Senior Women's Home Internationals - Scotland v Ireland Day 1

A Scotland Team Selfie - courtesy of Karen Ballantyne (from Facebook)

The R&A Womens Senior Home Internationals are being played at County Sligo from 1-3 October 2019. This world famous course in Rosses Point offers an excellent challenge to all the players. 

Scotland's  team is Aileen Baker, Jennifer Bryans, Alison Davidson, Donna Jackson, Elaine Moffat, Lorna McKinley and Sheena Wood. Fiona De Vries is the Captain

The R&A Womens Senior Home Internationals were first played in 2003 at Whittington Heath in England.
Scotland has only won it once and that was 10 years ago in 2009 when Captain Fiona was in the team and was unbeaten  READ MORE

Day 1 Matches

Ireland 5.5 Scotland 2.5

Wales 3.5 England 4.5

Ireland v Scotland 

Morning Foursomes: Ireland 3 Scotland 0
G McMullen an M O'Reilly beat A Davidson an E Moffat 4&3
A Taylor and M McAuliffe beat A Baker and L McKinlay 2&1
L Webb and S Corcoran beat D Jackson and S Wood 4&3

Afternoon Singles - Ireland 2.5 Scotland 2.5
Pat Doran lost to Elaine Moffat 4&3
Alison Taylor lost to Alison Davidson 1 hole
Laura Webb beat Sheena Wood 7&5
Maria O'Reilly beat Jennifer Bryans 3&2
Suzanne Corcoran halved with Lorna McKinlay

FOR SCORING -- CLICK HERE

MyGolfRanking Week 38 / 2019 Megan Robb from Banchory moves up to No 3 in Scotland

mygolfranking.net SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFER of Week 19/38 is MEGAN ROBB of Banchory Ladies who is No 3 on SCOTLAND Ladies MGRanking and in the TOP 50 of the OVERALL MGRanking at No 40. 

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SCOTLAND LADIES CLUB of the Week is BANCHORY LADIES who move up to No 3 onScotland Ladies Club MGRanking.

Caroline King (Clober) and Clober Ladies remain at No 1

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LAURA CAMPBELL WINS PERTH AND KINROSS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

Laura Campbell (Pitlochry) & Jillian Milne (County Captain)

Huge congratulations to Laura Campbell (Pitlochry) who won the Perth & Kinross Ladies' Champion of Champions at Blairgowrie Golf Club today. 

 Laura  shot a three-over-par scratch score of 77 to win the title by 4 shots. 
The runner-up was the defending champion Isla Moncrieff who shot 81. 
 Rosemount Course: Par 74 & CSS 77

The Leading Scores :
Laura Campbell - Pitlochry Ladies' Club Champion 77 
Isla Moncrieff - Aberfeldy Ladies' Club Champion 81 
Jen Saxton - Muckhart Ladies' Club Champion 82

Thanks go to Jane Yellowlees for the report from the Perth and Kinross Website 

Whitecraigs are the Winners of Division 2 of the Greenlees Trophy and Greenlees Lunch Details

The final game of the 2019 Greenlees Matches was played on Friday 27th September with Haggs Castle needing 7 points against Lenzie to win Division 2. 
However, they were not quite able to make it and won 6-3 to take up the runners up spot and Whitecraigs are winners of Division 2

Both Whitecraigs and Haggs Castle are now promoted to Division One.

Bothwell Castle are the winners of Division 3 and Hilton Park are runners up (on countback)

CATHKIN BRAES WINNERS OF GREENLEES TROPHY

CLICK HERE FOR PRINTOUT OF RESULTS 

2019 Greenlees Results 

2019 Greenlees Totals

The Greenlees Lunch and prize giving is being held at Douglas Park Golf Club on on Thursday, 17th October at 12.15 for 1 pm.

All clubs should have had notification from Greenlees Secretary Maureen Mitchell with menu supplied

GREENLEES LUNCH

CLICK HERE FOR MENU  -- Click here to email your choice of meal to Susan Griffin (Douglas Park Greenlees Secretary). 
Add you Home Club  and names of players attending

SCOTTISH JUNIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS AT KILMARNOCK BARASSIE

The West of Scotland Girls Golfing Association has entered two teams into this event which is being played today 29th September 2019 over Kilmarnock Barassie

The format is play will be in 3 balls with the best 5 stableford points scored out of 6 to count (full handicap allowance) 

TEAM A.  

Rachel Foster (Prestwick St Nicholas)

Katie Graham (Hamilton)

Megan Docherty (Bishopbriggs)

Luisa Gibson (Irvine)

Freya Russell (Royal Troon)
Leah Bryce (Sandyhills)

TEAM B.
Sophie Murphy(Clydebank & District)

Abigail McCafferty(Airdrie)

Orla Rooney (Cowglen)

Kittie Maslanka (Kirkhill)

Jodie Graham (Hamilton)

Hannah Carson ( East Renfrewshire)

Fantastic day and results for West Girls.

The West Girls 1 Team won the 1st Girls Team.  West Girls 2 were 2nd Girls Team.  

In relation to individual prize winners:

Rachel Foster - 1st Scratch Girl

Freya Russell - 1st Nett Girl

The Organisers will process scores through CDH etc but in the meantime the CSS was 76 (35 points).

Well done to all the girls and a big thank you to all the organisers.

Thanks go to Allison Bell for the update. 

LAURA MURRAY CLAIMS SECOND LETAS TITLE AT RÜGENWALDER MÜHLE LADIES OPEN

Laura Murray - (Photo courtesy of the LET Access Tour)

Scotland’s Laura Murray produced some sensational golf to claim her second LETAS title, with a -14 total, in the Rügenwalder Mühle Ladies Open at Golf Club am Meer in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. The 31-year-old led from round one, opening with a stunning eight under par, 64, to take a two shot lead over Germany’s Luisa Dittrich who recorded a 66 on the opening day.

Murray was solid throughout the week, driving the ball extremely well and producing some impressive iron play. When the Scot looks back on her win, she will probably remember the decision to try out a different putter that sat at home for some three years without being used. 

“If feels incredible, it’s really good. I’ve been working really hard for this all season and I feel I’ve been knocking on the door recently and nice to finally cross the line and get the job done. I think my attitude on the course was pretty good. I just kept telling myself to keep smiling and just concentrated on what I was doing and holed a few putts and that kept me smiling a bit more. I’ve been playing so solid it was quite a nice relaxing week for me. And my attitude certainly helped me through it.”

“I put this other putter in my bag. It’s been sitting in my apartment for like three years and I just thought why not let’s chuck it in. Yes, definitely, sometimes just changing something can get a different feeling and it certainly helped this week so I think that will be staying in the bag.” 

Murray’s win has catapulted her into 4^th place on the Order of Merit and she now is in within touching distance of securing her playing rights on the Ladies European Tour for the 2020 season, but Murray doesn’t plan to get ahead of herself.

“I’m going to approach it in the same way because it worked so well this week so now I know I’m 4^th then there’s a good chance of securing that top 5 in the Order of Merit. I’m looking forward to see what we can do next week and to see what the course is going to offer and I’m sure it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Other Scots

29th: Jane Turner - Even Par 

46th: Gabrielle MacDonald +7

Missed Cut -- Rachael Taylor and Hannah McCook

LEADERBOARD

The season finale gets underway at Golf de La Largue in France, from the 4 – 6 October.

To read the full report go to the LET ACCESS TOUR WEBSITE

Hannah Darling finishes tied 6th in the World Girls Championships

Carmen, Hannah and Katy

Scotland's Hannah Darling  finished T6 in the world Girls Championship in Canada yesterday.

She had scores of 73, 66, 71 and 76 for 286 - 11 shots behind the title winner from Thailand, Atthaya Thitikul who had scores of 73, 63, 71 and 70 for 277. 

The Thai's superb second round of 63 was the score, in the final analysis, that separated her from the field.

Two  other Scots in the field, Carmen Griffiths (78-81-75-74)  for 309, and Katy Alexander (83-80-86-79) finished 39th and 58th respectively. 
CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT

Laura Murry leads on Day 1 of the Rügenwalder Mühle Ladies Open

Laura Murray

Scotland’s Laura Murray claims the day one lead at Rügenwalder Mühle Ladies Open with a stunning eight-under round of 64 at the Golf Club am Meer. Germany’s Luisa Dittrich ended the day two adrift of Murray after a terrific six-under 66 in her home event, whilst Sweden’s Isabella Deilert is a shot further back on -5. 

Murray made the perfect start to her round with successive birdies on the opening two holes in Bad Zwischenahn. A huge drive led to a third birdie at the par-5 seventh before a rare missed drive at the ninth slipped the leader back to two-under at the midway point.

After a solid opening nine holes, the experienced Scot found her rhythm down the back nine with six birdies and no dropped shots coming back. Murray has been frustrated in recent weeks with strong tee-to-green play being let down on the putting surface but speaking after the round Murray had no such frustrations with a change of putter proving the key to her change in fortunes at the German course.

The other Scot in the field is Jane Turner who finished on 2 under and who lies in 11th place. She was delighted to have no bogeys in her round

With the Rügenwalder Mühle Ladies Open the final event before the season ending Road to La Largue Final, Friday’s second round is crucial for many players with vital qualifying points up for grabs. Overnight leader Murray will be conscious that a large group of players remain in contention and equally determined to secure a LET Access Series victory as the end of the season approaches setting the scene for a terrific day’s play once again in Bad Zwischenahn.

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Hannah Darling has a Hole in One in the World Junior Girls Championships

‪A hole-in-one helped Hannah Darling on her way to carding a 66 in the 2nd round of the World Junior Girls Championships in Canada yesterday. 

‪Hannah currently sits in second place on 5 under par - three shots behind ‬Atthaya ThitiKul from Thailand. 

Carman Griffiths and Katy Alexander are in 45th and 55th position respectively. 

‪Keep up to date on scores 👉 http://bit.ly/WorldJuniorGirlsChamp

CATHKIN BRAES ARE THE 2019 GREENLEES CHAMPIONS

Some happy Cathkin Team Members

Cathkin Braes played their final Greenlees Match today at home against Douglas Park. 

The home team only needed 3.5 points for victory but with a very strong team they defeated the visitors 8.5- 0.5 to win the title from Troon Ladies. 

Cathkin Braes Captain Susan Ramsay present Lindsay Mclean
with a bottle of wine for her hole in one

Douglas Park required only one point to remain in the 1st division, but this was not to be. The only highlight for them was Lindsay McLean having a HOLE IN ONE at the thirteenth hole. 

They are joined by Ranfurly Castle to be demoted to Division 2 in 2020. West Kilbride stay in Division 1 by virtue of a countback on matches won (2 points for a win and one point for a draw) 

In Division 2 Whitecraigs have finished on 43.5 points and Haggs Castle play Lenzie on Friday 27th and require a 7-2 victory to win the division. 
Please note : 2 points to be deducted from Cathcart Castle match against Old Ranfurly (A player did not turn up)

Karen Ballantyne is the new Scottish Vets Captain

L to R - Fiona de Vries, Karen Ballantyne, Maureen McKenna, Alison Whyte,
Nancy Duncan, Moira Begbie and Ellie Whyte

The SVLGA AGM was held on Monday 23rd September prior to our prizegiving. 

Many thanks to all the members who attended. Captain Ellie Whyte gave her report on a very successful Mary McKenna Trophy Match held at Troon and on the ‘Work in Progress’ Jamboree held at Northhamptonshire GC. 

We are indebted to Ellie for her superb organisation of the team over the last two years and her attention to detail, good humour and boundless energy! 

President Maureen McKerrow, Vice President Nancy Duncan, Secretary Alison Whyte, Treasurer Moira Begbie will continue in office for the current year. 

After serving two years as Vice Captain, Karen Ballantyne was appointed Captain for the next two years and is very much looking forward to working with our squad of players over the winter. 

I’m delighted Fiona de Vries has agreed to be our Vice Captain. Her huge wealth of experience playing in many team events and in particular at Vet and Senior level will be invaluable.

Thanks go to he new SVLGA Captain Karen Ballantyne for the report and photograph

Scottish Vets Round up from Blairgowrie including the Beddows Quaich and Tony Moffat Memorial Trophies

Fiona Hunter and Sheena Wood

Championship: We have a worthy 2019 Champion in Sheena Wood (Northern) who was pushed all the way by Fiona Hunter (Galloway). 

The match was all square after 4 holes but Fiona built up a steady lead and was 3 up after 10 holes. Sheena fought back and the match was all square after 14. It looked like it would stay that way after 16 but Fiona sank a long putt to take her 1 up. Once again Sheena squared the match, on the 17th. 

A tense finish on the 18th saw Sheena pitch onto the green from a tricky lie and once they were on the green, Fiona conceded the match. This was a game of high quality golf with a better ball of 3 over which, given that the course was playing its full length, was very good scoring.  We were all impressed by Fiona’s brilliant short game and I think we should all be out there over the winter with the aim of getting ‘up and down’ from anywhere off the green. It’ll pay dividends. 

Some of the main prizewinners on Day 1

Patrick Rosebowl singles over Rosemount: Congratulations to Gillian Kyle on an excellent score of 76 net 73 which was the best scratch and net score of the day. The score was particularly good as Gillian teed off in the first game when it was particularly damp and misty.

President Maureen McKerrow with Linda Mcdonald with the Greensomes trophies --
Lorna Bennett missing

Beddows Quaichs and Tony Moffat Memorial Trophies: Linda Mcdonald and Lorna Bennett  played lovely golf and returned an excellent scratch 76 Nett 70.6.  -- CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE SCORES

We were blessed with three days of very good weather, played over fabulous courses and exceptionally well catered for. Our thanks to everyone for making this such a great tournament.

FINAL LIST OF PRIZEWINNERS

Thanks go to Karen Ballantyne for the update 

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CANADA

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Carmen Griffiths, Hannah Darling and Katy Alexander are all flying the flag for Scotland at this year's World Junior Girls Championship in Canada

Keep up to date on their progress with scores available to view 👉 http://bit.ly/WorldJuniorGirlsChamp

Scottish Seniors Team for Home Internationals is announced

Congratulations to West of Scotland's Donna Jackson in her selection for the Home Internationals. 

Senior Women’s Team for the Home Internationals, County Sligo, Ireland 1st to 3rd October:

Aileen Baker, Crail Golfing Society 
Jennifer Bryans, Harburn 
Alison Davidson, Stirling 
Donna Jackson, Ladies Golf Club Troon 
Lorna McKinlay, Dunnikier Park 
Elaine Moffat, St Regulus Ladies 
Sheena Wood, Aberdeen Ladies 

Thanks to West Vets Captain Chris Fowler for the update.

West Kilbride’s Claire McLaughlin is doing well in the USA

COLUMBIA, Ky. –  Claire McLaughlin of the Lindsey Wilson women's golf team was selected as the Mid-South Conference Women's Golfer of the Week, conference officials announced on Monday.

McLaughlin finished runner-up at the Blue Raider Classic. She led the Blue Raiders with a two-day total of 149, finishing just one shot shy of the top spot.

Claire shot the best round of the tournament with a one-under-par 71 to help boost Lindsey Wilson to an 18-stroke tournament win.

She earns the first conference weekly honor of her career.

"This is Claire's first year at Lyndsey Wilson college, she started on 16th August. The LWC opening competition for the season was played at the LWC home course. Below is the tweet from the Mid-South Conference they have Claire's home town as North Ayrshire, it Kilwinning home club West Kilbride." 

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Thanks go to Sharon McLaughlin for the update

GILLIAN KYLE LEADS THE WAY AT BLAIRGOWRIE

Gillian Kyle Winner of the Patrick Rosebowl
and Lyon Picture 

In a field of 123  players Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire) was the overall winner of  SVLGA Patrick Rosebowl played over the Rosemount Course at Blairgowrie today. 
Her score of 76 was also the best scratch of the day to win the Lyon Picture

CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE RESULTS

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL PRIZELIST

Scratch:
1st:  Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire) 76
2nd: Frances Millar (Carnoustie Caledonia) 79
3rd: Elsie Hutcheon (Ladybank) 81


Handicap:-PATRICK TROPHY
1st: Gillian Kyle ( East Renfrewshire ) 76 (3) 73
2nd: Doreen McCaig  (Forres) 93 (19) 74 bih

3rd: Elsie Hutcheon (Ladybank) 81 (7) 74
4th: Frances Millar (Carnoustie Caledonia) 79 (4) 75

West leading players 

1st: Gillian Kyle ( East Renfrewshire ) 76 (3) 73
7th: May Hughes (Lanark) 82 (6) 76  
14th: Chris Fowler (Cowglen) 87 (10) 77 

May, Chris and Gillian -- Lyon Trophy winners

LYON TROPHY 
Division with best 3 net scores in Rosebowl  -- WEST 73, 76, 77  Gillian Kyle, May Hughes and Chris Fowler.

Thanks go to Chris Fowler for the photographs

Sheena Wood is the 2019 Scottish Vets Champion

Quarter Finals
Sheena Wood (Northern) beat Janice Whiteford (Borders) 8&6

Mary Smith (Highland) lost to Lynda Dyball (Midland) 2&1

Jennifer Bryans (East) lost to Fiona Hunter (Galloway) 3&2

Lesley Lloyd (West) lost to Lynda Robertson (Dumfries) W/O

Semi Finals

Sheena Wood (Northern) beat Lynda Dyball (Midland) 5&4
Fiona Hunter (Galloway) brat Lynda Robertson (Dumfries) 5&4

Sheena and Fiona

Final
Sheena Wood beat Fiona Hunter 1 hole

 CLICK HERE ALL THE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Williamwood win through to the Annodata Quarter Finals

Williamwood Team are all smiles
Gill Unick; Gill McLeod
Front row L TO R : Lorraine Morris; Diane Dryden; Mary Scott.

Congratulations to Williamwood Golf Club Ladies on reaching the last 8 of the Annodata UK Golf Club Classic with a 3.5 - 1.5 win over Glenbervie Golf Club Ladies

They now have the last  8 Ladies teams confirmed in the Annodata UK Golf Club Classic.

Williamwood now representing Scotland, they have a home drawn tie against Kenwick Park of Lincolnshire for a place in semis in Spain. 

Match to take place 3rd October.

Clubs in the Quarter Finals

Kenwick Park Golf Club 
Playgolf Colchester 
Mill Ride Golf Club 
Foxhills 
Williamwood Golf Club 
Perranporth Golf Club 
Shrewsbury Golf Club 
Lee on the Solent Golf Club Ladies Section

Entries open for 2020 - www.matchplaygolf.co.uk/enter

Disaster for West Vet Lesley Lloyd on way to Blairgowrie

The quarter finals of the Scorttish Vet Championships teed off today over the Lansdowne Golf Course at Blairgowrie..

Unfortunately West Vet Champion Lesley Lloyd was involved in a car accident on the way up to Blairgowrie

A replacement was tried to be acquired but West Vets were unable to meet the 2pm tee time. As a result Lynda Robertson (Dumfries) representative  from Dumfries got a walk over.

Thankfully Lesley was ok. 

Quarter Finals
Sheena Wood (Northern) beat Janice Whiteford (Borders) 8&6

Mary Smith (Highland) lost to Lynda Dyball (Midland) 2&1

Jennifer Bryans (East) lost to Fiona Hunter (Galloway) 3&2

Lesley Lloyd (West) lost to Lynda Robertson (Dumfries) W/O

 CLICK HERE FOR TODAYS QUARTER FINALS

Scottish Vets Championship at Blairgowrie begins tomorrow

Lesley Lloyd (2019 West Vet Champion) with West Captain Chris Fowler

From the West Vets and Scottish Vets Websites 

West Vets Champion Lesley Lloyd  is playing in the Scottish Vets Championship which begins tomorrow

Sunday 22nd September 2019 - Quarter Finals of SVLGA Championship - Lansdowne

Sheena Wood (Northern) v Janice Whiteford (Borders)

Mary Smith (Highland) v Lynda Dyball (Midland)

Jennifer Bryans (East0 v Fiona Hunter (Galloway)

Lesley Lloyd (West) v Lynda Robertson (Dumfries) 

CLICK HERE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW

Monday 23rd September 2019 - Semi Finals and Final of SVLGA Championship - Lansdowne

Patrick Rosebowl Draw - Singles - Rosemount

SVLGA AGM - evening in Clubhouse

Tuesday 24th September 2018 - Beddows Quaich - Greensomes Draw- Lansdowne

Go to the SVLGA WEBSITE FOR THE SINGLES AND GREENSOMES DRAWS

ELAINE MOFFAT FINISHES IN 7th PLACE IN THE BRITISH SENIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Lara Tennant of the United States of America won the R&A Women’s Senior Amateur Championship after a dramatic three-hole play-off at Royal St David’s yesterday.

To read the full report go to the  R&A WEBSITE

Leaderboard - Click to enlarge

Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) finished well up the field in 7th place,  Karen Ferguson- Sneddon (Mortonhall) in 26th place and Maureen Richmond (Royal Liverpool) in 34th place

LEADERBOARD

Many congrats go to Elaine who won the 50 - 54 years Category prize 

Elaine Moffat - Leading Scot at the British Seniors Amateur Championship after the 2nd round

Ireland’s Alison Taylor stayed at the top of the leaderboard but had her advantage cut by half after adding a 75 to her opening 70 at the R&A Women’s Senior Amateur Championship at Royal St David’s. 
 On another day of glorious weather, Taylor, four shots ahead overnight, will go into the final round on five under par, two strokes ahead of American Lara Tennant and three clear of Canadian Judith Kyrinis. Tennant and Kyrinis both made headway with matching rounds of 73 - the joint best of the day. 

Tennant, a two-time US Senior Women’s Champion, had five birdies, while Kyrinis managed four, including a rare one at the tricky, par three 18th.

Scot Elaine Moffat (St Regulus) had a 76 to add to her 1st round of 77 to be 3 over par at a total of 153 to be in 12th place.

Karen Ferguson- Sneddon (Mortonhall) finished on 157 (7 over par) in 23rd place. and Maureen Richmond (Royal Liverpool) finished on 161 (11 over par) 
Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire)  did not make the cut for the 3rd round


LIVE SCORING 

LIVE SCORING FROM THE BRITISH WOMEN'S SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Elaine Moffat(St Regulus), Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire) and Karen Ferguson- Sneddon (Mortonhall) are playing in the British Women's Senior Championship at Royal St. Davids 

Impressive first Senior Competition for Karen who finished ‘eagle, birdie’ to be in 8th position after Day 1 yesterday.
Elaine is in 13th and Gillian in 35th position

The top 40 players after today’s round will progress to the final day tomorrow

LIVE SCORING 

West Girls play well in Scotland v England Schools International Matches

Scotland v England schools international matches at Irvine Golf Club, Ayrshire.
Despite losing to England Schools West Girls Freya Russell, Luisa Gibson and Megan Docherty  contributed all the points for Scotland -- Well done Girls

GIRLS
SCOTLAND 3.5, ENGLAND 5.5
FOURSOMES (1.5-1.5)
Scotland names first
Ellen Caton (St Leonards School, St Andrews) and Freya Russell
(Marr College, Troon) lost to Rachel Gourley and Zara Naughton (England) 2 and 1
Luisa Gibson (St Matthews Acad, Saltcoats) and Rachel Mathieson (Hazlehead Acad, Aberdeen) beat Estelle Ingram and Amelia Wan (England) 3 and 1
Megan Docherty (Turnbull HS, Bishopbriggs) and Grace Crawford (Loretto School, Musselburgh) halved with Louse Burke and Ellen Yates (England).

SINGLES (2-4)
Crawford lost to Burke 7 and 6
Gibson beat Wan 2 holes
Docherty halved with Naughton
Russell halved with Ingram
Caton lost to Yates 1 hole
Mathieson lost to Gourley 5 and 4

Scottish Golf announces the new Handicap System will be introduced on November 2, 2020

‪⛳️ | Scottish Golf is pleased to announce that the new World Handicap System will be introduced on November 2, 2020. ‬

The governing bodies of amateur golf in Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales are delighted to announce that they have signed the licence for the new World Handicap System (WHS) which will come into operation on November 2, 2020.

As members of the Council of National Golf Unions (CONGU), Scottish Golf, England Golf, the Golfing Union of Ireland, the Irish Ladies Golfing Union and Wales Golf have been driving forces in planning for the new system in alliance with The R&A and USGA.

The current Golf Handicapping System maintained by CONGU will be replaced by WHS which will unify the six different structures currently in operation throughout the world of golf.

With one single, global system in place for the first time, golfers will be able to obtain and maintain a handicap index and use this on any course around the world.

In addition they will be able to compete or simply play a casual round with fellow golfers anywhere on a fair and equal basis.

As well as encouraging players new to the sport to obtain a handicap with ease, the WHS will also modernise the game for those already well versed in the game of golf.

Under the new system a player’s handicap will be based on the average of eight best scores from their last 20 rounds.

WHS will also take into account factors currently not fully represented in the existing handicapping procedure through a course and slope rating system.

“Following recent education seminars across the country, Scottish Golf is pleased to confirm that the new World Handicap System will be implemented on time on November 2, 2020. We believe that moving to a more unified handicap system will be beneficial to all golfers,” said Scottish Golf CEO Andrew McKinlay.

“The team here at Scottish Golf will continue to liaise with, and support clubs across the country to ensure the transition between now and next year is as seamless as possible for everyone involved.”

 CLICK HERE TO GO THE THE SCOTTISH GOLF WEBSITE to read more and a link to portal resources

HANDICAP PORTAL RESOURCES 

MyGolfRanking - Week 39 / 2019 in the West of Scotland

mygolfranking.net WEST OF SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFER of Week 19/37 is JAN MACNAB of Ranfurly Castle Ladies who re-enters WEST OF SCOTLAND LADIES MGRanking at No 5 and climbs into the TOP 500 of the OVERALL MGRANKING at No 355.

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

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Some WEST OF SCOTLAND clubs have not signed the MGR Permission Form required to feature on MGR. If your club wishes to participate in MGR andrequires a form, please contact davidmoir@mail.com.

For up-to-date ranking lists of Clubs, Regional, National and International Rankings, How It Works and free registration for golfers and Clubs, visit mygolfranking.net

Douglas Park's Secretary Ann Scott at the Solheim Cup

🏌️‍♀️ | @DouglasParkGC1 is one of Scottish Golf’s 4️⃣ new Women & Girls’ Golf Hubs.

Ann hopes that the buzz and excitement of the @2019solheimcup will encourage more women and girls into the game 👇 pic.twitter.com/qx5SXfOu24

— Scottish Golf (@ScottishGolf) September 15, 2019