A very happy Mary Smith with the seniors' championship trophy, donated a couple of years ago by the late Tony Moffat, at Deeside Golf Club (Cal Carson Golf Agency image, all rights reserved).Tain's Mary Smith wins Scottish
seniors' title at first attempt
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Tain’s Mary Smith made the long trip from the North of Scotland to Aberdeen a very worthwhile one when she won the Scottish senior women’s amateur stroke-play golf championship at sunny Deeside Golf Club today.
“I was old enough to make my debut in the seniors’ championship last year at Glenbervie but decided against it. This year, with the venue in the North-east, I thought I would have a go – and I’m glad I did,” said Mary whose niece Sammy Vass plays for Scotland in the girls’ home internationals at Panmure next week.
Sammy stopped her aunt from winning the Tain Golf Club women’s title for a fourth year in a row by beating her in the final recently.
Mary Smith, lying second behind Margaret Tough (Falkirk) overnight, came through to the front with a repeat of her first-day 79 (40-39), which included a double bogey 6 at the fourth, for a total of 158.
She won by a single stroke from the strong-finishing Moira Thomson (North Berwick), the Scottish girls’ match-play champion of 1968, who had scores of 82 and 77 (38-39) for 159.
Fiona De Vries (St Rule), winner of the seniors’ stroke-play title in 2003, pipped Margaret Tough for the third best scratch prize. They both finished on 160 and Fiona had the better second round, a 79 to an 83.
Margaret Tough, out in 41 with a birdie at the fourth, was still in a position to keep the lead when she birdied the 13th but she bogeyed the 14th, double-bogeyed the 15th and had further bogeys at the 16th and 18th, to drop five shots - more than she was beaten by - over the last five holes for an 83.
Ann Smart (Banchory) won a three-way play-off against the others who finished on the 169 mark, Frances Neish (Forres) and Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park), winner of the championship when it was played at Ballater in 2003, for the last of the 16 places in the match-play championship, to be decided over the next two days, also at Deeside.
Ann will play the new champion Mary Smith in the first tie off the tee at 8am Thursday morning. Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) won the over-60s scratch aggregate prize with a total of 164 (81-83) while Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) won the best net aggregate category with a net total of 153, playing off five of a handicap.
seniors' title at first attempt
By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Tain’s Mary Smith made the long trip from the North of Scotland to Aberdeen a very worthwhile one when she won the Scottish senior women’s amateur stroke-play golf championship at sunny Deeside Golf Club today.
“I was old enough to make my debut in the seniors’ championship last year at Glenbervie but decided against it. This year, with the venue in the North-east, I thought I would have a go – and I’m glad I did,” said Mary whose niece Sammy Vass plays for Scotland in the girls’ home internationals at Panmure next week.
Sammy stopped her aunt from winning the Tain Golf Club women’s title for a fourth year in a row by beating her in the final recently.
Mary Smith, lying second behind Margaret Tough (Falkirk) overnight, came through to the front with a repeat of her first-day 79 (40-39), which included a double bogey 6 at the fourth, for a total of 158.
She won by a single stroke from the strong-finishing Moira Thomson (North Berwick), the Scottish girls’ match-play champion of 1968, who had scores of 82 and 77 (38-39) for 159.
Fiona De Vries (St Rule), winner of the seniors’ stroke-play title in 2003, pipped Margaret Tough for the third best scratch prize. They both finished on 160 and Fiona had the better second round, a 79 to an 83.
Margaret Tough, out in 41 with a birdie at the fourth, was still in a position to keep the lead when she birdied the 13th but she bogeyed the 14th, double-bogeyed the 15th and had further bogeys at the 16th and 18th, to drop five shots - more than she was beaten by - over the last five holes for an 83.
Ann Smart (Banchory) won a three-way play-off against the others who finished on the 169 mark, Frances Neish (Forres) and Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park), winner of the championship when it was played at Ballater in 2003, for the last of the 16 places in the match-play championship, to be decided over the next two days, also at Deeside.
Ann will play the new champion Mary Smith in the first tie off the tee at 8am Thursday morning. Noreen Fenton (Merchants of Edinburgh) won the over-60s scratch aggregate prize with a total of 164 (81-83) while Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) won the best net aggregate category with a net total of 153, playing off five of a handicap.
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