Liz Keohone topples Ayrshire

top seed Rachael McQueen

Top seed Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) was toppled in the quarter-finals of the Ayrshire women's county golf championship at Glasgow Gailes today.
She went down by 4 and 3 to the No 8 qualifier Liz Keohone (Loudoun) who will play 18-year-old nine-handicapper Hannah Gaunt (Troon) in the first semi-final.
Hannah, the No 4 seed, had a very good 19th hole win over fifth qualifier Ros Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas) in the quarter-finals.
The other semi-final is Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie), the 2004 county champion, and Lesley Hendry (Routenburn), title-winner in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Alex is the No 3 seed and Lesley the No 2 seed.
Results:
First round
R McQueen (Troon Ladies) bt G Arnott (Kilbirnie) 3 and 2.
L Keohone (Loudoun Gowf) bt L Parry (Irvine) 5 and 4.
R Purdom (Prestwick St Nicholas) bt L Williamson (Kilmarnock Barassie) 3 and 2.
H Gaunt (Troon Ladies) bt B Beckett (Caprington) 3 and 2.
A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) bt E Taylor (Troon Ladies) 3 and 2.
A Thompson (Loudoun Gowf) bt R Donaldson (Troon Ladies) 6 and 5.
G Smith (Ardeer) bt J West (Irvine) 5 and 4.
L Hendry (Routenburn) bt L Allan (West Kilbride) 2 holes.
Quarter-finals
Keohone bt McQueen 4 and 3.
Gaunt bt Purdom at 19th.
Glennie bt Thompson at 20th.
Hendry bt Smith 2 and 1.