IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE BY GERMANY-BASED SCOT

Minutes after Rachael's mum took this picture of her with the trophy, Rachael was thrown into the pond which you can see in the background - apparently a tournament tradition that is catching on all over the place!

RACHAEL TAYLOR WINS BAVARIAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SEVEN UNDER PAR TOTAL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Scot Rachael Taylor has won the Bavarian women's amateur golf championship with rounds of 68, 74 and 67 for a seven-under-par total of  209.
Even the winner of the men's championship which was being played simultaneously at Starnberg Golf Club, just outside Munich, could not get as low as seven under par!
The Scot had an eagle and 15 birdies over the 54 holes and finished five strokes clear of the runner-up.ou for your article. 
The icing on the cake for Rachael is that she has been invited to play in the Ladies European Tour event, the Ladies German Open, at Wörthsee from July 17 to 20.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
209 Rachael Taylor (Scotland) 68 74 67
214 Thea Hoffmeister (Germany) 71 72 71
216 Vicki Troeltsch (Germany) 74 68 74
219 Gloria Zeitler (Germany) 71 76 72

Rachael, who was born in Airdrie, has just completed her second year at North Carolina State University at Raleigh.
"We live in Bad Griesbach in southern Bavaria," said her mum Lucy in an E-mail to Kirkwoodgolf.
"Rachael's dad Gerry is now at Rottaler Golf and Country Club (the oldest golf club in the region at 40yrs!) after being at Golf Resort Bad Griesbach for 20yrs. 
"Rachael's US college team, NC State, had their best finish (10th) in the NCAA national championships in the school's history. She returns to the US in August."
Rachael has entered the British women's open amateur championship at Royal St George's Golf Club, Kent the week after next.