OLIVIA MEHAFFEY JUST OUTSIDE TOP 10 IN HAWAII

Curtis Cup player Olivia Mehaffey (pictured left) from Northern Ireland, a student at Arizona State University, finished T13 in a field of 64 at the Nanea Pac 12 Preview college tournament at Nanea Golf Club, Kailua Kona, Hawaii.

Olivia had rounds of 74, 76 and 72 for a three-over-par total of 222 over a testing par-73 course of 6,372yd.

She finished nine shots behind the winner by two, Robynn Ree (Southern California), with scores of 70-73-70 for 213.
Mehaffey's effort helped Arizona State (878) win the team title ahead of great rivals Arizona (881) with Stanford (889) third in a field of 11 teams.

DUNBLANE'S NICOLA T39 FINISH IN FLORIDA

Nicola Robertson (pictured right) from Dunblane, a student at King University, Tennessee, finished T39 in a field of 89 at the Flagler Fall Slam college tournament at Marsh Creek County Club.

Nicola had scores of 80 and 79 for 159, 15-over-par for the 6,062yd, par-72 course at St Augustine, Florida.
King team-mate Samantha Taylor from Newcastle finished T57 with scores of 84 and 81 for 165.

Individual winner was Tilda Larsson (Barry University) with scores of 74 and 70 for level par 144.
Barry (587) also won the team honours ahead of Flagler College (604) and Seminole State (605). King (641) came 10th of 16.

Craigmillar Park Golf Club raises £1000 for breast cancer research

George Hunter (Club Captain), Mary Richardson (Ladies Convenor), Niamh Crawford (Breast Cancer Now)

Craigmillar Park Golf Club yesterday (25th October) was delighted to present a cheque for £1000 to Breast Cancer Now. Last month we ran our Ladies Golf Union (LGU) Breast Cancer Now Brooch Medal. We turned the day into a ‘wear pink day’ involving all our members. Our men, women and juniors all turned out in their best pink outfits and our course flags even turned pink for the weekend.

Entry fees were donated, we ran a raffle for a golf bag and members donated generously on the day. The pink police’ AKA George Hunter (Club Captain) and Mary Richardson (Ladies Convenor) were out on the course on the day checking for ‘pinkness’ and fines for lack of pink attire were handed out.
Over 4,600 women and 28 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in Scotland each year. It is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women and around 1,000 people in Scotland die from the disease every year and has touched the lives of many of our golfers and their families.

We were delighted to raise £1000, consisting of money raised on the day and additional individual donations from two of our members to help fund cutting-edge research into the disease. In Scotland, Breast Cancer Now support 21 scientists, working on research projects in locations such as Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling.

Photos and report from --
Mary Richardson
Ladies Convenor
Craigmillar Park Golf Club

Mary Richardson and Karen Ballantyne are "In The pink'

Further photos from the day can be downloaded by  CLICKING HERE

Breast Cancer Now in Scotland: http://breastcancernow.org/about-us/what-we-do/our-work-in-scotland

Sport Remembers The Somme 1916-2016

 Bob Gamble (Royal British Legion) with Sam Torrance and Shona Malcolm

The Royal British Legion is urging golf clubs to fly a poppy pin flag on the 16th hole as part of its Somme 100 commemorations

The Royal British Legion’s ‘Fly the Flag’ initiative is part of a nationwide campaign, ‘Sport Remembers the Somme 1916-2016’, which is calling on sporting organisations, associations, clubs, teams and individuals to commemorate the role played by sportsmen on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

Douglas Park Golf Club in Bearsden Glasgow have sent in their Photograph of the flag now flying at their 16th Hole

The Poppy Pin Flag at Douglas Park Golf Club
Photo courtesy of Brian Thistle (Captain)

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