SuperSport Ladies Challenge: Jane Turner takes the lead at Wild Coast

Jane Turner

Scot Jane Turner fired a second successive 69 to forge a two-shot lead on two-under at the summit of the leaderboard at the Wild Coast Country Club on Wednesday in the second round of the SuperSport Ladies Challenge presented by Sun International.

The Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club player carded six birdies, including three in row from the 15th, to open a gap between herself and Nobuhle Dlamini.

The defending champion Nobuhle Dlamini is on level par following rounds of 68 and 72, three shots ahead of Chloe Williams from Wales, who returned rounds of 69 and 72. 

All competitors RSA unless otherwise specified and amateurs indicated as AMA

LEADING SCORES 

138 – Jane Turner (SCO) 69 69
140 – Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 68 72 141 – Chloe Williams (WAL) 69 72
142 – Gabrielle Macdonald (SCO) 72 70, Kajal Mistry AMA 70 72, Jessica Dreesbeimdieke (NAM) 66 76
143 – Hannah McCook (SCO) 72 71
144 – Stina Resen (NOR) 71 73, Emilie Piquot (FRA) 69 75, Laura Murray (SCO) 68 76

LIVE SCORING FINAL ROUND

D&A COUNTY LUNCH AT DOUGLAS PARK GOLF CLUB

D&A Members at the lunch

Ann Wilson and Lynn McColl enjoy the D&aA Lunch

The annual D&A lunch was held at Douglas Park Golf Club on Sunday 24th February. 

Thanks to Douglas Park for a lovely meal, to Sheila Tollan for the challenging quiz and Karen Maxwell for the Irish Bingo

See more photos on the D&A Website

Amateur Spanish Strokeplay -- First round scores

LEADERBOARD FROM THE SPANISH AMATEUR STROKEPLAY - CLICK HERE

SUSAN HALLEY AND ANNE CAMERON WIN THE LANARKSHIRE COUNTY WINTER FOURSOMES

On one of the best winter days possible, at Drumpellier GC on Sunday 24th February Susan Halley and Anne Cameron, Strathaven, beat Irene Morton and Lynne Williamson, Kirkhill, 5&4 to win the Lanarkshire County Winter Foursomes Final. 

Congratulations to Susan and Anne (pictured left) on their win and also to the runners up on reaching the final

Jean Macintyre - from the LLCGA Website 

West Girls lose to U14 Dunbartonshire Boys

West Girls Team

The West Girls Team of Hannah Carson, Jodie Graham, Katie Graham,  Katy Hill, Sophie Kyle, Kittie Maslanka, Samantha McKay, Claire McLaughlin, Orla Rooney, Freya Russell, played a friendly match against Dunbartonshire Boys at Balmore Golf Club on Sunday. 

RESULT:

🏌️‍♂️Dunbartonshire U14 Boys 4 West  Girls 1🏌️‍♀️

Sophie and Orla Lost 2/1 Aston and Mark

Hannah  and Claire Lost  4/3 Mathew& Jamie 

Katy H & Jodie  Lost  7/6 Chris & Anthony 

Samatha & Freya lost 4/2 v Sam & Fergus 

Katie G & Kittie won 2/1 v Adam 

Might not have been the victory the team would have wanted , but a great day to be playing golf in February ☀️.

Thanks to Dunbartonshire Boys and Balmore GC for a fantastic day .😀🏌️‍♀️👍

by Allison Bell 

Catriona Matthew caddies for Hannah Darling

Scottish Girls

By Lewine Mair

Last week aspiring PING Junior Solheim Cup player, Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) , had the experience of having Catriona Matthew caddie for her.

A member of 'Project 19', Hannah and her fellow members will be targeting a berth at this year's event.

Read more here:  CLICK HERE

Georgia Hall becomes R&A ambassador as part of £80m investment in women’s golf

By Martin Dempster 

Georgia Hall, the Women’s British Open champion, is to play a leading role in helping to get more women and girls into golf after becoming an official ambassador for the R&A.

The 22-year-old has been signed up by the governing body on the back of the Women in Golf Charter, which was launched last year.

“There is no better-known body in golf than the R&A, so I was extremely honoured to have been invited to be an ambassador for the organisation,” said Hall.

“I am passionate about helping to grow the game, so it’s very natural for me to support the R&A’s great initiatives, particularly for women and children, over the coming years.

“The Women in Golf Charter is a great first step and I look forward to working with them on some exciting initiatives over the next few years”

By making her major breakthrough at Royal Lytham & St Annes last year, Hall became the first golfer in the history of the sport to win the Women’s British Open, the Women’s Amateur Championship and the Girls’ Amateur Championship.

“Georgia is an influential role model for our sport and we are honoured that she has agreed to become an ambassador for the R&A and work with us to promote our activities in women’s and girls’ golf,” said chief executive Martin Slumbers.

“She has shown that talent, hard work and determination can take you to the very pinnacle of our sport and she deserves enormous credit for her victory in the 2018 Women’s British Open.

“We believe that her achievements will inspire many women and girls into taking up golf and going on to enjoy playing as members of clubs with their families and friends.”

Douglas Park Golf Club Night at Nashville

Captain Denise Macnaughton is presented with flowers by Brenda Murray

Douglas Park Ladies held their opening social event of the year arranged by the new Captain Denise Macnaughton.
95 ladies attended this Night of Nashville theme with everyone having great fun - as you will see from the video below.

Click here to see some photos and also alternatively HERE ON FACEBOOK  - Thanks go to Ann Fisher for the additional photos at the end.

From Denise --  Lady Captain. 

My thanks go all the ladies who took part in the 'Night at Nashville" evening on Friday night. 

Ninety five ladies arrived, dressed up as cowgirls, and it was a delight to see how the ladies at Douglas Park threw themselves into the spirit of the evening.

The night began with a reception and welcome cocktail – “The Dolly Parton” - provided by our own ‘Queen of Cocktails’, Olive MacKay. 
It was a fabulous way to start the evening. We had our own Dolly Parton in attendance AKA, Moni Ainslie, sporting not just a dolly wig, but false eye lashes to complete the look. 

This was followed by a delicious meal, provided by Lisa and her team, and needless to say, everyone said it was superb. After dinner we got down to business with the hoedown. 

Patricia & Baden Brown provided the entertainment – some line dancing and a rendition of old favourite songs, while the ladies did their own version of line dancing on the dance floor. 

What a night! . 

Thanks to all the wonderful Douglas Park ladies – a truly wonderful night to remember.

Ayrshire County Gin Tasting Night and Musical Talent

Certainly there is some talent in Ayrshire Ladies County Golf Association and its nothing to do with Golf -

Apart from Gin tasting there was also a raffle, and a game of bingo to keep everyone entertained in their social evening while they waited for the star attraction “The Barassie Lassies and The Loudoun Lady” which was a 7 piece ukulele band. 

- Read More on the ALCGA Website 

Renfrewshire Junior coaching at Caldwell Golf Club

RLCGA Junior Coaching at Caldwell GC

Sunday 24th February 2019

Today saw our third organised winter meet up with a lovely dry calm afternoon at Caldwell Golf Club, arranged by Caldwell and RLCGA member Liz Hale, supported by Lynda Bradley [Junior Convenor, Kilmacolm] and led by Club Professional Mark Loftus, grateful thanks to each of them. 

Some of the girls were involved in other sporting activities and some were representing the West of Scotland Girls but we still had 13 enthusiastic young ladies attending.

The session started on the driving range learning the key techniques in shaping the ball and how to influence its flight with discussion around the need for shot making. The girls had a good chance to try this and practice their chipping with some fun targets and hazards. 

We then split into groups and played 7 holes on the shortened course in a Texas scramble format, scoring was very close with the girls enjoying the challenge of the last hole trying to better the score of the previous group. It is lovely to see the girls building friendships session to session.

The next session is planned for Sunday 10th March at Kilmacolm. Looking forward to seeing as many as possible and hopefully some more dry weather, the session will take place outside with a mix of on course and time on the practice facility, remember some warm layers.

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Thanks go to Clair Barclay (Kilmacolm) for the report and photos

Kylie Henry and Carly Booth finish well down the field in Australia

Marianne Skarpnord ended a six year drought to claim her fourth title on the Ladies European Tour after a closely fought battle for the Pacific Bay Resort Australian Ladies Classic – Bonville. 

Skarpnord fired a final round of 69 to earn a two stroke victory on eight-under-par ahead of Australian Hannah Green and Nuria Iturrios of Spain after four rounds at Bonville Golf Resort.

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Scots Kylie Henry and Carly Booth finished in 68th and 70th position with disappointing 3rd round scores

FINAL SCOREBOARD

Hannah McCook finishes in 3rd place in South Africa

Benoni golfer Leján Lewthwaite stepped up to the Sunshine Ladies Tour winner’s circle at the South African Women’s Masters with a dramatic play-off victory over young GolfRSA amateur Kajal Mistry at San Lameer Country Club today (Saturday 22nd February) -- 

The pair ended three rounds tied on one-under 215, with Lewthwaite closing with a superb five-under 67 after opening efforts of 75 and 73. Randpark’s Mistry, meanwhile, signed for a one-under 71 to go with her earlier rounds of 75 and 69.  -- Read full report 

Hannah McCook finished in 3rd place just 2 shots behind

Scots Scores:
Hannah McCook 217
Gabriell MacDonald 223
Jane Turner 228
Laura Murray 229
Laura Muirhead - Misse Cut
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KYLIE FALLS BACK IN THIRD ROUND IN AUSTRALIA

Kylie Henry

Scottish scores/positions after third round of the LET golf's Pacific Bay Resort Australian Ladies Classic:

+15 Kylie Henry (69th)

+16 Carly Booth (70th) 

Lead is -6, held by Swede Madelene Sagstrom

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DIGITAL PLATFORM UPDATE

From Scottish Golf

Following our last correspondence with you at the end of January, Scottish Golf is pleased to provide clubs with a further update on the new Venue Management System.

 Recruitment: With over 300 clubs expressing their interest in adopting the new system, Scottish Golf identified that there was a need to recruit two new Project Managers to support with the implementation of the VMS across Scotland.

 Ensuring that clubs receive adequate support is crucial, and in order to make the transition for clubs as smooth as possible, the new post-holders will have a specific focus on supporting clubs interested in adopting the system.

 We are pleased to confirm that recruitment has taken place for these roles, with both successful applicants bringing a wealth of experience to the organisation.

Both post-holders have worked in golf, and more importantly, with golf clubs in Scotland and will be a huge asset to the organisation. Both post-holders are looking forward to working with our clubs and will be in touch with all clubs who have expressed an interest in the digital platform in the next 4-6 weeks.

Testing, testing! 

 Since our last correspondence, we are delighted to inform clubs that the system is now up and running in two test clubs.

 While both clubs share the same goal of delivering golf to its members, the way in which this is achieved differs operationally.
It is this difference that provides us with the perfect opportunity to ensure that the full range of features that the platform has to offer are adequately tested in different environments.

 Like with all new technology, it is essential that we take our time to complete a robust test of the system to iron out any potential issues, ensuring that we listen to clubs and make sure that the new system works effectively for the user.

 This is a hugely exciting step forward and we will continue to provide clubs with an update once testing has been complete.

 To read more and register -- Click Here

HANNAH MCCOOK HAS A GOOD OPENING ROUND IN SOUTH AFRICA

Hannah McCook -- Photo Courtesy of the Sunshine Tour

Rookie pro Hannah McCook opened with level-par 72 to sit one shot off lead in Sunshine Ladies Tour South African Women’s Masters at San Lameer. 

Laura Murray (75), Gabrielle Macdonald (77), Jane Turner (79) and Alison Muirhead (85) also in field

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KYLIE IN 12th POSITION AFTER ROUND 2 IN AUSTRALIA

Scottish scores/positions after 2nd round in LET golf's Pacific Bay Resort Australian Ladies Classic:

+1 Kylie Henry (T12)

+6 Carly Booth (T53)

Missed cut

+8 Michele Thomson

+9 Beth Allen 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

+10 Gemma Dryburgh, Kelsey Macdonald

Lead is -8, held by Spain's Nuria Iturros

LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND 2

SCOTTISH GOLF AGM -- HAVE YOU REGISTERED

Calling all County, Area & Club officials... With the closing date for registration approaching (1st March), we’d like to invite you all to the ScottishGolf AGM.

📅: Sun 3rd March

📍: Stirling Court Hotel

⌚️: 11:00-12:30

 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

EAST RENFREWSHIRE LADIES OPEN TRI AM

East Renfrewshire GC

East Renfrewshire Ladies Open Day Tri Am is on Thursday June 13th 2019.

CLICK HERE FOR ENTRY FORM

KYLIE HENRY IS LEADING SCOT AFTER ROUND 1 IN AUSTRALIA CLASSIC.

Scottish scores in first round of the LET’s Pacific Bay Resort Australian Ladies Classic:

-1 Kylie Henry (T9)

+2 Michele Thomson (T59)

+5 Gemma Dryburgh (T100)

+6 Kelsey Macdonald (T113)

🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿score:

Par Beth Allen (T24)

Lead is -6, held by Australian amateur Doey Choi

Leaderboard 

New Gleneagles golf ambassador Hannah McCook to help inspire newcomers to golf

From Gleneagles Media

Gleneagles, the world-famous Perthshire  hotel and sporting estate, has today announced Hannah McCook, as a new Golf Ambassador, supporting the iconic Perthshire venue’s plans to inspire more young people, school children and women to take up the game.

Recently turned professional, proud Scot Hannah (25), who was born in Aberdeen and raised in Strathspey, was one of Scotland’s leading amateur players, winning three consecutive Scottish Golf Ladies Order of Merit titles before transitioning to the pro ranks this year.

Hannah joins fellow Scot and 1999 Open Champion, Paul Lawrie, as an ambassador, at a time when the award-winning 850-acre Perthshire estate prepares to celebrate the Centenary of its Top 100-ranked championship courses, The King’s and The Queen’s, designed by James Braid.

Gleneagles will also host the 16^th staging of The Solheim Cup, from September 9-15, the pinnacle of women’s professional golf, on the Jack Nicklaus-designed PGA Centenary Course.

Hannah, who was previously a member at Gleneagles during her Sports Studies degree course at the University of Stirling, said:
“I’m incredibly proud to be representing both Scotland and Gleneagles as a professional golfer. Gleneagles holds a special place in my heart and to now be a golf ambassador for such an iconic Scottish brand is a dream come true.”

Gary Silcock, Director of Golf at Gleneagles, commented: “In a year when Gleneagles welcomes the biggest event in women’s golf to Perthshire, it seems fitting that we announce a new partnership with Hannah, one of Scotland’s female golfing talents of the future.

“Her emotional attachment to Gleneagles means she understands our golf proposition perfectly. We have a strong desire to inspire and encourage more young people, school children and women to take up the game and Hannah’s energy and enthusiasm will help us achieve this.”

2018 marked Hannah’s stand-out season as an amateur, winning both the Welsh Ladies Open Stroke-play and its Irish equivalent just a week later. Hannah was part of the victorious team to represent Scotland at the Ladies Home Internationals in Ireland, and she also represented her country at the World Amateur Team Championships.

Hannah will initially focus her tournament play on the Ladies European Tour Access Series, with the aim of progressing onto the main Ladies European Tour. She also continues to work with the SportScotland Institute of Sport and PGA personal coach, David Torrance.

For further information about Gleneagles, visit: www.gleneagles.com

RANFURLY CASTLE PLAYERS MAKE IT TO THE RLCGA WINTER FOURSOMES FINALS

The Semi Finals of the Renfrewshire County Ladies Winter Foursomes have now been played with the Ranfurly Castle pairing of Anne Judge and Marion Munro winning a close contest against Lynda Bradley and Clair Barclay (Kilmacolm).

In the other Semi Final  Jan Macnab (Ranfurly Castle) and Sheila Shaw (Caldwell) were the victors  against Dorothy Cartlidge and Julie Dickson (Whitecraigs)

CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE RESULTS

START SHEET IS AVAILABLE FOR THE POLLOK LADIES OPEN DAY

DRAW FOR POLLOK LADIES TRI AM ON FRIDAY 28TH JUNE -- CLICK HERE

RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY COACHING AY PAISLEY GOLF CLUB

The girls got a blustery but mostly dry day for their coaching at Paisley GC yesterday. 

After warming-up, they initially worked on their long game with Claire-Marie Macaulay giving advice on their swings. 

Some short-game challenges were enjoyed with the goal of finishing the session off indoors if they chipped into the targets! That focused their minds and they finished off in the comfort of the fabulous indoor studio.

It was great to be outside and our thanks go to Claire-Marie for again making the session so enjoyable. Thank you also to President Pearl Orr who popped along to admire the lovely swings and future talent in Renfrewshire."

Photos - Courtesy of Gillian Kyle

Photos - Courtesy of Claire- Marie Macaulay

Report, Photos and video courtesy of RLCGA Junior convenor Gillian Kyle

CARMEN GRIFFITHS AND EVANNA HYNDS ARE WINNERS IN CYPRUS

Evanna Hynds and Carmen Griffiths -- Courtesy of Karyn Dallas

Last day of Nikos Severis Cyprus Junior Open and well done to all the Scottish Girls! 👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿...especially Evanna Hynds  for best Nett score on first day and Carmen Griffiths who was 2nd in overall competition
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE SCORES

The Long and Short -- Liz Keohone and Evanna Hynds

Thanks go to Karyn Dallas for the photos and update

And her Karyn's final words were (from facebook )--- Been away working in Cyprus this week with Scottish Girls group...to say it has been eventful is an understatement....we have had sickness, lost wedding ring down van air vent so trip to....wait for it, RINGOS GARAGE and they were absolute stars 👌and retrieved it!! 

Then a nasty and unfortunate accident with one of the girls slipping on marble stairs in hotel and badly bruising her elbow, so much she had to withdraw *sitting 2nd at time 🙈 all happening whilst dealing with the worst weather ever but certainly 40 years in Cyprus...😳😭😭...then, last day another of our Scottish girls took unwell on course and had to withdraw....the other 4 managed to complete and Carmen Griffiths took runner up prize in Nikos Severis Junior Open....fabulous result!! Phew....what a week....but wouldn't change it for the world! #lovemyjob! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

NELLY KORDA WINS AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Nelly Korda - Photograph courtesy of Golf Australia

From the APLG Website

The quirky infatuation of the Korda family with Australian Opens has another chapter, thanks to Nelly Korda’s triumphal march around The Grange today in the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open.

The 20-year-old Floridian was a bump in her mother Regina’s belly when her father Petr, a left-hander who won 10 titles, took the tennis Open in 1998, his only Grand Slam victory. She was a teen when her sister Jessica won the golf Open at Royal Melbourne in 2012 and just a year ago, her brother Sebastian won the boys’ title at the tennis Open. “There must be something in the air,” she said.

It is not just a marketing spiel; it means something to the family. Nelly Korda said at the start of this week she felt “so left out” when her family talked about their Australian Open wins. Now, she can join in the conversation and on Sunday night, she even mimicked her father’s famous scissor-kick celebration. “That felt really good,” she said. 

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LEADERBOARD

1st: -17 Nelly  Korda  271

2nd: -15 Jin Young Ko 273

T44: Even Catriona Matthew 288

MISSED CUT

Kylie Henry 

Michele Thomson 

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RAIN IN CYPRUS PUTS A DAMPNER ON SCOTTISH GIRLS

Nicos Severis Cyprus Junior Open 2019 Announcement:

 Play for Day 2 of the event cancelled due to weather conditions.

 The Championship (Boys and Girls) will recommence tomorrow, Sunday, 17 February, with a 2-tee start at 07:45.
The draw for the final day will be available from the event's webpage after 11:00 today. CGF greatly regrets to announce that, due to organizational constraints, today's Severis Cup (18-holes) and the 9-Hole competitions cannot be rescheduled and are therefore cancelled.

CLICK HERE FOR FINAL DAY DRAW

 Well another lost day in Cyprus , rain rain rain, poor girls all this way for golf and nothing course closed again hopefully they will get to play tomorrow 😔 and yes I know it’s nice back home  😓

Thanks go to Liz Keohone for the update. 

INDIVIDUAL R&A AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRIES ARE NOW LIVE

 

 Entries for all individual R&A amateur championships are now LIVE 

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE R&A WEBSITE

CALDWELL GOLF CLUB OPEN DAYS.

Sunday 2nd  June 2019. Caldwell  Mixed Open Greensomes — CLICK HERE FOR ENTRY FORM

Monday 10th June. 2019. Caldwell Ladies Open Waltz Triam — CLICK HERE FOR ENTRY FORM

Dalmahoy signs leading golf ambassador - Jane Turner

Jane Turner

Jane Turner has been handed a boost for her 2019 Ladies European Tour campaign after the Midlothian pro secured a new base at Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club, on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

Dalmahoy has chosen the Ladies European Tour pro golfer as its ambassador, in a year when the women’s golf tournament – The Solheim Cup – returns to Scotland.  As one of Scotland’s leading golf resorts, Dalmahoy was host to Scotland’s first ever Solheim Cup in 1992.

Turner, who has a shot at the Ladies European Tour this year, said of the partnership: “I’m proud to say that I am now representing Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club and will act as an ambassador whilst at home and on tour. Dalmahoy has given me the perfect base for all of my practice with two great golf courses and quality practice facilities available for my short game.” 

Sam Oliver, director of golf and leisure at Dalmahoy continued: “With two 18-hole golf courses, designed to contrast and complement each other, a driving range and pitch and putt, we are proud to offer some of the best golfing facilities in the country. 

“But most importantly, Dalmahoy prides itself on being a welcoming and inclusive golf club – we’re privileged to attract golfers of all levels and abilities, from young children and beginners, through to seasoned pros.  In a year when The Solheim Cup returns to Scotland, there is rightly ever more a spotlight on ladies golf, and we’re delighted to be supporting a Scottish leading light in the women’s game.”

Oliver continued: “We hope that by working with Jane we can encourage more golfers, and particularly women golfers, to our country’s great game.”

Dalmahoy’s golfing pedigree has attracted famous names such as Seve Ballesteros, Sam Torrance and Nick Faldo who have competed in various high profile professional events over the years including the Scottish Senior Open and the UK’s first ever Solheim Cup in 1992.  

Turner continued: “Dalmahoy also has an indoor studio, which has allowed me to keep practising even on the harshest of winter days.”

“Dalmahoy also have a state-of-the art Leisure Club that I can use and now that my gym and golf facilities are in one place it means I can be even more productive with my time.”

For more information about golfing at Dalmahoy, please contact T: 0131 333 1845

or visit www.dalmahoyhotelandcountryclub.co.uk/golf

KILMACOLM OPEN DAY - GREENSOMES STABLEFORD

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The Kilmacolm Greensomes Stableford Open Day is on Thursday 22nd August 2019 
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