MARTINE POW WINS SCOTTISH TITLE
2 and 1 VICTORY OVER ANNE LAING IN FINAL
Martine Pow, the 41-year-old underdog from Selkirk, playing in her first final, beat the favourite, Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) by 2 and 1 to win the Scottish women's amateur golf championship in a strong and cold easterly wind at Dunbar today.
"I think I've reached my peak with this victory. It's taken me a long time to get there but I finally made it," said Martine, the oldest winner of the national title since 50-year-old Belle Robertson in 1986.
"The wind was very tough again today and the conditions were very, very tricky. But I drove the ball well all week and also putted well. My caddie, Norman Purves, is the best reader of a green in Britain and he was such a big help. I'm hopeless at seeing the line of a putt so Norman played a big part in my title win."
The conditions were so severe that apart from an eagle 3 by Anne Laing at the first, there were no birdies by either player over the 17 holes.
Both Martine and Anne were an approximate four over par at the finish, which was not bad scoring at all in such a wind.
"I didn't hole a single putt all day, not even the three or four-footers," said Anne who was playing in her seventh Scottish final, three of which she has won. "It just wasn't my day but don't take anything away from Martine. What a gritty player!"
Anne, a lecturer at Elmwood College, Cupar, won the first two holes with an eagle and then a par. But any thoughts that Martine was going to be swept off the course by her Curtis Cup opponent were soon dispelled.
Miss Pow won the fourth and fifth with pars to square the game. Then she won the seventh with a par to edge into the lead. Anne missed from 3ft at the eighth and could only have a hole she should have won.
Both players were out in two-over 39 before Anne's par at the short 10th was enough to put her back on level terms. It was her first success since the two opening holes and was to prove the last hole she would win in the final.
Miss Laing bogeyed the next three holes, two of which, the 11th and 13th, Martine won with pars to go two up with five to play. Each of them was halved in par, leaving Miss Pow the winner.
FINAL (18 holes)
Martine Pow (Selkirk) bt Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) by 2 and 1.
Martine Pow, the 41-year-old underdog from Selkirk, playing in her first final, beat the favourite, Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) by 2 and 1 to win the Scottish women's amateur golf championship in a strong and cold easterly wind at Dunbar today.
"I think I've reached my peak with this victory. It's taken me a long time to get there but I finally made it," said Martine, the oldest winner of the national title since 50-year-old Belle Robertson in 1986.
"The wind was very tough again today and the conditions were very, very tricky. But I drove the ball well all week and also putted well. My caddie, Norman Purves, is the best reader of a green in Britain and he was such a big help. I'm hopeless at seeing the line of a putt so Norman played a big part in my title win."
The conditions were so severe that apart from an eagle 3 by Anne Laing at the first, there were no birdies by either player over the 17 holes.
Both Martine and Anne were an approximate four over par at the finish, which was not bad scoring at all in such a wind.
"I didn't hole a single putt all day, not even the three or four-footers," said Anne who was playing in her seventh Scottish final, three of which she has won. "It just wasn't my day but don't take anything away from Martine. What a gritty player!"
Anne, a lecturer at Elmwood College, Cupar, won the first two holes with an eagle and then a par. But any thoughts that Martine was going to be swept off the course by her Curtis Cup opponent were soon dispelled.
Miss Pow won the fourth and fifth with pars to square the game. Then she won the seventh with a par to edge into the lead. Anne missed from 3ft at the eighth and could only have a hole she should have won.
Both players were out in two-over 39 before Anne's par at the short 10th was enough to put her back on level terms. It was her first success since the two opening holes and was to prove the last hole she would win in the final.
Miss Laing bogeyed the next three holes, two of which, the 11th and 13th, Martine won with pars to go two up with five to play. Each of them was halved in par, leaving Miss Pow the winner.
FINAL (18 holes)
Martine Pow (Selkirk) bt Anne Laing (Vale of Leven) by 2 and 1.
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