JORDANA GRAHAM WINS TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ONE DAY

The Final of the Dumfriesshire Championship was played at Dumfries and County Golf Club in pretty wet conditions.
Jordana Graham became the new champion, beating Helen Kerr 7 and 6 over 18 holes.
The handicap winner was Linda Jack who beat Fiona Irvine 2 and 1. Jordana then went on to play in the Dumfries and Galloway club championship in the afternoon and beat Trish Lilly 6 and 5 - a good day for Jordana, winning two championships in one day.


EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks to Aileen Hunter for correcting the original story that said Joranda had won two COUNTY championships - an impossibility because a player can only be a member of one.

LPGA FUTURES TOUR SCOREBOARD

$110,000 Pennsylvania Classic
Felicita Mountain Resort and Spa, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
FINAL TOTALS
Reduced to two rounds because of bad weather
Par 144 (2x72) Yardage 6319


1 Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand) 66-69 - 135 $15,400


T2 Sydnee Michaels (Temecula, Calif.) 69-69 - 138 $8,119
Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 68-70 - 138 $8,119
Jennifer Johnson (Carlsbad, Calif.) 67-71 - 138 $8,119


T5 Izzy Beisiegel (St. Hilaire, Quebec) 73-66 - 139 $3,264
Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 72-67 - 139 $3,264
Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) 71-68 - 139 $3,264
Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 72-67 - 139 $3,264


T9 Dori Carter (Valdosta, Ga.) 69-71 - 140 $1,972
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 70-70 - 140 $1,972


T11 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 72-69 - 141 $1,428
Yu-Ling Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) 72-69 - 141 $1,428
Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 69-72 - 141 $1,428
Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 70-71 - 141 $1,428
Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 72-69 - 141 $1,428


T16 Natalie Sheary (West Hartford, Conn.) 75-67 - 142 $974
Seul Ki Park (Northbrook, Ill.) 70-72 - 142 $974
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 69-73 - 142 $974
Paz Echeverria (Santiago, Chile) 70-72 - 142 $974
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 72-70 - 142 $974
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 71-71 - 142 $974


T22 Lizette Salas (Azusa, Calif.) 72-71 - 143 $830
Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 70-73 - 143 $830
Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 69-74 - 143 $830
Cara Freeman (San Tan Valley, Ariz.) 70-73 - 143 $830


T26 Victoria Park (Irvine, Calif.) 72-72 - 144 $771
Sara Maude Juneau (Fossambault, Quebec) 69-75 - 144 $771
Lyndsay McBride (Elkhart, Ind.) 67-77 - 144 $771
Victoria Elizabeth (Dayton, Ohio) 71-73 - 144 $771
Alexandria Buelow (a) (Palm City, Fla.) 72-72 - 144
Ashli Bunch (Morristown, Tenn.) 73-71 - 144 $771
Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 74-70 - 144 $771
Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 75-69 - 144 $771


T34 Tzu-Chi Lin (Chinese Taipei) 76-69 - 145 $705
Meredith Duncan (Shreveport, La.) 74-71 - 145 $705
Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 73-72 - 145 $705
Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, B.C.) 72-73 - 145 $705
Brittany Johnston (Akron, Ohio) 72-73 - 145 $705
Rachel Connor (Manchester, England) 69-76 - 145 $705
Jodi Ewart (North Yorkshire, England) 72-73 - 145 $705
Sandra Changkija (Orlando, Fla.) 73-72 - 145 $705
Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 77-68 - 145 $705


T43 Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 75-71 - 146 $653
Kris Tamulis (Naples, Fla.) 73-73 - 146 $653
Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 71-75 - 146 $653
Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.) 69-77 - 146 $653
Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 72-74 - 146 $653
Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 73-73 - 146 $653
Gloriana Soto (San Jose, Costa Rica) 74-72 - 146 $653
Jamie Hullett (Mesquite, Texas) 75-71 - 146 $653
Jean Chua (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 76-70 - 146 $653


T52 Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 75-72 - 147 $614
Adrienne White (Red Deer, Alberta) 74-73 - 147 $614
Melissa Eaton-Jackson (Port Shepstone, South 73-74 - 147 $614
Kristin Ingram (Pasadena, Calif.) 74-73 - 147 $614
Inhong Lim (Seoul, South Korea) 72-75 - 147 $614
Sue Kim (Langley, B.C.) 74-73 - 147 $614
Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 76-71 - 147 $614


T59 Madeleine Holmblad (Stockholm, Sweden) 78-70 - 148 $580
Brittany Kelly (Fishers, Ind.) 79-69 - 148 $580
Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.) 77-71 - 148 $580
Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.) 76-72 - 148 $580
Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Channel Islands, UK) 74-74 - 148 $580
Kendall Dye (Edmond, Okla.) 72-76 - 148 $580
Saehee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 71-77 - 148 $580
Tanya Dergal (Durango, Mexico) 70-78 - 148 $580
Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 75-73 - 148 $580


T68 Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 78-71 - 149 $544
Ashley Medders (Alma, Ga.) 76-73 - 149 $544
Katie Kempter (Albuquerque, N.M.) 75-74 - 149 $544
Janine Fellows (Houston, Texas) 75-74 - 149 $544
Noon Huachai (Bangkok, Thailand) 75-74 - 149 $544
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 75-74 - 149 $544
Laura Kueny (Whitehall, Mich.) 74-75 - 149 $544
Molly Aronsson (Shelburne, Vt.) 73-76 - 149 $544
Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 71-78 - 149 $544
Candace Schepperle (Birmingham, Ala.) 74-75 - 149 $544
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 74-75 - 149 $544
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 74-75 - 149 $544
Leah Wigger (Louisville, Ky.) 75-74 - 149 $544
Valentine Derrey (Paris, France) 75-74 - 149 $544
Aimee Neff (Carmel, Ind.) 75-74 - 149 $544
Amy Eneroth (Spokane, Wash.) 75-74 - 149 $544
Courtney Mahon (Lee's Summit, Mo.) 77-72 - 149 $544
Juliana Murcia Ortiz (Bogota, Colombia) 78-71 - 149 $544

STRATHTYRUM WOMEN'S OPEN TOURNAMENT AT ST ANDREWS

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND LEADING SCORES
Par 73
74 Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir).
76 Nicky Wilson (St Regulus).
79 Jennifer Fallos (Manchester).
80 Gundula Krause (Germany).
81 Christine Appleby (Preston).
 83 Karen Marshall (Baberton), Marilyn Henderson (Royal Belfast), Diana Payne).
84 Margaret McAuliffe (Ireland), Vivienne Holgate (Blundells Hill).
85 Elaine Clark (Manchester), Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links).
86 Kema Genda (Skelmorlie), Nicole Shaw (West Essex), Denise Booth (Romily).
87 Karen Clayton (Manchester), Rhiannon Evans (Langland Bay).
88 Claire Richardson (Burnham Beeches), Helena Sterner  (Sweden), Sarah Ledingham (Murrayfield), Dawn Pearson (Manchester).
89  Elizabeth Goodwin (Glenbervie), Sally Hebden (Tytherington), Sarah Penney (Crompton and Royton).
90 Helen Biggs (Burton on Trent), Carol Houghton (Oakmere Park), Jane Graham (Moor Park), Jane Kilgannon). 
91 Maike Tatzig  (Germany), Anne Cousin (Appleby), Gillian Roscoe (Penwortham), Donna Steele (Millbrook), Ruth Coleby (Penrith), Jennidwe Spedding (Ashford).
92 Susan Kipling (Richmond), Elizabeth Ward (Woburn).

SCOTS HAVE REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL IN BRITISH GIRLS CH/SHIP

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com 

Four Scots in the leading 20 of an international field of 144 was a respectable tally for the host country at the end of a long day of mixed weather for the first qualifying round of the British girls’ open amateur golf championship over the Gullane No 1 links today.

The early starters – from 6.30am - faced overcast conditions and a swirling wind which reduced in strength as the day wore on and the sun shone on the later finishers.

But whether early or late, the rough, soaked by a weekend of rain, was just as punishing. Those who found the most fairways off the tee are at the top of the leaderboard.

Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency today, is lying joint 10th with a one-under-par 72, three shots behind joint leaders Bronte Law (Bramhall), continuing the form that made her the most successful performer with five wins out of six at last week’s girls home internationals, and Ileen Nieuwenuist, a Dutch girl who wasn’t good enough to figure among the 64 qualifiers for the match-play stages of this championship 12 months ago at Royal Belfast GC.

McKechin, 18, could have been up there alongside the leaders but for dropping three shots over the last two holes.

“I had five birdies and only one bogey until I came to the 17^th,” said Alyson who, despite her bogey-double bogey finish was quite happy to post a sub-par 72.

Next best Scot was Jessica Meek from Carnoustie with a par 73 for joint 14^th overnight.

It was a gritty performance by Jessica who survived a potentially demoralising start – double bogey 6 at the second, bogey 5 at the third – to birdie the long fifth before an eagle 3 at the 11^th was followed by a birdie 3 at the 12^th. Great stuff! A bogey at the last was a pity but not the end of the world for the Angus prospect.

Aberdeen-born Gemma Dryburgh and East Lothian women’s county champion Clara Young (North Berwick), only 14 years of age , are both on the one-over 74 mark, sharing  20^th position.

Gemma birdied two par-5 holes, the fifth and the 15th

The diminutive Clara, making her debut in the event after playing for Scotland in the girls internationals over Gullane 2 last week, birdied the fourth, seventh and 16^th where she holed a 25ft putt from off the green.

Clara is also a junior member at Gullane Golf Club. North Berwick is her home club. She will be 15 next month and is hoping to play a round with North Berwick’s star golfer, Catriona Matthew, within a week or two. That should be a treat for both.

Scottish girls champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) had a bad start, bogeying the first, third and fourth but she perked up with birdies at the fifth and seventh before having an unplayable lie in a bunker at the eighth, which cost her a double bogey. All things considered, a three-over-par 76 was not a bad effort.

Lauren Whyte  (St Regulus) had a 78 while Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) and Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) both had 79s.

With 67 players on 77 or better overnight, predictions are that the cut will be at 154 or 155. Those tieing on the limit mark for the leading 64 players  will be eliminated by a card countback, not a play-off as in bygone days.

Scots who failed to break 80 were Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) with an 80, Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 82 and Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 84.

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND LEADING SCORES

Par 73.Yardage 6267

69 Ileen Nieuwenhuis (Net), Bronte Law (Bramhall).

70 Caroline Nistrup (Den), Linnea Strom (Swe), Olivia Hullert (Nor).

71 Noemi Jimenez (Spa), Emelie Alonso (Fra), Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies), Natalia Escuriola (Spa)

72 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Frida Gustafsson  (Swe), Amy Boulden (Maesdu), Celine Boutier (Fra).

73 Emma Nilsson (Swe), Shannon Aubert (Fra), Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies), Anna-Lena Kraemer (Ger), Jade Down (Boothberry), Isabel Gadea (Ger).

74 Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield), Roberta Roeller (Ger), Josephine Farrando (Fra), Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield), Laura Christiaens (Bel), Annette Lyche (Nor), Clara Young (North Berwick), Nicole Larsen (Den).

75 Hayley Davis (Ferndown), Daisy Nielsen (Den), Chloe Williams (Wrexham), Camille Richelle (Bel), Brogan Townend (Pleasington), Virginia Carta (Ita), Stefania Avanzo (Ita), Shelby Smart (Knowle), Merle Kasperek (Ger), Ho Rang Lee (Spa), Luna Sobron (Spa), Perrine Delacour (Fra), Julia Neumann (Ger), Laure Castelain (Fra), Marlies Krenn (Aut)..

76 Julie Christine Lied (Nor), Sophie Keech (Lyme Regis), Margaux Vanmol (Bel), Marta Martin (Spa), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Laura Lornardi (Ita), Ellie Goodall (Selby),Miranda Brain (Gog Magog).

77 Emily Pedersen (Den), Jana Niedballa (Ger), Camille Chevalier (Fra), Katerina Jaeger (Nor), Sarah Bradshaw (Stoneham), Louise  Chovelon (Fra), Emma Harris (Peel), Grace Anderson (Morpeth), Nuria Iturrios (Spa), Andrea Jonama (Spa), Lara Weinstein (SAf). Clara Baena (Spa), Roberta Liti (Ita), Emma Broze (Fra), Yasemin Sari (Ger), Claudia Galindo (Spa), Matilda Castren (Fin).

78 Laurea Lorenzen (Ger), Anne Hakula (Fin), Charlotte Thomas (Sing), Elsa Westin (Swe), Charlotte de Corte (Bel), Kyra Horlock (Broadstone), Maria Cantarina (Ita), Isabelle Deilert (Swe), Chloe Ryan (Castletroy), Isabel Jimenez (Spa), Lauren Whyte (St Regulus), Karolin Lampert (Ger), Finja Schmale (Ger), Natalie Karcher (Swi), Covadonga Sanjuan (Spa), Lesley Cloots (Bel), Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies), Elise Boehmer (Net), Emily Penttila (Fin), Michaela Chivers (Farrington).

79 Ainhoa Olarfra (Spa), Quirine Eijkenb oom (Ger), Katie Bradbury (Cottrell Park), Georgia Hall (Ferndown), Antonia Scherer (Ger), Michaela Fletcher (SAf), Sonia Sanchez (Spa), Maria Tonnessen (Nor), Oliving Winning (Rotherham), Bethan Popel (Long Ashton), Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladie), Francesca Avanzin (Ita), Charlotte Puts (Net), Sonia Sanchez (Spa), Marie Couffignal (Fra), Sophie Godfrey (Lindrick), Anna Fuld (Austria), Laura Fuenfstueck (Ger), Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw).

OTHER SCOTS’ SCORES

80 Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe).

82 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies).

84 Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey).

SUZANN WINS LADIES IRISH OPEN BY SIX SHOTS AFTER A 64

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By BETHAN CUTLER
Norway’s Suzann Pettersen earned a six stroke victory with a stunning final round of 64 at the Ladies Irish Open supported by Fáilte Ireland on Sunday.
The world No.3 scored rounds of 71, 63 and 64 to finish at 18 under par for the tournament ahead of Spain’s Azahara Munoz.
With her course record 63 on Saturday and eight under par round on Sunday, Pettersen blitzed the rest of the field with a score of 17 under par for the weekend.
It was her second Irish Open victory after a five-stroke win at Portmarnock Links in 2008. Having tied for 23rd at Killeen Castle in 2010, she was delighted to have shown her class on The 2011 Solheim Cup course.
“It’s been a great week; it’s been a short week,” said Pettersen, who flew in from Norway to compete in the event on Thursday, the day before it started.
“I just really like the way this course is playing, a little bit firmer. I played great with my putter and it was really nice and hot.”
The 30-year-old from Oslo had started the final day tied for the lead with Dewi Claire Schreefel from the Netherlands, who slipped back into a share of 16th with a 77.
Pettersen stated her intentions with a birdie at the first, but Schreefel blew her chances with an eight on the par-five second hole.
Playing through a shower or two, Pettersen then birdied the fifth, seventh and ninth holes for an outward total of 32 to reach 14 under.
She holed a tricky fast, downhill putt from 12 feet for birdie on the par-four 11th and then rolled in a 20-footer on the par-four 13th to get to 16 under, three clear of England’s Melissa Reid.
Reid’s challenge ended with a double bogey on the par-five 15th, which Pettersen then birdied, before holing another 20-footer for birdie on the par-three 16th.
Had Pettersen holed from inside 10 feet on the 18th she could have tied her own course record, but she finished with a par in front of a packed gallery, collecting her 12th worldwide career victory and a €60,000 first prize.
“I didn’t think I had to go 17 under but I tried to take my own, I think it was a course record yesterday and on the last there I tried to at least give myself a chance to tie it,” Pettersen said.
“You’ve just got to set your own goals when you feel like you are stretching to the field. It’s nice if you have everything under control with two or three holes to play.
“This is my second win in the Irish Open. Last year I was very disappointed with the way I performed so it was nice to come back and perform to my standard.
“I definitely like what I see right now. It won’t be long before we come back. It just shows that there’s going to be a lot of birdies made out there in The Solheim. I think it will be a great match overall.”
Pettersen is guaranteed a place in Europe’s Solheim Cup squad next month, either from the Ladies European Tour points’ list or from the Rolex World Rankings, but Munoz made her case for a wild card as the only player with three rounds in the 60s with a 67, 68 and 69 .
“I played really well and I have to congratulate Suzann, because she’s 18 under. I think that’s pretty amazing. I played really well. Fair enough, I left a couple out there and had a double on four but I played really well and I’m not going to complain about my week,” Munoz said.
Irish-born American Alison Walshe, who shared the first round lead, finished tied for third with Reid on 11 under par, but would have claimed second but for a double bogey on 17.
Italian Giulia Sergas finished fifth on nine under, followed by a group of five players in joint sixth place.
They were South African Ashleigh Simon, Scotland’s Catriona Matthew, Australian Karen Lunn, Paraguay’s Julieta Granada and Swede Maria Hjorth.
Stacey Lewis finished best of the American Solheim contingents on four under while crowd favourite Christina Kim had a disappointing end to her tournament with a final round 77 to finish on two over.
Amateur stars, the Maguire twins, finished best of the Irish, with Leona on one over and Lisa one shot further back on two over, giving the sisters a top 50 finish. Leona’s round of 72 included a hole in one on the par three sixth using a six-iron. Ireland’s only other player to make the cut, Martina Gillen, was unfortunately disqualified for an incorrect drop on the par-three 16th.
The players will be back at Killeen Castle in late September as the top 12 Europeans take on their American counterparts in the 12th edition of The Solheim Cup.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
198 - Suzann Pettersen (NOR) 71 63 64
204 - Azahara Munoz Guijarro (ESP) 67 68 69
205 - Melissa Reid (ENG) 70 66 69 , Alison Walshe (USA) 66 70 69
207 - Giulia Sergas (ITA) 70 68 69
208 - Ashleigh Simon (SA) 68 72 68 , Catriona Matthew (SCO) 71 68 69 , Karen Lunn (AUS) 68 69 71 , Julieta Granada (PAR) 70 66 72 , Maria Hjorth (SWE) 67 69 72
209 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 74 67 68 , Laura Davies (ENG) 69 68 72
210 - Sophie Gustafson (SWE) 69 74 67 , Karen Stupples (ENG) 69 72 69 , Lee-Anne Pace (SA) 67 69 74
211 - Becky Brewerton (WAL) 72 67 72 , Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 68 70 73 , Dewi Claire Schreefel (NL) 68 66 77
212 - Stacy Lewis (USA) 72 69 71 , Tania Elosegui (ESP) 72 69 71
213 - Sandra Gal (GER) 73 72 68 , Lynnette Brooky (NZ) 70 71 72 , Lisa Holm Sorensen (DEN) 75 66 72
214 - Christel Boeljon (NL) 69 77 68 , Belen Mozo (ESP) 73 71 70 , Alexis Thompson (USA) 70 71 73 , Mollie Fankhauser (USA) 68 73 73
215 - Beatriz Recari (ESP) 69 74 72
216 - Caroline Masson (GER) 71 75 70 , Sophie Giquel-Bettan (FRA) 71 72 73 , Nikki Garrett (AUS) 74 68 74 , Florentyna Parker (ENG) 70 71 75
217 - Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) 72 73 72 , Leona Maguire (Am) (IRE) 73 72 72 , Beth Allen (USA) 74 71 72 , Minea Blomqvist (FIN) 72 73 72 , Sara Brown (USA) 78 67 72 , Charlie Douglass (ENG) 71 73 73 , Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 66 75 76
218 - Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 74 71 73 , Anja Monke (GER) 72 72 74 , Margherita Rigon (ITA) 68 75 75 , Joanna Klatten (FRA) 73 69 76 , Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (FRA) 69 73 76 , Christina Kim (USA) 73 68 77 , Lisa Maguire (Am) (IRE) 71 68 79
219 - Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 79 67 73 , Elizabeth Bennett (ENG) 73 73 73 , Veronica Zorzi (ITA) 74 71 74
220 - Georgina Simpson (ENG) 74 72 74 , Line Vedel (DEN) 75 71 74 , Danah Bordner (USA) 72 73 75 , Linda Wessberg (SWE) 69 76 75
221 - Lynn Kenny (SCO) 70 76 75 , Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) 70 76 75 , Diana D'Alessio (USA) 73 72 76 , Kylie Walker (SCO) 73 70 78
222 - Becky Morgan (WAL) 76 70 76 , Trish Johnson (ENG) 74 71 77 , Danielle Montgomery (ENG) 71 74 77 , Jaclyn Sweeney (USA) 72 73 77
223 - Kaisa Ruuttila (FIN) 72 72 79
224 - Felicity Johnson (ENG) 72 74 78 , Tandi Cuningham (SA) 75 70 79
226 - Henrietta Zuel (ENG) 72 71 83
DSQ - Martina Gillen (IRE) 76 70 DSQ



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