International flavour to Glenbervie junior open tournament
Although the conditions were very poor with very heavy rain showers throughout the day 90 junior golfers took part in this year’s Glenbervie Junior Boys’ and Girls’ Open. The competition had an international flavour with five young golfers from Croatia playing and we had competitors from as far afield as Dumfries, West Kilbride, East Lothian and Perthshire.
The Junior Open trophy presented to the boy returning the lowest scratch score was won by 15 year old Robert Johnson of Helensburgh who shot a tremendous 71. Other notable scores were 74s by Peter Maxwell (Glenbervie) and Connor Syme (Dumfries and County). The best nett score by a boy aged under 15 was a 66 by 13 year old Paul McHugh of Dullatur (80 less 14). Glenbervie junior Richard Johnston had the best nett score in the 15 and over age group with a 67 (79 less 12). 77 boys took part and it a real credit to them that only nine boys submitted a no return in what at times was really atrocious weather.
Prizewinners were:
Junior Open Trophy (for the best scratch score) – Robert Johnson (Helensburgh) 71
Under 15s
Scratch
1st Peter Maxwell (Glenbervie) 74
2nd Ben Craggs (Glenbervie) 80
3rd Neil McConnachie (Balmore) 83
Handicap
1st Paul McHugh (Dullatur) 80 – 14 = 66
2nd Rowan Carey (Auchterarder) 94 – 27 = 67
3rd Scott Grant (Callander) 90 – 21 = 69
15 – 18 years
Scratch
1st Robert Johnson (Helensburgh) 71
2nd Connor Syme (Dumfries and County) 74
3rd Jamie Bowman (Glenbervie) 78 (bih)
Handicap
1st Richard Johnston (Glenbervie) 79 – 12 = 67
2nd Stephen McInulty (Glenbervie) 82 – 13 = 69
3rd Richard Furby (Falkirk) 90 – 20 = 70
The CSS was 71.
Thirteen players took part in the girls’ competition and despite the weather this was probably the best results from girls we have had in recent years. The MarScot Trophy for the lowest scratch score was won by Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) with a 79. It was no easy victory however as Gillian Arnott (Kilbirnie Place – 80), Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst – 81) and Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride – 83) were all close behind.
In the handicap competition, Megan Duff of Hilton Park returned an excellent nett 69 (90 – 21) to be first with Catherine Goodwin of Glenbervie second with a nett 71 (95 – 24).
Scores (CSS 72):
Megan Duff (Hilton Park) 90 – 21 = 69
Catherine Goodwin (Glenbervie) 95 – 24 = 71
Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst) 81 – 9 = 72
Gillian Arnott (Kilbirnie Place) 80 – 7 = 73
Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) 79 – 5 = 74
Jorden Ferrie (Kirkintilloch) 85 – 10 = 75
Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 83 – 7 = 76
Tiffiny Wood (Glenbervie) 90 – 13 = 77
Jennifer Allan (Glenbervie) 101 – 23 = 78
Nicola Robertson (Dunblane New) 92 – 9 = 83
Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 88 – 5 = 83
Ellen Forbes (Falkirk) 112 – 24 = 88
Andrea Walker (Falkirk) 121 – 28 = 93
It was great to see so many young boy and girl golfers play and we had fourteen players aged 12 or less including a 10 year old and a 9 year old!

Girl prizewinners (left to right): Megan Duff, Catherine Goodwin, Alison Goodwin, Gillian Arnott and Mhairi McKay.

Ken Goodwin
Junior Convenor
Glenbervie Golf Club
Tel: 01324 716716
Mob: 07881 845745
Visit our website at http://glenberviejuniors.blogspot.com

Paul Lawrie Foundation Tour at breezy Fraserburgh

REPORT FROM IAIN POWELL
After having last week off the Paul Lawrie Foundation tour headed to a breezy Fraserburgh but the sun was shining and the course being a fantastic traditional links we were all set up for a great day. Thanks to all at the Broch for the welcome and help on the day.
Fantastic scoring again in tough conditions. I am sure some people were inspired by watching the Open.
Local boy Euan Fraser had an amazing 49 points. I think his handicap is due a big chop! Tyler Ogston made very few mistakes on his way to 42 points to finish ahead of Stuart Burnett and George Colleran who both had 38 points.
LEADING TOTALS
Euan Fraser 49pt
Tyler Ogston 42pt
Stuart Burnett 38pt
George Colleran 38pt
Nicole Yeats 37pt
Michael Carrell 36pt
Kyle Taylor 35pt
Paul Morgan 34pt
Ross Powell 34pt

Boys CSS - 69
Girls CSS - 74

Iain Powell
Paul Lawrie Foundation
www.paullawriegolf.com

Kyra Horlock, 14, wins South West title
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATIONWiltshire 14-year-old Kyra Horlock won the South West regional championship at China Fleet Country Club, Saltash, Cornwall.
Kyra, who is already the Wiltshire county champion, is a member of EWGA’s Select South West Squad. She defeated Melissa McMahon of Dorset in the final. The losing semi-finalists were Gloucestershire’s Bethan Popel, who recently won the Harper Salver, and Dorset’s Georgia Hall, the 2009 English U13 champion.
The qualifying rounds produced excellent play with plenty of sub-par golf. Gloucestershire’s Shelby Smart led the way with a new course record of three-under par 73; four players shot one-under 72 and another scored 71.
The leading qualifier was Katie Rule (Cornwall) with two steady rounds of 72, while the best handicap score was returned by Natia Spencer (Devon) who shot net 67, 66, playing off 18.
The players had to contend with some heavy showers on the first two days but the finals were played early and successfully avoided a torrential downpour. However there were strong winds throughout the event.
Championship match-play
FIRST ROUND
Katie Rule (Cornwall) beat Jan Harrison (Cornwall) 2 holes.
Kyra Horlock (Wilts) beat Kerry-Anne Haskell (Dorset) 2 holes.
Jessica Bradley (Devon) beat Leah Roelich (Devon) 4 and 3.
Bethan Popel (Glos) beat Sarah-Jane Boyd (Cornwall) 3 and 2.
Melissa McMahon (Dorset) beat Shelby Smart (Glos) 2 and 1.
Jo Hicks-Beach (Devon) beat Hannah Grant (Soms) 2 holes.
Georgia Hall (Dorset) beat Alice Plumb (Dorset) 3 and 1.
Samantha Giles (Cornwall) beat Sophie Keech (Dorset) 1 hole.
QUARTER-FINALS
Horlock beat Rule at 19th
Popel beat Bradley 4/3
McMahon beat Hicks-Beach at 19th
Hall beat Giles 4/3
SEMI-FINALS
Horlock beat Popel 4/3
McMahon beat Hall at 19th
FINAL
Horlock bt McMahon 7 and 6.

SECOND FLIGHT MATCH-PLAY
FIRST ROUND
Becky Gibbs (Soms) bt Katie Warren (Wilts) 2 and 1.
Danielle Bradly (Dorset) bt Micah Carroll (Cornwall) 2 and 1.
Amy McSweeny (Devon) bt Abbie Moyes (Devon) 1 hole.
Lauren Pearce (Devon) bt Corinne Durber (Glos) 3 and 1.
Charlotte Humphries (Soms) bt Natia Spencer (Devon) 3 and 1.
Jan Teague (Cornwall) bt Gill Brown (Soms) 5 and 4.
Ely Walmsley (Devon) bt Frances Lindley (Glos) 4 and 2.
Amanda Mayne (Soms) bt Mercy Lamb (Cornwall) 8 and 7.

Quarter finals
Bradly beat Gibbs at 20th
McSweeny beat Pearce 4/3
Teague beat Humphries 3/1
Mayne beat Walmsley 3/1

Semi finals
Bradly beat McSweeny 1 up
Mayne beat Teague 2/1

Final
Mayne beat Bradly 5/3

Image: leaderboard photography.com




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Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

Meghan MacLaren (16) strikes again at The Oxfordshire

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
In-form Meghan MacLaren won her second title in three weeks when she became the Midlands South regional champion.

Meghan, who trains with EWGA’s Select Midlands Squad, is also the English schools’ champion.

The 16-year-old, from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, pictured left by Cal Carson Golf Agency, claimed her latest victory when she beat Tilly Magill (Woburn) in a low-scoring final at The Oxfordshire, when both players were below par.

There was never more than one hole between the finalists and they were all square going up the 18th. Megan set up her win with a superb second shot into the green and finished the match three-under par.

Tilly set a new course record of seven-under 65 in the first qualifying round and went on to lead the qualifiers by eight shots after carding a second round 74. Meghan was second with scores of 77, 70

The championship was contested by players from six counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Oxfordshire’s team of Tilly Magill, Abi Laker and Jane Binning won the County Shield. The best handicap prize was won by Kyre Ros-Madden (Warwickshire); best intermediate by Jessica Burrows (Buckinghamshire); and best junior by Gemma Glenister (Worcestershire and Herefordshire).

Match-play results

FIRST ROUND

Tilly Magill (Woburn) bt Nikki Ochtman (Castle Royle) 6 and 4.

Steph Gough (Ellesborough) bt Gemma Clements (Studley Wood) at 19th

Abi Laker (Burford) bt Kate Evans (Frilford Heath) 2 and 1.

Jane Binning (Filford Heath) bt Gemma Glenister (Ombersley) 2 and 1.

Claire Howells (Moor Hall) bt Mary MacLaren (Wellingborough) 2 holes.

Jessica Burrows (Ellesborough) bt Anna Rock (Kidderminster) 1 hole.

Zoe Fitz-Costa (Beaconsfield) bt Annabel Dimmonck (Beaconsfield) 2 holes.

Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough) bt Nicola Taylor (Maxstoke Park) 5 and 4.

QUARTER-FINALS

Magill bt Gough 6 and 5.

Binning bt Laker 5 and 3.

Burrows bt Howells 3 and 2.

MacLaren bt Fitz-Costa 4 and 3.

SEMI-FINALS

Magill bt Binning 6 and 5.

MacLaren bt Burrows 3 and 1.

FINAL

MacLaren bt Magill 1 hole.

Lyndsey Hewison

Press & PR Officer

Editor's note: Meghan MacLaren and her mother Mary have been regular competitors at the annual Hacienda del Alamo Women's and Girls' Festival in February at the Spanish golf resort in the province of Murcia.

Scottish team for Vets' Jamboree at Seascale

Scottish Veteran Ladies Golf Association team to take part in the annual Veterans' Jamboree at Seascale Golf Club, Cumbria from August 3 to 5 is:

Heather Anderson (Alyth).
Lorna Bennett (Ladybank).
Fiona de Vries (St Rule)
Noreen Fenton (Dunbar).
May Hughes (Lanark).
Anne Ryan (Tain).
Mary Smith (Tain).
Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies).
Reserves
Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie)
Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay).
Team captain: Pamela Williamson (Baberton).

2010 BOYD QUAICH STUDENTS' TOURNAMENT

STARTING TIMES


NEW COURSE-OLD COURSE
First time is for Tuesday on the New Course.
Second time is for Wednesday on the Old Course.

14.56 and 07.00
Luke James Harris Canterbury Christ ... ... ......
Georg Bornett Vienna ... ... ......
Ben Twiney Oxford ... ... ......

14.48 and 07.10
Laurence Blair Cardiff ... ... ......
Patrick Schweiger Berne ... ... ......
William McPhail Oxford ... ... ......

14.40 and 07.20
Colum Kenny UCD ... ... ......
Luca Zanin Griffith ... ... ......
Hugo Lavell Manchester ... ... ......

14.32 and 07.30
 Benoit Ramsay Cambridge ... ... ......
Ruben Muller Zurich ... ... ......
James Pearson Manchester ... ... ......

14.24 and 07.40
James McGilvray Bucks New ... ... ......
Marc Muller Basel ... ... ......
Stuart Harrison Leeds Metro ... ... ......

14.16 07.50
Chris Davies Exeter ... ... ......
William Stroud Waterloo ... ... ......
Alex Main Edinburgh ... ... ......

14.08 and 08.00
Jordon Curtin York ... ... ......
Clark Nelson Clayton State ... ... ......
John Valley Cambridge ... ... ......

14.00 and  08.10
Josh Newell Leeds Metro ... ... ......
Michael Becker Germany ... ... ......
Alistair Robinson Warwick ... ... ......

13.52 and 08.20
Matthew Williams Aston ... ... ......
Marco Cioffrese St Gallen ... ... ......
Gareth Rees Cardiff ... ... ......

13.44 and 08.30
Chris Young Exeter ... ... ......
Richard Knightly TCD ... ... ......
Stuart Cramb Dundee ... ... ......

13.36 and 08.40
Thomas McCormack Leeds ... ... ......
Frazer Ogston Wesleyan Texas ... ... ......
Craig Oliver Liverpool ... ... ......

13.28 and 08.50
Andrew Heesom Leeds ... ... ......
Daniel Paton Griffith ... ... ......
Nicky Maddison Northumbria ... ... ......

OLD COURSE-NEW COURSE
First time is for the Old Course on Tuesday.
Second time is for the New Course on Wednesday.

15.20 and 07.04
John Owens Ulster ... ... ......
John Fox Queensland Uni ... ... ......
Joshua Clements Liverpool ... ... ......

15.10 and 07.12
Declan King Uni College Cork ... ... ......
Andew Koonce Wesleyan Texas ... ... ......
Steven Smith Heriot-Watt ... ... ......

15.00 and 07.20
 Sean Thompson Stirling ... ... ......
Karl Ochse Stellenbosch ... ... ......
Malcolm Pennycott Heriot-Watt ... ... ......

14.50 and 07.28
 John McNally Warwick ... ... ......
Brett Eagle Stellenbosch ... ... ......
Joshua Clarke Abertay ... ... ......

14.40 and 07.36
Michael Bolt Bournemouth ... ... ......
Gerard Kelly UCD ... ... ......
Graeme McDougall Strathclyde ... ... ......

14.30 and 07.44
Will Wrisdale St Andrews ... ... ......
Sean Morrison Francis Marion ... ... ......
Aaron Kearney Ulster ... ... ......

14.20 and 07.52
Jon Corke St Andrews ... ... ......
Derick Flick Pretoria ... ... ......
Ed Stack UCD

14.10 and 08.00
 John Wybar Aberdeen ... ... ......
Christopher Dlaska Vienna ... ... ......
Adam Morris Bucks New ... ... ......

14.00 and 08.08
 John Duff Aberdeen ... ... ......
Dylan Evans Lehigh ... ... ......
Daniel Bishop Bournemouth ... ... ......

13.50 and 08.16
 Mark Dickson Edinburgh ... ... ......
Andy Weir Francis Marion ... ... ......
Daniel Farmer Wales Newport ... ... ......

13.40 and 08.24
 Daniel Sommerville Dundee ... ... ......
Paul Ferrier UNC Charlotte ... ... ......
Ross Crowe Northumbria ... ... ......

13.30 and 08.32
 Gordon Stevenson St Andrews ... ... ......
Christopher Holden Pretoria ... ... ......
Chris O’Neill Wales Newport ... ... ......

Scottish Under-21 girls' stroke-play championship at Dunfermline this week

Kelsey chases title hat-trick

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SLGA
Kelsey MacDonald will be attempting to continue her season of success when she defends the Scottish Junior Open Strokeplay Championship at Dunfermline (Pitfirrane) Golf Club from Wednesday to Friday (July 21-23) this week.
The 19-year-old won the title at Powfoot two years ago and then stood up to the harshest of pressure to stage a successful defence at her home club of Nairn Dunbar last year. Now she aims to become the first three-time winner since Kathryn Imrie captured the title three years in a row in the mid 1980s.
Kelsey, a sports and psychology student at Stirling University, has had a great summer. She won the Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship at Craigielaw in May and reached the final of the British Women’s Amateur at Ganton last month.
With a handicap of plus two, Kelsey is the back marker in the 80-strong field. Jane Turner, also a member of the SLGA’s Aberdeen Asset Management Elite squad, plays off plus one.
The field also includes Megan Briggs, the 2009 Scottish Women’s Champion, and her younger sister, Eilidh. The Kilmacolm sisters both play off scratch.
The format for the championship is 54-holes strokeplay – one round each day – and there is no cut.

US DURAMED FUTURES TOUR REPORT

Tiffany Joh wins four-hole play-off at New England Classic

BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut: Leave it to Tiffany Joh to totally underestimate her prodigious talent or to downplay her ability to chase down a strong tournament leader and come out on top after a four-hole playoff.
The affable and always entertaining second-year pro did just that when she roared from five shots back to win the $100,000 ING New England Golf Classic, finally ending the head-to-head battle in extra holes against Gerina Mendoza with a birdie on her last trip to the 18th hole at Wintonbury Hills Golf Course.
Joh (pronounced Joe) carded rounds of 67-65-68 to finish at 10-under 200 for the $14,000 winner's cheque. Mendoza, who set tournament scoring records this week for 18 holes and 36 holes, posted rounds of 62-65-73 for a 10-under total of 200, losing the playoff for second place.
"Honestly, just getting into the play-off was an accomplishment," said Joh, 23, of San Diego, who earned her first tournament win on the Duramed FUTURES Tour. "This is just completely unexpected because I was five back, and because Gerina is such a great player."
Mendoza started the day with a five-shot cushion and birdied her first hole to go up by six, but that advantage dwindled when the big hitter clobbered her drives all day and then wrestled with her approach shots. By day's end, Mendoza had hit only eight greens in regulation and recorded five bogeys. That was far too much scrambling for a leader with hungry young pros like Joh breathing down her collar.
Mendoza's only other birdie came in regulation on the 18th hole when she had to birdie to force a playoff with Joh. She hit a sand wedge from 97 yards and spun it back to four feet, making her putt. But those shots didn't come often enough in today's final round.
"I was good off the tee, but I just wasn't hitting the greens," said Mendoza of Roswell, New Mexico who added her third runner-up finish this season in today's event. "It's hard to score well when you're chipping for birdies all day. I'm disappointed that I didn't win, but Tiffany played great."
Today's final round was mostly a duel between Joh and Mendoza, playing in the same final pairing. Tour veteran Libby Smith of Essex Junction, Vt., made a charge, playing two groups ahead of the final pairing. The Vermonter stuck a 21-degree hybrid to 10 feet from 218 yards and rolled in the putt for eagle on the eighth hole. She added a birdie on the 13th from 25 feet and seemed to be picking up steam on the back nine, moving within one shot of Joh and two shots behind Mendoza with five holes to play.
But when Smith three-putted the 16th hole from 20 feet and could do no better than par on her final two holes, all eyes turned back to Mendoza and Joh.
"I gave myself some birdie chances, but I was trying to get to nine or 10 under," said Smith, who finished third with rounds of 66-70-67 for a 7-under total of 203 on the par-70 Pete Dye course.
With Mendoza and Joh tied in regulation, they returned to the 18th tee for the first playoff hole. Joh drove down the middle, hit her approach to 20 feet and watched her birdie attempt just miss on the right side. She tapped in for par. Mendoza hammered another beauty off the tee, but her approach shot hit the front of the 18th green and spun off to the front fringe. She two putted from 40 feet for par.
They returned to the 18th tee once again for the second playoff hole. This time Joh's approach shot spun back to 27 feet. She left her birdie effort three feet short uphill and then tapped in for par. Mendoza's approach landed 30 feet above the hole and she left her birdie attempt two feet short, making par.
The pair then moved to the 186-yard, par-3 17th hole for the third extra hole. Joh's tee shot landed 45 feet behind the hole and she ran her birdie attempt four feet past the cup. She made the come-back putt for par. Watching Joh's putt on nearly the same line, Mendoza's 40-foot effort for birdie stopped three feet short. She made her par coming back.
"I was pretty nervous, but in the past, I was really shaky," said Joh. "This time, I was so nervous that I almost got tired."
At some point, the Californian's mind flashed back to her college days at UCLA, where she was a four-time All-American. During her 2007 sophomore year at the Pac-10 Championship, Joh won a play=off against Arizona State's Anna Nordqvist. The next year at the 2008 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, she lost in a play-off to Arizona State's Azahara Munoz.
And, as she wrestled to take this tournament away from Mendoza, her mind also flashed back to only a year ago at this same tournament in her rookie season, where she carded rounds of 76-74 to miss the cut by five shots at 10-over 150.
For the player who started the day with birdies on three of her first four holes and who, at that point, told herself that if she just played solid, she probably "had second place locked up," suddenly, Joh saw a different picture of herself.
Back on the 18th for the fourth play-off hole, Joh calmly pounded her drive down the middle and then stroked her pitching wedge from 113 yards to 3 ½ feet to set up her last birdie chance. Mendoza uncharacteristically pushed her tee shot into the right hazard and never found her ball. She dropped, and her third shot, a 9-iron from 123 yards, sailed across the green to the back left rough. Mendoza hit a stunning 60-degree wedge shot to three feet to set up her bogey-5. All Joh had to do was roll in her birdie putt for the win.
"I wasn't completely sure which way it was going to break, so I hit it centre," said Joh.
And the putt dropped in for her first regular-season victory as a pro.
The play-off was compelling enough that some 12-15 fellow pros remained on the course to see which of the two pros would earn her first win. Everybody knew that Mendoza has been regularly knocking on the winner's door for three seasons. And everybody also new that Joh, a two-time U.S. Women's Public Links champion and former U.S. Curtis Cup team member, was capable of winning on this level in her steady progression as a pro.
"When I think about how many times Gerina has been in contention, I feel sad for her because she deserves it more than me," said Joh. "She's been in contention more."
And when asked how it made her feel to move into the No. 10 spot on the Tour's 2010 Money List, once again, the self-effacing Joh took the back door.
"I was just trying to get into the top 20," she said, and then paused. "Maybe I need to set my goals a little bit higher."
And maybe also get a little more comfortable calling herself a champion.
Weather: Sunny temperatures in the low 90s, with winds from 8-12 mph.