ALYSON McKECHIN WINS MACKIE BOWL AT GULLANE
Picture by Gillian Kirkwood
Scotland cap Alyson McKechin (Elserslie), joint sixth in the Scottish U21 girls championship at Blairgowrie on Friday, returned to winning form over the Gullane No 1 course today.
The 20-year-old Renfrewshire champion headed a field of 39 players for the Mackie Bowl 36-hole SLGA Order of Merit tournament by one stroke with rounds of 72 and 75 for a one-under-par total of 147.
Runners-up, a shot behind on level-par 148 (CSS 76 both rounds), were Rachel Walker (Dumfries and County) and Jane Turner (Craigielaw).
Rachel, who had taken 77 shots in the first round, improved by six in the second and it was her three-under-par 71, the best of the day, which gained her second prize over Jane's 73 (first round 75).
Fourth place went to Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) with 150 (75, 75), thanks to an eagle 2 at the par-4 17th hole where the St Andrews University student holed her second shot with a 52 degree wedge.
Sixteen-year-old Nicola Callander (Mill Green GC, Hertfordshire), winner of the Scottish Under-21 girls' open stroke-play championship over 54 holes at Blairgowrie on Friday but who had never played Gullane previously, finished down the field on 159 (80,79).
As her father Colin said: "She had nothing left in her tank after Blairgowrie."
It was a typical East Lothian day of wind and sun and threatening clouds scudding by, but never shedding their contents over the course.
The rough was punishing.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 148 (2x74) SSS 75 CSS 76 76
Sixteen-year-old Nicola Callander (Mill Green GC, Hertfordshire), winner of the Scottish Under-21 girls' open stroke-play championship over 54 holes at Blairgowrie on Friday but who had never played Gullane previously, finished down the field on 159 (80,79).
As her father Colin said: "She had nothing left in her tank after Blairgowrie."
It was a typical East Lothian day of wind and sun and threatening clouds scudding by, but never shedding their contents over the course.
The rough was punishing.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 148 (2x74) SSS 75 CSS 76 76
147 Alyson McKechin (Elderslie) 72 75
148 Rachel Walker (Dumfries and Co) 77 71 (better 2nd round), Jane Turner (Craigielaw) 75 73.
150 Gabrielle Macdonald (Craigielaw) 75 75.
152 Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 79 73, Louise Macgregor (Falkirk) 78 74.
155 Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) 79 76.
157 Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale) 77 80.
158 Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 77 81, Jessica Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 78 80, Tara Mactaggart (Minto) 78 80, Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) 80 78.
159 Rachael Taylor (Reichswald) 83 76, Jacqueline Sneddon (Alyth) 79 80, Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 81 78, Nicola Callander (Mill Green) 80 79.
163 Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe) 83 80, Eilidh Watson (Muckhart) 81 82.
165 Claire Robertson (Carnoustie Ladies) 82 83.
166 Kimberley Beveridge (Aboyne) 83 83.
167 Heather Munro (Monifieth) 84 83.
168 Ruth Rankin (Lanark) 85 83, Emma Greenlees (Dumfries and Galloway) 90 78.
169 Amelia Taylor (St Anne's Old Links) 80 89.
169 Emily Aird (Blairgowrie) 82 87.
170 Iona Stephen (Ranfurly Castle) 85 85.
171 Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) 86 85, Katie Reid (Monifieth) 83 88, Danielle Ker (Roxburghe) 86 85.
173 Julie Birdsall (Roxburghe) 87 86, Shannon McWilliam (Aboyne) 83 90.
175 Linsey Stevenson (Elie and Earlsferry) 87 88.
176 Jackie Brown (Monifieth) 91 85.
181 Fiona Ker (Kelso) 99 82, Kirsty Brodie (Strathmore) 92 89.
186 Molly Stewart (Murcar Links) 95 91.
192 Gillian Davidson (Saline) 95 97.
194 Carina Bunyan (Roxburghe) 95 99
No Return: Rachel Polson (Deeside) 81 NR
OTHER PRIZEWINNERS
Scratch
1st Round: Hannah McCook (Grantown on Spey) 77 bih, Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale) 77
2nd round: Eilidh Briggs (Kilmacolm) 73, Louise Macgregor (Falkirk) 74
Handicap Aggregate
Winner: Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) (5) 148
Runner-up: Tara Mactaggart (Minto) (3) 150 (bih)
Labels: Amateur Ladies
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