ABOYNE HOSTS THE R&A CORONATION FOURSOMES AREA FINAL

Jim McArthur (R&A), Liz Taylor (Lady captain Aboyne), Janice Innes (Vice-captain Aboyne), Fraser Dunlop (Director of Golf Aboyne) 

Aboyne is celebrating after successfully hosting the leading national competition for amateur lady golfers at the club yesterday. Selected by the sport's governing body 'the Royal & Ancient’ (R&A) to stage the area finals of the ‘Coronation Foursomes’ it was the first visit to Aboyne for the R&A.

The long-standing and highly prestigious ‘Coronation Foursomes’ has this year attracted 25,000 entrants from over 1,200 clubs across the UK & Ireland in a series of regional qualifiers. Some 120 ladies representing 60 clubs from as far as Shetland in the North to Grantown-on-Spey in the West down to Moreton Hall in Edinburgh made the journey to Aboyne for the area finals yesterday.

The winners who go forward to the national finals at St Andrews in late September were the team of Angela Joss and Hannah Bycroft from Alford with 39 points. A close second on 38 points were Alison Christie and Mary McGregor from Torphins with 38 points. Third were the team of Liz Clark and Chris Cowie from Peterculter with 37 points.

Jim McArthur, the R&A representative in overall charge of the day said “I want to add my own personal thanks for the kind welcome, great hospitality, and support and enthusiasm shown by Aboyne Golf Club and its members. It was a great event and the course was presented in terrific condition. On behalf of the R&A many thanks to the Club and congratulations to everyone that was involved in making the Coronation Foursomes a fantastic success enjoyed by all competitors."

Liz Taylor, Lady Captain at Aboyne said "It was a great honour and privilege for Aboyne to be hosting such a prestigious tournament attracting players from right across Scotland and putting money in to the local economy. We showed what a fine facility and great challenging course we have at Aboyne. Given the glowing feedback we have received from players and officials it has strengthened our standing at a national level and firmly put Aboyne on the map to hold future national golfing events."

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LIVE SCORING FROM THE LADIES BRITISH OPEN

DUMBARTON LADIES TRI AM OPEN DAY

Dumbarton Golf Club Ladies Open Tri Am is  on Thursday 30 August 2018.  There are still plenty of times available, from 9.30 am to 3pm.

Contact Iona Newton on 07766 687319 for tee times or if any queries.

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MAUREEN MADILL IS FEELING CROSS ABOUT WOMENS GOLF

Lara Davies and Maureen Madill -- Photo courtesy of Sarah Bennett

I’m feeling very cross.

This is 2018 and we’re in the middle of Major season in golf.  Three weeks ago the first US Senior Women’s Open was held at Chicago Golf Club and Dame Laura Davies put on a peerless display winning by ten shots.  A couple of weeks ago we were enthralled by Francesco Molinari at Carnoustie.  Last week we saw Tom Watson shooting his age round the Old Course at St Andrews in the men’s Senior British Open and this week I’m at Royal Lytham & St Annes for the Ricoh Women’s British Open, the fourth of the women’s five majors in the game.  So, why am I cross?

It was impossible to see any coverage of Laura’s win – I certainly didn’t find any – and if you cannot come to Lytham, and do not have a Sky Sports package, the only sight you will have of the world’s best women golfers this week is a paltry hour on the BBC, squeezed in either side of midnight.  Disappointed doesn’t begin to cover it.

To read more go to the MAUREEN MADILL BLOG
Read more by sister Patricia - CLICK HERE

MINJEE LEE LEADS THE BRITISH OPEN ON DAY 1

Australian star Minjee Lee, pictured above, took advantage of the glorious weather conditions at Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club, Lancashire this afternoon to shoot a sizzling seven-under-par 65 to lead after the first round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open.

Lee is one stroke clear of Japan’s Mamiko Higa, with England’s Georgia Hall tied for third place only two shots from the lead

The 2009 Champion Catriona Matthew finished on 1under par 71 to be tied in 28th place. Kylie Henry had 2 disaster holes to drop 5 shots in her round of 78. 

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Florentyna Parker had a hole in one which has earned £2,000 for Alzheimers Research UK (plus a further £60 for her 6 birdies), a charity she has supported since her Grandmother’s diagnosis with the disease

ANGUS, FIFE AND PERTH AND KINROSS GOLF RANKING - WEEK 30 / 2018

 mygolfranking.net ANGUS LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/30 is, again, JANE TOUGH of BrechinLadies who regains her NUMBER ONE position on Angus Ladies MGRanking.

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ANGUS LADIES​

1 Jane Tough (Brechin) 1112 points

2 Sakuna Ramsay (Edzell) 1100

3 Jane Grubb (Montrose Mercantile) 1063

4 Katherine Taylor (Brechin) 1005 

5 Louise Graham (Carnoustie) 992

6 Gemma Miller (Ballumbie Castle) 990

7 Fiona Hay (Grange GC) 974​

8 Georgina Middleton (Edzell) 969 

9 Dawn Dargie (Grange GC) 956 

10 Jackie Brown (Monifieth) 936

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 LADIES - CLUBS

1 Montrose Mercantile 907 points 

2 Carnoustie 857 

3 Downfield 852 

4 Ballumbie Castle 845

5 Edzell 836

mygolfranking.net FIFE LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/30 is JANET WILSON (Anstruther Ladies) who enters the Top 10 of Fife Ladies MGRankingfor the first time at No 8.

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FIFE LADIES

1 Carol Carstairs (Lundin Ladies) 1149 points 

2 Janet Wilson (Anstruther) 1048 

3 Gillian Paton (St Regulus) 1044 

4 Carol Dawson (Elmwood) 1020

5 Fiona Thomson (Elie & Earlsferry) 1015

6 Terry Scott (Lundin Ladies) 1002

7 Jane McDonald (Dunfermline) 990

8 Terry Mullen (St Michaels) 967

9 Sue Horne (Thornton) 958 

10 Lorna McKinlay (Dunnikier Park) 952

FIFE LADIES CLUBS

1 Thornton 894 

2 St Michaels 887

3 Elmwood 883

4 Anstruther 881 

5 Dunnikier Park 877

mygolfranking.net PERTH & KINROSS LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/30 is SILVI BROWN of CrieffLadies who enters the Top 10 of Perth & Kinross Ladies MGRanking for the first time at No 7. 

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PERTH & KINROSS LADIES

1 Caroline Henderson (Pitlochry) 1090 points

2 Gillian Wallace (Milnathort) 1074 

3 Julie White (Auchterarder) 1041 

4 Lindsay Kidd (Milnathort) 1003 ​

5= Laura Campbell (Pitlochry), Maria Duncan (Milnathort) 979

7 Silvi Brown (Crieff) 933 

8 Ann Smith (Kinross) 925

9 Hilary Cunningham (Dunkeld & Birnam) 918 

10 Anita Collins (Muckhart) 912 

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PERTH & KINROSS LADIES - CLUBS

1 Dunkeld & Birnam 890 points 

2 Muckhart 847 

3 Alyth 836

4 Crieff 801 

5 Pitlochry 789

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CHECK OUT THE BIRDIES -- LIVE SCORING FROM THE LADIES BRITISH OPEN

Ricoh Women's British Open - Scores for Round 1 only - Livescoring is on Royal Lytham & St Annes - Par 72 - 2nd - 5th August 2018   CLICK HERE

Charitable donations to follow birdies, eagles and hole-in-ones For every birdie, eagle and hole-in-one hit by competitors at this year’s Ricoh Women’s British Open, Ricoh Europe will donate money to fund life changing research into Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. 

 The print and technology specialist will donate £10 per birdie, £20 for every eagle and £2,000 for a hole-in-one to Alzheimer’s Research, the UK’s leading dementia research charity. 

PAST CHAMPIONS  -- A couple of Scottish Ricoh Events (Photographs) taken in Scotland -- 2011 (Carnoustie)  Yani Tseng and 2013 (St Andrews)   Stacey Lewis 

CRAIGMILAR'S MARY RICHARDSON -- JUNIOR VOLUNTEER AND A HIDDEN HERO

As part of Woman & Girls’ Golf week, Scottish Golf have been catching up with the hidden heroes of golf in Scotland, and  we’re featuring Craigmillar Park’s Junior Convenor Mary Richardson to talk all things volunteering and golf…

Mary is currently the Junior Convenor at Craigmillar Park in Edinburgh, and she is also a member at Dunbar in East Lothian.

What’s the best thing about volunteering? 

 I have been involved as a volunteer with golf for many years with my club, county and with the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association (now Scottish Golf).
 My current role as junior convenor is probably the most frustrating and time consuming one, but by far the most rewarding.
 Watching and supporting young people as they learn and develop, make friends, have fun and fall in love with the game, as I have, is such a privilege.
Also, fantastic to see so many young girls take up golf and join our club – we currently have 25 girls, just over a 3rd of our junior membership and to watch them walking up the fairways, chatting, laughing and enjoying their golf, always puts a smile on my face.

To read more -- Go to the Scottish Golf Website

LINDA McDOUGALL WINS GREENOCK LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE 20TH TIME !!

Congratulations go to Linda McDougall who won the Greenock Ladies Championship for a record 20th time by beating Dorothy Fisher at the weekend. Conditions were blustery and there were several heavy showers before the sun broke through mid afternoon.

Linda broke the record in 2015 which had been held by Kathleen McNeil  a past president of Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association, the Ladies Golf Union and Scottish Ladies Golf Association. -- CLICK HERE to read more

Also that day Renfrewshire County Team player Alyson McGinnigle  played immacualate golf to defeat Fiona Cameron  in the final of Cowglen Golf Club Ladies Championship 

- Well done Alyson 


Have you won a Championship -- send in your news and photo if possible and it will be posted on this website - email Carol

ANNA TURNER FROM CARLUKE HAS MOVED UP TO NO 2 IN THE SCOTLAND LADIES RANKINGS

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mygolfranking.net SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFERof WEEK 18/29 is ANNA TURNER of CarlukeLadies who has climbed into the Top 20 ofScotland Ladies MGRanking at No 2.

mygolfranking.net SCOTLAND LADIES CLUB of WEEK 18/29 is TAYNUILT LADIES – No 2 on Scotland Ladies Club MGRanking.

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SCOTLAND LADIES​​*New entry this week

1​Jayne McDougall (Callander) 1212 points 

2​*Anna Turner (Carluke) 1188 

3=       Hazel Hume (Tillicoultry) 1183

3=       Aaliyah Sandhu (Haggs Castle) 1183

5​Linda Ellery (East Renfrewshire) 1169​

6​Joan Pratt (Moray) 1150 

7​Carol Carstairs (Lundin Ladies) 1149 

8​Suzanne Robertson (Peterhead) 1139 

9​Jacqueline Moon (Bothwell Castle) 1137 

10       Fiona Norris (Hamilton) 1129 

11       *Fiona Watt (Bathgate) 1125

12        Astrid Koppernaes (Auchmill) 1118 

13        Karen Morgan (Bothwell Castle) 1117

14=      Julie Henderson (Inverurie) 1116​

14=      Sheila Leifer (The Hirsel) 1116

16=       Kelly McNee (Loudoun Gowf) 1112  

16=       Jane Tough (Brechin) 1112

18         Sakuna Ramsay (Edzell) 1100 

19=       Caroline Henderson (Pitlochry) 1097

19=      *Gill Hunt (Turnhouse) 1097

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SCOTLAND LADIES – CLUBS

1​Palacerigg 979 points

2​Taynuilt 950 

3=       Dundas Parks, Keith 941

5​Callander 937

6 ​Loudoun Gowf 929

7          Clober 916

8​Inchmarlo 913 ​

9​Balmore 905

10=     Falkirk Tryst, Tillicoultry 901​

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South of Scotland Ladies Rankings week 29 / 2018

mygolfranking.net SOUTH OF SCOTLAND LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/29 is KATIE WRIGHT of Stranraer Ladies who re-enters the Top 10 of South of Scotland Ladies MGRanking at No 2.

SOUTH OF SCOTLAND LADIES

1 Jill Hunter (Lockerbie) 1093 points

2 Katie Wright (Stranraer) 1016 

3 Yvonne Schneider (Crichton) 1005 

4 Valerie Davidson (Lochmaben) 982 

5 Gail Graham (Lochmaben) 979

6 Glenda Dewar (Portpatrick) 965

7 Maureen McKerrow (Dumfries & Galloway) 963 

8 Jacqueline Hart (Stranraer) 953 

9= Linda Jack (Crichton), Marion Mather (Dumfries and County) 943

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SOUTH OF SCOTLAND LADIES - CLUBS

1 Lockerbie 896 points

2 Wigtown and Bladnoch 848​

3 Stranraer 841

4 Portpatrick 834 

5 Lochmaben 821

If you or your fellow members want to see your MGRanking at your Club, the full Regional, National and International MGRankings, How It Works and free Registration for golfers and clubs, visit www.mygolfranking.net

WOMEN'S AND GIRLS WEEK AT SCOTTISH GOLF

Women & Girls’ Golf Week is here and it’s time to celebrate and hear from fabulous females involved in our sport. 

The national awareness campaign, which will run across Great Britain and Ireland between Monday, 30 July and Sunday 5 August, aims to unite the golf industry in celebrating the successes and challenging the misconceptions and stigmas associated with women and girls in golf.

Throughout the online campaign, each day presents a different theme, where stories will be told of women and girls who are involved in the sport with the aim of creating noise across social media, with women and girl golfers everywhere invited to join the conversation using the #WhyIGolf 

The themes are: 
Monday: Careers – women working in the industry 
Tuesday: Volunteers – the hidden heroes of the game 
Wednesday: Health & Wellbeing – including celebrities who love the game and why 
Thursday: Performance – opportunities for young, aspiring players Friday: 
Participation – focus on participation programmes nationwide Saturday: Championships – key events and pathway for progression 
Sunday: Round-up – highlights from the week 

Share Your Story With Scottish Golf – Join the Conversation #WhyIGolf  -- CLICK HERE

Read a message from Eleanor Cannon - - CLICK HERE