ALISON NICHOLAS TO BE EWGA AMBASSADOR

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION

Alison Nicholas, captain of the European team for The Solheim Cup, has agreed to become an ambassador for the English Women’s Golf Association.
She will help to raise the profile of the association and its mission to drive forward women’s golf.
Alison commented: " I am delighted to become an EWGA ambassador and I look forward to supporting the work they do for ladies’ golf in England."
EWGA chief executive Jim Robinson said: “We are thrilled to work with Alison who is an inspiration to women golfers.”
Alison, who was British amateur stroke-play champion before turning professional, won 18 professional titles during her playing career, including the US Open and the Weetabix Ladies’ British Open. She has represented Europe in The Solheim Cup on six occasions and has been a member of three winning teams.
Alison took on the role as EWGA ambassador after she hosted two exclusive events, organised in partnership with Tourism Ireland, to give EWGA members an insight into her preparations for The Solheim Cup.
The match, between teams of top women professionals from Europe and the USA, takes place at Killeen Castle, County Meath, Ireland, from September 23-25.


Lyndsey Hewison
EWGA
Press and PR Officer

2011 RICCARTON ROSEBOWL CANCELLED

FROM THE HAMILTON GOLF CLUB WEBSITE
Date: July 26.
Unfortunately the Riccarton Rosebowl and Salver have been cancelled this year. All entry fees will be refunded in due course.

SCROLL DOWN TO READ RESPONSE FROM HAMILTON GOLF CLUB LADIES SECRETARY AND SECRETARY

Editor's note: The 36-hole SLGA Order of Merit tournament was scheduled for Sunday, August 14. Pity the club did not circulate the news a bit earlier. They might have let Kirkwoodgolf know, for instance, and we would have spread the word to thousands of readers in a matter of hours.
I hear that some of the leading Dumfries-shire players did not enter their county championship this year because the date of the later stages (August 14) would have ruled them out playing in the Riccarton Rosebowl. Little did they know, they could have played after all. Now they have missed out on their county championship and will be twiddling their thumbs on August 14.


E-mail from Fay Allan
Hamilton Golf Club Ladies Secretary

Dear Colin,
I wish to correct some errors in your editorial comment regarding the cancellation of this competition.
Firstly the date of the competition was Sunday August 7th and therefore should not have prevented anyone from playing on the 14th.
This information was sent to all clubs by the SLGA at the beginning of the season. I sent out to about 40 clubs posters and entry forms. These were also available at County and inter-county competitions. I also e-mailed previous competitors inviting them to enter.
The sum total of all these efforts was 26 entries by the closing date of 22nd July (The use of a closing date is to facilitate travelling arrangements for all competitors and to allow time for the draw to be distributed.)
You will appreciate that this level of entry is not viable in these days of economic austerity and it was with great regret that the decision was taken to cancel the competition for this year.
I hope you will publish corrections to your previous comments.
Yours sincerely
Fay Allan
Ladies Handicap Secretary

PS. You may wish to publish the following information:-
Sunday 14th August

E-mail from Graham MacKenzie
Club Manager

Hello Colin,

When I emailed you earlier I wasn’t aware of your comments on your website relating to the cancellation of our Riccarton Rosebowl.  Can I point out that we cancelled the competition over two weeks prior to the event due to a lack of entries.  It was thought that this would be preferable to cancelling only day prior. 

 We also put a message on our website the very same day.  The following morning my colleague refunded all the entry fees.  The club cannot run an order of merit tournament unless it has a sufficient number of entries and the closing date is clearly advertised on our entry forms.

 Until this morning I was not aware of Kirkwoodgolf and did not appreciate you are able to ‘spread the word to thousands of readers in a matter of hours’.    

 I do not see how comments such as yours help foster positive relationships between the golfing community. 

Graham MacKenzie

Club Manager

PS Hamilton Mixed Open Competition in aid of RNLI. Times are still available. Cost £12


E-mail from Lindsay Mathie

Hello Colin

I notice your article on the Riccarton  Rosebowl being cancelled and yes it is a shame – the ladies at Hamilton always organise a good day and I was looking forward to playing, however the date was 7^th August so would not have affected the Dumfries-shire players you mention in your article.

Maybe you could start a discussion regarding the 36hole tournaments and why they are not being supported? Is it because there is too much in the calendar now for the younger players to commit to??

Lindsay Mathie

LYON INTER-CLUB WOMEN'S FOURSOMES AT CRUDEN BAY

FIRST ROUND

MURCAR LINKS 1 bt ABOYNE 2 by 15 holes. 
C Wilson and M Johnstone 6, H McKenzie and M Burgess 0
S Murray and P Wilson 9, K Leiper and S Reid 0

ABOYNE 1 lost to DEESIDE at the 19th
M Wilson and E Watson 0 S McLeod and T Seivwright 1
G Hollingsworth and M Sime 1 F Hay and M Parkinson 0

INCHMARLO bt NEWMACHAR by seven holes
L Smith & S Black 3 M Horn & L Kelly 0
T Halliwell & S Richardson 4 S McNaught & A Christiansen 0

WESTHILL lost to ABERDEEN LADIES 1 by five holes 
S Leslie & J Lees 0 S Wood & E Whyte 1
D Gordon & B Gurden 0 F Seedhouse & A Henderson 4

BANCHORY bt HAZLEHEAD by 10 holes 
L Urquhart & L McGillivray 2 S Queen & L Thomson 0
G Christie & A Smart 8 M Finnie & K Emeleus 0

CRUDEN BAY 2 bt ABERDEEN LADIES 2 by 13 holes 
R Dunsmuir & K Esslemont 8 J Wheeler & S Bain 0
K Stalker & M Miller 5 R Burnet & G Bruce 0

MURCAR LINKS 2 lost to BALLATER by 11 holes.
S Anderson & K Thomson 0 S Gordon & S Middleton 6
M Robinson & M Stewart 0 H Backhouse & S Foggie 5

DUNECHT HOUSE scr, CRUDEN BAY 1 walk-over.

QUARTER FINALS

MURCAR LINKS 1 lost to DEESIDE at the 19th.
C Wilson & M Johnstone 2 S McLeod & T Seivwright 0
S Murray & P Wilson 0 F Hay & M Parkinson 2

INCHMARLO lost to ABERDEEN LADIES 1 by 14 holes
L Smith & S Black 0 S Wood & E Whyte 9
T Halliwell & S Richardson 0 F Seedhouse & A Henderson 5

BANCHORY lost to CRUDEN BAY 2 by one hole. 
L Urquhart & L McGillivray 0 R Dunsmuir & K Esslemont 3
G Christie & A Smart 2 K Stalker & M Miller 0

CRUDEN BAY 1 beat BALLATER by 10 holes.
J Harrison & S Phillips 3 S Gordon & S Middleton 0
C Middleton & E Cruickshank 7 H Backhouse & S Foggie 0
10 0



SEMI FINALS

DEESIDE v ABERDEEN LADIES 1
S McLeod & T Seivwright v S Wood & E Whyte
F Hay & M Parkinson v F Seedhouse & A Henderson


CRUDEN BAY 2 v CRUDEN BAY 1
R Dunsmuir & K Esslemont v J Harrison & S Phillips
K Stalker & M Miller v C Middleton & E Cruickshank

ST ANDREWS OPEN TOURNAMENTS' LEADING QUALIFIERS

North Berwick's Euan Bowden, a member at Glen Golf Club, led the qualifiers for the match-play stages of the St Andrews boys' open tournament with an excellent round of three-under-par 67 over the Eden course today (MONDAY)
Bowden's score was four under the CSS and was two shots clear of the No 2 qualifier, American visitor Henry Todd.
In the St Andrews Junior Women's Open qualifying round over the Strathtyrum course, local player Sophie Maguire (St Regulus) and English visitor Liana Bailey (Notts Ladies) had matching rounds of 69 - CSS 71 - at the top of the qualifiers. A card countback gave Sophie the No 1 seed honour.

LEADING QUALIFYING SCORES

ST ANDREWS BOYS OPEN
Eden Course
Par 70. CSS 71
67 Euan Bowden (Glen).
69 Henry Todd (US).
70 Louis Tomlinson (Haydock Park), Benjamin David (Colchester), Willem Kerr (Craigielaw), William Pennington (Heswall), Greg Forrester (Balbirnie Park), Euan Robertson (Inchmarlo), Lyle Sutherland (Alnmouth), Marcus Mellor (Slaley Hall).
71 Sam Wilkinson (Fulford), Andrew Wilson (Darlington), Matthew Anderson (Douglas Park), Adam Fisher (Inchmarlo), Rhys Thompson (Boldon), Euan Davidson (Charleton).

MATCH-PLAY DRAW
Euan Bowden (Glen) v Blair Carnegie (Dunblane New), Euan Davidson (Charleton) v Mark Marshall (Sale), Lyle Sutherland (Alnmouth) v Craig Chalmers (Lenzie), Benjamin David (Colchester) v Lewis Bain (Turnhouse), Louis Tomlinson (Haydock Park) v Andrew Cunningham (Ranfurly Castle), Adam Fisher (Inchmarlo) v Neil McArthur (Bishopbriggs), Marcus Mellor (Slaley Hall) v Alexander Wilson (Portmarnock), Rhys Thompson (Boldon) v Matt Lamb (Hexham).
Henry Todd (US) v George Palmer (Gaudet Luce), Andrew Wilson (Darlington) v Ben Craggs (Glenbervie), Greg Forrester (Balbirnie Park) v Gavin Robson (Gerrards Cross), William Pennington (Heswall) v Christopher Maclean (Clydebank and Dist), Evan Robertson (Inchmarlo) v Andrew Davidson (Charleton), Matthew Anderson (Douglas Park) v Ross Millar (Whitekirk), Willem Kerr (Craigielaw) v Chris Lamb (Hexham), Sam Wilkinson (Fulford) v Martin McCorkell (Gleddoch).

ST ANDREWS JUNIOR WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT
Strathtyrum course
69 Sophie Maguire (St Regulus), Liana Bailey (Notts Ladies).
71 Miranda Brain (Gog Magog), Stephanie Farrar (Sandiway).
72 Nicola Callander (Mill Green), Emily-Mae Hall (Notts Ladies), Heather Munro (Monifieth).
73 Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus), Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and Galloway), Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies), Emily Slater (Woodhall Spa).



MATCH-PLAY DRAW

Sophie Maguire (St Regulus) v Shannen McGuire (Canmore), Rachel Hanlon (St Regulus) v Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and Galloway), Stephanie Farrar (Sandiway) v Nicola Haynes (Gosforth Park), Nicola Callander (Mill Green) v Emily Slater (Woodhall Spa).

Lianna Bailey (Notts Ladies) v Eleanor Tunn (Reay), Heather Munro (Monifieth) v Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies), Miranda Brain (Gog Magog) v Sophie Hillier (John O'Gaunt), Emily-Mae Hall (Notts Ladies) v Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies).



ends

FALKIRK TRYST LADIES OPEN PRIZEWINNERS

Entries: 80.SSS: 71. CSS (home players): 71 , (away players ):72

Silver Handicap
1st Alisa Cook (Falkirk Tryst) 83 (15) 68 (Winner of the Centenary Cup)
2nd Louise MacGregor (Falkirk) 74 (3) 71 bih
3rd Gail Haley (Falkirk Tryst) 82 (11) 71
4th Sally Park (Deer Park) 85 (13) 72
5th Nan Provan (Falkirk Tryst) 91 (18) 73 (bih)
6th Gillian Ping (Ladybank ) 83 (10) 73 (bih)
7th Suzanne Nimmo (Tulliallan) 93 (20) 73

Winner of Seniors Trophy: Martha Donnelly (Hollandbush) 90 (17) 73 (bih)

Scratch :
1st Linda Allan (Falkirk Tryst) 76
2nd Jennifer Bryans (Bathgate) 78
3rd Claire Capocci ( Bridge of Allan) 83

Bronze Handicap
1st Nancy MacFarlane (Bonnybridge) 81 (21) 70
2nd Angie Blackstock (Falkirk Tryst) 92 (21) 71
3rd Susan MacFarlane (Bonnybridge) 97 (22) 75
4th Sheila Benjamin (Dullatur) 104 (29) 75
5th Shiona Scott (Falkirk Tryst) 99 (22) 77
6th Josephine Quin (Canmore) 106 (28) 78
7th Margaret Healy 105 (26) 79

Nearest the Pin
Silver : Christine Watkins ( Falkirk Tryst)
Bronze : Lindsay Sabin ( Falkirk)

Twos:
Aileen Anderson – Louden
Martha Donnelly – Hollandbush
Gail Haley – Falkirk Tryst

ESSEX KID SOPHIE WINS AGE-14 GIRLS' TITLE AT PINEHURST, U S A

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Essex teenager Sophie Madden shot four-under-par to win the girls’ age 14 division of the US Kids Teen World Championship at Pinehurst, in North Carolina.
Sophie, 14, is a member at West Essex and trains with EWGA’s Select South East squad. She finished five shots clear of her closest rival.
Sophie opened her account in the 54-hole tournament with a one-under par 71 which gave her a two-shot lead over the field. In the second round she carded a level par 72, with two birdies and two bogeys on each half, and remained two ahead.
She saved the best until last with a three-under par 69 which clinched her win. She birdied three of her first six holes and made only one bogey in her round as she extended her lead to five shots.
Her mother, Debbie, reports that the event was played in heat of 106 degrees, with 90 per cent humidity, on a course with very fast greens.

Lyndsey Hewison
EWGA
Press and PR Officer

LPGA FUTURES TOUR SCOREBOARD

$100,000 Alliance Bank Golf Classic
presented by Wegmans
Drumlins Country Club, East Course,
Syracuse, New York State
FINAL TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71) Yardage 6064
1 Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 68-68-69 - 205 $14,000
2 Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 69-70-69 - 208 $10,000
T3 Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 69-73-67 - 209 $4,887
Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.) 72-68-69 - 209 $4,887
Allison Hanna (Portland, Ore.) 72-67-70 - 209 $4,887
Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 66-71-72 - 209 $4,88
T7 Alexandra Casi (East Palestine, Ohio) 68-72-70 - 210 $2,341
Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 69-69-72 - 210 $2,341
Jodi Ewart (North Yorkshire, England) 68-70-72 - 210 $2,341
10 Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 70-74-67 - 211 $1,775
11 Yu-Ling Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) 68-71-73 - 212 $1,625
T12 Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 70-73-70 - 213 $1,400
Inhong Lim (Seoul, South Korea) 69-72-72 - 213 $1,400
Misun Cho (Cheongju, South Korea) 72-69-72 - 213 $1,400
T15 Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 73-72-69 - 214 $1,092
Natalie Sheary (West Hartford, Conn.) 71-71-72 - 214 $1,092
Britney Choy (Wahiawa, Hawaii) 72-69-73 - 214 $1,092
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 70-70-74 - 214 $1,092
T19 Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 75-69-71 - 215 $937
Laura Kueny (Whitehall, Mich.) 74-70-71 - 215 $937
T21 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 70-76-70 - 216 $874
Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.) 73-71-72 - 216 $874
Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 73-70-73 - 216 $874
Stephanie Na (Adelaide, Australia) 69-73-74 - 216 $874
T25 Sara Maude Juneau (Quebec, B.C.) 73-75-69 - 217 $815
Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 75-73-69 - 217 $815
Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 72-75-70 - 217 $815
Xyra Suyetsugu (Honolulu, Hawaii) 75-71-71 - 217 $815
Sydnee Michaels (Temecula, Calif.) 73-72-72 - 217 $815
Katy Harris (Houston, Texas) 73-72-72 - 217 $815
Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 70-74-73 - 217 $815
T32 Lizette Salas (Azusa, Calif.) 70-78-70 - 218 $754
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 71-76-71 - 218 $754
Alexandria Buelow (a) (Palm City, Fla.) 72-75-71 - 218
Kelly Lagedrost (Brooksville, Fla.) 70-76-72 - 218 $754
Sophia Sheridan (Guadalajara, Mexico) 73-73-72 - 218 $754
Stephanie Kim (Bayside, N.Y.) 74-71-73 - 218 $754
Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 71-73-74 - 218 $754
Valentine Derrey (Paris, France) 70-73-75 - 218 $754
Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 70-72-76 - 218 $754
T41 Blair O'Neal (Tempe, Ariz.) 73-75-71 - 219 $715
Victoria Park (Irvine, Calif.) 75-72-72 - 219 $715
Sarah Brown (Lopatcong, N.J.) 73-74-72 - 219 $715
Whitney Neuhauser (Charlottesville, Va.) 72-74-73 - 219 $715
Jean Chua (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 72-72-75 - 219 $715
T46 Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 75-73-72 - 220 $682
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 73-73-74 - 220 $682
Meredith Duncan (Shreveport, La.) 70-76-74 - 220 $682
Stefanie Kenoyer (Lighthouse Point, Fla.) 72-74-74 - 220 $682
Olivia Jordan-Higgins (Channel Islands, UK) 70-74-76 - 220 $682
Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 71-73-76 - 220 $682
Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 71-73-76 - 220 $682
Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 70-73-77 - 220 $682
T54 Nina Rodriguez (San Jose, Calif.) 76-72-73 - 221 $649
Paz Echeverria (Santiago, Chile) 73-75-73 - 221 $649
Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 73-74-74 - 221 $649
Candace Schepperle (Birmingham, Ala.) 74-73-74 - 221 $649
Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico) 72-74-75 - 221 $649
Cara Freeman (San Tan Valley, Ariz.) 73-73-75 - 221 $649
Amy Eneroth (Spokane, Wash.) 74-72-75 - 221 $649
T61 Daniela Iacobelli (Viera, Fla.) 72-76-74 - 222 $627
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 73-75-74 - 222 $627
Gloriana Soto (San Jose, Costa Rica) 75-72-75 - 222 $627
Izzy Beisiegel (St. Hilaire, Quebec) 74-70-78 - 222 $627
T65 Laura Nochta-Martin (Cortland, Ohio) 74-74-75 - 223 $616
Leah Wigger (Louisville, Ky.) 74-74-75 - 223 $616
67 Jackie Barenborg (Vero Beach, Fla.) 74-72-78 - 224 $612
T68 Stacey Miller (Bloomington, Ill.) 73-75-78 - 226 $607
Caroline Park (Seoul, South Korea) 75-73-78 - 226 $607
T70 Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) 73-75-79 - 227 $601
Elise Swartout (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 72-74-81 - 227 $601

GWEN AND DAIL QUALIFY FROM NORTH FOR CRIEFF GRAND FINAL

Gwen Munro from Elgin and Hopeman's Dail Reid qualified from today's SLGA Medal (North) Final at Muir of Ord Golf Club to play in the Grand Final at Crieff Golf Club on September 4.
Gwen had a net round of 73 and topped the Silver Division returns by virtue of having a better inward half than Fiona Williams (Inverness) who also had a net 73, off 14.
Fiona was a very unlucky loser in that her score included a two-stroke penalty for playing off the wrong tee at one hole.
Dail Reid had the best net score in the Bronze Division with a 69 off 2. She won that category by four strokes from Jean Toms (Fort William) who had a net 73 off 28.
The par was 70 and the CSS 73.
There was a disappointingly low number of entries - only 16.