Top seed Emma Hale eases through to Ayrshire

county semi- finals at Prestwick
 
Top seed Emmta Hale (Troon Ladies) won by 8 and 7 this afternoon against Pauline  Patrick (Irvine) to book her place in tomorrow morning's semi-finals of the Ayrshire women's county championship at Prestwick Golf Club.
Now Emma will face Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) who beat Debbie Watt (Ayr Belleisle) 7 and 6.
The other semi-final will be between Alex Glennie (Barassie), champion at West Kilbride in 2004, and clubmate Lorna Ronnie,
a new Ayrshire county member.
Alex won through this afternoon against another Barassie member, Lesley Barker, by 5 and 4 whereas Lorna had a tougher route to the semi-final, going to the 18th green against losing 2013 finalist Audrey Thompson (Loudoun), eventually winning by one hole.

WEDNESDAY'S SEMI-FINALS
8.45 am Hale v Duncan
9.00 am Glennie v Ronnie 


TUESDAY'S RESULTS
FIRST ROUND
Emma Hale (Troon Ladies) bt Barbara Beckett (Loudoun) 7 and 5.
Pauline Patrick (Irvine) bt Joanne Sharp (Barassie) 3 and 1.
Debbie Watt (Ayr Belleisle) bt Linda McDonald (Barassie) 5 and 4.
Louise Duncan (West Kilbride) bt Margaret Miller (Troon Ladies) 8 and 7.
Lesley Barker (Barassie) bt Sally Hamilton (Loudoun) 4 and 3.
Alex Glennie (Barassie) bt Annie Howie (Troon Ladies) 3 and 2.
Lorna Ronnie (Barasssie) bt Liz Wilson (Barassie) 3 and 2.
Audrey Thompson (Loudoun) bt Liz Keohone (Loudoun) 3 and 2.

QUARTER-FINALS
Hale bt Patrick 8 and 7
Duncan bt Watt 7 and 6
Glennie bt Barker 5 and 4
Ronnie bt Thompson 1 hole.

+County secretaries should send their championship qualifying scores and match-play results on a daily basis to Colin@scottishgolfview.com