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MCKECHIN AND WHYTE HEAD HOME CHALLENGE
England’s fast rising star Annabel Dimmock led the way with a first round five under par 70 while Scot Alyson McKechin again showed her liking for the Helen Holm Scottish Open Strokeplay Championship at Troon Portland.
Elderslie’s Alyson McKechin, the Scottish Amateur Champion, finished second last year and a flawless opening three under par 72 put her in a four way share of third place that also included another Scot, Lauren Whyte.
Connie Jaffrey, the reigning Scottish Girls' Champion and Troon Ladies' Club member, was the third Scot under par on 74.
Renfrewshire’s Alyson McKechin birdied the long sixth and 15th and then completed the hat-trick with a three at the 17th.
Whyte, the 2012 Scottish Girls’ Champion from St Regulus, had three birdies and then saved her best for last with an eagle three at the closing hole.
Dimmock made her move with three birdies in a row from the turn. Winner of the Jones Doherty Challenge Cup in Florida earlier this year – Scot Kelsey MacDonald was her caddie – the Wentworth teenager had seven birdies to take a one shot lead over Delamere Forest’s Gemma Clews.
Dimmock was a member of last year’s English Girls’ and Senior Home International teams and if she can continue the form over the next two days she must have pusher herself into the sights of the Curtis Cup selectors.
After another round over Troon Portland, the top 66 players and ties qualify for Sunday’s final round over the Old Course, Troon.
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
Troon Portland GC, Ayrshire, Par 75
70 Annabel Dimmock (Wentworth)
71 Gemma Clews (Delamere Forest)
72 Rosie Davies (Coombe Hill), Lauren Whyte (St Regulus). Alyson McKechin (Elderslie).
73 Maria Dunne (Skerries, Ireland), Ellie Goodall (Selby), Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies, N Ireland), Meghan MacLaren (Wellingborough), Paula Grant (Lisburn, Ireland).
74 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), Sinead Sexton (Lahinch, Ireland), Marion Veysseyre (France), Chloe Ryan (Castletroy, Ireland), Lou Vrain (France), Becky Harries (Haverfordwest).
75 Anais Meyssonmer (France), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey), Bethan Popel (Long Ashton).
Other Scots
78 Emma Hale (Troon Ladies), Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw).
79 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies),
80 Clara Young (North Berwick), Heather Munro (Monifieth), Iona Stephen (Wentworth)
81 Tara Mactaggart (Minto).
82 Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne), Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe)
92 Anne Laing (Vale of Leven)
Ladies Golf News in Scotland, the West of Scotland and Renfrewshire
