MEGAN CLYNE PUTTS IT RIGHT BETWEEN ROUNDS IN FLORIDA

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
How does one improve by 10 shots from one round to the next?
Answer, if you are Aberdeen's Megan Clyne, now a student at Montevallo University, Alabama, is to sort out your putting.
Apparently, Megan had six three-putts in marking up a score of 82 in the Peach Belt Women's Conference Championship at Callaway Gardens, Lakeview in Florida.
Then, after some intensive work on the practice putting green, Megan slashes her score down to a 72 in the second round for a total of 152 over a par-71 course of 5,849yd.
The Scot finished eighth in a field of 35 players.
Interesting to think that if Megan had put together TWO 72s and not just one, she would have tied for victory in the event with Kristen Sammarco (Armstrong Atlantic University) who won the individual title by five shots with a total of 144, made up of two widely contrasting scores ... a six-under 65 following by an eight-over 79.

The highest placed Brit in the conference championship  was Jenna Birch (Armstrong Atlantic), pictured left, a sophomore (second-year) student from Fleetwood.

Jenna scored 79 and 73 for 152 and a joint sixth finish.

Jenna's good effort help Armstrong Atlantic win the team title. Montevallo came sixth of seven.

A second English-born student in the field, Emma Breen, a team-mate of Megan's at Montevallo, had rounds of 85 and 78 for 163 and a T20 finish. Emma comes Swindon and is in her third year at university.

IRISH SENIORS CRUSH SCOTTISH VETS IN SINGLES TO KEEP TROPHY

Ireland won the Mary McKenna Trophy for the third year in a row with a dominating performance in the singles for a 9 1/2-2 1/2 victory margin over Scotland in the senior women's golf match at Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club, near Belfast today After the foursomes were shared 2-2, the Scots' hopes were high they could gain the edge in the eight singles. It was not to be. The Irish won seven and halved the other tie.  IRELAND 9 1/2, SCOTLAND 2 1/2 FOURSOMES (2-2) Irish names first Sheena McElroy and Carol Wickham lost to Lorna Bennett and Mary Smith 4 and 3. Helen Jones and Pat Doran bt Heather Anderson and May Hughes 2 and 1. Mairead MacNamara and Suzanne Corcoran lost to Elaine Allison and Linda Urquhart 2 and 1. Pauline Walsh and Gertie McMullen beat Karen Ballantyne and Alison Bartlett 2 and 1. SINGLES (7 1/2-1/2) McElroy  bt  Hughes  3 and 2. Doran  bt Bartlett 3 and 2. McMullen btt Urquhart 2 and 1. Walsh bt Anderson 2 holes. Wickham  halved with Smith MacNamara bt Allison 2 and 1. Corcoran bt Bennett  2 holes. Jones bt Ballantyne 4 and 3.

KIRSTIN SCOTT TOP SEED AT D AND A COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Kirstin Scott, playing over her home course at Milngavie, is the top seed for the match-play stages of the Dunbartonshire and Argyll women's county golf championship. She shot a five-over-par 76 (two over the CSS) to head the 16 qualifiers today (Monday). Defending champion Nichola Ferguson (Clober) was the second best qualifier with a 76 and Anna Telfer (Milngavie), beaten finalist 12 months ago, is the No 3 seed. MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS Par 71. CSS 74 76 Kirstin Scott 77 Nichola Ferguson 79 Anna Telfer 80 Lorraine Campbell 82 Margaret Stirling 83 Gayle Marshall 86 Laura McGeachy 87 Sheena McDonald, Margaret Kinvig 90 Lynn McColl, Sheila Steele 95 Kay McColl 96 Alison Fairbairn 99 Jennifer Gough 100 Carol Sim 101 Lana Macdonald   MATCH-PLAY DRAW Scott v Lana Macdonald Kinvig  v Sheena McDonald Stirling  v  McColl Fairbairn  v Campbell Telfer v Gough Steele v Marshall McGeachy  v McColl Sim v Ferguson Bronze Qualifiers96 Barbara Robertson 97 Josephine Monaghan 100 Eleanor Starling 102 Audrey Gardiner MATCH-PLAY DRAW

Robertson v Gardiner
Starling v Monaghan

 

EAST LOTHIAN GIRLS RETAIN CUTHBERTSON CUP AT WHITEKIRK

East Lothian girls won the Cuthbertson Cup tournament for the second year in a row at Whitekirk Golf Club on Sunday when it was dry overhead with a slight wind but very cold.
East Lothian beat Midlothian 4-0 in the final to follow up last year's victory which had been their first in 18 years.
The morning matches saw Midlothian play Stirling and Clackmannanshire with the match halved 2-2.  Midlothian progressed to the final on the competition ruling of holes up by 9-6.
East Lothian started the day playing against Fife, in another close battle between two teams who produced some excellent golf the match was halved 2-2.  East Lothian progressed to the final on the competition ruling of holes up by 6-5.
Teams were:
EAST LOTHIAN - Lesley Atkins, Charlotte Munro. Keren Ward and Clara Young.
MIDLOTHIAN - Kirsty Burgess, Emily Dalgetty, Jessica Dalgetty and Hannah Scott.
STIRLING and CLACKMANNAN - Jennifer Allan, Beth Donoghue, Catherine Gordon, Andrea Walker.
FIFE - Shannen Maguire, Nicola Taylor, Alexandra Tait, Lauren Whyte.

RESULTS
SEMI-FINALS
MIDLOTHIAN 2, STIRLING AND CLACKMANNAN 2
Hannah Scott bt Catherine Goodwin 7 and 6.
Emily Dalgetty lost to Jennifer Allan 3 and 1.
Jessica Dalgetty bt Andrea Walker 2 and 1.
Kirsty Burgess lost to Beth Donoghue 3 and 2.

EAST LOTHAN 2, FIFE 2
(East Lothian won on holes won aggregate)
Lesley Atkins lost to Lauren Whyte 2 and 1.
Clara Young bt Nicola Taylor 2 holes.
Keren Ward bt Alexandra Tait 4 and 3.
Charlotte Munro lost to Shannen Maghuire 3 and 2.

FIFE 2, STIRLING AND CLACKMANNAN 0
Whyte and Taylor bt Goodwin and Allan 2 and 1.
Tait and Maguire bt Donoghue and Walker 5 and 4.

FINAL

MIDLOTHIAN 0, EAST LOTHIAN 4
Scott lost to Atkins 2 and 1.
Emily Dalgetty lost to Young 2 and 1.
Jessica Dalgetty lost to Ward 3 and 2.
Burgess lost to Munro 4 and 3.

CAROLINE PINDER WINS ENGLAND SOUTH REGION QUALIFIER

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLAND GOLF
Hampshire golfer Caroline Pinder set up a special birthday present to herself when she won the South region qualifier for England Golf’s 2012 Grand Medal Final.
The qualifying event, at Highgate in Middlesex, was contested by the best women club medal players from five Southern counties. The top 10 now go forward to the Grand Medal Final at Worcestershire Golf Club on Saturday, June 23 – the day before Caroline’s birthday.
“I am chuffed to pieces,” said Caroline, from Gosport and Stokes Bay Golf Club. She had a net score of one-under par 70 and won the qualifier by two shots.
Her fellow qualifiers are: Kay Clark (Wildernesse),  Felicity Saunders (Tyrrells Wood),  Jenny Frei (Cottesmore), Cecile Shek (Shirley Park), Caroline Roadnight (Waterlooville), Alex Ord (Bognor Regis), Carol Bradshaw (South Winchester), Niki Orchard (Hartley Wintney) and Karen Webb (Southwood).
They will join qualifiers from five other regions at the Grand Medal Final to compete for the title of England’s champion medal player. All the regional finalists returned the best four scores at their club in the English Women’s Medals during 2011.
Caroline has been a golf club member for just two years and this is her biggest win to date – and she had to endure a long, anxious wait before it was confirmed.
“I said beforehand that I’d like to be in the top half of the field. Then, when I came in, they said I was leading. That was at 3pm and I had to wait until 7.30pm to find out that I’d held on. It was agonising and the longer it went on the worse it got!"
Caroline started golf with a group of friends – all fellow members of a netball team. “We started doing girlie golf and called ourselves ‘All the gear and no idea!’” However, she quickly got the idea, encouraged by her partner and other golfing members of her family, and is now down to 23 handicap, with another cut on the way.
“Golf’s a real challenge and I just love it,” she said.

Qualifying net scoresPar 71, SSS 72 CSS 74, handicaps in brackets
70 Caroline Pinder (Gosport and Stokes Bay) (23)
72 Kay Clark (Wildernesse) (12), Felicity Saunders (Tyrrells Wood) (24)
73 Jenny Frei (Cottesmore) (15), Cecile Shek (Shirley Park) (12), Caroline Roadnight (Waterlooville) (19)
74 Alex Ord (Bognor Regis) (11), Carol Bradshaw (South Winchester) (18), Niki Orchard (Hartley Wintney) (20), Karen Webb (Southwood)(25)

 Lyndsey Hewison
Press and PR Officer

 

ROEHAMPTON GOLF CUP TEE TIMES FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 21

START SHEET (TWO-TEE START)

AM 1st Tee time.        PM 10th Tee tme
8.00 and 1.00 
Dolores Brown (10) 5 Royal Cinque Ports
Charlotte Taylor (48) 4 Northampton County
Alice Barnes (6) 4 West Sussex
8.10 and 1.10
Alice Spani-Mollela (47) 3 Royal Mid-Surrey
Blaize Esmond (18) 3 Aldeburgh
Julia Burrows (11) 6 Royal Mid-Surrey
8.20 and 1.20
Daisy Dyer (16) 1 Chigwell 1.20
Sophie Keech (33) Scr Lyme Regis
Lauren Blease (8) Scr Burhill
8.30 and 1.30
Hannah Grant (22) Scr Enmore Park
Jo Hodge (30) Scr The Kendleshire
Stacey Rodger (45) Scr West Hove
8.40 and 1.40
Fern Grimshaw (24) PRO Wessex Golf Centre
Tracy Loveys (38) PRO Bigbury
Danielle Lown (39) 4 Weymouth
8.50 and 1.50
Kirsty S Taylor (50) PRO Weybrook Manor
Marie Allen (3) PRO Motocaddie
Kelly Hutcherson (32) PRO Porters Park
9.00 and 2.00
Tracey Boyes (9) PRO Meon Valley
Kerry Smith (46) +2 Waterlooville
Emilee Taylor (49) +2 Holme Hall
9.10 and 2.10
Georgia Hall (25) +2 Remedy Oak
Caroline Grady (21) PRO Dunston Hall
Hannah Ralph (43) PRO Cowdray Park
9.20 and 2.20
Vanessa Bell (7) Scr Ipswich
Sarah Attwood (5) +1 Gog Magog
Kelly Hanwell (26) PRO Rugby

AM 10th tee time                   PM 1st tee time
8.00 and 1.00
Charlotte West (52) 5 Harewood Downs
Sophie Hillier (28) 5 John O’Gaunt
Alison Dalgleish (12) 5 Malden
8.10 and 1.10
Georgie Gilling (20) 3 Rochford Hundred
Charlotte Hindmoor (29) 3 Cleveland
Lauren Horsford (31) 4 Wimbledon Park
8.20 and 1.20
Bronwyn Davies (13) 2 Trentham
Samantha Fuller (19) 2 Roehampton
Paige Kemp (34) 2 Rochford Hundred
8.30 and 1.30
Ashleigh Greenham (23) 1 West Essex
Jane Rees (44) 1 Hendon
Harriet Key (35) 1 South Herts
8.40 and 1.40Nicole Whitmore (53) Scr Woburn
Lauren Hillier (27) +1 Newport
Meghan Maclaren (40) +3 Wellingborough
8.50 and 1.50
Susan Moon (41) PRO Unattached
Cathy Panton-Lewis (42) PRO The Berkshire
Claire Duffy (15) PRO Test Valley
9.00 and 2.00Corisande Lee (36) PRO unattached
Sara Alton (4) PRO Chestfield
Gemma Aldridge (2) PRO Chelsfield Lakes
9.10 and 2.10
Henni Zuel (54) PRO The Wisley
Sophie Walker (51) PRO Forest Pines
Sam Lovell (37) 3 Stock Brook Manor
9.20 and 2.20
Rachel Drummond (14) +3 Beaconsfield
Charlotte Ellis (17) PRO Minchinhampton
Holly Aitchison (1) PRO unattached

A Valid CONGU Handicap with a certificate from a recognised Handicap Authority must be produced on the day by amateur competitors.

MARY McKENNA TROPHY HONOURS EVEN AFTER DAY ONE

The Flowers of Scotland. Back row (left to right): Linda Urquhart, Elaine Allison, May Hughes, Mary Smith, Heather Anderson, Alison Bartlett.Front (left to right): Lorna Bennett, Helen Faulds (captain), Noreen Fenton (vice-captain) and Karen Ballantyne.

Honours even at 2-2 on the opening day of the Ireland seniors v Scottish veterans annual match for the Mary McKenna Trophy at Hilton Templepatrick GC near Belfast.
Lovely day (Sunday) with a chilly, light breeze was the weather report.

Results (Scottish Vets named first)

Lorna Bennett and Mary Smith bt Sheena McElroy and Carol Wickham 4 and 3
Heather Anderson and May Hughes lost to Helen Jones and Pat Doran 2 and 1.
Elaine Allison and Linda Urquhart bt Mairead MacNamara and Suzanne Corcoran 2 and 1.
Karen Ballantyne and Alison Bartlett lost to Pauline Walsh and Gertie McMullen 2 and 1.