STIRLING GIRLS ARE UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS OF SCOTLAND

The Stirling girls who won the Scottish universities women's team match-play championship at Lossiemouth today. Back row (left to right): Hannah McCook, Eilidh Briggs Front row: Jordana Graham, Harriet Beasley, Mhairi McKay.

Picture by courtesy of Dr Rob McPherson.

EDINBURGH ONLY SEEDED MEN'S TEAM TO FAIL

Edinburgh were the only seeded team to fail to get past the quarter-finals in the Scottish universities men's match-play team championship at windy Moray Golf Club. Lossiemouth.
Edinburgh were beaten 8 1/2-6 1/2 by the Stirling 2nd Team who now play the Stirling 1st team in the semi-finals on Thursday morning.
Stirling 1st team thrashed Strathclyde 13-2.
The other semi-final will feature Aberdeen, 9-6 winners over Highlands and Islands University, against St Andrews, who beat Glasgow 11-4.
The Scottish universities women's match-play team championship was won by Stirling who beat St Andrews 5 1/2-1 1/2.
Details (Stirling names first):
FOURSOMES (2-0)
Hannah McCook and Harriet Beasley bt Gemma Bradbury and Ashley Smith 3 and 2.
Jordana Graham and Eilidh Briggs bt Franzi Benze and Zhana Tarasko 1 hole. SINGLES (3 1/2-1 1/2)
Mhairi McKay halved with Mikaela Nordblad
Beasley lost to Alisa Theunis 1 hole.
Graham bt Benze 4 and 3.
McCook bt Smith 4 and 3.
Briggs bt Bradbury 4 and 3.

MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
QUARTER-FINALS

ST ANDREWS 11, GLASGOW 4
Foursomes 5-0
Blair Pelling and Conor Gask bt Scott Liddle and Scott Clarke 5 and 4.
Bryn Rocke and Paul Campbell bt George Campbell and Johnny Crawford 2 and 1.
Cole Sedgewick and Elliott Dodds bt Bertie Alison and Dave Curtis 1 hole.
Freddie edmunds and Joe Marchbank bt Ally Leith and Andy wright 4 and 3.
Matt Wheeler and Vicent Blom bt Dave Russell and Ryan Cole 6 and 5.
Singles (6-4)
Peter Green lost to Liddle 3 and 2.
Samir Nanji bt Campbell 3 and 2.
Gask lost to Clarke 3 and 2.
Pelling bt Crawford 2 and 1.
Campbell bt Crawford 2 and 1.
Blom bt Ryan Coll 2 and 1.
Marchbank lost to Leith 1 hole.
Rocke lost to Russell 4 and 3.
Sedgewick bt Wright 1 hole.
Edmunds bt Curtis 6 and 4.

ABERDEEN 9, UHI 6
Foursomes (3 1/2-1 1/2)
Peter Grant and Chris Maycock bt John Mackinnon and Callum Greenhill 1 hole.
Gavin Bissett and Douglas Ibbotson bt Charlie Hickling and Martin McDonagh 3 and 2.
Keith Shanks and John Drummond lost to Keith Sturton and Alexander Snedden 2 and 1.
Ross Crummey and Duncan Arthur bt Gareth Hay and Shaun Johnson 1 hole.
Nick Macandrew and Douglas Maxwell halved with Steven Kinnaird and Callum McNeill.
Singles (5 1/2-4 1/2)
Grant halved with Martin McDonnagh
Maycock lost to Hickling 3 and 2.
Ibbotson lost to Greenhill 5 and 4.
Arthujr lost to Mackinnon 2 holes.
Crummey bt Johnson 4 and 3.
Drummond bt Sturton 3 and 2.
Bissett halved with Hay
Msaxwell bt Snedden 2 and 1.
Shanks bt Kinnaird 4 and 3.
Macandrew halved with McNeill.

EDINBURGH 6 1/2, STIRLING (2) 8 1/2
Foursomes (2 1/2-2 1/2)
Eirik Christiensen and Oliver Fowler bt Mike McNally and Richie Tidman 2 holes.
Fraser Grant and Doug Imrie lost to James Morrison and Craig Boyd 5 and 4.
Johnny Calder and James Mabbutt halved with Phil Neil and Malko Schraner.
James Hendry and Colin Swan lost to Duncan Douglas and Finlay White 3 and 2.
John Innes and Rodney Forgie bt Mike Jones and Chris Long 6 and 5.
Singles (4-6)
Christiensen bt Tidman 4 and 2.
Imrie bt McNally 2 holes,
Fowler lost to Craig Boyd 5 and 4.
Grant lost to Schraner 6 and 5.
Swan lost to Morrison 4 and 3.
Calder lost to Neil 1 hole.
Hendry lost to White 5 and 3.
Innes lost to Dougras 3 and 1.
Mabbutt bt Jones 6 and 5.
Forgie bt Long 2 and 1.

STIRLING (1) 13, STRATHCLYDE 2
Foursomes (3 1/2-1 1/2)
Ollie Roberts and Jack MacDonald halved with David Young and Stuart Montrgomery.
Dewi Merckz and Angus Carrick bt Andrew Cunningham and Andrew Dempster 7 and 6.
Kit Holmes and Mike Howard bt Niall Fagan and Scott Low 7 and 6.
Zander Culverwell and Mathais Eggenberger bt Michael Manson and James Fraser 6 and 4.
David Booth and Patrick Spraggs lost to Philip Schnier and Ben Gibson 2 and 1.
Singles (9 1/2-1/2)
MacDonald halved with Montgomery.
Roberts bt Cunningham 4 and 3.
Merckx bt Dempster 5 and 3.
Howard bt Fagan 8 and 7.
Carrick bt Low 5 and 3.
Holmes bt Young 4 and 2.
Eggenberger bt Fraser 6 and 4.
Spraggs bt Schnier 6 and 5.
Culverwell bt Manson 5 and 4.
Booth bt Gibson 6 and 5.

CACTUS LADIES PRO TOUR SCOREBOARD

2012 EVENT #8 SEVILLE

 SECOND ROUND TOTALS

139 Joy Trotter 70 69.
141 Taylore Karle 75 66.
146 Allison Micheletti 75 71.
147 Shannon Fish 76 71, Cassie Castleman 74 73, Jenni Jenq (am) 74 73, Nicole Zhang (am) 74 73, Kyla Inaba (am) 72 75.
149 Samantha Postillion (am) 76 73, Sara Hurwitch 73 76.
151 Karinn Dickinson (am) 76 75, Kate Machado 75 76, Hillary Packard (am) 73 78.
152 Brianna Nap (am) 78 74.
153 McKenzie Jackson 74 79.
155 Jordan Allyne 79 76.
156 Natalie Guidry 74 81.
160 Eileen Kelly (am) 82 78.
161 Kylee Duede (am) 80 81.
163 Lauren Sullivan (am) 81 82.
173 Erica Dechowitz (am) 86 87

LOTTE NEUMANN NAMED AS EUROPE'S SOLHEIM CUP CAPTAIN 2013

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
By BETHAN CUTLER, LET Media Manager
Sweden’s Liselotte Neumann has been named the captain of the European team for next year’s Solheim Cup match at Colorado Golf Club in Parker, USA. The 2013 Solheim Cup takes place from August 13-18, just a few days after the US PGA Championship.
Neumann, who represented Europe on six consecutive occasions as a player, from 1990 to 2000, takes over from England’s Alison Nicholas, whom she assisted at the 2009 match at Rich Harvest Farms in Illinois.
US-based Neumann will seek to build on Europe’s stunning success in 2011 at Killeen Castle in Ireland by leading the team to its first victory in the United States.
Speaking at a news conference ahead of the Kraft Nabisco Championship in California, Neumann said: “I am extremely happy and honoured to have been selected as the European Solheim Cup Captain in 2013. This event has always been very special for women’s golf and it brings back wonderful memories of my years on the team.
"I want to thank the selection committee and the players for placing their trust in me and I look forward to the challenge of defending the title on US soil next year.”
The 45-year-old hopes to benefit from her considerable experiences, which include serving as captain of the 2011 European PING Junior Solheim Cup team in Ireland.
Neumann’s 27 worldwide victories over a 24-year career include the 1988 US Women’s Open and the 1994 Women’s British Open. In 1985, she won her first two titles on the Ladies European Tour, previously named the WPGET. In 1988, the year she captured her first LPGA victory at the US Women’s Open, she was named LPGA Rookie of the Year and she went on to win multiple titles in 1994, ’96, ’97 and ’98, most recently winning an individual stroke play tournament in 2004.
In 2006, whilst partnering Annika Sorenstam, she also won the Women’s World Cup of Golf.

Whitworth to captain US Junior Solheim Cup Team


BRASELTON, Georgia – Kathy Whitworth, captain of the first two U.S. Solheim Cup Teams and an LPGA Hall of Famer, has been selected by PING and the American Junior Golf Association as the Captain of the 2013 U.S. PING Junior Solheim Cup Team.
“I’m committed to making this an incredible experience for these players and I’m thrilled to have been chosen,” Whitworth said. “I’m really looking forward to this opportunity of working with the great young players.”
The PING Junior Solheim Cup biennially features the 12 best female junior golfers (ages 12-18) from the United States against the top 12 junior girls from Europe, and will be held in September 2013 at a venue to be determined in Colorado.
Whitworth won at least one LPGA tournament every year from 1962 to 1978, which is the longest streak in LPGA history, and was named the AP Athlete of the Year in 1965 and 1967.
The 2013 event will mark the seventh PING Junior Solheim Cup, with the U.S. Team leading the all-time series, 3-2-1. In 2011, Team USA forced a 12-12 tie and retained the cup at Knightsbrook Resort Spa and Golf Club in Meath, Ireland, becoming the first team to capture the Cup on foreign soil.

DAVID BOOTH, EILIDH BRIGGS WIN SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES' TITLES

 

David Booth from Rotherham, a final year student at Stirling, came with a last-round surge past leader David Timms, also of Stirling and also playing in his last competition, to win the Scottish universities men’s individual golf championship for the Jack Allan Trophy at Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth.

Booth, who won the Scottish youths championship in 2008, shot a closing two-under-par 69, eight shots better than Timms, over the Moray Old Course to post a total of four-under-par 278 in warm but breezy conditions.

Timms had a 77 to finish seven shots behind in second place on 284.

Aberdeen’s Keith Shanks claimed third place on 287 with a last-round 73.

Stirling’s first and second teams also took the top two places in the Moray Trophies team stroke-play tournament, edging out St Andrews University . 

Despite a last minute scare, Eilidh Briggs ( Stirling ) kept her nerve to lift the Scottish students’ championship and complete an unprecedented clean sweep of the four Scottish universities’ women’s order of merit competition tournaments during 2011-2012.

Fellow Stirling student Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) took four shots out of Eilidh's seven shot overnight lead in the morning round and holed a 12ft putt on the last green in her final round but still came up one short of catching the Kilmacolm leader.

Eilidh  closed with a 78 for three-under-par total of 293; Hannah a 76 for 294.

Gabrielle MacDonald ( St Andrews and Craigielaw) finished third on 300 with a last-round 77.

Briggs and McCook combined with Harriet Beasley and Jordana Graham to lift the Moray Trophies women’s stroke-play team championship for Stirling ahead of St Andrews .

 

MEN’S FINAL TOTALS

Par 282 (Moray New: 2x70; Moray Old: 2x71)

278 David Booth ( Stirling ) 69 69 71 69.

284 Darren Timms ( Stirling ) 69 66 72 77.

287 Keith Shanks ( Aberdeen ) 73 68 73 73.

288 Zander Culverwell (Stirling)79 69 71 69, Nick Macandrew ( Aberdeen ) 71 67 75 75

289 Mathias Eggenberger (Strling) 79 69 67 74, Kit Holmes (Stirling) 70 70 75 74, Matt Wheeler ( St Andrews ) 69 69 78 73.

290 Dewi Merckx ( Stirling ) 73 70 71 76, Roddy Forgie (Edinburgh) 71 71 73 75.

291 Patrick Spraggs ( Stirling ) 72 78 71 70.

292 Donald Macandrew (RGU) 70 75 75 72.

293 Bryn Rocke (St Andrews) 72 70 76 75, James Mabbutt ( Edinburgh ) 72 69 81 71

294 Mike Howard (Stirling) 72 72 75 75, Elliot Dodds ( St Andrews ) 75 68 73 78.

295 Angus Carrick ( Stirling ) 71 72 78 74

296 Duncan Douglas ( Stirling ) 74 65 78 79

298 Gordon Munro (RGU) 70 75 74 79

300 Danny Sommerville ( Dundee ) 72 77 76 75

301 John Innes ( Edinburgh ) 77 75 73 76, Callum McNeill (UHI) 77 73 77 74, David Curtis ( Glasgow ) 74 75 77 75

302 Phil Neil (Stirling) 74 76 74 78, Joe Marchbank ( St Andrews ) 73 71 79 79.

303 Dan Daly (Abertay) 78 75 74 76, Cole Sedgwick ( St Andrews ) 83 70 76 74, Varun Varadharajan (Heriot Watt) 74 74 74 81

304 Sean Thompson (Napier) 75 79 76 74

306 Finlay White (Stirling) 76 77 75 78, Conor Gask ( St Andrews ) 76 75 72 83

307 Steven Kinnaird (UHI) 76 79 76 76

309 Douglas Maxwell ( Aberdeen ) 76 76 80 77, Gavin Bissett ( Aberdeen ) 71 74 85 79

310 Paul Campbell (St Andrews) 74 81 78 77, Bertie Alison ( Glasgow ) 74 77 78 81

311 Vincent Blom (St Andrews) 75 79 82 75, James Hendry ( Edinburgh ) 71 81 77 82

313 David Russell ( Glasgow ) 78 76 82 77, Callum Graham (Heriot Watt) 73 81 83 76, Gareth Hay (UHI) 72 77 80 84

314 Freddie Edmunds ( St Andrews ) 78 72 73 91

315 Alexander Shedden (UHI) 77 76 80 82

317 Jonny Crawford ( Glasgow ) 79 77 79 82, Andrew Wright ( Glasgow ) 75 81 82 79

318 Samir Nanji ( St Andrews ) 78 77 82 81.

 

WOMEN’S FINAL TOTALS

Par 296 (Moray New: 2x72; Moray Old: 2x76)

293 Eilidh Briggs ( Stirling ) 73 68 74 78.

294 Hannah McCook ( Stirling ) 75 73 70 76.

300 Gabrielle MacDonald ( St Andrews ) 75 75 73 77.

301 Gemma Bradbury ( St Andrews ) 76 74 73 78

306 Franzisca Benze ( St Andrews ) 76 74 75 81

316 Jordana Graham (Striling) 76 80 80 80

319 Ashley Smith ( St Andrews ) 75 81 75 88

322 Alisa Theunis ( St Andrews ) 78 82 80 82

324 Zhana Tarasko ( St Andrews ) 8478 76 86

326 Harriet Beasley ( Stirling ) 82 79 80 85.

329 Sam Munro (UHI) 78 84 81 86

331 Mikaela Nordblad ( St Andrews ) 81 82 82 86.

335 Mhairi McKay ( Stirling ) 82 85 77 91.

 

KELSEY WILL CERTAINLY BE AT CURTIS CUP - TO CHEER ON GB and I

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Kelsey MacDonald is reacting in the best possible fashion to the end of her dream of playing in a Curtis Cup match in her home town of Nairn.

"Obviously I am hurting at the moment ... very  disappointed not to be selected for the team, as others will be," said the 21-year-old Nairn Dunbar GC member and Stirling University student who was named fourth reserve for the June 8-10 match against the United States.
"As everyone knows my aim for the last few years  has been to
represent GB and I in what I regard as the pinnacle of women's amateur golf.
"I realise that golf is full of ups and downs and I have been
fortunate to have had more ups than downs, although it does not feel like that at the moment.
"I would really like to thank everyone who has given me so much support and encouragement and really do wish Tegwen and the GB and I squad success in June.

"And I will certainly be there every day to cheer them on." 

Wouldn't it be a nice gesture if the LGU could involve Kelsey in some way over Curtis Cup week?

Team captain Tegwen Matthews, who played in four Curtis Cup matches in succession in the 1970s, said it had been difficult to whittle down the initial squad of 12 to just eight.
"It's heartbreaking for me, and I said it to all the girls at the weekend, to leave out any of them," she added.
Particularly difficult, she revealed, was omitting Kelsey MacDonald from the eight who will play.
Matthews said the decision of the selectors came down to recent form.
"It was a very hard decision to leave out Kelsey. I think she would be the first to admit that she hadn't quite been able to carry on her form last year from the year before. She also changed her clubs earlier this year and hasn't quite been able to find her form this season either.
"The pressure was massive on the girl, bless her, being the local player. Nairn wanted her to be there, she wanted to be there and I'm sure Scotland wanted her to be there. There are a lot of boxes Kelsey ticks but unfortunately her form just wasn't there."
It is understood that MacDonald lost two of her three matches in the Selection Trial at Nairn, including a defeat by Leona Maguire in the singles.

Kelsey ends her five years at Stirling University in May and plans to go to the Ladies European Tour Q School next January.

But, despite her Curtis Cup omission, she has plenty to play for in her last season as an amateur.

She flies out to Turkey this week for several days' practice at Gloria Golf Club, Antalya - the venue for the women's amateur team championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy from September 27 to 30.

Before that Kelsey has an excellent chance of regaining the Scottish women's amateur championship at Tain - a course she knows very well - from May 15 to 19,

Then there's the British women's open amateur championship over the Carnoustie championship course at the end of June, the British stroke-play at Shandon Park Belfast at the end of August .... and, of course, one last chance to help Scotland regain the Women's Home Internationals title at Cork in September.

US COLLEGE VICTORY No 2 FOR ANGLO-SCOT ALASDAIR DALGLEISH

The Oklahoma Christian Eagles pose after winning the Battle at Primm on Tuesday. OC’s Alasdair Dalgliesh (3rd from left) earned medallist honours

FROM THE OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY GOLF WEBSITE
PRIMM, Nevada – Anglo-Scot Alasdair Dalgliesh earned medallist honours for the second time in his US collegiate career earlier this week, leading No. 1-ranked Oklahoma Christian to a nine-shot win over No. 2 Oklahoma City University in the Battle at Primm, which ended Tuesday.
Dalgliesh, a sophomore from West Sussex, England, shot a 2-under-par 70 at Primm Valley Golf Club on Tuesday, giving him a three-round total of 8-under 208 (69=69-70), two shots better than runner-up Darryn Ellis of Wayland Baptist (Texas) (70-71-69).
Dalgliesh overcame five bogeys with seven birdies.
“Three-under-par today was a great score,” OC coach David Lynn said.
Dalgliesh’s previous individual win came last fall in OC’s River Oaks Intercollegiate in Oklahoma City. He’s the second OC golfer to be a medallist this spring, as Jared Consoli took top honors at the Wyndham Invitational at TPC Four Seasons in Las Colinas, Texas.
The Eagles started the final round five shots ahead of OCU and posted a 285, while the Stars closed with a 289 and failed to make up ground. OC and OCU have faced each other four times this spring, with OC winning three tournaments and OCU beating the Eagles in a one-hole playoff in the other event.
No. 3-ranked Grand View (Iowa) finished third at 874, three shots behind OCU. Wayland Baptist (876) and California State-San Marcos (878) rounded out the top five. Eight of the NAIA’s top 25 teams played in the event.
All five of OC’s golfers had steady rounds on Tuesday on the 7,131-yard layout. Bogstrand matched Dalgliesh with a 70 to finish tied for 12 at 217. Preston Wilkins shot a 71 and was 14th at 218. Logan Herbst and Consoli each shot a 74 and tied for 15th and 43rd, respectively.
“We made some mistakes today but the guys just didn’t let it bother them,” Lynn said. “They are recovering well and staying in the present. I am very pleased with our progress thus far in the season. It has been a very tough schedule to start the season.”
After four out-of-state tournaments, OC will play close to home next week in the Central Oklahoma Invitational at Gaillardia Golf Club in northwest Oklahoma City.
“It will be a great change of pace to sleep in our own beds,” Lynn said.

Jenna Birch makes top 15 at Olde Sycamore, Charlotte

Jenna Birch (Armstrong Atlantic) from Fleetwood finished T14 in a field of 89 players at this week's Ralph Hargett Memorial college tournament at Olde Sycamore Golf Club, Charlotte in North Carolina.
Jenna, pictured, a second-year student, had rounds of 81-78 for 159 - seven shots behind the winner by one, Meghan Moore (UNC-Pembroke (76-76 for 152).
Banchory's Louise McGillivray (Carson-Newman College) and Rachel Polson (Florida Tech) from Peterculter finished joint 29th and joint 35th.
Louise scored 78 and 87 for 165; Rachel scored 81-85 for 166.
Barry (625) won the team title ahead of Columbus State (639) with Carson-Newman Colllege (648) fifth and Armstrong Atlantic (657) T7 in a field of 17 teams.

Lizi Sweetnam finishes sixth in Arkansas

Lizi Sweetnam (Arkansas Tech) from London finished sixth of 42 in the Dave Falconer Memorial Invite college tournament at Chamberlyne CC, Danville in Arkansas.
Lizi, pictured, shot 78-80 for 158 - five shots behind the winner by one, Kelsey Kirkpatrick (North-eastern State) with 72-81 for 153.
North-eastern State (619) won the team title comfortably from Arkansas Tech (641) in a field of eight teams.








JESS SCHIELE SHARES THIRD PLACE IN NEVADA

Jess Schiele (Oklahoma City) from Grimsby finished joint third in a field of 75 players at the Women's Battle at Primm, played at Primm Valley Golf Club, Nevada.

Jess shot 78 72 for six-over-par 150 over a par-72, 5,925yd course.

Winner by a country mile was Spain's Anna Arrese (Oklahoma Christian) 72-69 for 141 - eight shots ahead of the runner-up.

British Columbia (607) won the team title from Oklahoma City (614) with Oklahoma Christian (624) third of 14.







Anna, Emma and Gemma fail to sparkle at Diamante

Anna Carling (Arkansas State) finished the highest of the three British players in the UALR Women's Classic at Diamante Country Club, Hot Springs, Arkansas but the Welsh player and Lancashire's Emma Clegg (Missouri State) and Scunthorpe's Gemma Hardie (Centra Arkansas) finished a long way behind the winner Karisa Akia (Middle Tennessee)(74-70-71 for one-under-par 215 and a two-stroke victory.
Carling, pictured, shot 74-77-78 for 229 and a T37 finish in a field of 99 players.
Clegg shot 76-79-80 for T62 on 235.
Hardie scored 80-87-79 for T90 on 246
Texas El Paso (897) won the team title in a very close finish in which Tulsa (898) were second and Eastern Michigan and Middle Tennessee (both 899) were close-up third.
Arkansas State (910) finished ninth of 19 teams and Missouri State (915) 13th.

HAYDOCK, BRADBURY jt 12th IN SEAHAWK CLASSIC

Old Dominion University's English pair, Elizabeth Haycock and Kim Bradbury finished joint 12th on 221 in a field of 62 players at the Seahawk Classic at River Landing GC, Wallace in North Carolina.
Over a par-72 course of 6,106yd, Elizabeth scored 75-73-73 while Kim, pictured right, had rounds of 72-73-76.
They finished nine strokes behind the winner by one, Nicole Sakamoto (James Madison University) (70-70-72 for four-under 212).
Old Dominion (872) finished runners-up to East Caroline (866) in a field of 11 teams.