Alex Glennie wins title at high-scoring 

Scottish senior women's championship


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Despite having only one birdie over 36 holes, Alex Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) won the Scottish senior women's amateur stroke-play championship at Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club today.

Glennie, picture by courtesy of Carol Fell, had rounds of 77 and 78 for 13-over-par 155 gave her a two-stroke victory margin from Fiona de Vries (St Rule) (76-81) with Mary Smith (Tain) a further two shots back in third place with scores of 79 and 80.
Overnight leader Sheena Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) could manage only seven pars in a second-round 86, which included two triple bogey 7s, and her 11-stroke slump saw her slide down to a fourth place finish. 
It was another day of nightmare scoring. One player took a 16 at the par-5 fourth and reached the turn in 66. There was one 11 and six 10s among the other returns.
Even the winner found the going tough. Glennie was out in 39 with a double bogey 6 at the second and another shot shed at the ninth. She then bogeyed four holes in a row from the 10th,  dropped another sot at the 16th before notching a lone birdie at the 17th for halves of 39.
Runner-up De Vries had a quadruple bogey 8 at the 17th in an inward 41 for an 81.
And even local knowledge could not save Mary Smith (Tain) from running up two 7s on outward 43.
The leading 16 players qualified for the match-play championship over the next two days. 
Former champion Karen Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) was unable to play in the match-play stages so there was a five-way tie on 170 for the last two places in the matchplay.
Lynne Fraser (Fortrose and Rosemarkie), who had an 80 in the second round and Lynne Terry (Cruden Bay), 85 (better inward half) won the countback.
Lynne will play top seed  Alex Glennie in the first round of the match-play at 8.30am tomorrow morning.
Those who lost out in the countback were Jennifer Bryans (Harburn) 85, Louise Graham (Carnoustie Ladies) 88 and Christine McAndrew (Nairn Dunbar) 89.
Lynne Terry summed up the playing conditions:
"It was much windier today – crosswind for most of the holes – with some squally showers this afternoon.  It's tight in places with gorse etc and very easy for shots to the greens to trickle off into run-off areas or to greenside bunkers.  
"Very easy to clock up some high scores on holes if a shot goes astray."

SCOTTISH SENIOR WOMEN'S STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club
QUALIFIERS FOR MATCH-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
par 142 (2x71). SSS 72. CSS 72, 75 (r/o)
155 A Glennie (Kilmarnock Barassie) 77 78
157 F de Vries (St Rule) 76 81
159 M Smith (Tain) 79 80
161 S Wood (Aberdeen Ladies) 75 86
163 A Hanson (Glencorse) 83 80
164 A Rose (Royal Dornoch) 82 82
165 K Sutherland (Royal Montrose) 83 82, E Whyte (Aberdeen Ladies) 80 85
166 L Dyball (Pitreavie) 82 84
167 A Ryan (Tain) 78 89, D Young (North Berwick) 77 90.
168 K Ballantyne (Craigmillar Park) 83 85
169 L McKinlay (Dunnikier Park) 82 87, S MacVicar (Nairn) 80 89, L Grieve (Musselburgh) 80 89.
170 (after countback) L Fraser (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 90 80.

FIRST ROUND MATCH-PLAY DRAW

8.30 Glennie v Terry

8.38 Whyte v Dyball

8.46 Wood v MacVicar

8.54 Hanson v McKinlay

9.02 Rose v Young

9.10 Smith v Grieve

9.18 Sutherland v Ryan

9.26 De Vries v Fraser

FAILED TO QUALIFY
170 (after countback) J Bryans (Harburn) 85 85, L Terry (Cruden Bay) 85 85, L Graham (Carnoustie Ladies) 82 88, C McAndrew (Nairn Dunbar) 81 89.
171 A Ford (Ullapool) 82 89, E Coghill (Royal Dornoch) 82 89
172 A Baker (Crail GC) 87 85, M Wardrop (Turnhouse) 85 87, C King (Clober) 84 88.
173 M Hughes (Lanark) 84 89 
174 B S Biggart (North Berwick) 90 84
175 J Nicol (Inverness) 86 89.
176 G Dowling (Inverness) 90 86
178 A Freeman (Panmure) 90 88, J Paterson (Drumpellier) 84 94
179 C Kinnaird (Glencorse) 87 92.
180 M Barr (Nairn 87 93
181 M M Fergusson (Murrayfield) 83 98
184 I Chapman (Forfar) 92 92
185 R Lynch (Murrayfield) 96 89
186 M Miller (Blairgowrie) 87 89
187 F Cameron (Cowglen) 90 97
188 M Thurston (Panmure) 91 97
192 B Godley (Blairgowrie) 94 98
193 J Petrie (Panmure) 91 102
195 F Clark (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 100 95.
197 J Cooper (Forres) 95 100
198 I Harvey (St Rule) 102 96
199 L Nixon (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) 95 104.