MEGHAN (16) MAKES NORTHANTS HISTORY - AND MUM WINS TOO!

Meghan MacLaren (16), county president Sue Aitken, and Mary MacLaren after the Northamptonshire women's county championship finals day at Kettering Golf Club.  

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Mother and daughter Mary and Meghan MacLaren, both Wellingborough members - and both supporters of the Hacienda del Alamo Festival - made a clean sweep of the leading scratch and handicap trophies at the Northamptonshire women's county championship at Kettering Golf Club.
Mary, whose husband David is a European Tour director, takes up the story:
"In our county championships we have a 36-hole qualifying event on the Friday with the top eight gross scores going through to the championship match-play stages and the second best eight gross scores going through to the Swannell Salver match-play stages.
"Meghan was the lowest qualifier in the championship with rounds of 76 and 71 (par 73). She played her quarter final on Saturday morning and her semi final on Saturday afternoon (against last year’s winner, Roseanne Youngman) which she won with a birdie on the 19th hole – both players were a couple under par after 18 holes.
"This morning (Sunday) was the final which was against her fellow Wellingborough team-mate Rebecca Gee (who has also played in the Hacienda del Alamo Festival), and she won by 5 and 4 , making her at 16 years of age the youngest women's county  champion in Northamptonshire’s history.
"This might be the interesting bit, mother (me!) won through the Swannell Salver match-play stages to win her final (by one hole) this morning as well – making it a mother/daughter double – perhaps your readers might be able to write in if any of them have done this double!"