Hazel MacGarvie wins the Stirling International

Hazel MacGarvie

The first event of the R&A Student Tour Series was played at the Fairmont St Andrews over the weekend hosted by the Stirling International.

 Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon) - Stirling  was the winner defeating Lorna McClymont (Milngavie)- SRUC and Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) - Stirling by 1 shot over 3 rounds. There were 9 Scots in the field of 24 players.

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WHAT THE SERIES IS ABOUT

The R&A is launching a major new initiative for student golf with The R&A Student Tour Series which teed off at the Fairmont St Andrews yesterday, hosted by The Stirling International.

Taking place on prestigious world class golf courses in four countries between September 2019 and April 2020, the aim of this new Series is to enhance high performance competition amongst the leading student golfers in the UK and Europe.

Duncan Weir, Executive Director of Golf Development and Amateur Championships at The R&A, said, “The R&A has been a long-time supporter of student golf and we are delighted to be extending our involvement in this important area through The R&A Student Tour Series.

“This Series provides students with the opportunity to compete with their international peers regularly in championship conditions and on some of the best courses that Europe has to offer. We want to help leading student golfers to continue developing as players while they undertake their studies.”

Consisting of four championships, The R&A Student Tour Series will be played in Scotland, Ireland, Spain and Portugal at venues that have hosted The Open or been a venue for The Open Qualifying Series or the European Tour including Carton House, Centro Nacional de Golf and Troia.   

Players who compete in two or more championships will earn points on the Tour Series Order of Merit with the leaders progressing to the Tour Series Final to be held at the Old Course, Carnoustie and the Eden Course.

The R&A Student Tour Series extends The R&A’s support of student golf. Each year, The R&A invests almost £500,000 in student and university golf through the Foundation Scholars programme. Currently, the organisation supports golf programmes at 17 universities and in the 2018/2019 academic year, awarded 170 individual Foundation scholarships.

The R&A has supported university and student golf for over 35 years with former scholars including: 2018 Champion Golfer of the Year Francesco Molinari (University of Turin); five-time PGA TOUR winner Hideki Matsuyama; and Catriona Matthew (University of Stirling), the 2019 European Solheim Cup Captain and former Women’s British Open Champion.

Scotland delivers again with Solheim Cup set up

By Martin Dempster 

The Scotsman Newspaper

Forget the muckle stand they had behind the first tee at last year’s Ryder Cup at Le Golf National in France. That may have accommodated 6,500 fans, but it wasn’t a patch for a variety of reasons on the one for the same event four years earlier at Gleneagles. And, judging by Catriona Matthew’s “wow” reaction, Scotland has delivered again with that opening-tee arena for this week’s Solheim Cup at the Perthshire venue.

Anyone who was there on the opening morning of the 2014 Ryder Cup still talk about it. Minutes before the players appeared on the first tee to get the eagerly-anticipated event underway, the sun climbed above the Ochil Hills and created a view to behold down towards Glen Devon. The weather was fantastic over the three days, playing its part in the event being a resounding success overall.

Mother Nature may have delivered a wet start this time and the remnants of Storm Dorian could be a factor on Wednesday. But, by the look of it, we could get lucky again with the weather as Scotland steps back into the golfing spotlight in particular and also draws wider attention as is always the case with big team events.

A week ago, almost 80,000 tickets had already been sold for the third Solheim Cup staging in Scotland after matches at Dalmahoy and Loch Lomond in 1992 and 2000 respectively.

It will set a new attendance record for the biennial match on this side of the Atlantic and will also be the UK’s best-attended women’s golf event. No wonder people involved in delivering what is arguably Scotland’s biggest sporting event of the year are a tad excited about the week ahead.

“Anyone who sees the size and scale of the infrastructure around the 2019 Solheim Cup will be left in no doubt that this is a major international sporting event,” said Paul Bush, director of events at Visit Scotland. “Having hosted the 2014 Ryder Cup here just five years ago, we were determined to deliver a similar infrastructure and I think people will be blown away with what we have achieved here.

“The atmosphere on the first tee will be electric and unlike anything many will have seen at a golf event before. As well as being a world-class sporting spectacle, the event will be a fully accessible family day out and that’s something we’re hugely proud of. I can’t wait to get started and to further showcase Scotland’s credentials as one of the world’s leading event destinations.”

In what ended up as a straight fight, Scotland was given the nod ahead of Sweden to stage this event after the two countries were short-listed by the Ladies European Tour from an initial 10 countries from all over Europe. That decision was announced just under four years ago and the intervening period has been spent coming up with a plan to deliver something special for players and fans alike.

“We are very proud of our role in delivering what we believe will be a spectacular event, in keeping with the remit we were set by Visit Scotland – to make this the best Solheim Cup to date,” said Ross Hallett, IMG’s executive tournament director. “Planning started more than four years ago with a team that has grown to more than 50, utilising expertise from our global resources. We are extremely proud to play a key role in the event and are excited about this week. Having focussed on the three pillars of experience, equality and innovation, I have no doubt that we will deliver both a memorable and world-class event for Scotland.”

Europe won both of those previous encounters on Scottish soil and now Matthew is aiming to keep that run going. Rarely can an honour have been more deserving in someone’s home country. The North Berwick woman has been an amazing ambassador for Scottish golf around the world over the past 30-odd years. Her Women’s British Open win in 2009 a few weeks after giving birth to her second daughter will forever be remembered in the game, as will her part in three Solheim Cup successes in nine playing appearances in the event.

Having first come across her when she was still in the amateur ranks, I count myself lucky to have reported on Matthew’s glittering career. She’ll have nothing but respect from her players and don’t worry about her being the quiet type. What’s more important when it comes to this event is bringing bags of experience and a winning mentality to the role.

Roll on Friday morning.

West Girls win the Portland Cup against Troon Ladies

The following girls played in the Annual Portland Cup against Troon Ladies today - Sunday 8th September

West Girls Team

Leah Bryce   (Sandyhills)

Neve Ferguson  (Cathkin Braes)

Jodie Graham  (Hamilton)

Katie Graham  (Hamilton )

Jennifer Lynagh  (Caldwell)

Kittie Maslanka  (Kirkhill)

Sophie Murphy  (Clydebank & District)

Freya Russell  (Royal Troon)

The girls won 3-1.

Big thank you to Troon Ladies for organising and the courtesy of their fabulous course and clubhouse 

Thanks go to Allison Bell for the photograph and report

WHO WILL BE THE 2019 GREENLEES CHAMPIONS ???

The Greenlees Matches for 2019 are coming to an end with some very exciting fixtures to finish off the season.  

2 fixtures are left in Division One with Cathkin Braes having 2 games left and Kilmarnock Barassie one left -- Kilmarnock's  final match on the 16th September is against Cathkin -- Which could be the decider to win the title and trophy.
Douglas Park are hoping to get 1.5 points against Cathkin away to remain in Division 1 for next season. 

1st Division - Fixtures

9th September: Cathkin Braes v Douglas Park

16th September: Kilmarnock Barassie v Cathkin Braes

Division 1 -With 2 fixtures left

The 2nd Division has certainly been close with only  4 points separating the first 7 teams !!
Who will win there ??? -- Looks like -- Haggs Castle or Whitecraigs but who knows. !!
 Both teams have ONE fixture left -- both are Home matches

2nd Division - Fixtures

9th September: Whitecraigs v Old Ranfurly

9th September: Haggs Castle v Lenzie

16th September: Lenzie v Old Ranfurly

Division 2 with 3 matches to be played

3rd Division -- All matches are complete and Bothwell Castle are the winners. Further Calculations are needed for Hilton Park and Cowglen to see who are runners Up.

Keep up to date with all the Greenlees results and photos of past years CLICK HERE

CLOBER'S CAROLINE KING WINS THE WEST VETS AUTUMN MEETING AT SANDYHILLS G.C.

The West Vets Autumn Meeting was held today at Sandyhills Golf Club in difficult conditions.

Caroline King of Clober GC. was the overall winner of the Autumn Meeting and the recipient of the May Craddock Trophy.

Some West Vets  - Photos courtesy of Chris Fowler (Captain)

RESULTS: 

SSS, 73 Par 64 CSS 76 RO

LEADING SCORES:

Scratch: 

Caroline King (Clober)   84

Silver:

Caroline King (Clober) 84 (9) 75

Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) 87 (7) 80 

Irene Papworth (Skelmorlie) 98 (17) 81(BIH)
Liz Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) 87 (6) 81 bih
Moira McLeod (Milngavie) 90 (9) 81

Bronze:

Barbara Cunningham  (Hilton Park) 108 (22) 86

For the full report go to the West Vets Website

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

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE COUNTY PAIRINGS

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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For up-to-date ranking lists of Clubs, Regional, National and International Rankings,

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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