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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Carly Booth wins the long-driving competition at the Belgian junior international tournament
Carly Booth and Kelsey MacDonald with the Belgian girls' team trophies and a Belgian Federation official.

Kelsey and Carly win Belgian girls' team title

Scotland's pair of champion girl golfers, Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) and Carly Booth (Comrie) won the girls' team trophy at the Belgian junior international tournament at the Royal Golf Club of Belgium.
Kelsey, the Scottish Under-21 title-holder, and Carly, the Scottish Under-18 champion and Curtis Cup player, finished joint second and joint fifth individually but their totals, added together, won the girls' team trophy with a score of 593, one shot ahead of Spain (594) with Wales (600) third and Ireland (602) fourth.
Kelsey had scores of 74, 73, 73 and 76 for a total of 296 - six shots behind the winner, Ana Fernandez de Mesa (Spain).It was the third year in a row that Kelsey had finished in the top three of this tournament. How's that for consistency? And she also figured in the capture of the team trophy for Scotland last year when it was organised under a boys and girls' combined format.
Carly Booth dropped out of the lead with two disappointing closing rounds and finished joint fifth on 297 with scores of 73, 69, 78 and 77.
Apart from a team trophy replica, Carly did have another award to take home. She won the girls' long-driving on the eve of the competition.
In the boys' section, Aberdeen's David Law (Hazlehead) clinched a share of eighth place with his second round of par-matching 72. He had four birdies and a double bogey in his last round. David finished on 293.
The other Scottish boy in the tournament, Paul Shields (Kirkhill) finished with a 77 for a share of 24th place on 299.
Ireland's Rory McNamara, leader after three rounds, slumped to a closing 77 for one-over-par 289 and finished one shot behind the winner, Joachim Hansen (Denmark).
Ireland did win the boys' team event by five shots. Scotland finished fourth
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
GIRLS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
290 Ana Fernandez de Mesa (Spa) 74 71 68 77.
296 Laure Castelein (Fra) 76 74 72 72, Camilla Hedberg Bertrand (Spa) 73 76 73 74, Kelsey MacDonald (Sco) 74 73 73 76.
297 Sarah Faller (Ire) 76 73 77 71, Carly Booth (Sco) 73 69 78 77 (jt 5th).
Other totals:
300 Amy Boulden (Wal) 72 79 74 75, Katherine O'Connor (Wal) 72 74 74 80 (jt 8th).
305 Louise Mernagh (Ire) 76 76 72 81 (jt 11th).
Girls' team event: Leading totals
593 Scotland. 594 Spain. 600 Wales. 602 Ireland.
BOYS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
288 Joachim Hansen (Den) 70 76 73 69.
289 Rory McNamara (Ire) 68 72 72 77, Mads Sogard (Den) 68 76 76 69.
Other totals:
293 David Law (Sco) 76 72 73 72 (jt 8th).
296 Andrew Hogan (Ire) 77 71 74 74 (jt 15th).
299 Paul Shields (Sco) 78 72 72 77 (jt 24th).
Boys' team event: Leading totals
585 Ireland. 590 Germany, Finland. 592 Scotland. 598 Denmark. 600 Italy

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