FIRST REAL FORM UPSET OF 100TH SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT PRESTWICK

 Lesley Atkins plays her tee shot at the short second hole early in her Round 2 victory over title-holder Alyson McKechin. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

LESLEY TOPPLES CHAMPION ALYSON 

AND PLAYS EILIDH BRIGGS IN LAST 8  


PRESS RELEASE FROM SLGA
By ELSPETH BURNSIDE
Lesley Atkins (Gullane) knocked out defending champion, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), by 2 and 1 to make it through to the quarter-finals of the Scottish Ladies’ Championship at Prestwick.
The 19-year-old claimed it was a career best win and her reward is a last eight match against Kilmacolm’s Eilidh Briggs, who will be playing for GB and Ireland in next month’s Curtis Cup at St Louis Country Club.
Two down at the turn, Atkins, who is in her first year at Florida International University, drew level at the 14th and then crucially made a birdie at the 16th to edge one ahead. A bogey at the 17th was good enough to win both the hole and the match.
“I was nervous at the start and towards the end,” she admitted. “I’m loving my time in Florida and definitely feel my best golf is yet to come.”
Teenager Connie Jaffrey, the leading strokeplay qualifier, continued an impressive run through to the quarter-finals.
Level par in the first round, the 17-year-old Scottish Girls’ Champion defeated her Troon Ladies’ clubmate Jane Finnie by 6 and 5 and was then three under par in ousting Hannah McCook (Grantown-On-Spey) by 5 and 4 at the last 16 stage.
In the second round, Jaffrey won the first two holes in par and then had a sparkling run – birdie, birdie, eagle – from the seventh to turn for home with the five hole advantage. The three at the ninth was quite straightforward – a drive, rescue club to five feet and a single putt.
In the quarter-finals, Jaffrey will face the 2012 Scottish Girls’ Champion, Lauren Whyte – the St Regulus youngster advanced with a 4 and 2 win over Milngavie’s Nichola Ferguson.
Megan Briggs, the older of the Kilmacolm sisters, kept up her hopes of repeating her 2009 triumph with a comfortable 5 and 3 victory over Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) and she now meets Rachel Walker (Dunfries and County).
The last of the quarter-finals is Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie) versus Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw), who won an all East Lothian tie 2 and 1 against last year’s beaten finalist, Clara Young (North Berwick).

LAURA MURRAY'S GREAT RUN COMES TO AN END

KATY THE ONLY SCOT TO BEAT THE

SOLVESBORG CUT IN SWEDEN

Only Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll of the four Scots in the field survived the 36-hole cut in the Solvesborg Ladies Open at Solvesborg Golf Club, Sweden today.
Katy shot 77-75 for 152, the limit mark for retaining an active interest in Friday's final 18 holes.
Laura Murray's great run - payslips for £2,500 at each of her last two tournaments - came to an end with a pair of 78s for 156.
On the same mark as the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre player from Alford was Glasgow's Gemma Webster with scores of 77 and 79.
Jane Turner (Craigielaw) missed out on 155 with rounds of 79 and 76.
Three players share the lead on level par 144 - England's Emma Talor (74-70), Emma Westin (Sweden) (74-70) and Galina Rotmistrova (Russia) (73-71)

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100th SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT PRESTWICK MATCH-PLAY SCOREBOARD

Top seed Connie Jaffrey putting at the first in her second-round victory over Hannah McCook. Picture by Cal Carson Agency

 

   Rachel Walker  studies the line of a putt on the first green
                                          

   Megan Briggs on the first green, eyeing up the line of a putt during her second-round match 
                              against Kate McIntosh

110th SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Prestwick Golf Club.
MATCH-PLAY
FIRST ROUND
Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) bt Jane Finnie (Troon Ladies) 6 and 5. 
Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) bt Louise MacGregor (Glenbervie) 1 hole.
Nichola Ferguson (Milngavie) bt Cara Thompson (Royal Dornoch) 2 and 1.
Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) bt Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 4 and 2.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) bt Katie Wright (Stranraer) 7 and 6.
Lesley Atkins (Gullane) bt Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore) 4 and 2.
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) bt Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 5 and 4.
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt Lauren D'Ambrosio (Carluke) 5 and 4 
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) bt Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 2 and 1

Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) bt Jordana Graham (Southerness) 7 and 6
Karen Marshall (Baberton) bt Noni Stephen (Wentworth) 1 hole.
Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co) bt Claire Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) at 19th.
Clara Young (North Berwick) bt Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) at 20th
Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) bt Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 4 and 3.
Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) bt Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) 6 and 4.
Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) bt Jess Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 3 and 2.
SECOND ROUND 
Jaffrey bt McCook 5 and 4.
Whyte bt Ferguson 4 and 2.
Atkins bt McKechin 2 and 1.
E Briggs bt McWilliam 4 and 3.
M Briggs bt McIntosh 5 and 3.
Walker bt Marshall 5 and 4. 
MacDonald bt Young 2 and 1.
Summers bt MacGarvie  3 and 2

 FRIDAY QUARTER-FINALS
8.30 Connie Jaffrey v Lauren Whyte
8.40 Lesley Atkins v Eilidh Briggs
8.50 Megan Briggs v Rachel Walker
9.00 Gabrielle MacDonald v Ailsa Summers

SEMI-FINALS at 1.30 and 1.50pm.
SATURDAY FINAL (18 holes) 9am


CLARK ROSEBOWL
FIRST ROUND
Carol Whyte (Milngavie) bt Isla Moncrieff (Pitlochry) 1 hole.
Katie Reid (Monifieth) bt  Nicola Robertson (Stirling) 5 and 3.
Heather Munro (Monifieth) bt Louise Fraser (Kingsknowe) 3 and 2.
Kirsten Brown (Strathaven) bt Linzi Allan (West Kilbride) 2 and 1.
Jillian Farrell (Cardross) bt Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) 1 hole
Tara Mactaggart (Minto) bt Ruth Rankin (Lanark) 4 and 3.
Alison McBride (Harburn) bt Ellie Bryce (Strathaven) 1 hole
Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) bt Joanne Free (Gullane) 4 and 2.
QUARTER-FINALS

Whyte bt Reid at 20th.

Munro bt Brown 3 and 2.

Mactaggart bt Farrell 2 holes

Hale bt McBride 3 and 1.

FRIDAY SEMI-FINALS
9.20 Carol Whyte v Heather Munro
9.30 Tara Mactaggart v Emma Hale.

FINAL TO TEE OFF AT 2.10PM

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MARIA DUNNE WINS ILGU/TITLEIST

SCRATCH CUP CIRCUIT

 

At the culmination of six exciting tournaments, Maria Dunne (Skerries) topped the table of Ireland’s elite amateur golfers to win the 2014 ILGU/Titleist Ladies Scratch Cup Circuit after claiming her second Scratch Cup of the season at Royal Portrush, Sunday 18 May.
Trailing Chloe Ryan (Castletroy) and Olivia Mehaffey (RCD Ladies) after the first event at Royal Co. Down, Maria toped the table with a win the following weekend at Woodbrook. 

A joint third place finish at Cork saw her lead cut to just 20 points as Mehaffey closed the gap, but her solid 148 total in the wintry conditions at Royal Portrush last weekend saw her extend her winning margin to 32 points. 

Co. Louth’s Deirdre Smith leap frogged the field with a fourth place finish on Sunday to finish second in the overall standings with Mehaffey in third, ahead of Jessica Ross (Donaghadee) and Gillian O’Leary (The Island).
With 4 events from 6 to count, points were awarded to players with scores within 3 strokes of the Competition Scratch Score (CSS) at each event.

SCRATCH CUP FINAL TOTALS

166 Maria Dunne

134 Deirdre Smith

132 Olivia Mehaffey

98 Jessica Ross

88 Gillian O'Leary

80 Niamh Ward

80 Annabel Wilson

78 Chloe Weir

76 Ciara Casey

74 Aedin Murphy

70 Amy Farrell

70 Louise Coffey

68 Karen Delaney

62 Emma O'Driscoll

60 Jean O'Driscoll

50 Chloe Ryan

46 Mary Doyle

44 Sinead Sexton

42 Mary Dowling

40 Carla Reynolds Julie McCarthy

38 Paula Grant

32 Meadhbh Doyle Rachel Taylor

30 Karen O'Neill

28 Sarah Cunningham

26 Clare Coughlan Ryan

20 Victoria Bradshaw Sarah Helly

18 Nicky King Nicola Coffey Gertie McMullen

16 Catriona Griffin Shannon Burke Lisa O'Shea

14 Tara Whelan Anne McCormack Orla Barry Mary Leahy Browne Lousie Mernagh Karen O'Neill

12 Sophie Harrison

  

Denise McCarthy

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Irish Ladies Golf Union | 103-105 Q House

100th SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP - MATCH-PLAY STARTS TODAY

  LEADING PRIZEWINNERS FROM QUALIFYING  AT PRESTWICK

                           PICTURE BY COURTESY OF JEAN MACINTYRE

Left to right: Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore), Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne), Nichola Ferguson (Milngavie), Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe), Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Alison Summers (Carnoustie Ladies).

LEADING PRIZEWINNERS SO FAR

Beddows Memorial Trophy (lowest gross score in first qualifying round) - Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 73.

Runner-up - Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 77 better inward half

St Andrews Quaich (best net scores in first qualifying round) - Nicholas Ferguson (Milngavie) (2) 76.

Runner-up - Rachael Walker (Dumfries and Co) (1) 77.

Eglinton Quaich (lowest gross team aggregate in first qualifying round) - Kilmacolm 157 (Eilidh Briggs 78, Megan Briggs 79).

Grainger Cup (lowest net team aggregate) - Kilmacolm 161 (Eilidh Briggs (+3) 81, Megan Briggs (+1) 80).

Baby Quaich (lowest individual scratch score in Eglinton Quaich) - Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 77 better inward half.
GLover 21st Anniversary Cup (lowest gross score in Round 2) - Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) 72; runner-up Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 (better last 3)
Lyon Salver (best net score in Round 2) - Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) (3) 74; runner-up Joanne Free (Gullane) (7) 75.
Margaret Scoular-Buchanan Cup (lowest aggregate gross) - Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 149 (73-76)
McInnes Shaw Cup (lowest aggregate net) - Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore) (6) 153 (77-76).
St Rule Salver (lowest aggregate gross by Under-21 player) - Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 149 (73-76).
Dunlop Hill Trophy (past champions' gross score Round 2) - Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75.
McNeil Trophy (lowest team gross total Round 1) - Renfrewshire (Eilidh Briggs, Megan Briggs, Noni Stephen).

 Kirsty Brodie (left) and Shannon McWilliam
   Picture by courtesy of Jean MacIntyre

NCAA DIVISION 2 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

GODSMAN AND HILL RETURN THEIR

BEST SCORES SO FAR AT ALLENDALE

Scotland's Kyle Godsman (South Carolina-Aiken) from Hopeman, Morayshire, and Callum Hill (Western New Mexico) from Kinross) are on 225 and 228 respectively after three rounds of the NCAA Division 2 men's championship at Meadow Hills, Allendale, Michigan.
Godsman has had rounds of 78, 77 and 72 for a tally of 225 over the longish par-71 course (7034yd). Kyle is T38 in a field of 108.
Hill has shot 78, 76 and 74 for 228 and T58.
Leading Brits in the championship are Mitch Farrer (Nova Southeastern) from West Sussex and Harry Wetton (Western New Mexico). They are sharing eight place on 218, Farrer with scores of 70, 75 and 73; Neve 73, 75 and 73.
Tim Crouch (Florida Southern) leads the field by one with improving scores of 74, 71 and 68 for 213.
Thomas Neve (Western New Mexico) is back in T94 on 238 (81-80-77) while team-mate Anthony McGeorge has scored 83, 77 and 77 for T92 on 237.
Nova Southeastern (863) lead the team event from Barry (877) and Chico State (881).
South Carolina-Aiken (905) are lying 12 in a field of 20 teams. Western New Mexico (913) are 14th

NCAA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

STEPHANIE MEADOW FIRST OF CURTIS

CUP SQUAD TO BREAK PAR AT TULSA

Stephanie Meadow (Alabama) got into her stride a day late with a one-under-par 69 in the second round of the NCAA Women's Championship at Tulsa Country Club, Oklahoma.
The Northern Ireland native improved by seven shots and went up from T54 to T24 on the individual table - 10 shots behind the leader by three, Alexandra Kaui (Oklahoma) (68-67).
Curtis Cup team-mate Bronte Law (UCLA) also improved, from 74 to 71, for 147 and by 10 places to T28.
Charlotte Thomas (Washington) went back the way, but only slightly, following up a 74 with a 75 for 149 and dropping from T28 to T50.
Hayley Davis (Baylor), who is not in the GB and I Curtis Cup squad and who is playing at Tulsa as an individual, improved from 79 to 71 for 150 and from T91 to T58.
Back to the Curtis Cup team players for St Louis, Missouri in a matter of weeks and Gemma Dryburgh (Tulane) also got going, improving from an 80 to a 73 and from T102 to T82 on 153.
Oklahoma (575) lead the team race from Duke (578), Arizona State (580) and UCLA (584).
Washington (588) are T9, Alabama (590) are T11 and Tulane (597) are T16.

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