Pamela has another great round to qualify for the Match Play Stages of the US Amateur Championships

Bothwell Castle's Pamela Pretswell had another good round yesterday in the US Ladies Amateur Championship at Rhode Island Country Club. She added a 1 over par round to her first round of 2 under to finish in in 7th place in the stroke play championship. She now plays Stephanie Kim, Tempe, Arizona in the 1st round.
She is joined by the only other Scot in the field Sally Watson who qualified in 55th place

To see all the scores --- CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DRAW FOR THE MATCHPLAY

Ranfurly Castle Open Day raises £700 for the Accord Hospice

Karin present Norman with a cheque for £700 - Click to enlarge

The sun shone on the Annual Ladies Open Day on Monday, 8th August.
47 teams played with Ladies playing from as far a field as Aberdeen.
The charity raffle raised £700.00. A fantastic amount and many thanks to all the members who donated prizes. A cheque for the above amount was presented by the Lady Captain, Karin MacKenzie, to Mr Norman Walker, Chairman of the Accord Hospice.
Norman Walker , a past member and Captain of Ranfurly Castle thanked all the ladies for their donation and gave a small resume of the cost of running the hospice.

The Results:
1st Prize -- W. Chung( Cathcart), F. Yip ( Cowglen) & M. Lin ( East Kiblride) --- nett 63 .
2nd Prize-- D. Barton , G. Malone & C. McIntyre ( All Largs) --- nett 64 ( bih).
3rd Prize -- G.Cragg, M. Kirkham & l. Wilkie ( all Milngavie) --- nett 64.
4th Prize---- M. Hamilton, R. Brown & E.Wales ( all Dullater) --- nett 66.

Nearest Pin; Silver- M. Cook : Bronze- M. Lin.
Longest drive; Silver- J. Potter : Bronze - P. Taggart.

Thanks go to Jean Irvine for  the photographs and Ranfurly Castle's Lady Captain Karin MacKenzie for the report

An opportunity to play at Cawder Golf Club

Cawder Golf Club - "The Cawder Experience" Here is your opportunity to enjoy "The Cawder Experience".  Cawder has long been regarded as one of the finest inland golf courses in Scotland, with greens that are renowned for their pace and true running. After our recent Pro-Am event, Neil Fenwick, professional at Dunbar Golf Club wrote, "I thought the course was in exceptional condition and probably the best greens we will play on all year. Our advertised green fee is £45.00 (£180.00 for a fourball), and you are being given the opportunity to purchase a tee time, Monday – Friday during the months of August – October, for the cost of £95.00. This would be an ideal opportunity for any businessman who may have decided in the present economic climate, not to host a corporate golf day.  If you decide this is an affordable option we would be delighted to organise the whole event on your behalf. Whether it is a single tee time or multiples thereof, please contact me by email on secretary@cawdergolfclub.com or by telephone on 0141 761 1281 or mobile 07878028395. Fraser Gemmell General Manager/Secretary Cawder Golf Club www.cawdergolfclub.com

West of Scotland's Alyson McKechin and Elidh Briggs make it through to the matchplay stages of the British Girls

FIVE SCOTS GIRLS MAKE IT THROUGH TO MATCH-PLAY AT GULLANE
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
FIVE of the 11 Scots who competed in the stroke-play qualifying rounds are among the 64 qualifiers from a field of 144 for the match-play stages of the British girls open amateur golf championship over the Gullane No 2 links near Edinburgh.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) led the Tartan brigade with rounds of 72 and 74 for level par 146 – one shot ahead of Carnoustie Ladies’ Jessica Meek who had 73 and 74 for 147.
Scottish girls champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) and the Aberdonian, Gemma Dryburgh, she beat in the Under-18s final at Glenisla, both made it through on 151. Eilidh scored 76 and 75, Gemma 74 and 77.
The last of the five was Gullane Ladies’ member Lesley Atkins who birdied the 14th, 15th and 16th after 7pm in the evening sunshine to slash six shots off her opening effort with a level par 73 for 152.
The limit mark for qualifying was seven-over-par 153 but only six of the players with that total survived the card play-off to produce the exact number of 64 qualifiers.
North Berwick’s 14-year-old Clara Young was one of those eliminated on 153 by virtue of her second-round 79.
Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie) improved from 82 on Day 1 to a 73 today but 155 was two shots too many, even to get in the countback.
Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) and Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) filaed on 157, Gabrielle with 79-79 and Kate with 80-77.
Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) shot a second-round 74 – 10 shots better than her first round – but 158 was never going to make it.
Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) was also well out of the running with 78 and 82 for 160.
Leading qualifier for the second time in three years was 18-year-old Spaniard, Noemi Jimenez with 71 and 70 for five-under-par 141.
The leading British player among the qualifiers was 16-year-old Bronte Law (Bramhall), joint third on 143.

QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY
Par 146 (2x73)
141 Noemi Jimenez (Spa) 71 70.
142 Celine Boutier (Fra) 72 70.
143 Anne-Lena Kraemer (Ger) 73 70, Bronte Law (Eng) 69 74, Marlies Krenn (Aut) 75 68, Caroline Nistrup (Den) 70 73.
144 Emilie Alonso (Fra) 71 73, Emily Pedersen (Den) 77 67, Shannon Aubert (Fra) 73 71..
145 Perrine Delacour (Fra) 75 70.
146 Amy Boulden (Wal) 72 74, Natalia Escuriola (Spa) 71 75, Nicole Larsen (Den) 74 72, Emma Nilsson (Swe) 73 73, Alyson McKechin (Sco) 72 74, Ileen Nieuwenhuis (Ned) 69 77.
147 Clara Baena (Spa) 77 70, Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies) 71 76, Luna Sobron (Spa) 75 72, Olivia Hullert (Nor) 70 77, Georgia Hall (Eng) 79 68, Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 73 74.
148 Julie Lied (Nor) 76 72, Antonia Scherer (Ger) 79 69, Roberta Roeller (Ger) 74 74.
149 Ha Rang Lee (Spa) 75 74, Charlotte Thomson (Eng) 78 71, Daisy Nielsen (Den) 75 74, Frida Gustafsson (Swe) 72 77
150 Chloe Williams (Wal) 75 75. Linnea Strom (Swe) 70 80, Selby Smart (Eng) 75 75, Claudia Galindo (Spa) 77 73, Laure Castelain (Fra) 75 75, Amber Ratcliffe (Eng) 80 70.
151 Jade Downes (Eng) 73 78, Virginia Elena Carta (Ita) 75 76, Andrea Jonama (Spa) 77 74, Nuria Iturrios (Spa) 77 74, Eilidh Briggs (Sco) 76 75, Stefania Avanzo (Ita) 75 76, Annette Lucia Lyche (Nor) 74 77, Isabel Gadea (Ger) 73 78., Hayley Davis (Eng) 75 76, Laura Lorenzen (Ger) 78 73, Katie Bradbury (Wal) 79 72, Gemma Dryburgh (Sco) 74 77, Margaux Vanmol (Bel) 76 75.
152 Charlotte Puts (Ned) 79 73, Laura Christiaens (Bel) 74 78, Marina Stuetz (Aut) 81 71, Yasemin Sari (Ger) 77 75, Emily Penttila (Fin) 78 74, Anne Hakula (Fin) 78 74, Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) 79 73.
153 Natalie Karcher (Swi) 78 75, Sophie Godley (Eng) 79 74, Merle Kasperek (Ger) 75 78, Clara Young (Sco) 74 79, Lianna Bailey (Eng) 78 75., Sonia Sanchez (Spa) 78 75, Camille Chevalier (Fra) 77 76, Jana Niedballa (Ger) 77 76, Olivia Winning (Eng) 79 74, Maria Tonnessen (Nor) 79 74, Sarah Bradshaw (Eng) 77 76, Karolin Lampert (Ger) 78 75, Emma Harris (Eng) 77 76.
Qualfied on card play-off: Winning, Tonnessen, Godley, Lampert, Bailey, Sanchez.

SCOTS WHO MISSED THE CUT
155 Ailsa Summers 82 73.
157 Gabrielle MacDonald 79 78, Kate McIntosh 80 77.
158 Hannah McCook 84 74.
160 Lauren Whyte 78 82.

MATCH-PLAY DRAW
First match 7.30am
Eight minute intervals

TOP HALF
Noemi Jimenez v Sonia Sanchez
Chloe Williams v Claudia Galindo
Clara Baena v Annette Lucia Lyche
Gemma Dryburgh v Georgia Hall
Perrine Delacour v Anne Hakula
Andrea Jonama v Julie Christine Lied
Roberta Roeloer v Laura Lorenzen
Yasemin Sari v Emilie Alonso
Bronte Law v Maria Tonnessen
Anna-Lena Kraemer v Daisy Nielsen
Alexandra Peters v Margaux Vanmol
Lesley Atkins v Alyson McKechin
Amy Boulden v Marina Stuetz
Hayley Davis v Jessica Meek
Elizabeth Mallett v Julia Neumann
Sophie Godley v Caroline Nistrup

BOTTOM HALF OF DRAW
09.38am
Marlies Krenn v Karolin Lampert
Shelby Smart v Frida Gustafson
Luna Sobron v Stefania Avanzo
Isabel Gadea v Natalia Escuriola
Emma Nilsson v Carlotte Puts
Eilidh Briggs v Olivia Hullert
Ha Rang Lee v Linnea Strom
Olivia Winning v Emily Pedersen
Shannon Aubert v Laura Christiaens
Katie Bradbury v Carlotte Tomas
Antonia Scherer v Nuria Iturrios
Emily Penttila v Nicola Larsen
Ileen Nieuwenhuis v Jade Downes
Virginia Elena Carta v Brogan Townend
Amber Ratcliffe v Laure Castelain
Lianna Bailey v Celine Bouter.

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West Vets win against East Vets

The West Vets played their annual foursomes match against the East Vets at Troon Portland yesterday. Fiona Roger, Captain of the West Vets was delighted to report that West had a good win and the Friendship Trophy returns to this side of the country!

To read the full report go to the West Vets Website

Pamela Pretswell has a great first round in the US Amateur Championship

Bothwell Castle's Pamela Pretswell is playing on the US Ladies Amateur Championship at Rhode Island Country Club.

She had a fantastic 2 under par round yesterday to be tied in 4th place
CLICK HERE to see her card

To keep up todate with the LIVE SCORING --- CLICK HERE

RLCGA AUGUST MEDAL OVER GLEDDOCH

Played over Gleddoch Golf Course on Sunday 8th August; SSS 73; CSS 76

Scratch: Natasha Qayum 81 (Ranfurly Castle)

Scratch - 12 Handicap
1st Roisin Black (Gleddoch) 85 - 11 - 74 acb
2nd Morag Turner (Kilmacolm) 85 - 11 - 74 acb
3rd Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 81 - 5 - 76 acb

13+ Handicap

1st Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 95 - 14 - 81
2nd Fiona Bennett (Eastwood) 95 - 13 - 82 acb
3rd Lyn Black (Eastwood) 104 - 22 - 82 acb

D&A AUGUST MEDAL & JUNIOR QUALIFYING ROUND FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Played Clydebank & District Golf Club on Monday 8th August 2011; SSS 71 ; CSS 74; 72 played.

Scratch : Anna Telfer (Milngavie) 82
1st Silver : Fiona Alexander (Hilton Park) 85-13-72
2nd Silver : Lindsay McCubbin (Hilton Park) 93-20-73(BIH)
Anne Shanks (Dumbarton) 92-19-73

1st Bronze : Jillian Farrell (Cardross) 93-23-70
2nd Janet Dow (Hilton Park) 106-25-81

QUALIFIER FOR THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Jillian Farrell (Cardross)

From the LGU Website:
West of Scotland's Alyson McKechin, who played for Scotland in last week’s Girls Home Internationals, might well have broken 70 today in the 1st round of the British Girl's Strokeplay at Gullane No 1, which would have been great scoring in none-too easy conditions.
A weekend of heavy rain has left the fairways soft and the greens receptive but the rough is long and very wet – and a strong, swirling wind is making the conditions tough to score well.
McKechin, a member of Elderslie Golf Club, was ahead of the game right away with a superb approach shot with a 52 degree wedge to within 2ft of the flagstick for a tap-in birdie 3.
She bogeyed the fourth, failing to get up and down after missing the green, but got home in two downwind at the long fifth with a four-iron second and two-putted for a birdie 4.
The tall Scot had birdie chances on seven and eight but couldn’t take them … until the 10th and 11th. Alyson hit the green in two at the par-5 10th with a drive and a rescue club for a two-putt birdie 4, and she holed a 15ft putt for her fourth birdie of the round at the 11th.
Birdie No 5 was marked at the downwind 15th (487yd) where McKechin was on in 2 with an eight-iron second and two-putted for a 4.
Standing on the 17th tee, Alyson is four-under-par. Two 4s to finish will give her a 69 …. But she stumbled to a bogey-double bogey end to her round.
“I missed the green at the seventeenth and could not get up and down to save par. Then I drove it into the left rough at the 18th. The rough is difficult to get out of and it took me four shots to reach the green and two-putted for a 6,” she said.

Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) who started with 3 bogeys in the first 4 holes recovered well to end up only 3 over par in what was obviously very difficult conditions.

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND LEADING SCORES
Par 73.Yardage 6267
69 Ileen Nieuwenhuis (Net), Bronte Law (Bramhall).
70 Caroline Nistrup (Den), Linnea Strom (Swe), Olivia Hullert (Nor).
71 Noemi Jimenez (Spa), Emelie Alonso (Fra), Alexandra Peters (Notts Ladies), Natalia Escuriola (Spa)
72 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Frida Gustafsson (Swe), Amy Boulden (Maesdu), Celine Boutier (Fra).
73 Emma Nilsson (Swe), Shannon Aubert (Fra), Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies), Anna-Lena Kraemer (Ger), Jade Down (Boothberry), Isabel Gadea (Ger).
74 Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield), Roberta Roeller (Ger), Josephine Farrando (Fra), Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield), Laura Christiaens (Bel), Annette Lyche (Nor), Clara Young (North Berwick), Nicole Larsen (Den).
75 Hayley Davis (Ferndown), Daisy Nielsen (Den), Chloe Williams (Wrexham), Camille Richelle (Bel), Brogan Townend (Pleasington), Virginia Carta (Ita), Stefania Avanzo (Ita), Shelby Smart (Knowle), Merle Kasperek (Ger), Ho Rang Lee (Spa), Luna Sobron (Spa), Perrine Delacour (Fra), Julia Neumann (Ger), Laure Castelain (Fra), Marlies Krenn (Aut)..
76 Julie Christine Lied (Nor), Sophie Keech (Lyme Regis), Margaux Vanmol (Bel), Marta Martin (Spa), Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm), Laura Lornardi (Ita), Ellie Goodall (Selby),Miranda Brain (Gog Magog).

+Leading 64 after Round 2 on Tuesday will qualify for match-play stages starting on Wednesday morning. There will be no play-off to separate those tieing for 64th place - card countback will decide.

Lanark Golf Club Open Day - A Better Ball Team Event

Lanark Golf Club --- Ladies Section --- Open Day (4 ball better ball)
Sunday 28th August 2011

Please send entry form with entry fee of £12.50 per pair and S.A.E. by Mon 22nd August 2011.
To: Marion Mitchell, 20 Kirkfield Road, Kirkfieldbank
LANARK ML11 9JL

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR ENTRY FORM

Medal 7 & Bionic Trophy - Douglas Park Golf Club

Medal 7 & Bionic Trophy Played 05/08/2011 SSS 72,CSS 73

Silver:
1st 85-13=72 Mrs Lynda Smith
2nd 90-17=73 Mrs Alison Miller
3rd 91-17=74 Mrs Janice McIlwraith

Bronze:
1st 105-34=71 Mrs Linda Robertson
2nd 98-26=72 Mrs. Yvonne Currie
3rd 102-27=75 Mrs. Margaret Brodie

KYLIE WALKER MAKES THE CUT IN THE LADIES IRISH OPEN

A stunning round of nine under par 63 took world no.3 Suzann Pettersen to the top of the leader board at 10 under par on the second day of the Ladies Irish Open supported by Fáilte Ireland.
Her course record at Killeen Castle in Co Meath included seven birdies and an eagle at the par five 12th hole.
West of Scotland's Kylie Walker (pictured above) has made the cut in the Ladies Irish Open today with a great round of 70 to be 1 under after 2 rounds Catriona Matthew is 5 under and Lynn Kenney has also made the cut at +2
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE SCORE

Scotland Girls beat Wales and England win the Stroyan Trophy

The Scottish Girls Team - Click to enlarge (Courtesy of Colin Farquharson)

England responded to the last-day pressure of having to beat Ireland to finish top of the table in the Girls Home Internationals at bright and breezy Gullane No 2. The English team won the Stroyan Cup in the style of champions, smashing the 100 per cent record of the Irish by beating them 7.5 to 1.5.
Scotland, for the first time in three days, went into the singles with a lead from the foursomes, a two-point lead which the Welsh overcame with a 3 and 2 win by Amy Boulden over Alyson McKechin and a 3 and 1 victory by Katie Bradbury over Gemma Dryburgh.
But Eilidh Briggs, two down with six to play, squared the match by winning the 13th and 14th (with a birdie) but then lost the 16th to be one down again … winning the 18th with another birdie to gain an honourable halved match.
Scotland won the last three singles with Ailsa Summers beating Myrian Hassan by 2 and 1 after winning the seventh, ninth and 11th for a three-hole lead.
Lauren Whyte won by 5 and 3 against Sara Ree-Evans who was three down after the fifth and never won a hole.
Hannah McCook completed Scotland’s first win with a 4 and 3 win over Jessica Evans. A close match suddenly swung the Scot’s way when she won the 13th, 14th and 15th

GIRLS HOME INTERNATIONALS
Gullane No 2 course
Day 3
IRELAND 1.5, ENGLAND 7.5
Foursomes
Paula Grant and Jessica Carty lost to Bronte Law and Emily Taylor 2 and 1.
Ariana Coyle-Diez and Jean O’Driscoll lost to Hayley Davis and Georgia Hall 3 and 1.
Chloe Ryan and Sinead Sexton lost to Alex Peters and Meghan MacLaren 2 and 1 (0-3)
Singles
O’Driscoll lost to Davis 1 hole.
Carty lost to Law 3 and 1.
Grant halved with Hall.
Coyle-Diez lost to Brogan Townend 6 and 5.
Olivia Mehaffey beat Peters 1 hole.
Ryan lost to Taylor 7 and 5 (1.5-4.5).

SCOTLAND 6, WALES 3
Foursomes
Alyson McKechin and Eilidh Briggs beat Amy Boulden and Chloe Williams 4 and 3.
Gemma Dryburgh and Ailsa Summers halved with Katie Bradbury and Jessica Evans,.
Hannah McCook and Clara Young beat Myriam Hassan and Sara Rees-Evans 2 and 1 (2.5-0.5)
Singles
Briggs halved with Williams.
McKechin lost to Boulden 3 and 2.
Dryburgh lost to Bradbury 3 and 1.
Summers beat Hassan 2 and 1.
Lauren Whyte beat Rees-Evans 5 and 3.
McCook beat Jessica Evans 4 and 3 (3.5-2.5)

HOW THEY FINISHED
1st England 2.5pt
2nd Ireland 2pt.
3rd Scotland 1pt.
4th Wales 1/2pt

To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

LIVE SCORING FROM THE GIRLS HOME INTERNATIONALS

Go to the LGU Website for Live Scoring

KILMACOLM'S MEGAN BRIGGS FINISHES IN 5TH PLACE IN THE ENGLISH STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

This event was taking place this week just outside Leeds. --- The event finished today.
Of the 120 or so entries only 3 came from Scotland, Megan Briggs [Kilmacolm], Gillian Monteith [Portpatrick] and Katie Reid [Monifieth].
The event started on Tuesday with one round of Stroke Play followed by a second on Wednesday.
The leading 36 players and ties play another 2 rounds today.
Unfortunately only one Scot made the cut. -- Brilliantly the one Scot KILMACOLM'S Megan Briggs

She then completed the last two rounds to finish in 5th place. England's Charley Hull was the overall winner

All results are on the EWGA website.

MANY CONGRATULATIONS MEGAN --- FROM ALL IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND.

Scotland lose to England and Ireland win to set them up for the Title decider

Scotland, whitewashed 3-0 by England in the morning foursomes, staged a great fightback in the singles but lost narrowly, 5-4, in the rain on Day 2 of the Girls Home Internationals over the Gullane No 2 links.
Ireland made it two wins out of two by beating Wales 5-4 and meet England, winners of the Stroyan Cup for the past three years in the title decider on Friday.
The Scots picked themselves up well after their morning drubbing with Eilidh Briggs scoring a splendid 3 and 1 win over Hayley Davis in a battle between the girls champions of their respective countries.
Alyson McKechin put another point on the board for the Scots by beating Georgia Hall by one hole.
Gemma Dryburgh finished well to get a halved match with Brogan Townend.
Lesley Atkins lost by 4 and 3 to Bronte Law but Ailsa Summers won by 2 and 1 against Elizabeth Mallett.
With England leading by 4.5 to 3.5, Scotland's hopes of salvaging a creditable draw rested on the shoulders of 14-year-old Clara Young, the Junior Vagliano Trophy player from North Berwick.
Clara went one up on Alex Peters by winning the 16th with the rain pouring down but not damping the mounting tension in both camps. The 17th was halved but Peters won the last hole with an excellent approach shot to within 3ft of the flagstick setting up a birdie 3 to gallant Clara's par 4 to halve an absorbing contest which England scraped home to a 5-4 victory.

Day 2
WALES 4, IRELAND 5
Foursomes
Amy Boulden and Chloe Williams halved with Paula Grant and Jessica Carty.
Katie Bradbury and Jessica Evans bt Ariana Coyle-Diez and Jean O'Driscoll 1 hole.
Myriam Hassan and Sara Rees-Evans lost to Chloe Ryan and Sinead Sexton 8 and 7 (1.5-1.5)
Singles
Williams halved with Grant.
Boulden bt Carty 3 and 2.
Bradbury bt Sexton 3 and 2.
Georgia Lewis lost to Coyle-Diez 4 and 3.
Nia Greville lost to O'Driscoll 5 and 4.
Evans lost to Ryan 3 and 2 (2.5-3.5)
ENGLAND 5, SCOTLAND 4
Foursomes
Hayley Davis and Georgia Hall bt Eilidh Briggs and Gemma Dryburgh 4 and 3.
Alex Peters and Meghan MacLaren bt Alyson McKechin and Clara Young 2 and 1.
Bronte Law and Emily Taylor bt Lauren Whyte and Hannah McCook 4 and 3 (3-0).
Singles
Davis lost to Briggs 3 and 1.
Hall lost to McKechin 1 hole
Brogan Townend halved with Dryburgh.
Elizabeth Mallett lost to Ailsa Summers 2 and 1.
Peters halves with Young
Law bt Lesley Atkins 4 and 3.

HOW THEY STAND
Ireland 2pt, England 1.5, Wales 0.5, Scotland 0

FRIDAY'S FINAL MATCHES
8.30 and 13.10 Ireland v England
9.00 and 14.10 Scotland v Wales
ends

Thanks go to Colin Farquarson for the report.

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DOUGLAS PARK GC LADIES OUTING TO ROWALLAN GOLF CLUB

Alison, Ginette and Lindsay - Winners of the Outing
Click to enlarge

Douglas Park GC, Ladies Committee had their annual outing at Rowallan Castle Golf Course yesterday. Vice captain Lynda Smith organised the event and 24 Ladies participated in teams of 3 and played a Stableford Waltz. Although, most thought the course was quite long and many visited numerous bunkers, the fantastic weather helped make it a very enjoyable day.

Prize winners for the day were:
1st Team Prize: Lindsay McLean; Ginette Evans; Alison White
2nd Team Prize: Lynda Smith; Lesley Irvine; Vivien Hamilton

Nearest to the Pin - Silver: Ginette Evans; Bronze: Lesley Irvine.
Longest Drive - Silver: Helen Robertson; Bronze: Alison White.

Click on the small thumbnail below to see some Photographs from the days outing

Douglas Park Outing to Rowallan Golf Club

SCOTLAND LOSE TO IRELAND ON DAY 1 OF THE GIRLS HOME INTERNATIONALS

Scotland's hopes of winning the Girls Home Internationals' Stroyan Cup for the first time in four years all but evaporated under a hot summer sun at the Gullane No 2 links today.
Scotland trailed 2-1 from the foursomes against Ireland but girls champion Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) and beaten finalist Gemma Dryburgh from Aberdeen looked to have turned it round by winning the top two singles.
Unfortunately, Scotland then lost the last four singles with Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Lauren Whyte (St Regulus), Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) and Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) all going under.
RESULTS
SCOTLAND 3, IRELAND 6
Foursomes - Eilidh Briggs and Gemma Dryburgh lost to Paula Grant and Jessica Carty 2 and 1; Alyson McKechin and Clara Young beat Olivia Mehaffey and Hannah Henderson 1 hole; Lauren Whyte and Hannah McCook lost to Chloe Ryan and Sinead Sextion 1 hole (1-2).
Singles - Briggs beat Grant 5 and 4, Dryburgh beat Carty 5 and 4, McKechin lost to Ariana Coyle-Diez 2 and 1, Whyte lost to Mehaffey 2 holes, Lesley Atkins lost to Jean O'Driscoll 4 and 3, Ailsa Summers lost to Ryan 2 holes (2-4).
To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Riccarton Rosebowl at Hamilton Golf Club is cancelled

Unfortunately the Riccarton Rosebowl and Salver have been cancelled this year due to the lack of support --- Only 26 entries received. All entry fees will be refunded in due course. The 36-hole SLGA Order of Merit tournament was scheduled for Sunday, August 7th.

2011 GIRLS' HOME INTERNATIONAL MATCHES

The following players are representing their countries in the 2011 Girls' Home International Matches.
The matches will be played over Gullane No.2 from 3th - 5th August 2011.
Spectators are welcome :: Entry is Free

ENGLAND

Heidi Baek Felixstowe
Hayley Davis Ferndown
Georgia Hall Remedy Oak
Bronte Law Bramhall
Elizabeth Mallett Sutton Coldfield
Alexandra Peters Notts' Ladies'
Emily Taylor Royal Lytham & St Annes
Brogan Townend Pleasington

Captain - Chris Pascal


SCOTLAND

Lesley Atkins Gullane Ladies'
Eilidh Briggs Kilmacolm
Gemma Dryburgh Beaconsfield
Hannah McCook Grantown-on-Spey
Alyson McKechin Elderslie
Ailsa Summers Carnoustie Ladies'
Lauren Whyte St Regulus
Clara Young North Berwick

Captain - Karen Marshall

IRELAND

Jessica Carty Holywood
Ariana Coyle Diez Elm Park
Paula Grant Lisburn
Hannah Henderson Ballyclare
Olivia Mehaffey Royal Co.Down Ladies'
Jean O'Driscoll Muskerry
Chloe Ryan Castletroy
Sinead Sexton Lahinch

Captain - Niamh Kitching

WALES

Amy Boulden Llandudno, Maesdu
Katie Bradbury Cottrell Park
Jessica Evans Newport
Nia Greville Ashburnham
Myriam Hassan Southerndown
Georgia Lewis Llanishen
Sara Rees-Evans Penrhos
Chloe Williams Wrexham

Captain - Anna Hubbard

DRAWS & TIMINGS

Monday 1st August: Official Practice Day 1
Tuesday 2nd August: Official Practice Day 2
Wednesday 3rd August: Scotland v Ireland and England v Wales
Thursday 4th August: Wales v Ireland England v Scotland
Friday 5th August: Ireland v England Scotland v Wales
Foursomes: 8.30am – 9.20am
Singles: 1.10pm – 3.00pm

Photos from the SLGA Junior Open Championship at Cardross

Rachel Walker, Alyson McKechin, Kelsey MacDonald,
Nichola Ferguson and Gemma Dryburgh

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOGRAPHS by SLGA's Claire Hargan taken at last week's Scottish Junior Championship at Cardross

Some More great Photos below --- Courtesy of Lanarkshire's JEAN MACINTYRE ----CLICK HERE


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Photos from the Ricoh Women's British Open from Carnoustie

West of Scotland's Pamela Pretswell at Carnoustie - Click to enlarge

Your Webmaster has returned to a damp Glasgow and she enjoyed her day at Carnoustie on the 3rd day of the Women's British Open.
Click on the small thumbnail to see some photographs from the day.

Carnoustie - 3rd Round of the 2011 Women's British Open

Sport Saturday 30th July | URTV Helensburgh-- Scottish Junior Open Strokeplay Video

CLICK HERE to see a video from the Scottish Junior Open Strokeplay Championship from Cardross. SLGA Tournament Manager Claire Hargan is interviewed by local TV station URTV Helensburgh
The video includes news about tennis athletics and golf --- To see the video on the golf section move the timeline slide to approximately 2mins 15 secs

YANI TSENG WINS HER FIFTH MAJOR AND CATRIONA MATTHEW SLIDES OUT OF THE TOP 3 AT THE 18TH

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
colin@scottishgolfview.com
Yani Tseng, 22 year old Florida-based player from Taipei, wrote herself into the golfing history books at Carnoustie today when she strolled to a second successive victory in the Ricoh Women’s British Open championship.
She thus became the youngest ever golfer, male or female, to win five Major golf titles.
In women’s pro golf, the record had been set by the legendary Patty Berg as long ago as 1943 when she was 25 years old.
Defending champion Yani started the final day at Carnoustie at 13-under-par, two shots behind the surprise leader, another 22-year-old, Germany’s Caroline Masson who has been a pro for only 20 months.
Within three holes, Tseng had draw level with Masson and by the eighth, she had surged two shots clear, winning in the end by four strokes with a closing 69 for 16-under-par 272.
The first prize was £239,047 but the importance of winning a fifth major at such a record pace probably meant more than the money to Yani Tseng.
“To win the Ricoh Women’s British Open in Scotland – the Home of Golf – is really special and for it to be my fifth major, faster than anyone else, also makes this a very special day in my life,” she said.
“I not only feel really happy, I feel it is an honour for me to achieve my fifth major in Scotland.
“I played really consistently today and I just had fun. But I was a little nervous before I teed off. My stomach was hurting and I felt really nervous. But after the first tee, I felt really good. I just needed to be patient.”
Tani began her momentous round on a low note – a bogey 5 – but she soon picked up a full head of steam to leave the hapless Caroline Masson trailing in her wake.
Tseng birdied the third and the sixth, reaching the turn in one-under 35.
A birdied at the 11th made her 15 under par for the tournament and opened up a four-shot lead over the field with Scotland’s Catriona Matthew moving into second place.
Back-to-back bogeys at the 12th and 13th, brought Yani down to earth, but she birdied the long 14th to get back to 14 under par and a three-shot lead.
The World No 1 showed her class by covering the last five holes in three under par by following up that 14th hole bitrdie with birdies at te long 17th and also the 18t in halves of 35 and 34.
“I took a nine-iron for my second shot at the 18th. I was thinking coming down that hole about Jean Van de Velde (the Frenchman who lost a three-shot lead and the 1999 men’s Open down Carnoustie’s famed last hole.
“I too had a three-shot lead so on the tee I said to myself that I’d better hit a good drive to win the tournament. So I did hit a good drive, then a nine-iron. I feel a little bit juiced up at the time and so I hit that nine iron something like 135 yards. It was a great shot to set up a birdie 3 finish.”
Yani has now won four of the last ladies’ majors. Is she think already of next season’s Majors?
“Yeah, always the US Open is one of the tournaments I want to win. To win the US Open will be my goal next year. But I just want to keep improving myself, skill, mental and how I feel.
“There’s a long way to go.”
In the end it was a fast-finishing American, Brittany Lang, who took the £149,850 prize for second place. She had four very stead, very good rounds of 70, 70, 69 and 67 to finis four behind Tseng wit a 12-under-par total fo 276.
Brittany birdied the 11th, 12th, 14th and 17th in an inward half of 32 which saw her climb into second place over the closing holes of the championship. So what did Lang think about finishing second to the World No 1 winning her fifth Major?
“It’s unbelievable. I couldn’t even imagine being 22 years old and winning five majors and all the other events she has won apart from the majors. She’s sp mentally strong and she’s so aggressive and confident. Yani’s just to it all. It’s pretty cool, cool to watch.”
Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson, like Brittany Lang, came like an express train up the leaderboard at the finish. She birdied the 14th, 17th and 18th for a 68 to finish third on 11-under-par 277. Ger earlier rounds were 68, 71 and 70.
She earned £104,895.
Amy Yang (South Korea) also improved late in the day with a 67 to finish fourth on 10 under par 278.
Joint fifth on nine-under-par 209 were overnight leader Caroline Masson and Catriona Matthew. Caroline had rounds of 68, 65, 68 and 78 – a sad finish to a great tournament for the 22-year-old in only her second year as a pro and competing in only her second major.
She bogeyed the second, third and seventh to turn in 39, having begun to fall farther and farther behind Tseng, her playing partner.
The German player then had a nightmare run of bogey-bogey-double bogey from te 10th and yet another bogey at the 15 saw her descend to her lowest point of seven under par, having started the day at 15 under.
But Caroline has got guts. She never showed any signs of distress, deserving to finish on a high with birdies at the 17th and 18th, her first of the round.
Which perhaps explained why she was so upbeat and far from downhearted in her post-championship interviews.
“I did my best, tried to play all the shots that had worked so well for me and put me in the lead but it just wasn’t my day. But I will learn from it. I will learn from playing that last round with such a great player as Yani is,” said Caroline.
Catriona Matthew, winner of the Ricoh Women’s British Open two years ago at Royal Birkdale, birdied te sixth and ninth to get to 11 under par and was only two shots off te lead round about the 13th – but generally the putts were not dropping for her.
She went a remarkable 47 holes without a bogey, startibg at the 16th on Friday’s thid round … until the very last hole of the championship, which cost er a double bogey 6 for a level par round of 72 for a total of nine-under 207, having got to 11 under par at one stage.
The Scot went out of bounds with her second shot at the 18t.,
“I struggled a bit today, didn’t hit that many good shots. I chipped and putted well but didn’t give myself enough birdie chances after the turn,” said Catriona.
And that out of bounds shot at the 18th?
“I tried to hit a little five-iron and the ball was just a little bit above my feet. In hindsight I should have chipped out but decided to go for it, “ she said.
“At the moment I am disappointed with the way I finished but I think overall I had not too bad a week.”
And Carnoustie as a Ricoh Women’s British Open venue?
“Oh definitely. It’s one of the best courses there is. Everyone has enjoyed their week here and look forward to coming back again to Carnoustie.”
American Katie Futcher showed the low-scoring potential when the strong wind that was forecast never really materialised.
Ktie became the third player in the championship to return an eight-under-p-ar 64 and she was the only player to score less than 30 for either half. She came home in seven-under-par 29 with an eagle (14th), five birdies (10-13-15-16-17) and only three pars. Some shooting.
The Smyt Silver Medal to the leading amateur was won by 18 year Danielle Kang, a student at Pepperdine University, Las Vegas and last year’s American girls’ champion. She had rounds of 72, 69, 75 and 74 for a two-over-par total of 290.
The only other amateur to survive the halfway cut always plays on the US college circuit – Germany’s Sophie Popov, a student at the University of Southern California.
Sophie scored 70, 75, 77 and 77 for 299 round Carnoustie.

 FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
272 Yani Tseng (Tpe) 71 66 66 69 (£238,047).
276 Brittany Lang (US) 70 70 69 67 (£149,850)
277 Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 68 71 70 68 (£104,895)
278 Amy Yang (SKo) 68 70 73 67 (£82,061)
279 Caroline Masson (Ger) 68 65 68 78, Catriona Matthew (Sco) 70 69 68 72 (£62,795 each).
280 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 70 71 69 70, Sun Young Yoo (SKo) 71 70 69 70, Na Yeon Choi (SKo) 69 67 72 72, In-Bee Park (SKo) 70 74 73 73 (£45,850 each)
281 Stacy Lewis (US) 74 68 71 68, Dewi-Claire Schreefel (Net) 70 66 74 71.
282 Maria Hjorth (Swe) 72 69 73 68,.
283 Katie Futcher (US) 71 74 74 64, Cristie Kerr (US) 72 69 74 68, Candie Kung (Tpe) 72 73 69 69, Song-Hee Kim (SKo) 69 72 71 71, Sun Ju Ahn (SKo) 71 71 70 71, Mika Miyazato (Jap) 69 69 72 73, Se Ri Park (SKo) 72 64 73 74
284 Jiyai Shin (SKo) 75 66 72 71
285 Karen Stupples (Eng) 74 68 72 71, Hee-Kyung Seo (SKo) 72 71 71 71, Karrie Webb (Aus) 70 71 72 72, Rachel Jennings (Eng) 71 73 69 72, Momoko UJeda (Jap) 69 71 72 73, Angela Stanford (US) 68 72 72 73
286 Michelle Wie (US) 74 68 72, Vicky Hurst (US) 70 71 71 74
287 Amy Hung (Tpe) 69 72 78 69, Harji Kang (SKo) 75 70 73 69, Beth Allen (US) 71 70 75 71, Tiffany Joh (US) 71 69 75 72, ~Caroline Hedwall (Swe) 69 69 76 74, Brittany Lincicome (US) 67 71 76 67, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 70 75 67 75
288 Melissa Reid (Eng) 75 70 73 70, Eun Hee Ji (SKo) 70 71 75 72, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 76 76 73 73, Meena Lee (SKo) 65 69 80 74,Linda Wessbnerg (Swe) 73 66 75 74, In Kyung Kim (S Korea) 71 72 71 74
289 Hiromi Mogi (Jap) 72 72 74 71, Hee Won Han (SKo) 73 71 74 71, Lorie Kane (Can) 69 76 73 71, Hee Young Park (SKo) 70 70 76 73, Kristy McPherson (US) 71 71 74 73, Paula Creamer (US) 69 70 71 79
290 Azahara Munoz (Spa) 73 71 73 73, Danielle Kang (US) (am) 72 69 75 74, Morgan Pressel (U~S) 70 71 75 74, Pat Hurst (US) 70 69 74 77, Cindy LaCrosse (US) 72 69 72 77
291 Christel Boeljon (Net) 75 69 73 79, Janice Moodie (Sco) 75 67 75 74, Sandra Gal (Ger) 71 70 74 76, Chelia Choi (SKo) 74 70 71 76, Amanda Blumenherst (US) 73 71 70 77
292 Miki Saiki (Jap) 72 72 76 72, Kylie Walker (Sco) 72 72 74 74, Holly Aitchison (Eng) 71 74 72 75, Julieta Granada (Para) 71 74 70 77, Sopie Giquel-Bettan (Fra) 71 68 72 71
295 Virginie Lagoutte-Clement (Fra) 75 70 73 77, Jaclyn Sweeney (US) 74 71 72 74.
297 Georgina Simpson (Eng) 71 73 79 74.
299 Sophie Popov (Ger) (am) 70 75 77 77
Retired (after 6 holes): Jimin Kang (Sko) 74 70 72 ret.

ATTENDANCE FIGURES AT CARNOUSTIE
(Royal Birkdale last year in brackets)
WEDNESDAY - 800 (1,500)
THURSDAY - 5,200 (11,650)
FRIDAY - 6,900 (10,500)
SATURDAY - 7,800 (15,400)
SUNDAY - 9,600 (16,100)

WEEK'S TOTAL: 30,300 (55,150 at Royal Birkdale)

Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, today visited the RICOH Women’s British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links.

Reinforcing Scotland’s support of women’s golf, she posed for a photograph with the Curtis Cup trophy which will be played at Nairn in 2012. She was joined by Louise Martin, Chair of sportscotland; Shona Malcolm, Chief Executive of the Ladies Golf Union; and George Asher, Championship Committee, Nairn 2012. EventScotland is a proud supporter of the RICOH Women’s British Open and the Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open which takes place at Archerfield Links from 18-20 August.

There was also time to visit the ‘Scotland the Home of Golf - Hole in One Challenge’. The free competition, funded through the Scottish Government’s year of Active Scotland, encourages spectators to have a go at emulating the world’s best female golfers who are competing in the third round of the tournament today.

Ms Hyslop said: “This is the only women’s major tournament currently played in Europe. Under a deal secured by EventScotland, it will be returning to Scotland for five of the next 10 years.

“That is a real coup for Scotland - which also plays host to The Ryder Cup in 2014 and the ideal way to promote Scotland around the world as ‘The Home of Golf’ whilst encouraging more people to get active and take up this great game.

“Golf tourism already contributes £220 million every year to the Scottish economy and supports over 4,000 jobs. Our unique golfing heritage is recognised around the world, and Scotland is the perfect stage for world-class golf events.”

For further information please contact Lorna Campbell – Lorna.Campbell@eventscotland.org


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Catriona Mathew in 3rd place after 3rd round at Carnoustie

by Colin Farquharson
Germany’s 22-year-old Caroline Masson, ranked 141st in the world and without a win since she turned pro in January 2010, leads the star-studded field into Sunday’s final round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open championship over the Carnoustie links.
Overnight leader by one shot at 11 under par, the girl from Gladbeck raised the bar to 15 under par by the end of an incredible round in which she had increased her advantage to five shots after only six holes – despite starting the day with a bogey which immediately raised doubts about whether she had the experience to withstand the pressure of being in the Major spotlight with world-class players snapping at her heels.
Caroline demolished the doubts by birdieing the second, fifth and sixth.
Out in two-under-34, she had further birdies at the 11th, 14th and 17th before finishing her round as she had started it – with a one-putt bogey after being in a bunker.
Unexpectedly, it was her nearest challengers at the halfway oint that could not keep up with her blistering pace.
So the stage is set for a crowd-pulling last day at this famous venue.
Masson, with rounds of 68, 65 and 68 against the par of 72, leads on 15-under-par 201.
Lying second is the defending champion and World No 1 from Taiwan, Yani Tseng, 22 years old but already winner of four Majors. Yani has shot 71, 66 and 66 to be only two shots off the lead on 13-under-par 203.
Scotland’s Catriona Matthew from North Berwick, winner of this title two years ago and ranked No 5 in the world, played herself into the reckoning with a bogey-free round and scores of 70, 69 and 68 (Ben Hogan improved every round when he won the Open at Carnoustie in 1953) for nine-under-par 207 put her in joint third place with the World No 13 and former US Open winner, Inbee Park (South Korea) who had scores of 70, 64 and 73.
Next comes another South Korean, World No 5 Na Yeon Choi ho is on eight-under 208 after scores of 69, 67 and 72.
Se Ri Pak, the legendary South Korean trailblazer is joint sixth on 209 with rouonds of 72, 64 and 73. On the ame mark is the leading American in this event, Brittany Lang (70-70-69) and Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson (68-71-70).
“I was quite nervous at the beginning and I bogeyed the first,” said Caroline Masson, “but I got a few birdies after that and that boosted my confidence.
“I hit some really good shots even though the pins were in much tougher places and there was more of a wind than the previous days.”
This is only Caroline’s second major tournament appearance. So what does she think about it all?
“To be honest, I can’t really believe it. It’s a strange feeling and I am just trying to enjoy every moment. I slept well last night and I am very excited about playing with the World No 1, Yani Tseng, in the final round.”
Does she have any inkling why she has done so well out of the blue in the Ricoh Women’s British Open?
“It’s hard to say. I’ve been kind of waiting for everything to fall into place. I’ve been waiting for all the parts I’ve been practising and working on to come together – and it has happened over the past three days at Carnoustie.”
Yani Tseng, not surprisingly, is feeling on top of the world after stringing together a second successive 66. If she finishes up on Sunday by winning back-to-back titles, the pundits will say she started her charge over the first five holes of the inward half today.
From the 10th, Yani scored 3-3-4-2-3 which translates into birdie-birdie-par,birdie-eagle! What a sensational run – and leader Caroline heard the roars of the gallery.
“I just can’t wait to get out there again on Sunday,” said the chirpy, cheerful Taiwanese. “ I am going to be aggressive, as I was today, and try my best on every shot. I can do no more than that,
“I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself by saying I can do this or that. As I say I will try my best on every shot.”
Catriona Matthew had a flawless round of 68 with birdies at te fifth, 11th, 14th and 17th in halves of 35 and 33.
She will start te final day, six shots behind Caroline Masson and four behind Yani Tseng.
“I’d like to probably be a little bit closer but I think it’s supposed to be a little bit windier tomorrow so five or six shots can be picked up pretty quickly in those sort of conditions,” said Catriona.
“I was very pleased with the way I played today. I made a couple of good par saves in the first couple of holes, then birdied the fifth. That was a really good birdie with a six-iron approach.”
Quite a few of the South Koreans seemed to struggle over their third rounds. For instance, first-round leader Meena Lee, still in contention at the start of the day, ran up an 8 at one hole and finished with an 80 for 214 and a share of 28th place. Se Ri Park could do no better than 73, the same as Inbee Park
Said Catriona Matthew:
“Certainly I think the pin positions were tougher. You had to play away from a lot of the pins, certainly over the first few holes and it was windier today, so the course was playing a little bit trickier than for the first two rounds. Maybe they’re not used to playing this kind of links course in the wind. Although Yani Tseng is te world No 1 and I think she knows how to play in it.”
The duel for the Smythe Silver Medal for the leading amateur is favouring last year’s United States girls champion, Danielle King, who had a 75 for level par 216. She is six shots ahead of the only other amateur qualifier for the last two rounds, Germany’s Sophia Popov who is highly rated on the US college circuit. Sopia had a 77 for 222.

SUNDAY'S LEADING TEE TIMES

07.40 Kylie Walker and Hee=Won Han.
08.10 Janice Moodie and Virginie Lagoutte-Clement.
08.40 Danielle Kang (amateur) and Morgan Pressel.
09.20 Cristie Kerr and Suzann Pettersen
09.40 Meena Lee and Caroline Hedwall.
10.10 Michelle Wie and Hee-Kyung Seo.
10.55 Karrie Webb and Stacy Lewis.
11.55 Mika Miyazato and Paula Creamer.
12.05 Sun Young Yoo and Anna Nordqvist.
12.15 Se Ri Pak and Sophie Gustafson.
12.25 Brittany Lang and Na Yeon Choi
12.35 Inbee Park and Catriona Matthew.
12.45 Yani Tseng and Caroline Masson

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Kylie Walker and Janice Moodie make the cut at Carboustie

Three Scots have made the cut at the British Ladies Open at Carnoustie. Catriona Mathew, Janice Moodie and Kylie Walker. Unfortunately West of Scotland amateur Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) missed the cut by one shot.
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Kelsey wins again and Clober's Nichola Ferguson is runner up

By Colin Farquharson
KELSEY SUPERMAC WINS FOUR IN A ROW IN STYLE
Stirling student Kelsey MacDonald, in the end, outclassed her contemporaries in winning the Scottish Under-21 girls' stroke-play championsip for a record fourth year in a row by the commanding margin of six strokes at Cardross Golf Club today .
Nairn Dunbar GC member Kelsey came into the tournament on a low, having failed - not by much - to be among the 18 qualifiers at Panmure for the Ricoh British Women's Open championship at Carnoustie.
That perhaps explained her opening round of one-over-par 75 in the junior women's championship which left her joint eighth. But Kelsey banished the blues in no uncertain fashion after that.
She covered the remaining 36 holes in eight under par with a pair of 70s for a seven-under-par winning total of 215.
She is a Great Britain and Ireland international these days and over the last two days at Cardross she played like one.
The surprise packet of the tournament was Nichola Ferguson from Clober who finished second on 221 with scores of 75, 73 and 73.
Nichola did so well to shake of one triple bogey and two double bogeys over her first 36 holes and finished in great style wit a bogey free inward half studded with birdies at the 12th, 13th and 16th.
Ferguson relegated four highly-rated players into joint third place on level par 222 - Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co), Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield) and Alyson McKechin (Elderslie).
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 222 (3x74)
215 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 75 70 70.
221 Nichola Ferguson (Clober) 75 73 73.
222 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm)- (Disqualified)75 74 73, Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co) 75 74 73, Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield) 76 72 74, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 71 74 77.
223 Paige Kemp (Boyce Hill) 73 76 74,
225 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick) 73 75 77.
226 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 72 77 77.
229 Rachel Taylor (Germany) 76 77 76.
231 Ailsa Bain (Peebles) 82 74 75, Charlotte Austwick (Fulford) 79 77 75, Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 82 73 76, Alice Boothroud (Rudding Park) 73 82 76.
232 Linsey Steveenson (Elie and Earlsferry) 76 77 79,Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale) 79 75 78.
233 Emma Clegg (Clitheroe) 80 75 78, Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 79 77 77, Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 79 79 75.
234 Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) 76 78 80.
235 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 78 77 80, Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) 77 81 77, Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) 77 77 81, Katerina Slukova (Olomouc) 77 84 74.
236 Jordana Graham (Southerness) 79 75 82.
238 Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 81 79 78.
240 Jorden Ferrie (Kirkintilloch) 82 76 82, Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and Galloway) 79 79 82, Ashley Smith (Monfieth) 79 82 79
242 Tara MacTaggart (Minto) 74 81 87.
243 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 83 76 84, Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) 82 80 81, Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton) 82 80 81..
244 Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 80 81 83, Louise McGillivray (Banchory) 76 85 83, Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 81 82 81, Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) 79 85 80, Tegan Seivwright (Deeside) 84 81 79,Kirstin Scott (Milngavie) 84 84 76
245 Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 71 85 89, Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 82 79 84, Lesley Cosh (Cowglen) 79 82 79..
246 Sophie Myles (Ilkley) 77 82 77, Rebecca McGeehan (Germany) 80 85 81.
247 Heather Munro (Monifieth) 83 78 86, Katie Reid (Monifiet) 79 87 81..
249 Eleanor Tunn (Reay) 84 81 84.
251 Gillian Arnott (Largs) 83 86 82, Nicola Taylor (Dunnikier Park) 82 89 90, Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) 90 82 79.
252 Gillian Simpson (Elie and Earlsferry) 76 85 91, Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 90 80 82, Shannen McGuire (Canmore) 84 88 80.
253 Emily Aird (Strathmore) 82 88 83.
254 Alexandra Tait (St Reguolus) 82 88 84
255 Claire Gadsby (Crieff) 82 86 87.
258 Sophie Maguire (St Regulus) 86 85 87.
259 Amelia Taylor (St Annes Old Links) 89 83 87.
262 Hannah Robb (Strathmore ) 89 82 91.
263 Jessica Dalgetty (Glencorse) 97 82 84.
264 Mirren Fraser (Powfoot) 88 88 88.
269 Emma Kennedy (Paisley) 91 87 91.
271 Heather Neilson (Mouse Valley) 91 90 90.

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KELSEY JOINS ALYSON AT THE TOP AT UNDER-21 GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

A four-under-par second round of 70 has drastically shortened the odds against Kelsey MacDonald completing a record-setting fourth win in a row in the Scottish Under-21 girls' stroke-play golf championship at Cardoss Golf Club tomorrow.
Starting the day in joint eighth position, four shots off the pace, the Stirling student and Nairn Dunbar member slipped into top gear with a six-birdie, two-bogey round to share the lead on three-under 148 with Elderslie's Alyson McKechin.
Kelsey had her usual mixture of birdies and bogeys in an outward 35 but the last nine holes she completed without a blemish and studded with birdies at the 10th, 12th and 18th.
But Alyson is not going to roll over and let her rival walk away with the title unchallenged. McKechin was three over par to the turn but birdies at the 13th, 17th and 18th saw her match MacDonald's inward half – and it could be a battle royal over the final round.
Aberdeen-born Gemma Dryburgh had the second-best round of the day, a 72 for 148 and the beaten finalist in the recent Scottish Under-18 girls match-play championship at Glenisla is saring third place with Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick (73-75).

LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 148 (2x74)
145 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 75 70, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 71 74.
148 Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield) 76 72, Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick) 73 75.
149 Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co) 75 74, Paige Kemp (Boyce Hill) 73 76, Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 72 77, Nichola Ferguson (Clober) 75 74.
150 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 75.
153 Rachael Taylor (Germany) 76 77,Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry) 76 77.
154 Jordana Graham (Southerness) 79 75, Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus)
76 78, Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale) 79 75, Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) 77 77.
155 Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 82 73, Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 78 77, Tara MacTaggart (Minto) 74 81, Alice Boothroyd (Rudding Park) 73 82, Emma Clegg (Clitheroe) 80 75.
156 Ailsa Bain (Peebles) 82 74, Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 79 77, Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 71 85, Charlotte Austwick (Fulford) 79 77.
158 Jorden Ferrie (Kirkintilloch) 82 76, Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and Galloway) 79 79, Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 77 81, anna Scott (Broomieknowe) 79 79.
159 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 83 76, Sophie Myles (Ilkley) 77 82.
160 Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 81 79.
161 Heather Munro (Monifieth) 83 78, Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 82 79, Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 80 81, Ashley Smith (Monifieth) 79 82, Lesley Cosh (Cowglen) 79 82, Katerina Slukova (Olomouc) 77 84, Louise McGillivray (Banchory) 76 85, Gillian Simpson (Elie and Earlsferry) 76 85.
162 Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) 82 80, Gillian Scanlan (Hamilton) 82 80.
163 Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 81 82.
164 Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) 79 85.
165 Tegan Seivwright (Deeside) 84 81, Rebecca McGeehan (Germany) 80 85, Eleanor Tunn (Reay) 84 81.
166 Katie Reid (Monifieth) 79 87.
168 Kirstin Scott (Milngavie) 84 84, Claire Gadsby (Crieff) 82 86, Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 77 91.
169 Gillian Arnott (Largsw) 83 86, Emily Dalgetty (Glencorse) 89 90.
170 Alexandra Tait (St Regulus) 82 88, Rachel Polson (Peterculter) 80 80, Emily Aird (Strathmore) 82 88.

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