18th Portuguese International Senior Ladies Amateur

Championship Scoreboard

OCEANICO OLD COURSE, VILAMOURA

PRIZEWINNERS
Longest Drive (3ª e 4ª Category): Mercedes Barangé
Nearest Pin (3ª e 4ª Category): Margarida Rivera
Longest Drive (1ª e 2ª Category): Cornelia Fischer
Nearest the Pin (1ª e 2ª): Gill Snelson

Four-ball Better- ball
1st NET (1ª e 2ª Category): Brigitta Castilla & Bébé Cabral
1st GROSS (1ª e 2ª Category):
Cécilia Mourgue D’Algue & Florence Mourgue D’Algue
1st NET (3ª e 4ª Category): Anne Lindley & Jude Stevenson
1st GROSS (3ª e 4ª Category): Jeanette Richardson * Ann Styles
Individual – 1ª Category
1st NET Janet Doleman
2nd NET Beatriz de Haro
1st GROSS Catalina Castillejo
2nd GROSS Minna Kaarnalahti
Individual – 2ª Category
1st NET Sheila Bodmer
2nd NET Sally Evans
1st GROSS Benedita Mendes Ribeiro
2nd GROSS Marianne Copp
Individual – 3ª Category
1st NET Conceição Alves de Rio
2nd NET Margaret Boomer
1st GROSS Pia Benjumea Cova
2ª GROSS Maria José Marques
Individual – 4ª Category - Stableford
1st NET Nieves Soriano Y Benitez
2nd NET Blanca Guardiola Dominguez
1st GROSS Anke Eckart
2nd GROSS Maria Valdes Ozores
Best Portuguese Deborah Fiuza de Mello
Super Senior
1st GROSS Jean Richardson – 195
1st NET Gurli Helie – 167
Nations Cup: 1st Spain A – 324 Catalina Castillejo, Cristina Marsans, Beatriz Haro Ramirez
2nd England A – 345 Karen Lobb, Gilian Snelson, Sue Westall

INDIVIDUAL SCRATCH TOTALS
1 Castillejo Oriol, Catalina 81 78 159
2 Kaarnalahti, Minna 79 81 160
3 Marsans, Cristina 82 84 166
4 Doleman, Janet 82 84 166
5 Ramirez de Haro, Beatriz 84 83 167
6 Mourgue D'Algue, Cécilia 81 87 168
7 Lobb, Karen 87 83 170
8 Fiuza de Mello, Deborah 87 83 170
9 Mendes Ribeiro, Benedita 86 84 170
10 Copp, Marianne 85 87 172
11 Evans, Sally 80 92 172
12 Graça, Medina 88 87 175
13 Westall, Sue 88 87 175
14 Ricciardi, Patrícia 87 88 175
15 Jacob, Edeltraut 87 89 176
16 Mourgue D'Algue, Florence 86 91 177
17 Moverley, Elizabeth 93 85 178
18 Fischer, Cornelia 91 87 178
19 Snelson, Gillian 88 90 178
20 Castilla, Brigitta 88 91 179
21 Lorenzana, Isabel 85 94 179
22 McVeigh, Joan 90 90 180
23 Stockdale, Andrea 89 91 180
24 Bodmer, Sheila 88 92 180
25 Timberlake, Sue 90 91 181
26 Carty, Catherine 92 90 182
27 Boyer De La Giroday, Brigitte 90 93 183
28 Wedset, Liv 93 92 185
29 Stump, Gillian 91 95 186
30 Lavradio, Júlia 95 92 187
31 Brooks, Margaret 92 97 189
32 Kreutzer, Claudia 100 91 191
33 Niemietz, Annegret 96 96 192
34 James, Elaine 95 97 192
35 Cologan Machado, Laura 96 97 193
36 Thomas, Martine 98 97 195
37 Ellis, Marie 96 99 195
38 Reef, Manja 95 100 195
39 Tache, Erna 98 98 196
40 v. Bergen Walraven, Elly 95 101 196
41 Cologan Machado, Mª Cristina 97 100 197
42 Ruiz-Gimenez Leon, Gema 98 101 199
43 de Bruin v.d.Bergh, Ellen 94 105 199
44 Gallaway, Pat 99 101 200
45 Oriol Diaz d.Bustamante, Maria 99 102 201
46 De Botton, Isabel 101 102 203
47 Laempe, Maj Britt 103 101 204

FOUR-BALL
Gross score - Net score
1 Mourgue D'Algue, Cécilia 73 73 Mourgue D'Algue, Florence
2 Lobb, Karen 75 70 McVeigh, Joan
3 Castillejo Oriol, Catalina 76 76 Marsans, Cristina
4 Castilla, Brigitta 76 69 Cabral, Bébé
5 Westall, Sue 76 72 Timberlake, Sue
6 Carty, Catherine 77 71 Mendes Ribeiro, Benedita
7 Jacob, Edeltraut 78 76 Fischer, Cornelia
8 Stockdale, Andrea 79 76 Stump, Gillian
9 Ramirez de Haro, Beatriz 79 77 Lorenzana, Isabel
10 Fiuza de Mello, Deborah 79 75 Ricciardi, Patrícia
11 Copp, Marianne 80 73 Wedset, Liv
12 Snelson, Gillian 81 75 Corden, Jenny
13 Reef, Manja 82 79 De Botton, Isabel
14 Boyer De La Giroday, Brigitte 83 78 Tache, Erna
15 Cologan Machado, Mª Cristina 83 74 Cologan Machado, Laura
16 van Bergen Walraven, Elly 83 76 de Bruin v.d.Bergh, Ellen
17 Evans, Sally 84 77 Gallaway, Pat
18 Graça, Medina 84 76 Lavradio, Júlia
19 Strutt, Mary 87 77 Ellis, Marie
20 Kreutzer, Claudia 88 81 Niemietz, Annegret
21 James, Elaine 89 79 Thomas, Martine
22 Ruiz-Gimenez Leon, Gema 91 82 Oriol Diaz d.Bustamante, Maria
23 Laempe, Maj Britt 93 84 Bodmer, Sheila
24 Moverley, Elizabeth 94 89 Brooks, Margaret

Hoylake venue for Ricoh Women's British Open

in September 2012 (avoiding Olympics clash)

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY I M G
Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake in Wirral is today announced as the host venue for the 2012 Ricoh Women’s British Open, the first time that the club has hosted this prestigious Championship.
The Royal Liverpool Golf Club, also known as Hoylake, is the second oldest seaside links golf course in England. Built on a racecourse in 1869, this famous course has played host to some of golf’s most historical moments, including holding the inaugural men’s amateur championship in 1885, the first international match in 1902 between Scotland and England and in 1921, the first international match between Great Britain and the United States, later known as the Walker Cup.
Between 1897 and 2006, Hoylake has hosted the men’s Open Championship 11 thrilling times, including the 1930 famous victory of Bobby Jones who went on to win a grand slam that year. More recently, after a gap of nearly 40 years, the Open Championship returned to Hoylake in 2006 with Tiger Woods triumphing during a week of unusually benign weather.
Ominously the club’s website highlights Bernard Darwin’s famous quote; "Hoylake, blown upon by mighty winds, breeder of mighty champions" and there is no doubt that the course will test the strategic strengths for which the world’s best women are so renown.
During his 2006 victory, where for once the winds did not blow, Tiger Woods’ respect for the penal bunkers was such that he struck his driver only once during the tournament.
The Championship Committee has also announced a new date for 2012, ensuring the tournament does not clash with the London Olympics. It will now take place at the later date of September 13 to 16. Once again, the Committee has triumphed in its quest to hold the most international Women’s Major in golf on one of the world’s best courses.
Shona Malcolm, the Ladies’ Golf Union’s CEO explained, “We are absolutely delighted to be introducing Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake to the Ricoh British Women’s Open course rotation. The Ladies’ Golf Union is committed to playing the Women’s British Open at the best British courses and it is a great coup for the top players to be heading to such an esteemed venue. Adding this news to previously announced Carnoustie for 2011 and as well our return to St Andrews in 2013 for a second time, we have a thrilling few years ahead of us.”
Kieran O’Brien, Chairman of Council of Royal Liverpool Golf Club added, “The Ricoh Women’s British Open has gone from strength to strength in recent years and is truly one of the great sporting events held in the UK today. We are very proud of our Club’s rich heritage and the many memorable golfing moments we have played host to over the years and are happy that we will now be playing such an important role in the women’s game too. We are thoroughly looking forward to working with the LGU and IMG in 2012.”
The staging of the 2012 Championship has been made possible not only by the strong support of Royal Liverpool Golf Club and its Members, but also by Wirral Council which has committed to providing significant infrastucture and operational support together with funding from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) which should to ensure that the 2012 Championship is just as successful as The Open played at Hoylake in 2006.
The partnership formed to bring the Ricoh Women’s British Open to Wirral proves once again how forward thinking the Council is and how it has realised just how significant major sporting events are to the region.
Cllr Steve Foulkes, Leader of Wirral Council added, “This is fantastic news for Wirral and is further evidence of how we are determined to build on the legacy of ‘The People’s Open’ in 2006. By hosting the Ricoh Women’s British Open we will attract new visitors to the Borough as well as returning golf fans who enjoyed themselves with us four years ago. Such a prestigious golf championship will provide not only Wirral but the whole of the Northwest with a huge boost and we look forward to welcoming the world’s best female golfers to Wirral in 2012.”
Steven Broomhead, Chief Executive of the NWDA, said, “This is fantastic news, not just for Royal Liverpool and Wirral, but for the whole of the Northwest. The return of the Women’s Open to the region in 2012 underlines the great golfing that we have here in the Northwest and justifies the claim that we are England’s Golf Coast. We have a whole host of international championships across the region over the next few years, including the Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2012, which will ensure that the spotlight will be on England’s Golf Coast.”
This announcement comes on the back of another major announcement made during the 2009 Championship, won by Scotland’s Catriona Matthew, that Ricoh will continue as title sponsors until at least 2013.
Simon Sasaki, Chairman and CEO, Ricoh Europe PLC commented, "The Ricoh Women's British Open is an excellent platform for Ricoh to combine its sponsorship activities with its overall business goal of helping customers move their business forward. It also aligns with the brand attributes of Ricoh; Innovation, Expertise and Sustainability. This is magnified at the Tournament by the professional players, whose performances get better and better, year on year. We are delighted to hear that Royal Liverpool Golf Club will be hosting the Championship in 2012. I’ve heard so much about the course and remember vividly the magnificent Open Championship played there in 2006. We look forward to 2012 and being part of another significant moment in the history of this great Tournament."
The Ricoh Women’s British Open was founded by the Ladies’ Golf Union in 1976 and is staged in conjunction with IMG, the world’s largest sports marketing company. The event has been co-sanctioned by the LPGA and LET since 1994 and gained Major status in 2001.

Murrayshall Hotel behind the 18th green on the main course at the Perthshire golf complex (image from Murrayshall website). Click on image to enlarge

Murrayshall venue for Scottish schools championships on June 7

The Paul Lawrie-sponsored Scottish schoolboys and schoolgirls' individual and team championships over 36 holes will be staged in Perthshire this year at the Murrayshall Hotel & golf courses complex at Scone on Monday, June 7.
The championships are organised by the Scottish Schools Golf Association.
The annual England v Scotland schools golf international will be hosted by Fairhaven Golf Club, Lytham St Annes in Lancashire on Monday, September 13.
The Scotland teams - boys and girls - for the international will be mainly based on leading performances at Murrayshall.

Rookie Amanda Blumenherst gets sponsor's invite to HSBC Champion of Champions' event in Singapore

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The battle for the coveted ‘Champion of Champions’ title heated up today when it was confirmed that the world’s top 10 female professional golfers will be in Singapore to compete for top honours at the 2010 HSBC Women’s Champions from February 25 to 28.
Leading the charge are past champions and the world’s top two players for the 2009 season, Lorena Ochoa (1) of Mexico and Korean sensation Jiyai Shin (2). The remaining eight players in the top 10 of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings are all champions from the past two seasons and will be eager to get the 2010 season off to a solid start as Singapore takes the second week on this year’s Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) calendar with a prize purse of US$1.3 million.
Joining the stellar line-up will be the exciting 23-year-old LPGA rookie Amanda Blumenherst who has been awarded one of the coveted sponsor’s invites to this month’s tournament. Blumenherst, from Arizona, turned professional in June 2009 following multiple accolades in her amateur career including the US Women’s Amateur title in 2008 and the only three-time National Player of the Year at Duke University.
“I am very excited to have been invited to take part in the HSBC Women’s Champions and look forward to competing amongst the best players in the world,” said Blumenherst.
“I am really grateful to HSBC for giving me the opportunity to play with such an elite field and I am practising and training incredibly hard so that I can be ready for this fantastic opportunity to play alongside all these great champions.”
Acknowledged by golfing experts as a champion of the future, Blumenherst competed in the 2006 US Women’s Open and tied for 10th position, sharing the amateur honours with Jane Park.

At the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2008, Blumenherst finished in 30th spot and also helped the US claim victory at the Curtis Cup in both years. During her first year as a professional, she played on the Futures Tour and recorded three top-ten finishes and went on to win the final stage of the LPGA Q School to book her place as one of 28 rookies on the LPGA Tour in 2010.
A total of 63 players will tee-off for four days of stroke-play in Singapore. Along with the two sponsors invites, the field will be completed by Singaporean amateur Joey Poh who won the two day Local Qualifying event earlier this month.

ROLEX WOMEN’S WORLD GOLF RANKINGS
1 Lorena Ochoa MEX
2 Jiyai Shin SKOR
3 Suzann Pettersen NOR
4 Anna Nordqvist SWE
5 Cristie Kerr USA
6 Yani Tseng TPE
7 Paula Creamer USA
8 Ai Miyazato JPN
9 Angela Stanford USA
10 Michelle Wie USA