RHODESIA CUP WINNERS AT TROON

Jean Sloan with Fiona and Lorna

Troon Ladies first cup competition of 2018 - Rhodesia Cup was played yesterday-- A beautiful day for golf (as long as you had 5 layers on) and around 70 ladies playing.

4 teams tied but fortunately we won on a count back over the last 6 holes.  Cheers to Fiona McKellar and Lorna Alexander for a great day out.

Thanks Jean for your news and well done everyone 

KYLIE, LAURA AND JANE ALL MAKE THE CUT IN SOUTH AFRICA

Germany’s Karolin Lampert consolidated her opening round with a solid 69 to hold the clubhouse lead in the Investec South African Women’s Open in Cape Town.

At five-under-par, she holds a one stroke advantage over the first-round leader Ashleigh Buhai, who shot a 71 in benign and gloriously sunny conditions.

Scot Kylie Henry had a level par 72 today and is tied in 12th place on 2 over par and Laura Murray a 1 under par 71 to be tied in 30th place

Scot Scores:
Par 72
146: Kylie Henry 74,72
148 Laura Murray 77,71
149: Jane Turner 74, 75

Missed Cut
153: Kelsey Macdonald 78, 75
155: Carly Booth 78, 77

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GILLIAN KYLE RECEIVES HONORARY MEMBERSHIP OF EAST RENFREWSHIRE GOLF CLUB.

Gillian receives a momento from East Renfrewshire Lady Captain Celia Joyce

Gillian Kyle was delighted to receive Honorary Membership at the 95th AGM as East Renfrewshire GC has been a very big part of her life for around 40 years. The challenging course helped improve her golf over the years and she is very proud to represent the club in all the teams and competitions that she has played in at Club, County, National and at International level.

Her Dad (Jack Inglis) started her off in the game and still takes a great interest today. Her initial aim was to win the Club Championship once, but gradually started targeting the records of the ladies who had won it multiple times (Brenda Livingston, Jenny Addison and of course Ann Prentice to name but a few). Never did she really expect to achieve this as each final was a well contested match. She gained confidence from each win which helped when playing in other competitions.

Lowering her handicap (presently 2.2) enabled selection for the Renfrewshire County team which lead to a higher level of competition. Turning 50 opened even more doors and the International events have been another experience that she could only have dreamt of. It’s a short career though and as Gillian says "there is always a young 49 year old waiting in the wings to steal a place on the team".

Gillian thanked her family and all the East Renfrewshire members, especially the Ladies, for their continued support by taking such an interest in her golf at the recent AGM and looks forward to representing East Renfrewshire for a long time to come.

Gillian's Golfing CV

• Member of East Renfrewshire since 1977
• East Renfrewshire Lady Champion 18 times, beating the previous record of 17 times held by Ann Prentice
• East Renfrewshire Lady Captain 2009-10 and has served on the Ladies Handicap Committee since 2012 and continues to do so
• Won the Troon Ladies Championship twice
• Wife of our new Vice Captain (Cammy), the mother of our current Club Champion (Alistair) and probably the mother of the future Ladies Club Champion (Sophie)!

RLCGA

• Been Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Team Member since 2005 with Renfrewshire winning the West of Scotland Inter-County matches 8 times in those 13 years
• Was the Scottish County Finals winner in the Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Team in 2010 & 2017
• The Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Junior Convener from 2004-06 and again took up this post in 2016 to present
• The Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Champion in 2015
• The Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association Captain from 2015-17

SVLGA

• The Scottish Veteran Ladies West Champion in 2016
• Selected for Scottish Veteran Ladies Team for their Jamboree in 2015 at Sherwood Forest, 2016 at Panmure and 2017 at Frilford Heath

Scottish Golf

• Member of the Scottish Ladies Senior Team for the European Team Championships in 2015 in Lithuania, 2016 in Poland and 2017 in Slovakia
•  Member of the Scottish Ladies Senior Team for the Home Internationals in 2016 at Alyth and 2017 at Newport, Wales

KYLIE AND JANE ARE LEADING SCOTS AFTER ROUND ONE IN SOUTH AFRICA

4 Scots are playing Westlake Golf Club to race into the first round lead of the R2-million Investec South African Women’s Open

LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72. Players from S Africa unless stated
69 A Buhai
70 B Bredenham (Namibia), S Banon (Spn), K Lampert (Ger)
71 K Matharu (Eng)
72 L Fuenfstueck (Ger), F Parker (Eng), M Haddioui (Morocco), M Molle (Fra), C Chevalier (Fra), I Samu.
73 C Wolf (Austria), S Resin (Nor), F Cuturi, A Dimmock (Eng), S Bregman, U Wikstrom (Fin), L Altmann (Brazil), A Menendez (Mex),  E-J Ji (Spn), L Hall (Wales)

SCOTS' SCORES
Par 72
74 Kylie Henry, Jane Turner (T24)
77 Laura Murray (T69)
78 Kelsey Macdonald, Carly Booth (T87)

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To read more go the the Scottish Golf View website

Connie Jaffrey in Contention for Arnold Palmer Cup

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State senior women's golfer Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies)

 is one of 25 international women in contention to compete in the Arnold Palmer Cup, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced Thursday.
 
Jaffrey, a native of Kilwinning, Scotland, was ranked No. 15 among international women thanks to a No. 46 showing in the latest Golfstat national rankings. Using Golfstat's NCAA Player Ranking as a base, the Arnold Palmer Cup Ranking awards bonus points for wins and high finishes and a penalty for poor finishes. The ranking also contains a strength of schedule component.
 
Holding an 18-5 record against current members of the top 100, Jaffrey's current season stroke average of 71.43 is tops in school history by over two strokes. She has totaled three top-five finishes this year, including victories in the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational in September and Maryb S. Kauth Invitational in October.

For more information visit www.arnoldpalmercup.com.

JILLIAN FARRELL POSTS THE BEST ROUND

Jillian Farrell

Scots Jillian Farrell from Dumbarton and Dundee's Heather Munro finished joint 12th and 27th respectively in the US women's college circuit tournament, the River Landing Classic at Wallace, North Carolina today.

Jillian Farrell (Cardross) posted the best round of the day for Charlotte with her two-under 70, the second-straight round in red figures for the freshman. Opening up on six, Farrell drained a birdie on seven before doing so again on 10 to start two-under. After back-to-back bogies on 11 and 12, and one more on 14, Farrell sat at one-over with six holes to play. Three birdies on half of those six holes, all par four in length, shot Farrell up to a T-12th finish making one of the largest jumps of the day.

Heather Munro, is in her fourth and final year at Elon University, Phoenix,

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K-State’s Connie Jaffrey Finishes Sixth in Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. – Coming off a pair of under-par rounds on Monday, Kansas State senior women's golfer Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) turned in an even-par 72 score to finish in sixth place after the final round of the Arizona Wildcat Invitational on Tuesday at the par-72, 6,519-yard Sewailo Golf Club.

Jaffrey concluded the event with a 54-hole score of 3-under par 213 – tied for the ninth lowest tournament score in school history – as the Wildcats finished in 13^th place at 38-over par 902.

"Connie had another solid finish," head coach Kristi Knight said. "She played very well today. Darby (Deans) had a very good round today as well. I am very happy for her."

Jaffrey recorded her fourth top-10 finish this year and 13^th of her career to move into a tie for second place in school history

LOUDOUN GOWF PAIR WIN AYRSHIRE COUNTY WINTER FOURSOMES

From L to R - Liz Wilson (Captain) Aileen Anderson, Sheila Adams,
Helen Craig and Irene Papworth

Due to temporary greens in play at Prestwick St Nicholas, the final of the Ayrshire County Winter Foursomes was played over Kilmarnock Barassie.  

When it was played in February— It was a dry but extremely cold day with everyone well wrapped up against the elements!

The final was between the Loudoun Gowf pair Aileen Anderson and Sheila Adams against the West Kilbride’s Helen Craig and Irene Papworth (Skelmorlie) 

To the match itself, Helen and Irene got off to a flying start with a great putt to win the first hole.  However, Sheila and Aileen hit some great form, including a birdie at the Railway hole, to end the front nine 4 up!

They stretched their lead to 5 after the 11th but a fantastic fight back from Helen and Irene, winning 5 of the next 6 holes took them to the 18th all square.

Extra holes looked on the cards but a 2 putt from long range was good enough for Sheila and Aileen to win by one hole.

To read more and see some photos go to the Ayrshire Ladies' County Website

KYLIE FINISHES IN 24th PLACE IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

England’s Meghan MacLaren held her overnight lead to win the Women’s New South Wales Open and claim her first Ladies European Tour title in Australia.

MacLaren, 23, from Northamptonshire, carded a level par final round in hot and humid conditions to finish on 10-under-par at Coffs Harbour Golf Club.

Scot Kylie Henry had a 1 under par 70 to finish  on +1 and tied  24th 

Michele Thomson had a 2 over par 73 in the final round to finish tied in 37th place 

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MICHELE AND KYLIE TIED 32nd AFTER 3rd ROUND IN NEW SOUTH WALES OPEN

England’s Meghan MacLaren fired her best score on the Ladies European Tour – a six-under-par 65 – to move to 10-under-par (203) and take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Women’s New South Wales Open in Australia.

Scot Michele Thomson had a 1 under par 70 and Kylie Henry a 3 over par 74 to be tied in 32nd place on 215 

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SCOTTISH GOLF AGM POSTPONED

Many thanks to you all for your continued support in the extraordinary weather conditions. The number of proxy votes returned has been high and we are appreciative that so many of you have taken the opportunity to ensure that your vote was lodged ahead of today's cut off time.

 Quite apart from the care and consideration of our members' safety, it is important that the right democratic decisions are taken and for that we need everyone who wishes to attend the AGM to be able to attend.

I am advised by our lawyers that, as the AGM for Sunday has been properly and validly called, it is (strangely, even by our lawyers' own admission) not possible legally to cancel the meeting.

However, given the weather conditions and the importance of shareholder participation and discussion of the matters and resolutions proposed at this Sunday's AGM, I propose to open the AGM myself on Sunday and, with sufficient proxies already received to constitute a quorum, I propose to exercise the discretion delegated to me under our articles to adjourn the meeting to Saturday 10 March 2018, at the same time and venue as the original notification outlined.

 The extenuating weather circumstances have brought about an unprecedented position, which we have had to work with to the best of our ability, taking into account the travel advice and also venue availability for an alternative date.

I would also note that Sunday 11 March is Mothering Sunday, traditionally a family day for our members.

 I hope you agree that this is a fair and sensible decision and I very much hope to see you at the reconvened AGM on Saturday 10 March 2018.

 Yours sincerely Eleanor Cannon Chair

A Message from Scottish Women in Sport: Lunch and Awards have been cancelled

The Scottish Women in Sport was to induct some of our past and present 'Pioneers of Sport' into our Hall of Fame’ on Sunday 4th March at a ladies lunch in Glasgow.  Belle Robertson was  representing Women's Golf.

However Sundays event has now been cancelled.

Apologies but the consensus of opinion is that it is better to cancel the event now and re-schedule. 

My apologies for any inconvenience, however given the current travel chaos in Scotland, the safety of everyone travelling has to be the priority. 

I will be speaking to the Hotel today to establish a re-arranged date in April and will be in touch with you all later to advise you.

 Many thanks for your support, I hope the re-arranged date is suitable to all.

Regards 

Kylie sharing 20th place in New South Wales Open

Scots Kylie (Walker) Henry and Michele Thomson are sharing 20th and 48th positions respectively after two rounds of the New South Wales Women's Open at Coffs Harbour.

Kylie has had rounds of 72 and 69 for 141; Michele 71 and 74 for 145, which was the limit mark for beating the cut. Justine Dreher (France) (67-69) and amateur Jihye Park (Australia) (72-64) are sharing a one-stroke lead on six-under-par 136 over the par-71 course.

Two strokes cover the leading five players.

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Hannah and Shannon finish joint 15th on South Africa's Sunshine Ladies Tour

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Grantown-on-Spey's Hannah McCook and Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) shared 15th place on two-over 212 at the conclusion of the 54-hole Sunshine Ladies Tour's Supersport Ladies Challenge at Wild Coast Sun Country Club, Port Edward.
Hannah reeled off three 71s in a row while Shannon had scores of 69, 71 and 73.
Swaziland professional Nobuhle Damini won the first cash prize with a five-under-total of 205, made up of rounds of 64, 69 and 72.
England's Kiran Matharu was the leading non-South African player. She finished fourth on 208 with scores of 68, 70 and 70.

SUNSHINE LADIES TOUR'S SUPERSPORT LADIES CHALLENGE
Wild Coast Sun Country Club, Port Edward

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
par 210 (3x70) Players from S Africa unless stated
205 N Damini (Swazi) 64 69 72.
206 L Assad 67 70 68
207 M Eaton 69 65 73
208 K Matharu (Eng) 68 79 79

SELECTED TOTALS
210 R Goodall (Eng) 68 70 72 (T8)
212 H Davis (Eng) 69 76 67 (T12)
213 H McCook (Sco) (am) 71 71 71, S McWilliam (Sco) (am) 69 71 73 (T15)
215 R Davies (Eng) 73 70 72 (T18)
218 L Taylor (Eng) 73 70 75 (T27)

GREENOCK GOLF CLUB OPEN DAY

Greenock Golf Club Ladies’ Open Greensome is on Thursday 21st June, 2018

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Get into Golf coaching

Women and Girls - Would you like to learn to play golf or improve your golf skills?

We’re looking for women and girls to book into the below 6 session coaching block starting in March with PGA Pro Jane Connachan.

Some of the female members of Haddington Golf Club will be also supporting at the sessions and hope to invite you to some short hole fun competitions and social get togethers.

Then read more  —-   CLICK HERE

Scottish Golf Chair Eleanor Cannon Answers Your Questions Ahead of the AGM

The Scottish Golf Annual General Meeting takes place this Sunday 4 March at Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club near Edinburgh.

They have taken the opportunity to speak to Scottish Golf's Chair Eleanor Cannon ahead of the meeting, to answer some of the questions that have been coming in from clubs regarding the AGM structure, the various votes taking place and the progress made since 'The Future of Golf in Scotland' conference in December.

To read the full all details go to the Scottish Golf Website

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CONNIE JAFFREY HAS A CAREER LOW 66

PEORIA, Ariz. – Kansas State senior women's golfer Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) had a strong showing on Monday to propel her to a fifth-place finish during the final round of the Westbrook Spring Invitational at the par-72, 6,252-yard Westbrook Village Golf Club.

Jaffrey tied a career low during the final round by shooting a 6-under par 66 to finish with a 54-hole score of 8-under par 208. Both her third-round and tournament scores were the third lowest in school history. The Kilwinning, Scotland, native recorded nine birdies on Monday, including six on the back nine.

Jaffrey's performance helped the Wildcats card a 5-under par 283 in the final round, good enough for the third-lowest 54-hole score in team history. The Wildcats moved up one spot on Monday as they finished in eighth place at 8-under par 856.

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WEST GIRLS WIN FIRST MATCH OF 2018

Dumbartonshire Golf Union U14 Boys 1.5 : West Girls 2.5 

(played over Balmore GC by kind permission)

Megan Docherty & Katie Graham  : won

Sophie Kyle & Katy Hill : won

Claire McLaughlin & Freya Russell : beaten

Jodie Graham & Taylor White : half match

Great day to be playing golf and great result for the girls . 

Thanks to Bob Collison , Dumbartonshire U14 Boys and Balmore GC for arranging this match . 

Well done to all the girls 👍🏌️‍♀️👌

Thanks go to Allison Bell for the results