MIDLOTHIAN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

CLAIRE MACDONALD TOP SEED IN MIDLOTHIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Gullane’s Claire MacDonald earned the No 1 seed position in the match-play stages of the Midlothian women’s county golf championship with rounds of 80 and 76 in the qualifying round, played in a freshening wind at Duddingston Golf Club today.
Claire’s total of 156 was one better than title-holder Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) and Scotland senior international Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh). Claire scored 76 and 81 while Noreen’s cards were 77 and 80.
Teenager Jane Turner, beaten by Miss Hargan in last year’s final, qualified in ninth place with 79 and 85 for 164.
The match-play stages start at Duddingston on Friday.

MIDLOTHIAN WOMEN’S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Duddingston Golf Club.
QUALIFIERS (SS 72, CSS 75 both rounds)
156 Claire MacDonald (Gullane) 80 76.
157 Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) 77 80), Claire Hargan (Mortonhall) 76 81.
159 Tracy Laughland (Mortonhall) 81 78.
160 Belinda Murphy (Mortonhall) 79 81.
161 Hilary Laughland (Mortonhall) 81 80.
162 Anne Hanson (Glencorse) 81 81, Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) 80 82.
164 Jane Turner (Mortonhall) 79 85.
165 Kirsten Blackwood (Glencorse) 79 86.
167 Amanda Edwards (Liberton) 86 81, Ruth Brown (Lothianburn) (79, 88).
170 Karen Marshall (Baberton) 87 83, Kate Rorke (Kingsknowe) 85 85.
171 Linda Caine (Merchants of Edinburgh) 85 86, Catherine Stewart (Lothianburn) 84 87.
Match-play draw (Friday, April 28)
9.0 MacDonald v Stewart, Turner v Nicholson, Murphy v Brown, Marshall v T Laughland.
9.30 Hargan v Rorke, Edwards v H Laughland, Hanson v Blackwood, Caine v Fenton.