QUARTER AND SEMI FINALS WOMENS BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP -- LOUISE DUNCAN REACHES FINAL

 

Quarter Final Matches - Click to enlarge

QUARTER FINAL RESULTS 

SEMI FINAL RESULTS 

Scotland’s Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) and Jóhanna Lea Lúđvíksdóttir of Iceland will go head-to-head tomorrow in the 36-hole Final of The 118th Women’s Amateur Championship at Kilmarnock (Barassie).

Duncan, who lives locally in North Ayrshire, progressed to tomorrow’s showpiece by winning a tough match which went to the 19th hole against fellow Scot Hannah Darling having defeated Jessica Baker in the quarter-final by one hole. 

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West of Scotland's Louise Duncan reaches the Quarterfinals of the Women's British Championship

Louise Duncan

Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) and Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) have all qualified for the quarterfinals tomorrow at Kilmarnock Barassie in the Women’s British Amateur Championship 

Hannah Darling won in the morning against Rachael Foster ( Prestwick St Nicholas) by 1 hole and then had to go to the 22nd Hole this afternoon with a wonderful finish.   One  down after 17 she birdie the 18th to go to sudden death - Both had birdies at the 19th and par’d the 20th and 21st. Hannah then birdied the 21st Hole to progress to the quarterfinals  

West Kilbride’s Louise Duncan  had an easier day defeating Sara Byrne 6&4 this afternoon after finishing her morning match against Lottie Woad on the 16th hole in a 3&2 win.

Tomorrow she has set up a match with Jessica Baker who earned her place in the Quarter Final by winning the final three holes of her tie against Emma Allen for a 2 hole victory. 

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Chloe Goadby loses out to defending champion at the 20th hole

English duo Emily Toy and Annabell Fuller produced incredible finishes on a dramatic day at the 117th Women’s Amateur Championship to reach the semi-finals.

On a fantastic Friday at West Lancashire, defending champion Toy and former Curtis Cup player Fuller joined Aline Krauter from Germany and Italy’s Emile Alba Paltrinieri in the last four.

Toy, who only qualified on the cut mark from stroke play qualifying, built on her impressive victories on Thursday with two nail-biting successes after extra holes. In her morning last-16 tie with Scot Chloe Goadby, Toy dug deep to win the 18th after Goadby found the water off the tee. The pair halved the 19th with birdies, before Toy delivered another to claim a memorable success at the 20th

More heroics from the Carlyon Bay member came in the afternoon. The 22-year-old, who is bidding to become the first player to defend the Women’s Amateur title since 2005, was four down after 10 holes to Lithuania’s Gilė Bitė Starkutė. Again, she refused to be defeated and took the match to extra time after winning the 18th with a superb up-and-down and then emerged victorious at the 19th, her 39th hole of the day. It was tough luck on Starkutė, who had beaten another English player, in-form Emily Price, 3&2 in the last-16.

Hannah Darling the other Scot in the last 16 lost 3&2 in the morning to Aline Krauter (Germany) who won in the afternoon and now meets Emily Toy in the semi finals tomorrow

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HANNAH DARLING AND CHLOE GOADBY PROGRESS TO THE LAST 16 OF THE BRITISH

England’s Emily Toy maintained her bid to successfully defend the Women’s Amateur Championship after reaching the last-16 at West Lancashire.

Draw for the last 16 

Scotland’s Hannah Darling, 17, the Girls’ Under-16 Open Champion in 2018, ended the hopes of the leading qualifier Leth-Nissen in the afternoon with a one-hole victory.

Darling said, “It feels good to reach the last-16. I was just solid out there today. In both matches I think I was two down after three, so I’m just really proud of how I ground it out and stuck in there. It’s the type of golf course where anything can happen. I wouldn’t say it is a course you can go low on, you have to grind it out and scramble.

 It’s my first time in the Women’s Amateur, but it’s match play and I’ve done well in those events in the past so I just have to keep it going. I’m probably younger than most people out there but as my dad says, age has nothing to do it with it, and it’s about performing.” 

The only other Scot to reach the last 16 was Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) 

There was disappointment for Scotland’s Hazel MacGarvie as she exited at the last-64 stage as did Clara Young, Jasmine Mackintosh, Lorna McClymont 

Penelope Brown ( Auchterarder) made it to the 2nd round by winning her first round tie at the 23rd !!

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MATCHPLAY LIVE SCORING 

DOWN MEMORY LANE FROM WEST KILBRIDE -- RAIN RAIN AND MORE RAIN !!

Looking out the window this afternoon on yet another awful day - with last week the AIG Women's Open at Royal Troon and this week the British Women's Strokepay Championship at West Lancashire -- it reminded me a bit about the bad weather!!! 

 So looking down Memory Lane -- Here is the 2010 British Seniors Strokeplay Championship at West Kilbride and the weather wasn't much better there either !! 

 Bev New from Lansdown, Somerset, was the 2010 Senior British ladies’ open amateur champion. 

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Have a wee look at the video below !!!!

Seven Scots Qualify for the British Amateur Matchplay Championship

At the renowned venue in the north-west, the English trio of Emily Price, Rosie Belsham and Isabelle Simpson were joined by Carolina Melgrati from Italy and Denmark’s Amalie Leth-Nissen in signing for one-under-par rounds of 71 in the Women's Amateur Championship Qualifier

From a starting field of almost 100 competitors aged from 13 to 57, the quintet led the top 64 players into the match play stage.

With stroke play qualifying reduced to one round after Tuesday’s inclement weather, play was delayed a further hour on Wednesday morning due to strong winds. West Lancashire, hosting the championship for the first time, was then blessed with far more favourable conditions. 

7 Scots have qualified for the Matchplay which starts tomorrow including West of Scotland's  Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon) and Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) the 2019 D&A County Champion 

LEADERBOARD 

Scottish Players - Matchplay Qualifiers (and position in draw) 

10 Clara Young (North Berwick) 73

16 Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon) 73

33 Hannah Darling ( Broomieknowe)  75

37 Jasmine Mackintosh (Murcar Links) 75

43 Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) 76

44 Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) 76 

46 Penny Brown (Auchterarder) 76

MATCHPLAY DRAW

FIRST ROUND OF THE WOMENS AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP IS ABANDONED

The first round of stroke play qualifying at The Amateur Championship and The Women’s Amateur Championship has been abandoned. 

The start of play was delayed by two hours this morning due to inclement weather.  Following a second suspension of play this afternoon at both courses, Royal Birkdale for the men and West Lancashire for the women, the decision was made to cancel the first round and all scores from today. 

A cut in both championships will now be made after one round of stroke play qualifying to be played tomorrow (Wednesday 26 August). The top 64 players and ties will go through to the match play stage of The Amateur Championship. The top 64 players will progress to match play at The Women’s Amateur Championship. 

Tee times for Wednesday 26 August are now available at www.randa.org

KYLIE HENRY HOPES TO CARRY HER GOOD FORM ON TO ROYAL TROON

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17 Aug 2020

Kylie Henry will be staying in a hotel just 10 minutes’ drive from her home for the Women’s Open at Royal Troon next week, but that’s bearable as she’d have “done just about anything” to be there.

Henry signed off the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open with a three-under-par 68 to finish one-under and in a tie for 12th, the best finisher from any of the home nations at the Renaissance.

She was an impressive five-under for the weekend, illustrating again that the form that led her to her two LET titles is coming back.

The main aim of the weekend was to finally book her place at Royal Troon, and that was assured even before she played yesterday’s round.

“I played Royal Troon every year as an amateur because we have the Helen Holm Scottish Championship there every year, but not for the last 11 years, and I can’t wait to go back,” she said.

“I’ve played six Women’s Opens before but I’d have done anything to play in this one so close to home. In fact, I’m staying at the tournament bubble hotel even though my house is just a little bit further away and my parents’ house is closer to Royal Troon.

“My husband (tour pro Scott Henry) was just moaning to me that I’ll be only five minutes away next week but he’ll not be able to see me!”

Kylie is most pleased to have picked up from where she left off before lockdown, and admits that the stop was doubly frustrating for her.

“I just felt everything was falling into place for me, I had a couple of good finishes in Australia and everything was looking good for the season before it all came to a halt,” she added.

She warmed up for this current stretch – five tournaments in six weeks as the LET gets under way again – by playing against the men in the Tartan Pro Tour event at Carnoustie, playing with host Paul Lawrie and finishing a highly creditable 10th.

“That was such good fun and so good to get the opportunity to play again,” she said.

“I played with Paul the first day and it was great to watch the way he played the course where he won the Open.”

Emily Toy wins the Women’s British Amateur Championship

Photo - courtesy of the R&A

England’s Emily Toy produced the best performance of her career to win The 116th Women’s Amateur Championship at Royal County Down.

The 21-year-old defeated Amelia Garvey by one hole in the 18-hole final over the renowned links on the east coast of Northern Ireland.

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Scots Hazel MacGarvie and Fiona Liddell both lost in Round 3

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HAZEL MACGARVIE IS LEADING SCOT IN WOMENS AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP STROKEPLAY

England’s Hannah Screen stayed out in front to finish as leading qualifier for the match play stage of The 116thWomen’s Amateur Championship at Royal County Down.

Following the second round of stroke play qualifying, the joint overnight leader added a three-under-par round of 70 for a seven-under-par total of 139 on an overcast and breezy day in Northern Ireland.

From a starting field of 144 golfers from 26 countries, Screen lead the top 64 players into the match play stage over the renowned venue. Italy’s Angelica Moresco, who shared top spot with Screen after the first round, also eased through in second place on five-under-par.

Hazel MacGarvie -(photo courtesy of Fiona Armour)

Leading Scot Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon) along with Fiona Liddell and Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) all made the cut for the Matchplay stages. 

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Stroke Play Results

2019 GIRLS' AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP SWITCHED FROM MONTROSE TO PANMURE

The R and A will stage the 2019 British Girls Amateur Championship at Panmure from Tuesday to Saturday, August 13 to 17 following an agreement reached with Montrose Links to move the event to an alternative venue. 

 This change of venue has been made due to a recent announcement confirming that a series of music concerts are to be set up and staged on a site immediately adjacent to Montrose Links during the month of August. 

Duncan Weir, Executive Director – Golf Development and Amateur Events at The R and A, said, “We have a responsibility to all competitors to provide a world class experience in which they can perform to their full potential and this includes minimising any adverse impacts on the staging of the championship. “There is a risk that the concerts and their setting up would have caused disruption to the players so we have come to a mutual agreement with Montrose Links that the championship will now be played at an alternative venue. 

“Montrose Links remains on our potential list of venues and we very much hope that the opportunity to stage another event there will present itself in the near future. We would like to thank Panmure for moving quickly to step in at such short notice to host this championship, which is again expected to attract a world class field.” 

 The British Girls Amateur Championship will celebrate its centenary year in 2019.

HANNAH DARLING KNOCKED OUT OF BRITISH GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe), the only Scot still standing after two match-play rounds of the British girls championship at Ardglass, Northern Ireland, was beaten 4 and 2 by Yael Berger (Switzerland) in this morning's third round ties.

Berger has gone on to reach the semi-finals. She followed up her win over the Scot by beating Caterina Don (Italy) by 3 and 2.

Charlotte Heath (Huddersfield) is the only English player in the last four. She beat compatriot Sophie Johnson (Enville) 4 and 3 in the quarter-finals.

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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).  

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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

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LEONIE HARM FROM GERMANY WINS THE LADIES BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Leonie Harm - 2018 British Ladies Amateur Champion

SEMI-FINALS
Stephanie Lau (USA) bt Hollie Muse (West Lancs) 5 and 4.
Leonie Harm (Germany) bt Jaclyn Lee (Canada) 4 and 3.

FINAL                                              
Harm bt Lau  3 and 2 CLICK HERE

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NO SCOTS LEFT IN LAST 16 OF THE BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

NEWS RELEASE FROM R AND A
The three leading qualifiers from the stroke play stage of the 115th Ladies’ Amateur Championship were knocked out in the first round of match play at Hillside Golf Club today.

Elin Esborn, who was the official leading qualifier on countback after she finished on one-under-par alongside Esther Henseliet and Elodie Chapelet, suffered a loss to Germany’s Ava Bergner (2 Holes). The German then went on to defeat Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup player Annabel Fuller in the second round 3 and 2.

Henseleit, who lost out to Finland’s Anna Backman by one hole, and Chapelet, defeated by Aline Krauter (2 holes), also departed the championship after the first round of match play.

Hollie Muse, pictured left,  heroically came through an all-England match with the 2017 Girls Amateur champion and Curtis Cup player, Lily May Humphreys despite suffering a painful groin injury on Wednesday. The Liverpool golfer limped through both her first (Hannah Screen 3 and 2) and second round matches to progress to Friday's last 16.

The 2016 Girls Amateur Champion Emile Alba Paltrinieri from Italy is looking to add the Ladies’ Amateur title to her record after defeating Scotland’s champion Gemma Batty 5 and 4 to book her place in the third round. The 16-year-old knocked Ana Ruiz from Mexico in the morning session winning by 2 holes.

Ruiz’s team-mate Isabella Fierro came from four down with five to play to beat Sweden’s Maja Stark on the 19th hole in the first round. The 17-year-old then went on to defeat Spain’s Laura Maria Gomez Ruiz to set up a third-round tie with Alessio Nobilio, who edged out GB and I Curtis Cup player Olivia Mehaffey by 1 hole.

Hannah McCook from Grantown on Spey and Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) lost in the first round of the match-play. 
Wales' Bethan Morris, lost at the 20th to P Schmid from Switzerland in the last Round 2 match to finish - after 8pm - on the opening match-play day.
The only English player to make it through to the last 16, apart from Hollie Muse, is Georgina Blackman from Chelmsford.

LIVE SCORING FROM THE SCOTTISH SENIORS AND BRITISH AMATEUR

LIVE LEADERBOARD FROM THE SCOTTISH SENIORS AT PRESTWICK ST NICHOLAS

The 115th Ladies’ British Open Amateur Championship is taking place at Hillside. Hillside is located in Southport in the heart of England’s Golf Coast. It is situated adjacent to Royal Birkdale as well as Southport & Ainsdale, with Formby Golf Club a few miles down the road. A true championship links, Hillside is a regular venue for The Open Final Qualifying and has also hosted several prestigious championships including The Amateur Championship. 

LIVE LEADERBOARD FROM THE BRITISH AMATEUR

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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