EILIDH BRIGGS WINS WEST TITLE BY FOUR

Kilmacolm's Eilidh Briggs is coming out from the shadow of her older sister, Megan, a Scotland international and past Scottish champion, this season. Earlier this year, Eilidh won the Renfrewshire county championship and today she won the West of Scotland championship at Lanark with four shots to spare over 36 holes. Her sister won the title last year but, due to university studies, was not able to defend it. Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) matched Eilidh's opening round of 73 but could not live with her rival's pace on the second circuit. Briggs added a 74 for 147 with Alyson returning a 78 for second place on 151. Eilidh had second-round birdies at the first, second, 10th, 11th and 14th. She dropped shots at third, eighth and 12th. With so much in hand, she could afford the luxury of a double bogey at the 18th, knowing that its only consequence was a reduction in her winning margin. West Kilbride's Mhairi McKay, with a net aggregate of 143 (72-71) won the handicap prize off seven of a handicap. She is pictured below, alongside the "Final Totals" with her trophy. Lanarkshire trio of Lesley Lloyd, Susan Wood and May Hughes won the team event with the Ayrshire team of Mhairi McKay, Connie Jaffrey and Emma Hale winning the junior prize. The winning Lanarkshire team of Susan Wood, Lesley Lloyd and May Hughes. FINAL TOTALS

SS 74 . CSS 74 74.

147 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 73 74.
151 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 73 78.
153 Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) 76 77.
154 Nichola Ferguson (Clober) 78 76.
155 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) 77 79.
156 Susan Wood (Drumpellier) 74 82, Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 76 80.
157 Mhairi McKay (West Kilbride) 79 78.
158 Jennifer Linklater (Largs) 77 81.
159 Donna Jackson (Cochrane Castle) 76 83.
161 Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 79 82.
163 May Hughes (Lanark) 82 81.
164 Liz Stewart (Greenburn) 82 82, Jenny Potter (Cathkin Braes) 76 88.
165 Gillian McGinley (Cochrane Castle) 83 82, Ruth Rankin (Lanark) 81 84, Lesley Cosh (Cowglen) 84 81.
166 Carol Whyte (Windyhill) 82 84, Angela Devine (Hamilton) 83 83.
167 Lorraine Campbell (Cardross) 86 81, Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) 88 79, Patricia Davidson (Erskine) 84 83, Lindsay Mathie (Windyhill) 83 84.
169 Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry Ladies) 86 83.
170 Laura McGeachy (Windyhill) 87 83, Kirstin Scott (Milngavie) 88 82.
173 Susan McGrenaghan (Mount Ellen) 85 88.
174 Emma Caddow (Cardross) 92 82.
175 Lesley Barker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 88 87.
NR Lorraine Morrow (Erskine) 80 -.

Withdrew: Sara Bishop (Windyhill), Sara McCorkell (Williamwood) 85 -, Natasha Qayam (Ranfurly Castle).

Ayrshire's winners of the junior team prize - Connie Jaffrey, Mhairi McKay and Emma Hale.

*All the pictures, information and scores for this report were supplied by Jean Macintyre of the Lanarkshire Ladies Golf Association. Kirkwoodgolf thanks her publicly for her hard work on our behalf, a noble effort considering she was running the tournament as well!