Follow the Ladies European Tour in Portugal - No Scots make the Cut

Kylie Walker had a 71 -- 1 under Par score in the Portuguese Ladies Open 1st round . However, she then had a 75 in the 2nd Round and missed the cut. Clare Queen had a bad opening round (80) followed by an excellent 71 in the 2nd round and she too missed the cut.
No Scottish players survived the cut after second round. To play in the final round, players had to have shot one-under-par 143 or better.
-- To follow the scoring today then click on the following link CLICK HERE FOR LIVE SCORING and HERE for all the scores

To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Douglas Park Eagle - Mixed Foursomes

The Douglas Park Eagle Mixed Foursomes is on Sunday 3rd July 2011.
To get your entry form if you have not already got one then CLICK HERE

Renfrewshire Spring Meeting - Denise Cowan is the best

The Spring Meeting was held yesterday over The Old Course Ranfurly. 
Of the 41 entries, 31 braved the elements, playing in a mixture of sunshine and very heavy showers. 

The best scratch of the day was Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle)- pictured left  with a gross 79.(Click to enlarge)

The overall winner of the competition was Birgit Clark (Old Ranfurly) ---   81-9-72 who won with a better inward half from Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle) who had a 79-7-72.
Jan MacNab from Ranfurly Castle was the winner for the 13+Upwards with a net 74 of a handicap of 15

Scratch - 12 Handicap 

1st:  81-9=72 Birgit Clark (Old Ranfurly)
2nd:  79-7=72 Denise Cowan (Ranfurly Castle)
3rd:  84-10=74 Carol Fell (Ranfurly Castle)

13+ Upwards
1st:  89-15=74 Jan MacNab (Ranfurly Castle)
2nd: 97-20=77 Maimie Robin (Elderslie)
3rd: 98-21=77 Jean Irvine (Ranfurly Castle)


SSS 72, CSS 73
 To read more go the the Renfrewshire County Website

Ayrshire County Foursomes Qualifiers

The Ayrshire County Foursomes were held at West Kilbride on Tuesday 10 May 11.
The qualifiers for the Inter County Foursomes Championships on the 2nd June at Milngavie are:
Scratch Competition:
1. Catherine Malcolm & Debbie Watt Gross 78
2. Audrey Thompson & Liz Keohone
3. Frances Craig & Fiona Brawley
Handicap Competition
1. Sandra Parker & Jean Cunningham
2. Ann Edgar & Alex Glennie
3. Janette Stewart & Jess Blackwood
Commonwealth Spoons Qualifiers on 22 September at Forres.
Ann Edgar & Alex Glennie
Janette Stewart & Jess Blackwood

Lanarkshire Inter County Foursomes Qualifiers

The Qualifying round for the Lanarkshire Inter County Foursomes and Commonwealth Spoons was held over Mount Ellen today.
Results:
Scratch
1. Lesley Lloyd & Fiona Scott 81
2. Susan Wood & Jenny Potter 83
3. Jane Lees & Cail Campbell 85

Handicap
1. Roxy Brown & Kay Cherrie 71
2. Joyce McGowan & Jennifer Wiles 74
3. Sheila Sergenson & Enid King 76 BIH
4. Edna Taylor & Joan Anderson 76

Prestwick St Cuthbert's Open Day

Prestwick St Cuthbert, Rankin Smith Open Day, Friday, 20th May 2011, stroke play, £9, 10.00am – 3.00pm

Prestwick St Cuthbert Golf Club, East Road, Prestwick, KA9 2SX

Contact: Linda Brown on Prestwick (01292) 474427

Eilidh Briggs wins the West of Scotland Championship by 4 shots

Eilidh Briggs - 2011 WOS Champion - Click to enlarge
Photo courtesy of Jean MacIntyre

Kilmacolm's Eilidh Briggs is coming out from the shadow of her older sister, Megan, a Scotland international and past Scottish champion, this season.
Earlier this year, Eilidh won the Renfrewshire county championship and today she won the West of Scotland championship at Lanark with four shots to spare over 36 holes.
Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) matched Eilidh's opening round of 73 but could not live with her rival's pace on the second circut.
Eilidh added a 74 for 147 with Alyson returning a 78 for second place on 151.
Eilidh had second-round birdies at the first, second, 10th, 11th and 14th. She dropped shots at third, eighth and 12th. With so much in hand, she could afford the luxury of a double bogey at the 18th, knowing that its only consequence was a reduction in her winning margin.

Mhairi McKay -- West Kilbride (Pictured left) with a net aggregate of 143 (72-71) won the handicap prize off seven of a handicap.

Lanarkshire's Susan Wood, Lesley Lloyd and May Hughes
(Senior Team Winners) Click to enlarge Courtesy of Jean MacIntyre

Lanarkshire trio of  Lesley Lloyd, Susan Wood and May Hughes won the team event with the Ayrshire team of Mhairi Mckay, Connie Jaffrey and Emma Hale (pictured below) winning the junior prize.

Ayrshire Junior Team --Connie Jaffrey, Mhairi McKay and Emma Hale - Click to enlarge

*All the pictures, information and scores for this report were supplied by Jean Macintyre of the Lanarkshire Ladies Golf Association. West of Scotland's Webmaster thanks her for the photos and report

Looking to see some more photos  - taken by Anne Laing on the Course and Jean MacIntyre then CLICK HERE
Thanks also go to Renfrewshire's MAUREEN WOODHEAD for some more photographs from the days event -- CLICK HERE to view

FINAL TOTALS
SSS 74 . CSS 74 74.
147 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 73 74.
151 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 73 78.
153 Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) 76 77.
154 Nichola Ferguson (Clober) 78 76.
155 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 77 79.
156 Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 74 82, Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 76 80.
157 Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 79 78.
158 Jennifer Linklater (Largs) 77 81.
159 Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) 76 83.
161 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 79 82.
163 May Hughes (Lanark) 82 81.
164 Liz Stewart (Greenburn) 82 82, Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) 76 88.
165 Gillian McGinley (Cochrane Castle) 83 82, Ruth Rankin (Lanark) 81 84, Lesley Cosh (Cowglen) 84 81.
166 Carol Whyte (Windyhill) 82 84, Angela Devine (Hamilton) 83 83.
167 Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) 86 81, Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) 88 79, Patricia Davidson (Erskine) 84 83, Lindsay Mathie (Windyhill) 83 84.
169 Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry Ladies) 86 83.
170 Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) 87 83, Kirstin Scott (Milngavie) 88 82.
173 Susan McGrenaghan (Mount Ellen) 85 88.
174 Emma Caddow (Cardross) 92 82.
175 Lesley Barker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 88 87.
NR Lorraine Morrow (Erskine) 80 -.
Withdrew: Sara Bishop (Windyhill), Sara McCorkell (Williamwood) 85 -, Natasha Qayam (Ranfurly Castle

Kylie finishes in 18th place in Turkey

Christel Boeljon (Netherlands) won the National Airlines Turkish Ladies Open at the National Golf Club, Antalya with a final round of par 73 and a five-under total of 287 to win the 35,500 Euros first prize by a comfortable threee strokes from joint runners-up Florentyna Parker (England) and Becky Brewerton (Wales) who each earned 21,437 Euros.
Only two Scots survived the halfway cut - West of Scotland's Kylie Walker who finished joint 18th on 299 (final round 76) to earn 3,191 Euros, and Krystle Caithness who closed with an 83 for 313 which saw her finish in 61st place with a financial reward of 725 Euros.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 292
287 Christel Boeljon (Netherlands) 73 71 70 73 (35,500 Euros).
290 Florentyna Parker (England) 72 73 70 75, Becky Brewerton (Wales) 74 73 68 75 (21,437 Euros each).
291 Melissa Reid (England) 75 71 73 72 (13,500 Euros).
SCOTS' TOTALS
299 Kylie Walker 77 78 68 76 (T18) (3,191 Euros).
313 Krystle Caithness 77 78 75 73 (61st) (725 Euros).

To see all the scores go to the Ladies European Tour Scoreboard

NEWS FROM THE WEST OF SCOTLAND WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

JEAN MACINTYRE REPORTS FROM LANARK
After Round 1 of the West of Scotland women's championship at Lanark Golf Club, Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) and Elderslie's Alyson McKechin are sharing the lead on 73. Technically, Eilidh leads the field into the second and final round because she had the better inwardhalf.
Eilidh, the Renfrewshire county champion, had birdies at the fourth, 11th, 13th, 15th and 17th with a bogey at the second and a double bogey at the eighth.
Alyson had an eagle 3 at the 14th and birdies at the second, fourth and ninth. She bogeyed the thirdrd ,the 7th and 17th.
Susan Wood (Drumepellier) is in third place with a 74 and Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) fourth with 76, better inward half from Alex Glennie, Jenny Potter and Donna Jackson, also on 76.

Kylie has a terrific 3rd round in Turkey

Kylie Walker has just completed her 3rd round in the Turkish Open. She carded a great 68 to move her position up into 15th place.
Her 68 (5 under par was the best of the day equalled by Becky Brewerston from Wales.)

LEADERBOARD
Par 219 (3x73)
214 Christel Boeljon (Netherlands) 73 71 70.
215 Becky Brewerton (Wales) 74 73 68, Florentyna Parker (England) 72 73 70.
217 Linda Wessberg (Sweden) 75 73 69, Stefania Croce (Italy) 70 74 73.
218 Sarah Kemp (Australia) 71 75 72.
219 Melissa Reid (England) 75 71 73.

SCOTS' SCORES
223 Kylie Walker 77 78 69 (T15).
230 Krystle Caithness 77 78 75 (T48).

To keep up to date with all the scores go to the Ladies European Tour Website

THANKYOU SEVE -- YOU WERE THE BEST

Thank you Seve from Seve Ballesteros Golf Academy on Vimeo.

STORM HALTS PLAY IN TURKEY - KYLIE LOOKS TO MAKE THE CUT

The second round of the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open was suspended later in the day today.Organisers plan to resume play at 8am local time on Saturday, with 11 groups still to complete their rounds. The cut will be the leading 60 and ties after 36 holes are completed.
West of Scotland's Kylie Walker does look to have made the cut after 2 rounds and unfortunately Clare Queen has not . To read the full report go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

Kylie is one of the leading Scots in Turkey

Stefania Croce (Italy) took a one-stroke lead on the opening day of the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open with a three under par 70 at National Golf Club in Belek, Antalya.
Leading Scores:
FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 73
70 Stefania Croce (ITA)
71 Sarah Kemp (AUS), Tania Elosegui (ESP)
72 Marjet van der Graaff (NL), Elena Giraud (FRA), Lydia Hall (WAL), Florentyna Parker (ENG), Malene Jorgensen (DEN)
Scots:
77 Kylie Walker (SCO), Krystle Caithness (SCO)
79 Carly Booth (SCO),
80 Vikki Laing (SCO),
81 Clare Queen (SCO), Lynn Kenny (SCO)
To read the full report and all the scores go to the Gillian Kirkwood Website

CLICK HERE FOR LIVE SCORING

Windyhill Ladies Open Day- Sunday 14th August

Are you looking for a venue for your Club Outing?
Then why not think about coming along to the Windyhill Ladies Open on Sunday 14th August.
Situated within easy access of the M8 (Glasgow) and surrounding areas.
Group discounts available – 1 in every 8 enters free. Tee times can be arranged to allow players to be grouped together.
Catering available – packages can be arranged for groups.
Entry £10
For further details please contact:
Lindsay Mathie, linsmathie@hotmail.com, 07905 881 496

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Ladies European Golf - Turkish Open

The Turkish Airlines Turkish Ladies Open starts today at the National Golf Club, Belek, Antalya, Turkey (May 5th - 8th 2011)
West of Scotland' Clare Queen and Kylie Walker (The Carrick, Loch Lomond) are both playing as are the Scots Lynn Kenny, Carly Booth, Krystle Caithness and Vikki Laing. We wish the every success.

Monty's Maggie Appeal

It was announced last week that both governing bodies will adopt the Elizabeth Montgomerie Foundation as their official charity partner, while a new event is being launched which will see Monty lining up alongside eighty club golfers at The Carrick on Loch Lomond in September.To find out more on how to take part log on to Scottish Golf Website.
The video below is of Colin Montgomerie talking to the SGU at Archerfield for the launch of this new initiative between the Elizabeth Montgomerie Foundation and the SGU and SLGA. He also shares his thoughts and memories of the amateur game.

WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW

LANARK GOLF CLUB --- Sunday 8th May 2011 -- Now out in 3's
8.30/1.30 Lesley Lloyd, Alyson McKechin, Eilidh Briggs
8.45/1.45 Sara Bishop, Susan Wood
,Rachael McQueen
8.45/1.45 Sara McCorkell, May Hughes, Donna Jackson
8.52/1.52 Jennifer Linklater, Liz Stewart, Nichola Ferguson
9.00/2.00 Susan McGrenaghan, Carol Whyte, Gillian McGinlay
9.07/2.07 Ruth Rankin, Natasha Qayum, Lesley Barker
9.15/2.15 Angela Devine, Alex Glennie, Jenny Potter
9.22/2.22 Mhairi McKay, Lorraine Campbell, Linsey Stevenson
9.30/2.30 Lorraine Morrow, Lesley Cosh, Emma Hale
9.37/2.37 Patricia Davidson, Laura McGeachy, Connie Jaffrey
9.45/2.45 Kirstin Scott, Lindsay Mathie, Emma Caddow

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN THE TIMES

Pamela Pretswell selected for the GB & I Astor Trophy Team

The LGU has announced the Great Britain & Ireland team for the forthcoming Astor Trophy Tournament to be held at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lytham St Annes in Lancashire from 15-19 June. Formerly known as the Commonwealth Tournament, the Astor Trophy Tournament is contested every four years between teams of top women amateur golfers from Great Britain & Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.
West of Scotland's Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) has been picked for the team alongside Kelsey MacDonald the 2010 Scottish Amateur Champion.

PAMELA said "Delighted to be selected for the Astor Trophy team. It is such a great honour to play for Great Britain and Ireland.
"I loved every minute of playing in the Vagliano Trophy two years ago and the Curtis Cup last year, so I am very much looking forward to the event and trying to defend the title that was won by Britain in South Africa four years ago."

To read the full details of the team selection go to the LGU WEBSITE and also the report on the Gillian Kirkwood Website

2011 Greenlees Trophy Matches now underway

The 2011 Greenlees Trophy matches are now underway with the first match in Division 1 played in April between Kilmarnock Barassie and last years Trophy Winners Milngavie. The match resulted in a 4.5 - 4.5 draw. In Division 3, new Greenlees Trophy League entrants Loudoun Gowf, had a terrific first match and won 7.5 - 1.5 against Cawder.
To see all the Greenlees Fixtures and Results click on the link on the LHS of this Webpage and to see the running totals Click on the Greenlees Totals Link

Final Scores in the Welsh Open Strokeplay

Woburn's rising star Charley Hull was the winner of the Welsh Open Strokeplay at Tenby today. Top Scot was teenager Hannah McCook who made the long trek to South Wales from Nethy Bridge near Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands. Hannah scored 81, 76 and 77 for 234 and shared 12th place with Curtis Cup player and former English champion Hannah Barwood (Knowle) (79-77-76).
Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) finished tied 15th on 236 (80-80-76) with Jane Turner (Craigielaw) and Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) sharing 21st place on 240. Jane scored 78, 81 and 81, Alyson 81, 78 and 81.
Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) started with a nightmare 90 but settled to score 77 and 84 for 251 and a share of 35th place.
Stirling student Rebecca Wilson (Grange) shot 82, 86 and 85 for 253.
Scottish champion Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) withdrew before the start of the tournament and Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) retired in the first round due to some back trouble
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72). SSS 76. CSS 77 76 78
225 Charley Hull (Woburn) 74 72 79.
226 Lucy Gould (Bargoed) 77 74 75.
228 Amy Boulden (Maesdu) 76 75 77..
230 Chloe Williams (Wrexham) 78 76 76, Becky Harries (Haverfordwest) 76 76 78.
231 Rachael Goodall (Heswall) 79 79 73, Alex Peters (Notts Ladies) 81 71 79.
232 Elizabeth Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies) 80 75 77.
233 Charlotte Ellis (Minchinhampton) 80 75 78, Hayley Davis (Ferndown) 78 76 79, Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 74 80 79.
234 Hannah Barwood (Knowle) 79 79 76, Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 81 76 77.
Selected Scottish totals
236 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 80 80 76 (T15).
240 Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 78 81 81, Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 81 78 81 (T21).
251 Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) 80 77 84 (T35).
253 Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 82 86 85.