2018 WORLD JUNIOR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP - LIVE SCORING

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SCOTLAND LIE IN 12th POSITION AFTER ROUND 2 OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Espirito Santo Trophy women's world amateur championship  - Venue: Carton House Golf Club, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland

The USA set a 36-hole scoring mark, fueled by matching bogey-free scores of 8-under 65 from Jennifer Kupcho and Kristen Gillman on the O’Meara Course, to take a one-stroke lead over defending champion Republic of Korea and three strokes over first-round leader Japan.

Scotland, who were placed in 13th spot after day one, finished day two in a share of 12th place on a team total of one-under par.

Aboyne’s Shannon McWilliam carded an impressive three-under 69 with Connie Jaffrey’s level par round of 72 also counting towards the team score.

Espirito Santo Trophy – Team Leaderboard

Espirito Santo Trophy – Individual Leaderboard

In the individual competititon, Shannon McWilliam is the top Scot in T15 on two-under par. Ayean Cho (Republic of Korea) and Yuka Yasuda (Japan) lead the way on thirteen-under par.

LEADERBOARD

132 Ayean Cho (South Korea) 68 64, Yuka Yasuka (Japan) 65 67.
135 Jennifer Kupcho (USA) 70 65.

SELECTED SCORES

143 Olivia Mehaffey (Ireland) 70 73, Shannon McWilliam (Scotland) 74 69 (T14).
146 Connie Jaffrey (Scotland) 74 72, Sophie Lamb (England) 75 71 (T39)
147 Hollie Muse (England) 77 70 (T48)
148 Annabell Fuller (England) 74 74 (T54)
150 Hannah McCook (Scotland) 77 73 (T76)

CONNIE JAFFREY. HANNAH MCCOOK AND SHANNON MCWILLIAM READY FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN IRELAND

Shannon, Hannah and Connie  - Photo courtesy of Susan Wood Team Captain

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By Martin Dempster

A decade after winning the men’s equivalent for the first time, Scotland are heading into this week’s Women’s World Amateur Team Championship with a side that looks capable of making an impact at Carton House in Ireland.

Emulating that success recorded by Wallace Booth, Gavin Dear and Callum Macaulay in the Eisenhower Trophy event in Australia may be a tall order, but getting in the Espirito Santo Trophy medal mix will definitely be a target for a trio comprising of Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), Hannah McCook (Grantown-on-Spey)and Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne).

They have already tasted team success in Ireland this year, having been part of the Scotland side that won the Women’s Home Internationals for the first time in eight years at Ballybunion earlier this month. 

McCook, also won the Irish Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship at Co Louth earlier in the year, claiming that individual success a week after she had also triumphed in the Welsh equivalent.

“We are all excited to be back in Ireland after a very successful week here a couple of weeks ago,” said McCook. “The courses are both in brilliant condition and we look forward to playing in such a prestigious event. Preparations have gone well, so we are excited to get started.”

Jaffrey, the 2017 Scottish Women’s champion, added: “We are feeling well prepared and confidence is at a high leading from a great victory at Ladies Home Internationals. This is one of the best teams we have had for a few years, so we have the chance to make this week special.”

The event, which features a record 57 teams, two more than in Mexico in 2016, sees Korea bid to maintain their recent dominance, having landed the title three times in the last four stagings and also being the defending champions.

Ireland, the hosts this time around, were bronze medallists two years ago, when Olivia Mehaffey and Annabel Wilson were in the team and they are being joined on this occasion by Paula Grant, who played in Japan in 2014.

McWilliam is among eight players from this year’s Curtis Cup competing, the others including Sophie Lamb and Annabel Fuller, two of England’s representatives along with Hollie Muse.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for all these players because, for the most part, it will be the strongest field they will have played in and a world championships is the ultimate test in any sport,” said Scottish Golf’s new performance director, Clare Queen. “We look forward to testing ourselves against the best.”

While the majority of the players taking part are up-and-coming youngsters, that is 
certainly not the case with Guatemala. Easily the oldest competitor in the field, 70-year-old Beatriz Arenasis making her 11th appearance in the biennial event as a player or a captain 

The men’s event takes place at the same venue next week, when Scotland will be represented by Ryan Lumsden (Royal Wimbledon), Euan Walker (Barassie) and Sandy Scott (Nairn).

HANNAH McCOOK SHARING FOURTH PLACE IN ENGLISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

By Colin Farquharson

A double bogey 6 at her penultimate hole - the eighth - cost Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) a possible share of second place after 36 holes of the English women's open amateur golf championship at Coventry Golf Club.

Starting at the 10th, McCook bogeyed the 12th and 14th but her round came alive when she birdied the first, second, third and sixth only to slip up with two holes to play. 

She finished with a level par 73 for a two-round tally of 147 and a share of fourth place behind the five-shot leader, Isabella Holpfer (Austria) (66-73).

Dubai based Scot Alison Muirhead (Jumeirah Golf Estates) (78-72), Curtis Cup player Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) (79-77) and Hazlehead's Jasmine Mackintosh (77-79) made the cut on the limit mark of 156.

LEADERBOARD
par 146 (2x73) SSS 77 CSS 77
139 Isabella Holpfer (Austria) 66 73
144 Cara Gainer (Castle Royle) 72 72, Euphemie Rhodes (Burnham and Berrow) 72 72
147 Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 74 73, Pasqualle Coffa (Netherlands) 74 73.

SELECTED SCORES
148 Sophie Lamb (Clitheroe) 73 75, Lucy Jamieson (Heswall) 72 76 (T6)

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
150 Alison Muirhead (Jumeirah Golf Estates) 78,72 (T14)
156 S McWilliam (Aboyne) 79 77, J Mackintosh (Hazlehead) 77 79  (T37)

MISSED THE CUT
157 L McClymont (Milngavie) 79 78 (T46th)
170 Kirsten Brown (Strathaven) 88 82 (T104)

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HANNAH MCCOOK TIED 11th IN FIRST ROUND OF THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

By Colin Farquharson 

Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) shot a one-over-par 74 to be joint 11th at the end of the first day of the 72-hole English women's open amateur stroke-play golf championship at Coventry Golf Club.

McCook birdied the second, fifth and 10th but a weak finish - bogeys at the 12th, 15th and 17th - cost her a place in the top 10 overnight behind Isabella Holpfer (Austria), leader by six shots with a seven-under-par 66.

Hazlehead's Jasmine Mackintosh had a 77 for a share of 36th place and Curtis Cup player Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) a 79, alongside Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) in joint 54th place.

LEADERBOARD
par 73
66 I Holpfer (Aut).
72 E Rhodes (Burnham and Berrow), L Jamieson (Heswall) C McGinty (Knowle), C Gainer (Castle Royle).
73 S Lamb (Clitheroe), N Armgruester (Switz), C Heath (Huddersfield), G Price (Bude and N Cornwall), P Brown (Worthing).

SELECTED SCORES:
74 H McCook (Grantown on Spey) (T11)
77 J Mackintosh (Hazlehead) (T40)
78 Alison Muirhead (Jumeirah Golf Estates)
79 S McWilliam (Aboyne), L McClymont (Milngavie) (T54).
88 K Brown (Strathaven) (108th).

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CONNIE JAFFREY, HANNAH MCCOOK AND SHANNON WCWILLIAM SELECTED FOR WORLD AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Connie Jaffrey

Scottish Golf has announced its teams for this year’s World Amateur Team Championships, at Carton House, Ireland.

 Key members of last week’s winning Ladies Home Internationals team, Connie Jaffrey, Hannah McCook and Shannon McWilliam will represent the women’s side.

Troon Ladies’ Connie Jaffrey earned automatic selection as the top Scottish female on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (124th), coming off the back of a successful final year at Kansas State University, which included two wins. 

Hannah McCook (Grantown-on-Spey) and Aboyne’s Shannon McWilliam earned selectors’ picks. 
McCook, produced some fantastic early season form to win both the Irish and Welsh Ladies Open Championships, while McWilliam represented team GB&I in the Curtis Cup in June, won the Border Championship in South Africa in February and had top-10 finishes in the Helen Holm Championship and Portuguese Amateur Championships. 

Espirito Santo Trophy: Scotland Team (Club, Age, WAGR) 

• Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies, 21, World Ranking 124) 
• Hannah McCook (Grantown-on-Spey, 25, World Ranking 178)
• Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne, 19, World Ranking 208) 

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ABOYNE'S KIMBERLEY BEVERIDGE WINS THE ST ANDREWS JUNIOR LADIES OPEN

Kimberley Beveridge

The final of the St Andrew Junior Ladies Open Championship  took place today with Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) beating Fern Clark (South Staffs)  by 3&2 in the final 

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FIVE SCOTS WIN THROUGH TO THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE ST ANDREWS LADIES JUNIOR OPEN

5 Scots have made it through to The Quarter finals of the St Andrews Ladies Junior Open today

SCOTTISH RESULTS: 

Jodie Taylor (6) Downfield beat Antonia Zacharovska (-1) Slovakia 2 holes 
Claire McLaughlin (5) West Kilbride beat Emma Kennedy (4) Paisley 1 Hole 
Megan Ashley (3) Strathmore beat Fiona Rattray (4) Douglas Park at the 19th 
Kirsten Brown (1) Strathaven beat Mawgan Vater (4) East Herts 5&4 
Kimberley Beveridge (-0) Aboyne beat Zara Naughton (5) Matfen Hall 4&2
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In the Handicap event Shannon Took (Auchterarder) , Katrina Tan (Nairn) and Hannah Robb (St Regulus)  have all progressed to the Semi Finals   - 
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ST ANDREWS JUNIOR LADIES OPEN - KIMBERLY BEVERIDGE LEADS THE SCOTS

St Andrews Junior Ladies' Open Monday 6 to Thursday 9 August 2018: 
Strathtyrum Course, Eden Course and Old Course 18 hole qualifying scratch and handicap match play tournament – for ladies under 23 years of age on 1 January 2018 with a handicap not exceeding 28.

LEADING SCORES: CSS 72
69 Antonia Zacharovska (Slovakia)
71 Lucy Jamieson (Heswall Golf Club)
74 Kimberly Beveridge (Aboyne)
75 Fiona Rattray (Douglas Park)
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 St Andrews Junior Ladies' Open 2018 Match play rounds 
Please click on the link below to view the draw and results for the match play rounds: 
 Golf Monthly Trophy (scratch- matchplay) Qualifying score - 78 (c/b)  
Round 1 - Eden Course - Tues 7 August (16 players) 
Round 2 - Eden Course - Wed 8 August (8 players - quarter finals) 
Semi final and final - Old Course - Thurs 9 August 

 Girls' Open Quaich (handicap - Matchplay) Qualifying score - 72 nett (c/b) 
 Round 1 - Strathtyrum Course - Tues 7 August (8 players - quarter finals) 
 Semi final - Strathtyrum Course - Wed 8 August 
 Final - Old Course - Thurs 9 August

ABOYNE HOSTS THE R&A CORONATION FOURSOMES AREA FINAL

Jim McArthur (R&A), Liz Taylor (Lady captain Aboyne), Janice Innes (Vice-captain Aboyne), Fraser Dunlop (Director of Golf Aboyne) 

Aboyne is celebrating after successfully hosting the leading national competition for amateur lady golfers at the club yesterday. Selected by the sport's governing body 'the Royal & Ancient’ (R&A) to stage the area finals of the ‘Coronation Foursomes’ it was the first visit to Aboyne for the R&A.

The long-standing and highly prestigious ‘Coronation Foursomes’ has this year attracted 25,000 entrants from over 1,200 clubs across the UK & Ireland in a series of regional qualifiers. Some 120 ladies representing 60 clubs from as far as Shetland in the North to Grantown-on-Spey in the West down to Moreton Hall in Edinburgh made the journey to Aboyne for the area finals yesterday.

The winners who go forward to the national finals at St Andrews in late September were the team of Angela Joss and Hannah Bycroft from Alford with 39 points. A close second on 38 points were Alison Christie and Mary McGregor from Torphins with 38 points. Third were the team of Liz Clark and Chris Cowie from Peterculter with 37 points.

Jim McArthur, the R&A representative in overall charge of the day said “I want to add my own personal thanks for the kind welcome, great hospitality, and support and enthusiasm shown by Aboyne Golf Club and its members. It was a great event and the course was presented in terrific condition. On behalf of the R&A many thanks to the Club and congratulations to everyone that was involved in making the Coronation Foursomes a fantastic success enjoyed by all competitors."

Liz Taylor, Lady Captain at Aboyne said "It was a great honour and privilege for Aboyne to be hosting such a prestigious tournament attracting players from right across Scotland and putting money in to the local economy. We showed what a fine facility and great challenging course we have at Aboyne. Given the glowing feedback we have received from players and officials it has strengthened our standing at a national level and firmly put Aboyne on the map to hold future national golfing events."

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Hannah Darling finishes joint 12th in European Young Masters' girls championship

The European Young Masters girls' title at hanger golf club Norway  was won today (Sunday) by England's Caitlin Whitehead (Carus Green GC, Cumbria). 
She had scores of 71, 69 and 73 for three-under 213 and a three- shot victory. 
It is the second succesive year England have won the individual girls' title following Lily-May Humphreys' success in 2017. 

Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) finished just outside the top 10 in joint 12th place with scores of 77, 79 and 74 for 230. 
Aboyne's Carmen Griffiths, one of the youngest competitors in the field, scored 76, 78 and 84 for 238 and a joint 23rd placing. 

In the boys event Sebastien Friedrichsen (Denmark) beat Sakke Siltala (Finland) at the first hole of a sudden-death play-off to win the European Young Masters boys' title.  
Scotland's Aidan O'Hagan (Old Ranfurly) (77-72-80) and Nairn's Calum Scott (76-77-78) finish joint 26th and 32nd respectively with totals of 229 and 231.

Hazel MacGarvie finishes joint 16th among the stars at European championship

Hazel at the County Jamboree -- courtesy of Fiona Armour

By Colin Farquharson

Ayrshire youngster Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies)  achieved a creditable top 20 finish in the European women's amateur golf championship at the Penati Golf Resort, Slovakia today (Saturday).
She outshone Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) and Chloe Goadby (St Regulus Ladies) who both missed the third round cut on the final day when 36 holes were played.

Hazel, pictured, had scores of 75, 68, 72 and 72 for a one-under-par total of 287 which gave her a joint 16th place finish among the female amateur stars of Europe.

Curtis Cup player Olivia Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies) finished joint seventh on six-under 282 with rounds of 70, 71, 71 and 70 - 10 shots behind the winner, Spain's Celia Barquin who set a new course record of 63 in her third roune.
Another Curtis Cup player, Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) shared a disappointing 51st place with erratic rounds of 71,79, 70 and 77 for nine-over 297.

LEADING FINAL PLACINGS
Par 288 (4x72)
272 C Barquin (Spn) 69 71 63 69
273 E Henseleit (Ger) 64 71 70 68
279 A Molesco (Ita) 67 71 73 68, A Nobilio (Ita) 67 70 70 71.

SELECTED TOTALS
282 O Mehaffey (Royal Co Down Ladies) 70 71 71 70 (T7)
287 H MacGarvie (Troon Ladies ) 75 68 72 72 (T16).
289 A Fuller (Roehampton) 70 74 70 75(T25)
291 J McCarthy (Ireland) 72 74 71 74 (T33)
293 F Liddell (Ger) 77 72 70 73 (T38)
297 S McWilliam (Aboyne) 71 79 70 77(T51)
299 P Grant (Ireland) 72 74 75 78 (T56)
300 G Price (Eng) 68 80 74 78

MISSED THE CUT (222 and better qualified for the fourth round)
225 C Goadby (St Regulus Ladies) 79 71 75
233 H McCook (Grantown on Spey) 81 79 73

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SHANNON MCWILLIAM LEADS SCOTS IN SLOVAKIA

Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) is the leading Scottish player at the end of the first round of the European women's individual amateur stroke play championship at Penati Golf Resort, Slovakia.

The Curtis Cup player shot a one-under-par round of 71 for a share of 16th place,  seven strokes behind the leader by two, Germany's Esther Henseleit, overnight.

There will be a cut to the leading 69 and ties after the second round.

EUROPEAN WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL AMATEUR STROKE PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Penati Golf Resort, Slovakia.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
par 72
64 E Henseleit (Ger)
66 F Kinhult (Swe).

SELECTED SCORES
70 A Fuller (Roehampton), O Mehaffey (Royal Do Down) (T11)
71 S McWilliam (Aboyne), A Wilson (Lurgan, Ireland) (T16)
73 L M Humphreys (Stoke by Nayland) (T37)
75 H MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) (T85)
78 C Young (North Berwick), S Fuller (Roehampton)_ (T109)
79 C Goadby (St Regulus) (T119)
81 H McCook (Grantown on Spey) (T133)
84 L Bailey (Kirby Muxloe) (140th)

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FOLLOW THE GIRLS MATCHPLAY STAGES

The 1st Round of the Matchplay stages of the girls under 18’s Scottish Championship is taking place at Moray Golf Course this morning

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GEMMA BATTY IS THE LEADING SCOT IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE BRITISH LADIES AMATEUR

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Curtis Cup player Shannon McWilliam from Aboyne has a fight on her hands to survive Wednesday's halfway cut and make it through to the match-play stages of  the British women's open amateur championship at Hillside Golf Club, Southport in Lancashire.

Only the leading 64 will advance and Shannon, pictured, after an opening round of five-over-par 79, which included a triple bogey 7 at the 11th and a double bogey 6 at the 18th, will start the second round in joint 97th place.

New Scottish women's champion Gemma Batty (West Linton) looks safe after a 73, in which she reeled off nine par figures for the inward half, gave her a share of 14th place.
But Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) and Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey), both on the 76 mark, and Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) and Clara Young (North Berwick), both of whom had 77s cannot afford to miss too many birdie putts in the second round.
Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies), one of Scotland's top prospects, had a day when nothing dropped for her. She had a birdie-less round of 80. 

BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 
Hillside Golf Club, Southport, Lancashire
First qualifying round
Par 72 SSS 78 CSS 78
68 E Chapelet (Fra)
70 E Broze (Fra), E Henseleit (Ger), E M Hualde Zuniga (Spn), F Kinhult (Swe).
71 T Larsson (Swe), A Ruiz (Mex).
72 K Fredgaard (Den), L M Gomez Ruiz (Spn), G Blackman (Chelmsford), E A Palyrinieri (Italy), S Zeeb (Ger)
73 G Batty (West Linton), L Harm (Ger), J Hall (Bishop Auckland), L Pinthier (Fra), E Osborn (Swe), E Saksa (Fin), 
74 P Roussin-Bouchard (Fra), H Screen (Berkhamsted), H Muse (West Lancs), L Hillier (Newport, Gwent), L M Humphreys (Stoke by Nayland), A Wilson (Lurgan), J Lee (Can), V Gimmy (Ger), E Moosmann (Switz), C Salort (Fra).

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
76 C Goadby (St Regulus), H McCook (Grantown on Spey)
77 C Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), C Young (North Berwick)
79 S McWilliam (Aboyne)
80 H MacGarvey (Troon Ladies)


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TOP 20 SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFER AND GOLF CLUBS OF THE WEEK FROM MYGOLFRANKING

SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFER of WEEK 18/24 is JANE MCDOUGALL of Prestwick St Cuthbert Ladies who remains NUMBER ONE on Scotland Ladies MGRanking.

SCOTLAND LADIES CLUB of WEEK 18/24 is CALLANDER GC - NUMBER ONE on ScotlandLadies Club MGRanking.

Many congratulations go to  Jayne McDougall from Callander Golf Club who is leading all the Scottish ladies golfers in the players rankings.

Callander Golf Club is top of the Golf Club Rankings

SCOTLAND LADIES

1   Jayne McDougall (Callander) 1604 points 

2  Aaliyah Sandhu (Haggs Castle) 1348 

3  Fiona Norris (Hamilton) 1206 

4= Nicola Gemmell (Crail), Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 1196 

6  Jane M Grubb (Montrose Mercantile) 1189 

7  Megan Robb (Peterculter) 1177 

8  Lisa Chan (Cawder) 1173 

9  Kayleigh Singer (Dundas Parks) 1161 

10 Jayne McGill (Dundas Parks) 1150 

11= Kelly McNee (Loudoun Gowf), Carol Carstairs (LundinLadies) 1148

13 Sakuna Ramsay (Edzell) 1145

14 Joan Pratt (Moray) 1144

15 Hazel Hume (Tillicoultry) 1139

16 Nicola Craig (Lanark) 1136

17 Susan Woodhouse (East Kilbride) 1134

18 Carol Fell (Douglas Park) 1122

19 Astrid Koppernaes (Auchmill) 1118

20 Rhona McMillan (Greenburn) 1116

SCOTLAND LADIES – CLUBS

1  Callander 1050 

2  Dundas Parks 1005 

3  Hopeman 962 

4  Tillicoultry 943 

5 Bridge of Allan 938 

6  Keith 931

7  Greenburn 926

8   Thornton 923

9   Balmore 917

10= Alness, Buckpool 915

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KIMBERLEY BEVERIDGE FROM ABOYNE TOPS THE ABERDEENSHIRE LADIES MGRANKING

The MyGolfRanking.net ABERDEENSHIRE LADIESGOLFER of WEEK 18/24 is ASTRID KOPPERNAES of Auchmill Ladies, who climbs to No 3 on the Aberdeenshire Ladies MGRanking. 

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ABERDEENSHIRE LADIES

1 Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 1196 points

2 Megan Robb (Peterculter) 1177

3 Astrid Koppernaes (Auchmill) 1118 

4 Julie Henderson (Inverurie) 1093

5 Julie Lees (Westhill) 1068 

6 Suzanne Robertson (Peterhead) 1057

7 Gillian Mackenzie (Banchory) 1055

8 Nicola Fraser (McDonald) 1054

9 Hannah  Bycroft (Alford) 1043

10 Pearl Shields (Paul Lawrie GC, Inchmarlo) 1022

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ABERDEENSHIRE LADIES CLUBS – LADIES

1 Keith 931 points

2 Buckpool 918

3 Paul Lawrie GC, Inchmarlo 904

4 Westhill 866 

5 Kintore 852

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Scottish Golf Team Announcements

Lorna and Jennifer are in the Girls Team for Sweden

European Girls Team Championship | Forsgardens, Sweden | 10-14 July 2018 

Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore) 
Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) 
Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) 
Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne) 
Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) 
Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle)


European Ladies Team Championship | Murhof Golf Club, Austria 10-14 July 2018 

Gemma Batty (West Linton) 
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 
Chloe Goadby (St Regulus)
Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 
Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 
Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne)

The Curtis Cup begins tomorrow 

Photo of GB&I Team Captain Elaine Farquharson-Black and Shannon McWilliam for Aboyne Golf Club. - Courtesy of Colin Farquharson  

GB&I will look to retain the trophy after beating the United states 111/2-81/2 at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in June 2016. The 40th Curtis Cup Match, a between top female amateur golfers from the GB&I and United States, will be contested June 8-10, 2018 at Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York State 

 The GB&I Curtis Cup Captain is Elaine Farquharson-Black who led the team to victory in 2014 and the team manager is Helen Hewlett . The 1998 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Virginia Derby Grimes is the captain of the 2018 USA team. 

GB&I Team 
India Clyburn (21, Woodhall Spa, England) 
Lily May Humphreys (16, Stoke-by-Nayland, England) 
Annabell Fuller (15, Roehampton, England) 
Sophie Lamb (20, Clitheroe, England) 
Paula Grant (24, Lisburn, Ireland) 
Shannon McWilliam (18, Aboyne, Scotland) 
Alice Hewson (20, Berkhamsted, England) 
Olivia Mehaffey (20, Royal County Down Ladies, Ireland)

 We wish the team every success.  

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Aboyne Ladies Crowned Aberdeenshire County Champions

From Left to Right:

Ann Smart (Captain ALCGA), Maryla Sime, Shannon McWilliam, Kimberley Beveridge, Carmen Griffiths, Ros Dunsmuir (President ALCGA).

Aboyne Golf Club is celebrating after its leading team of lady golfers retained their crown as County Champions at Newmacher yesterday.

Competing for the coveted Aberdeenshire Ladies County Golf Association (ALCGA) ‘Watt Duffus’ Cup, the team from Aboyne endured stiff competition on the Hawkshill course before securing the trophy.

Having hosted the competition in 2017, the Aboyne team comprising Kimberley Beveridge, Shannon McWilliam, Maryla Sime and Carmen Griffiths overcame the blustery conditions to take the cup back to Aboyne having secured the best 3 out of 4 scores qualifying for the final result.

Kimberley, a golf graduate from Tyler Junior College in Texas said “The course was in good condition; however, the windy conditions were very challenging. It was fantastic for the team to retain the trophy for the second consecutive year”.

Kimberley (Handicap 0.5) achieved a very credible score of 76 given the conditions. 

Meanwhile, Shannon (Handicap -3.8) - the only Scottish lady selected for the upcoming Curtis Cup match versus the USA - scored 78. The final qualifying player from Aboyne - and the current ALCGA Champion - Carmen Griffiths (Handicap 2.1) aged 14 also scored 78 to round off the victory.

Lady Captain at Aboyne Liz Taylor said” We are absolutely thrilled to retain the Watt Duffus Cup which is the most sought-after team trophy in the County. 
We are very fortunate to have a wonderful team of gifted young ladies who through their own hard work and dedication to their sport mean they are used to playing at the highest competitive level. They came up trumps again! 
We hope to use their fantastic success to further develop our lady golfers and particularly attract more young girls to take up the sport at Aboyne under our resident PGA Professional Fraser Dunlop.”

Club President Justin Grant said “Aboyne has a long history of producing excellent young players who go on to represent the Club at the highest national and indeed international level. We are hopeful that this success will encourage many other ladies in the area to try out the game of golf.”

Justin added “What was encouraging to see is that most of this team are either current or former pupils at Aboyne Academy and through our close association with the Academy and its feeder primary schools we hope to get young girls interested in the sport. This crop of players are fantastic role models for our next generation of players to emulate. We are very proud of this team and their individual and collective success.”

The long-established course has won many plaudits as one of the most memorable tests of inland golf in Scotland. Designed by Archie Simpson and updated by renowned architect Martin Hawtree, such is Aboyne’s unique terrain and growing reputation it has been selected in recent years by our governing body to host the Scottish Golf Women’s County Finals and the Men’s NE Open – the flagship event in the North East District calendar and a world amateur ranking event. They have also been honoured to chosen by The R&A to host the LGU Coronation Foursomes Regional Finals in 2018.