CHARLOTTE THOMAS TOP SEED FOR ENGLISH MID-AMATEUR CHSHIP

In-form Charlotte Thomas shot one-over par for 36 holes today to lead the 32 qualifiers for the match play stages of the English women’s open mid-amateur championship at John O’Gaunt, Bedfordshire. The 20-year-old, who is based in Singapore, was runner-up in last week’s English women’s open stroke play championship, losing the title only in a play-off. Charlotte (image © Leaderboard Photography) has clearly carried her form into this week, returning a two-under 72 this morning, followed by an afternoon 77. It makes her top seed for the match play and her first round opponent is 32nd qualifier Holly Langford (South Staffs), who made it in to the knockout stages on count back from Lucinda Gibbons (Aldwickbury Park). “It was a long day, but good fun,” said Charlotte, who makes a regular summer golfing trip to England, where her grandparents live. Her morning round, which included four birdies, was compiled in wind and showers, but the weather settled for the later part of her afternoon round. “I was happy overall,” she said. “This morning was very nice and steady while I only had one birdie this afternoon – but that was all right.” Charlotte had targeted the top spot and remarked: “That was my goal and now I’m looking forward to the match play.” She was followed in the qualifying stakes by Warwickshire’s Melissa Nicol, who gave support to the saying “beware the injured golfer” when she returned rounds of 77 and one-over par 75. The 19-year-old from Moor Hall has been suffering from a knee problem, then hurt her back three weeks ago, developed a cold-type complaint at the weekend – and last night was kept awake until the small hours at her hotel. Despite all that she played very tidily on her debut appearance in this championship. The highlight of her day came in the second round on the par-five ninth, where she holed her approach shot from 97 yards for an eagle three. It helped her reach the turn in three-under. “The course is lovely, but it’s quite dry in parts and you can bounce into trouble so it’s been quite tricky,” she said. “It’s all about positioning and making sure you hit the right club at the right time. The greens are really nice, really true.” Local interest will focus on the host club’s Sophie Hillier who qualified comfortably for the match play. However, defending champion Emma Carberry (Highwoods, Bexhill) was among those who missed the cut, in her case by just one shot. Qualifying scores Par 74 CSS 79 77 149 Charlotte Thomas Singapore  72 77 152 Melissa Nicol (Moor Hall) 77 75 154 Daisy Macve (Surrey National)76 78 156 Melissa McMahon(Lyme Regis) 81 75 158 Emilee Taylor (Holme Hall) 83 75; Jessica Gregory (Sittingbourne & Milton Regis) 80 78 159 Chloe Rogers (Braintree) 83 76; Gemma Clews (Delamere Forest) 81 78 160 Chelsea Masters (Highwoods,Bexhill) 80 80; Jo Hodge (Kendleshire) 79 81 161 Gemma Bradbury (Cottrell Park) 84 77; Sophie Powell (Stockport) 82 79; Samantha Giles (St Mellion) 80 81; Samantha Morrell (USA) 79 82 162 Kimberley Bradbury (Cavendish) 79 83; Bethany Garton (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 78 84 163 Sharon Luckman (Felixstowe Ferry)85 78; Lucy Evans (Wrekin) 83 80 164 Emma Tayler (Saunton) 84 80; Sophie Hillier (John O'Gaunt) 84 80; Alice Boothroyd (Rudding Park) 83 81 165 Amanda Colgate-Herbert (Rochford Hundred) 84 81; Jessica Wilcox (Blankney) 83 82; Sarah Howe (Ipswich) 81 84 166 Louisa Tarn (Sunningdale) 84 82; Charlotte Thompson (Channels) 82 84; Elizabeth Haycock (Moseley) 81 85 167 Charlotte Priddle (Moor Hall) 86 81; Jackie Foster (Bishops Stortford)85 82; Hollie Vizard (Pleasington) 85 82; Nicola Rawlinson (Royal Birkdale) 82 85 168 Holly Langford (South Staffs) 84 84   For full scores visit www.englandgolf.org/championships Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org

SCOTTISH VETS END WITH WIN AT JAMBOREE

Scotland completed their programme at the Veteran Ladies Golf Association Jamboree at North Hants Golf Club with a 7 1/2-1 1/2 win over England Midlands. 
The Scots had lost their first two matches by big margins to England South and England North.

England North clinched the title by beating South 5 1/2-3 1/2 on the final day.

SCOTLAND 7 1/2, ENGLAND MIDLANDS 1 1/2

 

Morning Foursomes (3-0)

S Wood and M Smith bt G Curley and J Walter 6 and 5

 
L Bennett and F de Vries bt J Melville and C Wilde 6 and 5
 

M Hughes and A Bartlett bt K Lobb and J Ashmore 3 and 2 

 

Afternoon Singles (4 1/2-1 1/2)

S Wood bt G Curley 5 and 4
 

M Smith bt C Gibb 3 and 2.
 

M Hughes bt J Walter 1 hole
 

L Bennett beat M McLaren 2 and 1.
 

A Telfer halved with K Lobb
 

F de Vries lost J Melville 6 and 5.
 

STRATHTYRUM SEEDS ON COURSE FOR FINAL

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TOP SEEDS ON COLLISION COURSE IN STRATHTYRUM TROPHY TOURNAMENT

The top two seeds, Marit Harryvan from the Netherlands and Karen Marshall (Baberton) are on course to meet in today's (Friday) final of the Strathtyrum Trophy women's tournament at St Andrews.
First Harryvan has to win her semi-final against English player Lizi Sweetnam from Leighton Buzzard while former winner Marshall has to knock out another Lothians player, Broomieknowe youngster Kate McIntosh.
In the Strathtyrum Salver handicap tournament the semi-finals will feature Esther Hutcheon (Burton on Trent (handicap 15) against Lorna Armstrong (Newtonstewart) (handicap 14), and Heather Kitson (Cranleigh) (handicap 12) against Lix Ward (Woburn) (handicap 15).
STRATHTYRUM TROPHY RESULTS
SECOND ROUND
Marit Harryvan (Ned) bt Stefanie Duffy (Millbrook) 1 hole.
Chris Appleby (St Annes Old Links) bt Courtn Boyes (Wrag Barn) 1 hole.
Liz Sweetnam (Leighton Buzzard) bt Ann Ramsay (Kirriemuir) 2 and 1.
Helena Sterner (Swe) bt Amela Taylor (St Annes )Old Links) 5 and 4.
Karen Marshall (Baberton) bt Kristian Soderstrom (Swe) 3 and 2.
Margaret McAuliffe (Ballyburnion) bt Nicole Shaw (Wells) 4 and 3.
Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe) bt Marilyn Henderson (Royal Belfast) 5 and 3.
Wendy Nicholson (Broomieknowe) bt Charlotte Redin (Swe) 4 and 3.
QUARTER-FINALS
Harryvan bt Appleby 4 and 2
Sweetnam bt Sterner 3 and 1
Marshall bt McAuliffe 2 and 1
McIntosh bt Nicholson 2 holes.

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HIGHLAND BEATEN NORTHERN TO WIN LYON TROPHY

Highland beat Northern 5-3 to regain the Lyon Trophy in the Scottish Veteran Ladies Golfing Association match at Turriff Golf Club.

Results (Highland names first): 

Ann Ryan bt Susan Arbuckle 2 and 1

June Nicol bt Jen Petrie 2 and 1

Janet Buist bt Cathy Kyle 6 and 5

Sally Rowan lost to Lesley Cochrane 1 hole.

Joan Kettles bt Cathy Kane 2 and 1

Morag James bt Avril Wilson 3 and 2

Roberta Stuart lost to Lindsay Esson 5 and 4.
Cathy MacPherson lost to Valerie Kelly 7 and 5.

FIFTEEN YEAR OLD GREAT DANE IN BRITISH GIRLS' LAST FOUR

A fifteen-year-old from Denmark with a surname that sounds as though she has Scottish blood in her veins - Puk Lyng Thomsen - is the youngest of the four semi-finalists in the British girls' open amateur golf championsip at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lytham St Annes in Lancashire.
Puk will play 17-year-old Singapore-based Jing Yan - the first Chinese player to have made the last four in this tournament - in the first semi-final at 8.30 Friday morning.
In the other it will be 17-year-old Michaela Finn (Sweden) against 18-year-old Roberta Liti from Siena, nr Florence in Italy. Roberta is the current Italian women's open amateur stroke-play champion.
No English, Welsh or Irish players made it past the third round.
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The 18-hole final will tee off at 1pm tomorrow and the prizegiving is schedule for 4.30pm or as soon after that as possible

RICCARTON ROSEBOWL ENTRIES REQUIRED

FROM THE SLGA

 

Entries are required for the 36 hole SLGA Order of Merit Event the Riccarton Rosebowl which is at Hamilton Golf Club Sunday 8th Spetember. This is the last counting event for the Order of Merit. The last date for entries will be Wednesday 21st August, to download your entry form click here.

 

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BRITISH GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP SCOREBOARD AT FAIRHAVEN

THIRD ROUND

Michaela Finn (Norway) bt Carlotta Ricolfi (Italy) 2 holes
Clara Aveling (Belgium) bt Sandra Nordaas (Norway) 3 and 2.
Roberta Liti (Italy) bt Alice Hewson (Berkhamsted) 4 and 3.
Malene K Hansen (Denmark) bt Ariana Coyle Diez (Elm Park) 3 and 2.

Finja Schmale (Germany) bt Alejandra Passarin (Spain) 3 and 2.
Puk Lyng Thomsen (Denmark) bt Emma Allen (Meon Valley) 2 and 1.
Jing Yan (China) bt Laura M Gomez Ruiz (Spain) 3 and2.
Morgane Metraux (Switzerland) bt Megan Lockett (Huddersfield) 1 hole.

QUARTER-FINALS
Finn bt Aveling 3 and 2.
Liti bt Hansen at 22nd
Thomsen bt Schmale 6 and 4.
Jing Yan bt Metraux 4 and 3.

PRIZEWINNERS SHOULD NOT MISS BRITISH GIRLS PRIZEGIVING!

The Denmark trio who won the International Team Award  - left to right: Puk Lyng Thomson, Malene K Hansen and Julie Finne-Ipsen.


The prizegiving for the British girls championship will take place at approximately 4.30pm tomorrow Friday at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lytham St Annes

The Ladies Golf Union warn that prizewinners who do not intimate that they will not be able to be present to accept the prize will forfeit the award with the value being donated to an LGU charity.

PRIZEWINNERS SO FAR

INTERNATIONAL TEAM TROPHY - DENMARK

UNDER-16 YEARS LOWEST QUALIFYING AGGREGATE - Ana Pelaez (Spain)

UNDER-14 YEARS LOWEST QUALIFYING AGGREGATE -
Hollie Muse (West Lancashire)

LADY HEATHCOTT AMORY MEMORIAL MEDAL FOR LOWEST QUALIFYING AGGREGATE
Bethan Popel (Long Ashton

Lowest Round 1 voucher - Rochelle Morris (Woodsome Hall)

Lowest Round 2 voucher - Charlotte Leathem  (Styal)

ENGLAND TEAMS TAKE ON SPAIN AND SWITZERLAND

England will aim to repeat last year’s victory when a mixed team takes on the challenge of Spain in next week’s annual U16 international. The match will take place on Tuesday, 20 August, at Heswall Golf Club, Cheshire, and for the first time this year it will be played simultaneously with a new girls’ fixture against Switzerland.   The matches take place immediately before the North of England U16 open stroke play championship at Heswall, from 21-23 August. The team to play Spain is: Alice Hewson of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire (Image © Leaderboard Photography) Sophie Lamb of Clitheroe, Lancashire Martha Lewis of St George’s Hill, Surrey Hollie Muse of West Lancashire, Lancashire     Matty Lamb of Hexham, Northumberland Herman Loubser of Mount Murray, Isle of Man Arrun Singh Brar of Brokenhurst Manor, Hampshire, IoW & CI Billy Spooner of Boston, Lincolnshire The team will play foursomes in the morning followed by afternoon singles. Last year England won the match 9½-2½. The match against Switzerland will be four singles and the team is: Harriet Allsebrook of Shifnal, Shropshire Eloise Healey of West Lancashire, Lancashire Chloe Howard of Boringdon Park, Devon Victoria Mallett of Sutton Coldfield Ladies’, Warwickshire     The players: Alison Hewson, 15, was in England’s winning team at the European Young Masters and at the Girls’ Home Internationals. She is the Scottish U16 open stroke play champion and represented GB&I in the junior Vagliano Trophy. Sophie Lamb, 15, was England’s leading points scorer at the Girls’ Home Internationals, won the girls’ championship at the 2013 Fairhaven Trophies and represented GB&I in the junior Vagliano Trophy. Martha Lewis, 13, was both runner-up and England’s leading player at the English girls’ open U13 championship. She represented Surrey girls in Junior County Match Week and reached the quarter finals of the Surrey ladies’ championship. Hollie Muse, 13, was the 2012 English U13 girls’ champion, successfully made the cut in this year’s English women’s amateur and reached the matchplay stages of the British girls’ championship. Matty Lamb, 15, won the Scottish U14 championship and was runner-up for the English U14 title, both last year when he was capped by England for the U16 international with Wales. This year he has won the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters and finished tied 11th in the U18 Championship for the Carris Trophy.   Herman Loubser, 14, is the first player from the Isle of Man to be selected by England since Kevin Moore was a member of the Youth squad 11 years ago. He has enjoyed a successful season in boys’ championships, his best finish being fifth in the U14 Championship for the Reid Trophy. Arrun Singh Brar, 14, played in the equivalent match last year when he was also capped against Wales. In 2012, he won the Hampshire U14 title and the Douglas Johns Trophy, while this year he finished eighth in the South West Region Schools Championship. Billy Spooner, 15, debuted in last year’s match with Spain and also played against Wales and Scotland. This year, he finished joint runner-up in the English Boys U16 championship for the McGregor Trophy and fifth in the U18 championship. Harriet Allsebrook, 14, is the new English U15 girls’ champion – winning the title in a marathon play-off – and the Shropshire girls’ champion.  She has trained with an England Golf Birdie squad. Chloe Howard, 14, is the Devon ladies’ champion and tied 11th in the recent English girls’ U15 open championship, which was held in her home county. Eloise Healey, 15, is the English schools’ U16 champion and has had top five finishes in this season’s Scottish U16 girls’ and the Fairhaven Trophies. She reached the matchplay stages of the British girls’. Victoria Mallett, 15, was runner-up in the English girls’ U15 open championship, coming from seven shots behind to force a play-off which went to the fifth hole. She tied fourth in the Bridget Jackson Bowl. Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193

USA BEAT EUROPE 14 1/2-9 1/2 IN JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP

FROM THE GOLFWEEK WEBSITE

U.S. earns Junior Solheim Cup title behind strong singles play

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John Solheim (left) celebrates with the winning U.S. squad at the Junior Solheim Cup on Wednesday.

• By Julie Williams
• August 14, 2013 9:19 p.m.
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#	Name	Year	State	Rating
1	Alison Lee	2013	CA	68
2	Nicole Morales	2014	NY	69.69
3	Ashlan Ramsey	2013	GA	69.88
4	Simin Feng	2013	FL	70.02
5	Casey Danielson	2013	WI	70.21

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – When Kathy Whitworth and Casey Danielson spoke of each other Wednesday in the aftermath of t
he Junior Solheim Cup, you could almost see the passing of a torch. Whitworth, at 73, wondered what kind of influence she could have on a squad of teenagers so far removed from her era of greatness – one in which she won 88 tournaments and twice was awarded the Solheim Cup captaincy.
“I was the first one and now it’s like I’m being recycled,” Whitworth joked at the closing ceremonies, right before she accepted the trophy from John Solheim.
The impact she had on Danielson and Co., during a whirlwind two days at Inverness Golf Club was tangible. Whitworth, as Danielson put it, always “knew all the right things to say.” The captain’s greatest concern entering the week had been the generation gap, and how she could get to know all 12 players well enough to find the right foursomes and four-ball teams. That, she said months ago, truly would be the key.
The U.S. entered Wednesday’s singles matches at a 6-6 draw with the Europeans. In the team room on Tuesday night, Whitworth said many players were asking for the anchor spot, so Whitworth started at the other end of the roster. Danielson’s voice rang out for the lead spot.
“I wanted the first spot because I don’t mind getting up early,” said the Stanford freshman from Wisconsin. “I wanted to get some points on the board and then go cheer on the others.”
Shortly after requesting that spot, Danielson found out she’d drawn England’s Georgia Hall, who was just a few weeks removed from winning the British Women’s Amateur. Hall is No. 9 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
“I was happy with the pairing,” Danielson said.
Danielson trailed for most of the match, but birdied Nos. 15 and 16 to draw even by the 17th. As Whitworth tells it, chest puffed out, Hall stuck her approach to kickaway range on No. 18, and Danielson was left to sink an 8-footer for birdie to halve.
She did.
Walking up the 18th, Danielson had turned to Whitworth and said, “This is fun.” Whitworth knew Danielson had gotten the message she was trying to deliver the night before: “The fun part is in the trying and the being there at the end.”
Nicole Morales backed up Danielson with a 3-and-2 victory over England’s Amber Ratliffe and two matches later, Samantha Wagner added the Americans’ second big halve when she tied Emily Pedersen of Denmark, the World No. 6 amateur.
“That was a big halve for us because it kind of quelled any momentum,” Whitworth said of Danielson’s half point.
As for that anchor spot? It went to UCLA freshman Alison Lee, who arrived in Denver fresh off a run to the semifinals at the U.S. Women’s Amateur on Aug. 10. Lee drew Swede Jessica Vasilic and won her match on the 17th hole. By that time, however, the contest already was over. Krystal Quihuis had ended it a few minutes earlier on the 18th green, when she won the Americans’ 11th point by sinking a 20-footer for birdie – one she chased in the hole with her fist raised. The U.S. contingent, having recently arrived at the green on Whitworth’s bright red captain cart, went berserk. The final score stood 14.5 to 9.5.
“This tournament, this format, playing as a team, it’s so much fun,” said Lee, who requested that anchor spot as a three-time Junior Solheim Cup participant.
Whitworth asked only one thing of her players – that they play with heart through the end of every match. She told them she wouldn’t tolerate any less. The message seemed to sink in.
As the Americans lined up for pictures near the Inverness’ long reflection pond at the end of the day, a voice rung out from the upper levels of the nearby hotel. U.S. Solheim Cup captain Meg Mallon’s face was barely visible behind the screen.
“Hey Whit!” she cried. “Way to go, you guys!”
Whitworth lamented that she couldn’t come back with anything quickly enough. The captain had only just removed a star-spangled headband that she put on only when European counterpart Janice Moodie production a long, stringy wig in Marge Simpson blue.
“If I wear this, you better win,” Whitworth had said.
As for Moodie, the chance to mingle with the next generation of Solheim Cuppers was one she cherished. Two years ago, Charley Hull played on the European Team, and at 17, will play in this week’s Solheim Cup down the road at Colorado Golf Club. It’s proof of the bright futures at Inverness.
“What I take from it is how good of shape junior golf is,” Moodie said.
It’s when Moodie pointed at Whitworth, standing a few yards away and conducting an interview in her headgear. That, she said, is what it’s all about.
“Look at Kathy,” Moodie said with a smile, “She doesn’t even remember that thing is on her head.”
Perhaps the only thing about the day she could forget.

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