Eleanor Tunn's Handicap?  The fact that she

lives a three-hour drive north of Inverness!

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Meet Eleanor Tunn whose biggest handicap in golf is the fact that she lives in her own words ... "right at the top of Scotland in a village called Reay, about 30 miles west of John O'Groats. My course is a links which is right on the north coast of mainland Scotland.
"The nearest golf club is Thurso Golf Club which I have recently joined this year."
Eleanor, who had her 15th birthday in June, lives so far North that it takes her THREE hours just to get to Inverness!
She recently played in the North of Scotland girls championship at Brechin and it took her and her mum the best part of five hours to get to the Angus course and another five hours - all uphill of course -to get home again. Despite that, Eleanor has managed to get her handicap down to seven and all the travelling does not lessen her enthusiasm to be as good a golfer as she can be. She is actually English by birth, having first seen the light of day at Barrow-in-Furness in northwest England where her dad worked at the Sellafield nuclear reactor.
Eleanor was only three when the Tunn family moved to Reay when her dad's work took him to the nuclear reactor that once was there.
"i have been playing golf since i was about five. It was the junior clubgolf coaching session on Friday in the village. My friends were going so I went.
"it was kind of a social event for the children in the village (I liked the lemonade afterwards).
"But through the years i really started to enjoy my golf and get more into it.
"When I first started Evan Sutherland was my main clubgolf coach and he has helped me progress to a level where I have been accepted by the Scottish Golfing Academy.
"My PGA accademy coach is Stuart Morrison who is the pro at Tain Golf Club. I receive regular coaching sessions from Stuart at Tain, which is a 140-mile round trip for us.
"Stuart has helped me to halve my handicap this season from 12 to six. I still go to junior coaching sessions on a Friday as it is great fun! Almost 90 juniors take part, which is impressive for such a small club,
"Evan is still a great help to me and continues to encourage junior members. I am very thankful to clubgolf and to Reay Golf Club for their encouragement."

Good luck to Eleanor Tunn. Next time you think you have a long way to go to a competition, just think of Eleanor, someone who really is a long way from the Central Belt.

ANGUS NAME TEAM FOR COUNTY FINALS

Angus are the first of the four qualifying teams to name their line-up for the Scottish women's county finals at Bothwell Castle from September 17 to 19.
Junior international Rebecca Wilson (Grange), who was on holiday at the time, replaces Lynne Fenton who played in the winning Angus team at the North Division championship at Blairgowrie at the end of June.
It is a young Angus squad with only one member over 30.
Angus squad is:
Jackie Brown (Monifieth), Fiona Gilbert (Carnoustie Ladies), Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies), Claire Penman (Carnoustie Ladies), Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir), Ashley Smith (Monifieth), Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie Ladies), Rebecca Wilson (Grange).
Reserves: Jemma Chalmers (Monifieth), Katie Reid (Monifieth).

+The other qualifiers for the county finals - Dumfries-shire, Midlothian and Renfrewshire - are invited to send the names of the players selected to play at Bothwell Castle GC to Colin@scottishgolfview.com

Westhill Academy's Lloyd Shand, Sam Thain and Mark Robinson, winners of the Handicap Trophy, with Paul Lawrie. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

Aboyne Academy's Kimberley Beveridge and Daniel Thompsett with Paul Lawrie and the Scratch Team Trophy. Sam McNeill, the third member of the team, could not stay for the presentation. Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

ABOYNE TOP OF THE CLASS AT PAUL

LAWRIE SCHOOLS EVENT


Aboyne Academy, represented by Daniel Thompsett, Sam McNeill and Kimberley Beveridge, won the Paul Lawrie Foundation Schools Team Challenge's Scratch Trophy at Peterculter Golf Club today (Monday).
Daniel and Kimberley both returned 74s and Sam an 83, producing a total of 231 which gave them a eight-shot winning margin over runners-up Banff Academy (Lewis Mutch, Kerr Baptie and Luke Sutherland) with Peterhead Academy (Jamie Reid, Scott Philips and Scott Grand) third on 241.

Craig Lawrie (Robert Gordon's College), elder son of Paul Lawrie, had the lowest scratch score of 72 but there are no individual awards at the tournament which is in its eighth year.
Craig has cut his handicap from eight to four this year. Obviously a chip off the old block! Paul and Craig are pictured right (by Cal Carson Golf Agency).
Westhill Academy's Sam Thain, Mark Robinson and Lloyd Shand, won the Handicap Trophy with a net total of 220, three shots ahead of Meldrum Academy and five better than third-placed Harlaw Academy.

LEADING SCORES
Boys par 71, CSS 71. Girls par 72.
SCRATCH
231 ABOYNE ACADEMY (Daniel Thompsett 74, Kimberley Beveridge 74, Sam McNeill 83).
239 BANFF ACADEMY (Lewis Mutch 78, Luke Sutherland 78, Kerr Baptie 83.
241 PETERHEAD ACADEMY (Jamie Reid 75, Scott Grant 80, Scott Philips 86).
Other team totals:
244 CULTS ACADEMY.
245 ROBERT GORDON'S COLLEGE.
246 HAZLEHEAD ACADEMY.
248 MELDRUM ACADEMY.
249 HARLAW ACADEMY.
250 WESTHILL ACADEMY.
259 GORDON SCHOOLS, HUNTLY.
262 ALFORD ACADEMY.
263 ABERDEEN GRAMMAR.
269 MINTLAW ACADEMY.
282 SPEYSIDE HIGH.
317 OLDMACHAR ACADEMY.
324 ST MARGARET'S SCHOOL.
Disqualified - Turriff Academy.
NRs - Monifieth High, Montrose Academy


LEADING HANDICAP
220 WESTHILL ACADEMY: Sam Thain (7) 69, Lloyd Shand (15) 72, Mark Robinson (8) 79. 
223 MELDRUM ACADEMY: Michael Reid (8) 67, Sean Guthrie (8) 75, Matthew Royce (9) 81. 
225 HARLAW ACADEMY: Elliot Moore (5) 69, Tom Spiers (9) 78, Greg Morrison (10) 78.

KELSEY CANNOT BE CAUGHT IN SLGA MERIT RACE

Kelsey MacDonald has an unassailable lead at the top of Scottish Ladies Golfing Association Order of Merit.
With only the county and divisional championship results still to count, the 19-year-old Stirling University student and Nairn Dunbar GC member heads the table with 2900pt, 620 ahead of last year's winner, Louise Kenney (Pitreavie).
Alford's Laura Murray is in third place 1,955pt.
TOP 20 IN SLGA ORDER OF MERIT
1 Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) 2,900pt.
2 Louise Kenney (Pitreavie) 2,280.
3 Laura Murray (Alford) 1,955.
4 Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 1,875.
5 Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 1,636.
6 Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle) 1,586.
7 Sally Watson (Elie and Earlsferry) 1,407.
8 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 975.
9 Ann F Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 950.
10 Sammy Leslie (Westhill) 845.
11 Martine Pow (Selkirk) 800.
12 Susan Jackson (Ladybank) 740.
13 Emily Ogilvy (Auchterarder) 720.
14 Roseanne Niven (Crieff) 670.
15 Rebecca Wilson (Grange) 558.
16 Clare-Marie Carlton (Fereneze) 515.
17 Rachael Taylor (Hartl GR) 500.
18 Lauren Mackin (Majorca) 415.
19 Sammy Vass (Tain) 410.
20 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 385.

Frances Millar and Claire Penman with the SLGA club foursomes championship trophy. Image by courtesy of Carol Fell.

CARNOUSTIE CALEDONIA AND BABERTON SCOOP

MAJOR TITLES AT SLGA FOURSOMES DAY


Carnoustie Caledonia's Claire Penman and Frances Millar won the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association club foursomes team title at windy Douglas Park Golf Club on Sunday .
They beat Saline 6 and 5 in the morning semi-finals while Murrayfield's Pat Walkingshaw and Caroline Johnstone beat Ayr Dalmilling 8 and 6.
In the final Penman and Millar won by 4 and 3.
Saline's Lynne Nelson and Barbara-Ann Boyten won the third place play-off by 1 hole against Ayr Dalmilling (Ann Sym and Gillian Henderson).
Results:
SEMI-FINALS
Carnoustie Caledonia (Claire Penman and Frances Millar) bt Saline (Lynne Nelson and Barbara-Ann Boyten) 6 and 5.
Murrayfield (Pat Walkingshaw and Caroline Johnstone) bt Ayr Dalmilling (Ann Sym and Gillian Henderson) 8 and 6.
FINAL
Carnoustie Caledonia (Penman and Millar) bt Murrayfield
(Walkingshaw and Johnstone) 4 and 3.
THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF
Saline (Nelson and Boyten) bt Ayr Dalmilling (Sym and Henderson) 1 hole.
+Named third team members: Murrayfield - Norma Richmond, Saline - Katrina Buist, Ayr Dalmilling - Jackie Ridge.

Karen Marshall (left) and Fiona Hunter of Baberton with the SLGA women's club foursomes stroke-play championship trophy. Image by courtesy of Carol Fell.Karen, Fiona win foursomes stroke-play by two shots

Baberton's Karen Marshall and Fiona Hunter won the SLGA women's club foursomes stroke-play title with a five-over-par round of 77 in windy conditions at Douglas Park.
They had two shots to spare from Windyhill's Laura McGeachy and former Scottish champion Anne Laing, and Craigmillar Park's Karen Ballantyne and Kirsten Blackwood.
McGeachy and Laing had a better inward half and were officially placed second.
Kilmacolm's defending champions Megan and Eilidh Briggs finished joint fourth on 80 alongside Douglas Park's Helen Faulds and Helen Robertson.
Faulds and Robertson won the top net prize with a score of 72 1/2 off 7 1/2.
Kilmacolm's Rena Simpson and Annabel Kane were runners-up, by virtue of a better inward half, with a net score of 73 1/2 off 10 1/2.
Blairgowrie's Norma Fleming and Mary Hope also totalled 73 1/2 off 9 1/2 but were placed third on the card countback.
Thirty-six pairs took part.

Catherine Goodwin, Hannah Scott and Beth Donoghue, leading prizewinners at the East of Scotland girls' meeting at Glenbervie

Catherine Goodwin has best net at East girls' meeting


Catherine Goodwin, Stirling and Clackmannan player from Glenbervie, won the overall prize with a net 73 at the East of Scotland girls' autumn meeting at Glenbervie Golf Club.
In testing, windy conditions, Catherine won on the better inward half from Hannah Scott and Beth Donoghue. Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) took the scratch prize with a gross score of 79.


Other prizewinners were:
Under-18 Sam Munro (Aberdour) 86 (5) 81 (better inward half)
Under-16 Keren Ward (The Glen) 82 (5) 77
Under-14 Beth Donoghue (Brucefields) 94 (21) 73


Full list of net results
SSS 72, CSS 73

Catherine Goodwin (Glenbervie) 95 (22) 73 (better inward half)
Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 79 (6) 73
Beth Donoghue (Brucefields) 94 (21) 73
Lauren Whyte (St Regulus) 80 (5) 75
Clara Young (North Berwick) 80 (5) 75
Keren Ward (The Glen) 82 (5) 77
Emma Morrison (Craigmillar Park) 110 (32) 78
Jennifer Allan (Glenbervie) 98 (20) 78
Sam Munro (Aberdour) 86 (5) 81
Rachael Watton (Mortonhall) 80 (+1) 81
Gabrielle MacDonald (Craigielaw) 84 (3) 81
Shannen McGuire (Canmore) 89 (7) 82
Megan Brown (Dunfermline) 98 (15) 83
Katherine Fisher (Baberton) 106 (20) 86
Andrea Walker (Falkirk) 115 (28) 87
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 92 (4) 88
Alison Goodwin (Glenbervie) 94 (5) 89
Alexandra Tait (St Regulus) 99 (9) 90

Michelle Wie wins Canadian Women's Open

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Michelle Wie has won the CN Canadian Women's Open for her second career victory on the LPGA Tour.
Wie shot a 2-under 70 on Sunday to move to 12 under for the tournament at the St. Charles Country Club.
Jiyai Shin of South Korea shot a 1-over 73 and tied for second with Kristy McPherson of South Carolina (66), defending champion Suzann Pettersen of Norway (69) and Jee Lee Young from South Korea (69).
Wie, who had a hole in one earlier in the tournament, was tied with Shin for the lead entering the final round.
Wie earned $337,500 for winning the LPGA's only stop in Canada.
Becky Morgan earned $38,707 for finishing tied 11th on 283. She had a 69 in each of her last two rounds.
Catriona Matthew slipped back with a 74 on Sunday to finished joint 21st on 285 for which she earned $24,346.
Laura Davies and Karen Stupplies tied for 30th place on level par 288 and each earned $15,861.


FINAL TOTALS
St Charles Country Club, Winnipeg
Par 288 (4x72)
276 Michelle Wie 65 69 72 70
279 Jiyai Shin (S Korea) 70 67 69 73, Kristy McPherson 70 74 69 66, Jee Young Lee (S Korea) 72 67 71 69, Suzann Pettersen (Norway) 69 69 72 69
280 In-Kyung Kim (S Korea) 71 71 69 69
281 Morgan Pressel 72 66 74 69
282 Se Ri Pak (S Korea) 73 73 68 68, Cristie Kerr 75 71 67 69, Karine Icher (France) 72 69 70 71
283 Na Yeon Choi (S Korea) 72 67 71 73, Becky Morgan (Wales) 72 73 69 69, Lorie Kane (Can) 75 73 68 67, Kyeong Bae (S Korea) 74 72 70 67
284 Paula Creamer 71 71 70 72, Jennifer Song 74 72 70 68, Ai Miyazato (Japan) 74 70 71 69, Mika Miyazato (Japan) 77 71 68 68, Brittany Lincicome 72 72 71 69, Pat Hurst 71 72 73 68
285 Catriona Matthew (Sco) 72 72 67 74, Christina Kim 72 73 68 72, Meena Lee (S Korea) 73 72 71 69
286 Aree Song (S Korea) 72 76 71 67, Rachel Hetherington (Australia) 75 73 66 72, Mina Harigae 72 75 67 72, Leta Lindley 72 71 74 69
287 Stacy Prammanasudh 72 71 75 69, Inbee Park (S Korea) 74 74 70 69
288 Taylor Leon 73 74 70 71, Karen Stupples (Eng) 70 74 73 71, Sarah-Jane Smith (Australia) 75 66 74 73, Louise Stahle (Sweden) 75 69 72 72, Candie Kung (Taiwan) 72 72 69 75, Brittany Lang 75 73 68 72, Laura Davies (England) 73 74 73 68
289 Stephanie Louden 74 72 69 74, Pernilla Lindberg (Sweden) 70 78 72 69, Katherine Hull (Australia) 75 67 73 74
290 Vicky Hurst 72 73 73 72, Amy Yang (S Korea) 72 74 69 75, Amy Hung (Taiwan) 70 76 72 72, Karin Sjodin (Swe) 71 70 72 77, Sarah Lee (S Korea) 77 71 71 71
291 Ji-Young Oh (S Korea) 74 73 70 74, Jennifer Rosales (Phi) 73 74 70 74, Teresa Lu (Tai) 71 74 71 75, Katie Futcher 72 75 73 71
292 Na On Min (Jpn) 74 73 71 74, Juli Inkster 73 72 75 72, M.J. Hur (S Korea) 74 73 72 73, Moira Dunn 71 76 76 69, Sarah Kemp (Aus) 68 80 72 72
293 Paige Mackenzie 72 76 72 73, Il-hee Lee (S Korea) 70 73 74 76, Adrienne White (Can) 77 68 75 73, Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 75 70 73 75, Sherri Steinhauer 73 74 72 74, Hwa seon Lee (S Korea) 72 74 75 72
294 Mariajo Uribe (Col) 76 71 74 73, Lisa Meldrum 77 70 71 76, Jane Park 70 76 73 75, Karrie Webb (Aus) 72 73 75 74, Eun Hee Ji (S Korea) 74 73 75 72, Song-Hee Kim (S Korea) 73 74 74 73
296 Paola Moreno 73 75 75 73
297 Soo-Yun Kang (S Korea) 71 76 74 76
298 Mindy Kim (S Korea) 74 71 80 73
299 Allison Hanna-Williams 74 74 74 77, Meredith Duncan 70 77 80 72
304 Maria Hernandez (Spa) 73 75 77 79
305 Sydnee Michaels 71 77 75 82, Mi-Hyun Kim (S Korea) 72 76 78 79