Live Scoring from the USA Open that had been delayed with bad weather.
Mhairi Mckay is tied on 34th at the moment

Scotland Girls win their last European Match

SCOTLAND 2.5, NETHERLANDS 0.5
Foursome
A McKechin and R Taylor halved with K Jansen and K B akker.
Singles:
R Watton beat A Van Dam 4 and 2.
E Briggs beat I D Nieuwenhuis 3 and 2.

To read the full report go tro the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Haggs Castle Open Day Success

Some of the Centenary Ladies Open Day Winners with Captain Jennifer Mack at the front - Click to enlarge

The Haggs Castle Ladies Centenary Open Day event took place on Tuesday 29th June.
There were 160 players playing and 96 players balloted out.

In the raffle prize draw £1000 was raised to give to Erskine Hospital .

Great format (2 ball better ball Stableford -- 3/4 of current handicap.)
Congratulations to Haggs Castle Centenary Captain Jennifer Mack for organizing this great event and all the helpers -- We did enjoy the day

Would you like to advertise your Open Day then email -- your webmaster

Scotland win the Bronze Medal at the European Team Championship

Scotland beat Germany 5-2 in the play-off for the bronze medals on the final day of the European women's amateur team championship at La Manga, Spain.
Spain, conquerors of the Scots in Friday's semi-finals won the gold, beating Sweden 4-3 in the championship final.
Scotland took a 3-0 grip on the match against the Germans by winning the two foursomes - Pamela Pretswell and Laura Murray, and Kelsey MacDonald and Louise Kenney, then taking the top singles with a 20th hole great win by Kelsey over Valerie Sternebeck.
Pretswell and Murray lost their singles 3 and 2, and 4 and 2 respecitvely before Jane Turner steadied the ship with her best performance of the week. The Craigielaw player beat US college circuit player Stephanie Kirchmayr 5 and 4.
That gave Scotland a winning lead and, in the tradition of these championships, any other matches still out on the course automatically stop with the player in the lead at that time declared the winner. That gave Kenney a victory although she was just one up after 12 holes on Pia Halbig.
England's form nosedived after their defeat in Thursday's quarter-finals by Scotland. They finished on a downer by losing 4.5 to 0.5 to France.
Results:
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Final
SPAIN 4, SWEDEN 3

Play-off for third place
GERMANY 2, SCOTLAND 5
Foursomes (0-2)
P Halbig and T Hoffmeister lost to P Pretswell and L Murray 3 and 2.
L Katzy and S Kirchmayr lost to K MacDonald and L Kenney 1 hole.
Singles (2-3)
V Sternebeck lost to MacDonald at 20th.
Hoffmeister bt Pretswell 3 and 2.
Katzy bt Murray 4 and 2.
Kirchmayr lost to J Turner 5 and 4.
Halbig lost to Kenney (1 up after 12 holes).

Also:
FRANCE 4.5, ENGLAND 0.5
Foursome (1-0)
A Riguelle and I Lescudier bt C Douglass and H Burke 4 and 3.
Singles (3.5-0.5)
M Bazin de Jessey bt R Jennings 1 hole.
L Andrew bt H Clyburn 2 and 1.
V Derrey bt H Davis 3 and 2.
M Ricordeau halved with H Barwood.

DENMARK 4, NETHERLANDS 1

FLIGHT B
WALES 3, SWITZERLAND 2
NORWAY 4, AUSTRIA 1

Thanks go to Colin Farquarson for the report

Connie Jaffrey wins the Under 14 Scottish Girls Championship

In the Loretto School Scottish U14s Girls Championship, the title went to West Kilbride’s Connie Jaffrey after she posted a tremendous two-under par 68 to edge out Clara Young from North Berwick by two shots.

Connie was a magnificent seven-under par during an exceptional ten-hole spell which included an eagle three at the par five 15th. The Ayrshire youngster’s victory could have been even more impressive but for a double-bogey five on the final hole

GIRLS --- Leading Scores
Par 70
68 Connie Jaffrey (West Kilbride).
70 Clara Young (North Berwick).
73 Eloise Healey (Lee Park).
78 Samanthan Fuller (Roehampton).
79 Lauren Whyte (St Regulus).
80 Claire Gadsby (Crieff), Heather Munro (Monifieth).

Some Other West of Scotland Players
85 Emma Hale (Treoon Bentinck).
88 Alexandra Qayum (Ranfurly Castle)
89 Eva O’Connor (Bothwell Castle).
91 Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies), Kirsten Brown (Torrance House).

May Hughes is the 2010 West Vets Champion

Congratulations go to May Hughes of Lanark who won the West Vets Championship over Renfrew Golf Course yesterday. She won at the 18th Hole against Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie). To read the full report and see a few photographs go to the West Vets Website

Scotland lose to Spain in European Team Championship

Scotland will play Germany on Saturday for the bronze medals after losing 4.5 to 2.5 at the hands of Spain today in the semi-finals of the European women's amateur team championship at La Manga, Spain.
Pamela Pretswell and Laura Murray lost at the 19th to Spain's Carlota Ciganda and Marta Silva.
Kelsey MacDonald and Louise Kenney squared it for Scotland by beating M Prat and E Folch 2 and 1.
But Spain took the singles comfortably after Carlota Ciganda gained a measure of revenge for her defeat in the "British" at Ganton by Kelsey MacDonald. Carlota won this one by one hole.
Laura Murray lost 4 and 3 to Marta Silva and Megan Briggs went down by 6 and 5 to M Prat to give Spaniard 4pt - a winning lead in a 7pt match.
Louise Kenney beat E Floch by 5 and 3 and the Pretswell v Urchequi match was declared a square match because overall it could not affect the outcome.
Spain will play Sweden in the final, having beaten them 5.5 to 1.5 today.
England, beaten 4-3 by Scotland on Thursday, beat Netherlands 3.5 to 1.5 but the best they can do is finish fifth.

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Day 3
SWEDEN 4.5, FRANCE 2.5
GERMANY 5, DENMARK 2.
SCOTLAND 4, ENGLAND 3
NETHERLANDS 3, SPAIN 4

Day 4
Semi-finals
SCOTLAND 2.5, SPAIN 4.5
Foursomes 1-1
P Pretswell and L Murray lost to C Ciganda and M Silva at 19th.
K MacDonald and L Kenney bt M Prat and E Folch 2 and 1.
Singles 1.5-3.5
MacDonald lost to Ciganda 1 hole.
Murray lost to Silva 4 and 3.
M Briggs lost to Prat 6 and 5.
Kenney bt Folch 5 and 3.
Pretswell halved with A Urchegui.

Scotland Girls lose to Italy

Bianca Maria Fabrizio and Chiara Brizzolari beat Alyson McKeckin and Rachael Taylor 4/3
Eugenia Ferrero halved Rachael Watton
Laura Sedda lost to Eilidh Briggs 6/4

Mhairi McKay has great first round in the USA Open

Glasgow's Mhairi McKay put her poor form of this season - she has to pre-qualify (at the moment) for the Women's British Open - with a par-matching round of 71 to be sharing sixth place, only two shots behind the leader, American Brittany Lang.
And Curtis Cup amateur Sally Watson (Elie and Earlsferry) can be proud of a 75 which put her ahead of many established names on the LPGA Tour.

LEADING SCORES
Par 71
69 Brittany Lang
70 Kelli Shean, Amy Yang, Inbee Park (Kor), M.J. Hur (Kor)
71 Sakura Yokomine (Jpn), Mhairi McKay (Sco)

Live Scoring from the European Team Girls Championships

LIVE SCORING FROM THE GIRLS EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Then Click on link next to the Country ---- Scotland play Italy

Result Italy 2 Scotland 1

Scottish Girls lose to Czech Republic

The Scottish Girls lost 2-1 to the Czech Republic in the 2nd Flight match in Aalborg Golf Club, Denmark in the European Girls Team Championships
Results:
Alyson McKeckin and Rachael Taylor beat Adela Cejnarova Katerina Krasova 1 hole
Rachael Watton lost to Karolina Vickova 2/1
Eilidh Briggs lost to Klara Spilkova 6/5

Scotland beat England to reach Euro semi-finals at La Manga

A great win for Scotland over England in their first match of the Championship Flight of the European women's team championship at La Manga.
Scotland, sixth of the eight qualifiers for the top flight, compared to England's third seeding position, took a grip on the match when they led 2-0 after the morning foursomes.
England took the singles 3-2 in the afternoon, leaving Scotland the winners by 4-3 and ready to face No 2 seeds Spain in Thursday's semi-finals.
The other semi-final will feature top seeds Sweden against Germany.
TODAY'S RESULTS

SWEDEN 4 1/2, FRANCE 2 1/2
DENMARK 2, GERMANY 5
SCOTLAND 4, ENGLAND 3
Foursomes (2-0)
Pamela Pretswell and Laura Murray bt Charlie Douglass and Holly Clyburn 2 and 1.
Kelsey MacDonald and Louise Kenney bt Hayley Davis and Hannah Burke 3 and 1.
Singles (2-3)
Kelsey MacDonald beat Charlie Douglass 2 and 1.
Laura Murray lost to Rachel Jennings 2 and 1.
Jane Turner lost to Hannah Barwood 2 and 1.
Louise Kenney beat Hannah Burke 3 and 2.
Pamela Pretswell lost to Holly Clyburn 3 and 2.

West of Scotland's Megan Briggs was not played today

Free training and tuition - Scottish Disability Golf

The SDGP has a small number of free golf training places remaining at our next PGA supervised session, at Newton Mearns / Mearns Castle Academy on Saturday 17 July. Anyone with a disability,serious health issue or mobility problem, that interferes with the playing of the game will be welcome to attend with a coach or partner.

To learn moore about any of our free training sessions, call 01505 343 866
SDGP.Secretary@ntlworld.com or by downloading a form from www.sdgp.co.uk

Thank you.
The SDGP

Karen Maxwell tells a joke at the Scottish Seniors Supper

D&A's Karen Maxwell told a joke at the Scottish Seniors Supper last week as did D&A's Helen Faulds and Renfrewshire's Marion Stewart. The SLGA sang a song, the West/East Vets did a wee turn as did the Ladies from Muir of Ord. Other performances took place that evening as well. Finally D&A Past Captain Helen MacGregor gave the vote of thanks.
To see all these videos and photographs go to the WEST VETS WEBSITE

Scotland Girls are in the 2nd Flight Matchplay Stages

Scotland's Girls Team failed to qualify for the 1st Flight Matchplay Stages at the U18 Team Championships at Aalborg, Denmark today.
475 Scotland 240 235 (Eilidh Briggs 82-77, Alyson McKechin 82-78, Rachael Taylor 81-88, Rachael Watton 77-80). Scotland have qualified for the 2nd Flight Stages.
To see the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Strong field for Scottish Girls’ Championship at Eyemouth

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SCOTTISH LADIES GOLFING ASSOCIATION
Eilidh Briggs (Kilmalcolm) and Rachael Watton (Mortonhall), who both play off scratch, head a strong entry for the Scottish Girls’ Championship at Eyemouth Golf Club from July 13-17.
It is a first National Championship for the Borders Club and 64 girls – 43 boasting single figure handicaps – will be aiming to lift the trophy won by Ailsa Bain (Peebles) last year.
Eilidh and Rachael are both members of the Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association’s Performance B squad and they are joined in the line-up by three of their colleagues - Alyson McKechin (Elderslie), Lesley Atkins (Gullane) and Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw).
The field also includes two sets of sisters - Natasha and Alexandra Qayum, from Ranfurly Castle and Alison and Catherine Goodwin from Glenbervie.
The Championship consists of two rounds of stroke-play qualifying (July13-14) with the top 32 advancing to the match-play knock-out stage. The next 16 girls qualify for the Ansley Salver.
The 18 hole final takes place on Saturday, July 17 at 9.00 am.

SCOTLAND MAKE THE 1ST FLIGHT MATCHES AND PLAY ENGLAND

A nine-shot improvement from an opening 82 to a second-round par 73 at La Manga by Scottish champion Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and a solid 74 by St Rule Trophy winner Laura Murray (Alford) cemented Scotland's qualification for the championship flight.
West of Scotland's Pamela Pretswell and Megan Briggs had a 76 and 77 repectively to help the team qualify.
However the Scots' sixth place means they will play third-placed England in the first round of the match-play series.
Sweden (730) were the top qualifiers ahead of Spain (731) with England (741) third, Denmark (750) fourth, Germany (756) fifth, Scotland (757) sixth, Netherlands (759) seventh.
Austria and France both finished on 760 and France were placed eighth under some tie-breaker system which did not involve the usual comparision of second-round totals as Austria had the better second round total (377 to 383).
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT QUALIFIERS
730 SWEDEN 361 369.
731 SPAIN 368 363.
741 ENGLAND 364 377 (Hannah Barwood 74-75, Hannah Burke 74-74, Holly Clyburn 71-80, Hayley Davis 73-79, Charlie Douglass 74-76, Rachel Jennings 72-73.
750 DENMARK 369 381.
756 GERMANY 381 375.
757 SCOTLAND 379 378 (Megan Briggs 77-77, Louise Kenney 77-78, Kelsey MacDonald 82-73, Laura Murray 77-74, Pamela Pretswell 74-76, Jane Turner 74-80).
759 NETHERLANDS 381 378.
760 FRANCE 377 383

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

European Team Championship at La Manga

Scotland's women's team cannot afford any slips in the second qualifying round of the European team championship if they are to make the championship flight of eight at La Manga, Spain.
After the first qualifying round, the Scots are sharing seventh place on 379 with Norway.
Scottish champion and British championship beaten finalist Kelsey MacDonald had a disappointing round of nine-over-par 82 and her score was discarded. The Nairn Dunbar player and Stirling student, perhaps still tired after her Ganton exertions, had a double bogey 7 at the long ninth and had only one birdie, at the fourth, in halves of 41.
The best Scots score were a pair of 74s from Curtis Cupper Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) and British universities stroke-play champion Jane Turner (Craigielaw).
Pamela had halves of 39 and 35 with a couple of birdies, at the 12th and 18th.
Jane, who caddied for Kelsey in the closing rounds of the "British," rallied from a double bogey 7 at the long sixth to record halves of 38 and 37. She birdied the long fourth, the long ninth and the short 12th.
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm), Laura Murray (Alford) and Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) all had 77s. Kenney dropped three shots to par at the sixth and seventh, having started at the 10th.
Sweden are leading on 361 from England, with Spain third on 368. Ireland (387) and Wales (391) look unlikely to make the championship flight.

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND AT LA MANGA
Par 73
Five scores to count for team daily. Top eight teams to qualify for championship flight after second qualifying round.
361 Sweden.
364 England (H Clyburn 71, R Jennings 72, H Davis 73, H Barwood 74, C Douglass 74, H Burke 74).
368 Spain.
369 Denmark.
376 Switzerland.
377 France.
379 Scotland (P Pretswell 74, J Turner 74, M Briggs 77, L Kenney 77, L Murray 77, K MacDonald 82), Norway.
381 Belgium, Netherlands, Germany.
383 Austria.
386 Finland.
387 Ireland (M Dowling 75, S O'Sullivan 75, C Reid 78, D McVeigh 78, G O'Leary 81, V Bradshaw 82), Italy.
391 Wales (A Boulden 77, G Bradbury 78, TDavies 78, K O'Connor 79, S Birks 79, R Harries 79).
402 Iceland.

Thanks go to Colin Farquharson for the report

Scots struggle in European girls' team championship in Denmark

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE IRISH GOLF UNION
Teenage twins Leona and Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell), now playing off plus 3, started Ireland’s gold medal defence in convincing fashion to tie second place after the first qualifying round of the 2010 European U18 Team Championships tee off at Aalborg, Denmark.
Leona birdied the ninth hole to turn one under par and a level par back nine saw her sign for a 70, just one shot behind best-of-the-day Celeine Boutier (France). With three scores to count from 4, sister Lisa was one shot further back on level par after blitzing her back nine in one under the card. Stephanie Meadow (Royal Portrush) was three over par for both nines in her round of 77 while Laura McCarthy (Muskerry) struggled on the inward journey to return 81.
Ireland are sharing second place, four shots behind France, after a good day’s work. The qualifying concludes tomorrow with a second 18 holes stroke-play after which the eight teams with the best 36-hole totals contest the medals Thursday through Saturday.
As Ireland lies six shots inside the cut for eight place, Team Captain Sinead Keane (Curragh) is pleased with her team’s start that sees them well positioned to defend their Gold medal won in Finland last year.
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Scotland are not nearly so well placed as the Irish girls.
Rachael Watton with a six-over-par 77 (41-36) was the best of the four, following by Germany-based Rachael Taylor 80 (40-40) and Eilidh Briggs 82 (44-38) and Alyson McKechin 82 (39-43).
The Scots are lying in 16th place on 239. The teams currently sharing seventh place - Belgium and England - are on 224, which shows how much the Scottish girls would have to improve to make into the top eight who go forward to the championship match-play flight.
The Scots look destined for one of the lower flights.
GIRLS' FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
Par 71
Three from four scores to count for daily team total
214 France
218 Spain, Ireland (Leona Maguire 70 Lisa Maguire 71 Stephanie Meadow 77 Laura McCarthy 81)
222 Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany
224 Belgium, England (Heidi Baek 73, Lauren Taylor 75, Kelly Tidy 76, Alexandra Peters 82), Finland
228 Netherlands
229 Italy
232 Denmark
235 Norway
236 Austria
237 Wales (Katie Bradbury 77, Myriam Hassan 80, Chloe Williams 80, Kelly Miller 81).
239 Scotland (Rachael Watton 77, Rachael Taylor 80, Eilidh Briggs 82, Alyson McKechin 82).
242 Switzerland
244 Estonia
260 Russia

West Girls Medal at Cawder Golf Club

Played at Cawder Golf Club , Monday 5th July 2010, SSS 72, CSS 72, 19 Entrants
Scratch: Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 82
1st Silver: Emma Hale (Troon Bentick) 83 (11) 72
2nd Silver: Kirsten Scott (Milngavie) 84 (9) 75 bih
1st Bronze: Emma Kennedy (Paisley) 94 (24) 70
2nd Bronze: Megan Duff (Hilton Park) 93 (22) 71 best last 3 holes