By Colin Farquharson
Alex Glennie (pictured above) won the Scottish Senior Women's Open Stroke-play championship at Prestwick St Nicholas Golf Club today for the 3rd time (2011 and 2016) and headed the 16 qualifiers for the match-play tournament.
After shooting only one birdie in her-up with first-round 80, Glennie chalked up gains at the third, fourth, seventh, 10th and 11 in improving by 10 strokes for a 70 and a six-over-par total of 150.
She finished a shot ahead of the first-round leader Frances Millar (Carnoustie Caledonia) who slipped back from a 73 to a 78 for 151.
Millar had three birdies in her second round but also double bogeys at the eighth, short 10th, and par-5 11th.
Liz Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) had the best net total of 140 off seven of a handicap. South African Sonja Bland, a five-handicapper, was runner-up with a net total of 142
SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN'S OPEN STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Prestwick St Nicholas.
Par 144 (2x72). SSS 72. CSS 74 73.
150 A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 80 70.
151 F Millar (Carnoustie Caledonian) 73 78.
152 S Bland (S Africa) 77 75, L Allan (Glenbervie) 76 76
153 S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 78 75, E Moffat (St Regulus) 76 77.
154 L Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) 76 78.
156 S Penman (Gulane) 78 78.
157 E Stewart (Glenburn) 79 79, M Richmond (Royal Liverpool) 78 79.
158 G Kyle (East Renfrewshire) 79 79.
159 A Baker (Crail GS) 79 80, A Ryan (Tain) 79 80, K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 78 81.
160 D Jackson (Troon Ladies) 82 78, F De Vries (St Rule) 81 79, +M Smith (Tain) 78 82.
+M Smith was not one of the 16 qualifiers for the scratch match-play. She was eliminated on a comparison of the second rounds of the players who finished on 160.
Other scores included:
161 J Brown (Monifieth) 82 79.
163 A Bartlett (Royal Dornoch) 77 86.
172 E Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) 85 87
