STIRLING AND CLACKMANNAN LADIES COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Stirling and Clackmannan Ladies County captain Linda Allan, a Falkirk Tryst GC member, was the leading qualifier with a round of 73 when the county championship began over her home course today.
There were 83 entries but not one from former Curtis Cup player and past Scottish champion Alison Davidson (Stirling)was unable to play because of work commitments. She has won the county title several times.

QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY STAGES
Linda Allan (Falkirk Tryst ) 73
Laura Bissett (Braehead ) 74
Louise MacGregor (Falkirk ) 75 --- present champion
Margaret Tough (Falkirk ) 77
Jennifer Bryans (Bathgate ) 77
Margo Gardner (Linlithgow) 79
Calire Capocci (Bridge of Allan) 80
Elizabeth Goodwin (Glenbervie) 80
Alexis Hutton (Falkirk Tryst) 80
Karen Burns (Bathgate) 81
Elaine Allison (Stirling) 81
JIll Harrison (Linlithgow) 82
*Jean Davidson (Falkirk Tryst) 82 /cannot play in match-play stages
Margaret McFarlane (Bathgate) 83
*Norma Kerr (Braehead) 84 /cannot play in match-play
*Fiona McArthur (Falkirk Tryst) 86 /cannot play in matchplay
Vicki Stevenson (Stirling) 86
Sarah Archibald (Falkirk) 86
*Ailsa Cook (Falkirk Tryst) 87 cannot play in matchplay
Mhairi Hall (Bathgate) 87


Match play starts at 2pm on Sunday, May 8.

MATCH-PLAY DRAW

Linda Allan v Mhairi Hall
Alexis Hutton v Elizabeth Goodwin
Jennifer Bryans v Jill Harrison
Margaret McFarlane v Margaret Tough

Louise MacGregor v Vicki Stevenson
Elaine Allison v Margo Gardner
Claire Capocci v Karen Burns
Sarah Archibald V Laura Bissett

SARAH-JANE EAVES IS TOP OF CLASS AS ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR

Algarve-based female club professional Sarah-Jane Eaves ranks as the most successful PGA graduate ever as she was crowned the Titleist PGA Assistant of the Year and Female Assistant of the Year at the PGA’s annual graduation ceremony at the University of Birmingham today. 
The two newest accolades come on the back of Eaves being top of the class amongst her peers in both the first and second year of her PGA Foundation Degree.

The historic treble of topping years one, two and three was only achieved for the first time last year - by a male - and now Eaves has emulated the feat.

Eaves, who is based at Monte Rei Golf and Country Club on Portugal’s Algarve, flew in to collect the Whitcombe Cox Trophy, the LET-sponsored Beverly Lewis Trophy and total prize money of £5,000.

In addition, graduation sponsors Titleist have given Eaves a two-year equipment contract including balls, clubs, a bag, gloves and hats.
+Picture shows Sarah-Jane with PGA captain Eddie Bullock.

STORM HALTS PLAY IN TURKEY WITH THREE SHARING LEAD

By BETHAN CUTLER

Ladies European Tour Media Manager
bcutler@ladieseuropeantour.com
Diana Luna and Christel Boeljon had drawn level with Stefania Croce for the lead at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open when the second round was suspended for the day at 5.40pm.
Italian Luna had birdies on the first and fifth holes with a bogey at the eighth on her way to the turn in 35 shots, coming back with birdies on the 14th and 15th at National Golf Club in Antalya, southern Turkey for a round of three under par 70.
The Netherlands’ Boeljon, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, who tied for second at the 2010 event, fired a two under 71 containing five birdies to share the lead, while Italian Croce had two birdies, one bogey and a double bogey in a round of one over 74.
All three players played on a warm and breezy morning and were tied at two under par for the tournament when thunder and lightning brought a premature end to play.
The 2010 event champion Melissa Reid was just one shot behind after playing 15 holes in three under par today, with her fellow Englishwoman Florentyna Parker and Australian Sarah Kemp also at one under after 15 holes when the heavy storms and rain came in.
Luna, a three-time winner on the Ladies European Tour, was pleased to have kept her concentration after squandering her early lead on Thursday.
“I’m delighted with my position and minus three is good, especially on this course,” Luna said. “Yesterday I fired the first six holes and then I was going a little bit down and lost my focus for a while. Today I managed to stay focused, I didn’t have many mistakes; I hit 14 fairways, which is very good on this course and only one bogey for today.”
Croce, the 1992 Ford Classic champion, was also delighted and said: “I’m pleased I keep on doing the same things. I train at home with my father and all my family; my father is my coach, so I hope to play my best over the next two days.”
Boeljon, yet to win alone on the LET despite clinching the European Nations Cup as a team whilst still a rookie in 2009, felt the tight, tree-lined course suited her game perfectly.
“I love a course to demand you to be good all round: the long game, the short game, the putting. I wish we could play here every week,” she said.
“You need to be straight off the tee and think around the course; not just hit it anywhere. You have to have a game plan and you have to be straight. I think my game, people say it’s quite boring, but I hit it pretty straight and I don’t do silly things. It suits me. I love these tight courses and the tougher it gets, the better I seem to play.”
Frenchwoman Gwladys Nocera, Sweden’s Pernilla Lindberg and 16-year-old Czech sensation Klara Spilkova all finished at level after two rounds before the suspension.
Organisers plan to resume play at 8am local time on Saturday, with 11 groups still to complete their rounds. The cut will be the leading 60 and ties after 36 holes are completed.
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
+Several players still to finish rounds
Par 146 (2x73)
-2 - Diana Luna (ITA) 74 70, Christel Boeljon (NL) 73 71, Stefania Croce (ITA) 70 74
-1 - Melissa Reid (ENG) 75 (-3) [holes played: 15], Florentyna Parker (ENG) 72 (Par) [holes played: 15], Sarah Kemp (AUS) 71 (+1) [holes played: 15] Par - Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 74 72, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 74 72, Klara Spilkova (CR) 74 72
+1 - Marjet van der Graaff (NL) 72 75, Becky Brewerton (WAL) 74 (Par) [15], Karen Lunn (AUS) 75 (-1) [15]
+2 - Kym Larratt (ENG) 74 74, Linda Wessberg (SWE) 75 73, Becky Morgan (WAL) 74 74, Dewi Claire Schreefel (NL) 75 73, Mollie Fankhauser (USA) 77 71, Maria Verchenova (RUS) 76 (-1) [15]
+3 - Sara Brown (USA) 76 73, Jaclyn Sweeney (USA) 74 (+2) [12]
+4 - Ryann O'Toole (USA) 75 75, Tania Elosegui (ESP) 71 79, Sophie Walker (ENG) 75 75, Malene Jorgensen (DEN) 72 78, Rachel Jennings (ENG) 74 76, Elena Giraud (FRA) 72 78, Sophie Gustafson (SWE) 75 (+2) [15], Anja Monke (GER) 74 (+3) [15], Lisa Holm Sorensen (DEN) 76 (+1) [12]
+5 - Mariana Macias Capuzzi (ESP) 75 76, Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (FRA) 75 76, Hannah Jun (USA) 77 74, Cassandra Kirkland (FRA) 74 77, Beth Allen (USA) 74 77, Lydia Hall (WAL) 72 79
+6 - Christina Kim (USA) 75 77, Diana D'Alessio (USA) 74 78, Connie Chen (SA) 76 76, Emma Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 75 77, Carin Koch (SWE) 76 (+3) [15], Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) 79 (Par) [12], Louise Larsson (SWE) 75 (+4) [12], Vittoria Valvassori (ITA) 78 (+1) [12], Caroline Afonso (FRA) 75 (+4) [12]
+7 - Veronica Zorzi (ITA) 80 73, Rebecca Hudson (ENG) 78 (+2) [15], Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 78 (+2) [15], Ashleigh Simon (SA) 75 (+5) [12]
+8 - Lucie Andre (FRA) 80 74, Anna Rossi (ITA) 75 79, Caroline Rominger (SWI) 76 78, Rebecca Codd (IRE) 77 77, Kiran Matharu (ENG) 78 76, Frances Bondad (AUS) 79 75, Marieke Nivard (NL) 76 78, Sahra Hassan (WAL) 78 76, Johanna Lundberg (SWE) 79 (+2) [12]
+9 - Jessica Ji (KOR) 78 77, Kylie Walker (SCO) 77 78, Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 78 77, Krystle Caithness (SCO) 77 78, Kaisa Ruuttila (FIN) 79 76, Holly Aitchison (ENG) 78 77, Charlie Douglass (ENG) 76 79, Elizabeth Bennett (ENG) 73 82, Julie Greciet (FRA) 76 79, Rebecca Flood (AUS) 76 79, Trish Johnson (ENG) 79 (+3) [15], Georgina Simpson (ENG) 73 (+9) [15], Jenni Kuosa (FIN) 77 (+5) [15]
Likely to miss the cut
+10 - Joanna Klatten (FRA) 73 83, Corisande Lee (ENG) 80 76, Tandi Cuningham (SA) 80 76, Melanie Maetzler (SWI) 76 80, Melodie Bourdy (FRA) 76 80, Stacy Lee Bregman (SA) 77 79, Tara Davies (WAL) 79 77, Lara Tadiotto (BEL) 81 (+2) [15]
+11 - Sarah-Jane Smith (AUS) 80 77, Laurette Maritz (SA) 76 81, Margherita Rigon (ITA) 78 79, Sophie Sandolo (ITA) 74 83, Carmen Alonso (ESP) 77 80, Sophie Giquel-Bettan (FRA) 79 78, Caroline Masson (GER) 77 (+7) [15], Danielle Montgomery (ENG) 81 (+3) [15]
+12 - Marion Ricordeau (FRA) 78 80, Lynn Kenny (SCO) 81 77, Morgana Robbertze (SA) 76 82, Stacey Keating (AUS) 78 80, Nikki Garrett (AUS) 76 82, Nicole Gergely (AUT) 83 (+2) [15], Zuzana Kamasova (SVK) 75 (+10) [15]
+13 - Julie Tvede (DEN) 82 77, Benedicte Toumpsin (BEL) 78 81, Barbara Genuini (FRA) 79 80, Kim Welch (USA) 79 80, Julie Maisongrosse (FRA) 79 80, Line Vedel (DEN) 86 73, Carly Booth (SCO) 79 80, Martina Gillen (IRE) 77 (+9) [15], Felicity Johnson (ENG) 83 (+3) [15]
+14 - Kyra van Leeuwen (NL) 79 81, Vikki Laing (SCO) 80 80, Stefanie Michl (AUT) 80 80
+15 - Ana Larraneta (ESP) 77 84, Christine Hallstrom (SWE) 86 75, Bree Arthur (AUS) 80 81, Federica Piovano (ITA) 81 80, Caroline Martens (NOR) 78 83, Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) 75 (+13) [15], Kelly Tidy (Am) (ENG) 83 (+5) [12]
+16 - Elisabeth Esterl (GER) 78 84, Sara Ardstrom (SWE) 78 84, Breanne Loucks (WAL) 82 80
+17 - Helena Blomberg (SWE) 80 83
+18 - Clare Queen (SCO) 81 83
+19 - Yasemin Sari (Am) (TUR) 83 82, Riikka Hakkarainen (FIN) 81 84
+20 - Rachel Bell (ENG) 83 83, Giulia Sergas (ITA) 82 84, Garrett Phillips (USA) 82 84, Henrietta Zuel (ENG) 80 86
RTD - Natascha Grossschadl-Fink (AUT) 78 RTD

EWGA RENEWS LA MANGA CLUB PARTNERSHIP

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE AZALEA GROUP
The English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) has renewed its Official Overseas Resort partnership deal with the prestigious La Manga Club resort in Spain .
The new partnership will provide EWGA members with further benefits and added value on golf, spa and family holidays at La Manga Club and the EWGA will continue to run an annual members’ golf event at the resort.
The English Women’s Golf La Manga Club Challenge ran for the first time in October last year and was an overwhelming success, so much so that the EWGA is hopeful of doubling numbers this year.
The 2011 event runs from October 1-6 and includes five nights’ twin-share accommodation, half-board with evening meals at a choice of four restaurants and a Gala Dinner with prize giving, four competition rounds of golf across three courses and a welcome reception.
The event is priced at €585 per person and is open to any EWGA member with an active CONGU handicap. Golfers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information contact emma@englishwomensgolf.org, call 0121 452 5976 or go to www.lamangaclub.com.

Windyhill Ladies Open – Bob Collinson Trophy

Windyhill Ladies Open – Bob Collinson Trophy

Scratch, handicap and fun prizes

Sunday 14th August 2011

Are you looking for a venue for your Club Outing?

Then why not think about coming along to the Windyhill Ladies Open on Sunday 14th August.

Situated within easy access of the M8 (Glasgow) and surrounding areas.

Group discounts available – 1 in every 8 enters free. Tee times can be arranged to allow players to be grouped together.

Catering available – packages can be arranged for groups.

Entry £10

For further details please contact:

Lindsay Mathie, linsmathie@hotmail.com, 07905 881 496

A number of golfing stars have played at Windyhill Golf Club including:

Janice Moodie - Winning member of Curtis Cup team (1994, 1996), Solheim Cup team (2000, 2003), current member of the LPGA of America and Ladies European Tour.

Kylie Walker – Vagliano Team member (2009), winner of back to back St Rule Championships (2008, 2009), current member of the Ladies European Tour.

Andrew McArthur – Current member of PGA European Tour, winner on European Challenge Tour.

“Best course in the Glasgow area by a long way, very tough & challenging but always fair”

Bob Torrance, European Tour Coach

Find us at www.windyhillgolfclub.co.uk