It will be defending champion Anne Laing against 13-year-old "overnight sensation" Sally Watson from South Queensferry in the second semi-final of the 91st Scottish women's amateur championship at Cruden Bay this afternoon.
The other semi-final will feature Fiona Lockhart (St Regulus) against 19-year-old Kylie Walker (Stirling University & Buchanan Castle).
Anne, seeking to become the first player since the 1960s to win the national title three years in a row, was level par in beating teenager Clare-Marie Carlton (Stirling University & Fereneze) by 5 and 4.
Anne was two up at the turn and clinched victory with wins at the 10th, 11th (a birdie) and the 12th.
Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry) was again under par in winning by 4 and 3 against 19-year-old Emily Ogilvy (Muckhart & University of Arkansas-Little Rock). Sally won the first, where her opponent was bunkered, and never looked back. She never lost a hole and though Emily matched her birdies at the fifth and sixth, Sally's third birdie of the outward half, a 3 at the eighth, put the younger player three up.
Another birdie, at the 12th, put Sally four up.
Giant-killer Karen Marshall (Baberton) looked like following up her victory over top seed Clare Queen when she was two up with two to play against Fiona Lockhart (St Regulus). Fiona had trailed from the fifth and sixth, which Karen won to go two up.
Miss Lockhart produced a grandstand finish, winning the 17th and 18th to level the match and then she won the 19th with a par 4 to Miss Marshall's bogey 5.
Kylie Walker was one under par in beating former finalist Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) by 4 and 3.
Kylie won the first the first two holes and the fourth to take a three-hole stranglehold on the match and was still three up at the turn.
Friday morning results:
Quarter-finals
F Lockhart (St Regulus) bt K Marshall (Baberton) at 19th
K Walker (Stirling Univ) bt C Hargan (Mortonhall) 4 and 3.
A Laing (Vale of Leven) bt C-M Carlton (Stirling Univ) 5 and 4.
S Watson (Elie & Earlsferry) bt E Ogilvy (Muckhart) 4 and 3.
CLARK ROSEBOWL
Semi-finals
D Pocock (Murcar) bt H Laughland (Mortonhall) 6 and 5.
K Wells (Dumfries & Co bt D Dewar (Stirling Univ) 3 and 2.
The other semi-final will feature Fiona Lockhart (St Regulus) against 19-year-old Kylie Walker (Stirling University & Buchanan Castle).
Anne, seeking to become the first player since the 1960s to win the national title three years in a row, was level par in beating teenager Clare-Marie Carlton (Stirling University & Fereneze) by 5 and 4.
Anne was two up at the turn and clinched victory with wins at the 10th, 11th (a birdie) and the 12th.
Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry) was again under par in winning by 4 and 3 against 19-year-old Emily Ogilvy (Muckhart & University of Arkansas-Little Rock). Sally won the first, where her opponent was bunkered, and never looked back. She never lost a hole and though Emily matched her birdies at the fifth and sixth, Sally's third birdie of the outward half, a 3 at the eighth, put the younger player three up.
Another birdie, at the 12th, put Sally four up.
Giant-killer Karen Marshall (Baberton) looked like following up her victory over top seed Clare Queen when she was two up with two to play against Fiona Lockhart (St Regulus). Fiona had trailed from the fifth and sixth, which Karen won to go two up.
Miss Lockhart produced a grandstand finish, winning the 17th and 18th to level the match and then she won the 19th with a par 4 to Miss Marshall's bogey 5.
Kylie Walker was one under par in beating former finalist Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) by 4 and 3.
Kylie won the first the first two holes and the fourth to take a three-hole stranglehold on the match and was still three up at the turn.
Friday morning results:
Quarter-finals
F Lockhart (St Regulus) bt K Marshall (Baberton) at 19th
K Walker (Stirling Univ) bt C Hargan (Mortonhall) 4 and 3.
A Laing (Vale of Leven) bt C-M Carlton (Stirling Univ) 5 and 4.
S Watson (Elie & Earlsferry) bt E Ogilvy (Muckhart) 4 and 3.
CLARK ROSEBOWL
Semi-finals
D Pocock (Murcar) bt H Laughland (Mortonhall) 6 and 5.
K Wells (Dumfries & Co bt D Dewar (Stirling Univ) 3 and 2.
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