MIDLOTHIAN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

FOURTH MIDLOTHIAN TITLE IN
A ROW FOR CLAIRE HARGAN

Former Scotland international player Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) won the Midlothian women’s county golf championship for the fourth time in a row at Duddingston Golf Club today.
Claire, the No 3 seed, had to go to the 19th before she beat clubmate Belinda Murphy in the final.
Miss Hargan birdied the ninth to be out in one-over-par 38 and one up. Belinda fought back to square the match with a birdie 2 at the short 14th.
After three successive halves, Claire had the chance to win the title at the 18th but she missed a 3ft birdie putt.
At the first extra hole, Claire got home with two cracking shots into a slight breeze at this par-5, 471yd hole but she did not have to putt. Belinda was in the rough and eventually conceded the hole, the match and the title.
Belinda played 38 holes in all during the day, having gone to the 19th to beat Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) at the 19th in the morning semi-finals.
Claire won by one hole against the second seed, Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) in the other tie.
The B championship was won by young Cara Easton (Dalmahoy). She beat Gail MacDonald (Turnhouse) by 5 and 4 in the final.

Scoreboard

MIDLOTHIAN WOMEN’S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Duddingston Golf Club.
Semi-finals
Belinda Murphy (Mortonhall) bt Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) at 19th; Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) bt Noreen Fenton(Merchants of Edinburgh) 1 hole.
Final
Hargan bt Murphy at 19th.
B Championship
Semi-finals – Gail MacDonald (Turnhouse) bt Gillian Carter (Broomieknowe) 4 and 3, Cara Easton (Dalmahoy) bt Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 4 and 3.
Final – Easton bt MacDonald 5 and 4.