CLARE QUEEN AND PAMELA PRETSWELL ARE ON THE FINAL Q SCHOOL AT LA MANGA

CLARE QUEEN COPES WITH Q SCHOOL PRESSURE TO LIE JOINT 7th

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com 
Playing in the Ladies European Tour Final Qualifying School is rated by many of the competitors the toughest, nerve-jangling test of all of because their livelihood over the next 12 months depends on whether they gain one of the 30 players' card awarded after a 90-hole marathon at La Manga, Spain.
Clare Queen, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, it would seem, is in "the zone" at the moment after two rounds of 70 for four-under-par 140 have her sharing seventh place in the field of 101. US-based former Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart from Yorkshire is setting the pace on 137 with rounds of 70 and 67.
Queen, attached to The Carrick at Loch Lomond, shot three-under par at the more difficult South Course today, boosting her bag of birdies over the first 36 holes to nine with sub-par figures at the first, 10th, 14th and 16th. Her one bogey, at the 15th, came too late to knock her off course for the day.
The first target for all the players is to survive the cut after four rounds to the leading 50 and ties. Apart from Queen, none of the other four Scots is within that mark going into the third day although Carly Booth (Comrie), Lynn Kenny (Archerfield Links) and Glasgow's Gemma Webster all raised their game from disappointing first rounds to return 72s.
Booth is sharing 52nd place after a three-birdie, two-bogey one-under par 72 at the South course for 148. 
Dunblane's Kenny is in joint 56th position on 149.
Webster had three birdies and four bogeys over the North Course to be joint 65th on 150.
GB and I amateur international Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) is a certainty for selection for the Curtis Cup match at Nairn should she fail to gain pass marks at the Q School.
That might well be affecting her psychologically because two rounds of 76 for eight-over-par 152 and joint 79th place does not represent her normal form. It's too much of a coincidence that Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale), who is in the same amateur-waiting-to-turn pro position as Pretswell, is also having a dire tournament so far at La Manga. The 2010 British women's open amateur champion is lying 91st equal on 153 after scores of 74 and 79.

LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
 Par 144 (1x71, 1x73)
137 Jodi Ewart (Eng) 70 67
138 Alexandra Vilatte (Fra) (am) 69 69, Sharmilla Nicollet (India) 68 70, Heather Bowie Young (US) 70 68.
139 Marjet Van der Graaff (Net) 71 68, Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 72 67.
140 Clare Queen (Sco) 70 70, Piyaphida Ployumsri (Thai) 70 70

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
148 Carly Booth 76 72 (T52).
149 Lynn Kenny 77 72 (T56).
150 Gemma Webster 78 72 (T65)
152 Pamela Pretswell (am) 76 76 (T79).

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SLGA Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association will take place on Saturday 28 January 2012 at 11.00 am in the Gannochy Suite, Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth. Papers for the meeting were posted to members on 4 January. These include the AGENDA & reports, MINUTES and 2011 ACCOUNTS which may be downloaded by clicking the appropriate link.

EILIDH BRIGGS FINISHES IN 7TH PLACE ON THE SOUTH ATLANTIC WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) has finished in 7th Place in the South Atlantic Women's Amateur Championship at the Oceanside Country Club Ormond Beach, Florida today " The Sally" --- 2 Strokes ahead of Curtis Cup hopeful Holly Clyburn

Considering this is Eilidh's first visit to the Orange Blossom Tour and her first experience of the Oceanside CC course, it was an encouraging performance for the 18-year-old who birdied the second and short fourth on Saturday but dropped shots at the first, short ninth, short 14th and 16th in halves of 36-36.

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LEADING SCORES:

1 MORIYA JUTANUGARN 75 66 65 70 (276)
2 ARIYA JUTANUGARN 67 71 69 72 (279)
3 CHARLEY HULL 72 68 70 70 (280)
4 ALEX STEWART 74 68 77 71 (290)
5 JAYE MARIE GREEN 82 70 70 (292)
6 HARIN LEE 75 74 72 73 (294)
7 EILDIH BRIGGS 75 75 72 74 (296)
8 EMILY COLLINS 79 72 71 75 (297)
9 HOLLY CLYBURN 75 68 77 78 (298)
T10 MARINA ALEX 79 77 71 75 (302)

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GEMMA WEBSTER JOINS CLARE AND PAMELA AS QUALIFIERS

There will be five Scots in the field for the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School's five-round Final stage, starting at La Manga on Sunday. Lynn Kenny and Carly Booth, exempt from the pre-qualifier which ended today will be joined by Clare Queen (The Carrick at Loch Lomond), GB and I international amateur Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) and, thanks to a sparkling sub-par fourth and final round, Glasgow's former US college circuit player, Gemma Webster.
With the field of over 200 split into two groups, Queen finished joint 10th on five-over 293 in Group A while Pretswell came joint 18th on 296 in Group B. Webster surged from joint 44th overnight to joint 28th with a one-under-par 70 at La Manga North for a total of 299, making it through with a shot to spare.
Heather MacRae missed out by a single stroke after she too finished with a good score, a 71 at La Manga North. But for a disastrous opening round of 81, MacRae would have made it with ease.
Same goes for Majorca-based youngster Lauren Mackin. She had three respectable scores but was dragged down by a second-round 84.
Other Scots who failed to gain pass marks were former Scottish women's champion and now St Andrews Links Trust caddie Linzi Morton, Nicola Melville, Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll and Pamela Feggans from Patna, Ayrshire.


LEADING PRE-Q COMP FINAL TOTALS

GROUP A Par 288 (2x71, 2x73)
280 Esther Choe (US) 71 76 66 67.
284 Jodi Ewart (Eng) 68 74 70 72.
287 Valentine Derrey (Fra) 67 74 71 75.

Other Group A qualifiers included:
293 Clare Queen (Sco) 74 71 73 75 (T10).
Leading 35 and ties qualfied for Final Stage

DID NOT QUALIFY
302 Lauren Mackin (Sco) 72 84 72 74.
304 Katy McNicoll (Sco) 75 79 74 76.
305 Pamela Feggans (Sco) 75 79 74 77.

GROUP B Par 288 (2x71. 2x73)
277 Hannah Burke (Eng) 74 69 67 67.
283 Karin Sjodin (Swe) 73 71 68 71.
287 Chrisje De Vries (Net) 69 71 75 72.

Other Group B qualifiers included:
296 Pamela Pretswell (Sco) 76 71 75 74 (T18)
299 Gemma Webster (Sco) 79 72 78 70 (T28)
Leading 35 and ties qualified for Final Stage.

DID NOT QUALIFY
301 Heather MacRae (Sco) 81 74 74 71.
312 Linzi Morton (Sco) 73 78 84 77.
325 Nicola Melville (Sco) 85 79 85 76.

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

ALYSON MCKECHIN FINISHES IN WELL IN SPANISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

West of Scotland's Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) and Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) finished a creditable joint 15th and 22nd respectively in the inaugural Spanish women's amateur international stroke-play championship over three rounds at Alicante Golf Club today.
Alyson had rounds of 73, 77 and 75 for a total of nine-over-par 225. Jessica scored 73, 77 and 78 for 228.
Winner was South Korean-born, Spanish domiciled Ha Rang Lee with scores of 67, 71 and 74 for four-under-par 212.
Leading British finishers were the Welsh pair Becky Harris (joint sixth on 219) and Amy Boulden (joint 10th on 224.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
212 Ha Rang Lee (Spa) 67 71 74.
214 Andrea Jonama Rovira (Spa) 69 69 71
215 Clara Baena Sanchez (Spa) 74 70 71. S
Selected totals
219 Becky Harries (Wal) 70 74 75 (T6).
224 Amy Boulden (Wal) 76 69 79 (T10).
225 Alyson McKechin (Sco) 73 77 75 (T15).
228 Jessica Meek (Sco) 73 77 78 (T22).
Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

Go-ahead for DMDs in all English women’s competitions

Distance measuring devices (DMDS) are to be allowed in all English national women’s championships and competitions, with immediate effect.

Until now, competitors have been allowed to use DMDs in English Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) events at club level. However, they were not permitted in national championships, nor in the regional and national finals of handicap competitions.

Many players found the situation confusing and EWGA received many questions asking why DMDs were not allowed in all its competitions and, specifically, why men could use them when women could not.

After giving full consideration to the matter, the EWGA Operational Board decided that DMDs could be used in all its events. The decision was made at the board’s final meeting before the association merged with the English Golf Union (EGU) to form England Golf. The EGU already allows the use of DMDs in all its events.

Individual county women’s associations will continue to make their own decision about whether or not to allow the use of DMDs in their events.

WEST OF SCOTLAND'S CLARE QUEEN AND PAMELA PRETSWELL STILL DOING WELL AFTER 3 ROUNDS AT LA MANGA

Seven Scots look doomed to be eliminated after Wednesday's fourth round, leaving only Clare Queen and Pamela Pretswell from north of the Border to advance to join compatriots Lynn Kenny and Carly Booth in the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School Final Stage at La Manga, beginning on Sunday.

Only Clare Queen and Pamela Pretswell, of the nine Scots are in the qualifying zone with one round to play.
The field of 204 players is split into two groups from which the top 35 and ties in each will advance to the 90-hole Final Stage which starts at the same venue on Sunday. Clare Queen (The Carrick at Loch Lomond) is lying joint 10th in Group A after a two-over-par 71 in the third round at La Manga North. She is on three-over-par 218 - five shots off the pace.
Bothwell Castle GC member Pamela Pretswell, still an amateur, is joint 17th in Group B after a two-over-par 75 at the more difficult La Manga South course.
The situation is not so rosy for the other Scots in Group B. Glasgow's Gemma Webster (78 for 229) is currently joint 44th; Heather MacRae (Gleneagles Hotel) (75 for 230) is joint 51st, Linzi Morton (84 for 235) from Tulliallan is joint 81st and Nicola Melville (unatt) (85 for 249) is 99th.
MacRae had an 8 at the long fourth, an eagle at the 18th and five birdies.
Morton had a triple bogey, a double bogey and no birdies in halves of 44-40.
Similarly, in Group A, Pamela Feggans (74) from Patna, Ayrshire, Katy McNicoll (74) from Carnoustie and Majorca-based Lauren Mackin (72) after all on the 228 mark and sharing 54th place.

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL
Pre-qualifying competition over four rounds
LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Group A (Par 215: 2x71, 1x73)
212 Jodi Ewart (Eng) 68 74 70, Amelia Lewis (US) 70 70 72, Valentine Derrey (Fra) 67 74 71.
213 Esther Choe (US) 71 76 66.
214 Jennie Lee (U) 71 72 71.
Scottish scores:
218 Clare Queen 74 71 73 (T10)
227 Pamela Feggans 75 79 74, Katy McNicoll 75 79 74, Lauren Mackin 72 84 72 (T54).

Group A (Par 217: 1x71, 2x73)
210 Hannah Burke (Eng) 74 69 67.
212 Karin Sjodin (Swe) 73 71 68.
213 Chrisje De Vries (Net) 69 71 75, Anna Scott (Eng) 69 72 74.
216 Tinna Johannsdottir (Ice) 74 71 71.
Scottish scores:
222 Pamela Pretswell 76 71 75 (T17)
229 Gemma Webster 79 72 78 (T44).
230 Heather MacRae 81 74 75 (T51).
235 Linzi Morton 73 78 84 (T81).
249 Nicola Melville 85 79 85 (99th).
Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

ALYSON MCKECHIN MAKES THE CUT IN SPAIN

Carnoustie's Jessica Meek and West of Scotland's  Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), have made it through to Wednesday's final 36 holes in the Spanish women's amateur international stroke-play championship over four rounds at Alicante Golf Club.

Both Scots had matching opening rounds of 73 and 77 for 150 to be sharing 20th place, 12 shots behind the leader, Ha Rang Lee, the South Korean-born Spaniard who has shot 67 and 71 for six-under 138 anda three-shot lead. 

To qualify for Wednesday's final 36 holes, a player to had to have an aggregate of 157 or better for the first two rounds. 
Lauren Whyte (St Regulus (84-77) and Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie) (84-77) both failed by four on 161. 
Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co) (87-79) and Connie Jaffrey (Troon Portland) (81-85) both missed out on 166. 
East Lothian women's champion Clara Young (North Berwick) had disappointing rounds of 97 and 90 for 187. 

SPANISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP 
Alicante Golf Club 
LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
138 Ha Rang Lee (Spa) 67 71.
141 Andrea Jonama Rovira (Spa) 69 72. 
144 Becky Harries (Wal) 70 74, Clara Baena Sanchez (Spa) 74 70. 
Selected scores:
145 Amy Boulden (Wal) 76 69 (T5). 
150 Jessica Meek (Sco) 73 77, Alyson McKechin (Sco) 73 77 (T20). 
155 Chloe Williams (Wal) 79 76 (T42). 

MISSED THE CUT (157 or better qualified) 
158 Katherine O'Connor (Wal) 79 79. 
161 Lauren Whyte (Sco) 84 77, Ailsa Summers (Sco) 84 77. 
166 Rachel Walker (Sco) 87 79, Connie Jaffrey (Sco) 81 85. 
187 Clara Young (Sco) 97 90.

CLARE QUEEN AND PAMELA PRETSWELL DO WELL ON DAY 2 OF THE EUROPEAN TOUR SCHOOL

The 200 competitors have been split into two groups of 100. The top 35 and ties in each group at the end of 72 holes will go forward to the Final Q School over five rounds, beginning on Sunday.

Queen shot a two-under-par 71 over the more difficult La Manga South course to be lying joint seventh in Group A on 145 at the halfway point of the pre-qualifier. She had four birdies between the sixth and 13th holes.
Pretswell, still an amateur with selection for the Curtis Cup match in June a possible nice "consolation" if she delays turning pro, surged up from 30th to joint 17th in Group B on 147 after a par-matching 71 at La Manga North.
It was the proverbial game of two halves for Pamela - four birdies in reaching the turn in 31 but no birdies in an inward half of 40- which included a double bogey 6 at the 11th.
Former Scottish amateur champion Linzi Morton from Tulliallan - a professional caddie on the St Andrews Links Trust's "books," slumped in Group B to a share of 35th place with a 78. She struggled with 43 blows over the inward half.

Glasgow's Gemma Webster is alongside Morton on 151 with a 72 which was a mixture of six birdies and seven bogeys.

Former British women's amateur stroke-play champion Heather MacRae (Gleneagles Hotel) is well out of it - at the moment - in joint 64th place on 155 although she did improve to a 74 while Nicola Melville had a 79, also over La Manga North to be joint 96th on 164.

Back in Group A, Katy McNicoll from Carnoustie and Majorca-based Lauren Mackin have it all to do to reach the top 35 qualifiers over the next 36 holes. Katy is joint 56th on 154 after a second-round 79 while Mackin nosedived from a 72 to an 85 and a share of 69th place on 156.

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL

Pre-qualifying competition over 72 holes

LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

Group A - La Manga South (par 73)

Par 144 (71-73)

140 Amelia Lewis (US) 70 70.

141 Valentine Derrey (France) 67 74.

142 Jodi Ewart (England) 68 74.

143 Charlie Douglass (England) 69 74, Jennie Lee (US) 71 72.

Scottish scores:

145 Clare Queen 74 71 (T7).

154 Katy McNicoll 75 79 (T56).

156 Lauren Mackin 72 84 (T69).

Group B - La Manga North (Par 71)

Par 144 (73-71)

140 Martina Gillen (Ireland) 73 67, Chrisje De Vries (Netherlands) 69 71.

141 Anne Scott (England) 69 72.

143 Hannah Burke (England) 74 69, Sara Wikstrom (Sweden) 73 70.

Scottish scores:

147 Pamela Pretswell (am) 76 71 (T17).

151 Linzi Morton 73 78, Gemma Webster 79 72 (jt 35th).

155 Heather MacRae 81 74 (T64).

164 Nicola Melville 85 79 (T96).

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Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

Elderslie's Alyson McKechin starts well in Spain

West of Scotland's Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) ended the opening day of the Spanish women's amateur international stroke-play championship in a creditable joint ninth position at Alicante Golf Club. 

She shot a one-over-par 73 to be six shots behind leader Ha Rang Lee, of South Korean extraction but now a domaciled Spaniard.

Alyson birdied the first, sixth, ninth, 11th and 14th but marred her card with double bogeys at the second and 12th. Jessica Meek (Carnoustie) also shot a 73.

Connie Jaffrey (Troon Porland) is tied for 60th place with an 81. Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie) had a disappointing 84 to be sharing 73rd place with Lauren Whyte (St Regulus).

Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co) had an 87 to be in joint 80th place. Junior Vagliano Trophy player and East Lothian's youngest ever women's champion, Clara Young (North Berwick) had an off day and returned a 97. She is in 88th place in the field of 90.

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES

Par 72 

67 Ha Rang Lee (Spa) 

69 Andrea Jonama Rovira (Spa). 

70 Becky Harries (Wal) 

Selected scores: 

73 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) (jt 9th). 

76 Amy Boulden (Wales) (T32). 

79 Chloe Williams (Wales), Katherine O'Connor (Wal) (jt 66th). 

81 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Portland) (T60). 

84 Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) (T73). 

87 Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co) (T80). 

97 Clara Young (North Berwick) (88th).

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Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

SIX SCOTS IN FIELD FOR SPANISH INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

British entries in a field of 90 for the Spanish international women's amateur stroke-play championship, starting at Alicante Golf Club, on Monday and ending after 72 holes on Wednesday are:

SCOTLAND
Ailsa Summers
Alyson McKechin
Connie Jaffrey
Jessica Meek
Lauren Whyte
Rachel Walker

LINZI AND LAUREN LEADING SCOTS AT LA MANGA Q SCHOOL OPENER

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Pamela Pretswell

Top Scots at the end of the first day of the Ladies European Tour School pre-qualifying competition at La Manga, Spain today (Sunday) were Linzi Morton, the 2001 Scottish women's amateur champion from Tulliallan, and Majorca-based youngster Lauren Mackin.
Morton's pro career has never got off the ground over the past decade due to a wrist injury in the first instance. But she has earned enough money as a professional caddie at the Old Course and other St Andrews Links Trust courses to have another go at making it through to the Ladies European Tour.
There are just over 200 competitors in the first pre-qualifier, being contested by two groups from which the leading 35 and ties in both at the end of 72 holes will go on to next week's four-round Final Stage, also at La Manga.
Morton is lying ninth in Group B after a par-matching 73 at the tougher La Manga South Course.
She had a roller-coaster round with five birdies, one double bogey and three bogeys.
Mackin is joint 14th in Group A after a one-over-par 72 at the "easier" La Manga North Course. Originally from Renfrewshire, Lauren had three birdies and four bogeys, a dropped shot at her last hole, the ninth, costing her the satisfaction of a par round.
At this venue, Clare Queen had a 74 which put her in joint 29th position but Pamela Feggans is well outside the qualifying zone already with a 75 for a share of 43rd place.
At La Manga South, Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), retaining her amateur status until she sees how she fares at Q School, had a 76 to be joint 30th.
Gemma Webster from Glasgow is joint 60th after a 79 which included two double bogeys.
Heather MacRae (Gleneagles Hotel) looked only a shadow of the player who won the British women's amateur stroke play title at Nairn in 2005 as she returned an eight-over 81 which also included two double bogeys.
Nicola Melville required 46 blows for the inward half in compiling an 85 which leaves her an uphill struggle from joint 96th position.
LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES

LA MANGA NORTH
Par 71
68 Lucy Williams (Eng), Jodi Ewart (Eng).
69 Charlie Douglass (Eng)
70 Ashley Knoll (US), Amelia Lewis (US).
71 Alessandra Averna (Ita) (am), Maria Verchenova (Rus), Celtine Palomar (Fra), Esther Choe (US), Jennie Lee (US), Kim Ulander (Swe).
Scottish scores
72 Lauren Mackin.
74 Clare Queen.
75 Pamela Feggans

+Top 35 and ties after four rounds to qualify for Final Stage.

LA MANGA SOUTH
Par 73
69 Chrisje de Vries (Net), Anne Scott (Eng).
72 Elin Emanuelsson (Swe), Antonella Vitan (Swe), Sarah Jones (Wal), Mirfeia Prat (Spa) (am), Caroline Bon (NZ), Mary Mattson (US).
Scottish scores
73 Linzi Morton (T9).
76 Pamela Pretswell (T30).
79 Gemma Webster (T60).
81 Heather MacRae (TT74)

85 Nicola Melville (T96).

West of Scotland's Eilidh Briggs playing in the Orange Blossom Trail

West of Scoltland's Eilidh Briggs is representing Stirling University on the Orange Blossom Trail in Florida this month.
She has completed the first competition at the Harder Hall Invitational.
Kettering-based Charley Hull, No 10 in the Women's World Amateur Rankings, is off and running for what promises to be another wonderful season for the 15-year-old Woburn GC member.
Starting the final round of the Harder Hall Women's Invitational two shots behind 16-year-old, World No 8 Ariya Jutanugarn from Bangkok), Charley, as we have come to expect, rose to the occasion with a closing round of three-under-par 69 which took her past Ariya down the home straight and on to a two-shot victory with a six-under-par total of 282 - and that over a Sebring, Florida course which had been toughened up since last year with the addition of quite a few bunkers.
The "Harder Hall" was started in 1956 and the winners' roll is studded with names of girls who have gone on to win fame and fortune - but it is believed that Charley Hull is the youngest ever winner. She will have her 16th birthday on March 20. She is certainly the first winner to hail from Europe.

Hull, winner of the last match-play event on the 2011 Orange Blossom Tour before she went on to win the Welsh and English women's amateur stroke-play titles and be beaten in the English women's match-play final, can be considered a certainty to be chosen for the GB and I team of eight for the Curtis Cup match against the Americans at Nairn GC from June 8-10.
She played for GB and I in the Junior Vagliano Trophy match at Royal Porthcawl last June but this will be her first full GB and I cap.

Scotland's Kelsey MacDonald fared worst of the three GB and I Curtis Cup team contenders in the Harder Hall Invitational.
The 21-year-old Stirling student and Nairn Dunbar GC member finished a disappointing 31st on 23-over-par 311 - 29 shots behind Charley Hull and 16 behind Holly Clyburn.
Kelsey had started brightly enough to be in joint seventh place with a first-round 75 but she gradually slipped down the field with subsequent rounds of 81, 75 and 80.
The tournament probably came just a bit early for MacDonald. Hull had been warming up in Majorca while Clyburn finished fourth in last week's Dixie Women's Amateur elsewhere in Florida.
Kelsey usually steps up the pace in the second event of the Florida circuit, the South Atlantic Ladies championship (known as the "Sally") over four rounds, starting at Oceanside Country Club on Tuesday (January 10).
MacDonald still outshone the rest of her Stirling team-mates at Harder Hall.
Rebecca Wilson (Grange, Monfieith) finished on 327 (84-81-79-83), Scottish girls' match-play champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 328 (82-82-83-81), Harriet Beasley (Woburn) 335 (81-86-83-85), Jordana Graham (Southerness) 335 (89-80-83-83) and Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 371 (97-89-92-83).


HARDER HALL COUNTRY CLUB, SEBRING, FLORIDA
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72). Yardage 6151

1 Hull, Charley ENGLAND 70 74 69 69 282
2 Jutanugarn, Ariya THAILAND 72 72 67 73 284
3 Jutanugarn, Moriya THAILAND 75 71 68 71 285
4 Delacour, Perrine FRANCE 76 74 70 69 289
T5 Clyburn, Holly ENGLAND 73 76 74 72 295
T5 Roig, Kyle PEMBROKE PINES, FL 72 72 75 76 295

SELECTED TOTALS
31 Macdonald, Kelsey SCOTLAND 75 81 75 80 311
Hally Leadbetter ENGLAND 76 86 74 85 321
India Clyburn ENGLAND 78 82 81 81 322
Rebecca Wilson SCOTLAND 84 81 79 83 327
Eilidh Briggs SCOTLAND 82 82 83 81 328
Jordana Graham SCOTLAND 89 80 83 83 335
Harriet Beasley ENGLAND 81 86 83 85 335
Carol Semple Thompson US 83 84 88 83 338
Mhairi McKay SCOTLAND 97 89 92 93 371

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LEXI (16) YOUNGEST PRO WINNER ON LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR

FROM BETHAN CUTLER
Ladies European Tour Media Manager
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: American Lexi Thompson, 16, became the youngest professional golfer to win on the Ladies European Tour when she captured the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters by four shots at Emirates Golf Club today.
Aged 16 years, 10 months, 8 days, she became the second youngest ever Ladies European Tour event winner after South Korean Amy Yang, who was aged 16 years, 6 months, 8 days, when she won the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia as an amateur, in 2006. 

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
273 Alexis Thompson (US) 70 66 70 67
277 Lee-Anne Pace (SAf) 69 72 67 69
278 Sophie Gustafson (SWE) 71 67 69 71
279 Becky Morgan (WAL) 70 69 70 70, Stacy Lee Bregman (SAf) 68 73 68 70, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 72 68 68 71
281 Alison Walshe (US) 70 74 68 69, Julieta Granada (PAR) 68 71 70 72 282 - Georgina Simpson (ENG) 72 70 73 67, Florentyna Parker (ENG) 72 70 71 69, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 75 69 68 70
283 Lydia Hall (WAL) 72 74 69 68, Christel Boeljon (NL) 69 72 73 69, Sara Brown (USA) 71 71 72 69, Margherita Rigon (ITA) 70 68 74 71, Michelle Wie (USA) 73 67 71 72
284 Louise Larsson (SWE) 71 69 77 67, Minea Blomqvist (FIN) 68 73 75 68, Louise Stahle (SWE) 72 70 71 71, Linda Wessberg (SWE) 68 73 71 72, Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 71 72 69 72
285 Dewi Claire Schreefel (NL) 74 69 73 69, Melissa Reid (ENG) 72 71 72 70, Lotta Wahlin (SWE) 66 74 74 71
286 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 75 72 68 71, Veronica Zorzi (ITA) 74 70 68 74
287 Carmen Alonso (ESP) 73 73 70 71, Nikki Garrett (AUS) 72 75 69 71, Liebelei Elena Lawrence (LU) 70 72 70 75
288 Tandi Cuningham (SAf) 69 78 72 69, Becky Brewerton (WAL) 67 75 76 70, Sophie Giquel-Bettan (FRA) 70 74 74 70, Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 72 72 72 72, Elisabeth Esterl (GER) 70 71 74 73, Beth Allen (USA) 69 72 72 75, Diana Luna (ITA) 69 73 71 75
289 Rebecca Flood (AUS) 74 73 73 69, Malene Jorgensen (DEN) 72 74 72 71, Hannah Jun (USA) 73 70 72 74, Giulia Sergas (ITA) 75 69 71 74, Kylie Walker (SCO) 72 70 72 75, Maria Verchenova (RUS) 69 74 69 77
290 Lorie Kane (CAN) 74 70 73 73, Caroline Westrup (SWE) 70 76 70 74, Carin Koch (SWE) 73 73 69 75
291 Marianne Skarpnord (NOR) 76 70 73 72, Jaclyn Sweeney (USA) 69 74 74 74 292 Klara Spilkova (CZE) 72 75 74 71, Christina Kim (USA) 73 74 71 74
293 Kim Welch (USA) 73 74 74 72, Lynnette Brooky (NZ) 71 72 77 73, Sophie Sandolo (ITA) 72 73 74 74, Cassandra Kirkland (FRA) 70 76 72 75, Rebecca Codd (IRE) 73 73 72 75, Kaisa Ruuttila (FIN) 71 72 74 76, Karen Lunn (AUS) 70 73 74 76, Nontaya Srisawang (THA) 74 69 71 79
294 Stacey Keating (AUS) 70 77 74 73, Caroline Afonso (FRA) 70 74 72 78
295 Tania Elosegui (ESP) 73 74 73 75 296 - Jenni Kuosa (FIN) 72 75 74 75, Clare Queen (SCO) 74 70 74 78, Julie Maisongrosse (FRA) 69 76 72 79 297 - Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) 72 73 78 74, Jade Schaeffer (FRA) 74 72 75 76, Rachel Jennings (ENG) 71 76 74 76
300 Lynn Kenny (SCO) 73 74 74 79

Kylie Walker is doing well in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Lexi Thompson of the United States says that she will just ‘have fun and relax’ as she goes in pursuit of her second professional title at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters on Saturday.
The 16-year-old, from Coral Springs in Florida birdied the 18th hole at Emirates Golf Club today to move a stroke ahead of the field going into the final round.

West of Scotland's Kylie Walker had another par round today to remain 2 under after the 3 rounds. Clare Queen and Lynn Kenny both had 2 over par rounds today. The other Scot in the field Vikki Laing did not make the cut
THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
206 Alexis Thompson (US) 70 66 70
207 Sophie Gustafson (SWE) 71 67 69
208 Lee-Anne Pace (SAf) 69 72 67 , Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 72 68 68
209 Stacy Lee Bregman (SAf) 68 73 68 , Becky Morgan (WAL) 70 69 70 , Julieta Granada (PAR) 68 71 70
211 Michelle Wie (US) 73 67 71
212 Alison Walshe (US) 70 74 68 , Veronica Zorzi (ITA) 74 70 68 , Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 75 69 68 , Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 71 72 69 , Maria Verchenova (RUS) 69 74 69 , Liebelei Elena Lawrence (LU) 70 72 70 , Linda Wessberg (SWE) 68 73 71 , Margherita Rigon (ITA) 70 68 74
213 Louise Stahle (SWE) 72 70 71 , Florentyna Parker (ENG) 72 70 71 , Diana Luna (ITA) 69 73 71 , Beth Allen (USA) 69 72 72
214 Nontaya Srisawang (THA) 74 69 71, Kylie Walker (SCO) 72 70 72 , Sara Brown (US) 71 71 72 , Christel Boeljon (NL) 69 72 73 , Lotta Wahlin (SWE) 66 74 74
215 Anna Nordqvist (SWE) 75 72 68 , Lydia Hall (WAL) 72 74 69 , Carin Koch (SWE) 73 73 69 , Giulia Sergas (ITA) 75 69 71 , Hannah Jun (US) 73 70 72 , Melissa Reid (ENG) 72 71 72 , Georgina Simpson (ENG) 72 70 73 , Elisabeth Esterl (GER) 70 71 74
Other Scots:
217 Clare Queen (SCO) 74 70 74
221 Lynn Kenny (SCO) 73 74 74,

Message from D&A's Jean Campbell from Florida

Jean is the one on the left 

 Camilo Villegas reads his putt

This was how I appeared on tv last Friday!!!!
John and I went with our German friends to the Franklin Templeton Shootout at Tiburon Golf Club at the Ritz Carlton resort in Naples, this was us at the 18th and enjoyed the day - Scotty McCarron was taking the mickey out of Camilo Villegas who as you know is one for spreadeagling himself along the ground to read a putt - so Scotty lay on his back and when he got up - he did hole out. Later, the four of them came to a golf clinic which Norman hosted - they showed us all sorts of shots, questions were invited and the kids were made very welcome and encouraged to ask questions, they then had about ten youngsters aged 10 - 16 who then showed us what they could do and boy it was impressive - professional golfers in the making. I did of course take one of the free hats and got Norman, Fowler and McCarron to sign it - Rickie Fowler asked me if I would like a game but I am far to busy to fit a game into MY busy schedule!!!!

There was the usual stalls for all sorts of things and in one of the places, I took part in a putting competition and for holing three putts in a row - got a head cover - they did take a picture and you could choose whatever background - the US OPEN or St. Andrews - I chose the Scottish venue! We then went into Naples and had dinner on 5th Avenue so a nice finish to the day.

THANKS FOR YOUR NEWS JEAN -- AND DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU ARE NOW A TV STAR !!

Kylie Walker does well in the India Open

Caroline Hedwall notched the fourth win of her rookie season on the Ladies European Tour with a closing 69 at the Hero Women’s Indian Open today.
The 22-year-old Swede had five birdies and two bogeys in her final round at DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon, New Delhi, to finish with a winning score of 12 under 204 - two ahead of Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum.
Many Congrats go to West Of Scotland's Kylie Walker who finished well up the field
Leading Final Scores
Par 216 (3x72)
204 Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 67 68 69
206 Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 67 69 70
208 Becky Morgan (WAL) 70 69 69
209 Lee-Anne Pace (SA) 69 72 68, Linda Wessberg (SWE) 70 66 73 
Scottish Scores:
215 Vikki Laing (SCO) 69 70 76 
217  Kylie Walker (SCO) 70 73 74 ,
219  Carly Booth (SCO) 75 73 72 , 
222 Lynn Kenny (SCO) 72 76 74,
To read the full report go the the Gillian Kirkwood Website 

Milngavie have their Greenlees Team Party

A fun evening was held at Captain Anna Telfer's house on Friday, December 2nd to celebrate their (3 in a row) success in winning the Greenlees Trophy in 2011.
After a delicious buffet - everyone brought a dish - and lots of toasts with champagne, the laughter continued with games and quizzes.
Roll on 2012!!

A slideshow by Smilebox

Thanks go to Team Captain Anna Telfer for the photographs

Moira Thomson Funeral Arrangements

Moira's funeral will be at 2pm on Wednesday 30th November at Mortonhall Crematorium.

All friends are welcome afterwards at the Nether Abbey Hotel, Dirleton Avenue, North Berwick to join the family in a celebration of Moira's life.

May Hughes receives Honorary Membership at the Lanarkshire County AGM

Lanarkshire Ladies County Golf Association's leading prizewinners after the annual meeting and presentation or prizes at Cambuslang Golf Club last night. County champion Rachael Taylor who lives in Germany could not be present. Pictures by courtesy of Jean Macintyre.

LANARKSHIRE HONOURS MAY HUGHES

Long-playing Lanark Golf Club member May Hughes received Honorary Membership of the county at the AGM. This was the speech given by county captain Lesley Lloyd when making the presentation:

"May Hughes has been a member of LLCGA since 1979 and played for the County Team between 1983 and 2010. May was selected for this year’s team but decided it was time to hang up her red jersey. 

During that time, especially in the 1980s and early 1990s, Lanarkshire were a very successful team and May was part of a winning team that qualified for and won the Scottish County Finals on 4 occasions.   

May was County Champion in 1993, 2003 & 2004 and runner-up on 3 other occasions.  As well as being a very successful golfer, May served on Committee from 1996-99 and she was County Captain in 2008 and 2009 in our Centenary Year. 

Since becoming eligible for Seniors and Vets golf May has twice been West of Scotland Vets Champion in 2008 and 2010, was runner up in the Scottish Vets Championship in 2010, represented the Scottish Vets Team on five occasions and this year represented Scotland in the Senior Home International Matches. 

May, in recognition of your outstanding contribution and commitment to Lanarkshire Ladies County Golf Association over many years I would ask you to accept Honorary membership of our Association."

To read the full report go to the Lanarkshire County Website

An Evening in the Memory of Jean Watson

Belle Robertson and John Watson

John Watson and his family held an evening in memory of his mother Jean Watson who died earlier this year at the age of 88. Approximately 100 guests attended the evening on Saturday 19th November. The guests included former Curtis Cup Players Belle Robertson and Wilma Leburn (Aitken), many D&A Past Captains and members from Douglas Park Golf Club.
John, Susan (Jean's daughter) and D&A and Douglas Park's Elinor Grant all recounted their happy memories.

Jean Watson who had been six times Lady Champion of Douglas Park Golf Club, Douglas Park's Ladies Captain in 1965, D&A County Captain 1973 - 74 and on many occasions a member of the D&A County Team. She was the winner of the West of Scotland Ladies Veteran's Championship in 1974, 1978,1979,1983,and 1984 and finalist in the Scottish Ladies Veterans Championship in 1979. For 30 years she performed the duties of Handicap Secretary to the Ladies Section.
In 1965 Jean won the LGU Gold Medal for Scotland at Gleneagles. She was Captain of the Scottish Ladies' Veteran Golf Association in 1985 and 1986 and Jean played for the Scottish Vets for 10 years between 1976 and 1986.
In recognition of her many playing successes, her service to the Club, and the honour she brought by her membership of the Scottish and National ruling bodies, Jean was elected an Honorary Member in 1979.
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Jean Watson

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Pamela finishes in the top 20 in the Murcia Open at La Manga

After both shooting 70 in the final round of the Murcia Ladies Open to finish at five under par 214, the defending champion Julie Tvede from Denmark and Spain’s Carlota Ciganda played off on the Sunday Morning with Ciganda being the winner.
Heather MacRae (Gleneagles) was the top Scot, finishing T9 on 223 with scores of 76, 70 and 77. She had a double bogey 6 at the 15th for the second successive day. Heather's take-home pay amounted to 675 Euros.
British amateur international Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), who entered the tournament because it was being played over La Manga's South Course which is the same one that will be used for January's LET Qualifying School, finished one shot behind Heather but T17 was her final position after rounds of 73, 75 and 76. She had a birdie 3 at the 14th in the final round. The same hole cost her a double bogey 6 in the first round.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 219 (3x73)
214 Carlota Ciganda (Spain) 68 76 70, Julie Tvede (Denmark) 72 70 70 (Ciganda bt Tvede in play-off completed Sunday morning). Ciganda 3,062 Euros; Tvede 1,902 Euros).
217 Maria Beautell (Spain) 72 74 71 (1,342 Euros).
218 Daisy Nielsen (Denmark) (am) 71 72 74.

SCOTS' TOTALS
223 Heather MacRae 76 70 77 (T9) (675 Euros)
224 Pamela Pretswell (am) 73 75 76 (T17)

MISSED THE CUT (153 or better qualified for the final round)
159 Katy McNicoll 73 86.
164 Pamela Feggans 76 86.

DEATH OF MOIRA THOMSON (61) SHOCKS SCOTTISH GOLF

By Gillian Kirkwood

It is with huge regret that I report the death of Moira Thomson (nee Dewar) at the young age of 61.   
She died this morning (19th November) at the Western General Hospital.   I am sure all who read this will be as shocked as I am at the speed in which her illness took her.   It has been only 13 weeks since her diagnosis,  and she fought a courageous battle to the end.
Moira won the Scottish Girls Championship at Dalmahoy in 1968.   Starting out as a County player for Midlothian, and then a stalwart of the East Lothian County team,  she really came into her own on reaching the age for seniors golf,  and was a regular Scottish Senior International player for over 10 years.   
She worked very hard on her golf in these latter years,  and gained the respect of her international colleagues as a strong match player.  She thoroughly enjoyed the camaraderie of senior golf and her  friends at Gullane will miss her in their regular Saturday game.
Our heartfelt sympathies go to her husband Alastair, her daughter Claire and son Andrew, her sister Anne and their families.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

To read more go to the EAST VETS WEBSITE -- Some memories from recent times are seen in the photos below CLICK HERE for larger photos

MURCIA LADIES OPEN PLAY SUSPENDED: SCOTS IN TOP TEN

The second round of the 54-hole Murcia Ladies Open over the South Course, La Manga will be completed early Saturday morning after electrical storms in the south-east region of Spain forced a suspension of play this afternoon.
Heather MacRae (Gleneagles) and amateur international Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) will have nine holes to complete before going out again for the third and final round.
They are both two over par overall, Pamela Pretswell, playing the second nine first, dropped three shots over her first three holes. MacRae started badly but birdied the fourth, sixth and eighth before play was halted.
Ayrshire's Pamela Feggans also has nine holes to complete but, having run up a quadruple bogey 8 at the third and taken 44 shots for the first nine to be 12 over par overall, she has little chance of surving the cut, forecast to be at four-over 150.
Carnoustie's Katy McNicoll was one of the few to complete her second round and she had a disastrous 83 with one triple boge3y and two double bogeys to be joint 66th on 159.
Danish amateur Daisy Nielsen, with nine holes to play, leads at three under par by one shot from Danielle McVeigh (Ireland), also halfway through her second round, with overnight leader Carlota Ciganda (Spain) one under par with six holes to play.

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