Scottish women's county finals at Stranraer

Angus and Midlothian tee off with big wins



Title-holders Angus and Midlothian both scored big-margin wins on the first day of the Scottish women's county golf championship finals at Stranraer Golf Club.
Angus, winners of the title twice in the past three years, whipped Ayrshire 8-1 while Midlothian beat Dumfries-shire 7-2.
It is building up to a title decider between Angus and Midlothianon Sunday unless their Saturday opponents can upset that calculation.
Angus took the foursomes 3-0 against Ayrshire and then lost only one of the six afternoon singles.
Midlothian led Dumfries-shire 2-1 after the foursomes and took the singles 5-1.

Details:
AYRSHIRE 1, ANGUS 8
Foursomes: 0-3
Audrey Thompson and Liz Keohone lost to Gillian Paton and Ann Ramsay 2 and 1.
Emma Hale and Jennifer Linklater lost to Alsa Summers and Claire Robertson 3 and 1.
Catherine Malcolm and Linzi Allan lost to Jacqueline Sneddon and Jackie Brown 6 and 5.
Singles: 1-5
Hazel MacGarvie lost to Paton 1 hole.
D Watt lost to Summers 4 and 2.
Allan bt J Chalmers 1 hole
Hale lost to Robertson 5 and 4.
Linklater lost to K Reid 5 and 4.
Malcolm lost to Sneddon 4 and 2.

DUMFRIES-SHIRE 2, MIDLOTHIAN 7
Foursomes: 1-2
Diane MacDonald and Mirren Fraser lost to Gabrielle MacDonald and Louise Fraser 1 hole.
Jordana Graham and Katie Malcolm bt Karen Marshall and Alison McBride 2 holes.
Linda Jack and Lynda Robertson lost to Kate McIntosh and Wendy Nicholson 6 and 5.
Singles: 1-5
D MacDonald bt G MacDonald 4 and 2.
P Lilly lost to McIntosh 8 and 7.
Graham lost to H Scott 4 and 3
Malcolm lost to K Ferguson 2 and 1.
M Fraser lost to McBride 3 and 1.
Jack lost to L Fraser 2 and 1.

Saturday's matches:
Ayrshire v Midlothian
Angus v Dumfries-shire