GEORGIA KEEPS HOME HOPES HIGH

England’s Georgia Hall birdied the last hole under pressure at Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club on Saturday evening and heads into the final round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open just one stroke behind Pornanong Phatlum from Thailand.

Both players produced third rounds of 69 in calm and sunny conditions to finish on 13 and 12-under-par respectively after 54 holes and will play together for a second consecutive day in the final pairing on Sunday. Hall, who played with the eventual winner In-Kyung Kim in the final group last year at Kingsbarns, where she tied for third, will draw on that experience and home advantage on Sunday. 
She said: “I’m really excited to go out in the last group again and see what happens. I can’t believe how many people were out there today supporting me, it felt like hundreds and hundreds of people, cheering my name and wanting me to do well.” 

Hall saved her best for last when she played an aggressive five-iron from the first cut on the left side of the fairway up beyond the flag on 18, the ball rolling 10 feet past the pin before she rolled in the putt in front of a delighted gallery.

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Venue: Royal Lytham and St Annes

Overnight leaders
203 (-13) Pornanong Phatlum (Thai) 67 67 69
204 Georgia Hall (Eng) 67 68 69.
205 So-Yeon Ryu (SKor) 69 69 67

213 Catriona Matthew (Scotland) 70, 71,72

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BORDERS and LOTHIAN RANKINGS WEEK 30 / 2018

mygolfranking.net BORDERS LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/30 is LEANNE WILSON (Kelso Ladies) who rises to NUMBER ONE on Borders Ladies MGRanking.

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BORDERS (SCOTLAND) LADIES

1 Leanne Wilson (Kelso) 1017 points 

2 Sheila Cuthbertson (Peebles) 997 

3 Sheila Leifer (The Hirsel) 992

4 Susan Law (Minto) 978

5 Dawn Tomlinson (The Hirsel) 966 

6 Dorothy Small (Torwoodlee) 951 

7 Lynne Flannigan (Roxburghe) 882 

8 Carina Bunyan (Roxburghe) 879​

9 Lynn Bruce (Minto) 874​

10 Doreen Lillico (Torwoodlee) 869 ​

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BORDERS (SCOTLAND) LADIES - CLUBS

1 Torwoodlee 868 points

2 The Hirsel 863

3 Minto 855 

4 Peebles 840

5 Roxburghe 824

mygolfranking.net LOTHIANS LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/30 is DONNA FLEMING (CarrickvaleLadies) who enters the Top 10 of Lothians Ladies MGRanking at No 7.

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LOTHIANS LADIES

1 Fiona Watt (Bathgate) 1118 points

2 Gill Hunt (Turnhouse) 1097

3 Margot Gardner (Linlithgow) 1089 

4 Kayleigh Singer (Dundas Parks) 1079 

5= Fiona Reid (Gogarburn), Caroline Reynolds (Haddington) 1070

7 Donna Fleming (Carrickvale) 1067

8 Karen Marshall (Baberton) 1043 

9 Alison Morton (West Linton) 1042 

10 Jayne McGill (Dundas Parks) 1037

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LOTHIANS CLUBS – LADIES

1 Dundas Parks 936 points

2 Carrickvale 930 

3= Gogarburn, Harburn 892

5 Mortonhall 864 

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STIRLING & CLACKMANNAN , LANARKSHIRE AND “GLASGOW” RANKINGS WEEK 30 / 2018

mygolfranking.net STIRLING & CLACKMANNAN GOLFER of Week 18/30 is SHEILA QUINN (Stirling GC Ladies) who enters the Top 10 of Stirling & Clackmannan MGRanking for the first time at No 5.

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STIRLING & CLACKMANNAN LADIES

1 Jayne McDougall (Callander) 1212 points​

2 Hazel Hume (Tillicoultry) 1183 

3 Catherine Alexander (Buchanan Castle) 1056 

4 Jennifer Wilson (Falkirk Tryst) 1045 

5 Sheila Quinn (Stirling GC) 1033

6 Jennifer Allan (Glenbervie) 994 

7 Lorna Wilson (Polmont) 991 

8 Janis Myles (Dunblane New) 975  

9 Rhoda Hatleskog (Stirling GC) 972 

10 Zena Kane (Bonnybridge) 970 

STIRLING & CLACKMANNAN LADIES - CLUBS

1 Callander 946 points

2 Falkirk Tryst 900 

3 Bridge of Allan 894 

4= Stirling GC, Tillicoultry 892 

mygolfranking.net LANARKSHIRE LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/30 is JILLIAN CHADWICK (Bothwell Castle Ladies) who enters the Top 10 of Lanarkshire Ladies MGRanking at No 8.

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LANARKSHIRE LADIES

1 Jacqueline Moon (Bothwell Castle) 1167 points

2 Fiona Norris (Hamilton) 1129

3 Karen Morgan (Bothwell Castle) 1066

4 Emily Lowther (Kirkhill) 1048 

5 Carol Collins (Lanark) 1041 

6 Ruth Hunter (Lanark) 1040

7 Dorrien Malcolm (Hollandbush) 1029 

8 Jillian Chadwick (Bothwell Castle) 1017

9 Jane Clark (Airdrie) 1014

10 Nichola Craig (Lanark) 1012

LANARKSHIRE LADIES – CLUBS

1 Airdrie 891 points

2 Kirkhill 863 

3 Wishaw 860

4= Colville Park, East Kilbride 850

mygolfranking.net GLASGOW LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/30 is YVONNE BROWN (BishopbriggsLadies) who rises to No 2 on Glasgow Ladies.

GLASGOW LADIES

1 Aaliyah Sandhu (Haggs Castle) 1183 points

2 Yvonne Brown (Bishopbriggs) 1005 

3 K Tang (Cawder) 1000 

4 Laura McGeachy (Haggs Castle) 989

5 Jennifer Weir (Cawder) 955​

6 Fiona Cameron (Cowglen) 954 

7 Edel Doherty (Cawder) 949

8 Sharon McPeake (Cawder) 904

9 Lesley Watson (Cathkin Braes) 885 

10 Megan Docherty (Bishopbriggs) 881

GLASGOW LADIES CLUBS

1 Haggs Castle 909 points

2 Cawder 856 

3 Bishopbriggs 841

4 Cathkin Braes 817 

5 Cowglen 768

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SUSAN WOOD WINS THE DRUMPELLIER CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE 16th TIME

Many congratulations go to Susan Wood who won the Drumpeller Ladies Championship for the 16th time this week.

CLARE QUEEN CHATS ABOUT HER CAREER TO DATE

From Scottish Golf Website 

As part of Women & Girls’ Golf Week, today we are focusing on the opportunities for young, female aspiring players at the elite level of the game. We caught up with Scottish Golf Performance Director, Clare Queen (pictured above) , to chat about her career to date, the modern athlete and the future of women and girls’ golf.

Explain to us the key responsibilities of the role of Scottish Golf Performance Director.

I am responsible for overseeing all training and competition programmes across Scottish Golf, particularly around our National Teams. Players join the performance programme from 12 years of age and the performance strategy is ultimately designed to assist the most talented players in fulfilling their potential. The programme gives Scottish players an opportunity to test themselves against their peers across the UK, Europe and beyond. In short, my role is the help players build-up to and ideally make the transition from being a talented amateur player into a professional.

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CATRIONA MATTHEW IS TIED IN 15TH PLACE AS THAILANDS PHATLUM TAKES THE 36 HOLE LEAD

Georgia Hall

Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum produced a major turnaround in form to lead the field after the second round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

The diminutive 28-year-old from Bangkok had made just one cut in eight previous starts in the championship but that did not stop her firing a second successive 67 to take a one-shot lead at the halfway stage on ten under-par 134.

What made her performance all-the more-impressive was that the Thai golfer played all 36-holes without dropping a single shot on what is widely regarded as one of the most demanding courses on the GB & I links circuit.

Home challenge still strong

The only other player in the field to play the first 36-holes without a blemish is 2017 Ladies European Tour No. 1, Georgia Hall, who was tied for third place 12 months ago at Kingsbarns and is challenging again after adding a 68 to her opening 67.

The 22-year-old from Bournemouth began the round with eight straight pars before posting her first red number with a birdie on the ninth. She made further advances at the 13th, 15th and 16th and will go into the weekend with the support of the home crowd behind her as she bids to become the first British champion since Catriona Matthew at Lytham in 2009 who finished on 3 under par and tied in 15th place

Hole-in-one again

For the second day in row there was a hole-in-one on the ninth which resulted in title sponsors Ricoh handing out a £2,000 bonus as part of its drive to raise funds for raise funds of Alzheimer’s Research UK.

On the first day it was England’s Florentyna Parker who posted the magic number and 24-hours later it was the turn of Canada’s Brooke Henderson whose ace with a 9-iron helped her post a 70 and finish alongside Parker, America’s Mina Harigae, New Zealand’s Lydia Ko and Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom on five under par 139.

The cut fell was at one over par 145 and among the players to miss out were Charley Hull, Karrie Webb, Laura Davies, Inbee Park and Mel Reid and Kylie Walker

The Asia-Pacific champion Atthaya Thitikul carded rounds of 73 and 71 to be the only amateur to make the cut and is guaranteed the Smyth Salver awarded to the leading amateur provided she completes the next two rounds.

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AYRSHIRE, D&A AND RENFREWSHIRE RANKINGS WEEK 30 / 2018

mygolfranking.net AYRSHIRE LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/30 is CHRISTINE WHITELAW of LargsLadies who rises to No 5 on Ayrshire Ladies MGRanking.

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AYRSHIRE LADIES

1 Kelly McNee (Loudoun Gowf) 1112 points

2 Emma Thomson (Loudoun Gowf) 1022 

3 Sheena Murchie (Lamlash) 1014

4 Katherine Currie (Prestwick St Cuthbert) 994 

5 Christine Whitelaw (Largs) 989 

6 Karen Millar (Loudoun Gowf) 979​

7 Joanne Sharp (Kilmarnock (Barassie)) 958

8 Mhairi MacNamee (Loudoun Golf) 932

9 Aileen Anderson (Loudoun Gowf) 923

10 Sally Hamilton (Loudoun Gowf) 919

AYRSHIRE LADIES - CLUBS

1 Loudoun Gowf 929 points

2 Largs 834

3 Shiskine 806 

4 Skelmorlie 786 

5 Lamlash 782

mygolfranking.net DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/30 is ASHLEY DUFFY (Clober Ladies) who leaps to NUMBER ONE on Dunbartonshire & Argyll Ladies MGRanking.

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DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL LADIES

1 Ashley Duffy (Clober) 1180 points

2 Lindsay McCubbin (Hilton Park) 1094 

3 Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) 1093 

4 Carol Fell (Douglas Park) 1081

5 Elaine McEwan (Douglas Park) 1064 

6 Katharine Hardman (Dunaverty) 1054 

7 Belinda Goldsmith (Hilton Park) 1045 

8 Muriel O’Hara (Palacerigg) 1041 

9 Anne MacCalman (Taynuilt) 1017

10 Karen Haggarty (Dumbarton 1003 

DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL LADIES - CLUBS

1 Palacerigg 979 points

2 Taynuilt 941 

3 Clober 927

4 Balmore 904

5 Dumbarton 869

mygolfranking.net RENFREWSHIRE LADIES GOLFER of Week 18/30 is ALLISON MURRAY (Ranfurly Castle Ladies) who makes NUMBER ONE on Renfrewshire Ladies MGRanking.

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RENFREWSHIRE LADIES

1 Allison Murray (Ranfurly Castle) 1054 points

2 Jan Macnab (Ranfurly Castle) 1052

3= Linda Ellery (East Renfrewshire), Linda McDougall (Greenock) 993

5 Shirley Bell (Old Course Ranfurly) 985 

6 Jane Ross (Elderslie) 962

7 Catherine Goldinger (Bonnyton) 958

8 Patricia Davidson (Erskine) 953​

9 Maureen Kemp (Gourock) 946 

10 Vivien Howe (Ranfurly Castle) 933 

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RENFREWSHIRE LADIES - CLUBS

1 Ranfurly Castle 834 points

2 Old Course Ranfurly 816 

3 Renfrew 808 

4= Bonnyton, Gourock 790 

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