JANICE MOODIE 71, CATRIONA MATTHEW 74 IN ROUND 1

HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup 2010
Itanhanga Golf Club
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The second-annual HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup 2010 is off-and-running with Sweden’s Maria Hjorth leading the pack after 18 holes of play with a five-under-par round of 68.
Hjorth, who was 2-over-par through three holes this morning, rebounded with seven birdies from holes four to 12 to take a share off the lead in the early afternoon. She holds a one-shot advantage over Meaghan Francella and Mariajo Uribe, both on 69.
Uribe, a rookie of the 2010 LPGA Tour, hails from Colombia and earned a sponsor’s exemption into the HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup 2010. The 2007 U.S. Amateur champ, she is looking for his first professional victory this weekend.
Meaghan Francella aced the par-3 10th hole with a 6-iron from 161 yards to help propel her to the top of the leaderboard during the first round of the HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup 2010. Francella, a fourth-year Tour member, is tied for second with Mariajo Uribe with 18 holes remaining at Itanhanga Golf Club in Rio de Janeiro. Francella’s only other ace came in a collegiate event at Bryan Park in Greensboro, North Carolina with the same 6-iron she used today.
Glasgow-born Janice Moodie had a two-under-par 71.
A three-over-par 76 was not exactly what Sao Paulo native Angela Park hoped for in the first round of the HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup 2010, but she is not discouraged.
“It was tough,” said Park. “Golf is always tough. There’s always tomorrow. I’ll work on a couple things on the range tonight and tomorrow will be a better day. It’s a great blessing (to be treated so well by the fans in Brazil). I’m so grateful for it.”
Park finished third at the inaugural event last season and currently sits tied for 19th entering Sunday’s final round.
Defending champion Catriona Matthew is tied for 13th at one-over-par 74… Maria Laura Elvira, a member of the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is tied for 19th at 3-over-par 76… Several players are visiting the famous Christ the Redeemer statue, which overlooks Rio de Janiero, tonight
FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 73
M.Hjorth.SWE 68
M.Francella.USA 69 
M.Uribe.COL 69 
I.Chung.SKO 71 -
C.Kung 71 -
B.Lang.USA 71
J.Moodie.SCO 71
H.Y.Park.SKO 71
V.Hurst.USA 72
K.Icher.FRA 72
K.McPherson.USA 73
S.Prammanasudh.USA 73
M.Hur.SKOR 74
E-H.Ji.SKOR 74
B.Bader.USA 74
C.Matthew.SCO 74
M.Biase BRA (am) 75
E.Yi.KOR 75
M.L.Elvira.ARG 76
A.Park.BRA 76
M.Silva.CH (am) 76
A.Stanford.USA 76
M.P.Iida.BRA 76
S.Lewis.USA 77
A.Fouch.USA 78
P.Mackenzie.USA 78
J.Granada.PAR 80

LADIES' EUROPEAN TOUR REPORT, SCORES

Record-breaker Reid leads

Ladies Slovak Open

FROM THE LADIES' EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
England’s Melissa Reid fired a course record seven under par 65 in wet conditions to take a one stroke lead after the third round of the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open today.
Reid, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, reached eight under par 208 for the tournament at Gray Bear Golf Club despite heavy rain and weather delays due to electrical storms in the area.
England’s Laura Davies led by two shots after completing her second round of 67 at 6.30am on Saturday morning and moved five ahead of the field after five holes in her third round. However Reid moved ahead with seven birdies, two bogeys and an eagle on her score card.
Australian rookie Kristie Smith carded a 67 to finish one shot off the pace in second with Maria Hernandez taking a 69, in third at six-under-par.
Reid, who won her first professional title three weeks ago in Turkey and was a runner-up to Davies in Germany a fortnight ago, finished strongly, rolling in a 15-footer for eagle at the par-five 18th hole.
“It was nice to finish with an eagle. I had five under on the front nine and that kind of gets the ball rolling,” said the 22-year-old Derbyshire player. “I knew if I just made a couple of birdies on the back nine then it was going to be a pretty good score. I got off to a really good start.
“It’s one of those courses where you’ve got to completely use your imagination and you’ve just got to feel everything so I think the girls are coming around to it and having a bit of fun out there, which is good.”
“Obviously it’s nice to have won and to have finished second in Germany. It kind of gets the ball rolling and gives you that confidence. It’s a nice confidence and I hope to keep it going. Another 65 would be nice.”
Smith, 21, from Perth, West Australia, has won twice already this season, on the ALPG Tour in Australia and on the Duramed Futures Tour in America. She was delighted to be in contention to win her first Ladies European Tour event and said: “I feel like I have a really good chance to win this week. I feel that the golf course really suits my game.
“I’ve had a couple of wins this year and the first one shooting nine under in the last round. That was nice and I know I definitely can do it. To be not leading going into the last round calms the nerves a little bit too.”
She added that her father, professional golfer Wayne Smith, had been a great support. “Dad’s been the biggest influence of my career. He’s helped me a lot to get to where I am now.”
At five under par after a 68, Gwladys Nocera is three shots off the lead but could pose a threat. The 10-time Ladies European Tour winner is hungry for a victory, with her last win in 2008.
“It’s a position I like: just a few behind. We will see tomorrow; it’s another day and with the weather we don’t know what’s going to happen,” Nocera said. “The ball is not flying much and it doesn’t roll anywhere. You have to take into consideration everything and just be patient. It rained so much this afternoon that it rained on 11, 12, 13, which are tough holes and I tried to keep patient and wait for the sun to come.”
The Ladies European Tour’s Henderson Money List leader, Davies, carded a 76 to share fifth with South African Ashleigh Simon (73) at three under par, while Pernilla Lindberg from Sweden had a 75 and slipped back to two under.
The final round will take place from a two-tee start on Sunday with tee-times from 8am - 9.50am.

THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
208 Melissa Reid (England) 71 72 65.
209 Kristie Smith (Australia) 69 73 67.
210 Maria Hernandez (Spain) 72 69 69.
211 Gwladys Nocera (France) 72 71 68. 
213 Ashleigh Simon (South Africa) 70 70 73, Laura Davies (England) 70 67 76.
214 Pernilla Lindberg (Sweden) 69 70 75.
215 Linda Wessberg (Sweden) 68 72 75, Iben Tinning (Denmark) 68 72 75.
216 Rebecca Flood (Australia) 71 71 74.
217 Krystle Caithness (Scotland) 76 71 70, Ursula Wikstrom (Finland) 75 73 69, Anne-Lise Caudal (France) 72 72 73.
218 Malene Jorgensen (Denmark) 72 75 71, Karen Lunn (Australia) 74 74 70, Carin Koch (Sweden) 76 72 70.
219 Nathalie David-Mila (France) 72 75 72, Helen Alfredsson (Sweden) 71 76 72, Julie Maisongrosse (France) 74 73 72, Becky Brewerton (Wales) 75 71 73, Sophie Walker (England) 72 69 78.
220 Anja Monke (Germany) 72 75 73, Sophie Sandolo (Italy) 74 73 73, Nikki Garrett (Australia) 73 73 74.
221 Stacy Lee Bregman (South Africa) 78 69 74, Mollie Fankhauser (US) 73 73 75, Becky Morgan (Wales) 73 72 76, Caroline Masson (Germany) 76 67 78, Caroline Afonso (France) 76 74 71.
222 Breanne Loucks (Wales) 73 75 74, Lynnette Brooky (NZ) 78 69 75, Zuzana Kamasova (Slovakia) 74 74 74, Florentyna Parker (England) 74 74 74, Veronica Zorzi (Italy) 72 75 75, K M Juul (Denmark) 72 75 75, Sophie Giquel (France) 72 76 74, Jade Schaeffer (France) 71 77 74, Julie Greciet (France) 74 72 76, Tania Elosegui (Spain) 72 74 76, Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links 75 74 73. 
223 Elena Giraud (France) 75 73 75, Lee-Anne Pace (South Africa) 76 70 77, Marta Prieto (Spain) 71 74 78, Maria Boden (Sweden) 74 69 80, Frances Bondad (Austria) 73 76 74, Lisa Holm Sorensen (Denmark) 79 71 73, Trish Johnson (England) 73 77 73, Camille Fallay (France)  72 78 73. 
224 Jessica Ji (South Korea 77 73 74.
225 Jenni Kuosa (Finland) 72 76 77, Stefanie Michl (Austria) 78 70 77, Emma Cabrera-Bello (Spain) 71 77 77, Smriti Mehra (India) 77 73 75.
226 Diana D'Alessio (US) 73 75 78, Holly Aitchison (England) 72 77 77, Monica Christiansen (Denmark) 72 78 76, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (France) 76 74 76.
227 Nicole Gergely (Austria) 77 71 79, Kim Welch (US) 75 73 79, Carmen Alonso (Spain) 75 71 81, Titiya Plucksataporn (Thailand) 71 78 78, Rebecca Coakley (Ireland) 76 73 78, Pamela Feggans (Scotland) 72 73 82.
228 Joanne Mills (Australia) 74 74 80, Kate Combes (Australia) 74 75 79.
229 Jeehae Lee (South Korea) 73 75 81. 
230 Dana Lacey-Johnson (Australia) 72 78 80.
231 Morgana Robbertze (South Africa) 78 71 82.

St RULE TROPHY FIRST-ROUND REPORT AND SCORES

Pamela Pretswell, has played little competitive golf since last September (Cal Carson Agency image).

Pamela Pretswell shows Curtis Cup class to lead with a 70

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Glasgow University student Pamela Pretswell from Hamilton, one of only two Scots in the Great Britain and Ireland team for the Curtis Cup match against the United States from June 11 to 13 at Essex County Club, Massachusetts, showed her class by leading the star-studded St Rule Trophy international field over the New Course, St Andrews today.
Pamela, a Bothwell Castle Golf Club member, who has played little competitive golf since last Septemer’s home internationals at Irvine due to university examinations - she missed the Scottish women's championship the week before last - shot a five-under-par 70 to lead by one stroke from repeating Welsh champion Tara Davies (Holyhead) and last year’s Australian champion, Justine Lee.
There is a two-stroke gap between the first three and the three home-grown Scots who are joint fourth on the 73 mark – Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth), home for the summer holidays from Grand Canyon University, Arizona, former Scottish champion and now international team selector Martine Pow (Selkirk) and Alford’s Laura Murray, who reached the semi-finals of the Scottish women’s amateur championship at Craigielaw a week or so ago.
Julie Yang, the South Korean-born 14-year-old pupil at Loretto School, Musselburgh, is one of a group on 74. Julie won the Welsh open amateur stroke-play, finished second in the German women’s equivalent and then gained a top-30 finish in the Ladies European Tour event, the German Ladies Open – all earlier this month.
Curtis Cup first reserve Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), who, eight days ago, added the Scottish women's title to the Scottish Under-21 crown she has held for the past two years, matched the par of 75 to be in joint 13th position overnight. The "Scottish"-St Rule Trophy double has been achieved in the past - but not often. Beaten finalist Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) had a 77.
The leading Irish player is Gillian O'Leary from Cork on 77.
There is no cut in this tournament which ends on Sunday with two rounds over the Old Course, St Andrews.
Previous winners of this prestigious event include Annika Sorenstam and Catriona Matthew.
*Sally Watson, a student at Stanford University, California, is the other Scot in the Curtis Cup squad of eight. She is going straight to Essex County Club from California this coming week.
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
St Andrews New Course.
Par 75, CSS 75
70 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle).
71 Tara Davies (Holyhead), Justine Lee (Australia).
73 Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth), Laura Murray (Alford), Martine Pow (Selkirk).
74 Smma Sheffield (Newark), Julie Yang (Loretto School), Sally Shayler (Bedfordshire), Roseanne Niven (Crieff), Stacey Keating (Australia), Charlotte Wild (Mere).
75 Jessica Speechley (Australia), Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar), Amy Boulden (Maesdu).
76 Ami Storey (Ponteland), Hannah Roos (Sweden), Natalie Lowe (Prestbury).
77 Ashley Ona (Australia), Charlotte Dalton (Ladbrook Park), Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), Jess Wilcox (Blankney), Gillian O'Leary (Cork), Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder), Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), Rachael Watton (Mortonhall).
78 Bronte Law (Bramhall), Lisa Ball (Matfen Hall), Emma Goddard (Vale Royal Millennium), Charley Hull (Woburn), Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton).
79 Susan Jackson (Ladybank), Maria Dunne (Skerries), Claire Hargan (Mortonhall), Elaine Moffat (St Regulus), Karen Delaney (Carlow), Susan Wood (Drumpellier).
80 Samantha Birks (Wolstanton), Emma Fairnie (Dunbar), Olivia Winning (Rotherham), Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir), Claire MacDonald (Gullane Ladies), Rozalyn Adams (Addington Court Ladies), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Rebecca Wilson (Grange), Anne Laing (Vale of Leven), Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park).
81 Jane Turner (Craigielaw), Nikki Foster (Pleasington), Sara Bishop (Windyhill).
82 Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze), Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey), Joelle Van Baarle (Belgium).
83 Tilly Magill (Woburn).
84 Alyson McvKechin (Elderslie), Megan Garland (The Oaks).
85 Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch).
86 Shonagh Raitt (Forfar).
87 Jocelyn Mackie (Ladybank).
88 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies).

+If you are within easy reach of St Andrews, the competitors would be delighted if you went over to give them some galleries. There is no charge for admission. Nothing better to make them play better!
The leaders' tee times for the final two rounds over the Old Course on Sunday are:
Pamela Pretswell 10am and 3pm.
Tara Davies 9.10am and 2.10pm.
Justine Lee 10.10am and 3.10pm
Jacqueline Sneddon 9.30am and 2.30pm
Laura Murray 9.20am and 2.20pm
Martine Pow 8.30am and 1.20pm
Kelsey MacDonald 10am and 3pm.
Julie Yang 9.50am and 2.50pm
Louise Kenney 9.40am and 2.40pm

Ladies European Tour Scoreboard
LADIES SLOVAK OPEN
SECOND ROUND COMPLETED TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
137 Laura Davies (England 70 67 »»
139 Pernilla Lindberg (Sweden 69 70 »»
140 Ashleigh Simon (South Africa 70 70, Iben Tinning (DEN) Denmark 68 72, Linda Wessberg (Delsjo Golf Klubb, Sweden 68 72
141 Sophie Walker (ENG) England 72 69, Maria Hernandez Munoz (ESP) Spain 72 69 »»
142 Rebecca Flood (AUS) Gary Edwin Golf 71 71 »»
Kristie Smith (AUS) Perth, Australia 69 73 »»
143 Gwladys Nocera (FRA) Lacoste Societe Generale Ping 72 71 »»
Melissa Reid (ENG) England 71 72 »»
Caroline Masson (GER) Germany 76 67 »»
Maria Boden (SWE) Sweden 74 69 »»
144 Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) Lacoste, France 72 72 »»
145 Pamela Feggans (SCO) Scotland 72 73 »»
Becky Morgan (WAL) Wales 73 72 »»
Marta Prieto (ESP) Medilast Sport 71 74 »»
146 Tania Elosegui (ESP) Finca Cortesin/Credit Agricole 72 74 »»
Lee-Anne Pace (SA) South Africa 76 70 »»
Julie Greciet (FRA) France 74 72 »»
Becky Brewerton (WAL) Wales 75 71 »»
Nikki Garrett (AUS) Oakley, Magenta Shores C.C. 73 73 »»
Mollie Fankhauser (USA) USA 73 73 »»
Carmen Alonso (ESP) Spain 75 71 »»
147 KM Juul (DEN) Denmark 72 75 »»
Sophie Sandolo (ITA) NUNI, Royal Mougins GC 74 73 »»
Anja Monke (GER) buch.de 72 75 »»
Veronica Zorzi (ITA) Animo,Dinarobin Hotel, Mondini 72 75 »»
Julie Maisongrosse (FRA) academie jfg 74 73 »»
Helen Alfredsson (SWE) Sweden 71 76 »»
Lynnette Brooky (NZ) www.progolfingtours.com 78 69 »»
Krystle Caithness (SCO) Scotland 76 71 »»
Malene Jorgensen (DEN) Odense Golf Club, Denmark 72 75 »»
Stacy Lee Bregman (SA) South Africa 78 69 »»
Nathalie David-Mila (FRA) Mizuno,Poodle,McDonald's 44 72 75 »»
148 +4 Joanne Mills (AUS) Australia 74 74 »»
Jenni Kuosa (FIN) Hotel Quinta Da Marinha Resort 72 76 »»
Stefanie Michl (AUT) GC Gut Murstätten 78 70 »»
Breanne Loucks (WAL) Wales 73 75 »»
Zuzana Kamasova (SVK) Gray Bear - GC Tale, Slovakia 74 74 »»
Nicole Gergely (AUT) Golf Resort Kremstal, AUT 77 71 »»
Florentyna Parker (ENG) www.florentynaparker.com 74 74 »»
Kim Welch (USA) Ka'anapali Golf Resort 75 73 »»
Elena Giraud (FRA) France 75 73 »»
Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) Finland 75 73 »»
Diana D'Alessio (USA) USA 73 75 »»
Emma Cabrera-Bello (ESP) Canarias 71 77 »»
Karen Lunn (AUS) Australia 74 74 »»
Carin Koch (SWE) Sweden 76 72 »»
Sophie Giquel (FRA) Delwood, Vaudreuil GC, Lacoste 72 76 »»
Jade Schaeffer (FRA) Puma 71 77 »»
Jeehae Lee (KOR) SPG Corporation 73 75 »»
149 Morgana Robbertze (SA) South Africa 78 71 »»
Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) Thaiairway, Titan Cable, Ping 71 78 »»
Kate Combes (AUS) Glenferrie Stud 74 75 »»
Rebecca Coakley (IRE) Team Ireland Golf 76 73 »»
Holly Aitchison (ENG) Bedfordshire GC/EP Pro 72 77 »»
Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links 75 74 »»
Frances Bondad (AUS) NIKE Golf 73 76 »»
150 +6 Monica V.Christiansen (DEN) Denmark 72 78 »»
Smriti Mehra (IN) India 77 73 »»
Lisa Holm Sorensen (DEN) Esbjerg Golfklub, Denmark 79 71 »»
Jessica Ji (KOR) Korea 77 73 »»
Trish Johnson (ENG) Desert Springs GC, Java 73 77 »»
Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (FRA) Lacoste,Mizuno,Golf LaValdaine 76 74 »»
Caroline Afonso (FRA) Institut Basque de Golf 76 74 »»
Dana Lacey-Johnson (AUS) Australia 72 78 »»
Camille Fallay (FRA) Paris International GC,mizuno 72 78 »»
MISSED THE CUT
151 Hanna-Leena Salonen (FIN) Hill Side Golf & Country Club 76 75 »»
Lydia Hall (WAL) Machynys Peninsula G&CC 73 78 »»
Nina Reis (SWE) Lysegarden, Sweden 76 75 »»
Ana Larraneta (ESP) Spain 78 73 »»
Margherita Rigon (ITA) Golf Castelfranco,RARE,F.I.G 79 72 »»
Felicity Johnson (ENG) Harborne GC 75 76 »»
Hazel Kavanagh (IRE) Ireland - Spawell D.R. 78 73 »»
Marjet van der Graaff (NL) Golf Team Holland 75 76 »»
152 Martina Eberl (GER) Honma, HVB, Eschenried 76 76 »»
Klara Spilkova (Am) (CR) Unattached 76 76 »»
Laurette Maritz (SA) Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics 74 78 »»
153 Rhian Wyn Thomas (WAL) Wales 81 72 »»
Tara Delaney (IRE) Team Ireland 77 76 »»
Georgina Simpson (ENG) LinearCapitalCorp, Eurocontrol 75 78 »»
Stefania Croce (ITA) Virginia GC/Caffe Dei Miracoli 75 78 »»
Johanna Lundberg (SWE) Botkyrkagk, Sweden 76 77 »»
Emelie Lind (SWE) Viksjö GK Sweden 76 77 »»
Karin Borjeskog (SWE) Nykopings BK 80 73 »»
Anna Tybring (SWE) www.annatybring.com 75 78 »»
Rebecca Hudson (ENG) England 75 78 »»
154 Kym Larratt (ENG) Mark Group, Kibworth GC 75 79 »»
Caroline Rominger (SWI) Switzerland 77 77 »»
Tandi Cuningham (SA) Wanderers GC, South Africa 76 78 »»
Bettina Hauert (GER) Germany 76 78 »»
Beth Allen (USA) USA 74 80 »»
155 Clare Queen (The Carrick on Loch Lomond 74 81 »»
Christel Boeljon (NL) Golf Team Holland 80 75 »»
156 Vikki Laing (Kings Acre Academy 77 79 »»
Claire Aitken (ENG) Batt Cables, Mid Kent G C 81 75 »»
157 Jo Pritchard (WAL) Wales 78 79 »»
Riikka Hakkarainen (FIN) PVO,Finnair,Bowskill Clinic 79 78 »»
Elin Emanuelsson (SWE) Ingaro GK 83 74 »»
Cassandra Kirkland (FRA) FashionShopping.com, OAKLEY 79 78 »»
Mariana Macias Capuzzi (ESP) Spain 77 80 »»
Lucie Andre (Am) (FRA) France 75 82 »»
Maria Verchenova (RUS) Russia 78 79 »»
Laura Cabanillas (ESP) Benahavis Pueblo 77 80 »»
Christine Hallstrom (SWE) Abacus 82 75 »»
158 Martina Gillen (IRE) Team Ireland Golf 81 77 »»
Federica Piovano (ITA) Federazione Italiana Golf 79 79 »»
Corisande Lee (ENG) England 82 76 »»
159 Kyra van Leeuwen (NL) The Netherlands 80 79 »»
Hannah Ralph (ENG) Cowdray Park G.C. 81 78 »»
Eva Steinberger (AUT) Grand Prix Tickets, Uniqa 79 80 »»
160 Kylie Walker (SCO) Scotland 83 77 »»
Anna Rossi (ITA) F.I.G 85 75 »»
Amanda Moltke-Leth (DEN) Royal Copenhagen Golf Club 76 84 »»
Elisabeth Esterl (GER) Emirates Golf Club, Dubai 80 80 »»
161 Denise-Charlotte Becker (GER) Germany 81 80 »»
Antonella Cvitan (SWE) Kristianstad GC, Adria Airways 78 83 »»
162 Julie Tvede (DEN) Asserbo Golf Klub, Denmark 81 81 »»
Melodie Bourdy (FRA) Golf Bordelais, France 81 81 »»
Ludivine Kreutz (FRA) Lacoste, Golf Isabella 82 80 »»
163 Josefin Leijon (SWE) Isaberg Golf Club 81 82 »»
Vicky Tomko (Am) (SVK) Unattached 80 83 »»
 RTD - Zuzana Masinova (CR) Uni Credit Bank,Czech Republic 91 RTD »»
Maries Sebestova (Am) (CR) Unattached 87 RTD »»
Daniela Prorokova (Am) (CR) Unattached 93 RTD »»


Official tour scoring and statistics provided by the Ladies European Tour WE

Brodie Good, a member of the Gullane team (image by courtesy of Holyrood PR).

US Kids' Golf European Championship returns to East Lothian

By IAIN McLEAN

Some of the world’s best young golfers descend upon East Lothian for the prestigious U.S. Kids' Golf European Championship next week. More than 400 players from 30 nations will compete in Europe’s premier junior tournament to showcase the next generation of golfing stars. The championship is held on Scotland’s historic golf courses in East Lothian, including Gullane, Craigielaw and Longniddry
The action tees off on Tuesday at Gullane, Craigielaw and Longniddry but the Kids and their entourages are already in Gullane acclimatising and practising hard. Official Practice is on Monday and the Opening Ceremony at the Museum of Flight on Monday evening
There is a fantastic squad of seven Gullane members playing -
Team Gullane
Charlotte Munro - aged 10 - Gullane Ladies GC playing Gullane No 3
Brodie Good - aged 11 - Gullane GC, playing Craigielaw
Sarah Dunlop - aged 13 - Gullane Ladies GC, playing Gullane No 3
Tom Simmonds - aged 14 - Gullane GC, playing Gullane No 2
Duncan McLean - aged 14 - Gullane GC playing Gullane No 2
Scott Gillies - aged 14 - Gullane GC, playing Gullane No 2
Alexander Wilson - aged 15 - Gullane GC, playing Gullane No 2

There are also three other players from East Lothian
Callum Hill from Tantallon
Chris Algeo from Longniddry
Calum Satterly from Longniddry

The Van Horn Cup on Friday, June 4 will be contested at Gullane Golf Club on Course No. 1. The top two European and top two International finishers in the Boys 9-14 and 15-18 year old age groups and Girls 10-14 and 15-18 will make thier respective teams. The competition will be team match play within each age group. One point is awarded for a win and one half point is earned for a tie. The team with the most points upon completion of play will be awarded the Van Horn Cup.
We wish them all well - they'll have a great time meeting young golfers from all over the world and testing their skills on their home patch against some of the best in the world - will they match up?
Good luck to their caddies too!
Follow their progress on http://gullanejuniorgolf.blogspot.com/ - photos too.