Picture of Susan Wood with the Lanarkshire county championship trophy by courtesy of county secretary Jean Macintyre.

SUSAN WOOD LANARK COUNTY CHAMPION
FOR FIRST TIME WITH WIN OVER LESLEY

Drumpellier's Susan Wood won the Lanarkshire women's county golf championship for the first time with a 3 and 2 victory over Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) in the final at Lanark Golf Club today.
Lloyd, the No 5 qualifier, toppled the No 1 seed Angela Devine (Hamilton) by 3 and 1 in the morning semi-fnals while Wood, the No 7 qualifier, beat Janice Paterson (Drumpellier), seeded sixth, by 5 and 4.
The more experienced Lloyd, county champion in 1997 and playing in the final for a sixth time, took an early two-hole lead over Wood in the final but could not hold on to it. Wood gradually mastered her opponent and won the title on 16th green.

Results:
Semi-finals
L Lloyd (Hayston) bt A Devine (Hamilton) 3 and 1.
S Wood (Drumpellier) bt J Paterson (Drumpellier) 5 and 4.
Final
Wood bt Lloyd 3 and 2.