MIDLOTHIAN PAIRING WIN THE COMMONWEALTH SPOONS AT POLLOK GOLF CLUB

Valerie Mackenzie and Margaret Fergusson - Midlothian
Photo courtesy of Scottish Golf

In what can only be described horrendous wet and windy weather conditions today in Glasgow  -- the final of the Commonwealth Spoons was played over Pollok Golf Club.

Midlothian pairing of Valerie Mackenzie and Margaret Fergusson playing off a handicap of 10.5 had the best score of the day - net 74.5 to win the Australian Spoons Trophy for 2019 

In 2nd place was also a Midlothian pairing of - Ann Brown and Kay Cutherbertsonon  - a net 76.5 by virtue of the better inward half from Aberdeenshire -  P Halliwell and Gillian MacKenzie 

LEADERBOARD

1st :  Midlothian -  Valerie Mackenzie and Margaret Fergusson - 
(Murrayfield Golf Club) 85 (10.5) 74.5
2nd: Midlothian - Ann Brown and  Kay Cuthbertson (Deer Park and Liberton) 96 (19.5) 76.5 bih
3rd: Aberdeenshire -  P Halliwell and Gillian MacKenzie (Banchory) 85 (8.5) 76.5
4th: Galloway - Sheila McMurtrie and Jane Johnstone (Dalbeattie Golf Club) 88 (11) 77 bih
5th: D&A -  Carolyn Craig and Vicky Hendren  (Cardross)  96 (19) 77
6th: Lanarkshire - Jo Chung and Lisa Chang (Cawder and Hamilton) 89 (11) 78

FULL LEADERBOARD

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County Level Qualifying

 a) The format is 18 holes of stroke play foursomes on one day with half combined handicap allowance. 
b) The number of qualifiers from each County is limited to one pair in per ten pairs entering based on a balance of five or more counting as ten. 

National Final 
a) The format is 18 holes of stroke play foursomes on one day with half combined handicap allowance. 
b) The pair returning the best score on handicap in the final shall hold the Australian Spoons for one year. 

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WINNING AYRSHIRE TEAM FROM JUNE KERR AND ROSS DUNCAN

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Thanks go to Ross Duncan from Scottish Golf for the above photos

 CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOGRAPHS -- COURTESY OF JUNE KERR

See some more on the Ayrshire Ladies' County website and some photos including a photo of the 1970 winning team

AYRSHIRE WOMEN END 49-YEAR WAIT FOR 14th SCOTTISH COUNTY TITLE IN THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUNTY GOLF

Photo courtesy of Scottish Golf

Ayrshire have won the Scottish women's county championship at Peebles for the first time since they won the title at Troon in 1970

This is their 14th capture of the championship since they made the breakthrough in 1911, winning the title again in 1912 and 1920. The first year of the County Finals was in 1909 -- 110 years ago 

Ayrshire's Winning years and Venues

1911 Troon Ayrshire  

1912 St Andrews Ayrshire  

1920 North Berwick Ayrshire(wo)  

1930 Gleneagles Ayrshire  

1931 Gleneagles Ayrshire  

1937 Gleneagles Ayrshire

1934 Gleneagles Ayrshire  

1938 Gleneagles Ayrshire  

1948 Gleneagles Ayrshire  

1955 Gleneagles Ayrshire  

1962 Gullane Ayrshire  

1968 Longniddry Ayrshire  

1970 Troon Ayrshire  

2019 Peebles Ayrshire

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE COUNTY WINNERS SINCE 1909

Ayrshire won all three matches this weekend, beating Fife 7-2. Perth and Kinross 6-3 and then beat  Dumfriesshire 7-1 today (Sunday 1st September)

RESULTS
FIRST DAY
Ayrshire 7, Fife 2
Perth and Kinross 5, Dumfriesshire 4

SECOND DAY
Dumfriesshire 6, Fife 3
Ayrshire 6, Perth and Kinross 3

THIRD DAY (Sunday)

Perth and Kinross 5.5, Fife 3.5
 Foursomes: 2-1
 Singles: 3.5-2.5

Ayrshire 7, Dumfriesshire 2
Foursomes: 3-0
C Jaffrey and R Foster bt D MacDonald and M Fraser 2 holes
L Gibson and R Purdom bt F Allison and L Jack 1 hole.
L Duncan and J Linklater bt G Batty and J Quigley 4 and 3.
Singles: 4-2
Duncan bt Quigley 5 and 3.
Linklater lost to K Malcolm 1 hole.
A Thompson lost to Fraser 3 and 2.
Gibson bt Batty 2 and 1
Foster bt Jack 6 and 4
Jaffrey bt Allison 6 and 5.

Perth and Kinross were the Runners Up 

Photo Courtesy of Perth and Kinross - Click to enlarge

FINAL TABLE

Ayrshire             3   3  0  0     20 -7            3pts
P and K              3   2  0  1     13.5 - 13.5    2pts
Dumfriesshire   3   1  0  2     12 - 15          1pt
Fife                     3   0  0  3     8.5 - 18.5      0pt

For all the full RESULTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS -- CLICK HERE 

See the Report from Ayrshire Ladies' County website and some photos including a photo of the 1970 winning team

County Finals - Live Scoring - AYRSHIRE ARE THE SCOTTISH CHAMPIONS

County Finals -- live scoring

Foursomes 
Ayrshire 3 Dumfriesshire 0
Perth and Kinross 2 Fife 1

Singles 
Ayrshire 4 Dumfriesshire 1
Perth and Kinross 3.5 Fife 2.5

Final Result
Ayrshire 7 Dumfriesshire 1
Perth and Kinross 5.5 Fife 3.5

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For all the reports --- CLICK HERE

West of Scotland MyGolf Rankings - Week 34 - 2019

mygolfranking.net WEST OF SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFER of Week 19/34 is CAROLINE KING of Clober Ladies who is NUMBER ONE on WEST OF SCOTLAND LADIES MGRanking and climbs into the TOP 50 of the OVERALL MGRANKING at No 28.

WEST OF SCOTLAND LADIES CLUB of the Week is DOUGLAS PARK LADIES – up to No 2 on WEST OF SCOTLAND LADIES Club MGRanking.

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AYRSHIRE IN DRIVING SEAT AT WOMEN'S COUNTY GOLF FINALS

By Colin Farqharson

Ayrshire are in a strong position to win the Scottish women's county finals title at Peebles.
Today (Sat) they beat Perthshire and Kinross 6-3,  to top the current table with two wins.
Dumfriesshire beat Fife 6-3.

SECOND-DAY DETAILS

DUMFRIESSHIRE 6, FIFE 3
Foursomes: 2-1
G Batty and J Quigley lost to E Moffat and G Paton 6 and 4.
D MacDonald and M Fraser bt J Mackie and H Braidwood 2 and 1.
F Allison and L Jack bt S Jackson and L McKinlay 2 and 1.
Singles: 4-2
Fraser bt Moffat 3 and 2
K Malcolm lost to Paton 5 and 4
Batty bt Mackie 4 and 3
Quigley bt Jackson 2 and 1
Jack bt Braidwood 2 and 1.
Allison lost to McKinlay 6 and 4

AYRSHIRE 6, PERTHSHIRE and KINROSS 3
Foursomes: 2-1
L Duncan and L Gibson lost to M Ashley and K Alexander 2 and 1.
R Foster and R Purdom bt J Saxton and S Crolla 3 and 2
C Jaffrey and P Patrick bt L Walker and L Campbell 3 and 2.
Singles: 4-2
Duncan bt Alexander 2 and 1
J Linklater lost to Ashley 3 and 2.
Gibson bt Crolla 4 and 2.
A Thompson lost to I Moncrieff 2 and 1
Foster bt Walker 4 and 2
Jaffrey bt Saxton 5 and 4.

HOW THEY STAND
2pt Ayrshire
1pt P and K
1pt Dumfriesshire
0pt Fife.

SUNDAY FINAL MATCHES
P and K v Fife
Ayrshire v Dumfriesshire

Caroline King of Clober is No 1 of week 24 /2019 in Scotlands My Golf Rankings

mygolfranking.net SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFER of Week 19/34 is CAROLINE KING of Clober Ladies who is NUMBER ONE on SCOTLAND Ladies MGRankingand in the TOP 50 of the OVERALL MGRanking at No 29. 

SCOTLAND LADIES CLUB of the Week is DOUGLAS PARK LADIES who move up to No 7 on Scotland Ladies Club MGRanking.

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AYRSHIRE AND PERTH AND KNROSS ARE WINNERS ON DAY 1 OF THE SCOTTISH WOMENS COUNTY FINALS

From Colin Farqharson - Scottish Golf View Website

Ayrshire, 7-2 winners against Fife, and Perth and Kinross, who beat Dumfriesshire 5-4, lead the Scottish Women's County Finals table after Day 1 at Peebles.
Ayrshire took the foursomes 2-1 against Fife and romped to a 5-1 victory in the singles.
The P and K versus Dumfrieshire meeting was a much closer contest with P and K edging the foursomes 2-1 before the afternoon singles honours were shared 3-3.

DETAILS

AYRSHIRE 7, FIFE 2

Foursomes 
L Duncan and L Gibson lost to E Moffat and G Paton 3 and 2.
R Foster and R Purdom bt L McKinlay and B Clark 1 hole.
C Jaffrey and P Patrick bt J Mackie and H Braidwood 3 and 1.

Singles (5-1)
Duncan bt Moffat 1 hole.
Gibson bt Paton 3 and 2.
J Linklater lost to S Jackson 7 and 5.
A Thompson bt Braidwood 1 hole.
Foster bt Mackie 4 and 3.
Jaffrey bt McKinlay 3 and 2.

PERTH and KINROSS 5, DUMFRIESSHIRE 4
Foursomes (2-1)
J Saxton and S Crolla bt G Batty and K Malcolm 2 and 1.
M Ashley and K Alexander lost to D MacDonald and M Fraser 2 and 1.
L Walker and L Campbell bt F Allison and L Jack 2 and 1.

Singles (3-3)
Saxton bt Batty 6 and 4
Ashley lost to Fraser 5 and 4
I Moncrieff lost to MacDonald 1 hole
Campbell bt Malcolm 1 hole
Alexander bt Jack 6 and 5
Walker lost to Allison 5 and 3

DAY 2 PROGRAMME (Saturday)
Dumfriesshire v Fife
Ayrshire v P and K

DAY 3 PROGRAMME (Sunday)
P and K v Fife
Ayrshire v Dumfriesshire

WEST KILBRIDE GIRLS OPEN DAY

WEST KILBRIDE GIRLS OPEN DAY - CLOSING DATE 8TH SEPTEMBER

🏌🏼‍♀️ GIRLS’ OPEN 🏌🏼‍♀️

🔴 Sunday 22nd September 🔴

🕛 Tee Times between 12-1:30pm 🕑

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Williamwood Open Day raises £2,500 for Age Concern East Renfrewshire and Whitecraigs trio are the Winners

Carol McBeath of Age Concern,
Gill Unick - Lady Vice Captain - Williamwood
Carol McNally -  Lady Vice Captain - Williamwood

Williamwood Ladies' Open Triam: 28th August

Over 140 ladies (just 4 home players) played in Williamwood's clearly popular annual tournament  today.  The visiting ladies found the back 9 holes quite a bit tougher than the front 9 (members would agree!) and all keen to return next year.

Local players from Whitecraigs just pipped one of the Ralston teams on the better inward 9, whilst Milngavie trio took 3rd spot and Prestwick St. Nicholas 4th place.

Leaderboard:
1st: L Hay; A Campbell; J Mitchell all Whitecraigs 137 (bih)

2nd: L McMillan; C Clark; L Marven all Ralston 137

3rd: M Allan; S O'Neill; S Sinclair all Milngavie 139 (bih)

4th: A McGillivray; S Dunigan; L Thompson all Prestwick St. Nicholas 

Photograph of full notice board scores shown below.

Results - Click to enlarge

Another Winner on the day was most definitely Wiliamwood's chosen charity: Age Concern East Renfrewshire.  An unbelievable amount of over £2,500 was raised on the day through everyone's commitment and generosity.

Missed out this year?  Watch out for on line booking early in 2020. 

Two best net scores counted, therefore winners were 7 under par.

Thanks go to Carol McNally for the results and report

Brenda Duthie and Stella Bowie win the RLCGA Centenary Trophy over Cowglen Golf Course

 

Stella Bowie and Brenda Duthie 

30 teams competed in the Renfrewshire Ladies' County Golf Association  Greensomes Stableford today at Cowglen Golf Club.

The outright winners of the competition and Centenary Trophy with a fabulous score of 42 stableford points was the team of Brenda Duthie, from Cathcart Castle GC and Stella Bowie, from Kilmacolm GC. 

2nd : Shirley Back and June Lockhart

3rd: Morag Little and Jennifer MacGregor

The Douglas Park GC duo of Captain June Lockhart and Shirley Back were second with 38 points, and third were Morag Little and Jennifer MacGregor, both from Whitecraigs GC, with 36 stableford points.

To read the full report and results go to the RLCGA Website

Thanks go to Gillian Kyle for the photographs

Sophie Murphy wins the D&A Junior County Championship

 Fiona Cowan presents Sophie Murphy with the Junior Championship Trophy 

Sophie Murphy (Clydebank & District) won the D&A 2019 Junior Championship in glorious sunshine at Clydebank and District Golf Club.  She won with a scratch 79.  

Kirstie Soutar wins the Cowan Cup

Winner of the Cowan Cup was Kirstie Soutar (Douglas Park)  

County President Fiona Cowan presented the girls with their trophies.   

This year we also ran a pre-handicap competition over 9 holes to encourage some of our new girls to play.  

Lily McGrandles (Dumbarton)  and Bella Lakeland-Newman (Cardross) both braved the heat and had equal scores over 9 holes.

Go to the D&A Website to see more photos

Old Ranfurly pairing - Ann and Sandra win the Kilmacolm Ladies Open Day

Ann McKenzie and Sandra Bell

We welcomed over 100 ladies from far and wide to Kilmacolm for our Ladies Open Day. It was a huge success and despite the deteriorating weather, there was some impressive scoring.

Many congratulations to Ann McKenzie and Sandra Bell from the Old Course Ranfurly Golf Club who were the worthy winners, playing in the worst of the conditions.

It was great to see so many ladies enjoying our course, the catering and clubhouse facilities. Many thanks to all the members who volunteered and the pro shop for all their hard work to help showcase our club.

And here are the results...

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Nearest the pin

Silver - J Scott (Old Course Ranfurly)

Bronze - S Swinnerton (Old Course Ranfurly)

Longest drive

Silver - A McGonnigle (Cowglen)

Bronze - S McCallum (Barrasie)

Sweep winners

1. S Clayton / V McKinnon (Old Course Ranfurly)

2. E Mundel / L Smith (Troon)

3. J Scott / M Martin (Old Course Ranfurly)

4. C Graham (Whitecraigs)/ A Sutherland (Cathcart Castle)

Well done to all, thank you for supporting this event and we hope to see you all again next year!

Thanks go to  Lyn Reuben for the report

Scotland win the 24th Pheonix Cup International

Scotland win the 2019 Phoenix Cup

full scores and sponsors at http://www.scottishdgc.org.uk/Index.asp?MainID=26519

Derek Milne the Scottish Captain said, “ I’m absolutely delighted to have won the Phoenix Cup and played with a great team of people from around the country, with lots of disabilities and varying abilities.  Such a proud moment to lift the trophy.  Our colleagues from around Europe added significantly to the event and we thoroughly enjoyed the 3 rounds and the 19^th hole, great new and life long friends”  

  The 24^th Phoenix Cup, Scotland v Europe

Cardrona Resort, Peebles, Scottish Borders, Sunday 25 to Tuesday 27 August 2019

+ the 25^th Anniversary Phoenix Cup at Gleneagles, Panmure, Blairgowrie & Carnoustie in 2020 !!!  

Golfers with disabilities from countries including, Germany, Holland, Ireland and England, travelled to Cardrona to play in the 24^th Phoenix Cup International.

The Phoenix Cup is based on the Solheim/Ryder Cup internationals, is played over three days and includes the traditional match play formats of foursomes, fourball and singles competitions.

Team Scotland & Team Europe

Matthew Coleman Kennoway & Jurgen Boon The Netherlands.

Jim Hamill Dumbarton & Jeroen Coumou The Netherlands.

Paul Higgins Motherwell & Stephen Crocker England.

Jim Hopes Dumbarton & Paul Daley England.

Robert Inness Dumfries & Leon Emmen The Netherlands.

Gordon Latto Cupar & Frans Harmsen The Netherlands.

Derek Milne Upper Largo & Trevor Hillen Northern Ireland.

Iain Ross (Kirriemuir & Richard kluwen The Netherlands.

Kerr Scott Busby & Tineke Loogman The Netherlands.

Jim Thomson Millport & Jay Penfold England.

Martin Webb Lanark & Frank Sorber Germany.

Ian White Airdrie & Dave Standing England.

Last October, the SDGC selected a  European team and travelled to the USA, to take on their best disabled golfers, and much like the Ryder Cup in France just before, beat them over the Rotonda Course near Tampa, Florida, 13.5 to 10.5.  

Jim Gales, the event organiser and Captain of the European Team in Florida said, “The Phoenix Cup has been on a wee promotional tour of the country since we returned victorious from the US, and has been pictured with lots of politicians, representatives from the likes of Scottish Golf and numerous golf clubs around the country, so raising the profile of the sport for golfers with disabilities”.

The 25^th Anniversary Phoenix Cup in 2020 will be played at four venues, at Gleneagles Centenary, Panmure, Blairgowrie Rosemount and Carnoustie Championship Courses from 15 to 20 September and will be played between Europe & The USA.  The Scottish Captain Iain Ross of Kirriemuir will face Dan Aldrich from California over the week long festival of inclusive golf, with golfers qualifying from over a dozen countries.  

“The SDGC was the first fully inclusive disabled golf group in the world and created the Phoenix Cup to incorporate anyone of any age with any type of sensory, intellectual or physical disability.  To date, the Phoenix Cup has involved 693 golfers from 18 nations and has been staged in 6 countries, like the US, Canada, Scotland and Spain”. 

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Susan Ramsay wins the Haggs Castle Championship

Susan Ramsay - 2019 Haggs Castle Champion

Haggs Castle GC held it's Finals Day 2019 on Sunday in glorious sunshine.

In the Ladies Championship Final held over 18 holes, we had two players new to the Final, Susan Ramsay, formerly a four times women's champion at Williamwood GC and Jeannie Tsang. 

Susan played extremely well with solid pars forcing Jeannie into mistakes. Susan ran out the winner by 9 and 7.

Thanks go to Neal Stewart for the report and photograph

PERTH & KINROSS TEAM FOR SCOTTISH COUNTY FINALS

Peebles Golf Club

The Scottish County Finals will be held at Peebles Golf Club this week, from Friday 30 August to Sunday 1 September.

Four County teams will do battle over the three days in the Scottish Borders. They are Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, Fife and Perth & Kinross. Each of the four finalists won their Division's Inter-county Jamboree to qualify.

Order of Play
Day 1: Ayrshire v Fife - and - Perth & Kinross v Dumfriesshire
Day 2: Dumfriesshire v Fife - and - Ayrshire v Perth & Kinross
Day 3: Perth & Kinross v Fife - and - Ayrshire v Dumfriesshire

Tee Times (all three days)
Morning Foursomes: 09:00 to 09:37 - Afternoon Singles: 13:30 to 14:52

The team selected to represent Perth & Kinross at the Finals is:

Perth & Kinross Team
Katy Alexander  (Blairgowrie)
Megan Ashley  (Strathmore)
Laura Campbell  (Pitlochry)
Steph Crolla  (Muckhart)
Amy Mitchell  (Strathmore)
Isla Moncrieff  (Pitlochry)
Jen Saxton  (Muckhart)
Laura Walker  (Muckhart)

All spectators are welcome. Good Luck everyone!

Jane Yellowlees

Hon. Secretary
Perth & Kinross Ladies' County Golf Association
https://pandklcga.blogspot.com

Orla Rooney wins the 2019 Renfrewshire Junior Championship and the Campbell Clock Stableford

Campbell Clock winner Orla Rooney [Cowglen]
with Whitecraigs Lady Captain Helen Daye

Nine girls participated for the Renfrewshire County Junior Campbell Clock Stableford competition over 18 holes, at Whitecraigs Golf Club yesterday afternoon (25th August). 

This was won by Orla Rooney (Cowglen) with a fabulous 41 points. 

Jennifer Lynagh (Caldwell) with 37 points won 2nd prize winning in the BIH over 3rd prize winner Ava Graham (Paisley). 

Orla also won the Junior County Championship trophy --  this was awarded to the best 18-hole gross score, 

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS 

To read the full report go to the RLCGA Website

AYRSHIRE COUNTY TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR THE COUNTY FINALS IN PEEBLES

Ayrshire County Team -- Click to enlarge

Ayrshire LCGA, won the West of Scotland Inter County Championship at Prestwick GC in June  -- Click to read more

They now go on to represent the west against Fife, Perth & Kinross and Dumfriesshire in the Scottish Inter County Finals at Peebles from Friday 30th August to Sunday 1st September

The team will be without Hazel McGarvie, Jane Finnie and Alex Glennie who played in the West Jamboree and are replaced by  Roz Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas) and Luisa Gibson and Pauline Patrick both from Irvine Golf Club.

This will be an exciting weekend for Team Ayrshire as they will be up against the cream of ladies amateurs golfers from all over Scotland.

We wish Ayrshire the best of luck from all the Counties in the West of Scotland --- D&A, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire.

Thanks go to Captain Liz Wilson for the info.