EAST LOTHIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

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GOOD FORTUNE FOR LINDA IN EAST
LOTHIAN QUALIFYING ROUND

Kilspindie’s Linda Fortune and Scottish senior women’s title-holder Moira Thomson (North Berwick) are seeded to meet in the final of the East Lothian women’s county golf championship at Musselburgh Golf Club.
In the qualifying round, Linda, six-handicap player, earned the top seeding with a round of 75 – one better than Moir.
Loretto School pupil Emma Fairnie, making her debut in the championship for which she is eligibile to play since becoming a Dunbar Golf Club member, had the third-best scratch score of 77.
The championship continues with the match-play stages at the same venue on Monday and Tuesday.

EAST LOTHIAN WOMEN’S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Musselburgh Golf Club
QUALIFIERS
Scratch
75 L Fortune (Kilspindie). 76 M Thomson (North Berwick). 77 E Fairnie (Dunbar). 83 F Prior (Gullane), B McIntosh (Gullane). 84 M Woodward (Gullane). 85 M Renton (Gifford), J Herd (Musselburgh). 87 E Borthwick (Musselburgh). 87 C Guthrie (Longniddry), D Huish (Glen). 88 L McNicoll (Longniddry). 89 R Thoresen (North Berwick), S McMaster (Gullane). 80 M Barbour (North Berwick). 91 J Henderson (North Berwick).
Match-play draw:
Fortune v Henderson, Renton v Guthrie, McIntosh v McNicoll, Prior v McMaster, Fairnie v Thoresen, Woodward v Huish, Herd v Borthwick, Thomson v Barbour.
Handicap Qualifiers
72 C Reid (Kilspindie) 27). 73 K C Austin (North Berwick) (22). 75 N Cook (Gullane) (24), N Davidson (Glen) (17). 78 S Low (Gullane) (18), V Skinner (Dunbar) (14). 79 B Mackay (Gullane) (12). 80 D Lawson (Craigielaw) (15).