MEGAN BRIGGS TOP RENFREWSHIRE SEED WITH FOUR SHOTS TO SPARE

Kilmacolm's Megan Briggs, four times winner of the Renfrewshire women's county golf championship, is well on her way to title No 5 at Erksine Golf Club this week. Megan, pictured, earned the top seed berth in today's qualifying round with a two-under-par round of 71, made up of three birdies, one bogey and the rest pars. That effort was four shots better than the second best qualifier, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) with a 75. Megan Briggs' younger sister Eilidh, county champion for the past two years, is not in the field this week. She is competing in a British universities' event at West Lancs GC. The best net score of the day was achieved by local player Gina McDougall with a net 69 playing of a handicap of 11. She won the Peggy Clark Trophy. MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS  Par 73. CSS 76 71 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 80 Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire), Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry), Nicky Henderson (Haggs Castle) 82 Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle), Maureen Woodhead (Gourock),  Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle) 85 Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle), Carol Whyte (Windyhill) , Iona Stephen (Ranfurly Castle) , Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle) 86 Lorraine Morrow (Erskine) 87 Lindsay Mathie (Windyhill), Beth Paterson (Eastwood) 88 Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) MATCH-PLAY DRAW First round (7min intervals) 9.15 Briggs v Cowan, Mack v McGinlay, Henderson v Fell, Morrow v Stevenson, 9.43 Kyle v Mathie. Stephen v Jackson, Woodhead v Whyte, Paterson v McKechnie. ends