KirkwoodGolf: Keeping cool in the heat of the Craigielaw final: Where did you get that hat, Gillian?

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Keeping cool in the heat of the Craigielaw final: Where did you get that hat, Gillian?

They think it's all over ... and they're right! Some of the gallery pictured around the 15th green just after Louise Kenney had conceded the hole, the match and the Scottish title to Kelsey MacDonald at Craigielaw. Perhaps, if you were there, you can recognise yourself in this Cal Carson Golf Agency image. Click on it to enlarge, writes Colin Farquharson
The man in the short-sleeved white shirt is George McGill, captain of Craigielaw Golf Club, given the honour of refereeing the final.
Standing next to him with that classy hat on is the championship's chief referee, Gillian Kirkwood, now chairman of the Ladies Golf Union. She stays fairly close to the Craigielaw links, being a resident with husband David of Gullane.
So where did you get that hat, Gillian, which, I have to say, looked very comfortable and cool in the temperatures which must have touched the high 70s for the final?
"It's the official sun hat for the United Stages Golf Association Rules Committee," says Gillian.
"I'm going to join their Rules team for the US Women's Open at Oakmont, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the beginning of July and they've sent me some uniform to wear."

Some people have all the luck!

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