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