Jane Turner receives the Riccarton Rosebowl from Hamilton Golf Club ladies captain Elaine Johnstone. Image courtesy of Hamilton Golf Club.

Back in form Jane Turner wins Riccarton Rosebowl

Scotland international Jane Turner (Craigielaw), the British universities' women's stroke-play champion, returned to form by winning the Riccarton Rosebowl, a 36-hole SLGA Order of Merit event, by two strokes at Hamilton today.
Jane, a graphic design student at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, had steady rounds of 71 and 72 for 143, finishing two shots ahead of Scotland junior cap Rebecca Wilson (Grange) and Susan Wood.
Rebecca was placed second by virtue of having the better second round, a 72 to Susan's 74.
FINAL TOTALS
143 Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 71 72.
145 Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 73 72, Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 71 74.
146 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 71 75.
148 Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) 73 75, Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) 72 76.
152 Jennifer Linklater (Largs) 78 74, Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 75 77.
155 Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 83 72, Sammy Leslie (Westhill) 77 78.
156 Angela Devine (Hamilton) 77 79.
157 Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 78 79, Emma Caddow (Strathaven) 77 80.
158 Susan McGrenaghan (Mount Ellen) 78 80, Carol Whyte (Windyhill) 78 80, Louise MacGregor (Falkirk) 78 80.
159 Lauren D'Ambrosio (Carluke) 80 79, Patricia Davidson (Erskine) 77 82, Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Caledonia) 77 82.
160 Lucy McNulty (Dalmally]) 80 80.
161 Louise McGillivray (Banchory) 79 82, Emma Bisset (Earlsferry Thistle) 78 83.
163 Jenny Jenkins (Ralston) 79 84, Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 77 86.

165 Ashley Smith (Monifieth) 81 84.
167 Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) 86 81, Jennifer Allan (Hamilton) 82 85,Clara Young (North Berwick) 81 86.
169 Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) 85 84, Hannah Robb (Strathmore) 81 88.
173 Sue Dalrymple (Craigielaw) 88 85.

183 Lindsay Mathie (Windyhill) 87 96.
187 Sandra Littlejohn (Erskine) 96 91.

NR Ruth McIntyre (Windyhill) 86 NR.

Irish venue named for next year's Junior Solheim Cup

Knightsbrook Hotel Spa and Golf Resort in Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland, has been announced as the venue for the sixth PING Junior Solheim Cup, due to take place on September 20-21 next year.
The event features the best 12 female golfers aged between 12 and 18, from Europe and the United States. The juniors play match play in a similar format to The Solheim Cup, immediately ahead of the main event.
The Solheim Cup will be played at Killeen Castle from September 23 to 25 next year.

MISS JULIE FROM


MUSSELBURGH VIA


PHOENIX IS BRITISH


TITLE FAVOURITE


COLIN FARQUHARSON REPORTING FROM ROYAL BELFAST GC
The talent-spotting golf coaches from American universities have arrived at Royal Belast Golf Club, overlooking the inlet of the irish Sea they call the Belfast Lough but a parkland rather than a links course.
The championship field of 144, many more would like to play but there's no room for them, will play two stroke play qualifying rounds on Monday and Tuesday to reduce the numbers to 64 qualifiers for the match-play stages which climax with an 18-hole final on Friday afternoon (1pm).
If the past is anything to go by, about 10 of the field, which represents the cream of the Under-18 years female golfing talent in Europe and beyond, will be playing on the American college circuit in the 2010-2011 season.
But if the truth be known the potential winners of the prestigious title are unlikely to be tempted by golf scholarships across the Atlantic.
The fact of the matter is that five players lift this tournament out of the realms of JUNIOR golf by their achievements in ADULT tournaments.
England have a pair of aces in Bolton’s Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), who beat Scottish champion Kelsey MacDonald in the final of the British women’s open
amateur championship at Ganton in June, and Hayley Davis (Ferndown), winner of the English women’s amateur championship this year.
Kelly, beaten twice (2007-2008) in the British girls’ final, could become only the third player in LGU history after Mickey Walker (1972) and Belen Mozo (2006) to win the British girls’ and women’s titles in the same season.
Ireland also have two aces in their hand – and they both live under the same roof in Co Cavan. Twins Leona and Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell) made GB and I golfing history by playing in this year’s Curtis Cup match at the age of 15.
They will be arriving at Royal Belfast GC straight from playing in Sunday's final round of the Ladies European Tour’s Irish Women’s Open. But they will know the course better than most for their coach Andrew Ferguson, is the club pro and they visit him at Royal Belfast – three hours away from their base – on a regular basis.
Ferguson also coaches Gareth Maybin and Michael Hoey incidentally.
But, having said all that, the favourite to be crowned British girls open amateur champion in late afternoon on Friday must be 15-year-old Musselburgh-based Julie Yang, bidding to become the first South Korean to win the championship.
She arrived at Loretto School, near Edinburgh last September from Phoenix, Arizona with a golfing CV that included wins on the American junior circuit.
Why had she come to Scotland where golf can be very limited during the winter months?
According to her father, it was a move designed to make her a better all-round player with experience of European playing conditions. Almost as though he was ticking off the boxes as her career progresses.
Every golfing father - and I was no exception - thinks his daughter is the greatest. But Daddy Yang is confident Julie could be world No 1 (as a pro) by the time she is 20 and she has already left school to pursue that ambition.
Last week, Julie won the English women’s open amateur stroke-play championship (picture above of Julie with that trophy by courtesy of leaderboard.photography).
Earlier this season she won the Welsh women’s open amateur stroke-play, the Paul Lawrie Scottish schoolgirls title, two or three Independent Schools Association tournaments in England. Then, after being pipped for the Germany women’s amateur stroke play title over the last few holes, she went out and added the Danish women’s open title to her impressive CV last month.
She practises morning, noon and night when she is not is playing in a tournament. Perhaps she is missing out on her childhood but she seems a happy enough youngster who just lives for golf.
“I like the course but I like all golf courses. I enjoy playing them all,” she said after yet another practice round.

Dumfries-shire county championship finals

The Dumfries-shire women's county championship finals were due to be played at Thornhill Golf Club yesterday.

If the organising officials would like to E-mail the results (and pictures if possible) to Colin@scottishgolfview.com, we'll put them on display on this website.

HAMILTON 36-HOLE SLGA ORDER OF MERIT EVENT TODAY

Pamela Pretswell pulls out of Riccarton Rosebowl

Curtis Cup player Pamela Pretswell has had to withdraw from defending the Riccarton Rosebowl at the Hamilton course today. She has a sore back and does not want to risk making the situation worse.
But Pamela went up to her home-town golf club this morning to apologise for not playing, something which was much appreciated by the 36-hole tournament organisers.

All things working out well, we shall have the end-of-play scores for you on this website this evening.

US DURAMED FUTURES TOUR
$110,000 PENNSYLVANIA CLASSIC
Felicita Mountain Resort and Spa, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)1 Jennifer Song (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 69-66 - 135
1 Melissa Eaton-Jackson (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 66-69 - 135
3 Dori Carter (Valdosta, Ga.) 68-68 - 136
4 Jenny Shin (Torrance, Calif.) 73-65 - 138
4 Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 68-70 - 138
6 Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 72-68 - 140
6 Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 71-69 - 140
6 Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 73-67 - 140
6 Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 70-70 - 140
6 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 69-71 - 140
6 Lisa Strom (Huntersville, N.C.) 69-71 - 140

12 Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherlands) 72-69 - 141
12 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 71-70 - 141
12 Danah Ford Bordner (Indianapolis, Ind.) 71-70 - 141 
15 Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 72-70 - 142
15 Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 71-71 - 142
15 Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 73-69 - 142
15 Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 71-71 - 142
15 Stephanie Louden (Las Vegas, Nev.) 73-69 - 142
15 Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 71-71 - 142
15 Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 71-71 - 142
15 Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 69-73 - 142
15 Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 69-73 - 142
15 Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 74-68 - 142
15 Stephanie Na (Adelaide, Australia) 68-74 - 142
15 Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 68-74 - 142

27 Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 71-72 - 143
Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 71-72 - 143
Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 70-73 - 143
Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 69-74 - 143
Perry Swenson Livonius (Charlotte, N.C.) 67-76 - 143
Kristin Ingram (Pasadena, Calif.) 74-69 - 143

33 Kris Tamulis (Naples, Fla.) 75-69 - 144
Carolina Llano (Medellin, Colombia) 72-72 - 144
Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 73-71 - 144
Angela Oh (Maple Shade, N.J.) 74-70 - 144

37 Jessy Tang (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 75-70 - 145
Rachel Larson (Longmont, Colo.) 72-73 - 145
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 72-73 - 145
Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 73-72 - 145
Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 71-74 - 145
Amanda Costner (Claremore, Okla.) 73-72 - 145

43 Juli Erekson (Chicopee, Mass.) 75-71 - 146
Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico) 72-74 - 146
Jasi Acharya (Columbus, Mont.) 72-74 - 146
Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 72-74 - 146
Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 72-74 - 146
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 71-75 - 146
Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 73-73 - 146
Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 71-75 - 146
Kendall Dye (Edmond, Okla.) 69-77 - 146

52 Lee Ann Walker (Southport, N.C.) 75-72 - 147
Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 75-72 - 147
Danielle Downey (Spencerport, N.Y.) 74-73 - 147
Jennifer Johnson (Carlsbad, Calif.) 74-73 - 147
Kitty Hwang (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 74-73 - 147
Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 72-75 - 147
Blair Lamb (Flat Rock, N.C.) 73-74 - 147
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 73-74 - 147
Seul Ki Park (Northbrook, Ill.) 73-74 - 147
Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 74-73 - 147
Caroline Westrup (Ahus, Sweden) 74-73 - 147

63 Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 77-71 - 148
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 76-72 - 148
Katie Miller (Jeannette, Pa.) 76-72 - 148
Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 76-72 - 148
Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 75-73 - 148
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 75-73 - 148
Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 72-76 - 148
Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.) 72-76 - 148
Lucy Nunn (Lawton, Okla.) 73-75 - 148
MISSED THE CUT
Victoria Elizabeth (Dayton, Ohio) 78-71 - 149
Inhong Lim (a) (Seoul, South Korea) 76-73 - 149
Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 75-74 - 149
Anna Scott (Consett, England) 75-74 - 149
Tara Goedeken (Dodge City, Kan.) 73-76 - 149
Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 73-76 - 149
Katie Kempter (Albuquerque, N.M.) 73-76 - 149
Carrie Riordan (Spring Valley, Ill.) 74-75 - 149
Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 79-71 - 150
Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand) 75-75 - 150
Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 75-75 - 150
Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 72-78 - 150
Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 74-76 - 150
Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 74-76 - 150
Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 77-74 - 151
Yoora Kim (Seoul, South Korea) 77-74 - 151
Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 76-75 - 151
Ai-Chen Kuo (Luzhou City, Taiwan) 77-74 - 151
Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 76-75 - 151
Jessica Carafiello (Coral Springs, Fla.) 76-75 - 151
Amanda Mathis (Picayune, Miss.) 82-69 - 151
Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 73-78 - 151
Malinda Johnson (Eau Claire, Wis.) 73-78 - 151
Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 73-78 - 151
Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, Canada) 76-76 - 152
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 76-76 - 152
Kelly Froelich (Raizeux, France) 78-74 - 152
Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 78-74 - 152
Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 78-74 - 152
Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 76-76 - 152
Kristen Simpson (Norfolk, Va.) 75-77 - 152
Jodi Ewart (North Yorkshire, England) 75-77 - 152
Wannasiri Sirisampant (Bangkok, Thailand) 74-78 - 152
Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 77-76 - 153
Lindsey Bergeon (Sarasota, Fla.) 77-76 - 153
Maria Laura Elvira (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 78-75 - 153
Sara Hurwitch (Potomac Falls, Va.) 78-75 - 153
Sarah Brown (Lopatcong, N.J.) 79-74 - 153
Beth Bader (Eldridge, Iowa) 80-73 - 153
Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, Md.) 75-78 - 153
Rachel Connor (Manchester, England) 74-79 - 153
Jackie Barenborg (Vero Beach, Fla.) 74-79 - 153
Jaclyn Burch (Melbourne, Fla.) 77-77 - 154
Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 77-77 - 154
Lauren Hunt (Little River, S.C.) 76-78 - 154
Bree Arthur (Brisbane, Australia) 78-76 - 154
Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 76-78 - 154
Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 79-75 - 154
Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 80-74 - 154
Michelle Jarman (Wilmington, N.C.) 74-80 - 154
Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.) 77-78 - 155
Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 76-79 - 155
Haley Gildea (East Greenwich, R.I.) 76-79 - 155
Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.) 79-76 - 155
Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 80-75 - 155
Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 80-75 - 155
Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio) 74-81 - 155
Heather Angell (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 78-78 - 156
Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.) 81-75 - 156
Emma Calderone (Toronto, Ontario) 78-79 - 157
Simone DeSouza (Trujillo, Peru) 79-78 - 157
Susannah Aboff (Huntington, N.Y.) 80-77 - 157
Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 81-76 - 157
Stephanie George (Myerstown, Pa.) 76-82 - 158
Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 81-77 - 158
Jill Briles-Hinton (Richmond, Va.) 80-79 - 159
Carmen Bandea (Atlanta, Ga.) 77-83 - 160
Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.) 80-80 - 160
Natasha Krishna (Auckland, New Zealand) 80-80 - 160
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 82-78 - 160
Brandi Jackson (Greenville, S.C.) WD
Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) WDI