Gillian Paton beats top seed Jacqueline 

Sneddon in Angus final

                    Jacqueline Sneddon (left), Gillian Paton on right. Pictures by courtesy of Angela Campbell.
 
Gillian Paton (Royal Montrose) is the new Angus women's county golf champion. The No 2 qualifier for the match-play stages, Gillian beat top seed Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) by 3 and 2 in the final at Forfar Golf Club today (Sunday).
It was Gillian's first appearance in the final but Jacqueline also lost in the 2013 final.
Both had resounding morning wins in the semi-finals. Paton winning by 6 and 5 against Frances Millar (Carnoustie Ladies) while Paton was a 6 and 4 winner against Claire MacDonald (Ladies Panmure Barry).
In the final, Paton started the better in a strong westerly wind laced with showers, winning the second and fourth holes before she birdied the sixth from off the back of the green to go three up.
Sneddon got a hole back with a par 3 at the short ninth but fell three down again after driving into a bunker at the 11th.
Paton went four up with a birdie 2 at the short 13th but was bunkered at the 14th and lost the hole but was three up with four to play.
Halves at the 15th and 16th gave Paton a 3 and 2 victory.

The county handicap championship was won by 13-year-old Jodie Taylor who plays off 26 at Downfield Golf Club. A new junior member of the county and playing in her first match-play competition, Jodie beat Joan Hulse, a 24-handicap Montrose Mercantile member, by 3 and 2 in the final.
Jodie was the No 1 seed in the handicap section.
Joan is on the left and Jodie on the right in Angela Campbell's second picture.

SUNDAY RESULTS
SCRATCH - Semi-finals - Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) bt Frances Millar (Carnosutie Ladies) 6 and 5, Gillian Paton (Royal Montrose) bt Claire MacDonald (Ladies Panmure Barry) 6 and 4.
Final - Paton bt Sneddon 3 and 2.
HANDICAP - Semi-finals - Jodie Taylor (Downfield) (26) bt Deborah Mitchell (Carnoustie) (18) 9 and 7, Joan Hulse (Montrose Mercantile) (24) bt Lisa Husband (Forfar) (24) 2 and 1
Final - Taylor bt Hulse 3 and 2.

+Gillian Paton, maiden name Montieth, married last autumn. Was a Portpatrick Dunskey member, based in the south where she amassed an impressive array of titles was Wigtownshire's female sports personality of the year in 2010. She s4till holds the Portpatrick women's course record (-5), the Wigtownshire County record (-5) and Wigtown (-2).
She moved to Montrose and won the Royal Montrose club championship, the Montrose Mercantile club championship, the Montrose Links championship and the Northern Ladies Open, all in 2014. 
Gillian was a member of the Angus team that won the Scottish county finals and she was also winner of the Angus champion of champions' tournament in 2014. 
Reached the semi-finals of the 2014 Angus county championship, playing as Gillian Montieth.
Quite an impressive CV! Angus women's golf is lucky to have such a talented player move into the area.

INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ANGELA CAMPBELLWHO ALSO PROVIDED THE PICTURE BELOW OF THE ANGUS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZEWINNERS, THEIR CADDIES AND OFFICIALS

2009 British girls champion Delacour leads

LPGA's Kingsmill Championship

Perrine Delacour, shown at the 2015 Kingsmill Championship ( Associated Press )

GOLFWEEK.COM

By Andy Zunz

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Parisienne Perrine Delacour, winner of the British girls' open title in 2009, arded her third straight round in the 60s at the LPGA's Kingsmill Championship, taking a one-shot lead at the River Course at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virgina

Delacour (21) finished with three birdies over her final five holes en route to a 4-under 67. Delacour heads into Sunday's final round in the lead as she looks for her first LPGA title in two years on the tour. Delacour said she came into the week with more confidence in her short game.
"The last few events I got a bad chipping, so I work a lot last week on my chipping and I got more confidence," said Delacour. "So if I miss the green, I got more confidence, and I know I can make an up-and-down easier than last week."
Alison Lee, the LPGA rookie who held the 36-hole lead, is one shot behind Delacour at 10 under after a third-round 70. Lee played the first 11 holes in 4 under, but lost ground after making a bogey at 16 and following that with a double bogey at the par-3 17th. Lee was left with a sour taste in her mouth after making the double bogey at 17 on a four-putt, but hopes to rebound in the final round for her first LPGA victory.
"Stuff like that just happens," said Lee. "If I dwell on it too much it won't be good mentally and emotionally going into tomorrow. Just trying to brush it off and move on."
Paula Creamer, So Yeon Ryu and Minjee Lee are two shots back at 9 under, while Lexi Thompson is in sixth at 8 under.
BRITWATCH. Catriona Matthew dropped back with a 73 for 210 after 54 holes. Charley Hull is not having the best of tournaments, by her standards. She has reeled off three rounds of par 71 for 213
Yorkshire's Jodi Ewart Shadoff missed the cut by two shots with scores of 72 and 74.

THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 213 (3x71)
202 Perrine Delacour (France) 67 68 67
203 Alison Lee (USA) 66 67 70
204 Minjee Lee (Australia) 68 67 69, Paula Creamer (USA) 67 71 66, Su Yeon Rhu (S Korea) 67 69 68

SELECTED SCORES
206 Suzann Pettersen (Norway) 72 65 69]
210 Catriona Matthew (Scotland) 70 67 73 
213 Charley Hull (England) 71 71 71

MISSED THE CUT (145 and better qualified)
146  Jodi Ewart Shadoff (England) 72 74
 

Career-low 65 gives Melissa Reid Turkish delight

                           Melissa Reid in action today. Picture by Tristan Jones of LET.

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE
By Bethan Cutler, LET Media Manager
Melissa Reid shot her lowest score as a professional – a blemish-free eight under par 65 – to take the first round lead at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open in Belek, Antalya, on Sunday.

The 2010 tournament champion at nearby National Golf Club, Reid was playing her first round on The Carya course as she parred the first four holes before going on to pick up eight birdies, including five on the back nine.

“I hadn’t seen the course, so perhaps that’s the way forward. I walked about 12 holes yesterday to look at a few tee shots but I played about the last seven holes completely blind,” said Reid, 27, from Derby in England.

Reid’s score bettered by one stroke the clubhouse lead previously held by her Solheim Cup partner, Dame Laura Davies.

“Just before I went out I saw Laura birdie her last hole so I knew that she’d had a good round, which was nice to see. I knew that there was a low score out there so I tried to keep in touch with her, so to shoot eight under was nice,” said Reid, who two months ago finished second at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco.

Earlier in the day, Davies produced some vintage form as she fired eight birdies and dropped just one stroke on the first hole.

The four-time major winner, who is soon to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, said: “I played well, hit 18 greens. I had a problem down the first when I moved a twig and my ball moved, but I then hit the shot onto the green, so I figured I hit 18 greens today, which is always a good feeling. I drove it well, hit two dodgy tee shots and putted nicely. It was the first time in I don’t know how long.”

The current Ladies European Tour order of merit leader Gwladys Nocera carded a five under par round of 68 to end the day in third position. The recent Lalla Meryem Cup winner fired four birdies, an eagle and a bogey as she played with a painful ankle injury.

She said: “I ripped a tendon four weeks ago falling off a golf cart, so I had a cast and I had crutches. It’s not healed yet but I’m working on it and the physio from the French Federation is here working on it, so that’s why I have a really nice strap that allows me to play. It’s painful and that’s why I didn’t play China, because I couldn’t walk, so it’s better.

“I’m really pleased with today. I’m not physically 100 per cent so I’m trying to play smart and not to do anything stupid, not to be too greedy.”

In joint fourth place are Noora Tamminen, Rebecca Artis and Caroline Martens on four under par.

FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD

65 - Melissa Reid (ENG)

66 - Laura Davies (ENG)

68 - Gwladys Nocera (FRA)

69 - Noora Tamminen (FIN) , Rebecca Artis (AUS) , Caroline Martens (NOR)

70 - Carly Booth (SCO) , Isabelle Boineau (FRA) , Chloe Leurquin (BEL) , Malene Jorgensen (DEN)

71 - Camilla Lennarth (SWE) , Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) , Lauren Taylor (ENG) , Liz Young (ENG) , Lucie Andre (FRA) , Amy Boulden (WAL)

72 - Kylie Walker (SCO) , Sally Watson (SCO) , Melissa Eaton (RSA) , Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) , Georgia Hall (ENG) , Nanna Koerstz Madsen (DNK) , Ursula Wikstrom (FIN), Pamela Pretswell (SCO) , Lynn Carlsson (SWE) , Lien Willems (BEL) , Beth Allen (USA) , Laura Murray (SCO) , Trish Johnson (ENG)

73 - Mireia Prat (ESP) , Minea Blomqvist (FIN) , Alexandra Vilatte (FRA) , Steffi Kirchmayr (GER) , Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA) , Fabienne In-albon (SWI) , Maria Balikoeva (RUS) , Amber Ratcliffe (ENG) , Holly Clyburn (ENG) , Virginia Espejo (ESP) , Martyna Mierzwa (POL) , Florentyna Parker (ENG) , Lina Boqvist (SWE) , Vikki Laing (SCO)

74 - Whitney Hillier (AUS) , Marion Ricordeau (FRA) , Connie Chen (RSA) , Csilla Lajtai-rozsa (HUN) , Sophie Sandolo (ITA) , Maha Haddioui (MAR) , Bonita Bredenhann (NAM) , Patricia Sanz Barrio (ESP) , Sophie Giquel-bettan (FRA) , Miriam Nagl (BRA) , Hannah Ralph (ENG)

75 - Rebecca Codd (IRL) , Tonje Daffinrud (NOR) , Monique Smit (RSA) , Holly Aitchison (ENG) , Ssu-Chia Cheng (TPE) , Nicole Garcia (RSA) , Margherita Rigon (ITA) , Linda Henriksson (FIN) , Alex Peters (ENG) , Diana Luna (ITA) , Elisa Serramia (ESP) , Emily Kristine Pedersen (DNK) , Christine Wolf (AUT)

76 - Bree Arthur (AUS) , Caroline Afonso (FRA) , Caroline Rominger (SWI) , Nina Muehl (AUT) , Anne Van Dam (NLD) , Louise Friberg (SWE) , Rebecca Sorensen (SWE) , Georgina Simpson (ENG) , Daisy Nielsen (DEN) , Melanie Maetzler (SWI) , Laura Jansone (LVA) , Charlotte Ellis (ENG), Louise Stahle (SWE) , Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER)

77 - Sarah-Jane Boyd (ENG) , Stefania Croce (ITA) , Anjelika Hammar (SWE), Heather MacRae (SCO) , Jade Schaeffer (FRA) , Leigh Whittaker (GER) , Linnea Strom (SWE) , Sharmila Nicollet (IND) , Valentine Derrey (FRA) , Stacey Keating (AUS) , Rebecca Hudson (ENG) , Klara Spilkova (CZE) , Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) , Kelsey Macdonald (SCO) , Anais Maggetti (SWI) , Mathilda Cappeliez (FRA)

78 - Paula Hurtado (COL) , Marika Voss (FIN) , Sophie Gustafson (SWE) , Sahra Hassan (WAL) , Linda Wessberg (SWE) , Hannah Burke (ENG) , Emma Westin (SWE) , Louise Larsson (SWE) , Emma Goddard (ENG) , Emma Cabrera-bello (ESP) , Marta Sanz Barrio (ESP) , Eleanor Givens (ENG)

79 - Carin Koch (SWE) , Anna Christina Kindgren (COL) , Nina Holleder (GER) , Carmen Alonso (ESP)

80 - Becky Brewerton (WAL) , Josephine Janson (SWE) , Isabella Ramsay (SWE) , Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN)

81 - Laurette Maritz (RSA) , Celine Herbin (FRA) , Cathryn Bristow (NZL)

82 - Stephanie Na (AUS)

83 - Elina Nummenpaa (FIN)

86 - Sena Ersoy (TUR) , Henni Zuel (ENG)

Withdrew - Begum Yilmaz (TUR), Sezgi Kilic (TUR)

Jennifer, Alice help Bethune-Cookman win title

   We think that's Alice Plumb third from left and  Jennifer Hide fifth from left.

Jennifer Hide from Norfolk, a final-year student at Bethune-Cookman College, finished third in a field of 43 players at the United States'  PGA Minority Championship at PGA Golf Club, Port St Lucie, Florida.
Over a par-72 course of 6,144yd, Jennifer had improving rounds of 78, 71 and 70 for a three-over-par total of 219.
She finished seven strokes behind the winner, Heather Shake (Houston Victoria) (67-78-67 for four-under 212).
Runner-up was Kassandra Rivera (Texas Southern) with 73, 73 and 69 for 215.
Another English student at Bethune-Cookman, College, Alice Plumb, a sophomore from Somerset, finished seventh with scores of 77, 74 and 73 for 224.
Jennifer and Alice helped Bethune-Cookman win the team title by a considerable margin - 34 shots from runners-up Houston-Victoria to be precise in a field of nine teams. 

Ben Taylor makes top 20 at New Haven Regional

Ben Taylor from Leatherhead, Surrey, a senior student at Louisiana State University, finished T17 in a field of 75 players at the NCAA New Haven Regional at The Course at Yale, New Haven, Connecticut 

Ben, pictured right, had rounds of 73, 73 and a superb final round of 65 for a one-over-par round of 211 over a par-70 course of 6,803yd.
Winner by three with a total of 203 was Jordan Niebrugge (Oklahoma State) with rounds of 72, 62 and 69.

Qualifying teams for the NCAA Championship were Sothern Florida, San Diego State, Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt and Louisiana State.

 Disappointing end to USA college career for 

Grant Forrest

Former Scottish amateur champion Grant Forrest from North Berwick had a disappointing close to his four years on the US college golf circuit as a student at San Diego University, California.
In his final tournament, the NCAA San Diego Regional at The Farms Golf Club, San Diego, Forrest shot 74, 72 and 77 for five-over-par 223 and a T36 finish behind Spaniard John Rahm (Arizona) who racked up his seventh win in America with a 10-under-par total of 206. The Arizona State student shot 73, 64 and 69 
Forrest won four college tournaments in his four years at the California college.
Welshman Rhys Pugh (East Tennessee State) finished below Forrest in T40 position with rounds of 81, 73 and 70 for 224.
San Diego finished 10th in the team title race from which t he five qualifying teams for the NCAA championship at the end of the month in Florida were
Oklahoma,
Arizona State
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Virginia. 

Jessica's T7 finish in her final USA tournament

Jessica Bradley from Bishops Nympton, North Devon and a final-year student at Lynn University, Boca Raton in Florida, finished T7 in her last USA college circuit appearance before returning to England.
The event was the NCAA Division 2 women's championship at The Meadows Golf Club, Allendale in the stage of Michigan.
Jessica, who was a multi-winner on the circuit over the past four years, had rounds of 75, 80, 75 and 73 for a total of 303 over a par-72 course of 6,193yd.
Heading the field of 71 players was Brenna Moore (Midwestern State) with rounds of 74, 73, 74 and 76 for 297 and a two-shot victory.
Indianapolis (1212) won the team title by five shots from Rollins College with Lynn (1225) third of the 12 competing teams.

Dianne Watson is MGR Fife Golfer of the Week

The MyGolfRanking Fife Golfer of the Week is Leven Golfing Society's Dianne Watson who, having been an almost ever-present in the Top 10 of the Fife Ladies MGRankings since its inception, has reached the dizzy heights of No 1.

www.mygolfranking.net, Fife Ladies, Week 2015/19

1 Dianne Watson (Leven GS) 1107 pts

2 Mary Donaldson (Canmore) 1068

3 Lia Maxwell (Aberdour) 1020

4 Linda McDonald (Ladybank) 990

5 Lorna Bennett (Leven GS) 930

www.mygolfranking.net, Fife Clubs Ladies, Week 2015/19

1 Ladybank 1026 pts

2 Leven GS 1019

3 St Michaels 864

4 Canmore 843

5 Pitreavie 798

www.mygolfranking.net, Fife Men, Week 2015/19

1 Ryan Brown (Dunfermline) 1150 pts

2 Paul Manderson (Forrester Park Resort) 1125

3 *Marcus Rickard (Cupar) 1040

4 Ryan Walsh (Kirkcaldy) 1027

5 Steve Merrett (Dunfermline) 1023

www.mygolfranking.net, Fife Clubs Men, Week 2015/19

1 Scoonie 787 pts

2 Dunnikier Park 745

3 Kirkcaldy 733

4 Kinghorn 730

5 St Michaels 727

*Entry this week

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Irishman Paul Dunne wins through to NCAA 

Championship with Alabama-Birmingham
 
Paul Dunne, in his last few weeks of four years at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB), will figure in the NCAA

Championship tournament as his farewell from US college golf, writes Colin Farquharson
The fourth-year student from Greystones, Ireland, pictured left, shot 67-71-72 for six-under-par 210 and a T7 finish in a field of 75 players at the NCAA Bremerton Regional - seven shots behind the winner by four, Cheng-Tsung Pan (Washington) (67-69-67) - but Alabama-Birmingham headed the five teams who qualified for the end of the season finale.
The others were South Carolina, Southern California, Texas Christian and Washington from a field of 14 teams.

Wicks signs off from Midland with a T4 finish

David Wicks, pictured right,  from East Sussex, finished off his two years at Midland College, by finishing T4 in a field of 97 players at  the NJCAA men's national championship Division 1 at Sand Creek Station with rounds of 73, 71, 69 and 73 for two-under-par 286 over a 7358 course (par 72)
The winner by two shots on 281 was Vetle Maroy (Odessa College) with rounds of 71, 71, 66 and 73.
Wicks did not get much support from his team-mate as Midland finished 16th of 19 in the team title race won by Indian Hills ahead of McLennan. Some recruiting need there!
Wicks will step up to Jacksonville University in August.
 

Duke men's team advance to NCAA Ch/ship

FROM THE DUKE UNIVERSITY WEBSITE
By JACK WINTERS
with a few additional words from Colin Farquharson
LUBBOCK, TEXAS -- The Duke University men's golf team capped off the NCAA Lubbock Regional with a two-over 286 to finish third and advance to the NCAA Championship (May 29 - June 3) with an eight-under 844. 
Freshman Adam Wood and sophomore Max Greyserman paced the Blue Devils Saturday with two-under 69s at the Rawls Course (par 71, 7,349 yards).
"T.D. [Luten] and I could not possibly  be happier for our guys," said head coach Jamie Green. "They earned every single shot out there for three days. You talk about working hard, building and getting better but at the end of the day you do all that so you can go out there and have fun. The guys went out there with a mindset that they were going to enjoy this. Even though the ACC Championship wasn't what we wanted, the reality of it was these guys know they can play and they can play at the highest level."
Texas claimed medallist (leading qualifier) honours with a 22-under 830, four shots better than host Texas Tech (834). Duke secured a third-place finish with Auburn placing fourth at seven-under (845). Purdue and Houston tied for fifth at five-under (847) to enter a play-off for the final spot in the NCAA Championship out of the Lubbock Regional. 
Houston's Kevin Pilgrim carded a birdie on the first play-off hole (No. 18) to push the Cougars past Purdue in the play-off.
"It has been our goal all season to give ourselves a chance to advance to the NCAA Championship," said Wood. "We played some tremendous golf over the past few days and I couldn't be more proud of my teammates. It truly was a team effort."
Blair Hamilton (Houston) (68-69-68) and Clement Sordet (Texas Tech) (67-69-69) shared individual medallist honours at eight-under 205 while Wood and Turner Southey-Gordon finished in the top 20 for the Blue Devils.
Wood got off to a strong start with a birdie on No. 1 and added another birdie on the par 4 fourth hole to move to two-under. The right-hander out of Indiana suffered back-to-back bogeys at the turn to slip back to even-par on the day. As winds picked up late in the round, Wood carded a birdie on No. 15 and sank a 16-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to add to Duke's cushion. His tap in par on No. 18 capped off his team-leading 10th round of under-par golf on the year. Wood closed the tournament tied for 11th with a two-under 211.
"There were a couple scoreboards I could see coming down the stretch," Wood continued. "We had a little cushion but we needed to finish strong. I was patient on the back nine and had birdie chances on No. 15-18. I had the mentality of finishing strong and was able to make a couple of those."
Greyserman carded his best round of the year with a two-under 69. He opened with a birdie on No. 1 and made the turn at two-under following a birdie on No. 9. The Short Hills, N.J., native added a birdie on the par 4 12th hole to continue his climb up the leaderboard. 
Greyserman bogeyed No. 14 but recovered with an 11-foot birdie putt on No. 15 to get back to three-under. Following his second bogey of the day, Greyserman closed out with pars on No. 17 and No. 18. He finished tied for 50th with a five-over 218.
Junior Motin Yeung delivered a two-over 73 in the final round to finish tied for 39th at 216 (+3). He got off to a terrific start with seven pars and birdies on No. 4 and No. 9 on the front nine. Yeung had two bogeys and a double-bogey on the back nine but recovered to pars his final three holes to help keep Duke inside the top five of the team leaderboard.
Jake Shuman and Southey-Gordon battled throughout the day en route to rounds of 75 and 76. Neither player carded a birdie in the round but both players were instrumental in Duke advancing to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2011. Southey-Gordon finished tied for 11th with a two-under 211, while Shuman tied for 22nd with an even-par 213.
"It [the wind] was tough for everybody," said Green. "We knew that the longer the tournament went on the more the wind was going to pick up. It was 25 miles per hour over that last couple holes and when there are no trees to block it that is a huge factor. 
"We made a couple of bogeys coming in but even a bogey wasn't a terrible thing toward the end. It is a 54-hole event and you count that first hole just as much as the 54th. The reality is all of our guys played their hearts out."
J J Grey (Georgia State), a third-year student from Kent, finished T33 on 215 (67-71-77).
Tomacz Anderson (JacksonvilelState) finished T50 on 218 with scores of 75-71 and 72
Scots Eamon Bradley and Lawrence Allan, both students at Southeastern Louisiana, finished T39 and T66 respectively. Bradley scored 72-71-73 for 216, Allan 74-77-74 for 225
Duke moves on to the NCAA Championship, May 29-June 3, at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. The Blue Devils are one of five ACC teams (Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Virginia are the others) to advance to the NCAA Championship.