Murcar Links player beats top seed in final
Last four in the Aberdeenshire women's county championship. Left to right: Sara Thomson (Murcar Links), runner-up Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies), title-winner Donna Pocock (Murcar Links), Marivi Millership (Deeside). Click on the image to enlarge it. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved).
DONNA POCOCK WINS ABERDEENSHIRE
TITLE FOR FIRST TIME
TITLE FOR FIRST TIME
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Donna Pocock, 27-year-old Murcar Links three-handicapper, won the Aberdeenshire women's county golf championship for the first time at Deeside Golf Club today.
Donna, the No 2 qualifier, beat the top seed and four times champion Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies), playing in the final for the ninth time, surprisingly convincingly by a 5 and 4 margin.
Miss Pocock did not lost a hole until the seventh, by which time she had gone into a three-hole lead with successes at the second, fifth and sixth.
Any hopes that Miss Wood had of turning the tie against an opponent who struck the ball with more authority on the day and relished the windy conditions evaporated when Donna won the ninth, 10th and 11 to take a stranglehold, five-hole lead.
Sheena, a former Scotland international, did win back the 12th but Donna clinched her breakthrough win by winning the 14th.
"I think having a lot of experience playing in the wind at Murcar Links, helped me a lot in the final," said Donna.
Weekend results:
First round - S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) bt K Stalker (Fraserburgh) 5 and 3, S Leslie (Westhill) bt R Dunsmuir (Cruden Bay) 6 and 4, S Thomson (Murcar Links) bt L McPherson (Deeside) 5 and 4, L McLardy (Murcar Liks) bt P Wilson (Murcar Links) 3 and 2, M Millership (Deeside) bt L Terry (Cruden Bay) 4 and 2, E Brown (Aboyne) bt G Murray (Cruden Bay) 1 hole, J Harrison (Cruden Bay) bt C Wilson (Murcar Links) 1 hole, D Pocock (Murcar Links) bt L McGillivray (Banchory) 5 and 4.
Quarter-finals - Wood bt Leslie 3 and 2, Thomson bt McLardy 1 hole, Millership bt Brown 2 holes, Pocock bt Harrison 6 and 5.
Semi-finals - Wood bt Thomson 5 and 3, Pocock bt Millership 7 and 6.
Final - Pocock bt Wood 5 and 4.
Donna Pocock, 27-year-old Murcar Links three-handicapper, won the Aberdeenshire women's county golf championship for the first time at Deeside Golf Club today.
Donna, the No 2 qualifier, beat the top seed and four times champion Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies), playing in the final for the ninth time, surprisingly convincingly by a 5 and 4 margin.
Miss Pocock did not lost a hole until the seventh, by which time she had gone into a three-hole lead with successes at the second, fifth and sixth.
Any hopes that Miss Wood had of turning the tie against an opponent who struck the ball with more authority on the day and relished the windy conditions evaporated when Donna won the ninth, 10th and 11 to take a stranglehold, five-hole lead.
Sheena, a former Scotland international, did win back the 12th but Donna clinched her breakthrough win by winning the 14th.
"I think having a lot of experience playing in the wind at Murcar Links, helped me a lot in the final," said Donna.
Weekend results:
First round - S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) bt K Stalker (Fraserburgh) 5 and 3, S Leslie (Westhill) bt R Dunsmuir (Cruden Bay) 6 and 4, S Thomson (Murcar Links) bt L McPherson (Deeside) 5 and 4, L McLardy (Murcar Liks) bt P Wilson (Murcar Links) 3 and 2, M Millership (Deeside) bt L Terry (Cruden Bay) 4 and 2, E Brown (Aboyne) bt G Murray (Cruden Bay) 1 hole, J Harrison (Cruden Bay) bt C Wilson (Murcar Links) 1 hole, D Pocock (Murcar Links) bt L McGillivray (Banchory) 5 and 4.
Quarter-finals - Wood bt Leslie 3 and 2, Thomson bt McLardy 1 hole, Millership bt Brown 2 holes, Pocock bt Harrison 6 and 5.
Semi-finals - Wood bt Thomson 5 and 3, Pocock bt Millership 7 and 6.
Final - Pocock bt Wood 5 and 4.
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