PAUL LAWRIE PRO NEWS

Tuesday 2nd July:

Katy McNicoll is proving to be the Inbee Park of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Scottish Ladies Open Tour.

Scotland amateur cap Jane Turner (Craigielaw), making her debut as a pro, did well to finish joint fifth on 74 alongside West of Scotland's Pamela Feggans and Pamela Pretswell. The trio earned £163 each.

And continuing the good showing by Scottish amateurs, St Rule Trophy winner Ailsa Summers from Carnoustie and West of Scotland's Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), the Scottish women's amateur champion from Paisley, tied for eighth place on 75 alongside last year's Curtis Cup star and a winner of the Ladies European Tour this year, Holly Clyburn from Lincolnshire. Holly earned £90 and the two amateurs vouchers for the same amount.

THE MARCLIFFE AT PITFODELS HOTEL'S DOWNFIELD LADIES CHALLENGE

Downfield Golf Club, Dundee.

Par 73

71 Katy McNicoll (Sco) £800.

72 Jess Meek (Sco) (am), Rachael Watton (Sco) (am), £500 vouchers each.

73 Chrisje de Vries (Ned) £325

74 Pamela Feggans (Sco), Pamela Pretswell (Sco), Jane Turner (Sco) £163 each.

75 Holly Clyburn (Eng) £90, Ailsa Summers (Sco) (am) £90 voucher, Alyson McKechin (am) £90 voucher.

76 Emma Fairnie (Sco) £65, Lisa Shervill (Eng) £65, Rachel Polson (Sco) (am) £65 voucher.

77 Heather Stirling (Sco), Clare Queen (Sco) £50 each.

78 Kelsey MacDonald (Sco), Martine Pow (Sco), India Clyburn (Eng) (am).

79 Heather MacRae (Sco), Jess Wilcox (Eng) (am).

80 Michele Thomson (Sco), Laura Murray (Sco), Nichola Ferguson (Sco) (am).

81 Lauren Blease (Eng), Kiran Matharu (Eng).

82 Daisy Dyer (Eng).

83 Sheena Wood (Sco) (am)

84 Jemma Chalmers (Sco) (am)

85 Hannah McCook (Sco) (am), Gale MacPherson (Sco) (am).

88 Kate McIntosh (Sco) (am).

90 Katie Reid (Sco) (am).

91 Iona Stephen (Sco) (am).

Retired (ill): Kylie Walker (Sco)

Wednesday 3rd July :

Pamela Pretswell, in the first group off the tee, set the pace with a four-under-par 68 in the Paul Lawrie Scottish Ladies Open Tour's sixth event, the "Specsavers Spectacular," over the Carnoustie Burnside course.

Her score was later matched by Ladies European Tour winner Holly Clyburn from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, and  Pamela Feggans from Doon Valley GC, Ayrshire
Click on the following link for all the results ----- CARNOUSTIE RESULTS

SGU SOCIAL MEDIA SEMINAR

FIONA AND ALEX WIN THE TEAM EVENT AT THE DOUGLAS PARK PRO AM

Norma Gray (DP Ladies Captain), Fiona Rattray, Alex Mennie and Pro Craig Ronald

A Douglas Park Junior Development Squad team were the overall winners of the Douglas Park Pro-am yesterday.
Fiona Rattray, Alex Mennie and a junior boy Adam Sidiki teamed up with Carluke Pro Craig Ronald to take the top team prize. Their winning team score was 14 under par (2 scores to count).
Final Team Results --- Click Here
Cawder's Chris Kelly won the £1,028 first prize with a one-under-par 67 -- CLICK HERE for the full list of results

SLGA POST ADVERT

A post as an administrator at the SLGA offices in Perth is being advertised. To view the advert please click on the link below.

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LANARK OPEN DAY ENTRY FORM

Marion Mitchell is organising the Lanark Golf Club Open day on Sunday 14th July 2013.

Her chosen charity this year is The Multiple Sclerosis Society
CLICK HERE to get your entry form

PAT HUTTON HAS A HOLE IN ONE OVER ROYAL TROON

Congratulations go to Lanark's Pat Hutton who had a Hole in One at the 5th Hole over Royal Troon.

She was playing in Troon Ladies -- McInnes Shaw Trophy today.

DONNA JACKSON -- 30 YEARS COUNTY TEAM MEMBER

Donna with her card

The County Jamboree was held at Bothwell Castle GC this week and one of the highlights of the week was the standing ovation that Donna Jackson was given at the dinner on Monday evening. Below is the video of Donna's presentation award given by RLCGA Captain Maureen Woodhead. To read more --- RLCGA WEBSITE

To see some all the photographs from the weeks event --- Click on the following links and then click on the small down arrow on the RHS of the page and select slideshow 

DAY 1 -- Monday -- RLCGA v D&A
DAY 1 -- Monday -- County Dinner 
DAY 2 -- Tuesday -- RLCGA v Ayrshire -- morning only
Day 3 -- Wednesday -- RLCGA v Lanarkshire 

PHOTOS -- COURTESY OF JEAN MACINTYRE (LANARKSHIRE)

Although these were the main match days there are other photos of the different Counties on each day.
For all the reports go to the Renfrewshire Website

Cheers - from your Webmaster Carol

RENFREWSHIRE WIN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND INTER COUNTY TEAM MATCH

Renfrewshire County Team -- 2013 West of Scotland Team Champions

CLICK HERE FOR DAY 3 PHOTOGRAPHS

Renfrewshire joined Aberdeenshire in the Scottish women's county golf championship finals at Stirling Golf Club from September 20-22 by beating Lanarkshire 6 1/2-2 1/2 in the West Division title decider at Bothwell Castle GC today
Both teams went into the last day with 100 per cent records and the decisive contest was closer than the overall scoreline would suggest.
Renfrewshire, the defending champions, edged ahead 2-1 from the morning foursomes and took the singles 4 1/2 -- 1 1/2, three of the games going to the 18th green.
Renfrewshire's Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), the Scottish champion, was four down after 13 holes to Emma Caldow but won the last five holes for a one-hole victory.
The Briggs sisters, Megan and Eilidh, again provided the backbone of the Renfrewshire 
campaign, winning all their matches, foursomes and singles
Carol Whyte was 3 down with 4 to play and played well over the last few holes to get a halved match. Iona Stephen a newcomer to the team was also 3 down at one stage and rallied towards the end to win on the 18th green. 
Last-day results:

RENFREWSHIRE 6 1/2, LANARKSHIRE 2 1/2
Foursomes: M Briggs and C Whyte beat S McGrenaghan and S Wood 5 and 4; 
A McKechin and E Briggs beat R Cassidy and L Lloyd 5 and 4, 
G Kyle and G McGinlay lost to F Norris and J Potter 2 and 1 (2-1).
Singles: 
Alyson McKechin beat Emma Caldow 1 hole, 
Megan Briggs beat Ruth Rankin 4 and 3, 
Eilidh Briggs beat FionaNorris 3 and 2, 
Iona Stephen beat Jenny Potter 2 holes, 
Carol Whyte halved with Susan Wood 
Donna Jackson lost to Lesley Lloyd 1 down
(4 1/2-1 1/2)

AYRSHIRE 6, DUNBARTONSHIRE and ARGYLL 3
Foursomes; J Linklater and M McKay beat N Ferguson and J Meldrum 3 and 1; C Jaffrey and A Thompson beat A Baker and S McDonald 3 and 1, R Purdom and K McGarva lost to A Laing and C Skinner 3 and 2 (2-1).
Singles: Jaffrey lost to Meldrum 1 hole, McKay lost to L Campbell 1 hole, E Hale beat Ferguson 5 and 4, McGarva beat L McGeachy 6 and 4, Linklater beat McDonald 5 and 4, Thompson beat Laing 1 hole (4-2).

HOW THEY FINISHED
1 Renfrewshire 3pt, 2 Lanarkshire 2pt, 3 Ayrshire 1 pt, 4 Dunbartonshire and Argyll 0pt.

LANARKSHIRE - RENFREWSHIRE DECIDER TOMORROW -- PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT

Lanarkshire County Team are out to beat Renfrewhire

The stage is set for a last-day title decider between defending champions Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire in the West Division women's inter-county team golf championship at Bothwell Castle tomorrow.
Both teams have played twice and won twice. Lanarkshire followed up their 6-3 win over Ayrshire by beating Dunbartonshire and Argyll 5 1/2-3 1/2
The foursomes were shared 1 1/2-1 1/2. The decisive singles victory for Lanarkshire came from Susan McGrenaghan who drove the 17th and holed her 3ft putt to beat Aileen Baker 2 and 1.
 McGrenaghan had been four up after 13 but Baker won three holes in a row to slash her deficit to only one hole. Renfrewshire, big-margin wins over Dunbartonshire and Argyll in their first match, had a tougher time of it against Ayrshire before winning 6-3.
Former Scottish champion Megan Briggs was four down after 10 to Ayrshire's Roz Purdom but rallied so well that she won on the 18th green to give Renfrewshire a 4-2 lead in the singles after taking the morning fursomes 2-1.
 DAY 2 RESULTS
 LANARKSHIRE 5 1/2, DUNBARTONSHIRE and ARGYLL 3 1/2
Foursomes: Rachel Cassidy and Lesley Lloyd halved with Laura McGeachy and Jill Meldrum; Fiona Norris and Jenny Potter bt Anne Laing and Nichola Ferguson 2 and 1; Susan McGrenaghan and Susan Wood lost to Lorraine Campbell and Aileen Baker 2 holes (1 1/2-1 1/2)
Singles: Norris bt Laing 2 holes, Emma Caddow lost to Ferguson 6 and 5, Cassidy lost to Meldrum 6 and 5, Ruth Rankin bt McGeachy 3 and 2, McGrenaghan bt Baker 2 and 1, Lloyd bt Campbell 7 and 6 (4-2).
  RENFREWSHIRE 6, AYRSHIRE 3
Foursomes: Alyson McKechin and Eilidh Briggs bt Connie Jaffrey and Audrey Thompson 4 and 3; Donna Jackson and Gillian Kyle lost to Emma Hale and Alex Glennie 4 and 3; Megan Briggs and Carol Whyte bt Jenny Linklater and Mhairi McKay 3 and 1 (2-1)
Singles: McKechin bt Jaffrey 3 and 2, Eilidh Briggs bt Katie McGarva 7 and 6, Megan Briggs bt Roz Purdom 1 hole, Iona Stephen lost to Thompson 6 and 5, Gillian McGinlay lost to Glennie 4 and 3; Whyte bt Hale 6 and 4 (4-2)
 HOW THEY STAND Lanarkshire 2pt, Renfrewshire 2pt, Ayrshire 0pt, Dunbartonshire and Argyll 0pt.

RENFREWSHIRE AND LANARKSHIRE WIN ON DAY 1 OF THE COUNTY JAMBOREE

West Division title-holders Renfrewshire made a winning start to this week's campaign at Bothwell Castle.
They beat Dunbartonshire and Argyll 7 1/2-1 1/2 after taking the foursomes 2-1 and the singles 5 1/2-1/2.
Lanarkshire were 6-3 winners over Ayrshire in the other match. Lanarkshire won the foursomes 2 1/2-1//2 and the singles 3 1/2-2 1/2
Morning Foursomes
RLCGA 2 D&A 1
Alyson McKechin & Eilidh Briggs beat Laura McGeachy 7/5
Donna Jackson and Iona Stephen lost to Anne Laing and Nichola Ferguson 3/2
Megan Briggs and Carol Whyte beat Aileen Baker 5/3
Afternoon Singles:
Afternoon Singles
Alyson McKechin beat   Laura McGeachy 6/5
Megan Briggs beat Sheena Mc Donald 8/7
Eilidh Briggs beat Anne Laing 5/3
Gillian Kyle beat Cathy Skinner 3/
Carol Whyte Halved against Nichola Ferguson 
Gillian McGinlay beat  Jill Meldrum 1 up

Total points RLCGA 7.5 D&A 1.5 

Morning Foursomes
Lanarkshire 2.5 Ayrshire 0.5
Rachael Cassidy and Lesley Lloyd halved withAudrey Thomson and Connie Jaffrey
Fiona Norris and Jenny Potter beat Alex Glennie and Jenny Linlater 6&4
Susan McGrechan and Susan Wood beat Roz Purdom and Emma Hale 2/1

Afternoon Singles
Lanarkshire 3.5 Ayrshire 2.5
Emma Caddow lost to Connie Jaffrey 4/3
Fiona Norris halved with Emma Hale
Susan Wood beat Jenny Linklater 5/4
Jenny Potter lost to Alex Glennie 1hole
Ruth Rankin beatKatie McGarva 5/3
Rachael Cassidy beat Mhairi McKay 4/3

Total Points Lanarkshire 6 Ayrshire 3

HELEN FAULDS IS CHAMPION FOR THE 13TH TIME AT DOUGLAS PARK

Helen and Fiona

Senior Championship - Aileen and Beverly

Helen Faulds won the Douglas Park Ladies Championship for the 13th time today when she beat up and coming Junior Fiona Raffarty.
Beverly Mitchell beat Aileen MacIntyre in the Ladies Senior Championship.
To see some photographs from the day --- CLICK HERE

INTER COUNTY FOURSOMES FINALS AT RANFURLY CASTLE --- DONNA JACKSON AND LIZ STEWART HAVE THE BEST SCORE OF THE DAY

Renfrewshire's Donna Jackson & Liz Stewart won the Scratch Prize at Inter County Foursomes Finals played today at Ranfurly Castle.
Renfrewshire's Val Lawrence & Brenda Conway won the Handicap Section.
Scoring was generally high due to the fast greens and thick rough.

Donna & Liz with Ranfurly Castle Captain Sheila Biggart

Winner in Handicap Section Brenda Conway (absent partner Val Lawrence)

Other prize-winners:

Ayrshire's Audrey Thompson & Liz Keohone   

Ayrshire's Cathy Malcolm & Debbie Watt

Ayrshire's Jess Blackwood & Jeanette Stewart

RESULTS:

Scratch

1st          Renfrewshire: Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) & Liz Stewart (Greenburn)        79

2nd        Ayrshire: Audrey Thompson & Liz Keohone (Loudoun Gowf)                           84

3rd        Ayrshire:  Cathy Malcolm (P. St Nicholas) & Debbie Watt (Belleisle)               86

Handicap

1st         Renfrewshire: Val Lawrence (Kilmacolm) & Brenda Conway (Renfrew)              88 - 15 - 73

2nd        Ayrshire: Jess Blackwood & JeanetteStewart (Kilmarnock Barassie)         98 - 17 - 81

3rd         D&A Helen Robertson & Jinty Halley (Douglas Park)                              97 - 14 - 83

FULL LIST OF RESULTS
Scratch
D Jackson/L Stewart Cochrane C/Greenburn 3/3 RLCGA 79
A Thompson/L Keohone Loudoun Gowf 4/6 ALCGA 84
C Malcolm/D Watt P.St Nicholas/Belleisle 4/3 ALCGA 86
L Campbell/L McGeachy Cardross/Windyhill 6/6 D & A 87
L Lloyd/F Scott Hayston/Bothwell Castle 2/4 LLCGA 90
F Norris/M McDonald Hamilton/East Kilbride 1/15 LLCGA 90
D Cowan/J MacDonald Ranfurly Castle 6/20 RLCGA 91
H Anderson/LHale TroonLadies/Caldwell 7/10 RLCGA 91
S Steele/M Stewart Hilton Park 11/11 D & A 92
F Alexander/C Sim Hilton Park/Balmore 11/16 D & A 95
J Anderson/M Marshall Wishaw 18/27 LLCGA 105
J West/M Miller Irvine Bogside/Troon Ladies 15/17 ALCGA N/R

Handicap
V Lawrence/B Conway Kilmacolm/Renfrew 14/16 RLCGA 88 15 73 1
J Blackwood/J Stewart Kilmarnock Barassie 14/20 ALCGA 98 17 81 2
H Robertson/J Halley Douglas Park 12/16 D & A 97 14 83 3
S Reid/B Lyle Kilmacolm/Whitecraigs 17/19 RLCGA 103 18 85
A McCall/M Craig Strathaven 21/17 LLCGA 106 19 87
A Aitken/L Giblin Eastwood/Haggs Castle 12/20 RLCGA 106 16 90
M Porter/P Rice Strathaven 20/22 LLCGA 112 21 91
A Gardner/A Campbell Hilton Park 22/27 D & A 116 24.5 91.5
N Choat/A Cumberland Hilton Park 23/21 D & A 113 21.5 91.5
J Glass/I Cooper Drumpellier 25/21 LLCGA 116 23 93
L Wilson/L McDonald Kilmarnock Barassie 7/16 ALCGA N/R

SCOTTISH SCHOOLS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP - Connie Jaffrey takes girls title at Murrayshall

Connie Jaffrey (Troon ladies) continued her good form of 2013 when she won the girls individual title at the Scottish Schools Golf Championship, held at Murrashall GC on Monday 10th June.

Having already won the Ayrshire Ladies County Championship title for the first time earlier this year, Connie Jaffrey stormed to an eight shot victory in the girls

The leading scores were :-

136 - Connie Jaffrey (S Ayrshire) 68 68
144 - Heather Munro (Dundee City) 73 71
146 - Tara MacTaggart (Borders) 74 72
147 - Danielle Kerr (Borders) 72 75.
Other Ayrshire scores
151 - Hazel MacGarvie (S Ayrshire) 76 75
161 - Emma Hale (S Ayrshire) 80 81
176 - Lauren Gilbert (N Ayrshire) 87 89

GIRLS HANDICAP
134 - Alexandra Duffy (S Lanarkshire) (12) 63 71
135 - Anna McKay (Fife) (16) 69 66

GIRLS TEAM
293 - Borders
303 - Aberdeenshire
306 - Aberdeen City

D&A COUNTY MEDAL

The D&A County medal was played over Clydebank GC on 10th June -- Results as follows ----

Scratch: Nichola Ferguson [Milngavie] 75
1st Silver: Nichola Ferguson [Milngavie] 75-3-72
2nd Silver: Sara Tryon [The Carrick] 84-11-73
3rd Silver: Anna Telfer [Milngavie] 78-5-73
1st Bronze: Frances McPherson [Clober] 94-21-73
2nd Bronze: Marie Miller [Windyhill] 98-24-74
COLONEL BROCK CUP
Nichola Ferguson [Milngavie] – 72

WEST VETS WIN AGAINST EAST VETS

The West Vets team beat the East Vets at Longniddry yesterday by 6.5 - 3.5
To read the full report go to the West Vets Website

SCOTTISH UNDER-18 GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY, JUNE 17

FROM THE SCOTTISH LADIES GOLFING ASSOCIATION

Are you Under 18 @ 1st January 2013, with a handicap of 34.4 or below and of Scottish Nationality? If so then your National Championship needs you! The Scottish Girls' (Close) Amateur Championship entry closes at 12 noon Monday 17th June 2013. This year’s Championship is being played at Ranfurly Castle from 16-20 July and should be a great week, so what are you waiting for, to download your entry form click here. (Link to slga website)

GLEDDOCH CHARITY MIXED FOURSOMES

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GLEDDOCH OPEN DAY TRI AM RESULT

Wildlife at Gleddoch -- Baby Pheasants 

Good Views of the Clyde -- Dumbarton Rock 

 Guess who they are the 17th Tee

Gleddoch Open Day Tri Am was held on Sunday 9th June in glorious conditions as can be seen by the photos above.

Results

1st:  Mhairi Bryce (Gleddoch) with Sandra Reid & Ann McPhee from Renfrew. (net 60)
2nd: Christine Morrison (Gleddoch) with Denise McNaughton & Anne Terry (both Douglas Park) - net 62 (BIH)
3rd was an all Gleddoch team of Roisin Black, Margaret Adams & Sheila MacLeod. (net 62)

DANNY AND ALISON ARE WINNERS AT DOUGLAS PARK GOLF CLUB

Alison and Danny Miller --- Click to enlarge

In glorious weather conditions Danny and Alison Miller won the Sheila Connacher Memorial Trophy at Douglas Park Ladies Day yesterday. After playing in the event for over 30 years Danny and Alison were at last delighted to win the coveted trophy.

MILNGAVIE OPEN DAY -- GET YOUR ENTRY FORM - STILL SOME PLACES AVILABLE

There are still some times available for Milngavie's Open Day on WEDNESDAY, JULY 1Oth from 8:00 am till 2:30pm.
This is a TRI AM so it is a fun day out.
There are prizes at most holes so it will suit all handicaps.

Please enter in teams of 3 at a cost of £30 per team (to include 2s and a sweep)
There are sponsored prizes at most holes so come and enjoy a day out at one of the prettiest courses in the West.
Enter directly online at www.milngaviegolfclub.co.uk
OR phone the Secretary on 0141 956 1619
OR contact Anna Telfer on 0141 339 1967  or email telferanna@hotmail.com