KRYSTLE CAITHNESS, ONLY 14, SET TO BE
ONE OF YOUNGEST "SCOTTISH" QUALIFIERS
Krystle Caithness, 14-year-old member of local club St Regulus, looked certain to become one of the youngest ever qualifiers for the match-play stages of the Scottish women's amateur championship after a fine round of 76 for a 36-hole total of 159 on the second day of the Centenary championship over the Old Course, St Andrews.
It is believed that Jane Connachan qualified for the match-play stages of the championship when she was 13.
Miss Caithness had birdies at the second, fourth, 12th, 15th and 16th in halves of 39 (one over par) and 37 (one under).
She bogeyed the first, third, seventh, 11th and 13th but was in only one of the 112 bunkers, at the 13th.
This is Krystle's debut in the championship. She is a pupil at Waid Academy, Anstruther and is a member of Crail Golf Club, where she won the women's championship last year, as well as St Regulus. She has a handicap of six and thinks she plays on average four times a week.
Her father Jim, a nine-handicap member of Crail and St Andrews, caddied for her.
"I learned to hit a ball when I was only four years old but I had been a little bit older before I began to play seriously," said Krystle who hopes to become a professional golfer some day.
ONE OF YOUNGEST "SCOTTISH" QUALIFIERS
Krystle Caithness, 14-year-old member of local club St Regulus, looked certain to become one of the youngest ever qualifiers for the match-play stages of the Scottish women's amateur championship after a fine round of 76 for a 36-hole total of 159 on the second day of the Centenary championship over the Old Course, St Andrews.
It is believed that Jane Connachan qualified for the match-play stages of the championship when she was 13.
Miss Caithness had birdies at the second, fourth, 12th, 15th and 16th in halves of 39 (one over par) and 37 (one under).
She bogeyed the first, third, seventh, 11th and 13th but was in only one of the 112 bunkers, at the 13th.
This is Krystle's debut in the championship. She is a pupil at Waid Academy, Anstruther and is a member of Crail Golf Club, where she won the women's championship last year, as well as St Regulus. She has a handicap of six and thinks she plays on average four times a week.
Her father Jim, a nine-handicap member of Crail and St Andrews, caddied for her.
"I learned to hit a ball when I was only four years old but I had been a little bit older before I began to play seriously," said Krystle who hopes to become a professional golfer some day.
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