SCOTLAND TOP THE LADIES EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER

European Team Championship Qualifier 
Scotland lead the field
Photo Courtesy of Scottish Golf

Scotland's Hannah Darling was again the star of the day at Royal County Down. The Scottish player followed up her Round 1 68 (-5) with a 69 (-4) to claim the honour of lowest individual scorer. 

 

Darling's -9 total was three strokes lower than the next lowest player after two rounds. Her impressive play helped team Scotland finish top of the stroke play qualifying leaderboard and earn the top seed for the Flight A match play bracket. 

Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon ) finished tied in 7th position 

Ireland earned the second-seed with a total score of +18. Third to sixth positions, claimed by Sweden (+19), Czech Republic (+19), England (+20) and Denmark (+21), were seperated by just two strokes.

 

Italy (+27) and Spain (+29) will complete the Flight A match play bracket.

Photo Courtesy of Scottish Golf

INDIVIDUAL SCORES

1

-

DARLING, Hannah 

          Scotland           

         -9

    F(1)

-4

68

    69

       137

2

6

MELICHOVA, Jana 

Czech Republic

-6

F(1)

-5

72

68

140

3

-

MOOSMANN, Elena 

Switzerland

-4

F(1)

-2

71

71

142

4

2

LETH-NISSEN, Amalie 

Denmark

-2

F(1)

+1

70

74

144

T5

2

DONEGAN, Aine 

Ireland

-1

F(1)

+1

71

74

145

T5

2

GRANT, Linn 

Sweden

-1

F(1)

+1

71

74

145

T7

12

FREDGAARD, Karen 

Denmark

Par

F(1)

-2

75

71

146

T7

9

MACGARVIE, Hazel 

Scotland

Par

F(1)

-1

74

72

146

T7

4

LOPEZ-CHACARRA, Carolina 

Spain

Par

F(1)

+2

71

75

146

In the team section the Scottish Team 2 round scores - 5 out of 6 scores to count each day 

Scottish Scores

Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) 68,69 

Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon) 74, 72 

Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) 76,76 

Chloe Goadby (St Regulus) 80, 74 

Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) 79, 76 

 Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) 77, 79

TEAM ORDER

1

1

Scotland

+8

F

-1

374

364

738

2

4

Ireland

+18

F

+4

379

369

748

3

2

Sweden

+19

F

+6

378

371

749

4

3

Czech Republic

+19

F

+18

366

383

749

5

1

England

+20

F

+10

375

375

750

6

3

Denmark

+21

F

+11

375

376

751

7

2

Italy

+27

F

+8

384

373

757

8

-

Spain

+29

F

+11

383

376

759

For all the results --- and matchplay draws CLICK HERE

Flight A Matchplay Draw Thursday 8th July 

Scotland v Spain

Czech Republic v England

Sweden v Denmark

Ireland v Italy 

HANNAH DARLING - STAR OF THE DAY ON DAY 1 OF THE EUROPEAN LADIES' TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

EUROPEAN LADIES' TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Royal County Down, Northern Ireland 

Scotland's Hannah Darling was the star of Day 1 at the European Ladies' Team Championship. A round of 68 (-5) at Royal County Down was two shots lower than any other player in the 114-strong field. "I did quite a lot of things well out there today" said Darling after her round. "The conditions were tough and the course is quite demanding in places so I just had to be sensible." 

 

Darling's round helped Scotland into 2nd position in the stroke play qualifying, setting the team up with an excellent chance of qualifying for Flight A.

Team Sweden, looking for a fourth straight victory in the event, currently find themselves in fifth position on +13. The team is under-practiced on the course compared to the rest of the field however, their golf clubs got stuck at Amsterdam airport during their trip to Northern Ireland, costing them valuable practice time.

 

The Czech Republic are currently sitting in first place. Five scores lower than 75 (+2) put the team on a total +1, eight shots clear of Scotland. Denmark and England, both with totals of +10, are in third and fourth positions respectively.

Ayrshires' Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon) finished 1 over par with a 74

TEAM LEADERBOARD CLICK HERE

EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS IN ROYAL COUNTY DOWN

EUROPEAN LADIES' TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

The European Ladies’ Team Championship will be contested by 19 teams at Royal County Down in Northern Ireland. Sweden will look for a fourth straight victory in the event, which would be a record for any nation in all 62 years of European Team Championship history   

The 2021 European Team Championships are set to take place at five different venues in the coming week from 6 to 10 July.

 

474 golfers representing 30 countries and 79 different teams will compete for six separate European titles this year.

 

Five days of competition await the players. Two rounds of stroke play qualifying followed by three rounds of match play will decide who takes home the 2021 European medals.

 

Tee times and livescoring can be accessed throughout the week on the link below:

 

LIVESCORING

 

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Each team is made up of six players. Over Day’s 1 & 2 all players complete two individual stroke play rounds. The team’s five best scores out of six from each day count towards their stroke play qualifying totals.

 

Based on finishing position in the stroke play qualifying, the top eight teams from each championship qualify for the medal-contention Flight A bracket.

 

The format for the three remaining competition days is match play. Nations go head-to-head, with two foursomes matches in the morning and five singles matches in the afternoon.

 

SCOTLAND ARE PLAYING - 

  

          Hannah

           Darling

           Scotland

74

Louise

Duncan

Scotland

75

Chloe

Goadby

Scotland

76

Hazel

MacGarvie

Scotland

77

Lorna

McClymont

Scotland

78

Shannon

McWilliam

Scotland

Live scoring  - CLICK HERE

Midlothian win the East Division County Jamboree

MIDLOTHIAN COUNTY TEAM
Photo courtesy of MLCGA

Result -
East Lothian 3.5 Stirling and Clackmannanshire 4.5

Reult 
Fife 3.5 Midlothian 4.5 

For Day 1 and Day 2 matchplay results -- CLICK HERE

Day 1:

Stirling & Clackmannan 4 Fife 4
Midlothian 4 East Lothian 4

Day 2 :

Stirling & Clackmannan 2.5 Midlothian 5.5
East Lothian 5 Fife 3

Day 3: 

Fife 3.5  Midlothian 4.5

East Lothian 3.5  Stirling & Clackmannan 4.5

Final result: 

1st - Midlothian ​

2nd - East Lothian 

3rd - Stirling & Clackmannan 

4th - Fife 

MLCGA - East Division County Team Champions
Photo courtesy of MLCGA

For More go to the Midlothian Website -- Click Here  (by Captain Louise Fraser)

The day started off quite exciting and Midlothian players were all full of enthusiasm. Match 1 got underway against Fife who were defending their title and it all became very tense out there as most of our players if not all were all square or down against their opponents.  Team Midlothian dug deep, hung in there and fought well into the back 9. The score line was changing in favour but only slightly. We ended up triumphing in 4 games against Fife with an amazing half at the 18th going via the trees and 3 ‘good’ losses going all the way to the 17th which gave us a satisfying 4 1/2 – 3 1/2 win.

East Lothian Versus Stirling & Clackmannan in Match 2. If East Lothian was to win 5-3, The tournament office were onto the big countback which they had been preparing for updating their stats every day. It was tight most of the way for the majority of their games. Stirling & Clackmannan came through in the end with a 4 1/2 – 3 1/2 win.

Match 2 result today meant Midlothian were out right winners on 5 match points (14 game points). Second was East Lothian 3 match points (12.5 game points), 3rd was Stirling & Clackmannan 3 match points (11 game points) and fourth Fife on 1 match point (10 1/2 game points).

East Division - Inter County Jamboree at Kingsknowe Golf Club

 The East of Scotland County Jamboree is currently being held at Kingsknowe Golf Club 

Members and Non Members of the Midlothian County can currently keep up to date with results by going into the Scottish Golf App and going to Competitions - Future and scroll down until you find Midlothian

Friday 2nd July - RESULT
Stirling & Clackmannanshire 4 Fife 4
Midlothian 4 East Lothian 4

Yesterday's match results FROM SG APP

FINAL RESULT -
Stirling and Clackmannanshire  4 Fife 4

FINAL RESULT
Midlothians 4 East Lothian 4

 
Saturday 3rd July - RESULT
Stirling & Clackmannan 2.5 Midlothian 5.5
East Lothian 5 Fife 3

FINAL RESULT
Stirling and Clackmannanashire 2.5 Midlothian 5.5

Final Result
East Lothian 5 Fife 3

Sunday 4th July
1106 Fife v Midlothian
1210 East Lothian v Stirling & Clackmannan

AUSTRALIAN KIRSTEN RUDGELY WINS THE 2021 HELEN HOLM TROPHY - 8 Scots in top 20

Kirsten Rudgeley carded a closing six under par 66 to storm through the field and become the first Australian to claim the Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open title.

Rudgeley, from Perth, Western Australia, started the final round at Royal Troon Portland Course four shots off the pace set by Scotland’s Hannah Darling but she quickly got in her stride with birdies on the third and fifth before vaulting into the lead with further birdies at the 11th, 15th and 16th.

A sixth birdie of the day on the 18th saw her complete a bogey-free round and in the end her 12 under par 204 aggregate was enough to claim a one shot victory over Darling and 2019 Women’s Amateur champion Emily Toy from England.

It also meant that Scotland’s long victory drought in this championship was extended by another year.

It is now some 19 years since Heather Stirling became the last Scot to lift the Helen Holm trophy all the way back in 2002.

Local Royal Troon member Hazel MacGarvie also posted a 70 to finish in fifth place on eight under par while Scottish Women’s Amateur champion Chloe Goadby carded a 74 to drop from second to sixth.

Also of note was Clara Young (North Berwick) , Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) and Lorna McClymont (Milngavie) who finished in 8th, 10th and 11th place respectively.

Scottish Scores  (West of Scotland players in Bold) --  

-12 Kirsten Rudgeley (Australia)  -Winning Score

2nd = Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe) -11

5th:  Hazel MacGarvie (Royal Troon) -8

6th : Chloe Goadby (St Regulus)

8th: Jasmine MacKintosh (Murcar), Clara Young (North Berwick)

10th Louise Duncan (West Kilbride)

11th: Lorna McClymont (Milngavie)

13th:  Carmen Griffiths (Aboyne)

20th: Shannon McWilliams (Aboyne)

23rd : Tara Mactaggart (Minto GC), Megan Ashley (Blairgowrie)

28th: Carianne Taylor ( Nairn), Louisa Gibson Junior (Irvine Golf Club)

38th Jennifer RankIne (Haggs Castle Golf Club)

41st: Megan Robb (Banchory)

44th: Robyn Fowlie (Forfar)

46th: Katie Graham (Hamilton Golf Club)

50th: Grace Crawford (West Links Junior Golf Club)

53rd: Katie Wright ( Stranraer Golf Club)

58th Carys Irvine ( Craigielaw) 

Final Scoreboard -- Click Here

To read the file report from Scottish Golf -- CLICK HERE

MEARNS CASTLE GOLF ACADEMY LADIES TRI AM

Entries are now being taken entry the Mearns Castle Annual Ladies Tri - Am on Thursday the 19th of August 2021 

Entry is £5 for a member and £10 for a visitor.

Format- team of 3, best 2 scores at each hole count.

Lots of amazing prizes on the day. Fun and social event (not a serious day)

Entry online   —- CLICK HERE   Always a good day out!

HANNAH DARLING LEADS BY ONE AFTER DAY 2 OF THE HELEN HOLM TROPHY

 Scotland’s Hannah Darling holds a slender one shot lead over compatriot Chloe Goadby heading into the final round of the 2021 Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open at Royal Troon Portland Course.

17-year-old Darling carded a second successive five under par 67 to finish the day on ten under par 134 but a couple of hours later was nearly caught by new Scottish Women’s Amateur champion Goadby who birdied the last for the second day in a row to post her own 67 and go into the final round on 135. 

Darling started the day with a dropped shot at the 458-yard par four first hole but then birdied the second, sixth and ninth to go out in 33 before carding four birdies and a bogey coming home to give herself a great chance of becoming the first Scot to lift the trophy since Heather Stirling all the way back in 2002.  

“It was good out there,” said the in-form Darling, a two-time Scottish Girls’ champion who won the Recent St Rule Trophy at St Andrews and then reached the semi-finals at both the Scottish Women’s Amateur and the Women’s Amateur Championship. 

Goadby will also be confident she can end Scotland’s long winless drought after beating Darling on the way to claiming her first Scottish Women’s title at the start of this month at Gullane.

The former Stirling University student stormed home with five birdies in her last seven holes to add a 67 to her opening 68 and believes she is in great shape to claim a rare Scottish double. 

MacGarvie will not be short of local support after carding a 68 while Duncan eagled the last on her way to posting a two under par 70.

The cut fell at eleven over par 155 with 60 players progressing to the final round tomorrow.

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