SCOTS WOMEN STILL IN WITH QUALIFYING CHANCE

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Colinh@scottishgolfview.com

St Rule Trophy winner Ailsa Summers had a 10 and fellow Carnoustie Ladies player Jess Meek 45 shots for nine holes as Eilidh Briggs (71), Rachael Watton (72) and Gemma Dryburgh (73) kept Scotland in with a chance of being one of the eight qualifiers for the European women's amateur team championship match-play flight at Fulford Golf Club, Yorkshire.

Scotland start the second and final stroke-play eliminating round sharing eighth place on 374 with Belgium.

Denmark (349) lead from Spain (354) with England (364) third.

Briggs made hardly any mistakes in a one-under-par 71 (35-37) while Rachael Watton was not far behind her with a 72 (37-35).

Aberdeen-born US college circuit player Gemma Dryburgh was also fairly stead with halves of 36-37 for 73.

Scottish champion Alyson McKechin had a disappointing day with a 78 of which 41 shots were spent over the first nine holes.

Summers was doing not too badly when she turned in 37 but the inward half cost her 43 blows, including a 10 at the 13th. Ailsa had as many birdies as anybody in the field - six in all.

The non-counting score was an 84 by young Jess Meek who had two 7s in an outward 45.

EUROPEAN WOMEN'S AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Fulford GC, Yorkshire

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND

Par 72

347 Denmark

354 Spain

364 England

365 Sweden

371 France

372 Netherlands

374 Scotland, Belgium

=========== possible championship matchplay flight cut-off

380 Wales, Norway

381 Austria

384 Ireland, Germany

388 Italy

389 Iceland

394 Slovakia

399 Slovenia

404 Switzerland.

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