Queen, Thomson and Feggans miss the cut

Becky Brewerton bursts three

shots clear in Spanish Open

FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Becky Brewerton from Wales takes a three-shot lead into the weekend at the Open de Espana Femenino.
The 26-year-old sixth year tour player started the day in a three-way tie for the lead but surged ahead of the pack with a fine round of 69 and a two round total of 134, 10-under-par.
Brewerton, pictured right by courtesy of the LET website, made her move under the blazing sun early in the second round with a tap-in birdie at the par-five second hole at Panoramica Golf and Country Club in San Jorge, Castellon. She then chipped in for eagle at the 487-yard par-five ninth, taking her to the turn in 33.
A solid finish with nine straight pars over the more tricky back nine saw her home in 36, before the afternoon wind picked up significantly.
“My putting was pretty solid so the short game got me through. I probably actually played better on the back nine than I did on the front nine but I shot three under on the front nine,” she said. “It just works out a bit strange sometimes. I missed a few greens but my short game is really, really good.”
Brewerton joined the Ladies European Tour in 2004 after a phenomenal amateur career during which she finished second at two professional events: the 2003 Tenerife Ladies Open and WPGA Championship of Europe.

She won her only tour event at the Ladies English Open in 2007, the year she made her Solheim Cup debut. Her best finish at the Spanish Open was third, in 2004, but the stakes are higher this week with a place in next week’s Evian Masters available.
England’s Sarah Heath and Spaniard Emma Cabrera-Bello shot five-under 67s and finished equal second at seven-under-par alongside Spanish amateurs Ana Fernandez de Mesa (67) and Carlota Ciganda (72).
Overnight co-leader Ciganda was tied for the lead with Brewerton at 10-under after 11 holes but dropped three shots in five holes from the fourth coming in against a strong wind.
After struggling on tour for the last five years, Heath was delighted with her performance and said: “I played really well today and I had so much confidence it was brilliant. It’s been a long time coming but I’ve been working really hard with a psychologist, technical coach and fitness guy. I think the biggest thing that has changed has been the psychology.

" I’m a lot stronger mentally and the stuff I’ve been working on with Danielle Bryant, she’s very, very good. I think that’s helped.”
First round co-leader Maria Boden of Sweden carded a one-over 73 and dropped back to six-under with four other players. Spaniards Paula Marti and Carmen Alonso joined Boden on that score along with South African Lee-Anne Pace and Italian Veronica Zorzi.
“The back nine was so hard because the wind was so strong and the balls were shaking all the time,” Alonso said. “I played really well and don’t have anything to complain about. I’m so happy because I’m up there and playing at home in Spain so you never know.”

Such is the quality of the field that players had to score level par 144 or better to survive the 36-hole cut. As far as the Scots were concerned, that was no problem for Vikki Laing (140), Lynn Kenny (141) and Krystle Caithness (143) but the others didn't make it - Pamela Feggans (146), Clare Queen (148) and Michele Thomson (149).
LEADING QUALIFIERS

Par 144 (2x72)

134 B Brewerton (Wales) 65 69.

137 S Heath (England) 70 67, E Cabrera-Belo (Spain) 70 67, A Fernandez de Mesa (Spain) (amateur) 70 67, C Ciganda (Spain) (amateur) 65 72.

138 Veronica Zorzi (Ita) 71 67, Maria Boden (Swe) 65 73, Lee-Anne Pace (USA) 68 70, Paula Marti (Spa) 70 68, Carmen Alonso (Spa) 69 69
139 Frances Bondad (Aus) 72 67, Denise-charlotte Becker (Ger) 67 72, Laura Davies 69 70
140 Karen Lunn (Aus) 70 70, Laura Terebey (USA) 70 70, Dana Lacey (Aus) 68 72, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 71 69, Vikki Laing (Sco) 67 73, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 71 69, Caroline Rominger (Swi) 69 71, Bettina Hauert (Ger) 69 71
141 Beth Allen (USA) 70 71, Elizabeth Bennett 69 72, Holly Aitchison 69 72, Anna-Karin Salmen (Fin) 71 70, Breanne Alicia Loucks (Wal) 72 69, Stacy Lee Bregman (Rsa) 69 72, Lynn Kenny (Sco) 71 70, Anna-Lise Caudal (Fra) 68 73, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 69 72, Margherita Rigon (Ita) 69 72
142 Isabella Maconi (Ita) 69 73, Julie Tvede (Den) 69 73, Johanna Mundy 72 70, Marta Prieto (Spa) 69 73, Emma Zackrisson (Swe) 70 72, Florentyna Parker 72 70, Ana-Belen Sanchez (Spa) 71 71, Diana Luna (Ita) 71 71
143 Hazel Kavanagh 71 72, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 69 74, Jenni Kuosa (Fin) 71 72, Laurette Maritz (Rsa) 70 73, Nikki Garrett (Aus) 71 72, Julieta Granada (Par) 70 73, Krystle Caithness (Sco) 69 74, Federica Piovano (Ita) 74 69, Iben Tinning (Den) 66 77, Georgina Simpson 72 71, Samantha Head 70 73, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 66 77, Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 71 72, Stefania Croce (Ita) 72 71
144 Nina Reis (Swe) 74 70, Stefanie Michl (Aut) 73 71, Nicole Gergely (Aut) 69 75, Marjet Van Der Graaff (Ned) 71 73, Rebecca Hudson 74 70, Lucie Andre (Fra) 70 74, Caroline Afonso (Fra) 69 75, Maria Hernandez (Spa) 70 74, Trish Johnson (USA) 73 71, Titiya Plucksataporn (Tha) 71 73
MISSED THE CUT
145 Mianne Bagger (Den) 70 75, Zuzana Masinova (Cze) 73 72, Rebecca Coakley 69 76, Lynnette Teresa Brooky (Nzl) 71 74, Morgana Robbertze (Rsa) 73 72, Tara Delaney 73 72, Amanda Moltke-Leth (Den) 72 73, Claire Coughlan 73 72
146 Kiran Matharu 69 77, Riikka Hakkarainen (Fin) 72 74, Sophie Giquel (Fra) 67 79, Camille Fallay (Fra) 72 74, Pamela Feggans (Sco) 75 71, Elisabeth Esterl (Ger) 72 74, Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) 71 75, Sara Beautell (Spa) 70 76, Bronwyn Mullins-Lane (Aus) 70 76, Karen-margrethe Juul (Den) 74 72
147 Virginine Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 72 75, Sophie Walker 74 73, Joanne Mills (Aus) 74 73, Christine Hallstrom (Swe) 73 74, Lara Tadiotto (Bel) 72 75
148 Smriti Mehra (Ind) 72 76, Jo Pritchard (Wal) 78 70, Tandi Cuningham (Rsa) 74 74, Lisa Jean (Aus) 72 76, Ana Larraneta (Spa) 75 73, Claire Aitken 72 76, Clare Queen (Sco) 74 74, Cassandra Kirkland (Fra) 74 74
149 Linda Wessberg (Swe) 74 75, Felicity Johnson 72 77, Joanne Morley 74 75, Johanna Lundberg (Swe) 75 74, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Den) 74 75, Michele Thomson (Sco) 70 79, Kirsty S Taylor 76 73, Emma Lyons 73 76, Anna Tybring (Swe) 72 77, Itziar Elguezabal (Spa) 71 78, Stephanie Na (Aus) 77 72
150 Lotta Maria Wahlin (Swe) 75 75, Martina Gillen 73 77, Marta Silva (Spa) 71 79, Anna Knutsson (Swe) 73 77, Barbara Genuini (Fra) 74 76
151 Malene Jorgensen (Den) 71 80, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 76 75, Melanie Bryden (Aus) 76 75, Ane Urchegui (Spa) 70 81, Lena Tornevall (Swe) 78 73, Elena Giraud (Fra) 73 78, Frederique Seeholzer (Swi) 77 74
152 Julie Greciet (Fra) 73 79, Katharina Schallenberg (Ger) 77 75, Anna Arrese (Spa) 74 78, Laura Cabanillas (Spa) 77 75
153 Lydia Hall (Wal) 76 77, Jessica Ji (Kor) 76 77
154 Cecilia Ekelundh (Swe) 76 78
162 Ludivine Kreutz (Fra) 81 81

Emma O'Driscoll wins Irish girls' championship

FROM THE IRISH LADIES GOLF UNION WEBSITE
Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) defeated Paula Grant (Lisburn) in the final of the Lancome Girls' Irish Close Championship at Castletroy today to lift the trophy for the first time.
O'Driscoll, who had earlier beaten fellow international Patrice Delaney (Birr) by 3 & 2 in the semi- finals, was in devastating form in the final.
She inflicted a 7 & 6 defeat on young Paula Grant from Lisburn.
This win is the highlight of what has already been a very succesful season for Emma. To date she has claimed the Connacht Women’s and Girls' Championships as well as the Leinster Girls' Championship and also finished runner-up at the Munster Women's and Girls' Championships earlier in the year.
The final of the Plate produced a similar lopsided result with Jessica Carty (Holywood), the leading qualifier of the tournament as a whole, producing some excellent golf to beat Terri Byrne (Coollattin) by 6 & 5.
Today's results:
Championship (Blake Cup)
Final
Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) bt Paula Grant (Lisburn) 7 & 6.
Plate (Pat Fletcher Trophy)
Final
Jessica Carty (Holywood) bt Terri Byrne (Coollattin) 6 & 5
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Ireland name their team for Girls Home Internationals

Newly crowned Irish Girls' Champion Emma O'Driscoll will join three members of the victorious Irish Girls' European team as they go in search of another title at the Girls' Home International Matches to be played at Fairhaven Golf Club from August 4 to 6.
The Irish team includes three new caps. It is:
Patrice Delaney (Birr)
Paula Grant (Lisburn)
Sarah Helly (Enniscrone)
Laura McCarthy (Muskerry)
Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell)
Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell)
Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion)
Carla Reynolds (Seapoint)

Captain: Sinead Keane (The Curragh)
Manager: Mary Dowling (New Ross)
Reserves
1 Tara Gribben (Warrenpoint)
2 Sarah Murray (Co Louth)
3 Sarah Louise Winter (Carnalea)

(Stephanie Meadow (Royal Portrush), the fourth member of the European title-winning team in Finland, was unavailable to be selected for the Girls Home Internationals. She has qualified to play in the United States women's amateur championship, the dates of which clash with the GHI).

Parade of prizewinners at the Scottish girls championship at wet Lanark

Prizewinning parade at Lanark Golf Club. Left to right: Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus), Ailsa Bain (Peebles), Sammy Vass (Tain), Rachael Watton (Mortonhall), Ansley Reid Salver winner Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe), Lauren Duncan (Aboyne), Hannah McCook (Abernethy). Kirkwoodgolf is indebted to Lanarkshire's Jean Macintyre for taking this image and the one below of finalists Ailsa Bain (left) and Sammy Vass in difficult conditions (it was spitting rain throughout the session!). You can enlarge the images by clicking on them.

First Scotland cap for

new champion Ailsa

New Scottish girls’ golf champion Ailsa Bain (Peebles) has been rewarded for her two-hole win over Sammy Vass (Tain) in today’s 18-hole final, played in very wet conditions, at Lanark Golf Club with a first cap for Scotland in the girls’ home international matches, to be played at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire from August 4 to 6.

The final started in atrocious weather of win and rain and Sammy coped better with it. When the weather improved, so too did Ailsa's play and that is reflected in the course of the match.
Sammy Vass, who was two up after three holes but was all square at the turn. The 17-year-old North of Scotland girls champion, who enrols at the University of Central Florida at the end of next month, lost the fifth, sixth, eighth, 10th, 12th and 14th to go three down to some very steady player from Ailsa.

Three down with four to play, Sammy kept her hopes alive by winning both the 16th (with a birdie) and the 17th (with a par).

When they came to the 18th green, which had been flooded when the final started, it was Ailsa's par 3 that clinched a two-hole win for the 18-year-old Peebles player.

Given the wet conditions, the standard of play was quite good. Ailsa had birdies at the long eighth and long 11th; Sammy had birdies at the long 11th and the 16th.

The Scotland team for next month's Girls Home Internationals is:

Lesley Atkins (Minto)

Ailsa Bain (Peebles)

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm)

Sammy Leslie (Westhill)

Alyson McKechin (Elderslie)
Rachael Taylor (Bad Griesbach)

Sammy Vass (Tain)

Rachael Watton (Mortonhall).

Reserves:

1 Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus)
2 Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield)

3 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies)

4 Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw)

The three players whose scores will count for Scotland in the international team event at the start of the Girls’ British open amateur championship at West Lancashire Golf Club from August 10 to 14 are:
Lesley Atkins

Eilidh Briggs

Rachael Watton, capt.

Reserves:
1 Sammy Vass
2 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie)

SENIOR SCOTLAND TEAM NAMED FOR IRELAND

The Scottish Ladies Golfing Association has named the Scotland team for the European senior women’s team championship at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, Co Dublin, from September 1 to 4 is:
Heather Anderson (Alyth)
Lorna Bennett (Ladybank)

Fiona De Vries (St Rule)

Fiona Hunter (Baberton)

Mary Smith (Tain)

Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies)
Reserves:
1 Noreen Fenton (Dunbar)

2 Helen Faulds (Douglas Park)

3 Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose)

Captain: Pamela Williamson (Baberton)

Four named for Under-16 match against Spain

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Four players have been selected by the English Women’s Golf Association for the annual Under-16 match against Spain at Heswall Golf Club, The Wirral on August 25.They are:
Yorkshire’s Sophie Godley (Lindrick), 15.
Cheshire’s Bronte Law (Bramhall), 14.
Warwickshire’s Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies), 14.
Lancashire’s Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham & St Annes), 14.
The match precedes the North of England Under-16 championship, which will be played at Heswall from August 26-28.
Two more players will complete EWGA’s squad for this event. They are Yorkshire’s Megan Garland (Selby), 15, and Gloucestershire’s Shelby Smart (Knowle), 15.
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Fund-raiser for Krystle on July 24

A fund-raising teams of four Stableford competition for Fife's Ladies European Tour player Krystle Caithness, whose family home is now at Cupar, is to be over the Jubilee Course at St Andrews on Friday, July 24.
It will have a shotgun start at 8.30am.

SCOTTISH GIRLS FINAL AT LANARK

Ailsa beats Sammy by two holes in final


Ailsa Bain (Peebles) is the new Scottish Under-18 girls (close) amateur champion.
She beat Sammy Vass (Tain) by two holes in the 18-hole final at Lanark Golf Club this morning.

Sammy was two up after three, having won the long second with a par 5 and being conceded the second but she won only one more hole on the outward half - the short eighth - while Ailsa came on to ther game to win the fifth, sixth and eighth to be all square at the turn.
Ailsa made the move that would ultimately make her champion by w9inning the 10th, 12th and 13th to go three up.
Sammy rallied to win the 16th with a birdie and the 17th with a par to be one down on the 18th tee.
Ailsa clinched the title with a par at the short 18th to finish two holes up.
Ailsa was 20th the the 32 qualifiers for the match-play stages.
Sammy was 11th.

RESULT
Final (18 holes)
Ailsa Bain (Peebles) bt Sammy Vass (Tain) 2 holes.