Scotland international Megan Briggs is bidding to win the Renfrewshire women's county golf championship for a fourth year in a row at Whitecraigs Golf Club this week.
The 19-year-old Kilmacolm player, made a good start by leading the 16 match-play qualifiers today in cold, raw and windy conditions with a round of 74, one more than the CSS.
Megan is seeded to meet the No 2 qualifier, Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze), the 2003 champion, in Friday's final. Clare-Marie had a 75.
Third best qualifier was Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) with a 76. Donna, a record 10 times county champion between 1989 and 2005, was the last player to win the Renfrewshire title four years in a row. She did it from 1989 to 1992.
Megan Briggs' 15-year-old sister Eilidh, whom she beat 4 and 3 in last year's final, qualified in fourth place with a 78. That puts the Briggs girls in the same half of the draw so a repeat of last year is impossible.
MATCH-PLAY QUALIFIERS
SSS 72. CSS 73. (55 entrants)
74 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm).
75 Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze).
76 Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle).
78 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm).
80 Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire), Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle).
81 Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle), Carol White (Windyhill), Linda Stevenson (Whitecraigs).
82 Beth Paterson (Eastwood).
84 Linsey Stevenson (Elie & Earlsferry).
85 Linda McDougall (Greenock)
86 Jennifer Mack (Haggs Castle), Liz Stewart (Greenburn).
87 Eva Thomson (East Renfrewshire)
DRAW
Top half
9.15 M Briggs v E Thomson.
9.22 C Whyte v G McGinlay.
9.30 G Kyle v Linsey Stevenson.
9.37 L McDougall v E Briggs.
Lower half
9.45 D Jackson v J Mack.
9.52 B Paterson v A McKechin.
10.0 N Qayum v Linda Stevenson.
10.07 L Stewart v C-M Carlton.
Quarter-finals at 1.30, 1.37, 1.45 and 1.52.
Ladies Golf News in Scotland, the West of Scotland and Renfrewshire
