results:
Championship
Semi-finals
Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) bt Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose) at 19th, Heather Anderson (Alyth) bt Jackie Brown (Monifieth) 7 and 6.
Final
Summers bt Anderson 3 and 2.
Handicap championship
Semi-finals
Fiona Sinclair bt Jane Tough 4 and 2, Sue Baxby bt Chris Healey 2 and 1.
Final
Baxby bt Sinclair at 19th.

Baberton's winning team and ladies captain after another foursomes success

The winning Baberton Golf Club team after their victory in the Lothians' inter-club women's foursomes match-play tournament at Murrayfield Golf Club. Left to right: Karen Marshall, Fiona de Vries, Nook Weir (Baberton ladies captain), Katherin Logan and Fiona Hunter. Scroll down to read a report and results from Saturday's semi-finals and final. Image by courtesy of Norma Richmond, Murrayfield ladies captain. Click to enlarge.

Cara Gruber wins Ness Open by

one stroke from Jane Turner

Royal Dornoch's Cara Gruber repelled the "invaders" from the south to score a home win by a Northern Counties player in the Ness Open, an SLGA 36-hole Order of Merit event, at Inverness Golf Club today.

In near-perfect conditions, Cara shared the lead with British universities champion Jane Turner (Craigielaw) on the 73 mark at the halfway stage, two ahead of Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), the Scottish Under-21 champion, and Midlothian women's champion Claire Hargan (Mortonhall).

Gruber repeated her opening round for a total of 146 - two under the combined CSS of 74 for each round - to win by one shot from Turner who had a 74 for 147.

"It really was close between Jane and I for most of the way," said Cara later. "I was three better than her over the front nine of the final round but then she got it back to one after 13 holes. Both of us birdied the 14th and then Jane birdied the 15th to put us level with three holes to play.

"Jane had a bogey at the 16th to my par. I then birdied the 17th to go two ahead before Jane birdied the 18th where I had a par, leaving me one stroke ahead of her at the finish."

MacDonald finished third on 148 after a second-round 73.

Laura Murray (Alford), a former Ness Open winner, came up through the field with an afternoon score of 71 - the best of the tournament - to finish fourth on 149.

Gruber, who plays off one, also won the handicap trophy with a net total of 144. She is pictured with the two trophies (by courtesy of Inverness Golf Club).

FINAL TOTALS

CSS 74 74

146 Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 73 73.

147 Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 73 74.

148 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 75 73.

149 Laura Murray (Alford) 78 71.

152 Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) 78 74.

154 Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) 75 79.

159 Samantha Leslie (Westhill) 82 77.

164 Pam Mackay (Royal Dornoch) 83 81, Christine McAndrew (Nairn Dunbar) 81 83.

165 Gillian Dowling (Inverness) 85 80.

166 Sammy Vass (Tain) 87 79.

167 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 87 80, Hannah McCook (Aberneth) 82 85, Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 81 86.

169 Jane Grubb (Montrose Mercantile) 84 85, Lauren Duncan (Aboyne) 84 85.

170 Julie Vass (Tain) 81 89.

172 Louise McGillivray (Banchory) 87 85.

173 Fiona Fullerton (Meldrum House) 89 84.

174 Marion Howieson (Inverness) 87 87.

178 Kristina Vannet (Peterculter) 87 91.

186 Emily Aird (Strathmore) 85 101.

194 Megan Aird (Strathmore) 102 92.

199 Pat Ashe (Brora) 102 97.

Tegan tops at Aberdeenshire girls' Kintore medal

Tegan Seivwright (Deeside), pictured right, playing off 16, had the lowest net score of 72 in today's Aberdeenshire girls' medal at Kintore Golf Club.
NET SCORES
(CSS 70, no change)
72 T Seivwright (Deeside) (16).
73 S McWilliam (Aboyne) (33).
75 E Read (Deeside) (16).
77 Z Marr (Inverurie) (28).
82 C Geddes (Northern) (17).
83 K Pryde (Deeside) (22).
85 K Beveridge (Aboyne) (11).

Scottish Championship Friday night party

Hi Folks,
Aileen Hunter and Gillian Lockhart have asked Kirkwoodgolf to publicise their last ever (so they say!!!!!) Scottish Championship party to be held in the Southerness clubhouse on Friday 22nd May at 8pm sharp.
Even if you are not playing in the Championship it is well worth making a special trip to be entertained (and be part of the entertainment) at the event of the year!
Cheers
Gill

Jennifer Mack wins at Erskine with gross 82

CAROL FELL REPORTS
Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle), pictured above, was the overall winner of the Renfrewshire County Spring Meeting over Erskine Golf Course.
On a course which had withstood the torrential downpours of the last week the greens were magnificent as everyone agreed.

Results:

SSS 73, CSS 76 Reduction Only
1st Division (scratch to 12)
75 Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) (7).
76 Linda McDougall (Greenock) (8).
78 Liz Hale (Caldwell) (11) bih.
2nd Division (13 to 28)
77 Mary Wylie (Elderslie) (14).
81 Anita McMillan (Erskine) (17) bih, Lindsay Mathie (Windyhill) (13).
Scratch:
82 Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle).

1st Division: - Handicap Scr - 121st: Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) 82 (7) 752nd: Linda McDougall (Greenock) 84 (8) 763rd: Liz Hale (Caldwell) 89 (11) 78 bih2nd Division : Handicap 13 - 281st: Mary Wylie (Elderslie) 91 (14) 772nd: Anita McMillan (Erskine) 98 (17) 81 bih3rd: Lindsay Mathie (Windyhill) 94 (13) 81Scratch: Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle) 82

LATEST NEWS FROM US COLLEGE CIRCUIT

Jodi and Gemma are heading for

the NCAA Championships

Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart (New Mexico University) and former Scotland international Gemma Webster (Ohio State University) will be competing at the NCAA Championships later this month at Owings Mills, Maryland.
Their colleges finished among the top eight teams in a field of 21 colleges at the NCAA Central Regional tournament over Ohio State University's Scarlet Course at Columbus, Ohio on Saturday.
Junior (third) year student Jodi from Catterick, Yorkshire shot even-par 72 to finish in third place individually behind winner Maria Jose Uribe (UCLA) (69-70-73 for four-under 212). UCLA also filled the second spot with Stephanie Kono scoring 69, 70 and 74 for 213
Ewart's rounds were 71, 72 and 72.
Gemma Webster from Glasgow scored 79, 72 and 69 for 230 and joint 27th place.
Anna Scott from Consett, Co Durham, a student at Georgia State University, came joint 46th in the field of 108 with scores of 76, 79 and 79.
Another English player, Andrea Downer (Murray State) had a nightmare tournament, finished 103rd with scores of 84, 81 and 96 for 261.
Jodi Ewart was one of only two golfers to match the par of 72 over the 6246yd course in the final round. Ewart recorded her seventh top-5 finish in nine tournaments this season, while lowering her school-record season stroke average to 72.19.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
212 Maria Jose Uribe (UCLA) 69 70 73.
213 Stephanie Kono (UCLA) 6970 74.
215 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 71 72 72.
Selected scores
230 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 79 72 79 (jt 27th).
234 Anna Scott (Georgia State) 76 79 79 (jt 49th).
261 Andrea Downer (Murray State) 84 81 96 (103rd).
Field of 108 players
TEAMS WHO QUALIFIED FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
877 UCLA
896 Purdue
899 Wake Forest
901 Oklahoma State.
905 Michigan State.
912 New Mexico.
917 Ohio State.
922 UT Chattanooga.
Field of 21 teams

Ellie and Sarah also heading for NCAA Championships

Ellie Givens from Darlington and Ireland's Sarah Faller helped Denver University win the NCAA Division 1 women's East Regional tournament at Gainesville, Florida on Saturday, which earned them a place at the NCAA Championships later this month.
Ellie scorede 79, 75 and 81 for a total of 235 and a share of 84th place in the field of 108 players.
Team-mate Sarah Faller from Galway finished in joint 58th postiion on 227 with scores of 76,79 and 72.
Denver's Dawn Shockley won the individual honours with a total of 209 (73-70-66) over the par-70, 6023yd University of Florida course.
The eight qualifying teams for the NCAA Championships were:
862 Denver.
866 Alabama.
873 Tennessee.
874 Virginia.
876 Tulane.
881 Duke, North Carolina.
889 Georgia.
Field of 21 teams.

Roseanne and Hannah miss out ...

Two Vagliano Trophy short leet players, British stroke play champion Roseanna Niven (California-Berkeley University) from Crieff and Hannah Burke (Baylor University, Texas) from Hertfordshire failed to make it to the NCAA Championships when their universities finished outside the leading eight teams at the NCAA Division 1 women's West Regional tournament over the Karsten Course (par-72, 6230yd) at Tempe, Arizona.
The eight qualifying teams were:
842 Arizona State.
861 Southern California.
868 Louisiana State.
873 Texas Christian, UC Irvine, Texas.
876 Arizona.
879 Pepperdine.
Non-qualifiers included
882 California (jt 9th).
902 Baylor (15th)
Field of 21 teams.

Spanish ace Carlota Cigana (Arizona State) won the individual tournament at Tempe with scores of 67, 68 and 71 for a total of 206, one shot ahead of Jennifer Song (Southern California).
Hannah Burke came joint 18th on 217 with score of 70, 75 and 72.
Natasha Podmore (San Francisco) finished tied 51st on 224 with 71, 76 and 77.
Roseanne Niven finished joint 96th in a field of 108 with scores of 75, 83 and 80.