AUDREY STURGESS IS APPOINTED THE BOARD OF THE SCOTTISH GOLF LIMITED

Many congratulations go to Haggs Castle's Audrey Sturgess who has been appointed to the new Scottish Golf Limited Board

Integration, with responsibility for Handicapping & Course Rating – Audrey Sturgess

Since graduating from the University of Stirling in Accountancy and Business Law and then qualifying as a certified accountant, Audrey has enjoyed a varied career, having lived and worked at home and abroad. She has worked for the National Health Service in Scotland and England and two firms of Chartered Accountants, PWC (Coopers & Lybrand), during a spell in South Africa, and Deloitte (Spicer & Pegler).

Audrey, who is also the owner/manager of a small property portfolio and, along with her husband Andy, has a farming business in south-west Scotland, has a deep knowledge of the history of the SGU and the SLGA. The former SLGA Finance Director was a member of the Amalgamation Working Group, responsible for producing its budget and forecast figures. A member of Haggs Castle Golf Club, The Ladies Golf Club Troon and Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association, Audrey was Club Finance Convenor for four years at Haggs Castle and was the first woman to be elected Club Captain in 2009.

To read more of all the appointments -- CLICK HERE

Gabrielle Macdonald wins SLGA Champion of Champions title at Glasgow Gailes

Gabrielle Macdonald and Allan Brodie, vice-captain of Glasgow Gailes Golf Club and a former international golfer. Picture by courtesy of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association.

St Andrews student Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) scored one of her biggest successes since she won the Scottish women's amateur championship two years ago when she was crowed the SLGA's Champion of Champion 2015 at Glasgow Gailes Golf Club today (Sunday).
Gabrielle headed a field of 21 - more than double the size of last year's field - by two strokes with a round of 71 which matched the women's par and was six shots since the CSS of 77.
Runner-up was Louise Macgregor (Falkiwth ) with a 73, two ahead of the third-placed Jennifer Saxton (Muckhart).

SLGA CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENT
Glasgow Gailes GC. Par 71. CSS 77

71 Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw)
73 Louise acgregor (Falkirk)
75 Jennifer Saxton (Muckhart)
76 Tara Mactaggart (Minto), Gillian Paton (Royal Montrose),
Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm)
77 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe)
78 Sammy Leslie (Aberdeen Ladies), Elizabeth Dunn-Butler (Gullane).
79 Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey)
80 Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies)
81 Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire).
82 Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe), Chloe Goadby (St Regulus)
83 Fiona De Vries (St Rule)
84 Alison Bartlett (Royal Dornoch), Kirsten Brown (Strathaven).
85 Lorna McKinlay (Dunnikier Park)
86 Lesley Lloyd (Hayston)
87 Catherine Malcolm (Prestwick St Cuthbert)
91 Emma Morrison (Craigmillar Park)

Thanks go to Colin Farquarson for the report

CHAMPION OF CHAMPION TEE TIMES

Tee times for tomorrow's SLGA Champion of Champions' tournament at Glasgow Gailes

The Scottish Ladies Golfing Associaton Champion of Champions'tournament will be played at Glasgow Gailes Golf Club tomorrow (Sunday) with a much bigger field than last year.

TEE TIMES

11:30 : WOOD, Sheena (Aberdeen Ladies), PATON, Gillian (Royal Montrose) , BRIGGS, Megan (Kilmacolm)
11:40: MACDONALD, Gabrielle,(Craigielaw), GOADBY, Chloe,(St Regulus), McCOOK, Hannah(Grantown-on-Spey)
11:50: SCOTT, Hannah (Broomieknowe), DE VRIES, Fiona (St Rule), McINTOSH, Kate(Broomieknowe)
12:00 : LESLIE, SAMANTHA (Aberdeen Ladies), MACGREGOR, Louise (Falkirk), MACTAGGART, Tara (Minto)
12:10 : SAXTON, Jennifer (Muckhart), BARTLETT, Alison (Royal Dornoch), LLOYD, Lesley (Hayston)
12:20 : BROWN, Kirsten (Strathaven), McKINLAY, Lorna (Dunnikier Park), KYLE, Gillian (East Renfrewshire)
12:30: MALCOLM, Catherine (Prestwick St Cuthbert), DUNN-BUTLER, Elizabeth (Gullan), MORRISON, Emma (Craigmillar Park)

ELEANOR CANNON SHARES HER THOUGHTS UNDER THE NEW UNIFIED GOVERNING BODY

The first-ever chair of Scottish Golf, Eleanor Cannon, shares her thoughts on the opportunities which lie ahead for the sport under the new unified governing body.

ELEANOR CANNON TAKES UP HER NEW ROLL AS FIRST SCOTTISH GOLF LIMITED CHIEF

Eleanor Cannon

On Thursday morning (1st October 2015 )  Ranfurly Castle's Eleanor Cannon will officially become the inaugural chair of Scottish Golf Limited, what will be – following the long overdue amalgamation of the Scottish Golf Union and the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association – the governing body of amateur golf in this country
To read more -- CLICK HERE

ANGUS WIN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP AND AYRSHIRE WIN AGAINST DUMFRIES-SHIRE

Angus have won the Scottish women's county championship for the third time in the past four years.
In the deciding match at Stranraer today between the only two teams with 100 per cent records after two days' play, Angus came from behind to beat Midlothian 5.5 to 3.5.
Angus had won their foursomes 3-0 against Ayrshire and Dumfries-shire in the earlier matches but they lost the morning play 2-2 to Midlothian/.
But that only stirred Angus up to take the singles by a 4.5-1.5 margin.
Gillian Paton (Royal Montrose) scored her sixth win in six starts by beating former Scottish champion Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) and set the ball rolling for Angus.
Ann Ramsay put Angus 3-2 in the lead with her fifth, beating Louise Fraser 5 and 3.
Kate McIntosh stopped the Midlothian slide with a 3 and 2 win over Jacqueline Sneddon but back came Angus to get the title-winning points through Carnoustie Ladies' Claire Robertson and Ailsa Summers.
Jemma Chalmers completed the the Angus total with a half-point from a halved match with Karen Marshall.
Ayrshire finished third in the table by beating Dumfries-shire 5-4.
How they finished:
1 Angus 3pt, 2 Midlothian 2pt, 3 Ayrshire 1pt, 4 Dumfries-shire 0pt.
TODAY'S RESULTS
ANGUS 5.5, MIDLOTHIAN 3.5
Foursomes: 1-2
G Paton and A Ramsay bt K McIntosh and W Nicholson 3 and 2.
A Summers and K Reid lost to K Marshall and H Scott 3 and 2.
J Sneddon and J Brown lost to G MacDonald and L Fraser 4 and 3.
Singles: 4.5-1.5
Paton bt MacDonald 5 and 4
Ramsay bt Fraser 5 and 3
Sneddon lost to McIntosh 3 and 2.
C Robertson bt Nicholson 3 and 1.
J Chalmers halved with Marshall
Summers bt Scott 1 hole.

AYRSHIRE 5, DUMFRIES-SHIRE 4
Foursomes: 2-1
L Allan and C Malcolm bt J Graham and K Malcolm 3 and 2.
D Watt and H MacGarvie bt E Greenlees and L Jack 3 and 1.
A Thompson and L Keohone lost to D MacDonald and M Fraser 2 and 1.
Singles: 3-3
Allan halved with Graham
E Hale lost to MacDonald 1 hole.
J Linklater bt Jack 6 and 4.
C Malcolm halved with Greenlees.
MacGarvie bt Fraser 4 and 3
Watt lost to K Malcolm 3 and 2

GREENLEES 75th CELEBRATION TRI AM SUCCESS

Winners: Gill Hendry, Linda McDougall and Sharon Edge

Runners Up: Margaret Gray, Alice Brown and Aileen Donaldson

The Greenlees 75th Celebration Triam was played in excellent weather today and was enjoyed by all the participants - it is a pity that something like this only happens once. Grateful thanks must be given to Sheila Orr and the ladies from Cathcart Castle for their organisation and their decoration of the Dining Room. Special thanks to Jean Smith and her husband for producing such and interesting brochure - I think we all learned from it. Special thanks to our guests, Fiona Butler, Willeen McCallum and not least Carol Fell. I would like to thank all the players who took part in our celebration and made it such a successful day..

Only the second prize winners were there and Greenlees Secretary Anne Dunn is going to ask the others if they can come to the lunch on Greenlees Lunch on the 20th October.  

Winners: - Gill Hendry ( Douglas Park) Sharon Edge (Lenzie)  and Linda McDougall, (Greenock).

2nd: Aileen Donaldson (West Kilbride),  Margaret Gray (Old Ranfurly) and Alice Brown, (Bothwell Castle). 

3rd: Jill Foggo (Milngavie), Eleanor Inglis (Largs) and Linda Hay (Eastwood).

For all the results -- CLICK HERE

To see some Photos --- CLICK HERE --  Courtesy of Anne Dunn's daughter Nikki and Carol Fell

AYRSHIRE LOSE TO MIDLOTHIAN AND NOW ANGUS v MIDLOTHIAN DECIDER

Angus v Midlothian on Sunday in title decider 

Defending champions Angus and Midlothian will meet on Sunday in a title-deciding clash at Stranraer Golf in the Scottish women's county golf finals.
Both Angus and Midlothian have won two out of two matches so far in the three-day tournament.
Today, Angus beat Dumfries-shire 7.5-1.5 after making a 3-0 clean sweep of their foursomes for the second day in a row.
Midlothian overpowered Ayrshire 7.5-1.5 after taking a 2.5-0.5 lead in the morning foursomes. 

DUMFRIES-SHIRE 1.5, ANGUS 7.5
Foursomes: 0-3 
Emma Greenlees and Linda Jack lost to Gillian Paton and Ann Ramsay 1 hole.
Diane MacRonald and Mirren Fraser lost to Ailsa Summers and Katie Reid 3 and 2.
Jordana Graham and Katie Malcolm lost to Jacqueline Sneddon and Jackie Brown 2 and 1.
Singles: 1.5-4.5
Fraser lost to Paton 4 and 2.
Grahamlost to Summers 1 hole.
D MacDonald bt C Robertson 5 and 3.
Malcolm halved with J Chalmers.
Jack lost to A Ramsay 6 and 4
Greenlees lost to Senddon 4 and 3.

AYRSHIRE 1.5, MIDLOTHIAN 7.5
Foursomes: 0.5-2.5
Linzi Allan and Catherine Malcolm lost to Kate McIntosh and Wendy Nicholson 6 and 5.
Hazel MacGarvie and Debbie Watt halved with Karen Marshall and Hannah Scott
Audrey Thompson and Liz Keohone lost to Gabrielle MacDonald and Louise Fraser  1 hole.

Singles: 1-5
Malcolm lost to McIntosh 5 and 3.
MacGarvie lost to Marshall 1 hole.
E Hale halved with A McBride
Watt halved with K Ferguson
Thompson lost to Nicholson 4 and 2.
Allan lost to Scott 3 and 2.


HOW THEY STAND
Angus 2 wins
Midlothian 2 wins
Ayrshire 2 defeats
Dumfries-shire 2 defeats

FINAL MATCHES
Angus v Midlothian
Ayrshire v Dumfries-shire