KELSEY POISED FOR LAST-DAY SWOOP

FOR JUNIOR BELGIAN GIRLS’ TITLE

Scottish Under-21 champion Kelsey MacDonald is poised to make a last-round challenge to win the girls’ title in the Belgian junior international tournament for the second year in a row.
The Stirling University student and Nairn Dunbar GC member matched the par-72 returned by leader Marianna Causin in today’s third round, leaving the Scot on one-over-par 217, a single shot behind the Italian.
MacDonald and Causin are five shots ahead of the third placed Isabel Gadea (Germany) so it looks a two-filly race for the title at Royal Golf Club of Belgium at Teravuren, near Brussels.
Rachel Watton (Mortonhall), the other Scot in the girls’ field, shot an 82 for 245 to miss the cut by seven shots.
In the boys’ championship, Scott Gibson from Southerness and Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) are on 223 and 225 respectively, some way behind the three-shot leader Thomas Pieters (Belgium).
Gibson had a 75 and will start the final round in joint 16th place.
MacDonald had a 78 for a share of 22nd position.

Leading third round totals (Par 216: 3x72)
Boys
211 Thomas Pieters (Bel) 72 67 72.
214 Dylan Boshart (Net) 67 71 76.
216 Martin Prihoda (Cze) 73 72 71
Selected scores:
221 Rory McNamara (Ire) 77 74 70 (jt 10th).
223 Scott Gibson (Sco) 71 77 75 (jt 16th.
225 Jack McDonald (Sco) 74 73 78 (jt 22nd).
226 James Monaghan (Ire) 68 77 81 (jt 27th).
Girls
216 Marianna Causin (Ita) 70 74 72.
217 Kelsey MacDonald (Sco) 74 71 72.
222 Isabel Gadea (Ger) 69 79 74.
Selected scores:
228 Louise Coffey (Ire) 77 77 74 (jt 10th).
236 Louise Mernagh (Ire) 76 76 84 (24th).
237 Lauren Taylor (Eng) 81 77 79 (jt 25th).
MISSED THE CUT (238 or better)
245 Rachel Watton (Sco) 81 83 8 (jt 42nd.