SCHOOLS GOLF INTERNATIONAL AT SOUTHPORT AND AINSDALE

SCOTLAND GIRLS WIN BUT BOYS

ARE PEGGED BACK BY ENGLAND

Scotland girls scored a rare win south of the border over their England counterparts in the annual schools golf international match at Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club today (Monday).

The girls' morning foursomes were shared 1 1/2-1 1/2 and then the Scotland girls took the afternoon singles 3 1/2-2 1/2 for an overall 5-4 victory.

It looked as if the Scotland boys would make it a double whammy when they led 4-2 after the foursomes but, in a thrilling finish, the England boys turned it around by winning the singles 8-4 for a 10-8 overall victory.
Danielle Ker (Kelso High), Michael Brodie (Webster's High, Kirriemuir) and Niall McMullen (Lochgelly High) were the only Scots to win in the morning and also the afternoon.

DETAILS:
ENGLAND BOYS 10, SCOTLAND BOYS 8
Foursomes: 2-4
Josh Bristow and Oliver Daws lost to Matthew McCulloch and Alex Chalk 5 and 4. 
Will Painter and Coby Cartwright lost to Kieran Cantley and Stuart Irving 3 and 2. 
Chris Handy and Oliver Harrod bt Callum Burns and Mark Napier 3 and 2.
Alex Bithrey and Robert Shaw lost to Conor Toal and Jamie Stewart 3 and 2.
Will Mullins and Oliver Gough bt Andrew Thomson and Callum Bruce 2 and 1.
Ryan Brooks and Jack Duncalf lost to Niall McMullen and Michael Brodie 2 and 1.
SINGLES: 8-4
Handy bt McCulloch 4 and 3.
Bristow bt Stewart 3 and 2
Cartwright bt Thomson 6 and 4.
Painter lost to Bruce 3 and 1.
Shaw bt Toal 3 and 2.
Bithrey lost to McMullen 4 and 3.
Duncalp lost to Brodie 5 and 3.
Brooks bt Cantley 4 and 2.
Mullins bt Burns 2 holes
Gough halved with Irving
Harrod bt Chalk 2 and 1.
Daws halved with Napier.

ENGLAND GIRLS 4, SCOTLAND GIRLS 5
FOURSOMES: 1 1/2-1 1/2
Eloise Healey and Amelia Williamson halved with Claire Robertson and Emma Hale.
Hollie Vizard and Holly Morgan lost to Danielle Ker and Emily Dalgetty 2 and 1.
Sophie Madden and Molly Haslam bt Hazel MacGarvie and Shannon McWilliam 2 and 1.

SINGLES: 2 1/2-3 1/2
Healey bt McWilliam 6 and 4.
Vizard lost to MacGarvie 1 hole
Morgan lost to Hale 3 and 2.
Williamson lost to Ker 3 and 1.
Haslam halved with Robertson
Madden bt Dalgetty 1 hole

SHARVIN TOP OF THE CLASS AT STIRLING INVITATIONAL

By Dr ROB MACPHERSON
A flat calm and sunny day at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, coupled with the excellent condition of the late summer course, meant that the 4th annual Stirling Invitational Tournament saw some high quality golf from the cream of UK and Irish Universities. 
Leading the scoring was defending champion Cormac Sharvin (Stirling University/Ardglass) whose three-under-par 69 was matched by Stirling University alumni, David Booth (Rotherham), playing as a guest. 
The event prides itself in not just being about past and current Stirling players. Invited teams from the Stirling Futures Programme, as well as the Independent Schools Golf Association, ensure that potential stars of tomorrow have the chance to test themselves against the pick of the current crop.
Ben Kinsley (Stirling Futures/ St Andrews) demonstrated that the future is in safe hands with an excellent 70  (-2).
James Wilson (Stirling/Balmore) completed the under-par shooting in the men's draw. 
Robin Dawson's level par 72 was the first score from further afield as the Maynooth University, Ireland student played in the event for the first time. 
Despite Jack McDonald (Stirling/Kilmarnock Barassie) having to withdraw with a wrist injury, Stirling I - perhaps unsurprisingly - led the men's team event, ahead of Maynooth and a Scottish Golf Union Select team.
In the ladies draw, Maynooth also played to the fore, with Shannen Brown shooting an impressive 74 on a lengthened composite course. 
Shannen's team-mate, Shannon Burke  was also prominent with a 76 (+2), split by Stirling University's Gemma Batty (75) and only slightly ahead of Abertay Dundee's Nasstja Banovec (77). In the ladies' team event, Maynooth have an impressive lead over Stirling and the defending champions, ISGA. 
The competition continues tomorrow and concludes on Wednesday.

IRISH LADIES FOUR-BALL REGIONAL FINALS AT ATHLONE G C

NEWS RELEASE

The Miele Four-ball Regional Finals were held in Athlone Golf Club today. Athlone Golf Club where eight clubs from four regions were in action.

Region 1 saw Skerries take on Castlewarden Golf Club. Skerries took an early lead winning the first two matches on the 18^th hole. The back two matches were called in.

It was a close call between Malone and City of Derry in Region 2. The third City of Derry match had an early win on the 14^th hole. The remaining matches lasted until the 16^th, 18^th and 19^th respectively. The final result was 3 – 1 to City of Derry.

Cahir Park took on Castletroy in Region 3. Cahir Park emerged the stronger side winning their first three matches. The 13^th proved to be a popular hole for the team as the two middle matches secured wins of 7and 5. Region four saw Tuam take on Slieve Russell. Both teams played very good golf but Tuam edged the win. They sealed wins on the 14^th, 15^th and 18^th respectively.

The 2014 Miele Four-ball All-Ireland semi-finals and final will take place at Naas Golf Club on Saturday-Sunday, October 4-5.

RESULTS

Tuam 3½,  Slieve Russell ½
Lorna Mullally (13) and Martina Casserly (15) bt Ann Monteith (7) and Kathy Durkin (18) 1 hole.
Anneta O'Neill (12) and Mary Bollard (20) bt Bronagh Lunney (2) and Deirdre Forde (32) 5 and 4.
Jacqui McGrath (17) and Siobhan Joyce (20) halved with Laura Brown (15) and Martina Gorby (20) (called in)
Jackie Cullen (16) and Ann Higgins (23) bt Anne Mone (19) and Margaret Martin (20) 4 and 3.

Skerries 3, Castlewarden 1
Fiona Farrell (6) and Joanne Kinsella (13) bt Clodagh Walsh (5) and Michelle Masterson (17) 1 hole.
Barbara Ryan (10) and Mary Kenny (12) bt Emily Gavin (7) and Muriel Corney (17) 2 holes.
Joyce Gillespie (8) and Bridgeen Kiernay (18) halved with Lauren Walsh (7) and Susan Hart (18) (called in)
Grainne O'Connor (10) and Sylvia Alcock (16) halved with Philippa Carr (17) and Bernie Roche (18) (called in)
 

Cahir Park 2½, Castletroy 1½
Bridget Walsh (14) and Yvonne Morrison (18) bt Shirley Real (4) and Gwynne Walsh (15) 2 holes.
Caitlin Fitzgerald (13) and Michelle Keating (23) bt Elaine Guinan (11) and Mary Byrne (14) 7 and 5
Chris Noonan (20) and Patricia Brown (20) lost to Ethna Leonard (9) and Tineke Leonard (17) 7 and 5
Susan Carey (18) and Phil Barry (26) halved with Eimear Costelloe (11) and  Eavan Martin (18) (called in)

Malone 1, City of Derry 3
Siobhan Greene (6) and Gillian Browne (16) halved with Naoimh Quigg (3) and Betty McBride (17) (called in)
Sara O'Sullivan (7) and Gemma McCrory (19) halved with Vivienne Houston (6) and Gerda Laird (17) (called in)
Karena Brady (13) and Gail McNeice (15) lost to Catherine McCanny (9) and Ciara Quigg (15) 6 and 4
Ann Brown (11) and Sharon Cox (21) lost to Geraldine Crossan (14) and Maire Reynolds (15) 2 and 1.

NICOLA ROBERTSON'S TOP-20 FINISH ON USA DEBUT

 

Stirling Golf Club member Nicola Robertson, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, has achieved a top-20 finish in her debut on the United States women's college golf circuit as a freshman student at King University, Bristol in Tennessee.

The former Scotland girl international whose family live at Dunblane had rounds of 81 and 75 for a total of 156 to finish 18th in the Smoky Mountain Intercollegiate at Sevierville, Tennessee at the weekend.

The winner of the event by two strokes was Julie Loennechen (Mount Oliver) with 67-75 for 142.

Two other King students from England finished behind Nicola in the event.

Elizabeth Swallow, a third-year student from Berkshire finished T22 on 158 with a pair of 79s.

Samantha Taylor, a sophomore from Newcastle, had scores of 77-85 for 162 and a joint 35th finish in a field of 68 players and over a par-72 course of 6,006 yards.

King (636) finished eighth of 13 in the team event which was won by Lee (611) by five strokes from West Florida with SCAD-Savanath third on 620.
West Florida had three English students in action. Two of them - Lily Kent (77-75 for 152) and Aimee Paterson (79-78 for 157) made the top 20 with Lily T11 and Aimee T19.
Daisy-May Kenny finished 45th with scores of 84-82 for 166

BASINGSTOKE PAIR REPEAT VICTORY AT TADMARTON HEATH

OSCAR AND TARA O'HERLIHY WIN 

FATHER-DAUGHTER TITLE AGAIN!

FROM SALLY ABELL
Oscar and Tara O’Herlihy retained their title as the best Father and Daughter combination in a competition held in Oxfordshire at the weekend.
The pair, both members of Basingstoke Golf Club, won the 27-hole scratch title with a score of 116 in the annual tournament hosted by Tadmarton Heath.
They finished one shot clear of Peter Scott, another Basingstoke member, and his daughter Jodie Gibson from Andover GC.
There was also a first in the event, now in its fourth year, when Gaby Curtis, from Goring and Streatley, had a hole in one on the 10th.

RESULTS
27-hole Scratch 
1 Oscar and Tara O'Herlihy (Basingstoke) 116
2 Peter Scott (Basingstoke) and Jodie Gibson (Andover) 117
3 Mark and Laura Watkins (Bicester) 119

27-hole Nett
1 Frank (Whiteleaf) and Molly Kelleher (Ellesborough) 106
2 Richard (Stock Brook Manor) and Rachel Higgins (Ormskirk) 108.75
3 William Morris (Tadmarton Heath) and Jane Adams (Frilford) 109
18-hole Scratch
1 Keith Springham and Helen Lowe (Scraptoft) 80
18-hole Net
1 Pete and Vicky Shepherd (Bicester) 71.5
9-hole Scratch 
1 Andrew and Hayley Todd (Royal Ashdown Forest) 37
9-hole Net
1 Jon and Isabel Edwards (Frilford Heath) 32.5    
 

HOLE IN ONE BY 
GABY CURTIS
WITH THIS SHOT 

One-derful: Gaby Curtis launches the tee shot that went straight in the 10th hole during the annual Fathers and Daughters competition at Tadmarton Heath

UNITED STATES COLLEGE GOLF NEWS

LIAM JOHNSTON MAKES  TOP TEN IN
 
FIRST EVENT OF 2014-15 SEASON

Liam Johnston from Dumfries, a senior-year student at the University of Tennessee-

Chattanooga, finished joint 10th in a field of 75 at the Carpet Capital Collegiate golf tournament at The Farm Club, Rocky Face, Georgia on Sunday.
Johnston, pictured, had rounds of 76, 66 and 70 for a total of four-under-par 212 over a 7,102yd course in his first tournament of the 2014-15 US college golf season.
Team-mate Ewan Scott, a former Scottish youths champion from St Andrews and a second-year student, finished joint 41st.

Scott had rounds of 72, 73 and 74 three-over-par 219

Winner was the world's No 1 amateur, Ollie Schniederjans (Georgia Tech) with rounds of 72, 64 and 68 for 12-under 204. He won by two shots from Robby Shelton (Alabama) (69-68-69).

Ben Taylor (Louisiana State), a senior year student from Leatherhead, Surrey, finished T16 on 213 (67-73-73).

Paul McBride (Wake Forest), a freshman from Dublin, finished T32 on 218 (74-73-71).

South Carolina (848) headed the 14 teams with Georgia Tech (849) runners-up. Louisiana State (855) finished T6,  Wake Forest (859) eighth, and Chattanooga (861) 10th.

ST ANDREWS LADIES INVITATIONAL LEADING SCORES

 
      Debby Sargent with handicap section winner Katie Darling

NEWS RELEASE

As a club going from strength to strength we recognise the need to support young Scottish golfers and to highlight both the academic and sporting resources the University of St Andrews offers.

The tournament took place at the weekend and was run as a stroke-play competition, with prizes for best gross and nett scores.

Saturday saw the girls take on the Strathtyrum course. Playing in the beautiful weather, Pamela Nunez took the lead after the first round, shooting a score of 67. 

Katie Darling, who shot an incredible score of 70 (net score of 55), led her division.
The second round, played in very windy conditions was over the more resting Eden course.

Final results were as follows:

LEADING SCRATCH

142 Alice Watson (St Andrews Univ) 69 73

152 Pamela Nunez (St Andrews Univ) 67 85

155 Jennifer Rankine (Govan High) 77 78

Nett division:

134 Katie Darling (Royal High) (15) 55 79

140 Kiana Hainsworth (St Andrews Univ) (14) 64 76

141 Greta Martinelli  (St Andrews Univ) (9) 64 77

We would like to thank all the participants. We truly hope all of the players and parents had a fantastic weekend and most importantly have learned something new about their golf games.

Special thanks to The Links, Eden Restaurant, University Admissions, Saints Sport and R and A for providing all the help with organizing the tournament and support throughout the weekend.

Zhanna Tarasco

 

               Debby Sargent with Alice Watson.

PITREAVIE MIXED OPEN GREENSOMES: Late entries accepted

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

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Christine Steedman

FROZEN NECK, SHOULDER FORCES KYLIE TO QUIT

Kylie Walker had to retire prior to the fourth round of the Ladies European Tour's weekend tournament with a frozen neck and shoulder, jammed up so she couldn't rotate.

The Scot was well in the mix with 18 holes to go but having had to retire did not earn any prize money. 
She is now in a race against time to be fit to play in the last Major of the season - the Evian Championship, starting in France on Thursday.