Left to right: Christine Steedman (president of Fife County LGA, tournament winner Aditi Ashok from India, Janice Hulme (captain of St Rule Club) and Alison White, chief organiser of St Rule Trophy tournament. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

ST RULE TROPHY

St Andrews
FINAL TOTALS

Par 226 (New Course 2 x 75, Old Course 1 x 76)GOLF

SSS for Old Course is 76, CSS 76

CSS for New Course 76 75

216 A Ashok (India) 67 71 78

221 B Popel (Long Ashton) 69 72 80

222 H Muse (West Lancashire) 74 70 78

223 I Clyburn (Woodhall Spa) 75 72 76, C De Corte (Belgium) 74 73 76

225 S McWilliam (Aboyne) 70 78 77, S Giles (St Mellion) 74 73 78

227 G Mundy (Corhampton) 78 77 72, C Leathem (Styal) 77 70 80

228 E Mallett (Wishaw GCC, Sutton Coldfield) 80 78 70, E Slater (Woodhall Spa) 81 74 73, J Saxton (Muckhart) 77 76 75, B Davies (Wolstanton) 78 74 76, C Goadby (St Regulus) 74 77 77, G Batty (Powfoot) 76 73 79, I Wardle (Prestbury) 77 72 79

229 D Sverdloff (Garon Park) 80 78 71, C Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) 81 73 75, J Meek (Carnoustie Ladies) 70 81 78, B Garton (Royal Lytham) 73 78 78, R Morris (Woodsome Hall) 77 73 79, C Frankish (Charthills) 76 73 80

230 M Harryvan (Ned) 82 78 70, V Mallett (Sutton Coldfield) 77 78 75, J Charlton (Australia) 78 75 77, C Ellington (USA) 78 70 82, C Young (North Berwick) 73 74 83, G Clews (Delamere Forest) 73 78 79

231 H Munro (Monifieth) 79 77 75, L Bailey (Kirby Muxloe) 80 74 77, O Winning (Rotherham) 78 76 77, S Jackson (Ladybank) 81 72 78, L Latorre (France) 73 79 79

232 H McCook (Grantown on Spey) 84 73 75, N Banovec (Slovenia) 78 79 75, S Sexton (Lahinch, Ireland) 77 78 77, R Polson (Peterculter) 77 76 79

233 G Paton (Royal Montrose) 81 77 75, E Coleman (Trentham) 75 75 83

234 O Jackson (Pannal) 79 79 76, R Woodcock (Blankney) 81 76 77, H MacGarvie (Troon Ladies) 80 77 77, K McIntosh (Broomieknowe) 80 76 78, J Bailey (Kirby Muxloe) 82 74 78, A Bailey (Kirby Muxloe) 77 78 79, R Taylor (Reicmswald, Germany) 78 74 82.

235 C Austwick (Fulford) 81 78 76 

236 K Beveridge (Aboyne) 79 76 81, G MacDonald (Craigielaw) 81 74 81

238 J Sneddon (Alyth) 83 75 80, A O'Connor (Sundridge Park) 80 76 82

239 E Allen (Meon Valley) 79 80 80 

240 R Walker (Dumfries and Co) 78 81 81

252 L Atkins (Gullane Ladies) 87 86 79, J O'Driscoll (Muskerry, Ireland) 85 87 80

254 J A Nordin (Norway) 86 85 83

TEAM EVENT

443 Scotland (C Jaffrey, J Meek, C Young), England (G Clews, H Muse, I Clyburn). Scotland won with the better last-round aggregate: 153 to 154

502 Ireland (S Sexton , J O'Driscoll)

LAWSON TROPHY (Under-18)

Leading final totals

216 A Ashoka (India)

222 H Muse (West Lancs)

225 S McWilliam (Aboyne)

228 C Goadby (St Regulus), I Wardle (Prestbury)

229 C Frankish (Charthills)

HOW LEADERS STOOD IN RELATION TO PAR WITH 
NINE HOLES TO PLAY
-12 A Ashok
-9 B Popel
-6 C De Corte
-5 C Young, I Clyburn
-3 H Muse

Tournament leader Aditi Ashok on the Old Course second tee in final round. She was still leading by three strokes from BEthan Popel with nine holes to play. Pictures by Cal Carson Golf Agency
Bethan Popel drives from Tee 2 of Old Course. Clear second with nine holes to play but still three shots behind leader Ashok

 Hollie Muse early in her final round. She hit her approach shot out of bounds at the first and ran up a double bogey 6.

 The St Rule Trophy tournament over the Old Course, St Andrews always has a special feel about it when it is a year that the Open championship will be played there ... as is the case this summer.
The grandstands - and there are more of them this year down the first fairway, behind the first green and over at the 17th Road Hole green and 18th tee - create a special atmosphere for the amateur competitors. 
This is the closest many of them will get to a Major championship.