RENFREWSHIRE JUNIORS WIN THE INTER COUNTY KENNEDY SALVER

Back - L to R - Anna MacKenzie, Heather Mushet, Emily Crusher

Front -- Sophie Kyle, Ellie Wilkie and Niamh Kennedy

The West of Scotland Junior Inter-County matches were played on Monday (yesterday)  at Loudoun Gowf Club in Ayrshire.
The heavy rain around the time of the girls going out in their singles matches didn't deter their spirits and once it passed over the remainder of the afternoon was fine.
Renfrewshire got off to a good start winning all of the morning foursomes matches giving them 3 points.
 Holders Lanarkshire were next on 1.5 points, Ayrshire's point was a concession from D &A who unfortunately had late call-offs, then D & A who gained a half.
 D & A won two of their singles matches, Ayrshire won 3 so the fight was on between Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire.
 Lanarkshire made up some ground from the morning deficit winning 3 matches plus the concession giving them a total of 5.5 points, but Renfrewshire's two afternoon wins along with the concession was enough to get them over the line with a total of 6 points.

 Congratulations Renfrewshire on your win, but also very well done to all the girls selected to play for your county........the officials and spectators enjoyed it immensely.
 We look forward to next year when Dumbartonshire & Argyll will be our hosts.

CLICK HER FOR PHOTOS FROM THE DAY'S EVENTS -- Thanks go to June Kerr, Liz Keohone, Audrey MacKenzie and Gillian Kyle for all the photos
CLICK HERE for some photos from Lanarkshire's Jean MacIntyre

Many thanks go to Ayrshire's Junior Convenor June Kerr for the report

   Midlothian retain East Division team championship at Mortonhall

                 Midlothian team with the East Division championship trophy

                   (from the Midlothian Ladies County Golf Association website)

Back row (left to right): Louise Fraser, Alison McBride, Karen Ferguson-Snedden, Hannah Scott, Kate McIntosh, Jacky Burnett (county vice-capt)

Front row: Kirsten Blackwood, Wendy Nicholson, Zandra Mathieson (county capt), Karen Marshall. 

Midlothian have claimed the last place in the four-cornered Scottish county finals at Aboyne Golf Club, Aberdeenshire from Friday to Sunday, September 16 to 18.
They retained the East Division inter-county team championship at Mortonhall Golf Club today, by beating East Lothian 8.5-0.5 to complete their three-match programme with a 100 per cent record.
In the day's other match Stirling and Clackmanan clinched the runner-up place by beating Fife 6.5 to 2.5
Midlothian join Aberdeenshire, Dumfriesshire, and Dunbartonshire and Argyll in the Scottish county finals line-up.

HOW THE EAST DIVISION TABLE FINISHED
                                              P   W  H  L   F    A    Pts
Midlothian                            3    3   0   0   23    4    6
Stirling and Clackmannan    3    2   0   1   17   10   4
East Lothian                          3    1   0   2    7    20   2
Fife                                        3    0   0   3    7    20   0

Six qualifiers at Kilmacolm for Grand Medal

 Final at Blairgowrie

The six qualifiers for the Grand Final at Blairgowrie from today's Women's Regional Medal (West) Final at Kilmacolm were:
Silver Class - Katie Scott (Strathaven) (6) 70; Margaret Locke (Kirkcudbright) (10) 73; Anne Gilbert (Kilbirnie Place) (16) (better last 6) 75.
Bronze Class - Rona Sarafilovic (Muckhart) (29) 71; Zoe Kemp (Helensburgh) (21) 73; Barbara McCrory (Uphall) (32) 75.
The Grand Final will be held at Blairgowrie Golf Club on Sunday, September 11.

Other leading net scores:
Silver Class - Lindsay McCubbin (Hilton Park) (16), Kirsty Stewart (Clydebank and Dist) (15) 75; Anne Lloyd (Hayston) (14), Shona Morland (Ravelston) (9), Lorna Howie (Whitecraigs) (10), Lorna McClymont (Dumbarton) (5) 76.
Bronze Class -  Susan Johnston (Lanark) (24) 76; Betty Johnson (Greenburn) (21), Claire Peebles (Alloa) (24) 77; Fiona |MacFarlane (Kirkintilloch) (23), Alison Watt (Whitecraigs) (220 78

PRESS RELEASE

Irish Senior Women’s Close Championship

Birr Golf Club

Tuesday 28 June – Friday 1 July 2016

 

Gertie blazes birdie trail to lead Irish Seniors'

Close Championship at Birr

 

FROM SARAH CROWE

 

Live Scoring Link

 

It was a calm and cool day at Birr Golf Club for the competitors at the Irish Senior Women’s Close Championship. East Berkshire’s Laura Webb took the first tee shot of the day, quickly followed by playing partners Gertie McMullen (The Island) and Carol Wickham (Laytown & Bettystown).

 

Defending her Irish Senior Close title, McMullen swiftly took the lead on day one. She opened with a birdie three before dropping shots on the 5^th, 8^th and 10^th holes, which placed her at level pegging with fellow competitors. However, a run of birdies on the 11^th, 12^th, 14^th and 18^th saw her four under through the last eight to finish with an impressive 71 (-2). She leads the field by three from closest competitors, 2013 finalist Carol Wickham (Laytown & Bettystown) and Tralee’s Mary Sheehy.

 

The chasing pack also include Maria O’Reilly (Headfort) on 75 and Mary MacLaren (Royal Portrush) on 76, with many others not far back. The field will play a further 18 holes over the immaculate parkland layout at Birr tomorrow Wednesday, with the top 16 qualifying for matchplay over the following two days. Players in positions seventeen through thirty-two will qualify for the Plate matchplay.

Irish Senior Women’s Close Championship

 FIRST ROUND

 (Par 73 SSS 73 CSS 73)
71 Gertie McMullen (The Island)
74 Carol Wickham (Laytown & Bettystown) Mary Sheehy (Tralee)
75 Maria O'Reilly (Headfort)
76 Mary MacLaren (Royal Portrush)
77 Catherine Bird (Nenagh) Laura Webb (East Berkshire) Helen Jones (Royal Portrush)
78 Sheena Mc Elroy (Grange) Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire) Paula Murray (Naas)
79 Emer Kirwan (Kiliney) Marilyn  Henderson (Royal Belfast) Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) Valerie  Hassett (Ennis)
80 Fiona Corbett (Castletroy) Mary Dowling (Mallow) Margaret McAuliffe (Ballybunion) Pat  Doran (Donabate) Pauline Walsh (Headfort)
81 Ruth Maguire (Corrstown) Margaret Hayes (Tralee)
82 Rita McGoldrick (Enniscrone) Toni McDonagh (Fortwilliam) Kate Evans (Royal Co. Down Ladies) Vivienne Houston (City of Derry)
83 Rita O'Neill (Callan)
84 Vera Smyth (Birr) Catherine Reilly (The Heath) Pamela Morgan (Lahinch) Gemma Butler (Birr)
85 Mary Duane (Hermitage)
86 Breda Ryan (Callan) Yvonne Mac Sweeney (Wexford) Mary  Madden (Ballinasloe) Siobhan McGrath (Athlone) Honoria Fogarty (Castlecomer)
87 Mary Kinsella (Tullamore) Stephanie Mac Grath (Lahinch) Ann Monteith (Slieve Russell)
88 Valerie Shannon (Lahinch) Hazel Henderson (Royal Portrush)
89 Majorie Ahern (Lahinch) Stephanie McNiff (Tullamore)
90 Fiona Glass (Ballycastle) Catherine Carty (Tullamore) Elizabeth Neville (Bearna)
90 Christine Carroll (Killarney)
91 Julie Barkman (Nenagh) Nicky Smyth (Royal Portrush) Mary Mather (Cill Dara)
92 Mary Geaney (Killarney)
93 Kathleen Burke (Connemara)
95 Angela Cullinan (Lahinch) Mary Sadlier (Lahinch)

Qualifying Round 2 - Wednesday 29th June
09:30 Mary Kinsella (Tullamore) Gemma Butler (Birr) Majorie Ahern (Lahinch)
09:40 Rita McGoldrick (Enniscrone) Fiona Corbett (Castletroy) Valerie Shannon (Lahinch)
09:50 Siobhan McGrath (Athlone) Honoria Fogarty (Castlecomer) Mary Sadlier (Lahinch)
10:00 Vera Smyth (Birr) Julie Barkman (Nenagh) Elizabeth Neville (Bearna)
10:10 Catherine Carty (Tullamore) Angela Cullinan (Lahinch) Mary Mather (Cill Dara)
10:20 Stephanie McNiff (Tullamore) Fiona Glass (Ballycastle) Paula Murray (Naas)
10:30 Yvonne Mac Sweeney (Wexford) Christine Carroll (Killarney) Mary Sheehy (Tralee)
10:40 Kathleen Burke (Connemara) Kathleen Moylan (Tullamore) Mary Geaney (Killarney)
10:50 Hazel Henderson (Royal Portrush) Emer Kirwan (Killiney) Stephanie Mac Grath (Lahinch)
11:00 Laura Webb (East Berkshire) Mary Dowling (Mallow) Mary MacLaren (Royal Portrush)
11:10 Gertie McMullen (The Island) Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) Helen Jones (Royal Portrush)
11:20 Carol Wickham (Laytown & Bettystown) Mary Duane (Hermitage) Sheena Mc Elroy (Grange)
11:30 Pat Doran (Donabate) Niamh Giblin (Dun Laoghaire) Vivienne Houston (City of Derry)
11:40 Marilyn Henderson (Royal Belfast) Maria O'Reilly (Headfort) Catherine Reilly (The Heath)
11:50 Kate Evans (Royal Co. Down Ladies) Nicky Smyth (Royal Portrush) Pauline Walsh (Headfort)
12:00 Valerie Hassett (Ennis) Ruth Maguire (Corrstown) Margaret Hayes (Tralee)
12:10 Margaret McAuliffe (Ballybunion) Breda Ryan (Callan) Catherine Bird (Nenagh)
12:20 Mary Madden (Ballinasloe) Rita O'Neill (Callan) Ann Monteith (Slieve Russell)
12:30 Anne Wemyss (Callan) Toni McDonagh (Fortwilliam) Pamela Morgan (Lahinch)

 

Further information on the tournament, including live scoring can be found here: Irish Senior Womens Close Championship.

 

Carly Booth earns 7,000 euros as first female 

winner of Aegean Airlines pro-am in Greece

        Carly Booth (centre) with her winner's cheque, which represents £5,815 in sterling.

Aberdonian's daughter Carly Booth from Comrie, Perthshire shot a 

13-under-par total of 200 at The Dunes Course, Costa Navarino in 

Greece to win the first individual pro prize of 7,000 euros (£5,815) 

in becoming the first female winner since the Aegean Airlines 

pro-am tournament started in 2006.

Beginning the final day two shots off the pace, Booth, who had her 24th birthday on June 21, made substantial ground in the final grouping, eventually taking the lead with just two holes to play, and managed to hold off the chasing pack for her first PGAs of Europe-sanctioned event victory. She had scores of 67, 66 and 67 over the par-71 course

“I came here and did what I needed to do and I’ve had a great time doing it,” explained the two-time Ladies European Tour winner.  “It’s a great boost for me to go back out on tour and get this winning feeling again because that’s what I want again.”

The leader at the start of the third round, Paul Marks (PGA of South Africa), set the pace early on with a birdie at the first and their playing partner, Lee Rinker (PGA of America), also put the pressure on with a one-under par front nine.  But Booth remained composed, oblivious to the efforts of the many chasers behind her.

“I didn’t know my position at all…so it was really just playing my own game and just against the two pros I was playing with,” said Carly.  “I knew I was two shots ahead of the group I was playing in  – and we all birdied 16 and then Lee birdied 17, which took him to only one shot behind me.  The 18^th is a par five so I knew it was a birdie chance and I had  to make one - which I did -  to make sure I secured this winner’s spot.”

Rinker also shot one-under on his back nine for a two-under par 69 and a share of second place at -11 (202) with South Africa’s Jake Roos who’s final round four-under 67 was not quite enough to propel him into first.

Notable charges from competitors included the PGA of Austria’s, Georg Schultes, who’s final 68 to finish in sole fourth place, whilst David Heinzinger (PGA of Germany) and Panos Karantzias (PGA of Greece) each shot 67s to finish at T5 on -9 (204). Henrik Engdahl (PGA of Greece) and Paul Marks both also finished at -9 for the tournament.

The hotly contested two-round Team Pro-Am event finished with Panos Karantzias, and his amateurs Aris Vovos, Dimitris Moraitis, and Alexey Syomin, at the top with two excellent rounds of 90 and 93 points for an incredible 183 total (-39) .

In tied 2^nd place in the Team Pro-Am were Steve Dooley (Austria) and amateurs, Gerhard Komarek, Gerhard Marischka, and Peter Fischer, Stuart Boyle (PGA of Great Britain and Ireland), Haris Papadopoulos, Georgios Kyvernitis, and Dimitris Carokis, and Rudy Whitfield (PGA of South Africa), Harry Christofi, Andre Hugo, and James Johnston, all on 181 points (-37).

   FINAL SCOREBOARD AND PRIZE MONEY

1	Carly Booth (p)	-4	F	-13	67	66	67	200	€7,000.00
T2	Jake Roos (p)	-4	F	-11	67	68	67	202	€4,000.00
T2	Lee Rinker (p)	-2	F	-11	65	68	69	202	€4,000.00
4	Georg Schultes (p)	-3	F	-10	68	67	68	203	€1,800.00
T5	David Heinzinger (p)	-4	F	-9	67	70	67	204	€1,050.00
T5	Panos Karantzias (p)	-4	F	-9	69	68	67	204	€1,050.00
T5	Henrik Engdahl (p)	-1	F	-9	65	69	70	204	€1,050.00
T5	Paul Marks (p)	+2	F	-9	63	68	73	204	€1,050.00
9	Liam Bond (p)	-7	F	-8	69	72	64	205	€900.00
10	Nicolo Gaggero (p)	-7	F	-7	73	69	64	206	€850.00
11	Adam Kritikos (p)	-1	F	-5	68	70	70	208	€800.00
T12	Paolo Terreni (p)	-5	F	-4	68	75	66	209	€725.00
T12	Martin Dewhurst (p)	E	F	-4	71	67	71	209	€725.00
T14	Paul Nilbrink (p)	-2	F	-1	71	72	69	212	€660.00
T14	Raimo Sjoberg (p)	-1	F	-1	70	72	70	212	€660.00
T14	Zeke Martinez (p)	+2	F	-1	69	70	73	212	€660.00
T17	Richard Tinworth (p)	+1	F	E	72	69	72	213	€600.00
T17	Rudy Whitfield (p)	+4	F	E	71	67	75	213	€600.00
T17	Erol Simsek (p)	+7	F	E	69	66	78	213	€600.00
20	Craig Williams (p)	+4	F	+2	69	71	75	215	€570.00
21	Tino Schuster (p)	+2	F	+3	70	73	73	216	€560.00
T22	Stuart Boyle (p)	E	F	+4	72	74	71	217	€545.00
T22	Ulas Karatas (p)	+4	F	+4	76	66	75	217	€545.00
24	Jonathan Fransson (p)	+3	F	+5	77	67	74	218	€530.00
T25	Andrea Zanini (p)	+1	F	+6	73	74	72	219	€515.00
T25	Benjamin Wuttke (p)	+7	F	+6	71	70	78	219	€515.00
T27	Themis Ginis (p)	+4	F	+7	73	72	75	220	€495.00
T27	Akim Hassan (p)	+5	F	+7	73	71	76	220	€495.00
29	Christos Nikopoulos (p)	+7	F	+9	71	73	78	222	€480.00
30	Christian Widhalm (p)	+5	F	+10	72	75	76	223	€470.00
T31	Maros Gajan (p)	+7	F	+11	70	76	78	224	€455.00
T31	Cristian Lanza (p)	+4	F	+11	74	75	75	224	€455.00
T33	Steve Richardson (p)	+5	F	+12	73	76	76	225	€435.00
T33	Ross Bain (p)	+3	F	+12	74	77	74	225	€435.00
T35	Chrysanthos Diakou (p)	+3	F	+13	82	70	74	226	€415.00
T35	Lorenzo Scala (p)	+1	F	+13	78	76	72	226	€415.00
T37	Willie Milne (p)	+9	F	+15	72	76	80	228	€395.00
T37	Mike Leitch (p)	+9	F	+15	70	78	80	228	€395.00
39	Steve Dooley (p)	+10	F	+16	74	74	81	229	€380.00
T40	George Karagiannis (p)	+12	F	+17	79	68	83	230	€360.00
T40	Tony Price (p)	+11	F	+17	74	74	82	230	€360.00
T40	Andreas Lauss (p)	E	F	+17	84	75	71	230	€360.00
43	Thanasis Karantzias (p)	+13	F	+19	74	74	84	232	€340.00
T44	Rene-Pierre Brouchoud (p)	+8	F	+21	77	78	79	234	€320.00
T44	Shane McHenry (p)	+7	F	+21	81	75	78	234	€320.00
T44	Lee Scarbrow (p)	+3	F	+21	80	80	74	234	€320.00
47	Darren Edmunds (p)	+12	F	+25	77	78	83	238	€300.00
T48	Giles Johnson (p)	+9	F	+26	78	81	80	239	€285.00
T48	Adriano Mori (p)	+8	F	+26	80	80	79	239	€285.00
50	Eugene Papadopoulos (p)	+13	F	+28	78	79	84	241	€270.00
51	James Latham (p)	+11	F	+30	79	82	82	243	€260.00
52	Krasimir Panayotov (p)	+10	F	+31	85	78	81	244	€250.00
53	Anthony Sotiropoulos (p)	+18	F	+34	77	81	89	247	€240.00
54	Takis Gonias (p)	+13	F	+35	78	86	84	248	€230.00
55	Dimitrios Vlachos (p)	+18	F	+38	82	80	89	251	€220.00
56	Miltos Valtadoros (p)	+12	F	+41	88	83	83	254	€210.00
57	Nikos Sotiropoulos (p)	+17	F	+42	83	84	88	255	€200.00
58	Harry Zervos (p)	+18	F	+50	89	85	89	263	€190.00
59	Tal Bildman (p)	+20	F	+59	95	86	91	272	€180.00

Jasmine wins Scottish Golf Academy U16 girls' 

event at Kirriemuir by six strokes

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
 Hazlehead's Jasmine Mackintosh won the girls' section of the Scottish Golf Academy's 16 and under years' Development Day tournament at Kirriemuir Golf Club by six strokes.
She had a total of six birdies and one double-bogey 6 in rounds of 76 and 74 for a four-over-par tally of 150.
Two Strathmore Golf Centre players, Megan Ashley (77-79 for 156) and Kirsty Brodie (79-78 for 157) finished second and third.
SCOREBOARD
   par 146 (2x73) SSS 72. CSS 72 and 74
150 Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead 76 74.
156 Megan Ashley (Strathmore) 77 79
157 Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore) 79 78
158 Evanna Hynd (Balbirnie Park) 75 83
163 Anna McKay (Craigl GS) 80 83
169 Rachel Foster (Turnberry) 85 84
173 Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) 86 87
Withdrew: Eilidh Henderson (Loretto) 94 -  

TO CHECK OUT THE SCORECARDS                                               Jasmine Mackintosh

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Day 2 East Division jamboree at Mortonhall GC

MIDLOTHIAN 8, FIFE 1
(Midlothian names first)

Foursomes (3-0)
Kate McIntosh and Wendy Nicholson bt Elaine Moffat and Lorna McKinlay 3/2
Hannah Scott and Kirsten Blackwood bt Susan Jackson and Lorna Bennett 3/1
Louise Fraser and Karen Ferguson-Sneddon bt Lynn Newton and Karin Sharp 1 hole

Singles (5 -1)
Kate McIntosh lost to Elaine Moffat 3 and 1
Karen Marshall bt Lynn Newton 5 and 4
Alison McBride bt Susan Jackson 3 and 2
Kirsten Blackwood bt Brogan Clark 6 and 5
Louise Fraser bt Lorna Bennett 7 and 5
Hannah Scott bt Lorna McKinlay 3 and 1.

EAST LOTHIAN 1, STIRLING and CLACKMANNAN 8
(East Lothian names first)

Foursomes (0-3)
Mary Lou Watkins and Keren Ward lost to louise MacGregor and Mhairi Hall 2 and 1
Lesley Johnson and Stacey Cameron lost to Alison Davidson and Laura Bissett 4 and 3
Jane Herd and Lauren Lee lost  to Claire Capocci and Fiona Wait 6 and 5

Singles (1-5)
Joanne Free lost to Louise MacGegor 1 hole
Lauren Lee lost to Laura Bissett 2 holes
Keren Ward lost to Jennifer Allan 3 and 2
Stacey Cameron lost to Fiona Wait 2 and 1
Susan Penman lost to Elaine Allison 5 and 3
Mary Lou Watkins bt Alison Davidson 3 and 1

HOW THEY STAND

Midlothian                         won 2              14.5-  3,5
East Lothian                       won 1 lost 1      6.5-11.5m
Stirling and Clackmannan  won 1 lost 1    10.5-  7.5
Fife                                     won 0 lost 2       4.5-13.5

FINAL DAY MATCHES
Midlothian v East Lothian
Fife v Stirling and Clackmannan

Dumfriesshire win South Division title

Missing from photo Mirren Fraser. Photo includes Fiona Allison (Captain) Gladys McClymont ( President)

 

Results from final day at South Jamboree at Dumfries and County Golf Club. 

DUMFRIESSHIRE 7, GALLOWAY2

Dumfriesshire names first

FOURSOMES (2-1)

Diane Macdonald and Mirren Fraser bt Katie Wright and Maria Cowan 4 and 2.

Rachel Walker and Jordana Graham bt Gwen Robson and Jean Brydson 4 and 3

Katie Malcolm and Emma Greenlees lost to Sheila McMurtrie and Addi Shamash 1 hole

SINGLES (5-1)

Rachel Walker bt Katie Wright 4 and 2.

Diane Macdonald bt Addi Shamash 4 and 3.

Jordana Graham bt Gwen Robson  5 and 4.

Emma Greenlees bt Pat Magill 5 and 3.

Katie Malcolm bt Maria Cowan 3 and 2

Margaret McGregor lost to Sheila McMurtrie 5 and 3.