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WOMEN'S COUNTY GOLF FINALS

The stage is set for a “photo-finish” to the Scottish women’s county golf championship at Tulliallan Golf Club tomorrow.
Dunbartonshire & Argyll were knocked off the top of the table at the end of the second day by Midlothian who beat them 7-2, thanks to winning five of the singles and halving the other.
Aberdeenshire, who drew with Midlothian on the opening day, had an even bigger-margin win, 7 ½-1 ½, over Dumfries-shire. Shire laid the foundation for their victory by making a 30-0 clean sweep of the foursomes
Midlothian and Aberdeenshire are now joint table leaders with one win and one draw each. It would seem there is not much between them.
Midlothian finish with a match against Dumfries-shire while Aberdeenshire play Dunbartonshire & Argyll. If both Midlothian and Aberdeenshire win, then they will be level on points and it will go down to a countback of individual wins over the three days.

SATURDAY RESULTS

DUMFRIES-SHIRE 1 ½, ABERDEENSHIRE 7 ½
Foursomes: D Macdonald & M McGregor lost to D Pocock & S Wood 1 hole; F Macgregor & L Kirkwood lost to L Murray & M Thomson 6 and 4; T Lilly & J Graham lost to J Harrison & C Wilson 4 and 2 (0-3).
Singles: Macdonald lost to M Thomson 5 and 4, Kirkwood bt L McLardy 4 and 3, Graham lost to Wood 2 and 1, F Macgregor halved with S Thomson, Lilly lost to Pocock 7 and 5, M McGregor lost to Murray 1 hole (1 ½-4 ½).

MIDLOTHIAN 7, DUNBARTONSHIRE & ARGYLL 2

Foursomes: C MacDonald & J Turner bt J Fogfgo & J Meldrum 7 and 6; C Hargan & W Nicholson halved with S Cadden & H Faulds; K Marshall & R Livingstone lost to J Galbraith & A Laing 2 holes (1 ½-1 ½).
Singles: Livingstone bt Meldrum 5 and 4, Turner bt Foggo 7 and 5, Hargan bt Laing 1 hole, Marshall bt Galbraith 5 and 4, B Murphy halved with Cadden, MacDonald bt Faulds 3 and 2 (5 ½ - ½)

How they stand
Midlothian 1 1/2pt, Aberdeenshire 1 1/2pt, Dunbartonshire & Argyll 1pt, Dumfries-shire 0pt.