WHEN TO SEE THE SENIOR LADY STARS AT ELIE AND EARLSFERRY WEDNESDAY MORNING

WEDNESDAY MORNING'S matches in the Senior Women's Home Internationals at Elie and Earlsferry are: IRELAND v WALES FOURSOMES 8.30 Helen Jones and Pat Doran v Ann Lewis and Vicki Thomas 8.40 Sheena McElroy and Carol Wickham v Christine Harries and Patricia Fernon 8.50 Suzanne Corcoran and Gertie Mullen v Jane Rees and Denise Richards. Singles start at 1.10pm ENGLAND v SCOTLAND FOURSOMES 9.00 Christine Quinn and Amanda Mayne v Lorna Bennett and Fiona De Vries 9.10 Rozalyn Adams and Barbara Laird v Mary Smth and Ann Ryan 9.20 Janet Melville and Felicity Christine v Heather Anderson and Alison Bartlett. Singles start at 1.50pm. SPECTATORS WILL BE MADE VERY WELCOME NO CHARGE FOR ADMISSION OR CAR PARKING JOIN US FOR THIS FESTIVAL OF SENIOR LADIES' GOLF

SCOTLAND BEAT WALES, IRELAND KO ENGLAND TITLE HOPES

A jubilant Scotland team after their victory over Wales today. Picture by Carol Fell Scotland made a good start to the senior women's home golf internationals at Elie and Earlsferry, Fife today . They beat Wales 5-3 and now face England whose hopes of retaining the title were mortally wounded when Ireland beat them for the first time in this series which started in 2003. Ireland have never won the over-50s title but this 6-2 win makes them hot favourites to break their duck. Two North players made huge contributions to the Scotland effort. Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch), who did not play in the morning foursomes which were shared 1 1/2-1 1/2 against Wales, came off the bench to beat the legendary Vicki Thomas by 4 and 3 after winning the first three holes. Then, with the overall matched poised at 4-3 in Scotland's favour but Wales hoping to win the last match to salvage a draw, Tain's Mary Smith rose to the occasion to beat the experienced Jane Rees by one hole. Scotland play England on the second day with the prospects of a backlash performance by the well beaten English a strong possibility. Ireland play Wales and should pick up another win before they meet Scotland in Thursday's final programme DAY 1 SCOTLAND 5, WALES 3 Foursomes - L Bennett and F De Vries halved with A Lewis and V Thomas, H Anderson and M Hughes bt P Fernon and C Harries 2 and 1, M Smith and A Ryan lost to J Rees and D Richards 2 holes (1 1/2-1 1/2) Singles - Bennett halved with Lewis, A Bartlett bt Thomas 4 and 3, De Vries bt Harries 3 and 2, Hughes lost to Richards 6 and 4, Smith bt Rees 1 hole (3 1/2-1 1/2) ENGLAND 2, IRELAND 6 Foursomes - C Quinn and A Mayne lost to H Jones and P Doran 1 hole, J Melville and F Christine lost to S McElroy and C Wickham 5 and 4, C Berry and R Adams lost to S Corcoran and G McMullen 4 and 2 (0-3) Singles - Quinn bt Jones 4 and 2, Melville lost to McElroy 4 and 3, Mayne lost to Wickham 3 and 2, B Laird lost to Corcoran 6 and 4, Berry bt Doran 2 holes (2-3). DAY 2 MATCHES Ireland v Wales (8.30am and 1.10pm) Scotland v England (9am and 1.50pm ends

LORENA OCHOA ONE-OFF COMEBACK IN FRENCH LADIES OPEN

NEWS RELEASE FROM LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
By BETHAN CUTLER
Former world number one Lorena Ochoa makes a limited return to professional golf this week when she tees up in the Lacoste Ladies Open de France at Chantaco Golf Club in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Aquitaine, France, on the Ladies European Tour from October 4-7.

The 30-year-old Mexican was No.1 for three years and won two majors and 27 tour victories before retiring from full-time golf in April 2010 to focus on her family and charities.

In this interview, Lorena discusses her reasons for playing in France.

Lorena, what brought you to Chantaco to play the Lacoste Ladies Open de France this week?

It’s an easy answer. Having Lacoste as a sponsor, they asked me to come and play the tournament. They asked me actually last year and I couldn’t because I was pregnant so I said, no, it would be too difficult for me. I prefer to wait for next year. Here I am and I’m very happy to support the tournament. They’ve been very good to me being my sponsor for so long so I’m happy to be here.

SYMETRA TOUR SCOREBOARD

EDITOR: Sorry we did not have these results at hand to go with the report. Here they are now:

Final round scores and money Sunday in the Symetra Tour's $125,000
Daytona Beach Invitational 
at the 6389-yard, par 36-36 - 72
LPGA International, Daytona Beach, Fla. (a-denotes amateur):
 Par 216 (3x72)
1 Daniela Iacobelli (Viera, Fla.)         69-68-68 - 205   $18,750
T2 Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.)          71-69-67 - 207   $10,143
T2 Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.)           71-67-69 - 207   $10,143
T4 Katie Kempter (Albuquerque, N.M.)            70-69-69 - 208   $5,468
T4 Sara-Maude Juneau (Quebec, Canada)           69-69-70 - 208   $5,468
T4 Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.)             69-68-71 - 208   $5,468
T7 Paz Echeverria (Santiago, Chile)          71-72-66 - 209   $3,149
T7 Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.)          70-69-70 - 209   $3,149
T7 Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.)               70-68-71 - 209   $3,149
T7 Victoria Elizabeth (Dayton, Ohio)         69-69-71 - 209   $3,149
T11  Katie Burnett (Brunswick, Ga.)           73-70-67 - 210   $2,096
T11 Mi Hyang Lee (Incheon, South Korea) 73-70-67 - 210   $2,096
T11 Laura Kueny (Whitehall, Mich.)      72-70-68 - 210   $2,096    
Brooke Pancake (Chattanooga, Tenn.)     67-72-71 - 210   $2,096
T11 Fiona Puyo (Epernay, France)            70-69-71 - 210   $2,096
T11    Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.)              72-67-71 - 210   $2,096
T11 Courtney Massey (Gold Coast, Aust)  66-71-73 - 210   $2,096
T18  Joanna Coe (Mays Landing, N.J.)              71-71-69 - 211   $1,602
     Stefanie Kenoyer (Lighthouse Point, Fla.)    72-71-68 - 211   $1,602
     Sue Kim (Langley, British Columbia)          71-69-71 - 211   $1,602
     Macarena Silva (Santiago, Chile)             70-69-72 - 211   $1,602

T22  Andy Jun (Asuncion, Paraguay)                69-72-71 - 212   $1,305
     Julia Boland (Tamworth, NSW, Australia)      72-70-70 - 212   $1,305
     Nicole Jeray (Berwyn, Ill.)                  70-71-71 - 212   $1,305
     Shasta Averyhardt (Flint, Mich.)             72-72-68 - 212   $1,305
     Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec)       71-73-68 - 212   $1,305
     Dolores White (Lakeland, Fla.)               72-68-72 - 212   $1,305
     Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario)           70-69-73 - 212   $1,305
     Therese Koelbaek (Copenhagen, Denmark)       71-74-67 - 212   $1,305

T30  Thidapa Suwannapura (Bangkok, Thailand)      70-72-71 - 213   $979
     Brianna Do (Lakewood, Calif.)                71-71-71 - 213   $979
     Hannah Jun (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.)        72-71-70 - 213   $979
     Ulrika Van-Niekerk (Cape Town, South Africa) 69-72-72 - 213   $979
     Ashley Tait (Littleton, Colo.)               74-70-69 - 213   $979
     Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.)               70-71-72 - 213   $979
     Camilla Lennarth (Stockholm, Sweden)         69-71-73 - 213   $979
     Jackie Barenborg (Vero Beach, Fla.)          70-70-73 - 213   $979

T38  Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.)            71-72-71 - 214   $785
     Jennifer Hong (Granger, Ind.)                72-70-72 - 214   $785
     Ginger Howard (Bradenton, Fla.)              72-70-72 - 214   $785
     Jessi Gebhardt (Bellingham, Wash.)           72-73-69 - 214   $785

T42  Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea)              74-69-72 - 215   $615
     Jessica Speechley (Perth, Australia)         73-70-72 - 215   $615
     Paola Moreno (Cali, Colombia)                72-70-73 - 215   $615
     Emma Jandel (Dayton, Ohio)                   73-71-71 - 215   $615
     Joy Trotter (Chino Hills, Calif.)            72-72-71 - 215   $615
     Leah Wigger (Louisville, Ky.)                78-67-70 - 215   $615
     Marissa Steen (West Chester, Ohio)           75-70-70 - 215   $615
     Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico)             74-71-70 - 215   $615
     Kristie Smith (Perth, Australia)             74-71-70 - 215   $615
     Jean Chua (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)           73-72-70 - 215   $615
     Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.)                 72-73-70 - 215   $615

T53  Saehee Son (Seoul, South Korea)              71-70-75 - 216   $497
     Alejandra Llaneza (Mexico City, Mexico)      72-72-72 - 216   $497
     Molly Aronsson (Shelburne, Vt.)              71-70-75 - 216   $497
     Calle Nielson (Nashville, Tenn.)             72-72-72 - 216   $497

T57  Kristin Walla (Aspen, Colo.)                 71-72-74 - 217   $432
     Emma De Groot (Coffs Harbour, Australia)     74-70-73 - 217   $432
     Nicole Vandermade (Brantford, ON Canada)     73-68-76 - 217   $432
     Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, S. Africa)    76-69-72 - 217   $432
     Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea)            73-72-72 - 217   $432
     Britney Choy (Wahiawa, Hawaii)               73-72-72 - 217   $432
     Jaclyn Sweeney (Bradenton, Fla.)             71-74-72 - 217   $432

T64  Jessy Tang (Daytona Beach, Fla.)             73-71-74 - 218   $398
     Allison Duncan (Indianapolis, Ind.)          73-72-73 - 218   $398

T66  Natalie Sheary (West Hartford, Conn.)        72-72-75 - 219   $382
     Izzy Beisiegel (St. Hilaire, Quebec)         69-75-75 - 219   $382
     Lisa Meldrum (Montreal, Quebec)              70-75-74 - 219   $382

69   Carling Coffing (Middletown, Ohio)           78-67-75 - 220   $370

70   Selanee Henderson (Temecula, Calif.)         73-70-78 - 221   $363
 
 --- Missed Cut ---
Michelle Shin, Kelly Jacques, Alice H. Kim, Tracy Stanford, Megan McChrystal, Hye-Joo Han, Taylor Collins, Blair O'Neal, Kirby Dreher, Juliana Murcia Ortiz, Jamie Hullett, Laura Martin, Victoria Alimonda Lovelady, Allison Hanna, Inhong Lim, Min Seo Kwak, Cathryn Bristow, Samantha Richdale, Cara Freeman, Dawn Shockley, Tara Goedeken, Jenny Suh, Rachel Connor, Birdie Kim, Laura Crawford, Mitsuki Katahira, Candace Schepperle, Libby Smith, Alexandria Buelow, Jessica Wallace, Kendall Dye, Kendall Wright, Gloriana Soto, Britney Hamilton, Amy Eneroth, Lili Alvarez, Christina Jones, Victoria Park, Mary Narzisi, Catherine Matranga, Briana Vega, Martina Gavier, Benedikte Grotvedt, Nikki Hadd, Bea Serra (a), ; DQ - Aimee Neff, Anya Alvarez; WDI - Olivia Jordan-Higgins, Seul-Ki Park; DQ - Rhea Nair

STEPHEN GALLACHER FOUNDATION FOR JUNIOR GOLF

FROM SCOTT KNOWLES
As you may or may not know I am now managing the Stephen Gallacher Foundation for Junior golf which we run very similar to Paul Lawrie's Foundation.
I have detailed below a couple of reports on events that we have run recently, mainly our Finals Day for Under 12 and Under 10, Boys and Girls and Under 7 boys, which we held on Sunday 23rd September 2012 at Kingsfield Golf Club and our "Race to Dunbar" finals day for Under 18 boys and girls, at Dunbar Golf Club.
Also please feel free to check out information on our website 
http://www.sgfoundation.co.uk/
and our facebook page,
http://www.sgfoundation.co.uk/ Stephen Gallacher Foundation.
Our Foundation although holding events primarily within the Lothians area is open to any child, from any area or country.

Report on Kingsfield Finals Day 23rd September 2012

Fantastic weather, fantastic venue, fantastic condition, fantastic golf. Basically a fantastic day.
What a brilliant way to finish our summer season, many thanks to Robert Arkley and all his team at Kingsfield Golf Course for making us so welcome and being perfect hosts, I am sure many of the kids will be back soon to play Kingsfield..
On the day we had Under 12 and Under 10 events for boys and girls, a special Under 7 boys section along with 2 prize draws and a adult and junior putting competition. A very busy day, in total we had 56 boys and girls competing.
Our prize draw winners both received annual membership of Kingsfield Golf Club, so congratulations to Ruaridh McKenzie and Aamar Saleem, while in the putting competition David Noon father of Jack Noon and Jack Gallacher son of Stephen Gallacher were the winners.
Congratulations to all the boys and girls who competed today as they all have contributed so much to the Foundation in its first year and they are a credit to the Foundation. The standard of golf has been tremendous, improving with each event. so clearly the coaching from Jane Connachan and David Burns at each of our events is paying dividends.
The winners today of each of the Under 12 and Under 10 sections were given membership of Kingsfield Golf Club along with a digicard for 500 balls a prize all were keen to win.
The course today was set up around the 1900 yard mark, in very testing conditions, special mention goes to our Under 12 winner, Calum Murray who was round in 35 shots, fantastic scoring. Also congratulations to all 10 of the players who on the day reached the 9th hole in there allocated 36 shots.
All the prize winners on the day were as follows:
Under 12 Boys
1. Calum Murray
2. Conor Wilson
3. Aaron Hall
Under 12 Girls
1. Gabriella Donald
2. Claire Forrester
3. Emily Rowell
Under 10 Boys
1. Cameron Johnstone
2. Cameron Adam
3. Mikey Shepherd
Under 10 Girls
1. Hannah Darling
2. Katie Liddle
3. Georgia Ledingham
Special Event, Under 7 Boys
1. Brodie Cunningham
2. Harry Bent
3. Daniel McKenna
4. Grant Daly
Thanks to everyone who came along today to watch these fantastic kids and I look forward to seeing everyone during our Winter Schedule which I will try to announce as soon as possible

Report on our "Race to Dunbar" Finals Day at Dunbar Golf Club which took place on Sunday 30th September

At a very windswept Dunbar Golf Club we held our end of season finals day for the Under 18 boys and girls. All participants had qualified for this event by finishing either in the top 10 or top 5 of there respective Order of Merits. Congratulations to all the boys and girls for qualifying for this event.
Many thanks to everyone at Dunbar Golf Club for allowing us to hold our event on their wonderful course. The course was in excellent condition and we all, were very well looked after in the clubhouse.
The course was playing tough which was reflected in the CSS, for the boys, 74 and the girls 75. But this did not stop some excellent scoring in these conditions. Special mention to Josh Rooney who scored an excellent gross score of 73 and Hannah Scott an excellent gross score of 77, with a lost ball. The handicap trophy also was very competitive with Jack Rogan winning through with a Nett 70.
The day was completed with Stephen holding a clinic for all the competitors and their parents, on the first hole at Dunbar, which everyone enjoyed.
The winners and scores on the day were as follows
CHAMPIONSHIP SCRATCH TROPHY
1. Josh Rooney Marriot Dalmahoy 73
2. Josh Cullerton Carrickvale 75
3. Hannah Scott Broomieknowe 77
4. Stuart McLaren Bruntsfield Links 78
4. Murray Naismith Marriot Dalmahoy 78
HANDICAP TROPHY
1. Jack Rogan Whitekirk nett 70
2. Aaron Hall Royal Musselburgh nett 74
3. Cameron Blair Monktonhall nett 75
3. Jennifer Allan Glenbervie nett 75
3. David Rudd Longniddry nett 75
Congratulations to all the winners on the day.
Photographs of the day are now posted on our Facebook page, Stephen Gallacher Foundation

Scott Knowles
Manager
http://www.sgfoundation.co.uk/
Mobile 07786540614