Hollie Muse leads all the way to win SLGA 

Under-16 girls' title

England's domination of the SLGA Under-16 girls open stroke-play championship - five wins in the last six years - continued at Strathmore Golf Centre today (Friday) when 15-year-old Hollie Muse from West Lancashire Golf club won the title by three shots with a nine-under-par tally for the 36-hole test, writes Colin Farquharson.
Aboyne's Shannon McWilliam, the 15-year-old Scottish schoolgirls champion and winner of the SLGA Champion of Champions title earlier this season, finished second with rounds of 68 and 70 for 138.
Muse, who shot a course record 65 in the first round, added a second day 70 for an impressive 135 total
Hollie, three ahead overnight, had five birdies in her second round of two under par, while McWilliam highlighted 70 with an eagle three at the 18th (her ninth hole) and a hat-trick of birdies at the 10th, 12th and third.
Emily Price (Cleobury Mortimer) pipped Hazel MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) for third prize. They both finished on 142
MacGarvie had four birdies in a level par 72 in the second round and Price also had a quartet of birdies in a 71 to take third place on the better second round .
Mirren Fraser (Powfoot) was the third Scot to make it into the top five. She followed an opening 77 with a four birdie 70 to finish in fifth place on 147.
Molly Richmond (Strathaven) took the best nett Trophy with a final round 74 and England Team 1 took the Team Trophy by one shot from Scotland Team 1.


LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 H Muse (West Lancs) 65 70
138 S McWilliam (Aboyne) 68 70
142 E Price (Cleobury Mortimer) 71 71, H MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) 70 72
147 M Fraser (Powfoot) 77 70, I Wardle (Prestbury) 74 73
148 J Bailey (Kirby Muxloe) 75 73, C Frankish (Charthills) 72 76, L Jamieson (Heswall) 72 76
149 A J Wlliamson (RoyalCromer) 69 80
151 S Johnson (Telford) 7St 8 73, M Richmond (Strathaven) 77 74, E Lewis (Knowle) 77 74
152 C Howard (Elfordleigh) 80 72, M Martin (Killarney) 77 75, H Screen (Berkhamsted) 75 77, Lucy Walton (Worcestershire) 74R 78, Kathanna Steffl (Austria) 73 79
153 C Munro (Gullane) 76 77, Billie-Jo Smith (Woodhall Spa) 75 78, Megan Dennis (Woburn) 75 78, Valerie Serrien (Belgium) 74 79
154 R Thompson (Cork) 81 73, H Mitterberger (Austria) 76 78, R Barton (Clays) 76 78. M Lewis (St George's Hill) 75 79.
OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
155 J Farrell (Cardross) 78 77
159 K Brodie (Strathmore) 81 78, Jasmine Mackintosh (Hazlehead) 77 82
165 J Rankine (Haggs Castle) 84 81
166 L Lee (Musselburgh) 86 80
167 E Crawford (Kingsfield) 83 84
170 E Logie (Buckpool) 87 83
171 F Rattray (Douglas Park) 84 87
172 E Hynd (Thornton) 84 88, L Duncan (West Kilbride) 82 90
173 M Cowan (St Medan) 81 92
174 A Walker (Glenbervie) 88 86, K Brown (Strathaven) 82 92
177 A Hosie (Dunbar) 86 91
Retired - S Black (Deeside) 85 -
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