GLENCORSE A WIN MORISON MILLAR TOURNAMENT

By SARAH LEDINGHAM
Thirty-two teams of four ladies from 20 Edinburgh golf clubs took part in the double foursomes Morison Millar Trophy Tournament at Mortonhall Golf Club on Thursday 7th July 2011. This year marks the 10th Anniversary of Ladies membership at Mortonhall and it was the first time they had hosted the competition.
Three teams had to be balloted out of this popular tournament for the first time since 2007.
Although rain and thunder had been forecast, the weather turned out to be reasonably dry and sunny with only a few showers in the morning, and the players were challenged to a course in excellent condition with fast greens.
Mrs Jan Paterson, accompanied by her daughter Isabella, presented the prizes and the results were as follows:-
Winners - Glencorse A – Kirsten Blackwood and Emily Dalgetty, Valerie Hallam and Jessica Dalgetty - nett 305
2nd – Comiston Ladies – Anne Brownie and Zandra Mathieson, Alexis Manson and Barbara Lyle - nett 307
3rd – Lothianburn – Viv Curran and Karina Matson, Janet Begrie and Kay Lannin - nett 308
4th – Mortonhall A – Tracy Laughland and Sandra Dickson, Carol Fulton and Carol Brown - nett 310
Best nett 36 holes outwith team prizes
Celia Macintyre and Dee Williamson (Craigmillar Park A) nett 150 (BIH of 2nd round)
2nd best nett 36 outwith team prizes
Denise Mitchell and Fiona Ford (Murrayfield B) nett 150
Dormie Salver - Scratch Score - 36 holes
Kirsten Blackwood and Emily Rafferty (Glencorse A) gross 167
Hole–in-One
Margaret Keith (Duddingston) at the 10th with a 7-iron

HIGHLAND WOMEN'S OPEN SCOREBOARD AT PITLOCHRY

MATCH-PLAY RESULTS

SCRATCH - FIRST ROUND.
Caroline Dunbar (Aberfeldy) bt Liz Milligan (Dunblane) 5 and 4.
Pat Simpson (Lundin Links) bt Leah Radford (Melton Mowbray) 2 holes.
Catherine Smith (Melton Mowbray) bt Frances McFadzean (Craigmillar Park) 5 and 4.
Robina Gilbertson (Prestwick St Nicholas) bt Jane Herd (Musselburgh) 3 and 2.
Claire Capocci (Bridge of Allan) bt Ruth Murray (Scotscraig) 6 and 5.
Sal Shepherd (Craigmillar Park) bt Kate Green (City of Edinburgh) 2 and 1. Chloe Stokes (Ganton) bt Jane Gravil (Cowglen) 2 and 1.
Danuta MacLachlan (St Regulus) bt Erin Millar (Pitlochry) 1 hole.

QUARTER-FINALS
Dunbar bt Simpson 7 and 6.
Smith bt Gilbertson 2 holes.
Capocci bt Shepherd at 19th.
Stokes bt MacLachlan 5 and 4.

HANDICAP - SILVER DIVISION

FIRST ROUND
Gillian Munro (Pitlochry) bt Kay Baillie (Musselburgh) 2 and 1.
Kay Knight (Pitlochry) bt Eda Davey (Balfron) 1 hole.
Elaine Langlands (St Michaels) bt Kathleen McConnell (Milnathort) 2 and 1.
Janette Kennedy (Pitlochry) bt Eleanor Cull (Stirling) 4 and 3.
Joan Walker (Balfron) bt Jan McMillon (Hayston) 2 and 1.
Helen Stout (Falkirk) bt Deborah Mangnall (Cuddington) 2 and 1.
Sandra Green (Bridge of Allan) bt Hilary Hillier (St Pierre) 2 and 1.
Marie Tansey (Elsham) bt Margaret Macrae (Pitlochry) 2 and 1.

QUARTER-FINALS
Knight bt Munro 2 holes.
Kennedy bt Langlands 6 and 4.
Stout bt Walker 3 and 2.
Green bt Tansey 4 and 3.


BRONZE DIVISION
FIRST ROUND
Pam Wilson (Downfield) bt Denise Waldron (Melton Mowbray) 2 holes.
Christine Frost (Dunblane) bt Ann Southwood (Glencorse) at 19th.
Jean Bates (Pitlochry) bt Jan Gibson (Milnathort) 5 and 4.
Anne Hastie (Walton Heath) bt Helen Lang (Pitlochry) 2 and 1.
Claire McIntyre (St Regulus) bt Jackie Ellis (Mid Sussex) 1 hole.
Gwen Beaton (Pitlochry) bt Sue Barnes (Mid Sussex) 6 and 5.
Eleanor Stokes (Driffield) bt Susan Milward (Melton Mowbray) 7 and 6.
Hayley Carruthers (Pitlochry) bt Chris Cook (Melton Mowbray) 1 hole.

QUARTER-FINALS
Wilson bt Frost 5 and 4.
Hastie bt Bates 2 holes.
Beaton bt McIntyre 2 and 2.
Carruthers bt Stokes 7 and 5.

LOUISE BACK AND SCOTS CELEBRATE BY BEATING SWITZERLAND

Scottish women’s champion Louise Kenney, pictured in action for GB and I in the Vagliano Trophy match, was back in the Scotland line-up at Murhof, Austria after being released from hospital at Graz, Austria following hospitalisation to remove a food blockage from her throat.

Scotland celebrated Louise’s return by beating Switzerland 4-1 in a Flight B match in the European women's team championship.

Kenney and Rachael Watton won their foursome by one hole while singles wins were chalked up by Kelsey MacDonald (3 and 2), Pamela Pretswell (4 and 3) and Jane Turner (3 and 2). Megan Briggs went down by one hole.

Scotland’s girls were beaten 3 ½-1 ½ in a Flight B match of the European girls' team championship at Is Molas, Sardinia.

Eilidh Briggs was the Scots’ only winner by 2 and 1 in the singles. Alyson McKechin salvaged a square game, also in the singles.

IRELAND ARE WELL BEATEN BY SWEDEN
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Ireland lost 5-2 to Sweden in the quarter-finals of the European women's amateur team championships at Murhof Golf Club, Austria.

Leona and Lisa Maguire paired up in the foursomes to win Ireland's first point of the day closing out the strong Swedish pairing on the home green by two holes. Danielle McVeigh and Stephanie Meadow came up against in form opposition, eventually losing out on the 17th.
In the afternoon singles, Leona was the only Irish player to prevail after a second tie hole victory. Stephanie and Karen Delaney were both defeated on the home green while Lisa and Danielle couldn't match the fine Swedish iron play, losing out on 16 and 14 respectively.
Ireland now face France, who lost 4-3 to leading qualifiers Germany today, in the fifth to eight place decider while Sweden's victory sees them play Germany with a place in Saturday's final against Spain or Denmark at stake.
MATCH DETAILS

IRELAND 2, SWEDEN 5
FOURSOMES
Danielle McVeigh and Stephanie Meadow lost to Johanna Tillström and Madelene Sagström 2 and 1.
Leona and Lisa Maguire bt Nathalie Månsson and Amanda Sträng 2 holes.
SINGLES
Leona Maguire bt Johanna Tillström at 20th
Meadow lost to Daniela Holmqvist 2 holes.
Karen Delaney lost to Månsson 2 holes.
Lisa Maguire lost to Sträng 4 and 2.
McVeigh lost to Sagström 5 and 4.

Meanwhile at the Girls European Team Championships in Sardina, Ireland lost 4-1 to the Netherlands in their first round tie of the second matchplay flight.
Olivia Mehaffey and Hannah Henderson paired up for the opening foursomes game, losing out to their Dutch opponents by 4 and 3, while Ariana Coyle-Diez went down by the same margin in the top singles match.
Jessica Carty and Paula Grant battled bravely in their singles matches but ran into a stream of birdies and were eventually beaten by 2 and 1 and 4 and 2 respectively.
Castletroy’s Chloe Ryan was in devastating from and claimed Ireland’s only point of the day with an impressive 5 and 4 win.
Friday sees Ireland face 13th qualifiers Turkey who were narrowly beaten by Switzerland in today's first round of matchplay. Meanwhile England play Germany and France play Spain in tomorrow’s semi-finals.

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England dropped out of the hunt for medals after they lost 5-2 to Spain in the quarter-finals of the European ladies’ team championship at Murhof, Austria.
“It’s disappointing,” said team captain Lynn Booth. “The best we can do now is finish fifth, and that would be better than last year. So, we’ve got an incentive to push on.”
The team lost both morning foursomes, but despite the result they impressed their coach Steve Robinson. “Although we were disappointed with the result, I was not at all disappointed with the way the girls played,” he said.
And, although the singles also went Spain’s way, there were highlights for England from Charley Hull (Woburn) and Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton). Charley, 15, was described by Lynn Booth as “a class act” after she beat her opponent 3 and 2.
Charlotte, meanwhile, was locked in a great battle with a member of Europe’s winning Vagliano Trophy team and was two up when the overall result was decided and the remaining matches declared halved. By then, she’d had four consecutive birdies from the eighth and also eagled the 14th.

Results
Foursomes
Hayley Davis (Ferndown) and Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) lost to Mireia Prat and Noemi Jimenez 2 and 1.
Lucy Williams (Mid-Herts) and Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) lost to Marta Silva and Camilla Hedberg 3 and 1.

Singles
Davis lost to Prat 4 and 2.
Charley Hull (Woburn) beat Jimenez 3 and 2.
Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale) halved with Rocio Sanchez
Clyburn lost to Silva 6 and 5.
Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) halved with Hedberg


In other matches: Germany beat France 4-3; Sweden beat Ireland 5-2; Belgium beat Denmark 4-3


Semi-finals
Germany v Sweden
Spain v Belgium.
Other matches:
England v Denmark
France v Ireland


ENGLAND GIRLS THROUGH TO SEMI-FINALS IN SARDINIA
England beat Italy to reach the semi-finals of the European girls’ team championship at Is Molas, Sardinia, with another fine display in blazing temperatures.
The top seeds beat the hosts, Italy, by 5½-1½, and will now play Germany for a place in the final. “We have had an excellent day,” said England national junior coach, Pat Smillie.
England set up their success by winning both foursomes matches and both pairs were two or three under par when defeating their opponents. Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham and St Annes) and Bronte Law (Bramhall) finished two up, while British champion Lauren Taylor (Woburn) and Georgia Hall (Remedy Oak) won 3 and 1.
In the singles, Lauren led the way, winning 4 and 2, while Emily followed her with a 4 and 3 win which sealed England’s victory. At the time, Bronte was two up with two to play but the match was declared halved, as were the games of Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies) and Georgia Hall.
The Italians took the last place in the championship matchplay draw but, said Pat Smillie, they played much better than their ranking. “The Italians played very, very well and our foursomes points were absolutely vital.”
She went on: “It was 88 degrees today. There is very little shade on this course and temperatures are going to go over 90 tomorrow and on Saturday. The girls are coping exceptionally well and doing all the right things. They are fortunate that their captain, Julie Sparrow, is also their physiotherapist and she’s doing a fantastic job to keep them hydrated and as cool as possible.

GIRLS' RESULTS
England beat Italy 5½-1½
Germany beat Finland 4-3
France beat Belgium 5-2
Spain beat Sweden 4½-2½
Semi finals
England v Germany France v Spain

BENJAMIN WESCOE WINS BOYD QUAICH MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

REPORT FROM ST ANDREWS BY THOMAS MARR 
Benjamin Wescoe (University of Cambridge) won the 2011 Boyd Quaich Memorial Tournament after holding off the challenge from Sean Fotheringhame (St Andrews). Wescoe led by one stroke after 54 holes and at one stage in the final round he had a commanding five-shot advantage but a determined display from Fotheringhame meant that the final result came down the last two putts.
In the end both winner and runner-up scored 71 over the Old course and Wescoe’s winning total of five-under-par 281 is a new scoring record for this event, first played in 1946.
The first two rounds of the event were played in heavy showers which made scoring difficult. The 36-hole cut to identify the top-30 players was 10-over par (153) and at that stage the leaders were three ahead of Ian O’Rouke (Cork) in third position. The remainder of the field were up to nine shots behind Fotheringhame at the top of the leaderboard.
In Round 3, Wescoe (67) and Fotheringhame (70) played together and managed to put a sizeable distance between themselves and the rest of the field. In third place was Daniel Sommerville (Dundee) who scored 69 to move up to 3rd. Graeme Robertson (Stirling was another who managed to break par and his 69 moved him up from 28th to a tie for 9th with one round to play.
At this stage it was already looking as if it might be a shoot-out between Wescoe and Fotheringhame and that is what happened during the last 18 holes played over the Old Course.
Wescoe started the fourth round with two pars and two birdies to increase his lead from one to three shots. Blustery conditions made par golf a challenge but Wescoe hit a rich vein of form as others floundered. He added birdies on the 5th, 6th and 7th too to be out in 31 strokes and when he birdied the 10th he was six-under for his round.
Fotheringhame was only able to make one birdie in reply and so the lead was stretched to five shots. Sommerville, the third player in the group, made several mistakes and struggled to the turn in 41 to be 15 shots behind Wescoe which is testament to the high standard of play.
The neutral would be forgiven that thinking that the tournament was effectively over at that point. However, with the back nine playing into the wind it was not to be plain sailing for Wescoe. He stumbled to bogeys on 11, 13, 14, and 16 while Fotheringhame was managing par golf and so with two holes to play the lead was just one shot again.
In the end both Fotheringhame and Wescoe could only manage matching bogey 5s on the famous 17th or Road Hole and so when both players hit the 18th green in two and left themselves similar 15 foot putts for birdie, the result was still in doubt.
Wescoe putted first and missed which meant that Fotheringhame had a putt for the title – had he holed he would have tied Wescoe’s 72-hole total but he would have won by virtue of the lower final round score.
When he missed, both players tapped-in for par and Wescoe was champion by the narrowest of margins. The final 36 holes were tremendously close and both players produced golf of the highest calibre as they moved themselves fully eight shots clear of the nearest challenger.
The Boyd Quaich is organised and run by the Athletic Union of the University of St Andrews, and receives significant grant aid from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club with support from the St Andrews Links Trust.
Without this financial help it would not be possible for many of these young golfers, especially from overseas, to be able to play in this prestigious WAGR-counting event.
FINAL TOTALS
(Order of rounds: New Course, Old Course, New, Old)
Par 286 (2x72, 2x71)
281 Benjamin Wescoe (Cambridge) 73 70 67 71.
282 Sean Fotheringhame (St Andrews) 70 71 70 71.
290 Steven Smith (Heriot Watt) 75 74 71 70, Ian O’Rouke (Cork) 74 70 72 74.
292 Bobby Rushford (Stirling) 69 77 71 75.
293 Daniel Sommerville (Dundee) 73 73 69 78.
295 Graeme Robertson (Stirling0 76 77 69 73.
298 Clark Nelson (Clayton State) 76 73 74 75, Karl Ochse (Stellenbosch) 74 76 73 75.
300 Peter Reilly (US Naval Academy) 74 77 74 75, Claudio Consul (Oxford) 78 75 72 75.
301 Sebastian Backlund (Francis Marion) 79 71 75 76, Gerard Kelly (UC Dublin) 78 69 66 66, Jonathan Corke (St Andrews) 76 72 71 82.
302 Stefan Rall (Pretoria) 74 74 75 69, Christopher McManus (Clayton State) 78 72 72 80.
303 David Calder (Edinbu8rgh) 79 71 77 76, Declan King 9Cork) 74 72 79 78, Ryan Cribben (Ulster) 74 74 72 83.
304 Andy Weir (Francis Mario) 76 74 74 80.
305 Stephen Walsh (UC Dublin) 75 77 75 78.
307 Laurie Potter (Exeter) 76 76 80 75.
308 Paul Reavey (Ulster)( 74 76 80 78, Daniel Bishop (Bournemouth) 79 74 77 78, James Billingham (Bournemouth) 76 75 76 81, Jean-Samuel Rancourt (Waterloo) 76 73 74 85.
310 Malcolm Pennycott (Heriot Watt) 76 72 80 82, Tai Yasuda (Loughborough) 74 76 77 83.
316 Conor Finlay (Dundee) 79 73 84 80.
324 Davey Clarke (Aberystwyth) 75 77 79 93.

EILIDH BRIGGS ONE OF THE FAVOURITES FOR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SLGA
Eildih Briggs (Kilmalcolm), runner-up in the Scottish Ladies’s Amateur Championship in May, will be aiming to mark her last junior season with victory in the Scottish Girls’ Championship at Glenisla Golf Club, Alyth next week (Tuesday to Saturday, July 12 to 16).
Lesley Atkins (Gullane) will be defending the title she captured at Eyemouth last year – and beaten finalist Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) is also still young enough to mount another challenge.
Briggs, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency at Machrihanish, currently heads the Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association’s Girls’ Order of Merit and she is heading Scotland’s challenge in this week’s European Junior Championship in Sardinia.
Her five team mates – Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Hannah McCook (Grantown-On-Spey), Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie), Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) and Clara Young (North Berwick) – will also have sights set on success at Glenisla.

A total of 69 players have entered the Girls’ Championship and the list includes last year’s beaten semi-finalists in Aberdonian Gemma Dryburgh and Craigielaw’s Gabrielle Macdonald, who is the first reserve for the European Championship.

Briggs and McKechin are the back markers with scratch handicaps and the Championship consists of two round of strokeplay qualifying with the top 32 going through to the matchplay stages. The 18-hole final takes place on the morning of Saturday, July 16.

NORTH OF SCOTLAND WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL DAY

Beaten finalist Sammy Vass and new North of Scotland champion Laura Murray on the front steps of the Nairn clubhouse. Images by courtesy of Dorothy Marshall.

NORTH OF SCOTLAND WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

HOSTED BY NAIRN GOLF CLUB


SCRATCH CHAMPIONSHIP
SEMI-FINALS
Laura Murray (Alford) bt Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay) 3 and 1.
Sammy Vass (Tain) bt Rebecca Wilson (Grange Ladies) 6 and 5.
FINAL
Murray bt Vass 1 hole.

HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP
SEMI-FINALS
Carol Wilson (Murcar Links) bt Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 3 and 2.
Fiona Hay (Deeside) bt Eileen Mauchline (Newmachar) at 19th.
FINAL
Hay bt Wilson 7 and 6.


MORNING REPORT BY ORGANISER DOROTHY MARSHALL


Laura Murray beat Lynne Terry 3 and 1. Lynne started well with birdies
on the 2nd and 4th. They halved the 7th with birdies amd Laura had
a birdie on 8th. Laura was 1 up at the turn, won the 16th with a
birdie and then won the 17th to win the match.
Sammy Vass was 6 up at the 8th, having scored birdies at the 2nd and
7th. She lost the 9th so was 5 up at the turn, won the 12th with a par
to go dormie then halved the 13th to win the match
Carol Wilson was 3 down after 8 and won the 9th to get back to 2 down
at the turn against Kimberley Beveridge. She lost the 11th but won all
other holes on the back 9 to win 3 and 2.
Fiona Hay and Eileen Mauchline had a very tight match with no more than
1 shot between them. Eileen went 1 up at the 15th and Fiona sunk an
excellent putt at the 17th to stay in the match. She then went on to
win the 18th to square the match and won the 19th.
It has been a bit showery this morning. The first match this afternoon
went out at 12noon in the sunshine but we are now in the middle of a
heavy shower which hopefully won't last too long. The forecast for
this afternoon was very good but they don't always get it right.

AFTERNOON REPORT
Laura Murray beat Sammy Vass on the 18th green at the end of a very close final match.
At the 4th they halved with birdies after Sammy sank a
25ft putt. At the turn Laura went one up when she birdied the 9th.
She had birdies at the 10th and 16th to go 2 up, having lost the 14th.
Sammy birdied the 17th to get it back to one down and they halved the 18th for Laura to win the Gifford Trophy
In the handicap final for the Angus Salver, Fiona Hay was four up at the turn against Carol Wilson and was only 1 over par gross at the 9th. Fiona then went on to win the next three holes.
It has all gone very well and the afternoon turned out to be excellent
with the sun shining all the time.


DOROTHY MARSHALL

+Kirkwoodgolf would like to express its appreciation of Dorothy Marshall's service of information from the North of Scotland championship. To run the tournament and still find time to do a golf reporter's/photographer's job on behalf of Kirkwoodgolf was a great effort. If you want something done, ask a busy person ...

Left to right: Sammy Vass (Tain), Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay), Laura Murray (Alford), Carol Wilson (Murcar Links) and Fiona Hay (Deeside).

WOODBRIDGE WIN ENGLISH SCHOOLS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

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What a difference a year makes. Last July, the team from Woodbridge School  waited in hope at misty Came Down, only to be pipped for the English Schools Team Championship, but in the sunshine of Woodhall Spa this year they emerged victorious - by a whisker.
With the best two cards from three to count, the Suffolk duo of Thomas Case and Montgomery Scowsill finished with 82 Stableford points over the Bracken Course only to tie with the Balby Carr Sports and Science College from Yorkshire. But they took the title on countback, Harrison Carter’s non-counting 33 proving crucial.
Balby Carr’s Nick Poppleton and Lewis Gill each signed for 41 points to tie Woodbridge but the 30 from their third man Andrew Wilkinson left them in second spot.
None of the Woodbridge trio was in last year’s team but they were determined to come out on top this time.
“We wanted to avenge what happened last year,” said Scowsill. “We felt we had a good chance because we’ve all been playing well and we were confident after the practice round.”
The build-up to the event also proved key to their success. “We were well prepared by our coaches Richard Thorley and Ian Saunders,” added Carter, who began his round in a heavy downpour. “I expect the team from last year are going to be a bit jealous but this is a great honour for the school and this is better than any event we’ve won before.”
The Balby Carr team were feeling as Woodbridge did a year ago. With a combined handicap of 16 compared to Woodbridge’s 51, Nick Poppleton and Lewis Gill both returned 41 points off five handicap for gross 72s, fine efforts over a tricky course.
Third were King Henry VIII School from Warwickshire with 80 points, while Ashfield from Nottinghamshire were fifth with 78.
Several girls formed part of teams and the other Suffolk school, Kesgrave High, included Melissa Schroeder who returned the highest female tally with 41 points off a handicap of 11.
Melissa, a member of the Rushmere club, said: “My putting saved me. I holed everything today.”

DUFF HOUSE ROYAL WOMEN'S FIVE-DAY OPEN TOURNAMENT

SCOREBOARD
SECOND ROUND  – 07/07/11 – CSS Home: 72. CSS Away: 72
Scratch
S Wilson (Cullen) lost W Ross ( Elgin ) 1 hole.
K Stalker ( Cruden Bay ) bt R Topping (Duff House Royal) 6 and 5.
M Hall (Bathgate) bt Y Richal (Peterculter) at 19th.
M Withycombe (Prestwick St Nicholas) lost to L Watson (Cambuslang) 4 and 3.
L Dyball (Pitreavie) bt E Lee (Westerham) 5 and 3.
H Bell (Dunniker Park) bt Marion Stewart (Kilmacolm) 2 and 1.
L McLardy (Duff House Royal) bt Avril Plowright (Haywards Heath) 2 and 1.
A Lovie (Duff House Royal) bt J Milne (Elgin) 3 and 1.
Low Handicap
J Cosgrove (Bathgate) bt J Barker (Duff House Royal) 1 hole.
J Johnston (Newbattle) bt H Watt (Duff House Royal) 5 and 4.
H Ferry (Bathgate) lost M McFarlane (Bathgate) at 19th.
K Leitch (Fort William) bt J Green (Huntly) 6 and 5.
J Laing (Alyth) lost to R Malcolm (Bathgate) 6 and 5.
S Holman (Haywards Heath) lost to A Hemmings (Ballumbie Castle) 7 and 5.
R McGregor (Duff House Royal) bt M Hughes (Cathkin Braes) 5 and 4.
F Findlay (Lochend) bt J Alexander (Duff House Royal) 6 and 4.
R Rickard (Falkirk) lost to C Gordon (Kemnay) 3 and 2.
S MacKenzie (Elgin) lost to V Souter (Duff House Royal) 1 hole.
C Steedman bt P Meikle (Lochend) 3 and 2.
I Anderson (Hilton Park) bt K Gillies (Melville) 1 hole.
D Green (West Kilbride) lost to M Boyd (Royal Montrose) at 19th.
I McAllister (Duff House Royal) bt C Main (Hayston) 2 and 1.
A Peden (Dunniker Park) bt L Menard (Duff House Royal) 4 and 3.
C Macadie (East Kilbride) lost to K Elliot (Newbattle)
High Handicap
A. Wilson (Cambuslang) lost to I Wilkie (Duff House Royal) 5 and 3.
A. Inglis lost to J McGlynn (West Kilbride) 5 and 4.
W Halas (Tulliallan) lost to M Flynn (Hamilton) 4 and 3.
N Rowand (Duff House Royal) lost A McFarlane (Cathkin Braes) 3 and 1.
A MacLeod (Kirkhill) lost to P Scott (Inverurie) 2 and 1.
H Martin (Dullatur) lost to I McKellar (Falkirk).
A Leitch (Harburn) lost J Strain (Cathkin Braes) 2 and 1.
A McKay (Cullen) lost to E O’Donnelll (Bathgate) 2 holes.
E Reid (Lochend) lost to E Inglis (Newbattle) 4 and 3.
P Super (Hamilton) bt A Berstan (Kemnay) 1 hole.
G Little (Ladies Panmure Barry) bt N Pearson (Blairgowrie) 2 and 1.
E Graham (Cambuslang) lost to M Turner (Cambuslang) 5 and 4.
C McKinnon (Cambuslang) lost to M Smith (Turriff) 7 and 6.
B Lockhart (Bathgate) bt L Lorimer (Duff House Royal) at 20th.
P Duncan (Dunniker Park) bt F Taylor (Deanwood).
P Lockie (North Berwick) bt C Stevenson (Inverurie) 2 and 1.

July 18 deadline for entries to County Open Meeting and Mixed Foursomes

Message from Claire Hargan
Championship Manager, SLGAI would appreciate if you could draw the attention of your readership that the closing dates for the County Golf Open Meeting and the Scottish Golf Open Amateur Mixed Foursomes are coming up on Monday, July 18.
Details are as per the first item on the SLGA web-site.
http://www.slga.co.uk/index.php


Claire Hargan
Championship Manager
www.slga.co.uk

Lizi Sweetnam top of girls' class at Faldo Series Qualifier at Pyle and Kenfig

Lizi Sweetnam won the Faldo Series Qualifier's girls' category  earlier this week at Pyle and Kenfig with rounds of 80 and 77 for a total of 157. She had four birdies over the closing nine holes, coming home in 35. 

Lizi is currently studying at Arkansas Tech University where she contributed to Tech winning the Gulf South Conference for the first time before returning home for the summer.

THIS WEEK'S WOMEN'S WORLD AMATEUR RANKINGS

1 Lydia Ko (New Zealand).
2 Cecilia Cho (New Zealand)
3 Mitsuki Katahara (Japan)
4 Erica Popson (United States)
5 Bertine Strauss (S Africa)
6 Iliska Verwey (S Africa)
7 Sophia Popov (Germany)
8 Megan McChrystal (United States)
9 Madelene Sagstrom (Sweden).
10 Stephanie Meadow (N Ireland)
11 Leona Maguire (Ireland)
12 Austin Ernst (United States)

 Pictured: 14-year-old World No 1 LYDIA KO 

13 Marta Silva (Spain)                         

14 Tiffany Lua (United States)
15 Kayla Morteliaro (United States)
16 Kim Williams (S Africa)
17 Hyo-Joo Kim (S Korea)
18 Emily Tubert (United States)
19 Charley Hull (England)
20 Ashlee Dewhurst (Australia)

SELECTED RANKINGS
27 Pamela Pretswell (Scotland)
29 Lisa Maguire (Ireland)
32 Lauren Taylor (England)
42 Holly Clyburn (England)
43 Amy Boulden (Wales)
94 Kelsey MacDonald (Scotland)
112 Louise Kenney (Scotland)
123 Charlotte Ellis (England)
142 Bronte Law (England)
177 Jane Turner (Scotland)
181 Abbey Gittings (England)
195 Kelly Tidy (England)
215 Hayley Davis (England).