Hannnah Darling wins the R&A Girls Amateur Chmpionship

Hannah Darling fought off a late comeback bid from Beth Coulter to continue her dream summer and win the R&A Girls’ Amateur Championship at Fulford.

The 18-year-old Scot began the week with selection to the Great Britain and Ireland team for this month’s Curtis Cup at Conwy – and ended it in style by defeating Ireland’s Coulter by two holes yesterday.

Darling lived up to her status as the highest-ranked player in the field – currently 27th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking® – and continues a superb spell of golf this year.

The Broomieknowe Golf Club member has also won the St Rule Trophy, finished runner-up at the Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open Championship, and reached the semi-finals of The Women’s Amateur Championship and Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship.

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THE NEW SCOTTISH UNDER 16 CHAMPIONS

 Meet the new Scottish Girls Under 16 and Under 14's and Under 12's Champions 

Many congrats go to Freya Russell (Royal Troon) who had top ten finish in the Under 16s.

 Jodie Graham (Hamilton) who was 3rd in the Under 14's and Renfrewshire Junior Rosie McGuire (Pollok) who was 13th

Read full reports on Scottish Golf Website 👉 GIRLS UNDER 16'S

Boys reports on the website as well 👉 BOYS

QUALIFIERS FOR THE SCOTTISH U18 MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

From the SG Website 

Yesterday marked the start of this year’s Scottish Girls’ Amateur Championship at Strathaven where Forfar Ladies Club champion Robyn Fowlie headed the 16 qualifiers with rounds of 71 and 73.

Fowlie’s level par total of 144 saw her finish a single shot ahead of Aboyne’s Carmen Griffiths who carded rounds of 73 and 72.

Megan Docherty from Bishopbriggs and Shrewsbury’s Isla McDonald-obrien both returned scores of 73 and 74 to claim a share of third place on three over par 147 while Ailsa Brannock from Southerness was fifth with two rounds of 75. 

FINAL SCORES

QUALIFIERS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHPLAY 

1 Carmen Griffiths Aboyne Golf Club 

2 Rachel Foster Prestwick - St Nicholas Golf Clu

3 Grace Crawford - West Links Junior Golf Club

4 Isla McDonald-obrien - Shrewsbury Golf Club

5 Katie Graham - Hamilton Golf Club

6 Robyn Fowlie  - Forfar Golf Club

7 Megan Docherty - Bishopbriggs Golf Club

8 Freya Russell  - Royal Troon Golf Club

9 Alice Webb  - Parkstone Golf Club

10 Ailsa Brannock  - Southerness Golf Club

11 Freya Constable  - Prestonfield Golf Club Limited

12 Ruby Watt -  Paul Lawrie Golf Centre

13 Rachel Mathieson  - Hazlehead Golf Club

14 Jennifer Lynagh  - Caldwell Golf Club

15 Kirsten Miller  - Strathmore Golf Club

LIVE SCORING MATCHPLAY -- 17TH JULY

QUALIFIERS HANDICAP MATCHPLAY 

1 Katrina Tan  - Nairn Golf Club

2 Summer Elliott  - Nairn Golf Club

3 Orla Rooney  - Cowglen Golf Club

4 Rio Everitt  - The Suffolk Golf Club

5 Sofia McGhie  - Lancaster

6 Lucy Morrison  - Gullane Golf Club

7 Emily Tan  - Nairn Golf Club 

8 Caitlyn Bilham  - Irvine Golf Club

9 Kirsten Murison  - Craigmillar Park Golf Club

10 Neve Marshall  - Cathkin Braes Golf Club

11 Lindsay Main  - Strathaven Golf Club

12 Lara Douglas  - Falkirk Golf Club

13 Katie Dunne  - Paisley Golf Club

14 Ava Graham  - Elderslie Golf Club

15 Lucie Barclay  -Kilmacolm Golf Club

LIVE SCORING HANDICAP MATCHPLAY

Milngavie's Lorna McClymont retains the Scottish U21 Championship

A record-breaking Faldo Series Europe season concluded in Scotland last week at Ladybank Golf Club. on the 14th October.  

105 elite junior golfers teed it up for the Scotland Girls and Boys Championship, where the wild conditions only made things more interesting. 

 

But the temperamental autumn weather didn't stop the girls giving it there all, and eventually Scotland's Lorna McClymont who successfully defended her title as the U21s championship for the second year in a row. Megan Docherty (Bishopbriggs) was in 3rd Place 

 The Milngavie golfer joins only a handful of players who have ever managed to win back-to-back titles. 

In the Under 16's Grace Crawford tied in 3rd place

LEADING FINAL SCORES : CLICK TO ENLARGE

Under 21's category:

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in the Under 16's category : 

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Grace Crawford is 3rd in Under 16 Faldo series

This week Grace Crawford (North Berwick) played in the Faldo Series at Slaley Hall which was her first big tournament of the year. She came third in the U16 girls and fifth overall. She said “I am a bit  competition rusty but I got better each round and I’m really looking forward to the next tournament “

Under 16's 
1 218 -7 Zara Naughton (ENG) (a) Ponteland G.C. 74 70 74  
2 223 -2 Rachel Gourley (ENG) (a) Arcot Hall G.C. 73 73 77  
3 232 +7 Grace Crawford (SCO) (a) North Berwick G.C. 80 77 75  
Other Scots 
7 238 +13 Katie Graham (SCO) (a) Royal Troon G.C. 78 83 77  
10 247 +22 Freya Russell (SCO) (a) Royal Troon G.C. 81 81 85 
19 273 +48 Jodie Graham (SCO) (a) Royal Troon G.C. 89 90 94 

Rachael Foster (Prestwick St Nicholas) was the leading Scot in the Under 21's section 

UNDER 21's 
1 215 -10 Rosie Belsham (ENG) (a) Whitley Bay G.C. 70 72 73  
2 235 +10 Julia Kerrigan (ENG) (a) Hendon G.C. 76 78 81 
3 236 +11 Ella Mason (ENG) (a) Ely City G.C. 76 77 83 
4 237 +12 Anna Wills (ENG) (a) West Sussex G.C. 83 73 81  
5 238 +13 Mia Eales Smith (ENG) (a) Lindrick G.C. 84 77 77  
6= 239 +14  Rachel Foster (SCO) (a) Prestwick St Nicholas G.C. 79 79 81 

Other Scots
11= 249 +24 Eilidh Henderson (SCO) (a) Loretto School G.C. 77 89 83
14 261 +36 Orla O Leary (SCO) (a) Torwoodlee G.C. 86 89 86  
15 270 +45 Natalie Fowler (SCO) (a) Bathgate G.C. 89 91 90  

See Full results - CLICK HERE 

ENTRIES NOW BEING TAKEN FOR THE SCOTTISH SCHOOLGIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

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Entries for the 2020 Schoolgirls Golf Championship are now open 

The tournament will be played over 54 holes between August 1st -2nd over the Strathtyrum Course, Eden Course and Jubilee Course  -- at just £75 per person, 

It is a great opportunity to meet girls from all over the world whilst participating for the Carol Kauffman Shield and the Renee Powell Cup.

 To find out more information about the competition  CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTRY FORM 

From Charlotte McCluskey  - President of the University of St Andrews Golf Club and former member of the Renfrewshire Ladies’ County Golf

Hannah Darling finishes tied 6th in the World Girls Championships

Carmen, Hannah and Katy

Scotland's Hannah Darling  finished T6 in the world Girls Championship in Canada yesterday.

She had scores of 73, 66, 71 and 76 for 286 - 11 shots behind the title winner from Thailand, Atthaya Thitikul who had scores of 73, 63, 71 and 70 for 277. 

The Thai's superb second round of 63 was the score, in the final analysis, that separated her from the field.

Two  other Scots in the field, Carmen Griffiths (78-81-75-74)  for 309, and Katy Alexander (83-80-86-79) finished 39th and 58th respectively. 
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Hannah Darling has a Hole in One in the World Junior Girls Championships

‪A hole-in-one helped Hannah Darling on her way to carding a 66 in the 2nd round of the World Junior Girls Championships in Canada yesterday. 

‪Hannah currently sits in second place on 5 under par - three shots behind ‬Atthaya ThitiKul from Thailand. 

Carman Griffiths and Katy Alexander are in 45th and 55th position respectively. 

‪Keep up to date on scores 👉 http://bit.ly/WorldJuniorGirlsChamp

GRACE CRAWFORD WINS THE SCOTTISH GIRLS’ U14 CHAMPIONSHIP

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Grace Crawford is your new Scottish Girls’ U14 Champion winning the first playoff hole with an eagle 3

Sofia Barroso Sá and Grace Crawford were today crowned the winners at the Scottish Girls’ U16 & U14 Open Championship at Elgin Golf Club today. 

In the U14 section, it was Scot Grace Crawford from Gullane Golf Club who came out on top after a playoff with Kasumi Tran of Wales.

Crawford, who was part of the Scotland Girls’ Home International team just last week, reached the turn in three-under, level par overall, to close the overnight deficit and reach the top of the leaderboard going into the final nine.

After five straight pars to start the back-nine, Crawford took a two-shot lead into the final three holes over her playing partner Tran.

However, Tran birdied 16 and 17 to take a one-shot lead going down 18 but Crawford bounced back from a bogey at 16, birdieing the par-5 18th to force a playoff.

The players headed back down the 1st and it was Crawford who secured the victory with a stunning eagle three.

Speaking to Scottish Golf after picking up the U14 trophy, Crawford said, “I’m very excited to win. Coming down 18 I was just thinking make birdie and see what happens.

“When it’s a playoff it’s whoever wins, wins and thankfully this time it was me.

“Over the two days, I felt I played very well. I really like this course and I thought I played really solid, especially today.”View all of the final scores from the Scottish Girls’ U16 & U14 Championship at Elgin here.

Eilidh Henderson (Loretto School Golf Club ) was the leading Scot in the Under 16's and Natalia Fowler (Bathgate) leading net in the U16's

Click here to read the full report from Scottish Golf

UNDER 16 GROSS SCORING

UNDER 16 NET SCORES

UNDER 14 GROSS SCORES

Under 14 NET SCORES

Megan Docherty is leading Scot in rain delayed U16 Scottish Girls Open Championship

From the Scottish Golf Website

After a three and a half hour delay due to the overnight and early morning rain, play was eventually able to get underway at 11.00am.

In the U16 event, it was Austria’s Anna Neumayer and England’s Leonie Muir who finished the day at the top of the leaderboard after level-par opening rounds of 74.

Neumayer’s opening round included four birdies and four bogeys while Muir carded five birdies alongside three bogeys and a double.

The pair will now take a one-shot lead into tomorrow’s final round.

Portugal’s Sofia Barroso Sa sits one shot back of the leaders on one-over par, largely thanks to a fantastic bogey-free back-nine with eight pars and a closing birdie at 18th.

The top-Scot in the U16 event is Bishopbriggs’ Megan Docherty who posted a two-over par round of 76 and will go into tomorrow’s final round just two shots back from the lead.

Speaking to Scottish Golf after her round, Docherty said, “I’m pretty happy with today’s round, I played well and holed some nice putts. We were lucky with the weather after this morning’s delay and only got caught in one shower which was good.

Looking ahead to tomorrow, Docherty said, “It’s a nice position to be in. I’m just going to stay calm and try to play well and see what happens.”

In the U14 event, it was France’s Juliette Demeaux who posted the round of the day with an excellent one-under par 73.

Demeaux’s round included three birdies and two bogeys, and she will now take a two-shot lead into tomorrow’s final round.

Speaking to Scottish Golf after her round, Demeaux said, “It feels very good. I was confident as I wanted to play well in Scotland.

“I’m feeling confident. I played well today without attacking too much and that will be the plan again tomorrow, just trying to keep making pars.”

Demeaux’s nearest competitor going into the final round will be Kasumi Tran from Wales who’s round of one-over par has her sitting in second place.

Top Scot in the U14 event after Day 1 is Gullane’s Grace Crawford. Fresh off of competing in last week’s Home Internationals, Crawford made a costly double-bogey at 17 before bouncing back with a birdie on 18 to leave herself just four shots behind the overnight lead.

UNDER 16 GROSS SCORING

UNDER 16 NET SCORES

UNDER 14 GROSS SCORES

Under 14 NET SCORES

DARLING HOLDS LEAD HEADING INTO FINAL ROUND AT PARKSTONE

Hannah Darling -- Photo courtesy of the EGA

Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) has taken the lead at the European Ladies' Amateur Championship.

 The Scottish player, who celebrated her 16th birthday last week, fired a bogey-free 68 (-4) in round three at Parkstone Golf Club to top the leaderboard on eight-under-par.

"I enjoyed it out there a lot. I just stuck to my processes, I had no idea where I was on the leaderboad" said Darling. "Obviously it's a big tournament but it's still the same golf course. There's no pressure on me to be honest, I'm only 16, so I'm just going to enjoy it tomorrow and see what happens in the end."

Darling, the second youngest player in the 144-player field, will have a chance to become the first ever Scottish player to win the European Ladies' Amateur Championship on Saturday. Victory would also qualify her for the AIG Women's British Open to be held at Woburn next week.

France's Chloé Salort shot the lowest round of the day. The French player made four birdies and an eagle on her way to shooting a five-under-par 67. Two birdies in the last four holes earned Salort a place in the final pairing just three shots behind.

Shannon McWilliam finished on +3
Scots - Hazel Macgarvie, Chloe Goadby and Louise Duncan all missed the cut

The full leaderboard and the final round tee times can be found on the European Championship Webpage.

Scottish Girls Championship Matchplay Results

From the Scottish Golf Website

16 became four in the Scottish Girls’ Amateur Championship at the Blairgowrie Rosemount Course as the matchplay stages got underway today. 

 In the morning’s last-16 ties, three of the top-four seeds, who had finished tied on one-under after the strokeplay, made it safely through to the last-eight. 

Aboyne’s Carmen Griffiths and Blairgowrie’s Katy Alexander both won comfortably while Prestwick’s Rachel Foster progressed in tense fashion, winning at the first extra hole against Ellen Caton of St Regulus. However, Lundin’s Evanna Hynd, who entered the matchplay as fourth seed, was beaten 4&3 by Royal Troon’s Freya Russell. 

 In the afternoon’s quarter final ties, Katy Alexander was the big winner with a storming 7& 5 victory over West Kilbride’s Claire McLaughlin. 

 Speaking to Scottish Golf after reaching the semi-finals, the delighted Blairgowrie member said, “I’m very happy. I think it was my putting that really helped me today, especially as the greens were quite fast. “I’m really looking forward to tomorrow, I’ll just take it one game at a time and enjoy myself.”

Elsewhere, Freya Russell edged out Burntisland’s Porscha Wilson on the 18th, while Rachel Foster came out on top with a 5&3 win over Cameron Neilson. In the final tie of the quarter finals, 6th seed Eilidh Henderson of Loretto defeated Carmen Griffiths who had entered the week as the highest ranked player in the field. 

Tomorrow morning’s Semi Finals will see Katy Alexander taking on Freya Russell and Eilidh Henderson up against Rachel Foster. The Final of the Scottish Girls’ Amateur Championship will then take place tomorrow afternoon over 18 holes. 

 1st Round 
Katy Alexander (Blairgowrie) beat Ailsa Brannock (Castle Douglas) 4&3

Claire McLaughlin (West Kilbride) beat Carys Irvine (Craigielaw) 5&4

Evanna Hynd (Lundin) lost to Freya Russell (Royal Troon) 4&3

Grace Crawford (Gullane ) lost to  Porscha Wilson (Burtisland) 2 holes

Eilidh Henderson (Loretto School) ) beat Megan Docherty (Bishopbriggs) 5&4

Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne) beat Sophie Murphy (Clydebank) 5&3

Cameron Neilson (Alvaneu Bad) beat Abercrombie Nisbett (Gullane) 3&1

Rachael Foster (Prestwick St. Nicholas) beat Ellen Canton (St Regulus) at the 19th

Quarter Finals

Alexander beat  McLaughlin 7&5

Russell beat Wilson 1 hole

Henderson beat Griffiths 3&1

Neilson lost to Foster 5&3

Semi Finals -- Click to enlarge

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Four way tie in Scottish Girls Qualifier

From the Scottish Golf Website

Day One of the Scottish Girls’ Amateur Championship ended in a four way-tie at the top of the 36-hole strokeplay qualifying in excellent conditions at Blairgowrie’s Rosemount Course.

Blairgowrie’s own Katy Alexander was the first to post a one-under total for her two rounds after a stunning second round of four-under par that will see her enter the matchplay as top seed.

Alexander was soon joined by Aboyne’s Carmen Griffiths who added a second round of one-under after posting level par in the morning.

Speaking to Scottish Golf after her round, Griffiths said, “I feel really good actually, I played pretty solid.  I definitely missed a few putts so hopefully those will drop tomorrow.

“I quite enjoy match play because you get to put pressure on your opponents and you get to see how they react to that.”

Griffiths was joined on one-under by Prestwick’s Rachel Foster who will progress to the matchplay stages tomorrow as second seed behind Alexander.

The final player to post a one-under total, Lundin’s Evanna Hynd, did so with a stunning back nine of four-under which included five birdies as she posted a second round of 73, one-under.

Grabbing the last spot in the matchplay stages was Castle Douglas’s Ailsa Brannock who’s excellent second round of level par saw her move up 15 spots into 16th after a morning round of nine-over.

The tournament will now move into the match play stages, with the top-16 scratch scores progressing, and the next 16 best nett scores qualifying for the handicap knockout competition.

Tomorrow will see the last-16 and quarter final ties played before the final rounds take place on Sunday.

View the scores from today’s strokeplay HERE. 

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View the draw for tomorrow’s matchplay HERE.

Scottish Girls and Boys Amateur Championship begins on Friday

 Blairgowrie Golf Club

Almost 200 young Scots will tee it up in Perthshire this week as the Scottish Boys and Girls Amateur Championships get underway at Blairgowrie.

The Girls’ Amateur Championship will be held on Blairgowrie’s Rosemount course.  The format for this event will be an initial 36 holes of strokeplay qualifying held on Friday 19th July before the top 16 progress to the knockout stages held over the weekend.  The next best 16 nett scores will also qualify for a handicap matchplay flight held over the same days.

The highest ranked player in this week’s Girls’ Amateur will be Aboyne’s Carmen Griffiths who will be looking to win the trophy for the first time.  Griffiths was a member of the Junior Vagliano team in June and will look to take inspiration from her Aboyne clubmate Kimberly Beveridge’s recent triumph in the Scottish Women’s Amateur.

Home hopes will lie with Katy Alexander who recently made it to the last-16 of the Scottish Women’s Amateur at Edzell.

Prestwick St Nicholas’s Rachel Foster will also be hoping for a good week after reaching the quarter final stage of the Women’s Amateur last month.

A full list of tee times for Friday’s strokeplay rounds can be found HERE. 

Scoring from the Scottish Girls’ Amateur Championship will be available HERE.

To read about the Boys details go to the Scottish Golf Website

Scotland Girls play in the first Junior Invitational and win

Scotland Girls from L to R: Porscha Wilson, Rachel Foster, Claire Mclaughlin, 
Ellen Caton, Carys Irvine, Katy Alexander, Megan Ashley, 
Carmen Griffiths, Cameron Neilson and Grace Crawford

Last  week a team of Girls (pictured above) played in their first Junior Invitational against other girls of similar ages from high schools in different states....Tennessee, Florida, and others. 

Scotland were asked to put together 10 Girls to make 2 teams and compete with 1 single match and two 4 ball better ball per team. 

On Day 1 Scotland combined teams won 5.5 out of 6 catapulting both teams into semi finals the following day! 

Again 2 out of 3 points for both teams saw a Scotland 1 v Scotland 2 final which was great. 

The final was played in great spirits and good golf to boot! 
Scotland 1 managed a 3 nil victory over the second team but all matches were close! 

A great few days of making friends from across the water and working together as a squad. 

Wonderful to see girls perform so well and I was most definitely a happy proud Scottish Girls Coach with the performances and attitudes they showed. 

Thanks go to Karyn Dallas (Scottish Girls Coach) for the report and photograph

LOUISE DUNCAN WINS THE SCOTTISH SCHOOLGIRLS TITLE AT MARRAYSHALL

Leading boys' prizewinners at Murrayshall. 

Left to right: Lewis Irvine, Aidan O'Hagan, 

Sebastian Sandin, Ruben Lindsay. 

Picture courtesy of Nigel Pennie.

Report by COLIN FARQUHARSON

Aidan O'Hagan (Renfrewshire) and Louise Duncan (North Ayrshire) won the individual scratch titles at the Scottish schools golf championships at Murrayshall near Perth today (Monday).

O'Hagan had scores of 70 and 72  for a total of 142 - four strokes ahead of the boys' section runner-ups Sebastian Sandin (Stirling) and Lewis Irvine (Glasgow) who both had rounds of 75 and 71 for 146.

South Ayrshire (Cameron Johnstone and Ruben Lindsay) won the boys' team title with a total of 297, only one shot ahead of runners-up Fife (John Paterson and Ben Caton).

Leading girls' prizewinners at Murrayshall. 

Left to right: Louise Duncan, Lorna  McClymont,

Molly Richmond, Jodie Taylor.

Picture by courtesy of Nigel Pennie.

Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) won the girls' title with steady stores of 73 and 72 for 145, which gave her a five-stroke margin over runner-up Lorna McClymont (West Dunbartonshire) (70-80) with Molly Richmond (South Lanarkshire) third on 154 (74-80).

The girls' handicap section was won by Jodie Taylor (Dundee City) with a net total of 147 (70-77) off 10.

Megan Ashley (Perth and Kinross), playing off five, was second on 150 (73-77) and Zoe Morton (Forth Valley), playing off six, finished third on 151 (75-76).

The girls' team event was won by Lanarkshire with a total of 323. Their representatives were Molly Richmond and Eilidh Crawford.
Dunbartonshire (Megan Docherty and Lorna McClymont) were second, only one shot behind on 324, with Perth and Kinross (Katy Alexander and Christine Wietrzyk) third on 325.

STILL TIME TO ENTER THE WOMENS AND GIRLS SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Women's Scottish Open Championship this year is at Kilmarnock Barassie from the 28th June to the 30th June 2019

The closing date is the 27th May -- CLICK HERE TO ENTER

The Scottish Girls Open Championship is at Blairgowrie is on the 19th - 21st July 2019 

The Closing date is the 17th June 2019 -- CLICK HERE TO ENTER

CARMEN GRIFFITHS IS RUNNER UP IN THE UNDER 16’s GIRLS AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Carmen Griffiths (Photo courtesy of Scottish Golf)

A bogey-free round of 70 (6 under par) for Carmen Griffiths sees the Aboyne Golf Club youngster finish this year’s The R&A U16 Girls’ Amateur Championship at Fulford in second place on - 3 under par 222

Grace Crawford (Gullane) finished in a very creditable 14th place and 3rd in the Under 14 age group on 2 over par 228

From the R&A website

Italy’s Francesca Fiorellini secured a notable double on English soil after securing a wire-to-wire victory in the R&A Girls U16 Amateur Championship at Fulford. 

Eight months after winning the English U14 Girls Open Championship, Fiorellini eased to another title after a comfortable three-shot victory over an international field in York. The 13-year-old, who plays out of the Olgiata Club in Rome, was a model of consistency in the final round as she closed with a three-under-par 72 to lift The Angela Uzielli Trophy on a winning total of six-under-par 219. 

After Hannah Darling won last year’s inaugural event at the venue, Carmen Griffiths made a strong final day move in pursuit of more Scottish success, posting a superb bogey-free round of 70 to secure the runner-up spot on a three-under-par total of 222

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL REPORT.
FINAL SCORES

CARMEN AND GRACE IN TOP 10 AFTER ROUND 2 OF U16 GIRLS AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

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England’s Maggie Whitehead produced the best round of her young life to move into contention at the Girls U16 Amateur Championship at Fulford, with overnight leader Francesca Fiorellini still ahead.

Whitehead, aged only 12-years-old, came into the championship to simply further her experiences, but surged through the field into second place after a superb two-under-par 73 on day two.

The chasing pack includes Scotland’s Grace Crawford (Gullane) --  on one-over-par, another 12-year-old thriving this week. The Gullane player holed a 25 feet putt on the 18th for par and said, “I played well and I was playing with two of my friends in Maggie and Libby (Bell), which was really nice. I’ve moved up the leaderboard further than I thought, so it’s all to play for tomorrow.” -- Watch Video below to see Grace

Scotland’s Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne) is one shot behind. 

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To read the full report go to the  R&A WEBSITE

CARMEN GRIFFITHS AND GRACE CRAWFORD ARE REPRESENTING SCOTLAND AT FULFORD

A trio of Italian players impressed on the opening day of the R&A Girls U16 Amateur Championship, with Francesca Fiorellini securing the slender early lead at Fulford.

The 13-year-old is competing alongside compatriots Charlotte Cattaneo and Matilde Innocenti Angelini as part of a 90-strong international field at the Yorkshire venue

The only 2 Scots in the field Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne) and Grace Crawford (Gullane) who both finished well up the field on 2 over par 

TO READ THE FULL REPORT  GO TO THE R&A WEBSITE

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