BOTHWELL CASTLE OPEN DAY

Pamela Pretswell,  Ian Woosnam and Stephen Gallagher  at
Bothwell Castle

The Bothwell Castle Ladies Open  will take place on Monday 1 August 2016, from 9am to 3:30pm.
This is one of the few individual Stroke play Ladies Open Competitions left and is always very popular.

There are Scratch and Handicap prizes as well as nearest the pin for both Silver and Bronze and a nearest the line so you don’t actually have to have a long tee shot to win!

The entry form can be obtained via Bothwell Castle Club website and it can be found under Events and Open Competitions.

Entry fee is £10 and Handicap Limit is 36 any further information can be obtained from Joanne Burt Ladies Section Secretary on joannemburt@gmail.com or 01698 887546.

 All proceeds from this event will go to Alzheimer Scotland.

 Marie McConnell

Handicap Secretary

BOTHWELL CASTLE OPEN DAY - STILL SOME PLACES AVAILABLE

BOTHWELL CASTLE LADIES OPEN - MONDAY 3 AUGUST 2015

Still a few spaces available for the Ladies Open at Bothwell Castle, it is one of the few individual Stroke play opens left with handicap and scratch prizes as well as nearest the pin and nearest the wavy line so you don’t have to be a big hitter to win!
Please go to the website at http://www.bcgolf.co.uk/ then select events and open competitions for the entry form.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Marie McConnell
Handicap Secretary

BOTHWELL CASTLE SENIOR MIXED OPEN

Bothwell Castle Senior Mixed Open
Thursday 7 May 2015 8am – 3pm
Entry Fee is £14 per couple
All competitors must be 55 years or over by the competition date
Entry forms can be obtained from Bothwell Castle Website
Closing date for entries will be 23rd April 2015.
I would be obliged if you could highlight that Bothwell Castle are holding their Senior Mixed Open on 7 May 2015.

PAMELA PRETSWELL HAS JUST GOT ENGAGED

Pamela Pretswell and Ryan Asher

Many congratulations go to West of Scotland's Professional Pamela Pretswell who has just got engaged today to Ryan Asher -- Best wishes to you both -- from all in the West of Scotland.

BOTHWELL CASTLE OPEN DAY -- GET YOUR ENTRY FORM

Bothwell Castle Golf Club

Bothwell Castle Golf Club’s Ladies Open Day takes takes place on Monday 4 August 2014 between 9am and 3.30pm, the cost is £10 and there are handicap and Scratch Prizes.

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR ENTRY FORM which can be sent to Dona McCarte their Secretary and Treasurer.

BOTHWELL CASTLE MIXED SENIORS

Bothwell Castle Golf Club still has a few spaces left for their Senior Mixed Open which takes place next Thursday 8 May 2014. Contact details on website and attached form however as such short notice please feel free to contact Mrs Margaret Faith on margaretuddingston@blueyonder.co.uk who will allocate tee times as required.
CLICK HERE for your entry form

Thanks again

Marie McConnell
Handicap Secretary

CONNIE JAFFREY FROM TROON IS THE LEADING WEST OF SCOTLAND PLAYER AT RANFURLY CASTLE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Glencorse's Emily Dalgetty was the only player to match the par of 74 in the first qualifying round of the Scottish Under-18 girls' Championship at Ranfurly Castle Golf Club, Bridge of Weir in Renfrewshire today.
Emily had birdies at the short seventh, the long eight and the 10th in halves of 37. She bogeyed the ninth but was heading for a sub-par score until she had further bogeys at the 16th and 18th.
Dalgetty will start the second eliminating round one stroke ahead of Nicola Robertson (Dunblane New) who was beaten finalist in last week's North of Scotland women's championship at Deeside GC, Aberdeen.
Robertson had a double bogey 6 at the first hole but birdied three long holes, the sixth, eighth and 11th, to be under par until she bogeyed the 17th and 18th for halves of 38 and 37.
Defending champion Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) is tied for sixth place on 77.
Only the leading 32 players after the second qualifying round will go forward to the match play stages.
Going into the decisive second round, there are 34 players with scores of 85 or better.

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND LEADERS
Par 74. CSS 74
74 Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse)
75 Nicola Robertson (Dunblane New)
76 Danielle Ker (Roxburghe), Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), Tara MacTaggart (Minto).
77 Eilidh Watson (Muckhart), Nicola Callander (Mill Green), Lauren Whyte (St Regulus).
78 Joanne Free (Gullane), Fiona Liddell (Schloss Vernholz), Emily Aird (Blairgowrie)
79 Heather Munro (Monifieth), Charlotte Munro (Gullane).
80 Lesley Atkins (Gullane)
81 Ellie Bryce (Strathaven).
82 Eilidh Crawford (Harburn), Laura Alexander (Eaglescliffe), Lauren Watson (Deeside)
83 Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies), Alexandra Quayum (Ranfurly Castle), Emma Hale (Troon Ladies).
84 Emma Kennedy (Dumfries and Galloway), Andrea Walker (Falkirk), Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne), Leanne Wilson (Kelso), Clara Young (North Berwick), Clare Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies), Paige Kemp (Rochford Hundred).
85 Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and County), Eva O'Connor (Bothwell Castle), Katie Wright (Stranraer), Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore), Jillian Farrell (Cardross).


SELECTED SCORES
88 Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne), Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead) (T41)
89 Tegan Seivwright (Deeside), Olivia Borwick (McDonald Ellon) (T46).




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DRAW FOR ROUND 2

PAMELA PRETSWELL SECURES HER EUROPEAN TOUR CARD

Pamela Pretswell

Curtis Cup star Holly Clyburn from Cleethorpes won the Banesto Tour Valencia on the second play-off hole against Spain’s Carmen Alonso at GC Escorpion on Saturday. It was only her 2nd event since turning Pro.
West of Scotland’s other Curtis Cup star Pamela Pretswell, was unable to compete in Spain due to illness, claimed the LET Access Series Order of Merit title and both France’s Marion Ricordeau and Norway’s Cecilie Lundgreen, along with Pretswell, secured their Ladies European Tour cards for the 2013 season.
LET ORDER OF MERIT FINAL LIST

MANY CONGRATULATIONS PAMELA

PAMELA NOW SECOND IN AZORES OPEN

Thanks go to Colin Farqharson for the report

Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll dropped to joint sixth after sharing the lead overnight and Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), pictured, took over as the leading Scot, in second place with one round to to in the Azores Ladies Open golf championship at Furnas golf course, Sao Miguel Island. McNicoll slumped from an opening 73 to an 81, which included a triple bogey 7 at the eight in an outward 42, for 154. Pretswell reeled off 16 pars and two bogeys in a 74 for 149 - two shots behind the leader, Italy's Anna Rossi (73-74), who won the British women's open amateur stroke-play title at Prince's in 2006. LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS Par 144 (2x72) 147 Anna Rossi (Ita) 73 74 149 Pamela Pretswell (Sco) 75 74 151 Benedicte Toumpsin (Bel) 77 74 152 Sohvi Harkonen (Fin) 75 77 153 Julie Tvede (Den) 78 75 154 Katy McNicoll (Sco) 73 81, Danielle McVeigh (Ire) 78 76 (T6). SELECTED SCORES 156 Lucy Williams (Eng) 80 76 (T10) 157 Tara Delaney (Ire) 81 76 (T14) 159 Rachel Bell (Eng) 84 75, Tracey Boyes (Eng) 83 76  (T22) 171 Lauren Blease (Eng) 87 84 (T39).

Pamela is 7th after her First Round in Denmark

Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll shot one of the lowest rounds of her fledgling pro career to share the first-round lead in the Samso Women's Open at Samso Golf Club, Denmark today (Thursday). Katy had four birdies and one bogey for a three-under-par 69 to share the pole position with Corie Hou from Australia in cool and wet conditions Pamela Pretswell from Hamilton was in joint seventh place with a 72. Pamela Feggans from Patna, Ayshire had a 77 to share 25th place overnight. Glasgow's Gemma Webster had an 83 to be joint 46th. SAMSO WOMEN'S OPEN Samso Golf Club, Denmark. First round leaders Par 72 69 K McNicoll (Sco), C Hou 70 N Broch Larsen (Den) (am), M Ricordeau (Fra), A Cvitan (Swe), M Christiansen (Den) Other scores: 72 P Pretswell (Sco) (T7) 75 T Delaney (Ire) (T15) 77 P Feggans (Sco), T Boyes (Eng) (T25) 83 G Webster (Sco) (T46)

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

WEST OF SCOTLAND'S CONNIE JAFFREY HAS A GREAT FIRST ROUND IN THE SCOTTISH GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP AT CRAIL

Gullane's Lesley Atkins leads the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Under-18 girls golf championship at the end of the first qualifying round over the Crail Golfing Society's Craighead course in south Fife. Lesley had a great round of 71, three under par and two under the CSS for the day. Winner of this title, decided on match-play after two rounds of stroke-play, Atkins has timed her return to form to perfection. She leads by three shots going into the second Q round from Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) with Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) and England-based Nicola Callander (Mill Green), daughter of a former golf magazine editor, sharing third place on 75. LEADING FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND Par 74. CSS 73 71 L Atkins (Gullane Ladies) 74 C Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 75 N Callander (Mill Green), J Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 77 H Munro (Monifieth), H Scott (Broomieknowe). 78 Emma Hale (Troon Ladies), E Aird (Blairgowrie), L Whyte (St Regulus). 79 C Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies), L Stevenson (Whitecraigs & Elie and Earlsferry) 80 K Wright (Stranraer), K McGarva (Troon Ladies), K Beveridge (Aboyne), E OConnor (Bothwell Castle). 81 D Ker (Roxburghe), S McWilliam (Aboyne) C Munro (Gullane Ladies), E Watson (Muckhart) 82 R Walker (Dumfries and Co), A Tait (St Regulus), T Seivwright (Deeside) 83 C Gadsby (Crieff) 84 M Fraser (Powfoot), C Goadby (St Regulus), N Robertson (Dunblane New), R Irvine (Largs). 85 T Mactaggart (Minto), K Pryde (Deeside), Emma Kennedy (Dumfries and Galloway), O Borwick (McDonald Ellon).

Lynn Kenny wins the Belhaven Trophy

Alan Tait presents Lynn Kenny with the Belhaven Trophy

Neil Hampton, Pamela Pretswell, Laura Murray, Michael Gannon winners of the Team Award

Gillian Kirkwood, Heather McCrae, Lynn Kenny and Carol Fell  - Team Runners Up

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
It was girls on top at the Callaway/Gleneagles Hotel-sponsored Scottish golfwriters and guests' golf tournament over the King's Course, Gleneagles today.
On a dry (!), windless day on a soft course - aren't they all at the moment? - Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links) won the Belhaven Trophy for the best overall Stableford points score with an outstanding effort of 39 - off a handicap (for competition purposes) of +3!
Lynn's gross score was six-under-par 65 (32-33).
She is the first female competitor ever to win the Belhaven Trophy.
"It was a brilliant display," said one of her playing partners, Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle).
"No-one was more surprised than me," said Lynn, a former Scottish women's amateur champion who lost her Ladies European Tour card at the end of last season, "because I have played very little golf lately. Maybe this is the answer to regaining my form!"
Rookie pro and recent Curtis Cup heroine Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), Scottish women's amateur champion Laura Murray (Alford), Michael Gannon (Daily Record) and Neil Hampton, general manager of Royal Dornoch Golf Club won the team event with 94pt .
Runners-up were the all-ladies team of Gillian Kirkwood (Broomieknowe), Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links), Heather MacRae (Gullane) and Carol Fell with 92pt.
Scott Peddie (Bunkered and Scottish Club Golfer) won he Alex M Fox Trophy as winner of the Golfwriters' section. He scored 32pt off a handicap of seven, despite not scoring any points at all at two holes.
Neil Hampton won the Male Guests' category with 33pt off scratch. His gross score was 71 (34-37) against a par of 68.
Callaway provided the golf equipment prizes and Gleneagles Hotel supplied goodie bags, coffee/tea and bacon rolls on arrival and a two-course lunch, all on the house. And, of course, they provided the golfwriters and guests with the courtesy of the King's Course - perhaps the biggest prize of all!
The management at Machrihanish Dunes, Trump International Links, Marriott Dalmhoy Hotel Golf and Country Club, Royal Dornoch Golf Club and Gleneagles Hotel provided courtesy tee times at their courses at future dates as additional prizes.

LEADING PRIZEWINNERS

GOLFWRITERS
Overall winner - Alex M Fox Trophy - Scott Peddie (Bunkered and Scottish Club Golfer) (7) 32pt
Class 1 - Robin Wilson (Brora freelance) (6) 30pt, Malcolm Campbell (RandA) (8) 29, Fergus Bisset (Golf Monthly) (3) 25, Ed Hodges (SGU) (8) 16.
Class 2 - Kevin Ferrie (Herald) (11) 29 (inward half 16pt), Michael McEwan (Bunkered and Scottish Club Golfer) (22) 29 (inward half 11pt), Dave Edwards (Press and Journal) (17) 26, Michael Gannon (Daily Record) (14) 25, Mike Aitken (Sport Perceptions) (15) 20.
MALE GUESTS
Overall winner - Bunkered Trophy - Neil Hampton (Royal Dornoch) (scr) 33pt.
Class 1 - Billy Sim (Craibstone) (4) 31pt (inward half 17pt), Roy Murray (PGA in Scotland)( (31 (inward half 14), Harry Roulston (Stonehaven) (7) 25 (bih), Peter Smith (Deeside) 25, Billy Murray (Gleneagles Hotel) (6) 24l
Class 1 - Kenny Smith (Kenny Smith Photography) (10) 29pt, Hugh Hunter (SGU past president) (19) 26, Graham Hesketh (Gleneagles Hotel) (15) 25, Mike Woodcock (St Andrews Links) (12) 24, Graeme Webster (Golf Course Designer) (10) 23, Eric Nicolson (Dundee Courier) (12) 18.
LADY GUESTS
Overall winner - Belhaven Trophy - Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links) )(+3) 39pt.
Class 1 - Pamela Prestswell (Bothwell Castle) (+3) 36pt, Heather MacRae (Gleneagles Hotel) (+3) 29.
Class 2 - Laura Murray (Alford) (+2) 25pt, Carol Fell (10) 24, Gillian Kirkwood (Broomieknowe) (11) 21.

TEAM EVENT
Best three from four scores per tee time to count
Winners - Pamela Pretswell, Laura Murray, Michael Gannon, Neil Hampton - 94pt
Runners-up - Gillian Kirkwood, Lynn Kenny, Heather MacRae, Carol Fell - 92pt
3rd - Robin Wilson, Kevin Ferrie, Harry Roulston, Roy Murray 90pt.
4th - Kenny Smith, Fergus Bisset, Mike Aitken, Scott Peddie 86pt
5th - Graeme Webster, Billy Sim, Dave Edwards, Peter Smith 82pt.
6th - Mike Woodcock, Malcolm Camp-bell, Eric Nicolson, Hugh Hunter 79pt
7th - Ed Hodge, Michael McEwan, Billy Murray, Graham, Hesketh 78pt.

LONGEST DRIVE (at 18th hole) - Scott Peddie.
NEAREST PIN (at 16th hole) - Neil Hampton.
SHORTEST DRIVE (at first hole) - Dave Edwards.

Pamela Pretswell finishes joint 6th in her Pro Debut

Pamela Pretswell ended her professional debut in a satisfactory joint sixth place behind home winner Marianne Skarpnord in the Ladies Norwegian Challenge at Hauger Golf Club in Oslo on the Ladies European Tour Access Series on Friday.
The Hamilton 23-year-old shot 72-78-72 for a six-over-par total of 222 - 12 behind Skarpnord who won the British girls title in 2003 and collected 5,000 Euros for this victory.
Pretswell's performance enabled her to maintain second place in the Ladies European Tour Access Series Order of Merit table. If she finishes in the top three at the end of the season, she will be able to skip the LET Q School in Morocco, having gained automatically playing rights on the main tour for 2013.
Pamela Feggans from Patna, Ayrshire finished well with a 73 for joint 11th place on 224 after earlier rounds of 75 and 76
Glasgow's Gemma Websiter shot 80-73-78 for 34th place on 231.
FINAL TOTALS
212 - Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 73 66 73
217 - Daniela Holmqvist (SWE) (am) 71 75 71
218 - Rachel Bell (ENG) 74 70 74
219 - Maria Ohlsson (SWE) 73 71 75
221 - Camilla Lennarth (SWE) 68 74 79
222 - Erika Holmen (SWE) 77 73 72, Emma Henrikson (SWE) 77 72 73, Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 72 78 72, Danielle Mcveigh (IRL) 73 72 77
223 - Monica Christiansen (DNK) 73 80 70
224 - Mariell Bruun (NOR) 80 73 71, Jessica Karlsson (SWE) 73 72 79, Kim Ulander (SWE) 78 74 72, Pamela Feggans (SCO) 75 76 73
225 - Emelie Lind (SWE) 74 74 77, Galina Rotmistrova (RUS) 74 77 74
226 - Anna Dahlberg Soderstrom (SWE) 79 70 77, Caroline Martens (NOR) 72 78 76, Malin Lundberg (SWE) 71 75 80, Isabella Ramsay (SWE) 75 74 77
227 - Linda Henriksson (FIN) 75 77 75, Nicoline Skaug (NOR) 74 78 75, Marita Engzelius (NOR) 76 73 78, Emelie Lindskog (SWE) 75 74 78, Cesilie Hagen (NOR) 72 79 76
228 - Helena Callahan (SWE) 79 71 78, Sohvi Harkonen (FIN) 79 71 78
229 - Antonella Cvitan (SWE) 75 77 77, Annette Lyche (NOR) 74 79 76, Mette Kryger (DNK) 75 75 79, Josefine Sundh (SWE) 76 75 78
230 - Melodie Bourdy (FRA) 74 79 77, Sofia Berglund (SWE) 76 77 77
231 - Gemma Webster (SCO) 80 73 78
232 - Josefin Leijon (SWE) 75 75 82, Emeilie Ferlin (SWE) 79 72 81, Olivia Hullert (NOR) 73 80 79, Maria Ringdahl (SWE) 76 76 80, Maria Tonnessen (NOR) 74 78 80
235 - Rebecca Sorensen (SWE) 76 76 83
236 - Sara Wikstrom (SWE) 77 76 83

PAMELA PRETSWELL TURNS PROFESSIONAL

Pamela Pretswell

Pamela Pretswell announced today that she has turned professional and will play on the Ladies European Tour Access Series (LETAS).

Pamela, who graduated from Glasgow University last year, moves into the professional ranks on the back of a successful amateur career. Last month she helped Great Britain and Ireland win the Curtis Cup against the USA for the first time since 1996 and is a former winner of the British Ladies Amateur Stoke Play Championship and Swiss Ladies Amateur Open.

Since graduating, Pamela has been preparing for professional golf by playing as an amateur in the LETAS and in May she became the first amateur to win a LETAS event when she won the Ljunbyhed Park PGA Ladies Open in Sweden by 2 shots after a final round of 4 under par.

Pamela is currently lying 2nd in the LETAS Order of Merit and is targeting a top 3 finish which would secure a card for the Ladies European Tour (LET) in 2013. Pamela's first event as a professional will be in the LETAS Ladies Challenge in Norway next week.

On turning professional, Pamela paid tribute to the support and encouragement that she has received from the Scottish Ladies Golf Association (SLGA), Ladies Golf Union (LGU), Lanarkshire Ladies County Golf Association, Bothwell Castle Golf Club, Ladies Golf Club Troon, Aberdeen Asset Management, Coach Alan Murdoch and his team at Kings Acre.

PAMELA'S PLAN TO BY PASS Q SCHOOL IS WORKING WELL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colin@scottishgolfview.com 

Pamela Pretswell is well placed to become the first amateur to win a place on the Ladies European Tour by finishing in the first three of the developmental circuit, the LET Access Series.

The 23-year-old Bothwell Castle GC member from Hamilton, who will play for GB and I against the United States in the June 8-10 Curtis Cup match at Nairn, has played in all five LETAS events since April - paying her own way as an amateur to get to tournaments in France, Spain, Sweden (2) and the Ukraine.

And it is looking more and more like a sound financial investment in her future as a tour golf pro because Pamela, a graduate of Glasgow Universityis lying second in the LETAS Tour Order of Merit with 7,366pt which means that had she been playing as a professional in these events she would have won 7,366 Euros in prizemoney.

Pamela won a LETAS event in Sweden last week and finished second this week at Kiev in the Ukraine.

Having failed narrowly to gain pass marks at the Ladies European Tour Q School at La Manga in January, Pretswell obviously worked out this plan that via the LETAS Tour she could bypass another visit to the Q School.

This will be Pretswell's second Curtis Cup match - she played at Essex County Club two years ago - and almost certainly her last unless things go drastically wrong with her plans to turn pro.

Although a past British women's amateur stroke-play champion, Pretswell has never won the Scottish women's amateur championship.

But she is so single-minded in her quest to make it to the Ladies European Tour (and perhaps the US LPGA Tour after that), that she bypassed last week's native championship at Tain to play in Sweden - and win the LETAS event.

The only Scot in the GB and I squad of eight, she will be entirely focused, however, on the Curtis Cup over the next couple of weeks as the next LETAS event is not until July 4-6 in Norway. After that there will be only four Order of Merit events, one a month, through to early November.

The top six placings are:

1 Marion Ricordeau (France) 13,445pt

2 Pamela Pretswell (Scotland) 7,366

3 Cecile Lundgren (Norway) 6,231
4 Marjet Van Der Graaf (Netherlands) 5,840

5 Carly Booth (Scotland) 5,805.

6 Katy McNicoll (Scotland) 5,540.

"It was a great tournament earlier this week - first big golf event to be held in the Ukraine and great to be apart of it," said Pamela.

"The course was fantastic - very, very tough! Warm conditions first few days, but much cooler and lots of wind for the final day which made the course a real challenge!
"I've been away for three weeks now - two weeks in Sweden and straight to Kiev from there. Playing in five events on the LETAS Tour has been great experience for me. I've learned a lot but glad to get home to Scotland for a few days' rest before heading up to Nairn for the Curtis Cup build-up.
"As an amateur on the LETAS Tour I have been well looked after by the other players, almost all of them professionals. They have been showing me the ropes. Everyone is very friendly and I just l love being a part of this tour.

"It is expensive going from country to country in Europe for the tournaments as an amateur, but so is playing in amateur events."

PAMELA PRETSWELL WINS PRO EVENT IN SWEDEN

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Curtis Cup amateur Pamela Pretswell more than justified her decision not to play in this week's Scottish women's amateur championship at Tain by winning the Ljungbyheds Park Women's Open, a Ladies European Tour developmental circuit 54-hole event in Sweden today (Friday).

The Hamilton-based, 22-year-old Bothwell Castle GC member is playing with and amongst female professionals on a regular basis with the objective of raising her game to the standard require to gain pass marks at the LET Qualifying School next January.

Pamela, who will be playing for GB and I against the United States in next month's Curtis Cup match at The Nairn, failed to make it at this year's Q School.

She shot rounds of 73, 72 and a great final score of four-under-par 67 for a one-under-par total of 212 and a two-stroke victory in Sweden.

Swedish amateur Isabella Deilert (69-73-72) finished second on 214.

Carnoustie's Kate McNicoll finished joint 31 on 10-over-par 223 with scores of 72-78-73.

Ayrshire's Pamela Feggans totalled 226 for 38th place with scores of 74-76-77.

It's been a good week for the selectors of the GB and I Curtis Cup team. On Thursday, Kelly Tidy, one of their team of eight, won the English women's amateur championship. Now Pretswell has endorsed her selection too.

 

LJUNGBYHED PARKS WOMEN'S OPEN

Ljungbyheds GC, Sweden

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 213 (3x71)

212 Pamela Pretswell (Sco) (am) 73 72 67.

214 Isabella Deilert (Swe) (am) 69 73 72

216 Linnea Strom (Swe) (am) 77 71 68, Nanna Koertz Madsen (Den) 73 74 69.

SELECTED TOTALS

219 Tara Delaney (Ire) 72 76 71 (T10)

222 Rachel Bell (Eng) 71 78 73, Anna Scott (Eng( 75 71 76 (T26)

223 Katy McNicoll (Sco) 72 78 73 (T31)

226 Pamela Feggans (Sco) 74 76 77 (38th).

 

PAMELA PRETSWELL JOINT FOURTH IN SWEDEN

West of Scotland's Curtis Cup amateur Pamela Pretswell(Bothwell Castle) surged up the leaderboard in the Ljungbyhed Park Women's Open in Sweden with a second-round 72 for 145. The Bothwell Castle GC member is now lying joint fourth, six shots behind the leader by three, Sweden's Jessica Karlsson (67-72) The rest of the Scots in the field of 123 players did not do so well in this Ladies European Tour developmental circuit event. Katy McNicoll (Carnoustie) and Ayrshire's Pamela Feggans are on 150, Katy with scores of 72-78, Pamela 74-76. They are joint 31st. Gemma Webster from Glasgow was joint 94th with rounds of 80-78 for 158. LJUNGBYHED PARK WOMEN'S OPEN Sweden. SECOND-ROUND TOTALS Par 142 (2x71) 139 Jessica Karlsson (Swe) 67 72. 143 Isabella Deilert (Swe) (am) 69 73. 143 Ana Larrangeta (Spa) 69 74. SELECTED SCORES 145 Pamela Pretswell (Sco) (amateur) 73 72 (T4) 146 Anna Scott (Eng) 75 71 (T6) 148 Rhian Wyn Thomas (Wal) 73 75, Tara Delaney (Ire) 72 76 (T15) 149 Rachel Bell (Eng) 71 78 (T20) 150 Katy McNicoll (Sco) 72 78, Pamela Feggans (Sco) 74 76 (T31) 152 Kirsty S Taylor (Eng) 74 78 (T43) 153 Lindsay Brown (Eng) 73 80 (T59) 154 Joanne Clingan (Eng) 77 77 (T

PAMELA FINISHES 15TH IN SWEDEN

Katy McNicoll finished joint sixth in the Kristianstad Ahus Ladies Open at Kristianstad Golf Club, Sweden today - five strokes behind the winner, Norway's Cecile Lundgreen who shot 74-71-77 for six-over-par 222.

Curtis Cup amateur Pamela Pretswell shot 72-80-78 for 230 and finished T15. Pamela had three bogeys over rounds two and three - two of them in the second round and one today at the sixth.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
222 Cecile Lundgreen (Norway) 74 71 77
223 Marion Ricordeau (France) 77 71 76
224 Lina Boqvist (Sweden) 72 77 75

SELECTED TOTALS
227 Katy McNicoll (Scotland) 72 76 79 (T6)
230 Pamela Pretswell (Scotland) (amateur) 72 80 78 (T15)
232 Kelly Hutcherson (England) 72 80 80 (T19)

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PAMELA PRETSWELL STRUGGLES IN SWEDEN

The Scottish challenge in the Kristianstad Ahus Ladies Open in Sweden was halved for the final round when Glasgow's Gemma Webster and Pamela Feggans from Patna, Ayrshire missed the 36-hole cut. Gemma shot 79-76 for 155 and missed out by one shot - Ten over par qualified but 11 over par did not. Pamela had scores of 81-83 for 164 and was never going to make it. Up at the sharp end of the scoreboard,
Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll hung on in there in a share of sixth place on 148 after scores of 72 and 76. She had five bogeys in an outward 39 but eight pars and one bogey on the way home.
Curtis Cup amateur Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) had a most uncharacteristic, error-strewn round of 80, eight shots worse than her first-day score. She has slumped out of the top 10 to joint 22nd on 152.

Pamela Pretswell had two birdies, at the first and 10th, but she also had two double bogeys, at the fifth and 13th, and six bogeys in halves of 39-41.

 KRISTIANSAND AHUS LADIES OPEN Kristiansand GC, Sweden

LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS Par 144 (2x72)
144 Melodie Bourdy (Fra) 70 74. 145 Cecile Lundgreen (Nor) 74 71.
146 Viva Schlasberg (Swe) 76 70. SELECTED SCORES
148 Katy McNicoll (Sco) 72 76 (T6)
152 Pamela Pretswell (Sco) 72 80 (T22)

MISSED THE CUT (154 or better qualified) 
155 Gemma Webster (Sco) 79 76.
164 Pamela Feggans (Sco) 81 83.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAMELA

All in the West of Scotland wish Pamela Pretswell a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today and every success in the 2012 Curtis Cup in Nairn next month. This is a short video with SLGA'S Isabel Crawford at the County Jamboree at Kilmacolm in 2010