Emma wins at the double over Beith

Emma Hale (Troon Ladies), in her last year as a junior, won the scratch and handicap prizes at Beith in Ayrshire's Junior Girls' competition.   
Playing in exceptionally strong winds over a hilly, parkland course, Emma's scratch 70, net 69, was an excellent round of golf.   Her 69 won the St. Nicholas Trophy by two strokes over Jennifer Howie (Largs).   
As the best scratch, Emma wins the qualifier for the Telegraph Junior Golf Championship.   
SSS 69, CSS 70.

   Emma Hale with her trophy and some of the other competitors

SLGA Regional Medal Final South @ West Linton

Qualifiers for Grand Final at The Duke's, St Andrews on Sept 5

SILVER - Lynn Bruce (Minto), Margo Gardner (Linlithgow), Karen Marshall (Baberton).
BRONZE - Anne Swanston (Duns), Kelly McShannon (Lochend), Samantha Frost (Glen).

LEADING SILVER SCORES
par 72, SSS 72, CSS 73
71 Lynn Bruce  (Minto) (20)  
72 Anne Brownie (Comiston Ladies) (7)
73 Margo Gardner (Linlithgow) (5) 73, Fiona MacIver (North Berwick) (13)
74 Karen Marshall (Baberton), Janette Murdie (Newbattle) (6)
75 Susie Williamson (Swanston New) (11), Daphne Brill (Murrayshall Ladies) (11),
Robina Gilbertson (Prestwick St Nicholas) (5), Caroline Steedman (Murrayfield) (7), Linda Allan (Glenbervie) (4).
76 June-Ann Clark (Peebles) (13), Frances Millar (Carnoustie Caledonia) (4), Jacqui McIntosh (Carrickvale) (12)
77 Morag McNulty (Ayr Belleisle) (17), Leanne Wilson (Kelso) (5)
78 Morag Wardrop (Turnhouse) (7), Carol Dalgleish (Melrose) (19), Gillian Carter (Broomieknowe) (13), Anne Sullivan (Falkirk) (10), Amanda Bryce Carnwath) (9)
79 Ronny Paterson (Duns) (20), Yvonne Blyth (Prestonfield) (13), Alison Ker (Craigie Hill) (7)
80 Catherine Cheape (Grangemouth) (19)
81 Audrey Murray (Kirriemuir) (17), Gail McKill (Gullane) (10), Louise Cam,pbell (Glen) (13), Elspeth Bell (Hirsel) (15), Carol Lambie (Dunkeld and Birnam) (15), Jasmine Dorans (Dullatur) (20), Moira Stewart (Gifford) (16), Dorothy Ramsay (Biggar) (19)
82 Lorna Lynch (Lochend) (16)
83 Sally Park (Deer Park) (13)
84 Christine Brown (Wigtownshire) (13), Shona Morland (Ravelston) (10), Janice Bridgeman (Grangemouth) (10), Lia Maxwell (Aberdour) (5), Sylia Skinner (Kinghorn) (11)
85 Liz Campbell (Torwoodlee) (5), Janet Buchanan (Dalmally) (17)

LEADING BRONZE SCORES
74 Lynda Jeffrey (Dunbar) (23)
75 Anne Swanston (Duns) (33)
76 Kelly McShannon (Lochend) (21)
77 Samantha Frost (Glen) (23)
79 Colleen Brown (Dalmally) (20), Kathleen Berry (21), Moira Poyser (Merchants of Edinburgh) (27), Ann Southwood (Glencorse) (21), Lindsay White (Prestonfield) (18), Mary Jimenez (Glenbervie) (23)
80 Alison Carslaw (Whitekirk) (23), Sandra Richardson (Duddingston) (22)
81 Fiona Brown (Broomieknowe) (28), Pat Ritchie (Aberdour) (24), Gill Woodyer (West Linton) (25).
82 Annette Holton (Meldrose) (22), Barbara Cunningham (Hilton Park) (27), Susan Hay (Liberton) (24), Marion Ferrie (Dunkeld and Birnam) (24), Shona Donaldson (Hawick) (19), Rosemary Brown (Thornhill) (21).

Teenager Becca Earlbeats the pros  to start a winning double England squad player Becca Earl set off on a winning double when she birdied her way to victory in the WPGA One Day Series.  Just 24 hours after beating the professionals with her lowest-ever score of four-under par, Earl was the winner again. This time, the 15-year-old from Bishops Stortford in Hertfordshire, took the girls' honours in the Prince of Wales amateur challenge trophies at Woburn. Earl, a member of the England Golf Thames Valley U16 squad, started her winning run in the WPGA event at South Herts Golf Club.  Her round began slowly and she was two-over par after eight holes, before putting together a blistering sequence of five consecutive birdies from the ninth.  She parred the 14th before another birdie on the 15th – and then parred steadily home for 70, finishing three clear of the joint runners-up, Sian Evans and Danielle Anderson.  Earl, who is the Hertfordshire girls’ champion, teed off in the event with the aim of: “Having the experience of playing with the pros and seeing where I was compared to them - and to try and get my handicap cut. “I’ve got a lot of confidence from it, I know what standard I am and that I can play with some of the best. It was a really good opportunity.”  The following day she played on the Duchess course at Woburn, scoring two over 76 and level par to win the U21 girls’ event by a stroke. “I had a good week!” said Earl.  This is the second season that girls from the England Golf U16 and U18 regional squads have had the opportunity to enter the WPGA’s popular One Day Series and gain tournament experience. Rebecca Wood, the England Golf performance manager for women’s golf, commented: “England Golf is very grateful to the WPGA for opening up spaces at these events and supporting our regional programme. “The experience is invaluable and gives the girls a great opportunity to compete and to see at first-hand how the professional players approach the game.” Click here for full WPGA scores Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193

Beats Stacy Lewis at first extra hole in Vancouver

Lydia Ko wins third Canadian Pacific 

Women's Open title in play-off

        Lydia Ko holes the winning putt in Vancouver. Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)         
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Lydia Ko calmly tapped in a two foot par putt on the first play-off hole to defeat Stacy Lewis and take home her third Canadian Pacific Women’s Open title in the last four years.
“It feels amazing,” Ko said. “It’s great to come back to Vancouver and play well in front of such big crowds. I had an amazing week. I didn’t know that in 2012, I might be coming back here in a couple years, and then winning here again. So many great memories here and hopefully we’ll be able to come back here.”
The victory is the eighth of Ko’s young pro career and the three wins in Canada ties her with Meg Mallon and Pat Bradley for the most in tournament history.
“It would have been great if I was coming down the 18th with like a four-shot lead like I did in 2012,” Ko said with a smile. “But it is what it is. Stacy played amazing today; to shoot 67 under those conditions.”
Lewis forced the playoff with a 5-under final round to tie Ko, who shot an even par 72 on Sunday, and send the duo back to the 18th for extra holes.
On the playoff hole, Lewis found trouble off the tee and with her approach and was forced to scramble for a missed par attempt, while Ko calmly hit the fairway and green and then two-putted for her third victory of 2015. 
“I said, hey, you’ve just got to concentrate on your game, just one shot a time, and that’s what I tried to do,” Ko explained. 
“I said, I don’t want to get too aggressive to that pin but maybe it was a little bit too safe and maybe wasn’t the best shot going in. I made a really good first putt on my normal 72nd hole, and made a good putt on the first playoff hole. If the put was any longer for my second one, I would have been really nervous.”
“Well, if you would have told me at the beginning of the day, I was going to be in a playoff, I would have been pretty happy,” Lewis admitted. 
“Just with the way my game has been over the last month or so, I felt I was close to putting together a good round, and that’s what I did today. Still left a few out there. But would have liked a better lie in the rough in the play-off, but other than that, it was pretty good.”
While Ko has taken home the trophy three times, 2015 will mark the first time that Ko is able to take home a winner’s check in Canada as her victories in 2012 and 2013 came when she was still an amateur.
“You know, really the check is the last thing I’m thinking about,” Ko said. “It’s great to be back in the winner’s circle, and to play good golf in front of great crowds was really one of the highlights of this week. I kind of feel like somewhat Canadian. But the CP Canadian Women’s Open is such a great event, with the top players playing here, so, you know, every year, I have fun.“

HENDERSON WINS LOW CANADIAN
Brooke Mackenzie Henderson, proud of her Scottish roots, shot a final round 5-under 67 to claim low Canadian honours at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. 
“It was a really fun day out there today,” Henderson said. “I was only 1-under through nine but I was hitting the ball really well and giving myself a lot of opportunities. So to go 4-under the back nine and finish birdie, birdie, 17, 18, is definitely a cool feeling, and good momentum builder for this week.”
The T23 finish wraps up a busy week for Henderson which started with her first LPGA victory at the Cambia Portland Classic and included her taking up LPGA membership for the 2015 season.
“After a win and coming back to Canada, I have received a lot of attention that made my schedule extremely busy,” Henderson admitted. “But it’s a great problem to have, as I’ve been saying to a lot of people. I learned a lot about myself and how I can handle it, and I think it will be good for the next time.”
Henderson will have a quick turnaround as she will head to Alabama for the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.
“I’m really excited to be a tour pro because now I have somewhere to play and I know I’m playing next week, which is really exciting,” Henderson said with a smile. “I’ve had a little bit of a crowd; almost everywhere I’ve gone, I’ve had some people that were supporting me. I think the more and more I play on Tour and the more better finishes I have -- I have people saying, “Let’s go follow Brooke Henderson’s group.” That’s really amazing and hopefully it continues to grow and get bigger.”
HONO0RING LOUISE
Players at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open  wore pins to honour the memory of Founder Louise Suggs who passed away earlier this month. 2015 champion, and 2014 Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year, Lydia Ko took time to honour Suggs after her victory.
“We’ve had this Louise Suggs pin on our hats or on our shirts this week,” Ko said. “I really want to kind of pay a tribute to Louise for what she’s done for the women’s game. I think her luck stayed with me this week, so thank you, Louise.”

CANADIAN WOMEN'S OPEN FINAL TOTALS, PRIZEMONEY

		1	2	3	4				Strokes	Purse
1	x-Lydia Ko	67	68	69	72				276	$337,500
2	Stacy Lewis	68	70	71	67				276	$206,304
T3	Sei-Young Kim	69	71	69	68				277	$132,716
T3	So Yeon Ryu	71	72	70	64				277	$132,716
T5	Candie Kung	69	64	71	74				278	$84,713
T5	Alison Lee	70	70	66	72				278	$84,713
T7	Shanshan Feng	70	72	67	70				279	$59,864
T7	Charley Hull	69	73	67	70				279	$59,864
T9	Karine Icher	65	70	72	73				280	$46,121
T9	Inbee Park	71	69	70	70				280	$46,121
T9	Lexi Thompson	72	72	66	70				280	$46,121
T12	M.J. Hur	70	73	69	69				281	$38,289
T12	Lee-Anne Pace	71	71	72	67				281	$38,289
T14	Jaye Marie Green	73	68	69	72				282	$29,819
T14	Eun-Hee Ji	71	69	72	70				282	$29,819
T14	Ariya Jutanugarn	75	68	68	71				282	$29,819
T14	Hyo-Joo Kim	71	68	74	69				282	$29,819
T14	Ilhee Lee	71	74	67	70				282	$29,819
T14	Mi Hyang Lee	72	70	74	66				282	$29,819
T14	Xiyu Lin	70	66	73	73				282	$29,819
T21	Azahara Munoz	71	67	70	75				283	$24,623
T21	Lizette Salas	71	72	69	71				283	$24,623
T23	Brooke Henderson	70	75	72	67				284	$22,816
T23	Minjee Lee	74	68	71	71				284	$22,816
T25	Wei-Ling Hsu	71	72	71	71				285	$19,250
T25	Ha Na Jang	69	72	75	69				285	$19,250
T25	Cristie Kerr	71	71	73	70				285	$19,250
T25	Mo Martin	73	68	74	70				285	$19,250
T25	Paula Reto	74	71	72	68				285	$19,250
T25	Jennifer Song	71	71	71	72				285	$19,250
T25	Sun Young Yoo	73	72	70	70				285	$19,250
T32	Danah Bordner	68	73	75	70				286	$14,796
T32	Carlota Ciganda	70	70	74	72				286	$14,796
T32	Sarah Kemp	72	72	70	72				286	$14,796
T32	Jessica Korda	71	74	72	69				286	$14,796
T32	Ryann O'Toole	72	70	72	72				286	$14,796
T32	Amy Yang	71	74	68	73				286	$14,796
T38	I.K. Kim	68	72	72	75				287	$11,769
T38	Sydnee Michaels	71	73	71	72				287	$11,769
T38	Anna Nordqvist	69	73	71	74				287	$11,769
T38	Yani Tseng	73	71	68	75				287	$11,769
T38	Sakura Yokomine	72	73	70	72				287	$11,769
T43	Mika Miyazato	71	73	72	72				288	$9,798
T43	Haru Nomura	73	71	73	71				288	$9,798
T43	Sadena Parks	70	75	68	75				288	$9,798
T43	Beatriz Recari	74	71	69	74				288	$9,798
T47	Katie Burnett	73	71	72	73				289	$8,003
T47	Austin Ernst	75	68	75	71				289	$8,003
T47	Brittany Lincicome	75	70	73	71				289	$8,003
T47	Suzann Pettersen	72	68	74	75				289	$8,003
T47	Jane Rah	74	70	71	74				289	$8,003
T47	Alena Sharp	71	72	71	75				289	$8,003
T47	Jenny Shin	71	71	72	75				289	$8,003
T54	SooBin Kim	73	71	75	71				290	$6,777
T54	Ji Young Oh	73	72	73	72				290	$6,777
T54	Dewi Claire Schreefel	74	71	73	72				290	$6,777
T57	Laetitia Beck	74	71	74	72				291	$6,212
T57	Pernilla Lindberg	68	73	76	74				291	$6,212
T59	Sandra Gal	72	72	75	73				292	$5,497
T59	Maria Hernandez	71	73	76	72				292	$5,497
T59	Kim Kaufman	74	71	74	73				292	$5,497
T59	Therese Koelbaek	73	68	73	78				292	$5,497
T59	Gerina Piller	71	70	76	75				292	$5,497
T59	Jenny Suh	72	72	76	72				292	$5,497
T65	Christina Kim	72	73	75	73				293	$5,026
T65	Maria McBride	71	73	74	75				293	$5,026
T67	Moriya Jutanugarn	71	73	72	78				294	$4,744
T67	Min Lee	72	71	78	73				294	$4,744
T67	Morgan Pressel	74	70	75	75				294	$4,744
T70	Julieta Granada	73	72	77	73				295	$4,491
T70	Caroline Hedwall	72	73	74	76				295	$4,491
72	Angela Stanford	72	71	77	76				296	$4,404
73	P.K. Kongkraphan	73	71	80	74				298	$4,348
T74	Chie Arimura	71	73	77	79				300	$4,266
T74	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	74	71	75	80				300	$4,266
76	Felicity Johnson	72	73	80	79				304	$4,1

Eight confirmed on European Solheim Cup

team for match in Germany, Sept 18-20

LET NEWS RELEASE

from BETHAN CUTLER, LET Media Manager 

European Solheim Cup captain Carin Koch now has eight of her 12 charges confirmed for The 2015 Solheim Cup at Golf Club St. Leon-Rot in Germany.

After the final qualification tournament, the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open in Vancouver, the four players who qualified from the Rolex Women’s World Rankings are Anna Nordqvist from Sweden, Azahara Muñoz from Spain, Sandra Gal from Germany and Carlota Ciganda of Spain respectively.

They join the four players already qualified from the Ladies European Tour points list: Suzann Pettersen from Norway, Gwladys Nocera from France and Charley Hull and Melissa Reid from England.

Tomorrow (Tuesday 25^th August), captain Carin Koch will complete her line-up to take on the United States team from September 18-20 when she names her four wildcard picks live on the Sky Sports News SportsWomen show from 11.30 BST.

Of the most recently confirmed team members, world number 10 Anna Nordqvist will make her fourth Solheim Cup appearance, having first played in 2009 and then on two winning teams in 2011 and 2013. From 12 matches played, she has posted a combined total of 6 ½ points for team Europe.

World number 23 Azahara Muñoz will play on her third European Solheim Cup team, having been a key member of both of the past two successful teams in Ireland (2011) and Colorado (2013), where she earned has earned a combined total of 4 ½ points from eight matches played.

World number 43 Sandra Gal will make a second Solheim Cup appearance when the event takes place in her home country of Germany. A member of the winning team in Ireland in 2011, she is thrilled to be representing her continent and hopes to ignite golfing euphoria in Germany.

World number 52 Carlota Ciganda, a member of the victorious European team in 2013, who posted a 100 per cent record from three matches played in Colorado, will make her second Solheim Cup appearance but her first on European soil.

On the United States team, Captain Juli Inkster now has 10 players confirmed following the event in Canada. From the points list are (listed in order of points ranking): Stacy Lewis, Lexi Thompson, Cristie Kerr, Michelle Wie, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford and Gerina Piller.  

The two highest-ranked players not in the top-8 spots on the points list who qualified via the Rolex Rankings are No. 29 Alison Lee and No. 32 Lizette Salas.

Inkster will name her two remaining players live on Golf Channel during a Golf Central special, airing from 7-8 PM EST Monday, August 24^th in Orlando (12am-1am BST on Tuesday 25^th).