HAZEL MACGARVIE SELECTED FOR THE ARNOLD PALMER CUP

Hazel MacGarvie

From the Stirling University Website

Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon)  will take on some of the world’s best amateur golfers later this year after being selected to play in the Arnold Palmer Cup.

The third-year Stirling University student will represent an International side, containing players from over 15 countries, against their American counterparts at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Orlando, Florida, on December 21-23, 2020.

The match is a Ryder Cup-style tournament featuring the top men’s and women’s university/college golfers from across the world and has seen over 100 former players go on to earn cards on either the PGA, European or LPGA Tours.

The event was originally due to be hosted at Lahinch Golf Club in July but has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Lahinch will now host in 2024.

Commenting on her selection, MacGarvie, who won her first senior international title at St Andrews last year, said: “I’m absolutely delighted with my selection. It feels great and is some good news amid these difficult times."

“The university has been a great help in me getting to where I am. The training programme that Dean Robertson – (University of Stirling High Performance Golf Coach) has put together is a fantastic support for all of us and continues to produce great results.”

The Arnold Palmer Cup was co-founded by Arnold Palmer and The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and began at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge in 1997.

The event has been played at some of the world’s greatest courses and in 2018, became the only major tournament to feature men and women playing side-by-side as partners. The United States currently leads the series 12-10-1.

The Arnold Palmer Cup is supported by Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation and is a demonstration of Arnold Palmer’s commitment to youth development and the growth of amateur/collegiate golf.

For more information about the Arnold Palmer Cup, visit ArnoldPalmerCup.com.

PLEASE HELP SCOTTISH SQUAD MEMBER PENNY BROWN

Penny Brown

Scottish Women’s squad member, Penny Brown (Stirling University) has asked for some help with her dissertation project. 

Penny is looking for people to complete a survey which is titled ‘Motives and Points of Attachment of Golf Spectators in Great Britain’. 

She is looking to gain an understanding of why people attend professional golf events. 

Penny would be grateful if you could take the time to complete it.

The link is below and the survey is open until the 28th March 2020. 

ON LINE SURVEY -- CLICK HERE

CATRIONA MATTHEW VISITS STIRLING UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

Hazel MacGarvie, Catriona Matthew Chloe Goadby and Dean Robertson

University of Stirling  was honoured to welcome former University of Stirling scholar athlete and Solheim Cup-winning captain Catriona Matthew to campus yesterday where she spoke to their current athletes about her inspirational golfing journey

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LOUISE DUNCAN TAKES TOP SPOT IN PORTUGAL

LEADERBOARD - CLICK TO ENLARGE 

Louise Duncan (West Kilbride and University of Stirling) took top spot in the R&A Student  Series tournament this week in Portugal by a margin of 12 shots from Penny Brown (University of Stirling) and Chloe Goadby (University of Stirling) who was in 3rd place 14 shots behind.

Louise was four under par for her 3 rounds

Players can earn Tour Series Order of Merit points by playing in 2 or more of the 4 qualifying events taking place in Scotland, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. 

The top players after the Tour Series: Portugal will qualify for The R&A Student Tour Series Final in April 2020 taking place over Carnoustie Championship Course, The Eden and the Old Course in St Andrews (at what was previously The R&A Scholars Tournament). 

FINAL LEADERBOARD SCORES

HAZEL MACGARVIE - RUNAWAY VICTORY AT WESTERN GAILES IN WEST OF SCOTLAND STUDENT TROPHY

Hazel MacGarvie and Laird Shepherd

by Colin Farquharson -

Scotland's Hazel MacGarvie and England's Laird Shepherd, both from Stirling University, secured dominating victories on Wednesday 21st March at a windswept and wet Western Gailes links in the BUCS West of Scotland Trophy students' tournament over 54 holes.

 MacGarvie, a former Scottish U18 girls champion from Troon and a first year student at Stirling, had a commanding six-shot lead going into the final round. She shot 77, equalling the best women's score in the difficult, including two birdies to claim a 10-stroke victory with a total of seven-over-par 220 (+7).

It was an impressive first Student Tour victory for MacGarvie against a strong field.

 In second place was Kirsten Brown from St Andrews University. She also signed off with a 77, thanks to a birdie at the last hole, to hold off the Irish challenge of Meadhbh Doyle from Maynooth University in Ireland. Doyle also finished with a 77.

 A CSS of 76 (reduction only) on the par 71 course shows how difficult the final-round conditions were. In the women's team event, Stirling 1’s line-up, consisting of MacGarvie, Gemma Batty and Chloe Goadby, won by 12 shots from runners-up Maynooth.

 Laird Shepherd, who is the reigning Scottish Universities champion, led going into the final round by only one stroke shot but increased his lead over the field with a fine one-under-par front nine, which included birdies at the first, fourth and seventh.

WEST OF SCOTLAND STUDENTS TROPHY SCOREBOARD
Western Gailes Golf Club, Ayrshire

TOTALS WOMEN

220 H MacGarvie (Stirling) 69 74 77.
230 K K Brown (St Andrews) 78 75 77
231 M Doyle (Maynooth) 78 76 77 232, E Metcalfe (Maynooth) 75 74 73
233 M Fraser (Stirling) 75 76 82 234 C Goadby (Stirling) 75 76 83
235 G Batty (Stirling) 79 76 80 237, P Brown (Stirling) 84 70 83, K Brodie (Scottish Golf) 76 73 88
241 L Duncan (Edinburgh) 74 75 92
245 L Van Veggel (St Andrews) 74 79 92
249 F Clark (St Andrews) 77 78 94

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HAZEL MACGARVIE LEADS BY SIX IN STUDENT WOMEN'S GOLF TITLE RACE

From Colin Farquharson

Hazel MacGarvie (Stirling University) extended her lead at the top of the West of Scotland Trophy students' golf tournament leaderboard to six shots after a three-over -par second round of 74 at Western Gailes Golf Club yesterday (Tuesday). 

 

A couple of birdies helped the former Scottish U18 girls champion from Ayrshire to reach the 15^th in level par , before four dropped shots over three holes threatened to allow the rest of the field back into the competition. However, MacGarvie, pictured left, bounced back to birdie the last and ensure that the competition is in her hands heading into Wednesday's final round.

Behind MacGarvie is a packed leaderboard with three competitors sitting at seven over par 149 – Kirsty Brodie (Scottish Golf), Ireland's Eleanor Metcalfe (Maynooth University) and Louise Duncan (Edinburgh University).

 

The round of the day, however, came from Stirling University’s Penny Brown, who used an eagle at the par 5 sixth to underpin a one under par 70, ensuring that she made the cut for the final day’s play.

 

In the women's team competition, the Stirling I team continue to lead at 294, five strokes clear of their second team, and nine strokes clear of third-placed Maynooth I 

 

WOMEN

143 H MacGarvie (Stirling) 69 74.

149 K Brodie (Scottish Golf) 76 73, E Metcalfe (Maynooth) 75 74, L Duncan (Edinburgh) 74 75.

151 C Goadby (Stirling) 75 76, M Fraser (Stirling) 75 76.

153 K K Brown (St Andrews) 78 75, L Van Veggel (St Andrews) 74 79.

154 P Brown (Stirling) 84 70, M Doyle (Maynooth) 78 76.

155 G Batty (Stirling) 79 76, F Clark (St Andrews) 77 78.

+Players with 155 and better qualified for final round.

WOMEN'S TEAM LEADERS

294 Stirling 1. 299 Stirling 2. 303 Maynooth 1.304 St Andrews 2. 330 Bournemouth 1.

347 St Andrews 3.