Louise Kenney tops Fife championship qualifiers

Scotland international Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) recovered in time from the ankle injury which ruled her out of the last day's play in the British women's open amateur stroke play on Friday to lead the qualifiers for the match-play stages of the Fife women's county championship over the Crail Golfing Society's Craighead course today.
On a bright but very breezy day, Louise was the only player to break 80. Her 79 was a shot better than former Scottish champion Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) who is seeded to meet Kenney in the final. The match-play starts over the same course on Saturday.
QUALIFYING SCORES
79 Louise Kenney.
80 Elaine Moffat.
83 Dorothy Ford.
85 Susan Jackson.
86 Karin Sharp.
87 Linda Dyball.
88 Kirsty Thomson.
90 Kathleen Webster.
91 Rachel Hanlon.
92 Nicola Taylor.
93 Lorna Fury, Lyn Newton, Beverly Brown.
94 Myrtle Gilbert, Joan Blyth.
96 Jocelyn Mackie.
DRAW
August 28
9am Kenney v Mackie.
9.10 Hanlon v Webster.
9.20 Sharp v Fury.
9.30 Newton v Jackson.
9.40 Ford v Blyth.
9.50 Brown v Dyball.
10.0 Thomson v Taylor.
10.10 Gilbert v Moffat.


Spring meeting results:
Scratch - Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) 79; Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) 80.
Siver Division - Kirsty Thomson (Thornton) (10) (better inward half), Dorothy Ford (Scotscraig) (5) 78; Marilyn Jardine (Burntisland) 82.
Bronze Division - Elli Thomson (Kirkcaldy) (22) 79.

Bronze and Silver Division winners Yvonne Schneider and Rachael Walker, both Crichton Golf Club members. Picture by courtesy of Jean MacIntyre.

THORNHILL QUALIFIERS FOR CRIEFF FINAL


Crichton's Rachel Walker, Patricia Hutton (Lanark), Yvonne Schneider (Crichton) and Carolinie Marshall (Newton Stewart) were the four qualifiers for the Grand Final at Crieff on Sunday, September 5 when the rescheduled SLGA Regional Medal Final (West Division) was played at Thornhill Golf Club today (Sunday).
Pamela Watson (Kirkcudbright0 had a hole in one at the 16th (125 yards).

Leading scores (Par 73, SSS 71, CSS 73)
Silver Division - Rachel Walker (Crichton) (6) 70; Patricia Hutton (Lanark) (6) 72; Sally Ward (Turnberry Ladies) (14) 73; Pamela Watson (Kirkcudbright) (11) 74.
Bronze Division - Yvonne Schneider (Crichton) (17) 78; Caroline Marshall (Newton Stewart) (21) 79; Jen Watson (Annanhill Ladies) (21) 80; Eileen Cord (Prestwick St Cuthbert) (18) 21.

Murrayfield's Marvels - Ladies' team through

to UK last eight

Murrayfield Golf Club, Edinburgh ladies team are walking around feeling 10ft tall and as proud as Punch!
And so they should be after beating a team from Pontefract 3-2 on Saturday morning in Round 8 of the Mail on Sunday Classic national ladies' club match-play competition.
Norma Richmond contacted Kirkwoodgolf.co.uk to tell us all about it.
"We were delighted with our latest win.
"We travel to Worsley Park near Manchester on September 26. If successful there, we then travel to Spain for the semis and final.
"I noticed in the press last week that a men's team from the west was featured so, on behalf of my team, I thought it would be nice to 'blow our trumpet'. We are thrilled to bits. There will be one other Scottish team going to the quarter finals - Skelmorlie from Ayrshire. They beat Deer Park at the 19th to reach the last eight.
Our results against Pontefect were:
(Murrayfield names first)
Margaret Fergusson lost to Carol Longmire 2 and 1.
Ray Lynch bt Christine Davison 8 and 7.
Denise Mitchell bt Kath Douglas 6 and 5.
Norma Richmond bt Helen Roe 1 hole.
Caroline Johnstone lost to Chany Shaw 3 and 1.

"The teams we have beaten in the competition are Liberton 4-1, Musselburgh 3 1/2-1 1/2, Duddingston 3 1/2-1 1/2, Broomieknowe 4-1, Dollar 4-1, Downfield 3-2 and now Pontefract 3-2.
"We have a pool of eight players who all expressed an interest at the beginning of the year in playing in this competition - Caroline Johnstone (5) Norma Richmond (8), Ray Lynch (9), Finngerd Clark (10), Lynn Wilson (11), Rosie Dennis (11), Margaret Fergusson (12), Denise Mitchell (12).
From this pool, five have been chosen for each match.
"Each match consists of five singles match-play, off handicap, with the fifth player having to play on in the event of a tie.
"We have never progressed beyond the third round before, so are delighted to have got this far and are looking forward very much to going down to the Worsley Park Marriott Golf and Country Club for a practice round on Sunday, September 26, followed by the quarter final on the 27th.
"The most difficult thing is going to be choosing the team. Everyone is so keen to play and no one wants to be left out. We have decided all to go to the quarter-final and pick the team after the practice round."This means that we are in the last eight from the whole of the the UK (with a starting number of around 1,500 teams)," she said in an E-mail.

Miyazato leads by three in Safeway Classic


NORTH PLAINS, Oregon (AP) — Chasing her fifth LPGA Tour victory of the year, Ai Miyazato shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA Safeway Classic.
The Japanese star was 11 under on Pumpkin Ridge's Ghost Creek Course.
Juli Inkster was tied for second at 8 under with Song-Hee Kim (64) and Na Yeon Choi (67) after an apparent 67, but was disqualified because she swung a weighted training aid on her club to stay loose during a long hold-up at the 10th hole.
Miyazato has won four tournaments this season and is among five players in a tight battle for the No. 1 spot in the rankings. Cristie Kerr is currently No. 1, followed by Miyazato, Jiyai Shin, Suzann Pettersen and Yani Tseng.
The cut fell at 147. Catriona Matthew missed out on 150 (77-73) and Janice Moodie on 152 (79-73).

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Juli Inkster DQ'd for infringement spotted by viewer

NORTH PLAINS, Oregon (AP) — Juli Inkster was disqualified from the LPGA Safeway Classic for using a weighted training aid on her club while waiting on the No. 10 hole on the Ghost Creek Course on Saturday.
After the 50-year-old Hall of Famer finished her round and was told of the disqualification, Inkster passed quickly by autograph seekers and reporters without comment. She quickly left in a course shuttle.
It was heartbreaking for Inkster, who shot a 67 and was 8 under after the first two rounds. She was in a group just three strokes behind leader Ai Miyazato.
Inkster, who had a 30min wait for the No. 10 hole, apparently used a "doughnut" weight on her 9-iron to stay loose.
LPGA Director of Tournament Competitions Sue Witters said a viewer noticed the device from the television broadcast of the event and contacted tournament officials.
Inkster was already on the 17th hole of the course at Pumpkin Ridge when officials determined she had indeed used the device. She was told when she came off the course after the final hole, Witters said.
Witters said Inkster was surprised and unaware she had broken the rule.
"The rules staff here made the decision on the rule and we took it one step further and called the USGA," Witters said. "We would have loved to have some wiggle room on that. But it's pretty cut and dried.
"Being the professional she is, there wasn't much to say once the decision was read."
Inkster issued a brief statement.
"I had a 30min wait and I needed to loosen up," she said. "It had no effect on my game whatsoever, but it is what it is. I'm very disappointed."

Editor's note: Don't you just love the busybodies who see something on TV and just have to phone the tournament organisers!