BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
SUN SHINES BUT GLOOMY DAY FOR SCOTS AT GULLANE
EIGHT of the nine Scots who qualified for the match-play stages of the British women's open amateur golf championship came a cropper at the first hurdle as glorious sunshine returned to the Gullane No 1 links on Friday.
American college student Louise Kenney, a member of Pitreavie Golf Club, Dunfermline, was the only one still standing as the Flowers of Scotland were cut down by the opposition.
All in all, it was not a particularly good day for the standing of women's amateur golf in Great Britain & Ireland. Only 10 representatives in all from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland won their first-round ties to figure among the last 32 in the international championship.
Louise Kenney, a former Scottish girls' match-play champion and a full Scotland cap who is home for the summer holidays from Iowa State University, beat Kristina Rothengatter (Germany) by 4 and 2 after being two up on the 11th tee.
"It wasn't over when I got to two up," said Fifer Louise whose father Charlie caddied for her. "I managed to match her birdies at the 11th and 12th. The 13th and 14th were also halved before I won the 15th and 16th for the match."
Royal Dornoch's Lesley Mackay went down by 2 and 1 to Sofie Andersson (Sweden) after being all square at the turn.
Jo Carthew (Ladybank) also lost on the 17th green to Stephanie Kirchmayr (Germany), having been one up after nine holes.
Stirling Univesity student Dawn Dewar (Monifieth) was three down at the turn to Anna Roscio (Italy) and could not halt the slide. She eventually lost by 4 and 3.
Krystle Caithness (St Regulus), only 15 years old and making her debut in the championship, was all square after nine holes against Joanna Klatten, a French girl who then won five holes in a row from the 10th to eliminate the Scot by a 5 and 4 margin.
The Scottish disaster story continued with Heather MacRae (Dunblane New) crumbling from a two-hole lead at the turn to a 2 and 1 defeat by Lisa Jean, the Australian who won the Munross Trophy 36-hole open event at Montrose a fortnight ago.
Heather's San Diego State University team-mate, Jenna Wilson from Strathaven, also lost from a potentially winning position at the turn. Jenna, had a birdie 2 at the fourth and an eagle 2 at the seventh, where she holed a full approach shot, but that only put her one up after nine holes against Kiran Matharu (Sandmoor). The English girl gained the upperhand on the inward half and won on the last green.
EIGHT of the nine Scots who qualified for the match-play stages of the British women's open amateur golf championship came a cropper at the first hurdle as glorious sunshine returned to the Gullane No 1 links on Friday.
American college student Louise Kenney, a member of Pitreavie Golf Club, Dunfermline, was the only one still standing as the Flowers of Scotland were cut down by the opposition.
All in all, it was not a particularly good day for the standing of women's amateur golf in Great Britain & Ireland. Only 10 representatives in all from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland won their first-round ties to figure among the last 32 in the international championship.
Louise Kenney, a former Scottish girls' match-play champion and a full Scotland cap who is home for the summer holidays from Iowa State University, beat Kristina Rothengatter (Germany) by 4 and 2 after being two up on the 11th tee.
"It wasn't over when I got to two up," said Fifer Louise whose father Charlie caddied for her. "I managed to match her birdies at the 11th and 12th. The 13th and 14th were also halved before I won the 15th and 16th for the match."
Royal Dornoch's Lesley Mackay went down by 2 and 1 to Sofie Andersson (Sweden) after being all square at the turn.
Jo Carthew (Ladybank) also lost on the 17th green to Stephanie Kirchmayr (Germany), having been one up after nine holes.
Stirling Univesity student Dawn Dewar (Monifieth) was three down at the turn to Anna Roscio (Italy) and could not halt the slide. She eventually lost by 4 and 3.
Krystle Caithness (St Regulus), only 15 years old and making her debut in the championship, was all square after nine holes against Joanna Klatten, a French girl who then won five holes in a row from the 10th to eliminate the Scot by a 5 and 4 margin.
The Scottish disaster story continued with Heather MacRae (Dunblane New) crumbling from a two-hole lead at the turn to a 2 and 1 defeat by Lisa Jean, the Australian who won the Munross Trophy 36-hole open event at Montrose a fortnight ago.
Heather's San Diego State University team-mate, Jenna Wilson from Strathaven, also lost from a potentially winning position at the turn. Jenna, had a birdie 2 at the fourth and an eagle 2 at the seventh, where she holed a full approach shot, but that only put her one up after nine holes against Kiran Matharu (Sandmoor). The English girl gained the upperhand on the inward half and won on the last green.
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