Image of Julie Yang and Scott Gibson with their trophies by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

Record-slashing Julie Yang and Scott Gibson are the Paul

Lawrie Scottish schools champions of 2010

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Fourteen-year-old Loretto School, Musselburgh pupil Julie Yang lived up to her billing as a world golf star in the making with an incredible record-slashing round at Murrayshall, near Perth today.

Competing in the Paul Lawrie Scottish schools golf championships, South Korean-born Julie returned a nine-under-par 64 over the Murrayshall No 1 course, SEVEN strokes better than the previous women’s course record of 71.

She required only 24 putts as she marked up one eagle (at the ninth), nine birdies (first, third, sixth, eighth, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 18th), and two bogeys (at the seventh and 10th).

“My putting has not been very good since I won the Welsh women’s open title last month but I think these Murrayshall greens were made for me. The speed of them was just perfect,” said Julie who did not have any putts at all at the 16th where she holed a 40ft chip from off the green. Her halves of 32 were five under for the outward journey and four under for the inward half.

Yet the so talented youngster did not get back home from finishing joint fifth in the Irish women’s open amateur stroke-play championship at Dublin at the weekend until midnight on Sunday night and was on the tee at Murrayshall just a few hours later at 8am Monday morning.

Julie had a par-matching round of 69 over the shorter Lynedoch course to give her a nine-under-par total of 133.

“I like Scotland and the golf courses – but not the weather,” said Julie who was transferred from her previous Phoenix, Arizona base to Loretto School by her parents last September so that she could gain valuable experience of European conditions courses with a view to becoming a tour professional as soon as she completes her education.

Although Yang, pictured left by Cal Carson Golf Agency, will not be able to play for the Scotland girls team during her four years at Loretto, she is eligible to play for the Scottish schools against the English schools in the annual international at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire in September. She won the Paul Lawrie Scottish schoolgirls title at the first attempt by 12 shots from Hannah McCook ( Highland ) who had rounds of 75 and 70 for 145.
Alyson McKechin pipped her Renfrewshire team-mate and county champion Eilidh Briggs for third place. Eilidh had a definite edge with a first-round 70 over the shorter course but she drifted to an 80 over Murrayshall for 150 to finish fourth. Alyson, with a morning 77 and a second-round 71, slipped past into third place on 148.
Scott Gibson (Dumfries and Galloway ) repeated his Carnoustie win in the boys’ championship last year with rounds of 70 (Murrayshall) and 66 (Lynedoch) for a total of six-under-par 136.
It was a Dumfries and Galloway 1-2 with Scott’s team-mate, Liam Johnston, finishing runner-up with 73 and 66 for 139.
Ewan Scott ( Fife ) and Simon Fairburn both totalled 141 with identical rounds of 73 over Murrayshall and 66 over Lyndoch. The tie-breaking countback to decide who received third prize went to the last three holes of the inward half of the second round before Fairburn got the nod.
Not surprisingly, Dumfries and Galloway won the boys’ team event through the efforts of the aforementioned Scott Gibson and Liam Johnston, backed up by the third team member Scott Wightman. They won comfortably from the Borders’ trio of Simon Fairburn, Craig Howie and Daniel Flannery.
Third were the Perth and Kinross team of Jamie Arthur, Paul McPhee and Conor Neil.
Only two girls were required to make up a team in their category and Julie Yang and Lesley Atkins, both pupils at Loretto School ’s Golf Academy and representing East Lothian schools , won that trophy by 14 shots from runners-up Renfrewshire (Alyson McKechin and Natasha Qayum.
Forth Valley’s Eilidh Watson and Alison Goodwin, both pupils of Dollar Academy and both members of the Scottish Golf Academy, finished third.
The girls’ section also had a Paul Lawrie Salver handicap prize for the best net 36-hole aggregate. It was won by Tegan Seivwright ( Aberdeen City ) with a net total of 134 (65-69) off 11 of a handicap.
Second was Natasha Qayum (Renfrewshire) on 137 (63-74) off seven.
Hannah Scott (City of Edinburgh ) came third, after a countback, with 138 (69-69) off seven.
The Scottish schools team of 12 boys and six girls for the match against the English schools at Fairhaven on Monday, September 13 will be finalised by the Scottish Schools Golf Association once they know who is available for selection and who is not. It is roughly based on the leading finishers in the championship at Murrayshall.

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BOYS’ TOTALS (Par 142)
Murrayshall (par 73) course first; Lynedoch (par 69) course second
CSS 72 69.
136 Scott Gibson (Dumfries and Galloway ) 70 66.
139 Liam Johnston (Dumfries and Galloway ) 73 66.
141 Ewan Scott ( Fife ) 73 68, Simon Fairburn (Borders) 73 68..
143 Grant Forrest (City of Edinburgh ) 67 76, Paul McPhee (Perth and Kinross) 77 66, Charlie MacNeal (South Ayrshire) 69 74.
144 Neil Beattie (Fife) 73 71.
146 Jamie Arthur (Perth and Kinross) 74 72, Graeme Duncan (North Lanarkshire) 72 74.
147 Glenn Fotheringham (Falkirk) 78 69, Daniel Thompsett (South Aberdeenshire) 77 70, Ross Proctor (Moray) 73 74.
148 Scott Wightman (Dumfries and Galloway) 75 73, Lawrence Allan (Clackmannan) 70 78, Jamie Savage (East Dunbartonshire) 78 76, Craig Howie (Borders) 73 75, Daniel Flannery (Borders) 78 70, Scott Costello (South Lanarkshire) 70 78, Jamie Reid ( North Aberdeenshire ) 73 75.
149 Conor Neil ( Perth and Kinross) 77 72, Greig Nicoll (Falkirk) 76 73, Lee Morgan (Midlothian) 73 76, Ewen Ferguson (East Dunbartonshire) 77 72, Lewis Mutch ( North Aberdeenshire ) 74 75
150 Steven Smith ( Aberdeen City ) 74 76, Cameron Farrell (West Dunbartonshire) 81 69, Ross McEwan ( West Dunbartonshire ) 74 76.
151 Ritchie Manson (South Aberdeenshire) 73 78, Euan Douglas (Stirling) 82 69, Ross Gordon ( North Aberdeenshire ) 76 75, Gareth Caldwell (Inverclyde) 80 71..
152 Cameron MacLean (North Ayrshire) 76 76, Kevin Ross (Clackmannan) 75 77, Andrew Pender (Stirling) 76 76, Michael Bacigalupo (East Lothian) 79 73, Jeff Wright (Moray) 81 71, Louis Gaughan (West Lothian ) 73 79.
153 Scott Baird (Clackmannan) 78 75, Jordan Milne (Moray) 77 76, Glenn Ramsay ( West Lothian ) 75 78.
154 Angus Carrick (Glasgow) 80 74, William Kerr (City of Edinburgh ) 81 73, Ian Douglas ( Dundee City ) 74 80, Ryan Boyle (West Lothian) 80 74, Ross Gillan (South Lanarkshire) 75 79, Scott Speakman (East Lothian) 79 75, Euan Walker ( South Ayshire ) 78 76, Robbie Wilkie (Inverclyde) 78 76.
155 Ben Murray (South Aberdeenshire) 80 75.
156 Blair Carnegie ( Stirling ) 81 75.
158 Cameron West ( Fife ) 86 72.
159 Danny Muir ( North Lanarkshire) 81 78.
160 Ross Dallas (Angus) 81 79, Cio Borciani (South Ayrshire) 79 81.
161 Calum Smith (West Dunbartonshire) 81 80, Blair Shearer (East Lothian) 84 77.
162 Jak Muir (Glasgow) 77 85, George Duncan ( East Dunbartonshire) 84 78.
163 Calum Stewart ( Highland) 81 82.
164 Ross Munro (Dundee City) 78 86, Euan Glen (Midlothian) 85 79.
166 Cameron Johnstone (Aberdeen City) 82 84, Calum McLean (Glasgow) 84 82, Scott Grant ( Dundee City ) 90 76.
168 John Millar (Angus) 75 93.
170 Zac Wood ( Aberdeen City ) 84 86.
171 Josh Nordbro (North Ayrshire) 90 81.
174 Scott McLeod (City of Edinburgh ) 85 89.

GIRLS’ TOTALS (Par 142)
Lynedoch (par 69) first, Murrayshall (par 73) second.
CSS 68 73.
133 Julie Yang ( East Lothian ) 69 64.
145 Hannah McCook ( Highland ) 75 70.
148 Alyson McKechin (Renfrewshire) 77 71.
150 Eilidh Briggs (Renfrewshire) 70 80.
151 Lesley Atkins (East Lothian) 74 77, Gabrielle MacDonald (City of Edinburgh ) 73 78, Natasha Qayum (Renfrewshire) 70 81.
152 Rachael Watton (City of Edinburgh ) 76 76, Hannah Scott (City of Edinburgh ) 76 76, Claire Prouse (Aberdeen City ) 72 80, Kimberley Beveridge (South Aberdeenshire) 78 74, Gillian Scanlan ( South Lanarkshire) 75 77.
153 Kate McIntosh (Midlothian) 78 75, Megan Clyne (Aberdeen City ) 78 75, Alison Goodwin (Forth Valley) 73 80.
154 Mhairi McKay (North Ayrshire) 73 81, Eilidh Watson (Forth Valley) 75 79.
155 Ailsa Summers ( Dundee City ) 77 78, Jessica Meek (Angus) 76 79.
156 Lauren Whyte (Fife) 78 78, Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Galloway) 77 79, Tegan Seivwright (Aberdeen City) 76 80, Rachel Polson (Aberdeen City) 78 78.
158 Linsey Stevenson (Glasgow) 80 78.
159 Shannen McGuire (Fife) 79 80, Katie Reid (Dundee City) 77 82.
163 Tara MacTaggart (Borders) 82 81, Clara Young (East Lothian) 81 82.
164 Connie Jaffrey (North Ayrshire) 83 81, Nicola Robertson (Forth Valley) 84 80.
165 Keren Ward (East Lothian) 80 85.
166 Louise McGillivray (South Aberdeenshire) 85 81.
167 Gillian Simpson (City of Edinburgh) 84 83, Emma Hale (South Ayrshire) 80 87, Alexandra Tait (Fife ) 85 82.
168 Kirsten MacCallum (North Abedeenshire) 85 83.
169 Katie McCracken (Dumfries and Galloway) 82 87, Nikki Benson ( North Lanarkshire ) 89 80.
170 Katie McGarva (South Ayrshire) 80 90, Sophie Maguire ( Fife ) 85 85.
171 Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and Galloway ) 82 89.
173 Eleanor Tunn ( Highland ) 87 86, Lauren D’Ambrosio (South Lanarkshire) 77 96.
174 Vicky Wright (Dumfries and Galloway) 85 89, Katie Wright (Dumfries and Galloway) 85 89.
175 Annabel Niven ( Perth and Kinross) 85 90.
176 Hannah Robb ( Dundee City) 93 83.
177 Rachel Irvine (North Ayrshire) 87 90, Amanda MacLeod ( Glasgow ) 87 90.
178 Heather Munro ( Dundee City) 84 94, Claire Gadsby ( Perth and Kinross) 84 94.
182 Julie Vass ( Highland ) 90 92, Jorden Ferrie ( East Dunbartonshire ) 93 89.
183 Chloe Goadby (Fife) 90 93.
184 Tiffiny Wood (Forth Valley ) 91 93.
191 Kirstie McLeod (South Lanarkshire) 94 97, Hannah Bycroft ( South Aberdeenshire ) 94 97.
195 Zoe Marr ( North Aberdeenshire ) 98 97.
197 Megan Brown ( Fife ) 99 98.
199 Vikki Sutherland ( North Aberdeenshire ) 98 101.

TEAM EVENTS
BOYS
423 Dumfries and Galloway .
437 Borders.
438 Perth and Kinross.
443 Fife .
448 Aberdeenshire North.
452 Moray.
453 Aberdeenshire South, Clackmannan.
457 Ayrshire South.
459 Stirling, West Lothian, East Dunbartonshire ..
461 Dunbartonshire West.
467 East Lothian.
471 City of Edinburgh .
479 Angus.
482 Glasgow .
484 Dundee City.
486 Aberdeen City.
GIRLS
284 East Lothian.
298 Renfrewshire.
307 Forth Valley.
308 Aberdeen City.
315 Fife .
318 Aberdeenshire South, Ayrshire North.
319 City of Edinburgh .
325 Dumfries and Galloway , Lanarkshire South.
327 Highland .

335 Glasgow .

337 Ayrshire South, Dundee City .

353 Perth and Kinross.

367 Aberdeenshire North.

All the leading prizewinnes at the Paul Lawrie Scottish schools championship at Murrayshall. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency. Click on it to enlarge.

Lesley Atkins and Julie Yang, both pupils at Loretto Golf Academy, with the girls' team trophy. They were representing East Lothian Schools. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

Dumfries and Galloway schools' winning team of Scott Gibson (centre), Liam Johnston and Scott Wightman. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency. Click on it to enlarge.