BRITISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY
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AND ALSO HOW SCOTLAND'S VETERANS FARED
ON THE FINAL DAY AT HAYLING ISLAND
BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Nairn Golf Club
QUALIFIERS
(Par 72, CSS 76 76)
143 H Macrae (Sco) 72 71.
144 N Gergely (Aut) 71 73.
145 J Wilson (Sco) 77 68.
146 K Werdinig (Aut) 75 71.
147 C Lee (Eng) 75 72, L Kenney (Sco) 73 74.
148 S Walker (Eng) 71 77, C Queen (Sco) 75 73.
149 K Matharu (Eng) 74 75, F In-Albon (Swi) 74 75, L Bennett (Eng) 77 72, S Gal (Ger) 73 76.
150 L Collin (Eng) 77 73, M Verchenova (Rus) 78 72, R Bell (Eng) 76 74, A Laing (Sco) 74 76.
151 E Ogilvy (Sco) 73 78, L H Diggle (Eng) 74 77.
152 K Harper (Sco) 78 74, L Hall (Wal) 80 72, F Seeholzer (Swi) 76 76, C Gruber (Sco) 75 77, E Duggleby (Eng) 77 75, C Coughlan (Ire) 81 71.
153 F Lockhart (Sco) 76 77, S Hassan (Wal) 76 77, C Booth (Sco) 78 75, M Pow (Sco) 78 75, N Azaam (Swi) 78 75, A Rossi (Ita) 75 78.
154 L Eastwood (Eng) 7 6 78, K Caithness (Sco) 79 75, N Edwards (Eng) 75 79, K Walker (Sco) 77 77, S Bregman (SAf) 78 76, K Smith (Eng) 80 74, K MacDonald (Sco) 76 78, B Toumpsin (Bel) 74 80, S Michl (Aut) 79 75.
155 V Stefansen (Den) 76 79, L Lausberg (SAf) 76 79, F Sanderson (Eng) 80 75.
NON-QUALIFIERS
156 L Holmes (Eng) , 74 82, E Brown (Eng) 75 81, R Lomas (Eng) 78 78, R Niven (Sco) 77 79, E Lyons (Eng) 79 77, T Delaney (Ire) 75 81, A Roscio (Ita) 81 75.
157 S Birks (Wal) 77 80, M Jorgensen (Den) 78 79, M Gillen (Ire) 78 79.
158 C Tucker (Ire) 75 83, D Von Armin (Col) 77 81, L Barton (Eng) 79 79, G Webster (Sco) 83 75, L Walker (Sco) 80 78, G Paolillo (Ita) 80 78, L Willems (Bel) 79 79.
159 S Attwood (Eng) 79 80, E Sheffield (Eng) 83 76, C Ellis (Eng) 81 78, T Boyes (Eng) 80 79, J Gregg (Eng) 78 81.
160 Alexis Edwards (US) 77 83, M Thomson (Sco) 80 80, R Newren (US) 88 72, S Kruegeer (US) 81 79.
161 J Carthew (Ladybank) 77 84, S James (Eng) 80 81, L Ball (Eng) 79 82, S-J Eves (Eng) 83 78, V Valvassori (Ita) 77 84.
162 P Pretswell (Sco) 80 82, C Hargan (Sco) 82 80, E Wanet (Bel) 81 81.
163 L Tarn (Eng) 80 83, J Gibson (Eng) 80 83, L Taylor (Eng) 81 82, H Aitchison (Eng) 83 80, E McBride (Eng) 85 78, C-M Carlton (Sco) 85 78.
164 T Luccioli (Bel) 78 86, E Fairnie (Sco) 82 82.
166 S Dony (Bel) 78 88.
167 F Smith (Eng) 86 81, J Turner (Sco) 81 86, D Dewar (Sco) 84 83, Ashley Edwards (US) 89 78.
168 J McGuffog (Eng) 86 82, G Chalmers (Sco) 89 79.
169 S Brodie (Eng) 81 88, A Ingram (Sco) 85 84, G Garbaccio (Ita) 89 80.
171 H Harvey (Sco) 88 83.
172 S Meadow (Ire) 82 90, A Childers (US) 89 83.
173 L Johnstone (Eng) 90 83.
174 N Lowe (Eng) 83 91.
176 C McAndrew (Sco) 88 88.
184 M Vanmol (Bel) 89 95.
185 I Harvey (Sco) 89 96, C Oliver (Sco) 95 90.
Retired: A Marshall (Eng) 88 -.
JENNA (68) IS ON THE TAIL OF LEADERS
AS SCOTS HOG THE NAIRN LIMELIGHT
IT'S Scotland first and third as the British women's open amateur golf championship moves towards an exciting climax with the final two rounds at Nairn on Friday.
Heather Macrae from Dunblane took up the running at the end of a very wet night and morning with a 71 for one-under-par 143 to be the halfway leader by one shot from joint overnight leader, Nicole Gergely from Austria.
Then, as the course dried out in the warm, late afternoon sunshine, Jenna Wilson let the leaders know she was on their tail and had picked up the scent of victory.
The Strathaven 21-year-old became the first in the field to break 70. Jenna finished with a bag of six birdies for a sparkling, four-under-par 68 and a halfway total of 145.
First reserve to the winning GB&I Vagliano Trophy team last month and winner of the two most recent 36-hole women's in Scotland - the Mary McCallay Trophy at Dumfries (which she won by 11 shots!) and then the Riccarton Rosebowl at Hamilton on Sunday, Jenna feels that she is now reaping the rewards for a lot of hard winter work with national coach Karen Dallas, the Kirriemuir club professional.
"I think it's all come together over the past three weeks and I certainly had the best of the weather for the second round here at Nairn," said Jenna who spent a college year in 2003-2004 at San Diego University, the California college to which leader Heather Macrae will be returning on Tuesday.
It was only after she had bogeyed the third and the fifth, that jaunty Jenna clicked and cover the last 13 holes in an impressive six under par with birdies at the sixth, seventh, 11th, 13th, 17th and 18th in halves of 36 (level par) and 32 (four under).
Heather, in third place overnight, had moved into the mid-afternoon clubhouse lead with a second-round 71 for one-under-par 143, one shot ahead of Nicole Gergely, a 20-year-old from Pals, Austria, who had a 73 for 144.
Heather, 21-year-old Vagliano Trophy team player from Dunblane, improved by four shots on the seventh hole alone, compared with her first-round 72. Heather ran up an 8 at the seventh first time round. Yesterday she got a birdie 4 with a drive, three-wood second and a pitch and a putt in an outward half of 35.
Her other birdies were a 2 at the short sixth with a four-iron and a 12ft putt, the 10th (drive, five-wood, pitch and putt) and the 15th (drive, wedge, 10ft putt). Miss Macrae's only bogey on the outward half was a three-putt 5 at a time when it was very wet, both underfoot and overhead!
But for a weak finish the Scot would have put daylight between herself and the rest of the field.
Heather bogeyed the 16th (missed green) and the 18th (three putts) in an inward 36.
"It was a bit unpleasant on the outward journey with the rain still coming down quite heavily and the course quite wet. But it did slow the greens down a bit and I found them easier to judge, even though I did three-putt twice," said Heather.
Two other Scots squeezed into the top eight late in the day. Louise Kenney from Pitreavie birdied the fourth, fifth and 18th but had two shots in a bunker for a double bogey at the 11th on her way to a 74 for joint fifth place on 147.
And defending champion Clare Queen (Drumpellier) is tied for seventh place on 148 after a 73.
"I played my best golf of the year from tee to green but couldn't hole the putts," said Clare.
A total of 42 players with totals of 145 or better qualified for the final two rounds.
The other Scots who made it were:
Emily Ogilvy (Muckhart) 78 for 151; Kerri Harper (Inverness) 78 for 152; Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 77 for 152; Fiona Lockhart (St Regulus) 77 for 153; Carly Booth (Auchterarder) 75 for 153; Martine Pow (Selkirk) 75 for 153; Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) 75 for 153; Kylie Walker (Stirling Univ) 77 for 154; Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 78 for 154.
Carly is only 13 years old and home-town girl Kelsey just 14.
SCOTS VETS COLLECT WOODEN SPOON
Scotland finished up with the wooden spoon in the Veteran Ladies Golfing Association area team championship at Hayling Island, Hampshire today.
Bidding to win the title and the Miller Stirling Trophy for the third year in a row, the Scots lost all three matches - 5-4 to North of England, 6-3 to Midlands and, finally, 7-2 to South of England.
North beat Midlands 6-3 in the title decider.
ends.
AND ALSO HOW SCOTLAND'S VETERANS FARED
ON THE FINAL DAY AT HAYLING ISLAND
BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Nairn Golf Club
QUALIFIERS
(Par 72, CSS 76 76)
143 H Macrae (Sco) 72 71.
144 N Gergely (Aut) 71 73.
145 J Wilson (Sco) 77 68.
146 K Werdinig (Aut) 75 71.
147 C Lee (Eng) 75 72, L Kenney (Sco) 73 74.
148 S Walker (Eng) 71 77, C Queen (Sco) 75 73.
149 K Matharu (Eng) 74 75, F In-Albon (Swi) 74 75, L Bennett (Eng) 77 72, S Gal (Ger) 73 76.
150 L Collin (Eng) 77 73, M Verchenova (Rus) 78 72, R Bell (Eng) 76 74, A Laing (Sco) 74 76.
151 E Ogilvy (Sco) 73 78, L H Diggle (Eng) 74 77.
152 K Harper (Sco) 78 74, L Hall (Wal) 80 72, F Seeholzer (Swi) 76 76, C Gruber (Sco) 75 77, E Duggleby (Eng) 77 75, C Coughlan (Ire) 81 71.
153 F Lockhart (Sco) 76 77, S Hassan (Wal) 76 77, C Booth (Sco) 78 75, M Pow (Sco) 78 75, N Azaam (Swi) 78 75, A Rossi (Ita) 75 78.
154 L Eastwood (Eng) 7 6 78, K Caithness (Sco) 79 75, N Edwards (Eng) 75 79, K Walker (Sco) 77 77, S Bregman (SAf) 78 76, K Smith (Eng) 80 74, K MacDonald (Sco) 76 78, B Toumpsin (Bel) 74 80, S Michl (Aut) 79 75.
155 V Stefansen (Den) 76 79, L Lausberg (SAf) 76 79, F Sanderson (Eng) 80 75.
NON-QUALIFIERS
156 L Holmes (Eng) , 74 82, E Brown (Eng) 75 81, R Lomas (Eng) 78 78, R Niven (Sco) 77 79, E Lyons (Eng) 79 77, T Delaney (Ire) 75 81, A Roscio (Ita) 81 75.
157 S Birks (Wal) 77 80, M Jorgensen (Den) 78 79, M Gillen (Ire) 78 79.
158 C Tucker (Ire) 75 83, D Von Armin (Col) 77 81, L Barton (Eng) 79 79, G Webster (Sco) 83 75, L Walker (Sco) 80 78, G Paolillo (Ita) 80 78, L Willems (Bel) 79 79.
159 S Attwood (Eng) 79 80, E Sheffield (Eng) 83 76, C Ellis (Eng) 81 78, T Boyes (Eng) 80 79, J Gregg (Eng) 78 81.
160 Alexis Edwards (US) 77 83, M Thomson (Sco) 80 80, R Newren (US) 88 72, S Kruegeer (US) 81 79.
161 J Carthew (Ladybank) 77 84, S James (Eng) 80 81, L Ball (Eng) 79 82, S-J Eves (Eng) 83 78, V Valvassori (Ita) 77 84.
162 P Pretswell (Sco) 80 82, C Hargan (Sco) 82 80, E Wanet (Bel) 81 81.
163 L Tarn (Eng) 80 83, J Gibson (Eng) 80 83, L Taylor (Eng) 81 82, H Aitchison (Eng) 83 80, E McBride (Eng) 85 78, C-M Carlton (Sco) 85 78.
164 T Luccioli (Bel) 78 86, E Fairnie (Sco) 82 82.
166 S Dony (Bel) 78 88.
167 F Smith (Eng) 86 81, J Turner (Sco) 81 86, D Dewar (Sco) 84 83, Ashley Edwards (US) 89 78.
168 J McGuffog (Eng) 86 82, G Chalmers (Sco) 89 79.
169 S Brodie (Eng) 81 88, A Ingram (Sco) 85 84, G Garbaccio (Ita) 89 80.
171 H Harvey (Sco) 88 83.
172 S Meadow (Ire) 82 90, A Childers (US) 89 83.
173 L Johnstone (Eng) 90 83.
174 N Lowe (Eng) 83 91.
176 C McAndrew (Sco) 88 88.
184 M Vanmol (Bel) 89 95.
185 I Harvey (Sco) 89 96, C Oliver (Sco) 95 90.
Retired: A Marshall (Eng) 88 -.
JENNA (68) IS ON THE TAIL OF LEADERS
AS SCOTS HOG THE NAIRN LIMELIGHT
IT'S Scotland first and third as the British women's open amateur golf championship moves towards an exciting climax with the final two rounds at Nairn on Friday.
Heather Macrae from Dunblane took up the running at the end of a very wet night and morning with a 71 for one-under-par 143 to be the halfway leader by one shot from joint overnight leader, Nicole Gergely from Austria.
Then, as the course dried out in the warm, late afternoon sunshine, Jenna Wilson let the leaders know she was on their tail and had picked up the scent of victory.
The Strathaven 21-year-old became the first in the field to break 70. Jenna finished with a bag of six birdies for a sparkling, four-under-par 68 and a halfway total of 145.
First reserve to the winning GB&I Vagliano Trophy team last month and winner of the two most recent 36-hole women's in Scotland - the Mary McCallay Trophy at Dumfries (which she won by 11 shots!) and then the Riccarton Rosebowl at Hamilton on Sunday, Jenna feels that she is now reaping the rewards for a lot of hard winter work with national coach Karen Dallas, the Kirriemuir club professional.
"I think it's all come together over the past three weeks and I certainly had the best of the weather for the second round here at Nairn," said Jenna who spent a college year in 2003-2004 at San Diego University, the California college to which leader Heather Macrae will be returning on Tuesday.
It was only after she had bogeyed the third and the fifth, that jaunty Jenna clicked and cover the last 13 holes in an impressive six under par with birdies at the sixth, seventh, 11th, 13th, 17th and 18th in halves of 36 (level par) and 32 (four under).
Heather, in third place overnight, had moved into the mid-afternoon clubhouse lead with a second-round 71 for one-under-par 143, one shot ahead of Nicole Gergely, a 20-year-old from Pals, Austria, who had a 73 for 144.
Heather, 21-year-old Vagliano Trophy team player from Dunblane, improved by four shots on the seventh hole alone, compared with her first-round 72. Heather ran up an 8 at the seventh first time round. Yesterday she got a birdie 4 with a drive, three-wood second and a pitch and a putt in an outward half of 35.
Her other birdies were a 2 at the short sixth with a four-iron and a 12ft putt, the 10th (drive, five-wood, pitch and putt) and the 15th (drive, wedge, 10ft putt). Miss Macrae's only bogey on the outward half was a three-putt 5 at a time when it was very wet, both underfoot and overhead!
But for a weak finish the Scot would have put daylight between herself and the rest of the field.
Heather bogeyed the 16th (missed green) and the 18th (three putts) in an inward 36.
"It was a bit unpleasant on the outward journey with the rain still coming down quite heavily and the course quite wet. But it did slow the greens down a bit and I found them easier to judge, even though I did three-putt twice," said Heather.
Two other Scots squeezed into the top eight late in the day. Louise Kenney from Pitreavie birdied the fourth, fifth and 18th but had two shots in a bunker for a double bogey at the 11th on her way to a 74 for joint fifth place on 147.
And defending champion Clare Queen (Drumpellier) is tied for seventh place on 148 after a 73.
"I played my best golf of the year from tee to green but couldn't hole the putts," said Clare.
A total of 42 players with totals of 145 or better qualified for the final two rounds.
The other Scots who made it were:
Emily Ogilvy (Muckhart) 78 for 151; Kerri Harper (Inverness) 78 for 152; Cara Gruber (Royal Dornoch) 77 for 152; Fiona Lockhart (St Regulus) 77 for 153; Carly Booth (Auchterarder) 75 for 153; Martine Pow (Selkirk) 75 for 153; Krystle Caithness (St Regulus) 75 for 153; Kylie Walker (Stirling Univ) 77 for 154; Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 78 for 154.
Carly is only 13 years old and home-town girl Kelsey just 14.
SCOTS VETS COLLECT WOODEN SPOON
Scotland finished up with the wooden spoon in the Veteran Ladies Golfing Association area team championship at Hayling Island, Hampshire today.
Bidding to win the title and the Miller Stirling Trophy for the third year in a row, the Scots lost all three matches - 5-4 to North of England, 6-3 to Midlands and, finally, 7-2 to South of England.
North beat Midlands 6-3 in the title decider.
ends.
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