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| Ailsa Summers, Eilidh Briggs (Champion) and Susan Jackson |
West of Scotland's Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) won the SLGA Champion of Champions today at Glasgow Gailes. She had a 75 --- 2 under the CSS to win by one shot.
Eilidh, pictured above, with the winners trophy has had a fantastic season by winning the Renfrewshire County Championship, the Scottish Under-18 girls match-play championship at Glenisle and reaching the final of the Scottish women's amateur championship at Machrihanish. She also gained her first full cap, along with sister Megan, at the women's home internationals at Hillside.
Eilidh, with her dad Ian on her bag, matched the women's par of 75 and was two under the CSS for the day.
"I had never even seen the Glasgow Gailes course before," said Eilidh, "so it was a great help to have my dad guiding me round. He had previously caddied for my sister in this tournament so he knew a lot more about how to play Glasgow Gailes than I did."
Susan Jackson (Ladybank), runner-up with a 76, was in much the same boat as Elidh because she too had never seen the course before, let alone played a practice round over it. So she did very well to finish only one over par.
Young Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) was third with a 78, one shot ahead of Scottish women's champion Louise Kenney (Pitreavie), who also qualified as Fife county and East of Scotland champion..
Clara Young (North Berwick), the youngest player ever to win the East Lothian women's county champion was fifth with a 79. A total of 16 players made up the field.
SLGA CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
Glasgow Gailes Golf Club, Ayrshire
LEADING SCRATCH
Par 75. SSS 77. CSS 77
75 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm).
76 Susan Jackson (Ladybank).
77 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies).
78 Louise Kenney (Pitreavie).
79 Clara Young (North Berwick).
CLICK HERE to see all the photos (including your webmaster who was playing behind the event with her husband Gordon and Bobby and Helen Faulds) Click on slideshow to see larger photographs. Thanks go to Maureen Woodhead and Claire Hargan for their contribution to the album
