Top seed Kathleen Sutherland (Royal Montrose), the new Scottish senior women’s amateur stroke-play champion, fell at the first hurdle in the senior women’s match-play championship at Glenbervie Golf Club today.
Kathleen lost by one hole to the last of the 16 qualifiers for the match-play stages, Aileen Kennedy (Harburn).
But giant-killer Kennedy was herself cut down to size in the afternoon quarter-finals. She lost by 3 and 2 to Margaret Tough (Falkirk) who had knocked out a former champion, Pamela Williamson (Baberton) by 3 and 2 in the morning.
Sunday morning’s semi-finals will see Tough play Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) and Lorna Bennett (Ladybank) play May Hughes (Lanark).
First round – A Kennedy (Harburn) bt K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 1 hole, M Tough (Falkirk) bt P Williamson (Baberton) 3 and 2, R Brown (Lothianburn) bt B Biggart (Kilmacolm) 3 and 2, A Telfer (Milngavie) bt H Faulds (Douglas Park) 2 and 1, L Bennett (Ladybank) bt J Mack (Haggs Castle) 4 and 3, N Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) bt E Campbell (Torwoodlee) 4 and 3, M Thomson (North Berwick) bt H Anderson (Downfield) 3 and 2, M Hughes (Lanark) bt F Hunter (Baberton) 4 and 2.
Quarter-finals – Tough bt Kennedy 3 and 2, Brown bt Telfer 5 and 3, Bennett bt Fenton 7 and 6, Hughes bt Thomson 1 hole.
SUNDAY MORNING SEMI-FINALS
Tough v Brown at 8am.
Bennett v Hughes at 8.10am.
FINAL AT 13.00.
The 1st round losers play in the second flight draw and Helen Faulds (Douglas Park) now meets Kathleen Sutherland in tomorrows semi final
Sutherland beat Williamson 4 and 2,Faulds beat Biggart 7 and 6, Campbell beat Mack at the 20th, Hunter beat Anderson 3 and 2
SUNDAY MORNING 2nd Flight SEMI-FINALS
Sutherland v Faulds at 8.20am.
Campbell v Hunter at 8.30am.
FINAL AT 12.45.
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