Tara Mactaggart (Minto) won the Mackie Bowl by four strokes at Gullane today with an eight-under-par total of 140, made up of rounds of 69 and 71.
She had a bag of 10 birdies over the day and her only two bogeys came late in her second round - at the 13th and 17th.
Runner-up was Angus county champion Gillian Paton (Royal Montrose) who was only one behind after an opening 70 but could not press home a challenge on the second circuit and finished with a 74 for 144.
Joint third finishers Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) and Rachael Livingstone (Kingsknowe) were also breathing down the winner's neck after the first round, Briggs with a 70 and Livingstone with a 69 but they drifted out of contention in the afternoon with rounds of 76 and 77 respectively.
MACKIE BOWL
Gullane, East Lothian
FINAL TOTALS
par 148 (2x74) SSS 75 CSS 74 (Rd 1)
140 T Mactaggart (Minto) 69 71.
144 G Paton (Royal Montrose) 70 74
146 E Briggs (Kilmacolm) 70 76, R Livingstone (Kingsknowe) 69 77.
147 K Brodie (Strathmore) 75 72, C Taylor (Nairn) 73 74, L McClymont (Milngavie) 73 74, J Saxton (Muckhart) 73 74
149 G MacDonald (Craigielaw) 75 74, K Beveridge (Aboyne) 70 79.
150 J Rankine (Haggs Castle) 75 75.
151 J Allan (Glenbervie) 73 78.
155 K A Scott (Strathaven) 75 80, K K Brown (Strathaven) 75 80.
157 S Taylor (Tynemouth) 77 80, M M Richmond (Strathaven) 75 82.
160 K Malcolm (Dumfries and Co) 77 83.
161 H Scott (Broomieknowe) 81 80, I Roska (Inverness) 78 83.
162 B S Biggart (North Berwick) 85 77, S Cameron (Gullane) 83 79.
163 E Docherty (Moray) 77 86, M Ashley (Strathmore) 75 88.
164 A Mitchell (Strathmore) 80 84.
166 D Young (North Berwick) 83 83, E Kennedy (Paisley) 80 86, R Hunter (Lanark) 77 89, C Irvine (Craigielaw) 75 91.
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