D&A Spring Meeting at Balmore Golf Club

Spring Meeting, Macnaughtan Trophy & Golf Foundation Brooch on Monday 12th May at Balmore Golf Club SSS 70, CSS 71, 83 ENTRANTS
Scratch : Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) 74
1st Silver : Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) 74-7-67
2nd Silver : Sarah Tryon (Cardross) 80-10-70 BIH
3rd Silver : Margaret Stewart (Hilton Park) 81-11-70 BIH
Linda Moffat (Helensburgh) 86-16-70
1st Bronze : Joan Shankland (Hilton Park) 90-21-69
2nd Bronze : Lindsay McCubbin (Hilton Park) 94-22-72
Macnaughtan Trophy : Laura McGeachy
Golf Foundation Brooch : Laura McGeachy

West of Scotland Players do well in the Ness Open

Robert Gordon University student Laura Murray from Alford produced an excellent second-round 69 to win the Ness Open 36-hole SLGA Order of Merit women’s golf tournament at Inverness Golf Club today.
Scotland cap & R&A Bursar Laura, 19, trailed first-round leader Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) by four shots after an opening 76 but she swept to the front with her three-under-par figures in the second round.

Laura’s 145 total saw her home with two shots to spare from Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) and Lesley Hendry (Routenburn), all on 147. Megan was officially placed second and Kylie third by virtue of their second rounds, 72 and 73, to Lesley’s 75.
Miss Murray was winning the Ness Open for the second time in three years, having first won it in 2006.

Leader Board
Par 144 (2 x 72) CSS 73 73
145 Laura Murray (Alford) 76 69.
147 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 75 72, Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) 74 73, Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) 72 75.
148 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 76 72, Michele Thomson (McDonald Ellon) 73 75.
149 Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 74 75.
154 Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 77 77.
155 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 82 73.
156 Claire Macdonald (Gullane) 80 76.
157 Sammy Vass (Tain) 78 79.

HANDICAP PRIZEWINNERS
Class 1 (0 to 7)
143 Lesley Hendry (Routenburn) 70 73.
147 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) (4) 78 69.
149 Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 74 75.
Class 2 (8 to 20)
138 Fiona Fullerton (Huntly) (11) 68 70.
143 Ashley Alston (Royal Montrose) (13) 70 73.
Thanks go to Gillian Kirkwood for the report

West of Scotland Girls Medal at Kilmacolm is won by Alyson McKechin of Elderslie

Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) who was the leading qualifier in the LGU Medal qualifier over Windyhill last Wednesday continued her good form by winning the West Girls Medal over Kilmacolm today. On a lovely day but with rather windy conditions Alyson had the best scratch of the day with an 82 and also had the best net score of 72 in the Silver Division
1st Scratch: Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) Gross 82
1st Silver : Alyson McKechin - Elderslie (10) 72
2nd Silver Natasha Qayam - Ranfurly Castle (9) 78
1st Bronze : Rachel Irvine - Largs (28) 72
2nd Bronze Katie McGarva - Kilmarnock Barassie (24) 73

SSS 72, CSS 72

Mail on Sunday Match - Douglas Park progress to the 5th Round

Murrayfield Golf Club Team -- From Left to Right: Valerie Aitchison, Shona Simpson, Pam Townsend, Gillian Simpson and Denise Mitchell

Douglas Park Team - From Left to Right :Elinor Grant, Lynda Smith, Carol Fell, Lindsay McLean and Helen Faulds

Douglas Park beat Murrayfield in the 4th round of the Mail on Sunday today by 4 and 1 to progress to the 5th round of the competition.

Coronation Foursomes and Stroke Competition - Kilmacolm Golf Club

Coronation Foursomes - Played 6th May 2008
No of entries 44, SSS 72, CSS 72
1st C.Lucas & L.Hunter 36pts
2nd S.Reid & A.Duckering 35pts
Stroke Competition- Played 8th May 2008
31 entries, SSS 72, CSS 73
Silver
1st M Briggs (1) Net 67
2nd E Briggs (4) 70
Scratch: M Briggs 68
Bronze
1st A Duckering (23 ) 73
2nd D MacFarlane (23) 74

21 West of Scotland Players are at the Scottish Ladies Amateur Championships this week

The Scottish Ladies' (Close) Amateur Championship is being played at Moray Golf Club on Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th May.
Ayrshire Entrants:
Gillian Lockhart (Kilmarnock Barassie), Charlie Taylor (Kilmarnock Barassie), Lesley Hendry (Routenburn)
D&A Entrants
Helen Faulds (Douglas Park),Ruth McIntyre (Windyhill), Caroline King (Windyhill),Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle),Sara Bishop (Cochrane Castle),
Lanarkshire Entrants
Katy Burden (Cambuslang)
RLCGA Entrants:
Alyson McGinnigle (Cochrane Castle), Liz Stewart (Greenburn), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle ), Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze),
Gillian McGinlay (Cochrane Castle), Jennifer Jenkins (Ralston), Eilidh Brigg(Kilmacolm), Elaine Munn (East Renfrewshire), Beth Paterson (Eastwood ), Pearl Orr
(Cochrane Castle)and Lindsay Mathie (Cochrane Castle).

We wish them all a successful and enjoyable week

To see the draw for the first qualifying round on Tuesday 13 May CLICK HERE

D&A Captain Kay is a winner at Douglas Park Golf Club

Congratulations go to D&A County Captain Kay McColl who partnered well known "Bearsden Gardener" Chris Dingwall in the Invitation Greensomes yesterday at Douglas Park Golf Club. Their net 67.2 was the winning score in the Silver division and their efforts won them a lovely golf top each. If you click on the photo above you will see an enlargement.
The event rose £440 for the charity Children 1st


LADIES INVITATION GREENSOMES --- Full Report
Played : FRIDAY 9TH MAY 2008
Post Match report – courtesy of Janet Dow Past Ladies’ Captain
104 Lady members and their guests took part in this year’s Invitation
Greensomes.
Thanks go to the following:
· Jim McMillan and Bert Sutherland for being the starters
· The ladies who helped with registration and for selling Raffle tickets
· Everyone who donated to the raffle
· The girls who did the scoring
Thanks and well done to everyone who helped in any way towards the
success of the day!
The Charity this year was Children 1st and we raised £440 from the
Raffle!
Results:
Silver
1st Chris Dingwall & Kay McColl 67.2
2nd Evy Macgregor & Glenys Rentoul 67.8
Bronze
1st Alison White & Christine Morrison 65.0
2nd Anne Nicol & Fiona Cowan 69.2

May Hughes is the 2008 West Vets Champion

Congratulations go to May Hughes (Lanark) who is the 2008 West Vets Champion. She won at the 20th Hole in the Final against Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) in an exciting match played at Renfrew Golf Club on Wednesday. Moira McCartney (Milngavie) beat Avril Berry (Douglas Park) in the Bronze Championship
To read the full reports go to the West Vets Website
Thanks go to Helen Faulds for the photograph

Alyson McKechin - Elderslie Junior leads the LGU Qualifiers at Windyhill

Alyson McKechin, a 14-year-old Elderslie Golf Club junior member, headed the eight qualifiers for the LGU Medal Final at Crieff on Sunday, June 8 with a net 70 off 11 of a handicap in the West Division qualifier at Windyhill Golf Club yesterday

The qualifiers were:
Silver Division - Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) (11) 70; Anne Mungall (Airdrie) (12) 72; Carol Whyte (Windyhill) (4) 73; Aileen Anderson (Loudon Gowf) (10) 75; Avril Leitch (Balmore) (11) 76 (better last six). Carol Whyte unavailable for Medal Final.
Bronze Division - Carol Anne Craig (Beith (27) 72; Sheila McLay (Bishopbriggs) (23) 73; Diane Tomlin (Gleddoch) (32) (better inward half), Saorcha Warren (Eastwood) (20) 74; Anne Fisher (Prestwick St Nicholas (23) 76 (better last six). Diane Tomlin unavailable for Medal Final.
SSS 71, CSS was 74 (reduction only).

May Medal - Ranfurly Castle Golf Club

Dates Played 4th and 7th May 2008, SSS 73, CSS 73, 50 entries.
Scratch Winner Lesley Robertson 77
Silver Winner Marion Munro 72 (12)
Runner UP Evy MacGregor 75 (12) bih
Bronze Winner Helen Abram 72 (26)
Runner Up Sheila Biggart 74 (22)

May Medal - Whitecraigs Golf Club

Dates Played: 2nd/4th May, SSS: 72,CSS: 75/71, Entries: 49
Silver Winner: Lorna Howie (15) 69
Silver R/Up: Alison Campbell (17) 70
Bronze Winner: Anne Lewis (32) 72
Bronze R/Up: Chris Fulton (29) 73
Scratch: Linda Stevenson 83

Spring Meeting - Kilmacolm Golf Club

Played 1/5/08, SSS 72 , CSS 75 (Reduction Only) No of entries; 12
Silver: 1st S.Dillon 94 (14) 80
2nd M.Stewart 91 (10) 81
Bronze : 1st B.Wilson 106 (24) 82
2nd I Hicks 115 (27) 88
Scratch: E.Briggs 85 (4) 81

Report from D&A's Webmistress Jean Campbell from the Carrick yesterday

Lisa Hall had a super round of four under par yesterday and her caddy told us it could have been seven or eight more as she had so many putts that just missed - when she came off the 18th green, Lorna and I were standing waiting for Kylie to come on and Lisa turned to the four volunteers who were there and thanked us for all our work this week and told us it was much appreciated by all the players - how nice.

The photograph shows Lorna Cragie and I with Lisa AND she gave us a couple of golf balls - so now we are her number one fans!!! I did say that we had spoken to her before she went out and that was why she had such a good round - okay so I lied - the photograph was taken at the end!!!!

We went into the pro shop today to book our free round of golf and also to spend our vouchers - had I not been given the vouchers I would have walked back out again - things were just a tad pricey - anyway we did use the vouchers up and have a game booked. It was nice that Nocera won and I am pleased for Boden that she birdied the last hole to gain the second spot on her own - she has been on the leaderboard since the first day. The English girl Hudson had some round today and with five birdies in the last nine holes, she shot up the leaderboard, she must have been so disappointed to drop a shot at the last hole.
I was so busy telling fibs about Lisa Hall that I forgot to mention Kylie - we walked down and watched her get her par at the first hole - she hit a super shot to the short second and got her par there. Her drive at the third was in the centre of the fairway - she had to wait (always) for her two playing partners to play to the green before she played and what an awful shot she played - she put it into the water at the right - dropped the ball and played a poor pitch onto the green and then three putts for a seven at this par four hole.
We just watched her drive at the fourth and I could tell she was not pleased with it and sure enough she did drop another shot there and then she settled down and got it going again and finished six over for today - when you think of these four dropped shots at two holes - but I suppose that is golf - I am very lucky because I do this sort of thing very often and am not put off at all !!!!! I still have that winners acceptance speech in my handbag but feel I must change it as I refer to the king and I believe we now have a queen!!!

Thanks Jean for your excellent report and photograph from the Carrick , Loch Lomond

West of Scotland's Clare Queen is leading Scot with Kathryn Imrie and Kylie Walker is the Winning Amateur in the 2008 Ladies Scottish Open

Picture from the European Ladies Tour Website

Many congratulations go to Clare Queen who was awarded with Kathryn Imrie the BEST SCOTS at the Scottish Ladies Open at The Carrick Loch Lomond today. Clare Queen had a terrific round of 70 -- 1 under today and Kathryn Imrie had a 71 to be the TOP SCOTS overall in the tournament on level par.
Mhairi McKay had a great 3 under par round of 68 to finish on +3.
Lynn Kenny had a last round of level par to finish on +8.
Jenna Wilson (Strathaven) had a 4 over par 75 and said the putting was the problem today and finally Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) had a 6 over 77 to finish her week as the leading amateur. Kylie said she actually played her best golf today but unfortunately like Jenna - the putting let her down

Many Congratuations go to Clare, Jenna and Kylie on a great weeks golf and we wish them all every success for the future

Final Day at the Scottish Ladies Open -- Click this photo to see more

Leading Scoreboard

1 208 -5 Gwladys Nocera (FRA)
2 210 -3 Maria Boden (SWE)
3= 211 -2 Rebecca Hudson (ENG)
3= 211 -2 Nicole Gergely (AUT)
5 212 -1 Amy Yang (KOR)
6= 213 Par Clare Queen (SCO)
6= 213 Par Kathryn Imrie (SCO)
6= 213 Par Stacy Lee Bregman (SA)
6= 213 Par Tania Elosegui (ESP)
10= 214 +1 Melissa Reid (ENG)
10= 214 +1 Caroline Afonso (FRA)
10= 214 +1 Martina Eberl (GER)
10= 214 +1 Becky Brewerton (WAL)
10= 214 +1 Emma Cabrera-Bello (ESP)
10= 214 +1 Melodie Bourdy (FRA)
16 215 +2 Sophie Gustafson (SWE)
17= 216 +3 Mhairi McKay (SCO)
17= 216 +3 Johanna Westerberg (SWE)
17= 216 +3 Lee-Anne Pace (SA)

Other Scots
42= 218 Lynn Kenny (SCO)
57= 226 Jenna Wilson (SCO)
62 227 Kylie Walker (SCO)

To see the full list of results and individual scorecards CLICK HERE. Plus click on the photo above of Clare Queen to see some photos from todays play

Kylie Walker makes the cut in the Ladies Scottish Open

Congratulations go to Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) who had a terrific round of 1 over par today, to make he cut for the final days play tomorrow. Kylie came back in 1 under par (34) --- What a terrific Score
Kylie Walker Scorecard:
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 36 4 5 3 4 3 5 3 4 4 35 71
R1 4 2 6 5 5 3 4 5 5 39 5 4 3 5 4 5 3 5 5 39 78
R2 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 5 4 38 4 4 3 4 3 5 3 4 4 34 72
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) improved her score by 3 shots with a 76 but with the cut being 151 missed out. Jenna Wilson (Strathaven) who turned professional last year had a par 71 today to add to her 80 from yesterday to just make the cut on the 151 mark.

Leading Scores:
139 Gwladys Nocera (FRA) Societe Generale, Lacoste 69 70
140 Amy Yang (KOR) Korea 70 70
141 Tania Elosegui (ESP) Finca Cortesin/Credit Agricole 70 71
Maria Boden (SWE) Sweden 69 72
142 Lee-Anne Pace (SA) South Africa 75 67
Stacy Lee Bregman (SA) South Africa 75 67
Nicole Gergely (AUT) Golf Resort Kremstal, AUT 70 72
Kathryn Imrie (SCO) Scotland 73 69
Sophie Gustafson (SWE) Sweden 75 67
143 Clare Queen (SCO) The Carrick at Cameron House 72 71
Rebecca Hudson (ENG) England

Scotlish Scores after 2 Rounds
5= 142 Par Kathryn Imrie (SCO) Scotland 73 69
10= 143 +1 Clare Queen (SCO) The Carrick at Cameron House 72 71
35= 148 +6 Mhairi McKay (SCO) Scotland 74 74
46= 150 +8 Kylie Walker (Am) (SCO) Scotland 78 72
Lynn Kenny (SCO) Archerfield Links/Orion Group 75 75
56= 151 +9 Jenna Wilson (SCO) Strathaven Golf Club 80 71
88= 155 +13 Megan Briggs (Am) (SCO) Scotland 79 76
94= 156 +14 Dale Reid (SCO) Scotland 80 76
109= 162 +20 Kelsey Macdonald (Am) (SCO) Scotland


Your Webmaster was at the Carrick with her husband Gordon and friends Colin and Helen Robertson in September last year for a game -- Since you are not allowed to take pictures at the event -- here are some of the Views around the course (Mind you the swings may not be as good as the Pros!) -- Click on the following link Photographs taken at the Carrick Loch Lomond and if you are free tomorrow -- Why not make a day out and enjoy the scenery plus support the Scottish Players

Coronation Foursomes - Douglas Park

Played 2nd May 2008:
1st: Lindsay McLean & Gillian Hendry 34 points
2nd: Ginette Evans & Hazel Hamilton 33 points
3rd: Sheila Forgie and Janice Palmer 32 points

April Stableford - Whitecraigs Golf Club

Date: 25th/27th April , SSS: 72 , CSS: 75/72 , Entries: 63
Silver Winner: Alison Young (20) 37 pts.
Silver R/Up: Thea Morgan (15) 35 pts.
Bronze Winner: Gillian Dunlop (22) 34 pts.
Bronze R/Up: Karen Brodie (30) 33 pts.

Clare Queen is the leading Scot in the 1st round of the Scottish Ladies Open at the Carrick - Loch Lomond

FIRST ROUND SCORES -- LEADERS
Par 71
69 M Boden (Swe), G Nocera (Fra).
70 N Gergely (Aut), Amy Yang (SKor), N Garrett (Aus), T Elosegui (Spa).
71 F Johnson (Eng), J Westerberg (Swe), M Bourdy (Fra).
72 E Cabrera-Bello (Spa), C Queen (Sco), R Hudson (Eng), J Morley (Eng), Z Kamasova (Rus).
73 O M Jonsdittir (Ice), J Olivencia (Puerto Rico), K Imrie (Sco), L Wahlin (Swe), J Mills (Aus), S Head (Eng), K Lunn (Aus), L Maritz (SAf), J Tvede (Den), N David-Mila (Fra), U Wikstrom (Fin), S Walker (Eng).


Scottish Players Scores:
10= 72 Clare Queen (SCO)
15= 73 Kathryn Imrie (SCO)
27= 74 Mhairi McKay (SCO)
39= 75 Lynn Kenny (SCO)
72= 78 Kylie Walker (Am) (SCO)
79= 79 Megan Briggs (Am) (SCO)
91= 80 Dale Reid (SCO)
80 Jenna Wilson (SCO)
111= 85 Kelsey Macdonald (Am) (SCO)

Both Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) and Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) did very well as amateurs in this professional tournament (114 ENTRANTS)





Kylie had a 78 (2 halves of 39) and Megan who like Kylie started at the 10th hole was out in 42 (7 over) but came back in 37 (1 over) with a great up and down at her last hole the 9th to be round in 79
Click on the photos above to see enlargements --- Kylie driving off at the 10th (pictured left) Megan's chip onto the 9th green (pictured right) and Kylie ready for the off (Centre)

LGU Press Release - GB & I Curtis Cup Team Final Practice

The Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team arrives in St Andrews tomorrow for a final practice session at the “Home of Golf”.
At the end of this month, the team will face the USA in an historic golf match over The Old Course, St Andrews, playing in a new three day format from 30 May – 1 June.
The team, captained by Ireland’s Mary McKenna, has a packed schedule which includes practice on the Old and New Courses, media training, and uniform fittings.
Under the watchful eyes of Manager, Tegwen Matthews and Coach, Lawrence Farmer, the team will concentrate on course management and familiarisation with the venue.
Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) and Jodi Ewart (Catterick) have academic commitments in the US and are therefore unable to join their teammates.
Following a Media Day on Monday at The Duke’s, St Andrews, the team will travel to London for a special engagement at Buckingham Palace with HRH The Duke of York.

For further information:
Susan Simpson LGU, Director of Championships
Lynn Wallace LGU, Communications
01334 475 811

Live Scoring at the Scottish Ladies Open

To keep up to date with play at The Scottish Ladies Open at The Carrick Loch Lomond CLICK HERE
Megan Briggs -- Tee off Time 9:10
Kylie Walker --- Tee off Time 13:20