CLAIRE MCLAUGHLIN FROM WEST KILBRIDE WINS THE FIRST 2019 JUNIOR TOUR EVENT

Claire Mclaughlin (West Kilbride) finished in first place in the Junior Tour event over Southerness on Saturday 6th April after the two rounds with a total score of 159. 
Carys Irvine (Craigielaw) was 2nd on 160
Luisa Gibson (Irvine) finished 3rd (161) 

 Full results can be found here

WEST KILBRIDE'S LINZI ALLEN IS NOW A QUALIFIED PGA PROFESSIONAL

Linzi Allen at Birmingham University Graduation

News from West Kilbride Golf Club. — Linzi Allen has Graduated ✅ 🥂

Linzi says --  " A massive thank you to the boss West Kilbride Pro Shop for all his help, support and guidance throughout my training and now beyond.  Throughout all the self doubt, meltdowns and late night studying, I’ve had the best support from the best people around me which I’m so grateful for" 💜

 "Excited for the next part of the journey as a fully qualified PGA Professional" 😁🏌🏼‍♀️ ⛳️ 

Many Congrats Linzi from all in the West of Scotland

SCOTTISH GOLF APRIL NEWSLETTER

West Kilbride GC Ladies

West Kilbride Golf Club has become the first affiliated club in Scotland to sign The R&A Women in Golf Charter. 

Unveiled by The R&A in May 2018, the Women in Golf Charter has been introduced to create a more inclusive culture across the golf industry and to ensure that women are given equal opportunities to maximise their potential, both on the course and within the game of golf. 

From making the switch to ability-based tees to staging male and female events on the same day, there are a range of options that clubs can commit to as part of the Charter. 

All affiliated clubs can receive support from Scottish Golf’s Development Team to ensure commitments within their Charter action plan are achieved. 

 If your club is interested in signing up to the Women in Golf Charter, please click the link on the following link CLICK HERE TO READ MORE  to find out more and to make your commitment to the Women in Golf Charter.

ALSO : 
UPDATE ON THE RULES (STROKE AND DISTANCE) AND GOLF HEALTH WEEK

KILMARNOCK BARASSIE PARTNERSHIP WIN THE AYRSHIRE LADIES COUNTY WINTER FOURSOMES

Audrey Thomson, Liz Keohone, Marion Hamilton and Liz Fitzpatrick

The Ayrshire Ladies County Golf Association winter foursomes final was played at a breezy West Kilbride today

The final was between Audrey Thomson and Liz Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) and Marion Hamilton and Liz Fitzpatrick (Kilmarnock Barassie) 

It was a very close game all the way with the 12th being the turning point in the game and into the wind all the way home. 

Liz and Minnie capitalised on their shots and sealed the win on the 16th 3&2 

Well done to all for reaching the final

Audrey, Liz , Marion and Liz on the 1st tee at West Kilbride

Thanks go to ALCGA Captain Liz Wilson for the report and photographs.

WEST KILBRIDE GOLF CLUB LOOKING FOR A PGA 1st YEAR TRAINEE

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LOUISE IS 3RD AND HANNAH DARLING IS RUNNER UP IN THE TELEGRAPH JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE BEST ROUND OF THE WEEK

Hannah Darling

The girls’ title at the Telegraph Vitality Junior Golf Championship at PGA Catalunya  was a close-run affair – in Sophie Johnson’s eyes at least – until the very last putt of the 54-hole finals.

Johnson looked to be in a two-way scrap with Scotland’s Louise Duncan (West Kilbride)

However, little did the England Under-18 player know that Louise's compatriot Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) was on her way to a superb 69 – the best round of the Championship and the only player to break 70 across both finals – from the lead-out group.

 Johnson said: “I was told the scores on the 16th and I thought ‘Oh my God!’ It was an unbelievable score by Hannah so she must have played amazingly.”

As Johnson putted out, Darling, 15, sat by the galleries on the 18th before describing the enormity of her round. “After my week, this really meant a lot, but it was a case of ‘What if?’,” she admitted after a 79 and 78.

The Final Scoreboard

 To read the full report and results  CLICK HERE

LOUISE SHARES THE LEAD AFTER 2 ROUNDS IN THE TELEGRAPH JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Louise Duncan

A rollercoaster second round in the girls’ event has set up a four-way, final-day showdown Telegraph Vitality Junior Golf Championship. 

 Scotland’s Louise Duncan, a returning finalist, shares the lead on six over par with Sophie Johnson, the first-round leader.

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LOUISE DUNCAN IN 2nd PLACE AFTER ROUND ONE OF VITALITY JUNIOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

In each of the past two years, England’s Sophie Johnson has missed out on qualifying for the Telegraph Vitality Junior Golf Championship finals by a single shot. 

But the England Under-18 player cast aside those disappointments in fine style on Wednesday, producing the round of the day to lead the girls’ event by two shots at a sun-kissed PGA Catalunya Resort in Barcelona

Scotland’s Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) shot a fine 73 to be in 2nd place and is one clear of Charlotte Heath, another returning finalist, in the 54-hole strokeplay event. 

Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) is in 5th place on 7 over

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HANNAH, LOUISE AND ELAINE WIN THE 2018 SCOTTISH ORDER OF MERIT TITLES

From the Scottish Golf Website

The female trio of Hannah McCook, Louise Duncan and Elaine Moffat are celebrating after winning their respective domestic 2018 Order of Merit titles.

Winner of the women’s title for the third year-in-a-row, Hannah McCook’s impressive season included phenomenal back-to-back victories at both the Irish and Welsh Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship, a semi-final finish in the Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship at Elie and a top-5 finish at the St Rule Trophy.

Grantown-on-Spey’s McCook also enjoyed success on the team front, playing a pivotal role in Scotland’s first Women’s Home Internationals victory since 2010 at Ballybunnion, Ireland.

Following her victories, McCook said “I’ve won a couple of University events, but this is the first time I have found some form in an International sense. At the beginning of the year my goal was to win but to have done so twice in a row was just amazing.”

Louise Duncan

At the girls’ level, West Kilbride’s Louise Duncan topped the rankings after a fantastic season which included victory in the Fairhaven Trophy, runner-up in the Xact Scottish Girls Amateur Championship and a total of seven top-10 finishes.

Elaine Moffat

In the seniors, Elaine Moffat (St Regulus Ladies) came out on top after a fine season which included three victories in six events. Moffat’s wins included the Scottish Senior Women’s Match-play Championship, the Midlands Regional Vets Championship and the SVLGA Championship.

Moffat also made her international debut, representing Scotland in both the European Team Championships and the Senior Ladies Home Internationals.

• Women’s Order of Merit Winner – Hannah McCook (Grantown-on-Spey)
• Girls’ Order of Merit Winner – Louise Duncan (West Kilbride)
• Senior Women’s Order of Merit Winner – Elaine Moffat (St Regulus Ladies
• Men’s Order of Merit Winner – Euan McIntosh (Turnhouse)
• Senior Men’s Order of Merit Winner – Ronnie Clarke (Erskine)
• Boys’ Order of Merit Winner – Greg Dalziel (Airdrie)

FINAL WOMEN'S RANKINGS
FINAL GIRLS RANKINGS
FINAL SENIOR WOMEN'S RANKINGS

AYRSHIRE GIRLS NEWS -- LOUISE DUNCAN AND RACHAEL FOSTER ARE BOTH OFF TO FINALS

Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) has qualified to play in the Telegraph Vitality Junior Golf Final on the 19th-24th of November being held at the PGA Catalunya Resort in Barcelona.

 Rachel Foster (Prestwick St Nicholas) is off to Dubai after qualifying for the Faldo Series Grand Final on the 26th-28th of November being played at the Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting & Golf Club.

We wish them both good luck and success.

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WEST KILBRIDE 2018 GREENLEES TEAM ARE ALL SMILES WITH THEIR RUNNERS UP TROPHY

Some of the 2018 West Kilbride Greenlees Team

West Kilbride's Greenlees team who were runners up to Troon Ladies in this years Greenlees Trophy were able to take a photo of some of the team out on the course yesterday in glorious sunshine.

West Kilbride were Division 2 winners in 2014 and promoted to Division one. They then just missed relegation from Division one in 2015, 2016 and 2017 by being 3rd bottom each year. 

As you can see they are therefore delighted to pick up the runners up award and trophy in 2018  -- Many congrats to you all.


The players who were in the 2018 team were : Louise Duncan, Catherine Garrett, Claire McLaughlin, Jennifer Bell, Jocelyn Faris, Helen Craig, Sarah Ramsay, June Kerr, Christine Waĺlace, Kath Mackellar, Aileen Donaldson, Alison Baillie, Marion Robertson, Janette Mair. Eileen Atkinson (Captain)

Thanks go to Catherine Garrett for the photograph

GREENLEES TROPHY PRESENTATION AND LUNCH

Winners Division 3 (Sylvia Muir )- Ayr Bellisle ,  Greenlees Champions (Annie Howie) - Troon, 2nd Division Winners (Gillian McLeod) Williamwood and West Kilbride ( Helen Craig) - Runners Up Division 1

The Annual Greenlees Lunch took place today, 18 October, at Cowglen Golf Club.
This was attended by 51 ladies representing 22 clubs and 5 Clubs sent apologies.

Greenlees Secretary Maureen Mitchell (Old Ranfurly) opened the proceedings by welcoming everyone to the 78th Anniversary Year of the Greenlees Trophy.
She stated that it was unfortunate that our club members had been reduced as Cawder Golf Club had withdrawn from the league.

She took the opportunity to remind the club secretaries that their lists of  players and the Greenlees fee were now due if they had not already sent them in.

She then introduced the top table guests -  Pat Lunney, the Lady Captain of Cowglen, who welcomed everyone on behalf of the Club. 
She then introduced Carol Fell and thanked her for setting up and keeping all the Greenlees results together and enabling everyone to be able to keep up to date with the league positions on the web.

Cowglen Golf Club Organisers --
Sue Fordyce, Moira Kerr, Pam Harvey, Pat Lunney and Pam Mather

Next introduction was that of  Cowglen's Greenlees Secretary Pam Mather who had organised the lunch arrangements.
She had  a band of helpers to assist the proceedings and the tables were named after some of the holes on the course --

PLATEAU: Lanark and Lenzie
GLEN : Top Table (Ranfurly Castle and Old Ranfurly)
SOUTHVIEW: Cathcart Castle, Cathkin Braes, Ayr Bellisle and Douglas Park
BRAEFACE: Prestwick St Nicholas, Kilmacolm, Eastwood and Whitecraigs
RACECOURSE: Milngavie, West Kilbride, Hilton Park, Williamwood
BANGORSHILL: Troon, East Renfrewshire and Greenock
BEECHES: Cardross, Loudoun, Cowglen and Bothwell


Pam said grace and the ladies were then served an excellent lunch.  

Lots of pleasant chatter could be heard and it was obvious that everyone was enjoying catching up with old friends.

After coffee was served, Maureen invited the Captain Pat to present the trophies to the winning teams.
Division 3 was won by Ayr Bellisle with Williamwood winners of Division 2.
The runners up in Division 1 were West Kilbride who were  beaten by the overall winners - Troon. Troon's Greenlees Secretary, Annie Howie then made a short speech and  a vote of thanks for all the hospitality received from Cowglen and thanked Maureen and her helpers for organising a very successful lunch.

Cowglen Captain Pat and "Greenlees Webmaster " Carol were presented with beautiful flower displays from the top table that Maureen had made.

Maureen then concluded by wishing everyone a safe journey home.

To get a feel for the day - Click on the following link

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM THE DAY

 

If you would like a printout of the results for your Club noticeboard -- CLICK HERE

Division 1 Winners Troon (Ros Prior, Annie Howie, Jane Finnie)
 Runners Up (Aileen Donaldson and Helen Craig) West Kilbride

Division 1
Troon Ladies  45 - Greenlees Trophy Winners 2018
West Kilbride 41- Greenlees Trophy Runners Up
Haggs Castle 31.5  - Relegated to Division 2
Loudoun Gowf 28 - Relegated to Division 2

Division 2 Winners Williamwood, Runners Up Douglas Park
L to R: Susan Griffin (DP) Gillian McLeod and Lorraine Morris (W) and Lynda Smith (DP)

Division 2 
Williamwood 55 - Division 2 Winners
Douglas Park 41.5 - Division 2 Runners Up
Hilton Park 26 - Relegated to Division 3
Largs 24.5 - Relegated to Division 3

Division 3 - Winners Ayr Bellisle, Runners Up East Renfrewshire
L to R - Audrey Barclay (ER), Sylvia Muir and Elspeth Dewar (Ayr) Dale Reid (ER)

Division 3 
Ayr Bellisle 36 - Division 3 Winners
East Renfrewshire 34.5 - Division 3 Runners Up

To read some of the history of the GREENLEES TROPHY -- CLICK HERE

LOUISE DUNCAN RETAINS THE NANCY CHISHOLM TROPHY

Christina McCracken and Louise Duncan

Local girl Louise Duncan successfully defended the Nancy Chisholm Trophy for the best scratch player with an excellent round of 76 on a bright sunny afternoon, but with a very strong northerly wind making scoring conditions very difficult.  

Christine, Louise and Ava Graham

The Kandy Bar Cup for the best nett score was won by Cristina McCracken (Troon Ladies), and the winner of the June Kerr Trophy for pre-handicap girls was won by 10 year old Ava Graham (Paisley).  

The Girls at the end of the day

Very well played to all the girls today 😊

1st Silver             Leah Bryce (Sandyhills)   91 (11) 80

2nd Silver           Abigail McCafferty (Airdrie) 101 (20) 81

1st Bronze         Cristina McCracken (Troon Ladies)  104 (28) 76 bih

2nd Bronze        Louise Milligan (Irvine Golf Club)    114 (38) 76

Thanks go to June Kerr for the report and photos 

2018 WORLD JUNIOR GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP - LIVE SCORING

Carmin Griffiths, Louise Duncan, Hannah Darling with Karyn Dallas

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READ THE FULL REPORT

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WHO WILL WIN THE 2018 GREENLEES TROPHY ?????

1st Division totals - 20th August 2018

Troon Ladies beat Loudoun Gowf today 9-0 to leap to the top of Division 1 of the 2018 Greenlees Trophy

West Kilbride, Prestwick St Nicholas, Troon, Cathkin Braes, Loudoun Gowf, and Kilmarnock Barassie all have one match each still to play.  -- This must be the tightest the divisional matches have ever been 

Remaining 1st Division Fixtures 

August 22: Cathkin Braes v West Kilbride
August 27: Pres St Nicholas v Troon
August 27:  Kilmarnock Barassie v  Loudoun Gowf

Williamwood have already won Division 2 and still have one match to play -- For the other divisional results click on the links below 

FOR ALL RESULTS -- CLICK HERE
FOR ALL THE TOTALS -- CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE PREVIOUS GREENLEES NEWS

HANNAH DARLING THE ONLY SCOT TO REACH THE LAST 16 AT THE BRITISH GIRLS

Hannah Darling, the youngest ever Scottish girls champion at the age of 14 last year, is the only Scot in the last 16 of the British girls amateur championship at Ardglass Golf Club, Northern Ireland.

She won her opening tie by 2 and 1 against Jess Baker (Gosforth Park) and followed that up with a very good one-hole win over the highly-rated twice former Irish girls champion Annabel Wilson (Lurgan).

Louise Duncan (West Kilbride), the only other Scot to make it to the match-play stages, won her opening tie by 2 and 1 against Nina Lang (Germany) but went down by 2 holes to Sophie Johnson (Enville).  

Read more from the R&A WEBSITE

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RESULTS

DAY 3 ROUND UP -- WITH HANNAH DARLING

HANNAH DARLING AND LOUISE DUNCAN QUALIFY FOR BRITISH GIRLS' MATCHPLAY STAGES

By Colin Farquharson

Hannah and Louise -- point to Clare Queen
who won the British Girls in 2001
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Only four Scottish girls entered the British girls open amateur championship at Ardglass, Northern Ireland, and two of them - Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) and Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) - qualified for the match-play stages.

Hannah, was joint 15th among the qualifiers. She had scores of 74 and 73 for 147. Louise was T42 on 152 (77 75).

Sweden's Ingrid Lindblad (Sweden) was the No 1 qualifier with excellent scores of 69 and 68 for 137. She finished three ahead of Mathile Claisse (France) 67 71.
The two Scots who failed to achieve the 36-hole aggregates of 153 and better to reach the match-play stages were:
Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle) 160 (76-84) T107.
Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) 167 (89-78) T128

Clare Queen was the last Scot to win the title back in 2001

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE SCORES

READ MORE FROM R&A WEBSITE

WELCOME TO THE BRITISH GIRLS' AMATEUR AT ARDGLASS - LIVE SCORING

The Girls' British Open Amateur Championship starts today at Ardglass Golf Club in County Down  

The links course, which is home to the world’s oldest golf club building, is located on the north-east coast of Ireland.
 The Irish Sea, which can be seen from all 18 tees and greens, comes into play on no fewer than eight holes.
There are four Scottish Girls playing - Good Luck to all

Hannah Darling (Broomieknow)
Louise Duncan (West Kilbride)
Lorna McClymont (Milngavie)
Jennifer Rankine (Haggs Castle)


CLICK HERE FOR LIVE SCORING

SCOTLAND WOMEN ARE THE CHAMPIONS 2018

Photo courtesy of the R&A

Click Here for the full report from the R&A Website

Some comments from Facebook and Twitter

Susan Wood (Captain)

What a week!!!! These lassies were awesome!!! We should all be so proud of them!!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪🏼💪🏼 Winners Home Ints 18’

Connie Jaffrey

It is a proud day to be Scottish!! This week has been amazing competing along side UK’s best players and to be part of a team of Champions, nothing can beat this moment. Big thank you to Scottish Golf and their sponsors for all the support. This is a great start to the future of scottish Golf! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hazel MacGarvie

Absolutely delighted to have won the Ladies Home international with the best team 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪🏽🏆 @ Ballybunion

Hannah McCook

Absolutely delighted to have won the Ladies Home Internationals! What a team!! 

Thanks Scottish Golf for your support in helping us achieve this! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆

Eilidh Briggs

What an AMAZING week!!! Ladies Home Internationals Champions 2018 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Super proud! Absolutely chuffed, what a team to be part of. 

Shannon McWilliam

Over the moon to have won the Ladies Home Internationals with this amazing team!! 🏆 Thanks ScottishGolf for another great opportunity.

Carmen Griffiths

Had an amazing time at my first Home Internationals!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿A massive congratulations to the Scottish ladies team on their win!🏆A huge thank you to @ScottishGolf for another amazing opportunity⛳️

Team Captain -- SUSAN WOOD SAYS A FEW WORDS AT THE PRESENTATION  - Courtesy of Catriona MacGarvie

Review of the 2018 Home Internationals at Ballybunion