Friday 17 August 2018

Cara Thompson wins Strathtyrum Tournament at St Andrews

By Colin Farquharson

Cara Thompson (Royal Dornoch) won the prestigious Strathtyrum Tournament at St Andrews today.
In the semi-finals, Cara showed she was in peak form by beating title-holder Lucy Jamieson (Heswall)  6 and 5.
Thompson was given a much closer contest in the final by Marieke Helgers from the Netherlands. The Scot, a scratch player, won by one hole.
Helgers had earlier dashed hopes of an all-Scottish final by beating Wendy Nicholson (Baberton) 6 and 4 in the semi-finals.
Elizabeth Goodwin, who plays off 11 at Glenbervie, lost in the final of the Strathtyrum Salver handicap competition. She went down at the 20th to Sarah Shepherd, a 13-handicapper from Prestatyn Golf Club, Denbighshire in Wales.  


STRATHTYRUM TOURNAMENT
SEMI-FINALS
Marieke Helgers (Netherlands) bt Wendy Nicholson (Baberton) 6 and 4.
Cara Thompson (Royal Dornoch) bt Lucy Jamieson (Heswall) 6 and 5.

FINAL 
Thompson bt Helgers 1 hole.

STRATHTYRUM SALVER (handicap)
SEMI-FINALS
Sarah Shepherd (Prestatyn) (13) bt Catriona Corrigan (Ballybunion) (11) 3 and 1.
Elizabeth Goodwin (Glenbervie) (11) bt Joan Scanlan (Newcastle West) (5) 2 and 1.

FINAL
Shepherd bt Goodwin at 20th