LANARKSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Top seed Susan Wood beats Alyson

 Hendry in final at Hamilton

              CHAMPION AGAIN ... Susan Wood with the Lanarkshire championship

       Picture by Jean Macintyre.

 Drumpellier's Susan Wood, the top seed, won the Lanarkshire women's county championship for a second time at Hamilton Golf Club today.

Susan, previously champion in 2008, won by 4 and 3 in the final against home club player Alyson Hendry.

Alyson, title-winner in 1987, 1990 and 91, had never lost in a county final until this one.

Wood went one up with a par at the third and was still one up at the turn, the sixth being halved in birdie 4s. 

Henry birdie the par-5 11th to square the match but was bunkered at both the 12th and 13th, losing them both to go two down. Wood went three up with a par at the 14th and was conceded the 15th and a 4 and 3 victory In the morning semi-finals, Wood beat defending champion Lesley Lloyd (Hayston) by 2 and 1 while Hendry beat Kirstin Brown (Strathaven) 3 and 2

In a close all-Hamilton bronze championship final, Heather Stewart  bt Elizabeth Nelson 3 and 2.

LANARKSHIRE WOMEN'S COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP 

Hamilton Golf Club

SCRATCH

SEMI-FINALS

S Wood (Drumpellier) bt L Lloyd (Hayston) 2 and 1.

A Hendry (Hamilton) bt K Brown (Strathaven) 3 and 2.

FINAL

Wood bt Hendry 4 and 3.

BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIP 

FINAL

H Stewart (Hamilton) bt E Nelson (Hamilton) 3 and 2