Gullane's Lesley Atkins leads the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Under-18 girls golf championship at the end of the first qualifying round over the Crail Golfing Society's Craighead course in south Fife.Lesley had a great round of 71, three under par and two under the CSS for the day.Winner of this title, decided on match-play after two rounds of stroke-play, Atkins has timed her return to form to perfection.She leads by three shots going into the second Q round from Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) with Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) and England-based Nicola Callander (Mill Green), daughter of a former golf magazine editor, sharing third place on 75.LEADING FIRST QUALIFYING ROUNDPar 74. CSS 7371 L Atkins (Gullane Ladies)74 C Jaffrey (Troon Ladies)75 N Callander (Mill Green), J Meek (Carnoustie Ladies)77 H Munro (Monifieth), H Scott (Broomieknowe).78 Emma Hale (Troon Ladies), E Aird (Blairgowrie), L Whyte (St Regulus).79 C Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies), L Stevenson (Whitecraigs & Elie and Earlsferry)80 K Wright (Stranraer), K McGarva (Troon Ladies), K Beveridge (Aboyne), E OConnor (Bothwell Castle).81 D Ker (Roxburghe), S McWilliam (Aboyne) C Munro (Gullane Ladies), E Watson (Muckhart)82 R Walker (Dumfries and Co), A Tait (St Regulus), T Seivwright (Deeside)83 C Gadsby (Crieff)84 M Fraser (Powfoot), C Goadby (St Regulus), N Robertson (Dunblane New), R Irvine (Largs).85 T Mactaggart (Minto), K Pryde (Deeside), Emma Kennedy (Dumfries and Galloway), O Borwick (McDonald Ellon).
Gullane's Lesley Atkins leads the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Under-18 girls golf championship at the end of the first qualifying round over the Crail Golfing Society's Craighead course in south Fife.
Lesley had a great round of 71, three under par and two under the CSS for the day.
Winner of this title, decided on match-play after two rounds of stroke-play, Atkins has timed her return to form to perfection.
She leads by three shots going into the second Q round from Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) with Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) and England-based Nicola Callander (Mill Green), daughter of a former golf magazine editor, sharing third place on 75.
LEADING FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
Par 74. CSS 73
71 L Atkins (Gullane Ladies)
74 C Jaffrey (Troon Ladies)
75 N Callander (Mill Green), J Meek (Carnoustie Ladies)
77 H Munro (Monifieth), H Scott (Broomieknowe).
78 Emma Hale (Troon Ladies), E Aird (Blairgowrie), L Whyte (St Regulus).
79 C Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies), L Stevenson (Whitecraigs & Elie and Earlsferry)
80 K Wright (Stranraer), K McGarva (Troon Ladies), K Beveridge (Aboyne), E OConnor (Bothwell Castle).
81 D Ker (Roxburghe), S McWilliam (Aboyne) C Munro (Gullane Ladies), E Watson (Muckhart)
82 R Walker (Dumfries and Co), A Tait (St Regulus), T Seivwright (Deeside)
83 C Gadsby (Crieff)
84 M Fraser (Powfoot), C Goadby (St Regulus), N Robertson (Dunblane New), R Irvine (Largs).
85 T Mactaggart (Minto), K Pryde (Deeside), Emma Kennedy (Dumfries and Galloway), O Borwick (McDonald Ellon).
