KYLIE, CLARE-MARIE AND ROSEANNE FAIL TO
QUALIFY FOR PORTUGUESE MATCH-PLAY

Scotland's three entries in the Portuguese women's amateur international golf championship found the par-72 Porto Santo course on the island of Madeira too tough a propositon.
Stirling University students Kylie Walker (Buchanan Castle) and Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) and Loretto Golf Academy student Roseanne Niven (Crieff) all failed to figure among the leading 16 players who went forward to the match-play stages after two qualifying rounds.
Kylie got closest. She finished 19th with scores of 85 and 82 for 167 - 23 over par.
She had halves of 40 and 42 in the second round, including a triple bogey at the short 13th and double bogeys at the fourth and 15th. On the bright side Miss Walker birdied the 10th and 14th.
Clare-Marie came 20th with 81 and 87 for 168. She bogeyed eight of the first nine holes for an outward 44 in her second round. Then came a purple patch of back-to-back birdies at the 10th and 11th before she crashed to triple bogeys at the 13th and 14th and a double bogey at the 15th on her way to an inward half of 43.
Roseanne finished 23rd in the field of 32 - two of whom did not show up for the second round. Miss Niven had rounds of 81 and 88 for 169. She had a nightmare 11 at the par-5 third and struggled to the turn in nine-over 45, having birdied the short seventh.
It did not get much better for the Crieff lass on the inward half with a triple bogey at the 13th and other shots dropped at the 12th, 14th, 16th and 17th for 43 home.
Neither of the England entries - Danielle Montgomery and Sarah Attwood made it through to the match-play. Danielle finished 18th with 86 and 81 for 167 while Sarah Attwood came 21st with 86 and 83 for 169.
French players filled the first five seeded positions with Isabelle Boineau the top qualifier with 78 and 75 for 153.

GALLAGHER IS BEST OF FIVE SCOTS QUALIFIERS
FOR PORTUGUESE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Five of the seven Scottish entries qualified for the match-play stages of the Portuguese men’s amateur international golf championship over the Porto Santo course on the island of Madeira.
Only the leading 32 after two qualifying rounds went forward and John Gallagher (Swanston) was the top Scot in seventh place with rounds of 71 and 74 for 145 – four behind the top seed Tiago Cruz (Portugal).
Bryan Fotheringham (Forres) qualified in 15th place with 76 and 73 for 149.
The Barassie pair, Steven McEwan and Robert McKnight, survived in 22nd and 27th place respectively with totals of 151 (76-75) and 152 (75-77).
Paul O’Hara (Colville Park) made it though with nothing to spare. He was the last of the 32 match-play qualifiers with scores of 77 and 76 for 153.
The Scots who were sidelined were Philip McLean (Peterhead) with 80 and 79 for 159 and Ross McAuslin with 84 and 79 for 163.