US Duramed Futures Tour Scoreboard
$125,000 Texas Hill Country Classic
The Dominion Country Club, San Antonio, Texas
FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) 6412yd
1 Paola Moreno (Cali, Colombia) 68-70-71 - 209 $17,500
T2 Angela Oh (Maple Shade, N.J.) 71-70-69 - 210 $10,703
T2 Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 71-70-69 - 210 $10,703
T4 Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 72-70-69 - 211 $5,792
T4 Meredith Duncan (Shreveport, La.) 69-72-70 - 211 $5,792
6 Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 71-68-73 - 212 $3,980
T7 Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherland)71-71-71 - 213 $2,938
T7 Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 71-69-73 - 213 $2,938
T7 Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 67-72-74 - 213 $2,938
T10 Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 70-73-71 - 214 $1,980
T10 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 71-71-72 - 214 $1,980
T10 Rebecca Flood (Coonabarabran, Australia) 71-70-73 - 214 $1,980
T10 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 68-71-75 - 214 $1,980
T14 Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 73-72-70 - 215 $1,428
T14 Jane Chin (Mission Viejo, Calif.) 70-74-71 - 215 $1,428
T14 Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 69-73-73 - 215 $1,428
T14 Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 71-71-73 - 215 $1,428
T14 Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 71-68-76 - 215 $1,428
T19 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 72-72-72 - 216 $1,183
T19 Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 70-73-73 - 216 $1,183
T21 Lauren Hunt (Little River, S.C.) 70-76-71 - 217 $1,103
T21 Sarah Lynn Sargent (Greer, S.C.) 72-74-71 - 217 $1,103
T21 Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 71-73-73 - 217 $1,103
T21 Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) 71-71-75 - 217 $1,103
T25 Jenny Shin (Torrance, Calif.) 74-74-70 - 218 $1,024
T25 Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 74-73-71 - 218 $1,024
T25 Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 72-75-71 - 218 $1,024
T25 Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 74-72-72 - 218 $1,024
T25 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 72-74-72 - 218 $1,024
T25 Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 70-74-74 - 218 $1,024
T25 Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 73-70-75 - 218 $1,024
T25 Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 69-73-76 - 218 $1,024
T33 Lee Ann Walker (Southport, N.C.) 74-74-71 - 219 $957
Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 68-76-75 - 219 $957
Julie Wells-Shenfield (Wilsonville, Ore.) 70-73-76 - 219 $957
Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 73-70-76 - 219 $957
Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 69-71-79 - 219 $957
T38 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 76-72-72 - 220 $921
Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 72-74-74 - 220 $921
Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 72-74-74 - 220 $921
Jamie Hullett (Mesquite, Texas) 72-69-79 - 220 $921
T42 Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 75-72-74 - 221 $898
Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 70-75-76 - 221 $898
Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 72-73-76 - 221 $898
T45 Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 74-74-74 - 222 $871
Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand) 71-75-76 - 222 $871
Bree Arthur (Brisbane, Australia) 71-75-76 - 222 $871
Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 74-72-76 - 222 $871
Victoria Elizabeth (Orlando, Fla.) 73-72-77 - 222 $871
Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 70-75-77 - 222 $871
T51 Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 74-74-75 - 223 $838
Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 74-74-75 - 223 $838
Valentine Derrey (a) (Neuilly Sur Seine, Fran76-71-76 - 223
Ai-Chen Kuo (Luzhou City, Taiwan) 76-71-76 - 223 $838
Danah Ford Bordner (Indianapolis, Ind.) 72-74-77 - 223 $838
Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 69-74-80 - 223 $838
T57 Janice Olivencia (Caguas, Puerto Rico) 71-77-76 - 224 $815
Ashley Medders (Alma, Ga.) 73-74-77 - 224 $815
Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 73-71-80 - 224 $815
Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 73-69-82 - 224 $815
T61 Amanda Mathis (Picayune, Miss.) 73-74-78 - 225 $798
Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 75-72-78 - 225 $798
Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 73-72-80 - 225 $798
T64 Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 75-73-78 - 226 $784
Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 73-74-79 - 226 $784
Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.) 72-74-80 - 226 $784
T67 Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 71-77-79 - 227 $773
Caroline Westrup (Ahus, Sweden) 75-73-79 - 227 $773
Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 76-72-79 - 227 $773
70 Haley Gildea (East Greenwich, R.I.) 73-75-81 - 229 $766

Renfrewshire won the scratch team event at the West of Scotland women's championship. County captain Trish Brown is pictured with two of the three winning team members: Claire-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) and Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle), centre. Missing from the line-up is Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm).

WEST OF SCOTLAND TITLE BOOST FOR
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FIVE-STROKE WINNER MEGAN BRIGGS

Kilmacolm's Megan Briggs gave herself a big confidence boost ahead of the defence of her Scottish women's amateur title from May 18 to 22 when she won the West of Scotland women's amateur title in style at Cardross Golf Club today.
Megan had rounds of 72 and 76 for an aggregate of 148 - one lower than the combined CSS (75-74) - to by a comfortable margin of five shots from Sara Bishop (Windyhill).
Sara was only one shot off the pace after 18 holes but slipped back with an afternoon 80.
County captain Lesley Lloyd (Hayston), beaten in the final of the Lanarkshire women's championship last week, finished a creditable third on 156, with a pair of 78s.

Pictured right is trophy winner Megan Briggs (image by courtesy of Carol Fell) but the trophies were not presented at the championship!
FINAL TOTALS
SSS 74. CSS 75 74
148 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 72 76.
153 Sara Bishop (Windyhill) 73 80.
156 Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) 78 78.
158 Claire-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 84 74, Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) 81 77, Elaine Cuthill (Lanark) 80 78, Nichola Ferguson (Clober) 78 80.
159 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 81 78.
160 Alyson McGinnigle (Cochrane Castle) 78 82.
161 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 82 79, Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) 80 81.
162 Catherine Malcolm (Prestwick St Nicholas) 83 79.
163 Emma Caddow (Wishaw) 87 76.
165 Lindsay Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 86 79, Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 82 83.
167 Gillian Kyle (East Renfrewshire) 88 79.
168 Janice Paterson (Drumpellier) 81 87.
169 Natasha Qayum (Ranfurly Castle) 83 86, Ruth Rankin (Lanark) 82 87.
170 Lesley Cosh (Cowglen) 85 85.

171 Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 85 86.

172 Susan McGrenachan (unatt) 89 93, Kirstin Scott (Milngavie) 87 85.

173 Joanna Scott (Cathkin Braes) 88 85, Patricia Davidson (Erksine) 86 87, Laura McGeachy (Windmill Hill) 85 88, Gillian Arnott (Kilbirnie Place) 84 89.

174 Amanda McLeod (Hilton Park) 86 88.

175 Liz Stewart (Greenburn) 89 86, Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) 89 86.

176 Lynn McColl (Bearsden) 88 88, Eva O'Connor (Bothwell Castle) 87 89.

178 Lesley Barker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 90 88, Suzanne Cadden (Cardross) 88 90.

179 Jennifer Linklater (Largs) 90 89.

180 Katie McGarva (Troon Portland) 91 89.

183 Lindsay Mathie (Windyhill) 92 91.

187 G Henderson (Ayr Belleisle) 102 85.

193 Gayle Smith (Clober) 101 92.

NR Tracy Masterton (Windyhill) 108 NR

TEAM WINNERS

Scratch: Renfrewshire: Megan Briggs, Claire-Marie Carlton, Donna Jackson.

Juniors (handicap): Lanarkshire.

BEST NET TOTALS

146 Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) (6) 75 71 (won on better net second round), Amanda McLeod (Hilton Park) (14) 72 74, Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) (1) 71 75.

147 Emma Caddow (Wishaw) (8) 79 68.

Emily Taylor and Rhys Pugh with their trophies at Fairhaven GC. Image by courtesy of Tom Ward Photography.

Rhys Pugh and Emily Taylor are the winners at

the Fairhaven Trophies junior tournament

REPORT FROM ORGANISER BOB THOMPSON
Following some great scoring in windy conditions, Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan) from Wales won the boys' championship with a three-under-par total of 285. He clinched the title with a final round of 71 at the Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire.
The girls' championship was won by Lancashire lass Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) after establishing a women's course record score of 72 in her final round to win by two shots from Brogan Townend, who beat Bronte Law for the runner-up position on a card play-off.
The boys' runner-up was Liam Harper with a score of 292, which was equalled by Scotland's Jack McDonald, who was placed third.
The course record of 68 created by Jack McDonald in the first round, on the 7015yd par 72 course, was equalled later by Harry Casey and James Burnett.
The boys' CSS was 75-74-75-75.
It was a great championship, played in a great spirit by all the players, and Fairhaven look forward to welcoming players to next years championship, which will be held from April 29 to May 1, 2011. Make a note of the dates now!
FINAL TOTALS
Boys CSS 75-74-75-75
Girls CSS 75-74-75-75
1 Rhys Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan) 285 70 69 75 71.
2 Liam Harper (Lydd) 292 73 73 74 72.
3 Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) 292 68 76 71 77.
4 Harry Casey (Enfield) 293 77 68 77 71.
5 James Burnett (Sleaford) 294 72 75 79 68.
6 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham) 306 83 73 78 72.
7 Tom Clements (Royal Norwich) 294 74 76 74 70.
8 Oliver Carr (Heswall) 295 73 75 73 74.
9 Max Orrin (North Foreland) 296 73 73 79 71.
10 Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 308 77 77 78 76.
11 Bronte Law Bramhall 308 76 79 76 77.
12 Luke Jackson Worksop 298 78 72 76 72.
13 Luke Johnson Kings Lynn 298 74 76 75 73.
14 Jamie Harrison Rotherham 298 72 73 77 76.
15 Craig Young Ashbourne 298 74 70 72 82.
16 Billy Downing Truro 299 70 75 80 74.
17 Matthew Fitzpatrick Hallamshire 299 71 75 78 75.
18 Paul Kinnear Formby 299 77 72 72 78.
19 Daniel Brown Bedale 300 74 70 80 76.
20 Toby Tree Worthing 300 72 74 78 76
21 Charlotte Thompson Channels 315 76 78 81 80.
22 Ian Redford St Andrews New 303 74 74 77 78.
23 Micheal Helyard Hessle 303 75 74 76 78.
24 Julian Taylor York 303 75 73 73 82.
25 Sebastian Von der Hoff (Trier) 304 73 74 80 77.
26 Paul Lockwood (Hessle) 304 77 72 77 78.
27 Jack English (Colchester) 304 76 71 78 79.
28 David Boote (Walton Heath) 304 74 74 76 80.
29 Nigel Colbeck (Moor Allerton) 305 +17 70 -2 75 +3 80 +8 80 +8
30 Will Jones (Oswestry) 306 +18 72 0 75 +3 86 +14 73 +1
31 Lucy Evans (Wrekin) 318 +18 81 +6 78 +3 82 +7 77 +2
32 Natalie Karcher (Lausanne) 319 +19 79 +4 77 +2 81 +6 82 +7
33 Jordan Smith (Bowood) 307 +19 74 +2 75 +3 78 +6 80 +8
34 Callum Shinkwin (Moor Park) 307 +19 73 +1 75 +3 79 +7 80 +8
35 Ross Dickson (Crews Hill 307 +19 74 +2 73 +1 80 +8 80 +8
36 Keiron Fowler (El Plantio) 308 +20 73 +1 73 +1 84 +12 78 +6
37 Dan Park (Kendal) 308 +20 72 0 77 +5 78 +6 81 +9
38 James Sandford (Saffron Walden) 308 +20 76 +4 70 -2 76 +4 86 +14
39 Nathan Kimsey (Woodhall Spa) 309 +21 76 +4 72 0 79 +7 82 +10
40 Conor O'Neil (Pollock) 312 +24 74 +2 76 +4 82 +10 80 +8
41 Sam Claypole )Horsley Lodge) 319 +31 78 +6 72 0 86 +14 83 +11

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Lancashire’s Emily Taylor won the girls’ championship at the Fairhaven Trophies – helped by a new course record in the final round. Emily (Royal Lytham & St Annes) rounded off the 72-hole tournament at Fairhaven Golf Club with a three-under par 72,compiled in a cold north-easterly wind.
The 15-year-old did exactly the same last month when she set a new course record in the final round of the Scottish U16 stroke-play championship to win that title at Strathmore. This time, Emily leapfrogged Brogan Townend (Pleasington) and Bronte Law (Bramhall) to win by two shots.
Brogan beat Bronte in a card play-off to take second place.
Bronte also teamed up with Matthew Fitzpatrick (Hallamshire, Yorkshire) and Kieron Fowler (Spain) to win the Nations Cup for England. They were six shots clear of their closest rivals.
and was equalled twice during the tournament.
Leading girls’ scores
Par 300 (4x75) CSS 75 74 75 75
306 Emily Taylor (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 83 73 78 72.
308 Brogan Townend (Pleasington) 77 77 78 76, Bronte Law (Bramhall) 76 79 76 77.
315 Charlotte Thompson (Channels) 76 78 81 80.
318 Lucy Evans (Wrekin) 81 78 82 77

Angus scratch champion Ailsa Summers (left) and handicap champion Jane Grubb (right). Picture by courtesy of Aileen Hunter.

AILSA RETAINS ANGUS WOMEN'S TITLE

FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY AILEEN HUNTER
Teenager Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) won the Angus women's county golf championship for the second year running at Letham Grange today with a 5 and 4 win over clubmate Claire Penman in the final.
Two up at the turn with one over par figures, Ailsa wrapped up the title with winning birdies at the 11th, 12th and 13th to surge five holes to the good. A half in par at the 14th ended the match. In the morning semi-finals, Ailsa beat Monifieth player Andrea Bowie while Claire defeated junior international Jessica Meek who was off colour.
In the Handicap Championship final, Jane Grubb from Montrose beat Monifieth's Katie Reid by 3 and 2.

TODAY'S RESULTS
SCRATCH CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi Finals
A Summers (Carnoustie Ladies) bt A Bowie (Monifieth) 3 and 2.
C Penman (Carnoustie Ladies) bt J Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 2 and 1.
Final
Summers bt C Penman 5 and 4
HANDICAP CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-finals
K Reid (Monifieth bt L Smith (Monifieth) 2 holes
J Grubb Montrose bt C Orr (Carnoustie Ladies) 3 and 2
Final
Grubb bt Reid 3 and 2.

Julie Yang (left) and Nikki Foster with their trophies at Southerndown GC yesterday (image from the Welsh Golf Union website).

Loretto pupil Julie Yang (only 14!) wins

Welsh open stroke-play title after play-off

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Julie Yang, a 14-year-old South Korean girl and a pupil at Loretto School's Golf Academy, Musselburgh, was the surprise winner of the Welsh women's open amateur 54-hole stroke-play championship at Southerndown Golf Club's links course in South Wales today.
Julie, who led by four strokes with 18 holes to go, won a play-off at the 19th hole against England 18-year-old international Nikki Foster (Pleasington, Blackburn) who was runner-up to Danielle McVeigh in last weekend's "Helen Holm."

They had tied on six-under-par 216 after three rounds at Southerndown.
Foster had fought her way into contention with a superb, five-under-par round of 69 over the classic Welsh links. The Lancashire lass birdied five of the last six holes to get into the play-off, both finishing with 54-hole aggregates of 216 – six under par.
Yang, who slipped to a 77 in her final round, won at the first extra hole.
Third on 218 came Llandudno youngster Amy Boulden named as a reserve for the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team to face the Americans next month and Dunfermline's Louise Kenney, who led or shared the lead in the recent "Helen Holm" tournament at Troon until the closing holes, finished a creditable fourth.

On the first play-off hole, the chargining Nikki Foster ran out of luck just when she needed it most. She saw her second shot land on the bank just short of the green and roll down the slope away from the hole. Julie responded with a confident iron to the heeart of the green and had no difficulty in securing her par 4 and a memorable victory.

So who is Julie Yang? If she remains in this country, the 14 going on 15 year old may be about to make quite an impact on open tournaments.
Of South Korean extraction, Julie was based at Phoenix when she became the youngest ever winner of an American Junior Golf Association tournament in August 2007 - when she was only 12 years, 1 month and 8 days old!
In fact, in 2004, her CV credits her with winning the World Junior Masters in 2004. That would make her only eight years of age, so it must have been a Wee Wonders type of event.
If, like me, you might ask: "Why didn't Julie play in the Scottish Under-16 girls' open championship in early April because she enrolled at Loretto last September?" The answer to that one, very kindly supplied to me by Lesley Atkins' mother, is that Julie was in Thailand at that time.
The next question is: "Why didn't Miss Yang play in the Helen Holm Scottish women's open amateur championship at Troon last weekend?"
Again, Mrs Atkins provides me with the answer: " Julie couldn't play at Troon because she was down at Oulton Hall, near Leeds helping Loretto finished second to Millfield in the Grand Finals of the Independent Schools Golf Assocation championship on April 25 and 26."

So, now you know more than most people about Julie Yang the 14-year-old who is the new Welsh women's open amateur stroke-play champion. If she doesn't go home - wherever home is - for the summer mnths, Julie could make quite an impact on the European women's amateur golf scene. She is among the entries for next month's British women's open amateur championship at Ganton Golf Club, Yorkshire.

Could Julie play for Scotland during her time at Loretto? Short answer: No. She would have to live in the country for 10 years to qualify on residential grounds.

+The trio of Hannah Barwood (Knowle), Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) and Charlie Douglass (Brocket Hall) won the team award for England

FINAL TOTALS
Par 222 (3x74) CSS 74 74 76.
216 Nikki Foster (Eng) 73 74 69, Julie Yang (SKor) 71 68 77 (Yang won sudden-death play-off at the first extra hole).
218 Amy Boulden (Wal) 72 74 72.
220 Louise Kenney (Sco) 73 70 77.
223 Holly Clyburn (Eng) 77 72 74.
224 Charlie Douglass (Eng) 82 68 74.
225 Hayley Davis (Eng) 77 76 72, Charlotte Ellis (Eng) 74 77 74, Raphaela Dywer (Eng) 73 76 76, Lauren Taylor (Eng) 73 76 76, Tara Davies (Wal) 73 73 78.
226 Alexandra Peters (Eng) 75 75 76.
227 Jane Turner (Sco) 76 78 73.
228 Aedin Murphy (Ire) 77 75 76.
229 Emma Sheffield (England) 79 77 73, Becky Harries (Wales) 79 72 78, Hannah Barwood (England) 71 77 81.
230 Kelly Tidy (Eng) 73 69 78, Gemma Bradbury (Wal) 78 73 79.
232 Natalie Lowe (Eng) 76 75 81.
233 Charlotte Wild (Eng) 80 75 78.
234 Charley Hull (Eng) 81 75 78, Rachael Watton (Sco) 80 75 79, Emma Goddard (Eng) 76 76 82, Jerry Lawrence (Eng) 77 74 83.
235 Laura Murray (Sco) 81 75 79, Tilly Magill (Eng) 79 77 79.
237 Kate Whitmore (Eng) 78 77 82.
238 Laura Collin (Eng) 83 76 79.
239 Charlotte Austwick (Eng) 75 83 81, Victoria Bradshaw (Ire) 78 76 85.
240 Melissa McMahon (Ire) 79 80 81, Elizabeth Haycock (Eng) 82 75 83.
241 Chloe Williams (Eng) 78 82 81, Hannah Turland (Eng) 77 81 83, Samantha Birks (Wal) 79 79 83.
242 Lauren Blease (Eng) 83 76 83.
243 Lauren Diggle (Wal) 78 80 85.
244 Katherine O'Connor (Wal) 82 80 82.
245 Gillian Monteith (Sco) 81 85 79, Bronwyn Davies (Wal) 82 79 84.
246 Georgia Thomas (Wal) 82 81 83, Myriam Hassan (Wal) 77 84 85.
247 Jenna Birch (Eng) 79 81 87.
248 Lisa Ball (Eng) 83 80 85.
250 Daisy Dyer (Eng) 84 78 88.
251 Karen O'Neill (Ire) 84 80 87.
253 Elizaveta Nikulina 88 85 80.
254 Natasha Gobey (Wal) 89 79 86, Rachel Lewis (Wal) 85 76 93.
255 Laura Watkins (Wal) 84 84 87, Franziska Knies 83 83 89.
259 Chelsea Masters (Eng) 88 89 81.
267 Alice Barnes (Eng) 83 90 94.

Shropshire golfer wins Midlands North regional medal final

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
Shropshire’s Deborah Austin swept into the inaugural EWGA Grand Medal Final when she won the Midlands North regional final with net 65 at Brocton Hall, Staffordshire.
The competition series is run in association with Volvo.
Deborah, who finished six shots clear of the field, leads 10 qualifiers for the Grand Medal Final which will take place at The Worcestershire Golf Club on June 26.
“I’m looking forward to that very much,” said Deborah, who is a member at Wrekin. She returned to golf last summer after an absence of 20 years when she devoted herself to her two children.
She came back last June with a handicap of 26 and by the time she teed up at Brocton Hall she had reduced to 19. Now, a further cut is on the way which will help her pursue her current goal:
“Last December I set myself the target of getting down to 15 by the end of May.”
Deborah is enjoying her second-time-round at golf.
“Now I’ve come back I don’t let myself get irritated or upset by silly little shots. I just enjoy the game of golf.”
Her caddy at the regional medal final was her father, Paul Austin, who originally introduced her to golf. She had two gross birdies and four pars during her round and scored 14-over gross 84. “I’ve had a marvellous day, everyone at Brocton Hall was so welcoming and the competition was very well organised by EWGA,” said Deborah.
This was the first of six regional medal finals which are contested by players who each returned the four best medal scores at their club during 2009.
Qualifiers
(net scores)
SSS 70, CSS 72
65 Deborah Austin (Wrekin) (19).
71 Diane Lea (Trentham Park) (4), Julia Gibson (Wallasey) (8), Cora Edwards (West Essex) (14), Anne Hollman (Bromsgrove Golf Centre) (16), Angela Smith (Little Aston) (16), Gillian Edwards (Doncaster) (18).
72 Bridget Locke (Brocton Hall) (10).
73 Chris Westrup (Astbury) (9), Lesley James (Robin Hood) (15).
*Sara Bowden (The Shropshire) (18) also scored net 73 but finished in 11th place on countback.
Full details and hole-by-hole scoring: www.englishwomensgolf.org
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer

Aberdeenshire LCGA officials, vice-captain Marta Moody (left) and captain Ellie Whyte (right) flank the four county championship semi-finalists at Portlethen GC: Sara Mathieson, Donna Pocock, Sammy Leslie and Linda Carnie (images by Cal Carson Golf Agency; click on them to enlarge).

Sammy's grandstand finish

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wins Aberdeenshire title

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Westhill teenager Sammy Leslie staged a grandstand finish to win the Aberdeenshire women's county golf championship for the first time at Portlethen Golf Club today.
Never in the lead, Sammy was two down on the 16th tee in the final against Donna Pocock (Murcar Links), the No 1 seed and the 2008 champion.
Then the 18-year-old Leslie suddenly produced the form that had toppled the defending champion, Sara Mathieson (Royal Musselburgh), by 6 and 5 in the morning semi-finals, thus avenging defeat by Sara in last year's final.
Leslie, the No 3 qualifier, won the 17th with a par 4 and the 18th with a bogey 6 to be all square for the fourth time in the match. The difference was that this time Sammy went on to lead for the first time at the first extra hole.
Donna conceded the match and the title to her younger opponent when she had failed to get down in two from the edge of the green with Leslie, having played a great approach shot to within 2 1/2ft of the flagstick.
Today's results:
SEMI-FINALS
Donna Pocock (Murcar Links) bt Linda Carnie (Newburgh on Ythan) 3 and 1.
Sammy Leslie (Westhill) bt Sara Mathieson (Royal Musselburgh) 6 and 5.
FINAL
Leslie bt Pocock at 19th.

SAMMY ABERDEENSHIRE'S BEST - BAR NONE!

New Aberdeenshire champion Sammy Leslie worked behind the bar at Westhill Golf Club until late on Saturday night - "I need the money!" she said - but she still played tremendous golf to score upset wins in the semi-finals and again in the final on Sunday.
"I played badly in the Helen Holm tournament at Troon last weekend but my game's been getting better all week," said Leslie.
"Even when I was two down on the 16th tee, I never really thought about losing. I just concentrated on winning the 17th and when I did, I focused on winning the 18th."
Aberdeenshire county captain Ellie Whyte said: "Sammy Leslie came of age in this championship, and particularly on the last day. I've watched her making progress from being a little girl competitor in the Aberdeenshire girls' competition."

LPGA Tour Scoreboard
TRES MARIAS CHAMPIONSHIP
Mexico
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 219 (3x73)
206 Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 63 72 71
207 Michelle Wie 66 68 73, Brittany Lincicome 68 67 72
208 Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 69 68 71, Stacy Lewis 71 68 69
209 Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 66 73 70
212 Mindy Kim 72 69 71, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 73 67 72
213 Irene Cho 68 72 73, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 70 70 73, Amanda Blumenherst 68 77 68
214 In Kyung Kim (Kor) 69 71 74, Alena Sharp (Can) 74 70 70, Sarah-Jane Smith (Aus) 68 71 75
215 Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 70 72 73, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 70 73 72
216 Karen Stupples (Eng) 67 72 77, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 72 72 72, Paige Mackenzie 71 70 75, Amy Yang 75 69 72, Hee-Won Han (Kor) 72 73 71, Sandra Gal (Ger) 73 69 74
217 Michelle Ellis 74 69 74, Silvia Cavalleri (Ita) 74 71 72, Jimin Kang (Kor) 70 72 75, Heather Bowie Young 74 71 72, Sherri Steinhauer 70 72 75, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 73 70 74, Candie Kung (Tai) 72 76 69
218 Jee Young Lee (Kor) 71 67 80, Kristy McPherson 71 68 79, Christina Kim 73 75 70, Jeong Jang (Kor) 69 70 79, Katherine Hull (Aus) 69 73 76
219 Chella Choi (Kor) 76 71 72, Allison Hanna-Williams 71 73 75, Julieta Granada (Par) 73 70 76, Nicole Castrale 71 75 73
220 Wendy Doolan (Aus) 69 73 78, Juli Inkster 76 71 73, Louise Stahle (Swe) 74 74 72, Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 72 72 76, Michele Redman 70 74 76, Katie Futcher 75 72 73, Brittany Lang 77 71 72, Karine Icher (Fra) 71 72 77, Jane Park 74 71 75, Azahara Munoz (Spa) 65 76 79, Amy Hung (Tai) 73 74 73, M.J. Hur (Kor) 69 75 76, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 70 74 76
221 Soo-Yun Kang (Kor) 76 71 74, Meena Lee (Kor) 77 70 74, Laura Diaz 73 72 76, Sarah Lee 76 69 76, Mina Harigae 72 74 75
222 Jean Reynolds 75 72 75, Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 74 71 77, Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 75 71 76, Erica Blasberg 75 70 77, Anna Grzebien 74 73 75, Kyeong Bae (Kor) 76 69 77, Kris Tamulis 76 70 76
223 Reilley Rankin 74 72 77, Leta Lindley 76 71 76
224 Jimin Jeong 74 73 77
225 Na On Min (Jpn) 71 76 78, Morgan Pressel 76 71 78, Meaghan Francella 76 70 79
Disqualified: 223 Alejandra Martin del Campo (Mex) 70 74 79

United States Duramed Futures Tour
$125,000 TEXAS HILL COUNTRY CLASSIC
The Dominion Country Club, San Antonio, Texas
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
1 Paola Moreno (Cali, Colombia) 68-70 - 138
T2 Tzu-Chi Lin (Taichung, Taiwan) 71-68 - 139
T2 Nontaya Srisawang (Chiang Mai, Thailand) 71-68 - 139
T2 Hannah Jun (San Diego, Calif.) 68-71 - 139
T2 Lori Atsedes (Ithaca, N.Y.) 67-72 - 139
T6 Sae Hee Son (Seoul, South Korea) 71-69 - 140
T6 Whitney Wade (Glasgow, Ky.) 69-71 - 140
T8 Cindy LaCrosse (Tampa, Fla.) 71-70 - 141
T8 Jamie Hullett (Mesquite, Texas) 72-69 - 141
T8 Angela Oh (Maple Shade, N.J.) 71-70 - 141
T8 Rebecca Flood (Coonabarabran, Australia) 71-70 - 141
T8 Meredith Duncan (Shreveport, La.) 69-72 - 141
T13 Tiffany Joh (San Diego, Calif.) 71-71 - 142
T13 Pornanong Phatlum (Chaiyaphum, Thailand) 72-70 - 142
T13 Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) 71-71 - 142
T13 Dewi Claire Schreefel (Diepenveen, Netherland 71-71 - 142
T13 Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) 71-71 - 142
T13 Susan Nam (Edmonton, Alberta) 73-69 - 142
T13 Rachel Bailey (Faulconbridge, Australia) 69-73 - 142
T13 Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, South Africa) 69-73 - 142
T21 Tracy Stanford (Midland, Texas) 70-73 - 143
T21 Caroline Larsson (Stockholm, Sweden) 73-70 - 143
T21 Julie Wells-Shenfield (Wilsonville, Ore.) 70-73 - 143
T21 Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) 70-73 - 143
T21 Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) 73-70 - 143
T21 Jane Rah (Torrance, Calif.) 70-73 - 143
T21 Amelia Lewis (Jacksonville, Fla.) 69-74 - 143
T28 Lisa Ferrero (Lodi, Calif.) 72-72 - 144
T28 Christi Cano (San Antonio, Texas) 71-73 - 144
T28 Nicole Smith (Riverside, Calif.) 73-71 - 144
T28 Tiffany Tavee (Tempe, Ariz.) 70-74 - 144
T28 Jane Chin (Mission Viejo, Calif.) 70-74 - 144
T28 Eileen Vargas (Ibague, Colombia) 68-76 - 144
T34 Gerina Mendoza (Roswell, N.M.) 72-73 - 145
T34 Jennie Lee (Henderson, Nev.) 70-75 - 145
T34 Erica Moston (Belmont, Calif.) 70-75 - 145
T34 Aimee Cho (Orlando, Fla.) 73-72 - 145
T34 Alison Walshe (Westford, Mass.) 73-72 - 145
T34 Victoria Elizabeth (Orlando, Fla.) 73-72 - 145
T40 Garrett Phillips (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 74-72 - 146
T40 Sarah Lynn Sargent (Greer, S.C.) 72-74 - 146
T40 Lehua Wise (Kauai, Hawaii) 72-74 - 146
T40 Danah Ford Bordner (Indianapolis, Ind.) 72-74 - 146
T40 Min Seo Kwak (Seoul, South Korea) 72-74 - 146
T40 Nannette Hill (Pelham, N.Y.) 72-74 - 146
T40 Mo Martin (Altadena, Calif.) 72-74 - 146
T40 Bree Arthur (Brisbane, Australia) 71-75 - 146
T40 Cathryn Bristow (Auckland, New Zealand) 71-75 - 146
T40 Lauren Hunt (Little River, S.C.) 70-76 - 146
T40 Esther Choe (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 74-72 - 146
T51 Ai-Chen Kuo (Luzhou City, Taiwan) 76-71 - 147
T51 Valentine Derrey (a) (Neuilly Sur Seine, Fran 76-71 - 147
T51 Veronica Felibert (Caracas, Venezuela) 75-72 - 147
T51 Benedikte Grotvedt (Nesbru, Norway) 75-72 - 147
T51 Hannah Yun (Bradenton, Fla.) 72-75 - 147
T51 Amanda Mathis (Picayune, Miss.) 73-74 - 147
T51 Whitney Myers (York, Pa.) 73-74 - 147
T51 Ashley Medders (Alma, Ga.) 73-74 - 147
T51 Ayaka Kaneko (Honolulu, Hawaii) 74-73 - 147
T60 Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario) 76-72 - 148
T60 Jessi Gebhardt (Chandler, Ariz.) 76-72 - 148
T60 Christina Jones (Jensen Beach, Fla.) 75-73 - 148
T60 Caroline Westrup (Ahus, Sweden) 75-73 - 148
T60 Kathleen Ekey (Sharon Township, Ohio) 74-74 - 148
T60 Lee Ann Walker (Southport, N.C.) 74-74 - 148
T60 Jenny Shin (Torrance, Calif.) 74-74 - 148
T60 Lili Alvarez (Durango, Mexico) 74-74 - 148
T60 Jenny Lee (Simi Valley, Calif.) 71-77 - 148
T60 Janice Olivencia (Caguas, Puerto Rico) 71-77 - 148
T60 Haley Gildea (East Greenwich, R.I.) 73-75 - 148
T60 Hwanhee Lee (Las Vegas, Nev.) 74-74 - 148
MISSED THE CUT
Wannasiri Sirisampant (Bangkok, Thailand) 78-71 - 149
Jenny Gleason (Clearwater, Fla.) 72-77 - 149
Miriam Nagl (Berlin, Germany) 72-77 - 149
Rachel Connor (Manchester, England) 76-74 - 150
Leanne Bowditch (Queensland, Australia) 78-72 - 150
Jordan Hardy (Sylacauga, Ala.) 74-76 - 150
Chelsea Curtis (New Seabury, Mass.) 74-76 - 150
Chelsea Schriewer (St. Louis, Mo.) 74-76 - 150
Elisa Serramia (Barcelona, Spain) 74-76 - 150
Rachel Larson (Longmont, Colo.) 72-78 - 150
Adrienne White (Red Deer, Alberta) 72-78 - 150
Laura Bavaird (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 73-77 - 150
Sofie Andersson (Angelholm, Sweden) 73-77 - 150
Taryn Durham (Glasgow, Ky.) 73-77 - 150
Selanee Henderson (Apple Valley, Calif.) 73-77 - 150
Lauren Doughtie (Suffolk, Va.) 74-76 - 150
Dori Carter (Valdosta, Ga.) 76-75 - 151
Marlowe Boukis (Lutherville, Md.) 77-74 - 151
Tara Goedeken (Dodge City, Kan.) 75-76 - 151
Kirby Dreher (Fort St. John, Canada) 79-72 - 151
Kitty Hwang (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 74-77 - 151
Kendall Dye (Edmond, Okla.) 76-76 - 152
Ashley Prange (Noblesville, Ind.) 76-76 - 152
Jenny Suh (Fairfax, Va.) 76-76 - 152
Sophie Jang (Seoul, South Korea) 77-75 - 152
Noon Huajai (Bangkok, Thailand) 75-77 - 152
Ryann O'Toole (San Clemente, Calif.) 75-77 - 152
Lucy Nunn (Lawton, Okla.) 75-77 - 152
Kylene Pulley (Kokomo, Ind.) 75-77 - 152
Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) 78-74 - 152
Lene Krog (Lier, Norway) 75-77 - 152
Briana Vega (Andover, Mass.) 74-78 - 152
Isabelle Beisiegel (St. Hilaire, Quebec) 72-80 - 152
Jasi Acharya (Columbus, Mont.) 74-78 - 152
Janell Howland (Boise, Idaho) 77-76 - 153
Marina Choi (Los Angeles, Calif.) 78-75 - 153
Jessy Tang (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 75-78 - 153
Libby Smith (Essex Junction, Vt.) 80-73 - 153
Sam White (Potomac, Md.) 73-80 - 153
Kendra Hanson (Forest City, Iowa) 77-77 - 154
Pamela Ontiveros (Gomez Palacio, Mexico) 78-76 - 154
Perry Swenson Livonius (Charlotte, N.C.) 79-75 - 154
Camila Mori (Santiago, Chile) 74-80 - 154
Laura Crawford (Lancaster, S.C.) 76-79 - 155
Hanna Kang (Seoul, South Korea) 79-76 - 155
Y. J. Jin (Seoul, South Korea) 79-76 - 155
Sydney Cox (Edmond, Okla.) 75-80 - 155
Hana Kim (Los Angeles, Calif.) 76-80 - 156
Danielle Mills (Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 77-79 - 156
Devan Andersen (Guadalajara, Mexico) 77-79 - 156
Angela Buzminski (Oshawa, Ontario) 74-82 - 156
Marcela Leon (Monterrey, Mexico) 76-81 - 157
Carolina Llano (Medellin, Colombia) 76-81 - 157
Jennifer Ackerson (Dallas, Texas) 76-81 - 157
Kim Augusta (Rumford, R.I.) 79-78 - 157
Simone DeSouza (Trujillo, Peru) 79-78 - 157
Emma Calderone (Toronto, Ontario) 76-82 - 158
Carmen Bandea (Atlanta, Ga.) 79-79 - 158
Jackie Barenborg (Vero Beach, Fla.) 81-77 - 158
Jaclyn Burch (St. Louis, Mo.) 74-84 - 158
Sarah Olsen (Grosse Ile, Mich.) 78-81 - 159
Dawn Shockley (Estes Park, Colo.) 80-79 - 159
Seema Sadekar (Toronto, Ontario) 79-81 - 160
Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.) 80-80 - 160
Carrie Riordan (Spring Valley, Ill.) 80-80 - 160
Susannah Aboff (Huntington, N.Y.) 74-87 - 161
Michaela Cavener (Ponca City, Okla.) 79-83 - 162
Janice Gibson (Tulsa, Okla.) 80-82 - 162
Dorothy Delasin (San Francisco, Calif.) 81-82 - 163
Katie Miller (Jeannette, Pa.) 81-84 - 165
Shelly Martinez (a) (Pecos, Texas) 81-84 - 165
Heather Angell (Winston-Salem, N.C.) withdrew injured